LANP BILL REVIEW FORM (House & Senate)

HOUSE BILLS 2007:

BILL # /

LOCATION

AUTHOR

SUMMARY

OPPOSE

SUPPORT

NEUTRAL

ACTION

HB 88

Assigned to House Criminal Justice

Martiny

DWI:  Provides with respect to the elements of the crime of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Removes "knowingly"

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor -

ACT 227

HB 158

 

Hunter

Creates the Equal Pay for Women Act

 

 

Monitor

Failed House Final Passage

HB 160

 

G. Smith

Authorizes individual income tax credit for health insurance premiums

 

 

Monitor

Considered

HB 178

Assigned to House Health & Welfare

Doerge

Children/Abuse: Provides relative to prenatal neglect

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor -

ACT 396

HB 213

 

Johns

Controlled Substances: Provides for penalties for "doctor shopping" of prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances and Carisoprodol

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor -

ACT 287

HB 246

 

Representative McDonald

Nursing Homes: Provides for the certification of medication attendants to work in licensed nursing homes until            August 1, 2011

 

Card

 

Signed by the Governor

ACT 293

HB 251

 

Representatives Mickey Guillory & Durand

Respiratory Therapists:  Provides for changes to the Respiratory Therapy Practice Act

 

Investigate further

 

Signed by the Governor

ACT 142

HB 281

 

Bowler

Malpractice/Medical: Revises definitions under the private Medical Malpractice Act

 

 

Monitor

Considered

HB 318

Assigned to House Education

Walker

Medicaid: Allows Medicaid to seek reimbursement from health insurers up to 36 months from the date of service for claims paid for Medicaid recipients who have no other insurance coverage

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor -

ACT 147

HB 346

 

Labruzzo

Insurance/Health: Requires recognition of assignment of health insurance benefits to health care providers

 

Card

 

Involuntarily Deferred in House Insurance

HB 452

 

Baldone

Health Care/Records: Provides relative to obtaining health care records

 

 

Monitor

Sent to the Governor

HB 512

 

Curtis

Health/Venereal Disease: Provides relative to venereal diseases

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor

ACT 153

HB 523

 

Thompson

Pharmacists: Prohibits pharmacists from issuing a prescription based solely upon the results of an electronic questionnaire

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor

ACT 318

HB 537

 

Faucheux

Health/Smoking: Permits smoking in bars located within private clubs

 

 

Monitor

Considered

HB 542

 

Walker

Insurance/Health: Creates the Louisiana Children and Youth Health Insurance Program

 

Card

 

Signed by the Governor -

ACT 407

HB 587

 

Hill

Insurance/Health: Provides relative to health insurance claims for prescription drugs, products and other supplies, and pharmacy services

 

 

Monitor

Considered

 

HB 588

 

Thompson

Hospitals: Provides for Medicaid reimbursement methodology for rural hospitals

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor -

ACT 327

HB 609

 

Badon

Provides for an income tax credit for certain malpractice insurance premiums paid by certain physicians

 

Card and add N. P. language

 

  Considered

HB 614

 

Beard

Abortion: Provides with respect to partial birth abortion

 

 

Monitor

Sent to the Governor

HB 625

 

Thompson

Tax/Income Tax: Provides for a deduction from state income taxes for certain physicians and dentists

 

 

Card and add N. P. language

 

Considered

HB 673

 

Anders

Nurses/Registered: Provides for qualified Registered Nurses employed by rural hospitals to perform medical screening evaluations in emergency medical treatment situations

Card

 

 

State Board of Nursing to conduct study

HB 680

 

Durand

Provides relative to the exclusion of Hepatitis C and antipsychotic drugs from the Louisiana Prior Authorization process with Preferred Drug List

 

Card

 

Signed by the Governor

ACT 107

HB 683

 

Alario

Prohibits a pharmacist from interchanging an antiepileptic drug for the treatment of epilepsy without proper notification

 

Card

 

Considered

HB 684

 

Townsend

Nurses/Registered: Provides relative to the authority of Registered Nurse Anesthetists

 

 

Monitor

Involuntarily deferred in House Health & Welfare

HB 784

 

Barrow

Medicaid: Provides for clinical Social Workers to qualify as Medicaid providers

 

 

Monitor

  Signed by the Governor

ACT 343

HB 806

 

Thompson

Provides for the Center for Rural Initiatives to implement a Delta Development Initiative in specified parishes in northeast Louisiana and specifies what the initiative shall include

 

Card and add N. P. language

 

Signed by the Governor

 ACT 347

HB 821

 

McVea

Insurance/Health: Provides that certain penalty provisions of the law regulating preferred provider organizations are not applicable to preferred provider organization arrangements relative to Worker's compensation claims

 

 

B. J. to investigate

Not heard

HB 883

 

 

LaFonda

Health: Provides with respect to a diabetes initiative

 

Card and add N. P. language

 

Signed by the Governor

ACT 418

HB 895

Barrow

Medicaid: Provides for an obstetric preterm labor program

 

Card and add N. P. language

 

Not Heard

 

 SENATE BILLS 2007:

BILL # /

LOCATION

AUTHOR

SUMMARY

OPPOSE

SUPPORT

NEUTRAL

ACTION

SB 1

 

McPherson and L. Jackson

Health/Hospitals Department: Authorizes the Department of Health and Hospitals to develop and implement a health care delivery system for Medicaid and low-income uninsured citizens

 

Add N. P. language

 

Signed by the Governor

ACT 243

SB 93

 

Nevers

Provides insurance coverage for the treatment of certain medically necessary substance related disorders

 

 

Monitor

No Passage

SB 220

(same as HB 821)

Kostelka

Health Care: Provides that certain laws regulating preferred provider organizations are not applicable to preferred provider organization arrangements relative to worker's compensation

 

 

Monitor

B. J. to get more info

No Passage

SB 230

 

Hines

Health Care: Authorizes certain activities involving health care providers and public rural hospitals

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor -

ACT 224

SB 238

 

McPherson

Funds/Funding: Establishes the Health Care Redesign Fund in the State Treasury

 

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor -

ACT 172

SB 270 Cassidy Hospitals: Provides relative to obstetrical hospitals    

Monitor

Not Heard

SB 282

Schedler

Health Care: Provides for the timely reporting of impaired health care professionals to the State Licensing Boards

 

 

Monitor

Signed by the Governor

ACT 274

SB 303

 

N. Gautreaux

Health Services: Provides for registration of medical staffing agencies

 

 

Monitor

No Passage

SB 307

 

Cassidy

Creates the Louisiana Health Insurance Exchange and the Office of the Louisiana Health Insurance Exchange within the Department of Insurance

 

Add N. P. language

 

Not Heard

SB 322

(same as HB 684)

Chaisson

Nurses: Provides for the authority of registered professional nurses to administer anesthetics

 

 

Monitor

No Passage