House Committee on Health and Welfare
May 7, 2019
9:00 a.m.
Room 5
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HCR26
BACALA
HEALTH/LDH
- Requests that the La. Department of Health resume implementation of a Medicaid managed long-term services and supports system
HCR34
DAVIS
CHILDREN/NEWBORNS
- Provides for the potential addition of mucopolysaccharidosis type I and Pompe disease to the state's newborn screening panel
HB108
PYLANT
CHILDREN/NEWBORNS
- Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law
HB129
CARMODY
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to Medicaid nonemergency transportation providers and services (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB207
AMEDEE
HEALTH SERVICES
- Requires the provision of certain information to patients or parents of patients prior to administration of an immunization or a vaccine (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB211
HORTON
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to Medicaid coverage of certain behavioral health services
HB390
MALINDA WHITE
MEDICAID
- Relative to reimbursement rates paid to providers of disability services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB427
P.SMITH
EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS
- Provides for communication-related services for the deaf and hard of hearing in certain healthcare settings
HB433
LEBAS
PHARMACISTS
- Authorizes a pharmacist to decline to dispense a covered prescription drug if the coverage provider reimburses the pharmacy in an amount less than the drug's acquisition cost
HB475
JIM MORRIS
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES
- Provides to the transferring management of the John J. Hainkel, Jr., Home and Rehabilitation Center from the Department of Health to the health care division of Louisiana State University
HB535
GLOVER
DENTISTRY
- Allows nonprofit entities the ability to perform dental services at mobile dental clinics
HB538
LEBAS
PHARMACISTS
- Provides relative to pharmacy record audits
HB568
DUSTIN MILLER
DRUGS/CONTROLLED
- Provides that the regulation of therapeutic cannabis be placed under the authority of the Louisiana Department of Health (EG DECREASE GF EX See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT