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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

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  • since the announcement about a month ago of changes that will throw about 16,000 people out of medical care
  • reducing their eligibility criteria, which is going to limit the pool of clients who could access care
  • , ...that special relationship you have with your physician as a woman, in HIV care, you build a very
  • And it creates greater barriers to care for someone. And so there are concerns with it.
  • And finally, it requires AHCA to adopt rules for minimum standards for pediatric care.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard public comment first on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program and the iBudget waiver. Testimony on the HIV program warned that proposed Department of Health changes could disrupt care for thousands of clients, create confusion, and force people off life-saving medications; a senator suggested affected clients explore medically needy and FQHC/340B options. Testimony on iBudget urged support for a roughly 7% rate adjustment for direct support professionals, citing rising costs and the need to sustain the developmental disabilities workforce. The committee then considered several bills. SB 428 expanded Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7 and was reported favorably. SB 68 required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment standards, and readiness assessments; an amendment aligning reporting dates with the House was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 1718 lengthened the time an adult may stay in an out-of-home placement before being treated as a visitor, reduced background screening burdens for foster families, made the Step Into Success program permanent, and created a best-practices program; it was also reported favorably. The committee next approved SB 606, which adds drowning-prevention and safe-bathing education to postpartum materials and requires related compliance records, and SB 96, which expands the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program to veterans up to 400% of the federal poverty level; an amendment removed the bill’s specific $500,000 appropriation so funding can be handled in the budget process. SB 340 required nursing education to include a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure, and SB 1480 created a grandfathering process for certain area-of-critical-need health care providers if federal designations change, both of which were reported favorably. The committee adjourned after all bills passed their roll calls.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

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  • health care costs and health care health care costs and health care services services services &
  • Residential care carries a significantly Residential care carries a significantly less<00:33:01.840><
  • long-term care type facility. long-term care type facility.
  • and then Aloha Care in support on Zoom? and then Aloha Care in support on Zoom?
  • ,<00:43:39.320> also children exiting foster care, also children exiting foster care, also
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to criminal procedure, homelessness, family resilience, Medicaid-funded services, and school Medicaid reimbursement. On SB 2479 SD2, the Judiciary testified in neutral opposition with concerns that the bill could require imprisonment even for probation-eligible defendants, expand sentence reconsideration in ways that could undermine finality for victims, conflict with existing sentencing statutes, and require additional judicial resources. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill’s intent but asked for language changes so people serving sentences could raise the new evidence in Rule 40 petitions and so probation would remain available in appropriate felony cases. Written testimony also included opposition from several county prosecutors and police, and support from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The chair later deferred SB 2479 SD2, citing unintended consequences and problems with the bill. For SB 2557 SD1, which would require annual reporting by the State Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, the office said it supported the intent but noted it already produces annual and quarterly reports, that some requested data is already available, and that staffing and cost constraints could make the new reporting burdensome. The State Council on Mental Health supported the measure and suggested narrowing the reporting language to data on individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring behavioral health conditions, to the extent practicable and in collaboration with relevant agencies. A committee member asked about the availability of point-in-time count data, and the office explained that some figures may not be available every year and may need to be generated through HMIS. Dr. Jack Lewin testified in support, saying the data would be useful for understanding health care costs. The committee passed SB 2557 SD1 with amendments, including a deferral of the effective date. The committee also heard SB 2861 SD2 and SB 3204 SD1, both family resilience pilot program measures. For SB 2861 SD2, the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the office’s role is planning and advisory, that DHS is a key partner, and that federal compliance safeguards are included. The chair raised concerns about overlap with DHS’s existing Ka Ohana program and asked for language to avoid redundancy while allowing the bill to cover other at-risk children; decision-making was deferred to the next hearing. For SB 3204 SD1, which would create a peer-navigator-based family resilience pilot, the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS supported the measure, with the office requesting a two-year pilot period, and both agencies and several advocacy groups submitted support. The committee discussed funding, the proposed five peer navigators, and whether the pilot should be limited to one or two geographic areas; no final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee also heard and supported SB 3324 SD1 on Medicaid home and community-based services, with the Department of Health emphasizing caregiver shortages and the cost-effectiveness of community care, and SB 3325 SD1 HD1 on public school Medicaid reimbursement, where DOE and the Attorney General requested clarifying amendments to reporting language and position titles.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

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  • care and provide needed health care care and provide needed health care services<01:15:09.040>
  • cost effectiveness of NPN CNS care. cost effectiveness of NPN CNS care.
  • barrier restricts access to health care. barrier restricts access to health care.
  • It simply improve patient care.
  • care. Thank you for your consideration. care. Thank you for your consideration.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 30th, 2025

Health & Human Services

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  • of the state foster care system or juvenile justice system.
  • Children within the care of the state foster care system or juvenile justice system are at a higher risk
  • That's about 1% of the children in care that year.
  • It is the main core structure of Medicaid managed care.
  • lower total cost of care.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and announced it would vote on pending bills at 10:30, with public testimony limited to two minutes. It first took up Senate Bill 905, a TDLR cleanup bill on licensing regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Senator Zafferini said the committee substitute would streamline advisory board consultation, remove obsolete provisional licenses, and allow any licensed physician to authorize hearing instruments for minors; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 451, which would require universal screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk for children in DFPS conservatorship and youth under TJJD jurisdiction. The author and witnesses from Children at Risk, the Fort Bend Anti-Trafficking Collective, and Texas CASA supported the bill as a prevention tool with existing infrastructure and training; the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee next considered Senate Bill 466, which would clarify that families may request a fetal death certificate at any gestational age, while keeping existing filing requirements for physicians. A constituent father testified about losing his 11-week-old daughter and being told he could not obtain a certificate, which he said prevented funeral arrangements; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. Senate Bill 2311 followed, requiring residential treatment centers to have a written agreement with the school that will educate resident children before becoming operational. The author cited a local dispute where an RTC and school district lacked communication, and witnesses from Texas CASA and Disability Rights Texas supported clearer educational planning while suggesting the Education Code may need conforming changes; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2826, known as Alyssa’s Law, which would create a statewide education program on medical child abuse for medical students, health care professionals, and CPS caseworkers. The author and Sheriff Bill Weyburn described Alyssa’s case as involving repeated unnecessary surgeries and argued the bill would improve awareness and early identification, while several witnesses and members raised concerns about false accusations, impacts on medically fragile children, and the need for scientific, peer-reviewed training and safeguards. After extensive discussion, the chair left the bill pending. The committee also heard House Bill 136, which would add certified lactation consultants as Medicaid providers to expand breastfeeding support; witnesses from lactation and nutrition fields said the bill would improve access, maternal and infant health, and long-term savings, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2805, a surprise-billing/arbitration measure that would clarify provider identifiers and shift arbitration costs to the losing party. The author said the substitute was a legislative counsel draft with no substantive difference, and witnesses from the Texas Medical Association, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners supported the bill as a modest improvement that would reduce administrative confusion and make arbitration fairer without weakening patient protections. Members discussed how arbitration costs affect settlement behavior and how to define the “winner” in close cases. The bill was heard but not voted out during this segment.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 2nd, 2026 at 09:12 am

Senate Rules

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  • listen to our pain or allowing their biases about certain Racial groups seeking reproductive health care
  • or any kind of health care.
  • She also has a documentary that you know, makes people aware of what has happened and just the trauma
  • I have been proud to serve the courageous Community of survivors of rape, child abuse, and trauma for
  • And I think this is symptomatic of society And anything to take care of the wrongs. I support.
Bills: SM13, SM14
TX
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  • of the state foster care system or juvenile justice system.
  • So I think we need to be Very careful on how we look at this.
  • Care for those people.
  • I would like to continue caring for the Medicaid patients in my practice.
  • The bill amends Government Code 540 to allow Medicaid-managed care organizations to provide medical care
HI
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  • <00:51:49.680> is provider that delivered the care is provider that delivered the care is
  • control over medical decisions and care control over medical decisions and care guidelines.<01:02
  • <01:06:48.640> um care, preventive medicine. um care, preventive medicine. um disregarding
  • <01:24:02.800> and strengthen the continuity of care and strengthen the continuity of care
  • So it's time that we've figured care.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2047, relating to pharmacy benefit managers. The Insurance Division said the bill would require new enforcement resources and estimated an appropriation of about $1.5 million and five positions. Kaiser Permanente asked for an amendment to exclude HMOs from the definition of third-party PBMs, saying the bill should not interfere with integrated care models. PCMA and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association supported narrowing amendments, with pharmacists objecting to section 3 and warning the bill as amended could create major operational burdens and a significant general fund cost. No vote was taken in the portion provided, and the chair moved on to the next measure after questions. The committee then took up SB 2080, which would allow Hawaii to join the psychology interjurisdictional compact. Supporters, including DCR, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, the Grassroot Institute, and others, said the compact would expand access to psychology services, especially for people in rural areas or those needing continuity of care while traveling. Opponents, including the Board of Psychology and a Shamanad University psychology professor, raised concerns about client safety, crisis-response procedures, enforcement costs, FBI background checks, and possible loss of state control over training and specialization standards. The board said Hawaii’s current 1,900-hour internship/postdoc requirement is higher than the compact’s standard and that the state is still implementing a separate provisional licensing law that may address some access issues. The discussion focused on whether the compact would meaningfully reduce shortages and whether Hawaii should instead pursue changes within its existing licensing system. Finally, the committee heard SB 2277 on hospital price transparency. The Office of Consumer Protection initially noted the bill could require significant staffing, but later testimony from SHIP suggested the measure could be handled more simply by working with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and publicly posting violations. The Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing hospitals already must comply with federal CMS transparency rules and that adding state requirements would increase costs and legal exposure, especially if violations were treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices. Steve Fenberg testified in support, saying the bill would simply codify existing federal requirements in state law and that he was open to amendments removing state enforcement and the unfair trade practice language. No final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services May 20th, 2025

Human Services

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  • Residential treatment centers provide around the clock supervision and care for children with serious
  • Uh, you are with Texans Care for Children. Is that correct? Excuse me, yes, that's correct.
  • I am Kate Murphy, director of child protection policy at Texans Care for Children.
  • Are they, um, really able to wrap around them and care for them the way that we hope that they can.
  • care, it should be considered temporary because parents are working to get their children home.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services May 20th, 2025

Human Services

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  • You are with Texans Care for Children, correct? Excuse me. Yes, that's correct.
  • I am Kate Murphy, Director of Child Protection Policy at Texans Care for Children.
  • Our concern is that when a child is initially placed in foster care or placed in any care, it should
  • But once the child is placed in care, they always ask, are you willing?
  • Care providers or their staff to violate this provision.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Mar 18th, 2025

Human Services

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  • So when community-based care, uh, which you may know, began in 2017, is privatizing foster care across
  • Now, for Region Nine, we have experience with foster care privatization back in 2013, um, foster care
  • Under foster care redesign that privatized the placement part of foster care, uh, that, uh, contract
  • , our care is, um, at a university.
  • We definitely do this in our foster care, kinship care, adoption, family strengthening and preservation
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • Brenda is a family care child care provider in my district, and she, along with other family child care
  • child care for him, and we could not afford child care for my daughter.
  • to afford quality child care.
  • Yes, we are the Cunningham Family Child Care Provider and leading care public policy chair.
  • access to family foster care.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • . home child care for almost 11 years I am home child care for almost 11 years I am testifying<00:20:
  • <00:20:54.960> stable establish the rural Child Care stable establish the rural Child Care
  • financial support to child care financial support to child care providers<00:22:02.200> in
  • to afford quality child care.
  • to family foster care.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • <00:19:00.840> system we witnessed in our child care system we witnessed in our child care
  • the executive director for a child care the executive director for a child care program<00:19:56.560
  • Sanford with the Minnesota Child Care Sanford with the Minnesota Child Care Association,<00:26:43.040
  • Limiting the county-by-county care.
  • exiting out of foster care exiting out of foster care are<01:51:28.920> protected<01:51:29.640
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • Our youth caring professionals do their very best to provide trauma-informed responses, create accommodating
  • We adopted them to new parents who are caring for them, and then when the complexities of the trauma
  • We adopted them to new parents who are caring for them, and then when the complexities of the trauma
  • We adopted them to new parents who are caring for them, and then when the complexities of the trauma
  • We adopted them to new parents who are caring for them, and then when the complexities of the trauma
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Mar 3, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

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  • Aloha Care in support on Zoom. Care? I'm not present.
  • Care? I'm not present.
  • emergency medical systems of care. emergency medical systems of care.
  • access specialty care. access specialty care.
  • supervising the care. supervising the care.
Summary: The committee heard several administration bills related largely to workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance. On HB 2323 HD1, which would modernize workers’ compensation notice and filing procedures, DLIR and other agencies testified in support of the original bill language but said HD1 removed key components and weakened the bill’s clarity and continuity. HB 2324 HD1, which would repeal state hoisting-machine certification requirements and the separate crane operator certificate, drew support from DLIR; members asked about whether the change would affect safety or local operators, and DLIR said OSHA-compliant certifications already exist and the union supported the change. HB 1509 HD1, which would require faster employer responses to treatment plans and impose penalties for nonresponse, received support from DLIR and others, while DHRD said it wanted an amendment. The committee also took up HB 2164 HD1 on compounded prescription drugs in workers’ compensation. DLIR supported the bill as a way to define compounded drugs and curb inflated pricing, but DHRD and a medical provider opposed it and asked for amendments. Testimony focused heavily on whether the definition should include 503B compounding facilities and whether physician dispensing should be limited to the first 30 days after injury. HB 2165 HD1, dealing with unemployment insurance eligibility and removing the two-year limit on recouping overpayments, was supported by DLIR but opposed by Unite Here Local 5, which argued it would make it harder for striking workers and other claimants. Members questioned the impact of changing reporting deadlines from calendar days to business days and raised concerns about future benefit offsets; DLIR said the bill was needed for federal conformity and that the committee would revisit the offset percentage and effective date. Later, the committee heard HB 2367 on pay transparency, requiring salary ranges in job postings and removing the small-employer exemption. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, AAUW, Hawaii Women Lawyers, and an individual testifier supported the bill, saying pay transparency promotes fairness, trust, and pay equity; one testifier described being underpaid compared with a predecessor and said posting ranges would save applicants’ time. HB 2619 HD1, concerning homemade food products and farm kitchens, received generally supportive comments from the Department of Health, which requested an amendment to preserve flexibility in future rulemaking. HB 1765 HD1, on spear-fishing safety warnings, drew support from a safety educator and comments from DLNR; supporters said warning labels would help prevent hypoxic blackout deaths and were low-cost and easy to implement. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 1st, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

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  • STI care, prescriptions, and related follow-up care for a period of 30 days after their forensic medical
  • Have they... have they returned to school, can they take care of their life, can they take care of to
  • When medical providers don't understand the law or trauma-informed care the Victims are the ones that
  • And the trauma experienced by children.
  • It is the literal rape, abuse, and trauma.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • <00:09:13.040> for ultimately providing the best care for ultimately providing the best care
  • <00:10:49.079> will investment in mental health care will investment in mental health care
  • care these Solutions ease Direct Care care these Solutions ease Direct Care Staffing<00:27:05.320
  • just aren't paid for residents care just aren't paid for residents care bringing<00:58:29.760>
  • Every dollar spent today on aging services saves thousands in emergency health care, long-term care costs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

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  • That's our hope, that the primary care doctors, that every Texan is seeing a primary care doctor getting
  • Specifically, the campaign will prioritize. continuing education, implementing trauma-informed care,
  • Care Coalition.
  • We are not seeing enough maternal health care providers in the state.
  • While seeking the best care for my nine-year-old child, with standard care treatment failing to treat
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-24-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Health care sector.
  • , care, care, and<00:08:38.640> strengthening<00:08:39.159> consumer<00:08:39.680> rights
  • Without anything but the care for wanting to get something done.
  • <00:16:27.600> for Without anything but the care for Without anything but the care for wanting
  • aina, and taking care of each other. aina, and taking care of each other.