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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 7th, 2026
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- Without it, diagnoses can be questioned, treatment decisions can be compromised, and ultimately lives
- They create diagnoses, treatment plans, and notes that guide patient care, yet under current law, anyone
- AB 1637 is about trust and making sure that when our physicians document diagnoses and treatment plans
- AB1637 is about trust in making sure that when our physicians document diagnoses and treatment diagnoses
- and treatment plans, that information is accurate and protected.
Committee:
House Business and Professions
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 190 is a targeted, fiscally responsible bonding bill focused on expanding access to cancer treatment
- Because of the sensitive nature of the treatment method, this...
- Because of the sensitive nature of the treatment method, this equipment is not allowed to be used past
- Being able to get cancer treatment in your community is a huge determinant of health outcomes for people
- And this funding will allow them to continue their cancer treatments close to our communities down here
Committee:
Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Summary:
The committee first set aside Senate Bill 247 because the Attorney General and bill sponsor were not present. It then heard Senate Bill 190, which would authorize bonding to help Healer Regional Medical Center in rural southwest New Mexico replace an aging linear accelerator used for cancer radiation treatment. The sponsor and hospital representatives said the equipment is at end of life and that replacing it would keep patients from having to travel long distances for care. The committee adopted a friendly amendment adding an emergency clause, but members then questioned the financing, noting the $5.7 million cost, the lack of local matching funds, and the fact that the equipment’s useful life is only about 10 years while the proposed bonds would run for 30 years.
After extended discussion about interest costs and timing, committee members explored alternatives to reduce the state’s borrowing burden, including using existing rural health care funds, federal grant money, or structuring a county lease arrangement rather than issuing bonds. The bill was left pending while staff and the sponsor were asked to look into those options and report back. The committee also briefly heard from the Department of Justice about concerns raised by the Public Education Department regarding Gallup-McKinley and online learning companies; DOJ said investigations were ongoing but it could not say whether a lawsuit would be filed. Members expressed concern about possible large liabilities and discussed bringing the Attorney General and PED Secretary back in executive session.
The meeting then shifted to House Bill 2 and related budget matters. Staff walked members through numerous line items, flagging some as potentially duplicative, unspent, or in need of further review, including attorney general litigation funds, rural health, education, transportation, tourism, energy, and economic development items. The committee adopted the “grow” spreadsheet after members said they had reviewed it, and then discussed reserve targets. Staff presented several scenarios to raise reserves from about 26.7% toward the 27.5% target, including cuts to natural resource, environmental, higher education, and transportation appropriations. Members generally favored a flexible “scenario five” approach and were reluctant to sweep older capital outlay projects immediately, preferring to wait until the capital outlay changes bill is resolved. The committee planned to continue the budget discussion the next morning.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 11 (1-21-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- we just seek to streamline this process, making it easier for Kentuckians to get the care and the treatment
- care and the treatment that they need care and the treatment that they need without<00:10:46.560><c>
- consulting psychiatrists to work together collaboratively so that patients receive mental health treatment
- </c><00:13:42.800><c> right</c><00:13:43.040><c> in</c><00:13:43.279><c> the</c> mental health treatment
- right in the mental health treatment right in the primary<00:13:43.920><c> care</c><00:13:44.160><c>
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 11th, 2025
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Residential treatment programs offer intensive, around-the-clock mental health services for children
- At the same time, the introduction of the qualified residential treatment program has expanded the range
- New placement models have emerged, such as the behavioral qualified residential treatment program and
- A key initiative has been the development of the behavioral qualified residential treatment program to
- needs that do not fit the criteria for SIP or higher-level residential treatment.
Committee:
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard three presentations focused on child welfare workforce development and the needs of children in Florida’s dependency system. First, the Florida Institute for Child Welfare described its Grow Center and related initiatives, including academic curriculum enhancements, simulations, virtual reality training, coaching, on-demand learning, advanced certifications, and the planned Tallahassee learning lab opening in January 2026. Members asked about conflict resolution, domestic violence, addiction, and microcredentials; the presenter said the institute is expanding training in those areas and is working with DCF to align advanced certifications with the department’s career ladder.
The Department of Children and Families then presented on the Continue the Mission initiative, which recruits veterans, military spouses, and former law enforcement officers into CPI, API, and case management roles. DCF said it has held more than 240 hiring events and hired 372 such workers since launch, while also improving recruitment and retention through higher starting pay, streamlined hiring, rebranding, wellness supports, and enhanced pre-service training. Senators asked about PTSD concerns, staffing levels, caseloads, hotline vacancies, and salaries; DCF said it had not seen direct PTSD issues from the hiring effort and provided figures including a $50,000 starting salary for CPIs, $37,000 for APIs, and average caseloads of 12 to 15 investigations for CPIs and about 10 for APIs.
Finally, DCF discussed the increased acuity of children in the dependency system, explaining that fewer children are entering care overall but those who do often have more complex behavioral, mental health, developmental, or medical needs. The department highlighted a new Behavioral Qualified Residential Treatment Program (BQRTP) designed for youth who need more intensive support than traditional foster or group home settings but do not require inpatient psychiatric treatment; one facility is licensed with 12 of 14 beds filled, and DCF said it is seeking funding for placement for 230 youth total. Members pressed for details on licensure timelines, standards, funding, and the handling of crossover youth and lockouts, and DCF said it uses braided funding and works with DJJ, APD, and lead agencies through local and state review teams. A representative of the Florida Coalition for Children also testified, saying the issue is complex and multi-year, and that the coalition is working on possible legislative and programmatic solutions. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after the presentations and discussion.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 64 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- these medications list a practice group rather than the individual doctor prescribing that course of treatment
- In Sackowitz, the Massachusetts Supreme Court emphasized a protected right to refuse medical treatment
- States are moving to criminalize reproductive care, ban gender-affirming treatment, and punish providers
- States are moving to criminalize reproductive care, ban gender-affirming treatment, and punish providers
- business that discloses, transfers, or processes information solely for the purposes of payment, treatment
Summary:
The House first took up several routine matters, adopting resolutions recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival and congratulating Father Gerald Francis Finnegan, S.J., on his long ministry. Members also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow a petition establishing a sick leave bank for a Massachusetts State Police employee to go to the Committee on Public Service. The chamber then moved to Senate Bill 2543, An Act Strengthening Health Care Protections in the Commonwealth, and adopted the Ways and Means amendment before sending the bill to third reading.
Later, after the bill was released from third reading, the House considered it on final passage. Supporters described the measure as protecting reproductive and gender-affirming care, patient data, providers, and Massachusetts residents from out-of-state interference, while also incorporating federal emergency care requirements. Amendment 4, which would have barred state funding for campaign ads discouraging pregnant women from using pregnancy resource centers, was rejected. Amendment 8, which would have broadened the bill to include refusals of care and other preventive care for adults and minors, was also rejected after opposition argued it could allow one parent to block care for a child. Amendment 6, as changed, narrowing certain data protections to abortion-related care, IVF, and gender-affirming care, was adopted.
The House also adopted Amendment 7, clarifying that businesses handling information for payment, treatment, or health care operations would not violate the bill, and Amendment 9, directing the Commissioner of Public Health to convene a technical advisory group to review a section of the General Laws. After these amendments, the bill passed to be engrossed by a vote of 136-23. The House then observed a moment of silence for victims of the Gabriel House assisted living fire in Fall River and adjourned to meet the next day in informal session.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- The second rule I'm presenting today is the Medicaid-assisted medication-assisted treatment coverage
- We already cover medication-assisted treatment, or MAT therapy, for Medicaid patients, which is a treatment
- that includes substance use drugs, treatments like naloxone or Suboxone, as well as the therapy and
- So that's all this rule does: it removes an expiration date and puts the medication-assisted treatment
Committee:
All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
Summary:
The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed several agency rules and most were approved without objection. The Department of Agriculture repealed rules tied to the now-repealed Arkansas Catfish Processors Fair Practice Act. The Department of Human Services updated Medicaid policy to clarify child support enforcement treatment for pregnant women, remove the word “forcible” from rape/incest good-cause language, and eliminate a 90-day waiting period for ARKids B after loss of group coverage; members highlighted the significance of the language change and asked for a quick-reference eligibility chart. DHS Medical Services also received approval for a CMS cell and gene therapy model rule for sickle cell drugs and a technical Medicaid-assisted medication-assisted treatment update that was described as cost-neutral and non-substantive.
The Department of Labor and Licensing presented several rules implementing recent acts and internal cleanup changes. These included procedures for local construction plan disputes under Act 591, Contractors Licensing Board amendments raising the restricted commercial license threshold from $750,000 to $1.5 million and allowing deferral of owner-complaint investigations during civil litigation, and a similar residential contractors change. The HVACR Licensing Board presented broader revisions under Act 746, including grammar and cleanup changes, elimination of the Class C license with transfer of existing holders to Class B, expansion of allowable work limits, a change to continuing education from four hours annually to eight hours per three-year code cycle, and clarification on training, child labor, and licensing issues. Several members questioned the practical impact of the HVAC changes, but the rule was approved.
The committee also granted the Department of Inspector General’s request for exclusion from rulemaking reporting under Act 473, concluding that no rule was necessary because the act already defines the key terms and review process for foreign-adversary cultural exchange agreements. In addition, the Arkansas State Library’s report recommending continuation of its existing rules was accepted. During the status updates on outstanding 2023-session rulemaking, Education explained delays were due to overlapping 2025 amendments and the large volume of rules, while members expressed concern about the length of time since enactment; staff noted only a small number of 2023 rules remain outstanding. The meeting ended after written 2025-session updates were received with no further questions.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 22nd, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Do the kids come in with a treatment plan? Sometimes kids don't know what they need, right?
- So do they come in with a treatment plan?
- Do you create a treatment plan there that sort of requires them to?
- That's what the cost is on an annual basis for medical treatment.
- Chair, members of the committee, and Senator, I will get to the cost for the medical treatment, and I
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- I think, is written very narrowly to address the main issues that we have, which is the lack of treatment
- that we have which is the lack of issues that we have which is the lack of main<00:05:37.520><c> treatment
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- Uh some of I'm main treatment for dogs.
Bills:
SB361
Committee:
House Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
dogs, dog tethering, dog confinement, animal welfare, animal cruelty, animal neglect, outdoor shelter, kennel standards, leash laws, trolley system, animal control officer, law enforcement enforcement, service animals, working dogs, hunting dogs, herding dogs, USDA breeder, commercial breeder, pet care, veterinary care
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- This means less investment into the next generation of treatments. Please oppose the bill.
- Children do not become safe because a parent agrees to services, and treatment does not equal changed
- We also have a crisis stabilization unit and involuntary treatment beds and a mobile crisis team.
- The pilot allows eligible workers to begin receiving treatment for PTSD prior to adjudication of their
- The department is required to contact any non-network provider who agrees to provide treatment as part
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
postsecondary education, homelessness, foster youth, education access, support programs, commission, gender equity, boys, men, advocacy, state policy, special education, parental rights, educational access, evaluation reports, disability services, behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 09/25/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- , family visits, and education, treatment, family visits, and case<00:02:00.560><c> planning</c><00:02
- Health needs first, then treatment and education needs and other factors.
- ,</c><00:13:32.959><c> challenge</c> specialty uh treatment, challenge specialty uh treatment, challenge
- </c> substance use disorder treatment substance use disorder treatment program. program. program.
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Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- My son accepted treatment, even with insurance.
- I needed a psychiatric... ...treatment.
- I was sent to Texas by the VA for my treatment at the Weiser Center in Houston.
- The last I heard, one treatment center said they get about ten calls a day.
- So it is... if you check with the treatment centers, they are seeing a big increase.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Those with an infection can gain years of life if treatment is started.
- HIV are more likely to remain in their treatment regimen.
- Currently, only 77% of those who have a diagnosis are in current treatment regimens.
- One hundred percent of those patients that were diagnosed began treatment within 70 days.
- and care, driving research into treatments, and...
Bills:
HB3000 , HB2622 , HB2283 , HB541 , HB1776 , HB1803 , HB1669 , HB2588 , HB220 , HB3415 , HB50 , HB1314 , HB 107 , HB220 , HB50 , HB107
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 874 strengthens oversight and standardization of behavioral health treatment services in Medi-Cal.
- Behavioral health treatment services include applied behavior analysis, commonly referred to as ABA treatment
- This isn't about denying anyone treatment.
- People with serious mental illnesses should absolutely receive treatment.
- I believe mental health treatment changes lives.
Committee:
House Public Safety
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Gaming, May 14, 2026 - PM
Select Committee on Gaming
Transcript Highlights:
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- Um, and then I don't know treatment numbers.
- I did I don't know treatment numbers.
- </c> For for treatment. All right. For for treatment. All right.
- </c> eligible residents for treatment eligible residents for treatment purposes.<01:41:56.680><c> And
Committee:
Joint Select Committee on Gaming
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And it will focus our resources on treatment, long-term recovery, and stability.
- releasing the defendant on the condition that they comply with treatment.
- Operators and EMTs and veteran treatment court programs.
- People need treatment and not incarceration.
- We talked about treatment versus incarceration.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding.
Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And we did hear from some of the individuals who had the treatment, and it did help them.
- And we did hear from some of the individuals who had the treatment, and it did help them.
- And we did hear from some of the individuals who had the treatment, and it did help them.
- or mental health treatment.
- </c><02:33:59.479><c> or</c> substance use disorder treatment or substance use disorder treatment or
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (04/24/2025)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- , substance abuse treatment, and birth control.
- </c> treatment, substance abuse uh treatment treatment, substance abuse uh treatment and<01:45:31.280
- , sexually transmitted disease treatment, reproductive health services, and emancipated minors.
- I tried three times to treatment plan.
- Okay. if that privilege were treatment.
Committee:
Senate Children and Family Law
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:25:31.080><c> of</c> Innovative products for treatment of Innovative products for treatment of
- </c><00:39:48.440><c> of</c> it up which allows you know treatment of it up which allows you know treatment
- You've asked for three minutes. ...going 100 miles south to the wastewater treatment plants.
- There's no wastewater treatment plant that's going to accept it. What happens?
- </c> excess volume of storage and treatment excess volume of storage and treatment be<01:18:06.880><c
Summary:
The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a hearing on HB 566, which would require permit applications for new landfills to include a detailed leachate management plan. Representative German introduced the bill and explained that it was prompted by recent reporting on leachate management problems at New Hampshire landfills, including alleged violations and deficiency letters from DES. He said the bill was intended to address public health concerns, PFAS contamination, and increased leachate volumes tied to more severe rainstorms, while still allowing innovation in treatment and transportation methods. He also described a set of proposed amendments developed after discussions with DES and a landfill operator, including changing “permit for construction” to “operating approval,” applying the bill to landfill expansions, moving contract-related language into the planning section, and removing a proposed new subparagraph.
Committee members asked whether the bill would limit operator flexibility or duplicate existing DES rules. Representative German said the bill would not dictate specific treatment methods or lock operators into long-term contracts, but would require a plan showing how leachate will be managed, transported, and disposed of, with later contract changes reported to DES. Several members and the BIA representative questioned whether the bill was necessary given existing Env 806 rules and DES enforcement authority. The Business and Industry Association opposed the bill as introduced, arguing that DES already has rules and technical expertise, that the issue is better handled through rulemaking, and that moving requirements into statute could freeze the framework and make future adjustments harder. Supporters countered that a statute would provide a stronger, more durable policy commitment in response to ongoing problems.
No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration and with the sponsor indicating that a revised amendment would likely be brought forward for later work session or executive session review.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Restrictive Housing Legislative Working Group (RHG) - Tue Jan 13, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to put together a treatment plan.
- social workers because they're part of the treatment plan.
- But so for the treatment part of side.
- </c> treatment plan. treatment plan.
- </c> >> and then they can get better treatment >> and then they can get better treatment
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Pulmonary inhalation will offer more proficient treatment for these patients.
- We resorted to using the Marchman Act in Florida to force treatment.
- EMPLI does not support the use of marijuana-based products as treatment for PTSD.
- Sending him to treatment programs in the hopes that his brain will have a chance to heal.
- Individuals seeking to provide medical treatment should not be subject to prosecution.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs