Agenda - Health and Welfare

House Committee on Health and Welfare
May 14, 2025 9:00 a.m. Room 5
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HB138	DEWITT	PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS - Provides with respect to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
	HB265	MENA	EMERGENCY MED TECH - Provides with respect to prohibitions regarding the employment of ambulance drivers convicted of certain offenses
	HB359	DUSTIN MILLER	MENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to victims of human trafficking
	HB377	CHARLES OWEN	HEALTH SERVICES - Authorizes an individual to refuse certain medical treatments
	HB400	CHENEVERT	HEALTH/CHILDREN - Provides relative to a minor's consent for medical procedures and treatments
	HB442	CHANCE HENRY	SPEECH/PATH/AUDIO - Provides relative to the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology
	HB531	TRAVIS JOHNSON	NURSES - Provides for forensic medical examinations of sexual assault survivors
	HB619	KNOX	MENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to public camping (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB657	RISER	MEDICAL MARIJUANA - Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Department of Health related to the sale of therapeutic marijuana (RE +$225,000 SG RV See Note)
	HB661	DUSTIN MILLER	HEALTH/LDH - Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Department of Health
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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