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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