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FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 10, 2026 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Nurses wrote that he was inconsolable and in acute pain.
- While at home, our baby continued to be fussy.
- It requires all health care practitioners and facilities, excluding nursing homes, to provide records
- The bill aligns Florida law with federal law by requiring nursing homes to provide residents with access
- They don't want to be in their parents' home.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee considered eight bills and reported all of them favorably, several as amended. HB 1347 on clinical laboratory personnel was presented as a response to staffing shortages in Florida labs; the sponsor and Quest Diagnostics supported aligning state licensure with CLIA standards to improve hiring and turnaround times. The bill passed 24-0. CS/HB 47, dealing with specific medical diagnoses in child protective investigations, drew extensive emotional testimony from parents and advocates who said children had been wrongly removed after misdiagnoses; the bill was amended to tighten timelines and record-sharing requirements, then passed 26-0. CS/HB 287 created a public records exemption for applicants, owners, operators, and references of family foster homes and passed unanimously.
The committee also approved CS/HB 439, allowing chiropractors to inject vitamins and nutrients under training and safety limits, after an amendment clarified they may not prescribe prescription drugs; it passed 26-0. CS/HB 1021 would allow pharmacists to administer medications in trauma centers under physician direction, and an amendment added pediatric trauma centers; it passed 26-0. HB 867 would let occupational therapists perform dry needling after specified training and supervision, and it passed 25-0.
HB 1309, which shortens deadlines for patients to access their medical records and aligns nursing home access rules with federal law, drew opposition from health information management groups over privacy and portal/data-security concerns, but supporters argued it simply speeds access to records; it passed 21-5. CS/HB 915 codifies and expands Medicaid eligibility protections for working people with disabilities so they can keep coverage while employed, with strong support from disability advocates and emotional testimony from the sponsor about her son’s benefits concerns; it passed 26-0. After these votes, the committee adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes the human services policy bill, HF2115 5/5/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And to bring it home million in grants.
- homes, assisted livings, and disability group homes.
- homes, disability group homes, and assisted living so that all people will always have one support person
- There being no further discussion, the clerk will take the vote. nursing homes, disability group homes
- , nursing homes, disability group homes, assisted<00:20:41.840><c> living</c><00:20:42.240><c> so</c>
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, 48% of our nursing home residents suffer from Alzheimer's or other... related dementias.
- Nursing home care is over $120,000 a year.
- Air Force Nursing Corps, holding leadership positions across the world.
- homes until they've exhausted all benefits.
- versus nursing home care for patients.
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/09/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I’m speaking to you on behalf of over 50 nurses who are members of the New Hampshire Nurses Association
- </c> of the New Hampshire Nurses Association. of the New Hampshire Nurses Association.
- Again, speaking on behalf of the New Hampshire Nurses Association, representing 50 nurses and myself,
- I'm a registered nurse, president of the New Hampshire School Nurses Association, and the association
- </c> school nurses because this is our work. school nurses because this is our work.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 02/20/26
Transcript Highlights:
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- people</c> i.e. nursing homes, what most people i.e. nursing homes, what most people would<01:24:57.520
- would</c><01:26:24.719><c> also</c> and nursing homes, but that would also and nursing homes, but that
- </c><01:49:11.840><c> homes</c><01:49:12.080><c> who</c> dollars or motans in nursing homes who dollars
- </c><01:58:19.679><c> food</c> out of nursing homes, and off of food out of nursing homes, and off of
Summary:
The Senate Rules and Administration Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability met on February 20, 2026, to hear from Minnesota Management and Budget State Budget Director Anna Mingi about federal funding changes affecting the state budget. Before testimony began, Senator Rasmusson objected to a draft committee report that had been prepared in advance of the hearing, arguing it was inappropriate to summarize testimony before it occurred. The chair responded that nonpartisan staff had prepared the draft from Mingi’s submitted presentation and could revise it after the hearing if needed.
Director Mingi explained that federal dollars make up more than one-third of state spending and support about 650 federal awards totaling over $23 billion this year, with more than $15 billion supporting state entitlement programs. She said the federal funding environment had changed significantly since January 2025 through executive orders, pauses, terminations, new grant conditions, delayed awards, and the July 2025 passage of H.R. 1, the federal reconciliation bill. Her main focus was H.R. 1’s effects on health care and food assistance, including work requirements for some adults, changes to eligibility for legal non-citizens, limits on retroactive Medicaid coverage and directed payments, new limits on provider taxes, and SNAP changes that shift some benefit and administrative costs to the state and counties. She estimated H.R. 1 would reduce federal funds to state-administered programs by about $327 million in the current biennium and $1.6 billion in the next, with additional costs to hospitals, counties, and other partners beyond the budget horizon.
Members asked follow-up questions about whether the estimates were relative to the forecast and whether federal Medicaid funding would still rise over time. Mingi said the estimates were based on the November forecast baseline and that Medicaid federal dollars would likely continue growing overall, though the law still creates significant losses relative to prior projections. Senator Rasmusson emphasized that point in remarks to the committee. The discussion then shifted to federal grant pauses and cancellations: MMB’s tracker showed about six awards on hold totaling roughly $491 million, 13 confirmed cancellations across areas including clean energy, education, food assistance, and public health, and additional threatened or litigated cuts not included in those totals. Mingi identified two canceled violence-prevention-related grants, including a FEMA public safety grant and a justice reinvestment grant, and noted that CDC had recently moved to cancel or seek cancellation of several Minnesota public health grants, including a $65 million public health infrastructure award.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Professional Registration and Licensing
Transcript Highlights:
- In practice, each professional licensing board, which is a Board of Healing Arts, Board of Nursing, Board
- by the Administrative Hearing Commission, including physicians and surgeons, physical assistants, nurses
- Louis tornado, a lot of constituents that some of you do serve, they lost their homes, they lost their
- Louis tornado, a lot of constituents that some of you do serve, they lost their homes, they lost their
- So if you lost your home, you lost your script for your insulin, you're, I take patients, right?
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- staffing standards for nursing homes, a director of one of our county nursing homes testified that there
- staffing standards for nursing homes, a director of one of our county nursing homes testified that there
- <00:33:35.279><c> home</c><00:33:35.679><c> otherwise</c> nursing home otherwise nursing home otherwise
- I mean, either the nursing home, if it's the county nursing home, or even if it's people on Medicaid
- I mean, either the nursing home, if it's the county nursing home, or even if it's people on Medicaid
Committee:
House Judiciary
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 27, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
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- Nursing homes have to be surveyed by the state every year.
- Nursing homes have to be surveyed by the state every year.
- Nursing homes have to be surveyed by the state every year.
- Nursing homes have to be surveyed by the state every year.
Committee:
House Labor, Health & Social Services
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The nursing home was about 45 minutes away there in Colville, and I would regularly visit Grandma there
- at the nursing home.
- Representative LaBelle: I discovered a couple of things there at the nursing home.
- So last year, there was a bill in front of the legislature that would rebase some of the nursing homes
- So last year, there was a bill in front of the legislature that would rebase some of the nursing homes
Summary:
The House debated a series of amendments to a major income tax bill, with repeated arguments over tax fairness, affordability, administrative feasibility, and the role of the Department of Revenue. Early motions to reconsider a failed child care amendment were rejected, and Amendment 2561, which would have restricted data sharing with the IRS, was also defeated after debate over privacy, federal relationships, and whether the proposal was administrable. Amendment 2579, which would have required annual reporting on the tax’s effects on filers, businesses, and charitable donations, likewise failed, with supporters emphasizing transparency and opponents arguing DOR was not the right agency and the report was too speculative. Amendment 2598, proposing to use half of new revenue for a broad sales tax cut, was rejected despite arguments that it would reduce regressivity and provide immediate relief; Amendment 2556, expanding sales tax exemptions for diapers and other child-care essentials to include adult diapers and earlier implementation, also failed after debate over scope and timing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- homes.
- That would cost the state much more, and it would be terrible to live in a nursing home or hospital.
- IHSS costs $30,000 per year compared to $137,000 for nursing homes, and that's a saving of more than
- That if we're keeping people out of nursing homes and institutions, we are actually saving the state
- They will go to nursing homes.
Summary:
The subcommittee heard an overview of the governor’s IHSS budget proposals and extensive testimony from the Department of Social Services, Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, county representatives, labor, consumer advocates, and advocates for older adults and people with disabilities. The administration described IHSS as a large and growing program serving more than 900,000 recipients, and outlined three proposals: shifting the cost of growth in authorized hours per case to counties, eliminating the backup provider system, and aligning IHSS terminations with Medi-Cal terminations. The LAO said the overall budget estimates appeared reasonable but raised concerns about the hours-per-case proposal, including the lack of a comprehensive root-cause analysis, the limited control counties have over statewide cost growth, and uncertainty about how the baseline and savings would work. CWDA, SEIU, and consumer advocates strongly opposed the hours cost shift, arguing that counties use state-designed tools, that demographic changes and rising need explain much of the growth, and that the proposal would pressure counties to cut services and destabilize care. The chair and members repeatedly questioned the administration about the proposed baseline, the claimed savings, and whether the measure effectively circumvents the county maintenance-of-effort agreement.
On the backup provider system, the administration said the statewide program is underutilized and administratively expensive, and proposed eliminating it to save about $3.5 million. The LAO suggested the Legislature consider whether administrative costs could be reduced while preserving some version of the program. County and consumer advocates opposed the cut, saying the system is a critical safety net when regular providers are unavailable, especially in rural areas and for people with complex needs. They argued that low utilization reflects the difficulty of finding emergency backup care, not lack of need, and that many counties already rely on local backup systems or other models. Committee members also pressed for better data on requests, fulfillment, and administrative costs, and discussed whether the state could support local alternatives instead of eliminating the program.
The final topic was the proposal to align IHSS terminations with Medi-Cal terminations by automating the process when recipients fail to complete Medi-Cal redeterminations. The administration said this would reduce General Fund costs by about $86 million by preventing payment of IHSS in the residual program when recipients are no longer eligible for Medi-Cal, while also automating reinstatement when Medi-Cal is restored. The LAO noted the proposal has been rejected in prior years and suggested improved notice and communication to recipients as an alternative. CWDA and advocates warned that the change could create gaps in care, especially for people who lose Medi-Cal for procedural reasons, and urged additional safeguards such as better notices, faster reprocessing, and automatic reinstatement. Members questioned how many people would be affected, how the residual program currently works, and whether providers could go unpaid during the gap; the department said the automation is already built and would be activated if the proposal is approved. No votes were taken during the discussion, and the committee moved through public comment and questioning without final action on the proposals in the excerpt provided.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Apr 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AND WHEN AND WORKED IN NURSING FACILITIES.
- IN TERMS OF THE NURSING HOME ISSUE, THIS CHANGE WOULD ACTUALLY ONLINE FLORIDA LAW BETTER WITH FEDERAL
- SOMETIMES THE CAUSE WAS PROBLEMS INSIDE THE HOME.
- BRENDAN BYRNE, FLORIDA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
- UNDER LAW ANY CRIME IN A NURSING HOME MUST BE REPORTED UNDER FLORIDA LAW ANY ASSAULT ON A PERSON OVER
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Some years ago, I went to work on a job site, and I went home.
- He'd tell me, I was sitting at home playing with the gun.
- And then whenever the girlfriend got home, she said everything had seemed fine too.
- The types of note Manufacturers of mobile homes and elevator operators.
- We're like last in the nation for farmer take-home pay in 2024.
Summary:
The committee held public hearings on several Labor and Workplace Standards bills. HB 2492 would require building and construction apprenticeship programs, beginning in 2027, to include two hours of behavioral health and wellness training covering topics such as suicide prevention, substance use disorder, recognizing distress, peer support, and connecting to resources. The prime sponsor and many labor, apprenticeship, and contractor witnesses supported the bill, describing high suicide and overdose rates in construction and sharing personal stories about losses and struggles in the trades. No vote was taken on the bill during the hearing.
The committee then heard HB 2405, a Department of Labor and Industries request bill creating a pilot to allow earlier treatment for PTSD claims in workers’ compensation, including up to 11 treatment sessions before claim adjudication and limited follow-up treatment after closure. L&I and NFIB supported the measure as a way to speed treatment and reduce barriers, while one legal advocate supported it but raised technical concerns about pre-claim treatment and urged more focus on workplace prevention; another witness cautioned against emphasizing psychiatric drug treatment. The bill was heard only; no action was taken.
HB 2406 would expand L&I’s ability to send notices electronically, with opt-in/opt-out provisions and some changes to timing rules for workers’ compensation and WISHA notices. L&I supported the bill as a modernization measure, while labor and workers’ advocates opposed changes affecting workers’ compensation notices, arguing that email should not become the default for vulnerable workers who may miss deadlines. HB 2478 would give L&I discretion, rather than a mandate, to investigate wage complaints and allow penalties when the department initiates an investigation; L&I supported it as a more efficient enforcement tool, and the committee discussed how complaints would still be handled and communicated. Finally, HB 2471 would create a state collective bargaining framework for private-sector workers if federal labor law or the NLRB no longer covers them. Supporters said it would preserve organizing and dispute-resolution rights if federal protections fail, while agricultural employers and NFIB opposed it, arguing it would inappropriately apply to agriculture and small businesses, could disrupt perishable harvests, and should rely on secret-ballot elections rather than card check. No votes were taken on any of the bills in the hearing.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm David Dawson, General Counsel for the Board of Nursing. Hi, I'm Ashley Davis.
- I'm the Director of the Board of Nursing. Matt Gillmore, Department of Health.
- not licensed or otherwise authorized to perform the nursing task.
- So this change was made to add clinical nurse specialist among the nurse practitioners who can apply
- The term nurse practitioner is replaced with the term applicant.
Summary:
The committee first approved a motion, then heard a lengthy presentation on homelessness policy and behavioral health. Testimony focused on the view that Arkansas should shift toward more data-driven, outcomes-based responses to homelessness, including stronger treatment options for serious mental illness and substance use disorder, better data collection, provider accountability, and possible statewide use of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model. Speakers from Fort Smith, Restore Hope, Our House, and Western Arkansas Counseling described local work, the need for better coordination across providers, and the role of crisis services, ACT teams, and employment support. Members asked about sex offender tracking, the difference between sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, how to scale successful programs statewide, and whether Arkansas could apply for a statewide Continuum of Care or CCBHC planning grant. The discussion also touched on camping bans, civil commitment, and federal funding changes, with several speakers urging the state to pursue the CCBHC planning grant and more transparent reporting systems.
After the homelessness discussion, the committee moved through a series of Department of Energy and Board of Nursing rule reviews. DEQ proposed updating the post-closure cleanup threshold for solid waste matters from $50,000 to $2 million to match Act 791 of 2025, and members asked about financial assurance and oversight; the rule was reviewed without objection. The Board of Nursing then presented multiple rule changes tied to recent acts, including adding fees for dialysis patient care technician registration, expanding contact-information requirements, implementing APRN delegation authority to unlicensed workers, clarifying APRN authority for death certificates and durable medical equipment prescriptions, updating certified medication assistant training and insulin-injection authority, and conforming independent-practice rules for clinical nurse specialists. Each rule was reviewed without objection.
Near the end of the meeting, Senator Irvin announced that UAMS had completed its NCI designation submission for the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute, calling it an important milestone for the state. The committee then adjourned.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- We need these nurses. We need these technologies.
- They are graduating the nurses that we need right now, and those nurses are staying in our community,
- They are graduating the nurses that we need right now, and those nurses are staying in our community,
- Line 28, we restored the FY26 Corps for Home Visiting for CTF on line 31.
- Line 28, we restored the FY26 Corps for Home Visiting for CTF on line 31.
Committee:
House Utilities
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 16 Feb 26th, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And through them, taking the time, bless this great state of Oklahoma, our home, in Jesus' name.
- Speaker, please recognize Representative Dallans to present the nurse of the day. Mr.
- Speaker, please recognize Representative Dallens to present the nurse of the day.
- Members, it's my honor to recognize our nurse of the day, Ms. Angel Johnson.
- So are we referring to people going to their home countries as prison?
Bills:
HB3057 , HB3130 , HB4113 , HB3310 , HB3314 , HB3985 , HB4486 , HB3040 , HB3407 , HB4343 , HB2981 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB3767 , HB3982 , HB3321 , HB3322 , HB3323 , HB4126 , HB4130 , HB4170 , HB3345 , HB2941 , HB3062 , HB3244 , HB3298 , HB2977 , HB3304 , HB3299 , HB3297 , HB4260 , HB3906 , HB3648 , HB3319 , HB2933 , HB3544 , HB1322 , HB4104 , HB4105 , HB4106 , HB4107 , HB4108 , HB3974 , HB3134 , HB3055 , HB3115 , HB3471 , HB3497 , HB3500 , HB3505 , HB3755 , HB4202 , HB4226 , HB4236 , HB4139 , HB4144 , HB4422 , HB4423 , HB4317 , HB4321 , HB4322 , HB3176 , HB3239 , HB3263 , HB3673 , HB3794 , HB3796 , HB4265 , HB4266 , HB2123 , HB3048 , HB2445
Summary:
The House convened with a prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including the Duncan Girls Golf Team, the Doctor of the Day, and the Nurse of the Day. Members also made personal announcements and committee meeting reminders before moving to legislation.
The main floor action centered on House Bill 4422, which would require applicants for SNAP and TANF to be U.S. citizens and use the SAVE system to verify immigration status. Supporters argued it would protect taxpayer dollars, enforce the law, and reduce improper benefits use; opponents said it would deter eligible families, especially children in mixed-status households, from seeking aid and would not address DHS error rates or budget problems. After extended debate, the House passed HB 4422 by roll call vote, 18-0.
The House then considered House Bill 4423, a similar measure applying the same citizenship-verification concept to Medicaid through the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Debate repeated many of the same arguments about fiscal responsibility, eligibility, children’s access to benefits, and immigration enforcement. HB 4423 also passed by roll call vote, 18-0. The chamber then moved to announcements and adjourned until Monday, March 2, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Service (7-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Human Services met to review budget items carved out in the prior session budget, including long-term care surveyor contracts, funding for local health departments, and expansion of the central laboratory. The committee approved the June 4 minutes and then heard an update from the Office of Inspector General’s Division of Health Care on long-term care certification surveys and complaint investigations.
Officials said the $1 million annual appropriation for contracted survey work, along with salary increases and other resources, helped the state reduce its backlog. They reported that Kentucky completed 101 long-term care certification surveys in fiscal year 2024, up from 28 in fiscal year 2023, and had completed 186 surveys by July 7, 2025, with a goal of 40 to 50 more before the end of fiscal year 2025. Outstanding complaints fell from 1,565 at the end of fiscal year 2024 to 695 by July 7, 2025, and outstanding priority-one or immediate-jeopardy complaints were reduced to zero. Members asked about the definition of priority-one cases, survey timing, the number of facilities still overdue, vacancy rates, federal funding reliance, and the use of contract surveyors. Officials said priority-one cases involve serious harm or high risk of harm, that surveys are required within a 12- to 15.7-month window, and that the agency now has 40 contract surveyors and an outside team option. Several members praised the progress but warned that delays in surveys can endanger residents and urged continued funding and monitoring.
The committee then began hearing from Mike Tuggle of the Department of Public Health on the Public Health Transformation Initiative, with Tuggle noting the legislation’s importance to public health financing. The transcript cuts off as he began his remarks.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2189, requiring the Arizona State Board of Nursing to adopt rules relating to licensed health
- the eyes have it do have it so order 2189 so order 2189 we're requiring the Arizona State Board of Nursing
- House Bill 2195, relating to nursing facilities, records, timelines, and the Arizona Revised Statutes
- House Bill 2195, relating to nursing facilities, records, timelines, and the Arizona Revised Statutes
- For you and your families, a very blessed Easter holiday, if you celebrate, and have a safe trip home
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and recognized several guests and community groups, including Central Arizona Aging and visitors connected to the Santa Rosa Barrio/Washington Park community. Senator Bravo read a proclamation honoring the legacy of the Santa Rosa Barrio and celebrating the Washington Park community in Phoenix, recognizing its cultural history, labor heritage, military service, and the unveiling of a commemorative mural. The chamber also received introductions of other guests, including Ken Berger and John Elvis Taska.
The body then moved through Committee of the Whole calendars. On the first calendar, the Senate considered and advanced House Bills 2050, 2176, 2189, 2195, and 2584, all receiving do-pass recommendations, with amendments adopted on HB 2050, HB 2176, HB 2189, and HB 2195. The discussion on these bills centered on health care and licensing issues, including radiologic technologies, health care institutions, licensed health aide rules, nursing facility records/timelines, and public money-related provisions. Several amendments were described as stakeholder-requested or clarifying supervision, timelines, or related requirements.
On the second and third calendars, the Senate advanced additional measures including HB 2003, HB 2006, HB 2226, HB 2378, HB 2693, and HCM 2007, along with HB 2013, HB 2031, HB 2102, HB 213, HB 2117, HB 2262, and HB 2278. Topics included driver license destruction permits, elections and sample ballots/mail-in dates, arrest/processing and veteran status, school facilities oversight, accountable health plans, air pollution control and wildfire-related waivers, water rights and water improvement districts, natural resource conservation, geological survey matters, and a memorial urging a geographic name change for State Route 16. HB 2029 was retained on the calendar. The Senate adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and properly assigned the bills, then adjourned until Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (2-5-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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- We have a nurse practitioner who's completed all the required training to screen, diagnose, and treat
- We have a nurse practitioner who's completed all the required training to screen, diagnose, and treat
- </c> be able to get treatments close to home be able to get treatments close to home and<00:15:49.240
- </c> chemotherapy to patients in their home chemotherapy to patients in their home counties<00:41:44.520
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Health Services opened with the chair welcoming several new members and outlining session rules: hearings would start and end on time, the committee would limit the number of bills heard each meeting, prioritize bills heard during the interim, and generally avoid using the consent calendar except in extreme circumstances. The committee then briefly considered administrative regulations, which were treated as approved if members had no questions.
The main item was Senate Bill 14, a measure addressing the 340B drug discount program. The chair said the bill had already passed the Senate in a prior session and had been heard in interim, so he did not present it again. He described the bill as prohibiting drug manufacturers from discriminating against 340B covered entities by refusing 340B pricing when the same drug is offered at that price in the state. He also said the committee would not debate the federal 340B program itself, but would hear testimony on the bill.
Hospital leaders and Kentucky Hospital Association representatives testified in support, arguing that 340B savings are essential to rural hospitals, oncology services, transportation support, chronic care, addiction recovery, and new service lines such as chemotherapy and hepatitis treatment. They said the program helps keep care close to home and that manufacturer restrictions on contract pharmacies have reduced access and cost hospitals millions. Opponents from BIO Kentucky and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions argued the bill would expand federal law beyond Congress’s intent, create administrative burdens, and not lower patient out-of-pocket costs. The chair repeatedly pressed opponents to address why Kentucky should be denied the same 340B pricing available in other states. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on the Census May 4th, 2026
Senate Committee on the Census
Transcript Highlights:
- Seventeen percent of the population reside in nursing facilities or skilled nursing facilities.
- So given that states license and regulate nursing homes, for example, and skilled nursing facilities,
- We have administrator lists from nursing facilities and long-term care facilities.
- We have administrator lists from nursing facilities and long-term care facilities.
- Nursing care facilities and correctional facilities, right.
Committee:
Senate Senate Committee on the Census
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THOSE WERE OPIOIDS AND SHE FUNCTIONED VERY WELL AT HOME.
- HIS INTENTION WAS TO SEND ME HOME TO DIE.
- THE PATIENT WILL RECOVER BETTER AT HOME.
- I LIVE ON A BLOCK WITH 12 HOMES, 11 DIFFERENT STATES REPRESENTED, ONE HOME IS VACANT.
- SHE DID HOME HEALTHCARE.