Agenda - Health and Welfare

House Committee on Health and Welfare
March 25, 2026 9:00 a.m. Room 5
Scheduled

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HB199	DUSTIN MILLER	NURSING HOMES - Extends moratorium on nursing facilities (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
	HB222	BERAULT	MEDICAID - Requires Medicaid to cover dental procedures for certain Medicaid enrollees (OR +$784,370 GF EX See Note)
	HB223	DUSTIN MILLER	SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services
	HB224	MIKE JOHNSON	CHILDRENS CODE - Provides for the continuous revision of the Children's Code
	HB235	FONTENOT	SEWERAGE - Authorizes a person to install an individual sewer treatment system in certain circumstances
	HB246	SPELL	HEALTH - Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet Advisory Board
	HB405	EGAN	HEALTH - Provides relative to the practice of acupuncture
	HB535	CHENEVERT	PATERNITY - Provides relative to authentic acts for acknowledgment of paternity
	HB554	WILFORD CARTER	HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS - Provides relative to civil monetary penalties for violations by healthcare facilities (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
	HB907	DUSTIN MILLER	HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS - Provides civil and criminal immunity for the distribution or use of Naloxone and other opioid antagonists beyond their shelf-life end date
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT

Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.

NOTE: Statements may be filed with the House Committee on Health and Welfare via email at h-hw@legis.la.gov Statements submitted, and the information contained therein, are public records and subject to disclosure pursuant to public records laws.

Audio/visual presentations, such as PowerPoint, shall be filed with the House Committee on Health and Welfare via email at h-hw@legis.la.gov at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled start of the committee meeting. No flash or thumb drives will be accepted.