Agenda - Health and Welfare

House Committee on Health and Welfare
May 14, 2014 10:00 a.m. Room 5
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	SCR13	CORTEZ	HEALTH CARE - Requests the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians to educate its members of state and federal programs available to children with developmental disabilities and advise parents and guardians of such programs when such a diagnosis is made.
	SCR22	FRED MILLS	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to create the Practice and Regulation of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Review Committee.
	SCR53	FRED MILLS	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Requests the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to place on its official website a link to information regarding end of life care in the state of Louisiana.
	SCR57	ERDEY	FEDERAL PROGRAMS - Requests that DHH and DCFS work to streamline the process of clearing the names of deceased recipients from the list of those eligible for SNAP benefits.
	SCR62	FRED MILLS	MEDICAID - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to seek a Medicaid state plan amendment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include as a Medicaid service the Tdap vaccine to pregnant women and to provide a cost analysis to the legislature for providing this Medicaid service.
	SCR75	NEVERS	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Requests that DHH study and develop a list of best practices suicide prevention training programs to make available in Louisiana to offer for training groups of Louisiana professionals and citizens on a voluntary basis.
	SB54	BROOME	CHILDREN - Provides for an early intervention program in East Baton Rouge Parish. (8/1/14) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
	SB185	FRED MILLS	MENTAL HEALTH - Provides for an emergency certificate for transportation and admission to a treatment facility. (8/1/14)
	SB194	FRED MILLS	MENTAL HEALTH - Provides for mental health counselors. (5/1/15)
	SB309	BROOME	HEALTH CARE - Provides for screening of pregnant women for HIV and syphilis in the third trimester of pregnancy. (gov sig)
	SB401	FRED MILLS	PHARMACISTS - Provides for third party contracts with pharmacies. (8/1/14)
	SB432	BUFFINGTON	HEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to persons with disabilities and service dogs. (8/1/14)
	SB516	BUFFINGTON	HEALTH CARE - Provides for direct primary care. (8/1/14)
	SB586	DORSEY-COLOMB	CHILDREN - Provides relative to adoptions and prohibits the re-homing of a child. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
	SB600	FRED MILLS	HEALTH SERVICES - Provides relative to immunizations. (8/1/14)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT