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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 04/08/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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- What I'd like to share with you today is the story of how we began.
- Thank you for your time. providers share the goal of ensuring providers share the goal of ensuring safe
- I I just share some of your concerns.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Health Services (7-30-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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- Be happy to discuss this with you or share a copy of the printed report.
- We're leading some regional and local data sharing initiatives.
- The challenge is that most of the time it's not shared across those touch points.
- </c><01:15:02.320><c> across</c> most of the time it's not shared across most of the time it's not shared
Keywords:
00:00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call
00:02:17 - Approval of June 18, 2025 Minutes
00:02:33 - Introductions and Discussion on Priorities
00:07:27 - Health Data Discussion-KY Health Information Exchange (KHIE)
00:34:02 - Health Data Discussion-Public Health Data
01:19:24 - Health Data Discussion-Other Health Data Platforms
01:42:40 - Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations (Except 201 KAR 005:010)
01:44:48 - Discussion of Optometry Regulation 201 KAR 005:010
02:25:29 - Hearing on Unified Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Application for FFY 2026 - 2027 Funds
02:33:40 - Administrative Regulation 201 KAR 005:010 Vote Clarification
02:34:03 - Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services met to approve the June 18 minutes and hear introductory remarks from new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Family Services Dr. Steven Stack and new Department for Public Health Commissioner Dr. John Langfeld. Both described their backgrounds and emphasized a shared focus on using health data to improve quality, coordination, and outcomes across Kentucky. They highlighted the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHI) as a central tool for connecting hospitals, labs, providers, public health systems, Medicaid, and other state and federal data sources, and said the system supports notifications, immunization records, surveillance, and care coordination. They also outlined priorities such as continued investment in KHI, stronger interoperability, privacy protections, and expanded analytic capacity to turn data into action.
Committee members then asked about COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and informed consent, particularly for pregnant women and children. Dr. Stack said informed consent should come through a licensed health care provider, that Kentucky did not mandate the COVID vaccine, and that the evidence still supports vaccination for high-risk groups, including pregnant women, citing professional medical guidance. A follow-up exchange focused on concerns about past vaccine policies and the need for patients to receive full information before making decisions.
Senator Heron asked how KIPRC/KIPR could be used to address firearm injuries. Dr. Langfeld said the key opportunity is to make data more real-time and usable for day-to-day response, while Dr. Stack said the department would continue its long-standing partnership with KIPRC and noted his view that gun violence is a public health emergency. He added, however, that because firearms are a deeply divided issue, the Department for Public Health’s current role is mainly to make data available for authorized research rather than to take a broader policy role. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Committee - Room 1510 Jun 30th, 2026
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Gentlemen, in my notes I have that says that the Whitehall shares a budget with the Lincoln Regional
- And I want to share a little bit of those at a high level.
- Whitehall and Lincoln currently share a principal, is that correct? For this, yes.
- They share programming, whereas currently the YRTC in Kearney, which is...
- I will also share that much of the furniture has been updated in the past few years.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- might have none, unless someone wants to just get up, open mic, or people have feelings they want to share
- A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss. Ah yes, these things I too shall miss.
- Chair, and Bridget for sharing your story, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- So, having said that, I share those concerns. ...from the bill.
- So, having said that, I share those concerns. ...having said that, I share those concerns and would definitely
PA
Transcript Highlights:
- legislative work ahead, guiding our discussions with the spirit of humility, mutual respect, and a shared
- Respect and a shared dedication to the common good.
- Madam Speaker, I rise to share opposition against House Bill 2632.
- But I'd also like to share with you another letter from some parents from my district.
- The juxtaposition between their views is appreciated, but their shared concern about the way we fund
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved several journals, and welcomed a number of guests, including Irish dignitaries, scholarship winners, interns, student pages, and members of Omega Psi Phi. After confirming a quorum, the chamber received committee reports and referred new bills and resolutions, then recessed for caucuses and committee meetings before returning to floor action.
In the afternoon session, the House considered several bills and amendments. It approved amendments to House Bills 426, 1127, 2551, and Senate Bill 146, while rejecting an amendment to HB 1127 that would have tightened background-check requirements for out-of-state dentists. The chamber also agreed to HB 2234, which creates a spent grain donation tax credit and updates the malt beverage tax credit, and HB 2551, which limits text-message notices by the Turnpike Commission and other agencies about unpaid fines, fees, or tolls. Senate Bill 146, creating the Veterans Trust Fund Board, was amended to add audit-related changes and then agreed to.
The House then took final passage votes on several bills. HB 133, allowing a process to petition for reinstatement of parental rights, passed 191-11; HB 138, barring parental incarceration as the sole basis for termination of parental rights, passed 200-2; HB 2207, on capital development loans, passed 202-0; and HB 2224, dealing with utility rate and tax-related changes, passed 202-0 after extensive debate over affordability, consumer protections, and tax relief. HB 2473, repealing the Flood Insurance Education Information Act of 1996, also passed unanimously, and HB 2544, addressing school administrator rights and compensation disputes, passed 141-61.
The most extensive debate centered on HB 2632, which reallocates educational tax credit caps and replaces the EITC and OSTC programs with a new options tax credit framework beginning in 2027-28. Supporters said it would improve transparency, accountability, and access for the poorest students, while opponents argued it would reduce scholarship opportunities, add burdens, and harm families and schools that rely on the current programs. After lengthy debate, the House passed HB 2632 by a vote of 105-97. The chamber then announced a Finance Committee voting meeting, recommitted several bills to Appropriations, and adjourned until June 23, 2026.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:30 am
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- Across community health centers, hospitals, and medical practices of all kinds, physicians share with
- If you're able to, Doctor, share that study.
- I'm wondering if you can share what information you have. Is this a widespread practice?
- Our members, participants, and business community consistently share stories rooted in fear.
- Our members, participants, and business community consistency share stories rooted in fear.
Summary:
The hearing focused on the Safe Communities Act, House 2580 and Senate 1681, along with related proposals to limit local and state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, prohibit 287(g) agreements, and expand legal defense for immigrants. Most testimony came from advocates, attorneys, labor leaders, health care professionals, educators, and community members who argued that fear of ICE discourages immigrants from reporting crimes, seeking medical care, attending school, or cooperating with courts, and that a clear statewide policy would improve public safety, due process, and trust in institutions. Several speakers described personal or client experiences involving domestic violence, trafficking, workplace abuse, or children affected by deportation, and many emphasized economic harms to workers, families, and small businesses.
Health care witnesses said immigration enforcement is causing patients to miss appointments, avoid emergency rooms, and delay preventive care, with resulting public health consequences. Labor and education representatives said immigrant workers and students are increasingly fearful, and that the state should not allow local police to act as ICE agents or enter 287(g) agreements. ACLU and coalition witnesses cited examples they said showed existing or recent collaboration between local agencies and ICE, including courthouse alerts, vehicle stops, and use of municipal spaces, while also arguing that the bill would still allow cooperation on criminal matters and public safety emergencies. One witness opposed the bill, arguing that serious criminal offenders should be deported and defending ICE’s role.
Committee members asked several questions about whether the harms described were widespread or anecdotal, and about the distinction between assisting ICE in civil immigration arrests versus responding to violent or public safety emergencies. Witnesses said the bill was aimed at civil immigration enforcement, not criminal investigations or emergency situations. At the end of the hearing, a committee member requested a study on immigration enforcement’s effect on emergency room wait times, and the committee then adjourned without taking a vote on the legislation.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 47 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We share our sincere condolences with Barney's husband, Jim Reedy, his sister, Anne Lewis, and Doris
- for her boys Miles and Calvin Brown, Megan made multiple trips from the island to the State House to share
- For the families who have shared their stories with us, this bill represents something For the families
- who have shared their stories with us, this bill represents something deep and personal.
- I believe all of us in this chamber share the same fundamental goal: healthy children, informed families
Summary:
The House took up several Senate and House bills, mostly under suspension of the rules, and advanced a number of measures to third reading or engrossment. Early in the session, the House dealt with a Senate bill on student learning and mental health by insisting on its position and appointing a committee of conference. It also referred a Senate petition on alleviating poverty to the Committee on Children and Families after the House declined to concur with a Judiciary referral. The chamber then considered and advanced multiple Ways and Means bills, including legislation on police interactions with people with autism spectrum disorder, honoring Blue Star families, land conveyance in Bolton, newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus, affordable housing and cultural space in Brighton, increasing access to epinephrine, and civil rights and technology.
Several bills drew extended floor debate. Supporters of the epinephrine bill emphasized its life-saving purpose and described the death of Michael Brown as a catalyst for the measure; the House adopted the bill after a roll call vote of 149-0. The newborn CMV screening bill also prompted substantial testimony in favor from public health advocates and parents, who argued that universal screening would enable earlier treatment and reduce long-term harm; an amendment to add other rare diseases was withdrawn, and a later amendment creating a broad opt-out was defeated 1-153 before the bill passed 154-1. The civil rights and technology bill focused on banning weaponized drones and robotic devices, restricting misuse, and preserving law enforcement and civil liberties; it passed 154-1. The Blue Star families bill, creating commemorative plates for families of fallen law enforcement officers, passed 156-0 after emotional remarks from members and supporters.
The House also passed without recorded opposition a bill facilitating better interactions between police and people with autism, and it approved a Bolton land conveyance bill and the Brighton affordable housing/cultural space bill. The chamber observed moments of silence for former Congressman Barney Frank and State Trooper Kevin Traynor, welcomed several guest groups, and concluded by adopting an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. before adjourning.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration May 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The state will now have a shared housing development platform to streamline and centralize decision-making
- My colleague in the LAO is going to share some thoughts, but I'll just kind of get ahead.
- Okay. meetings last year with external stakeholders to gather insights, to share information, to discuss
- I want to yield this to my colleagues, if there's any additional information you want to share.
- I want to share about the cultural districts program that we administer at the California Arts Council
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-04-29 (9:30AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I do have objective factual mathematical information that I'm happy to share with you.
- Do you have a specific... ...objective factual mathematical information that I'm happy to share with
- I can share with you that in District 14, it includes one county, but not the whole county, so that county
- So, those slight decreases in compactness, I will reiterate based on the data you just shared, it decreased
- I will share with the body that under the proposed map, 382 cities are kept whole and 30 cities are split
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- 7, 9, missiles, such as 3.9, 7, 9, to protect the identity of individuals who would not otherwise share
- We share the goal of ensuring taxpayer dollars are actually being used for the services that are making
- It's helpful if they share that information with their name because we need, oftentimes, what is shared
- So if they need to share it anonymously, I think that's fine.
- But if we don't, I would like to share with you what we need. legislation that you need to to be able
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- manufacturers, retailers, installers, communities, and additional associate members who support our shared
- I share some of the same thoughts.
- Schumacher, if I’ll take a point of privilege and just follow up with the question, I generally share
- I generally share your enthusiasm for the idea of 3D-printed homes.
- consumer protection is is is very important to me in particular but what i share consumer protection
Summary:
The House Business Committee first approved several sets of meeting minutes, then heard House Bill 707, which would create a simple administrative land division process for properties with properly permitted accessory dwelling units when a lender requires parcel separation for financing. Supporters said it would remove a financing barrier without increasing density or enabling serial lot splitting, and the bill passed unanimously with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then took up House Bill 800, a housing measure to reduce barriers for manufactured homes. The bill would allow manufactured duplexes to be treated as multifamily housing and clarify that certain single-section and multi-section manufactured homes may be placed on appropriate lots, while preserving local control through zoning, design standards, historic districts, and private covenants. Testimony was split between supporters who described modern manufactured homes as high-quality, affordable housing and an opponent who urged more attention to 3D-printed homes and raised safety concerns. After debate, the committee voted 11-6 to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 649, which would cap interest and fees on payday and title loans at 30% or 10% above prime, whichever is higher. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill would curb predatory lending and protect vulnerable borrowers, while industry representatives warned that rate caps would eliminate legal credit options and push consumers toward illegal offshore lenders. Members questioned how the cap would affect existing payday loan practices and whether the bill’s math would effectively end the industry. The committee initially moved toward a due pass recommendation, but after further discussion withdrew that motion and instead sent the bill to general orders for further consideration.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Everybody needs to share. That's the purpose of the amendment. Ask for your support. Thank you.
- Scala from the Florida Association of Counties, spoke about, the Florida League of Cities shares that
- Let me share why so.
- The tea share Hartman from Florida, rising waives in opposition.
- FDOT is for us to fund up to 80% of the non-federal share of the project costs.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- These associations may share a marketing agency, and their members are allowed to enter into contracts
- These associations may share a marketing agency, and their members are allowed to enter into contracts
- substantial long-term investments in these higher wage individuals, including specialized training and sharing
- This is a bill you heard Friday, and it modifies the allocation of the medical and family premium shares
- for employers and employees, and the employer may withhold ...premium shares for employers and employees
Keywords:
liquor license, snack bar, state regulations, alcohol sales, business licensing, collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, education, funding, student loans, affordability, higher education, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Nudification technology access prohibited 2/19/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I also want to name that sharing stories like what you'll hear today on a public stage like this takes
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- I am here today to share my direct experience as a victim of deepfake and face swap technology and to
- I'm here today to share my experience as a victim of deepfake and face swap technology."
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So I just want to share a little bit how this is going to go.
- Before I share this story, I want to be very clear: I'm pro parental rights.
- I am a foster mom and adopted mother in Idaho, and I'm here to share the story of a little boy named
- I am a foster mom and adopted mother in Idaho, and I'm here to share the story of a little boy named
- That something good would come out of sharing his story with the world.
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee heard three measures and advanced all of them. RS 33312C1, sponsored by Sen. Galloway, would raise Idaho’s small claims court limit from $5,000 to $15,000 to give people a faster, less expensive way to resolve smaller disputes; the committee voted to send it to print. RS 33423, sponsored by Sen. Ricks, would create voluntary guidance for merchants on penny rounding in cash transactions as pennies become scarce, including rounding rules and tax calculation on the final invoice total; it also was sent to print. House Bill 518, presented by Rep. Skaug, would allow the Attorney General to accept referrals from law enforcement and prosecute human trafficking cases when requested, with supporters describing the need for a centralized, specialized approach to complex multi-county and interstate cases; the committee voted to send it to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 1257, sponsored by Sen. Wintrow, which would clarify that in-person visitation is not required in child welfare cases where sexual or serious physical abuse has been substantiated, while preserving court discretion and allowing other forms of contact. Wintrow and Department of Health and Welfare administrator Jean Fisher said the bill largely codifies existing rules, gives courts clearer statutory guidance, and also clarifies that courts may consider a parent’s incarceration when deciding termination of parental rights. Supporters, including foster parents, child welfare advocates, and survivors, testified that forced visitation can retraumatize children and that the bill would better protect abused children.
One online witness, Ives Samantha Moore, testified in opposition, arguing that courts already have authority to restrict visitation, that the bill could create momentum toward termination of parental rights, and that it could worsen disparities without broader reunification and prevention reforms. After extensive testimony, the committee voted to send SB 1257 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation, and then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Feb 17th, 2026
Privacy and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- We not only try to find when partners are doing good work and share that with our sector, but we also
- And I'll share some high-level things that we're finding right now.
- And then finally, on the research and data, what I want to share with you is just a couple of high-level
- You know, these were the delays that were shared by the DOJ.
- First, I want to begin from a place of shared intention.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So, as we're sharing, the schools also prioritize these requests and include a five-year plan as well
- And so certainly we'll be able to address more needs in the rev share and NIL space, but that really
- Over the next three years, we must, to stay a member of Conference USA, provide $8 million in rev share
- I would reiterate that Supreme Court decision said it's revenue sharing.
- I very much know the struggles that carry with them over time and the things that she shares frequently
Keywords:
foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee began by announcing that SB 210 would be rolled over to Friday and would not be heard. The committee then returned to SB 234, which would provide foster child school transportation funding statewide rather than only for Albuquerque Public Schools. Members adopted an amendment striking the APS-only language and making the bill statewide after testimony from the sponsor, PED, and others that foster youth transportation is a growing issue and should have its own funding stream. The committee discussed how the money might be distributed and whether the $1.2 million appropriation would be sufficient, then voted do pass on SB 234 as amended.
The committee next heard HB 8, which creates a Higher Education Major Projects Fund for large capital projects that are difficult to fund through existing capital outlay processes. Testimony from the sponsor, LFC, HED, and university representatives explained that the bill would support projects such as the UNM School of Medicine, an NMSU multidisciplinary building, student housing, student life projects, and certain Division I athletic facilities, while requiring design readiness, institutional matches, and legislative oversight. Several senators raised concerns about the clarity of the prioritization process, the Division I-only athletics language, the recurring nature of future funding, and the relationship to other capital funding streams, but the committee ultimately voted do pass on HB 8.
The committee then considered SB 243 and SB 244, nearly identical bills for UNM and NMSU that would each appropriate $5 million for student health, student support, nutrition, travel, scholarships, and other athletic department needs. Athletic directors testified that conference realignment, higher travel costs, nutrition demands, and new revenue-sharing/NIL obligations have increased expenses, and sponsors said the bills were intended as one-time appropriations. Some senators questioned whether the requests should be recurring or funded through university revenue rather than the state, but both bills received do pass recommendations. Finally, the committee heard SM 16, as amended, which asks HED to convene a task force to study parenting students in higher education and recommend ways to collect data and improve support. Supporters said better data is needed to understand barriers such as child care and transportation, and the memorial passed with a do pass recommendation. The committee then adjourned until Friday morning.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, Vitalant shares your commitment to safety meeting the blood transfusion needs of Idahoans.
- I thank you so much for your time, and I thank you for letting me share my heart with you.
- Since then, it has been shared with me that the procedures and policies of this organization may have
- So all of the blood banks in the U.S. are nonprofits, and we will share blood when needed, right?
- And I'm here today in support of House Bill 550 and to share why this bill is so important.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 528, which would codify the ability for patients to use self-donated or directed donor blood under federal testing and collection guidelines. Representative Chris Bruce said the bill was intended to ensure Idaho patients have that option in state law after some hospitals or facilities had denied requests. Supporters testified that the bill protects patient autonomy, religious freedom, and medical choice, and described personal experiences where directed donation was difficult or impossible to arrange in Idaho. Opponents, including representatives from Vitalant and the Red Cross, said directed and autologous donations are already available when medically indicated, that the bill addresses a problem that does not exist, and that it could add cost, complexity, and strain to an already severe blood shortage without improving safety. After debate over terms such as “detrimental” and “gross negligence,” a substitute motion to send the bill to amending order failed 7-9, and the original motion to send HB 528 to the House floor with a do pass recommendation passed 7-6.
The committee then approved a rules docket for the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired’s Business Enterprise Program, which updates and streamlines rules governing vending and food service facilities operated by blind entrepreneurs. The committee next took up House Bill 550, a midwifery bill updating Idaho’s existing statute to allow licensed midwives to administer additional medications within their training and scope of practice. The sponsor and several midwives, nurses, and other supporters said the changes would modernize outdated law, improve care in rural areas, reduce unnecessary hospital transfers, and better address postpartum hemorrhage and other maternal or neonatal needs. One testifier described a tragic homebirth outcome and urged stronger safety limits, while the Idaho Medical Association said it had worked with the sponsor on compromise language.
At the sponsor’s request, HB 550 was held in committee and the related revised RS was moved forward. The committee then approved RS-33-250, which incorporated agreed-upon changes defining a formulary and protocol and clarifying maternal and neonatal care language, sending it to the second reading calendar with a do pass recommendation. The meeting adjourned after completing the agenda.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- To that, I would say, you know, I know participants don't always feel comfortable sharing that information
- just briefly go back, you know, in the Department, Division of Medicaid, some of you have heard me share
- I will just share that they're doing fantastic.
- However, I have shared with your colleagues who reached out to us with their concerns, Representative
- Representative Tanner and Senator Lenney shared with them that we would like to get through a bit more
Summary:
The House Health and Welfare Committee approved the February 5, 2026 minutes and then heard a lengthy budget presentation from Department of Health and Welfare Director Sharon and Medicaid Director Sasha O’Connell. The department reviewed a large number of supplemental and line-item requests across Medicaid, child and family services, welfare/self-reliance, and indirect support services, including funding for state hospital Medicaid billing authority, Medicaid caseload and cost growth, rural health transformation staffing and implementation, child care program integrity and capacity, kinship navigation, home visiting, and IT/procurement modernization. The committee also discussed ongoing litigation affecting Medicaid procurement timelines, the move to centralized IT services, and the department’s request for additional procurement staff to help manage complex Medicaid contracts.
A major portion of the hearing focused on Medicaid spending growth and the department’s response to the governor’s 4% provider rate reduction. The director said growth is being driven largely by higher utilization and intensity of services in behavioral health and disability/home-and-community-based services, including residential habilitation and residential treatment, and noted the department has identified some provider behavior concerns and referred cases to program integrity. Members asked about safeguards, assessments, and whether the department could absorb the outside contractor used for disability assessments; the director said state staffing would be too costly and the contractor should remain in place. The committee also discussed the department’s request for an additional $22 million in general funds to balance Medicaid, with the director emphasizing that the department had already taken the reductions and rescissions available to it.
Other discussion covered child welfare placements, including a request for transfer authority to pay for youth served at Southwest Idaho Treatment Center when no other safe placement exists, and a request to continue paused child care capacity funds while the department completes a 360-degree review of child care providers. In welfare/self-reliance, the department outlined new costs from federal changes to SNAP administration, Medicaid expansion work requirements, and more frequent eligibility redeterminations, along with a reduction in aged, blind, and disabled funding that the department said it has routinely been able to revert. The committee did not take action on the budget items during this hearing and adjourned to the floor after the presentation and questions.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- coalition of advocates with lived experience, and we pioneered legislation, as Representative Cates shared
- Could you just share how this is going to impact those enrollees?
- The vast majority of people incarcerated under this proposal will be young adult users who share drugs
- The vast majority of people incarcerated under this proposal will be young adult users who share drugs
- The next question is: I, too, share the concerns of my colleagues.
Keywords:
medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process