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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • </c> to child protection and child welfare. to child protection and child welfare.
  • After-school programming and child care were not luxuries. They were necessities.
  • After-school<00:29:05.840><c> programming</c><00:29:06.520><c> and</c><00:29:06.680><c> child</c><00:
  • 29:06.960><c> care</c> After-school programming and child care After-school programming and child care
  • Through conversations and programming, some of our youth have disclosed their access to health care was
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

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  • There was no danger to the child.
  • custody of their child.
  • There's a program established under the IC MacGyver program that lends money to providers, the Justice
  • Department, so that this five-year program gives child insurance and child benefit, not only to the
  • Child support, there are issues with that also because the person that's receiving the child support.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Mar 18th, 2025

Human Services

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  • or any observable material impairment to the child. growth and development or functioning of the child
  • who are truly advocating for health, for better health care opportunities for our children.
  • Have you ever seen a case where a child has been given a medication that has made their brain health
  • health. health, food insecurity, unemployment, basic survival needs.
  • Thank you. in this program the the the child is returned dfp still has temporary custody, or I mean conservatorship
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

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  • And the health department, I don't know if anybody's here from the health department, public health.
  • He goes through, I'd say, elementary health... ...through, I'd say, elementary health training.
  • . ...upon a child.
  • These were horrible dreams that this child was having. This child that this child was having.
  • is usually child versus parent.
Bills: SB140, HB235, HB276, HB317, HB340
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

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  • Knowing their child is with a family that they chose and that they feel can give the child the best life
  • , that their child that they want for their child is what is healing for them and allows that healing
  • And that child, if you don't intervene by court, speaking from personal experience, that child goes into
  • Who is caring for the child?
  • Unnecessary trauma for the child.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

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  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • This includes supports like mental health services, affordable housing, access to affordable child care
  • Hospitality Health ER are three health care facilities operating in Texas, two in East Texas and one
  • care coverage for patients that have health insurance in place.
  • care coverage to patients that have health insurance in place.
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

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  • Finally, HB 18 creates a rural pediatric mental health care program through the Children's Mental Health
  • This program will allow rural hospitals and their clinics to screen, assess, and treat behavioral health
  • With support of the 88th Legislature, we established the Texas A&M Health Rural Engagement Program, our
  • for the child?
  • And that's... ...your child.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum and took up several House and Senate bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The committee first heard HB 2358, a cleanup bill requested by HHSC that would repeal outdated training and conference requirements for long-term care facility surveyors and certain providers; there were no witnesses, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard HB 18, the rural hospital stabilization bill, which would create financial assessment tools, a rural hospital finance office at HHSC, an academy for rural hospital officers, multiple grant programs, enhanced Medicaid reimbursement tied to average cost, OB/GYN add-on payments, expanded pediatric telehealth connectivity, and a rural pediatric mental health program. Senator Perry and witnesses from TORCH, a rural hospital, AARP Texas, and ARCHI strongly supported the bill as a way to stabilize rural hospitals, improve OB access, and address workforce and financial pressures. Committee members discussed rural hospital closures, low-volume quality metrics, system affiliation, and the need for predictable monthly reimbursement; the bill was left pending after testimony and questions. The committee next heard HB 37, which would create a perinatal bereavement care initiative for families experiencing stillbirth, neonatal death, or intrauterine fetal demise, including counseling, staff training, and access to cooling devices, with possible grants and a recognition program for hospitals. Senator Huffman explained the bill, and several witnesses testified in support, sharing personal stories about infant loss and the importance of time with the baby, trained staff, and cuddle cots or similar devices. A neonatologist also supported the bill while suggesting clarification that hospitals should not be penalized if state funding is unavailable and recommending use of regional advisory councils to help implement training. Public testimony was then closed and the bill left pending. The committee also heard HB 879, which would create a streamlined licensing pathway for veterans with medical or nursing experience to practice in Texas, and HB 913, which would add new state hospitals to statute and split the North Texas State Hospital into two separate hospitals with their own superintendents; both bills had no opposition testimony and were left pending. Later, the committee heard SB 2744, a heart disease screening bill that would update the 2009 Texas Heart Attack Prevention Act to require insurance coverage for coronary CT angiography with plaque analysis, including soft plaque detection, as a preventive screening tool. The author and invited witnesses argued the technology is more effective than calcium scoring alone, can identify patients before symptoms appear, and could save lives at a cost comparable to or lower than colonoscopy. An insurance industry witness opposed the bill, arguing the technology has not been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for universal screening and that the mandated coverage and payment level would raise costs; the bill was left pending after testimony. Finally, the committee heard HB 1151, a parental rights bill clarifying that refusing psychotropic medication or psychiatric treatment is not neglect unless the child is harmed. Supporters, including parent advocates and attorneys, said the bill would protect parents from CPS overreach and preserve medical decision-making authority, while one witness urged broader attention to physical causes of behavioral issues. Public testimony was closed and HB 1151 was left pending.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Feb 17th, 2026

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

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  • I don't know what the eligibility are for any programs that these entities might have.
  • I don't know what the eligibility are for any programs that these entities might have.
  • It actually touched three entities: commerce, education, and health care.
  • We have checked in with everybody. ...and education and health care.
  • We have checked in with everybody who's ever had anything to do with the program.
Summary: The Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee heard a presentation from Tourism Director Amy Blackburn on the Oklahoma Tourism spring 2026 marketing campaign. She described the agency’s new advertising contractor, spending plans split between in-state and out-of-state markets, and campaign themes centered on Route 66, state parks, fishing, Western heritage, and spring travel. She said the campaign’s goal is to increase visitation, bookings, park revenue, and traffic to TravelOK.com, and noted the use of data tools to track marketing performance. The committee then considered several Senate bills. SB 1307, by Sen. Daniels, would remove language that could bar religious organizations from receiving neutral public benefits or grants; it passed 7-1 after questions about church-state concerns. SB 1425, also by Sen. Daniels, repealed an obsolete healthcare workforce assistance board/program and passed 9-0. SB 1826, by Sen. Reinhart, removed the sunset on the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act; members discussed reporting and oversight, and it passed 7-1. SB 1365, by Sen. Fricks, was amended to add an emergency clause and to raise from $25,000 to $75,000 the threshold for Tourism Department retail purchases exempt from the Central Purchasing Act, with testimony that it would help stock gift shops and support local vendors; it passed 8-0. SB 1696, by Sen. Coleman, created a Commerce Department grant program to help cities and counties recruit new residents through local incentives advertised on MakeMyMove.com; members raised concerns about sunsets, audits, and overlap with other incentives, and the bill passed 5-3.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Mar 27th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

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  • I have delivered and developed multiple programs, presentations, and trainings on health literacy issues
  • U.S. programs that are trying to increase health literacy and internationally as well.
  • There are healthcare providers and stakeholders who have implemented health literacy programs that are
  • When a family applies for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the Health and Human
  • House Bill 321 simply ensures that if a child is also eligible for health coverage, Medicaid or CHIP,
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 03:55 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

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  • With the consent of the House, the bill will be substituted as recommended by the Health Care and Wellness
  • And finally, it expands the possibilities for our hospital and health care facilities to assist people
  • For instance, this bill talks about allowing certain health care facilities to give out free needles
  • But I sure wish that there had been programs earlier on that would have held him accountable.
  • I sure wish that there had been programs earlier on that would have held him accountable.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

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  • their crucial role in delivering quality health care.
  • An act relating to early learning assistance program. Amendment number 1499, clerk will read.
  • for early childhood education programs and includes programs operated at a community or technical college
  • refers to programs operating on public school premises rather than public school property.
  • This is a public health crisis, Mr. Speaker, as well as a public safety crisis.
NV
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  • One for Intermountain Health: these types of bills really make us take a second look at some of the programs
  • part of the program.
  • Senate Bill 434 creates a program to award grants to address shortages of providers of health care.
  • What it does is create a program to award grants to address shortages of providers of health care, or
  • grant program to provide financial incentives for health care access and health care workforce expansion
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

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

Public Health

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  • 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.
  • that we already exist instead of outsourcing those programs.
  • Alpha gal is becoming a health issue, a health problem.
  • It's kind of a complicated health situation.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health Apr 8th, 2026

Public Health

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  • Health. We have quite a long agenda today.
  • It also allows the Commissioner of Health to serve in a dual role as Commissioner of Health and Commissioner
  • Senate Bill 1425 repeals sections of the Health Care Workers and Educators' Assistance Program and the
  • Health Care Workforce Resources Center.
  • Alpha-gal is becoming a health issue, a health problem.
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.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • rural pathway excellence partnership program, and a high school advising program, including funding
  • for those programs under the Foundation School Program and to the new Instructional Facility Allotment
  • and child support follow the child, we do have an amendment. the clerk will read the amendment.
  • My amendment... that wants to participate in this program to participate in the E-Verify program.
  • and human services programs.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

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  • To improve health restrictions, it's not going to improve health because we're limiting those access
  • not eating and a child eating.
  • But the child shouldn't have been.
  • We serve over 60,000 child victims of crime a year, most of those being Child sexual abuse cases.
  • They always call child protection when there is a drug exposed child.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

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  • That is an order that is executed by Health and Human Services.
  • Has been a health professional, and together we respond to calls involving individuals in mental health
  • Would that be Health and Human Services? Yes.
  • It's assisted living facilities under the health and safety code.
  • to health and well-being.