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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee - Morning Session Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:33 am
A&B Health Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- We implemented a new licensing and inspection software in October 2025. It is our first ever.
- But on the licensing software, the build-out took about a year.
- The licensing portal is called the OMAEd portal.
- Same for patient licenses, we are at about a four-day turnaround on patient license processing right
- We've processed over 30,000 patient licenses since the launch. So, things are working.
Committee:
House A&B Health Subcommittee
CT
Connecticut 2026 Regular Session
Finance Advisory Committee May 14th Meeting May 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, I will entertain a motion... ...maintenance and licenses.
- they increased costs or are they new software maintenance and licensing costs?
- much, or is it the increases to the software maintenance and the software licenses?
- Well, it varies on the different licenses. It's four or eight depending on product.
- level, you will incur a license increase.
Summary:
The Finance Advisory Committee approved the minutes of its April 2 meeting and then took up three budget transfers. The first, FAC 2026-6 for the Office of the State Treasurer, moved $75,000 from personal services to other expenses to pay for consultant help applying for federal energy credits under the Inflation Reduction Act’s direct pay provisions. Treasurer’s office staff said the agency had one open position and several others pending posting, and members discussed how the transfer related to vacant positions and the committee’s budget display.
The second item, FAC 2026-7 for the Office of the State Controller, transferred $700,000 from personal services to other expenses to cover higher Core-CT software maintenance and licensing costs. Comptroller staff said the office had 21 open positions, most in Core-CT, and explained that the system, implemented in 2003, receives regular quarterly and monthly updates from Oracle. Members also discussed how the system serves payroll, HR, purchasing, accounting, and related functions for many state agencies, including UConn and the Board of Regents.
The final item, FAC 2026-8 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, transferred $700,000 from personal services, the veterans opportunity pilot, and headstones accounts to other expenses for year-end operational needs. Commissioner Ron Welch said most vacancies were in the skilled nursing facility, food service, and physical plant, with staffing challenges especially for nurses and aides. He also explained that the veterans opportunity pilot never fully launched, that the Institutional General Welfare Fund has been depleted and the agency now relies more on general fund support, and that the department faces rising food, utility, and pharmaceutical costs, including a federal VA reimbursement change that will leave the state responsible for medication costs by 2027. All three transfers were approved, and the meeting adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Mar 5th, 2025
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- During this period of the practicum, when they're working under the supervision of a licensed provider
- My name is Real Crane, and I'm a licensed behavioral professional here in Albuquerque.
- Will New Mexico pharmacies now be given licenses to dispense and bill for the medical cannabis?
- The bill anticipates that the medical cannabis is provided by licensed cannabis retailers who are licensed
- application and license renewal forms, as well as application forms.
Committee:
House House Health & Human Services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Jun 24th, 2025
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- for muralists to continue to engage in commissioned work without having to obtain a contractor's license
- I have worked with the Contractor State Licensing Board to identify this difference, clarifying that
- Mural work is irregular, and licensing costs create financial barriers that could push artists out of
- Murals, they can paint them, and they can have someone else install them who's a licensed contractor.
- I think licensing law is restricting these people—the time it takes and all that stuff.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- There are some group homes that are licensed, and then there are those that are not licensed.
- I'm not trying to require them to get a license.
- We do not require business licensing.
- We do not require business licensing.
- I am a licensed clinical social worker, licensed addictions counselor, president of class, and executive
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 1076, which would repeal the sunset date for the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board. The bill was presented as a simple continuation measure, and Rep. Stagney moved to report it favorably; the motion passed without objection. The committee then took up HB 475 on artificial intelligence in health care. The author explained that the bill was intended to require disclosure when AI or recording software is used to transcribe patient encounters, and an amendment changed the proposal from patient consent/opt-out to disclosure only. The amendment was adopted, and HB 475 was reported favorably with amendments.
HB 740, dealing with Medicaid managed care, was amended with technical changes and then presented as a way to let providers in the coordinated system of care appeal claim denials through the same independent review process used by Medicaid managed care plans. The Louisiana Hospital Association supported the bill, and it was reported favorably with amendments. HB 926, which would have barred public facilities from restricting access based on vaccination status and related medical decisions, drew testimony from supporters who framed it as a medical autonomy and informed-consent measure. After questions about public versus private facilities and whether the bill could affect hospitals or disease-based restrictions, Rep. Cruz moved to voluntarily defer the bill, and it was deferred without objection.
The committee then considered HB 457 on housing standards for organizations serving people experiencing homelessness. The author said the bill was prompted by concerns about unsafe and unsanitary group homes and would direct LDH and the Fire Marshal to establish minimum standards for safety, sanitation, privacy, and habitability. Supporters said the bill would protect vulnerable residents, while opponents, including Oxford House and the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, warned it could conflict with federal fair housing protections and impose burdens that could reduce recovery housing and other services. After extensive debate, the bill was reported favorably with amendments by a recorded vote. Finally, HB 616, which would give the legislative auditor oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers, was heard with testimony from homeless service organizations that argued the bill was duplicative, costly, and could expose sensitive HMIS data; the bill remained under discussion at the end of the transcript.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee considers tax break on daycare costs, HF495 3/26/26
Transcript Highlights:
- This is only for licensed daycare.
- It's only licensed.
- This is only for licensed daycare.
- It's only licensed.
- It's only licensed.<00:10:23.520><c> So,</c><00:10:23.800><c> I'm</c> licensed. So, I'm licensed.
Summary:
The committee heard presentation on HF 495, a bill intended to help families with rising child care costs by allowing a subtraction from taxable income for licensed child care expenses. The author said the measure would provide immediate relief to families while broader child care supply and affordability problems are addressed, citing a revenue analysis estimating about 81,700 returns affected and an average tax decrease of $639. The bill was described as applying only to licensed child care centers, family child care, or group family child care under chapter 142B.
A virtual testifier, Annel Velasco of St. Paul, opposed the bill. She said child care is indeed expensive but argued the proposal is only a small patch that does not address structural problems such as provider closures, low teacher pay, and lack of available slots. She also said the subtraction would disproportionately benefit higher-income families and would not help providers or teachers.
Members debated whether the bill should be more targeted. Representative Smith and Representative Lee argued the proposal is uncapped, expensive, and structured as a subtraction rather than a refundable credit, meaning it would mainly help higher-income households and could divert resources from other credits such as the working family tax credit or child tax credit. Representative Swedzinski supported the bill as allowing families to keep their own money and said child care costs are high across income levels. Chair Gomez and others emphasized that the child care system has broader structural failures, including low pay and lack of slots, and said this bill would address only one part of the problem. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.(3-18-26)
Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations
Transcript Highlights:
- that have been issued up to licenses that have been issued up to this<00:06:57.160><c> time</c><00:06
- Have you had some that have changed their business model since they didn't want to get into licensing
- Chairman. didn't want to get into licensing? didn't want to get into licensing? >> Yes.
- </c><00:08:11.320><c> Um</c> get a license. Um get a license.
- </c> get a license. get a license. >> All<00:08:33.280><c> right.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/22/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Also a licensed Mutualink system user. Okay, Mr. Chairman, sir.
- If you think of the license as a light switch, it's on or off.
- for every seat that you needed, for every licensed system user.
- because they had a per-seat or a licensed system user model.
- Seat or a license-per-system-user model revenue model, whereas maybe the licensing cost for the other
Committee:
Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Commerce panel votes down bill to regulate digital book contracts for libraries 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It enter digital licensing agreements.
- </c> them 45 bucks and they can only license them 45 bucks and they can only license they<00:30:15.919
- </c> a digital license, it's for single use. a digital license, it's for single use.
- ,</c> are going to have 16 uh 16 licenses, are going to have 16 uh 16 licenses, you're<00:38:03.200><
- I can benefit to those licenses as well.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- As a Missouri licensed, the real estate agent, all, you know, As a Missouri license, the real estate
- We only hire licensed realtors to do our activities, and we have about 50 licensed realtors in the state
- Licensed Missouri real estate agents.
- If you're selling your own home, no license is needed.
- ...licensed organization similar to New Western, where we operate with our agents being licensed to
Committee:
House Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/05/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- You can see she used that grant to wrap her vehicle.
- this economy, but so we feel as though this change, which would include counting commercial driver's license
- ><c> driver's</c> include um Counting commercial driver's include um Counting commercial driver's license
- 51.440><c> coding</c><01:37:51.760><c> boot</c><01:37:52.080><c> camps</c><01:37:52.400><c> Etc</c> license
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Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a specific license we give.
- </c><00:12:32.440><c> we</c><00:12:32.639><c> give</c> license it's a specific license we give license
- There's a 32 license, there's a wine and beer license, there's the hard liquor license.
- , their liquor license permits.
- ><c> and</c> there's a 32 license there's a wine and there's a 32 license there's a wine and beer<00:
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 15, 2025 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- WE WILL TALK ABOUT UPDATES ON COMPLIANCE, LICENSING, AND OUR STATUTORY SITUATION.
- THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON THE LITIGATION LICENSING AND IN SEPTEMBER 2022 THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED
- IN DECEMBER 23, THE DEPARTMENT AWARDED ONE ADDITIONAL LICENSE PURSUANT TO HOUSE BILL 387.
- AND THEN IN NOVEMBER 2024 PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 1582 THE DEPARTMENT AWARDED TO LICENSES AND SOUGHT
- IF THERE WAS A LICENSING WINDOW FOR 22 TREATMENTS WE RECEIVED ANY FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 20 TO LICENSES
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 24 Mar 16th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- bill relative to extending the time frame within which the town of Southbridge may grant additional licenses
- The House bill authorizing the town of Rainham to grant an additional license...
- The House bill authorizing the town of Rainham to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic
- act relative to extending the time frame within which the town of Southbridge may grant additional licenses
- House No. 4007, an act further regulating the composition of the licensing board in the City of Salem
Summary:
The House met in formal session, began with the Pledge of Allegiance, and adopted the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling report setting a series of bills for consideration. The calendar included local bills on Brockton residency requirements, Salem election administration, Longmeadow preliminary elections, Charlemont recall elections, Conway election rules, Concord remote town meeting participation, North Attleborough’s senior property tax exemption, Holyoke City Council meetings, Southbridge and Raynham liquor licenses, and Reading’s home rule charter, along with statewide measures on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, non-competition agreements, fresh fruits and vegetables in schools, and consumer rights of renters. The House suspended Rule 7A, then ordered the listed bills to a third reading.
The chamber then took up several engrossed bills for final passage. House No. 4763, validating the results of Bourne’s May 20, 2025 annual election, was passed to be enacted after a required separate constitutional vote on the emergency preamble, which was adopted. The House also passed to be enacted bills enhancing powers of the Cataumet Fire District water commissioners, authorizing the Otis Fire District to fund the Historical Society of East Falmouth and Cataumet, and further regulating the Salem licensing board.
Additional third-reading actions included House No. 4321, allowing the Dalton Fire District to continue employing interim fire chief Christopher Francis Chahot, which was ordered to a third reading, and House Nos. 4267 and 4582, waiving maximum age requirements for a Boston police officer and a Boston firefighter, both of which were passed to be engrossed. After a recess, House No. 4763 was again taken up and passed to be enacted. The House then adopted an order to meet the following Wednesday at 11 a.m. and adjourned to that time, with notice of a Democratic caucus at noon.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (2-12-26)
Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor
Transcript Highlights:
- of individual freedom through delays, uncertainty, and subjectivity in government permitting and licensing
- Importantly, this bill does not eliminate existing permit or licensing requirements.
- </c> eliminate existing permit or licensing eliminate existing permit or licensing requirements. requirements
- And I'm proud to sit here in support of it. permit or a license, it must provide permit or a license,
- that be can be granted or denied license that be can be granted or denied at<00:06:02.800><c> that</
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That's on my driver's license. I am Dorothy Stillman.
- growers began with 861 licenses, but currently as of today is 484 licenses.
- , licensed veterinary technicians, and equine dental providers.
- is easy for both our licenses and the public to use.
- And there was a fairly significant increase in our licensing fees as an Article 8 agency.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
Keywords:
food production, property owners' association, home gardening, cottage food, urban agriculture, livestock, community standards, renewable energy, ethanol, biodiesel, incentives, agriculture, grants, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, energy efficiency, tax exemption, residential properties
VA
Virginia 2026 1st Special Session
Disability Commission Jun 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So essentially, if you had a DV license plate in the past, then you were exempt from registration fees
- The driver's license indicator option essentially allows someone applying for a driver's license to have
- an indication on the license itself whether they have certain medical conditions.
- They hold the license with the state.
- Because to have a license with the state used to be very daunting to achieve and keep.
Summary:
The Virginia Disability Commission held its first meeting of the year on June 18, established a quorum, and introduced members. Senator Barbara Favola was elected chair and Delegate Amy Laufer was elected vice chair, both unanimously. The commission also reviewed and unanimously approved its electronic/remote participation policy, which mirrors last year’s policy and allows limited remote participation under Virginia FOIA rules.
Staff then reviewed a package of 14 disability-related bills that passed last session and were signed into law. Topics included disabled veterans’ vehicle registration fee exemptions, open captioning requirements for movie theaters, guardianship/conservatorship order forwarding, service dog team definitions, education and transition planning for students with disabilities, Blue Envelope and driver communication training for law enforcement and driver education, deferred disposition and jury service protections, voting rights in guardianship cases, expansion of the Virginia Human Rights Act, continuation of a DD waiver eligibility change, and DMAS training authority for autism competency checklists. Members discussed implementation concerns, especially making the Blue Envelope/driver communication program more visible and considering a follow-up letter and DMV presentation.
The commission then adopted its interim work plan unanimously, with discussion of possible presentations on DMAS and Medicaid waivers, DBHDS telehealth training implementation, SCHEV and VDOE transition planning, transition from institutions to community settings, criminal justice reform, transportation and parking accessibility, adult-sized changing tables, and school accessibility. Members also suggested adding EVV concerns, seclusion and restraint, rare disease issues, and insurance coverage problems for needed medications. Public commenters urged the commission to address burdensome EVV requirements for family caregivers, improve accessibility for local government meetings and documents, and explore a standardized credential/career pathway for direct support professionals. The chair said follow-up work would be assigned on EVV and implementation issues, and the meeting location would move to the Senate side of the Capitol going forward.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- and pass it, or if they take the test and fail it, then the provisional license goes away.
- And the license expires, as I said, when the graduate passes it, or within 180 days.
- I can't take the chance of losing my nursing license. I can't, I can't.'
- I can't take the chance of losing my nursing license.
- I'm a licensed acupuncture physician here in Tallahassee, but I'm also a naturopathic doctor.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum present and took up several health-related bills. CS/SB 1110, covering Medicaid and insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including activity-specific devices without lifetime or continuous-use caps, received emotional testimony from families and athletes describing high costs and the importance of access for children and adults with disabilities. Members voiced strong support, and the bill was reported favorably.
The committee also heard SB 1574, which would add biliary atresia screening to the newborn screening program using the existing birth blood specimen. The sponsor and a parent testified that earlier detection could prevent severe liver damage, transplants, and deaths, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 794, dealing with background screening for employees at residential facilities and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities and a review of waiver support coordination, was amended to align with the House companion and then reported favorably after testimony emphasizing the importance of strong support coordinators for APD waiver families.
Members then considered SB 162, requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. Nurses and other supporters described surgical smoke as a serious occupational hazard, while the Florida Hospital Association said hospitals are already regulated in this area and the bill was somewhat prescriptive; an amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 254, which tightens oversight of nursing education programs, adds preceptorship and provisional licensure pathways for graduates awaiting NCLEX results, and increases transparency and accountability for low-performing programs, drew support from nursing advocates and opposition from private nursing schools concerned about workforce impacts; after amendment, it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 688 to reestablish licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors in Florida was heard with testimony both supporting expanded health care choices and opposing the bill over safety and scope concerns, and it too was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Aging and Independence May 11th, 2026
Joint Committee on Aging and Independence
Transcript Highlights:
- Massachusetts currently relies on licensed practical nurses, LPNs, to administer medication in assisted
- By contrast, rest homes are licensed under 105 CMR 150 as a long-term setting serving older adults with
- By contrast, Restoam are licensed under 105 CMR 150 as a long-term setting, serving older adults with
- Staffing varies from rest home to rest home, where not all homes have licensed nursing staff present
- And that would always come under the licensed staff, the oversight of the licensed staff.
Keywords:
rest home, rest homes, medication administration, medication management, assisted living, long-term care, elder care, older adults, senior care, nursing home, resident care, self-administration, licensed facility, Chapter 111, section 71, Responsible Person, caregiver, direct care staff, care facilities, funding
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- engage in the practice of their respective profession in the state of Hawaii without a Hawaii-issued license
- Healthcare providers with out-of-state licenses were at the ready but unable to serve.
- </c> license during the state of emergency. license during the state of emergency.
- were at the ready but unable to licenses were at the ready but unable to to<00:15:37.040><c> serve.
- Chair for the vote. issued license during a state of issued license during a state of emergency.<00:21
Committee:
House Health
Keywords:
emergency care, reproductive health, abortion services, EMTALA, patient safety, hospital regulations, medical treatment, health care professionals, emergency response, licensure, disaster response, telehealth, SCR182, S.C.R. 182, Hawaii Trauma System, trauma care, trauma center, Tripler Army Medical Center, military-civilian partnership, civilian trauma patients
Summary:
The Committee on Health heard testimony on three concurrent resolutions. SCR-7 would affirm that hospitals must provide life-saving emergency care to pregnant people; supporters included the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, AAUW Hawaii, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and Hawaii Women’s Lawyers, with two individuals in opposition. A member raised a wording concern about “pregnant people” versus “pregnant women,” and the chair agreed to note the comment in the committee report. The committee then recommended passage, and the measure was adopted by vote, with Representatives Alcos voting no and Garcia not voting.
SCR-59 SD1 would ask the governor to establish procedures allowing certain health care professionals to practice in Hawaii without a Hawaii-issued license during a state of emergency. The Hawaii Organization of Nurse Leaders strongly supported the resolution, citing emergency response problems during Kona low storms and the Lahaina wildfires when out-of-state licensed providers were available but could not serve. The committee recommended passage as is, and the recommendation was adopted, with Representative Garcia voting with reservations.
SCR-182 would request that the governor and Department of Health work with the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal military partners to explore a military-civilian trauma partnership to strengthen Hawaii’s trauma system. The Department of Health supported the measure, and a member suggested the title should reflect “Department of War,” while another member noted the federal department name has not changed; the chair said the comments would be noted in the report. The committee recommended passage, and the resolution was adopted without objection, with Representatives Martin and Olds excused.