LANP BILL REVIEW FORM (House & Senate)
HOUSE BILLS 2007:
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BILL # / LOCATION |
AUTHOR |
SUMMARY |
OPPOSE |
SUPPORT |
NEUTRAL |
ACTION |
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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" |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor - ACT 227 |
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HB 158
|
Hunter |
Creates the Equal Pay for Women Act |
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Monitor |
Failed House Final Passage |
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HB 160
|
G. Smith |
Authorizes individual income tax credit for health insurance premiums |
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Monitor |
Considered |
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HB 178 Assigned to House Health & Welfare |
Doerge |
Children/Abuse: Provides relative to prenatal neglect |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor - ACT 396 |
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HB 213
|
Johns |
Controlled Substances: Provides for penalties for "doctor shopping" of prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances and Carisoprodol |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor - ACT 287 |
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HB 246
|
Representative McDonald |
Nursing Homes: Provides for the certification of medication attendants to work in licensed nursing homes until August 1, 2011 |
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Card |
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Signed by the Governor ACT 293 |
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HB 251
|
Representatives Mickey Guillory & Durand |
Respiratory Therapists: Provides for changes to the Respiratory Therapy Practice Act |
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Investigate further |
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Signed by the Governor ACT 142 |
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HB 281
|
Bowler |
Malpractice/Medical: Revises definitions under the private Medical Malpractice Act |
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Monitor |
Considered |
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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 |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor - ACT 147 |
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HB 346
|
Labruzzo |
Insurance/Health: Requires recognition of assignment of health insurance benefits to health care providers |
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Card |
Involuntarily Deferred in House Insurance |
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HB 452
|
Baldone |
Health Care/Records: Provides relative to obtaining health care records |
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Monitor |
Sent to the Governor |
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HB 512
|
Curtis |
Health/Venereal Disease: Provides relative to venereal diseases |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor ACT 153 |
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HB 523
|
Thompson |
Pharmacists: Prohibits pharmacists from issuing a prescription based solely upon the results of an electronic questionnaire |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor ACT 318 |
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HB 537
|
Faucheux |
Health/Smoking: Permits smoking in bars located within private clubs |
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Monitor |
Considered |
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HB 542
|
Walker |
Insurance/Health: Creates the Louisiana Children and Youth Health Insurance Program |
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Card |
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Signed by the Governor - ACT 407 |
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HB 587
|
Hill |
Insurance/Health: Provides relative to health insurance claims for prescription drugs, products and other supplies, and pharmacy services |
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Monitor |
Considered
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HB 588
|
Thompson |
Hospitals: Provides for Medicaid reimbursement methodology for rural hospitals |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor - ACT 327 |
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HB 609
|
Badon |
Provides for an income tax credit for certain malpractice insurance premiums paid by certain physicians |
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Card and add N. P. language |
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Considered |
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HB 614
|
Beard |
Abortion: Provides with respect to partial birth abortion |
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Monitor |
Sent to the Governor |
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HB 625
|
Thompson |
Tax/Income Tax: Provides for a deduction from state income taxes for certain physicians and dentists
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Card and add N. P. language |
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Considered |
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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 |
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State Board of Nursing to conduct study |
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HB 680
|
Durand |
Provides relative to the exclusion of Hepatitis C and antipsychotic drugs from the Louisiana Prior Authorization process with Preferred Drug List |
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Card |
Signed by the Governor ACT 107 |
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HB 683
|
Alario |
Prohibits a pharmacist from interchanging an antiepileptic drug for the treatment of epilepsy without proper notification |
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Card |
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Considered |
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HB 684
|
Townsend |
Nurses/Registered: Provides relative to the authority of Registered Nurse Anesthetists |
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Monitor |
Involuntarily deferred in House Health & Welfare |
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HB 784
|
Barrow |
Medicaid: Provides for clinical Social Workers to qualify as Medicaid providers |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor ACT 343 |
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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 |
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Card and add N. P. language |
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Signed by the Governor ACT 347 |
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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 |
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B. J. to investigate |
Not heard |
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HB 883
|
LaFonda |
Health: Provides with respect to a diabetes initiative |
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Card and add N. P. language |
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Signed by the Governor ACT 418 |
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HB 895 |
Barrow |
Medicaid: Provides for an obstetric preterm labor program |
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Card and add N. P. language |
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Not Heard
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SENATE BILLS 2007:
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BILL # / LOCATION |
AUTHOR |
SUMMARY |
OPPOSE |
SUPPORT |
NEUTRAL |
ACTION |
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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 |
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Add N. P. language |
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Signed by the Governor ACT 243 |
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SB 93
|
Nevers |
Provides insurance coverage for the treatment of certain medically necessary substance related disorders |
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Monitor |
No Passage |
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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 |
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Monitor B. J. to get more info |
No Passage |
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SB 230
|
Hines |
Health Care: Authorizes certain activities involving health care providers and public rural hospitals |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor - ACT 224 |
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SB 238
|
McPherson |
Funds/Funding: Establishes the Health Care Redesign Fund in the State Treasury |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor - ACT 172 |
| SB 270 | Cassidy | Hospitals: Provides relative to obstetrical hospitals |
Monitor |
Not Heard |
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SB 282 |
Schedler |
Health Care: Provides for the timely reporting of impaired health care professionals to the State Licensing Boards |
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Monitor |
Signed by the Governor ACT 274 |
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SB 303
|
N. Gautreaux |
Health Services: Provides for registration of medical staffing agencies |
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Monitor |
No Passage |
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SB 307
|
Cassidy |
Creates the Louisiana Health Insurance Exchange and the Office of the Louisiana Health Insurance Exchange within the Department of Insurance |
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Add N. P. language |
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Not Heard |
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SB 322 (same as HB 684) |
Chaisson |
Nurses: Provides for the authority of registered professional nurses to administer anesthetics |
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Monitor |
No Passage |