Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
April 27, 2016
9:30 am
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned
 




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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 April 20, 2016

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 SCR65FRED MILLSHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Creates a task force to study meaningful oversight of the professional healthcare licensing boards statutorily created within the Department of Health and Hospitals.
 SCR68GATTIHEALTH SERVICES - Urges the United States Department of Defense and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals to coordinate efforts to provide information to military families regarding services for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
 SB36GATTIMALPRACTICE - Provides exclusion from coverage for medical malpractice by doctor practicing outside his specialty or hospital privileges. (8/1/16) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB38GATTIMEDICAID - Provides with respect to payment of nonemergency services rendered in an emergency room to certain patients. (8/1/16) (OR -$527,452 GF EX See Note)
 SB230PETERSONHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to the Health Education Authority of Louisiana (HEAL). (8/1/16) (EGF SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 SB362JOHNSMEDICAID - Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Program. (8/1/16)
 SB429BARROWHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Provides for the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (8/1/16)
 SB455BODI WHITEHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to emergency medical services transporting patients to medical facilities. (9/6/16)
 SB465BARROWHEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to freestanding emergency medical care facilities. (8/1/16)
 HCR24BERTHELOTPUBLIC HEALTH - Urges the office of behavioral health to raise awareness of addictive disorders involving abuse of inhalants
 HB107WILLMOTTLEGISLATION - Provides for technical corrections to provisions of the La. Revised Statutes as necessary for conformity with the Safe Haven Law
 HB237WILLMOTTCHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Provides for an official symbol to identify emergency care facilities designated in the Safe Haven Law
 HB386HOFFMANNABORTION - Extends the mandatory waiting period between certain required pre-abortion procedures and the performance of an abortion
 HB475HOFFMANNCHILDREN/DCFS - Provides for the organization of the Department of Children and Family Services (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB618WILLMOTTHUMAN REMAINS - Requires a health facility to provide notice of a parent's right to determine the final disposition of fetal remains

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

ADJOURNMENT