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CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Nick Luizos here on behalf of the California Association of Health Plans. Great.
- Nick Luizos here on behalf of the California Association of Health Plans.
- John Winger on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans, in support.
- association for health plans.
- type of financial assistance to an enrollee of that plan.
Committee:
Senate Health
Summary:
The committee heard several health-related bills, beginning with SB 1124 on lung cancer screening awareness. The author and supporters said the bill would require CDPH signage about lung cancer screening eligibility at tobacco point-of-sale locations to address low awareness and low screening rates. Support came from medical students, physicians, and the California Academy of Family Physicians, while retailers raised concerns about sign size, retailer notification, and implementation. Committee members generally supported the bill and noted the need to work through those concerns.
SB 1150 sought to require clearer patient notice when cancer cases are reported to the California Cancer Registry. The author described the bill as a response to inconsistent notification practices and privacy concerns, and the chair and other members shared personal stories about learning they or family members were in the registry without knowing it. Cancer registry and university stakeholders expressed appreciation for amendments but continued to have concerns or wanted more time to review the language. The bill was discussed as a patient-awareness measure rather than a change to reporting requirements.
The committee also heard SB 1400 on Alameda Health System governance, SB 1094 on biosimilar substitution and health plan policies, SB 1314 on smoke shop regulation and nitrous oxide restrictions, and SB 1309 on eliminating cost-sharing for medically necessary follow-up after lung cancer screening. SB 1400 and SB 1314 drew support from local officials, labor, and public health advocates, with members emphasizing youth protection and local oversight. SB 1094 passed after extensive debate over pharmacist substitution authority and notification requirements, with a 6-0 vote and opposition from biotechnology and physician groups. SB 1309 also passed after members discussed the cost of follow-up care and the value of early detection, despite opposition from health plans over premium impacts; it received a 7-0 vote and was placed on call.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Nick Luizos here on behalf of the California Association of Health Plans.
- John Winger on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans, in support.
- “The issue is not so much, do health plans cover the follow-up?
- association for health plans.
- type of financial assistance to an enrollee of that plan.
Committee:
Senate Health
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Nov 3rd, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Planning documents are a necessity.
- Again, because I keep saying that, we're talking about planning here, and we're talking about planning
- We have a state planning group that does a lot of interdisciplinary work, kind of on the side of a planning
- You're all over the state with all types of different planning projects that are planning for water.
- We have the American Planning Association.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- for anti-cancer medications as part of high-deductible health plan policies that are eligible for use
- Opelka come up and take a swing at this, but my concern is on page two, where it says a health plan,
- health coverage plan shall not impose any prior authorization on through number three.
- It's about whether a state can apply its laws to ERISA plans, and part of what happened in that case
- was there was an attempt to apply certain plan design elements in state law to ERISA plans.
Committee:
Senate Insurance
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- You may note that not every community has Medicare Advantage plans.
- There are several counties where they only have one Medicare Advantage plan.
- So, in order to sell Medicare Advantage plans, they have to apply.
- In May they started offering plans, but open enrollment doesn't start until October.
- In May they started offering plans, but open enrollment doesn't start until October.
Summary:
The committee began by removing Senate Bill 1374 from the agenda at the chair’s request, citing the need for more time to meet with stakeholders and clarify the bill. The committee then took up House Joint Memorial 16, introduced by Representative Ben Furman, which expresses support for the Idaho Department of Insurance and asks the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify rules affecting Medicare Advantage marketing and commissions.
Representative Furman and Insurance Director Dean Cameron described problems in the Medicare Advantage market, including carriers withdrawing plans, limiting access to applications, and later refusing to pay commissions after enrollment periods. They said these practices have reduced consumer choice, especially in rural counties, and have made it harder for seniors to enroll through local agents. Cameron said the department issued a bulletin and cease-and-desist orders, some carriers sued, and the issue is now in federal court; he also noted that CMS and about 26 other states recognize the problem and are working on possible rule changes.
Senator Wintrow thanked Director Cameron for his work on behalf of seniors. Representative Furman closed by asking for support for the memorial, and the committee moved House Joint Memorial 16 to the Senate floor with a do pass recommendation. The motion passed without opposition, and the meeting adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2026
Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- the deputy sheriffs who are members of our plan, and others that work around the courthouse Plan, the
- plan.
- So it does affect the pension plan.
- plan.
- So it does affect the pension plan.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- for the future. ...within their means and understand credit and plan for the future.
- , and long-term planning.
- So it takes a lot of arm twisting for me to encourage or influence them to join that plan.
- So it takes a lot of arm twisting for me to encourage or influence them to join that plan.
- Stronger retirement planning is also important.
Committee:
House Financial Institutions
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- Infrastructure Safety, they had no plans to remove any out-of-service lines between now and 2028.
- will this bill require the removal of these lines, but it will also require utilities to create a plan
- But it will also require utilities to create a plan and timeline for the removal process, so we don't
- The CPUC also needs to review this plan to make sure that it's meeting their requirements as well.
- But I haven't heard anything with regards to the plan on the public utilities or not public, but the
Committee:
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications heard two bills. SB 742 by Senator Perez would require investor-owned utilities to inventory and remove permanently abandoned transmission lines, update wildfire mitigation planning, and participate in emergency operations centers. The bill was presented as a response to the Eaton Fire and other wildfire risks tied to decommissioned lines. Supporters, including TURN and a wildfire survivor coalition, argued the bill closes a major safety gap and could prevent future disasters. Committee members raised questions about cost, implementation, and CPUC oversight, but generally supported the measure as a safety and affordability step. The bill was amended and passed out of committee 12-0 to Senate Appropriations.
SB 327 by Senator McNerney would prohibit investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds to oppose municipal utility formation or expansion and would clarify the Public Advocates Office’s authority to inspect utility accounting records. Supporters said ratepayer money should not be used for political lobbying and that the bill would improve accountability and protect consumers from inappropriate charges. Utility representatives opposed the bill as written, saying some costs were not recovered from ratepayers, the language needed clarification, and the measure could blur regulatory and advocacy roles or create due process issues, though they said they were open to amendments. The committee discussed affordability, utility profits, and the need for clearer statutory language. SB 327 was amended and passed 10-3 to Senate Appropriations.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Oct 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- To provide a solution or a design plan for the Code Talkers Museum.
- Chair, do you guys have any actual plans drawn up? Any architectural plans?
- Is there any design, any plans, anything?
- All the design and all the planning and designing are done.
- donated to them, all those little plans.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Health Committee Jun 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Symphony Barbie on behalf of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, in support.
- Medi-Cal managed care plans cover more than 60% of nursing home residents in California.
- homes contract with their specific plan.
- County, for example, there are three different Medi-Cal plans and over 360 nursing homes.
- Symphony Barbie, on behalf of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, in support.
Summary:
The Assembly Health Committee heard several Senate bills focused on health care access, privacy, and public health data. SB 81 (Arreguín) would require health care facilities to create nonpublic areas and bar immigration enforcement from entering without a judicial warrant or court order, while also protecting disclosure of immigration-related information in medical records. The bill drew strong support from labor, immigrant-rights, health care, and patient advocacy groups, with committee members emphasizing patient safety and privacy; one member raised implementation concerns about how the restrictions would work in practice. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, with one no vote recorded.
SB 250 (Ochoa Bogh) would add skilled nursing facilities to DHCS’s managed care provider directory so Medi-Cal beneficiaries can more easily identify covered facilities. Supporters said the change would help seniors and people with disabilities avoid confusion and rushed placement decisions, especially during hospital discharge, and would make existing information easier to use. The committee passed the bill to Appropriations on a unanimous vote. SB 717 (Richardson) would formally recognize California’s three regional cancer registries in state law to help preserve federal funding and support cancer surveillance data collection. The author and supporters said the measure would protect more than $15 million in annual federal support and strengthen cancer research and tracking; the committee approved it unanimously to Appropriations.
SB 504 (Laird) would allow health care providers to disclose personally identifying information about previously reported HIV infections to state or local health officials when needed for disease control or care coordination. The author described the bill as a modernization of reporting and coordination practices, and supporters from the California Medical Association and Planned Parenthood backed it. The committee sent the bill out as amended to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee on a unanimous vote. The meeting also included routine consent-calendar action and multiple add-on votes, with the committee repeatedly holding the roll open to record additional members’ votes.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Jun 9th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, Simon, and leave Europe with our work plan.
- Simon, please, work plan. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- So, how is that studying planning gonna happen?
- Um, we could, um, uh, amend the work plan to address that. We can prioritize that.
- Um, but I would take a motion on our, um, Work plan.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- MAKING SURE HE REALLY DESIGNATED A LOT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING TO BILLING THOSE ARTICULATION PATTERNS.
- BEGINNING STRATEGIC PLANNING AROUND AND ALIGNED TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE FIELD AT THE
- THE PLAN IS TO LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT THAT WE HAD TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE THE BACKGROUND
- THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PLANS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON ENTERING THE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE.
- LIVES PLANNING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH LEADERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance (1-14-26) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- That is about employees health plan.
- Uh the Kentucky employees health plan.
- Um, as Kentucky Employees Health Plan.
- What's the plan there?
- What's the plan there?
Keywords:
00:14 Call to Order and Roll Call
01:10 Information Items and Introduction of Personnel Cabinet
02:44 Discussion of KHRIS HR system and need for replacement
05:52 Discussion of Challenges in managing HR for employees and records
09:16 Discussion of Employee Health Plan Record Management
12:56 Software and Hardware Discussion
16:15 Security Concerns
17:00 Costs, Staffing, and Implementation
24:09 Discussion of Data Integration and Hosting
32:20 Payment Methodology
35:20 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance held its first meeting and heard a presentation from personnel cabinet officials on a major request to replace the Kentucky Human Resources Information System, known as CHRIS, which currently handles HR, payroll, tax compliance, and health plan administration for state government and several local offices. Officials said the system supports payroll for about 48,000 employees, covers all three branches of government and 24 sheriff and county clerk offices, and stores records for nearly 475,000 current and former users. They explained that SAP has said the system will reach end of life and lose support by 2030, creating risks around security, maintenance, and tax compliance if it is not replaced.
Commissioners and staff emphasized that the replacement is needed not just as an upgrade but as a full system replacement, especially because the current platform no longer receives meaningful HR enhancements and will eventually lose security updates and tax tables. They also described the Kentucky Employees Health Plan as a major driver of the project, noting it serves nearly 300,000 covered lives, many school boards, pre-65 retirees, and more than 700 entities, with significant complexity in billing, premium collection, and regulatory compliance. Officials said the new system would help address current manual workarounds, support changing insurance rules, and better protect personally identifiable and health information.
Members asked detailed questions about the $151 million request, including why the estimate had risen by more than $50 million, what would happen if the project missed the 2030 deadline, how progress would be tracked, how vendor costs were estimated, and what the largest cost components would cover. Officials said the increase was mainly due to inflation and changing requirements, and that there was no real backup plan if the replacement was not completed before support ends. They said the project would be managed through an RFP process expected in July 2026, with kickoff in January 2027 and go-live by July 2030, and that oversight would include an enterprise steering committee, monthly updates, and existing quarterly COT reporting to LRC. They also explained that the largest share of the request is for implementation and integrator services, with additional amounts for software licensing and hosting, independent verification and validation, dependent verification, FSA administration, and limited contract support, and that payments would be tied to deliverables and acceptance testing.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Sep 9th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- Our facility master plans are also managed, considered a project.
- They're in a planning study, and they plan to do system upgrades, including a special education classroom
- The council did approve that plan.
- The adequacy planning guide has been initially updated.
- Because then they're not going to plan for it.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (06/10/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:05:34.479><c> in</c> a lot of people have travel plans in a lot of people have travel plans in
- </c><00:33:45.440><c> for</c> that came out, uh, economic planning for that came out, uh, economic planning
- So, does the LDC then plan furnace."
- So capacity planning is state. Right?
- </c> Hampshire's energy plan for the future. Hampshire's energy plan for the future.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- changing the plan to respond to failure of the plan.
- or changing the plan to respond to failure of the plan.
- plan for those Lee 8 management plan plan for those catastrophes<01:09:39.920><c> or</c><01:09:40.319
- plan and uh if plan it was a long range plan and uh if you've<03:07:25.680><c> been</c><03:07:25.840
- </c><03:10:22.840><c> so</c> diversion plans in town Master plans so diversion plans in town Master plans
Summary:
The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a hearing on HB 566, which would require permit applications for new landfills to include a detailed leachate management plan. The bill sponsor said the measure was prompted by recent reporting on leachate problems at New Hampshire landfills, including alleged violations at a Bethlehem facility and deficiencies at other sites, and argued the bill is meant to improve public health protections without dictating specific treatment methods or hindering innovation. The sponsor also said the proposal was developed with input from the Department of Environmental Services (DES) and industry representatives, and that a forthcoming amendment would revise the bill’s language to better fit the permitting process.
The sponsor explained that the amendment would move several requirements out of the contract section and into the planning section, change references such as “permit for construction” to “operating approval,” include landfill expansions, and remove language that could be read as requiring long-term contracts. Questions from members focused on whether the bill would create enforceable consequences if a plan is not followed, whether it would limit operators’ flexibility, and whether existing DES rules already cover the subject. The sponsor said enforcement details should be addressed by DES and emphasized that the bill would not lock operators into any particular contract or technology.
The Business and Industry Association testified in opposition to the bill as introduced, saying it appeared unnecessary because DES already regulates leachate through existing rules, including Env 806.53, and has authority to update those rules as technology changes. The witness argued that putting the requirements into statute could freeze the regulatory framework, create conflicts with future rulemaking, and make it harder for DES to respond quickly to new treatment methods or operational issues. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Ethics and Elections Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- thought-out plan, in other words, return on investment?
- So storm protection plans, I think, was what the reference is.
- And then they have a three-year plan in which they move forward.
- It was with regard to the storm protection plans.
- When those plans are initially— and you talked about prudency— when those plans are brought before the
Summary:
The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and Senator Polsky excused. The committee first heard Senate Bill 1416 by Senator DeSigley, which would move municipal elections to coincide with the general election and extend incumbent terms until the new election schedule takes effect. Members asked about runoff elections, with the sponsor saying runoffs would likely shift to the August primary and that he was open to further discussion, including possibly eliminating runoffs. The bill drew support from a senator citing potential taxpayer savings, while the Florida League of Cities and Florida Association of Counties were noted as opposed. SB 1416 was reported favorably.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 766 by Senator Burgess, as amended by a strike-all that refocused the bill on agents of “countries of concern” and narrowed disclosure requirements. The sponsor said the measure was intended to increase transparency around foreign-backed political activity and align with federal Foreign Agents Registration Act concepts. The amendment was adopted, and the bill as amended was reported favorably.
Members next heard the reappointment of Mike LaRosa to the Public Service Commission. LaRosa described the PSC’s role regulating investor-owned utilities and emphasized transparency, consumer protection, workforce development, and adapting to new energy technologies such as small modular reactors. Senators questioned him closely about recent Florida Supreme Court criticism of PSC orders as insufficiently reasoned and overly reliant on utility assertions. LaRosa acknowledged the criticism, said PSC procedures and orders had become more detailed, and committed to continued improvement. Despite concerns, his nomination was advanced favorably to the full Senate.
The committee then approved a block of nominations in tabs 4 through 27 without objection and without separate hearings. At the end of the meeting, Senator Grall asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on SB 1416 and SB 766, and the committee rose.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:30:06.320><c> and</c> county's department of planning and county's department of planning and
- </c> documents, you will read all the plans documents, you will read all the plans that<01:30:32.719>
- And also within these um this plan.
- :26.639><c> be</c><01:31:26.800><c> very</c> with these plans um it would be very with these plans um
- Okay. >> Yeah, that's the plan.
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The committees heard testimony on HB 1872, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program to help early childhood providers participate in approved apprenticeship programs, require annual reporting, and appropriate funds. Testifiers in support included the University of Hawaiʻi, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the City and County of Honolulu, Commit to Keiki, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, the Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network Speaks, Parents for Public Schools of Hawaiʻi, and Kīʻoka Family Learning Centers. Supporters said the bill would reduce financial barriers, strengthen recruitment and retention, improve compensation and career pathways, and help address child care shortages and workforce instability. The committee then voted to pass HB 1872 with amendments, including an HD1 and a defective date to allow further discussion.
The committee next took up HB 2489, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaiʻi to establish a bachelor’s degree program in American Sign Language interpretation, with a longer-term plan for a master’s program. Testimony in support came from the Disability Communication Access Board and the University of Hawaiʻi, and members also heard detailed support from DECAP and other advocates describing a statewide shortage of ASL interpreters, long waiting lists for ASL courses, and the need for locally trained interpreters who understand Hawaiʻi’s cultural and community needs. Witnesses said the shortage affects schools, courts, hospitals, emergency services, and other settings, and that the program could be expanded through articulation with other campuses. The committee voted to pass HB 2489 with amendments, again using an HD1 and defective date.
After those two measures, the committee moved to HB 441 on campus safety, which would require students, including transfer students, to complete training on federal laws and university policies regarding sexual misconduct before initial registration and would change how often training is provided to students and employees. The University of Hawaiʻi stood on its written testimony, while supporters including IMUA Alliance and other testifiers urged passage, citing survivor experiences, national best practices, and the need for prevention before harm occurs. No vote on HB 441 was reached in the portion provided.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- district, which is the coast management plan.
- These partnership plans allow us not to react, but rather plan for events like that when they happen
- But at some point, the money for that fund is not going to meet what we have planned.
- And a good example of that is in my formal term. term planning.
- We are planning to finalize the report for the pilots that were done.
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Rules met to consider several items, beginning with gubernatorial appointments not required to appear. The committee approved multiple appointments on 3-2 and 5-0 votes, including members to the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Contractors State License Board, and the Medical Board of California. Members also approved a bill referral item, a rule waiver request to suspend SR 55 for guests on the Senate floor during an adjourn-in-memory for former President Pro Tempore John Burton, and floor acknowledgment items, all by 5-0 vote.
The committee then heard the required appearance of Dina El-Tawansy for Director of the California Department of Transportation. In her opening remarks, she emphasized Caltrans’ priorities of safety, equity, climate resilience, economic prosperity, workforce development, and multimodal transportation. Senators questioned her on a range of issues, including impacts from federal and state rules affecting immigrant truck drivers, the Highway 58 truck climbing lane project, DBE reevaluation under new federal guidance, asphalt recycling and waste disposal, climate-related damage to infrastructure, and the future of transportation funding as gas tax revenue declines.
El-Tawansy said Caltrans would prioritize emergency and safety projects, continue work on the Highway 58 corridor, and help DBEs through a reevaluation process and outreach efforts. She described ongoing climate adaptation work, including vulnerability assessments, vegetation management, and corridor studies such as Route 37 and LOSSAN, and said the department is researching road user charges through pilots and national collaboration. She also discussed small-business programs, local hiring, toll lane agreement consistency, and efforts to address litter and homelessness on Caltrans property through delegated maintenance agreements and new staff positions.
After public testimony from numerous transportation, construction, local government, labor, and technology organizations in support of the nominee, the committee voted 5-0 to advance El-Tawansy’s appointment to the full Senate floor for confirmation. The meeting then adjourned.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And the Ohio Chamber reports 25% average health plan savings.
- Senator Epstein: I believe that these plans, part of it is that the plans do not have to cover the 10
- or 11 essential health benefits that ACA plans must cover.
- In Ohio, they had a 25% average health plan savings.
- Leach has a retirement plan.
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
retirement benefits, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, property tax exemption, disability, veterans, widows, income limits, Arizona Revised Statutes