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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Agriculture (01/27/2026)

Environment and Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> open a a new facility to demonstrate open a a new facility to demonstrate that<00:28:22.080><c>
  • Demonstrated need for capacity.
  • And we we support the the bill director.
  • </c><03:05:04.319><c> the</c> verbally whether or not you support the verbally whether or not you support
  • Here we have two on the blue sheet in support.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So these additional resources under the legislative agreement are used to support programs and to support
  • I will be supporting AB 109.
  • Lastly, we appreciate your support for the adult learning demonstration program.
  • Lastly, we appreciate your support for the adult learning demonstration program, and we urge you to stay
  • We urge support. Thank you.
Summary: The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee heard AB 109, the Budget Act of 2026, as the main item. Committee leaders described the legislative budget agreement as a balanced two-year plan with about $355.9 billion in total spending, $253 billion from the General Fund, and $36.5 billion in reserves. The Legislative Analyst and Department of Finance said the package assumes about $5.5 billion in higher revenues than the May Revision and uses those resources for a mix of spending changes, including higher Proposition 98 support, additional child care slots, housing and homelessness funding, delayed Medi-Cal reductions, and added support for counties, public hospitals, and distressed hospitals. The administration said the plan resembles the May Revision’s overall structure but includes new spending and revenue assumptions, and members noted that separate revenue trailer bills would be heard later in the week. Much of the committee discussion focused on Medi-Cal, H.R. 1, and the impact on immigrants, low-income workers, counties, and hospitals. Several senators criticized the budget for locking in savings from delayed or reduced Medi-Cal coverage and for not including a mechanism to restore eligibility, while administration and LAO staff said the package delays some reductions but does not automatically reinstate coverage. Finance staff said roughly 1.5 million to 2 million people with unsatisfactory immigration status would move from managed care to fee-for-service, with coverage largely unchanged except for certain services not federally allowed. Members also discussed county administrative funding, indigent care, public hospital support, and the expected rise in uncompensated care. Other topics included In-Home Supportive Services, child care, homelessness funding, Prop. 36, courthouse construction and new judgeships, transit and cap-and-invest/GGRF funding, local journalism, and workforce or reentry programs. Committee members split along party lines in their comments. Democratic members generally supported the agreement as a difficult but responsible compromise that protects core services, preserves reserves, and makes targeted investments in education, housing, health care, and justice system capacity. Republican members argued the budget relies on unrealistic revenue assumptions, does not sufficiently reduce spending, and includes costly policy choices and tax increases. Public testimony largely came from advocates and stakeholders who supported IHSS, Medi-Cal, child care, domestic violence services, hospitals, transit, and other programs, while some business and health plan representatives raised concerns about tax proposals and the shift from managed care to fee-for-service. The chair then moved the committee to public comment and indicated that the revenue bills would return later in the week; no final vote on AB 109 is reflected in the portion provided.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • What about our support for children?
  • immediate support... ...by diversifying the educator pipeline and provides supplemental, immediate support
  • And while I support the intent of House Bill 63, And while I support the intent of House Bill 63, the
  • So he demonstrates high intellectual ability while needing support for a learning difference.
  • So I'm asking that you support a budget line for the Department of Education to support the initial steps
Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on strategic resource management in public education. LESC staff and PED officials argued that New Mexico has increased school funding, but local budgeting and planning remain fragmented and overly compliance-driven. They described long-term pressures including declining enrollment, rising special education costs, falling cash balances, changes in federal funding, and leadership turnover, and said schools need more intentional multi-year planning tied to student outcomes. They also outlined the many disconnected planning requirements schools must complete, compared New Mexico’s current approach with Ohio’s three-year budget forecasting model, and recommended continuing multi-year appropriations, adding $2.5 million for state grants in the unified application, and directing LESC, LFC, and PED to develop a long-term financial planning proposal. PED said it is working to reduce administrative burden through school accreditation, a unified application for federal and state funds, and internal alignment of guidance and coaching, with pilot schools reporting time savings and better alignment. Members raised concerns about four-day school weeks, the burden on small districts, the need for outcomes and return on investment, and whether the state should move toward a two-year or three-year planning cycle; staff clarified that the proposal was to streamline or eliminate redundant requirements, not add another layer. The committee then received an update on the Educator Fellows program. PED described it as a Grow Your Own pipeline that employs candidates as supplemental educational assistants while they work toward licensure, providing salary, benefits, paid leave, mentoring, and coursework support. Officials said the program helps address teacher shortages, improves student-to-teacher ratios, increases workforce diversity, and supports the Martinez-Yazzie action plan. They reported 370 current fellows across 86 LEAs and about 180 schools, with many fellows being people of color, first-generation college students, or second-career educators; roughly 85 are expected to become certified this year. A local HR director from Belen testified that the program has been especially valuable in small communities, where fellows are already rooted in the community and several have moved into teaching roles. Members asked about high school recruitment, tuition, retirement and benefits, the relationship to the Higher Education Department’s Grow Your Own scholarship, and the role of university partners. PED said fellows choose among accredited higher education partners, the program is separate from the scholarship but complementary, and the state is also building an apprenticeship model and seeking to expand the program to more LEAs, though some districts are on a waiting list because of funding and local match requirements.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Jun 15th, 2026

Budget and Fiscal Review

Transcript Highlights:
  • So these additional resources under the legislative agreement are used to support programs and to support
  • I will be supporting AB 109.
  • Lastly, we appreciate your support for the adult learning demonstration program, and we urge you to stay
  • Lastly, we appreciate your support for the adult learning demonstration program. and Lastly, we appreciate
  • your support for the adult learning demonstration program, and we urge you to stay stronger in your
Keywords: 987, senate, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • So certainly supportive of that.
  • , testifying in support.
  • LEA supports not just Walla Walla, but other property-poor districts, and there's a strategy to support
  • You have supported us.
  • Thank you for your support. Thank you. Jessica Renner. Thank you for your support. Thank you.
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on the Senate operating budget proposal, beginning with a staff briefing from James Kettle. He described the budget as built on relatively flat revenue after multiple forecast updates, with substantial mandatory cost growth, especially in Health Care Authority, DSHS, and DCYF. He highlighted major policy-level additions and savings, including large tort liability costs, continued support for long-term services, reductions tied to child care and K-12 items, several assumed revenue bills, and major transfers from reserves and other accounts. Kettle also noted the four-year outlook remained positive overall, with about $1 billion ending fund balance in the final year and roughly $3 billion in total reserves. A committee member asked about a diagram showing the loss of federal funds, and staff said they would follow up. Public testimony then focused first on K-12 education, where school leaders, teachers, OSPI, PTA, and rural district representatives largely opposed the proposed cuts to local effort assistance, transition to kindergarten, bus depreciation, and related school funding items. Many argued the reductions would disproportionately harm rural and property-poor districts and weaken early learning access, while several students and educators spoke in favor of career and technical education and IT Academy funding. The committee also heard support for wildfire prevention funding from the Commissioner of Public Lands, who thanked the Senate for restoring those dollars but raised concerns about recreation program reductions. Higher education testimony was mixed but generally supportive of the Senate proposal compared with the governor’s budget. Community and technical college leaders warned that the budget still shifts compensation costs to tuition and reduces Running Start funding, while university representatives from Western, Eastern, Central, WSU, and UW thanked the committee for avoiding deeper cuts. Private vocational college students and administrators urged extension of Washington College Grant eligibility for students already enrolled, and others asked to preserve IT Academy and related certification funding. In early learning, child care and advocacy groups praised the decision not to cap Working Connections Child Care but warned that child care and transition to kindergarten still bear a disproportionate share of cuts; they also requested continued support for Dolly Parton Imagination Library and Pierce County early childhood programs, including Family Connects. The hearing continued with testimony on employee compensation, mental health, and human services. State employee and retiree groups supported the budget’s COLA and wildfire funding but objected to cuts in retiree health benefits. Behavioral health and public safety advocates supported mentoring, Trueblood-related funding, crisis stabilization, and the Recovery Navigator Program, while others opposed reductions to those programs and to community-based recovery services. In human services, witnesses thanked the committee for funding victim services, child welfare supports, health homes, adult day care, community health centers, energy assistance, and disability services, while urging the committee to avoid further reductions to skilled nursing, case management, and recovery navigation. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/19/26

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • c><00:14:27.519><c> of</c><00:14:27.600><c> our</c> demonstrating that maybe some of our demonstrating
  • These states have demonstrated impacts.
  • They supported the work we did.
  • They supported the work conversations. They supported the work we<00:35:46.320><c> did.
  • The various supports to expand access includes financial management support like the fiscal agents that
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to support them.
  • TO SUPPORT THEM.
  • support.
  • support.
  • support.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Limiting access to child care center facilities discussed 3/4/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:04:17.840><c> the</c> the goal is to demonstrate the the goal is to demonstrate the difference
  • </c> and I am speaking in support of HF 3415. and I am speaking in support of HF 3415.
  • </c> speak in support of HF 3415. speak in support of HF 3415.
  • </c> have me here in support of this bill. have me here in support of this bill.
  • </c> uh I would urge members not to support. uh I would urge members not to support.
Keywords: 1183, house
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Mar 24th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our city is a big supporter of the relicensing.
  • And what are our elected officials supporting and what is being supported in the policy landscape?
  • We've seen a Republican administration support this.
  • We can see the direction that a lot of this supports going.
  • I and the NEI do support recycling.
Summary: The Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee met to hear a series of presentations on the economics, financing, workforce, and community impacts of advanced nuclear deployment in North Dakota. William Bridge of Nucleon Energy presented the committee’s economic impacts and private-sector financing report, estimating construction and operating job impacts, local spending, and state/local tax effects for hypothetical SMR projects. He said the report assumes first-of-a-kind costs are still high, used a $6 million per megawatt nth-of-a-kind proxy, and estimated peak construction workforces of about 500 for a 200-MW plant and 1,000 for a larger facility, with roughly 100 operating jobs for a 200-MW plant. Committee members questioned security costs, capital cost assumptions, water and transmission siting constraints, and whether the model included fuel and waste; Bridge said the report included initial fuel in capital cost and that waste disposal is funded through existing federal mechanisms. Lori Brady of the Nuclear Energy Institute then outlined national nuclear workforce needs and NEI’s strategic workforce planning efforts. She described declining labor-force participation, retirements, and the need for a much larger future workforce, and said NEI has organized recommendations around career awareness, pipelines, training and qualification, policy support, retention, and nontraditional recruitment. She highlighted tools such as the Nuclear Works career website, the Nuclear Energy Academic Roadmap, the new federal Energy and Natural Resources career cluster, and the Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program for community colleges. Members asked about AI, timing for training relative to plant development, and whether advanced manufacturing would reduce staffing needs; Brady said AI is not expected to replace workers and that training timelines depend on the specific project and staffing plan. The committee also heard from Gary Yaco, mayor of Red Wing, Minnesota, who described Prairie Island’s role in his community. He said the plant provides a large share of local property tax revenue, supports well-paid jobs, contributes to emergency preparedness funding and training, and is broadly supported by the city despite periodic protests and public concerns. He emphasized the plant’s security, regular drills with local and federal responders, and the absence of problems with dry cask storage. Later, Benton Arnett of NEI discussed the current financing landscape for advanced nuclear, explaining how tax credits, federal loan support, off-take agreements, and new business models are helping projects move forward. He said early projects face high upfront costs and long lead-time procurement, but that investor confidence is improving as federal policy and regulatory streamlining continue. The committee asked about waste funding, comparisons with natural gas, the effect of political shifts on investor confidence, and whether the market will narrow to a few winning technologies; Arnett said the industry is still sorting that out, but expects clearer winners in the late 2020s and early 2030s. The meeting concluded with an introductory presentation from Julie Kazeraki of DOE’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing, who said the office is focused on accelerating nuclear deployment through financing support.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • to the munificence of the state of California and thanks to the Assembly and the Senate for their support
  • And we thank you for your support. Thank you for being here today.
  • But we've also been seeking more support from the state government so that we can have...
  • We're also seeking more support from the state government so that we can have more demonstrations in
  • And so it would be great if we can have some financial support that can support the project more.
Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology held an informational hearing on the role of biotechnology industries in wastewater treatment, hosted at Bakar Labs on the UC Berkeley campus. Opening remarks emphasized California’s water scarcity, the rising cost of wastewater infrastructure, and the need to reuse and clean contaminated water. Committee members framed the hearing as a look at both current treatment challenges and emerging technologies that could improve water quality, affordability, and resilience over time. The first panel focused on statewide wastewater challenges. BACWA Executive Director Laurie Fono described wastewater plants as part of a broader circular economy, noting their roles in recycled water, environmental enhancement, biosolids management, carbon sequestration, and renewable energy generation. She highlighted major challenges including aging 1970s-era infrastructure, nutrient reduction mandates, sea level rise, evolving regulations, and PFAS source control. She said Bay Area agencies face about $11 billion in nutrient reduction costs, with rate increases, state revolving funds, WIFIA loans, and bonds as the main financing tools. Members asked about regional differences, energy revenue opportunities, smaller decentralized plants, and agricultural collaboration. The second panel featured researchers and lab experts discussing biotechnology solutions. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Dr. Romine Chakarvati described using microbial communities and machine learning to help break down PFAS and treat produced water. CEL Analytical’s Dr. Yigi Dearborn explained pathogen testing for direct potable reuse, wastewater monitoring, and the need for larger sample volumes and more funding to validate methods for viruses and protozoa. Stanford’s Dr. Chunhung-Shin presented an anaerobic membrane system that turns domestic wastewater into clean water and energy with less biosolids and lower operating costs. Committee members asked about AI, assay development, scaling technologies, and funding priorities. Public comment from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies stressed the need to balance scalability, reliability, and affordability, and the hearing adjourned without any formal vote or action.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • to essentially grant a variance to testing facilities when the testing facility makes certain demonstrations
  • that they are in the demonstrations that they are in the process<00:03:26.080><c> of</c><00:03:26.560
  • I thank all of you for your time and support on these proposals. Thank you, Mr. Tabell.
  • the inclusion of delinquency and support the inclusion of delinquency and stays<00:13:08.560><c> of<
  • Uh<00:13:13.040><c> we</c><00:13:13.279><c> also</c><00:13:13.519><c> support</c><00:13:13.839><c> key
Keywords: 1183, house
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/02/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • United States armed forces during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, demonstrating
  • Simon and Jude Catholic Church provided spiritual grounding and support, reinforcing the barrio's deep-rooted
  • United States armed forces during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, demonstrating
  • One, Order World II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, demonstrating courage, sacrifice, and an unwavering
  • Simon and Jude Catholic Church provided spiritual grounding and support, reinforcing the burrios deep-rooted
Keywords: 1182, all
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The experiences of British Columbia, Idaho, Virginia, and other states demonstrate that governments can
  • dramatically cut red tape... ...Columbia, Idaho, Virginia, and other states demonstrate that governments
  • it, that essentially that mechanism was a great way to demonstrate it.
  • Like there were basically studies that showed, look, yeah, that... ...a great way to demonstrate it.
  • And it, but it demonstrated, I think it was a lesson learned in a sense of like the challenges to getting
Keywords: 965, house, all
Summary: The Special Committee on Regulatory Reform met as a study hearing with a quorum present but no plans to take votes. Chair Mark Wright opened by noting a draft resolution on regulatory reform and introducing Patrick McLaughlin of the Hoover Institution and Pacific Legal Foundation, who was invited to discuss his research on state regulatory accumulation and reform. McLaughlin described his method of measuring regulation through counts of binding terms like “shall” and “must,” and said Louisiana ranks among the most regulated states, with about 183,000 restrictions and faster-than-average growth in its regulatory stock. He argued that regulatory accumulation slows GDP growth, raises consumer prices, and disproportionately burdens small businesses and low-income households. McLaughlin pointed to reform models in British Columbia, Idaho, and Virginia, saying those states reduced regulations through centralized oversight, periodic review, simplified benefit-cost analysis, transparency tools, and AI-assisted comparison of rules across states. He said Virginia’s regulatory management office helped cut requirements and guidance, reduce licensing delays, and lower homebuilding costs, while similar reforms in Louisiana could produce significant economic gains. Committee members asked about the reliability of the research, the distinction between necessary and duplicative rules, the role of federal mandates, and how AI could help identify outdated or “gold-plated” regulations. McLaughlin said AI should assist human reviewers, not replace them, and emphasized that agencies need a process for reviewing old rules, not just issuing new ones. Members also discussed Louisiana’s own reform efforts, including LaDOGE, permit streamlining, and prior legislation creating public hearings and committee review of regulations. Chair Wright said he had filed a broader bill this session and was working with the administration on next steps. Representative Walters requested supporting data and examples from other states, and other members asked for practical comparisons, including how regulations affect housing, occupational licensing, and small businesses. The hearing ended without any votes or formal action.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Formal House Session 1 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to thank my family and all my colleagues' families for their continued support.
  • The commitment and support they demonstrated during the campaign is remarkable. Thank you.
  • The commitment and support they demonstrated during the campaign is remarkable.
  • These amazing supporters inspire us each and every day.
  • We know that without that constant support, we couldn't do what we do.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House of Representatives convened on January 1, 2025, for the opening of the 194th General Court. The session began with the call to order, invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and National Anthem, followed by remarks from the Dean of the House, Governor Maura Healey, and Speaker Ron Mariano. Speakers highlighted the historic nature of the new session, the approaching 250th anniversary of American independence, and priorities such as public service, transparency, and continued collaboration between the House, Senate, and administration. The House received and filed the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s communication transmitting election returns, then adopted a special committee report confirming that the members-elect had been duly elected. The chamber also accepted the resignation/declination of Representative-elect Gerald Paracela, who had been nominated to the District Court. A committee was appointed to notify the Governor that a quorum of members-elect had assembled and were ready to be sworn in, after which the Governor administered the oaths of office to the members. The House then elected Ronald Mariano of Quincy as Speaker by roll-call vote, with 132 votes; Bradley H. Jones Jr. received 21 votes, Mark T. Lombardo 4, and the total vote count was 157. Timothy Carroll of Hull was elected Clerk by acclamation and sworn in, and he announced the appointment of assistant clerks. The House also adopted temporary rules to continue the prior session’s House rules and temporary joint rules, and agreed to a Senate order scheduling a convention for the following day to administer oaths to the Governor’s Council. The session concluded with a benediction and adjournment until the next day at 11 a.m.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jun 8th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am testifying in unequivocal support of the World War II Nurses' Congressional Gold Medal Act.
  • We will now move on to the lead witnesses and support. And there's no one else.
  • Any support witnesses that would like to come up to the microphone, you're welcome.
  • We'll now move to lead witnesses in support. I don't have one in the room. Okay. Any in support?
  • Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here this afternoon and supporting our veterans.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Intelligent speed assistance program established 2/23/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please support House File 3429. Thank you.
  • Please support House File 3429. Thank you.
  • Please support it.
  • Please support it.
  • </c> people that have demonstrated people that have demonstrated dangerous<00:38:27.599><c> behavior,
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (02/27/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • And really this is about that early detection and early family supports and having the support.
  • And really this is about that early detection and early family supports and having the support.
  • by health and evidence-based curriculum that is supported by multi-tier systems of support.
  • by health and evidence-based curriculum that is supported by multi-tier systems of support.
  • That is supported by multi-tier systems of support.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House Finance Committee’s Division 3 held a public work session on the Behavioral Health budget on February 27, 2025. The chair opened by explaining the schedule, materials, and deadlines for the budget process, and noted there would be no motions or votes in the division that day. Division of Behavioral Health Director Ktia Fox and DHHS CFO Nathan White then walked the committee through the division’s mission, structure, and budget materials, describing the division’s four bureaus: Mental Health Services, Children’s Behavioral Health, Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homeless Services, along with the policy unit. They emphasized the division’s role in oversight, technical assistance, quality assurance, contracting, and the continuum of care from prevention and early intervention through crisis and residential services. Much of the discussion focused on major programs and funding lines, including the 988 Lifeline contract with Headrest, a technical assistance contract with UNH, Medicaid pass-through payments to New Hampshire Hospital and Glencliff, crisis response services, cold-weather homeless responses, housing supports, and the children’s system of care. Members asked about the UNH contract, the 988 program, crisis stabilization centers, and the peer certification program; Fox explained that the peer certification is a training-and-credentialing pathway for people with lived experience to enter community-based behavioral health work, not a volunteer program. The committee also discussed the “Choose Love” program, which Fox said was created after the Sandy Hook tragedy to build resilience and strength-based emotional regulation in schools and communities. On the children’s side, Fox described the system of care account as the place where many contracted services are budgeted, including community mental health centers, care management entities, rapid response services, and residential programs. Members asked about temporary staffing, and Fox said roughly $500,000 in temporary staff costs shown in the current year would not be spent next year because the money came from a nonlapsing appropriation in HB 1573 for oversight of children’s residential services. She also said provider rate increases were a prioritized need but were not funded in the governor’s current budget, and that the Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center was not funded, resulting in about a $1 million reduction. The session ended while the division was still moving through the children’s behavioral health slides, including questions about the Fast Forward high-fidelity wraparound program and medication management.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (03/12/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • account would be established with the PDAB so that it was able to receive community donations to support
  • </c><00:03:40.120><c> its</c> Community donations to support its Community donations to support its operation
  • We have really appreciated the support, Chairman Edwards.
  • chairman Edwards you have the support chairman Edwards you have been<00:37:17.280><c> very</c><00:37
  • And then we touched on programmatic support, and we're currently at $65,000 a year for contracts.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The working session focused on the New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s budget request and its recent work. Early discussion centered on a technical question about a statutory dedicated fund for donations: members asked why the budget did not show a line item for accepting donations, and DHHS CFO Nathan White explained that the statute already authorizes the fund, but because no revenue has been received yet, it does not appear in the budget. He said any future donations would go through the normal process under RSA 14:30-a, with fiscal committee and Governor and Council approval and a memo to the Department of Revenue Administration. The chair clarified that the account was not a prerequisite to soliciting donations, and White said the fund would supplement, not replace, General Fund support. Kirk Williamson, the board’s executive director, then presented the board’s mission and budget. He said the governor’s budget provides about $256,500 in the first year and slightly more in the second, all General Funds, and that the board had distributed a technical amendment to continue the executive director position. He described the board’s role as analyzing prescription drug costs, identifying savings opportunities, monitoring market trends, promoting transparency, and making recommendations to the legislature and public payers. He also emphasized that the board operates publicly, with live-streamed meetings and a stakeholder advisory council that includes unions, state agencies, Medicaid, corrections, higher education, and other stakeholders. A major topic was the board’s estimate of $6 million in potential savings, based on Medicare’s newly negotiated prices for 10 drugs. Williamson explained that the board used those federal negotiated prices as a benchmark to estimate what New Hampshire public payers might be missing by not having similar leverage, and said the board is trying to build evidence for future recommendations rather than directly setting prices. Members asked how those potential savings could become actual savings, and Williamson said the board is sharing findings through its advisory council and feedback loops, though it has not yet sent a formal recommendation letter to specific purchasers. He also discussed the difference between pharmacy-benefit spending, which relies heavily on PBM-negotiated rebates, and medical-benefit spending, which is administered differently and is being added to the board’s next report. Williamson highlighted other work, including a model on Humira and a pending legislative effort to improve biosimilar competition, plus a proposed state-backed pharmacy savings card that would be no cost to the state and could save users about $240 per prescription based on Connecticut’s experience. No votes were taken during the session.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Health Policy Feb 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • BUT WE WILL SUBMIT THE DEMONSTRATION WAIVER ON SPRING 2025 BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
  • BUT WE WILL SUBMIT THE DEMONSTRATION WAIVER ON SPRING 2025 BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
  • THE IMPLEMENTATION IN TERMS OF REQUEST OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY WHICH WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE 1150 DEMONSTRATION
  • PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION TO ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND A DETAILED SPENDING
  • FOR EACH BOARD TO MEET AND BEGIN INVITATION AND WE ALSO BUILT OUT THE TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT
Keywords: 999, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 27, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • From city our youth safe and supported.
  • Uh once me in supporting HJ Rees 24.
  • 02:50:24.080><c> and</c> facility will support Johnson and facility will support Johnson and Johnson's
  • will</c><03:10:25.920><c> forfeit</c> demonstrated that they will forfeit demonstrated that they will
  • You have demonstrated classified or not.