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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS Public Hearing 02-03-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:36:22.880> like consistency as we push a program like consistency as we push a program
  • I mean, we're to do a pilot program.
  • user charge program. user charge program. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
  • this this mobile safety check program this this mobile safety check program for<00:46:58.319>
  • > with<01:33:00.320> Mothers am the program director with Mothers am the program director
Summary: The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures, including a two-minute oral testimony limit and that decision-making would follow after testimony. It then took up SB 20008, which would set 55 mph as the maximum speed limit on all parts of the DKI/Saddle Road highway. The bill’s introducer described it as a response to safety concerns and noted prior public opposition when the speed limit was lowered from 60 mph; the Hawaii Police Department was listed in opposition, while DOT and several individuals testified in support. No vote was taken during the portion provided. The committee next heard SB 20009, requiring new plates/tags or emblems for used motor vehicles transferred between private individuals, and SB 2026, which would require drivers approaching stationary vehicles on the shoulder or roadside to slow down and, if necessary, change lanes. The Attorney General supported SB 2026 but recommended narrowing and clarifying the language by removing references to shoulder/roadside, collision or mechanical problem, and other limiting definitions so the duty would apply more broadly and be easier to enforce; AAA and OMA also supported the measure. Members discussed the practical need for a mandatory move-over rule, especially for roadside workers and tow operators, and the committee heard concerns about enforceability on two-lane roads and in accident scenes. SB 2053 was then heard, authorizing electronic signatures on supporting documents used to transfer ownership of total-loss vehicles to insurers without notarization and requiring insurers to indemnify the finance director for claims arising from those electronic title issuances. The Hawaii Insurers Council, Copart, the City and County of Honolulu, and others supported the bill, with Copart describing it as a modernization that would reduce delays for total-loss settlements; technical amendments were requested. The committee also heard SB 2172, which would allow all-terrain vehicles to operate at night if equipped with lights and a slow-moving vehicle emblem, adjust helmet requirements, define utility terrain vehicles, and include ATVs in motor vehicle insurance law. DOT said it could support the bill only if limited to low-speed areas, and the insurance industry warned it could create a new insurance scheme; the City and County of Honolulu opposed while the Hawaii Farm Bureau and an individual supported. Finally, SB 2253 was introduced to expand first-degree negligent injury to include injuries negligently inflicted by intoxicated drivers, with DOT, county prosecutors, and the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office in support; Honolulu prosecutors said they would oppose a proposed amendment because they wanted the language to preserve the offense as a lesser included offense tied to negligent homicide.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • to be obligated to that treatment and So, we need to make this clearer.
  • We're simply talking about the actual treatment. And so, I think it would be fairer to everybody.
  • Senator Rader, what will this pilot program look like?
  • Which one of those are you moving forward with in the pilot program?
  • need this pilot program now.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • ,<00:13:28.480> your you're left out of this program, your you're left out of this program
  • Whoever participates in the program that we're doing in this project. No.
  • If you participate in the program, you don't pay balance billing.
  • That is for the annual grants for prevention, treatment and recovery of opioids, for Auburn University
  • That is for the annual grants for prevention, treatment and recovery of opioids, for Auburn University
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services 2ND REVISED Feb 16th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • , the early prevention screening, treatment, and diagnosis program.
  • Why could we not use that program? Thank you.
  • Why can we not use that program and let those interested in having their children tested?
  • The reality is that the uptake in those programs is relatively low.
  • The programming is already in place.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Jan 31st, 2026 at 09:07 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've helped hospitals set up composting programs, zero-waste initiatives, including food donation programs
  • I've helped hospitals set up composting programs, zero-waste initiatives, including food donation programs
  • and help getting the programs going.
  • But composting programs and food donation programs, they're very, very doable to implement, but the community
  • The $10 million is the amount that could be raised to the grant program, the RAID grant program.
Bills: SB47, SB110, SB122, SB143, SB168
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • , or the SEER program.
  • Because we're part of the SEER program, which is the NCI SEER program, our data is incorporated into
  • eight Americans are on the SNAP program. eight Americans are on the SNAP program.
  • Year after year, Kentucky launches new programs or continues to fund existing programs.
  • Um that will changes to programs.
Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services met to approve the June 18 minutes and hear introductory remarks from new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Family Services Dr. Steven Stack and new Department for Public Health Commissioner Dr. John Langfeld. Both described their backgrounds and emphasized a shared focus on using health data to improve quality, coordination, and outcomes across Kentucky. They highlighted the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHI) as a central tool for connecting hospitals, labs, providers, public health systems, Medicaid, and other state and federal data sources, and said the system supports notifications, immunization records, surveillance, and care coordination. They also outlined priorities such as continued investment in KHI, stronger interoperability, privacy protections, and expanded analytic capacity to turn data into action. Committee members then asked about COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and informed consent, particularly for pregnant women and children. Dr. Stack said informed consent should come through a licensed health care provider, that Kentucky did not mandate the COVID vaccine, and that the evidence still supports vaccination for high-risk groups, including pregnant women, citing professional medical guidance. A follow-up exchange focused on concerns about past vaccine policies and the need for patients to receive full information before making decisions. Senator Heron asked how KIPRC/KIPR could be used to address firearm injuries. Dr. Langfeld said the key opportunity is to make data more real-time and usable for day-to-day response, while Dr. Stack said the department would continue its long-standing partnership with KIPRC and noted his view that gun violence is a public health emergency. He added, however, that because firearms are a deeply divided issue, the Department for Public Health’s current role is mainly to make data available for authorized research rather than to take a broader policy role. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-17-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today marks the second day of our 2026 Senate Education Week program, and I am pleased to welcome the
  • Senate Youth Program Delegates, and recipients of the Hawaii Association of School Librarians Awards.
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Admittedly, it may have a role for experimental treatments.
  • This bill does not mandate medical coverage for dental diagnosis or treatments.
  • She had 13 decayed teeth needing extractions, nerve treatments, and crowns, treatment that we had to
  • Treatment leads to increased pain and infection.
  • Often the treatment then takes place in the emergency room.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) Apr 9th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Admittedly, it may have a role for experimental treatments and treatments which are not common, but senators
  • She had 13 decayed teeth, needing extractions, nerve treatments, crowns, treatment that we had to perform
  • Delayed treatment leads to increased pain and infection.
  • and Medicaid program.
  • Appreciate it. services under any public benefits program.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with several members initially absent, then later established a quorum. The committee heard multiple bills, with most testimony focusing on access to care, insurance practices, senior safety, and health care worker protections. Several bills were laid out with committee substitutes, and public testimony was limited to two minutes per witness. Most bills were left pending after testimony, with no final votes taken in the portion provided. Senate Bill 2069 would create a work group to study the feasibility of a statewide acute psychiatric bed registry; the substitute shifts appointment authority to the Health and Human Services Commissioner and extends reporting and sunset dates. Senate Bill 463 would expand workplace violence protections to additional hospice, home and community support, intermediate care, and state-supported living center settings. Senate Bill 1283 would require background checks and transparency measures for senior retirement communities after testimony about the Dallas-area serial killings of elderly residents. Senate Bill 1784 would require 60 days’ written notice before medical debt is sent to collections. Senate Bill 527 would require medical insurance coverage for general anesthesia for medically necessary pediatric dental procedures for children under 13 with qualifying conditions; pediatric dentists testified that denials delay needed care. A major portion of the meeting centered on prior authorization. Senate Bill 1380 would eliminate prior authorization for a broad list of services, including emergency, primary, mental health, substance use, chemotherapy, preventive, pediatric hospice, and certain chronic-condition care. Physicians and hospice advocates supported the bill, describing delays, administrative burden, and patient harm, while health plans opposed blanket exemptions and argued prior authorization helps prevent unnecessary care and control costs. Relatedly, Senate Bill 547 would require insurers to report gold-card prior authorization exemptions to TDI and create a centralized database and annual report; TMA supported better tracking, while health plans warned of duplicative reporting and administrative cost. Senate Bill 407 would require health care facilities to honor conscience- and religion-based vaccine exemptions for employees, with testimony from a physician and vaccine-choice advocate supporting the bill. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1383, which would regulate senior living referral agencies, allow more flexible compensation structures, and add disclosure and consumer protections; an out-of-state referral company and A Place for Mom supported it. Senate Bill 1511 would allow freestanding emergency centers to provide outpatient services in addition to emergency care, with consumer protections such as estimates, limits on facility fees, and restrictions on balance billing. The chair repeatedly announced that bills were being left pending after testimony, and no final committee action or recorded votes were taken in the transcript provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 30th, 2026 at 12:05 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They are the first team in program history to achieve a three-peat.
  • Speaker, first from the Hobbs CTE program, SkillsUSA and CTE program, first I have me.
  • Hobbs CTE Program, SkillsUSA, and CTE Program. First, I have Ms. Carmen Contreras.
  • the calculation for size adjustment program units.
  • , placing restrictions on student enrollment in distance learning programs,... ...learning programs,
Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 28th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Foster program, and that it is a study of how to use those programs to benefit the workforce.
  • Those programs.
  • I see where... ...programs that had higher increased cost of running those programs.
  • The CCAP program is a program for families needing assistance with child care.
  • As you know, we have a physical therapy program, a PhD program at ULM in Monroe.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH-HLT Joint Public Hearing - Thu Apr 16, 2026 @ 9:45 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
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  • create a housing ladder program create a housing ladder program to<00:13:24.720> help<00:
  • I know in the public housing program and I think in the Section 8 program, etc., there are programs to
  • I know in the public housing program and I think in the Section 8 program, etc., there are programs to
  • . programs. programs.
Bills: SCR63, SCR8, SCR160, SCR90, SCR93
Summary: The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness heard several resolutions focused on disability access, housing, and support for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. SCR 63 SD1 would have the Disability and Communication Access Board study communication needs in health care settings for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and revise provider guidance; testimony was strongly supportive, including from the board, a physician, and a family member who described harmful delays in care, and the committee later recommended passage as is. SCR 8 would require counties to act within 45 days on completed permit applications for home modifications needed for an older adult or person with a disability; testimony noted delays in permitting and financing, and the committee recommended passage as is. The committee also heard SCR 160, which urges state housing agencies to create a “housing ladder” program to help individuals and families move from subsidized to unsubsidized housing. Hawaii Public Housing Authority and other agencies supported the concept, and DHS described its family self-sufficiency program and said prior federal resident-services funding had declined over the past 20 years. The committee acknowledged the program may already exist in some form but still recommended adoption of the resolution as is. SCR 90 would ask county planning departments to establish kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking accessibility in private businesses. The committee moved it forward with an HD1 for technical amendments; a member raised concern that the measure did not specify the age threshold for “kupuna,” and said they would vote with reservations. Finally, SCR 93 would direct DHHL and the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions to develop a coordinated support and stabilization pathway for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries experiencing homelessness or very low income. DHHL said it is already operating a transitional housing effort called Ka Leo Opu Mama for about 18 beneficiaries using more than $6 million in federal Nah Ho Sa funds, with no dedicated state funding, and the committee recommended passage as is. The meeting ended with the chair thanking testifiers and members and adjourning the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh utilization but also program uh utilization but also program integrity.<00:08:24.440> So,<
  • That is still a big piece of program integrity that we're looking at is tackling the ICS program.
  • That is still a big piece of program integrity that we're looking at is tackling the ICS program.
  • Uh these many different programs.
  • is full of system approach to program is full of system approach to program integrity<01:13:22.880
Bills: HF4338