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NV
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  • includes passing the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exam administered by Educational Testing Service
  • including demographic information and program participants, the success of the professional development services
Bills: SB175, SB277, SB374, SB400
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/27/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • The rest of the staff will be in the classified service.
  • of these material supports or these services.
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Bills: HF25, HF1, HF428
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

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  • Providers that are performing services currently in our state.
  • They are providing services, and when those services are not there, these individuals end up on our street
  • services program and develop an Alzheimer's disease state plan.
  • like Child Protective Services in every state that already act upon that.
  • like child protective services in every state that already act upon that.
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1114, which would appropriate $1 million to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to investigate behavioral health patient brokering statewide. Sponsor Sen. Karen Werner described the bill as a response to fraud involving vulnerable Native Americans and said the county attorney would investigate the whole state. Some members questioned why the Attorney General was not handling the work and whether the funding should go to a county office, while others supported the effort. The committee voted 10-1 with one present to give SB 1114 a due pass recommendation. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1116, which would require that denials or adverse appeal decisions on behavioral health claims for the American Indian Health Program be reviewed by someone with at least two years of relevant clinical experience. Access testified neutral but said the bill’s language was too broad and could increase appeals and staffing needs, estimating about $490,000 for eight FTEs. Sen. Werner said the bill was meant to prevent inappropriate denials by reviewers without relevant expertise. Members raised concerns about definitions and staffing, and the committee approved the bill 7-4 with one present. Senate Bill 1346 would require Access to notify providers of claim deficiencies within 72 hours and decide corrected claims within 10 business days. Supporters said the measure would reduce long delays and help providers stay afloat; Access said it was working on process improvements but warned the bill would require more staff and system changes, estimating about $580,000. The committee passed SB 1346 7-5. Senate Bill 1347, requiring insurance coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients at risk of infertility, drew strong support from cancer survivors and advocates, with insurers neutral; the committee passed it unanimously 12-0. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1813, which would require Arizona State Hospital admissions to be based on clinical need rather than county of residence. Supporters argued the Maricopa County cap unfairly delays treatment and is not required by the underlying court ruling, while ADHS warned the bill could conflict with the Arnold v. Sarn settlement and could shift access away from rural counties. After extensive discussion, the committee passed SB 1813 9-2 with one present. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1178, which would allow naturopathic physicians to administer IV antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals; the initial testimony was largely opposed by medical associations on patient-safety and training grounds, with supporters yet to testify in the excerpt provided.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations

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  • for the service coordinators.
  • Of the 411 files, I know some use county services and all that, fire rescue.
  • He had 19 years of service and was only 48 years old when he passed on.
  • He had 19 years of service and was only 48 years old when he passed away.
  • Care, and these services allow me to live independently and work a full-time job.
Summary: The committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2026-2027 budget, SPB 2500, with chairs outlining major spending in K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Highlights included a $115 billion overall budget, pay raises for state employees and public safety workers, major K-12 funding increases and enrollment supplements, higher education workforce and nursing investments, expanded Medicaid/KidCare and behavioral health funding, corrections and law enforcement operational funding, transportation and housing investments, and significant environmental and water quality spending. Members asked about civic education funding, declining enrollment, professor retention, APD waiver waitlists, cultural grant allocations, and other line items. Public testimony also addressed HIV/AIDS drug assistance funding and prison air conditioning. SPB 2500 was adopted as a committee bill after amendment consideration and a roll call vote. The committee then took up implementing and related budget bills, including SPB 2502 (implementing the General Appropriations Act), SPB 2504 (state employee bargaining placeholder), SB 7028 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and related retirement changes), SPB 2506 (fuel tax distributions), SPB 2508 (state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge), SPB 2510 (termination of an unused court trust fund), SPB 2512 (new judgeships), SPB 2514 (K-12 conforming changes), SPB 2516 (higher education conforming changes), and SPB 2518 (health conforming changes). Most were explained as technical or conforming measures tied to the budget, and all were reported favorably as committee bills, with SB 7028 amended to direct a portion of increased contributions to disability and line-of-duty death benefits in the FRS investment plan. The committee also heard and passed several member bills, including CS for SB 1074 on rounding rules for cash transactions in a world without pennies, CS for SB 678 restoring the alcohol loss deduction framework for distributors, and SB 964 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention. SB 964 drew the most discussion, with questions about the one-year death-benefit window, the separate $25,000 cancer diagnosis payment, and whether the bill could create gaps in coverage for firefighters diagnosed or dying just outside the new time limits. Firefighter representatives testified in support, saying the bill would provide clearer protections for members and families. All of these measures were reported favorably.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Healthcare

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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 13th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to Senate Health and Human Services.
  • This family has a long line of service, not only in the pharmacy community but also in this area of Oklahoma
  • of the training faculty physician and chairman of the department of Family Practice and emergency services
  • Section D, the name of the dentist or dentists actually providing the dental services to the patient
  • me understand why we would be removing the name of the dentist or dentists providing the dental services
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

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  • Because, and we should have answered this earlier, the patient's on a C-arm, and the C-arm is casting
  • She gets DDD and ESA services.
  • She gets DDD and ESA services.
  • We are not here asking for services and stipends.
  • Service was dismal, the training was dismal.
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1121, which would prohibit hospitals from requiring lead aprons for cardiac catheterization staff when a radiation protection system is in place, while still allowing hospitals to require aprons outside the designated safety zone or when exposure levels warrant additional protection. An amendment added flexibility for radiation safety officers to require lead or other PPE if exposures approach occupational limits and removed expedited rulemaking language. Supporters, including the sponsor and interventional cardiologists, argued the devices reduce radiation and orthopedic injuries and improve recruitment and retention; hospital groups shifted to neutral after the amendment. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1121 on a 9-2 vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1120, which would require hospitals performing cardiac catheterization procedures to equip at least 50% of those rooms with radiation protection systems by 2027. Supporters said the systems protect clinicians from radiation and long-term injury, while opponents, including hospital and radiology groups, argued the bill was overly prescriptive, could create a captive market, and might not fit all rooms or procedures. After adopting a children’s hospital exemption amendment, the committee passed SB 1120 on a 6-6 vote, with the chair breaking the tie in favor of the bill. Senate Bill 1118, an appropriation measure tied to the radiation protection system proposal, was also advanced after brief discussion, passing 6-5. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1214, which would create guardrails for non-FDA-approved stem cell and regenerative therapies, including provider standards, informed consent, advertising limits, reporting requirements, and a private right of action for violations. Supporters described it as a patient-protection and access bill, while testimony emphasized concerns about unregulated “bad actors” and patients traveling out of state for treatment. The committee adopted an amendment removing a reference to the National Law and passed SB 1214 on a 9-3 vote. The transcript then began discussion of SB 1630, which would create a Medicaid-funded home and community-based service benefit for adults with serious mental illness, with AHCCCS taking a neutral position and estimating a significant fiscal impact.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 24th, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

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  • But we can certainly keep the revenue coming in from the services that are provided and... ...from the
  • services that are provided and make sure that's commensurate with the economy and with the market so
  • several bills here that are coming up that are appropriations and such for monies through different services
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-25-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Stephanie Char has committed her law career to public service.
  • We'll adjourn, and then the sergeant at arms will escort you and your guests to the floor, where the
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-24-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Raised in Honolulu, Winn Vong has begun her public service journey actually here at the Hawaii State
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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

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  • All these cuts to agencies, cuts of services, are driven by the effort to do tax conformity, not the
  • , so they might get rid of the services that cost them money: pediatrics, OB, others.
  • Chairman and members, House Bill 4147 and Senate Bill 1840 are the human services budget bills, which
  • Chairman and members, House Bill 4147 and Senate Bill 1840 are the human services budget bills, which
  • And I think that more than anything else, our constituent services will probably increase a whole lot
Summary: The committee met in a special joint appropriations session to review the FY 2027 budget package, including House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831, the general appropriations or “feed” bills. Staff described the budget as including a one-time transfer of state funds, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general-fund budgets, continued funding for the state health insurance plan and school facilities, and various one-time restorations or reversions of prior appropriations. Members spent much of the meeting clarifying how the 5% reductions would work, noting that formula and mandatory funding such as K-12 basic aid are excluded, while the governor’s executive branch would decide how to implement the cuts within agencies. The chair repeatedly emphasized that the committee was not specifying line-item cuts and that agencies would have discretion over implementation. A large portion of the discussion focused on the practical effects of the budget on universities, public safety, health care, rural programs, and fund sweeps. Arizona Board of Regents and university representatives said the proposed reductions would amount to more than $85 million statewide and could affect programs such as the Arizona Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and tuition freezes, though no specific program cuts were written into the bill. Other testimony raised concerns about fund sweeps from encumbered balances, including university research funds, housing trust funds, utility regulation funds, and ADOT-related accounts, with some members warning about possible impacts on rural infrastructure and federal matching dollars. The committee also discussed the state employee health plan, including a $228 million general-fund infusion and proposed employee premium increases over three years, as well as questions about corrections, forestry and fire management, and rural critical access hospitals. Public testimony was largely opposed to the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, health care, and local government argued that the package would reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care access, and rural communities while preserving tax benefits for data centers and wealthy taxpayers. A mayor from Globe described severe flood damage and asked for state help for a flood relief fund, while a motorcycle safety advocate questioned a proposed transfer from the motorcycle safety fund. Committee members debated whether the budget’s effects should be described as speculative or as likely consequences of the broad cuts, and several exchanges became contentious over comparisons to the Great Recession and references to federal tax policy. The meeting ended with continued public testimony and no final vote taken in the portion provided, though leadership had earlier said the committee planned a mass roll-call vote on all the bills at the end.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 1st, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

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  • . ...Department of Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Youth Services, again for the total
  • This will be dispersed to the Department of Early Childhood Education, the 21st Century Debt Service
  • Services, Medicaid waiver.
  • They are used to maintain and service workspace and capital complexes.
  • The Alabama Department of Senior Services received $279,700 for the kinship caregiver pilot program.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 13th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

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  • This is a bill on your county extension services, making sure that if your county extension services
  • So the goal of it is to make sure that if a local extension service raises that money, that that money
  • So what we're trying to ensure is that your local extension service puts that money in a separate account
  • Just to be very clear, our local extension services for a lot of Our rural communities are the backbone
  • And I think that I think that that can be pure and I think it can be done without to provide a service
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 18, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

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  • It's an advisory service that provides instruction on tax compliance, U.S. domestic structuring, and
  • then also we operate a DUNA administrative services where we actually step in, prepare the financials
  • It's an advisory service that provides instruction on tax compliance, U.S. domestic structuring, and
  • then also we operate a DUNA administrative services where we actually step in, prepare the financials
  • <00:20:54.960> that Cowry. uh it's a advisory service that Cowry. uh it's a advisory service
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • Um, there's information in the agency bill about permanency services for children who are out-of-home
  • Um, there's information in the agency bill about permanency services for children who are out-of-home
  • another provision, they will have to be closed circuit cameras, which to me, I personally am not up in arms
  • I personally am not up in arms about whether it's closed circuit or not, but I know many people are.
  • It is a child welfare prevention tool and a wraparound service that puts parent educators in the homes
Bills: HF2436, HF2929
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

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  • It allows a person who was providing earned wage access services to continue to provide such services
  • It allows a person who was providing earned wage access services to continue to provide such services
  • access to a service.”
  • services for things like this.
  • to provide ambulance services if they can demonstrate the ability to provide all services required in
Summary: The House Commerce Committee heard and advanced several bills. HB 2181, as amended, would extend the deadline for funeral establishments to submit death certificates from 7 days to a maximum of 14 days and clarify that a provider’s medical certification period excludes weekends and holidays. The sponsor and a mortuary owner testified that the current timeline is often difficult to meet because of weekends, holidays, doctor availability, county delays, and family circumstances. Several members said the bill did not fully address the underlying compliance problems, but the committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 6-4-1. HB 2682 would create a DES rental assistance program offering up to two months or $5,000 in aid, with a $5 million general fund appropriation for administration. The sponsor and a tenant advocate described the bill as a short-term bridge to prevent eviction and homelessness, while an industry representative said rental assistance is an effective early intervention tool. Some members raised concerns about limiting eligibility to households with children and about program administration, but the bill passed 7-4. HB 2698 would create a rental assistance study committee to evaluate program effectiveness and repeal in 2028; it passed on a 7-4 vote. HB 2476 would revise CPA certification and reciprocity requirements, creating multiple pathways to licensure and updating related rules and fees. Supporters said it would help address a CPA shortage and align Arizona with other states; after clarification from the sponsor and the State Board of Accountancy, the committee passed it unanimously, 11-0. The committee then heard HB 2308, which would bar dental insurers and certain holding companies from owning dental practices; the Arizona Dental Association supported it as a safeguard against vertical integration, while Delta Dental opposed it as overbroad and burdensome. The bill passed 8-0-3. Finally, the committee began hearing HB 2118 on mobile food vendors and local permitting, with the sponsor and food truck operators arguing for streamlined county/state licensing and reduced local duplication, while a vendor representative warned the proposal could affect existing local ordinances and private-property vendors.