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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 6th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're also asking that the operators of these swim schools conduct a safety background check on employees
  • It requires us to get licensed, undergo background checks, and ensure that we follow all of the guidelines
  • By way of background, I've worked with lotteries and for lotteries for almost 15 years now.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/3/25 - Part 2

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • They changed that all of a sudden and went to an actuarial study, so it depends on the version of the
  • different ways of costing out the bill, including a microsimulation process in 2022 and then an actuarial study
  • He said they changed that all of a sudden and went to an actuarial study, so it depends on the version
  • Chair, you know your committee voted this bill out with no fiscal note and with really no background.
  • continued, “You know your committee voted this bill out with no fiscal note and with really no background
Bills: HF11
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • As we hear, oh, it's going to bring an increase of 10 to 15% a year of applications, there's a study
  • About the study regarding the increase, do we have any figures about how many of our doctors might leave
  • Do we have any study about how that works? And if we don't, just say so. Mr.
Bills: SB1, SB3
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
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  • <00:06:16.080> on that's a little bit of the background on that's a little bit of the background
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Jan 26th, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • screening clearinghouse have different processes to address their own background screenings.
  • Different processes to address their own background screenings.
  • Currently, there are 200 positions across all specified agencies that assist in processing background
  • And I wanted to bring, you know, a case study here. He's not the only one.
  • And I received information before today's hearing to study related to that.
Bills: S1082, S1168, S1756, S1156, S1480
Summary: The committee took up several health-related bills. SB 1082, on a statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program, was presented as a way to let providers and insurers use the federal independent dispute resolution process for emergency out-of-network claims under state-regulated commercial plans. A late-filed amendment clarified when providers and health plans could access the state program, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1168, which would centralize background screening clearinghouse functions at the Agency for Health Care Administration, also passed as amended after an amendment requiring sealed and expunged records to be included in screenings for qualified entities. Supporters said centralization would improve turnaround times, reduce duplication, and save costs; the sponsor said the bill also addresses coaches’ background screening language from last session. The committee then approved SB 1156, which moves ambulatory surgery center regulation out of the hospital-focused chapter of law into a standalone section, and SB 1480, as amended by a strike-all, which would grandfather certain temporary certificate holders practicing in areas of critical need if federal designation changes affect those areas. Testimony on SB 1480 emphasized continuity of care for patients in underserved communities, and the bill was reported favorably. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would require state-approved educational materials on childhood vaccines, require practitioners to provide those materials and alternative schedules before vaccination, expand school immunization exemptions to include conscience-based objections, clarify that the Surgeon General cannot order vaccination during a public health emergency, and authorize pharmacists to provide ivermectin behind the counter without a prescription with written information and safeguards. The sponsor argued the bill strengthens parental choice and informed consent. Committee members raised concerns about vaccine-preventable disease risks, immunocompromised children, school outbreaks, and the impact of adding a new exemption. A Department of Health representative said the department would need to provide details on the history of exemption consultations and noted that removing the earlier consultation requirement had not been shown to increase outbreaks. The committee adopted a friendly amendment to give physicians the same liability protection as pharmacists for ivermectin dispensing, but rejected a substitute amendment that would have required a consultation for exemption requests. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed to the bill, with physicians, pediatric specialists, cancer advocates, parents of immunocompromised children, and public health groups warning that it would lower vaccination rates and endanger vulnerable Floridians. The bill remained pending after testimony, with the committee continuing to hear public comment.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026 at 02:08 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sheila has a a very strong background in criminal law.
  • It's very diverse in terms of ethnicity, background, race, and viewpoints.
  • You may not know that we have a master's program, a Master of Studies in Law.
  • You may not also know that we have a study abroad program in the summer.
  • You may not also know that we have a study abroad program in the summer.
Bills: SB1, SB3
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:37 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • As we hear, oh, it's going to bring an increase of 10 to 15% a year of applications, there's a study
  • We heard from Senator [questionable] about the study about the increase.
  • About the study regarding the increase, do we have any figures about how many of our doctors might leave
  • Do we have any study about how that works? And if we don't, just say so. Mr.
Bills: SB1, SB3
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dan Andreon, with the Minnesota Council of Health Plans, testified that the state has embarked on studying
  • Doing those studies is important. There is a better way.
  • Doing those studies is important. There is a better way.
  • consider completely different<01:36:41.320> doing<01:36:41.639> those<01:36:41.840> studies
  • <01:36:42.199> are different doing those studies are different doing those studies are important
Bills: HF10, HF27
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Center for Nursing and Workforce Studies, of course, projects severe nursing workforce shortages.
  • The student would do their training at a study center. state facility like the Texas Department of Criminal
  • Our understanding of biological systems have come a long way since I studied biology. in Stanford 30
  • Spending too much on inputs, no matter what I study, it all boils back down.
  • A little bit of background on me. I am a current student at A&M.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then that Section 19 was the studying of more Missouri River intakes.
  • And Section 20 is the study on the governance and finance, but predominantly both, but of the three big
Bills: HB1329
Summary: The division first discussed Senate Bill 1540 and related amendments involving implementation mechanics, procurement exemptions, and an emergency clause. Bank of North Dakota representatives explained that, based on a timeline review with DPI, the project would be very difficult to implement for the 2026-27 school year without exemptions from state purchasing and IT oversight rules and without an emergency clause; they said the normal procurement process could take about 240 days and that a 15-month implementation window would likely push the start to 2027-28 if those changes were not adopted. Members also raised a separate policy question about a criminal penalty placeholder in the bill, and the committee agreed that the sentence was unnecessary and should be removed. The committee deferred means-testing questions and fiscal-note issues to the next morning, with the understanding that the bill would be drafted in a way that made it workable if it advanced. The committee then turned to the water budget bill and reviewed the latest amended version, which included changes to the Water Topics process, Southwest Pipeline line of credit provisions, Red River supply funding, Mouse River project amounts, general water funding, studies on Missouri River intakes and water governance/finance, and a carryover/transfer adjustment. Chris Cattermas of the Department of Water Resources said most of the carryover funds were already obligated, with the largest unobligated amount in flood control. After review, Senator Thomas moved a do-pass recommendation on the bill as amended, the motion was seconded, and the committee approved it unanimously. The chair noted that other bills would be taken up the next morning, including 1013, 1014, and 1540.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 09:30 am

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and Committee, this is what it is: turning that work into a study to find out, first of all,
  • Again, maybe it's not the right time and the study is needed, but it will, I think, in my opinion, help
  • And I think I'm going to support the study because I'm for transparency too, but I think we need to know
  • Chairman, I think the feelings of the committee are going toward a study.
  • And by doing the study, we're keeping the whole concept alive.
Bills: HB1329
Summary: The Education Division met with all members present and first took up House Bill 1329, which would create a transparency database and website for school spending information. Senator Schaible offered Amendment 0204 to turn the bill into a study, citing concerns that the proposal would impose major data-collection burdens on 168 school districts, require new data standards and privacy protections, and likely cost far more than the $500,000 in the bill. Several members supported transparency but agreed the implementation costs and technical feasibility were unclear. The committee adopted the amendment 4-1, then passed HB 1329 as amended on a 5-0 vote, with Senator Shively to carry the bill. The committee then discussed House Bill 1540, the education savings account/voucher bill. Representatives from the Bank of North Dakota and the Department of Public Instruction explained that they had not been consulted on the original drafting and outlined needed administrative changes, including clarifying the Bank as administrator, using a third-party program manager, involving DPI in rulemaking, adding audit and appeal procedures, and adjusting language on eligible purchases and school disqualification. They also said the current timeline was likely too aggressive to launch by the 2026-27 school year and estimated the program would require about 15 months to implement, with a fiscal note now around $5.1 million. Members also discussed policy-related amendments on means testing and application timing. Senator Shively proposed a 300% of poverty-level means test and a sign-up period to reduce costs and limit open-ended enrollment, while Senator Axman proposed a tiered approach that would keep all students technically eligible but phase in funding levels by income, preserving access for students who qualify for other federal supports. DPI said it could not currently disaggregate some data by family income and that the appeal process and procurement timeline still needed work. The committee did not move HB 1540 out that morning and instead recessed to continue discussion later after members had time to review the administrative and fiscal issues separately from the means-testing proposals.