Agenda - Health and Welfare

House Committee on Health and Welfare
May 7, 2025 9:30 a.m. Room 5
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HB137	CARLSON	HEALTH/EMERG MED SERVICE - Authorizes psychologists and medical psychologists to evaluate a patient via telehealth for emergency certificates
	HB150	COATES	SMALL BUSINESS - Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public
	HB265	MENA	EMERGENCY MED TECH - Provides with respect to prohibitions regarding the employment of ambulance drivers convicted of certain offenses
	HB377	CHARLES OWEN	HEALTH SERVICES - Authorizes an individual to refuse certain medical treatments
	HB422	FREEMAN	HEALTH CARE - Provides with respect to timely reimbursement of overpaid medical bills to patients by healthcare providers
	HB514	WILLARD	INSURANCE/HEALTH - Modifies the Louisiana Doula Registry Board within the Louisiana Department of Health and provides for respective regulatory authority (RE +$2,495 FF EX See Note)
	HB555	AMEDEE	HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Provides relative to medical intervention (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)
	HB607	ZERINGUE	HOSPITALS - Provides for healthcare facilities located in hospital service districts
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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