Agenda - Health and Welfare

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
May 17, 2016 12:00 pm John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 17, 2016, 11:46 am * Revision Notes: Removed HB 579, HB 595, & HB 642, Added SCR 117

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 11, 2016
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR87	JOHNS	PHARMACISTS - Requests the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to study and make recommendations regarding the use of the terms "specialty drug" and "specialty pharmacy".
		SCR117	FRED MILLS	COURTS - Commends the Louisiana Supreme Court on the successful implementation of specialty drug courts and requests information on implementation and expansion of other specialty courts.
		HCR34	HOFFMANN	LEGISLATIVE AGCY/LAW INST - Requests completion of a study regarding continuing contact by parents and other relatives with children in need of care
		HCR77	MONTOUCET	HEALTH/DHH - Directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on prospective models for improving care management in the Bayou Health program
		HCR86	HOFFMANN	HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS - Creates a study group to make recommendations concerning the prospective establishment of an independent health professions scope of practice review committee
		HCR87	HOFFMANN	ABORTION - Requests a study and report by the Dept. of Health and Hospitals concerning the possibility of reversing the effects of an abortion induced with drugs or chemicals
		HCR97	HOFFMANN	DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Expresses the support of the legislature for the MyOldMeds campaign to promote safe storage and in-home disposal of prescription medications
		HB232	STOKES	HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Adds limitation of liability provisions to the Right To Try Act
		HB496	MORRIS	ACUPUNCTURISTS - Provides for the practice of acupuncture
		HB557	MORRIS	ACUPUNCTURISTS - Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists
		HB815	STOKES	HUMAN REMAINS - Prohibits post-abortion harvesting of fetal remains and requires burial or cremation of such remains
		HB918	WILLMOTT	NURSES/PRACTICAL - Provides relative to background checks for persons applying for licensure by the La. State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners
		HB1007	MORENO	DRUGS - Provides relative to the storing and dispensing of naloxone and other opioid antagonists
		HB1019	EDMONDS	ABORTION - Prohibits abortion based on genetic abnormality
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT