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
HCR54
HOFFMANN
PUBLIC 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
HCR81
THIERRY
SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS
- Creates the Task Force on Summer Hunger
HCR125
HOFFMANN
CHILDREN/ABUSE
- Requests a study on laws and policies relative to continuing contact by parents and other relatives with children in need of care
HCR162
BARROW
CHILDREN/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
HCR166
BURFORD
HUMAN 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
HCR188
THIBAUT
SCHOOLS/NONPUBLIC
- Requests state-approved nonpublic schools to consider keeping epinephrine on the school premises for emergency situations
HB307
JACKSON-ANDREWS
MENTAL HEALTH
- Provides relative to coverage and payment for services rendered to a person admitted under an emergency certificate (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB319
SIMON
DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION
- Provides relative to the dispensing of interchangeable biological products
HB436
ROBERT JOHNSON
INSURANCE/HEALTH
- Provides for insurance reimbursement of certain provider fees paid by pharmacies (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB568
THIERRY
PHARMACISTS
- 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