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  • Should we start talking to students about health, fitness, and diet? Yes, absolutely.
  • Senate Bill 1338 creates the Education Impact and Innovation Fund.
  • So the amendment to the PCS changes the name of the fund to the Education Impact and Innovation Fund.
  • The PCS itself will create the fund. It is basically a competitive grants pool.
  • to the education impact and innovation fund the PCF it's the PCS itself will create the fund it is basically
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 23rd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

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  • The Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development will now come to order.
  • by restoring the ability to reassign trust fund claims.
  • beneficiary to assign... their interest in unpaid funds.
  • This can be hazardous to some people's health.
  • They care about sustainability, they care about the ocean, and they care about us. ...care about our
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 23rd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

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  • options for child care.
  • For example, during the pandemic, child care providers innovated rapidly to adapt to new health care
  • We are forced to comply with... ...four separate agencies: the Texas Workforce Commission, Health and
  • Child care licensing, which falls under the Health and Human Services Commission, expects clean, clutter-free
  • Child care licensing and Health and Human Services requirements allow teachers to meet standards with
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 1st, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

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  • seniors to earn a diploma alongside a child care credential or associate degree.
  • It aims to build a workforce. workforce pipeline in early childhood education.
  • Child care, obviously. is a tremendous workforce need, and the credentials and certifications of that
  • You can look at sociology, psychology, technology, and human services care.
  • It's basically for the things that you would expect one who would provide child care.
Bills: HB 1079, HB3651, HB4980
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

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  • care changes to access specifically HB 4145 regarding health care changes to access the changes to access
  • health That patient will almost definitely not be able to pay out-of-pocket costs for that health care
  • Increasing access to preventative care and primary health care is the right choice to make us and our
  • Increasing access to preventative care and primary health care is the right choice to make us and our
  • Health care is 32 buckets of money.
Summary: The committee met in a special joint appropriations session to review the FY 2027 budget package, including House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831, the general appropriations or “feed” bills. Staff described the budget as including a one-time transfer of state funds, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general-fund budgets, continued funding for the state health insurance plan and school facilities, and various one-time restorations or reversions of prior appropriations. Members spent much of the meeting clarifying how the 5% reductions would work, noting that formula and mandatory funding such as K-12 basic aid are excluded, while the governor’s executive branch would decide how to implement the cuts within agencies. The chair repeatedly emphasized that the committee was not specifying line-item cuts and that agencies would have discretion over implementation. A large portion of the discussion focused on the practical effects of the budget on universities, public safety, health care, rural programs, and fund sweeps. Arizona Board of Regents and university representatives said the proposed reductions would amount to more than $85 million statewide and could affect programs such as the Arizona Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and tuition freezes, though no specific program cuts were written into the bill. Other testimony raised concerns about fund sweeps from encumbered balances, including university research funds, housing trust funds, utility regulation funds, and ADOT-related accounts, with some members warning about possible impacts on rural infrastructure and federal matching dollars. The committee also discussed the state employee health plan, including a $228 million general-fund infusion and proposed employee premium increases over three years, as well as questions about corrections, forestry and fire management, and rural critical access hospitals. Public testimony was largely opposed to the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, health care, and local government argued that the package would reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care access, and rural communities while preserving tax benefits for data centers and wealthy taxpayers. A mayor from Globe described severe flood damage and asked for state help for a flood relief fund, while a motorcycle safety advocate questioned a proposed transfer from the motorcycle safety fund. Committee members debated whether the budget’s effects should be described as speculative or as likely consequences of the broad cuts, and several exchanges became contentious over comparisons to the Great Recession and references to federal tax policy. The meeting ended with continued public testimony and no final vote taken in the portion provided, though leadership had earlier said the committee planned a mass roll-call vote on all the bills at the end.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

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  • care cash fund that specifically looks at this work.
  • care cash fund.
  • And then this is also the fiscal impact, if there is one, comes from a health care cash fund, a subfund
  • And then this is also the fiscal impact, if there is one, comes from a health care cash fund, a sub fund
  • I think Nebraska has great, great, great health care, and to see that with newborn babies and moms is
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

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  • LB 901 has cash funds adding to the Behavioral Health Services cash fund a $470,000 addition in fiscal
  • LB 901 has cash funds adding to the Behavioral Health Services cash fund a $470,000 addition in fiscal
  • That fund finances the health care cash fund.
  • So I am a big proponent of having our funds take care of that through five years old, six years old,
  • So I am a big proponent of having our funds take care of that through five years old, six years old,
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

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  • care workforce in good of health care workforce in Minnesota<00:31:47.360> as<00:31:47.679>
  • <01:15:08.400> care care and provide needed health care care and provide needed health care
  • barrier restricts access to health care. barrier restricts access to health care.
  • This bill strengthens Minnesota's health care workforce, supports metro and rural communities by removing
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • We've gutted the plugging fund.
  • Agencies, excluding some proposed rules from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which are being treated
  • Senator Woods, you care to vote?
  • If you'll recall, this sets up a revolving fund at the Corporation Commission for remediation assistance
  • Senator Mann, do you care to vote? Senator McIntosh, do you care to vote?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 14th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which are being treated separately as major rules.
  • Madam Leader, House Joint Resolution 1099 approves proposed permanent rules for the Oklahoma Health Care
  • If you'll recall, this sets up a revolving fund at the Corporation Commission for remediation assistance
  • This is the foster care bill that extends the foster care age from 18 to 21.
  • Senator Mann, you care to vote. Senator McIntosh, you care to vote.
Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, prayer, pledges, and recognition of two student pages before taking up a long agenda of House joint resolutions and bills, mostly related to administrative rules and agency approvals. The chamber advanced and passed H.J.R. 1088, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1099, and 1100, which approved permanent rules for education, energy and agriculture, business and commerce, building code, health-related agencies, general government agencies, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, and OMES. Several senators criticized the process for moving rule resolutions quickly and without committee vetting, while supporters said the calendar delays required direct consideration. The Senate also adopted conference committee reports and passed SB 206, SB 248, and HB 3021, with HB 3021 making small changes to graduation requirements, including science/math course language, Oklahoma history flexibility for some military families, and personal financial literacy counting toward math in some cases. A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 1370, which was described by its author as repealing an automatic state trigger that would replace any federal gasoline tax if the federal government suspended it. Supporters argued the bill would prevent Oklahoma drivers from paying more if the federal gas tax were repealed and framed it as tax relief; opponents argued it could reduce highway and bridge funding and create a budget hole. The Senate suspended several rules to bring the bill up, but rejected a motion to suspend the fiscal-impact rule for a proposed amendment. After debate, the chamber passed the measure 41-7 and then approved it as an emergency measure. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 893, a conference report dealing with foreign ownership near critical infrastructure and agricultural land. The bill would restrict certain foreign adversary ownership or leasing within 10 miles of critical infrastructure, add training zones and other protected areas, delay implementation until July 1, 2027, and create an enforcement process involving Attorney General review and whistleblower-style reporting. Senators raised concerns about enforcement, possible misuse, and profiling, while the author said the bill was aimed at national security and infrastructure protection. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed. Later, the Senate received notice that the House was ready to convene in joint session, and the chamber briefly stood at ease before returning to continue its work.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Committee Meeting - 2025-04-07

Health Finance and Policy

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25

Health Finance and Policy

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  • <00:09:47.360> care devastating the local health care devastating the local health care infrastructure
  • our health care system. our health care system.
  • Um, House File 1645 funds a grant for Treat Yourself First, an initiative to address health care worker
  • Um, House File 1645 funds a grant for Treat Yourself First, an initiative to address health care worker
  • Not only are health care workers experiencing severe mental health concerns, health care workers are
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

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  • Fund.
  • Fund.
  • fund.
  • Certainly, it is a needed role in order to provide the necessary health care for these mothers.
  • Certainly, it is a needed role in order to provide the necessary health care for these mothers.
Summary: The committee heard several appropriations and policy bills, with testimony often focused on public safety, education, and procurement. HB 263 would appropriate $1.5 million in FY2027 to the Independent Correctional Oversight Office; the sponsor and supportive testimony argued the office is needed to address serious problems in the corrections system, and the bill received a due pass recommendation, 17-1. HB 2993, as amended, would allow DPS to spend on legal services independent of the Attorney General and redirect $5 million from the Consumer Protection/Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund to the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission Fund; the Speaker framed it as supporting law enforcement and public safety, and it passed 17-0. HB 2271 dealt with firefighter cancer coverage and insurance rates. The bill would allow an insurer covering firefighters and fire investigators to file a uniform rate deviation only if it is not reimbursed by the municipal firefighter cancer reimbursement fund. Testimony described the measure as a temporary shell pending a broader consensus agreement to bring fire districts into the reimbursement system; members stressed that firefighters should not see changes in claim handling, but several said the bill still needed work. It received a due pass recommendation on a 16-1-1 vote. HB 2416 would appropriate $20 million to DPS for local border support, including law enforcement positions, prosecution and detention costs, and equipment; sheriffs and the Arizona Sheriffs Association supported it as a continuation of existing funding for drug interdiction and border-related crime, and it passed 11-6-1. The committee also advanced HB 2692, which revises public construction procurement rules and authorizes progressive design-build and one-step competition for certain federally funded projects. Construction and procurement stakeholders said the bill was the product of a long consensus process, while some members worried about taxpayer impacts and the move away from standard procurement; it passed 10-7-1. HB 2478, as amended, creates the Arizona Commission on Student Outcomes to study K-12 accountability, standards, graduation requirements, early childhood education, and a trade pathways diploma, funded by Classroom Site Fund dollars; members debated whether the work should instead be done by ADE or the State Board, and the bill passed 11-7. The committee also heard HB 4044, which would create a Public Safety Parity Fund to support DPS and corrections salaries using investment earnings from the Budget Stabilization Fund and proceeds from forfeited digital assets; the sponsor and a troopers association witness argued it would provide a stable long-term funding source to address chronic vacancies and pay gaps.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Feb 18th, 2026

Fiscal Policy

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  • While there are doctors who specialize in sickle cell disease, many health care professionals receive
  • They operate by creating local service networks, bringing together education, health care, employment
  • By creating local service networks, bringing together education, health care, employment, and housing
  • So there's also health care initiatives and financial literacy and so many things.
  • The legislative intent is revised to reflect a broader focus on health science workforce needs and to
Summary: The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first reported favorably SB 774, which extends enhanced workers’ compensation benefits to 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries, after adopting a late-filed amendment declaring an important state interest. The committee also heard supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County dispatcher. SB 770, which updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism can be housed with other Chapter 916 residents in secure forensic settings, was reported favorably as well. Members then approved CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized operation of a commercial vehicle by an unauthorized alien an imminent safety hazard and imposes driver, carrier, and enforcement consequences, despite questions about vehicle impoundment and cargo handling and one appearance in opposition. SB 1594, which protects veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth from being used as reimbursement and instead sets them aside for education and transition services, was reported favorably after supportive testimony. The committee also approved CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in certain violent crime cases, though the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers raised concerns about expanded warrantless arrest authority in one section. The committee next reported favorably CS/SB 554, a complete rewrite of Chapter 617 governing nonprofit corporations, after a technical delete-all amendment. It also approved CS/SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care for certain health care professionals; the bill drew extensive supportive testimony from advocates and patients describing pain management gaps and health disparities. SB 1022, expanding Florida Children’s Initiatives by adding programs in Bay County and Broward County, and CS/SB 1246, broadening the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science workforce programs and related uses, were both reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230, which restricts the use, sale, and distribution of aqueous film-forming foam containing intentionally added PFAS and requires inventory and disposal reporting, after adopting amendments that removed airports from one provision. It also approved CS/CS/SB 128, directing DEP to erect markers for the Andrew Red Harris Spoil Island water body designation. Several senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Transportation Subcommittee

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  • But you're actually going to create a revolving fund to put this into.
  • However, when it's funded, it's kind of funded through it's just a line item directed inside the ODOT's
  • However, if we create the revolving fund, the Transparency there where we can see more, which one of
  • Hodges fund increase to 60 million. So currently, from 60 to 670.
  • We're gonna put it in the way stations and ports entry revolving fund.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 56 (3-31-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <04:05:01.040> This health care for their patients. This health care for their patients.
  • those in the health care space to focus those in the health care space to focus on<04:05:11.439>
  • And it really delivering health care.
  • <04:06:06.080> care<04:06:06.399> providers health care providers health care providers
  • It allows It allows for the health care.
Bills: HB567, HB776, HB2, HB568, HB619