Video & Transcript Research : 'disability access'
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- These are for children under the age of 27 who have disabilities.
- education trust fund, we have the Education Opportunity Reserve fund, which is the fund that we can access
- However, in terms of average gas prices, we are at the low end due to our access to the... ...we are
- at the low end because of our access to the actual commodity.
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Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Jan 21st, 2026
Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this will make it much more accessible and, like Mr.
Keywords:
parental rights, drag performances, public schools, public libraries, overnight programs, gender identity, minor safety, HB89, Medicaid, pregnant women, pregnancy, prenatal care, ambulatory prenatal care, presumptive eligibility, temporary Medicaid coverage, Alabama Medicaid Agency, maternal health, low-income women, health coverage, eligibility determination
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 6th, 2026 at 11:19 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- schools and educators, and she is widely respected for her advocacy on behalf of children with disabilities
- It is vital that hearing families with deaf children embrace a common language accessible to all members
- Conservation Corps program dedicated to providing outdoor opportunities for young people with disabilities
- So does the Secretary of Higher Ed have direct access to the fund? Or who accesses the fund?
- Or who accesses the fund?
Bills:
HB111, HJR1, HB61, HB8, HB30, HB43, HB156, HJM2, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB70, SB3, HJM3
Keywords:
water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's just that they don't have access to it anymore. You're right.
- Everyone deserves access to the healthcare they need.
- Texas should be expanding, not attempting to limit that access.
- A patient may have learning disabilities or severe mental illness.
- Why shouldn't you have timely access?
Bills:
HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113
Keywords:
public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- To protect public access, I filed House Bill 1970.
- Ensure that reasonable access is provided so that you can do that.
- Well, they have... well, they're not guaranteed access.
- more than 20 years on expanding access to and enhancing the quality of access to justice for low-income
- One area of our focus is language access in courts to help ensure meaningful access to justice for low-income
Bills:
HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113
Keywords:
public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Veteran and Military Affairs Apr 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Veteran and Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, well, I don't want to check out, but have access to the information.
- and the veteran actually would have to, you know, would know that this is part of it of who could access
TX
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They care about jobs. access to healthcare and lowering the cost of living.
- as well as access birth control.
- Groups like Aid Access actually are.
- From Aid Access, even though his girlfriend did not want an abortion.
- Why is it that Aid Access, since a pill contains...
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- So if we own... can you deny access to public lands?
- ...public land, can you deny someone access to that if there is no boat launch or access point to a navigable
- Isn't it that you have to allow someone access to that?
- Even so, technically they would have no access to waters in which they have the right to access.
- Hey, we want to continue to provide this access to the lake.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/2/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Keywords:
homeowners associations, local government, building permits, housing policy, residential development, voter access, polling place, elections, ballot, unexpected needs, election judge, public information, political parties, transparency, 1183, house
Summary:
The committee took up House File 2614, a bill aimed at preventing local governments from requiring or effectively mandating homeowners associations (HOAs) as a condition of residential development approval. The committee first approved the February 25 minutes, then adopted the DE1 amendment to HF 2614 before hearing the bill. The authors said the measure is a bipartisan piece of a larger HOA reform effort and that the language was negotiated with the League of Minnesota Cities and other stakeholders; they emphasized that developers could still choose to create HOAs, but cities and counties could not require them.
Testimony in support came from Housing First Minnesota and the Minnesota Homeownership Center. Supporters argued that unnecessary HOAs raise housing costs, reduce affordability, and are often used to shift public infrastructure costs onto homeowners. They said HOAs remain appropriate for shared-wall housing, shared amenities, and other situations where common property is truly needed, but should not be imposed for single-family developments or minor features. Several members shared examples of HOA overreach and asked for clarification on how the bill would work, including whether developers could still request neighborhood signs or other features; staff and the authors said that would still be possible if the developer requested it rather than the local government requiring it.
A significant portion of the discussion focused on stormwater ponds and other infrastructure. One member said the bill should not prevent cities from requiring stormwater facilities because maintenance costs and water-quality responsibilities can be substantial and should not be shifted to all taxpayers. The authors responded that the amendment language was intended to balance concerns about unnecessary HOA mandates with the need to address maintenance, noting that some maintenance responsibilities could remain with cities or be handled through developer agreements. A member requested a roll call on the bill, but the transcript does not include a final vote or disposition beyond the discussion and amendment adoption.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
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- more accessible. So, thank you. more accessible. So, thank you.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- For parents, it provides accessible, understandable information about how. how their child's school is
- I'm Stephen with Disability Rights Texas here on SB 8.
- It's about special education campuses that serve students with disabilities.
- However, we want to point out that students with disabilities on the special education campuses have
- But this particular provision matters because we don't want to signal that students with disabilities
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- an effort to oversimplify, to make sure I understand, all we're doing today, this is all about accessibility
- But all we're doing is creating accessibility. That’s correct, thank you, Representative.
- Because right now, not every student has access to that, depending on what high school they go to. ..
- The comment that came out just a moment ago is that this is a matter of accessibility.
- So as accessibility grows, certainly the marketing capacity grows as well.
LA
Bills:
HB288, HB403, HB420, HB783, HB815, HB915, HB927, HB933, HB944, HB962, HB971, HR74, SCR3, SCR20, SB5, SB34, SB37, SB190, SB255, SB270, SB273, SB314, SB415
Keywords:
medical terminology, documentation, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, healthcare, medical records, billing, homemade food, food safety, small business, exemption, regulation, Department of Children and Family Services, background checks, child welfare, employee screening, safety regulations, criminal history, non-lactational dairy, labeling requirements
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 28th, 2026 at 11:02 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll start to ease their hardship and tackle our access to care problems.
- She cares about people very deeply and wants to make sure that we improve access to medical care.
- She's interested in surgery and hopes one day open her own free clinic to increase access of medical
- New Mexico patients are in a crisis as access to health care dwindles because hundreds of doctors have
- As a future physician, she hopes to expand access to high-quality, culturally responsive... ...served
Keywords:
nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- under general supervision in counties with a population of fewer than 400,000 persons and at critical access
- typically requires treatment five days a week for several weeks, yet many communities do not have access
- rural radiation oncologists that current physical presence requirements can unintentionally create access
- And many of the patients are elderly and have limited access to transportation.
- So radiation therapy now is accessible through the cloud, so we can access treatment plans.
Keywords:
radiation therapy, particle accelerator, critical access hospitals, patient care, rural healthcare, HB2178, Arizona, state agencies, chief medical officer, medical license, physician license, osteopathic license, licensure requirement, Title 41, Title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes, A.R.S. 41-5902, public health administration, agency leadership, state government personnel
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services REVISED Feb 9th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill revises the statutory definition of intellectual disability to ensure consistency with federal
- Washington, DC, with this current administration, Senate Bill 1344 establishes the insulin access and
- The purpose of this program is to increase patient access to affordable insulin in this state and.
Bills:
SB1423, SB1426, SB1502, SB1377, SB1983, SB1466, SB1645, SB1647, SB1847, SB1565, SB1562, SB1329, SB1383, SB1833, SB1555, SB1344
Keywords:
Oklahoma Hospital Advisory Council, hospital licensure, public health, State Department of Health, State Board of Health, hospital regulations, healthcare regulation, hospital standards, hospital construction, hospital operations, stroke care, stroke system, emergency medical services, EMS transport, psychiatric treatment, chemical dependency treatment, substance use disorder, drug storage, pharmacy, quality indicators
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- who choose to use the Program, as of the April report, we have 39,587 children whose parents have accessed
- I judged this by the number of parents who want to access the credit and the fact that that number is
- Or if you have money returned because a student doesn't access that tuition payment or they moved back
- an accurate fiscal impact of how many people that would maybe not even be Determined to have a disability
- Are you dealing with an emotional disability?
Keywords:
emergency management, severe weather, youth camp, summer camp, overnight camp, day camp, outdoor education, adventure camp, wilderness program, campground safety, tornado preparedness, flooding, flash flood, high winds, hail, lightning, extreme heat, extreme cold, wildfire smoke, evacuation plan
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- It is access to billions of dollars of funds.
- As of the April report, we have 39,587 children whose parents have access to the parental choice tax
- As of the April report, we have 39,587 children whose parents have access to the parental choice tax
- I judge this by the number of parents who want to access the credit and the fact that that number is
- Are you dealing with an emotional disability? Are you dealing with autism?
Keywords:
emergency management, severe weather, youth camp, summer camp, overnight camp, day camp, outdoor education, adventure camp, wilderness program, campground safety, tornado preparedness, flooding, flash flood, high winds, hail, lightning, extreme heat, extreme cold, wildfire smoke, evacuation plan
Summary:
The Rules Committee met to consider a long slate of executive nominations and several bills. All of the nominations received broad support and were advanced to the floor, including Lori Burns to the Redlands Community College Board of Regents, Lisa Daly to the Oklahoma State Credit Union, Juana Ellison to the Forensic Review Board, Haley Frick to the Regional University System of Oklahoma, Michael Hillary to the Wildlife Conservation Commission, Dustin Hillary to the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, John Holt to the Used Motor Vehicle Dismantler and Manufactured Housing Commission, Brian Sweeney to the Capital Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission, and Cale Walker to the USAO Board of Regents. Most nominations passed unanimously; Brian Sweeney’s nomination passed 15-2.
The committee then heard and passed several policy bills. HB 1675 created a severe-weather preparedness framework for youth camps and passed 16-1. HB 3242, the Women’s Safety and Protection Act covering shelters, schools, and higher education, passed 15-2 after questions about enforcement and legal remedies. HB 1739 increased state police pension benefits and employer contributions to help retain officers, passing 16-1. HB 3320 overhauled the sunset review process for boards and commissions and passed 15-2. HB 3047 designated LOFT as the central recipient for legislative reports and passed unanimously, and HB 4434 required the governor or acting governor to notify the next successor before leaving the state, also passing unanimously.
The committee also advanced HB 4432, which would restore the ability to deduct gambling losses against gambling winnings for state income tax purposes; supporters said it would help ordinary taxpayers, while opponents raised fiscal concerns, and it passed 16-1. HB 3705 raised the parental choice tax credit cap from $250 million to $275 million and passed 13-3 after extended debate over school choice, public funding, and reporting. HB 3718 set timelines for school districts to process evaluations tied to the Lindsay Nicole Henry Scholarship program and passed 12-2, with critics arguing it could create a separate track and strain school psychology resources. HJR 1089, which would have sent voters a constitutional convention referendum, was laid over and not voted on. The meeting ended with adjournment after the final vote.
NM