Video & Transcript Research : 'step therapy'
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/2/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- So folks stepping up to help donations.
- On average, we're the therapy network.
- continue to provide free trauma therapy continue to provide free trauma therapy to<01:22:27.440>
- It's EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, and prolonged exposure therapy.
- Um unfortunately for therapy at the VA.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- As outlined in our letter, one of our primary concerns is the ban on step therapy.
- therapy, it specifies this as conditional on a plan covering at least one anti-amyloid without step
- As my colleague noted, the bill would significantly limit plans' ability to use step therapy for FDA-approved
- As my colleague noted, the bill would significantly limit plans' ability to use step therapy for FDA-approved
- And so that's also one of the reasons why we're not going with the step therapy. ...because step therapy
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So we have numerous steps in place.
- So we have numerous steps in place. Unfortunately, broadest...
- therapies.
- These therapies are not a luxury.
- Missing therapy is not a scheduling inconvenience; it is a health crisis.
Keywords:
virtual currency, kiosks, money services business, regulation, financial services, consumer protection, cryptocurrency, registration, payment scams, task force, fraud prevention, property insurance, roofing requirements, inspector, insurance policies, homeowners insurance, roof age, residential structures, insurance renewal, investment
Summary:
The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1286 by Senator Wright. That bill expands the law enforcement recruitment bonus program to include firefighters, creates a DFS grant review panel for fire-related grants, and establishes an institute for PTSD and first-responder behavioral health. Testimony from fire chiefs and others supported the measure, and the committee reported it favorably.
The committee then considered several insurance and financial regulation bills. CS/SB 198 by Senator Rousan, as amended, regulates virtual currency kiosks with transaction limits, notice and receipt requirements, and OFR enforcement authority; witnesses described it as a needed anti-fraud measure, especially for seniors, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 772 by Senator Burgess, as amended, allows limited licenses for portable electronics and eyewear insurance, and CS/SB 1504 by Senator Claudio, as amended, creates a pathway for high school students to qualify for insurance customer representative licensure; both were reported favorably.
The committee also approved two cryptocurrency reserve bills by Senator Gruters: CS/SB 1038 creates the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve framework, and CS/SB 1040 creates the related trust fund; both received technical amendments and favorable reports. CS/SB 1440 by Senator Martin, as amended, creates public records exemptions and cybersecurity reporting provisions for financial institutions and related entities, and it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1668 by Senator Burton, which updates the NICA program’s funding and benefit structure, and CS/SB 570 by Senator Polsky, which creates a task force on payment scams, were both heard with supportive testimony and reported favorably. Senators later recorded additional affirmative votes on selected bills before the committee adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Jan 21st, 2026 at 09:02 am
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Can you do audiology and speech therapy, language therapy online?
- I'm the Executive Director of Desert State's Physical Therapy Network.
- So, this is **Karen Lucero** with the American Physical Therapy Association.
- We stand in full support of the Physical Therapy Compact.
- In opposition to House Bill 13, the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Jan 21st, 2026
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 12, the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.
- House Bill 13, the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact.
- Can you do audiology and speech therapy, language therapy online?
- I'm the Executive Director of Desert State's Physical Therapy Network.
- We stand in full support of the Physical Therapy Compact.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Banking and Insurance Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So we have numerous steps in place.
- therapies.
- These therapies are not a luxury.
- Therapy reinforces the small abilities they have and prevents their decline.
- Missing therapy is not a scheduling inconvenience; it is a health crisis.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and took up a full agenda of bills, beginning with SB 1286 by Sen. Wright. That bill expanded the state recruitment bonus program to include newly employed firefighters, created a DFS grant review panel, and established a PTSD institute within DFS for first-responder behavioral health. Fire chiefs, the Florida League of Cities, and others supported the measure, and the committee reported it favorably.
The committee then considered SB 198 on virtual currency kiosks by Sen. Rousan. A substitute amendment was adopted that clarified daily transaction limits, registration requirements, expiration rules, and OFR authority to deny registrations. Testimony focused on protecting seniors from crypto-ATM scams while giving the industry regulatory certainty. The committee also favorably reported CS/SB 198. Members next approved CS/SB 772, which allows portable electronics limited licensees to sell eyewear insurance, and CS/SB 1504, which updates insurance customer representative licensing pathways by allowing a high school insurance and personal finance course to count toward pre-licensure education.
The committee also favorably reported Sen. Gruters’ CS/SB 1038 and CS/SB 1040, which together create the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve and its trust fund framework, and CS/SB 1440, which expands public records exemptions and cybersecurity-related protections for financial institutions, loan originators, money service businesses, and credit unions. Sen. Burton’s SB 1668 on the NICA program drew extensive testimony from a NICA board member and family advocate, who urged stronger funding to preserve lifelong care for catastrophically injured children; the bill was reported favorably despite concerns from the Florida Justice Association about benefit restrictions and retroactivity. Finally, the committee approved CS/SB 570, creating a DFS task force on payment scams, after an amendment reduced FDLE’s required representation. At the end of the meeting, Sen. Burton requested to be recorded in the affirmative on SB 1286, and Sen. Passidomo requested affirmative votes on tabs 3, 5, and 9; the committee then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Play therapy and other therapy should also be explored.
- and other therapy as well play therapy and other therapy should<00:45:16.440>
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Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from DHS on its early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention (EIDBI) study and related licensing proposal. Christy Grom explained that EIDBI is a Medical Assistance state plan service for children and young adults under 21 with autism or related conditions, and that DHS’s multi-phase evaluation included standards review, community engagement, and a comparison with other states. She said the service is important but that DHS identified gaps in oversight, including stretched clinical supervision, providers affiliated with many centers, out-of-state providers, and rapid growth in enrollment that has outpaced current monitoring capacity.
DHS’s main recommendation was to create a provisional license for EIDBI in Chapter 245A as an immediate step, with later work toward full licensing standards. The proposal would let DHS identify controlling individuals, disqualify ineligible people, investigate maltreatment, suspend or revoke licenses, require background studies and qualifications before service delivery, move EIDBI providers into a higher-risk category for revalidation, and make DHS the lead investigative agency for maltreatment. DHS also recommended statutory standards for supervision, caseloads, training, and documentation, while emphasizing the need to balance oversight with continued access to services. Grom said the provisional licensure proposal is part of the governor’s budget and that DHS hopes to begin implementation in 2025, with a possible full license start date in 2028.
Testifiers then spoke in support of EIDBI while urging the committee to preserve access and include more community input. Ana Hagi Muhammad, a parent of three autistic children and a Somali community advocate, said EIDBI has been beneficial for her family and that community organizations serving Somali families have not been sufficiently engaged in DHS’s process. Ana Muhammad, a Black mother of a young autistic child, said ABA has helped her son with communication, self-regulation, and independence, and asked that discussions reflect the diversity of family experiences. Committee members asked testifiers to keep remarks brief and to identify which modality they use, and the chair indicated the committee would continue hearing from additional testifiers before further discussion.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services, February 13, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So now I think the stem cell therapy.
- So I think there's stem cell therapy.
- This is stem cell therapy in the United States 2.0, maybe even 3.0, as you get to further steps.
- This is stem cell therapy in the now.
- get to further steps. get to further steps.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 9, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, committee. >> Hb 363 dental therapy.
- Dental therapy has been around for 100 years worldwide. 15 states have authorized dental therapy.
- It establishes licensure criteria for dental therapy.
- They also develop the dental therapy program.
- So next steps in memory development us with a core.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/08/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Further steps will be needed, but one baby step at a time.
- Further steps will be needed, but one baby step at a time.
- Physical therapy build strength.
- You know, it's kind of a more step-by-step approach.
- You know, it's kind of a more step-by-step approach.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/28/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- to step into that gap. to step into that gap.
- government would would step in or not. government would would step in or not.
- receive experimental therapies. receive experimental therapies.
- I think if if you're a therapies.
- <04:24:05.439>
Has would have taken further steps. Has would have taken further steps.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/03/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/12/2025)
Health and Human Services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Youth Mental Health and Treatment Accessibility Dec 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- They need to have therapy. They need to have therapy.
- , or therapy, or therapy.
- They don't want therapy online.
- Therapy camp.
- They should know that it’s an option to step away. It’s good for you to step away.
Summary:
The hearing focused on youth mental health and treatment access in California, with opening remarks emphasizing that youth distress, self-harm-related emergency visits, and difficulty obtaining care remain elevated, while workforce shortages and reliance on one-time funding continue to limit access. Assemblymember Lori Davies echoed concerns about unstable funding and said lawmakers need to hear directly from providers and families as they prepare for the budget and legislation. The chair framed the hearing as a chance to hear from county, school, provider, and student perspectives, especially in San Diego County, where needs are high and investments have not always matched demand.
County and school officials described the current system and recent state initiatives, including the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, school-linked fee schedules, payment reform, and the Behavioral Health Services Act transition. San Diego County Behavioral Health said it serves Medi-Cal youth with specialty mental health needs through a broad continuum of care, including outpatient clinics, school-based services, crisis response, residential treatment, and new crisis and residential facilities. San Diego County Office of Education and San Marcos Unified School District described efforts to expand school-based services and reimbursement through CYBHI, but said implementation is slowed by complex billing rules, insurance-data collection concerns from families, administrative burden, and uncertainty about sustaining staff positions funded by grants or soft money. School counselor testimony highlighted reduced stigma through campus outreach and clubs, but also noted that counselor-to-student ratios remain well above national standards and that budget cuts threaten supports.
Provider testimony stressed that the system remains fragmented and that youth often move between emergency rooms, inpatient care, outpatient therapy, schools, and county programs without smooth handoffs. A child psychiatrist described crisis cases in which the main choices are brief hospitalization or discharge with limited follow-up, and argued for stronger warm handoffs, more outpatient and intensive outpatient options, better school-clinic coordination, and broader use of mobile crisis and 988. Rady Children’s Hospital and Aurora Behavioral Health described large increases in behavioral health demand, expansion of integrated care, and major barriers tied to low reimbursement rates, delayed payments, and administrative complexity. Across the panel, witnesses called for more stable funding, clearer reimbursement rules, better parent education on warning signs, and stronger collaboration among schools, counties, hospitals, and community providers to reduce stigma and improve timely care for youth.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- is available without step therapy. ...and insulin.
- is available without step therapy. and insulin.
- Therapeutic or clinical equivalent is available without step therapy.
- Step therapy naively assumes patients can navigate delays, appeals, and repeated visits.
- It does not say that plans can never use prior auth or step therapy for these medications.
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
Beds to Belonging Workgroup Jul 15th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Is that therapy provided by a licensed clinical social worker or not?
- At which point, those formal health care services, you know, say psychotherapy or therapy or SUD therapy
- They were able to engage in therapy, in group therapy, and individual therapy.
- One of the advantages about residential programs... ...and group therapy and individual therapy.
- therapy, that ability to be in group therapy with other youth, and get real-time problem-solving reflection
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 18, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- We kind of step back and we say, what do you need?
- I mean, sometimes it may be something cult-like step therapy.
- But we just want to go to step 3 because it's easier.
- step therapy and then we can talk about number one is step 3, a covered benefit step wanted to not work
- She began rebuilding her life step by step over time she secure and stable housing, obtain full-time
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/02/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm not going to drag it out, but this is a good step. Thank you.
- Chair Wiklund: Yeah, it seems like a very good step.
- Chair Wiklund: Yeah, it seems like a very good step.
- Chair Wiklund: It seems like a very good step.
- <00:23:56.240>
um are still going to access therapy um are still going to access therapy um
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 3, 2026 - 02:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- That means routine care, drawing blood, filling a prescription, providing therapy, could all be treated
- 76 THAT MEANS ROUTINE CARE DRAWING BLOOD FILLING A PRESCRIPTION 77 PROVIDING THERAPY
- That step was an important piece of legislation, but this bill goes even further in providing additional
- That step was an important piece of legislation, but this bill goes even further in providing additional
- Respiratory therapists manage life-sustaining therapy such as mechanical ventilation, oxygen therapy,
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and heard a series of health care-related bills, with Chair Tuck emphasizing respectful debate and noting that all bills on the agenda would be voted on that day. The first measure, HB 743, would give the Attorney General authority to investigate and bring civil actions against health care practitioners who violate Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and would make aiding or abetting such conduct a third-degree felony. Supporters said it closed loopholes and protected minors and parental rights, while opponents argued it was vague, overbroad, and could chill lawful care and professional judgment. The bill passed 13-4 and was reported favorably.
The committee then unanimously approved PCS for HB 567, which narrows a continuing-education requirement for podiatrists so only those who prescribe controlled substances must take the related two-hour course. It also unanimously approved HB 439, allowing chiropractors, under specified training and certification requirements, to inject vitamins and nutrients while continuing to prohibit intravenous injections. The committee also passed HB 1235 to enter Florida into the respiratory care interstate compact, and HB 1237, a linked public-records/public-meetings exemption needed to implement that compact; both measures were supported as workforce and access-to-care bills and passed without opposition.
Later, the committee approved PCS for HB 809, which addresses temporary physician certificates in areas of need and aims to prevent doctors from losing the ability to practice when area designations change. Members asked about licensure pathways and the effect of federal or board designation changes, and supporters framed the bill as protecting continuity of care in underserved communities. The committee also unanimously passed HB 1347 to align clinical laboratory personnel licensing with federal CLIA standards amid staffing shortages, and HB 1515, a public-records exemption tied to a uterine fibroid research database.
Finally, the committee approved HB 169 updating acupuncture statutes, including terminology changes and limits on injection therapy, and HB 1021, Representative Young’s first bill, allowing qualified hospital pharmacists in Level I and II trauma centers to administer emergency medications at a physician’s direction during life-threatening situations. HB 1021 drew the most questions, mainly about scope, definitions, and who could authorize the pharmacist, but after a technical amendment it passed unanimously. All remaining bills were reported favorably, and the meeting adjourned after the final vote.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So, effectively, you may be able to do some gene knockout therapy.
- It will take longer to develop a gene therapy. But anyway, fascinating testimony. Thank you.
- And then when it's your time, you step off the proverbial cliff and you go.
- We have therapies for Gaucher disease, and now we're investigating how we can use these types of therapies
- Establishing the DPRIT would be a historic step.
Keywords:
dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, district apportionment, legislative rules