Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Resolution 44'

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  • Senator Johnson moves that House Bill 1973, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full Senate
  • Senator Hinojosa moves that House Bill 3180 be reported favorably to the full Senate.
  • The chair lays out House Bill 40 by Senator Landrieu, sponsored by Senator Hughes, and calls on Senator
  • Senator, Chair, House, and Senator Hughes for a motion. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Senator Hughes calls upon Senator Hughes. Well, now we have...
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  • The need of the Senate to explain the measure.
  • Thank you, Senator.
  • Senator Hughes, you should be familiar with your own bill, which moved it from, in 2021, Senate Bill
  • Decrease, Senator Johnson.
  • This is the companion to Senate Bill 1448 that was passed unanimously by the Senate.
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  • Senator Birdwell? Present. Senator Flores? Present. Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo? Present.
  • Senator Eckhardt? Senator Hinojosa of Nueces. Members, a quorum is established.
  • Senator Hinojosa moves that HCR98 be reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass
  • Senator Birdwell? Aye. Senator Flores? Aye. Senator Eckhardt? Aye. Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo?
  • Senator Hinojosa of Nueces?
Bills: HCR98, HB180, HB180
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  • Senator Cook? Here. Senator Hinojosa? Here. Senator Hall? Here. Senator Kolkhorst? Present.
  • Senator Menéndez, Senator Middleton. Five present.
  • Senate Concurrent Resolution 46 supports renaming the New York Strip steak. to the Texas Strip steak
  • Members, any questions of Senator Sparks?
  • Senator Hinojosa.
Bills: SCR4, SCR18, SCR31, SCR43, SCR46
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  • Senator King. Here. Senator Sparks. Senator Alvarado. Senator Johnson. Senator Schwertner.
  • The Chair lays out SCR 37 and recognizes the author, Senator Creighton, to explain the resolution.
  • Senator Creighton, very often these resolutions will carry a bunch of partisan absurdities buried into
  • And recognizes the author, Senator Creighton, to explain the resolution. Thank you, Mr.
  • And also, Senator Johnson, if this resolution was drafted as the Gulf of Mexico, that would have also
TX
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  • The following resolutions are on first reading and referral. The clerk will read the resolutions.
  • The clerk will read the resolutions: HR 79 by Lopez.
  • The resolutions are unanimously adopted.
  • That's Senate time. That's what the Senate always does, comes in at six. Y'all have fun.
  • The following resolution is on first reading and referral. The clerk will read the resolutions.
KY
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  • Senator Wilson spurred a question that I have.
  • Senator Wilson spurred a >> Thank you.
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Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then reviewed a series of agency regulations, most of which had staff-suggested amendments. The Board of Pharmacy regulation on remote prescription processing was amended to make grammatical and KRS Chapter 13A compliance corrections, and the Board of Social Work regulation on continuing education, telehealth training, waivers, and related fees was deferred at the agency’s request. The Occupational Therapy Compact rule update and the Professional Geologists fee increase regulation both received staff amendments and were approved, with the geologists’ board explaining the increases were driven by rising oversight costs and declining revenue. The committee also reviewed emergency regulations from the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, the Board of Emergency Medical Services, the Transportation Cabinet, and the Department of Workplace Standards. The EMS package covered licensing classifications, compliance audits, ambulance service rules, and electronic forms; the Transportation Cabinet’s emergency rule established procedures for street-legal special purpose vehicles; and Workplace Standards’ emergency rules updated Kentucky requirements to align with federal standards and House Bill 398, including shortening the discrimination complaint filing deadline from 120 days to 30 days and adjusting appeal procedures. Staff amendments were approved where offered, and members asked several clarifying questions about the rationale and effect of the workplace and EMS changes. The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources explained rules on aircraft and drone use in taking wildlife and on reciprocal hunting and fishing agreements with neighboring states. The agency said the drone restriction was intended to align with federal law and address hunter complaints, while the reciprocal agreement rule was a cleanup of older agreements that had lapsed or been overlooked; the committee deferred the wildlife regulation 301 KAR 2:031 at the agency’s request. The Department of Education also presented multiple KHSAA-related and standards updates, including academic eligibility, sports timing, health and physical education standards, and career studies/financial literacy standards; staff amendments were approved, and members questioned the athletic forms and the designation of KHSAA as the state’s athletic agent. Finally, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented emergency regulations to support a pediatric teaching hospital expansion and related certificate-of-need changes, which the agency said were aimed at improving pediatric and neonatal access to care; staff amendments were approved, and the committee concluded by setting its next meeting for October 13 at 1:00 p.m.
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Summary: The House Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum and took up House Bill 785, as amended by a committee substitute that combined language from HB 785 and HB 787. The bill was described as addressing Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) audits, provider contract notice and amendment procedures, mental health parity compliance, and related transparency requirements. Supporters said the measure would tighten notice to providers, limit repeated contract amendments and rate reductions, require more standardized audit procedures, and add reporting on Medicaid claims, appeals, and grievances. It also includes a provision requiring coverage of at least two evaluation-and-management billable services per physician per recipient per date of service, and a section addressing narcotic/opioid treatment program licensing and reimbursement language. Testimony in support came from Representative Kim Moore, John Inman of BrightView Health, Michelle Sandborne of the Children’s Alliance, and Kelly Cormic of RYSE. They argued that MCOs often use audits and recoupments in ways that are burdensome, opaque, and financially damaging to providers, especially smaller and rural ones. They cited examples of multiple audit requests in short timeframes, large record requests with short deadlines, delayed or absent feedback, and recoupments taken before appeals are resolved. They also said parity laws are not being consistently enforced and that the bill would give the Department of Insurance authority to suspend or revoke an MCO certificate of authority for willful or repeated parity violations. Committee members generally expressed support for provider protections and transparency, while asking for clarification on the narcotic treatment and E/M billing provisions. Tom Stevens of the Kentucky Association of Health Plans testified in opposition, saying the bill is complex to implement and should be handled through the broader Medicaid oversight work of House Bill 9, the MOAB. He said the issues raised were better suited for that bipartisan stakeholder process and noted the committee substitute had not yet been fully reviewed by his group. After discussion, the committee adopted the committee substitute and then moved to a vote on the bill; the roll call began, with several members recorded as voting yes, but the transcript cuts off before the final vote result is shown.