There are 40 Legislative Days scheduled for the 2003 session. Standing Legislative Committees meet in regularly scheduled sessions during the morning hours of each Legislative Day. Some committees will hold special evening meetings. The House Health and Human Services Committee is scheduled to meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:45am in room 468 of the Capitol.

For agendas, minutes, member information, active bills and more visit the LRC Website.

Replay audio of the entire House Health and Human Services Committee meeting on the designated Legislative Day or testimony and debate on a specific bill.

Legislative Day 2 1/15/03  - complete meeting Legislative Day 4 1/17/03  - complete meeting Legislative Day 6 1/22/03  - complete meeting Legislative Day 8 1/24/03  - complete meeting HB 1006  -  publish certain fee schedules used in certain medical assistance programs HB 1017 -  revise certain provisions related to ambulance service personnel certification. HB 1018  -  revise certain provisions related to advanced life support personnel. Legislative Day 11 1/29/03  - complete meeting HB 1087- revise the definition of qualified mental health professionals. HB 1106- revise the qualifications for qualified mental health professionals. Legislative Day 13 1/31/03  - complete meeting HB 1087- revise the definition of qualified mental health professionals. HB 1106 - revise the qualifications for qualified mental health professionals. SB 25 - revise the schedule of certain controlled substances. SB 26 - revise certain provisions regarding vital records and to authorize the electronic filing of death certificates and permits for disposition. Legislative Day 14 2/3/03  - complete meeting HB 1088 - establish a fund for the research of spinal cord injuries and create an advisory council for the fund. HB 1149 - provide for quality assurance programs for certain ambulance services. SB 19 - revise certain provisions relating to the funding pool established by the Department of Social Services. SB 66 - establish a homeless veterans initiative program within the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Legislative Day 18 2/7/03  - complete meeting HB 1200- require the Board of Counselor Examiners to establish a client bill of rights. HB 1201- authorize the Board of Counselor Examiners to review allegations of unethical conduct by unlicensed counselors and therapists. SB 137- revise certain provisions related to the physician tuition reimbursement program and to establish a tuition reimbursement program for dentists who fulfill certain requirements. SB 138- expand the nurse tuition reimbursement program to include other health care professionals. Legislative Day 19 2/10/03  - complete meeting HB 1230- provide for a study of Native American children in foster care. HB 1240 - provide for a study of the need to help develop youth recreation centers and after school youth programs within the Sioux Indian reservations in South Dakota. Legislative Day 21 2/12/03  - complete meeting (covers bills below) HB 1230 - provide for a study of Native American children in foster care. HB 1240- Provide for a study of the need to help develop youth recreation centers and after school youth programs within the Sioux Indian reservations in South Dakota. Legislative Day 23 2/14/03  - complete meeting HB 1226- revise who may complete home studies for adoptions. HB 1234- create a commission on health care. HB 1257- provide for a preference for certain relatives when placing children outside their home and to provide standing to certain relatives to petition for adoption when parental rights have been terminated. Legislative Day 25 2/19/03  - complete meeting HB 1210- allow for nursing facilities to be constructed on American Indian reservations under certain circumstances. HB 1257- provide for a preference for certain relatives when placing children outside their home and to provide standing to certain relatives to petition for adoption when parental rights have been terminated. Legislative Day 27 2/21/03  - complete meeting HB 1236- allow the offer of an individual health benefit plan without certain mandat HB 1277- create a medicaid pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee for the purpose of developing a preferred drug formulary Legislative Day 28 2/22/03  - complete meeting SB 172- require the Department of Health to place certain information on its website SB 135- revise certain provisions relating to the practice of optometry Legislative Day 29 2/24/03  - complete meeting HC 1013- Supporting the basic rights of affordable health care including prescription drugs, a safe and secure retirement, and quality long-term care that is accessible and affordable for older South Dakotans SC 0005- Establishing a legislative policy on suicide and creating a South Dakota strategy for suicide prevention Legislative Day 33 2/28/03  - complete meeting SB 174- establish a comprehensive health association to provide health insurance coverage to eligible persons SB 216- create a senior citizen prescription drug benefit program Legislative Day 34 3/3/03  - complete meeting 3/3/03  - complete evening meeting SB 109- allow the offer of an individual health benefit plan without certain mandates. SB 174- establish a comprehensive health association to provide health insurance coverage to eligible persons