Video & Transcript Research : 'payment transparency'
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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/04/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Require transparency around differential payment and benefit coverage by provider credential.
- Transparency always helps in helping Transparency always helps in helping identify<01:19:50.560>
the - <01:21:44.320>
efforts would prefer more transparency efforts would prefer more transparency - ><05:14:53.520>
last transparent through the process last transparent through the process last - <05:28:18.878>
of is used to assist with the payment of is used to assist with the payment
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government. (6-23-26)
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- , change management, payments review, change management, issue<01:07:55.600>
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fair, procurements remain transparent, fair, procurements remain transparent - The Commonwealth procurement statutes and policies prioritize the integrity and transparency of every
- spent responsibly and transparently. spent responsibly and transparently.
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competition, integrity, transparency, competition, integrity, transparency
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections May 29th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
Legislative Operations and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- And that has at least a minimum level of transparency that I enjoy and that I would like to see going
- This amendment will clarify the law and add transparency for both voters and candidates.
- It should be out in the open, done with transparency and not burdened, buried across four overlapping
- Electronic voting eliminates any possibility of having safe and transparent elections.
- These methods provide transparency, reduce opportunities for tampering, and ensure public confidence
Keywords:
election reform, voter accessibility, conditional ballots, voter registration, mechanical voting systems, election audits, voter access grants, provisional ballot, voting technology, AB562, Nevada, Secretary of State, elections, elections management system, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, automatic voter registration, AVR, election technology, state appropriations
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- which is a community not-for-profit hospital down on the South Shore, to become eligible for relief payments
- Failing to include them as eligible for these relief payments, I believe, is a disservice to this hospital
- Tarr, distressed hospital payments. Question comes on adoption.
- It's collected transparently, it's held, it's spent transparently, it's spent only on the items that
Summary:
The Senate considered a series of amendments to a supplemental appropriations bill and related measures, with several adopted and several rejected or withdrawn. Early amendments on equitable approaches to public safety and a Holyoke local account clarification failed, while amendments providing $2.5 million for Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers technical assistance and expanding access to gender-affirming medications and mifepristone were adopted. The chamber also adopted a technical amendment on alternative protein grants, a clarification to ETF modernization, and an energy storage systems amendment. Other proposals on homeowner protections, La Casa funding, emergency contract reform, an energy dashboard, EV charging ratepayer impacts, hate crimes, distressed hospital payments, and task force membership were rejected or withdrawn.
A substantial portion of the debate focused on health care, food assistance, and public safety. Senators spoke in support of funding for community health centers, hospital relief, and EBT anti-skimming protections, including $15.5 million for chip-enabled EBT cards and related replacement-benefit support. One amendment to strengthen protections against impersonating federal officers was rejected, while another on professional protections was withdrawn after discussion of ballot address privacy and security concerns. The Senate also adopted amendments to continue prior appropriations for a North Shore food pantry and drought management efforts, and it later approved a sick leave bank for a Department of Mental Health employee.
The chamber then took up the fiscal year 2025 fair share supplemental budget conference report, which Ways and Means described as $1.39 billion in spending split between transportation and education, including MBTA improvements, Chapter 90 aid, regional transit authorities, special education circuit breaker reimbursements, higher education deferred maintenance, and career technical education capital grants. After a roll call, the bill passed, with one recorded negative vote. The Senate also adopted a separate Ways and Means amendment and ordered the bill to third reading before final passage. The session ended with adjournment motions and a moment of silence honoring Melissa and Mark Hortman and other victims of political violence, along with a memorial adjournment for firefighter Jeffrey DeSanchez.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment May 26th, 2026
Natural Resources & Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you know, in transparency, if that's your argument, let me see your contracts.
- I'd like that transparency, because it's the first time I'm hearing it today, right?
- So I would like to see those numbers for the sake of transparency.
- We need to do it with some transparency. To do it, we need to do it intentionally.
- The F stands per unit, M is maximum payments, M being the 144 months.
NH
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and 1776 relative to transparency and 1776 relative to transparency and accountability - .<00:10:12.640>
Um, transparency. - Um, transparency.
- present which would offer transparency. present which would offer transparency.
- Um, if there apply to tuition payments.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:25 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- They put out a bid for insurance coverage, usually through a third party. payment, and they also go out
- hands of the physician, not necessarily a prior authorization that is only required for insurance payment
- In other states, private messages, search histories, online payments, health tracking apps, and even
- Most state privacy laws allow Data processing, so long as companies provide transparency and meaningful
- While most states allow businesses to process data as long as they're transparent and clear with the
Keywords:
prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We provide for responsible and transparent management of the state's fiscal resources, promoting financial
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and state we provide for responsible and state we provide for responsible and transparent - >
manag <00:04:29.720>management <00:04:30.120>of <00:04:30.240>the transparent - manag management of the transparent manag management of the state's<00:04:30.759>
fiscal <00:04 - and that was blocked by the payments and that was blocked by the courts<00:19:46.840>
and <00:
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/27/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- we have to account for those payment we have to account for those payment shifts<00:44:26.079>
- <00:46:02.160>
um um increase in managed care payments um um increase in managed care payments- relates to supporting data transparency relates to supporting data transparency around<01:10:25.760
- and how much that receives a payment and how much that<01:10:42.560>
payment <01:10:42.800>- is, the frequency of that that payment is, the frequency of that payment<01:10:44.159>
is <01: - <00:46:02.160>
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/28/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- What are the mechanisms then for payment in Montana? >> Well, there's two.
- <00:44:53.280>
in the mechanisms then for payment in the mechanisms then for payment in Montana - They assume all the risk as well. is it is it brings transparency and is it is it brings transparency
- that, which help balance the fact that the Medicaid payments are below cost.
- . transparency. transparency.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Environment Protection (6-3-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- And as I'm prone to do, I want to be fully transparent so while there is 32 slides I'm not going to spend
- And as I'm prone to do, I want to be fully transparent so while there is 32 slides I'm not going to spend
- And as I'm prone to do, I want to be fully transparent so while there is 32 slides I'm not going to spend
- And the hardest part for Jeff No is to... ...transparent so while there is 32 slides I'm not going to
- <00:22:22.720>
of that actually provide the payment of that actually provide the payment of
Keywords:
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Summary:
The subcommittee met with Secretary Jeff Null and General Counsel Matt Wing of the Cabinet for Economic Development for an overview of the cabinet’s main economic development tools, strategy, and compliance practices. Null said the cabinet uses a data-driven approach focused on competitiveness, site readiness, wages, workforce training, and long-term assets such as roads, rail spurs, water, and sewer improvements. He emphasized that the cabinet tries to balance attracting new employers with supporting existing businesses, and said compliance is a core value of the agency.
Null walked members through several programs, including the closing fund, Kentucky Business Incentive (KBI), Bluegrass State Skills Corporation training support, and the KIA sales-tax refund tool for construction materials and equipment. He said the closing fund has received $80 million over two years for projects generally involving at least $10 million in investment, though some flexibility exists. He also explained that Bluegrass State Skills funding is typically about $2,000 to $3,000 per job and can be used flexibly for training, including sending Kentucky workers to be trained elsewhere or paying trainers to come to Kentucky. He described KBI as a pay-as-you-go, incremental tax credit tied to actual jobs and investment, and said the legislature’s tiered refundable credit structure allows more targeted use of incentives in heritage and non-heritage counties.
A substantial portion of the presentation focused on compliance and monitoring. Null said incentive agreements are written with commercial terms and spell out jobs, investment, wages, and training commitments. The cabinet requires regular reporting, invoices, and sampling, and can use clawbacks or suspend benefits if companies fail to meet obligations or lose required environmental permits. He said the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority reviews incentive applications in public meetings and often requires company representatives to answer questions before preliminary approval is granted. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/09/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- And on decision-making in the workplace, there must be transparency around the use of AI, and AI should
- And on decision-making in the workplace, there must be transparency around the use of AI, and AI should
- ,<00:46:35.840>
and accountability, transparency, and accountability, transparency, and increased - and transparency. and transparency.
- accountability and transparency accountability and transparency prevailing<01:08:08.200>
wage
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill merely increases transparency while ensuring privacy on the data the DOE currently collects
- processes tracking data and transparency processes tracking data and transparency to<03:45:37.760
- It is not the kind of transparency that we are looking for.
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for that this bill is about transparency for that this bill is about transparency - to injured workers on top of standard workers' compensation payments.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/18/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- All for a policy we already non-payment.
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is the study because of the way payment is the study because of the way payment - Patients have a right to medical transparency through proper informed consent practices.
- This is the least we can do to provide transparency, meaning this bill.
- provide transparency meaning this bill. provide transparency meaning this bill.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- What's the timing<01:15:57.040>
of <01:15:57.360>payments <01:15:58.159>from <01: - of payments from school districts to<01:15:59.840>
the <01:16:00.159>SAU <01:16:01.440> - <03:14:27.760>
parent <03:14:28.160>billing uniform and transparent parent billing - So, what does transparency requirements. So, what does that<04:04:40.479>
mean? - >> and you did say that public transparency >> and you did say that public transparency
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-02-20 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So what happens in this bill is to establish and maintain the clear, transparent process for issuing
- Uh, the bill will maintain the current coverage, insurance coverage, and payment for vaccines for folks
- So what happens in this bill is to establish and maintain the clear, transparent process for issuing
- Uh, the bill will maintain the current coverage, insurance coverage, and payment for vaccines for folks
- <00:20:15.280>
process <00:20:15.840>for <00:20:16.720>issuing transparent process
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications - 05/13/2026
Energy And Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- Comrie: An act amending Public Service Law in relation to electric vehicle charging station fee transparency
- friendly amendment, but on the bottom line of the first page, it says this would prohibit requiring payment
- by mobile device if that is the only accepted form of payment.
- I think it would be great if that were part of this, that where it says prohibit requirement payment
Summary:
The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee, chaired by Senator Kevin Parker, met to consider a series of energy, utility, housing, and labor-related bills. The committee discussed Senator Parker’s clean hydrogen bill authorizing NYSERDA to administer programs to fund clean hydrogen projects, with members debating how it would be financed through NYSERDA’s system benefit charge and RGGI funds and whether there should be a fiscal estimate. Despite concerns from some members about cost transparency and the use of ratepayer-supported funds, the bill advanced to the Finance Committee with three without-recommendation votes. The committee also advanced Senator Parker’s bill directing NYSERDA to study hydrogen feasibility, Senator Gonzalez’s Green Affordable Pre-Electrification Program bill, Senator Hinchey’s natural carbon sequestration research program bill, Senator Gineris’s bill increasing penalties for utility annual report failures, Senator Comrie’s EV charging fee transparency bill, and Senator Parker’s battery energy storage workforce and labor standards bill. Senator Comrie’s outage hotline bill moved to third reading, while Senator Parker’s renewable hydrogen center program bill advanced despite a technical objection that a deadline in the bill had already passed, and the battery storage bill was referred to the Labor Committee.
Several bills drew specific concerns. On the outage hotline bill, members questioned whether small municipal electric and water systems should be exempted rather than required to petition for an exemption, and one member said they would not support the bill without a carve-out. On the annual report penalty bill, members asked about the lack of documentation for the penalty increase and whether municipal utilities would be affected; the sponsor explained the penalty was updated from a 1900-era statute to reflect inflation and that municipal utilities file with the PSC. On the EV charging transparency bill, a member suggested the bill should also require credit card payment options, not just prohibit mobile-device-only payment. On the battery storage labor bill, members asked whether remote operations would count as on-site work and whether out-of-state remote monitoring would be covered; the sponsor said that was the intent and would follow up with labor counsel on residency questions. The committee concluded by adjourning after moving the listed bills forward.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to be really transparent.
- I will say just sort of like full transparency.
- On your charts, though, let's see, oh, I know, I wanted to ask you about the writers, the transparency
- Yes, clarified several writers to include. increased transparency of funding and ability to provide better
- to the ESA, I think the payments So there is some sort of continuous enrollment requirements, but it's
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/24/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- So, who's going the insurance payment.
- So, the tails on draw down payments.
- and assistance and down payment and assistance and down payment assistance<00:48:21.119>
uh <01:35:58.159>- And like that is like lack of payment.
of vial appropriations after payments of vial appropriations after payments
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It will also require an OBGYN add-on payment... ...to support hospitals providing labor and delivery
- payments, training, and telemedicine.
- The rural maternal add-on payment certainly moves the needle in the right direction.
- This lack of transparency and access can have far-reaching consequences.
- It's not the intent of this to reduce the payments. Well look, this is interesting.
Bills:
HB18, HB37, HB116, HB388, HB879, HB913, HB1151, HB2216, HB2358, HB2809, SB577, SB1590, SB1782, SB1887, SB2744, HB18, HB37, HB116
Keywords:
rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, perinatal bereavement, healthcare, hospital training, bereavement support, maternal care, fetal demise, stillbirth, neonatal death, parent-child relationship, involuntary termination, family law, child welfare, child protection, HB 388, HB388