Wednesday-Thursday, September 8-9, 2010

Wednesday, September 8

8:00 am Call to Order; Introductions; Approval of minutes

8:05 am Health Care Reform (to be continued at 2:30 pm)

• Update from Governor's Coordinating Team: grants; programs accepted/declined/pending; insurance exchanges – Meredith Asay

• Medicaid options study: costs, mandates, alternatives: 11LSO-0155.W1 Medicaid cost study; 11LSO-0173.W2 Medicaid Options Study.

• 11LSO-0154.W1 Health litigation fund.

• 11LSO-0157.W1 Health insurance exchanges.

• Health insurance company reserves-adequate or excessive. Ken Vines, Ins. Comr.

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Community Health Centers – Jan Drury (Wyoming Primary Care Association); Joe Gallegos (Nat'l Assn. of Community Health Centers); Cheyenne Health and Wellness; Grant Cristensen, DDS

12:00 am Lunch

1:30 pm Tour of the Veterans' Home of Wyoming

2:30 pm Health Care Reform (continued)

• Medicaid preventive care services; 2014 eligibility increase 11LSO-0159.W1 Medicaid preventive services.

3:30 pm Public Health Nursing, including Home Visitation Program

Thursday, September 9, 2010

8:00 pm Physicians' assistants as examiners for purposes of involuntary commitments

8:30 am Telemedicine – licensure

• 11LSO-0160.W1 Telemedicine.

9:00 am Telehealth – Insurance coverage

• 11LSO-0160.W1 Telemedicine.

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Telehealth – third party parity

• 11LSO-0160.W1 Telemedicine.

11:30 am WWAMI enrollment increase – University of Wyoming

12:00 noon LUNCH

1:30 pm Advanced Practice Nursing – Toni Decklever (Wyoming Advanced Practice Nurses Association

2:00 pm Public Comment

• Licensing of dieticians – Katie Schulz (Wyoming Dietetic Association)

• Aging and Disability Resource Centers – Tim Summers (AARP)

• Other concerns raised by public attendees

3:00 pm Committee business

• Requested legislation

• Next meeting

Adjourn upon completion of committee business