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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 5th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- What are your thoughts on how we can prevent so many instances from happening before it reaches this
- That is something that I think could be helpful as far as trying to prevent that circling of the wagons
- An example of some of these data analytic reports that we use for community and policy is the Opioid
- That's where, like, the Opioid Remediation Collaborative is using that tool.
- So that would include alcohol abuse, opioid use, and all of those SUD categories.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- requirement for general anesthesia or deep sedation for dental treatment and whose acuity level prevents
- It's offered by Representative Couture and increases opioid abatement settlement account funding at the
- It's offered by Representative Couture and increases opioid abatement settlement account funding at the
- amounts used for dedicated staffing and providing treatment of opioid use disorder for incarcerated
- amounts used for dedicated staffing and providing treatment of opioid use disorder for incarcerated
Bills:
HB2289
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- But that also raises utility fees, so we're raising utility fees and preventing this budget does not
- Healthier people are more able to work, and we know that primary prevention is the least expensive way
- Increasing access to preventative care and primary health care is the right choice to make us and our
- Increasing access to preventative care and primary health care is the right choice to make us and our
- Number two is the opioid settlement monies.
Bills:
HB4138 , HB4139 , HB4140 , HB4141 , HB4142 , HB4143 , HB4144 , HB4145 , HB4146 , HB4147 , HB4148 , HB4149 , HB4150 , HB4151 , HB4152 , HB4153 , SB1831 , SB1832 , SB1833 , SB1834 , SB1835 , SB1836 , SB1837 , SB1838 , SB1839 , SB1840 , SB1841 , SB1842 , SB1843 , SB1844 , SB1845 , SB1846
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
Keywords:
appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:04:51.440><c> and</c> procedures in place to prevent and procedures in place to prevent and detect
- </c><00:06:14.880><c> reductions</c> additional funding to prevent reductions additional funding to prevent
- It prevents regulatory gaps during ownership transition.
- It prevents regulatory gaps during ownership transition.
- This bill aims to prevent this kind of chemical restraint.
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- that we offer both the health insurance coverage as well as the medical care that's focused on prevention
- very disappointed by the provisions of H.R. 1, including the moratorium on new provider taxes that prevent
- Bill 6286 allows the Department of Health to issue a fine to any private detention facility that prevents
- collected on the additional cigarette tax each fiscal year to the Youth, Tobacco, and Vapor Products Prevention
Bills:
SB5808 , HB2254 , HB2385 , SB6006 , SB6351 , SB6198 , SB6260 , SB6353 , SB5949 , SB6129 , SB6228 , SB6231 , SB6229 , SB6173
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
Keywords:
health insurance, premium assistance, funding, healthcare access, state budget, HB 2254, Washington, Health Care Authority, partnership access line, psychiatric consultation line, first approach skills training, behavioral health, mental health, assessment, administrative costs, health carriers, self-funded plans, multiple employer welfare arrangement, MEWA, employers
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (03/31/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't want to prevent that from happening.
- , not just like a mu opioid receptor.
- It's very rare for opioids like Narcan.
- Did you say 30% of opioids or of... Opioids or...? Yeah, fentanyl. Yes.
- </c> the opioid crisis. the opioid crisis.
Committee:
House Environment and Agriculture
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And patients can see costs before treatment and prevent surprise fees, billing, gouging, etc.
- Transparency helps prevent these extra billing tactics.
- I think it was put in there to prevent overly aggressive penalties on those under $100 million.
- You brought up the issue of opioids.
- If it were simple to prescribe medication, we probably wouldn't have an opioid crisis, right?
Bills:
SB2024 , SB227 , SB268 , SB1467 , SB1580 , HB5537 , SB1313 , SB1677 , SB918 , SB331 , SB2207 , SB2721
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Tourism HB4539 by Tronson relates to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians specializing in opioids
- for the committee on public health is you 4711 by Lopez a bear relating the of information used to prevent
- HB 4783 by Van Dever relating to a report on non-governmental opioid.
- Programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses for the committee on public health.
- punishment of certain criminal conduct involving trafficking of a person's a human trafficking prevention
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 5, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- As a single state agency for substance abuse, mental health, and opioid treatment, the department lays
- discharge planning in the Baker Act process by requiring the development of a personalized crisis prevention
- managing entity shared the story of an individual who entered treatment through their detox program for opioid
- use disorder after struggling to maintain... ...for opioid use disorder after struggling to maintain
Summary:
The Human Services Subcommittee met to receive an update from the Florida Department of Children and Families on implementation of House Bill 7021, which revised the Baker Act and Marchman Act and was funded with a $50 million appropriation. Deputy Assistant Secretary Bill Hardin reported that the department has updated reference guides, training, administrative rules, and forms; launched regional behavioral health collaboratives; and created the Office of Children’s Behavioral Health Ombudsman. He said early data show continued declines in Baker Act use, high diversion rates from involuntary examinations through 988, mobile response teams, and care coordination, along with generally positive provider feedback on changes such as allowing psychiatric nurses to initiate emergency treatment orders and clarifying the 72-hour examination period.
Hardin also described Marchman Act changes, including a streamlined petition process, remote testimony, improved discharge planning, and a new annual data report. He said the department has completed or is completing multiple training courses for providers and law enforcement, and has adopted or is finalizing numerous rules and forms. He reported that the regional collaboratives are identifying common statewide needs such as service capacity, resource sharing, funding flexibility, and peer support, while the ombudsman office is handling complaints and helping families navigate services.
Members asked about whether the current funding is sufficient, future budget needs, outreach for the new ombudsman office, and services for juveniles. Hardin said DCF has posted legislative budget requests for additional forensic FACT services and short-term residential treatment beds, including children’s beds, and noted the ombudsman office is staffed with two FTEs and supported through existing complaint-management and regional systems. He said outreach is being done through regional collaboratives and coordination with other agencies, especially the Department of Education, and that juvenile transport and placement issues have improved with the new law. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The real scourge here is alcohol, opioids, and anti...
- We have seen benefits from pairing enforcement and prevention with funding. ...through our opioid response
- No, I know, but I heard you saying opioids.
- Prevention or recovery for families like mine.
- Opioids and harmful pharmaceuticals.
Bills:
HB5
Committee:
House Public Health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I would always love to prevent anything that I can—that's why I went into medicine.
- We all have failed to prevent the proverbial camel's nose from peeking under the...
- We know it is not... being substituted for alcohol or preventing opioid overdoses.
- This is an alternative modality to opioids and antidepressants.
- Texas is vested in an opioid distributor that is set to make profit off of it.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- But at what point do we ask government to create new laws to prevent that?
- The reason we have that in our rules is to prevent what we saw the last few years, where we're always
- And he's been forced to go on massive doses of opioids for him... He suffers tremendously.
- The other one was the opioid fund, The Millennium Fund and asked them for a portion of this funding.
- The other one was the opioid fund, the settlement fund that was done within the Attorney General.
Summary:
The House convened, completed roll call, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the journal. It also received several communications, including gubernatorial notices of signed bills, Senate-enrolled bills for the Speaker’s signature, and committee reports enrolling or advancing various measures. House Bill 971, an appropriations bill for the Attorney General’s office, was introduced and later considered under suspension of the rules. The House also advanced several Senate bills and resolutions to second reading or enrollment, including bills on health and welfare, education, state affairs, and procurement-related matters.
A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 822, as amended in the Senate, dealing with pediatric social transition and parental notification. Supporters said the bill clarified that state resources could not be used for social/sexual transition of children and emphasized parental rights and disclosure. Opponents argued it imposed overly punitive, potentially unconstitutional penalties, would chill teachers, health care workers, and child care providers, and would make Idaho more hostile to families and professionals. The House suspended the rules, debated the bill, and passed it 60-9; later, a motion to let one member change her vote failed after the Speaker ruled that House Rule 79 barred post-announcement vote changes without the required two-thirds support.
The House also passed Senate Bill 1430 on firearms after debate over state preemption and local restrictions, and Senate Bill 1359, the virtual currency kiosk fraud prevention bill. Supporters of SB 1359 described widespread fraud involving crypto kiosks, especially targeting seniors, and said the bill would require operator registration, disclosures, fraud warnings, recordkeeping, and transaction limits for new users; opponents called it overbroad, intrusive, and a privacy concern. The bill passed 39-9. Senate Bill 1410, concerning Medicaid reimbursement updates for community health centers, also passed. Senate Concurrent Resolution 127, urging rejection of a proposed medical marijuana initiative, passed after debate over public safety, costs, and out-of-state influence versus arguments that patients with serious conditions should have access to medical cannabis. Senate Bill 1436, a procurement clarification bill, failed after concerns about broad administrative discretion and pending litigation. The House later recessed and returned to continue with additional Senate bills and appropriations measures.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 1359, as amended by the State Affairs Committee, regarding the Virtual Currency Kiosk Fraud Prevention
- But at what point do we ask government to create new laws to prevent that?
- The reason we have that in our rules is to prevent what we saw the last few years, where we're always
- The other one was the opioid fund, the settlement fund that was done within the Attorney General.
- and awareness program, requiring a report for the HIV prevention and surveillance program, requiring
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 24, 2025 - 04:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Next up, we'll have HB 355, Emergency Opioid Antagonist in Public K through 12 Schools and Post-Secondary
- Today I bring to you in front of you HB 355, emergency opioid antagonists for public school K through
- Amend the existing Florida statutes to enhance the ability of emergency opioid antagonists in the public
- This bill will allow public schools to purchase, use, and maintain emergency opioid antagonists that
- The Sunshine Genetic Act moves us from crisis response to prevention, saving... ...lives and cutting
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee heard a lengthy agenda of health care and public health bills. The first major item was HB 649, which would remove the paper supervision protocol for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and allow autonomous practice. The sponsor and supporters argued it would improve access, especially in rural areas, address workforce shortages, and reduce costs, while opponents from the medical community raised patient safety concerns and argued it would weaken physician oversight. After extensive testimony and debate, the committee reported the bill favorably by a vote of 18-7.
The committee then unanimously advanced several other measures. HB 259, creating a special observance for fentanyl awareness and education, passed 23-0. HB 791, which codifies infant safety devices as an option for surrendering newborns and amends safe-haven law, passed as amended 25-0. HB 355, allowing schools to use FDA-approved emergency opioid antagonists rather than only naloxone, passed 26-0. HB 1119, requiring hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric readiness policies, training, coordination, and assessment requirements, also passed 26-0 after two amendments. HB 431, changing the date for level-two background screening of athletic coaches to July 1, 2026, passed 26-0.
Later, the committee approved CS for HB 907, the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases or “Sunshine Genetics Act,” which would establish an opt-in newborn genome sequencing program at FSU and a statewide consortium for rare disease research; supporters emphasized earlier diagnosis and cost savings, and the bill passed 25-0. CS for HB 519, aligning state law with federal law on controlled substances for paramedics, passed 25-0. Finally, CS for HB 723, requiring the Department of Health to provide early-detection materials for type 1 diabetes to families of young schoolchildren, passed as amended 26-0. The meeting adjourned after all bills were reported favorably.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (10/08/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- They recognized one of the biggest causes of the opioid crisis was lack of access to non-opioid therapies
- ><c> to</c><00:04:46.479><c> non-opioid</c><00:04:47.280><c> therapies.
- </c> of access to non-opioid therapies. of access to non-opioid therapies.
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- </c> like part of their um, way to prevent like part of their um, way to prevent um,<00:38:23.920><c>
Summary:
The committee first took up an insurance-related chronic pain bill and an amendment modeled on language from Massachusetts and Maine. The sponsor explained the amendment was developed after stakeholder meetings because the original bill would have created an unaffordable insurance mandate in New Hampshire. The amendment was intended to improve access to non-opioid therapies by limiting prior authorization and step-therapy barriers so they are not more restrictive than for other treatments, including opioid therapies. After questions, the committee took a straw vote and advanced the amendment.
The next item was a department-sponsored bill involving the state’s all-payer claims database. Insurance Department officials explained that the bill would encourage self-funded employer plans to opt in voluntarily by giving them aggregated, deidentified claims information in return. They said self-funded plans cannot be required to report data because of federal law, but the bill would provide an incentive while protecting employee privacy. Members asked detailed questions about who would see the data, whether individual employees could be identified, and how privacy would be enforced; the department said access would be aggregated and deidentified, and employer privacy issues would be governed by ERISA and the U.S. Department of Labor.
The committee also discussed a glucose-monitoring bill. Members debated whether the bill was aimed at type 1 diabetes coverage or broader access to continuous glucose monitors, and whether it would amount to an unnecessary insurance mandate that could raise premiums. Department testimony estimated the equipment cost and said the annual impact per member would be modest, but also noted that non-insulin therapies have not consistently shown clinically significant A1C reductions. The chair and some members emphasized that the bill should be considered on its own terms as a CGM coverage issue, not as a general diabetes mandate. The committee discussed the bill’s cost implications and asked the department for any prior cost analysis.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- you back to the pill mill days, back whenever, you know, the prescription crisis and dealing with opioids
- Acts of violence so that we can prevent it.
- The quicker we have access to that information, in that case, we use that to prevent a potential mass
- What's important for us is that we keep, we protect people, we prevent violent crime, we stop it before
- There are so many different interventions that we could consider as a committee to prevent those acts
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Summary:
The committee convened with a quorum present and heard a presentation from FDLE Deputy Commissioner Vaden Pollard on homicide investigations, blood evidence, toxicology, medical records, and mental health records. Pollard explained that autopsy toxicology and medical examiner records are often critical in death investigations, but access to hospital blood tests, medical records, Baker Act records, and substance abuse treatment records is restricted by Florida law, HIPAA, and 42 CFR Part 2, usually requiring subpoenas, court orders, or consent. He also noted that autopsy reports are generally public, while photographs are confidential, and that medical examiners can access relevant prior medical history of decedents.
Members questioned Pollard about what toxicology panels include, whether medications can be tested for, and whether medical examiner reviews can help determine if a deceased person had stopped taking prescribed psychiatric medication. Pollard said toxicology can include alcohol, drugs, and specific medications when relevant, but routine access to living suspects’ medical information is limited. He also discussed FDLE’s behavioral threat assessment work and said investigators may follow leads involving mental health treatment or facility releases when relevant to a case, though he could not speak to regulatory follow-up. The committee also discussed risk protection orders, with Pollard saying FDLE has used them effectively and that they can help prevent violence and connect individuals to services.
The discussion then shifted to FDLE laboratory turnaround times and public safety impacts. Pollard said the average DNA turnaround time was 208 days for some cases, while sex assault kits are prioritized and generally remain under 90 days, with rush cases sometimes completed within 24 hours. He said backlog is tied to staffing and analyst capacity, and that faster processing is especially important in unsolved violent and sexual assault cases because delays can leave offenders on the street. The committee also noted that increased toxicology demands would affect toxicology staffing and workload, though not DNA processing. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jul 21st, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there anything to prevent that?
- Opioid funds have been directed, and they've allocated $2 million to a new program called Fresh Start
- This program has to be tied to individuals experiencing opioid and substance use disorders.
- This program provides up to $10,000 for move-in or rental assistance and eviction prevention due to opioid
- So that's some of the state's opioid use dollars being deployed.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:12 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- that this would lead to opioid misuse.
- So there are many checks and balances in our state and the country for opioid use. Thank you, Mr.
- That will not prevent them from continuing to use those. Is that correct? Mr.
- President and Senator Worth, it doesn't prevent them from sharing that information.
- It doesn't prevent them from sharing it with the Otero Police Force. Is that correct? Mr.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- cessation services, prevention of unintentional injuries and opioid overdoses, providing support and
- , prevention shows a cut of $300,000.
- to prevent Youth Tobacco Use Prevention Initiatives to implement evidence-based interventions to prevent
- Major initiatives include maternal mortality review and prevention, sexual violence prevention and response
- Major initiatives include maternal mortality review and prevention, sexual violence, prevention, and
Committee:
House Budget
Summary:
The committee heard the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services present its FY 2027 budget request, with Director Sarah Wilson and budget staff describing the department’s mission, major divisions, and the impact of federal funding shifts, especially the FMAP change that will shift costs to general revenue. Wilson emphasized prevention, public health infrastructure, workforce capacity, and data modernization, while several members praised the department’s responsiveness and cost-cutting efforts. The discussion repeatedly focused on lapses, excess authority, and the department’s stated practice of spending federal and other funds before general revenue where possible.
Members asked detailed questions about local public health agency support, nutrition programs, rural health and primary care, newborn screening, the state public health lab, and the department’s use of flexibility and reallocations. There was extended discussion of substance use disorder funding: the department explained that some funding is being reduced in its own budget because transfer authority is being added for the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Corrections, while some other SUD-related lines are actual reductions. Members also questioned tobacco prevention and cessation cuts, maternal and infant health programs, fetal infant mortality review, and minority health initiatives, with staff explaining program purposes and noting that some reductions were tied to excess authority or to moving programs to other departments.
The committee also reviewed specific operational items such as the Health Initiatives Fund transfer, debt offset escrow for loan repayment defaults, donated funds authority, emergency preparedness, environmental health, health informatics, HIV/STI/hepatitis services, local public health incentives, and the COVID/ARPA authority reductions. Several members requested follow-up information on vacancies, lapse trends, grant spending plans, and program details. No final vote or formal action was taken in the portion provided; the chair recessed briefly and the hearing continued with additional budget testimony.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 9th, 2025 at 08:40 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Utilization and then some backfilling of opioid settlement revenue.
- In opioid settlement revenue with general funds, what's the process for that?
- The money's not there in the Opioid Settlement Fund.
- And, of course, to increase our prevention for family supports.
- In our prevention services and FY25, so far we've served 3,287 families.