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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- releasing the defendant on the condition that they comply with treatment.
- Additionally, the... ...operators and EMTs and veteran treatment court programs.
- This pilot program helps to restore competency and provide more comprehensive treatment.
- People need treatment and not incarceration.
- We talked about treatment versus incarceration.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects.
Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- complications are treatment options complications are largely<00:33:31.039><c> preventable</c><00:33
- </c><00:42:14.640><c> option</c> noted the only further treatment option noted the only further treatment
- </c> form of regardless the form of treatment form of regardless the form of treatment is<00:49:25.520
- So CGMs are valuable for people regardless of form of treatment.
- So CGMs are valuable for people regardless of form of treatment.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 552, which would remove the “full-time student” requirement for children ages 19 to 25 covered under the state retiree health insurance plan. The prime sponsor said the change would align retiree coverage with state employee and ACA plans, would not cost taxpayers because retirees pay the premiums, and could even reduce administrative burden and possibly state costs. The chair noted the bill simply removes the words “if full-time student” from statute and said the proposal affects very few retirees and has no cost to the state. No opposition was presented, and the chair closed the hearing on HB 552 after no further testimony.
The committee then opened a public hearing on House Bill 648, which would require commercial insurance coverage for glucose monitoring devices and supplies for people with diabetes. The prime sponsor, a retired dietitian and diabetes educator, gave extensive testimony describing diabetes as common, costly, and serious, and argued that continuous glucose monitoring is important for managing type 2 and gestational diabetes, preventing hypoglycemia, and improving safety and decision-making. She said CGMs can alert users to dangerous blood sugar changes, help people understand how food, activity, and medication affect glucose, and save lives while offering a strong return on investment.
During questions, a committee member asked whether the bill should specify that the monitoring be tied to prescribed treatment, and the sponsor agreed that adding “prescribed” would be appropriate. The member also asked about the proper threshold for coverage and whether the bill should be tied to fasting-test diagnosis; the sponsor responded that A1C is only one measure of control and does not show daily fluctuations, and said she was not prepared to recommend a specific threshold but could provide clinical guidelines later. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the sponsor indicated support for the bill’s general approach to broader CGM access.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (02/03/2025)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:23:18.760><c> including</c> substance use treatment including substance use treatment including
- , if we’re going to include medical treatment, we can just clarify that, including mental health treatment
- just asking, including mental health treatment.”
- “Those are not relevant to the mental health treatment I’m just asking, including mental health treatment
- I thought it would already fall under here, since mental health treatment is medical treatment, if you
Committee:
Senate Children and Family Law
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- government body when it comes to Freedom of Information Act if it's requested by physician for the treatment
- 00:02:16.040><c> the</c> it's requested by physician for the it's requested by physician for the treatment
- </c><00:02:17.960><c> Pretty</c> treatment of a patient. Pretty treatment of a patient.
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- There is some limited evidence of its use, but not conclusive as an evidence-based beneficial treatment
- an use, but not conclusive as an evidence-based<00:04:24.160><c> beneficial</c><00:04:24.960><c> treatment
- </c><00:04:26.080><c> that</c> evidence-based beneficial treatment that evidence-based beneficial treatment
Committee:
Senate Finance
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Rural Issues Feb 4th, 2026
Special Committee on Rural Issues
Transcript Highlights:
- So, for example, this wouldn't be an agriculture situation, but in a wastewater treatment Situation,
- but in a wastewater treatment plant, they have to have a permit to discharge their water into a stream
- A few examples of point sources are wastewater treatment plants, industrial facilities, food processing
- Yeah, well, they do the same with sewage treatment plants, too. They'll use it.
- Yeah, sewage treatment waste definitely would be covered under either a permit of the facility or separate
Committee:
House Special Committee on Rural Issues
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- With your support over many years, Idaho's courts have developed treatment court programs that both relieve
- Consider a recent graduate of one of our treatment courts.
- Prior hospitalizations and outpatient treatment had failed to produce lasting change.
- years, this legislature, the counties, and local communities have shared a vision of the promise of treatment
- Treatment courts play a proven role in helping individuals become productive members of their communities
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- justice-involved veterans program where we work with incarcerated veterans and we also work with the veteran treatment
- clinical or peer counseling or there'll be a therapy, therapy. counseling and then we also have veteran treatment
- We fund over 35 veteran treatment courts in the state and then local government in the counties and lastly
- Again, financial assistance, home modifications, veteran treatment courts. It's a big.
- that monthly, the last Tuesday of every month, and again, bring some of our department. veterans treatment
Committee:
Senate Veteran Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would enable funding that increases access to alternative and complementary treatment options
- While traditional treatments, such as counseling and medication, help many veterans, they do not work
- This is not asking to replace evidence-based medical treatment.
- solutions and provide veterans with the resources they need to heal, investing in alternative PTSD treatments
- And we know that, you know... ...to go outside of the country for this kind of treatment.
Summary:
The Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee met and considered several measures, with most of the discussion focused on veterans’ access to food assistance, overseas voting, and veteran mental health research. SB 1201, the “No Hungry Heroes Act,” would seek federal waivers to protect certain veterans from CalFresh time limits and require referrals to county veteran service officers; supporters said federal SNAP cuts are leaving vulnerable veterans at risk of hunger, while no opposition testified. Members spoke strongly in favor, emphasizing the need to support service members and their families.
SB 970 addressed ballot access for military and overseas voters after the federal DOD fax service was discontinued. The bill would direct the Secretary of State to develop regulations for a secure ballot return method. County election officials and veterans groups supported the measure, while the Secretary of State’s office and Verified Voting raised concerns about cybersecurity and urged a more deliberate process, including a possible task force. After discussion, the committee voted to pass SB 970 and send it to Appropriations.
SB 1224 proposed a California Emerging Therapies Research Partnership to help the state compete for federal research funding for alternative therapies, including treatments relevant to PTSD, depression, and substance use among veterans. Veterans advocates described the bill as a way to expand options for those not helped by traditional treatment, and the author noted amendments to address conflicts of interest and administrative issues. The committee approved the bill and referred it to Appropriations.
The committee also approved the consent calendar, including HR 120, SB 892, SB 1188, SJR 14, and SJR 17, and later voted SB 1201 and SB 970 out of committee as well. Overall, the meeting reflected broad bipartisan support for veteran-focused measures, with the main policy debate centered on how to balance access and security in overseas voting.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill enables funding that increases access to alternative and complementary treatment options and
- While traditional treatments, such as counseling and medication, help many veterans, they do not work
- This is not asking to replace evidence-based medical treatment.
- solutions and provide veterans with the resources they need to heal, investing in alternative PTSD treatments
- I want to thank both to go outside of the country for this kind of treatment.
Committee:
House Military and Veterans Affairs
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- The second rule I'm presenting today is the Medicaid-assisted medication-assisted treatment coverage
- The Medicaid-assisted medication-assisted treatment coverage rule is simply an administrative change
- We already cover medication-assisted treatment, or MAT therapy, for Medicaid patients, which is a treatment
- that includes substance use drugs, treatments like naloxone or Suboxone, as well as the therapy and
- So that's all this rule does: it removes an expiration date and puts the medication-assisted treatment
Committee:
All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
Summary:
The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed several agency rules and most were approved without objection. The Department of Agriculture moved to repeal rules tied to the now-repealed Arkansas Catfish Processors Fair Practice Act. The Department of Human Services updated Medicaid policy to clarify that pregnant women may still be referred to child support enforcement but will not be sanctioned during pregnancy and the 60-day postpartum period, removed the word “forcible” from rape/incest good-cause language, and eliminated a 90-day waiting period for ARKids B when group health coverage ends. DHS also received approval for a CMS cell and gene therapy model for sickle cell disease and a technical Medicaid medication-assisted treatment update that does not change coverage.
The Department of Labor and Licensing presented several rules. One created procedures for the department to issue interpretations in local construction plan disputes under Act 591 of 2025. The Contractors Licensing Board and Residential Contractors Committee amended rules to raise the restricted commercial license threshold and light building project limit from $750,000 to $1.5 million, and to allow deferral of owner-complaint investigations while related civil litigation is pending. The HVACR Licensing Board presented broader cleanup and policy changes under Act 746 of 2025, including eliminating the Class C license by moving those holders into Class B, expanding work limits for Class A and B licensees, changing continuing education to eight hours per three-year code cycle, and keeping annual license renewal. Members asked detailed questions about impacts on businesses, training, youth working with parents, and whether any unintended burdens were created; the board said it had notified licensees and had received little pushback.
The committee also granted the Department of Inspector General’s request for exclusion from rulemaking reporting for Act 473 of 2025, concluding that the statute was sufficiently detailed and did not require additional rules. In addition, the Arkansas State Library’s report was accepted, with the Department of Education stating that the library’s three existing rules should remain in effect. During the update on outstanding 2023-session rulemaking, Education explained that many delayed rules were held back because they were likely to be amended again in 2025, and members expressed concern about the length of time some rules have remained unfinished. The meeting ended after written 2025 rulemaking updates were noted, with no further action taken.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 21, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not authorize any new treatment or prescribing authority.
- these patients also have significant co-occurring medical condition that complicate diagnosis and treatment
- patient who had a history of having required external defibrillation on 2 separate occasions due to treatment
- access to psychiatrists and other mental health professions and professionals and also has improved treatment
- What I was just 12 years old, we lived in rural Hendry County and my mom had to receive treatment in
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 1st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- available for services and may also support Proposition 36 implementation, including mental health treatment
- , substance use disorder treatment... ...diversion, housing assistance, job training, and other rehabilitative
- approved by the voters to address repeat theft and all related offenses and the need for meaningful treatment
- As a result, counties, courts, law and justice partners, and treatment providers are being asked to implement
- Proposition 36 also authorized the BSCC to use the savings generated from Prop. 47 to fund treatment-mandated
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee met to consider new audit requests. The State Auditor reported 10 JALAC audits in progress, with several expected to be published over the coming months, and noted that litigation is delaying the Huntington Beach air show audit. The committee approved a consent calendar of four audit requests covering UC library resources, law enforcement information sharing, EDD unemployment insurance claims, and Housing and Community Development housing development monitoring.
The committee then heard Assembly Member DeMaio’s request for an audit of SANDAG’s road project management and use of transportation funds. DeMaio argued the audit was needed to restore public trust and examine whether restricted funds, voter-approved revenues, and project commitments were properly handled. SANDAG’s CEO and CFO said the agency manages many funding sources, undergoes frequent audits, and has strengthened internal controls; they said the requested review would be duplicative of existing oversight. After debate, the committee voted the request down.
Next, Senator Valadares presented an audit of the Board of State and Community Corrections’ Proposition 47 grant administration, focusing on whether grantees and BSCC are accurately reporting outcomes and recidivism data and whether oversight is sufficient. BSCC said the program already has multiple oversight layers, including Controller audits, and cited reported improvements in homelessness, employment, and recidivism outcomes. The committee approved the audit. Finally, Senator Cortese’s audit of CalHR’s dental benefits procurement and contract oversight was heard, with supporters citing long-standing benefit caps, provider network problems, and retirees’ out-of-pocket costs. CalHR said its network remains strong, that it recently ran an RFP adding MetLife as a second carrier starting in 2027, and that it uses performance guarantees. The committee approved that audit as well, then completed add-on votes approving the earlier consent calendar items before adjourning.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Local Government Feb 18th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- , a water sewer district is a special purpose district created to provide wastewater collection, treatment
- There are lots of issues with the FRDU, and we aren't asking for special treatment.
- Quite the opposite: we want to eliminate the special treatment currently enjoyed by an outside rail operator
- There are lots of issues with the FRDU, and we aren't asking for special treatment.
- The special treatment that supplants the GMA.
Committee:
House Local Government
Keywords:
freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We need $8 billion for water and wastewater treatments, $54.5 billion for flood infrastructure, and $80
- the Texas Water Capital Needs Survey, but the top infrastructure needs identified there are water treatment
- , water main replacement, replacement and rehabilitation, new water supplies, and wastewater treatment
- , supply, conveyances, and wastewater treatment.
- aquifer storage, watershed protection, and natural systems that safeguard supply while reducing treatment
Committee:
Senate Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 1879, Dixon, substance use treatment data, holding committee.
- AB 2593, El-Hawari, treatment of prisoners, do pass out on an A roll call.
- AB 2593, El-Hawari, treatment of prisoners, do pass out on an A roll call.
- AB 1949, Lee, Medi-Cal acupuncture treatments, do pass out on an A roll call.
- AB 1902, Pellerin, secure youth treatment facilities, do pass. That's out on an A roll call.
Committee:
House Appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Governor Walz Media Availability 4/21/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They vote against anything on revenues, and that means schools, water treatment, roads end up getting
- I feel a sense of responsibility that all of us should help build water treatment plants in our smaller
- ,</c> that means schools, water treatment, that means schools, water treatment, roads<00:13:03.520><c
- c><00:13:15.520><c> plants</c><00:13:15.800><c> in</c><00:13:15.880><c> our</c> help build water treatment
- plants in our help build water treatment plants in our smaller<00:13:16.320><c> communities</c><00:13
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 13th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- no cure and no treatment that can slow its progression.
- Parkinson's is a devastating progressive disease with no cure, no treatment, so let me say that again
- , with no cure and no treatment that can slow.
- So let me say that again, with no cure and no treatment that can slow down its progression.
- We must make it every minute, every day, and every year to ensure that a treatment toward a people is
Summary:
The Assembly convened without a quorum, then quorum was established and the chamber proceeded with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and a series of procedural motions. Members approved multiple unanimous-consent requests to suspend rules, re-refer bills to committees, and allow committees to notice bills pending re-referral. The day also included several guest introductions recognizing student leaders, public power executive Randy Howard, a family member of Assemblymember Gallagher, higher education leaders, Leadership Torrance, and the Vacaville PAL program.
On the floor, the Assembly adopted several resolutions and heard extensive remarks in support of them. ACR 160, proclaiming April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, was adopted by voice vote after co-authors were added. H.R. 98, designating California Holocaust Memorial Day, received broad bipartisan support and was adopted after 76 co-authors were added. H.R. 100, recognizing Vaisakhi, also passed by voice vote after 73 co-authors were added, with members highlighting Sikh history, service, and cultural contributions.
The Assembly then took up several bills on the third-reading file. AB 1977, relating to online notarization and notaries public, passed 69-5. AB 1987, which would direct wildlife-area fees back to operation and maintenance of state wildlife areas, passed 69-0. Other items on the second- and third-reading files were passed and retained, continued, or placed on the consent calendar as noted by the presiding officer.
The session concluded with adjournment-in-memory tributes for La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven, community organizer Cynthia Brantley Pierce, coach John Beam, and Ralph Cavallo. The Assembly then adjourned until Thursday, April 16, at 9 a.m.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Without early diagnosis and treatment, this condition can lead to rapid liver damage and ultimately liver
- Without early diagnosis and treatment, this condition can lead to rapid liver damage and ultimately liver
- , ...allow them to get immediate treatment, will save seven lives, and avoid somewhere between 10 and
- The bill permits treatments with nostrums like dietary supplements, mushrooms, and herbs, which have
- The bill permits treatments with nostrums like dietary supplements, mushrooms, and herbs, which have
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum present and took up several health-related bills. CS/SB 1110, covering Medicaid and insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including activity-specific devices without lifetime or continuous-use caps, received emotional testimony from families and athletes describing high costs and the importance of access for children and adults with disabilities. Members voiced strong support, and the bill was reported favorably.
The committee also heard SB 1574, which would add biliary atresia screening to the newborn screening program using the existing birth blood specimen. The sponsor and a parent testified that earlier detection could prevent severe liver damage, transplants, and deaths, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 794, dealing with background screening for employees at residential facilities and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities and a review of waiver support coordination, was amended to align with the House companion and then reported favorably after testimony emphasizing the importance of strong support coordinators for APD waiver families.
Members then considered SB 162, requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. Nurses and other supporters described surgical smoke as a serious occupational hazard, while the Florida Hospital Association said hospitals are already regulated in this area and the bill was somewhat prescriptive; an amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 254, which tightens oversight of nursing education programs, adds preceptorship and provisional licensure pathways for graduates awaiting NCLEX results, and increases transparency and accountability for low-performing programs, drew support from nursing advocates and opposition from private nursing schools concerned about workforce impacts; after amendment, it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 688 to reestablish licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors in Florida was heard with testimony both supporting expanded health care choices and opposing the bill over safety and scope concerns, and it too was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Judiciary Subcommittee - Afternoon Session Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
A&B Judiciary Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- I've got friends in the treatment community for mental health and drug treatment hospitals.
- So what that means is instead of putting someone in for drug treatment for 30, 60, or 90 days.
- They take them into a treatment center during the day.
- and they can assist me in doing the right thing and they can assist our clients in getting to that treatment
- The biggest hole in juvenile treatment is problematic sexual behavior.
Committee:
House A&B Judiciary Subcommittee