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Votes at a glance: health and welfare committee advances multiple bills and resolutions
Summary
On May 12 the House Committee on Health and Welfare reported multiple measures favorable (many with technical or substantive amendments), including HCR 98, SB 273, SB 415, SB 437, SB 451, SB 426, SB 39, SB 190, SB 236, SB 124, HR 174, SB 270, SB 359 and HR 194; most were reported by voice and the committee recorded no roll‑call tallies in the transcript.
The House Committee on Health and Welfare advanced a slate of health‑related measures on May 12. Most motions were reported favorable by the chair or via a member motion and the committee recorded no detailed roll‑call tallies in the transcript. Items the committee reported favorable (many with technical or substantive amendments) included:
• HCR 98 (Rep. Carpenter): Study LDH feasibility for allowing SNAP to cover grocery delivery fees (reported favorable).
• SB 273 (Sen. Abraham): Hospice patient protection requirements for inpatient licensed facilities (reported favorable with amendments).
• SB 415 (Sen. Abraham): Create Empower Louisiana charitable food‑purchase program (reported favorable with technical amendments).
• SB 437 (Sen. Abraham): Licensing of residential substance‑abuse treatment for judicial referrals (reported favorable).
• SB 451 (Sen. Kleinpeter): Update newborn hearing screening reporting and EHDI process (reported favorable).
• SB 426 (Sen. Stein): ADRA modernization and peer support specialist licensure and pathway (reported favorable with substantive transition amendments).
• SB 39 (Sen. Mizell): Provisional licensing for massage‑therapy graduates (reported favorable).
• SB 190 (Sen. Mizell): Special‑focus nursing facility oversight and 18‑month remediation timeline (reported favorable with amendments).
• SB 236 (Sen. Owen): LDH annual review of kidney disease treatment (reported favorable with technical amendments).
• SB 124 (Sen. Talbot): Peer review records sharing within health systems (reported favorable with amendments).
• HR 174 (Rep. Owens): Urge state engagement on fenbendazole as a potential treatment assessment (reported favorable).
• SB 270 (Sen. Jackson Andrews): Allow medical marijuana for terminal patients in health care facilities (reported favorable).
• SB 359 (Sen. Jackson Andrews): Local hospital service district terms (reported favorable).
• HR 194 (Rep. Freeman): Request LDH and DOE provide deidentified school visual acuity screening data for research (reported favorable).
Where the transcript records institutional supporters (green cards) or LDH technical advice, the committee noted them in the record. Most actions were advanced with the committee chair announcing items reported favorable and no formal roll‑call tallies printed in the hearing transcript. Members discussed follow‑up or monitoring items (for example, LDH rule‑making for SB 415 and LDH monitoring and reporting for SB 190).
