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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We envision a toolkit that provides each student with personalized stress-reduction strategies and self-management
- We envision a toolkit that provides each student with personalized stress-reduction strategies and self-management
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education Postsecondary met to receive an update from Florida developmental research lab schools on articulated health care programs created under the Live Healthy initiative and Senate Bill 76. Chair Calatayud opened the meeting, confirmed a quorum, and heard presentations from P.K. Young/University of Florida, Florida State University Schools, FAMU Developmental Research School, and Florida Atlantic University Laboratory School. Each school described efforts to build K-12-to-postsecondary health care pathways, expand dual enrollment and industry certifications, and share replicable curriculum models with other districts.
FSU Schools highlighted its HERO program, including CNA and food manager certifications, dual enrollment growth, reserve seating at colleges, and a paid internship with the Department of Health tied to emergency shelter operations. P.K. Young described its Healthy Lives Blueprint, which combines K-8 wellness experiences, a new high school health and human performance pathway, AP and science course expansion, a planned gymnasium redesign, and partnerships with Santa Fe College and UF. FAMU DRS reported growing dual enrollment, partnerships with FAMU, Tallahassee State, and Lively, and a goal of serving at least 100 students and 40 staff through health career exposure, certifications, and AA/AS pathways.
FAU Lab School described a more advanced model that integrates elementary through high school research and health science experiences, including biotechnology, bioengineering, and partnerships with health and research institutions. The school reported 87 peer-reviewed student publications, more than $350,000 in student grants, six patents, and pipelines into FAU’s medical and nursing programs, including a Med Direct pathway and a National Merit Scholar pipeline. Committee members asked about student readiness for nursing programs, dual enrollment, articulation with state colleges, and how the lab school models could be disseminated statewide. The meeting concluded with praise for the programs and a motion by Senator Fine to adjourn, which was adopted without objection.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Budget Hearings Feb 5th, 2025
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/24/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- did work for her was being able to do it on her own pace and, several years later, accessing harm reduction
- </c><00:08:19.840><c> services</c> later accessing harm reduction services later accessing harm reduction
- Um, we know what has contributed to the reduction in overdose deaths.
- Um, we know what has contributed to the reduction in overdose deaths.
- </c> in 2012, there was over a 75% reduction in 2012, there was over a 75% reduction in<01:42:08.880>
Summary:
The House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs heard HB 1790-FN, which would address involuntary admissions for certain individuals with a substance use disorder. Representative Lucy Weber introduced the bill for Representative Long, and the committee heard extensive testimony both in support of and in opposition to the proposal. Opponents, including John Burns of SOS Recovery and Jake Barry of New Futures, argued that involuntary commitment is not well supported by research, can retraumatize people, may increase overdose risk after release, and could undermine New Hampshire’s existing recovery and harm-reduction efforts. They emphasized that treatment should be voluntary, trauma-informed, and paired with housing, recovery supports, and other community-based services.
Representative Long said he was willing to accept DHHS’s request to amend the bill into a study commission, though he expressed concern that a prior state study had not led to action. He said the commission should focus on implementation details, including where people would be placed, staffing, withdrawal management, elopement prevention, length of commitment, and aftercare. He described involuntary commitment as one tool for people with severe dangerous addictions, distinct from drug court, and said it could help avoid criminal records. Committee members asked about capacity at New Hampshire Hospital and how the proposal would work in practice.
DHHS officials Katya Fox and Cynthia Pabonis testified that the bill raises major policy and fiscal concerns. They said New Hampshire’s current system has benefited from investments in naloxone, medication-assisted treatment, recovery centers, and community-based services, and that those investments have helped reduce overdose deaths. They estimated the bill would require a new 70-bed facility costing about $40 million to build and about $33.3 million annually to operate, with only a small portion offset by insurance, plus more than $600,000 in annual legal costs and additional staffing and system changes. They also said New Hampshire Hospital has 185 beds, with about 100 patients typically ready for less restrictive settings, and that housing shortages are a major bottleneck. NAMI New Hampshire also testified in opposition, saying families often want any possible treatment for loved ones but still opposed the bill. No vote or final action was taken in the hearing.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Feb 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Without legislative action, converting to an REH would result in a reduction in reimbursement without
Summary:
The House Appropriations Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6103, which would make Medicaid payments for services provided by rural emergency hospitals subject to appropriation. Committee staff explained that rural emergency hospitals are a federal Medicare provider type created in 2020, that they may provide emergency and limited outpatient services but not general inpatient care, and that Washington currently has no designated rural emergency hospitals. The bill would update state law so these facilities can be recognized in the Medicaid statute; staff said the fiscal note showed no fiscal impact.
Public testimony was entirely in support. Lisa Thatcher of the Washington State Hospital Association said the bill is needed to align state law with the federal designation, allow cost-based reimbursement similar to critical access hospitals, and preserve eligibility for SNAP-related payment treatment. Todd Nida, CEO of East Adams Rural Health Care, said his facility is seeking to become the first rural emergency hospital in Washington and warned that without the bill, conversion would reduce reimbursement and threaten financial viability.
No opposition was presented, and the chair closed the public hearing on SB 6103. The committee then announced upcoming budget release, hearing, amendment, and executive action dates, and adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget Jun 13th, 2025
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 8th, 2025 at 09:05 am
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget Jun 12th, 2025
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education/PreK-12 Jun 4th, 2025
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/17/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- I wanted to say that there's additional benefits, both flood damage reduction and the habitat component
- So this is a habitat and flood damage reduction project.
- </c> reduction and the habitat component. reduction and the habitat component.
- 01:05:00.559><c> and</c><01:05:01.520><c> flood</c><01:05:01.760><c> damage</c><01:05:02.079><c> reduction
- </c> habitat uh and flood damage reduction habitat uh and flood damage reduction project.<01:05:03.520
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:18:53.360><c> an</c><00:18:53.520><c> over</c><00:18:53.919><c> 30%</c><00:18:54.559><c> reduction
- </c><00:18:55.120><c> in</c> would lead to an over 30% reduction in would lead to an over 30% reduction
- ><01:31:25.920><c> uh</c> appropriations for this bienium uh appropriations for this bienium uh reductions
- ><c> came</c><01:31:27.280><c> to</c><01:31:27.520><c> Minnesota</c><01:31:28.080><c> State</c> reductions
- that came to Minnesota State reductions that came to Minnesota State and<01:31:28.560><c> then</c><01
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/2/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That's a 62% reduction in rides. Where did they go? They just vanished.
- That's<00:40:17.360><c> a</c><00:40:17.480><c> 62%</c><00:40:18.760><c> reduction</c><00:40:19.880><c
- </c> That's a 62% reduction in rides. That's a 62% reduction in rides.
- c> example</c><00:52:43.520><c> in</c><00:52:43.640><c> claims</c><00:52:44.000><c> that</c> 80% reduction
- for example in claims that 80% reduction for example in claims that are<00:52:44.240><c> submitted,<
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We see people for pain management, injury recovery, overall health and wellbeing, and stress reduction
- and overall health and wellbeing and and overall health and wellbeing and stress<00:10:41.200><c> reduction
- </c> stress reduction. stress reduction.
- states who have made licensure adjustments, and have we seen any evidence that there's been this mass reduction
- </c><01:03:16.400><c> in</c> there's been this mass reduction in there's been this mass reduction in
Keywords:
massage therapy, Asian bodywork therapy, massage therapist, Asian bodywork therapist, licensure, professional licensing, health occupations, Department of Health, commissioner of health, advisory council, protected title, unlicensed practice, scope of practice, consumer protection, background check, professional liability insurance, continuing education, credentialing examination, state preemption, municipal regulation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Yet, since the surge in federal activity in Minnesota, we've seen an 80% reduction in Latino workers
- of nearly $80 million for the reduction of nearly $80 million for the state's<01:31:30.880><c> economy
- </c><01:32:29.679><c> Reductions</c><01:32:30.080><c> in</c> million in January alone.
- Reductions in million in January alone.
- Reductions in spending<01:32:30.639><c> on</c><01:32:30.880><c> food</c><01:32:31.120><c> and</c><01:
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (10-28-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- And then most recently was the Inflation Reduction Act 40B, which was a clean fuel credit that was up
- > Uh and then most recently was the Uh and then most recently was the inflation<00:10:38.000><c> reduction
- </c><00:10:38.399><c> act</c><00:10:38.720><c> 40B</c> inflation reduction act 40B inflation reduction
- So this offers a new opportunity for noise reduction, but the same type of service. taxis.
- for noise reduction, but the same<01:02:15.200><c> type</c><01:02:15.359><c> of</c><01:02:15.520><c>
Summary:
The task force approved the October 14, 2025 meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from Austin Kaylor of WSP on alternative aviation fuels. Kaylor described an ongoing feasibility study focused on Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the other four commercial airports in Kentucky, with an eye toward both near-term use of alternative aviation fuel in existing supply chains and longer-term in-state production using local feedstocks. He said Kentucky’s current jet fuel use at the five airports is about 609 million gallons annually and could approach 1 billion gallons by 2050, and he outlined potential feedstocks such as soybeans, corn, and waste oils, along with existing logistics assets like river terminals, trucking, rail, and some pipelines. He also discussed federal and state policy support, including renewable fuel credits and the recent 45Z tax credit extension, and said the study suggests significant economic-development potential if Kentucky can leverage existing infrastructure and incentives.
Members asked about the cost of sustainable aviation fuel, whether taxpayers would be subsidizing it, and whether food crops would be diverted from food use. Kaylor responded that the market is increasingly using second-generation and waste-based feedstocks, that federal incentives can cover much of the price differential, and that SAF is a direct substitute for conventional jet fuel with some efficiency benefits. He said demand comes from both U.S. and foreign carriers, including major U.S. airlines that have made emissions-reduction commitments. Members also raised the possibility of locating production in Appalachia to create jobs closer to feedstock sources; Kaylor said that approach has worked in other states and could fit Kentucky’s logistics network.
The committee then heard from Leif Elder of the Utah Department of Transportation, who introduced himself and said he would discuss advanced air mobility legislation in Utah. The transcript cuts off before his substantive presentation, and no further votes or actions were recorded after the question-and-answer discussion on alternative aviation fuels.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (10/08/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- People on non-insulin therapies has not consistently shown clinically significant reductions in A1C levels
- </c><00:29:32.320><c> So</c> significant reductions in A1C levels.
- So significant reductions in A1C levels.
- going to outread it again: non-insulin therapies has not consistently shown clinically significant reductions
- </c> significant reductions in A1C levels. significant reductions in A1C levels.
Summary:
The committee first took up an insurance-related chronic pain bill and an amendment modeled on language from Massachusetts and Maine. The sponsor explained the amendment was developed after stakeholder meetings because the original bill would have created an unaffordable insurance mandate in New Hampshire. The amendment was intended to improve access to non-opioid therapies by limiting prior authorization and step-therapy barriers so they are not more restrictive than for other treatments, including opioid therapies. After questions, the committee took a straw vote and advanced the amendment.
The next item was a department-sponsored bill involving the state’s all-payer claims database. Insurance Department officials explained that the bill would encourage self-funded employer plans to opt in voluntarily by giving them aggregated, deidentified claims information in return. They said self-funded plans cannot be required to report data because of federal law, but the bill would provide an incentive while protecting employee privacy. Members asked detailed questions about who would see the data, whether individual employees could be identified, and how privacy would be enforced; the department said access would be aggregated and deidentified, and employer privacy issues would be governed by ERISA and the U.S. Department of Labor.
The committee also discussed a glucose-monitoring bill. Members debated whether the bill was aimed at type 1 diabetes coverage or broader access to continuous glucose monitors, and whether it would amount to an unnecessary insurance mandate that could raise premiums. Department testimony estimated the equipment cost and said the annual impact per member would be modest, but also noted that non-insulin therapies have not consistently shown clinically significant A1C reductions. The chair and some members emphasized that the bill should be considered on its own terms as a CGM coverage issue, not as a general diabetes mandate. The committee discussed the bill’s cost implications and asked the department for any prior cost analysis.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, you know, in 2024, we were preparing for a 6.25% reduction in funding.
- Um, some of the things that have already gone on for Head Start programming is we've seen a 20% reduction
- </c> reduction in funding. reduction in funding.
- c><01:03:19.320><c> in</c><01:03:19.440><c> head</c><01:03:19.760><c> in</c> is we've seen a 20% reduction
- in head in is we've seen a 20% reduction in head in in<01:03:20.400><c> federal</c><01:03:20.800><c>
Keywords:
children, youth programming, needs assessment, community engagement, state funding, education, funding, school districts, state budget, rural schools, food support, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, food shelves, grant funding, Minnesota FoodShare, early childhood, Head Start, education funding, developmental programs, literacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So there were budget adjustments or reductions that needed to be done at especially a couple universities
- there were um budget<01:34:41.440><c> adjustments</c><01:34:42.000><c> or</c><01:34:42.199><c> reductions
- </c><01:34:42.760><c> that</c> budget adjustments or reductions that budget adjustments or reductions
- /c><01:34:56.000><c> again</c><01:34:56.520><c> um</c><01:34:56.719><c> we</c> immediately make reductions
- again um we immediately make reductions again um we we<01:34:57.000><c> had</c><01:34:57.119><c> been
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/20/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- increasing the number of waivered providers, improving access to treatment, and implementing harm reduction
- <00:39:04.640><c> and</c><00:39:04.800><c> overdose</c><00:39:05.599><c> prevention</c> reduction and
- overdose prevention reduction and overdose prevention practices practices practices Statewide<00:39:
- The impacts of reductions in funding, lack of networks, and shared information and technical assistance
- </c><01:05:33.799><c> and</c> impacts of of reduce reductions and impacts of of reduce reductions and
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They provide economic assistance and poverty reduction and support youth intervention and restorative
- </c><00:31:08.080><c> and</c><00:31:08.240><c> support</c><00:31:08.519><c> Youth</c> poverty reduction
- and support Youth poverty reduction and support Youth Intervention<00:31:09.320><c> and</c><00:31:09.480
- </c><00:59:03.039><c> act</c><00:59:03.640><c> um</c> of the um paperwork reduction act um of the um
- paperwork reduction act um conversations<00:59:04.520><c> that</c><00:59:04.720><c> occurred</c><00:59
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Apr 14, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 44
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not just about harm reduction.
- It is focused on harm reduction.
- </c><05:53:38.800><c> this</c> They still receive the reduction this They still receive the reduction
- That's an 86% tax reduction.
- </c> That's an 86% tax reduction. That's an 86% tax reduction.