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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 13th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Barron followed in his father's footsteps as a competitive weightlifter and began training here in Baton
  • It's just guidance for the physician. The physician can still treat the injury anytime they want.
  • The physicians that kill can still treat the entry anytime they want. That's part of my confusion.
  • The physician always ultimately makes the decision on what kind of treatment they get.
  • It takes an annual bunch of gathering of a bunch of physicians to even change it.
Bills: HR275, HR276, HR277, HR278, HR279, HR280, HR281, HR282, HR283, HR284, HCR112, HCR113, HR265, HR266, HR267, HR268, HR269, HR270, HR271, HR272, HR273, HCR107, HCR108, HCR109, HCR110, HCR111, SCR63, SCR66, SCR67, SB414, SB484, SB513, HR168, HR174, HR194, HR216, HR264, HCR54, HCR74, HCR79, HCR85, HCR87, HCR94, HCR95, HCR97, HCR98, HCR104, SCR23, SCR29, SCR33, SCR38, HB75, HB705, SB54, SB56, SB72, SB79, SB97, SB105, SB123, SB125, SB129, SB163, SB171, SB252, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB461, SB466, HR84, HR188, HR205, HR3, HR197, HR243, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, SCR24, SCR35, HCR6, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB39, HB58, HB112, HB134, HB155, HB187, HB287, HB462, HB782, HB825, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB1200, HB4, HB623, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, HB842, HB633, HB1191, HB625, HB1255, HB251, HB582, HB646, HB819, HB998, HB1257, SB197, SB436, SB78, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB302, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB258, SB149, SB382, SB441
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 101 Apr 24th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • abortion medication clinical training abortion medication clinical training data<01:56:46.320>
  • They are trained.
  • You don't think they're properly trained that we ran an amendment to get them trained.
  • You don't think they're properly trained that we ran an amendment to get them trained.
  • . trained. trained.
Keywords: 981, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education (02/04/2025)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • who has previously been potty trained who has previously been potty trained and<00:46:55.400>
  • just for police standards and training just for police standards and training for<01:48:08.000><
  • <01:48:33.280> in funding that goes to fire training in funding that goes to fire training
  • EMS and police standards and training EMS and police standards and training which<01:48:35.520><
  • going to police standards and training going to police standards and training not<01:49:35.480><
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 14, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are proud to say we represent two major league training facilities there.
  • Wyatt is unable to facilitate equal time sharing as he has no idea who the children's physicians are
  • Perkins: I've gotten to speak with their teachers, physicians, friends and family as well.
  • for 60%, mother responsible for 40% of all medical and dental expenses, including glasses, braces, physician
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • training training the<00:14:58.560> future<00:14:58.800> of<00:14:58.959> Minnesota's
  • control um so that we can help to train control um so that we can help to train workers<00:16:26.800
  • <00:56:47.599> programs uh already 6 to8 week training programs uh already 6 to8 week training
  • <00:58:18.960> people staff in Two Harbors is training people staff in Two Harbors is training
  • It has to be where there's training.
Bills: HF4598, HF4884, HF3732
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • seek care from properly trained seek care from properly trained professionals.<00:08:17.599>
  • without legislating massage training. without legislating massage training.
  • lawyer um as a emergency room physician lawyer um as a emergency room physician or<00:42:03.760>
  • I saw a good train therapist.
  • are trained.<01:15:38.400> Correct, trained.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Apr 29th, 2025

S/C on Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • for these employees, and in the cases of workers' compensation claims, that there are qualified physicians
  • Program to help rural communities better align education, training, and workforce needs.
  • Bringing education and training directly to rural communities reduces barriers and helps learners succeed
  • Mandatory defensive tactics training, he tore something in his knee, felt something damaged in his knee
  • Youth are dropping out of training because transportation falls through.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 17th, 2026 at 09:37 am

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • representatives from the hospitals, two representatives from the medical society, two on behalf of physicians
  • If there's a punitive damage award against a physician who's employed by a hospital then the hospital
  • But what we're really doing with a lot of this bill is we're upending all of the law that I've been trained
  • We are lying to physicians. We are lying to the public.
  • midwives contracted out to La Clinica de Familia on weekends and nights, and they didn't have a physician
Keywords: 996, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (02/11/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm losing my train of thought because this is pretty emotional.
  • OBGYn resident who's currently training OBGYn resident who's currently training at<03:25:04.080>
  • <03:27:16.640> in mentorship of the older physicians in mentorship of the older physicians
  • There is a huge lack of OBGYn physicians There is a huge lack of OBGYn physicians across<03:27:36.319
  • of OB/GYN physicians affects your constituents,<03:27:45.600> right?
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Two, workforce development and training.
  • And so what we do is we do research and we train workforce.
  • We also know that educational opportunities are needed to train the next generation of workers and to
  • I'm a physician. I have a master's in public health.
  • I'm co-chair of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, a nonprofit organization made up
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee hearing focused on a broad set of climate, energy, and environmental justice proposals. Early testimony strongly supported the Climate Change Superfund or “Polluter Pays” bill (H.1014/S.58), which would assess the largest fossil fuel emitters for a one-time fee based on historic emissions to fund climate adaptation. Sponsors argued the bill is modeled on Superfund cleanup principles, would target only the largest multinational polluters, would not be passed on to consumers, and would direct a significant share of funds to environmental justice communities. Committee members asked about the number of companies covered, consumer impacts, and whether the bill would address other forms of environmental destruction; sponsors said it was limited to major fossil fuel companies with a Massachusetts footprint and did not cover other pollution sources. The committee also heard testimony on a fusion energy compact proposal (S.673) that would direct the administration to develop a framework for a New England regional compact to accelerate fusion research, workforce development, and supply-chain growth. Supporters from MIT and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities said fusion could become a major clean-energy and economic opportunity, but acknowledged the technology is not yet commercially viable and still has unresolved technical, cost, and waste-management questions. Members pressed on environmental impacts, siting, waste, costs, and whether the bill would create a compact or only a framework; sponsors said it would only create the framework and that the administration would need to negotiate with other states. Another major topic was a pilot program for nature-based climate solutions (H.971/S.??), backed by legislators, Boston Harbor Now, and UMass Boston’s Stone Living Lab. Witnesses said the bill would help speed permits for research and demonstration projects such as living shorelines, marsh restoration, and hybrid “green-to-gray” flood protections, while maintaining safeguards and protecting Indigenous and historic resources. Committee members asked how the proposal would interact with other permitting reforms and whether it could conflict with housing or wetland-related streamlining; supporters said it was complementary and aimed at making projects faster, more affordable, and more data-driven. The hearing also covered climate-safe buildings and climate adaptation funding bills. Supporters of H.1004/S.583 said current building codes do not adequately account for future flooding, heat, and wind, and the bill would add climate expertise to the building board, allow stretch resilience codes, expand floodplain standards, and create a retrofit program. Related testimony backed H.938/S.572, which would create a dedicated climate and community resilience fund financed by a small fee on property insurance premiums; advocates said it would provide stable long-term revenue for adaptation, especially in environmental justice communities, and help replace unreliable federal funding. One witness from CLF supported the climate-safe buildings and funding bills but opposed S.560/H.939 as too broad. The committee also heard testimony on airport air-quality legislation (H.997) calling for more monitoring and mitigation of ultra-fine particulate pollution around Logan Airport and Massport communities. No votes were taken during the hearing.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 3, 2025 - 08:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • This communication protects patients' autonomy, builds trust with patients, and helps physicians reduce
  • These are zero-cost, high-impact services, fully staffed by trained volunteers, integrated with local
  • This eliminates Testing, education, and training requirements.
  • This would apply to any applicant who hasn't already obtained federal training, CLIA training, and education
  • This would apply to any applicant who hasn't already obtained federal training, CLIA training, and education
Summary: The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met with a quorum and heard six bills. HB 1617 on stem cell therapy was presented as a way to expand access to biotherapy options through informed consent, sourcing standards, and required disclosures; an amendment clarifying definitions was adopted, supportive testimony was heard, and the bill passed 16-0. PCS for HB 1399 would give the legislature authority to terminate or refuse to extend a declared public health emergency; members raised a concern about what happens if the emergency prevents the legislature from meeting, but the sponsor said she was working on a fix, and the bill passed 16-0. PCS for HB 555 would change medical marijuana card renewals from annual to every two years and exempt veterans from the $75 fee; members described it as reducing barriers and helping seniors and veterans, and it passed 16-0. PCS for HB 1487 would strengthen licensure for volunteer-based EMS providers such as Hatzalah South Florida; testimony and debate emphasized the value of these zero-cost, volunteer emergency services, and the bill passed 14-0. HB 115 on clinical laboratory personnel addressed workforce shortages by aligning Florida licensure more closely with federal CLIA standards and allowing qualified applicants with relevant bachelor’s degrees and federal training to work with on-the-job training; a strike-all amendment was adopted, industry witnesses supported the bill, and it passed 15-0 as amended. HB 1513 would require health care practitioners to refund patient overpayments within 30 days of learning of the overpayment, excluding insurer and HMO overpayments; it drew supportive debate and passed 15-0. The meeting then adjourned.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 4/8/2026 #2

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And finally, the bill renames the responsible vendor training program to be the cannabis agent training
  • insurance menopause provider training insurance menopause provider training coverage<00:07:31.120
  • <00:07:55.280> program identify at least one training program identify at least one training
  • > agent<00:09:13.560> training<00:09:13.920> program be the cannabis agent training
  • The amendment licensed physician.
Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum present and proceeded through a series of committee reports and floor actions, mostly on House bills. Several measures were advanced without opposition, often after brief floor explanations and unanimous adoption of committee amendments. Topics included behavioral health rate-setting modernization (HB 772), expedited Medicaid eligibility for relocated individuals with developmental disabilities (HB 1015), perinatal behavioral health screening and coverage (HB 1118), mammogram notices about breast arterial calcification (HB 1364), menopause provider training and coverage (HB 1365), cannabis licensing and training changes (HB 622), cemetery sale and transfer oversight (HB 892), travel services insurance requirements (HB 994), cash transaction rounding authorization (HB 1026), specie as legal tender (HB 1312), menstrual hygiene product ingredient labeling (HB 1357), health care quality reporting and a health centralization commission (HB 1372), special pediatric hospital transfer and review procedures (HB 1376), telehealth continuity of care for out-of-state counselors (HB 1483), and child placement protections for unlicensed settings and pediatric overstay patients (HB 1559). Most of these bills were ordered passed for third reading after the chamber adopted the committee amendments and favorable reports. The Senate also considered environmental and consumer-related measures. HB 146 would delay implementation dates for onsite wastewater system regulation and licensing requirements, while striking provisions on inspections and pumping for rental properties and sales. HB 254, a Department of Natural Resources bill, was described as facilitating community engagement in planning and development of departmental projects. HB 969 on retail electric vehicle fuel sales and charging equipment requirements was also taken up and reported favorably. In each of these cases, members noted no committee opposition and no fiscal impact, and the bills were advanced. Two bills were set aside rather than immediately acted on. HB 1037, concerning a Public Service Commission study on broadband and voice over internet protocol service, was special ordered until Friday at the request of a senator. HB 1312, the specie/legal tender bill, prompted questions about the definition of specie and was also special ordered for consideration the next morning. No roll-call votes were recorded in the excerpt; actions were taken by unanimous consent on amendments and committee reports, with multiple bills ordered to third reading.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • industry because those jobs are still good those jobs are still needed we just need to make sure we train
  • She's a board-certified family medicine physician and the immediate past president of the Oklahoma Academy
  • of Family Physicians.
  • are real long-term investments, not one-time dollars, to ensure that our schools have the tools, training
  • As we try to keep this train on the tracks, you know, I just have to say, and this isn't in the speech
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 6th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That will mean enhanced training, quality assurance, and data verification within the agency.
  • training program that's actually leading to a job. ...intellectual pursuits, but a training program
  • training programs that you would consider leading to something intellectual?
  • As physicians and physician assistants and advanced practice nurses submit information on individuals
  • standards of the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and recognitions, including a resolution honoring Bob Graham and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber then moved through a special-order calendar with multiple bills, many of them paired with House companions and amended before final passage. Early action included adoption of a tax conformity bill tied to federal changes in the Internal Revenue Code, with a 34-0 vote. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/SB 1758, a Medicaid and SNAP reform bill. The sponsor described provisions to strengthen fraud enforcement, impose work requirements for able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services through a waiver, modernize Medicaid drug purchasing, and require a SNAP fraud-reduction plan and photo ID on EBT cards. Democrats offered amendments to delay work requirements until Medicaid expansion and to add protections for SNAP users such as caregivers, seniors, disabled individuals, and domestic violence survivors; both amendments failed. Senators also questioned implementation details, exemptions, and potential effects on vulnerable populations. After debate, the bill was placed on the calendar for third reading. The Senate also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a public records exemption and related Parkinson’s Disease Registry measures, designation of the SS American Victory as the state flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on legal tender recognition for gold and silver, public records protections for financial and digital-asset custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government budget transparency, digital voyeurism, insurance customer representative licensing, and a medical freedom bill with amendments on vaccine-related materials and anti-kickback provisions. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, though the public records bill for gold/silver custodians and the legal tender repeal drew a few dissenting votes.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

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

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, can a physician refuse to treat a patient or prospective patient?
  • who may for example um uh a physician who may for example have<00:17:33.799> a<00:17:34.039><
  • is currently allowed to deny physician is currently allowed to deny for<00:18:29.240> religious
  • know people that that go go train know people that that go go train hospitals<01:28:18.360> and
  • as well as monthly annual training as well as monthly training<01:49:23.679> to<01:49:23.920>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs heard testimony on House Bill 606, as amended, a bill aimed at preventing physicians from denying medically necessary sterilizing or fertility-affecting treatment based on a patient’s age, number of children, marital status, or a doctor’s speculation about future reproductive intentions. Representative Ellen Reed, the sponsor, described the bill as a response to her own long experience with PCOS, heavy bleeding, and repeated refusals by doctors to perform a hysterectomy despite her clear wishes. She said the amendment narrows the bill to medically necessary care, adds definitions for “medical condition” and “appropriate reproductive care,” and removes earlier provisions about voluntary sterilization referrals. She also said the bill does not target religious objections, and that doctors could still refuse for medical, payment, or existing religious reasons not addressed by the bill. Committee members asked about religious freedom, informed consent versus waivers, and the scope of the new definitions. Reed responded that religion was not added to the list of prohibited reasons for denial, and that the amendment is intended to protect doctors when patients sign informed consent or waivers. She explained that “appropriate reproductive care” includes procedures such as hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, salpingectomy, and endometrial ablation, and that the bill now focuses on medically necessary treatment rather than elective sterilization. She said the change was intended to make the proposal narrower and more tailored after earlier concerns. Several witnesses supported the bill with personal accounts of being denied hysterectomies or other procedures despite serious symptoms. Representative Lauren Selig described a decade-long effort to obtain a hysterectomy after years of cycle problems and migraines, saying doctors dismissed her concerns and treated her symptoms as normal. Jade Flad also testified in support, saying she had long been told to simply endure her cycle problems and noted that her husband was offered a vasectomy without similar barriers. The sponsor said online support was strong and that there was little or no written opposition testimony. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:04:57.200> for<01:04:57.680> that of the day uh the same training for that of the
  • day uh the same training for that uh<01:04:59.039> server<01:05:00.000> is<01:05:00.400
  • prescription. >> That's what amendment I have put, with physician prescription.
  • say with physician say with physician >> that's<01:53:16.880> what<01:53:17.119>
  • >> with physician prescription. Yeah. >> with physician prescription. Yeah.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up a liquor-related amendment correcting an earlier drafting error that had accidentally removed enhanced penalties for death-related over-service from the statute. Members explained that the language had already been enacted briefly before being deleted by mistake, and the amendment simply restored the prior penalty provisions. The committee voted unanimously in favor. A second liquor amendment followed, concerning VFW and similar veterans’ clubs. The revised language would allow a veteran or member to sign in a limited number of under-21 guests, with testimony emphasizing that this was meant for small events and would mirror existing restaurant rules requiring a parent, legal guardian, or adult spouse. There was extended debate about whether private clubs were sufficiently public, whether towns could tighten liquor rules locally, and whether enforcement would be effective. Liquor enforcement testified that municipalities must approve licenses, only four minors could be signed in at once under a member’s signature, age-restriction signage remains required, and clubs often report violations themselves to protect their licenses. The amendment was ultimately approved unanimously, and the subcommittee then moved into executive session. In executive session, HB 186, relating to cannabis legalization, regulation, and appropriations, was recommended ought to pass on a 10-7 vote, with a minority report noted. HB 241, relating to treatment alternatives to opioids, was then supported with amendment 2990 and recommended ought to pass as amended; the bill was described as expanding access to non-opioid, non-surgical, and non-medication pain treatments, while the amendment clarified Insurance Department procedures and educational materials. That bill was placed on the consent calendar unanimously. HB 297, concerning access by self-funded employer health plans to claims data, was also recommended ought to pass with amendment 2987 and then ought to pass as amended unanimously; supporters said it would let employers opt in to deidentified claims data, improve transparency, and preserve privacy. It too was placed on the consent calendar unanimously. The committee then considered HB 312, dealing with student-athlete name, image, and likeness compensation, and voted to send it to interim study. Members said the issue remained too uncertain because of ongoing federal and NCAA developments, and that interim study would keep the committee’s options open without killing the bill. The motion was supported as a way to continue monitoring the issue for future action.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Thu Feb 6, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • they are training safety and accountability<01:22:21.719> and<01:22:21.880> every<01:22
  • A lot of them were physicians or public health professionals, and they all received their gun locks,
  • or public health them were Physicians or public health professionals<01:25:27.679> and<01:25:
  • are doing that however as a physician are doing that however as a physician and<01:25:45.679>
  • Malia Shimokawa said she is a physician, former Army officer, and mother of three.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee hearing covered House Bill 279 and House Bill 392, both relating to firearms. HB 279 would restrict carrying or possessing firearm parts except at or between certain locations and in an enclosed container, define firearm parts and prohibited persons, and increase penalties for violations. The Department of Law Enforcement strongly supported the bill, saying it would close a loophole involving disassembled or “ghost gun” parts and help law enforcement charge people who carry weapons in pieces. Most public testimony opposed the measure, with speakers arguing it was unconstitutional, vague, hard to enforce, and would burden lawful gun owners, gunsmiths, and firearm dealers; several also said existing laws already cover the conduct. One supporter, Dennis Dunn, said additional firearm security could reduce theft and suicides. The chair noted the committee had received 270 testimonies on HB 279, with 39 in support, 234 in opposition, and one comment. The committee then heard HB 392, which would prohibit the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns and establish mandatory minimum sentencing for using a ghost gun in a felony. The Department of Law Enforcement and the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney’s office supported the bill, saying unserialized firearms are difficult to trace and that prosecutors need clear laws to address them. Supporters argued the measure would help prevent untraceable weapons from circulating and align penalties with other firearm offenses. Opponents, including several gun owners and association representatives, said the bill was unnecessary because existing state and federal laws already prohibit unserialized firearms, and warned it could create confusion, criminalize lawful owners of antique or self-built firearms, and be difficult to administer. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/05/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • has provided strategic guidance training has provided strategic guidance training and<01:05:56.640
  • What does quality health care mean to the physicians?
  • Elimination of the Office of Health Equity would impact each physician and physician practice and patient
  • What does quality health care mean to the physicians?
  • Elimination of the Office of Health Equity would impact each physician and physician practice and patient
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 26th, 2026 at 11:12 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They are training and supporting more than 2,000 researchers.
  • physical restraint and seclusion, prohibiting other types of restraint and seclusion, requiring training
  • House Bill 150, introduced with Representative Jones, an act relating to licensure, amending the Physician
  • Assistant Act to eliminate certain requirements regarding the supervision of physician assistants.
Keywords: 996, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Feb 26th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She earned her medical degree from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical School and trained as an OB-GYN in
  • She wears many hats as an educator, mentor, advocate, but at her core she's a physician who cares deeply
  • TPMA has been unifying and empowering podiatric physicians, and providing excellence in foot and ankle
  • HSC trains future health care professionals across six distinguished schools with campuses in Abilene