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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) Mar 5th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will reconvene, come to order, and members don't need
  • The bill promotes child welfare services in rural Texas, ensuring the vulnerable children and families
  • We have our unique challenges, as was stated this morning in rural child welfare services.
  • Especially mental health services.
  • Patients too often face confusing disputes with insurance carriers over ambulance services frequently
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • I invite all of Oklahoma to pray, Lord we recognize our freedoms are not secured by our own initiatives
  • Please join me in welcoming and thanking Mary Eutzler for her Service to our state and for serving as
  • country, House Bill 3901 would establish a five-year pilot project to develop psychological autopsy services
  • He brought comfort to service members stationed around the world.
  • Claremore's question, would you believe that all the federal student loan forgiveness programs for public service
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • reimbursed and right now no other industry in the state allows a third party to control pricing for services
  • And if the insurance company is not providing that covered service, they should not have a be a party
  • I mean, if they can tell you how much you can charge for services they don't cover, can they tell you
  • I mean, we are talking about services they do not cover. Is that correct?
  • dentist in Clinton who sees patients from outside of Guymon that drive to Clinton to get covered services
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Sep 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Internet service provider—I'm confused about that one.
  • All right, cloud service provider—same answer.
  • Which are civil service cities, and they already use this exact policy.
  • Section 143 of the Local Government Code sets up the meet-and-confer agreements for civil service cities
  • A civil service city in the state of Texas, any civil service city under Local Government Code 143 already
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, we are opening the hearing for the Committee on Human Services and Homelessness, Tuesday,
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  • This allows services during a governor-declared state of emergency.
  • You can be selective services.
Bills: HB1546
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2083, which would add homeless shelters to Hawaii’s drug-free/safe-zone protections. The City and County prosecutor’s office strongly supported the bill, saying service providers asked for the change because drug activity near shelters can undermine recovery efforts. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, focusing on a possible notice problem because many shelters are not readily identifiable and the bill’s 750-foot distance requirement could be difficult to apply. The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii also opposed the bill, arguing it would expand criminalization of poverty and drug use and that drug-free zone laws are ineffective and disproportionately harmful. The prosecutor’s office said it would do more research on the notice concern. The committee then moved on without taking a vote in the transcript provided. The committee next discussed HB 2087, which would change the treatment of abuse of family or household member cases by ending the deferred-acceptance pilot and returning to the prior statute. The prosecutor’s office supported the bill, saying the pilot had not reduced backlog as intended and that domestic violence cases should remain petty misdemeanors without deferral. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Public Defender’s Office both opposed HB 2087, instead urging extension of the pilot for another five years so the legislature can better evaluate how deferred acceptance is working. They said deferrals can be a useful incentive for behavior change and that more data is needed before ending the program. Committee members questioned the prosecutor about why Hawaii should differ from other counties and whether repeat offenders could keep receiving deferrals; the prosecutor said the deferral is available only once and reiterated support for returning to the old statute. The committee then heard HB 2096 on aggravated circumstances in child protective proceedings. The family court and Attorney General’s Office supported the bill, saying current law limits aggravated-circumstances findings to the early return hearing, which can prevent findings in the most serious abuse cases when key evidence is not yet available. They said the bill would allow such findings later in the case and, with proposed amendments, would let the court consolidate aggravated-circumstances and termination-of-parental-rights hearings to reduce delay and appeals. The Libertarian Party of Hawaii opposed the measure, arguing it would expand state power in family matters and could worsen outcomes for parents and children. Committee questions focused on the amended language, including what “another court of competent jurisdiction” means and whether a charge alone would be enough; the judiciary responded that criminal courts are included, but a hearing and opportunity to defend would still be required. Finally, the committee took up HB 1959, another domestic violence measure. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Public Defender’s Office, the Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and county prosecuting offices testified in support. Supporters said the bill would extend the pilot program while keeping deferred acceptance of guilty pleas in place, giving more time to evaluate whether the program is working and whether a more formal diversion model should be developed. The coalition also suggested technical fixes to ensure judiciary data reporting continues and that the deferred-acceptance statute is not inadvertently repealed. No vote or final action was taken in the transcript before the committee moved on to the next bill.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Medicaid Services. Medicaid Services.
  • program and who are receiving services. program and who are receiving services.
  • Service population.
  • What's funded is our fee-for-service mandatory and optional services.
  • services that they do for our members. services that they do for our members.
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met for an overview of the Department for Medicaid Services budget. Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Beal described Kentucky Medicaid enrollment at about 1.4 million members, including more than 600,000 children, and said the agency’s 2025 total budget was $20.6 billion. They reviewed enrollment trends before, during, and after the COVID-19 public health emergency, noting that redeterminations begun in 2023 reduced enrollment from its peak but that total membership remains above pre-COVID levels. They also explained the difference between the fee-for-service population, which includes long-term care and waiver members, and managed care members, and gave examples of the kinds of services and diagnoses seen in each group. A major focus was the governor’s recommended Medicaid budget and the department’s forecast process. Lee said the budget is split into benefits and administration, with benefits covering fee-for-service services, managed care capitation, transportation, and Medicare premiums, while administration covers contracts, personnel, operating costs, and IT-related advanced planning documents. She said the department uses a consensus forecasting group and actuary input, and that its forecasts have been within 1% of actual spending in recent years. The department also said the governor’s budget includes new waiver slots to address waiting lists, a 2% staff COLA, and a 10% phase-down on state-directed payments beginning in January 2028. Much of the discussion centered on House Resolution 1 and the funding needed to implement its Medicaid-related provisions, including community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, and future cost sharing. Lee said the department requested about $35 million in total funds for fiscal 2027, including about $8.2 million in general funds for system changes to the integrated eligibility system, claims processing, notices, and monitoring; and about $11 million in fiscal 2028 for ongoing maintenance, with about $1.6 million in general funds. She said the department expects to seek federal APD matching funds for the IT work. In response to questions, she explained that community engagement would apply to Medicaid expansion members, with qualifying activities including work, school, volunteering, or equivalent income, and that certain groups such as pregnant women, children, caretaker relatives, and some people with chronic disease or substance use disorder would be excluded. She said the department identified roughly 70,000 expansion members who could be subject to the requirement. No votes or formal actions were taken.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • We respect that there are different service delivery and self-determination models across the country
  • Among those federal employees are healthcare professionals within the Indian Health Service. This.
  • Justice Services' 2021 report to Congress highlights a critical funding crisis revealing that public
  • received through the Indian Health Service.
  • Enhance access to quality health services.
Summary: The committee meeting focused on crucial issues facing tribal nations, particularly emphasizing the federal government's trust and treaty obligations. The discussions highlighted ongoing challenges such as disparities in healthcare, education, and public safety within Native communities. Chair Murkowski underscored the importance of listening to Native leaders and aligning congressional efforts with community needs, advocating for legislative actions that support tribal sovereignty and economic development. Various initiatives, including the Tax Parity Act and the PROTECT Act, aimed at addressing jurisdictional and financial disparities, were discussed in detail. A call for bipartisan support to alleviate the funding shortages affecting Indian Health Services was made several times during the meeting. Testimonies from tribal leaders and representatives emphasized the dire need for legislative support to enhance infrastructure, healthcare access, and public safety initiatives in tribal communities.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget REVISED: Agenda added Apr 6th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Service delivery dresses gaps in the access and builds a platform for better funding and emergency responsiveness
  • 169 is to increase the longevity pay awarded to state employees by 50% for all designated years of service
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • attest to many conversations I've had with communities around the state who want this composting service
  • In the Albuquerque area, we benefit from the services of Ciudad, getting our kids outdoors, learning
  • And the intent over the period of time is to ensure that we do provide, if you will, those services in
  • The additional amount is, if we were to go ahead and secure it, and it's, The additional amount is if
  • we were to go ahead and secure, and it's not, this won't happen, but there will be a small amount that
Bills: SB47, SB195, SB196, SB197, SB198, SB78
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • After checking with House IT services, she said this is not a standard House practice.
  • In 2025, Northstar government services."
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • family services.
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Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up Department for Medicaid Services regulations 907 KAR 23:010 and related rules. DMS explained that one regulation would establish a beneficiary advisory council and another would remove language barring coverage of GLP-1 drugs for obesity-related use. The department said coverage would still be limited by prior authorization and clinical criteria, with use tied to underlying chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, and that the pharmacy and therapeutics committee would help set the detailed standards. Members discussed the potential health benefits, but several raised concerns about cost, timing, and whether the legislature and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board should review the policy first. DMS said the drugs are already on the formulary, that current Medicaid users with diabetes are already covered, and that the fiscal impact was estimated using current utilization, rebates, and expected savings; the department also said it would only cover the drugs if subject to rebates. The committee then voted 5-1 to find 907 KAR 23:010 deficient. The committee next considered several emergency regulations from the Public Protection Cabinet’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control implementing SB 100. The rules covered tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing, including the application form, denial standards, and transitional licensing. ABC counsel said the department had received about 5,500 applications and issued nearly 5,000 licenses, with additional provisional licenses issued to avoid interruption in sales after the law’s effective date. He said some applications remained pending because inspections and photographs revealed possible unauthorized nicotine vapor products, and the department was seeking documentation before approval. A staff amendment was adopted without objection before the ABC presentation continued.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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Bills: HF3415
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • disregarding his own safety, he moved through heavy enemy fire to assist wounded soldiers and help secure
  • She also provides on-call crisis services for the Oklahoma Heart Hospital.
  • House Bill 3297 creates a new regulatory framework for highway remediation and cleanup services here
  • Wonderful place providing services to women and babies, normally at no cost or at least generally at
  • And now they don't have access to a service that helped them raise their families.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm senior analyst with the Center for Security Policy, a national security think tank with the mission
  • issues, and as a security issues...
  • Citizen legislator on national security issues.
  • We both have the same degree in Foreign Service.
  • We both have the same degree in Foreign Service.
Summary: The committee met to hear several measures, beginning with HCM 2001 and HCM 2002, both memorials urging Congress to review and potentially designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations. Supporters argued the groups have documented ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood’s stated goal of undermining Western civilization, citing the Holy Land Foundation case, FBI concerns, and testimony from national-security advocates. Opponents, including CAIR representatives, Muslim community members, and civil-rights advocates, said the memorials relied on guilt by association, would stigmatize Muslims, and lacked a factual or legal basis; they emphasized CAIR’s civil-rights work and warned of First Amendment concerns and community harm. After extensive debate and questions about the relationship between national and Arizona CAIR entities, the committee approved HCM 2001 and HCM 2002 on 4-3 votes, with members on both sides explaining their votes at length. Supporters framed the measures as simple requests to Congress based on existing federal findings, while opponents called them political theater and discriminatory. The committee then recessed briefly. When the committee returned, it heard HB 2009, which would prohibit committees primarily organized to influence constitutional amendments from accepting foreign national contributions and require donor verification and disclosure of out-of-state funding. The sponsor said the bill is meant to help voters understand outside influence on Arizona constitutional initiatives and suggested it could be broadened to all ballot measures. The bill passed 4-3. The committee then took up HCR 2001, a proposed constitutional amendment on elections that would limit voting to U.S. citizens, ban foreign contributions to candidate and ballot measure campaigns, require government-issued ID, and adjust early voting and mail-ballot rules. A late amendment clarified that the citizenship requirement applies to primary, general, and municipal elections, set early voting to end the Friday before an election, and refined mail-ballot rules while preserving federal overseas military voting requirements. The sponsor argued the measure would make Arizona elections more secure and efficient, while critics said it would create barriers and longer lines. The transcript cuts off during sponsor questioning on the amendment and ballot-access provisions.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Mar 17th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We provide custom B2B services to other wineries. We do winemaking, co-packing, things like that.
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs resumed consideration of several pending bills, first taking up Senate Bills 667, 1349, 1585, and 2312. After inviting testimony had already been heard, no members of the public came forward to testify on any of those measures, and the committee closed public testimony and left all four bills pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1355, which Senator Parker explained as a committee substitute aimed at helping Texas distillers recover unpaid invoices from wholesalers. The substitute would require distillers to invoice at the time of purchase, send a demand letter if payment terms are violated, and allow complaints to be filed with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which could determine an appropriate penalty based on the facts. Natasha Dehart of Bent Distilling Company testified in support, describing serious cash-flow problems and unpaid invoices from a Texas wholesaler that had forced layoffs, late vendor payments, and operational strain. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1378, a narrowly tailored local bill for a Carrollton facility recently acquired by Sazerac that employs more than 1,000 Texans. Senator Parker said the bill would create a limited exemption to avoid forcing the company to shut down or move because of current permit restrictions, while preserving the three-tier system and preventing the company from selling wine to itself. A Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission resource witness said the bill was drafted so it would not open the door to broader industry changes. Mason Moreland testified against the bill as filed, arguing it gave special treatment to one company and failed to address broader problems in the wine industry, including direct-to-consumer sales and permit issues. After questions from senators, public testimony closed and SB 1378 was left pending. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Apr 7, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 40

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • 213, House Resolution No. 213, recognizing the Hawaiian Council for 25 years of dedicated service
  • I look forward to the next 25 years of service.