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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Committee Meeting - 2026-04-13

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Minnesota, besides physicians, the other anesthesia professionals that currently are able to work
  • Across the country, another group of highly trained professionals also helps meet this demand, and that's
  • <01:40:07.160> that other anesthesia professionals that other anesthesia professionals that
  • also helps meet trained professionals also helps meet this<01:40:21.760> demand,<01:40:22.080
  • Instead, it would add professionals.
Summary: The committee met at 1:00 p.m., confirmed a quorum, and approved the April 8, 2026 minutes. The first bill heard was House File 4712, which was laid over after the committee adopted a DE2 amendment. Representative Schultz said the bill would create a narrow additional exception to public pool limitations so highly certified swimming instructors could use certain pools for specialized infant, youth, and developmental-disability swim instruction. The only testifier, Tessa Seppelt, described ISR instruction as water-safety and drowning-prevention training for very young children and children with developmental delays, and said access to appropriate facilities is the main barrier. Members raised questions about emergency egress, public safety, and insurance coverage, and the author said he would follow up on those concerns. The committee then took up House File 4801, a bill by Representative Nadeau aimed at health care program integrity. He said it would align commercial and Medicaid partners to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse by changing prior authorization and retrospective review processes, improving data sharing on suspected fraud, addressing conflicting or duplicative services, allowing managed care organizations to verify provider credentials, and making risk corridors in MCO contracts permanent. The Minnesota Council of Health Plans supported the bill, saying it would help detect fraud and improve coordination, while the Minnesota chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics opposed it, arguing that expanded prior authorization would delay care, increase physician burden, and harm children with chronic conditions. Members debated patient safety, fraud detection, and whether the bill would undermine recent prior-authorization reforms. The bill was laid over. House File 3756, a technical update to the insulin safety net program, was also laid over. Representative Backer said the bill clarifies that a hospital-use intravenous insulin product is not part of the program because it is sold only to health care institutions and infused by practitioners, not dispensed to patients for self-use. The Board of Pharmacy testified that the language was drafted to avoid affecting future legitimate uses, and members asked whether the definition could limit new uses if treatments change. The committee then began House File 4860, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s presentation is completed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um so, 3554 seeks to make January of every month snow professional appreciation month.
  • By designating January as a Snow Professionals Appreciation Month, this bill validates the professional
  • the professional status bill validates the professional status of<00:48:41.680> our<00:48:41.800
  • That's solely because of the thousands of snow professionals who work tirelessly.
  • ,<00:50:45.480> insert before snow professionals, insert before snow professionals, insert
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Preponderance is the long-standing civil standard used across professional licensing because our role
  • reported concerns about nurse safety and care to the Board, expecting timely action to maintain professional
  • standards and uphold professional integrity and accountability.
  • It was the guiding light to my whole professional career, and the thought of after all those years having
  • sitting on a complaint for more than three years, which is completely unacceptable for working professionals
Summary: The committee first took up several continuation bills to extend state boards and agencies, including HB 2728 for the Department of Economic Security, HB 2729 for the State Board of Nursing, HB 2730 for the Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, HB 2731 for the Physician Assistants Board, and HB 2732 for the Board of Pharmacy. Each was moved for a due pass recommendation, with HB 2731 amended to continue the physician assistant board for four years instead of two. All of these continuation bills passed the committee with strong support. The committee then heard HB 2408, a nursing board reform bill dealing with complaint investigation procedures, timelines, confidentiality, complaint prioritization, access to investigative files, expungement of certain disciplinary actions, and a revised definition of unprofessional conduct. The sponsor and supporters argued it would improve fairness, allow limited expungement for older non-patient-safety issues, and address long investigation delays. The nursing board president and other opponents warned it would raise the evidentiary standard, weaken patient safety protections, and erase useful disciplinary history. After extensive testimony, the committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill 7-4-1. Next, the committee considered pharmacy-related reforms. HB 2434 updated the controlled substances prescription monitoring program, including registration, reporting, confidentiality, and a compliance work group; it passed unanimously after amendment. HB 2733 allowed pharmacists and technicians to complete continuing education after renewal submission if finished before expiration, clarified prescription delivery locations, and addressed temporary operation during ownership changes; it also passed unanimously after amendment. Finally, HB 2725, which would have restricted access contractors from substituting non-opioid drugs and limiting non-opioid utilization controls, drew concerns that it was too broad and could affect many drug classes and costs. After amendment and debate, the committee failed to give HB 2725 a due pass recommendation by a 6-6 vote, and the meeting adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • board member myself—when you're a board member, that board takes up a fraction of your time as a professional
  • board member myself—when you're a board member, that board takes up a fraction of your time as a professional
  • board member myself—when you're a board member, that board takes up a fraction of your time as a professional
  • board member myself—when you're a board member, that board takes up a fraction of your time as a professional
  • board member myself—when you're a board member, that board takes up a fraction of your time as a professional
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 6th, 2026 at 11:19 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He served as a chemical engineer, and my dad became an electrical engineer.
  • My dad became an electrical engineer, so a lot of similarities with my brothers and sisters from San
  • But I learned how to ski like a professional, taking patients down the mountain in a safe fashion due
  • NMSHA advocates for individuals with communication disorders, promotes the professional interests of
  • its members, assists with the academic and clinical preparation of new professionals, and fosters the
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 26th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • One is the entity must be a 501(c)(3), (c)(4), or (c)(6) nonprofit, foundation, or professional association
  • advisory or training services, which would be policy guidance and model policies, training and professional
  • We have a ton of professional associations that would do any one of these.
  • We have a ton of professional associations that would do any one of these.
  • It's such a serious time in a child's development that I just would like to know as a professional what
Bills: HR290, HR298, SB405, SCR61, HR318
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement May 5th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Shane Spellman, Professional Firefighters, in support.
  • Shane Spellman, Professional Firefighters, is in support. We have Taylor Comp with MEPERS.
  • Speaks to the fact that it has to have a valid teaching certificate and other professional credentials
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 16th, 2026 at 09:04 am

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Health Professional Advisory Committee. Senator Hickey... You, whenever you're ready.
  • Essentially, it's a bill to deal with the shortages of healthcare professionals.
  • All the other health professionals could apply and get a fourth year.
  • SB 14 is one more tool to help attract and retain health care professionals.
  • An appeal to a lot of healthcare professionals right now.
Bills: SB101, SB21, HM52, HB132, SB14, SB20
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • Education and Labor Cabinet, Education Professional Standards Board, 16 KAR 2:490 amends to remove language
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  • Education Professional Standards Board. Education Professional Standards Board.
  • KAR 6:020 amends to establish requirements for use and maintenance of the manufacturer-installed engine
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up Department for Medicaid Services regulations 907 KAR 23:010 and related rules. DMS explained that one regulation would establish a beneficiary advisory council and another would remove language barring coverage of GLP-1 drugs for obesity-related use. The department said coverage would still be limited by prior authorization and clinical criteria, with use tied to underlying chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, and that the pharmacy and therapeutics committee would help set the detailed standards. Members discussed the potential health benefits, but several raised concerns about cost, timing, and whether the legislature and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board should review the policy first. DMS said the drugs are already on the formulary, that current Medicaid users with diabetes are already covered, and that the fiscal impact was estimated using current utilization, rebates, and expected savings; the department also said it would only cover the drugs if subject to rebates. The committee then voted 5-1 to find 907 KAR 23:010 deficient. The committee next considered several emergency regulations from the Public Protection Cabinet’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control implementing SB 100. The rules covered tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing, including the application form, denial standards, and transitional licensing. ABC counsel said the department had received about 5,500 applications and issued nearly 5,000 licenses, with additional provisional licenses issued to avoid interruption in sales after the law’s effective date. He said some applications remained pending because inspections and photographs revealed possible unauthorized nicotine vapor products, and the department was seeking documentation before approval. A staff amendment was adopted without objection before the ABC presentation continued.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it's providing access for teacher professional learning across the state in priority areas.
  • I'm a fellow of the Society of Women Engineers.
  • I am a staunch STEM advocate, lecturer, and most recently author about women in engineering.
  • Additional investments supported math professional learning for more than 500 educators.
  • In New Mexico, from engineers and linemen to technicians and cybersecurity professionals, the energy
Bills: HB40, HB100, HJR1, SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83