Agenda - Health and Welfare

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
April 21, 2015 Upon Adjournment John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 19, 2015, 4:12 pm * Revision Notes: Removed SB 61

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 21, 2014
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR10	CORTEZ	CONGRESS - Designate May 2015 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month and memorializes Congress to provide additional funding for research for the treatment and cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
		SCR17	FRED MILLS	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on the health benefits and costs of adding Krabbe disease to the list of mandatory screenings performed on newborns under certain circumstances.
		SCR18	BODI WHITE	HEALTH SERVICES - Authorizes and directs the Louisiana Emergency Response Network (LERN) to organize and facilitate a working group of healthcare providers who deal with victims of trauma to develop recommendations for a Level III Trauma Center in Northeast Louisiana.
		SCR19	FRED MILLS	PHYSICAL THERAPISTS - Directs the Louisiana Physical Therapy Board to create the Physical Therapy Patient Access Review Committee.
		SCR21	BROOME	HEALTH CARE - Requests the Capital Area Human Services District develop a crisis stabilization unit for the Capital Region.
		SB39	FRED MILLS	HEALTH CARE - Provides for the Louisiana Board of Drug and Device Distributors. (gov sig)
		SB68	BUFFINGTON	NURSING HOMES - Extends moratorium on additional beds for nursing facilities. (gov sig)
		SB109	JOHNS	MEDICAID - Provides for reporting measures for the Medicaid managed care program and the Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership program. (gov sig) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
		SB170	KOSTELKA	MEDICAID - Provides relative to Medicaid managed care. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
PRESENTATION BY THE LOUISIANA ALLIANCE OF PARTNER HOSPITALS
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT