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TX
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  • Members, this came from a work group of the nursing shortage workforce work group that the governor had
  • I'm sure you recall, Madam Chair, last session when we were looking at all of the workforce pipeline
TX
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  • It's the right thing for patient safety, access to care, and our care workforce. Thank you.
  • Services, the Department of State Health Services, Health and Human Services Commission, and the Texas Workforce
  • better support families, boost economic output, and better prepare children. for future education and workforce
  • House Bill 3963 not only strengthens our workforce today but also the pipeline for tomorrow.
  • step toward enhancing our understanding of the early education infrastructure that underpins... workforce
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

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  • type to rule out or confirm a condition, there have been significant delays in patient care due to workforce
  • Across Arizona, patients still face workforce shortages and clinician training gaps, especially in rural
  • And I know Banner Health is a Project ECHO hub.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard House Bill 2050, which updates Department of Health Services rules for radiologic technologists and radiologic assistants. The bill changes school accreditation and training requirements, reduces clinical hours, revises supervision and scope-of-practice rules, adjusts fees, and removes radiologic technologists from the telehealth health care provider definition. Testimony from a radiologic technologist supported the bill as an update to outdated standards and a response to workforce shortages, while a nurse practitioner supported the section allowing NPs to use diagnostic x-ray machines under nursing board standards. HB 2050 passed 7-0 with a do-pass recommendation. The committee then considered House Bill 2082, which creates a Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Commission and expands the research fund to include appropriations, gifts, donations, and federal grants. An amendment shifted grant-awarding authority to the DHS director, required the commission to set criteria and review applications, and added public meeting requirements; it also tied funding to at least $5 million in available resources and removed the return-on-investment reporting requirement. Supporters said the bill would strengthen pediatric cancer research and leverage an underused funding source, though members raised concerns about oversight. The bill was amended and then passed 7-0. House Bill 2176 and House Bill 2195 both dealt with DHS licensing and complaint-investigation procedures for health care institutions and nursing care institutions. HB 2176 allows DHS to deny licenses or ownership changes based on serious prior licensing problems or safety risks, and it sets notice, investigation, and deficiency-statement rules; speakers from public health and hospital groups supported it as improving transparency and preventing bad actors from cycling through ownership. HB 2195 limits DHS access to certain personnel records, requires deficiency statements within 10 business days, and bars investigations of incidents older than 12 months; an amendment delayed implementation to July 1, 2027 and added corrective-plan and off-site review provisions. Both bills passed 7-0 as amended. The committee also approved House Bill 2202, which appropriates $300,000 annually for a dementia care tele-mentoring program to train providers statewide, especially in rural and underserved areas. The Alzheimer’s Association and a patient with younger-onset Alzheimer’s testified that the program would improve early diagnosis and care, though one senator opposed state funding on the view that medical schools should teach the material. HB 2202 passed 6-1. Finally, House Bill 2307, addressing placement for dangerous, incompetent, non-restorable defendants when secure state hospital beds are unavailable, drew the most debate. An amendment replaced out-of-state placement with a temporary, limited-use solution involving up to three beds at the Arizona State Hospital forensic campus, created a study committee, and shifted some non-psychiatric costs to counties; counties and hospital stakeholders opposed the county-cost language, while sponsors and DHS said the measure was an emergency stopgap. The amended bill passed 4-3. The committee then passed House Bill 2584 4-3, which prohibits public funds from being used for genetic sequencing equipment from foreign adversary countries or entities; supporters framed it as a national security measure, and opponents voted no. The committee then adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

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  • We can support the bill with stronger support for the workforce.
  • The workforce is the infrastructure behind universal child care.
  • If child care is economic infrastructure, then its workforce must be treated as such.
  • They sustain the workforce across every sector, allowing parents to contribute to our economy.
  • workforce, Mr.
Bills: SB132, SB241
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Health Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Health

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  • This time when our state faces persistent health care workforce shortages, as I mentioned, this legislation
  • This time when our state faces persistent health care workforce shortages, as I mentioned, this legislation
  • At this time, when our state faces persistent health care workforce shortages, as I mentioned, this legislation
Bills: HB139, HB172, HB156
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • exemplifying that leadership, Austin, Silicon Hills, as some call it, competes with Silicon Valley as a hub
  • professionals than any other city in the United States, bar New York, is solidifying its place as a hub
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • We show you registered as Jason Stolenski on behalf of the Texas Workforce Commission and you will be
  • The Texas Workforce Commission is very dedicated to eliminating and eradicating any fraud, waste and
  • Senator Cortez has put in this and hope to support our state workforce by voting for House Bill 512.
  • Proactive measures include cyber security workforce training.
  • State governments are also providing large investments to create AI hubs.