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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

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  • ' health and finances and the relationship between Access to healthy and nutritious food and an individual's
  • This addressing food deserts is a key public health issue, and thank you so much.
  • House Bill 231 because every family in Texas deserves the dignity and real choice and the right to health
  • Health Advisory Committee to advise HHSC as they consolidated the state's Women's Health Programs and
  • industry and make recommendations on best practices for women's health programs.
Bills: HB231
OK
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  • , and joint committee.
  • And with that kind of consistency, that speaks to their hard work and discipline and commitment to their
  • and families and to the economic vitality of communities throughout Oklahoma.
  • peers and leaders alike as a nurse with exceptional promise and professionalism.
  • And then with us, I also have junior Peyton Lambeth. and junior Kylin Oaks, and then my page, who's returning
OK
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  • House and Senate bills and joint resolutions on second reading.
  • Assignment and reassignment of bills and resolutions.
  • He runs track and is on the basketball and academic bowl team.
  • and families, and grant her the privileges of the floor.
  • Robin was born and raised in Oklahoma and still resides in District 48 with her wonderful husband and
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

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  • and and Black.
  • Sometimes they can purchase what's called a delivery license, and that's provisioned in the code that
  • Um, and and let's be realistic. costs. Um, and and let's be realistic.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • He is a medical director of their clinic and the chair of their quality improvement and safety committee
  • Toby Keith sang about loving his Country and he lived it day in and day out.
  • connectivity, and intrastate commerce and growth, and finds it appropriate to designate an official
  • and received countless awards and honors for his musical achievements.
  • And whereas he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and recognition of his lasting
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: SB1501 - Added Apr 8th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

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  • Senate Bill 65 with the PCS added is just allowing the possession and use of items such as Narcan and
  • We go ahead and do that. Page 57 and then page 34, line three.
  • Please state your name and organization you're with.
  • Senate Bill 444 would simply align state law with federal regulations and would allow certified and licensed
  • All right, and then now we Rescinded everything to vote on the original and gross version?
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

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  • I'm going to just hold it over and it.
  • Um, and to run through quickly, um, pardons and with motion. >> Let's take a long roll. >> Senator Aubrey
  • And so it creates a mechanism to provide that documentation, and then secondarily prevents the settlement
  • So, I would suggest that we go ahead and move that I'll go ahead and move favorable, but I want to work
  • So, I would suggest that we go ahead and move that I'll go ahead and move favorable, but I want to work
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • were talking about health and hospitals.
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Bills: HF110, HF111, HF263, HF105
KY
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  • Postpartum depression is a real and present danger to the health and lives of new mothers.
Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on July 30, 2025, approved the June 25 minutes, and received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislatures on Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1. The presentation outlined more than 20 Medicaid-related provisions, emphasizing that the largest federal savings come from work/community engagement requirements, changes to provider taxes, limits on state-directed payments, more frequent eligibility redeterminations for expansion populations, and related eligibility/enrollment changes. She said the fiscal effects are backloaded, with most reductions occurring in the later years of the 10-year window, and noted potential significant impacts on hospital payments and state financing. She also described new funding opportunities, including a $50 billion rural health transformation fund and a new home and community-based services waiver with associated grants. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on Kentucky’s pending community engagement 1115 waiver and how it would interact with the new federal requirements. Board members asked whether the waiver had been approved, what the cabinet’s contingency plan would be if CMS does not approve it, and what the timeline is for compliance. Cabinet representatives said the waiver has not yet been approved by CMS, remains under public comment, and that the state will wait for CMS guidance before moving forward; if needed, the state would amend the waiver or submit a new one. They said the work requirement must be in place by January 1, 2027, with a possible extension to 2028. Castanza also explained that expansion adults with incomes between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would face new cost-sharing requirements beginning October 1, 2028, and that eligibility redeterminations would move from annual to every six months starting January 1, 2027. She then walked through provider tax changes, including a moratorium on new provider taxes beginning October 1, 2026, and a phased reduction in the hold-harmless threshold for existing taxes beginning January 1, 2028, with exemptions for nursing facilities and ICF/IID providers. Board members questioned the timing and likely impact on Kentucky, and Castanza responded that the effect would depend on each tax’s current rate and would phase in over time.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

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  • And then, it talks about if you have health insurance, what the health insurance would pay.
  • Cross Blue Shield back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
  • That's a very dignified and sterile and nonemotional and non-triggering way.
  • me, and I wrote it down, and the importance of, and I will admit, I had to.
  • and learn how to parent in the middle and put the child first and put the disagreements second.
OK
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  • and fall and rise again.
  • LOFT, the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency, looked at the Health Care Authority and their finances
  • Senate Bill 740 by Kennedy of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to mental health.
  • Senate Bill 740 by Kennedy of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to mental health.
  • Senate Bill 740 by Kennedy of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to mental health.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including the Nurse of the Day and a guest pastor, on the National Day of Prayer. Members also made announcements about prayer activities in the Capitol and welcomed former Speaker Charles McCall to the gallery. The chamber then moved through a long floor calendar of Senate bills, joint resolutions, and a conference committee report, with several measures amended on the floor before final passage. Among the bills passed were SB 1090, a consumer protection measure aimed at giving homeowners time to cancel contracts with predatory door-knocking roofers and contractors; SJR 49, repealing a Wildlife Conservation Commission rule on surety for oil and gas leases; SB 633, a juvenile code measure described as protecting children from fentanyl poisoning; SB 650, a public utilities bill tied to transparency and accountability for state employee salary increases; SB 263, amended to include a “lemonade stand” provision; SB 122, a transportation-related bill on proof of insurance; and SB 1614, creating a teacher induction program, which also received emergency passage. SJR 52 and HJR 1101, both dealing with agency rules, also passed, as did SJR 53 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rules. The most debated item was SB 1884, which would strengthen equal access for school employees to teacher professional organizations and related membership/dues procedures. Supporters argued it would clarify existing law, ensure fair access, and give teachers more choice and legal support; opponents said the problem was compliance with current law, not a need for new statute, and warned against duplicating existing protections. After extended debate, the bill failed 47-44. Members then took up SJR 50, a major Medicaid expansion-related resolution revising earlier trigger language; supporters said it preserved expansion unless federal funding changed and gave lawmakers flexibility, while opponents argued the state had not done enough fiscal analysis before proposing changes. SJR 50 passed 69-18. Finally, the House adopted a conference committee report on HB 3021, consolidating graduation requirements into the ICAP framework and clarifying related school rules, and the bill passed with emergency status.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Jan 21st, 2026

State Government

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  • We thank you for our colleagues and the people that are here and the people that we serve at home.
  • Lead us and guide us in everything we say and do. In your name we pray.
  • for five and six years.
  • It has to be a health safety, you know, before they declare these emergencies and go around the process
  • and and agencies are license commissions and and agencies are self-declaring<00:04:27.360> an
TX
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  • Back in 2015, Senator Schwartner and then Senator Zerwas created the Mental Health.
  • licensed marriage and school counselors certified under Chapter 21 of the Education Code.
  • Counselors serve a dual role in schools as both an educator and a mental health professional, and they
  • [Foundation for Mental Health], and I'm here as an invited witness on SB 646.
  • I've got Samuels Law School, Public Medical School, UTSA, and the UT Health Science Center.
TX
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  • Back in 2015, Senator Schwartner and then Senator Zerwas created the Mental Health Professional Loan
  • private practice, and counselor educators who train the next generation of mental health care professionals
  • Counselors serve a dual role in schools as both educators and mental health professionals.
  • Foundation for Mental Health, and I'm here as an invited witness on SB 646.
  • and legislators, as well as private and out-of-state institutions.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Feb 18, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 17

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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  • At the same time, Hawaii is facing a huge health care and medical professional shortage.
  • And I think it's important that we protect our health care providers, and that's what this bill does.
  • And I think that's fundamentally wrong, and we need to protect all of our health care providers.
  • And I think it's important that we protect our health care providers, and that's what this bill does.
  • And I think that's fundamentally wrong, and we need to protect all of our health care providers.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 14th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

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  • We're changing up language to clarify things to go with the federal code, and we're wanting to get rid
  • It is a tool for safety, understanding, and compassion. It can help...
  • Next Tuesday morning, 9 o'clock in Health and Welfare on the House side.
  • Next Tuesday morning, 9 o'clock in Health and Welfare on the House side.
  • Next Tuesday morning, 9 o'clock in health and welfare on the house side.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

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  • Everything so that you and your family can safely travel. And that is what AAM is.
  • AAM is the quest to find a new harmony in the sky, a safe and efficient way to move passengers and cargo
  • really emotional to bring us, Joby, and Japan and Toyota together in this iconic location.
  • She's talked to me on the phone and came over to see me today. And you have a...
  • And without our vote...
Bills: HB2148, HB2993
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • Health care and other sectors.
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  • c><01:16:24.040> was Brady and Dom the safety Supervisor was Brady and Dom the safety Supervisor
  • > we training and safety standards that we training and safety standards that we think<01:30:33.199
  • <01:31:17.520> that safety concerns are addressed and that safety concerns are addressed and
Bills: HF1355, HF1469, HF1768
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 11th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

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  • And the expenses are $400,000 a year—$400,000—and it's going to double and it's going to triple.
  • And so I tracking detailed on the schedule and deliverables and milestones.
  • And so you can see those details and why it matters, but I just want to... ...and beyond.
  • of Transportation and Development place safety warning signage on the Tickfaw River, and we do have
  • And Ms.
Summary: The committee first adopted Amendment Set 527 without objection, then took up Senate Bill 56 concerning the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District and its possible transfer into the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West. Amendment Set 5327 was adopted to add a compliance officer with specified qualifications, described as a checks-and-balances measure separating that role from the chief of police. Testimony in support emphasized the district’s limited recurring revenues, the need for professional management, and the West Bank authority’s ability to provide administrative and operational support. A witness for affected landowners raised concerns about unpaid takings claims and urged amendments to preserve liability and avoid litigation, but the committee ultimately reported SB 56 favorably with amendments. The committee then received an update from DOTD Secretary Glenn Laude on the department’s transformation initiatives, including outsourcing operations and maintenance, construction process improvements, faster contractor payment times, quicker change-order approvals, and improved project delivery rates. After that, the committee reported favorably Senate Bill 171, which makes cleanup changes to the new water resources authority, and Senate Bill 252, which updates driver’s license organ-donor authorization to record both yes and no choices. Senate Bill 72, dealing with electronic titles and vehicle registration, was amended extensively to modernize OMV processes, support electronic lien and title transactions, and set standards for secure digital titles; it was then reported with amendments. House Bill 939, which would have created a Louisiana New and Used Motor Vehicle Commission, was converted into a substitute bill creating a Louisiana Vehicle Commission and consolidating the existing new and used vehicle commissions. After discussion of implementation, governance, funding, and employee-transition concerns, the committee adopted the substitute amendments and then deferred the bill. Senate Bill 129, creating a Master Combat Infantry Specialty license plate, was amended to add designated state officials for a related special plate request tied to security and parking around the Supreme Court in New Orleans, and it was reported with amendments. Finally, House Resolution 243, as amended, urged safety warning signage on the Tickfaw River after a fatal boating accident; the amendment shifted responsibility from DOTD to surrounding parish governing authorities, and the resolution was reported with amendments before the committee adjourned.