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• These physicians practiced under a limited license here in Florida.
• They could only practice in this particular area.
• As you know, practice for many, many years...
• Why did it not go back into practice?
• I practice in Tallahassee.

Summary: The committee heard several health-related bills. SB 1082 would let providers or insurers in state-regulated commercial plans opt into the federal independent dispute resolution process for emergency out-of-network claims, with a late-filed amendment clarifying access to the state program in certain circumstances. The bill sponsor and emergency physicians said the measure would reduce litigation and improve payment resolution; the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1168 would centralize background screening work for the care provider clearinghouse at the Agency for Health Care Administration and update related screening rules, including sealed and expunged records for qualified entities. The sponsor said the change would speed turnaround and reduce duplication; an amendment was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1156 would move ambulatory surgical center regulation out of Chapter 395 into a standalone section of law, and it was reported favorably without amendment. SB 1480, as amended by a strike-all, would grandfather certain temporary certificate holders practicing in areas of critical need if federal designations change, allowing them to continue seeing current patients and potentially new patients in their existing area subject to board oversight. The committee heard support from health system representatives and reported the bill favorably. The final and most debated measure, SB 1756 on medical freedom, would require vaccine education materials and alternative schedules, expand school immunization exemptions to conscience-based objections, clarify limits on emergency vaccination orders, and allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin behind the counter with written information. The sponsor and supporters framed it as parental choice and access, while physicians, public health advocates, cancer advocates, and parents of immunocompromised children warned it would lower vaccination rates and increase disease risk. The committee adopted a liability-related amendment, rejected a substitute amendment that would have required consultation for exemptions, and continued hearing public testimony opposing the bill; the transcript ends before final action on SB 1756.

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• Judiciary has had under consideration Engrossed House Bill 5366, relating to rules governing the practice
• Engrossed House Bill 5366, relating to rules governing the practice of law.
• Pension Oversight Board, Board of Occupational Therapy, Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Board of Pharmacy
• Pension Oversight Board, Board of Occupational Therapy, Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Board of Pharmacy
• for violation of professional conduct standards, and are fully and voluntarily retired from active practice

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and spent much of the day recognizing pages, guests, school groups, and civic organizations visiting the chamber. Several communications from the House and committee reports were received, and a petition on support for new electric transmission lines was referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry, and Mining. Senate Resolution 61, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell, was referred to the Committee on Rules, while other resolutions and bills were held over or referred as required. The chamber then acted on a large number of measures, including concurrence in House amendments to Senate Bill 137 on parole eligibility for second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, and a conference committee was appointed on House Bill 4026 regarding integrated resource plans. Numerous House bills were advanced or passed after committee reports, covering topics such as industrial access roads, local airport hangar financing, college campus safety, youth and handicapped hunting, missing persons records, driver’s licenses, adjudicatory alternative dispositions, chronic absenteeism, party-switching deadlines for candidates, teacher/school personnel/state police pay raises, election official trainees, political committee filing notices, security personnel for the State Treasurer, post-secondary financial aid, legal practice rules, overseas voting, public officials’ residential information, homestead exemption, military juvenile jurisdiction, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, statewide prevention planning, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment taxation, microgrid and data center certification, transcript acceptance for students, emeritus medical licenses, higher education rule authorizations, board and commission reforms, managed care organization taxes, and deputy sheriff vacation carryover. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, and several received title amendments. The Senate also passed a series of supplemental appropriations, many with immediate-effect motions adopted by the required two-thirds vote. These included funding for the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia, Homeland Security divisions, Health Facilities, Administration, Human Services, the Governor’s Civil Contingent Fund, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Senior Services. Votes were overwhelmingly in favor, with only a few measures drawing one or more dissenting votes. One bill on tourism appropriations was referred to the Committee on Rules, and several second-reading bills were advanced, including measures on the West Virginia Collaboratory, business-ready sites, volunteer fire companies, religious organization eminent domain restrictions, electric load forecasting, and funeral service licensure.

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• receives the benefit of us securing, or making sure, that state-required licensure for programs like pharmacies
• receives the benefit of us securing or making sure that state required licensure for programs like pharmacies
• So we've created a system where it becomes harder and harder to add units as a practical... ...began
• So we've created a system where it becomes harder and harder to add units as a practical matter.
• What Houston does, as a matter of fact, as sort of the practice, as well as, to some extent, the legal

Summary: The Committee on Community Affairs met with a quorum present and took up SB 122, which would repeal Chapter 205 on local business taxes while allowing municipalities to continue imposing a gross-receipts-based business tax on merchants. Senator Trumbull presented the bill for the sponsor, and committee members questioned what services local governments fund with local business tax revenue and whether the bill should be considered alongside broader property tax changes. County and city representatives opposed the bill, arguing that local business taxes are capped home-rule revenues used for general fund services such as public safety, zoning and licensure checks, economic development, and business support, and warning that repeal would shift costs to residential taxpayers and reduce local flexibility. Senator Shreve said he would vote no because of ongoing property tax discussions, while Senator Pizzo said he would support the bill but wanted clearer accounting of how the revenue is spent. The committee voted 5-1 to report SB 122 favorably. The committee then held a housing panel discussion focused on Florida’s housing shortage, affordability, and supply constraints. Dr. Samuel Staley said Florida is in a housing crisis driven largely by insufficient supply, arguing that the state needs roughly 100,000 additional units per year just to keep up with in-migration and that local planning systems often do not prioritize housing enough. He urged more emphasis on measurable impacts, streamlined permitting, accessory dwelling units, smaller lot sizes, and other market-responsive tools. Ann Ray of the Shimberg Center said Florida is seeing more single-family and multifamily construction but that production is concentrated in a handful of counties, while condo construction remains limited; she also noted that rents and home prices spiked sharply in the early 2020s and remain above pre-2020 levels, with nearly 905,000 low-income renters cost-burdened. Leslie Deutsch of John Burns Research said the national housing market is slow, Florida has a severe affordability problem, and builders are lowering prices and offering incentives but still face high land, labor, materials, and insurance costs. In committee discussion, senators focused on whether Florida should encourage more density, including townhomes, build-to-rent products, modular housing, and redevelopment of existing sites rather than relying on large new subdivisions. Members also discussed the role of local zoning, impact fees, density bonuses, and state incentives tied to housing targets. Several senators said Florida’s growth and affordability challenges require updating land development codes and planning for where future residents will live without overbuilding rural or environmentally sensitive areas. The chair closed by emphasizing that density can support affordability and that Florida should use existing footprints more efficiently.

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• BE@School's practices connect students and families to our community agencies first because of the fear
• I live in northeast Minneapolis, and I am a restorative practice coordinator for Global Arts Plus Upper
• There's recorder concerts that you practice for.
• ><01:59:22.960> you There's recorder concerts that you There's recorder concerts that you practice
• There's that first day practice for.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You don't let nurse practitioners practice as physicians.
• You don't let nurse practitioners practice as physicians.
• You don't let nurse practitioners practice as physicians.
• <01:14:15.840> Medicaid codifies current practice. Medicaid codifies current practice.
• are drug pricing options, pharmacy benefit manager...

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Over the course of her career, Sabrina worked in retail pharmacies such as Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, and
• Speaker, SB 84 is a cognate of my HB 1330, which adopts guardrail language, good governance practices
• Next up, we come to House Bill 489, which relates to restorative justice practices.
• This bill has to do, as the clerk noted, with restorative justice practices, to codify it into law.
• House Bill 808 now before you relates to insurance unfair claim settlement practices and modification

Keywords: March 12, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• to provide health care that is culturally grounded, guided by ancestral strength and traditional practices
• we really kind of slowly built it to the point where our doctors and our dentists, and having a pharmacy
• Then we opened to the whole corridor, and we were the only pharmacy in the valley.
• So PMS, even when they went, still had to send their patients to the hospital somewhere for pharmacy.
• plans, but I do know too that a lot of our facilities, the federal software systems between the pharmacies

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• Right back in the local economy, to the stores, the pharmacies, etc. Thank you, Mr.
• , and most recently at Pooler Pharmacy.
• County as a pharmacy County as a pharmacy technician.<07:52:30.000> Linda<07:52:30.398> began
• , and most recently at Carter's Pharmacy, and most recently at Puler<07:52:39.120> Pharmacy.
• Throughout the years, Puler Pharmacy.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• How will that help with The SIC and what you know in your scope of practice.
• The trends for fiscal year 2027 are 7.5 for medical, 16 for pharmacy, and 4 for dental.
• I know it's Ghana, but I just want a practical standpoint.
• This table shows where our FY 26 operating budget is considered, including different medical and pharmacy
• The LFC recommendation retains the practice of appropriating each of the risk management funds rather

Keywords: 996, all

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• CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS UNDER THE DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DME BENEFIT AS WELL AS UNDER THE PHARMACY
• REGISTERED NURSING GRADUATES RECEIVE THE PROVISIONAL RN LICENSE AND PRACTICAL NURSES RECEIVE A PROVISIONAL
• FLORIDA AND WE WILL NOT ONLY BE GRADUATING GOOD NURSES BUT WE NURSES WHO PASSED THE EXAM AND CAN PRACTICE
• TO STUDENTS IN A MANNER WHICH PREPARES THEM FOR AN EXAM AND DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND PRACTICES
• HANDS-ON CLINICAL TRAINING GIVES STUDENTS PRACTICAL EXPRESS WHILE DELIVERING CARE TO FLORIDA'S FAMILIES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The next one is the Board of Pharmacy.
• Now, the $118,067 would be to expand the pharmacy recovery program, and we passed a separate general
• c><00:40:54.720> to<00:40:54.960> expand<00:40:55.280> the<00:40:55.520> pharmacy
• <00:40:56.560> recovery would be to expand the pharmacy recovery would be to expand the pharmacy
• that would allow the board of pharmacy that would allow the board of pharmacy to<00:41:05.119>

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 18 February, 2026; 11:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee began with process instructions about using committee substitutes, identifying bills with reverse repealers, and taking up noncontroversial items in blocks. It then approved Senate Bill 3051, the DFA budget, which included LBR-level funding with a reverse repealer and agency-by-agency allocations for the status of women, DFA, tort claims, state property insurance, BEAM, and Mississippi Home Corporation. Senate Bill 3052, the governor’s support budget, was also approved as a final-action bill without a reverse repealer, with members noting the reduction from the prior year was tied to lower federal funding. The committee then handled the IHL budget bills. Senate Bill 3053, the general support bill, included a 3% across-the-board raise for IHL professors and $20 million for repair and renovation at universities, plus $5 million for UMMC; it passed as a committee substitute with a reverse repealer. Senate Bill 3054, the original IHL-related bill, passed without a committee substitute. Bills 3055 through 3059 were taken up in block and approved, providing 3% increases for A units at Alcorn State and Mississippi State. Senate Bill 3060, student financial aid, added about $7.7 million for scholarship costs, including MESG, MTAG, and Winters-Reed loan repayment, and passed as a committee substitute. The committee also approved the larger IHL budget bill with a reverse repealer and discussed, but did not fund, a UMMC cancer center request at that stage. Subcommittee 3 presented education-related bills. Senate Bill 3062 was approved at LBR with a reverse repealer and included a large transfer from the education enhancement fund. Senate Bill 3063 added $15 million for repair and renovation and $8.11 million for faculty pay raises, and passed as a committee substitute with a reverse repealer. On Senate Bill 3064, the Employment Security Commission budget, members discussed whether the committee substitute included a reverse repealer and noted they might revisit that on the floor if needed; the bill was advanced. Subcommittee 4 then took up Senate Bills 3065, 3066, 3068, and 3069 in block and approved them: Ethics Commission funding increased for salary realignment and a database; Judicial Performance Commission language was tightened to freeze the director’s salary and ensure youth court oversight funds were used solely for that purpose; Tax Appeals Board funding was increased to restore cuts and vacancy funding; and Workers’ Compensation Commission funding rose to cover commissioner salary increases and related language changes. Later, the committee approved Senate Bill 3067 for the Department of Public Safety, which included a reverse repealer, LBR-level funding, additional money for furniture for the new headquarters, and reappropriation language. Senate Bill 3071, the GCRF bill, was approved with a reverse repealer and reappropriation language for prior-year projects. Senate Bill 3072, the Department of Mental Health budget, was approved with a reverse repealer and included $12 million for the Canopy project, prior-year invoice funding, and language tied to mental health-related legislation. Finally, Senate Bills 3073 through 3075 were taken up in block for licensing boards, with increases for the Chiropractic Examiners, Dental Examiners, and Pharmacy boards, including funding for licensing system updates, vacancy funding, and expansion of the pharmacy recovery program.

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• Yeah, so that's basically the mechanics are, you know, practically the same. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes.
• So RSA 318-E allows law enforcement agencies, pharmacies, long-term care facilities, and other entities
• ,<01:32:36.960> long-term<01:32:37.400> care<01:32:37.560> facilities, pharmacies
• , long-term care facilities, pharmacies, long-term care facilities, and<01:32:38.240> other<01
• the state with the Board of Pharmacy the state with the Board of Pharmacy rules<01:32:54.920>

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• Sometimes folks can't get into the pharmacy quicker than they can get to a clinic or drive an hour to
• basic medical supplies like nebulizer masks, pin needles, and bandages, but only after the Board of Pharmacy
• If Missouri is hit by tornadoes, floods, or other emergencies, the Board of Pharmacy can temporarily
• waive certain rules so pharmacies can continue serving people during that disaster period.
• bill also includes language allowing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to be available behind the pharmacy

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• And does it include pharmacy? You're recognized. It's a good question, Representative.
• I will look into the pharmacy aspect of it, but yes, to the first part.
• The first is McKenna Davis, Epic Pharmacies, waving in support. Thank you for being here.

Summary: The Health Care Facilities and Systems Subcommittee met with a quorum present and considered four measures. The first was the PCS for HB 815, which would direct AHCA to study referral patterns by Medicaid managed care organizations and plans, including whether patients are being steered to providers with ownership or profit-sharing ties and how those services compare in cost. Members discussed transparency and potential cost impacts, and the PCS was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote. The committee then took up HB 1543, which narrows and clarifies an existing licensure attestation related to foreign countries of concern and controlling interests in health care entities. An amendment was adopted without objection to make clear the attestation applies to direct controlling interests. The bill was supported as a clarification for complex corporate structures, and it was reported favorably as amended by a 17-0 vote. Next, HB 899 addressed prescription drug coverage disclosures, aiming to prevent mid-year changes that could disrupt treatment or increase out-of-pocket costs for patients with chronic conditions. Supporters from Epic Pharmacies and the Florida Society of Rheumatology appeared in support, and the bill was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote. Finally, the PCS for HB 493 on memory care facilities sought to add minimum standards and oversight for facilities advertising memory care services. The Florida Senior Living Association opposed the bill as overbroad and urged more refinement, while AHCA supported the added guardrails. The sponsor said the bill was intended to protect vulnerable residents and improve transparency, and the PCS was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• We teach critical management practices for agricultural producers, and we assist Texans with feral hogs
• It is an honor and privilege to be here with you today. medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health
• With additional support, TxREP can address critical workforce shortages in pharmacy and expand telehealth
• So we have a tremendous need to include pharmacy work, of course, in this interdisciplinary team that
• Adding pharmacy and hopefully dental down the road would be an added value, but there's a tremendous

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Title 32, Chapter 18, Article 3, A.R.S., adding Section 32-1979.04, relating to the State Board of Pharmacy
• He's the CEO of the Arizona Pharmacy Association, and he makes some good points.
• more than 30 states already allow this type of critical access to care because physicians' and pharmacies
• So their perspective reflects organizational practices rather than the overwhelming consensus of the
• pharmacy profession or what is in the best interest of the patient and access to care here in Arizona

Keywords: 1182, all

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• claims on uh medical and pharmacy claims on uh medical and pharmacy services<00:09:30.960> into
• So some and debt collection practices.
• Hennepin HealthCare trains nearly 50% of all doctors who practice in Minnesota.
• Seventy percent of Hennepin's 2025 graduates remained in Minnesota for practice.
• remained in Minnesota for practice. remained in Minnesota for practice.

Bills: HF4343

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, advertising tax, taxable services, digital advertising, online marketing, marketing services, search engine marketing, lead generation, internet advertising, ad agency, media buying, campaign planning, Minnesota tax law, service tax, broadening tax base, web advertising, promotional services, 1183, house

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• That raises a real question about alignment between what is being said and what is being practiced.
• During my interview, what is practiced.
• what is being practiced. what is being practiced.
• The Senate plan changes that in a meaningful and practical way by increasing the standard deduction and
• Draft 2 relating to pharmacy. Draft 2 relating to pharmacy.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• criminal history checks, like the Texas... ...Department of Insurance, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy
• municipal law enforcement, sheriff's offices, constable offices, fire marshals, game wardens, and the pharmacy
• as you heard earlier, most of our. ...agencies already have internal policies that prohibit such practices

Bills: HB5097, HB5513, SB523, SB857, SB964, SB1101, SB2143, SB2332, SB2383, HB 1108

Keywords: criminal history, background checks, government code, licensing, information access, rural law enforcement, child care grants, community support, law enforcement retention, advisory committee, SB 523, Texas driver’s license, alternative address, residential address, confidential address, address confidentiality, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Transportation Code, Section 521.1211

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• Uh, folks, I know this is a bit of a deviation from traditional practice in a context like this, but
• I know this is a bit of a deviation from traditional practice in a context like this, but I'd like to
• I'm very proud that we have our own pharmacy that provides pharmaceuticals to each of our homes across
• uh that provides uh our own uh Pharmacy uh that provides uh uh<00:34:48.679> Pharmaceuticals<
• <00:34:58.400> that campus this is uh a a a pharmacy that campus this is uh a a a pharmacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The subcommittee held its first hearing of the session and began with introductions from members and staff, many of whom shared personal or family connections to military service. The chair emphasized that the committee would work respectfully and invited members to raise concerns directly. No votes or formal actions were taken during the opening portion of the meeting. The main substantive item was an overview presentation from the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs. Commissioner Brad Lindsay described the agency’s mission, statewide footprint, and strategic goals, noting Minnesota has more than 286,000 veterans and that MDVA serves veterans in all 87 counties. He outlined the department’s structure, including eight veterans homes, four state veterans cemeteries, tribal and campus outreach, and the agency’s focus on seamless support, awareness of programs, stewardship of resources, and workforce retention. Deputy Commissioner Ben Johnson then detailed the Programs and Services Division, including federal VA claims assistance, veterans employment and education support, state veterans cemeteries and memorial affairs, the State Soldiers Assistance Program, homelessness prevention, tribal veteran service officers, women veterans services, the Minnesota GI Bill, licensing and certification assistance, the state approving agency, veterans preference, emergency assistance, the LinkVet line, and the Minnesota Service Core partnership with Lutheran Social Services. He also noted the agency’s work on food insecurity and burial services. The presentation was informational only, with no committee action reported.