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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

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  • And also, this is not an expansion of scope of practice for podiatric physicians.
  • I've been a nurse for over 48 years. Ten years of that have been in emergency trauma.
  • I'm a lifelong public servant with experience in both law enforcement and nursing.
  • It revises the reporting requirement language for physicians under Florida statute and advanced practice
  • registered nurses.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services met to hear and vote on a series of health, human services, and education-related bills, along with a presentation of the committee’s proposed HHS budget. The budget was described as increasing by more than $2.1 billion over the current base, with major funding highlighted for Medicaid and KidCare, rural health, provider rate increases, child welfare, mental health and substance use, opioid treatment, Alzheimer’s initiatives, cancer research, ADAP, veterans’ services, and IT modernization. Public testimony on the budget focused heavily on AIDS Drug Assistance Program funding and concerns about Department of Health changes affecting access, premium assistance, notice, and continuity of care for people living with HIV/AIDS. Among the bills reported favorably were measures on podiatric medicine and tissue-based products (SB 1092), background screening and clearinghouse procedures (SB 1168), child protective investigations involving specific medical diagnoses and second opinions (SB 42), clinical laboratory personnel licensure standards (SB 878), uterine fibroid data tracking and research (SB 196), medical marijuana treatment center oversight and related health provisions (SB 902), dyslexia and dyscalculia screening and intervention in schools (SB 1340), memory care licensure for assisted living facilities (SB 1404), congenital CMV education materials (SB 1414), Parkinson’s disease registry and related public records exemption bills (SB 1684 and SB 1686), and occupational therapy dry needling licensure standards (SB 914). Several bills were amended before passage, including SB 1092, SB 42, SB 902, SB 1684, and SB 1404. Testimony generally came from professional associations, advocacy groups, and affected stakeholders, with support voiced for most measures. The committee adopted amendments on the floor, heard no opposition during debate on the bills described, and then voted to report each measure favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested to be recorded in the affirmative on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25

Health Finance and Policy

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  • practice in the state is no exception because Minnesota holds very high standards for nursing practice
  • state</c><00:20:00.600><c> is</c><00:20:00.760><c> no</c> the nursing practice in our state is no the
  • nursing practice in our state is no exception<00:20:01.880><c> as</c><00:20:02.080><c> we</c><00:20:
  • </c><00:20:05.559><c> practice</c> high standards to our nursing practice high standards to our nursing
  • </c><00:20:18.600><c> are</c> practices many outof state nurses are practices many outof state nurses
Bills: HF837, HF1903, HF499, HF794
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services 2ND REVISED Feb 16th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

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  • It clarifies the language for the Board of Nursing for APRNs who are applying for their independent prescriptive
  • There was some question when they were applying for their independent practice, independent prescriptive
  • So, we felt like that was unfair because they had already taken those courses and have been in practice
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Mar 24th, 2026

Health and Welfare

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  • These are the pharmacies serving our nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and rehab centers.
  • This provides relative to the rights of foster children, to provide for the elimination of the practice
  • And these are practically brand new.
  • practice, to provide for fees, to provide relative to a psychological technician, photometrician.
  • practice and eliminating the certificate of advanced practice.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/22/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

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  • regulate fluoroscopy and X-ray for advanced practice registered nurses.
  • regulate fluoroscopy and X-ray for advanced practice registered nurses.
  • regulate fluoroscopy and X-ray for advanced practice registered nurses.
  • regulate fluoroscopy and X-ray for advanced practice registered nurses.
  • regulate fluoroscopy and X-ray for advanced practice registered nurses.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • TMAs, and licensed practical nurses, or LPNs.
  • </c> that provide the backbone of a nursing that provide the backbone of a nursing home<00:10:37.519>
  • </c><00:10:45.959><c> nurses</c><00:10:46.920><c> or</c> licens practical nurses or licens practical
  • homes and nursing home functions.
  • homes and nursing home functions. nursing home as a teenager and um uh nursing home as a teenager and
Bills: HF1419, HF500
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • </c> to provide training across the nursing to provide training across the nursing home<00:04:27.720>
  • For 40 years I've been working to support nursing home employees. I was a nursing assistant.
  • For 40 years I've been working to support nursing home employees. I was a nursing assistant.
  • For 40 years I've been working to support nursing home employees. I was a nursing assistant.
  • </c><00:26:12.919><c> homes</c> nursing homes and boarding nursing homes nursing homes and boarding nursing
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Services Finance and Policy Committee hears HF500 2/27/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
  • I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
  • I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
  • I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
  • I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
Bills: HF1419, HF500
Summary: The committee took up House File 500, which would require the legislature to fund the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s standards before they could take effect. An author’s DE2 amendment was adopted first; the amendment was described as pausing the board’s standards unless the legislature estimates and fully pays the cost for each nursing home. The bill author argued that mandates without money create serious consequences for seniors and providers, and said the measure would keep budget authority with the legislature rather than an appointed board. Supporters, including nursing home operators and the Long-Term Care Imperative, said the board’s holiday pay and minimum wage standards would create large unfunded costs, citing estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for individual facilities and more than $200 million statewide. They argued that some facilities could face debt, reserve depletion, or reduced access to care if the standards are not funded. Opponents, including SEIU workers and union leaders, said the board has improved staffing, recruitment, morale, and worker safety, and that caregivers deserve higher wages and holiday pay. They argued the bill would weaken the board’s ability to address chronic understaffing and would shift focus away from worker protections. Members also debated whether nursing home reimbursement rates have already risen enough to cover wages and whether the problem lies with how funds are used by providers. After public testimony closed, several members spoke in opposition and support. A roll call was requested, and the committee voted 9-7 to re-refer House File 500, as amended, to the Committee on Labor and Workforce and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Health Finance and Policy

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  • </c><01:09:50.400><c> practice</c> as a heavy reliance on advanced practice as a heavy reliance on advanced
  • Staffing in nursing homes, especially among certified nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses
  • nursing assistants<01:16:43.360><c> and</c><01:16:43.600><c> licensed</c><01:16:44.239><c> practical
  • </c><01:16:44.800><c> nurses</c> assistants and licensed practical nurses assistants and licensed practical
  • Please pass the leaving practice.
Bills: HF3668, HF2779, HF2771
HI
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  • There's opportunities with advanced technology to test the embryo and so forth.
  • A physician has different areas of practice, such as, as I mentioned before, surgical, primary care,
  • Each of these areas have different needs and concerns and would base their practice on these different
  • . and would base their um their practice and would base their um their practice on<00:18:42.799><c> these
  • And, um, for example, nutrition is not a primary health care practice in Western medicine, and so, um
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 1864, which would require health insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation services for people undergoing medically necessary treatment, drew broad support from SHIPA, the Department of Health, HMSA, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, and others. Testifiers emphasized that fertility preservation is routine coverage on the mainland and important for patients facing infertility from cancer or other treatment; one patient described incurring more than $20,000 in costs. The Insurance Division flagged possible Affordable Care Act issues, a potential conflict in the bill’s language about using patient history to determine limits, and a mismatch with state medical-necessity standards. Committee discussion also focused on whether the bill should apply to all women of childbearing age rather than a narrower age-based category. HB 2305 would require nutrition and metabolic education as part of physicians’ continuing medical education. The Hawaii Medical Board opposed the measure, arguing that CME should remain flexible and tailored to each physician’s specialty and warning that topic-specific mandates can expand over time. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, saying it would help the state’s rural health transformation application and could improve federal funding prospects, though the exact impact was unclear. Members questioned whether nutrition is already covered in medical training and whether the requirement should be limited to primary care physicians; the board said Hawaii currently has no topic-specific CME mandates and that physicians can already choose relevant courses. The committee also heard strong support for HB 1597, which would establish an Alzheimer’s disease research center at the University of Hawaii. Supporters from the university, the Alzheimer’s Association, AARP, and others said the center could attract federal research dollars, expand clinical trials, and help address the state’s high Alzheimer’s-related health costs. HB 2159, which appropriates funds for health care workforce development, also received broad support from the University of Hawaii, health systems, and advocacy groups, with no opposition noted. Finally, HB 2121, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of disposable electronic smoking devices, drew support from the Department of Health, youth advocates, and public health groups citing youth addiction, environmental waste, and fire hazards; the department said a separate bill, HB 1573, would be more comprehensive and better defined for enforcement and penalties. The committee ended with HB 1913, creating a veteran services mental health coordinator position at Tripler Army Medical Center, which was supported by veteran services officials and others who said veterans need better navigation and coordination for behavioral health care.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

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  • of practice expansion through this building just with whispers like you're doing a good job.
  • The FTC warned about their Practices.
  • There's no fiscal impact or really changed to business practices.
  • Does this expansion of practice for nurse practitioners and PAs mean that That those groups might support
  • Nurse practitioners and PAs are not midlevels.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026

Health and Human Services Oversight

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  • There is no difference, according to my primary care provider, who is a nurse practitioner, by the way
  • Are you getting a scope of practice expansion through this bill just with whispers?
  • This is the same bill as the physician assistant bill was for the nurse practitioners.
  • Does this expansion of practice for nurse practitioners and Does this expansion of practice for nurse
  • Nurse practitioners and P.A.s are not mid-levels.
Summary: The committee took up a series of health, human services, and related bills. House Bill 3552, allowing child care providers to bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement rates and standard tuition rates, was adopted and reported out 11-2. House Bill 2984, as a substitute, would direct DHS to compile a report on the child care system, including subsidy payment error rates, the number of facilities, closures, and voluntary closure feedback; it was reported out 14-0. House Bill 4201, changing master teacher requirements in child care from licensed capacity to actual enrollment, also passed unanimously. House Bill 3380, creating the Fostering the Future for Oklahoma Children and Families Act to modernize foster care data systems and improve outcomes, passed 12-0. House Bill 4430 and House Bill 4431, both cleanup measures tied to prior nurse practitioner/PA scope and pharmacy-related provisions, each passed 13-0. Several bills focused on health care access, regulation, and public safety. House Bill 4124 would allow over-the-counter ivermectin sales for human use with labeling and dosing information; after extensive questioning about safety, labeling, children, and liability, it passed 9-5. House Bill 3934, a large amended measure affecting dental practice and supervision rules, passed 14-0 after discussion about x-rays, telemedicine, and dental assistants. House Bill 3448, requiring insurance coverage related to group home provider liability for property damage, passed 14-0. House Bill 3131, setting baseline standards and oversight for homeless shelters with roles split between Commerce and Health, drew concerns about local control, temporary shelters, and fiscal impact, but passed 8-6. House Bill 4200, creating a revolving fund for forensic assertive community treatment teams to address the jail-to-homelessness cycle for people with severe mental illness, passed 11-3. The committee also advanced several public health, consumer, and industry bills. House Bill 1912, the Corn Masa Nutrition Enhancement Act, generated extensive debate over folic acid fortification, parental choice, MTHFR genetics, and potential health effects; with a PCS allowing a non-fortified option, it passed 9-5. House Bill 3011 repealed the home brewing license while keeping home-brewing limits and sales restrictions, and passed 11-3. House Bill 3881, the Alternative Nicotine Products Regulatory Act, increased application costs and removed a registry deemed inconsistent with federal law, passing 13-0. House Bill 3538, targeting pharmacy benefit manager vertical integration and its effects on access and pricing, passed 13-0 after discussion of mail-order restrictions and pharmacy closures. House Bill 3851, defining private label/control label alcoholic beverages under the three-tier system, also passed 13-0. House Bill 3907, requiring direct-hire staffing for facilities serving vulnerable adults and children with a short temporary staffing grace period, passed 13-0. The committee then moved on to House Bill 4457, a specialty-drug/PBM measure, with discussion beginning about PBM practices and specialty pharmacy access.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

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  • </c> First, that the system has an advanced First, that the system has an advanced threat<00:03:37.400
  • </c> in law enforcement practices. in law enforcement practices.
  • As counties have reforms to advance.
  • > legal</c> transitioned practical and legal transitioned practical and legal questions<01:33:33.600>
  • </c><01:53:26.760><c> including</c> steps to improve our practices including steps to improve our practices
HI
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  • </c> &gt;&gt; regarding nurse anesthetist. &gt;&gt; regarding nurse anesthetist.
  • I'm a retired nurse practitioner, and I've been practicing in federally funded community health centers
  • practice nurse or social worker to answer questions.
  • practice nurse or social worker to answer questions.
  • </c> the nursing profession. the nursing profession.
Summary: The committee opened a hearing on multiple health-related bills and first took up HB 2315, which would create a Department of Health pilot program allowing eligible employees to defer unused vacation leave in exchange for a payout to help with home purchase assistance. The Department of Health testified in support, saying the proposal could aid recruitment and retention, and United Public Workers also supported it as a creative, cost-effective benefit that could help employees become first-time homebuyers. The chair likewise praised the department’s effort, and there were no questions or opposition before the committee moved on. The committee then heard HB 2562 on workplace violence in health care settings. The Department of Health said it preferred requiring licensed hospitals to adopt workplace-violence prevention policies and public reporting rather than creating a new state program. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said it appreciated the intent and explained that, absent a specific standard, enforcement would rely on OSHA’s general duty clause, guidance, and inspections. Nurses and the Hawaii Nurses Association gave emotional testimony describing harassment, threats, doxxing, and fears for patient and worker safety, arguing that existing processes were too slow and that hospitals needed immediate, enforceable requirements. The committee discussed current hospital alarm systems and OSHA enforcement, and Labor said it does inspect hospitals and can receive complaints from employees. HB 1532, concerning importation of large cigars and pipe tobacco, was announced as deferred at the request of the bill’s author so it could be refined with proponents and the Attorney General. The committee also discussed HB 1857, a very large measure redefining qualified health care provider and making extensive changes to health care law; the chair said the House would likely pass it without substantive changes and instead defer the effective date while using the Senate companion bill as the vehicle. Testimony on HB 1857 was generally supportive, including from the Hawaii Association of Nurse Anesthesiology and a certified genetic counselor, though both referenced proposed amendments. Finally, the committee heard HB 2209, which would require insurers to honor a patient’s written assignment of benefits to a substance use disorder treatment provider. The Insurance Division and HMSA opposed the bill as drafted, arguing it would create a special class of providers, raise fraud and litigation concerns, and potentially increase premiums. Treatment providers and advocates strongly supported the measure, saying insurers often refuse direct payment even when patients assign benefits, forcing families to front large sums and delaying access to residential treatment; they argued the bill would improve access and help keep care in Hawaii. A psychiatrist testified that he had not seen fraud in Hawaii and that the bill could help address long wait times for life-saving treatment. The committee also received written support from multiple individuals and organizations, and members began asking questions about HMSA’s network size and wait times, with follow-up information requested."}】【。final json to=commentary 天天中彩票出票 to=commentary code 彩神争霸邀请码 to=commentary 彩票平台招商 to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • CORE places medical oncology fellows, residents, medical students, and advanced practice students directly
  • CORE places medical oncology fellows, residents, medical students, and advanced practice students directly
  • CORE places medical oncology fellows, residents, medical students, and advanced practice students directly
  • </c> practice in rural Minnesota. practice in rural Minnesota.
  • advancing the bill.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Judiciary

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  • I practiced for 35 years.
  • The advanced practice nurse compact only has four states; you need to have seven to be inactive.
  • And so this is not like the nursing compact, licensed in one state to practice.
  • of their time has to be practiced here, but if they're practicing in Texas even 15 percent, that means
  • Practicing out of state.
Bills: SB1, SB3
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26

Health Finance and Policy

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  • </c><01:12:18.159><c> practice</c> assistants, and advanced practice assistants, and advanced practice
  • Should it be, I mean, should advanced practice nurses, who have considerable amounts of continuing education
  • practice nurses who have considerable practice nurses who have considerable amounts<01:18:39.360><c>
  • c> at the nursing as a nursing practice and at the nursing as a nursing practice and education<01:43:
  • </c><01:45:36.960><c> nurses</c> that up would for more practicing nurses that up would for more practicing
Bills: HF1925
TX
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  • with graduation issues regarding their program requirements that could easily have been remedied in advance
  • anti-Semitism, without defining religious discrimination with any specificity. specificity, the bill practically