Video & Transcript Research : 'community welfare'
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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This is to ensure continued community involvement.
- . ...the services for the kids in the community.
- perspectives, and community voice.
- YDC, whether it's in the community or at a facility like YADC, we in the community get to suffer that
- involved... ...for services and we don't keep the local community involved, then the local community
Keywords:
medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process
Summary:
The committee first took up a lengthy informational presentation on the Patient Compensation Fund (PCF) and New Mexico medical malpractice insurance. Teresa Hassey, a plaintiffs’ attorney, described the PCF’s origin in the 1976 Medical Malpractice Act, its role as a state-backed excess coverage system, and her view that it was mismanaged when hospital participation expanded without individualized risk assessments. She argued that hospitals underpaid surcharges, that the fund was depleted by claims, and that the 2021 amendments and later legislative infusions were meant to shore up deficits and phase hospitals out. Superintendent of Insurance Alice Kane and LFC analyst Julia Rodriguez presented a different perspective, emphasizing recent general fund infusions, current surcharge collections, the use of actuarial reviews, and the PCF’s budget and settlement activity. Kane said the market is highly concentrated, New Mexico’s malpractice costs and defense expenses are high, and the fund still provides lower-cost coverage than the open market, while also noting ongoing issues with future medical claims, TPA transition, and investment management.
Committee members questioned the presenters at length about why New Mexico malpractice premiums are so high, whether defense costs were being conflated with claim payouts, how the PCF works with primary coverage and excess coverage, and whether hospitals were properly assessed when they entered the fund. Several senators raised concerns about punitive damages, corporate practice of medicine, and whether the state’s legal environment is driving doctors away. Others challenged the data comparisons, noting differences between one-year figures and multi-year averages, and asked why New Mexico’s costs remain far above neighboring states. Kane and Hassey disagreed on the causes, with Kane pointing to high claims and defense costs over time and Hassey arguing that hospital participation and punitive-damage exposure distorted the market. The chair concluded the discussion by saying the committee had not exhausted the topic and that he still wanted a clear path to reducing doctors’ insurance costs.
After a break, the committee moved on to Senate Bill 41. Senator Charlie introduced the bill, which would eliminate the statute of limitations for the most serious sexual crimes in New Mexico. He argued that trauma, coercion, fear, and delayed disclosure often prevent survivors from reporting promptly, and said the law should reflect that reality. The bill was presented as a response to survivor testimony heard in a prior hearing, and the sponsor framed it as part of a broader effort to modernize the justice system for sexual violence cases.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Sep 2nd, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one community. Thank you.
- Doing what I could to defeat a redistricting map that divides my community and silences my constituents
- Community, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, I'm not through with my answer.
- What are you leaving for your community? What impact did you have, like my pastor used to say?
Bills:
HB18, SB 54, SB 10, HR 76, HR 77, HR 78, HR 82, HR 83, HR 88, HR 89, HR 93, HR 94, HR 95, HR 98, HR 101, HR 102, HR 104, HR 105, HR 107, HR 108, HR 109, HR 110, HR 111, HR 112, HR 113, HR 123, HR 125, HR 79, HR 80, HR 81, HR 84, HR 85, HR 86, HR 87, HR 90, HR 91, HR 92, HR 96, HR 97, HR 100, HR 103, HR 106, HR 114, HR 115, HR 116, HR 117, HR 118, HR 119, HR 120, HR 121, HR 122, HR 124, HB 18, SB 54, SB 10, HB 8
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 4 June, 2026; 2:30 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- And we had our first community outreach meeting today in Pearl.
- We had about 500 people on our community webinar for the first three initiatives.
- BDO was in Alabama last week with their community outreach meetings.
- They've been very They've been very community-oriented.
- Did people at the governor's office communicate with other folks? If so, who?
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 31 March, 2026; 9:30 AM
Public Health and Welfare
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 26 March, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 24 March, 2026; 11:15 AM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- the structured finance group for Wells Fargo's municipal group, where I've worked on hospital and community
- where we uh I've worked on<00:15:40.280><c> hospital</c><00:15:41.080><c> and</c><00:15:41.360><c> community
- </c><00:15:41.680><c> health</c><00:15:41.920><c> center</c> on hospital and community health center
- on hospital and community health center and<00:15:42.800><c> Native</c><00:15:43.040><c> American</c>
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 3 March, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:03:19.880><c> hospitals</c> community hospitals community hospitals um um um had had had uh uh uh
- of the community.
- <00:26:55.040><c> that</c><00:26:55.720><c> communities</c><00:26:56.440><c> rural</c> communities that
- communities rural communities that communities rural communities<00:26:57.120><c> that</c><00:26:57.240
- What was the unfortunate communication?
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 25 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- With the THC, Ryan became lucid and was able to communicate.
- </c><00:24:14.720><c> with</c><00:24:14.960><c> his</c> life and could not communicate with his life
- and could not communicate with his family.<00:24:16.480><c> his</c><00:24:16.880><c> father</c><00:24
- </c><00:24:27.760><c> And</c><00:24:27.919><c> for</c> and was able to communicate.
- And for and was able to communicate.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 24 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 17 February, 2026; 2:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- those</c><00:21:58.640><c> records</c><00:21:58.960><c> and</c> Uh, hand over those records and communicate
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- If somebody's willing to do that, the local community is willing to welcome them with open arms.
- But I think the board is just advisable if they communicate and they listen to their members and, you
- if they communicate and they listen<01:25:16.480><c> to</c><01:25:16.639><c> their</c><01:25:16.880>
- </c><01:28:18.960><c> are</c><01:28:19.199><c> not</c> local and community ombbudsman are not local and
- community ombbudsman are not mandated<01:28:20.080><c> reporters</c><01:28:21.199><c> and</c><01:28:
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 28 January, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 21 January, 2026; 3:30 PM
Public Health and Welfare
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 14 January, 2026; 3:15 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, it's just very critical to a community for 18 different reasons to have a hospital.
- to a community for 18 different<00:05:24.080><c> reasons</c><00:05:24.960><c> to</c><00:05:25.199><c
- In addition to public health, of course, we have the issue of public welfare.
- </c><00:07:47.840><c> And</c> have the issue of public welfare.
- And have the issue of public welfare.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, January 7, 2026; 10:30 AM
Public Health and Welfare
MS
Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 31 March, 2025; 3:45 PM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 26 March, 2025; 3:00 PM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 4 March, 2025; 3:00 PM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 3 March, 2025; 4:45 PM
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