Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
March 27, 2024
10:00 a.m.
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 29, 2024, 4:19 pm *
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Time changed to 10:00 AM
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
March 27, 2024 and April 24, 2024
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SR14
JACKSON-ANDREWS
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
- Creates the Community Responder Task Force to study the implementation of a partnership between law enforcement agencies, behavioral health providers, and hospitals.
SCR6
GARY CARTER
HEALTH CARE
- Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to apply to participate in the CMS Transforming Maternal Health Model.
SB40
ALLAIN
SEAFOOD
- Provides relative to seafood safety. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB55
GARY CARTER
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to post-birth information. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB62
FESI
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Provides relative to seafood safety. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB151
GARY CARTER
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to free-standing birth centers. (8/1/24)
SB160
ROBERT OWEN
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to physician assistants. (8/1/24)
SB166
CONNICK
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Provides relative to seafood safety. (1/1/25) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
SB195
MIGUEZ
WELFARE
- Provides relative to work requirements within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
SB196
MIGUEZ
WELFARE
- Provides relative to program integrity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (gov sig) (OR +$179,920 EX See Note)
SB231
DUPLESSIS
MENTAL HEALTH
- Provides regarding involuntary outpatient treatment for mental health. (8/1/24)
SB325
EDMONDS
WOMEN
- Provides for an informational document to be made available to pregnant mothers following the diagnosis of a fetal abnormality with respect to their unborn child. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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