Health and Human Services Committee Senator Michele Brooks, Chair

Meeting to consider SB 782, SB 815, SB 818, HB 1774 and HB 1861

Senate Health and Human Services Committee

Monday, September 27, 2021 | 12:00 noon

East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-A


Meeting to consider SB 782, SB 815, SB 818, HB 1774 and HB 1861

AGENDA

Call to Order 

  • Senate Bill 782 (Pittman) – Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity medications
  • Amendment A02258 (Brooks) – Specifies the coverage of anti-obesity medications
  • Senate Bill 815 (Muth) – Informed consent for pelvic, rectal, and prostate exams
  • Senate Bill 818 (J. Ward) – Expands the list of surgical procedures permitted at Ambulatory Surgical Centers to align with the federal Ambulatory Surgery Center Covered Procedures List without requiring a request for an exception or waiver from the PA Department of Health
  • House Bill 1774 (Flood) – Amends Act 191 of 2014, the Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions (ABC-MAP) Program to allow access to its prescription information for additional agency personnel
  • House Bill 1861 (Lewis) – Amends the Administrative Code to allow temporary regulatory flexibilities to continue emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic by requiring the state agencies to issue a final report of the regulatory suspensions and terminations

Recess to the Call of the Chair

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