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Transcript Highlights:
- The first RFQ is with the Insurance Department, and this is for Medicare beneficiary services for seniors
- The first one is with Department of Commerce, State Insurance Department with UAMS.
- for consulting services related to all university benefits programs, including health, paid leave, insurance
- This is Amendment 1 to an existing contract for therapeutic counseling services for persons without insurance
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- mandatory disclosure of medical malpractice costs and claims activity, specifically asking hospitals and insurance
- companies to open up their books to report, specifically for insurers, premiums, investment income,
- mandatory disclosure of medical malpractice costs and claims activity, specifically asking hospitals and insurance
- companies to open up their books to report, specifically for insurers, premiums, investment income,
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Republican Leaders Media Availability Feb 24th, 2026 at 09:15 am
Transcript Highlights:
- point, and I haven't had a chance to really look at the bill either, but we have this massive self-insurance
- billion-dollar grocery tax bottle bill, two-dollar cigarette tax, taxes on prescription drugs, taxes on insurers
- what they're proposing, out of Medicaid, but then also tax our hospitals and tax our health care insurers
- We've got to make sure that these folks can afford their gas, groceries, rent, and insurance.
Summary:
House and Senate Republican leaders held a media availability focused on the final stretch of the legislative session, with repeated criticism of Democratic budget proposals and several policy bills. They said they were especially concerned about an environmental crimes bill they argued would impose excessive penalties for workplace mistakes, as well as bills they described as anti-law-enforcement, including measures related to police face coverings and sheriff qualifications. They also discussed a proposed income tax, calling it unconstitutional and urging that it be sent to referendum if it advances.
A major topic was the operating, transportation, and capital budgets. Republicans said the operating budget relies on one-time fund sweeps, raids the rainy day fund and pension assets, and assumes future income-tax revenue while cutting Medicaid, child care, schools, and other services. They said the transportation budget has some positive emphasis on road preservation but criticized ferry funding and the proposed sweep of the Public Works Trust. On the capital budget, they were less specific and described it as generally bipartisan.
The lawmakers also addressed reports of fraudulent or duplicate sign-ins on the income-tax bill, saying any abuse should be investigated but that many duplicate entries may have been accidental rather than malicious. They said the system should be improved with better verification, but maintained that more than 100,000 unique people had signed in opposition. Other issues discussed included opposition to using pension funds to balance the budget, criticism of a Sound Transit proposal for 75-year bonds, concerns about a bill requiring arbitration before lawsuits against the state or local governments, and objections to child care budget changes they said would hurt rural and property-poor communities without broader regulatory reform.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Republican Leaders Media Availability Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- point, and I haven't had a chance to really look at the bill either, but we have this massive self-insurance
- billion-dollar grocery tax bottle bill, two-dollar cigarette tax, taxes on prescription drugs, taxes on insurers
- what they're proposing, out of Medicaid, but then also tax our hospitals and tax our health care insurers
- We've got to make sure that these folks can afford their gas, groceries, rent, and insurance.
Summary:
House and Senate Republican leaders held a media availability focused on the final stretch of the legislative session, with most of the discussion centered on budget proposals, a proposed income tax on high earners, and several policy bills they oppose. They criticized the operating budget for relying on a new income tax, using one-time fund sweeps and pension-related financing, and drawing down the rainy day fund, while saying the capital budget was more bipartisan and the transportation budget had some positive emphasis on road preservation but still included concerns such as Public Works Trust Fund sweeps and ferry funding.
A major topic was allegations that sign-ins on the income tax bill included duplicates or fraudulent entries. Republicans said they took the issue seriously, supported verification improvements, and argued that even after removing duplicates the bill still drew over 100,000 unique emails opposing it. They rejected claims that their side had manipulated the process and said the Legislature should fix the sign-in system, possibly with more IT safeguards, while also arguing the bill should lose its emergency clause so voters could weigh in through a referendum.
Republicans also criticized bills they described as anti-police or anti-law-enforcement, including measures related to face coverings and sheriff qualifications, and they opposed a bill requiring arbitration before claims against the state or local governments can go to jury trial, saying broader tort reform is needed instead. They said the state’s liability problems stem from harm done in areas like juvenile rehabilitation and child welfare. On the budget side, they objected to cuts to Medicaid, child care, transitional kindergarten, rural school funding, and other programs, while also warning against using pension funds to balance the budget and against a proposed 75-year Sound Transit bond, which they called financially irresponsible. No votes were taken in this media availability.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 18th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Therefore, we're 10 days from notice of terminations of people's insurance policies for the month of
- You know, I'm a former insurance professional, but from the property casualty standpoint, but I do have
- some understanding of health insurance.
- I do have some understanding of health insurance, how it works.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill No. 611 by the Health and Welfare Committee, an act relating to health insurance, amending
- for adverse determinations, to provide for personnel qualified to review appeals, to provide for insurer
- length of approvals, to provide for continuity of prior approvals, to provide for the effect of insurers
- comply, to provide for enforcement and administration, to provide for reports to the Department of Insurance
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 3, 2026 - 02:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- any type of sex hormone therapy treatments or puberty blockers for these minors and present it to insurance
- any type of sex hormone therapy treatments or puberty blockers for these minors and present it to insurance
- any type of sex hormone therapy treatments or puberty blockers for these minors and present it to insurance
- These doctors are real doctors; they are vetted by Florida, work in approved facilities, supervised, insured
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and heard a series of health care-related bills, with Chair Tuck emphasizing respectful debate and noting that all bills on the agenda would be voted on that day. The first measure, HB 743, would give the Attorney General authority to investigate and bring civil actions against health care practitioners who violate Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and would make aiding or abetting such conduct a third-degree felony. Supporters said it closed loopholes and protected minors and parental rights, while opponents argued it was vague, overbroad, and could chill lawful care and professional judgment. The bill passed 13-4 and was reported favorably.
The committee then unanimously approved PCS for HB 567, which narrows a continuing-education requirement for podiatrists so only those who prescribe controlled substances must take the related two-hour course. It also unanimously approved HB 439, allowing chiropractors, under specified training and certification requirements, to inject vitamins and nutrients while continuing to prohibit intravenous injections. The committee also passed HB 1235 to enter Florida into the respiratory care interstate compact, and HB 1237, a linked public-records/public-meetings exemption needed to implement that compact; both measures were supported as workforce and access-to-care bills and passed without opposition.
Later, the committee approved PCS for HB 809, which addresses temporary physician certificates in areas of need and aims to prevent doctors from losing the ability to practice when area designations change. Members asked about licensure pathways and the effect of federal or board designation changes, and supporters framed the bill as protecting continuity of care in underserved communities. The committee also unanimously passed HB 1347 to align clinical laboratory personnel licensing with federal CLIA standards amid staffing shortages, and HB 1515, a public-records exemption tied to a uterine fibroid research database.
Finally, the committee approved HB 169 updating acupuncture statutes, including terminology changes and limits on injection therapy, and HB 1021, Representative Young’s first bill, allowing qualified hospital pharmacists in Level I and II trauma centers to administer emergency medications at a physician’s direction during life-threatening situations. HB 1021 drew the most questions, mainly about scope, definitions, and who could authorize the pharmacist, but after a technical amendment it passed unanimously. All remaining bills were reported favorably, and the meeting adjourned after the final vote.
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Transcript Highlights:
- figure it out really quickly if we did eliminate some of these boards for different places that bill insurance
- would do a license because he's been practicing this medicine for 10 years but isn't able to bill insurance
- he has an M.D. up the road that takes an afternoon course in acupuncture and then is able to bill insurance
- He thinks that it would really benefit his business if he could bill insurance, and he was obviously
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The second is that I didn't talk about insurance, but we've agreed on insurance for all of these contracts
- We're holding them harmless for any increase in insurance. Benefits.
- We're holding them harmless for any increase in insurance.
Summary:
The Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining met to hear informational presentations on several state employee bargaining units at impasse. The Department of Management Services outlined the status of negotiations for FDLE special agents, correctional/security services, sworn law enforcement officers, Florida Highway Patrol troopers, and Florida State Fire Service employees. In each case, most contract articles had been resolved, but key disputes remained over wages and several non-economic provisions such as hours of work, grievance language, safety, grooming, seniority, equipment, travel, and on-call pay. DMS emphasized that the state had offered competitive pay increases, special pay, recruitment/retention funds in some units, and that insurance costs would remain unchanged for employees.
Representatives for the Florida State Fire Service Association argued that the state was requiring firefighters to perform work far outside their job descriptions, including major construction and renovation, and that wildland firefighters were being undercompensated for long hours, on-call duty, and callback work. They also pressed for higher wages, an incentive-based pay plan, additional compensation for firefighter-EMTs, more protective clothing, and stronger decontamination and cancer-prevention measures. The Police Benevolent Association’s Florida Highway Patrol unit sought a larger career development plan, veteran stipends, broader grooming/tattoo allowances, improved vehicle safety, and more pay, while the law enforcement unit raised concerns about vehicle safety, performance evaluation quotas, and a $7,000 across-the-board raise. The security services unit representing correctional officers, probation officers, and ISS officers focused on a substantial wage increase, retention pay, special pay for death row and close management assignments, and overtime treatment for lieutenants and captains.
Committee members asked only a few clarifying questions, including whether correctional officers receive overtime, which DMS confirmed they do. No votes were taken and no formal action was scheduled; the meeting was expressly for information only. The committee thanked the presenters, noted that the materials and testimony would be taken under advisement, and adjourned without objection.
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Transcript Highlights:
- in in terms of the Dairy Margin Coverage Program, which protects dairy margins if they buy that insurance
- with covered employees, that means employees that are truly on payroll and are having unemployment insurance
- There's a new tool called unborn calf insurance, and when you breed a cow, you can go to the U.S. government
- and sign up for what's called livestock risk protection insurance.
Committee:
House Agricultural Affairs
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Jan 14th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Regulation, the Department of Lottery, the Department of Financial Services, including the Office of Insurance
- Regulation, the Department of Lottery, the Department of Financial Services, including the Office of Insurance
- Next up, we have the Office of Insurance Regulation.
- around a document that had a printout of what a holding company system of a large national health care insurer
Summary:
The committee first took up confirmation of five water management district appointees: Ted Everett and Jerome Pate to the Northwest Florida Water Management District, Michael Romano to the Big Cypress Basin Board of the South Florida Water Management District, and Paul Bissfam, John Hall, and Virginia Johns to the Southwest Florida Water Management District. Senator McClain moved confirmation, the roll was called, and the committee recommended all appointees favorably.
Members then received the Governor’s Florida First budget presentations for environmental agencies. The environmental package totaled about $5.8 billion and emphasized Everglades restoration, water quality, resilience, land conservation, state parks, hazardous waste cleanup, wildlife management, wildfire response, and citrus support. DEP highlighted more than $1.4 billion for water resources, including $810 million for Everglades restoration, $202 million for Resilient Florida, $150 million for Florida Forever, $70 million for state parks, and $221 million for contamination cleanup. FWC, Agriculture, and Citrus funding priorities were also outlined. Members asked about Florida Forever funding, state park wastewater and septic needs, a reduction at the Florida Wildlife Research Institute, and beach renourishment funding for storm damage.
The committee also heard the General Government portion of the budget, which totaled about $2.9 billion and covered DBPR, Lottery, Financial Services, Management Services, Revenue, PERC, and the Gaming Control Commission. DBPR requested funds for license processing, an animal abuse hotline, fleet replacement, and IT retention. FGCC sought new enforcement squads and an IT licensing/enforcement system. The Lottery proposed marketing, retail engagement, IT, and retention funding. DMS emphasized building modernization, fleet telematics, 911 and radio upgrades, cybersecurity, a local government cybersecurity grant program, and data interoperability. PERC described a sharp increase in labor cases and elections after SB 256 and requested staffing, election administration, and hearing officer pay increases. DFS highlighted My Safe Florida Home, fire marshal and first responder support, financial investigations, and gold and silver legal tender implementation. Revenue requested operational and IT funding and support for fiscally constrained counties. Questions focused on DBPR’s condo and HOA initiatives, cybersecurity grant reductions, and the My Safe Florida Home program’s abandoned grants and matching requirements. No additional votes were taken, and the committee adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Jan 14th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Regulation, the Department of Lottery, the Department of Financial Services, including the Office of Insurance
- Regulation, the Department of Lottery, the Department of Financial Services, including the Office of Insurance
- Next up, we have the Office of Insurance Regulation.
- around a document that had a printout of what a holding company system of a large national health care insurer
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informational interview with Rep. Nathan Coulter (DFL-Bloomington) Jan 6th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- sort of center-of-life things, these basic things, food, rent, mortgage, child care, uh, health insurance
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 5th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Former Senator and current Insurance Commissioner, can we please give a warm welcome...
- Former Senator and current Insurance Commissioner, can we please give a warm welcome to Ricardo Lara.
- I know what it feels like to see a child ill or sick, and second-guess how much insurance will cover
- if you have to visit urgent care, if you're lucky enough to be able to afford insurance.
Summary:
The Senate held a special ceremonial session to swear in Monique Limón as the 50th President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate and the first Latina to hold the position. The proceedings included a roll call establishing quorum, a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a land acknowledgement, musical performances, and remarks from numerous senators and invited leaders. Speakers repeatedly highlighted the historic nature of the moment, Limón’s background as the daughter of immigrants and a former school board member and higher-education advocate, and her leadership on issues such as education, child care, labor, wildfire response, environmental protection, and immigrant rights.
Several senators, including Mike McGuire, Caroline Menjivar, Sasha Renée Pérez, Steve Cabaldon, Catherine Blakespear, and Scott Wiener, praised Limón as a unifier, coalition-builder, and effective legislator. They emphasized her preparation, calm demeanor, and ability to work across differences, while also noting the broader significance of women’s leadership and gender parity in the Senate. Some remarks referenced current political and fiscal challenges facing California, including attacks on immigrants, reproductive freedom, health care, and the state budget.
Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero administered the oath of office, after which Limón was formally introduced as the new pro tem. In her acceptance remarks, Limón thanked her predecessor, Governor Newsom, legislative leaders, her family, and the many guests in attendance. She spoke about her immigrant family, her Central Coast district, her work in education and higher education, and her commitment to protecting Californians, especially immigrants, children, working families, and communities facing economic and environmental hardship. The session concluded with an announcement that the Senate would recess and reconvene on January 8, 2026, after a reception in the Capitol Rotunda.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 5th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Former Senator and current Insurance Commissioner, can we please give a warm welcome...
- Former Senator and current Insurance Commissioner, can we please give a warm welcome to Ricardo Lara.
- I know what it feels like to see a child ill or sick, and second-guess how much insurance will cover
- if you have to visit urgent care, if you're lucky enough to be able to afford insurance.
Summary:
The California State Senate held a special ceremonial session to swear in Monique Limón as the 50th President Pro Tempore, described throughout the event as the first Latina to hold the post and only the second woman to lead the chamber. The session opened with acknowledgments of statewide officials, tribal leaders, members of Congress, former legislative leaders, and other guests, followed by a quorum call, suspension of Senate Rule 55 to allow guests and media on the floor, a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a land acknowledgement honoring the Miwok, Nisenan, Patwin, and Southern Maidu peoples.
The ceremony included musical performances by Mariachi Bonitas and the Sacramento Women’s Choir/Genesis Church, after which several senators delivered remarks praising Limón’s leadership, coalition-building, work on education, labor, child care, wildfire response, and her role as a trailblazer for women and Latinas in California politics. Speakers also referenced the state’s fiscal challenges, federal policy concerns, and the importance of inclusive leadership. Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero administered the oath of office, and Limón was formally introduced as President Pro Tempore.
In her acceptance remarks, Limón thanked her predecessor Mike McGuire, Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, and her colleagues, family, and supporters. She emphasized her immigrant family background, the importance of education, child care, consumer protection, labor rights, and support for working families, and said California must continue to protect immigrants and expand opportunity. The Senate then announced a reception in the Capitol Rotunda and adjourned/recessed until January 8, 2026 at 9 a.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Aug 15th, 2025
Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
Transcript Highlights:
- And utilities insurance costs are also on the rise and add to that the challenge of recovering from COVID
- Goods are expensive, insurance, wildfire, and things of that nature, right?
- That's stuff. that we're dealing with in California and in cost of insurance.
- She shared an idea of, well maybe we can create an incentive program where your insurance rates go down
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Importantly, HB 4144 does not replace health insurance.
- The insurance pool had no money, which we found out later.
- Now, I don't want to neglect to thank you, Madam Chair, for the additional insurance money and for acknowledging
- So the additional insurance money is critically needed to meet an 8% premium increase, so thank you for
Committee:
Senate Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- individuals, ensuring that they have the same level of access to contraception as those with private insurance
- Regardless of income or insurance status, have the ability to make timely informed choices about their
- If a patient comes to my pharmacy for opioids today and wants to use their Medi-Cal insurance, I have
- With this simple policy change, pharmacists will be able to help people use their health insurance to
Committee:
House Business and Professions
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota’s Healthcare Needs – Senator Liz Boldon Mar 31st, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- can't talk about medical debt without mentioning some of the other actors in that arena being health insurance
- 20.879><c> health</c> other actors in that arena being health other actors in that arena being health insurance
- <c> companies</c><00:08:22.240><c> or</c><00:08:22.639><c> hospitals</c><00:08:23.199><c> or</c> insurance
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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Mar 18th, 2025
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- building jobs, you know, it's going to help us with, it's going to help Senator Worth and I with our insurance
- stuff and Senator Ramos, and we want to get our insurance right and we start pulling all this. monetary
- The federal definition of reasonable insurance, and this is a win, win, win.
- having more doctors in this community, uh, we're uh including Senator Brand's health practitioner co-insurance
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation