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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 8th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She began her career working in intensive care units at OU Medical Center, Mercy Hospital, and the Heart
  • I don't know if any Oklahoma State Center is a fan of... ...how proud I am.
  • I don't know if any Oklahoma State Center is a fan of Oklahoma State University.
  • outpatient drug treatment centers, the inpatient drug treatment center, cost the state of Oklahoma,
  • We put it into that $450 million health care center. We put it into the health clinics.
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer. The chamber then recognized several guests and groups, including the Doctor of the Day Dr. Abby Woods, Nurse of the Day Kara de la Pena, and multiple student and community delegations. These included Dominic Matthias of Moore High School for his cross-country accomplishments, Calumet boys baseball and basketball teams for state championships, the Oklahoma Federation of Republican Women, Morris High School’s academic team, the Junior Chamber of Catoosa, Rogers County Leadership Program participants, and Legacy Christian Schools students. The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 40, designating the second week in April as Lung Cancer Action Week in Oklahoma. The resolution was presented in support of the American Lung Association’s efforts to raise awareness, encourage screening, and promote early detection, especially given the low screening rate among high-risk Oklahomans. The resolution passed without opposition, and unanimous consent was granted to make all senators co-authors unless they declined. The chamber also hosted Cherokee Nation Legislative Day. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and other Cherokee leaders spoke about the tribe’s history, sovereignty, and major investments in education, housing, health care, workforce development, and economic growth in Oklahoma. Hoskin emphasized the Cherokee Nation’s partnership with the state and urged support for Medicaid expansion, arguing it helps fund health care services and jobs. Later, Senator Weaver offered a personal privilege statement mourning the death of Trooper Vernon Brake in the line of duty, followed by a moment of silence. The only other action was an announcement inviting members to a Sportsman’s Caucus reception. With the clerk’s desk clear, the Senate adopted a motion to adjourn until Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, with 3621, we're recreating the State Data Center.
  • Members, with 3621, we're recreating the state data center.
  • The state data center, we're recreating that so that the state takes ownership of those programs.
  • Munrooney Center, Aaron Knuckle Center, and companies such as Boeing. I yield for questions.
  • So would you also agree that child care programs, child care centers, daycare centers, whatever you want
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, with 3621, we're recreating the State Data Center.
  • Members, with 3621, we're recreating the State Data Center.
  • The State Data Center, we're recreating that so that the state takes ownership of those programs.
  • , Aaron Knuckle Center, and companies such as Boeing.
  • So would you also agree that child care programs, child care centers, daycare centers, whatever you want
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with HB 3622 and HB 3621, both related to census and state data functions. HB 3622, as amended, removed direct appropriation language and would let Department of Commerce staff carry out census-related duties such as updating local census addresses and upgrading technology. HB 3621 would recreate the State Data Center at the Legislative Service Bureau to coordinate census-related programs across agencies such as Commerce, Tax, and others; both bills received unanimous or near-unanimous support and were reported out due pass. A lengthy portion of the meeting focused on HB 3151, which would redefine instructional days so that only time students are actually in the classroom counts toward the instructional minimum, excluding professional development and parent-teacher conference time. The author argued the bill would close Oklahoma’s instructional-time gap and improve outcomes, while members raised concerns about funding, teacher pay, contract negotiations, and how districts would absorb the change. After debate, the bill passed 19-7. The committee also advanced HB 3706, which sets minimum elementary math instruction standards and expands math screening requirements, and HB 3708, which would allow private schools to use scholarship-granting organization funds for capital improvements to increase instructional capacity; both drew questions about funding, scheduling, and the scope of the programs but were reported out due pass. Other measures approved included HB 3661, extending a sunset on a timber equipment tax provision; HB 3882, creating a revolving fund for ODOT’s lake access and industrial access grants; HB 4273, extending a tax credit to certain aerospace engineers at an ARM 1 higher education institution; HB 3644, tied to medical training and best practices after a fatal misdiagnosis; HB 2021, creating a DHS grant program for out-of-school programming, with discussion centered on whether it would effectively favor Boys and Girls Clubs and exclude other providers; HB 3986, extending a sunset; and HB 3972, cleanup language related to the Comanche County prison purchase. Most bills passed with strong support, and the meeting adjourned after the final votes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The connection to the convention center or hotel.
  • Arts Center has increased the need for more parking.
  • and an 1,800-seat McAllen Performing Arts Center.
  • The convention center and hotel open the door to tourism.
  • The convention center, because we have not actually issued the bonds for that convention center, and
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 19th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a medical doctor and I also completed a fellowship in cosmetic procedural dermatology.
  • More importantly, this takes away from medical patients being able to seek academic support from these
  • They train alongside you in medical school, so they're doing the same cadaver labs with you, anatomy.
  • So is that like medical school?
  • Sometimes it can take up to three months to get in to see those medical specialists.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 19th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Podiatrists are Service Now and Hunt Regional Medical Center are recognized for their excellence in patient
  • I'm also an associate professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Since 2014, there have been over 400 vehicle crashes in medical centers nationwide, with more than a
  • David's North Austin Medical Center, I remember hearing about it.
  • Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Dell Children's Medical Center, Memorial Hermann
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:25 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The prior authorization bill has been changed to indicate medically necessary and medically necessary
  • This is not a blanket approval of a medication. It is a blanket approval to pay for a medication.
  • I'm sharing center and expert witness.
  • Understood, and a Person who has a medical marijuana prescription and go get the medical marijuana corrected
  • She took medical cannabis When she got diagnosed, she had a pharmacist give her directions and medical
Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • statutes by requiring excavators, before excavation notice is submitted to a one-call notification center
  • An excavator proposing a large project must notify the one-call center no later than 15 business days
  • Arizona 811 is the communication center that coordinates all that communication.
  • Arizona 811 is the communication center that coordinates all that communication.
  • So as I understand, Arizona 811 is the communication center that coordinates all that communication.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/3/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • a community center.
  • Infinity Center doesn't happen.
  • </c><00:15:22.480><c> The</c> infinity center doesn't happen. The infinity center doesn't happen.
  • </c><00:43:13.839><c> We're</c> center in southeast Minnesota. We're center in southeast Minnesota.
  • </c> and the 501c3 Riverbend Nature Center. and the 501c3 Riverbend Nature Center.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's what voting centers do.
  • Removing vote centers would have serious consequences.
  • We believe that vote centers should continue to be able to be used.
  • Every single fire station was a voting center. Why?
  • I would probably support the voting centers. Your nation?
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Written testimony from Queen’s Medical Center in opposition. Uh, let’s see.
  • And if I might respectfully, sir, I have been employed at Tripler Army Medical Center, and there is no
  • prescribing psychologist at Tripler Army Medical Center.
  • I’m the medical director for the Kauai Community Mental Health Center.
  • And then in this case, the study is specific for one particular medical center or one area of Hawaii.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have UT Southwestern Advanced Kidney Disease Center doing similar things.
  • Medical freedoms is my modern day Alamo.
  • I got medication; she ate, and they wanted to say, oh, she's NPO.
  • So why is it that adults can have the medical freedom to seek safer treatments?
  • Second opinion from a medical doctor? Yes, yes.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Thu Feb 6, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • So people need these kinds of medical stabilization centers before they can even enter congregate settings
  • Catholic Medical Center, and of course at HSH.
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Summary: The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness met on February 6, 2025, and heard testimony on several measures. HB 44, which would appropriate funds to the Department of Human Services to work with community-based organizations on social services needs, drew broad support from nonprofit providers and coalitions that said contracts and reimbursement rates have not kept pace with the actual cost of services, leaving agencies unable to retain staff or meet demand. DHS said it supported the bill’s intent but asked for clarification because the language was broad and did not specify which organizations or how funds should be allocated. Committee members and the bill’s introducer discussed how to make the measure more specific and equitable, including whether to set a percentage increase, use a baseline date, and direct DHS to distribute funds among different program areas; the True Cost Coalition and DHS agreed to follow up in writing with proposed language and a funding number. The committee then heard HB 1349, which would authorize Medicaid/CHIP coverage for income-qualified pregnant persons and children regardless of immigration status. Supporters, including the Legal Clinic, Aloha Care, and the Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights, said the bill would improve prenatal and child health, reduce the chilling effect of immigration enforcement on care-seeking, and help prevent premature or underweight births by ensuring earlier access to providers. DHS provided comments and the committee asked where the measure would fit in the budget; the department identified the relevant budget code. Written testimony in support came from multiple advocacy and health organizations and dozens of individuals. Finally, the committee heard HB 613, which would appropriate funds to DHS for emergency shelter and services for unaccompanied homeless youth. The Office of the Public Defender, the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions, the Office of Youth Services, Rise, the Hawaiʻi State LGBTQ+ Commission, and others supported the bill, emphasizing youth homelessness, the need for coordinated shelter and outreach, and the high share of LGBTQ+ youth among homeless minors. OYS asked that the committee consider funding its existing Safe Spaces pilot rather than creating a new program, while DHS said it supported the intent but wanted clarification because multiple department programs could be implicated. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair instead requested follow-up language and funding information for HB 44 and continued the measures for further consideration.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Army Rangers, including one for my constituent that's here today.
  • Army Rangers are an elite direct action raid force of the U.S.
  • Army Ranger Association.
  • Doesn't have to. to be just Army; it can also be Marines.
  • There were no Ranger units when I was in the Army.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Army Staff Sergeant Gary C. Johnson was born in Archer County.
  • In 1948, Staff Sergeant Johnson entered the Army via selective service and served in the infantry.
  • Army Gary C. and U.S. Marine Corps Gary S. Johnson Memorial Highway. Thank you very much.
  • Field and Houston, Waco Army Airfield before advancing to Tuskegee Institute.
  • facility, Army facility.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025 at 08:04 am

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, most kids in Texas don't have a medical home, so they don't know how to get to a medical home.
  • health community centers.
  • medication.
  • We are not medical professionals.
  • So there are instances where medical personnel can force. Individuals to go get medical care.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:05 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • medical malpractice reform in Colorado.
  • Jason Rounds, and I have the honor of serving as President and CEO of San Juan Regional Medical Center
  • medical malpractice cases.
  • of medical oversight.
  • A study in the 2003 Journal of the American Medical Association Ophthalmology, examining medical data
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 14th, 2025 at 02:00 pm

Appropriations - Human Resources Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Medical housing. $4 million, line of credit, medical housing for individuals, $200,000 with extraordinary
  • medical needs.
  • Yeah, the medical housing for individuals with extraordinary medical needs.
  • Section 11, medical housing for individuals with extraordinary medical needs, that's $200,000.
  • Capital projects in human services centers and life skills and transition center.
Bills: SB2015
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Human Resources Division met with all members present and took up several bills, focusing most of the discussion on SB 1577 and SB 1619, along with a detailed review of the HHS budget bill draft. On SB 1577, Senator Magrum explained that the bill was being revised to focus on wastewater rather than raw water, possibly shifting the Washburn project to the Department of Water Resources so it could access matching funds, and potentially converting the bill into a line of credit if federal money is restored later. Members discussed whether to keep an emergency clause or instead use a date-based approach, and agreed the bill would likely be handled through the full committee and possibly reconsidered later. On SB 1619, Senator Davison said amendments were still being worked on, including changes requested by the Bank of North Dakota, and the committee planned to hold it for possible amendment before full committee consideration. The bulk of the meeting was a section-by-section review of the HHS appropriations bill draft. Members discussed one-time funding items such as technology projects, child care programs, housing programs, behavioral health facility grants, infant and toddler care provider support, juvenile justice diversion, medical housing, and other public health and human services projects. Several adjustments were noted, including reductions or changes to IMD-related funding, incarcerated-person treatment funding, the child welfare technology project, and the provider rate increase. The committee also discussed the FTE block grant structure at length, with staff explaining that the apparent increase in positions reflected budgeting mechanics, zero-dollar “phantom” positions, and positions approved previously but not counted in the FTE total. Members raised concerns about transparency and whether the bill should list FTE numbers, but staff said the block grant was intended to give the department flexibility while quarterly reporting would provide oversight. Other topics included Medicaid expansion funding and provider reimbursement rules, the move toward certifying human service centers as certified community behavioral health clinics, a moratorium on new ICF beds, and studies or reports on Medicaid, obesity, disability services, truancy, and behavioral health facility grants. The committee also discussed removing or revising broad intent language in Section 31 so the department would report findings rather than implement changes without further legislative action. No final votes were taken in the transcript; instead, members agreed to make a few technical adjustments, continue reviewing the bill, and likely revisit it the next day before moving it to conference committee.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 11th, 2025 at 09:30 am

Appropriations - Human Resources Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • On page 8, medical services in the blue section there, we also have provider inflation adjustment to
Bills: SB2015
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Human Resources Division met to finalize changes to the human services budget bill and related amendments. Members discussed several items, including a proposed $5 million appropriation for the Altru Hospital project to address inflationary costs, with the rest of the funding question left for conference committee. They also agreed to keep the 10-year operating requirement language for the project and remove a matching-funds provision that was no longer needed. The committee spent considerable time on the OASIS child welfare IT system. Donna Auckland explained that the project is still in the RFP stage, with vendor selection and contract negotiation likely taking months, and that the system will require 50-50 federal matching authority. Based on that testimony, the committee agreed to reduce the general fund amount from $14 million to $6 million and use a line of credit for the remaining authority, while preserving the federal match authority so the contract can be signed and the project can proceed. Members also approved a technical fix to add governor’s designee language for the Children’s Cabinet, which had been missed in another bill already on the governor’s desk. Keith reviewed updated long sheets showing additional budget adjustments, including provider inflation changes, a $50,000 Family Voices grant, reductions to CARES Act COVID funds, and moving the $5-per-day basic care rate increase from ongoing to one-time funding. No formal votes were recorded in the transcript, and the committee adjourned with plans to reconvene Monday if the final bill version was ready.