Transcript Highlights:

• We want to be partners in VMT reductions and GHG and EMT.
• We want to be partners in VMT reductions and GHG and EMT.

Bills: HF4807

Keywords: overweight vehicles, aggregate mining, local ordinance restrictions, legislative audit, transportation, resource inventory

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• So to provide and bill for any EMT services, the provider must be enrolled with Minnesota healthcare
• c> bill<00:09:26.440> for provide and bill for provide and bill for any<00:09:27.320> EMT
• services,<00:09:28.080> the<00:09:28.200> provider<00:09:28.600> provider any EMT
• services, the provider provider any EMT services, the provider provider must<00:09:29.200> be
• If we expand the electronic visit verification program into EMT, will that help solve this?

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee met on March 2 and approved the February 23 minutes after a quorum was reached. The main presentation was from the Department of Human Services on non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT), a federally required Medicaid benefit that helps Minnesota Health Care Program enrollees get to medically necessary appointments. DHS said the program served more than 250,000 people in 2025 at a cost of $127 million, with participation up about 14% over five years, and described the seven transportation modes, provider enrollment requirements, STS certification, background checks, prior authorization rules, and planned transitions to a single administrator for parts of the program in 2026 and 2027. DHS officials emphasized fraud prevention efforts, saying NEMT is one of the agency’s high-risk Medicaid services. They described enhanced prepayment review, provider revalidation and site visits, removal of inactive providers, and a provider moratorium in metro counties. Inspector General James Clark said the governor’s anti-fraud proposal would add pre-enrollment risk assessments, more staffing and technology, and electronic visit verification. He also noted that about 80% of NEMT spending is in managed care and that managed care organizations have their own compliance and special investigations units. Committee members raised concerns about fraud, oversight, and privatization. Chair Robbins questioned DHS about the absence of the commissioner and the program’s use of brokers, citing past concerns and asking about the vendor MTM’s history; DHS said the RFP for the new broker had closed and the vendor selection was still underway. Representative Pinto questioned why oversight is outsourced to managed care organizations and suggested bringing more oversight back in house. MTM representative Phil Stahlberger defended the company’s record, said the Missouri dispute was about contract terms from about 15 years ago, and said MTM currently works in Minnesota counties and many other states, with on-site reviews, trip verification, and complaint review processes. No further votes or final actions on the NEMT policy were taken in the portion provided.

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• Uh, paramedics, EMTs, and firefighters.
• <01:55:23.199> uh<01:55:23.440> paramedics,<01:55:23.920> EMTs,<01:55:24.400>
• uh paramedics, EMTs, and providers?"
• uh paramedics, EMTs, and firefighters.<01:55:25.440> Shouldn't<01:55:25.760> we<01:55:26.000
• Paramedics, EMTs, firefighters, scrub techs, and things that work in the ERs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• to train through high school programs and partner with the local ambulance and we're going to train EMTs
• to train through high school programs and partner with the local ambulance and we're going to train EMTs
• to train through high school programs and partner with the local ambulance and we're going to train EMTs
• to train through high school programs and partner with the local ambulance and we're going to train EMTs
• to train through high school programs and partner with the local ambulance and we're going to train EMTs

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I am a volunteer EMT for 31 years.
• We provide EMT service for the Cistin Wapon tribe, and we know that communication is so important.
• states and two Nations CU we<00:41:35.280> provide<00:41:36.280> um<00:41:36.440> EMT
• service<00:41:37.480> for<00:41:37.880> the<00:41:38.079> cistin we provide um EMT
• service for the cistin we provide um EMT service for the cistin wapon<00:41:39.599> tribe<00:

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• If we are unfortunate enough to have an EMT come to our home, we might have celebrated with them when
• you will read how Cook County welcomes 1.5 million visitors each year and the importance of ServSafe, EMT
• visitors each year in the importance of visitors each year in the importance of ServSafe<01:21:13.840> EMT
• CPR<01:21:15.199> training<01:21:16.199> the<01:21:16.360> Small ServSafe EMT
• and CPR training the Small ServSafe EMT and CPR training the Small Business<01:21:17.120> Development

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I was on the original committee that wrote the 25-year plan with my colleague El EMT Mullen.
• I had told EMT this has to be a simple plan that everybody can understand, and everybody's taken it to
• /c> was going to be a good work uh I had was going to be a good work uh I had told<00:36:56.760> EMT
• 57.880> be<00:36:58.000> a<00:36:58.119> Simple<00:36:58.480> Plan told EMT
• this has to be a Simple Plan told EMT this has to be a Simple Plan that<00:36:59.000> everybody

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We have been able to expand our allied health programs, including our nursing and new EMT programs.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have been able to. expand our allied health programs including our nursing and new EMT programs.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Prior to serving in Congress, I spent decades as a volunteer firefighter and an EMT, and I recognize
• Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics fails to count firefighter EMTs and firefighter paramedics
• Correcting outdated classifications is important because without an accurate count of EMTs, paramedics
• , and I volunteer firefighter and an EMT, and I recognize<02:12:57.360> the<02:12:58.079> and
• EMTs and firefighter paramedics<02:13:07.599> as<02:13:07.840> part<02:13:08.000> of

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I was an EMT on the board every time I tested, and that is regularly, by the way, EMTs.
• , because, for instance, if there are things like critical criteria for those of us that have been EMTs
• or so, I'll tell you in the EMT world if you don't put your gloves on, you can be the best medic in
• or so I'll tell you in have been EMTs or so I'll tell you in the<04:44:54.638> EMT<04:44:55.040
• world if you don't put your the EMT world if you don't put your gloves<04:44:56.000> on<04:44

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Next up is Matt Cushman from the Raytown Community EMT.
• the work on the streets—the co-responders, the police officers, the paramedics and firefighters and EMTs
• for the work that you're doing, and you're from my community, and I appreciate the work that all the EMTs

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And ironically, the reason he's not here is today's his first day with EMT training.
• He's going to also be an EMT.
• And like they also said, he's not here today because it is his first day in an EMT class.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery opened its first public hearing of the 2025–26 session with remarks from the Senate and House chairs outlining the committee’s priorities. They noted recent work on addiction and recovery legislation, the ongoing youth behavioral health crisis, and that members might need to leave periodically for floor votes. The chairs explained hearing procedures, including three-minute testimony limits, written testimony deadlines, and reporting deadlines for Senate and House bills. The hearing then focused on several bills related to youth mental health, overdose prevention, and psychedelic treatment research. A major portion of the hearing centered on bills to improve youth crisis response and overdose prevention. Testimony strongly supported bills to print the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline on student ID cards, with speakers from mental health organizations, crisis centers, and individuals sharing personal stories of depression, suicide attempts, and the importance of making 988 as familiar as 911. Another set of bills would require schools to stock naloxone and provide overdose prevention education. Physicians, harm reduction advocates, students, and grieving family members testified that school-based Narcan access and education could save lives, reduce stigma, and help students recognize overdoses and understand Good Samaritan protections. Senator O’Connor and Tamika Perry also testified for a bill to strengthen substance use prevention education and reduce overdose abandonment, emphasizing the need to teach students about overdose risks and the legal protections for calling 911. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to authorize a pilot program for psychedelic treatment in licensed facilities. Senator Friedman and several medical and behavioral health professionals argued the proposal was a narrow, research-based approach distinct from the broader ballot question rejected in 2024. They said the bill would allow only a small number of supervised clinics to use psychedelics for conditions such as depression, PTSD, anxiety, and substance use disorders, with data reporting and Department of Public Health oversight. Supporters described it as a cautious way to study promising treatments while avoiding unsupervised or commercialized use. Finally, the committee heard support for a bill to create a special commission and five-year strategic plan for children’s behavioral health services, with testimony that the current system is fragmented, difficult for families to navigate, and strained by workforce and funding challenges. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions on the bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• 24.960> upgrade this to upgrade this to upgrade uh<00:55:26.960> as<00:55:27.280> EMTs
• <00:55:52.559> EMT<00:55:53.119> is looking at that priority sectors.
• EMT is looking at that priority sectors.
• of<00:56:10.559> those<00:56:10.799> firemen<00:56:11.359> are<00:56:11.680> EMT
• firemen are EMT, they can't address<00:56:14.400> the<00:56:15.119> uh<00:56:15.599>

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 9 February, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, received an invocation from Dr. Pearl Huggin, and approved dispensing with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. Several guests were introduced, including Dr. Huggin’s family, the doctor of the day, first-year medical students from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and representatives from Mississippi hospitals and law enforcement. The chamber then moved to the calendar and took up multiple bills. Senate Bill 2911, concerning alternative return-to-work provisions for state retirees, was explained as shortening the required separation period from 90 days to 30 days and allowing retirees to return in certain positions at up to 80% of the salary for the job they are performing, with the employer paying both sides of retirement contributions. Supporters said it would help fill vacancies in education, public safety, corrections, and local government and could save money compared with contract labor; questions focused on work expectations, insurance, and how the bill would apply to teachers, bus drivers, and other retirees. The committee substitute was adopted, and the bill passed on the afternoon roll call. Senate Bill 2272, which would exempt certain agriculture and forestry items from the 1.5% sales tax, was explained as reducing the tax to 0% for qualifying commercial farmers and loggers and expanding covered items to include equipment and fencing supplies. A question clarified that the exemption applies to commercial operations, not individuals raising animals for personal use. The bill passed on the afternoon roll call. Senate Bill 2909, which lowers the years needed for unreduced retirement under tier five from 35 to 30, was also taken up; after adoption of the committee substitute, the bill was laid on the table subject to call of the chair because of a pending amendment. The Senate also tabled a motion to reconsider Senate Bill 2588 (the Shield Act codification) and heard Senate Bill 2260, which creates a government efficiency task force to study ways to streamline agency licensing and service delivery; that bill was explained as a preliminary study commission intended to recommend consolidation and a more one-stop approach to state services.

Transcript Highlights:

• After a distinguished 12-year career, career as an EMT, he answered the call to serve at an even higher

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• for Guard members who are involved in certification programs that usually tend to be peace officers, EMTs
• usually and it it tends to be<01:10:07.600> peace<01:10:07.920> officers,<01:10:09.040> EMTs
• ><01:10:10.159> nurses<01:10:10.719> who<01:10:10.960> are be peace officers, EMTs
• , nurses who are be peace officers, EMTs, nurses who are working<01:10:11.280> on<01:10:11.520

Bills: HF3560, HF3295, HF2937, HF3540

Keywords: electronic signatures, estate planning, uniform law, legal documents, Minnesota statutes, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, parenting consultant, parenting time, custody, family court, family law, neutral third party, alternative dispute resolution, child custody, visitation, parenting coordinator

Transcript Highlights:

• I know um Chair Bierman's been working hard on this and, and as an EMT I have some, um, of course, concerns
• :37:12.560> as<00:37:12.800> an<00:37:12.920> [clears throat]<00:37:12.960> EMT
• <00:37:13.440> I<00:37:13.680> have and as an [clears throat] EMT I have and as an
• [clears throat] EMT I have some<00:37:14.480> um<00:37:14.560> of<00:37:14.800> course

Bills: HF3668, HF2779, HF2771

Keywords: gun violence, public health, Department of Health, prevention, criminal justice, health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration

Summary: The House Finance and Policy Committee met on March 2 with a quorum present and heard House File 3668, which would create a state Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The bill author argued the office would treat gun violence as a public health crisis, improve research and coordination, and help reduce deaths and trauma, especially among children. Several supporters testified, including representatives from the Minnesota Medical Association, Protect Minnesota, family medicine, public health, and obstetrics/gynecology, all emphasizing firearm injury and suicide as major public health problems and urging a coordinated, data-driven response. Multiple testifiers shared personal accounts of shootings and their effects on children and families, including the Annunciation shooting, and said the office could help align prevention efforts across health care, law enforcement, and community organizations. Opposition came from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, which argued the bill would create a permanent taxpayer-funded bureaucracy that could be used to shape firearm policy and restrict a constitutional right. The group said Minnesota should focus instead on enforcing existing laws, prosecuting violent offenders, and providing direct victim services. During committee discussion, Vice Chair Nadeau offered an A2 amendment to move the proposed office from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety, citing data-sharing, accountability, and examples from other cities and states; after discussion with the bill author, he withdrew the amendment. Chair Becker then noted existing state and local spending on violence prevention and public safety programs and raised concerns about duplication of effort.

Transcript Highlights:

• There are approximately 15 overdoses a month on average that were treated with EMTs using narcotics.
• All of a sudden, there kept being EMT call after EMT call.
• This included one specific case where an EMT who was called out for an overdose was providing basic..

Bills: HB46, HB35, HB4490, HB4454, HB2188, HB3078, HB4743, HB2556, HB46, HB5342, HB4783, HB3785, HB5278, HB1639, HB2581, HB4224, HB4070, HB4099, HB4882, HB3794

Keywords: local government spending cap, expenditure limit, political subdivision, property tax, ad valorem tax, budget cap, taxpayer protection, spending restraint, inflation adjustment, population growth, voter approval, supermajority vote, county budget, municipal budget, school district finance, junior college district, hospital district, special district, attorney general enforcement, local fiscal limits

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• We have another service in our area that has a paramedic and an intermediate or advanced level EMT.
• The advanced level EMT is 68 years old, and the paramedic is 74. How long can that service last?
• We're taking the time to get the training and the education needed to be an EMT.
• I have reviewed hundreds upon hundreds of officer cam videos where EMTs are treating victims and law

Bills: HB3000, HB2622, HB2283, HB541, HB1776, HB1803, HB1669, HB2588, HB220, HB3415, HB50, HB1314, HB 107, HB220, HB50, HB107

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

Transcript Highlights:

• So, members, these are four of, I believe, eight officers that went through EMA or EMT training.
• And they are now certified EMTs along with being officers.

Bills: HR1055, SB2170, SB1833, SB1198, HR1056, SB1730, SB563, SB1379, SB1645, SB2155, SB1280, SB1455, SB1456, SB1461, SB1457, SB1463, SB1465, SB1466, SB1344, SB1309, HR1054, SB2159, SB1948, HB1371, SB1365, SB1976, SB1975, SB2026, SB1565, SB1621, SB237, SB933, SB1427, SB1642, SB171, SB1873, SB2067, SB1623, SB1771, SB1805, SB1826, SB2072, SB444, SB2184, SB1966, SB1812, SB2117, SB2135, SB330, SB1239, SB1428, SB1531, SB1484, SB1405, SB3

Keywords: Oklahoma Agriculture Day, agriculture, farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, food production, wheat, cattle, beef, dairy, soybeans, cotton, poultry, pork, rye, rural economy, urban-rural, trade, commodity production, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture

Summary: The House convened under quorum call and began with several recognitions and presentations, including visits from Comanche County 4-H, the Muskogee Police Department officers who completed EMT training, the March of Dimes, and Ag Day honorees, including the Ag Hall of Fame recipient Ron Justice. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1054 designating April 2026 as Library Month, with a special presentation honoring library leaders and advocates for their work on the first Library Day at the Capitol. The House then considered and passed a series of bills, mostly on broad bipartisan votes, covering state symbols, fireworks sales, oil and gas royalty protections, AP exam access, veteran records access for grandchildren, Medicaid support for a food-is-medicine grant, law library representation, controlled substances, public health, state security staffing, financial exploitation protections, credit union modernization, workforce data, staffing contracts, enterprise zone incentives, conveyance/title theft protections, hospice narcotics disposal, duplicate statute cleanup, and memorial highway/bridge designations. One major bill, SB 237 on eliminating the solar and battery storage manufacturing tax exemption, was laid over after discussion and questions about tax policy and local incentives. Several measures drew brief explanation and questions, including SB 2159 on state symbols and wheat, SB 1948 on fireworks sales, HB 1371 on oil and gas royalty payments and bankruptcy protections, SB 1975 on AP testing locations, SB 2026 on access to veterans’ discharge papers, SB 1565 on food-is-medicine Medicaid support, SB 1642 on splitting short opioid prescriptions, and SB 933 creating a right-to-try pathway for individualized treatment. Most of these bills passed with little or no debate, and several emergency clauses also passed by the required two-thirds vote. Not all measures advanced: SB 1771, expanding Workforce Commission data authority, failed on a 27-46 vote, and the House later gave notice of intent to reconsider. SB 1365 was reconsidered and then passed, but its emergency clause failed. The session also featured an extended personal privilege speech by Rep. Scott Fetgatter marking his departure, in which he thanked colleagues and staff and reflected on his tenure and legislative work.