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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (12-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- And so over the past overdose reversals.
- decrease in overdoses, and because what I remind everyone is that an overdose doesn't necessarily lead
- >> but but we all know that all overdoses >> but but we all know that all overdoses
- that individuals who have experienced an overdose go to an emergency department.
- number of overdoses that do have emergency services called or end up in an emergency department.
Summary:
The committee first established a quorum, approved the minutes from the November 10 meeting, and then approved a large agenda of contracts and related items, with the total agenda amount stated as $359,638,393.88. Most items were approved without objection, but two contracts were pulled for discussion: attorney general panel counsel contingency fee contracts and a Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission personal services contract.
For the attorney general’s office, Chris Lewis explained that the contracts were panel counsel contingency fee agreements, with 14 qualified awards from 16 applicants. He said the contracts were contingency-based, so no money would be paid unless cases were successful, and that the fee structure worked out to roughly 5% under the statutory waterfall. Senators asked about the size of the contracts, whether the terms were uniform, why no Kentucky firms were among the awardees, and how the public should understand the large dollar figures. Lewis said one Kentucky firm applied but was disqualified for a late submission, other Kentucky firms had inquired but did not apply, and local firms could still work with national firms on cases. The committee then approved the contracts.
The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission contract drew more extensive questioning. Commission representatives said they had previously had a contract disapproved because the proper process was not followed, so they used an RFI process posted on the state and commission websites for at least three weeks. They received one applicant, a Kentucky firm, and set the rate at $125 per hour. Members questioned whether the commission was acting beyond its ethics mission, whether staff were helping draft complaints against legislators, and whether the commission was taking on a prosecutorial or human-resources role. The commission said its role is limited to enforcing the legislative code of ethics, providing advisory guidance, and following the formal complaint process; it does not pursue matters outside that code. Members also raised concerns about the earlier procurement misstep and the commission’s credibility, and the commission apologized, said it had corrected the process, and pledged to comply going forward. The committee then approved the contract.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE Jun 18th, 2026
ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE
Transcript Highlights:
- So a lot of those new positions were due to Act 553 of 2023 that required all overdose deaths to come
- That required all overdose deaths to come for an autopsy to the crime lab.
- You know, most of these people taking counterfeit tablets, they are not trying to overdose and die.
- What was it, overdose dashboard? It's going to be an overdose dashboard, yes.
- Overdose dashboard, okay. When do you have an expectation on when that will be rolled out? Okay.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE Jun 18th, 2026
ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE
Transcript Highlights:
- So a lot of those new positions were due to Act 553 of 2023 that required all overdose deaths to come
- That required all overdose deaths to come for an autopsy to the crime lab.
- And I think Arkansas saw its first related overdose death last month, and this is what, 10 times more
- What was it, Overdose Dashboard? It's going to be an overdose dashboard, yes.
- Overdose Dashboard, okay. When do you have an expectation on when that will be rolled out? Okay.
Summary:
The committee met with representatives from the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an update on operations, staffing, technology, and major projects. Crime lab officials said the new facility is on schedule and under budget, with completion expected at the end of July next year and phased move-in beginning around August 1. They described the current building as overcrowded and outdated, and said the new lab will expand workspace, improve workflow, double morgue autopsy tables, and allow new technologies such as 3D firearms microscopy, improved drug testing for emerging synthetic drugs, and enhanced fingerprint visualization. Officials also said the lab has been able to hire positions tied to the 2023 overdose-autopsy law and that recruitment for medical examiners and fellows has improved, including two new medical examiners starting in August and a successful new fellowship program.
Members asked about rapid DNA, CODIS, forensic genealogy, sexual assault kit backlogs, and staffing. The lab said rapid DNA is in final testing with Faulkner and Saline counties and could go live by the end of July, which would make Arkansas one of the first states to do so. Officials explained that CODIS is used routinely, with DNA profiles from qualifying cases uploaded automatically and audited regularly, and cited it as a key investigative tool. On forensic genealogy, they said Arkansas currently relies on private labs such as Othram, Bode, and DNA Labs International, and is exploring whether to bring that capability in-house in the future. They reported that the sexual assault kit backlog from around 2016 has been cleared and that the lab is now meeting the statutory 60-day turnaround time, with kits tracked through a barcode-based system for transparency.
The committee also discussed overdose data and confidentiality. The lab said a new overdose dashboard is being developed with the Office of State Technology and should go live by the end of the year, using newly available reporting data to help public health and law enforcement target prevention efforts. Members praised a recent law allowing toxicology information to be shared with the state drug director and another law protecting coroner records and toxicology reports from public release during criminal investigations; lab officials said both changes have been very helpful. The meeting ended with no votes or formal actions on the crime lab items, and the chair announced an August site visit to the Lake Conway dam project.
HI
Bills:
HB816, HB1535, HB1537, HB1541, HB1562, HB1574, HB1591, HB1853, HB1854, HB1871, HB1965, HB1966, HB1969, HB1973, HB1974, HB2315, HB2343, HB2501, HB2505, HB1577, HB2443, HB2498, HB2581, HB2622
Keywords:
HB816, Hawaii, opioid overdose, opioid crisis, buprenorphine, naloxone, Narcan, paramedics, emergency medical services, EMS, first responders, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, withdrawal management, overdose reversal, pilot program, Department of Health, DOH, county population under 100,000, rural health
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/25/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- But how do you stop overdoses?
- But how do you stop overdoses?
- overdose reversal drug in New Hampshire. overdose reversal drug in New Hampshire.
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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:36 am
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- that has an overdose death that has continued to rise in 2025.
- Relapse in pain can mean overdose and death. This situation was entirely preventable.
- New Mexico continues to see rising overdose deaths.
- Delays in accessing medication treatment directly increases the risk of overdose.
- If they can't fill their Suboxone prescription, they might overdose.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (12-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Over the last few years, overdose deaths are down over 30%.
- The overdose deaths still exceed those of a decade ago, and the non-fatal overdoses have not decreased
- In 2024, there were over 12,000 non-fatal drug overdose emergency room visits.
- That was a 12% decrease from 2023 versus the 30% decrease in fatal overdoses.
- To date, Americans every day to an opioid-related drug overdose.
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met with a quorum, approved the November 12 minutes by voice vote, and then heard a presentation from former Governor Ernie Fletcher and Dave Johnson on Medicaid reimbursement for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Fletcher argued that addiction should be treated as a chronic disease requiring a longer continuum of care, not just short residential stays, and said recovery should combine clinical treatment with social supports such as housing, transportation, employment, peer coaching, and recovery housing. He cited data on overdose trends, low treatment rates, and high costs for people with SUD, and said current reimbursement models create poor incentives and do not adequately support long-term recovery or measure outcomes well.
Fletcher proposed a “carve through” model administered at the MCO level with standardized metrics, data sharing, and an independent recovery coordinator that would assess patients, coordinate care, and connect them to clinical and social recovery services. He suggested using bundled payments, shared savings, and partial risk arrangements, with recovery housing reimbursed on a PMPM or weekly basis and funded in part through existing Medicaid spending and other sources such as opioid abatement funds. He also emphasized peer support, telemedicine, criminal justice coordination, workforce and education supports, and the use of technology, including text messaging and possibly AI, to maintain long-term follow-up and identify relapse risk.
Members questioned how the model would work in practice, especially the education and staffing requirements for recovery coordinators, reimbursement levels, and how many patients each coordinator or peer would serve. Fletcher said peers could be certified and would need additional training in assessments such as ASAM and recovery residence standards, but he did not give a precise salary figure, saying the market and bundled rates would determine that. He also said follow-up should continue for years, noting relapse risk over the first 18 to 24 months and that meaningful employment and ongoing peer contact help sustain recovery. No formal vote or action was taken on the substance use presentation.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Here in Laramie County we just had a first overdose death confirmed uh on a cratom overdose.
- Here in Laramie County we just had a first overdose death confirmed uh on a cratom overdose.
- Here in Laramie County we just had a first overdose death confirmed uh on a cratom overdose.
- Here in Laramie County we just had a first overdose death confirmed uh on a cratom overdose.
- Here in Laramie County we just had a first overdose death confirmed uh on a cratom overdose.
Keywords:
First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- else, hear this: 40% of the calls were from children under the age of six that were... that were overdosed
- The age group that was most detected with overdoses was ages 2 to 15, with 161... overdoses in Alabama
- The age of 24 was the next with 40 cases of overdose. cases. 22 overdoses in 2024 were under the age
- Last year, we saw a severe increase of persons either overdosing or... ...persons either overdosing or
- These adults are buying and overdosing, sending them to the hospital, yet there's no regulatory board
Keywords:
speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, THC, delta-8, delta-9, delta-10, consumable hemp products, psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, ABC Board, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, retail hemp sales, wholesale hemp distribution, hemp tax
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services May 30th, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Our opioid overdose deaths in the United States dropped significantly in the past year.
- Our opioid overdose deaths in the United States dropped significantly in the past year.
- While the country saw overdose deaths decline... [00:14:10.000] In the state that is getting worse.
- While the country saw overdose deaths decline by more than 25%, Nevada actually saw a nearly 4% increase
- in overdose deaths, according to the CDC's most recent data.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/08/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- >> I could potentially overdose." >> I could potentially overdose."
- It's very that overdose on this.
- <01:41:08.800>
I dose, what leads to an overdose. I dose, what leads to an overdose. - <01:41:21.199>
on to overdose on to overdose on Does<01:41:24.080>the <01:41:24.320 - of any overdoses on a drug like that. of any overdoses on a drug like that.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , and more than 34 of those overdose deaths were the result of fentanyl.
- epidemic and result in more overdose epidemic and result in more overdose deaths<03:26:45.720>
- I've known nine young men who have died from fentanyl overdoses.
- I've known nine young men who have died from fentanyl overdoses.
- More than 80,000 Americans lost their lives to overdoses in 2024.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (03/20/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- , overdose deaths, or drug-related crimes.
- Nor does it go far to prevent overdoses or fatal overdose deaths.
- overdoses or fatal or overdose deaths. overdoses or fatal or overdose deaths.
- It's not as a overdose deaths decline.
- We're that we could die of an overdose.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Health Services (3-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- access to it we could drop our overdose access to it we could drop our overdose death<00:42:56.200
- addiction that's causing the overdoses addiction that's causing the overdoses and<00:43:42.400><
- Our overdose rate is at record levels still. We had about 245 or 246 overdoses in the year 2000.
- still we had about 245 or six overdoses still we had about 245 or six overdoses in in in 2000<00
- <00:47:07.599>
last 2,000 overdoses last 2,000 overdoses last year<00:47:09.800>we
Keywords:
00:00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call
00:01:19 Discussion of 25RS HB 785
00:30:25 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 785
00:32:15 Discussion of 25RS HB 61
00:36:42 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 61
00:38:07 Discussion of 25RS HB 788
00:51:01 Discussion of 25RS SB 14
01:11:09 Discussion of 25RS HB 685
01:44:57 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum and took up House Bill 785, as amended by a committee substitute that combined language from HB 785 and HB 787. The bill was described as addressing Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) audits, provider contract notice and amendment procedures, mental health parity compliance, and related transparency requirements. Supporters said the measure would tighten notice to providers, limit repeated contract amendments and rate reductions, require more standardized audit procedures, and add reporting on Medicaid claims, appeals, and grievances. It also includes a provision requiring coverage of at least two evaluation-and-management billable services per physician per recipient per date of service, and a section addressing narcotic/opioid treatment program licensing and reimbursement language.
Testimony in support came from Representative Kim Moore, John Inman of BrightView Health, Michelle Sandborne of the Children’s Alliance, and Kelly Cormic of RYSE. They argued that MCOs often use audits and recoupments in ways that are burdensome, opaque, and financially damaging to providers, especially smaller and rural ones. They cited examples of multiple audit requests in short timeframes, large record requests with short deadlines, delayed or absent feedback, and recoupments taken before appeals are resolved. They also said parity laws are not being consistently enforced and that the bill would give the Department of Insurance authority to suspend or revoke an MCO certificate of authority for willful or repeated parity violations. Committee members generally expressed support for provider protections and transparency, while asking for clarification on the narcotic treatment and E/M billing provisions.
Tom Stevens of the Kentucky Association of Health Plans testified in opposition, saying the bill is complex to implement and should be handled through the broader Medicaid oversight work of House Bill 9, the MOAB. He said the issues raised were better suited for that bipartisan stakeholder process and noted the committee substitute had not yet been fully reviewed by his group. After discussion, the committee adopted the committee substitute and then moved to a vote on the bill; the roll call began, with several members recorded as voting yes, but the transcript cuts off before the final vote result is shown.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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deaths <03:39:20.960>by aims to curb overdose deaths by aims to curb overdose deaths - Last year, the Centers overdose crisis.
- c><04:07:16.319>
epidemic <04:07:16.960>in overdoses have become an epidemic in overdoses - , Americans lost their lives to overdose, Americans lost their lives to overdose, and<04:07:23.279
- We must declare overdose is a tragedy.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (2-11-25) - Upon Adjournment
Transcript Highlights:
- Do we have documented written evidence that increasing this will further reduce overdose deaths?
- It is one of many effective tools at reducing overdose deaths.
- decrease overdose deaths in the<01:09:52.120>
community <01:09:53.120>now <01:09:53.319 - contracts through the Kentucky overdose contracts through the Kentucky overdose response<01:11:48.840
- What we know is from the past two years in Kentucky, we’ve seen a decrease in overdose deaths.
Summary:
The committee approved the January 14 minutes and then considered a large agenda of contracts, including personal services contracts, amendments, memoranda of agreement, and Kentucky Entertainment Incentive Program items. The chair noted the agenda contained 240 items and emphasized the need for transparency in how contract approvals work. Several items were pulled for questions, while the rest were approved without objection.
The first major discussion involved seven contingency-fee contracts for the Attorney General’s office. Committee members asked about the apparent $20 million maximum per contract, and staff explained that the amount was a ceiling, not a guarantee, and that under the statutory waterfall in KRS 45A.717 a $20 million fee would require roughly $355 million returned to the Commonwealth. Staff also said the new batch included some new firms, that these contracts are being handled in 6- to 12-month batches, and that no money had yet been spent from the prior cycle. The committee then approved those contracts.
Members also questioned a Cabinet for Health and Family Services training contract, which officials said was needed because Finance provides only Kentucky-specific training, while the outside vendor offers broader procurement and federal-funds training; the committee approved that item. A University of Kentucky capital project contract for the State Capitol exterior renovation was approved after questions about the open-ended date, total project cost, and expected completion, with staff saying the overall project is projected for substantial completion by the end of 2026 and final warranty work could extend into 2027. A DCBS amendment for SSI eligibility determinations for children in out-of-home care was explained as an increase caused by a protest, a reissued RFP, and more children entering care; the committee approved it after discussion of the protest and scoring details.
The committee also approved a Transportation Cabinet amendment for an I-71 widening and interchange project in Oldham County after staff explained it was a time extension with no additional funds, though the project had evolved due to traffic changes and now includes an eight-lane bridge design. Finally, the committee discussed two Finance Cabinet facilities and support services amendments tied to the Capitol renovation and juvenile justice facility retrofits. Staff said the Capitol project contract covered the full design team, with completion projected around 2029, while the juvenile justice amendments covered additional design work for McCracken and Breathitt facilities, with final bid documents expected in June or July and construction anticipated to begin in the latter half of 2025. Both items were approved.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (04/24/2025)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Of 486 confirmed drug overdose deaths.
- Claremont overdosed and required Narcan. Claremont overdosed and required Narcan.
- And the can cause fatal overdoses.
- original number of fentanyl overdoses original number of fentanyl overdoses for<01:29:57.920>
- Uh, children overdoses, mostly adults.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- HF 1399 is a smart, compassionate, bipartisan response to our overdose crisis.
- And so, you know, first of all, nobody deserves to die of a drug overdose, right?
- And so, you know, first of all, nobody deserves to die of a drug overdose, right?
- And so, you know, first of all, nobody deserves to die of a drug overdose, right?
- And so, you know, first of all, nobody deserves to die of a drug overdose, right?
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- making a difference in reducing overdose making a difference in reducing overdose deaths.<00:21:
- investments that we made in overdose investments that we made in overdose prevention<00:29:22.960
- <00:29:35.200>
deaths that topline number of overdose deaths that topline number of overdose - Black motans overdose than white motans.
- are three times more likely to overdose are three times more likely to overdose than<00:29:48.960
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- cause, which is an eight-word clarification bill focused on addressing the growing crisis of and overdose
- We have constituents in my district who have lost children to overdoses, and as somebody who went through
- something that they thought would help their toothache, and unfortunately, that child ended up overdosing
- I guess before I get into sort of concluding remarks, if you were excited about overdose education, just
- So the health standards bill related to overdose and fentanyl is going to be tomorrow, hopefully as a
Bills:
HF1306