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• Inouye College of Pharmacy. And you can recognize them with their white. Thank you, Mr. president.
• <00:05:57.759> But attending our Hilo Pharmacy School.
• But attending our Hilo Pharmacy School.
• Welcome to the Senate, and please give our Hilo Pharmacy students, but I also understand they're from
• Welcome to the Senate, and please give our Hilo Pharmacy students, but I also understand they're from

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Chairman, for the Board of Pharmacy recommendations.
• I'm the Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
• , pharmacists, and pharmacist interns, as well as 77,800 pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician
• Just a quick question in terms of the pharmacy profession itself.
• Pharmacy schools estimate that there will be a shortage in the coming years.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• dealers without a prescription, providing that they follow guidelines to be laid out by the State Pharmacy
• And it allows the State Board of Pharmacy to make rules as needed.
• And I don't like the shady influencers, gray market pharmacies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers making
• Online pharmacies mark up Ivermectin by 25%, while influencers get paid to promote it through discount

Bills: HB25

Keywords: ivermectin, pharmacist authority, prescription-free, healthcare regulation, patient access, 1185, senate, all

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• counter without a prescription, providing that they follow guidelines to be laid out by the state pharmacy
• liable or civilly liable for the dispensing of ivermectin into this bill and allow the state board of pharmacy
• And I don't like the shady influencers, gray market pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers are once
• Online pharmacies mark up ivermectin by 2,400%, while influencers get paid to promote it through discount

Bills: HB25

Keywords: ivermectin, pharmacist authority, prescription-free, healthcare regulation, patient access

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• Uh, they also have nearly 2,500 contracts with pharmacies.
• A single covered entity might have multiple contracts with multiple pharmacies, and a single pharmacy
• , and a single multiple pharmacies, and a single pharmacy<00:10:36.800> may<00:10:37.040> have
• <00:10:37.200> contracts<00:10:37.680> with pharmacy may have contracts with pharmacy
• Um so, pharmacies are not in Minnesota.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Robust tracking of product, and it's not like a pharmacy because marijuana medical is not a pharmacy;
• Robust tracking of product, and it's not like a pharmacy because marijuana medical is not a pharmacy;
• Robust tracking of product, and it's not like a pharmacy because marijuana medical is not a pharmacy;
• Robust tracking of product, and it's not like a pharmacy because marijuana medical is not a pharmacy;
• The doctor writes the script, the pharmacy fills it, and then there's mechanisms for the pharmacy to

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard SB 888, which would bar operators of smart household security devices from sharing user data with law enforcement unless the user consents or police obtain a warrant. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection offered comments and Judiciary submitted written support. Several individuals also submitted written support. The committee recommended passage with amendments clarifying that the Office of Consumer Protection may enforce violations and adopting Judiciary’s recommended changes, while also deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050. The motion passed unanimously among members present, with one senator excused. The committee then took up SB 2777 on insurance disclosures. The bill would require authorized insurers to disclose claim-handling data to consumers, including claims open at the start of a period, closed with payment, closed without payment, and open at the end of the period. The committee described amendments to clarify the bill, remove a requirement for the DCCA insurance division to handle publication, and defer the effective date to July 1, 2050. The measure was passed with amendments and the recommendation was adopted, with one member voting no and another excused. In a joint Commerce and Consumer Protection/Judiciary hearing on SP2738 relating to tax haven abuse, the Department of Taxation offered comments and the Tax Foundation testified in opposition, arguing the state should rely on IRS audits and existing worldwide reporting rules rather than create a separate state approach. Other written testimony was noted in both support and opposition. The committees recommended passage with amendments adopting Taxation’s technical changes and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050; the recommendation was adopted, with one senator noting reservations. The joint hearing then moved to health-related bills, including SB 2690 on primary care spending, SB 3103 on energy assistance, SB 3137 on Department of Health authority over food, drugs, and cosmetics, SB 3164 on child welfare service organizations, and SB 3206 on cannabinoids. SB 2690 drew strong support from physicians and advocates who said it would address primary care shortages, especially on neighbor islands, while HMSA and others warned a fixed spending percentage could raise costs and suggested a working group. SB 3164 drew support from child welfare providers and opposition from the Attorney General over indemnification language, and SB 3206 drew mixed testimony: state agencies raised federal-law and vagueness concerns, while hemp and cannabis advocates and some farmers supported the measure and urged broader legalization or amendments.

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• , not a type of pharmacy, one specific pharmacy.
• The contract pharmacy restrictions also mean clinic's services. ...and meal services.
• The contract pharmacy restrictions also mean clinic systems can't contract with multiple pharmacies that
• This will allow clinics to contract with more pharmacies in the areas that they serve.
• This will allow clinics to contract with more pharmacies in the areas that they serve.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long Daily File with several guest introductions and floor speeches. Members recognized visiting student leaders, championship football teams from Tuolumne County, Alpha Kappa Alpha members at their Capitol day, and later a descendant of Wong Kim Ark. The chamber also adopted a procedural motion allowing certain members to host guests in the rear of the chamber. Among the major policy items, AB 578 on food delivery platform refund practices passed 47-2, AB 344 on successor beer manufacturer definitions passed 61-0, AB 454 to make California’s migratory bird protections permanent passed 55-12 on the urgency clause, AB 482 updating the Table Grape Commission passed 64-1, AB 1237 to support transit access for 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket holders passed 56-15 on the urgency clause, AB 738 on wildfire rebuild solar exemptions passed 42-2, AB 1460 on 340B pharmacy access for clinics passed 41-5, AB 750 on homeless shelter oversight passed 49-1, AB 1061 on housing in historic districts passed 41-13, AB 1523 on expanding mandatory mediation thresholds passed 65-0, and AB 316 on AI-related civil liability passed 56-0. AB 761 authorizing the Monterey-Salinas Transit District to seek a sales tax ballot measure passed 47-12. The chamber also adopted several resolutions. AJR 3 urging protection of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid passed 53-2 after extensive debate that included criticism of federal cuts and counterarguments focused on state Medi-Cal policy and budget decisions. ACR 65 proclaiming California Tourism Month was adopted by voice vote after coauthors were added, and ACR 62 recognizing California Nonprofits Day was also adopted by voice vote with 65 coauthors. AJR 5 affirming birthright citizenship and opposing efforts to end it passed 58-1 after a lengthy, highly partisan debate centered on the 14th Amendment and the Wong Kim Ark precedent. The session also included passage of AB 571, a CEQA exemption for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon, which was presented as a long-running bipartisan effort to create a final resting place for Orange County veterans.

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• We're welcoming in pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students here from all across the state
• Texas Pharmacy Day here at the Capitol. Five associations represented today, the Texas Pharmacy.
• So congratulations on getting in pharmacy school. getting through pharmacy school, and for your future
• pharmacy.
• I thank each member and I thank again our friends here for Pharmacy Day.

Bills: SJR57, SCR8, SB8, SB14, SB24, SB108, SB112, SB125, SB213, SB251, SB315, SB318, SB371, SB378, SB379, SB472, SB487, SB502, SB513, SB565, SB621, SB650, SB689, SB707, SB710, SB761, SB763, SB815, SB854, SB875, SB896, SB916, SB925, SB958, SB961, SB965, SB973, SB987, SB990, SB995, SB1006, SB1018, SB1019, SB1024, SB1026, SB1146, SB1194, SB1198, SB1253, SB1330, SB1343, SB1362, SB1379, SB1497, SB1498, SB1527, SB1532, SB1547, SB1596, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SCR22, SCR12, SCR8, SB565, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB925, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB815, SB1379, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB502, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB24, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB761, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB916, SB896, SB1352, SB973, SB785, SB710, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB1547, SB961, SB1038, SB513, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB1198, SB1146, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SJR37, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB924, SB1029, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1697, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741

Keywords: central bank digital currency, CBDC, Federal Reserve, digital dollar, digital currency, cashless payments, financial privacy, cybersecurity, government surveillance, financial surveillance, money laundering, terrorism financing, illicit finance, banking policy, monetary policy, payments system, commercial banks, Texas Legislature, concurrent resolution, federal reserve digital currency

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• The next item we're going to discuss is pharmacy payments through the Medicaid Program, in particular
• The next item we're going to discuss is pharmacy payments through the Medicaid Program, in particular
• The next item we're going to discuss is pharmacy payments through the Medicaid Program, in particular
• We have a pharmacy carve-out, which would take pharmacy claims out of the managed care contracts, and
• The pharmacy carve-out would take pharmacy claims out of the managed care contracts, and it would be

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The first proposal is for the California Board of Pharmacy.
• Board of Pharmacy and also private postsecondary.
• California State Board of Pharmacy.
• I don't have any more items for the Board of Pharmacy.
• I don't have any more items for the Board of Pharmacy.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee held a May Revision budget hearing on state administration and related issues, hearing presentations from multiple departments and agencies. Early items included the Public Employment Relations Board on funding for implementation of AB 1 and a reduced request tied to AB 288, the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement on a technical College Corps adjustment, and the Secretary of State on building security upgrades, election security grant matching funds, and payroll system readiness costs. The Department of Consumer Affairs presented a Board of Pharmacy modernization request and a General Fund backfill for the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education; the LAO raised no concerns on the pharmacy item but recommended rejecting the private postsecondary backfill and questioned interest-free loan language. The Employment Development Department outlined several large workload and benefit adjustments, including EDD Next document management funding, UI loan interest, DI/PFL benefit increases, WIOA adjustments, school employee benefits, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical reversion correction; the LAO flagged the size of the DI/PFL increase and the expansion of the document management scope, while members asked about program impacts and timelines. The California Workforce Development Board presented an April adjustment to reimbursement authority for an interagency agreement with Caltrans, which the LAO said raised no concerns. Public comment on that item and others included support for workforce and apprenticeship initiatives, including the Jails to Jobs proposal and renewal of the Apprenticeship Innovation Fund, though those were not part of the May Revision package. The Department of Industrial Relations then presented several proposals: reclassifying legal positions, continuing modernization of the workers’ compensation EAMS system, Cal/OSHA data modernization, creating a Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, reappropriating funds for the California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship program, and trailer bill changes requiring electronic payment of employer assessments and adjusting the statutory treatment of the workers’ compensation administrative director’s salary. The LAO generally found the IT and salary proposals reasonable but urged close monitoring of the new emerging technologies unit. Committee members, especially Assemblymember Ortega, pressed DIR on long vacancy rates, wage theft claim delays, low collection rates for Cal/OSHA fines, and whether new resources would improve outcomes; DIR said it was pursuing recruitment, classification reviews, and process modernization, while the LAO noted that staffing alone may not explain the delays. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board also sought to make permanent a 2024 change to the 60-day reconsideration clock, saying it had reduced backlog and interim orders; the LAO had no concerns. Finally, the Department of Human Resources presented a statewide Employee Assistance Program contract consolidation that would lower costs compared with renewing separate contracts and requested one program manager position to oversee the contract and first responder services; the hearing continued with Finance’s response after the transcript ended.

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• <00:43:14.599> benefit insurance companies and Pharmacy benefit insurance companies and Pharmacy
• Is the specialty pharmacy owned by the insurance company or the PBM?
• Is the specialty pharmacy owned by the insurance company or the PBM?
• I'll let Senator Rort deal with the pharmacy side.
• let Senator rart deal with the pharmacy let Senator rart deal with the pharmacy side<01:45:20.000

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Later, I've worked in a pharmacy in downtown San Francisco.
• While I was working in the pharmacy in downtown San Francisco, I encountered people with mental health
• One day, a woman entered the pharmacy and was acting erratically.
• While working at the downtown pharmacy, I often... ...and the public safe.
• One day, a man came into the pharmacy behaving erratically.

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard several Senate bills, with most of the discussion focused on worker training, public safety, and consumer protection. SB 1203 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would expand training and de-escalation requirements for private security officers. Supporters, including security workers and labor groups, said the bill would better prepare officers who often respond first to mental health crises and violent incidents. Opponents, including security industry representatives and business groups, argued it would impose major costs, create training bottlenecks, and could reduce licensed security coverage. The committee ultimately voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Labor and Employment, with some members noting future amendments to address training capacity and employer-provided training. The committee also approved SB 936 by Senator Blakespear, which would restrict retail sales of nitrous oxide canisters larger than 8 grams while preserving legitimate medical, dental, culinary, and automotive uses. Support came from county officials, public health groups, waste management organizations, law enforcement, and local governments, who described rising misuse, impaired driving, and recycling hazards. No opposition testimony was presented, and the bill passed to Public Safety. SB 1271 by Senator Reyes, aimed at strengthening California’s midwifery training pipeline by requiring data collection on licensed midwife preceptor capacity, also passed unanimously to Health. Supporters said the bill would help address shortages in rural birth care and improve access to training for aspiring midwives. SB 903 by Senator Padilla, which would place guardrails on the use of AI in mental health and psychotherapy settings and prohibit AI from being marketed as a therapist, drew emotional testimony from a mother whose son died by suicide after extensive chatbot interactions. Health and behavioral health groups supported the measure, while several industry and health organizations were opposed unless amended; the committee nevertheless sent it to Privacy and Consumer Protection on a unanimous vote. The committee also approved SB 1165 on consent and then adjourned.

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• Let's go to Tab 12, SB 294 on collaborative pharmacy practice for chronic health care conditions.
• The Board of Pharmacy, in collaboration, not with permission or assent from the Board of Medicine, may
• And there has been, before the Board of Pharmacy, some discussion on expanding it to include heart failure
• The Board of Pharmacy, in collaboration, not with permission or assent from the Board of Medicine, may
• And there has been, before the Board of Pharmacy, some discussion on expanding it to include heart failure

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 108 on administrative procedures. That bill, as amended, would require agencies to review all rules on a five-year cycle, submit regulatory plans and annual reports, publish intended agency action within 90 days of new rulemaking authority, improve public access to incorporated materials, and streamline rule publication and correction procedures. After brief testimony from the Florida Bar’s Administrative Law Section and support from Americans for Prosperity and the James Madison Institute, the committee adopted two amendments and reported CS for SB 108 favorably. The committee then approved several other measures, including the Senate veterans package (CS for CS for SB 116), which made technical changes and was supported by veterans and advocacy groups; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempts local barriers while preserving state and federal law and building codes; CS for SB 126 allowing mail distribution of prescription hearing aids after a Florida-licensed professional examination; CS for SB 150, “Trooper’s Law,” making it a third-degree felony to abandon restrained animals during declared disasters; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice expansion for complex cardiac conditions; SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure; CS for SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process to remove unauthorized persons from commercial property; CS for SB 348 on ethics, addressing false military rank claims and delinquent ethics fines; SB 356 designating January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day; CS for SB 160 expanding CPA licensure pathways and clarifying administrative outsourcing; and CS for SB 50 promoting nature-based coastal resilience measures. Most of these bills received supportive testimony and were reported favorably. The committee also considered and reported favorably the annual reviser bills SB 36, SB 38, SB 40, and SB 42, which adopt the 2025 Florida Statutes, conform statutory names, remove expired provisions, and clean up obsolete language and cross-references. Throughout the meeting, members asked questions on a few bills, but no roll-call votes were recorded as opposed; each measure was approved and reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested that a few missed affirmative votes be recorded, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• I serve as a chief pharmacy officer for Western Health Advantage. I am here to support SB 1094.
• But I will let the pharmacist talk about what happens when you go to a pharmacy and your medication is
• A pharmacy and your medication is not available.
• And these medications are not coming from your local pharmacy because they're expensive meds.
• They're dispensed by a specialty pharmacy.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Um, so PBMs are pharmacy benefit managers. My apologies, madam chair.
• Yeah, pharmacy benefit managers, um.
• Uh, Madam Chair, so spread pricing is a, it's a pricing mechanism that pharmacy benefit managers use
• difference between what they charge the, the, um, health insurance and what they charge the, um, pharmacy
• So say like, how about they, they reimburse um a pharmacy. At like $35 for a prescription.

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• And if I might explain, the reason behind the bill was originally to benefit pharmacies and patients
• there to encourage them to use in-person pharmacies as much as possible in place of telepharmacies.
• Thank you. bill was originally to benefit um bill was originally to benefit um pharmacies<02:20:15.520
• and um patients on the pharmacies and um patients on the islands<02:20:18.399> of<02:20:18.560
• there um to encourage them to pharmacies there um to encourage them to use use use in-personarmacies

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Do we fund pharmacies?
• So, these are directly pharmacies?
• Help with pharmacy, help with dentists.
• Help with pharmacy, help with dentists.
• Help with pharmacy, hospitals need help.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• consumables from gas stations, convenience stores, vape shops, etc., and allow selling only in pharmacies
• The regulating authority would be the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy and the Department of Industries
• It restricts the sale of CBD and all non-psychoactive cannabinoid products to pharmacies only, eliminating
• He has taught pharmacy at Sanford. He has taught pharmacy at Sanford University.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: DUI, driving under the influence, ignition interlock, interlock device, driver license suspension, restricted license, motor vehicle, alcohol offense, first offense, repeat offender, blood alcohol concentration, BAC, license revocation, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, public safety, traffic safety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, court referral program

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• And when that card is taken to the pharmacy, the pharmacy will offer the prescription drugs that are
• The larger pharmacies the program.
• Our smaller larger pharmacies.
• current laws for our smaller pharmacies. current laws for our smaller pharmacies.
• fees with the pharmacy benefit manager. fees with the pharmacy benefit manager.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• That's very common in our in our state or for nights and holidays where pharmacies may not be open and
• it's difficult to know which ones even some 24 hour pharmacies that are closed for holidays and then
• also for price shopping in 4 issues we've had with varying drug shortages and the that vary from pharmacy
• to pharmacy, where patients may be unable to get a prescription for their child or for themselves.
• What happens if you do have a 24 hour pharmacy in your town, but they don't stock that medication.

Keywords: 999, senate, all