Video & Transcript Research : 'screening'

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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Apr 2nd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • requesting the committee's support of Senate Bill 1070, and to discuss the importance of Ucg Hart screening
  • we must continue to raise the awareness of sudden cardiac arrest and the importance of ECG heart screening
  • Ecg heart screenings, we'll save students life.
  • We have been doing these hard screens in Florida for a long time and we have saved over 400 kids that
  • groups who we play for and parent heart watch or and getting the cost down by doing these group screenings
Keywords: 999, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Apr 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • through Medi-Cal to children 21 years and younger, as mandated by the federal Early and Periodic Screening
  • All Californians should have access to trauma-informed screenings by health care providers that they
  • providers for many, AB 29 authorizes them to receive Medi-Cal reimbursements for conducting ACE screenings
  • AB 29 authorizes them to receive Medi-Cal reimbursements for conducting ACE screenings.
  • This bill will ensure more equitable access to trauma-informed screenings.
Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long series of health-related bills, with most measures focused on access to care, administrative simplification, and behavioral health. Early items included AB 583, allowing nurse practitioners to sign death certificates; AB 492, requiring DHCS to notify local governments when new alcohol or drug recovery facilities are licensed; and AB 280, which would tighten provider directory accuracy requirements, add enforcement benchmarks, and allow use of a centralized database. Testimony on AB 280 highlighted the harms of “ghost networks,” while insurers and some provider groups opposed the bill as written, arguing it placed too much responsibility on plans and did not fully address provider-side data problems. AB 280 passed on a roll call vote, and several other bills were placed on consent and approved. The committee also advanced AB 636, expanding Medi-Cal coverage for medically necessary diapers for children up to age 21 and lowering the age threshold for access; AB 1041, streamlining physician credentialing with a uniform form and 90-day review deadline; and AB 787, requiring health plans to help enrollees find in-network providers quickly when directories fail. Supporters of these bills emphasized family financial strain, delays in care, and the burden of administrative red tape, while opponents of AB 1041 and AB 280 raised concerns about provider participation, accuracy, and liability. All three measures were approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 4 and AB 29. AB 4 would allow income-eligible Californians to buy Covered California coverage regardless of immigration status, and AB 29 would authorize Medi-Cal reimbursement for community health workers and doulas conducting ACE screenings. Both bills drew strong support from immigrant-rights, health access, and community-based organizations, and both passed on roll call votes, with AB 4 receiving some no votes. The committee also approved AB 416, which would allow emergency physicians to place 5150 holds in certain circumstances; supporters said it would reduce delays and overcrowding in emergency departments, while Disability Rights California and others warned it could increase unnecessary involuntary hospitalization and transfers to locked facilities. Despite those concerns, the bill passed and was sent onward for further consideration.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'm going to go ahead and stop sharing my screen and hand it over to Rep. Stanley.
  • Can I share my screen now? Would that be okay with some slides? Okay. Let me do it as slideshow.
  • So hopefully that will make them full screen.
  • When I was sharing them, so hopefully that will make them full screen. How does that look?
  • And we'll—I don't know why it doesn't want to go full screen for some reason today.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The commission meeting focused on continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), beginning with a presentation from Two Life Communities on its Opus Newton model, which is opening in the fall. Two Life described Opus as a middle-income, modern CCRC built around affordability, care coordination in residents’ apartments rather than separate care buildings, and resident-driven community life. Commissioners asked about financing, home care arrangements, affordability, Medicaid/MassHealth access, and the role of resident councils versus board representation. Two Life said it wants to remain within the CCRC framework, but expressed concern about proposals that would require multiple discrete care levels, impose deadlines on entrance-fee refunds, or require resident board seats. The commission then discussed possible recommendations. There was broad support for Senate Bill 478, which would require clearer disclosure of entrance-fee refund terms in a separate document for prospective residents. On refund timing, members were divided: some favored a one-year deadline or a deadline with waivers, while others opposed a fixed deadline because of financing risks and the potential impact on new development and current residents. Several members suggested keeping the status quo but adding better data collection and reporting on refund timing. On the CCRC definition and marketing, members debated whether the current statutory definition is too vague and whether the commission should recommend clearer standards or a certification-like process, while also noting resource limits for state oversight. Members also discussed the Age CCRC Consumer Guide, with general agreement that it should be updated and made more useful to consumers, possibly with clearer questions to ask and more information about facilities, though some cautioned against adding subjective financial-risk statements that would be hard to administer. On resident representation, several commissioners strongly supported requiring resident voting members on boards, while providers argued that strong resident associations and regular meetings with boards may be preferable and that communities should retain flexibility. The meeting ended with a request for written comments by July 11, draft recommendations to be circulated July 18, and a possible final meeting on July 21, with the commission aiming to finish by August 1.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • screen-based assessments.
  • highlight that conversation as we go forward because while nations all over the world are saying Screen
  • And then Secondly, on screen time for students, there's a new charter school operating this year for
  • This school gets mentioned quite a bit among families largely because of their commitment to limit screen
  • They are not going to get through the initial screening through the House or the Senate to be part of
Keywords: 996, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Amendment barcode 120352 is a technical fix for the bill that further aligns us with background screening
  • Failure to update statutory language could result in the loss of access to background screening tools
  • As you all know, we have various types of newborn screening, and this is an important thing that we do
  • Also, if you do newborn screening, it can be identified and then perhaps, you know, a parent may choose
  • I think this is an important addition to our newborn screening.
Summary: The committee met to consider a large agenda of health and human services bills, moving quickly because of a two-hour time limit. Early measures reported favorably included SB 976 on challenges to court-appointed psychologists in family law cases, SB 306 on Medicaid provider network access and after-hours availability, and SB 584 on housing supports for college students and youth in extended foster care. SB 1412 on home health regulation modernization also passed, with one support appearance from the Home Care Association. Members then approved several bills focused on research and care delivery, including SB 1800 creating a Parkinson’s disease research consortium at USF with an adopted amendment adding academic medical centers, SB 524 adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening, SB 1156 revising a Medicaid home health aide program for medically fragile children, and SB 1490 transferring and redesigning the managed care program for critically ill children. SB 1174 on foster home licensure transfers, SB 1620 implementing mental health and substance use commission recommendations, SB 1568 revising e-prescribing exemptions, and SB 788 on veterans nursing home beds were also reported favorably. The committee had more extensive debate on SB 1270, the Department of Health agency package, which included provisions on vaccination status, medical marijuana background screening, licensing and compact issues, and sovereign immunity for volunteer dental workers; it passed after an amendment and several members voiced concerns about patient treatment and “voting power” language. SB 1606 on patient access to records drew strong opposition from providers and health information professionals over privacy, HIPAA, and administrative burdens; it was initially reported unfavorably, then reconsidered and ultimately passed after a motion to reconsider. Other bills reported favorably included SB 1736 on insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives, SB 1808 on patient refunds from providers, SB 1842 on referral disclosure of network status, SB 1354 on behavioral health managing entity oversight, SB 1768 on stem cell therapies with informed consent requirements, and SPB 7032 on presumptive Medicaid eligibility for permanently disabled individuals, which was submitted and reported as a committee bill. The meeting ended after all agenda items were handled and the committee adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 10th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amendment Barcode 120352 is a technical fix for the bill that further aligns us with background screening
  • Failure to update statutory language could result in the loss of access to background screening tools
  • As you all know, we have various types of newborn screening.
  • Also, if you do newborn screening, it can be identified and then perhaps a parent may choose not to have
  • I think this is an important addition to our newborn screening.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services met to consider a full agenda of bills, moving quickly through 20 measures and several amendments. Early bills reported favorably included SB 976 on procedures for challenging court-appointed psychologists in family law cases, SB 306 on Medicaid managed care provider access outside regular business hours, and SB 584 on housing supports for foster youth and college students, which drew supportive testimony from former foster youth and was backed by members as a way to improve stability and educational opportunity. The committee also approved SB 1412 to modernize home health regulations and SB 1800 to create a Parkinson’s research consortium at USF, with members citing the need for more research and future funding opportunities. The committee adopted amendments on several bills, including technical and conforming changes to the Parkinson’s bill and other measures. The committee then advanced a series of health care and child welfare bills. SB 524 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening; SB 1156 revised the Home Health Aide Program for medically fragile children, including training, reimbursement, and work-hour flexibility; and SB 1490 reorganized services for medically fragile children by shifting program administration to AHCA and requiring a redesign plan for the Medicaid waiver. SB 1174 allowed foster home and child-caring agency licenses to be amended when a foster parent relocates, and SB 1620 implemented selected recommendations from the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, including a new research center at USF and school-based behavioral health review requirements. SB 1568 revised e-prescribing exemptions, and SB 78 authorized certain veterans’ nursing home beds and related certificate-of-need transfers. All of these measures were reported favorably after brief debate or supportive testimony. Several bills prompted more extensive discussion and some opposition. CS for CS SB 1270, the Department of Health agency package, included provisions on vaccination-related patient rights, medical marijuana reporting, background screening, temporary licensure, compact participation, and sovereign immunity for volunteer dentists; it passed despite concerns from Senators Berman, Brodeur, and Harrell about vaccination language and board/voting-power provisions. CS for SB 1606 on patient access to records drew strong opposition from physicians and health information professionals over privacy, security, fines, and portal access; it was initially reported unfavorably, then reconsidered and ultimately reported favorably as a committee bill. CS for SB 1736, allowing insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives for individuals with developmental disabilities, and SB 1808, requiring timely refunds to patients, both passed. CS for SB 1842, requiring referring providers to help patients determine whether referred providers are in-network, also passed over concerns about burden on small practices. The committee also advanced SB 1354, a behavioral health oversight bill requiring audits, performance reporting, and system transparency measures for managing entities, and SB 1768, which authorizes physicians to perform certain stem cell therapies using specified products and requires informed consent; both drew supportive comments but also concerns about patient understanding and oversight. Finally, the committee approved SPB 7032 as a committee bill to create presumptive Medicaid eligibility for permanently disabled individuals during redetermination, and after reconsideration it reported SB 1606 favorably as a committee bill. The meeting ended with members noting their recorded votes on select tabs and adjourning after completing the agenda.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

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

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

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so this wealth of free screenings already happening around the state were actually visible to the
  • patients who might need and might want their children to go and have screening because their own, their
  • So those screenings where we can detect someone very early on and not only detect it by laboratory values
  • from breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer combined, primarily due to the absence of a screening
  • program up until 2015 when CMS passed low dose CAT scan for lung cancer screening.
Bills: HB46
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

Transcript Highlights:
  • Born screenings performed by DSHS.
  • who might need and might want their children to go and have screening because their own family has that
  • So those screenings where we can detect someone very early on and not only detect it by values but detect
  • from breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer combined, primarily due to the absence of a screening
  • program up until now. 2015 when CMS passed low-dose CAT scan for lung cancer screening.
WV

West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 05:02 pm

West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5582, extending the program for drug screening
  • consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5582, extending the program for drug screening
  • under consideration engrossed Committee substitute for House Bill 5582 extending program for drug screening
  • Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5582, extending the program for drug screening of applicants
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Senate first took up Senate Bill 155 on adjunct teaching permits. After adopting a Senate amendment to the House amendment, the chamber concurred in the House amendment as amended and passed the bill 33-0, with one member absent and not voting. The amendment was described as creating an exception so a criminal history check would not be required every year, and the bill was presented as a tool to help county boards fill vacancies, especially in shortage areas. The chamber then received a large number of committee reports and advanced several House bills on first reading. These included measures on creating the Team West Virginia Corporation, establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory, the Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act, business-ready site programs, volunteer fire company allowances, extending qualified opportunity zones, natural resource police retirement, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS, ALS care services, abuse prevention, the respiratory care interstate compact, peer support services, tax lien sales, the Neighborhood Investment Program, bonds for the Science and Culture Center, and a comprehensive energy development policy and plan. Several bills were reported as amended by committees, and one energy bill was referred to the Rules Committee. Additional committee action included reports on a bill to repeal the school-transfer eligibility protection, a load forecast accountability bill, oil and gas well plugging provisions, a TANF drug-screening extension, and a bill authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners. Most of these were advanced on first reading after unanimous consent. The Senate then moved to adjourn until the next day, with announcements of upcoming committee meetings before the chamber adjourned.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • It authorized the Department of Mental Health to certify providers to go in and do an initial screening
  • So this updates that language so we could screen for any charge, felony or misdemeanor, so we can also
  • We certify them to administer the screening tools.
  • Also, this screening goes to our court partners, prosecution, defense, judge, and they use it in consideration
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 10, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • NEXT WE HAVE OUR CMS 416 REPORT OR ANNUAL PERIODIC SCREENING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING.
  • THIS IS A FEDERALLY REQUIRED REPORT TO SUBMIT TO OUR FEDERAL CMS ANNUALLY AND DOES INCLUDE SCREENING
  • THE FIRST IS THE MANAGED-CARE PLANS MUST INCORPORATE THE USE OF SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION REFERRAL
  • AND TREATMENT ARE WHAT WE CALL -- AND HYPERTENSION SCREENING AND TREATMENT INTO THEIR THAT THEY DEVELOP
  • PART OF THE WORK COMPLETED BY THE AGENCIES MEDICAID COMPLAINT OPERATION CENTER INCLUDES SCREENING PROVIDER
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Whose screen is that? That's a screen from a Travis County election worker.
  • So the screen that you showed us, that was the poll book? Poll book.
  • Okay, and it's, the Bluetooth is enabled on that screen that we saw a picture of.
  • It's a glowing screen, a digital landscape dominated by social media, driven by algorithms, and largely
  • chasing approval through likes and follows, while their mental health collapses behind them, off the screen
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • IT FURTHER ALIGNS US WITH BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
  • OMMU OFFICE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE THAT SECTION 381.988 WITH THE LANGUAGE RELATING TO BACKGROUND SCREENING
  • FAILURE TO UPDATE THIS LANGUAGE COULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF ACCESS TO BACKGROUND SCREENING TOOLS AND
  • CHAIRMAN AND AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE VARIOUS TYPES OF NEWBORN SCREENING.
  • YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE. >> Senator Harrell: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE NEWBORN SCREENING
Keywords: 999, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 4th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. a time to make sure that we are at the importance of screening
  • and early detection and prevention, make sure you get your screening appointments together. colorectal
  • , so get those screenings.
  • Texas continues to make progress in increasing access to screenings.
  • at the Capitol advocating for policies that support Support that patient access to life-saving screenings
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • THIS MANDATED THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SCREENING TOOL INVALIDATING THE SAME IF POSSIBLE.
  • THEY INITIATE THE TRAFFICKING SCREENING TOOL TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ASSESSING THE INDIVIDUAL.
  • THE HOTLINE COUNSELORS DETERMINE WHICH CASES ARE SCREENED IN AND REFERRED FOR AN INVESTIGATION BASED
  • AS YOU HEARD, DCF UP DATED THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SCREENING TOOL AND CREATED AN ELECTRONIC VERSION.
  • LET ME BACK UP AREA THE HOTLINE WILL INITIALLY SCREEN FOR ACCEPTANCE TO AID INVESTIGATORS.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • My screen—can you all see my slides yet? My screen just froze. Not yet. Okay.
  • We can see that you're screen sharing, but it's all loaded on the Zoom screen where I hit share.
  • It's all loaded, the Zoom screen where I hit share. And sorry for the interruption.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities subcommittee on workforce supports met with Chair Andrew Lerault presiding. Members completed roll call, approved the August 2025 minutes, and then heard a presentation from Amy Doyle, director of the Behavioral Health Workforce Center at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. Doyle described the center’s launch in September 2024 and its legislative mandate to study behavioral health payment rates, workforce needs, and licensure/certification barriers, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, capacity building, diversity/equity, and sustainability. She also shared data on unmet behavioral health needs, ED boarding, workforce shortages, aging and turnover in nursing and direct care, and the need to improve data collection on non-licensed workers and populations such as people with developmental disabilities and autism. Committee members asked questions about what provider types were included in the workforce data and whether DDS-related residential and direct support roles were captured. Doyle said the center is still working to define and measure the full behavioral health workforce, including non-licensed roles, and welcomed follow-up on missing data sources. Members suggested additional sources such as CHIA and the Association of Developmental Disability Providers’ workforce survey. Doyle noted that the center is working with CHIA and that new licensure renewal surveys for behavioral health and allied mental health professionals will begin in 2025, which should improve future workforce data. The discussion also touched on the Health Policy Commission’s broader workforce findings, including nurse attrition, burnout, low wages, and the importance of career ladders and advanced training. Doyle said the center’s first policy recommendations will come from its rate study, expected in the next one to two months, and will likely focus on capacity building and sustainability. After the presentation, members thanked Doyle and discussed subcommittee leadership. Chair Lerault announced he was stepping down, and Chris White volunteered to serve as co-chair; the committee agreed to move forward with that arrangement and to revisit FY26 goals once new leadership is in place. The meeting then adjourned by motion and second.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 439 by Senator Gerald Boudreaux provides for cancer screenings for firefighters and fire
  • We bring you Senate Bill 439, which provides for classified firefighters to do some pre-screening for
  • Several years ago, we passed a cancer screening bill for the fire service.
  • The cancer screening that was passed will catch it subsequent to it becoming a cancer, which again you
  • The screenings weren't free. They're having to pay for them. If you contract, it's $1,200.
Keywords: 965, house, all
Summary: The House Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs Committee heard and advanced a series of local and statewide measures. SB 430 would renew, every 12 years by voter approval, the Shreveport-Bossier hotel occupancy tax that supports tourism and sports-related entities; SB 286 updates the New Orleans Downtown Development District statute by clarifying its status as a political subdivision, streamlining tax collection, removing staggered board terms, and clarifying bond-election boundaries; SB 198 requires government projects in historic districts to follow local historic district guidelines for new construction; and SB 172 expands a planning-commission provision so smaller municipalities can waive certain subdivision formalities and costly studies in limited family land-split situations. Each of these bills was described as largely technical or permissive, with supporters emphasizing efficiency, local control, or reduced costs. The committee also advanced SB 439 to add pre-screening for esophageal/Barrett’s esophageal cancer for firefighters and fire service employees, with firefighters’ representatives explaining the test can detect pre-cancerous cells and prevent later, more serious cancer. SB 458 would allow a local tax for a proposed St. Tammany Parish Inspector General/ethics entity to be allocated and, if excess remains, transferred to the district attorney’s office; members discussed the parish-wide referendum process and the connection to state-required funding obligations. SB 447 changes Bossier City Police Department promotional seniority and civil service classification from competitive seniority to promotional seniority, and SB 281 expands the Baker Economic Development District boundary to include additional commercial areas near the airport and support blight removal and growth. Additional measures moved favorably included SB 385, which changes appointments to the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association board and allows City Park to opt out of certain state insurance coverage because it carries private insurance; HR 84, which urges Shreveport to create an interest-free loan program for TSA agents at the regional airport during federal shutdowns; and SB 417, which adds two members to the St. Mary Parish Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 2A board. In each case, the committee heard brief testimony from sponsors and local officials or advocates, asked clarifying questions, and then approved the bills without objection. One member, Representative Murray, recused himself from the City Park bill because of his board membership. The committee then took a short recess, noting a few remaining bills would be deferred if sponsors did not appear.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 20, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • You see the visitor screening center.
  • There's an employee entrance where you scan your badge and you can get through that without being screened
  • And you can get a feel on the right-hand side there for what this screening center will look like and
  • FDLE has the ability to man that and to screen visitors.
Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee met to receive an overview and tour of Capitol complex construction projects funded through the Department of Management Services (DMS). Deputy Secretary Tom Berger gave a historical and project-by-project presentation on the Capitol campus, explaining the evolution of the historic Capitol and the current tower complex, and describing major ongoing work including the Waller Park west entry/ADA and waterproofing project, the east entry security screening area, Cabinet meeting room modernization, historic Capitol re-roofing, the large Capitol HVAC replacement, window replacement, Memorial Park improvements, the Holocaust Memorial, the North Loading Zone, and Knott Plaza upgrades. He noted that the Capitol windows and HVAC work are intended to address aging systems and improve resilience, security, and accessibility, and said the broader Capitol window project will continue over several years. Members asked questions about the African-American memorial, the old bank/archives building with water damage, the roofing material and expected lifespan, the legal definition of the Capitol complex, and the history of early legislative meetings in Pensacola and St. Augustine. Berger said the African-American memorial base is built and the installation should be completed in March or April, while the archives building is owned and managed by the Department of State. He also explained that the roof uses a slate-like material designed for a 50-year life cycle, though major storms could still damage it, and clarified that the Capitol complex can be defined differently in statute versus operationally. Chair Lopez and other members requested follow-up information, including a rendering of the African-American memorial and a table summarizing the Capitol investments and when the facilities were last updated, so members can better explain the spending to constituents. Berger said he would provide the requested information, and the committee then concluded the presentation and proceeded to the tour.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 01/08/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this slide on that screen is the best visual I've ever seen.
  • So this slide on that screen is the best visual I've ever seen.
  • So this slide on that screen is the best visual I've ever seen.
  • You can all see my screen, hopefully? Yes, we can.
  • Of course, there's more... you are on the screen and you're presid you are on the screen and you're presid
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • You don’t even hit a radar screen, so no one even knows you exist.
  • And so that would send the application to us for screening.
  • pharmacy DME entity would have come to us for screening.
  • And so that would send the application to us for screening.
  • I think that's probably correct in the integrated application screens.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all