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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/10/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Miss Leser, who's testifying remotely, and she's here to talk about, um, she's from Invest in Education
  • Miss Leser, who's testifying remotely, and she's here to talk about, um, she's from Invest in Education
  • Miss Leser, who's testifying remotely, and she's here to talk about, um, she's from Invest in Education
  • Miss Leser, who's testifying remotely, and she's here to talk about, um, she's from Invest in Education
  • We represent more than 10,000 school workers, including paraeducators, food service workers, custodians
Bills: HF3490, HF4040
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 111 May 4th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • modification factor and workers modification factor and workers compensation. compensation. compensation
  • In some cases, remotely, not even from within the state of Colorado.
  • and workers as political footballs. and workers as political footballs.
  • of these workers. of these workers.
  • used these workers as a political<03:30:16.000> football.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The Senate came to order, established a quorum, and approved the journal. It then took up several introductions and resolutions, including House Bill 1139 on artificial intelligence in healthcare and House Bill 1263 on requirements for conversational AI services, both referred to the Business, Labor, and Technology Committee. The chamber also moved out of order to consider resolutions and adopted Senate Joint Resolution 25, recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Colorado Mining Association and its role in Colorado’s history and economy. The resolution passed 34-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. The Senate also adopted House Joint Resolution 1030, designating a portion of Colorado Highway 14 in Weld County as Mono and Matt Road in memory of Eduardo Mono Hernandez and Matthew Garcia. Supporters described the resolution as a tribute to the two Greeley Central High School student-athletes and to the community’s response after their 2014 deaths. The resolution passed 34-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. Later, the Senate considered a gubernatorial appointment to the Transportation Commission: Juan Marano of Aurora, to represent the Third Transportation District. The appointment was confirmed on a 19-16 vote. The chamber then took up the third-reading consent calendar and passed House Bill 1235 on medical assistance updates, House Bill 1299 on reducing regulatory burdens on local education providers, and Senate Bill 175 on workers’ compensation experience modification factors. House Bill 1235 passed 31-4, House Bill 1299 passed 35-0, and Senate Bill 175 passed without recorded opposition. On final passage, the Senate adopted a technical third-reading amendment to House Bill 113 on election law changes, then passed the bill 23-12 after debate over election-related vulnerabilities. It also passed House Bill 1346, allowing the Department of the Treasury to sell unsold insurance premium tax credits to non-insurance entities, by 23-12; House Bill 1252, updating state entities responsible for emergency response, by 33-2; House Bill 1010, increasing support for older adults in the workforce, by 23-12; and Senate Bill 177, concerning limited access to adjoining property for repairs, after extended debate in which Senator Kirkmeyer argued the measure infringed on private property rights and should be rejected.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Transportation (05/06/2025)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • after their birthday, their license technically expires, creating legal risk for students and young workers
  • But there is also a rationale to put them on the lower-volume but more remote ones, where you don't have
  • This is relative to allowing volunteer emergency workers to use rear-facing blue lights on their private
  • 58.800> allowing<00:47:59.280> volunteer<00:47:59.839> emergency<00:48:00.400> workers
  • to allowing volunteer emergency workers to allowing volunteer emergency workers to<00:48:01.119>
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, you've said publicly that you want to immediately get rid of 600 NIH workers on day one.
  • Which offices are you going to start cutting and laying off these 2,200 workers from?
  • Has this individual in his business world ever fulfilled his contracts or obligations to any workers
  • We can develop and provide concierge care to every American in this country, even in the remote parts
  • For me, those are disturbing characterizations of the CDC workers that I know who are trying to keep
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/09/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Help them to remember the people they serve, the families, the children, the workers, the communities
  • HB 2313, teacher strike prohibition remote instruction.
  • Her work experience included being a medical and psychiatric social worker for the Veterans Administration
  • her calling in public service her work experience included being a medical and psychiatric social worker
  • One poll worker said that in the first few hours of voting, more people were turned away from their voting
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The meeting opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and several guest introductions, including the Doctor of the Day, realtors visiting for Realtor Day, and a representative from Home of Hope. The Senate then handled a large number of bill referrals and second-reading items before moving into Committee of the Whole on multiple calendars. Several bills were advanced with committee and floor amendments, including SB 1494, SB 1497, SB 1503, SB 1535, SB 1544, SB 1580, SB 1582, SB 1584, SB 1585, SB 1602, SB 1632, SB 1723, and SB 1798. Many of the amendments were described as technical cleanups, but some made substantive changes, such as SB 1535’s provisions on sealing records for sex-trafficking victims and SB 1723’s domestic-violence release and monitoring provisions. The Committee of the Whole also adopted a report recommending several bills do pass as amended. The chamber adopted House Concurrent Resolution 264 honoring former Senator Barbara Leff, followed by a moment of silence and remarks from her family. The Senate then returned to Committee of the Whole for Calendar 1, where it retained SB 1332 and advanced SB 1654, SB 1711, SB 1743, SCR 1047, and HB 2993. HB 2993 drew the most debate: opponents argued it had a single-subject problem, relied on funding from the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Fraud Fund, and could create unnecessary outside-counsel costs for DPS, while supporters cited the need for the supplemental and defended the funding approach. The motion to report HB 2993 do pass carried by division, 16-13. In third reading, the Senate passed HB 4115 and a series of Senate bills, including SB 1012, SB 1213, SB 1416, SB 1474, SB 1511, SB 1549, SB 1573, SB 1634, SB 1647, and SB 1649, with several passing on close 16-13 votes. Debate centered heavily on immigration enforcement, concealed carry in businesses serving alcohol, CDL and driver-license issues, campaign finance disclosure, and a digital asset reserve fund. Members on both sides repeatedly explained votes on constitutional, public safety, fiscal, and civil-rights grounds. The session ended with bills transmitted to the House after passage.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 03/02/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • mention that, in accordance with the rules of the Senate, the following member will be participating remotely
  • And so, in the field, um, it's a very very effective safety enhancement to both the workers in construction
  • effective safety enhancement to very effective safety enhancement to both both both the<00:25:29.720> workers
  • <00:25:30.480> in the workers in the workers in in<00:25:31.200> construction<00:25
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 12th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Census data, they are ranked second in the country, while childcare workers' wages are ranked 15th.
  • providers often offer care during the flexible hours that families need, and they can operate in remote
  • because we know that people don't want to feel like they're losing all of their most credentialed workers
  • We have two family support specialists who serve as community health workers.
  • Extreme heat is killing our most vulnerable, our elders, our farm workers who put food on our table and
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • And our problem right now is, if we create jobs, there's not enough workers.
  • jobs, there's not enough workers. jobs, there's not enough workers.
  • , uh the top issue and continuing workers, uh the top issue and continuing to<01:25:47.840> be
  • of of professionals who body of workers of of professionals who have<02:04:06.560> specialized
  • The issue is there's nothing remotely similar to this because the reason why commercialized gambling
Bills: HB2118, HB2473
Summary: The committee heard several bills related to permitting and economic development. On HB 2603, relating to permits, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it supported the measure with comments. Committee discussion focused on the fact that the state’s facilitated permit process appears to have been rarely or never used, the need to identify specific projects that would use it, and whether DBEDT would need dedicated staffing to administer it. DBEDT said it had found no projects under the current process, had no capacity to run the program as structured, and estimated it would need about 7 to 9 FTEs, including permitting, coordination, data, systems, and possibly legal support. The chair suggested exploring a staff assignment and comparing the concept to federal FAST-41-style expedited permitting. On HB 2140, relating to essential permitting positions, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development again supported the bill with comments. Testimony and questioning centered on a pilot program to help counties pay competitively for permitting staff. A DBEDT representative said the issue of competitive pay affected both county and state permitting offices and that the bill was intended as a temporary pilot, though a more permanent solution would be preferable. When asked how counties would fund the salary support, the witness said that was not yet discussed with the counties and agreed to follow up. The committee also noted the bill applies to participating counties. On HB 2598, relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, the State Procurement Office and HTDC offered comments, and the Department of the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns. The AG said the bill’s residency-based certification requirements, when tied to procurement, could implicate the dormant Commerce Clause, and that the required 1% contribution tied to state contracts raised unconstitutional-conditions concerns. In questioning, the AG characterized these as legal risks rather than automatic lawsuits. The committee did not take a vote. The committee then heard HB 2141, relating to state enterprise zones. Taxation, DBEDT, HCDA, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, and HTDC testified in support, while the Tax Foundation noted the program was intended to help economically depressed areas create jobs. HTDC said the bill would help preserve the Maui Research and Technology Center’s enterprise-zone status after rezoning. Committee discussion focused on whether the enterprise zone program is being used effectively, how the bill might attract businesses to areas where the state is investing, and whether the program’s labor requirements are too burdensome for new businesses. DBEDT explained that the program requires a 10% workforce increase in the first year, which must be sustained, and said it promotes the program through county coordinators and in-person outreach. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • And finally, I want to briefly talk about worker wages.
  • Finance Committee (LFC) first noted that New Mexico ranked 35th out of all states for child care worker
  • Is that essentially for the child care worker? Is that essentially what you're saying there, Mr.
  • And then do we have any idea why there's such a disparity on the worker to the administrator?
  • And I guess as we move in the direction of additional certifications and requirements for the workers
Keywords: 996, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Since then, we've been transitioning back into about a 50-50 in-person or remote.
  • We do not work remotely. We do not do. And I really don't care for remote work.
  • I really don't care for remote work. We're building litigation teams. It's very active.
  • So there's not, you know, remote just doesn't really work for me anyway.
  • But when you tell one of these new law graduates, we don't do remote work, you lose 80% of them right
Summary: The joint committee met with a quorum present and first received an overview of its jurisdiction and duties related to appointing the Florida Public Counsel. Staff explained the committee’s authority under joint rules and state law, noted that the current Public Counsel’s term expires February 28, 2025, and that applications for the next four-year term were open with a February 6, 2025 deadline. The committee then heard an extensive update from Public Counsel Walt Truerweiler on the Office of Public Counsel’s work representing utility ratepayers before the Public Service Commission and in appeals. Truerweiler described the office’s caseload and priorities, including electric, gas, water, and wastewater rate cases; storm recovery dockets; cost-recovery clauses; rulemakings; and customer service hearings. He emphasized that the office seeks to challenge unsupported or imprudent costs, find value for customers, and use expert analysis and customer testimony to shape outcomes. He highlighted recent and ongoing matters, including major Duke, TECO, Sunshine water/wastewater, and hurricane recovery proceedings, and said the office had fully litigated four of its last five rate cases, while also achieving a major settlement in Duke that reduced a requested increase and imposed cost controls on solar projects. Members praised the office’s work and asked about the benefits of settlements, staffing and compensation, and how the office decides when to fully intervene versus provide guidance or monitor a case. Truerweiler said settlements can create predictability, reduce uncertainty and expense, and produce tangible value for both customers and utilities. He also acknowledged recruitment challenges, including lower pay than comparable agencies and difficulty attracting attorneys who do not want in-person litigation work. The committee took no substantive action beyond receiving the presentations, and adjourned after a motion was adopted.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Canadian exams are delivered on remote proctoring.
  • The Canadian exams are delivered on remote proctoring.
  • All of whom have made public statements about why they've discontinued remote proctoring because of the
  • programs have discontinued remote programs have discontinued remote proctoring<00:26:04.880>
  • discontinued remote proctoring because of<00:26:19.360> the<00:26:19.600> security<00:
Summary: The subcommittee approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then took up several regulations. The first was a Department of Veterans Affairs regulation, with a staff amendment, to allow nurse practitioners to apply for the Veterans Affairs nurse loan repayment program year-round and to make technical drafting changes. The committee heard from the Office of Kentucky Veteran Centers, then adopted the staff amendment and approved the regulation without objection. The main item of the meeting was the Board of Optometric Examiners’ proposed amendment to 201 KAR 5:010, which would allow applicants to use the Optometry Examining Board of Canada written exam in place of part one of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry exam for licensure. The board said the change would improve access to care, provide an additional pathway for Canadian-trained candidates, and still require applicants to pass the remaining national board parts. Opponents, including NBEO officials, ARBO, Pearson VUE, and several optometrists, argued the Canadian exam is not equivalent, does not test the same biomedical science content, is not validated for U.S. scope of practice, and raises concerns about test security, transparency, and portability across states. They urged the committee to find the amendment deficient or vote no. Committee members questioned both sides about prior communication with the board, whether Kentucky would be the first state to adopt such a change, the rationale for the proposal, and the cost difference between the exams. Supporters said the board had received some written comments and one phone call, and that the proposal was driven by access concerns and the presence of Canadian students. Opponents said they had not had direct discussions with the Kentucky board before the hearing. No final vote on the optometry regulation is reflected in the transcript excerpt, but the committee heard extensive testimony and rebuttal before moving on.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/25/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The clerk will call the name of the members voting remotely. Baker. Go ahead, Dave. Baker.
  • The clerk will call the names of the members voting remotely. Baker, go ahead, Dave.
  • [Music] The clerk will call the name of the members voting remotely. Baker votes aye.
  • The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely. Baker, go ahead.
  • The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely. Baker votes I.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 24th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Clerk will call the name of the member participating remotely. David's present.
  • The Clerk will call on the member participating remotely. Davids. Davids, yes. Davids votes aye.
  • The Clerk will call the name of the member participating remotely. The Clerk will close the roll.
  • The Clerk will call the name of the member participating remotely. Davids. Davids votes no.
  • The Clerk will call the name of the member participating remotely: Davids. Davids votes. No.
VA

Virginia 2026 1st Special Session

Disability Commission Jun 18th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any individual request for remote participation should be conveyed to Commission staff, so either Mr.
  • When remote participation is due to a personal matter, that participation is limited to two meetings
  • Any request for remote participation or any disapproval of a member's request for participation shall
  • Hearing none, our remote participation policy passes unanimously. Thank you.
  • Hearing none, our remote participation policy passes unanimously. Thank you, colleagues.
Summary: The Virginia Disability Commission held its first meeting of the year on June 18, established a quorum, and introduced members. Senator Barbara Favola was elected chair and Delegate Amy Laufer was elected vice chair, both unanimously. The commission also reviewed and unanimously approved its electronic/remote participation policy, which mirrors last year’s policy and allows limited remote participation under Virginia FOIA rules. Staff then reviewed a package of 14 disability-related bills that passed last session and were signed into law. Topics included disabled veterans’ vehicle registration fee exemptions, open captioning requirements for movie theaters, guardianship/conservatorship order forwarding, service dog team definitions, education and transition planning for students with disabilities, Blue Envelope and driver communication training for law enforcement and driver education, deferred disposition and jury service protections, voting rights in guardianship cases, expansion of the Virginia Human Rights Act, continuation of a DD waiver eligibility change, and DMAS training authority for autism competency checklists. Members discussed implementation concerns, especially making the Blue Envelope/driver communication program more visible and considering a follow-up letter and DMV presentation. The commission then adopted its interim work plan unanimously, with discussion of possible presentations on DMAS and Medicaid waivers, DBHDS telehealth training implementation, SCHEV and VDOE transition planning, transition from institutions to community settings, criminal justice reform, transportation and parking accessibility, adult-sized changing tables, and school accessibility. Members also suggested adding EVV concerns, seclusion and restraint, rare disease issues, and insurance coverage problems for needed medications. Public commenters urged the commission to address burdensome EVV requirements for family caregivers, improve accessibility for local government meetings and documents, and explore a standardized credential/career pathway for direct support professionals. The chair said follow-up work would be assigned on EVV and implementation issues, and the meeting location would move to the Senate side of the Capitol going forward.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Disability Commission Jun 18th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any individual request for remote participation should be conveyed to commission staff, so either Mr.
  • When remote participation is due to a personal matter, that participation is limited to two meetings
  • participation or any disapproval of a member's request for Any request for remote participation or any
  • Hearing none, our remote participation policy passes unanimously. Thank you.
  • Hearing none, our remote participation policy passes unanimously. Thank you, colleagues.
OR
Transcript Highlights:
  • Nasta is from NCSL and is with us remotely.
  • Nasta is from NCSL and is with us remotely. In order, Co-Chair Pham, we had anticipated having Mr.
  • businesses that maybe don't really know the first step to take or kind of how to train their existing workers
Keywords: 907, all
Summary: The committee held a series of informational briefings on information management and technology issues. It first heard from ACLU representatives on data privacy, who argued that Oregon should strengthen protections against private data brokers, government purchases of personal data, reverse warrants, automatic license plate readers, and local police surveillance. They urged data minimization, limits on data sales and retention, and broader transparency and accountability measures. Members asked about practical uses of license plate readers, state sales of data, and how Oregon’s approach compares with other states; the presenters said similar proposals have been adopted elsewhere, including data minimization in Maryland and a state version of the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act in Montana. The committee then received a detailed update from the Department of Administrative Services and Enterprise Information Services on licensing system modernization for 14 boards and commissions with the most immediate need. DAS said it is seeking a shared procurement approach through an RFP that would create either one scalable system or two tiers of systems, depending on agency needs and security requirements, with contracts expected by September. Committee members emphasized the need for a more unified, user-friendly statewide login and service experience for businesses and residents, and raised concerns about small agencies “figuring it out on their own” without sufficient cybersecurity or technical expertise. EIS said it is overseeing the investment review, security and architecture review, and future implementation planning, and noted that multiple agency requests may still come back to the legislature in the next session. The committee also discussed a revised cybersecurity incident notification concept. Staff explained that the earlier bill had raised stakeholder concerns, so the co-chairs directed further interim work with the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council and other local government and K-12 stakeholders. The goal is a narrower, voluntary “911-style” notification process that would let public bodies alert peers and potentially receive assistance after cyber incidents; a temporary voluntary process is being tested now, with a work group developing language for possible 2027 consideration. Finally, the committee heard updates from the new state chief data officer on data governance, data sharing, geospatial work, and the state transparency website, followed by a briefing on data centers from NCSL and the Technology Association of Oregon. The data officer described efforts to expand data inventories, data governance plans, data literacy, and interagency sharing, along with statewide aerial imagery, geospatial standards, and the open data portal. The data center discussion focused on national and state trends, including rapid growth in data centers, rising electricity and water demand, and legislative responses such as new rate classes, reporting requirements, and cost-allocation rules to protect ratepayers. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:11 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • has the department distributed all of the funds that were previously appropriated for the social worker
  • Will there be hybrid options, remote options? Absolutely.
  • Will there be hybrid options, remote options? Absolutely.
Bills: SB37, SB29
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • of learning and just the ability for families to manage their schedules and really capture those workers
  • So in their mind, transportation is less expensive than maintaining that remote school site. I see.
  • So in their mind, transportation is less expensive than maintaining that remote school site. I see.
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance met for its annual Proposition 98 overview, with Chair Alvarez outlining the committee’s focus on K-12 funding, student outcomes, and use of one-time funds. Superintendent Tony Thurmond gave an update on education issues, including wildfire recovery support for affected school communities, ongoing concerns about federal threats to education funding and immigration enforcement, progress on literacy and math, dual-language immersion, educator housing, and support for dual enrollment. Members broadly expressed support for these priorities, while also raising concerns about implementation, funding stability, and the need for schools to remain safe places for students. The committee then reviewed the Governor’s Proposition 98 proposal. The Department of Finance said the 2025-26 Proposition 98 guarantee is projected at $118.9 billion, with higher revenues and TK-related rebenching driving the increase. The LAO said the budget adds about $7.5 billion over two years and discussed the volatility of the guarantee, especially in 2024-25, when changes in revenue could have an outsized effect on school funding. Members questioned the proposed $1.6 billion delayed settle-up payment, the legal basis for delaying it, and the impact of possible federal funding freezes. The LAO presented alternatives such as a reserve deposit or delayed disbursement, while Finance said the proposal is intended to manage uncertainty. Members also raised concerns that ethnic studies implementation was not funded in the January budget, and Finance said the administration was not proposing funding for it. The committee next heard on the Proposition 98 rainy day fund and education deferrals. Finance said the reserve would receive a mandatory deposit of about $1.2 billion in 2024-25 and a discretionary deposit of $376 million in 2025-26, leaving a balance of about $1.5 billion. The LAO supported rebuilding the reserve as a way to manage volatility. On deferrals, Finance described the Governor’s plan to eliminate remaining deferrals by 2025-26, and the LAO said paying them off improves cash flow and budget resilience. Members generally supported eliminating deferrals and rebuilding reserves, though some asked about acting earlier if revenues allow. The committee also reviewed the proposed $1.8 billion student support and professional development block grant; Finance said it would fund professional development, recruitment and retention, and dual enrollment, while the LAO recommended clearer language on local discretion and use for one-time costs. Members were divided, with some supporting flexibility and others warning that one-time block grants can create instability and confusion for districts.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm not sure who's in camera land right now on this, but I'm not going to hold this up because of a remote
  • One of the things that the lobbyist for the Association of Social Worker Boards mentioned was that, due
  • boards mentioned was that social worker boards mentioned was that due<00:05:48.120> to<00:05:
  • 11:00.200> high licensed social worker test is too high licensed social worker test is too high
  • have like a master's level social worker have like a master's level social worker and<00:27:13.799
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee heard House Bill 2712, which would remove the exam requirement for licensure as a Licensed Social Work Associate (LSWA). Members expressed concern that the exam requirement was only added in 2021 and has not been in place long enough to evaluate, but they also questioned whether licensure should be granted without a meaningful measure of competency. Testimony was split: supporters argued the exam is a barrier for applicants without formal social work education, while opponents said licensure should still require some standard of competency, especially because the title carries public expectations and insurance reimbursement implications. Karina Bonia, speaking for NASW New Hampshire, said there is very limited data because only one person in New Hampshire currently holds an LSWA. She explained that LSWA applicants may have degrees outside social work, unlike licensed social workers, and that the current exam is the same national social work exam used for higher levels of licensure. She argued that this creates a significant barrier for LSWA applicants and noted that LSWA holders are already required to complete 30 hours of training and substantial supervised hours. Members asked for data on pass/fail rates and whether a different exam or practical skills test would be more appropriate. Committee members and OPLC representatives discussed whether the current statute and board rules already provide enough authority for the board to set other criteria, and whether the exam requirement is tied to the social work compact. OPLC indicated that the current rule requires passage of a national proctored exam approved by the board, but that no national exam exists specifically for this level, and that the board may need legislative authority to develop different criteria. The discussion ended with interest in obtaining the existing rule language and possibly revisiting the issue through amendment or future legislation rather than immediately removing the exam requirement.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Just so you know, I did receive some calls from health care workers that deal with claims, social workers
  • Does your bill capture only physicians or is it a wider swath of healthcare professionals and workers
  • How are we going to hold hospitals and health facilities accountable if we don't protect the workers
  • Frontline workers who had been hailed as heroes were suddenly expendable. ...if they didn't agree to
  • You stated that it was for healthcare workers.