82nd Legislative Session _ 2007

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services
Friday, February 09, 2007

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Gant
P    Hansen (Tom), Chair
P    Jerstad
P    Katus
E    Olson (Ed)
P    Two Bulls
P    Dempster, Vice-Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Chair Hansen

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 7, 2007

Moved by:    Dempster
Second by:    Katus
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

 MOTION:     Consideration of matters not posted (SB197)

Moved by:    Dempster
Second by:    Jerstad
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(4-0-3-0)

Voting Yes:    Hansen (Tom), Jerstad, Katus, Dempster

Excused:    Gant, Olson (Ed), Two Bulls

          SB 187: provide for appropriate emergency health care for rape survivors and to require health care facilities and the Department of Health to provide information to

rape survivors.

Presented by:    Senator Ben Nesselhuf (Handout #1)
Proponents:    Chris Jongeling, SD Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
        Kate Looby, Planned Parenthood, Sioux Falls
        Jane Murphy, SD Advocacy Network for Women
Opponents:    Travis Benson, Catholic Diocese Of Sioux Falls
        Deb Fischer Clemens, Avera Health
        Jenna Haggar, SD Right to Life
        Cindy Flakoll, Concerned Women For America
        Jeremiah Murphy, Avera

MOTION:     AMEND SB 187

187ta
     On page 2, between lines 20 and 21 of the printed bill, insert:

"
     Section 4. No health care facility, physician, nurse, or other person, is required to provide such rape survivor with materials developed and approved pursuant to Section 3 if doing so is contrary to the religious, moral, or ethical tenets of the health care facility, physician, nurse, or other person.".


Moved by:    Gant
Second by:    Dempster
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

 MOTION:     TO TABLE SB 187

Moved by:    Gant
Action:    Died for a lack of a second

 MOTION:     DO PASS SB 187 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Olson (Ed)
Second by:    Dempster
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(5-1-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Gant, Hansen (Tom), Jerstad, Olson (Ed), Dempster

Voting No:    Katus

Excused:    Two Bulls

          SB 197: adopt the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

Presented by:    Senator Tom Dempster
Proponents:    Michael DeMersseman, Uniform Laws Commission
        Susan Mau Larson, LifeSource (Handouts #2 & #3)
        Tim Bjork, Pierre
        Deb Fischer Clemens, Avera Health
        Deb Bowman, Pierre
        David Hewett, SD Assn. Of Healthcare Organizations
Opponents:    Rita Houglum, Eagle Forum

The Chair deferred SB 197 until another day.

         HB 1056: revise certain provisions relating to the practice of counseling.

The Chair deferred HB 1056 until another day.

         HB 1031: provide for the regulation of telepharmacy and to establish a fee therefor.

The Chair deferred HB 1031 until another day.

         HB 1077: impose a tax on the net revenues of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.

The Chair deferred HB 1077 until another day.

         HB 1186: revise the composition of the Commission on Health Care.

The Chair deferred HB 1186 until another day.

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Dempster
Second by:    Katus
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.


Peggy Hyde

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Committee Secretary
Tom Hansen, Chair