Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
March 27, 2024
10:00 a.m.
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned		 
* Agenda Revised April 29, 2024, 4:19 pm *
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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL
 APPROVAL OF MINUTES

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 March 27, 2024 and April 24, 2024

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 SR14JACKSON-ANDREWSBEHAVIORAL HEALTH - Creates the Community Responder Task Force to study the implementation of a partnership between law enforcement agencies, behavioral health providers, and hospitals.
 SCR6GARY CARTERHEALTH CARE - Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to apply to participate in the CMS Transforming Maternal Health Model.
 SB40ALLAINSEAFOOD - Provides relative to seafood safety. (gov sig) (EG1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB55GARY CARTERHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to post-birth information. (8/1/24) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB62FESIPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to seafood safety. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB151GARY CARTERHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to free-standing birth centers. (8/1/24)
 SB160ROBERT OWENHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to physician assistants. (8/1/24)
 SB166CONNICKPUBLIC HEALTH - Provides relative to seafood safety. (1/1/25) (REF INCREASE SG RV See Note)
 SB195MIGUEZWELFARE - Provides relative to work requirements within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (gov sig) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 SB196MIGUEZWELFARE - Provides relative to program integrity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (gov sig) (OR +$179,920 EX See Note)
 SB231DUPLESSISMENTAL HEALTH - Provides regarding involuntary outpatient treatment for mental health. (8/1/24)
 SB325EDMONDSWOMEN - Provides for an informational document to be made available to pregnant mothers following the diagnosis of a fetal abnormality with respect to their unborn child. (8/1/24) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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