Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Health and Human Services
Room:     423
Date:    Monday, February 12, 2007
Time:    10:00 AM



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         SB 196     revise the places where smoking is prohibited.
             Senators Hansen (Tom), Hoerth, Hunhoff, Jerstad, and Knudson and Representatives Van Etten, Cutler, Elliott, Faehn, Gilson, Glenski, McLaughlin, Miles, Novstrup (Al), Novstrup (David), Pitts, Rave, Thompson, and Weems

         SB 206     permit and provide for the issuance of certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth.
             Senators Hunhoff, Apa, Bartling, Gant, Greenfield, Hoerth, Jerstad, Maher, McNenny, and Two Bulls and Representatives Olson (Betty), Davis, Dykstra, Faehn, Koistinen, Krebs, Miles, Noem, Putnam, Rausch, Rhoden, Rounds, Vanneman, and Weems

         SB 129     establish a health reinsurance pool to spread the expenses of high-cost individuals.
             Senators Dempster, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Heidepriem, Jerstad, Katus, and Olson (Ed) and Representatives Dykstra, Cutler, Halverson, Jerke, Nygaard, and Rave

         SB 130     require hospitals to report additional information on hospital reimbursements and to report performance outcome data and to provide that this information be available on the Department of Health's web site.
             Senators Dempster, Hansen (Tom), Heidepriem, Jerstad, Katus, and Olson (Ed) and Representatives Dykstra, Cutler, Jerke, Nygaard, and Rave

         SB 131     require that all state residents obtain health insurance, to provide assistance to those who cannot afford health insurance, and to provide penalties for those who can afford health insurance but do not have health insurance.
             Senators Dempster, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Jerstad, Katus, Nesselhuf, and Olson (Ed) and Representatives Dykstra, Halverson, Jerke, Nygaard, and Rave

         SB 132     establish the South Dakota Health Insurance Exchange.
             Senators Dempster, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Heidepriem, Jerstad, Katus, and Olson (Ed) and Representatives Dykstra, Cutler, Halverson, Jerke, Nygaard, and Rave

         SB 133     require itemized statements of charges to patients receiving medical care or services.
             Senators Dempster, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Heidepriem, Jerstad, Katus, and Olson (Ed) and Representatives Dykstra, Cutler, Halverson, Jerke, Nygaard, and Rave

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

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TOM HANSEN, Chair