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Health and Human Services Interim Committee











NOTICE OF MEETING
        


TO:        Health and Human Services Interim Committee

FROM:         Mark D. Andrews, Research Analyst

DATE:        October 7, 1998

SUBJECT:        October 21 Meeting

Sen. Nathan C. Tanner and Rep. Nora B. Stephens have scheduled the next meeting of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee as follows:

     DATE:     Wednesday, October 21, 1998
    TIME:     2:00 p.m.
    PLACE:     Room 405 State Capitol
An agenda is included. If you are unable to attend, please call me at 538-1032.


COMMITTEE MEMBERS


Sen. Nathan C. Tanner , Senate Chair

Rep. Nora B. Stephens , House Chair


Sen. Robert F. Montgomery
        Sen. Millie M. Peterson
Sen. Pete Suazo
Sen. Craig L. Taylor

Rep. Loretta Baca
Rep. Mary Carlson
Rep. Gene Davis
Rep. Margaret Dayton

Rep. J. W. "Bill" Hickman
Rep. Bryan D. Holladay
Rep. Robert H.M. Killpack
Rep. Carl R. Saunders
Rep. Raymond W. Short

AGENDA

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTERIM COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 21, 1998 - 2:00 p.m. - Room 405 State Capitol


    2:00    1.    Call to Order and Approval of August 19, 1998 Minutes

    2:05    2.    Genetic Testing Privacy Act
    The committee will consider a revised draft bill.

    2:20    3.    Public Mental Health and Substance Abuse System Reform
    The committee will consider a revised draft bill.

    2:40    4.    Enhanced Penalties for Use of a Substance In a Sexual Offense
    The committee will consider a draft bill to enhance the penalty for the use of certain substances in the commission of a sex offense and will hear responses from the following:
        *    Paul Boyden, Statewide Association of Public Attorneys
        *    Ed McConkie, Utah Sentencing Commission

    3:00    5.    Audit of the Division of Services for People With Disabilities
    Report by the Legislative Auditor General.

    3:30    6.    Portability Study
    H.B. 372 (1998) requires the Division of Services for People With Disabilities and the Division of Health Care Financing to "conduct a study to identify alternatives for increasing the portability of state and federal funding for services to persons with disabilities." In their report to the committee, the divisions are directed to recommend
        "    (i)    methods for increasing portability within existing state funding levels; and
            (ii)    methods for maximizing portability in an environment of additional state funding...."
    "[The] divisions may [also] recommend how to increase state funding through the reallocation of existing resources or the identification of new revenue sources."

    4:00    7.    Visitation Mediation Program
    The committee will receive a report from the Administrative Office of the Courts on the implementation of 1997 S.B. 116 which extended the child visitation mediation program to the Third District Court.

    4:15    8.    Taxation of Medical Purchases
    The committee will consider a request to grant an exemption from sales tax for purchases of eyeglasses and hearing aids.
    
     4:25     9.    Other Business

    4:30    10.    Adjourn

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