PROPOSED  A G E N D A

(subject to revision)

            Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Central Wyoming Counseling Center

                                                Casper, Wyoming

                             Monday-Tuesday, December 13-14, 2004

MONDAY, DECEMBER 13

8:30 am            Call to Order

8:35 am            Dept of Employment

                        • Worker's compensation fund.  05LSO-0149.C1.

• Workers' compensation amendments. 05LSO-0164.W1.

                                    • Unemployment compensation amendments.  05LSO-0368.W1

                                    • Unemployment tax amendments.  05LSO-0378.W2

9:45 am            Tobacco taxes-2.  05LSO-0298.W1 / W2

10:15 am          Break

10:30 am          Uncompensated catastrophic/trauma care - Health Care Commission

                                    • 05LSO-0311.W1

11:15 am          Children and Families' Initiative – Marilyn Patton, DFS

Noon            Lunch

1:00 pm            Geriatric and medication aides.  Senator Boggs; Board of Nursing.

•05LSO-0142.W4

2:00 pm            Uniform health care decisions.  05LSO-0145.W3

3:00 pm            Break

3:15 pm            Immunization enforcement report – Dept. of Health

3:30 pm            Public health nurses funding report - Dept of Health, County Commissioners

4:00 pm            Wyoming Health Insurance Pool amendments.  05LSO-0389.W1,  / .W2

5:00 pm            Recess.

 TUESDAY, December 14th

8:00 am            Medicaid Funding of Special Education Costs – Dept. of Health, Dept of Ed.

                                    • 05LSO-0165.W2

9:00 am            Methamphetamine initiatives

• Substance abuse prevention and treatment – juveniles.05LSO-0295.W1

• Other bills

9:45 am            Veterans' home study.  05LSO-0162.W1

10:00 am          Break

10:15 am          Environmental health study.  05LSO-0167.W1

10:45 am          Volunteer ambulance services immunity.  05LSO-0166.W2

11:15 am          Medicaid buy-in eligibility.  05LSO-0376.L1

11:30 am         

Noon            Lunch

1:15 pm            Malpractice insurance  /  medical review panel.

•  Malpractice insurance regulation

•  'Loss chance' doctrine abrogation

•  Expert witness fees regulation

•  Collateral source rule

3:15 pm            Public Comment

3:45 pm            Other committee business

Adjourn Upon Completion of Committee Business