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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 31st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to specifically thank both the Department of State Health Services and the Health and Human Services
  • So members, we have representatives from the Department of State Health Services, Health and Human Services
  • Ambulance service and private contractors come into these rural counties and provide those services in
  • Helicopter services that are used for ambulance. I have several counties that use that service too.
  • Now, you're not in a county my size with five EMS services right now—five volunteer services.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance May 13th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Control of our PBM services.
  • What's our cost to provide a rebate aggregation service or rebate administration service?
  • It's around what's our cost for us to provide that service.
  • What's our cost to provide a rebate aggregation service or rebate administration service?
  • We run our rebate aggregation services through Prime, who then services under Ascent, which is part of
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Housing Finance and Policy

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  • > who<00:09:15.000> work<00:09:15.200> in service workers, people who work in service
  • that it remains scale, it is essential that it remains grounded<00:14:01.000> in<00:14:01.080
  • We are one of the largest providers of homeownership services in the state.
  • communities to make essential communities to make essential improvements. improvements. improvements
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

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  • . service. service.
  • significant boost to services. significant boost to services.
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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 14th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, as it is right now, you can come and do geotechnical holes around landfills, service stations, protection
  • They want parents who care about their kids to continue buying these goods and services.
  • <00:10:36.000> And<00:10:36.240> so buying these goods and services.
  • And so buying these goods and services.
  • He said it is essentially age-gating access to information for children when it comes to apps.
Bills: HB69, HB114, HB161
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Services. Services.
  • So those services can be used at an investigative level or as a general adult services level.
  • It's access to services.
  • It's access to services. It's just a way It's access to services.
  • Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Summary: The committee’s first interim meeting opened with roll call and a reminder that Kentucky had 8,641 children in out-of-home care with active placements as of June 1, 2025. The first presentation was from the Center for Courageous Kids (CCK), a donor-funded camp in Scottsville that serves children with lifelong illnesses and disabilities at no charge. Representatives described the camp’s history, its year-round family retreats and summer sessions, its medical and accessibility supports, and its impact on campers’ confidence and independence. They said CCK has served more than 43,000 campers from 46 states and 13 countries, including 22,000 from Kentucky, and noted plans to reach all 120 Kentucky counties. CCK also outlined future capital needs: a new art barn and a medical lodge. The organization said the art barn project would cost $2.5 million, with a legislative request of $1.5 million, and the medical lodge would cost $2.875 million, with a legislative request of $1.75 million. Members responded very positively, with several praising the camp’s work and one member asking about operational challenges. CCK said its main challenges are awareness, staff and volunteer recruitment, and expanding medical and housing capacity; it also said it is accredited by the American Camp Association and receives health and safety visits and audits. The committee then moved to a presentation on adult protective services and state guardianship programs from Jessica Wayne and Cliff Bryant of DCBS. They explained the legal framework for guardianship, the difference between full and limited guardianship/conservatorship, emergency appointments, and the state’s role as a last-resort guardian when no family member or private entity is available. They reported 4,464 individuals under state guardianship as of June 1, with most cases involving dementia, developmental disability, intellectual disability, nursing home or long-term care placement, severe mental illness, or brain injury. They also said the division has 89 field workers across 14 regional offices, with an average caseload of 52 and a goal of reducing that into the mid-40s through additional hiring.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Mar 27th, 2025

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

Transcript Highlights:
  • If they qualify under this, is it for these particular services?
  • Telepharmacies can extend the hours of operation with around-the-clock services.
  • Counselors are often the unsung heroes of our community, providing essential services in a variety of
  • This bill focuses on an essential but overlooked issue, which is health literacy.
  • Improving health literacy is essential for better health outcomes and cost-effective care.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Health and Human Services issued a memorandum suggesting that every state should adopt
  • Department of Health and Human Services issued a memorandum suggesting that every state should adopt
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  • And now, would a nonprofit organization that provides, let's just say, employment services to people
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • And the reason is it wraps people in services.
  • And the reason is it wraps people in services.
  • So essentially, it will pay for itself.
  • programs, externships, and pro bono services, which involve students and community service.
  • The funds that support these clinics are essential to allow existing pro bono services to continue and
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

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

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
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  • . services. services.
  • We have terrific services here. here. We have terrific services here.
  • . services. services.
  • Environmental Health Services Division. Environmental Health Services Division.
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.