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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Health Committee and Privacy Committee and Consumer Protection Committee May 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Last example here is in maternal-fetal health. A couple of examples, actually.
- Last example here is in maternal fetal health. A couple of examples, actually.
- And so just like some of these maternal predictive tools for maternal morbidity and mortality, they can
- provisions around denying people coverage that are currently in place.
- denying people coverage that are currently in place.
Summary:
The joint informational hearing of the Assembly Health and Privacy Committees focused on generative AI in health care, with opening remarks emphasizing both its potential to improve care and its risks around privacy, bias, liability, workforce impacts, and unequal access. Chair Bauer-Kahan and Chair Bonta framed the discussion around how California can encourage beneficial innovation while protecting patients, especially given the sensitivity of health data and the possibility that AI could worsen existing disparities if not carefully governed.
The first panel featured representatives from Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, Penguin AI, and Google, who described current uses of AI such as ambient clinical scribes, nursing documentation tools, imaging triage, maternal-fetal risk prediction, and administrative automation. Speakers said these tools can reduce clinician burden, improve patient experience, speed treatment, and in some cases improve outcomes, including a reported mortality benefit from a Kaiser predictive model and faster thrombectomy times at Cedars-Sinai. Members raised concerns about accuracy with accents and multilingual visits, whether predictive tools could reinforce bias or lead to more interventions such as C-sections, and how to ensure a human remains in the loop for important decisions.
The second panel, including representatives from the California Health Care Foundation, UC Berkeley, and Stanford, focused on policy and governance challenges. Testimony highlighted examples of AI supporting homelessness outreach and community health work, but also warned that biased algorithms can encode inequities, especially when trained on data that reflect under-treatment of Black, rural, or low-income patients. Witnesses urged clearer standards for trustworthy AI, stronger monitoring and governance structures, better data access for accountability, and attention to the safety net’s limited resources. Several speakers argued that states should require health systems to have AI governance processes, clarify liability between developers and deployers, and regulate downstream uses of AI while preserving access to data for lifesaving research and oversight.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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lowincome coverage for millions of lowincome coverage for millions of lowincome - And as soon as next year, people could start losing coverage.
- And as soon as next year, people could start losing coverage.
- That's what we're being told coverage.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Can you talk a little bit about the maternal and infant mortality rate in Nebraska?
- Actually, Senator Glenn Meyer has the worst numbers for maternity care deserts in the state.
- Expanding Medicaid coverage to a year postpartum, which this body did a few years ago, is another.
- Is there any way that we are getting reports to say here's how this has impacted maternal health and
- to a year postpartum which this body did a few years ago and so there are coverage to a year postpartum
Bills:
LB878, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB1209, LB937A, LB962A, LB1050, LB1050A, LB965, LB1022, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB745, LB749, LB778, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR495, LR496, LR497, LR498, LR499, LR500, LR501, LR502, LR503, LR504
Keywords:
paid parental leave, state employees, workplace benefits, family support, economic impact, Medicaid, Medical Assistance Act, home and community-based services waiver, HCBS waiver, waiver participant, assessment tool, clinical interviewing, service tier, retroactive coverage, doula, doula reimbursement, maternal health, prenatal care, pregnancy, birth outcomes
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, November 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the House proceedings for political or commercial purposes
- Require TSA to consult with maternal health associations to help develop guidelines for screening of
- Nearly 20 million people are at risk of losing coverage, and that should be our priority.
- NEARLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF LOSING COVERAGE AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY.
- Members of Congress who have health insurance should not deny coverage to hard-working families.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Budget and Fiscal Review
Transcript Highlights:
- If it doesn't have a blanket coverage reduction.
- Because they don’t have medical coverage provided.
- They’re going to be losing their medical coverage.
- I’m one of them, but I happen to have great coverage.
- Many seniors don’t, and they are now needing more coverage.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health May 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- These are common in the commercial coverage space.
- in Medi-Cal, but new enrollees would not have access to comprehensive coverage. coverage.
- There are limited exceptions where coverage is optional.
- So for one additional year, she would have coverage.
- In many ways, it negates the effects of coverage at all because you have coverage, but you can't see
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- physician access, increasing coverage for things like menopause, putting money behind reproductive care
- So when you need to take maternity leave, first you use every single one of your sick days.
- limits us, the premium increases from $30 a month to $50 a month, and the elimination of dental coverage
- We look forward to engaging with you all on the continued work ahead to mitigate the coverage losses
- Preserving health coverage is a primary policy objective we all share, and we appreciate your efforts
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the final three-party agreement for the 2026-27 state budget and 19 implementing bills, including two budget bill juniors and 17 trailer bills. Committee leadership and administration officials described the budget as a balanced plan that reduces out-year structural deficits, maintains large reserves, and makes major investments in health care, education, housing, child care, public safety, and other core services while also responding to expected federal cuts and fiscal uncertainty. The Department of Finance outlined the package’s major components, including Medi-Cal adjustments, education funding increases, higher education changes, child care and human services updates, housing and homelessness funding, energy and transportation provisions, and tax and general government changes.
Members asked questions about several provisions, including CSU enrollment targets and turnaround plans, the Prop. 98 settle-up mechanism, the plastics market development payment program, housing accountability measures, NextGen 9-1-1 implementation, and veteran services. Staff and administration witnesses explained that the higher education language is intended to improve campus-by-campus reporting and oversight, that Prop. 98 settle-up would be finalized later through the statutory certification process, and that NextGen 9-1-1 now includes one-time funding, quarterly reporting, an independent technical review, and a state audit. Members also discussed the HAP homelessness funding increase to $900 million and the balance between accountability and timely distribution of funds.
The most extended exchange centered on comparisons between funding for veterans and Medi-Cal/immigrant health coverage. Republican members argued the budget spends far more on undocumented immigrant services than on veterans, while Democratic members and Finance staff responded that the comparison was misleading because many veterans’ services are federally funded and the state budget also includes dedicated veteran support. The chair and other members emphasized that the budget reflects difficult tradeoffs and that the package protects vulnerable populations, preserves health care access, and advances affordability. No final vote was described in the excerpt, but members indicated support for the overall package and said they would support it on the floor.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Commerce and Tourism Mar 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> This bill helps to provide affordable health coverage options for Florida farmers and ranchers who
- This coverage is part of the role renaissance of Florida, smaller and less densely populated regions
- I think it's a noble. >> The goal to try to get coverage to people who don't have it.
- We want to make sure that it's good coverage as well.
- of contracts for maternity, it's 9 months and those things like that.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Alarmingly, 54 out of 254 counties in Texas are maternal deserts.
- the lack of insurance coverage, they are not seeking prenatal care.
- We have the information on maternal morbidity and maternal mortality, not only in the state of Texas
- Possess an increasing rate of maternal mortality.
- I noticed you, you, you dwelt a little bit on insurance coverage, lack of insurance coverage, and you
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (11-5-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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children's - As the senator asked about earlier, maternal health, this is, I would say, a call to action.
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and improvements in uh uh in maternity and improvements in uh uh in maternity
Summary:
The task force opened with a moment of silence for the Louisville UPS plane tragedy, approved the October 15 minutes, and reminded members to submit policy recommendations before the December 16 meeting, when the group will discuss its report to LRC. The first informational presentation, from the Department for Public Health, focused on youth vaping. Elizabeth Good and Julie Brooks cited a recent Surgeon General report warning that youth vaping can harm brain development, mental health, lungs, asthma, and hormones, and noted Kentucky survey data showing 8.7% of students reported daily vaping and 19.7% used vaping products in the prior 30 days. They described prevention and cessation resources including Catch My Breath, I Can End the Trend, Not on Tobacco, My Life, My Quit, Quitline services, and the Kentucky TRUST retailer education program, which trained 3,371 individuals in 2024 and distributed 253 Tobacco 21 toolkits.
The next presentation came from Kentucky ABC on implementation of SB 100, which created the division of tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing. Commissioner Scotty Tracy and Jamar Carter said all retailers selling tobacco, nicotine, or vapor products must be licensed, regulations were filed October 31, 2025, and the online application portal is live. In response to questions about sales to minors, they said violations carry escalating fines for clerks and owners, with a fourth violation resulting in no license renewal for two years and unpaid fines also blocking renewal. They said complaints can be submitted through the portal, by phone, or on the ABC website, and enforcement investigates tips and may use underage compliance checks.
The committee then heard from Kim McKenna Johnson of One Cross Community Health, who argued for a “deficiency-first” and holistic approach to care centered on nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted supplementation. She said her clinic serves more than 7,000 patients in Taylor and Marion counties and described a model that includes primary care, behavioral health, functional medicine, addiction recovery, and chronic care. She cited Kentucky health rankings, claimed nutritional deficiencies cost the state billions, and said many children are overprescribed while undernourished. She urged broader insurance coverage for nutritional testing and supplements, rural demonstration grants, and Medicaid pilots for clinically prescribed supplements. Members asked about testing costs, dietitian support, long-term cost savings, compliance, and whether medications are often used to prevent damage from noncompliance; the presenter said the lab tests are generally covered, supplements are the main cost barrier, and seeing lab results can improve family buy-in. No votes were taken during the meeting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas is one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country with black women dying at disproportionate
- As Darcy mentioned, Texas already has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country, and
- We're also. seeing an increase, an alarming increase, in maternal mortality. in infant mortality and
- Planned Parenthood does not discriminate on the basis of race. of insurance coverage, offering many of
- As has been mentioned, the rate of maternal deaths in Texas has increased by 56 percent from 2019 to
Keywords:
Texas, healthcare, reproductive health, Care No Matter What Act, Planned Parenthood, maternal mortality, teen pregnancy, funding cuts, community health
Summary:
The meeting addressed critical health care concerns in Texas, highlighting the consequences of funding cuts on access to reproductive health services. Key speakers emphasized the urgent need for the Care No Matter What Act, which aims to restore funding to healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood. They underscored the alarming statistics of maternal mortality and the rising rates of teen pregnancies, particularly in Black and Latina communities. Testimonies shared during the meeting illustrated the real-life impacts of healthcare access issues on individuals and families across the state, illustrating the necessity for legislative action to ensure comprehensive reproductive health services.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But our commitment to maternal health has certainly increased, Madam Chair, over the last I would say
- Subcomponents for nursing facilities and also included in that is maternal fetal medicine radiological
- Moving on to item 9, maternal and child health.
- I'm funding provided for the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application Replacement and the Maternal
- So it's taking the data on maternal mortality and health and doing what?
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 27th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- That's everything from hospitals to behavioral health to, uh, Maternal and child health, physical health
- , if you look at line four, we continued half-year rate adjustments from FY 25 for primary care, maternal
- Early childhood education and care fund for maternal and child health. We did 5 million there.
- So the maternal and child health, we've done about 432 million over the last three years.
- Um, a lot of people are falling off, if a lot of people are losing care through the coverage through
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/11/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
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coverage. - It is where employer sponsored coverage.
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enables entrepreneurs get coverage that enables entrepreneurs get coverage
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Bills:
HB2929, HB2956, HB2955, HB3128, HB3880, HB4294, HB2970, HB3338, HB3443, HB3783, HB3800, HB3818
Keywords:
homeowner insurance, insurance premium, claim history, insurance regulation, at-fault claims, flood insurance, state law, consumer protection, appraisal management, Real Estate Appraiser Board, appraiser registration, background checks, ownership requirements, captive insurance, protected cell, sponsored captive, captive insurer, insurance commissioner, premium tax, dormant captive
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- This particular bill focuses on insurance coverage, roof adoption, and you. For questions.
Bills:
HB2929, HB2956, HB2955, HB3128, HB3880, HB4294, HB2970, HB3338, HB3443, HB3783, HB3800, HB3818
Keywords:
homeowner insurance, insurance premium, claim history, insurance regulation, at-fault claims, flood insurance, state law, consumer protection, appraisal management, Real Estate Appraiser Board, appraiser registration, background checks, ownership requirements, captive insurance, protected cell, sponsored captive, captive insurer, insurance commissioner, premium tax, dormant captive
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Maternal deaths are caused by obstetrical hemorrhages.
- Alarmingly, 54 out of 254 counties in Texas are maternal deserts.
- We have the information on maternal morbidity and maternal mortality, not only in the state of Texas,
- Of maternal mortality between 2019 and 2022, our maternal mortality rate rose by 56% compared to 11%
- I noticed you dwelt a little bit on insurance coverage, lack of insurance coverage. And you may...
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) May 21st, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Insurance plans are not always widely accepted in our communities; insurance coverage does not always
- Members of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, which I will call the MMMRC,
- However, the nurse's duty to report rule requires maternal deaths Case records must be redacted before
- allows them to review unredacted information and accelerate the process of abstracting data from maternal
- This is because it's part of the maternal mortality process. I understand it's a process.
Bills:
HB1106, HB3284, HB541, HB713, HB1403, HB1586, HB1942, HB2070, HB2844, HB2851, HB3151, HB3749, HB3940, HB3963, HB4454, HB4466, HB4795, HB5154, HB5394, SB1357, HB1052, HB4099, HB4638, HB5147
Keywords:
child abuse, neglect, gender identity, sexual orientation, child welfare, marriage, family, Texas Commission, family welfare, marriage support, stability, premarital education, child development, strong families, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services, insurance regulation, maternal health
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This coverage is part of the rural renaissance of Florida's smaller and less densely populated regions
- I think it's a noble goal to try to get coverage to people who don't have it.
- We want to make sure that it's good coverage as well.
- period of six months, and for those type of contracts for maternity, it’s nine months.
- Those things” “For maternity, it’s nine months. Those things like that give me pause.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills on commerce, tourism, labor, technology, and public safety. SB 1666, by Senator Graal, would adopt Florida’s version of UCC Article 12 to address commercial transactions involving digital assets such as cryptocurrency, blockchain, smart contracts, and NFTs; after a technical amendment, it was reported favorably. CS/SB 480, by Senator DiCeglie, would create affordable health coverage options for farmers and ranchers through a nonprofit agricultural organization model similar to Tennessee’s; supporters said it would expand access in rural areas, while opponents and some senators raised concerns about ACA protections, preexisting conditions, and state fiscal impacts. The committee also approved CS/SB 1172, which expands business development incentives for veterans and military spouses, including procurement preferences, fee waivers, tax exemptions, and an entrepreneurship program, after an amendment expanding hiring preferences for military spouses was adopted.
The committee then took up SB 1400, which creates a process for removing nonconsensual AI-generated sexual deepfakes from covered online platforms within 24 to 48 hours and subjects noncompliant platforms to penalties under Florida’s deceptive trade practices law; an amendment carved out internet service providers, and the bill was reported favorably. SM 1488, a memorial urging Congress to create a sovereign wealth fund, drew opposition from a public school teacher who questioned its necessity and constitutionality, but it still passed. CS/SB 922, dealing with employment agreements, would strengthen enforcement of certain non-compete and garden leave agreements for employees with access to sensitive information; critics argued it would restrict workers and innovation, while supporters said it protects trade secrets and high-paying jobs. After an amendment, it was reported favorably.
The committee also approved SB 1252, which would create a statewide system for sharing pawn and secondhand dealer data among law enforcement agencies, with an initial feasibility study cost estimated at $250,000 and questions raised about enforcement if agencies do not participate. Finally, CS/SB 1776, under the Whistleblower’s Act, would require advance notice and an opportunity to cure alleged violations, narrow retaliation and disclosure definitions, and limit claims when another statutory remedy exists; members questioned whether the changes could reduce employee protections or allow employers time to destroy evidence, but the bill was still under debate as the transcript ended.