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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><c> with</c> Mental Health Services for children with Mental Health Services for children with complex
  • c> become</c> Focus Services Will services will become Focus Services Will services will become increasingly
  • </c><00:42:56.599><c> Services</c> preventative Mental Health Services preventative Mental Health Services
  • Every dollar spent today on aging services saves thousands in emergency health care, long-term care costs
  • , cleaning services, home care, maybe some transportation services.
Bills: HF1380 , HF1166 , HF487 , HF1553 , HF1472 , HF258 , HF1911
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Feb 3rd, 2026 at 08:30 am

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Kilo, offered by Senator Dhingra, which overall would remove the requirement that the Department of Health
  • would operate is if an officer had to use force in detaining somebody who's experiencing a mental health
  • peace officer has a warrant to enter somebody's home because that person is experiencing a mental health
  • crisis, the general exceptions to... ...is experiencing a mental health crisis, the general exceptions
  • warrant requirement apply, so it's not just that they can only enter the home and handle the mental health
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Feb 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Law & Justice

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  • This is mainly due to rising health care costs.
  • Rising health care costs mean that more and more people are struggling to afford the health care they
  • And long-term health consequences.
  • provider that has served the person, and other specified medical, behavioral health, and human services
  • There must be accountability for mental health treatment that does not produce health, and where the
Bills: SB5962 , SB6105 , SB6203 , SB6296
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 8th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides that a health care professional disclose the use of any recording device, software, or service
  • CCOC providers deliver intensive behavioral health services to some of the most vulnerable children in
  • CCOC providers deliver intensive behavioral health services to some of the most vulnerable children in
  • We are a large nonprofit health and human services provider with a continuum of addiction prevention
  • homeless service providers.
Bills: HB414 , HB457 , HB475 , HB611 , HB616 , HB740 , HB897 , HB925 , HB926 , HB931 , HB949 , HB962 , HB1076
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Jan 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was authorized a new local sales and youth tax to fund services for children's and food.
  • five cents per $1,000 of assessed value for public health clinic expenses.
  • and the county public health clinic property tax could be imposed.
  • different for behavioral health and children's services.
  • to get services is by telling people that if you want to provide services to the veterans and disabled
Bills: HB1717 , HB2133 , HB2135 , HB2140 , HB2442 , HB2559
Committee: House Finance
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 20th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will come to order again.
  • One was the service Oklahoma rules, which we've repealed now, and the second thing that that litigation
  • further down the road and potentially prioritizing adults' religious beliefs over the wellbeing and the health
  • We will probably have another health and human services committee because we have exact norms, we do
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 20th, 2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will come to order.
  • One was the Service Oklahoma rules, which we've repealed now.
  • It updates the mentoring program to allow a broader range of mentoring service models.
  • We will probably have another Health and Human Services Committee because we have exec noms.
  • We will probably have another Health and Human Services Committee because we have exec noms.
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee first considered the nomination of Christy D. Fisher to the Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Senator Stanridge presented her as a lay member with legal and paralegal experience, and Fisher spoke about her family’s experience with speech therapy and autism-related speech needs. After brief questions, the committee advanced the nomination on an 8-2 vote. The committee then heard several bills, including measures creating an Early Childhood Task Force (HB 1979), clarifying that Oklahoma has always prohibited sex-to-gender-identity amendments on birth certificates (HB 1225), and establishing a process for correcting death certificates after one year (HB 3931). Members also advanced a bill restricting edible medical marijuana products from being attractive to children (HB 4454), updating the mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents (HB 3849), and allowing juvenile safety plans to take effect if not acted on within 24 hours (HB 1746). Other bills addressed local food sales thresholds (HB 3720), allowing case managers and peer support specialists to work for cities and counties (HB 4275), DHS background-check and email-notice updates for child care centers (HB 4300), and a clarification that raising a child consistent with biological sex is not child abuse and that adoption cannot be denied solely over refusal to support a gender transition (HB 3586). The committee also advanced bills on Medicaid reimbursement for dementia cognitive assessments and care planning (HB 2268), juvenile detention medication funding (HB 3755), family resource centers including faith-based and workforce organizations (HB 4117), epilepsy insurance coverage protections (HB 4294), extending the managed care rate floor to July 1, 2028 with a carve-out for multi-state contracts (HB 3650), and child care reforms raising subsidy co-pays and directing DHS to set more flexible master-teacher ratios for certain facilities (HB 4298). Several bills were amended or worked from committee substitutes, and most passed on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, with HB 1225, HB 3586, and HB 4294 drawing some opposition. The committee adjourned after noting it would likely meet again later for additional executive nominations.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/23/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Obviously, the budget and the health account, the employee account for health insurance that we all belong
  • Health plans are just administering.
  • and help them for their service and get them back on their feet?
  • Thank you for your service. And as you know, Mr.
  • services.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will reconvene.
  • , especially mental health services.
  • It also requires total transparency in EMS billing rates, and it allows the Department of Health Services
  • I'm representing Texans for Affordable Health Care.
  • They're the third-party benefit administrators for ERISA health care plans.
Bills: SB502 , SB513 , SB622 , SB670 , SB731 , SB732 , SB916 , SB961 , SB1122
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order and the clerk will please call the roll.
  • It would authorize the Department of State Health Services to revoke, suspend, or refuse renewal of an
  • deserts without access to medical care. medical, behavioral health, and family support services.
  • The Health and Human Services Committee will stand in recess until 9.50.
  • Committee on Health and Human Services. My name is Emiliano Romero.
Bills: SB502 , SB513 , SB622 , SB670 , SB731 , SB732 , SB916 , SB961 , SB1122
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • care services they need to treat underlying chronic health and mental health issues.
  • services for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis.
  • services for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis.
  • Universal Health Services, Behavioral Health and Self, testifying for House Bill 1621.
  • Department of Health and Human Services.
Committee: House Public Health
Summary: The Committee on Public Health met with a quorum and heard public testimony on a long agenda, with members repeatedly reminded of a two-minute limit for witnesses. Several bills were voted out favorably, including HB 2588 on cottage food, HB 1639 on cancer incidence and female firefighters, HB 2581 on a reporting form for contracted services for pregnant women, and SB 922 on electronic disclosure of certain sensitive medical information. Those measures generally passed on party-line or near-unanimous votes, while HB 216 on itemized medical statements was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. The committee also left pending HB 5141, HB 4638, HB 2035, HB 4813, HB 2264, HB 4014, and HB 3829 after hearing testimony and questions. The final item introduced in the excerpt was HB 4408 on health care market transparency and corporate consolidation, but the discussion was cut off before testimony or action was completed. A major theme of the hearing was mental health diversion and access to treatment. HB 5141, by Rep. Howard, would allow Travis County to use vacated Austin State Hospital property for a local mental health jail diversion center; law enforcement, the Travis County sheriff, county judge, and urban counties group all testified in support, describing the lack of alternatives for people in crisis and the burden on jails and emergency rooms. Members asked about eligible offenses, bed capacity, and whether the facility would serve only Travis County, and the bill was left pending. HB 2264, by Rep. Schoolcraft, would create a friends-and-family form for loved ones to provide information to providers during emergency mental health treatment; NAMI and hospital groups supported it, while one neutral witness and several members raised concerns about patient control, credibility of information, and liability protections. The bill was also left pending. The committee also heard multiple psychedelic-therapy and drug-policy bills. HB 4813 would speed Texas rescheduling of Schedule I substances if the FDA reclassifies them, with testimony focused on psilocybin and MDMA and their potential use for PTSD and depression; members questioned whether the bill was too broad and how state rescheduling works, and it was left pending. HB 4014 would direct HHSC to study psychedelic therapies, building on prior state research, and witnesses said Texas should prepare regulatory and clinical infrastructure before FDA approval; it too was left pending. HB 2035 would require parents to be informed that they may seek substance-use treatment for a child even if one facility turns them away, prompted by a constituent’s account of a fatal fentanyl overdose after receiving incorrect advice; it was left pending. HB 4638 would extend and expand the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative board and timeline, with the author saying the program is still in early implementation and needs more time, and it was left pending as well. Other bills addressed public health administration and animal welfare. HB 3829 would require a study of the animal-friendly account and its grant process for spay/neuter funding, with the author arguing that the current application and reimbursement process is too burdensome for shelters and nonprofits; no opposition was heard and the bill was left pending. HB 2581 and HB 1639 were reported favorably, while HB 216 drew discussion about enforcement of itemized medical billing and was held after the committee substitute was withdrawn. Throughout the hearing, members also discussed broader concerns about homelessness, competency restoration waitlists, jail overcrowding, and the need for more treatment options outside the criminal justice system.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Mar 25th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides relative to behavioral health services for public school students. Thank you so much.
  • Members, House Bill 352 is a clean-up bill to address behavioral health services access in our schools
  • House Bill 352 is a clean-up bill to address behavioral health services access in our schools.
  • student receiving behavioral health services shall be recorded.
  • House Bill 352 is important because it acknowledges that behavioral health services are not separate
Bills: HCR14 , HB201 , HB218 , HB352 , HB626 , HB636 , HB738 , HB749
Committee: House Education
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health Apr 8th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Health

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  • abuse services and folding those into various other Entities.
  • It also allows the commissioner of health to serve in a dual role as commissioner of health and commissioner
  • of mental health during the period of that feasibility study.
  • Alpha gal is becoming a health issue, a health problem.
  • It's kind of a complicated health situation.
Committee: House Public Health
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health Apr 8th, 2026

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Health. We have quite a long agenda today.
  • Abuse Services and folding those into various other entities.
  • It also allows the Commissioner of Health to serve in a dual role as Commissioner of Health and Commissioner
  • Health Care Workforce Resources Center.
  • Alpha-gal is becoming a health issue, a health problem.
Committee: House Public Health
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a large number of health-related bills, with much of the agenda focused on pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation, Medicaid administration, and health-system cleanup measures. Bills passed included HB 1344 on insulin affordability and state support for low-cost biosimilar insulin manufacturing; HB 1380 requiring the Health Care Authority to check death records to disenroll deceased Medicaid recipients; SB 2007 and SB 2074, both PBM-related measures addressing pharmacist reimbursement, dispensing fees, appeals, and penalties; SB 1572 creating a feasibility study on reorganizing the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and temporarily allowing the Health Commissioner to serve in a dual role; and SB 1555 updating the definition of intellectual disability to match the federal definition. Members also approved several bills eliminating or repealing outdated councils and programs, including SB 1423 ending the Hospital Advisory Council, SB 1425 repealing the Health Care Workers and Educators’ Assistance Program and Health Care Workforce Resources Center, and SB 1502 eliminating the Alzheimer Dementia Disclosure Act Advisory Council. Other measures passed included SB 1561 changing EMS discipline to a progressive system, SB 244 and SB 667 making chiropractic language and training cleanup changes, SB 1749 on LP gas inspections for food trailers, SB 1484 requiring more detailed medical information for infant and child death investigations, SB 1562 clarifying hospice patient protections, and SB 1644 creating reporting related to alpha-gal to support possible research funding. The most debated bill was SB 1503, which would expand the Choosing Childbirth Act so nonprofits without an Oklahoma physical address could receive grants to connect women seeking abortions with pregnancy resources. Members questioned whether grant dollars and salaries would stay in Oklahoma, whether reporting and accountability would be sufficient, and whether Oklahoma-based providers could do the work instead. The bill passed 5-2 after the sponsor said he was open to amendments and oversight. SB 1833, codifying a SNAP waiver restricting candy and soft drink purchases, and SB 904, modifying the use of certain state funds and facilities for medical procedures, also drew questions and passed on divided votes. The meeting ended after all listed bills were heard and voted on, with most measures passing unanimously or by wide margins.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Call the Oversight for Health and Human Services to order.
  • state to provide those services, it is the expectation that those services be provided.
  • Again, ...to provide those services, it is the expectation that those services be provided.
  • face-to-face services?
  • the head of both the Department of Health and the Department of Mental Health.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Call the Oversight for Health and Human Services to order.
  • state to provide those services, it is the expectation that those services be provided.
  • Again,... ...to provide those services, it is the expectation that those services be provided.
  • or other medical service.
  • as the head of both the Department of Health and the Department of Mental Health.
Summary: The committee opened with prayer and then took up a series of health and human services bills, most of them moving forward on do-pass motions. Senate Bill 1645 would set audit procedures for Medicaid providers, with discussion focused on protecting providers from penalties for scrivener’s or typographical errors while still holding them accountable for fraud or failure to provide services. Senate Bills 1796 and 1806 addressed foster care, including a 72-hour cap on informal care and extending foster care to age 21 for youth continuing their education. Senate Bills 1423, 1425, and 1502 all repealed outdated advisory councils or programs that were no longer active or needed. SB 206, as amended, expanded licensed ambulance services as essential services to help them access more federal funding, and SB 500 sought to prevent pharmacy benefit managers from delaying payments to pharmacists. These measures were reported out with unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1503, which would allow certain nonprofit pregnancy-support organizations without an Oklahoma physical address to apply for Choosing Childbirth grants. Members questioned whether state dollars could go to out-of-state personnel and how telehealth and reporting requirements would work. The bill was laid over for further amendment work. Senate Bill 1557 would place certified behavioral analysts under the State Board of Examiners of Psychology, and members raised questions about how it might interact with a separate bill affecting board authority; it passed after discussion. Senate Bill 1894 gave the podiatry board authority over continuing education, and SB 1984 was a cleanup bill for the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, including authority over certain licensure and telemedicine-related review issues; both passed after questions about scope and reciprocity. Later, the committee considered several pharmacy and insurance-related bills. SB 1344 created an insulin access and affordability program to partner with manufacturers of low-cost biosimilar insulin, and SB 1380 required Medicaid eligibility checks against death records, with an amendment discussed to protect long-term care facilities from retroactive nonpayment when eligibility is delayed. SB 1572 would commission a feasibility study on dissolving the Department of Mental Health and temporarily allow the Health Care Authority commissioner to oversee both agencies. SB 2007 required PBMs to reimburse pharmacists at actual acquisition cost when reimbursement falls below cost, with escalating fines for noncompliance. SB 2074 would impose a mandatory dispensing fee tied to the Medicaid rate; it drew extensive debate over whether costs would be shifted to employers, employees, or the state, and over the impact on pharmacy closures and rural access. The committee ultimately reported the bills out, with SB 2074 passing after lengthy discussion and a final vote.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Health

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  • services for folks in rural areas.
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  • </c><00:06:03.039><c> So</c> service for the next three years. So service for the next three years.
  • services.
  • </c> emergency medical service provider. emergency medical service provider.
Bills: SB9 , HB400 , SB9 , HB400
Committee: House Health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • To specify the role of the Department of State Health Services, the language has been reviewed by the
  • all programs and services available for future health professionals.
  • We were surprised to learn that the Health and Human Services Commission does not maintain a records
  • Authority for the Purchasing Pool from the Comptroller's Office to the Health and Human Services Commission
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I've been out there sitting on Health and Human Services for the last 10 years.
  • Why did you include DEI prohibitions and how does it improve mental health services? Yes.
  • In regions where mental health services have been cost prohibitive for the state, counties contributed
  • health services.
  • Latino adults with mental health issues do not receive mental health services compared to 56% of white
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our sections one and section 26 are part of our emergency mental health services statute cleanup.
  • Section one clarifies that individuals who are receiving emergency behavioral health services cannot
  • services um emergency behavioral health services um I'm<01:23:42.560><c> sorry.
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  • <01:28:57.040><c> services</c><01:28:57.520><c> psychiatric</c><01:28:58.159><c> care</c> health services
Bills: HF3935 , HF2216 , HF4354 , HF4210 , HF4212