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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So first up, HB 72 relating to pharmacy. We have... Excuse me.
- James Kazi, Board of Pharmacy, in support. Okay, hello, Chair.
- We think that it's not necessarily the intent to include all of pharmacy.
- We have prior authorization processes for pharmacy currently, so this would be adding an added layer
- </c> processes for pharmacy currently so this processes for pharmacy currently so this would<00:10:50.800
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 72 on pharmacy drew only support, with testimony from the University of Hawaiʻi system, the Board of Pharmacy, pharmacists, and others; no questions were raised. HB 237 on peer support programs also received broad support from the Department of Health, DHS, early learning officials, families, and advocates, with testimony emphasizing the value of peer-to-peer mentoring and support for parents, youth, and people with disabilities; no opposition or questions were noted.
HB 250, the prior authorization bill, generated the most discussion. SHPDA supported a revised version focused on reporting prior authorization practices and creating a nonbinding working group to develop automation standards, while PCMA, HMSA, Kaiser Permanente, and others raised concerns about duplicative pharmacy requirements, unintended consequences, and alignment with federal timelines and reporting. Several medical groups and individual patients supported the measure, describing delays and burdens caused by prior authorization. A committee member asked whether the bill’s working group differed from a similar group in Senate Bill 1449, and the witness said it was intended to be the same.
HB 303 on health care preceptors was supported by the Department of Health, University of Hawaiʻi, nursing and health care organizations, and the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, which asked that pharmacists’ residency programs be specifically tied to national accreditation standards. HB 341, relating to issuance of SPURS to assist the Hawaii Island Community Health Association, drew support from the health center and related groups. HB 692 on Preschool Open Doors received extensive support from early learning, education, family, labor, and community organizations; testimony stressed the shortage of child care and preschool slots, especially on Kauai, and the need to expand access for families. Committee members asked about adding family child care providers and about licensing/certification barriers, and DHS said the bill was focused on current licensed child care facilities and that certification issues were a separate, broader problem. HB 700 on cognitive assessments also drew strong support, with the Department of Health, the Executive Office on Aging, disability advocates, the Alzheimer’s Association, caregivers, and others urging use of a validated cognitive assessment tool during annual wellness visits and asking that the age 65 threshold be removed; some witnesses supported keeping the data-collection portion as a pilot and emphasized early detection and reporting.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 022 Feb 5th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The ayes have it. pharmacy and manufacturers pharmacy and manufacturers uh<00:52:57.520><c> and</c><00
- </c> against a hospital, clinic, pharmacy against a hospital, clinic, pharmacy manufacturer, manufacturer
- ><c> provider</c> pharmacy, manufacturer or provider pharmacy, manufacturer or provider is<01:45:31.040
- ,</c> the hospital, clinic, pharmacy, the hospital, clinic, pharmacy, manufacturer,<01:45:41.360><c>
- </c><02:08:45.440><c> and</c> um this adds pharmacies and um this adds pharmacies and manufacturers.<
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, January 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Reese served as a pharmacy director and diabetes educator at District 2 Public Health in Gainesville,
- Teacher of the Year for pharmacy practice in 2019 and Faculty Preceptor of the Year in 2022 and 2023
- at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic<07:11:36.638><c>
- ><c> and</c> year for pharmacy practice in 2019 and year for pharmacy practice in 2019 and faculty<07
- </c> mission of peom School of Pharmacy mission of peom School of Pharmacy throughout<07:12:22.798><c
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Jun 12th, 2026
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- On the pharmacy side, it could be a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician.
- can either be a class E felony or up to a $1,000 fine if a provider, a dispensing pharmacist, or pharmacy
- In the state of Missouri, we have over 1,300 pharmacies reporting dispensation information.
- interns, and pharmacy technicians, period.
- This is the pharmacy where it was picked up. This is the dose that was dispensed.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules met with a quorum and approved the minutes from the prior meeting. Members announced that two Department of Natural Resources rules had been withdrawn, leaving only the Missouri Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) rule proposal for consideration. Public testimony focused on a proposed expansion of PDMP access to additional licensed behavioral health professionals, including licensed clinical social workers, licensed master social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and psychologists, along with related clarifications to delegate access categories such as medical assistants and clinical nurse specialists.
Testimony from the PDMP director and supporters from Compass Health and the Department of Mental Health argued the changes would improve care coordination, medication reconciliation, and overdose prevention within multidisciplinary behavioral health teams, especially in CCBHC settings. They said access would remain limited to licensed Missouri professionals working under supervision or collaboration with a prescriber or dispenser, and that the system is intended for treatment-related, view-only use. Opponents and skeptical committee members raised concerns that the rule would expand access beyond the original statutory framework without legislative change, could create privacy risks or misuse in non-treatment contexts such as custody disputes, and might exceed the committee’s rulemaking authority. One public witness opposed the rule, warning it could deter patients from seeking counseling and arguing the change should be made, if at all, by statute.
After testimony, committee members debated whether the proposal was a permissible clarification or an impermissible substantive expansion of the law. Supporters of disapproval said the issue was legality, not the merits of PDMP access, and urged the department to seek a bill sponsor if it wanted the change enacted. A motion was made and seconded to disapprove Rule 1 CSR 60-1.010 on the grounds of lack of statutory authority, conflict with state law, and arbitrariness/capriciousness. The committee then took a roll-call vote and approved the motion by 7 ayes to 1 no, disapproving the rule and adjourning with no further business.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 11, 2026 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- And the bill also strengthens OIR’s oversight over PBMs, the pharmacy benefit managers.
- And the bill also strengthens OIR’s oversight over PBMs, the pharmacy benefit managers.
- , independent pharmacies, drug manufacturers, and consumers.
- For example, in 2025, Transparency RX Corporation and the Association of Pharmacy Benefit Managers was
- Should the bill posture change and it only apply to pharmacy benefit managers, most of my comments, if
Summary:
The Insurance and Banking Subcommittee met to hear and vote on several bills, with all measures reported favorably. The first major item was PCS for HB 175 on payment stablecoins, which would create a Florida regulatory framework aligned with the federal GENIUS Act so issuers can choose state regulation instead of federal licensing. Members asked extensive questions about how stablecoins differ from other digital assets, whether Florida would need federal approval, and what impact the bill would have on the Office of Financial Regulation; the sponsor and OFR said the state framework would mirror federal standards and that any workload increase was currently indeterminate. The PCS passed unanimously after testimony from OFR and the Florida Blockchain Business Association in support.
The committee then approved CS for HB 961, which streamlines electronic signature requirements for salvage titles and certificates of destruction, and HB 1415, a DFS stablecoin pilot program allowing certain stablecoins to be used for licensing and regulatory fees. HB 1415 was amended to remove authority for a Florida coin, limit the pilot to established stablecoins with at least $1 billion market cap, and require secure custody through a public depository or custodial bank. Members discussed how any interest or revenue would be used, with sponsors saying the pilot was still exploratory and intended mainly to cover program costs. Both bills passed favorably.
HB 1039, establishing a state cryptocurrency reserve, also passed after a strike-all amendment moved administration of the reserve from the CFO’s office to the State Board of Administration and tightened eligibility to cryptocurrencies with a $100 billion market cap over the prior 12 months. Supporters argued the bill would create a framework for future diversification and investment in established digital assets, while several members raised concerns about volatility, reporting frequency, and the meaning of new terms such as qualified liquidity provider and secure custody solution. The committee also passed CS for HB 951 on penny rounding for cash transactions, with an amendment clarifying cash transaction definitions and treating money orders and gift cards like credit-card transactions for rounding purposes.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- result in a reduction in the amount paid to the pharmacy or pharmacist.
- result in a reduction in the amount paid to the pharmacy or pharmacist.
- We're the national trade association that represents America's pharmacy benefit managers.
- Modernization of our pharmacy program. It's a... They should be, in my view.
- Modernization of our pharmacy program. It's a Rubik's cube now.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Service (10-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- we have, um, we're going to start with Representative Amy Neighbors and Taylor Williams with the Pharmacy
- Association to discuss the pharmacy parity bill.
- </c><00:02:20.800><c> uh</c> and and Taylor Williams with pharmacy uh and and Taylor Williams with pharmacy
- </c><00:02:29.680><c> It</c> the pharmacy parity bill. Thank you. It the pharmacy parity bill.
- , our pharmacists are already pharmacy, our pharmacists are already uniquely<00:09:40.399><c> well</c
Summary:
The meeting opened with roll call, approval of the September 17 minutes, and an introduction of Sarah Rome to the committee. The chair also noted that the committee would stay on schedule and then moved to presentations. Representative Amy Neighbors and Taylor Williams of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association presented a refiled “pharmacy parity” proposal, formerly House Bill 3, to require Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacist clinical services already authorized under current scope of practice. They said the bill would not expand Medicaid or pharmacist scope, but would align Medicaid with commercial insurance, improve access and outcomes, and likely save money; they cited a Cabinet report under Senate Joint Resolution 26, which found similar laws in other states were producing savings or trending toward savings and would require only modest administrative updates. No member questions were raised after that presentation.
The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program from Senator Stephen Meredith, Dr. Whitney Jones, Melissa Carrier, and Representative Neighbors. They described the program’s goals of increasing screening, reducing deaths through earlier detection, and preventing cancers by finding polyps, saying it has produced substantial savings and improved outcomes. Speakers emphasized Kentucky’s high colorectal cancer burden, especially in younger adults, and said the program helps uninsured and underinsured Kentuckians access stool-based screening and follow-up colonoscopies through a network of partners including the Department for Public Health, Kentucky Cancer Link, and university cancer programs. They requested an increase in funding from $500,000 to $1.25 million annually, or $2.5 million over the biennium, to expand services, fill geographic gaps, and support education and navigation.
Members asked whether the colon cancer screening was already covered by Medicaid, and the presenters replied that Medicaid does cover it, but the program serves people who are not on Medicaid or who fall into a separate eligibility category based on income and insurance status. A member also clarified the requested funding increase. The committee then moved on to the next agenda item, an update from the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky, where board member Sal Santoro and CHNK Behavioral Health leaders began a presentation describing the organization’s broader behavioral health work and its request, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concludes or any action is taken.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Aug 27th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- dealers without a prescription, providing that they follow guidelines to be laid out by the State Pharmacy
- And it allows the State Board of Pharmacy to make rules as needed.
- And I don't like the shady influencers, gray market pharmacies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers making
- Online pharmacies mark up Ivermectin by 25%, while influencers get paid to promote it through discount
Bills:
HB25
Keywords:
ivermectin, pharmacist authority, prescription-free, healthcare regulation, patient access, 1185, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- counter without a prescription, providing that they follow guidelines to be laid out by the state pharmacy
- liable or civilly liable for the dispensing of ivermectin into this bill and allow the state board of pharmacy
- And I don't like the shady influencers, gray market pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers are once
- Online pharmacies mark up ivermectin by 2,400%, while influencers get paid to promote it through discount
Bills:
HB25
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Nov 5th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Include that 13th check payment in addition to any compounding COLA that we would provide.
- Trujillo, is the compounding COLA for everyone or just people over a certain age and under a certain
- Madam Chair, members, the compounding COLA is for everybody.
- But everybody else gets some form of cost of living adjustment that is compounded.
- So, it just compounded.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/30/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:52:16.160><c> that</c><00:52:16.559><c> felt</c> only two pharmacies that felt only two pharmacies
- </c> pharmacy, which is already overworked. pharmacy, which is already overworked. and<01:18:48.400><
- And so my concern is you're overwhelming the pharmacies, and pharmacies that are in poor areas with a
- I don't think this helps pharmacies. I don't think it helps anybody.
- I don't think this<01:20:57.120><c> helps</c><01:20:57.600><c> pharmacies.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It never leaves that compound and cannot leave that compound.
- But you're familiar with this compound. I'm not familiar with it because I don't work there.
- This is the compound that I was trying to ask questions. Is it in fact accurate?
- To say that a Mexican truck will come in here and can only stay within the compound and transfer its
- language that would continue to allow this sort of facility because it is controlled, it stays within a compound
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It never leaves that compound and cannot leave that compound.
- But you're familiar with this compound? I'm not familiar with it because I don't work there.
- This is the compound that I was trying to...
- here, and can only stay within the compound, transfer its fuel, and then be able to head back into Mexico
- It stays within a compound and you... have the proper law enforcement authorities all within there.
Keywords:
LP-gas, property owner notice, natural resources, gas installations, safety notification, motor fuel, fuel transport, fuel export, transloading, export fuel transloading facility, fuel terminal, terminal operator, comptroller, Texas Tax Code, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Department of Public Safety, DPS, border security, ports of entry
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 6th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have representatives from public health and from pharmacy here, and I also have Vice President
- You're already on pharmacy. Oh, I am? Yes. There we go. We'll back up one. There we go.
- We're going to the College of Pharmacy. The College of Pharmacy is another really important place.
- Overall, across the United States, pharmacy enrollment has been down since COVID, but we are not on that
- Our College of Pharmacy has actually seen an increase, and we are at about a 3.3 percent growth in our
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Inouye College of Pharmacy. And you can recognize them with their white. Thank you, Mr. president.
- </c><00:05:57.759><c> But</c> attending our Hilo Pharmacy School.
- But attending our Hilo Pharmacy School.
- Welcome to the Senate, and please give our Hilo Pharmacy students, but I also understand they're from
- Welcome to the Senate, and please give our Hilo Pharmacy students, but I also understand they're from
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, for the Board of Pharmacy recommendations.
- I'm the Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
- , pharmacists, and pharmacist interns, as well as 77,800 pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician
- Just a quick question in terms of the pharmacy profession itself.
- Pharmacy schools estimate that there will be a shortage in the coming years.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The proposed substitute expands the practice of pharmacy to include limited diagnosing and prescribing
- or ordering of certain drugs and devices, and also directs the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission
- to adopt rules to regulate the expansion of the practice of pharmacy.
- of certain drugs and devices, and also directs the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission to adopt through
- the expansion of the practice of pharmacy.
Summary:
The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee held confirmation hearings for Ryan Moran to lead the Health Care Authority and Dennis Worsham to serve as Secretary of Health. Moran emphasized his personal background, experience in Maryland Medicaid, and priorities of protecting coverage amid federal changes, addressing health disparities, strengthening tribal partnerships, and improving agency operations. Worsham described his long public health career in Washington, his statewide listening tour, and his focus on collaboration, science-based decision-making, accountability, workforce support, and rebuilding public trust. Senators raised questions about behavioral health, social determinants of health, communication, misinformation, and the impact of federal policy changes; both nominees said Washington should continue leading on coverage, prevention, and public health resilience.
In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. It passed SB 5899, allowing qualified chiropractors to perform chiropractic diagnosis and adjustments on animals; SB 6292, creating a joint legislative-executive committee on health care financing with a substitute; SB 6182, establishing an abortion savings program, after rejecting several Christian-sponsored amendments and adopting a Bateman amendment limiting eligible organizations to DOH-contracted abortion providers or funds; SB 5947, creating the Washington Health Care Board; SJR 8206, proposing a constitutional right to affordable health care; and SB 5933, on overdose mapping information sharing, with a substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of both gubernatorial appointments.
In a second group of bills, the committee passed SB 5823 on patient advocates with a substitute requiring at least one person physically present daily in acute care settings and expanding exemptions for certain hospitals; SB 6210 on the health plan certification process with a substitute; SB 5921 on psilocybin; SB 6226 protecting audiologists’ clinical autonomy with a substitute; and SB 5924 expanding pharmacists’ prescriptive authority with a substitute. Members discussed access, affordability, rural workforce shortages, and patient safety, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Feb 10th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- comply with requirements established by the Health Care Authority to address amounts expended on pharmacy
- This bill will help ensure Washington consumers can access those savings at the pharmacy counter.
- From the carrier perspective, this is not a pharmacy point-of-sale issue; automatic substitution is already
- next step that will save consumers many, many thousands of dollars over the course of time at the pharmacy
- Consumers many, many thousands of dollars over the course of time at the pharmacy counter, and so I would
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (7-30-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> it from Hazard and it got compounded, it from Hazard and it got compounded, but<00:32:11.600><c
- Um, also going to compound on the comments about consolidation of Kentucky systems.
- Um, also going to compound on the comments about consolidation of Kentucky systems.
- Um, also going to compound on the comments about consolidation of Kentucky systems.
- </c> utilities and and that's a compounding utilities and and that's a compounding problem.<01:14:36.880
Summary:
The meeting began with roll call, adoption of the minutes, and brief remarks, including birthday recognition for Representative Maseroni and a moment of reflection for a soldier who died during training at Fort Knox. The committee then heard a presentation from Tony Hatton, commissioner of the Department for Environmental Protection and acting director of the Kentucky Division of Water, with Amanda Lefer, deputy commissioner, on the state’s water and wastewater programs and planning.
Hatton described Kentucky’s water resources and the Division of Water’s responsibilities, including watershed and nonpoint source work, KPDES discharge permitting, PFAS response, engineering review of water infrastructure, inspections, public outreach, and sampling. He said Kentucky has 428 public water systems, 263 water treatment plants, about 1.9 million service connections, and nearly 97% of the population has access to municipally treated water. He also noted that the state has 43 systems receiving awards for EPA areawide optimization and emphasized operator training, regionalization, and use of GIS mapping and Kentucky Infrastructure Authority data to support planning and funding decisions.
Members raised concerns about aging infrastructure, water loss, staffing shortages, and wastewater problems in local systems. Representative Blandon described severe failures in a city system, including major water loss and sewer backups, and asked whether the state could intervene; Hatton said the division inspects treatment facilities and provides compliance assistance but is not authorized to manage delivery systems, though third-party help and emergency funding can be used in some cases. Senator Smith and others shared similar experiences with line loss and system failures, while Hatton pointed to regionalization and funding support as the main tools available. The discussion also highlighted PFAS as an emerging issue, with Hatton saying the department is working with systems to meet anticipated federal requirements by 2029.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1436, school district bond; SB 1446, school workers, social workers, documentation; SB 1450, pharmacy
- SB 1458, pharmacy board; SB 1471, school mapping needed; SB 1476, child neglect; SB 1479, D's identification
- , I had a sore throat two weeks ago, and I was able to go to a clinic based on the ability for a pharmacy
- They've got a high level of education, and nearly 90% of Americans live within five miles of a pharmacy
- , making pharmacies one of the most accessible care settings in America.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and several guest introductions and proclamations, including a proclamation designating March 10 as Cade’s Day in honor of Cade Keller and suicide prevention efforts. Members also welcomed guests from schools, cities, and medical and advocacy groups, and the clerk announced committee assignments and bill referrals.
The chamber then moved through committee-of-the-whole action on several bills. HB 2946 and HB 4018 were amended and given do pass recommendations. In a later committee-of-the-whole, HB 2083, HB 2308, HB 2388, and HB 2389 were considered; HB 2083, HB 2308, and HB 2388 received do pass recommendations as amended, while HB 2389 drew debate over environmental review for power plants, with supporters arguing it would lower energy costs and opponents saying it weakened oversight. The House also retained HB 4030 and HCR 2052 on the calendar.
The House then took up third-reading votes on a long list of measures. Bills that passed included HB 2047 on forcible entry and detainer, HB 2127 on special license plates, HB 2344 on the local government investment pool, HB 2371 on dissolution of marriage, HB 2140 and HB 2620 on financial institutions and veterans services, HB 2429 on short-term rentals, HB 2434 on the prescription monitoring program, HB 2437 on emergency medical services, HB 2444 on pharmacy-based testing and treatment, HB 2573 on DUI-related psychotherapy treatment, HB 2601 on state highways and routes, HB 2781 on solar energy power plants, HB 2914 on cameras in long-term care rooms, HB 2968 on evidence in child custody proceedings, HB 4043 on public schools, HB 4064 on municipal improvement districts, HB 4130 on local government budgets, and HCM 2016 renaming a stretch of U.S. Route 191 as Chief Barbonsito Highway. HB 2726 on sleep apnea treatment failed, and HB 2123 failed on reconsideration after a close vote. Several votes featured debate over housing, energy, veterans’ services, pharmacy scope, family-court evidence rules, and the balance between local control and state oversight.
The session ended with committee announcements for the following week, personal privilege remarks, and a motion to adjourn until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, which was adopted.