Video & Transcript Research : 'nursing facility'

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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: 11:15 a.m. - New Start Time

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • related to 100% disabled veterans so that 100% disabilities caused by medical malpractice at a VA facility
  • House Bill 4298 is a request book from DHS so that whenever there's any rule changes for childcare facilities
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 13th, 2026 at 04:01 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gloria Dority; she's a registered nurse and nurse practitioner.
  • What the original bill had was Tier 3 nurses supervising and evaluating Tier 1 new nurses.
  • at two- or three-tier nurses.
  • So it sets it at two- or three-tier nurses.
  • I'm a nurse practitioner and a registered nurse. Thank you.
Bills: HB10, HB12, HB34, SB130, SM21
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Allison Carval Hall, Board of Nurse Practitioners Network, waiving in support.
  • Aaron Ballas, Board of Nurse Association, waiving in support.
  • It just says for the Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, waiving in support.
  • Properly educating our nurses about use of the title.
  • I'm a nursing student. So the health care arena for me is just the same.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard and advanced a series of health, child welfare, aging, disability, and public records bills. CS/SB 1002, on child welfare and parental substance abuse, was described as clarifying that acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect when it creates an ongoing risk to a child; it passed after limited questions and supportive testimony from Florida Smart Justice Alliance. CS/SB 1630, a broad aging and long-term care modernization bill, would streamline eligibility screenings, allow temporary DOEA services during emergencies or lead agency failures, tighten oversight of area agencies on aging, permanently establish the Florida Alzheimer’s Care Center of Excellence, and expand guardianship training and enforcement tools; it drew support from AARP, area agencies, and the Alzheimer’s Association and was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1022 to add Bay County and Pompano to the Florida Children’s Initiatives, and CS/SB 1030, via strike-all amendment, to streamline regulation of substance abuse and behavioral health providers and clarify background screening and privacy rules. Several bills focused on health care practice and patient access. CS/SB 36, with an amendment, allows nurses with doctoral degrees to use appropriate titles while requiring clear identification as nurses and making misuse grounds for discipline; nursing organizations supported it and it passed. CS/SB 844 requires physicians and nurses to complete a one-time, board-approved continuing education course on sickle cell disease care management, with multiple patients and advocates testifying about delayed care, bias, and the need for better provider education; the bill was reported favorably after an amendment aligning it with the House version. CS/SB 560 streamlines procedures for psychotropic medication for children in DCF custody by reducing duplicative reports, clarifying evaluator qualifications, limiting repeated background checks, and simplifying consent documentation; an amendment removed postsecondary education language, and the bill passed. The committee also approved a public records exemption bill for a uterine fibroids research database (CS/SB 864). The committee also advanced measures affecting disability services and forensic care. SB 6, a claims bill, would pay $3.8 million to a trust for a child who suffered severe abuse-related injuries after DCF involvement; it passed without opposition. SB 778 updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism found incompetent to proceed can be housed in the same secure forensic setting, reducing duplicative staffing and space needs; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 1016 codifies the Working People with Disabilities Program, allowing eligible developmentally disabled adults to work while retaining Medicaid waiver benefits and requiring notice to enrollees; advocates described the bill as essential to employment and independence, and it passed. Throughout the meeting, most bills received supportive public testimony, few questions, and unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • > to<00:03:29.599> provide assisted living facilities to provide assisted living facilities
  • As someone who has worked in a nursing home and assisted living facilities, I have firsthand witnessed
  • :15:04.920> facilities.
  • And sometimes we attach that angst to the nursing home or to the assisted living facility.
  • And sometimes we attach that angst to the nursing home or to the assisted living facility.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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  • then we uh work to regulate facilities then we uh work to regulate facilities as<00:24:11.840>
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  • They may pick other types of facilities in the future and decide that those are the facilities they want
  • They may pick other types of facilities in the future and decide that those are the facilities they want
  • They may pick other types of facilities in the future and decide that those are the facilities they want
Bills: HF276, HF413, HF411
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • This supplement helps ensure districts can manage fixed costs like staff and facilities.
  • at the University of South Florida, which includes funds for linking industry to nursing education,
  • education or nursing workforce.
  • education or nursing workforce.
  • We need to expand into other areas than just nursing in these shortage areas.
Summary: The committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2026-2027 budget, SPB 2500, with chairs outlining major spending in K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Highlights included a $115 billion overall budget, pay raises for state employees and public safety workers, major K-12 funding increases and enrollment supplements, higher education workforce and nursing investments, expanded Medicaid/KidCare and behavioral health funding, corrections and law enforcement operational funding, transportation and housing investments, and significant environmental and water quality spending. Members asked about civic education funding, declining enrollment, professor retention, APD waiver waitlists, cultural grant allocations, and other line items. Public testimony also addressed HIV/AIDS drug assistance funding and prison air conditioning. SPB 2500 was adopted as a committee bill after amendment consideration and a roll call vote. The committee then took up implementing and related budget bills, including SPB 2502 (implementing the General Appropriations Act), SPB 2504 (state employee bargaining placeholder), SB 7028 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and related retirement changes), SPB 2506 (fuel tax distributions), SPB 2508 (state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge), SPB 2510 (termination of an unused court trust fund), SPB 2512 (new judgeships), SPB 2514 (K-12 conforming changes), SPB 2516 (higher education conforming changes), and SPB 2518 (health conforming changes). Most were explained as technical or conforming measures tied to the budget, and all were reported favorably as committee bills, with SB 7028 amended to direct a portion of increased contributions to disability and line-of-duty death benefits in the FRS investment plan. The committee also heard and passed several member bills, including CS for SB 1074 on rounding rules for cash transactions in a world without pennies, CS for SB 678 restoring the alcohol loss deduction framework for distributors, and SB 964 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention. SB 964 drew the most discussion, with questions about the one-year death-benefit window, the separate $25,000 cancer diagnosis payment, and whether the bill could create gaps in coverage for firefighters diagnosed or dying just outside the new time limits. Firefighter representatives testified in support, saying the bill would provide clearer protections for members and families. All of these measures were reported favorably.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • When the MPCA does a notification of a discharge that has happened upstream from different facilities
  • governments receive the same notification that is already being given to downstream drinking water facilities
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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Jan 27th, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • will now turn to Tab 4, also by Senator Kalata-Yud, and take up Senate Bill 1646 on educational facilities
  • So this legislation modifies how funding for educational facility projects is calculated and prioritized
  • It revises the statutory formula and governance for state funding of educational facilities.
  • It revises the statutory formula and governance for state funding of educational facilities, focusing
  • on facility modeling, renovation, maintenance repairs, and site improvements, and adds priority for
Bills: S0564, S1062, S1340, S1646, S1718
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 met with a quorum present and heard several education-related bills. The committee first considered CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate, which would create a Speech and Debate Hall of Fame, designate Speech and Debate Week, authorize a teacher endorsement, require FLVS to establish an institute for speech and debate, direct development of related coursework and credentials, and require annual district reporting. Supporters, including a parent and representatives of the Florida Debate Initiative and school groups, emphasized the academic and civic benefits of debate and the need for funding for travel and training. The committee adopted a delete-all amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard and reported favorably SB 1718 on educator preparation and certification, with testimony from an Orange County principal and others supporting a proposal to let educators bank professional learning hours, and SB 1646 on educational facilities, which revises how facility funding is calculated and prioritized, including safety and planning considerations. The committee then took up CS/SB 564 on student volunteers at polling locations. An amendment clarified that high school students who are registered or pre-registered to vote may volunteer at polling places and count the service toward graduation or postsecondary financial aid requirements. Testimony from a county supervisor of elections and civic groups supported the bill as a way to engage students in elections and expand volunteer opportunities, while clarifying it would not conflict with existing election funding rules. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 1340 on coordinated screening and progress monitoring, which requires school districts to screen students for characteristics of dyslexia and dyscalculia, place identified students on support plans, and use evidence-based interventions, with State Board of Education rulemaking to implement the process. The sponsor and a supporting parent group stressed early identification and intervention. The committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also recommended confirmation of Laila Collins to the State Board of Education, and then adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 5th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is the facilities where you would be. Transferred from the county jail to the facility.
  • It depends on the facility.
  • You said that for people that... ...are in these facilities, they're not state facilities, so I'm confused
  • To and from the facility, which is your facility? Mm-hmm. You're not inpatient? Yes, we are.
  • Not enough beds in the state facility.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/4/25

Capital Investment

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  • treatment plant is a unique facility treatment plant is a unique facility that<00:10:38.240>
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  • The cost of upgrading our water treatment facilities to effectively remove manganese is significant.
  • The cost of upgrading our water treatment facilities to effectively remove manganese is significant.
  • is a standalone Water and Sewer facility is a standalone Water and Sewer facility with<01:18:46.239
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 14th, 2026 at 01:49 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For example, my dermatologist is a doctor of nurse practitioner.
  • And as a nurse, a long-time nurse, I'm all about informed consent.
  • They're in union training facilities. Some are actually at contractor facilities.
  • Facilities, some are actually at contractor facilities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, kind gentleman.
  • Home-like facilities. Are those different from foster homes?
KY
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  • Board of Nursing. Good afternoon. Board of Nursing. Good afternoon.
  • <00:20:06.280> and to confirm appropriate facilities and to confirm appropriate facilities
  • These children would be in psychiatric facilities, ICF/IIDs, which is your intermediate care facilities
  • , would be in psychiatric facilities, would be in psychiatric facilities, ICF/IIDs,<00:37:33.200>
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up a series of administrative regulations from several agencies. Early items included Attorney General consumer protection rules on removal sales, health spas, liquidation sales, and nonresident sellers of visual aid glasses; Finance and Administration Controller rules on clearinghouse validation and fraud prevention; and Board of Dentistry rules updating exam requirements, controlled substance prescribing, training for neuromodulators and dermal fillers, infection control, sedation/anesthesia continuing education, and required education on pediatric abusive head trauma and controlled substance ingestion prevention. The committee also approved staff amendments on these items, generally to conform to KRS Chapter 13A, and members asked a brief question about the dentistry controlled-substances changes, which was answered as an alignment with statute. The committee next approved regulations for the Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers, Board of Nursing, and Board of Emergency Medical Services. The ophthalmic dispensers package would revise meeting and recordkeeping language, raise renewal fees, set reinstatement and apprentice-license rules, add complaint and hearing procedures, and repeal a duplicative regulation. The nursing regulations would streamline approval of training programs and require notice and documentation of site visits and deficiencies. EMS rules would create five EMS medical director certifications, set expiration and renewal requirements, require publication of disciplinary sanctions, and exempt currently approved directors before October 1, 2026. Staff amendments were adopted without objection on each set. The Education and Labor Cabinet’s school transportation regulation drew extended discussion. The agency explained the changes were intended to implement Senate Bill 46 and update references affected by later legislation, including an oral amendment to delete a subsection reference tied to KRS 160.380. The committee adopted both the agency and oral amendments without objection after brief questions about the scope of the bill changes and van transportation for students. The committee then heard a lengthy package from the Department for Public Health on WIC and related nutrition program regulations, including updates to infant and child certification periods, documentation requirements, vendor criteria, sanctions, hearing procedures, and high-risk vendor standards. Staff amendments were adopted without objection. Finally, the committee considered the Inspector General’s regulation for freestanding birthing centers, which included both staff and agency amendments. The agency changes would require two neonatal resuscitation program-certified staff, set rules for medical director vacancies and appeals, revise facility and staffing terminology, adjust transfer-agreement requirements, and allow waivers when agreements cannot be secured. Mary Katherine DeLodder of the Kentucky Birth Coalition testified in support, saying the parties had worked through concerns and were ready to move forward. The committee then moved on to Medicaid’s 1915C child waiver regulations, where staff amendments were adopted, but Lucy Heskins of Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified against the package because it did not include person-directed services, which she said are required by Kentucky law and important for families using the waiver.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/22/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We output four-year degree BSN nurses now. We output four-year degree BSN nurses now.
  • So the Board of Nursing doesn't have the authority since it doesn't mention, like nurse practitioners
  • Ajene, if you could explain House Bill 2195, nursing facilities, records, surveys, and timeliness.
  • It's a simple idea to align skilled nursing facility inspections and complaint investigations with federal
  • Skilled nursing facilities are subject to both federal certification surveys and state licensure surveys
Summary: The committee opened with attendance and member introductions, then heard a series of health-related bills, many focused on access to care in rural and underserved communities. HB 2049 would allow particle accelerators for radiation therapy in critical access hospitals and counties under 400,000 population under general supervision; sponsors and rural oncology witnesses said it would reduce travel burdens for cancer patients while maintaining safety protocols. HB 2050 updated radiologic technologist statutes to align with current national standards, adjust accreditation and clinical-hour requirements, and allow radiologist assistants to work under supervision rather than direct supervision; an amendment also added registered nurses to the list of professionals not needing a separate license to use diagnostic X-ray machines. Both bills were supported by testimony about workforce shortages and access, though one member voted no on HB 2050 over concerns about oversight and board authority. Both measures received do-pass recommendations, with HB 2050 amended. The committee then unanimously advanced HB 2082, which creates a Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Commission to award grants for phase-one pediatric cancer and rare disease trials. Testimony came from families affected by pediatric brain cancer, including a parent who described traveling internationally for treatment and a college student currently undergoing treatment who urged the state to invest in research. Members expressed strong sympathy and support, and the bill passed 12-0. Next, HB 2015 would require Access to cover breastfeeding and lactation services in multiple settings; the sponsor and medical witnesses described breastfeeding as preventive care with benefits for infants and mothers, while Access testified neutral and noted a fiscal estimate was being developed and that the amendment would protect the state if CMS does not approve the services. The bill, as amended, also received a unanimous do-pass recommendation. The committee also approved HB 2177, which directs Access to seek CMS waivers so tribal and Indian Health Service facilities can be reimbursed for certain covered services, including dental care, for American Indian and Alaska Native members. The sponsor and a Sage Memorial Hospital representative said the bill would help rural tribal facilities keep services local and maximize federal matching funds; it passed unanimously as amended. HB 2178, requiring a state agency medical chief officer to hold an active medical or osteopathic license, was described as a cleanup measure after a lapse in licensure exposed a statutory gap, and it also passed unanimously. HB 2179, which clarifies definitions separating air ambulance from ground ambulance regulation, was supported as a technical clarification to avoid unintended consequences and likewise received unanimous approval. Finally, the committee advanced HB 2183, which creates an emergency medicine study committee to examine Arizona’s EMS system, including rural and urban capacity, workforce burnout, uncompensated care, and emergency department utilization. The sponsor said the study would help the state understand system pressures and identify policy solutions; firefighters, health care advocates, and an emergency medicine nurse practitioner testified in support, emphasizing the ER’s role as the safety net and the strain from staffing shortages, rural closures, and high volumes. The bill was still under discussion at the end of the transcript, with testimony continuing after the initial supporters spoke.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • They can just give the nurses the info, and the nurses read through it, but then there's not the...
  • But again, the nurse practicing, like the nurse in a delivery room or the nurse caring for postpartum
  • Often, has a nurse had to report?
  • The redaction step before it goes to the nurse would be eliminated, and then the nurse would then be
  • that duty to report for the nurse.
TX
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  • Some facilities do, so insurance doesn't pay for it.
  • Nursing, paramedicine. Okay, so a four-year degree in paramedicine?
  • Well, we are talking about these level two... facilities.
  • I did my research and went to a facility that was American-owned.
  • But please do this at another facility and let us know how it goes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025 at 08:04 am

Public Health

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  • to the Board of Nursing.
  • before the newborn is discharged from the facility.
  • Um, like most of my legislative agenda, this began with nurses, the nurses.
  • It says on line 2021 that mental health facility.
  • I also work as a pediatric nurse here in Austin.