Agenda - Health and Welfare

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
April 2, 2014 9:00 a.m. John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 1, 2014, 4:04 pm * Revision Notes: Removed SB496 Added SR29 and SCR48

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
	SR29	HEITMEIER	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to create a working group to develop strategies to decrease primary care utilization in emergency rooms in hospitals across Louisiana.
	SCR13	CORTEZ	HEALTH CARE - Requests the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians to educate its members of state and federal programs available to children with developmental disabilities and advise parents and guardians of such programs when such a diagnosis is made.
	SCR22	MILLS	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to create the Practice and Regulation of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Review Committee.
	SCR39	HEITMEIER	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the most effective means to ensure the proper utilization of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder medications in Louisiana and to report its findings to the legislature.
	SCR44	DORSEY-COLOMB	PUBLIC HEALTH - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to declare youth violence a public health epidemic and the Department of Education to establish a statewide trauma-informed education program.
	SCR47	HEITMEIER	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Urges the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the feasibility, desirability, and practicality of alternative transportation sites (i.e. urgent care clinics) for certain patients.
	SCR48	LONG	HEALTH CARE - Provides for legislative approval of and support to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University for the strategic collaboration with the state in creating a new model of health care delivery in the Alexandria and Pineville area.
	SB71	MORRELL	HEALTH SERVICES - Provide relative to the Behavior Analyst Practice Act. (8/1/14)
	SB185	MILLS	MENTAL HEALTH - Provides for an emergency certificate for transportation and admission to a treatment facility. (8/1/14)
	SB194	MILLS	MENTAL HEALTH - Provides for mental health counselors. (5/1/15)
	SB258	JOHNS	SANITARY CODE - Provides relative to the reporting of cases of communicable diseases and conditions under the Sanitary Code. (8/1/14)
	SB499	HEITMEIER	HEALTH SERVICES - Provides for authorized procedures provided by direct service workers. (gov sig)
	SB505	HEITMEIER	PHYSICIANS - Provides for an automatic suspension of a physician's license. (gov sig)
	SB532	E.GUILLORY	COURTS - Provides for the creation of the Veterans Court Program. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
	SB556	JOHNS	CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Amends frequency of reporting prescription dispensing of certain substances to the state prescription monitoring board. (8/1/14)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT