Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
April 27, 2016
9:30 am
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
BLUE
= already considered.
RED
= currently being considered.
BLACK
= not yet considered.
**Click on an instrument for additional information. Click on an author for the author's home page.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
April 20, 2016
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR65
FRED MILLS
HEALTH/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.
SCR68
GATTI
HEALTH 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.
SB36
GATTI
MALPRACTICE
- Provides exclusion from coverage for medical malpractice by doctor practicing outside his specialty or hospital privileges. (8/1/16) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
SB38
GATTI
MEDICAID
- 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)
SB230
PETERSON
HEALTH SERVICES
- Provides relative to the Health Education Authority of Louisiana (HEAL). (8/1/16) (EGF SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
SB362
JOHNS
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Program. (8/1/16)
SB429
BARROW
HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT
- Provides for the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (8/1/16)
SB455
BODI WHITE
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to emergency medical services transporting patients to medical facilities. (9/6/16)
SB465
BARROW
HEALTH SERVICES
- Provides relative to freestanding emergency medical care facilities. (8/1/16)
HCR24
BERTHELOT
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Urges the office of behavioral health to raise awareness of addictive disorders involving abuse of inhalants
HB107
WILLMOTT
LEGISLATION
- Provides for technical corrections to provisions of the La. Revised Statutes as necessary for conformity with the Safe Haven Law
HB237
WILLMOTT
CHILDREN/NEWBORNS
- Provides for an official symbol to identify emergency care facilities designated in the Safe Haven Law
HB386
HOFFMANN
ABORTION
- Extends the mandatory waiting period between certain required pre-abortion procedures and the performance of an abortion
HB475
HOFFMANN
CHILDREN/DCFS
- Provides for the organization of the Department of Children and Family Services (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB618
WILLMOTT
HUMAN 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