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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Opioids. I worry. I don't want to recriminalize businesses and consumers who were given permission.
- Texans need us to solve the real crisis of violent crime. mental health emergencies, the fentanyl and opioid
- strongly agree with the intent of Senate Bill 5 to ban intoxicating hemp products in Texas and to prevent
- We heard about the lack of prevention warnings and the need for immediate disaster relief. trying to
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Strengthening contraband laws enhances our ability to maintain order, prevent violence, and keep our
- And then also required staff to be trained on recognizing the symptoms of opioid overdoses.
- overdose and then also to have trained staff on recognizing the symptoms of opioid overdoses.
- solutions like what Representative Witte is providing here with the opioid antagonists.
- </c> witty is providing here with the opioid witty is providing here with the opioid antagonists<01:15
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The Office of Addiction and Recovery supports the subcabinet on opioid substance use and addiction, as
- substance use and addiction as opioid substance use and addiction as well<00:24:50.080><c> as</c><00
- Portions of this package were included in the governor's fraud prevention proposal that was released
- </c><00:27:13.640><c> proposal</c><00:27:14.200><c> that</c><00:27:14.279><c> was</c> fraud prevention
- proposal that was fraud prevention proposal that was released<00:27:14.760><c> in</c><00:27:14.919><
Bills:
HF10
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/30/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh I think it um you know<01:28:40.560><c> prevention</c><01:28:41.199><c> as</c><01:28:41.520><c> we
- as we know is you know know prevention as we know is you know very<01:28:44.480><c> worthwhile</c><01
- Uh, the other thing, of course, is that we do have the registry where when opioids are prescribed they
- </c><02:13:09.440><c> are</c> the registry where when opioids are the registry where when opioids are
- dependence problems who in have opioid dependence problems who in particular<02:13:57.199><c> live</
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative and Executive Committee on Behavioral Health May 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the Chief of Prevention, Safety and Health at the Washington State Department of Health.
- We're focusing on prevention, early intervention, and community-based services.
- Sorry, but we’re Monday morning, and I have an opioid summit for the rest of the week.
- So what it’s talking about is preventing the worsening of the condition. Thank you.
- Prevention workforce, but I know that could fall under workforce too. Yeah.
Summary:
The committee met for its final session before submitting a report to the governor and legislature, with introductions from state officials, legislators, advocates, providers, and facilitators. Staff explained that the meeting would focus on finalizing the committee’s strategic priorities and recommendations for a five-year behavioral health plan centered on prevention, early intervention, and community-based services. Members reviewed the draft overarching priorities, including the need for a statewide behavioral health vision and an executive-level role to coordinate behavioral health across agencies, and discussed how those priorities should reflect people with lived experience, families, and community voice.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the draft recommendations and how they should be organized and worded. Members raised concerns that the document was too aspirational and not specific enough, and several suggested moving more detailed actions under the broader priorities rather than leaving them in a separate section. There was also discussion about the use of the term “evidence-based,” with tribal representatives and others asking for language that also recognizes practice-based evidence, promising practices, cultural specificity, and flexibility in funding and implementation. Members also discussed clarifying “early intervention,” adding examples such as universal screening, outpatient access, primary care integration, and home visiting, and ensuring the plan reflects accountability and community feedback.
Other edits included clarifying credentialing recommendations to distinguish between licensure and payer credentialing, adding mentorship as a workforce retention strategy, and broadening Medicaid-centric language to include carriers and insurers more generally. Staff noted the report would be revised and sent back out for review by May 22, with comments due by May 27, in order to meet the June 1 submission deadline. No public comment was offered, and the meeting ended with thanks to members and facilitators for their work.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It hasn't yet been distributed because that opioid money comes in in waves.
- It hasn't yet been distributed because that opioid money comes in in waves.
- For those that haven't been around the last four years, this is the opioid settlement money.
- This is the opioid settlement money.
- Opioid money doesn't flow in in an amazing pattern that we would all love.
Committees:
House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference
Keywords:
reentry programs, criminal justice, funding, grants, recidivism, attorney general, jury duty, election worker, Arizona Revised Statutes, temporary appointment, civic duty, family court, professional personnel, parenting time, legal decision-making, evidentiary hearings, child custody, ethical standards, capital punishment, death penalty
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty One - Wednesday, March 25 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- this issue, but also, you know, what... ...figure out how we can treat and prevent this issue.
- And this is going to help prevent that mistake going on and on and on.
- Local farmers are partners in public health, and prevention is valued as highly as treatment. Mr.
- It also allows insurance coverage of some alternatives to our opioid drugs.
- been prevented.
Summary:
The House first established a quorum after a quorum call and welcomed special guests, including the Freedom of the Road motorcycle riders and students from Warsaw High School. It then took up House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1855, a reporting bill on Alpha-Gal syndrome. The bill sponsor described the condition as a serious tick-borne allergy that has affected his family and many Missourians, arguing that Missouri needs mandatory reporting and surveillance data to identify hotspots, guide public health outreach, and support research and funding. Supporters from both parties said the bill would improve awareness and data collection, while one member raised concerns about the fiscal note and whether the state would get useful information for the cost.
The chamber adopted Amendment 1 to HB 1855, changing the follow-up language from “may” to “shall,” but rejected Amendment 2, which would have required patient consent before lab results were reported into the surveillance system. Opponents of the consent amendment said it would undermine disease surveillance and set a bad precedent for other reportable conditions; supporters argued for privacy and individual choice. After debate, the House adopted the committee substitute as amended and ordered it perfected and printed.
The House then considered House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2230 and 2978, a K-5 education measure addressing screen time, cursive, and handwriting. The sponsor said the bill responds to research and parent/teacher concerns about excessive screen use, poor literacy outcomes, and mental health effects, and would create a state focus group to review evidence and make recommendations while leaving districts flexibility. Members discussed carve-outs for special education, English language learners, and virtual school, and adopted an amendment excluding the virtual school program. The House then adopted the substitute as amended and ordered it perfected and printed.
Finally, the House took up House Bill 2355, the “Food is Medicine” initiative, which would allow Missouri to use federal funds through 1115 waivers for pilot programs such as medically tailored meals, produce prescriptions, nutrition education, and related supports. Supporters said the program could improve health outcomes, reduce Medicaid spending, and help address food deserts. An amendment adding vitamin therapies and updating a date drew discussion over supplement safety and regulation, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote on that amendment or the bill itself.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Budget Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It prevents them from attending college at all.
- It's generally available for preventive-type services to help people get back on their feet.
- It's generally available for preventive-type services to help people get back on their feet.
- Alderman Pam Boyd had just filed the opioid settlement fund bill.
- So from the federal level, there is FVPSA, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.
Summary:
The committee first heard the Office of State Treasurer’s FY27 budget presentation from Treasurer Vivek Malik. He highlighted record investment earnings, growth in MOBUCK$ linked deposits, record unclaimed property returns, expansion of the MOST 529 plan, and changes to the MoABLE disability savings program. Members then focused heavily on two budget requests: $750,000 for the Show Me My Retirement Savings program and additional spending authority for the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (MOST Scholars) program, along with a staffing request for compliance and communications positions. Much of the discussion centered on MOST Scholars’ rapid growth, how applications are prioritized, whether income is reverified, how funds flow through educational assistance organizations, and concerns about marketing, geographic distribution, and the use of public dollars for private schools. The treasurer also answered questions about the 529 plan, the pending lawsuit over the ESA general-revenue transfer, and whether funds should be swept back to general revenue when unused.
Several members raised policy objections to MOST Scholars, including concerns about discrimination by participating private schools, the lack of annual income requalification, and whether the program shifts money away from public education. Other members defended the program as a parent-driven choice option and asked about expanding access, improving outreach, and ensuring the program is fully funded. The treasurer said the office was following the statute as written, that the program’s demand could exceed available resources, and that the office would continue to seek more funding and better outreach. The committee then concluded the treasurer’s budget hearing.
The committee next began the FY27 budget hearing for the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. Commissioner Bennett Boggs introduced the department’s leadership team and gave a brief overview of the department’s role in aligning postsecondary education with workforce needs through its coordinating board and strategic planning. The hearing had just started when the transcript ended, and no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- However, there is nothing that is preventing people from going to the illicit market.
- Is peanut butter a gateway<01:22:30.880><c> drug</c><01:22:31.120><c> to</c><01:22:31.280><c> opioid<
- </c><01:22:32.320><c> It's</c> gateway drug to opioid addiction?
- It's gateway drug to opioid addiction?
- The cost of mitigation, reconstruction, repair, and prevention is currently being borne by taxpayers.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WHERE ADDING MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING TO VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING PILOT PROGRAMS, FIXING BAD
- FUNDING FOR WHAT WE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO WITH THE HEALTH SURVEY AND ALSO THE VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION
- NICOTINE DEPENDENCE, OPIOID USE DISORDER AND THERE'S BEEN A MOVEMENT TO EXPAND HIS INTO CARDIAC, SPECIFIC
- TO PREVENT STROKES.
- THE PATIENTS WITH AFIBRILLATION NEED ANTICOAGULATION TO PREVENT STROKES.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- It's been very successful, reducing preventable ER visits by 10 to 15%.
- It's been very successful, reducing preventable ER visits by 10 to 15%.
- It's been very successful, reducing preventable ER visits by 10 to 15%.
- We're the prevention. Public health is prevention. So how do we prevent?
- So how do we prevent?
Committee:
Senate Rules
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- It's been very successful, reducing preventable ER visits by 10 to 15%.
- It's been very successful, reducing preventable ER visits by 10 to 15%.
- We're the prevention. Public health is prevention. So how do we prevent?
- So how do we prevent?
- And so that work's going to move forward, along with ensuring the prevention work gets to community.
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Rules established quorum and approved several routine items on the agenda, including governor’s appointments not required to appear: Courtney Welsh to the California Housing Partnership Corporation Board, Janessa Goldbeck to the California Veterans Board, and Tom Huntington to the State Parks and Recreation Commission, each by 3-0 vote. The committee also approved reference of bills to committees, the 2026 committee chair/member assignments, the 2026 session schedule, the 2026 holiday schedule, and floor acknowledgments, all by unanimous votes. The committee noted that some 2026 committee changes would take effect February 1, 2026, and that new committees would depend on adoption of a Senate resolution.
The committee then heard from Dr. Hernando Garson, nominated as chief medical officer of the Emergency Medical Services Authority. He described his background in emergency medicine, disaster response, and EMS leadership, and members questioned him about EMSA’s strategic plan, data integration, statewide standards versus local flexibility, ambulance patient offload time regulations, stakeholder engagement, and emergency response coordination. Dr. Garson emphasized data-driven decision-making, technical assistance to local agencies, collaboration with hospitals and EMS stakeholders, and the need for safer alternatives to routine ambulance transport such as community paramedicine, telehealth, and nurse triage. He also discussed disaster preparedness for vulnerable and rural communities and the use of regional and state assets, including ambulance strike teams, during fires and floods. The committee approved his appointment 4-0.
The final item was Stephanie Weldon’s nomination as Deputy Director of the Office of Health Equity at the Department of Public Health. Weldon, who identified as Yurok-Tolowa and Karuk, spoke about her tribal, county, nonprofit, and state experience, her role as the first Native American woman in the position, and her commitment to health equity, rural communities, and culturally responsive public health work. Senators asked about how the office sets priorities, measures outcomes, addresses behavioral health, tribal consultation, youth mental health, and how it responds to political pressure around DEI language; Weldon said the office focuses on community-driven, data-informed work and transparency. Public commenters strongly supported her confirmation, citing her leadership on the California Reducing Disparities Project and related equity efforts. The committee approved her appointment 4-0, sending it to the full Senate for confirmation.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) Apr 23rd, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And so to prevent that, he reported the mother for child abuse to keep it covered up.
- expected to last at least one year and that requires ongoing medical attention to effectively manage or prevent
- talking about someone who is on a drug and they're no longer changing the dose for it. ...or it's not opioids
- What harm is this trying to prevent?
- Many of our LMHA employees working with IDD, mental health, and opioid-dependent clients have lived experience
Bills:
SB128 , SB640 , SB672 , SB904 , SB1141 , SB1263 , SB1525 , SB1528 , SB2041 , SB2306 , SB2308 , SB2357 , SB2446 , SB2695 , SB2857 , SB2891 , SB2583
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- by Senator Rosenwald, to administer an opioid use disorder funding program.
- commission chaired by Senator opioid commission chaired by Senator Rosenwald<01:25:41.040><c> to</c>
- </c><01:25:43.520><c> use</c> Rosenwald to uh administer an opioid use Rosenwald to uh administer an
- opioid use disorder<01:25:44.800><c> uh</c><01:25:44.920><c> funding</c><01:25:45.280><c> program</c>
- in the and prevent homelessness in the state<01:32:13.320><c> um</c><01:32:13.719><c> that's</c><01:
Committee:
House Housing
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor May 30th, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Commerce and Labor
Transcript Highlights:
- But I appreciate you sharing your story and hope that this will prevent it from happening to somebody
- Preventing personalized recommendations would cause more harm, as companies would be limited in their
- not allow it to prevent teens from seeing content that's perfectly legal but only meant for adults.
- In addition to that, we're able to use quite a bit of opioid funds.
- It mentions opioid addiction. Behavioral health is taught. It mentions opioid addiction.
Committee:
Assembly Commerce and Labor
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It funds community-defined, culturally responsive prevention and early intervention strategies through
- It supports crisis prevention, early intervention, and crisis response strategies.
- And then, to round out the reversions, for STD prevention there was $1 million being reverted related
- California, asking you to reject any cut in opioid settlement funds to the California Overdose Prevention
- I am our prevention services program director, where our focus is really on prevention and early intervention
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, focusing first on the Commission on Behavioral Health, then EMSA, and then the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The Department of Finance said the state faces a third consecutive deficit and that the May Revision includes difficult trade-offs, including proposed eliminations or reversions of some behavioral health and public health funds. The LAO echoed concern about the structural deficit and said it was still awaiting some budget details before offering a full analysis.
For the Commission on Behavioral Health, Finance proposed eliminating $20 million in Mental Health Wellness Act funds, arguing the money would help offset General Fund costs and noting future Proposition 1 innovation funding. The commission strongly opposed the cut, saying it would eliminate or delay launch-ready grants for early childhood supports, full-service partnerships, and peer respite, and would eventually end ongoing grant programming. Several advocates and commissioners testified that the funds support underserved communities and that Proposition 1 is not a substitute for the existing programs. The chair asked Finance to look for alternatives, but no vote was taken.
EMSA presented mostly technical budget adjustments: increased authority for the California Poison Control System, a correction to EMSIS funding, and a reappropriation for enterprise services and data management. CDPH then reviewed a broader set of May Revision proposals, including reversions from the California Reducing Disparities Project, workforce development, STD prevention, hepatitis C prevention, hospice, and extreme heat funding, as well as a new generative AI pilot for health facility survey reporting. Members raised concerns about cuts to CRDP and gender health equity programs, especially because many grants are mid-contract and serve underserved communities; CDPH said the reversions were part of solving the deficit and that CRDP had been successful, while also clarifying that abortion.ca.gov would not be eliminated. Public comment was overwhelmingly opposed to the CRDP and related cuts, with many speakers describing the programs as life-saving and cost-effective. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Jan 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 634 will prevent Californians from being exposed to tianeptine, a dangerous substance dubbed gas station
- some European and Asian countries to treat depression or anxiety, this substance can produce both an opioid-like
- high and an opioid-like addiction when used recreationally.
- We believe it will help prevent a future surge of genetically altered designer animals, which will have
- heard this bill in banking and finance a year ago, another similar bill about senior scams and preventing
Summary:
The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard several bills focused on public safety, privacy, animal welfare, and elder protection. AB 634 by Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez would ban the manufacture, distribution, and sale of tianeptine, described as “gas station heroin,” with supporters citing addiction and hospitalization risks and noting the bill had been narrowed to civil penalties and research exceptions. AB 1159 by Senator Addis would expand student data privacy protections to higher education and limit how ed tech companies use student information, including a narrow private right of action; supporters emphasized student privacy and opponents warned it could chill innovation and create litigation risk. AB 1382 by Assemblymember Castillo would prohibit the sale of genetically modified animals for cosmetic purposes, with supporters pointing to animal welfare and shelter overpopulation concerns and opponents seeking a narrower exemption for glowfish and other already regulated aquatic species.
The committee also heard AB 871, which would strengthen reporting and training requirements for financial institutions responding to suspected elder financial abuse and scams, including reporting to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center and encouraging rapid client reporting. Supporters said the bill could help recover funds and improve pattern detection across jurisdictions, while one member raised concerns about duplication with existing suspicious activity reporting and bank procedures. In discussion, members generally supported the bill but noted the need to refine it; the author said it was intended as a practical step to improve existing processes.
All four bills were moved out of committee with do pass recommendations, with AB 634, AB 1159, AB 1382, and AB 871 each passing on recorded votes after discussion and amendments. The committee also adopted consent calendar items and ended with a recognition of Republican caucus judiciary consultant Daryl Thomas, who is retiring after more than 20 years of service.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Apr 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- , which will help prevent delays in diagnostic patient care.
- Preventive Services Task Force. We reviewed these.
- By continued funding, we can prevent layoffs and prevent a rebound in drug overdose.
- By continued funding, we can prevent layoffs and prevent a rebound and drug overdose. Thank you.
- By continued funding, we can prevent layoffs and prevent a rebound in drug overdose. Thank you.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 25 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- Families still wrestle with opioid addiction and mental health conditions, and the treatments we have
- </c><00:54:06.160><c> use</c> approved medication for opioid use approved medication for opioid use disorder
- or other substance use with opioid or other substance use disorders<00:54:37.040><c> sometimes</c><00
- Have they been on opioid use?
- The $5 million coming from the opioid settlement fund will be the seed money.
Committee:
Joint Public Health and Welfare
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 26th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- There are a number of other state agencies that are part of the AG's Human Trafficking Prevention Task
- We partner with the Texas Governor's Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Team and the Office of the Attorney
- General to collect and analyze trafficking data, which has helped produce critical data-driven preventions
- In addition to the training program, HB1837 establishes the Lethal Opioid Poison Prevention Task Force
- Nothing preventing people from saying, "Officer so-and-so from so-and-so county.