Video & Transcript Research : 'contested case hearing'

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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Transcript Highlights:
  • So from just hearing about it eight years ago to now they're at $6 million.
  • So from just hearing about it eight years ago to now they're at $6 million.
  • I didn't know... ...seems like newer rules would be better, but that's not always the case.
Bills: HB277, SB89, HB135, HB277, SB89, HB135
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • We can hear you. Go ahead. We can hear you. Go ahead.
  • you'll be hearing about today. you'll be hearing about today.
  • I certainly We hear me all right?
  • <00:25:42.520> I for me prior to this hearing. I for me prior to this hearing.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 19th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, any opposition? Hearing none, the amendments are adopted.
  • And so this bill addresses four different hearings in child-in-need-of-care cases.
  • These hearings are disposition hearings, case review hearings, and permanency hearings.
  • cases, some of them may have 40 cases or 50 cases, and that's not manageable.
  • She wants to hear you. Say it loud so she can hear you. Oh, yes, I withdraw my motion.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • What jurisdiction was your case? I'm sorry? What jurisdiction was your case?
  • This has loomed with the last DSM where it was dealt with, and every month I'm hearing about a case,
  • And so, I hear their pain of being separated from their children. These are painful cases.
  • We have in CPS cases requirements as to how long these separations can happen in permanency hearings,
  • The Chair hears none and...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, we can hear you. We see you now. Great, thank you so much.
  • Not hearing any, thank you for your testimony. Thank you for... The Chair calls...
  • Some parents even seek to gain financially from such arrangements, making marriage, in these cases, a
  • Members not hearing anything. Thank you for your testimony.
  • Not hearing any, thank you for being here. The chair calls Laura Swansea. Did I say that right?