Video & Transcript Research : 'bed space'

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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Jan 21st, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • founding president of the Alabama Forest Resources Center and preserving thousands of acres of green space
  • 00:35:52.320> deep<00:35:52.640> compassion<00:35:53.520> and<00:35:53.680> beds
  • humor, and deep compassion and beds humor, and deep compassion and beds homes<00:35:54.720> believe
Keywords: 920, all
Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 29 senators present. The chamber adopted the previous day’s journal, allowed bill introductions throughout the day, and received multiple House messages referring local bills and proposed constitutional amendments to the Committee on Local Legislation, along with a lieutenant governor’s confirmation referral to the Committee on Confirmations. Committee reports were then received from several standing committees. The Senate confirmed a series of gubernatorial and other appointments, including Michael Kulovitz and Barbara Maul to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Board of Trustees, Logan Glass to the Educational Television Commission, Ed Croll and James Harris to the Alabama Committee on Monument Protection, Matt Barnes to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, Scott Moes and Jeffrey Wilson to the Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure, and Jeffrey L. Cameman to the Tuscaloosa County Civil Service Board. The Senate also received favorable committee reports on numerous bills from Judiciary, State Governmental Affairs, Education Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Health Care, Veterans and Military Affairs, and Local Legislation, with several bills amended or substituted and placed on the next day’s calendar. On the floor, the Senate adopted a special order calendar from the Rules Committee and passed several bills. Senate Bill 101 extended the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors to October 1, 2028. Senate Bill 93, as amended, allowed certain municipalities with populations of 12,000 or more and even-numbered councils to authorize a mayoral tie-breaking vote by council resolution. Senate Bill 115 created a competitive-bidding exemption for certain expenditures of $15,000 or less involving rolling stock, with quote and approval requirements. Senate Bill 131 on county subdivisions was amended and passed. Senate Bill 30, known as “Trey’s Law,” would make certain nondisclosure provisions unenforceable in cases involving sexual abuse victims; the sponsor described it as protecting survivors from being silenced, while Senator Albritton cautioned about the broader effects on settlements and institutions. The Senate also adopted two resolutions: Senate Joint Resolution 19 honoring the life and legacy of Anna Smith Bedsole Holmes, and Senate Joint Resolution 20 commending the Alabama Birth Equity Initiative. The Rules Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the listed bills were taken up and passed or advanced by unanimous or near-unanimous votes.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/22/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And second, it also provided us an opportunity and space to bring forward some of the other positions
  • space create more dangerous conditions and, he thinks, were previously imagined as well as the type
  • space create more dangerous conditions and, he thinks, were previously imagined as well as the type
  • space create more dangerous conditions and, he thinks, were previously imagined as well as the type
  • space create more dangerous conditions and, he thinks, were previously imagined as well as the type
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Administration Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • Here, we're actually both the people who may be around the scene, actually giving them a safe space and
  • have no doubt, Sergeant Ripple, along with ODS, will make sure that we can get this legislation to a space
  • You're not the motion you're on bed? Who did that? Little jab. It was little jab. Thank you.
Bills: SB231
Summary: The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill. The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill. Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Since 2020, more than 2,400 nursing home beds have been taken out of service.
  • These workforce challenges are driving the closures and bed layaways.
  • These workforce challenges are driving the closures and bed layaways.
  • that our occupancy so the number of beds that our occupancy so the number of beds that<00:21:33.840
  • ended up um many enroles getting bed ended up um many enroles getting bed sores<00:34:11.879>
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy met to approve prior minutes and then take public testimony on the governor’s budget recommendations for human services. The chair explained the hearing format and noted that DHS declined to testify. Much of the testimony focused on proposed reductions or caps affecting disability waiver services, nursing homes, and elderly waiver programs, as well as related fee and tax changes in the budget. Representatives of ARM argued that the governor’s proposal would cap inflationary adjustments at 2%, limit rate exceptions, cap billable days, and restrict individualized home supports, which they said would worsen workforce shortages, reduce wages for direct support professionals, and destabilize disability services. They said the package would cut about $600 million over four years and could lead to group home closures, higher turnover, and families losing access to local homes and services. Committee members asked about real-world impacts and future rate adjustments, and ARM responded that providers have already planned around expected 2026 rates, so a cap would create immediate budget and staffing problems. Long-Term Care Imperative testified against nursing home-related cuts, saying the budget would cap future rate increases, limit health insurance costs in rate setting, phase out closure-related agreements and incentives, and fail to fully fund the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board. They estimated the nursing home provisions could amount to a $218 million cut over four years, or roughly $350 million when combined with other underfunding, and said every nursing home and bed in Minnesota would be affected. They also criticized the lack of an inflation factor in Elderly Waiver, a proposed 54% increase in assisted living fees, and possible changes to provider-assessed fine and penalty funds. Members asked about staffing and bed availability, and the testifiers said reduced funding would likely force more beds out of service. A later testifier, Dan Andre of the Minnesota Council of Health Plans, raised concerns about the DHS budget’s proposed increase in the HMO surcharge and about carving pharmacy and non-emergency medical transportation benefits out of managed care. He argued the tax increase would raise premiums for fully insured and Medicare supplement enrollees and that managed care coordination helps members access care and medications. The hearing also included one unrelated, disruptive testimony about the Minnesota Sex Offender Program and other agencies, which the chair redirected back to the human services budget. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving testimony.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Fiscal Committee (03/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • told it's not really the number of beds that we budget for, but it's the number of beds that are licensed
  • > that<00:20:54.799> are but it's the number of beds that are but it's the number of beds
  • reported and since we have licensed beds reported and since we have a a a moratorum<00:21:14.000>
  • It's not the number of licensed beds. Follow up, please.
  • I I will go back and licensed beds.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on March 21, 2025, accepted the February 21 minutes, and approved a shortened consent calendar after removing Department of Safety item 2565 for separate discussion. That item concerned drone/UAS detection for special events and critical infrastructure. Department staff said the system would help locate drones and operators and support enforcement around temporary flight restrictions, but members pressed them on privacy versus security, and the department acknowledged the issue was primarily about security. The committee ultimately approved the item after discussion. Members also approved Department of Transportation item 2572 after a question about whether increased transfer requests would affect paving; DOT said the paving program would continue as normal. Judicial Council items 2566 and 2567 were also approved without discussion. During informational items, members asked for follow-up on Fish and Game’s Hike Safe card revenues versus search-and-rescue costs, and on DHHS reporting issues, including nursing home bed counts and declining community mental health center client numbers; DHHS said it would verify the bed-count methodology and provide a written update on the mental health data. The committee then entered non-public session to discuss an ongoing legal matter and related funding process. After returning, it considered a request under RSA 21-M:11 for an additional $5 million general fund appropriation for fiscal year 2025. Several members said they would have preferred the full $15 million request, but supported the smaller amount as a temporary step during the budget process, with expectations of monthly reporting back to the committee. The motion to approve $5 million passed 6-3. The committee set its next meeting for Friday, April 18 at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Transcript Highlights:
  • And again, these bills that we hear testimony on today will help us move forward in these spaces, and
  • Support, hope, and create safe and brave spaces for healing.
  • I am a product of it in a whole different space, but also in this space, as you know, SUD.
  • Because I am a product of it in a whole different space, but also in this space, SUD.
  • As somebody who's worked in the space a little as a legislator, the lack of beds in general for people
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery held a public hearing on 17 bills focused on behavioral health workforce shortages, studies, and commissions. Chairs Mindy Domb and Senator John Velis opened by emphasizing the severity of the Commonwealth’s mental and behavioral health workforce crisis, the resulting gaps in access to care, and the legislature’s ongoing use of loan repayment programs, studies, and commissions to address these issues. They outlined hearing procedures and noted that testimony would be limited to three minutes, with written testimony also accepted. A major portion of the hearing focused on bills to expand the primary care workforce, including H. 2205/S. 1385, which would broaden eligibility for the Mass RePay loan repayment program. Testimony from the Massachusetts Medical Society, Senator Jo Comerford, and Dr. Kate Atkinson described severe primary care shortages, long wait times, physician burnout, high debt burdens, and the need to recruit and retain physicians in more practice settings and regions. Committee members asked about the likely impact of loan repayment, the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and how to prioritize limited funding. Witnesses argued that primary care investment improves access and outcomes and that the bill would help sustain community-based practices. Another large block of testimony supported H. 2208/S. 1411, the proposed perinatal behavioral health care workforce trust fund, often referred to as the Moms Matter Act. March of Dimes, perinatal mental health advocates, doulas, clinicians, parents, and organizations such as the Boston Public Health Commission and Empty Arms Bereavement Support testified that postpartum depression, anxiety, substance use, and grief are widespread, often untreated, and worsened by long waitlists and a shortage of trained, culturally competent providers. Speakers repeatedly stressed that screening alone is not enough without a workforce to provide timely treatment, and several shared personal stories of postpartum illness, loss, and difficulty accessing care. The bill was also framed as a needed complement to the Commonwealth’s recent maternal health law, which increased screening and therefore increased demand for treatment. The committee also heard support for the Bridge Act, H. 2207/S. 1388, which would create mental health capacity grants for organizations serving communities at high risk of hate crimes or hate incidents. Testimony from the Jewish Community Relations Council and the bill’s sponsor described the mental health harms of hate, including anxiety, trauma, isolation, and loss of trust, and argued that community organizations need resources to build resilience and provide support. In addition, the committee heard from the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association on H. 2218/S. 1380, which would update job classifications to explicitly include licensed mental health counselors and licensed supervised mental health counselors in state behavioral health roles. Witnesses said the change would modernize hiring, expand access, and better reflect current licensure and scope of practice. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the session ended with a motion to adjourn after all testimony was completed.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, the, this bill addresses the enforcement of parking regulations for spaces designated for persons
  • requiring the international symbols of access and the words no parking to be painted on designated spaces
  • these changes through rulemaking, they applied the new requirements only to newly repaved parking spaces
  • that section prevents officers from issuing citations for accessible parking violations in older spaces
  • This is a necessary fix to close this loophole, prevent further misuse of these spaces, and uphold the
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/28/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they do note in their letter that if certain spacing requirements are met in a project, then it's
  • And they do note in their letter that if certain spacing requirements are met in a project, then it's
  • um and so you know when it comes spacing um and so you know when it comes to<00:18:03.159> the
  • And so as you have a flat area with adequate spacing, we consider those pervious, and then it's just
  • of solar panels which have some space of solar panels which have some space between<00:52:33.599
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Investing in Disability Services – Senator Jim Abeler Feb 24th, 2025

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some can't get out of bed without help.
  • He died because he couldn’t get out of bed by Sunday.
  • He died because he couldn’t get out of bed by Sunday.
  • What’s essential for a guy who can’t get out of bed?
  • on some way to get people out of bed on some way to get people out of bed better<00:10:01.360>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Labor - Part 1 - 03/27/25

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was no bed because, like you said, there are no beds.
  • We can't take...' ma beds issue. So, that didn't really ma beds issue.
  • It's they just about the beds situation.
  • It's because there's a lack of beds.
  • <00:59:03.599> and that maybe there's no open beds and that maybe there's no open beds and
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a space where they do not feel ashamed or alone in what they've been through.
  • And I think it's so important that we have spaces where...
  • Pop-ups reawaken commercial spaces.
  • That space was more than a business.
  • AB 1679 creates a clear, accessible way to bring those spaces back to life.
Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health-related bills, with most items presented for later vote once quorum was reached. Early in the hearing, the committee adopted a consent calendar of multiple bills with motions for due pass to Appropriations, and it noted that AB 2029 had been pulled from the agenda. The committee also took up AB 1973, a bill by Aguiar-Curry to expand who may provide procedural abortion care. Supporters, including physicians and certified nurse midwives, argued the bill would align law with current training and improve access, while opponents said later-term abortion procedures require physician-level surgical training and raised safety concerns. The author emphasized hands-on training, consultation, and transfer protocols, and the bill was held pending quorum with a motion and second recorded. The committee then heard AB 1558 by Arambula, which would adopt the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act to speed the use of out-of-state licensed volunteers during declared disasters. Supporters from the Uniform Law Commission and the Red Cross said the bill would reduce delays and clarify legal authority for volunteer health workers; there was no opposition testimony. AB 2282 by Alanis, a temporary rural emergency stabilization center for Patterson while a permanent hospital is built, drew support from local emergency responders and a late opposition from the California chapter of ACEP. The chair praised the bill as a creative local solution and agreed to coauthor it; a motion and second were recorded, with the vote to occur later. Several public health access bills followed. AB 1843 by El-Hawari would limit prior authorization and align hepatitis C treatment coverage with medical guidelines; supporters said it would remove barriers to a curable disease, while health plans opposed it as a mandate, citing premium impacts and the recent SB 306 prior-authorization process. AB 2247 by El-Hawari would create the THRIVE program for mental health services for youth affected by gun violence; Youth Alive and other supporters described trauma-informed, community-based care, and the chair and another member asked to be added as coauthors. AB 2138 by Krell would expand access to certified peer support specialists in enhanced care management and remove automatic disqualifications based solely on criminal history; supporters said peers are essential to engagement and recovery, and the bill was held with a motion and second. Later, AB 1682 by Hart would require coverage of scalp cooling for chemotherapy patients, with emotional testimony from cancer survivors and clinicians; insurers opposed it as another mandate, but the author stressed the modest per-member cost and the bill was moved with a motion and second. AB 1879 by Dixon would standardize data reporting for alcohol and drug treatment facilities, including private providers, to improve statewide information on outcomes and access; the bill drew broad support from recovery organizations and the prior opposition was withdrawn after amendments. AB 1906 by Aguiar-Curry would require coverage of at-home cervical cancer screening kits without cost sharing; supporters cited improved access for rural and working Californians, insurers opposed it on affordability grounds, and the bill passed on a recorded roll call after quorum was established. Finally, AB 1556 by Haney would clarify and support drug-free recovery housing and return-to-use policies; supporters said it would expand sober housing options, while opponents warned it could allow evictions after relapse and conflict with Housing First principles. The hearing ended with the bill still under discussion and opposition-unless-amended concerns noted.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It includes both the plants, regardless of their size or their growth stage, and the space in between
  • Canopy is not a measure of the amount of cannabis that is harvested from that space.
  • They typically have smaller plants that are spaced closely together, and they can have between four and
  • They usually have larger plants that are spaced further apart, and typically have one to two harvests
  • An adverse health event is an avoidable medical error such as a bed sore or medication error.
Summary: At the May 14, 2025 JLARC meeting, members approved the January 9 minutes and adopted the 2025–27 biennial work plan with a minor typo correction. Staff reviewed the new work plan studies, including a drug take-back program fee/expenditure review due in December 2025 and a state energy performance standard compliance review due in June 2027, and noted JLARC’s recent session activity, including several bills passed related to JLARC work and recommendations. The committee then heard a preliminary cannabis market study showing Washington businesses likely produced two to three times more cannabis than retailers sold in 2023. Staff and RAND said LCB’s data systems are incomplete and unreliable, limiting regulation, tax verification, and diversion tracking; they recommended that LCB submit a plan by year-end for collecting accurate data by the end of 2026. Members and LCB discussed the long timeline for a new traceability system, the causes of missing sales and weight data, overproduction, diversion, and the social equity program’s effect on producer licenses. JLARC also presented a preliminary hospital oversight report concluding that the Department of Health is late on many hospital inspections, does not verify third-party inspection standards, does not review adverse health event correction plans, and could make hospital data more accessible. The committee discussed fee funding, language access, and inspection timing, and DOH said it would work on a strategic plan and continue coordinating with JLARC. Members also heard a preliminary report on the public records survivor exemption, which found agencies are using it but need more guidance; JLARC recommended keeping the exemption and having the Attorney General provide additional training. Finally, the committee approved the DDA processes and staffing final report for distribution, which recommended performance metrics, stronger data quality controls, and workforce planning; DDA concurred. JLARC also introduced proposed study questions for a future DCYF juvenile rehabilitation review focused on safety, security, programs, staffing, education, and contraband, and the meeting adjourned after members asked about scope and facility conditions.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • question I always ask is, once we actually achieve it, we're not going to need all those detention beds
  • this is one of the areas I've suggested for years, that the Science and Tech Directorate in the DHS space
  • unique facility they don't run that it's not a warehouse it's not a data center it's not an office space
  • locations, do you still feel that you have a compelling interest in violating what I see as sacred space
  • and then in the trucking and then the containers that's even more difficult because just the sheer space
Summary: The meeting centered on the nomination of Rodney Scott to serve as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Throughout the session, various senators expressed concerns regarding CBP's recent practices, including issues related to border security and the treatment of migrants. Questions were raised about Scott's involvement in previous incidents, particularly surrounding the controversial death of Mr. Hernandez Rojas while in custody, which sparked a heated discussion about accountability and transparency in current border policies. Senators emphasized the importance of balancing efficient border security with humane treatment of individuals seeking asylum.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 3rd, 2025

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Detention Center, the state's largest jail, with a bed count that averages 1,092 individuals per month
  • And whereas Bernalillo County Parks and Recreation and Open Space Department stewards more than 17 properties
  • Focusing on United States space missions, which have a profound impact on New Mexico's economy.
  • Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, Directed Energy Directorates, and the Air and Space
  • Over the course of his career, he has applied his work in domains including cosmology, space weather,
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (03/04/2025)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • In general, I view these as the recovery house beds are needed.
  • that this change would help us achieve the need that we have of about 15,000 beds in this house.
  • <00:14:24.440> at guard rails when they go to bed at guard rails when they go to bed at night
  • <00:14:30.560> whether compromise when they go to bed whether compromise when they go to bed
  • <00:17:53.520> requirement taken the the uh 1300 bed requirement taken the the uh 1300 bed
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • To others, safe communities look like spaces with well-developed and maintained infrastructure.
  • ><00:01:06.240> like others, safe communities look like others, safe communities look like spaces
  • and spaces with well-developed and maintained<00:01:08.760> infrastructure.
  • I've been working in this space since I prosecuted driver's license revocations at the attorney general's
  • <00:15:47.839> driver's space since I prosecuted driver's space since I prosecuted driver's
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We believe we'll be able to get our enterprise above the 90% bedding bed fill threshold at least in four
  • We've got a whole bunch of beds.
  • But bottom line is we've we've got to utilize the beds. We need more beds.
  • We will have soon beds once the acquisition of SSM is done, and we have those beds up at Ennita that
  • The beds were in the process of making sure we have beds and other equipment up there to house those
Keywords: 914, all
OR
Transcript Highlights:
  • residential treatment facilities, and so you've got hospital-level care, which is a majority of our bed
  • I know Salem recently added 16 beds in East Salem, a few beds at Bridgeway, and another 16 beds are in
  • Because if we could free those beds up at the state hospital, that's nearly 150 beds between the two
  • I would be happy to share with you where those beds are located.
  • We have a dashboard online that does demonstrate where all these beds are located and in what stage of
Keywords: 907, all
Summary: The joint Senate and House Behavioral Health committee met for informational presentations on the Oregon State Hospital and civil commitment, followed by a planned tour of the hospital. Oregon Health Authority and Oregon State Hospital leaders reported that Sean Murphy will become the next permanent superintendent on July 13, with Sarah Castle to follow as permanent chief nursing officer on July 20. They described recent leadership turnover, a major organizational restructure, and efforts to build a culture of safety, transparency, and accountability. Officials said the hospital regained Joint Commission accreditation and CMS compliance, and they highlighted daily safety huddles, incident review processes, stronger escalation procedures, and improved management of seclusion and restraint. Committee members pressed hospital leaders on past prolonged seclusion practices, falls, staffing, and the need for better public reporting; OHA said it is building a public dashboard of key safety and workforce metrics. The committee then heard a civil commitment overview from the Oregon Judicial Department. The presenter explained that civil commitment is a separate legal process from criminal cases, usually beginning with a hospital hold, investigation, court review, appointed counsel, and a hearing within five days. She summarized changes made in House Bill 2005, including revised standards for danger to self, danger to others, and basic-needs commitments, plus a second 14-day diversion option. She cautioned that the new law has only been in effect since January and that it is too early to draw firm conclusions from the data, though there has been a recent uptick in commitments and a decrease in diversions. Testimony from NAMI Oregon and a forensic psychiatrist emphasized that Oregon still relies too heavily on jails and state hospitals because community services, housing, and outpatient supports are insufficient. They argued that the state needs more less-restrictive alternatives, including better use of assisted outpatient treatment or outpatient civil commitment, and more supported housing so people do not cycle between homelessness, incarceration, and hospitalization. A family member described a relative remaining psychotic in jail for more than 120 days before ending up back at the state hospital, urging faster intervention and better collaboration among courts, counties, hospitals, and state agencies. Committee members and witnesses also discussed workforce shortages, the expansion of secure residential treatment beds, and the need for broader system reforms beyond the hospital itself.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Corrections Mar 12th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • For us, unfortunately, we have a lot of empty beds in West Texas.
  • Uh, we have beds that would potentially go further.
  • It just boils down to beds, uh, incapacity.
  • temporary beds.
  • It's a 200 or 2,236 bed treatment facility.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (05/08/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 18, permitting the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to authorize additional beds
  • <00:25:15.679> for<00:25:15.840> the<00:25:16.000> pediatric additional beds
  • for the pediatric additional beds for the pediatric intermediate<00:25:17.279> care<00:25:17.679
  • the economy has evolved, consumer choices have shifted, the number of vacant retail and commercial spaces
  • capacity in RSA 151 licensing and bed capacity in RSA 151 col2 col2 col2 um<02:08:45.560> 6A<
Keywords: 1191, senate, all