House Committee on Health and Welfare
April 24, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Room 5

Adjourned		 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
 HB38HOFFMANNCRIME - Raises the minimum age relative to the distribution, sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB69ZERINGUEDENTISTRY - Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry
 HB77ARMESHEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS - Authorizes online delivery of certain training required for medication attendants (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB112STEFANSKICHILDREN/CARE - Provides relative to criminal convictions which disqualify a person from becoming a foster or adoptive parent or relative guardian of a child
 HB133HOFFMANNABORTION - Revises the definition of abortion
 HB143MALINDA WHITEHEALTH/ANATOMICAL GIFTS - Provides for rights of qualified organ transplant candidates who have a disability
 HB177PUGHVITAL STATISTICS - Provides relative to certificates of stillbirth
 HB199HORTONMEDICAID - Establishes the TEFRA option within the La. Medicaid program to serve children with disabilities (EN +$9,340,656 GF EX See Note)
 HB230MIKE JOHNSONHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to prohibited employment of licensed ambulance personnel or nonlicensed persons convicted of certain offenses
 HB243DUSTIN MILLERPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to opioid data reporting
 HB250DAVISHEALTH/BEHAVIORAL - Requires residential treatment facilities to provide access to medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder (REF NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB284ABRAHAMDRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Provides relative to prescribing and dispensing of opioid drugs
 HB334FOILHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Authorizes the use of monitoring devices in the rooms of residents of intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities
 HB335GISCLAIRPUBLIC HEALTH - Requires food service establishments serving imported crawfish or shrimp to inform patrons that the seafood is of foreign origin (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB336LYONSHEALTH/BEHAVIORAL - Exempts certain school-based behavioral health service providers from the Behavioral Health Services Provider Licensing Law
 HB368MOSSPHYSICAL THERAPISTS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Physical Therapy Board
 HB373THOMASHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Provides for calculation of Medicaid per diem rates for certain intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities (EG1 +$894,496 GF EX See Note)
 HB374THOMASMEDICAID - Provides for hospital payment reform in the Medicaid program
 HB375TURNERCRIMINAL/RECORDS - Provides relative to criminal history record checks for certain licenses issued by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy
 HB390MALINDA WHITEMEDICAID - Relative to reimbursement rates paid to providers of disability services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB409FRANKLINMEDICAID - Prohibits Medicaid managed care organizations from denying opportunities to behavioral health services providers for enrollment in provider networks (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB424STAGNIMEDICAID - Provides relative to denials of provider claims and prior authorization requests by Medicaid managed care organizations (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB431JACKSON-ANDREWSLICENSING - Provides relative to individuals providing hospice care
 HB484CREWSABORTION - Establishes requirements for physicians and abortion facilities relative to medical records of women upon whom abortions are performed
 HB526HOFFMANNHEALTH/BEHAVIORAL - Prohibits the imposition of prior authorization requirements in Medicaid managed care organizations for certain prescription medications used in treating opioid use disorder (RE DECREASE SG RV See Note)
 HB536HILFERTYHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Provides relative to the licensing of free standing birth centers (EN +$1,800 SG RV See Note)
 HB537MIKE JOHNSONHEALTH/CHILDREN - Provides relative to the assignment of rights to the Department of Children and Family Services of individuals whose children are in foster care

OTHER BUSINESS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ADJOURNMENT