| HB 99 | Jones, R. | Requires health insurance coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine. |
| Bill History: |
05-19-08 H Withdrawn |
| HB 291 | Barrow | Requires the Department of Health and Hospitals to create a pilot program to provide pre-term labor management services for Medicaid eligible women with high-risk pregnancies. |
| Bill History: |
05-01-08 H Recommitted House Appropriations |
| HB 318 | Kleckley | Requires health insurance coverage of prosthetic devices and prosthetic services. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-08 G Effective |
| HB 357 | LaFonta | Requires health insurance coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine. |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Insurance |
| HB 366 | Katz | Expands Medicaid eligibility to former foster children who have reached adulthood. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 378 | Armes | Provides relative to noncomplex health procedures performed by certain school employees. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 384 | Jones, Sam | Requires the Office of Group Benefits to provide coverage for lap band, gastric bypass, and sleeve surgeries. |
| Bill History: |
05-29-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Appropriations |
| HB 469 | Katz | Authorizes the DHH to develop a prescription drug discount program for the low-income uninsured. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Health and Welfare |
| HB 482 | Richmond | Provides an exception for Office of Group Benefits programs relative to an employer-provided health plan. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 516 | Cortez | Provides relative to coverage of rehabilitative services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language pathology therapy. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 543 | LaFonta | Provides for coverage of the hpv vaccine. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| HB 562 | Peterson | Requires certain coverage of medically prescribed contraceptives and contraceptive services. |
| Bill History: |
05-06-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Insurance |
| HB 653 | LaBruzzo | Allows the actual examination of a patient conducted by a health care provider, parish coroner, or authorized physician to be conducted by telemedicine utilizing video conferencing technology. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 660 | Henry | Prohibits a pharmacist from interchanging an antiepileptic drug for the treatment of epilepsy without proper notification. |
| Bill History: |
05-13-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Health and Welfare |
| HB 669 | Mills | Creates the Acadiana Human Services Authority. |
| Bill History: |
03-20-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Health and Welfare |
| HB 670 | Williams | Provides relative to autism services provided by the Department of Health and Hospitals. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 875 | Jackson, M. | Provides for a common reimbursement methodology for community mental health centers and community mental health clinics. Became HB 1385. |
| Bill History: |
05-29-08 H Set on the House Orders |
| HB 900 | Fannin | Creates the Post Employment Benefits Trust Fund. |
| Bill History: |
04-10-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Appropriations |
| HB 925 | Cortez | Requires reimbursement for certain services performed by licensed marriage and family therapists. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 930 | Mills | Provides relative to the governance, functions, and responsibilities of human services districts. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-08 G Effective |
| HB 958 | Foil | Requires health insurance coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in individuals under 21 years of age. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 1073 | Hines | Provides for the privacy of personal health information. |
| Bill History: |
03-21-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Health and Welfare |
| HB 1098 | Katz | Provides for home and community-based service providers. |
| Bill History: |
07-08-08 G Effective |
| HB 1245 | LaFonta | Extends the termination date of the Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| HB 1326 | Peterson | Creates the Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission. |
| Bill History: |
05-06-08 H Committee hearing cancelled House Health and Welfare |
| HB 1345 | Smith, Gary | Amends the Addictive Disorder Practice Act. |
| Bill History: |
05-28-08 H Involuntarily Deferred House Health and Welfare |
| HB 1346 | Harrison | Requires the Department of Health and Hospitals to amend state plan for Louisiana Children and Youth Health Insurance Program to provide for the reimbursement of certain health care services provided at schools. |
| Bill History: |
04-23-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Health and Welfare |
| HB 1385 | Jackson, M. | Establishes the Mental Health Access Committee to study a revised reimbursement methodology for community mental health clinics. Substitute for HB 875. |
| Bill History: |
07-09-08 G Vetoed |
| HCR 69 | Williams | Requests the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to function as a joint committee to study autism spectrum disorders. |
| Bill History: |
06-22-08 S Enrolled |
| HCR 70 | LaBruzzo | Amends administrative rules relative to minimum standards for abuse and addiction treatment programs. |
| Bill History: |
06-13-08 S Enrolled |
| SB 119 | Broome | Provides for the definition of "lifestyle modifications." |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 141 | Quinn | Prohibits an insurance policy or health insurance entity from imposing a co-payment, deductible, or dollar limitation on benefits for services rendered by a chiropractic physician. |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Insurance |
| SB 148 | Cravins | Requires all individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage for hospital, medical or surgical expenses to provide coverage for prosthetic services and prosthesis devices. (gov sig) |
| Bill History: |
03-19-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Insurance |
| SB 182 | Gray | Provides for assistive outpatient placement. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 228 | Heitmeier | Provides for standards for crisis receiving centers. |
| Bill History: |
06-25-08 G Effective |
| SB 234 | Mount | Provides for licensing of substitute family agencies for the developmentally disabled by the Department of Health and Hospitals. (gov sig) |
| Bill History: |
04-21-08 H Set on the House Orders |
| SB 238 | Cassidy | Provides for expedited partner therapy. |
| Bill History: |
06-25-08 G Effective |
| SB 241 | Cravins | Provides relative to insurance coverage for rehabilitative physical therapy. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-08 G Effective |
| SB 250 | Mount | Provides for the Department of Health and Hospitals to develop a prescription drug discount program for the low-income uninsured. (gov sig) |
| Bill History: |
03-20-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Health and Welfare |
| SB 269 | McPherson | Reorganizes the Louisiana Health Works Commission. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-08 G Effective |
| SB 287 | Mount | Provides for Louisiana health care consumers' right to know. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-08 G Effective |
| SB 299 | Erdey | Provides for the eligibility of certain developmentally disabled persons in the state group benefits program. |
| Bill History: |
06-21-08 G Effective |
| SB 300 | Erdey | Provides relative to the Louisiana Health Plan. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 H Referred to House Committee on House Insurance |
| SB 354 | Gautreaux, N. | Requires health insurers to provide coverage for fertility treatments. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
06-10-08 H Meeting set for 9:30 A.M. RM. 2 House Insurance |
| SB 423 | Cravins | Creates the missing senior citizen and person with development disabilities alert program known as the "Silver Alert." |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 464 | Murray | Provides relative to health care arrangements provided to a health care consumer. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
05-07-08 S Meeting set for 10:00 A.M. RM. A Senate Insurance |
| SB 502 | Crowe | Provides an exception for Office of Group Benefits programs relative to an employer-provided health plan. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
05-06-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| SB 506 | Mount | Authorizes the Department of Health and Hospitals and local governments to privatize forensic psychiatric services and facilities. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
03-21-08 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Health and Welfare |
| SB 535 | Cassidy | Requires insurance coverage of certain medically necessary treatments for alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental illness, effective upon the enactment of an income tax credit equal to the cost of premiums related to providing such coverage. |
| Bill History: |
05-14-08 S Returned to the calendar - subject to call |
| SB 546 | Mount | Provides for training the direct service workers and medication attendants. |
| Bill History: |
08-15-08 G Effective |
| SB 553 | Mount | Provides for a common reimbursement methodology for community mental health centers and community mental health clinics. (8/15/08) |
| Bill History: |
04-23-08 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M. John J. Hainkel Rm. Senate Health and Welfare |
| SB 601 | Michot | Creates the Post Employment Benefits Trust Fund in the State Treasury. |
| Bill History: |
07-01-08 G Effective |
| SB 694 | Mount | Provides for Alzheimer's training requirements for certain employees of adult residential care homes and long-term care facilities. Became SB. 810. |
| Bill History: |
05-15-08 S Set on the Senate Orders |
| SB 810 | Mount | Provides for Alzheimer's training requirements for certain employees of adult residential care homes and long-term care facilities. Substitute for SB. 694. |
| Bill History: |
06-30-08 G Effective |
| SCR 5 | Quinn | Designates October of each year as Cochlear Implant Awareness Month. |
| Bill History: |
04-08-08 H Enrolled |
| SCR 40 | Cassidy | Urges DHH and the LSU Health Sciences Center to study the use of electronic medical records for certain mental health patients. |
| Bill History: |
06-23-08 H Enrolled |