CFHHS Meeting Materials

Full Meeting Schedule

June 2, 2009
Sept. 21, 2009
Nov. 16, 2009
Jan. 25, 2010
April 26-27, 2010
June 28, 2010
June 29, 2010 -- Subcommittee on Medical Marijuana
July 12, 2010 -- Subcommittee on Medical Marijuana
Aug. 12, 2010 -- Subcommittee on Medical Marijuana
Aug. 23-24, 2010

Aug. 23-24, 2010

Aug. 23 Agenda - Meeting Audio and Video -- Meeting Timeline
Aug. 24 Agenda - Meeting Audio and Video -- Meeting Timeline
Minutes: Aug. 23 -- Aug. 24

Medical Marijuana Materials
-- Proposed Changes to LC MM01: Aug. 24, 2010
-- Revised Portions of LC MM01: Aug. 24, 2010
-- Summary of Proposed Legislation
-- LC MM01: Revising Medical Marijuana Act and Creating Regulatory Structure
-- LC MM02: Addressing Medical Marijuana Use by Employees
-- LC MM03: Clarifying that Clean Indoor Air Act Prohibits Smoking of Medical Marijuana
-- Summary of Public Comment
-- LC MM01: Preliminary Bill Draft: Aug. 12, 2010
    -- Subcommittee Decisions on LC MM01
-- Updated Registry Statistics

SJR 35 Materials
-- LC8888: Childhood Body Mass Index Monitoring
-- School Sealant Proposal: Montana Dental Hygienists' Association

DPHHS Monitoring
-- Administrative Rule Review
-- Objection to Medicaid Physician Reimbursement Rule
    -- Committee Objection to Rule Adoption: July 9, 2010
    -- DPHHS Response to Rule Objection: July 23, 2010
    -- Committee Options: Aug. 13, 2010
-- Agency Legislative Proposals
    -- Rate Commission Membership
    -- Implement Federal Health Care Reform
    -- Healthy Montana Kids Statute Cleanup
    -- Direct Committment to Federal Mental Health Facility
    -- Special Education Age Eligibility
    -- Funding Reconciliation for Tobacco Tax-Funded Programs
    -- Hospital Discharge Data System
    -- Expedited Relative Notification for Foster Care
    -- Parole for Persons in DPHHS Custody
-- LC 46: Commitment Laws for People with Developmental Disabilities
-- HB 173 Legislative Report: National Public Health Standards Pilot Project
-- HB 243 Report: Children's System of Care
   -- HB 243 Report PowerPoint Presentation
   -- HB 243 Addendum: October 2010
-- SB 399 Report: Out-of-State Placement of Children

Aug. 12, 2010: Medical Marijuana Subcommittee Materials

DRAFT Agenda
Draft Minutes
Meeting Audio and Video
Local Government and Workforce Issues
   -- Briefing Paper: Local Government Authority
   -- Legal Memo: Local Regulation of Medical Marijuana
   -- Local Government Suggestions
   -- Business Community Suggestions

Regulatory Issues
   -- Briefing Paper: Dispensary States vs. Caregiver States
   -- Briefing Paper: Alcohol and Gambling Regulation in Montana
   -- Montana Medical Growers Association Recommendations: Aug. 12, 2010
       -- Letter to Chairman Sands
       -- Issues and Recommended Solutions
       -- Proposed Licensing Board
       -- Methodology for Distribution and Tracking of Medical Marijuana

Revisions to the Montana Medical Marijuana Act
   -- Briefing Paper: Variations Among State Laws
   -- LCMM001: Partial Bill Draft of Revisions to the Montana Law
   -- Decision Points for Draft Legislation

July 12, 2010: Medical Marijuana Subcommittee Materials

Agenda
Draft Minutes
Meeting Audio and Video
Briefing Paper: Review of Law Enforcement Issues
Briefing Paper: Updated Registry Statistics
Briefing Paper: Key Changes to Colorado's Medical Marijuana Laws
Briefing Paper: Ambiguities in the Qualifying Patient Definition
   -- Use of "Qualifying Patient" in Medical Marijuana Act
Briefing Paper: General Provisions for DOLI Boards
Draft Legislation:
   -- Draft Revisions to 50-46-205, Limitations of Medical Marijuana Act
   -- Draft Revisions to 50-40-103, Clean Indoor Air Act
   -- Draft Revisions to 50-46-102, Definitions for the Medical Marijuana Act

June 29, 2010: Medical Marijuana Subcommittee

Agenda
Minutes

June 28, 2010: Meeting Materials

Agenda
Minutes
Draft Minutes: April 26, 2010 -- April 27, 2010
Meeting Audio and Video

SJR 35: Study of Health Care
-- Briefing Paper: Safe Harbor Legislation
-- PowerPoint: The Utah Health Exchange
-- PowerPoint: Massachusetts Health Care Reform--The Role of the State’s Health Connector
-- PowerPoint: The Role of the Exchange and Lessons from Massachusetts
-- Briefing Paper: Body Mass Index Legislation
-- Briefing Paper: Review of Study Activities and Proposals

Emerging Issue: Medical Marijuana
-- Staff Report: Recommendations from Interested Parties
         --Summary of Recommendations
-- Briefing Paper: General Provisions for DOLI Boards
-- Briefing Paper: Proposed Changes to Definitions in the Medical Marijuana Act
-- Briefing Paper: SJR 7 Study -- Disqualifying Offenses for Direct-Care Workers
-- Briefing Paper: Updated Registry Statistics
-- Board of Medical Examiners Position Paper: Physician's Written Certification
-- State Law: Medical Marijuana Act

DPHHS Monitoring
-- Administrative Rule Review
-- DPHHS Report: Medicaid and Healthy Montana Kids Statistics

April 26-27, 2010: Meeting Materials

Agenda
Minutes -- April 26, 2010 -- April 27, 2010
Meeting Audio and Video for April 26 -- Meeting Timeline
Meeting Audio and Video for April 27 -- Meeting Timeline

SJR 35 Study: Health Care
-- Briefing Paper: Summary of Final Health Care Legislation
-- Briefing Paper: State Reaction to Federal Health Reform
-- Briefing Paper: Federal Tort Claims Act and Community Health Centers
-- Briefing Paper: Defensive Medicine--Recent Study Results
-- Briefing Paper: Medical Malpractice Insurance Data for Montana

HJR 39 Study: Community Services
-- Draft White Paper
-- PowerPoint Presentation

Draft Committee Legislation
-- LC 65: Clarifying the allocation of funds for mental health diversion grants

DPHHS Monitoring and Emerging Issues
-- Administrative Rule Review
-- Briefing Paper: Overview of the EMS Grant Program
-- Briefing Paper: Montana Medical Marijuana Program
   -- Medical Marijuana Patient Application Form
   -- Medical Marijuana Physician Statement Form
          -- Submit public comment on the Montana Medical Marijuana Act
-- Briefing Paper: Overview of Human Resource Development Councils
-- Briefing Paper: Summary of the Mental Health Settlement Trust

Jan. 25, 2010: Meeting Materials

Agenda
Meeting Audio -- Meeting Video -- Meeting Timeline
Minutes

Laws Relating to Commitment of Developmentally Disabled Persons
-- Report: Summary of Review by Staff and Stakeholders

SJR 35 Study: Health Care
-- Briefing Paper: Montana's Medical Education, Training and Incentive Programs
-- Briefing Paper: Medical Malpractice -- Montana's Approach to Limiting Liability

DPHHS Monitoring
-- Briefing Paper: Background on HB 130 Rules
-- CFHHS Letter Regarding HB 130 Rules
-- DPHHS Response to Committee Letter on HB 130
-- Administrative Rule Review

DPHHS Budget/Funding Sources
-- Legislative Fiscal Division Memo: Overview of DPHHS Funding
-- Attachment 1: Budget Office Memo on 5% Reductions
-- Attachment 2: Summary of 2003 DPHHS Budget Reductions
-- Attachment 3: Montana Medicaid Program statute

Nov. 16, 2009: Meeting Materials

Agenda
Meeting Audio -- Meeting Video -- Meeting Timeline
Draft Minutes

Mental Health Topics
-- Briefing Paper: Overview of the 2007-08 Mental Health Study
-- Mental Health Study: Summary of Recommendations
-- Mental Health Study: Items for Possible DPHHS Action
-- CFHHS letter to DPHHS, October 2008
-- CFHHS letter to Department of Corrections, October 2008

SJR 35 Study: Health Care
-- Briefing Paper: The ABCs of HIT--Health Information Technology
-- PowerPoint: HealthShare Montana
-- Briefing Paper: Health Insurance Exchanges

DPHHS Monitoring
-- Administrative Rule Review

Sept. 21, 2009: Meeting Materials

Agenda
Meeting Audio -- Meeting Video -- Meeting Timeline
Minutes

SJR 35 Study: Health Care
-- Briefing Paper: The Insured and Uninsured in Montana
-- PowerPoint: Insure Montana Program
-- Briefing Paper: Primary Care Issues and Health Care Reform
-- PowerPoint: Montana's Primary Care Workforce
-- PowerPoint: Allied Health Professional Workforce
-- Briefing Paper: Comparison of Selected Elements of Proposed Health Care Reforms
-- Briefing Paper: Glossary of Federal Health Care Reform Terms

DPHHS Monitoring
-- Administrative Rule Review
-- Healthy Montana Kids: Eligibility Requirements and Covered Services
-- DPHHS 2013 Biennium Budget Reduction Work Plan
-- Medicaid Management Information System Replacement
-- Memo: Analysis of Montana Supreme Court Ruling In the Matter of T.P.

June 2, 2009: Meeting Materials

Agenda
Meeting Audio -- Audio Timeline
Draft Minutes

Administrative Materials
-- Rules, Procedures, and Guidelines for Legislative Interim Committees
-- Summary of 2009 Health and Human Services Legislation
-- DPHHS Acronyms
-- Health and Human Services Acronyms

2009-10 Interim Work
-- Draft Interim Work Plan

SJR 35 Study: Health Care
-- SJR 35 Draft Study Plan
-- Senate Joint Resolution 35
-- Facing the Gordian Knots of Health Care Reform: Final Report of the HJR 48 Study (2007-08)

HJR 39 Study: Community Services
-- HJR 39 Draft Study Plan
-- House Joint Resolution 39

Agency Monitoring
-- Administrative Rulemaking 101
-- Administrative Rules Brochure
-- DPHHS Rule Review