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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (5-12-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- expect to be under the agency nursing expect to be under the agency nursing staff?
- </c> health design parts of the uh program. health design parts of the uh program.
- </c> nurses do as far as 1959 RISE. nurses do as far as 1959 RISE.
- </c> programs. And I'm not saying yes or no. programs. And I'm not saying yes or no.
- I am the program manager over the impaired driving program. >> And Alan Cold Iron.
Summary:
The committee first approved the April 13 minutes and then turned to a large agenda of contracts. Chairman Douglas said there were 52 contracts totaling about $369.3 million, and noted that most vendors were registered with the Secretary of State except for item 118 on the routine personal services green list and item 19 involving Morehead State University and Kentucky State University. The committee voted to defer item 118 to the June 26 meeting and later also deferred the Kentucky State University contract on the deferred list to the June 26 meeting.
The main discussion centered on a deferred personal services contract for the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners, involving outside legal counsel. Senator Meredith raised concerns about KRS 320 and whether the board had authority to hire outside counsel when the statute says the Attorney General shall provide legal services to the board. Dr. Mary Beth Morris, the board president, and Christopher Thacker of the Attorney General’s office testified after being sworn in. Thacker explained that the statute and related law allow both Attorney General assistance and independent counsel, and argued that outside counsel is appropriate for day-to-day legal work because it avoids conflicts, especially on open records issues, regulatory advice, and disciplinary hearings.
Senator Meredith said he agreed with approving the contract but questioned how the board had reached this point and whether the current statutes reflect modern practice. He raised concerns about transparency and accountability, referencing a prior advisory opinion involving the board’s handling of exam requirements during COVID and saying the board should have consulted the Attorney General before acting. Thacker responded that the Attorney General’s office serves the Commonwealth as a whole, not as counsel to one board, and that the board’s use of outside counsel is a reasonable and economical arrangement. The exchange ended with Meredith suggesting that broader legislative action may be needed to clarify reporting relationships and oversight for the board.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Jan 28th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, we operate one of the largest Medicaid programs across the state of Florida, taking care of the
- Those are important certificate programs.
- that is part of your university, but also dealing with the new cybersecurity program.
- Morsani College of Medicine and College of Nursing.
- So she is now a nurse at one of our local hospitals in Aventura, Aventura General.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 9, 2025 - 03:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- We also leverage programs like cold path focus outlining We also leverage programs like cold path focus
- We actually modeled a program.
- actions for programs that fall short of those targets in programs do not meet.
- It's 60% of our program.
- And that's how a program gets. A Dana fight is a program of strategic emphasis.
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
House Interim Committee On Behavioral Health 06/17/2026 1:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- We have had interim chief nursing officers.
- We recently brought on an interim chief nursing officer that Dr.
- It is on the clinical teams, nursing, physicians, nurse practitioners, to really assess clinically when
- And reliance on agency use of those positions with MHTs and with nurses is very, very expensive.
- So we're... ...also becoming more sophisticated with our nurse staffing committee process.
Summary:
The joint Senate and House Behavioral Health committee met for informational presentations on the Oregon State Hospital and civil commitment, followed by a planned tour of the hospital. Oregon Health Authority and Oregon State Hospital leaders reported that Sean Murphy will become the next permanent superintendent on July 13, with Sarah Castle to follow as permanent chief nursing officer on July 20. They described recent leadership turnover, a major organizational restructure, and efforts to build a culture of safety, transparency, and accountability. Officials said the hospital regained Joint Commission accreditation and CMS compliance, and they highlighted daily safety huddles, incident review processes, stronger escalation procedures, and improved management of seclusion and restraint. Committee members pressed hospital leaders on past prolonged seclusion practices, falls, staffing, and the need for better public reporting; OHA said it is building a public dashboard of key safety and workforce metrics.
The committee then heard a civil commitment overview from the Oregon Judicial Department. The presenter explained that civil commitment is a separate legal process from criminal cases, usually beginning with a hospital hold, investigation, court review, appointed counsel, and a hearing within five days. She summarized changes made in House Bill 2005, including revised standards for danger to self, danger to others, and basic-needs commitments, plus a second 14-day diversion option. She cautioned that the new law has only been in effect since January and that it is too early to draw firm conclusions from the data, though there has been a recent uptick in commitments and a decrease in diversions.
Testimony from NAMI Oregon and a forensic psychiatrist emphasized that Oregon still relies too heavily on jails and state hospitals because community services, housing, and outpatient supports are insufficient. They argued that the state needs more less-restrictive alternatives, including better use of assisted outpatient treatment or outpatient civil commitment, and more supported housing so people do not cycle between homelessness, incarceration, and hospitalization. A family member described a relative remaining psychotic in jail for more than 120 days before ending up back at the state hospital, urging faster intervention and better collaboration among courts, counties, hospitals, and state agencies. Committee members and witnesses also discussed workforce shortages, the expansion of secure residential treatment beds, and the need for broader system reforms beyond the hospital itself.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1302 is a sunset bill for the Board of Registered Nursing.
- SB 1302 is a sunset bill for the Board of Registered Nursing.
- Good morning, Roxanne Gould on behalf of the American Nurses Association.
- President of the California Clinical Nurse Specialist.
- You asked about education, and so Lori from the Board of Registered Nursing, the nurse practitioner education
Committee:
House Business and Professions
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 293 requires each nursing home, assisted living program, and nurse midwife to provide notification
- Each nursing home, assisted living program, and nurse midwife that does not maintain professional liability
- Each nursing home assistant living<00:37:16.400><c> program</c><00:37:16.880><c> and</c><00:37:17.119
- ><c> nurse</c><00:37:17.359><c> midwife</c><00:37:17.839><c> that</c> living program and nurse midwife
- that living program and nurse midwife that does<00:37:18.320><c> not</c><00:37:18.480><c> maintain</
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Likewise, HST services such as PT-1, demand-responsive transit, and program-based transit programs are
- , day programs, and medical needs.
- My name is Samantha Carrier, and I'm a newly graduated nurse midwife, a registered nurse, and a contributor
- It was me and the doctor and a nurse.
- I'm a certified nurse midwife.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Health
Summary:
The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures and time limits, then heard testimony on House 2499, a bill to create a public awareness campaign on menopause and related midlife health issues. Supporters, including a nurse, the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, and other advocates, said menopause is widely misunderstood by patients and providers, leading to delayed care, unnecessary suffering, workplace impacts, and inequities in women’s health. Several speakers shared personal experiences with symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed and urged the committee to advance the bill.
The committee then took testimony on a package of endometriosis bills, including House 2527 and Senate 1564, calling for a task force and broader awareness efforts. Patients, a physician, and advocates described long diagnostic delays, severe pain, infertility, medical gaslighting, and limited access to specialists and effective treatment. They argued for more research, provider education, and a coordinated state strategy, and several asked for favorable reports. The chair also noted the hearing was running behind and extended time to allow more testimony.
Later, the committee heard Senate 1579, which would eliminate parental consent and judicial bypass requirements for abortion access for minors under 16. Planned Parenthood representatives, physicians, legal advocates, and students argued the current law creates unnecessary delays and harms vulnerable youth, especially those in unsafe homes or foster care, while supporters said minors can already consent to other reproductive health care. A pro-life witness opposed the bill and emphasized parental involvement and support services. The committee also heard House 2403 and Senate 1560, which would create a Human Service Transportation Consumer Advisory Board; disability advocates and riders described past safety problems and current service gaps, and supported the board as a low-cost way to improve accountability, rider input, and reliability. No votes or final actions were taken in the excerpt.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 11, 2026 - 09:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee will come to order, and Ola, please call the roll.
- Good morning, Madam Chair, Vice Chair, and members of the Health Professions and Program Subcommittee
- HB 497 creates the neurofibromatosis disease grant program.
- HB 497 creates the neurofibromatosis disease grant program within the Florida Department of Health.
- I want to butcher this, Latham, Florida Association nurse practitioners, waves and support.
Summary:
The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered seven bills, all of which were reported favorably. HB 497 would create a neurofibromatosis research grant program within the Department of Health; an amendment removed automatic recurring funding and made the program subject to annual appropriations. Proponents described the disease burden and the need for Florida-based research support. The bill passed 14-0.
The committee also approved HB 223, which creates a licensing and regulatory framework for naturopathic medicine, including a Board of Naturopathic Medicine under the Department of Health. Supporters argued licensure would improve patient safety, transparency, and access, while the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association and Florida Medical Association waived in opposition. The bill passed 15-0. HB 683 modernizes physician assistant and APRN prescribing rules by removing certain administrative notice and prescription-labeling requirements and allowing a 30-day course of psychotropic medication; an amendment removed language that would have allowed practice without physician supervision during declared emergencies. It passed 15-0.
The committee then approved CS for HB 121, which updates Florida’s seizure action plan law by extending protections to charter school students, requiring schools to accept physician-submitted plans, clarifying training duration, expanding training to regular bus drivers, and requiring seizure-response posters in schools. HB 353 adds sickle cell disease education to existing pain-management continuing education for health professionals, prompted by extensive testimony from patients and advocates about bias, delayed treatment, and lack of provider knowledge; it passed 15-0. HB 1175 directs the Florida Building Commission and State Fire Marshal to develop updated safety design standards for office surgery suites, with an amendment delaying the effective date to January 1, 2027; it passed 14-0. Finally, HB 251 creates a public records exemption for current emergency physicians and their families, narrowed by amendment to current physicians and children up to age 26 and made subject to sunset review; it passed 15-0. The meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- It helps develop program initiatives or change program initiatives.
- program.
- nurses.
- This program works and we need to utilize it.
- This program works and we need to utilize it.
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- home care programs.
- homes, and self-directed home nursing homes, and self-directed home care<01:01:52.720><c> programs.
- </c> care programs. care programs.
- </c> in Minnesota have misused programs. in Minnesota have misused programs.
- The nursing home, I do nursing home.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Jul 14th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- You've established a Doctoral of Nursing program.
- What does that entail and what do you currently have regarding the nursing program?
- Regarding the nursing program, we currently have an undergraduate program that takes RN students to BSN
- We also have a relatively new master's degree program in family practice nursing.
- Our Doctorate of Nursing Practitioner is a program that's really being properly defined as we speak today
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Rural Issues Feb 18th, 2026
Special Committee on Rural Issues
Transcript Highlights:
- Could they join this program at MU?
- Are there enough nurses? Antitrust immunity is just the beginning.
- I did my training in Fulton, and I'm also a graduate of our rural scholars program.
- The relief predicted from the $50 billion rural health transformation program...
- I immediately told my wife, who's a nurse in surgery at another hospital.
Committee:
House Special Committee on Rural Issues
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session on House Bill 1714, adopting an amendment that clarified the bill would not apply to hunting dogs or animals not under direct control of the hunter and would not affect a specified section of law. The committee then rolled the amendment into a House Committee Substitute and voted the substitute do pass, with the roll call showing passage.
The committee then heard House Bill 317, which would authorize MU Health Care to collaborate with hospitals and providers in a 25-county area and seek state-action antitrust immunity for those transactions. The sponsor and MU Health Care testified that the bill is intended to help preserve rural hospitals and keep care local, citing multiple hospital closures in Missouri and examples from Alabama and other states. Supporters from MU Health Care, rural hospitals, and local business and health leaders described the bill as a way to stabilize struggling facilities, maintain emergency access, and protect rural economies.
Opponents, including the Missouri Insurance Coalition and the Missouri Health Plan Association, warned that the bill could codify monopoly power, raise prices, and reduce competition, and argued that the language was too broad and not limited to distressed hospitals. Some committee members also raised concerns about antitrust immunity, facility fees, market share, and whether the bill should be tightened to ensure voluntary participation and clearer limits. No vote was taken on House Bill 317 before the hearing adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Apr 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- With your narrative around the nursing workforce specialty programs, can we do something similar for
- Programs on the ground.
- But to get a brief overview, San Diego State plans multiple programs in nursing at the new Millennia
- for immediate development in business administration, a two-plus-two program, an ADN to BSN nursing,
- around nursing.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding Revised Apr 15th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding
Transcript Highlights:
- Program to address gaps. A motion and a second. Will there be questions?
- The investments in nursing programs are making a difference in the number of nurses available.
- The mobile dinner program has been providing much-needed dental care for citizens across Oklahoma.
- Expenditures may include items such as nursing mannequins and other equipment for the nursing programs
- Yeah, this is for the two projects. $14 million will be going to the pharmaceutical program.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Press Conference 5/19/25
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:08:56.080><c> to</c> who depend on our state grant program to who depend on our state grant program
- We must not decide that people who work in nursing homes are less important than PCAs in homes.
- We must not decide that people who work in nursing homes are less important than PCAs in homes.
- We must not decide that people who work in nursing homes are less important than PCAs in homes.
- Who live in a nursing home matter more than a child with Down syndrome.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a school program that serves kids residentially and day only.
- House 219, An Act Establishing a Livable Home Modification Grant Program.
- Programs like Operation House Call are invaluable for medical students.
- or licensed practical nurse directly responsible for their care.
- Two: the nurse will review the discharge...
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities held a hybrid hearing focused largely on DDS-related bills, with chairs Kennedy and Livingstone outlining strict time limits, accessibility procedures, and a 5 p.m. stop to preserve ASL and CART services. The committee heard testimony on several measures, including a bill from Sen. Mike Moore to create a centralized electronic education records system for students in out-of-home placements, which supporters said would improve communication, preserve IEP continuity, and reduce missed services. Paul DePaulo also testified in support, describing the educational and justice-system harms that can follow when foster youth do not receive coordinated records and supports.
A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 242/S. 149, a bill to enhance standards of care for people with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Rep. Garballey and many advocates, parents, clinicians, and disability leaders supported the bill, saying it would require provider training, statewide standards, and better emergency department practices to reduce misdiagnosis, trauma, and unnecessary ER boarding. Testimony described sensory and communication barriers in medical settings, lack of provider training, and the need for continuing education and license-related requirements. Related testimony also supported H. 213/S. 111, which would improve access to behavioral health services for children involved with state agencies by requiring better discharge planning, coordination with hospitals and agencies, and more appropriate post-hospital placements.
The committee also heard strong support for H. 256/S. 102, requiring universal changing stations in public buildings, from parents, advocates, and the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council. Witnesses said current restroom accommodations often force unsafe or undignified changes on floors, in cars, or in inaccessible spaces, and argued the cost of adding changing stations to new or renovated buildings would be modest compared with the benefits to dignity, safety, and community access. Another major topic was H. 261/S. 155 on supported decision-making agreements for certain adults, which supporters described as a less restrictive alternative to guardianship that preserves autonomy while providing trusted support. Finally, testimony on Tommy’s bill (S. 168/H. 282) described a preventable death after a hospital discharge and urged clearer communication and training requirements for residential staff handling life-sustaining equipment; the bill was presented as a safeguard for people with disabilities relying on such equipment.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 6th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Please recognize Senator Hall to introduce our nurse of the day.
- Senator Hall, you're recognized to introduce the nurse of the day.
- She's an RN, BC of Edmond, Oklahoma as Nurse of the Day.
- Miss Cochra brings to this recognition 40 years of distinguished service in nursing in the nursing profession
- She's a board-certified registered nurse specializing in pediatrics.
Bills:
HB4440 , HJR1067 , HJR1087 , HB4426 , HB3704 , HB4311 , HB3044 , HB4191 , HB3465 , HB3972 , HB3759 , HB3625 , HB1411 , HB2980 , HB3015 , HB3147 , HB3277 , HB3323 , HB3443 , HB3882 , HB3406 , HB2975 , HB3977 , HB3263 , HB2988 , HB3404 , HB1770
Keywords:
Medicaid, low-income adults, healthcare, eligibility restrictions, constitutional amendment, Medicaid expansion, SoonerCare, health coverage, federal matching funds, FMAP, Article XXV-A, state question, special election, Title 63, public assistance, healthcare funding, federal-state match, Medicaid eligibility, Oklahoma Constitution, ad valorem
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 216, 18 February, 2026; 11:00 AM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:54:52.960><c> We</c> the triare reimbursement program. We the triare reimbursement program.
- We passed a reimbursement program.
- and hospital nurses retention loan repayment program; 799,84 to DFA for the independent schools infrastructure
- </c> universities grant program fund. universities grant program fund. 241128<00:58:01.440><c> to</c>
- and hospital nurses skilled nursing and hospital nurses retention<00:59:13.839><c> loan</c><00:59:14.559
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:04:57.560><c> Minnesota</c> Economics Program in the Minnesota Economics Program in the Minnesota
- The Health Economics Program in brief.
- </c> sought uh eligibility for public program sought uh eligibility for public program services.<00:10
- ><c> ECHO,</c> Through programs like Project ECHO, Through programs like Project ECHO, Hennepin<00:51
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Bills:
HF4343
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
sales tax, use tax, advertising tax, taxable services, digital advertising, online marketing, marketing services, search engine marketing, lead generation, internet advertising, ad agency, media buying, campaign planning, Minnesota tax law, service tax, broadening tax base, web advertising, promotional services, 1183, house
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Program or CHIP. in the United States. Program or CHIP. in the United States.
- nursing homes would children disabled nursing homes would not<00:10:23.360><c> be</c><00:10:23.880><
- This week is National Nurses Week.
- National Nurses Week ends on Florence Nightingale's birthday, the founder of modern-day nursing.
- </c> program. Last but not least, Mr. program. Last but not least, Mr.