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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/12/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> of medical condition here any disease of medical condition here any disease disorder<00:15:43.360
  • </c> you're suffering from the disease you're suffering from the disease because<00:16:19.560><c> that
  • This illness is a brain disease.
  • <c> um</c><03:57:21.800><c> in</c> diseases are reportable diseases um in diseases are reportable diseases
  • </c><04:06:34.000><c> by</c> vaccine by vaccine and disease by vaccine by vaccine and disease by disease
Keywords: 1189, house, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 17th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, the basics of this is it establishes a new office of occupational and professional licensing.
  • It establishes the office of occupational professional licensing and appoints the executive director.
  • </c><00:18:45.200><c> and</c> new office of occupational and new office of occupational and professional
  • <00:19:02.880><c> the</c><00:19:03.120><c> office</c><00:19:03.440><c> of</c><00:19:03.840><c> occupational
  • </c> establish the office of occupational establish the office of occupational professional<00:19:04.880
Keywords: 1136, house, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 26th, 2026

Commerce and Human Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm sorry, Senator Lenney, the restrictions on occupancy rates and parking.
  • The language in Senate Bill 1263 will cap occupancy to 10.
  • You have examples of zoning ordinances, nuisance ordinances, disturbing the peace, parking occupancy
  • You can have maximum occupancy limits. And you can have fire escape ladders on the second floor.
  • In the bill, cities and counties may still enforce health and safety standards, occupancy limits, and
Keywords: 989, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences Aug 6th, 2025

Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences

Transcript Highlights:
  • The preferences do... ...business and occupation tax rates for travel agents and tour operators.
  • These occupations have median annual wages of nearly $160,000. ...of jobs.
  • These occupations have median annual wages of nearly $170,000.
  • Nationally, travel agents are the leading occupation and represent one quarter of jobs, with higher paid
  • DOR has not consistently received the notices of occupancy from developers.
Summary: The Citizens Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences met on August 6, 2025, with five commissioners present and a quorum. The commission approved the May 7, 2025 meeting minutes and welcomed new commissioner Scott Edwards, who introduced himself. Staff also confirmed the September meeting date had been changed to September 22, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. to accommodate his schedule, and noted that testimony questions for the public hearing would be used at that meeting. JLARC staff then presented preliminary 2025 tax preference performance reviews covering nine preferences. For natural gas used as a transportation fuel, staff said the preferences reduce fuel costs but do not meet emissions-reduction goals, and recommended continuing the public utility tax and natural gas use tax exemptions while modifying reporting requirements; they also recommended continuing the marine-use LNG sales tax exemption and considering the Department of Revenue work group’s findings. For travel agents and tour operators, staff said the small-beneficiary rate appears to support smaller firms, while the larger-beneficiary rate should be reviewed and both should have clearer objectives and metrics. For nonprofit low-income housing development, staff said the preference is helping produce housing but the current metric does not align well with the objective, data/reporting problems remain, and the legislature should decide whether to continue and possibly modify the exemption, including considering annual renewal. Staff also reviewed the multipurpose senior citizen centers exemption, concluding it meets its objective and recommending continuation, with possible consideration of making it permanent. For disabled veteran adapted housing, staff said the preference has very low uptake despite eligible veterans and recommended continuing it but modifying it in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve use. For trade convention attendance, staff said the preference aligns Washington with other states and recommended continuation. For agricultural fertilizer and seed wholesaling, staff said the exemption reduces tax layering and recommended continuation, with clarification on whether it is exempt from expiration/performance-statement requirements. For agricultural crop protection products, staff said the preference met its revenue-growth metric and recommended extending it while considering better metrics or recategorizing it as tax relief. Finally, for energy sales to a silicon smelter, staff said the preferences were unused because the facility was never built and recommended allowing them to expire. The meeting ended with reminders about written testimony and the September public testimony session.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It protects us from disease. It's valuable to our communities. It protects us from disease.
  • So sometimes when you give disease-specific funding, it's disease A, and you can only use it for disease
  • But if they need to maintain somebody that could work across disease A, chronic disease prevention, and
  • So sometimes when you give disease specific funding, it's disease A, and you can only use it for disease
  • Disease goes anywhere.
Summary: The subcommittee held an oversight hearing on federal actions affecting California’s public health and family planning systems, focusing first on the freeze to Title X family planning funds and then on broader CDC/public health grant terminations. Chair and members described the cuts as abrupt, harmful, and likely to create major gaps in disease surveillance, vaccination, contraception, STI testing, and other preventive services, while also criticizing the federal administration’s explanation that the actions were tied to DEI or civil-rights compliance. The chair thanked Attorney General Bonta for legal action and said the hearing was intended to document the real-world impacts and inform state budget responses. Witnesses from Essential Access Health, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a Central Coast clinic, and other providers said California’s Title X network serves more than half a million low-income patients annually and relies on the funds for staffing, outreach, training, mobile and school-based clinics, and confidential care. They warned that the freeze has already forced reserve spending, delayed services, and could lead to layoffs, reduced hours, longer waits, and fewer appointments, especially for sexual and reproductive health care. Public comment included support for a proposed state backfill of Title X losses, with advocates emphasizing impacts on low-income, LGBTQ+, and communities of color. On the public health side, CDPH, county health officials, and local health officers testified that the CDC’s rescission of $11.4 billion in grants would affect California by an estimated $840 million and threaten lab capacity, immunization programs, health disparities work, and data systems such as CalConnect and vaccine registries. Sacramento County and others described how the grants supported outbreak response, sequencing, community vaccination clinics, and equity-focused partnerships, and said terminations had already led to canceled appointments, stopped contracts, and layoffs. Several speakers urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state “future of public health” funding and to backfill federal losses, while public commenters from HIV, immunization, labor, and county organizations echoed concerns about workforce losses and worsening health outcomes.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I have also had doctors and nurses come ask me, how long have I had sickle cell disease?
  • I was born with sickle cell disease. My pain crisis happened at just three months old.
  • My name is Ken Lee LaFrance, and I live with sickle cell disease.
  • It is a full-body organ-damaging disease. It is a full-body organ-damaging disease.
  • This disease affects quality of life. Because of sickle cell, I've had my gallbladder removed.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Special Committee on Tourism Feb 4th, 2026

Special Committee on Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I said, listen, you know, it's not just about her story and her disease.
  • Disease, cancer knows no party. We're all one family.
  • Disease, cancer knows no party. We're all one family.
  • The NIH says that rare diseases occur at a rate of 1 in 200,000, but we don't test children for diseases
  • I have celiac disease. I wasn't diagnosed with that until about 10 years ago.
Summary: The Special Committee on Tourism first met in executive session and approved House Bill 1651 by a vote of 11-0. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 1756, which would designate the first full week in September as “June’s Week” and Rare Pediatric Disease Week in Missouri. Sponsor Representative Steinmeyer described his granddaughter June’s battle with a rare pediatric brain tumor and said the bill is intended to raise awareness of rare pediatric diseases, connect families with support, and encourage media coverage and education. Several witnesses testified in support, including family members and advocates who spoke about the emotional, financial, and diagnostic challenges faced by families dealing with rare childhood illnesses; there was no opposition testimony. Committee members expressed sympathy and support, with several noting the importance of awareness and the lack of pediatric cancer research. Questions focused on why September was chosen and what activities might occur during the week; the sponsor said he wanted the designation to avoid conflict with June’s birthday and to create space for media stories and educational outreach. Supporters emphasized that the bill would not require funding, only recognition, and that it could help families feel less isolated. The committee also heard House Bill 1828, sponsored by Representative Violet, which would authorize state support for maintenance and operations at the Missouri National Veterans Memorial in Perryville when needed and subject to appropriation. The sponsor said the memorial serves veterans and families through reflection, healing, and education, and that the bill follows precedent from other memorial funding arrangements without diverting money from other Veterans Commission priorities. A memorial representative testified that the site has already received significant state-supported construction funding and that the bill would help preserve and maintain the facility. There was no opposition, and the hearing concluded with no further business and adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House/Senate Press Conference 3/11/26

Transcript Highlights:
  • One of them is um neurological disease.
  • </c> their careers because of this disease. their careers because of this disease.
  • </c><00:07:38.319><c> This</c> time as the disease progress. This time as the disease progress.
  • </c> the disease an extra bite. the disease an extra bite.
  • Parkinson's is the world's fastest-growing neurological disease.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The meeting focused on two Parkinson’s-related bills in Minnesota: one to ban paraquat and another to create a state Parkinson’s research trust fund. Rep. Christy Purcell said the research bill would create a dedicated pot of money to coordinate and fund Parkinson’s research in Minnesota, with Sen. Mann as the Senate author. Supporters said Minnesota should act because Parkinson’s is growing rapidly, there is no cure, and state institutions could serve as a research hub. Several people living with Parkinson’s testified about the personal and family impact of the disease, including early-onset diagnoses, loss of work, mobility challenges, and the burden on caregivers. Speakers from the Parkinson’s Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation supported both bills, arguing that paraquat is strongly linked to Parkinson’s, that exposure can affect farmers and nearby residents, and that prevention and research are both needed. The paraquat bill was described as especially important because alternatives exist and the chemical is reportedly used very little in Minnesota. During the discussion, Rep. Hansen said the paraquat bill would be held over and not voted on that day because a fiscal note was requested. He said the committee would hear the bill later that day and urged colleagues to keep an open mind. In response to questions, supporters said they anticipated little opposition beyond chemical-industry interests, and they emphasized that the bill was aimed specifically at paraquat rather than other chemicals. The research bill was discussed as a possible $25 million request, though no vote was taken on that proposal in the transcript.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE Feb 19th, 2026

ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • Folks, welcome to the Occupational License Review Committee today. Appreciate you all being here.
  • Moving on to next is the review reports from occupational authorization entities.
  • Provider Services and Quality Assurance has three occupational licenses.
  • Provider Services and Quality Assurance has three occupational licenses.
Summary: The Occupational License Review Committee met and, without objection, moved consideration of the Fire Protection of Lasting Board and the Licensing Protection Board to the March meeting. The committee then heard a report from the Department of Human Services, Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance, which oversees three occupational licenses: certified nurse aide, nursing home administrator, and psychiatric residential treatment facility licenses. DHS said these licenses are intended to protect the health and safety of people living in residential facilities. Members asked about the nursing home administrator license fund balance, noting it was around $800,000 compared with relatively small annual expenses. The chair questioned whether fees could be reduced or the money used more effectively rather than remaining unused. DHS responded that the statute limits use of those fees to training, and that the division contracts with the Arkansas Health Care Association to provide training classes. No further questions or other business were raised. The committee thanked the witness and adjourned.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE Feb 19th, 2026

ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • Folks, welcome to the Occupational License Review Committee today. Appreciate you all being here.
  • Moving on to next is the review reports from occupational authorization entities.
  • Provider Services and Quality Assurance has three occupational licenses.
  • Provider Services and Quality Assurance has three occupational licenses.
Summary: The Occupational License Review Committee met and first approved, without objection, moving the Licensing Protection Board item to the March meeting. The committee then heard a report from the Department of Human Services, Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance, which oversees three occupational licenses: certified nurse aide, nursing home administrator, and psychiatric residential treatment facility licenses. The division said these licenses are needed to protect the health and safety of people in residential facilities. Members asked about the nursing home administrator license fund balance, noting it was around $800,000 compared with relatively small annual expenses. The division responded that the statute limits use of those fees to training, and that it contracts with the Arkansas Health Care Association to provide training classes. A member suggested considering ways to reduce fees or otherwise use the accumulated funds more effectively. No further questions or business were raised, and the committee adjourned.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ADVISORY COUNCIL Jul 9th, 2026

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ADVISORY COUNCIL

Transcript Highlights:
  • Item F, discussion of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Arkansas State Plan.
  • It's a very exciting time to work on this disease.
  • to our disease.
  • Because as the disease progresses, the needs of the families change.
  • and heart disease is the same as Alzheimer's, right?
Keywords: 1204, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm with the Disease Outbreak Control Division in the Department of Health.
  • Tan.<01:00:50.319><c> I'm</c><01:00:50.480><c> with</c><01:00:50.720><c> the</c><01:00:50.880><c> disease
  • I'm with the disease out control Tan.
  • I'm with the disease out control division<01:00:52.319><c> in</c><01:00:52.640><c> the</c><01:00:52.720
  • </c> noticed that she was having disease noticed that she was having disease spells<01:29:33.679><c>
Committee: House Health
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2047, relating to pharmacy benefit managers. The Insurance Division said the bill would require new enforcement resources and estimated an appropriation of about $1.5 million and five positions. Kaiser Permanente asked for an amendment to exclude HMOs from the definition of third-party PBMs, saying the bill should not interfere with integrated care models. PCMA and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association supported narrowing amendments, with pharmacists objecting to section 3 and warning the bill as amended could create major operational burdens and a significant general fund cost. No vote was taken in the portion provided, and the chair moved on to the next measure after questions. The committee then took up SB 2080, which would allow Hawaii to join the psychology interjurisdictional compact. Supporters, including DCR, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, the Grassroot Institute, and others, said the compact would expand access to psychology services, especially for people in rural areas or those needing continuity of care while traveling. Opponents, including the Board of Psychology and a Shamanad University psychology professor, raised concerns about client safety, crisis-response procedures, enforcement costs, FBI background checks, and possible loss of state control over training and specialization standards. The board said Hawaii’s current 1,900-hour internship/postdoc requirement is higher than the compact’s standard and that the state is still implementing a separate provisional licensing law that may address some access issues. The discussion focused on whether the compact would meaningfully reduce shortages and whether Hawaii should instead pursue changes within its existing licensing system. Finally, the committee heard SB 2277 on hospital price transparency. The Office of Consumer Protection initially noted the bill could require significant staffing, but later testimony from SHIP suggested the measure could be handled more simply by working with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and publicly posting violations. The Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing hospitals already must comply with federal CMS transparency rules and that adding state requirements would increase costs and legal exposure, especially if violations were treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices. Steve Fenberg testified in support, saying the bill would simply codify existing federal requirements in state law and that he was open to amendments removing state enforcement and the unfair trade practice language. No final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM Public Hearing 02-19-2026

Ways and Means

Summary: The Committee on Ways and Means met for decision-making only and adopted recommendations on a long list of Senate bills, with no oral testimony taken. Early actions included SB 99 to pass unamended, SB 585 to pass with a date correction to 2015, SB 2060 to pass with amendments involving public project lists, legislative approval for fund transfers, and removal of certain appropriations, and SB 2069 to pass with amendments extending a sunset date and requiring transit-oriented development zoning. The committee also advanced several other measures, including SB 2110, SB 215, SB 2259, SB 2382, SB 2442, and SB 2485 unamended, while SB 2152, SB 2315, SB 2446, SB 2919, SB 2577, SB 2580, and SB 2861 were moved with various amendments, mostly date changes, appropriation blanks, or technical clarifications. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on SB 2211, where Department of Human Services officials explained how the department was covering costs by using restricted funds and shifting Med-QUEST funding, and noted a need for $14 million plus support for $16.5 million in ACA enhanced tax credit subsidies. The chair indicated the bill would move forward with amendments, including blanking the appropriation pending more information on lapses, and the recommendation was adopted. SB 2544 was also amended to remove a specific appropriation and replace it with a blank cap on funds from DUR, and SB 2342 was amended to require projects to be in transit-oriented development zones and to reflect prior committee concurrence. The most extended debate was on SB 3326, which would address utility restructuring. One senator opposed the bill, arguing it could raise rates, worsen reliability issues, and disrupt an existing utility without a clear plan, especially given island-specific conditions. Supporters argued the bill would separate generation from transmission and distribution, create competition, protect union jobs, and respond to aging infrastructure and financial weakness in the utility sector. After recesses and discussion of the Public Utilities Commission’s role, the chair changed the recommendation from pass unamended to pass with amendments requiring the PUC to conduct a study, provide an interim report before the next session, and a final report the following session. That amended recommendation was adopted, and the meeting then adjourned with no further business.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 12 (1-22-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 373 to licensing occupations and administrative regulations.
  • House Bill 373 to licensing occupations<00:31:32.000><c> and</c><00:31:32.320><c> administrative</c>
  • occupations and administrative occupations and administrative regulations.<00:31:33.840><c> House</c>
  • ,</c><00:32:20.000><c> and</c> Licensing, Occupations, and Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative
  • <00:32:20.799><c> Regulations,</c> And reassigned to Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Higher Education and Workforce Development Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Higher Education and Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • As we know, these types of diseases, it doesn't affect one party. Absolutely right.
  • And I think what we've had to learn through genetic disease and pediatric disease, and you heard Dr.
  • The truth is that rare disease in the aggregate is quite common.
  • These are genetic and pediatric diseases.
  • But again, we do that with a bit of an at-war lens, you know, with this disease.
Keywords: 959, house, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 23rd, 2026

Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • Elected officials must prioritize the safety of building occupants and first responders.
  • In an emergency, when one stairwell may become compromised by smoke, heat, or fire, occupants need a
  • behalf of Idaho Fire Chiefs Association: Representative Crane, the 48 inches, it depends on the occupant
  • The part is we don't have a way to separate the occupants from a potentially toxic environment in one
  • stairwell with a clean... ...the occupants from a potentially toxic environment in one stairwell with
Committee: House Business
Keywords: 989, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ADVISORY COUNCIL Jul 9th, 2026

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ADVISORY COUNCIL

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is also the most expensive disease to treat, costing our economy $409 billion.
  • It's a very exciting time to work on this disease.
  • disease.
  • We've done a lot to improve the state infrastructure to address Alzheimer's disease.
  • Because as the disease progresses, the needs of the families change.
Summary: The Arkansas Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Advisory Council met with legislative members and agency, advocacy, and provider representatives present. The council adopted its rules and procedures, approved the prior meeting minutes, and authorized the co-chairs to approve special expenses. Members then heard an extensive update on the state Alzheimer’s plan and current developments in diagnosis, treatment, research, caregiving, and workforce issues. David Cook of the Alzheimer’s Association described major changes since the first state plan, including the growth of blood-based biomarkers, broader access to amyloid PET scans, and the availability of disease-slowing treatments such as Leqembi and Kisunla. He emphasized that Arkansas still faces major barriers in rural areas, including limited provider awareness, insurance coverage concerns, shortages of specialists, and long wait times for memory care and infusion services. He also highlighted caregiver burden, the need for better education and care navigation, and new efforts such as a dementia resource center pilot with UAMS, respite grants, and workforce training. Members discussed the importance of public education on brain health, diet, exercise, and risk reduction, as well as the need to collaborate with chronic disease partners and improve outreach to primary care providers. The council approved four proposed focus areas for the next state plan: advancing risk reduction, brain health, early detection and diagnosis; strengthening family caregiver support; improving access to diagnostics and treatment; and supporting access and quality of care, including workforce training and crisis response. Members also discussed possible legislative or statutory changes to keep the council active and engaged, and they agreed to pursue a future meeting in August, tentatively August 12 in Hot Springs, with additional meetings under consideration for later in the month. The meeting adjourned after no further business.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE Feb 19th, 2026

ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • Folks, welcome to the Occupational License Review Committee today. Appreciate you all being here.
  • Moving on to next is the review reports from occupational authorization entities.
  • Provider Services and Quality Assurance has three occupational licenses.
  • Provider Services and Quality Assurance has three occupational licenses.
Keywords: 1204, all