Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
June 2, 2015
11:00 am
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned
 
* Agenda Revised June 1, 2015, 5:31 pm *
Revision Notes: Added HCR81, HCR125, HCR162, and HB307

 


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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 May 27, 2015

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 HCR54HOFFMANNPUBLIC HEALTH - Clarifies legislative intent regarding regulation of public water systems and directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to issue rules for drinking water disinfection that comply with Act No. 573 of the 2014 Regular Session
 HCR81THIERRYSCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS - Creates the Task Force on Summer Hunger
 HCR125HOFFMANNCHILDREN/ABUSE - Requests a study on laws and policies relative to continuing contact by parents and other relatives with children in need of care
 HCR162BARROWCHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Requests the Commission on Perinatal Care and Prevention of Infant Mortality to study and make recommendations concerning prevention and treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome
 HCR166BURFORDHUMAN REMAINS - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study means to facilitate burial of a fetus or fetal remains resulting from a loss of pregnancy at less than twenty weeks' gestation
 HCR188THIBAUTSCHOOLS/NONPUBLIC - Requests state-approved nonpublic schools to consider keeping epinephrine on the school premises for emergency situations
 HB307JACKSON-ANDREWSMENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to coverage and payment for services rendered to a person admitted under an emergency certificate (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB319SIMONDRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Provides relative to the dispensing of interchangeable biological products
 HB436ROBERT JOHNSONINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides for insurance reimbursement of certain provider fees paid by pharmacies (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB568THIERRYPHARMACISTS - Provides relative to the licensing and regulation of pharmacists

PRESENTATION BY DR. WILLIAM CEFALU ON OBESITY AND DIABETES IN LOUISIANA

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

ADJOURNMENT