Video & Transcript Research : 'nonopioid directive'
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 28th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- If a public employee or retiree pays that direct fee out of pocket under a state health plan, it does
- This bill ensures that direct primary care payments apply toward the individual's deductible under their
- Members, amid the challenges in our healthcare industry, direct primary care has emerged through the
- Direct medical care. This is an excellent bill.
- Do we know how many employees right now participate in direct?
Keywords:
healthcare, direct primary care, insurance deductibles, Texas Health Benefit Plans, telemedicine, police retirement, disability pension, municipalities, law enforcement, retirement benefits, retirement, beneficiary, Employees Retirement System of Texas, divorce decree, beneficiary designation, Veterans' Land Board, general obligation bonds, constitutional amendment, veterans, housing assistance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The issue is that many people don't know where they're at, so these signs would actually help direct
- </c><00:19:08.799><c> them</c><00:19:09.240><c> to</c> signs would actually help direct them to signs
- would actually help direct them to where<00:19:10.520><c> these</c><00:19:11.159><c> outside</c><00:
- </c> the wall uh they uh have put directional the wall uh they uh have put directional signs<00:21:26.039
- There are directional signs left or right and a distance of how far it is.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Education policy panel hears HF6 1/22/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This partnership by directed in this bill will end this June. ...there were actual work that actually
- This partnership by directed in this bill will end this June. Nothing else.
- This partnership by directed in this bill will end this June.
- </c><00:09:59.920><c> mde</c> partnership with Carrie and directs mde partnership with Carrie and directs
- The direct mission of this is for school districts and charter schools.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Grant for lender serving underserved entrepreneurs 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so we can point them in that direction, but we're not eligible for the grants ourselves to give to
- And so we can point them in that direction, but we're not eligible for the grants ourselves to give to
- We point our borrowers in those directions so that they can get pre-development grant dollars from DED
- </c> in most cases are receiving direct in most cases are receiving direct appropriations.<00:12:55.360
- Yeah, and that was actually a direction I was going to go: that if you're taking on loans that others
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> House File 1724 clarifies that direct House File 1724 clarifies that direct primary<00:04:50.479
- <00:04:56.080><c> a</c> simple direct agreement between a simple direct agreement between a patient<00
- Direct primary care and direct primary care-like approaches have emerged in part to help address these
- direct primary care.
- direct primary care.
Keywords:
real estate, appraisers, disciplinary actions, sanction matrix, Minnesota Statutes, direct primary care, healthcare agreements, medical services, patient care, health insurance, mortgage fees, residential loans, commercial loans, finance regulations, investment properties, insurance, supplemental health insurance, short-term care, home health care, nursing care
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- To Ben Albritton, President: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has
- To Honorable Ben Albritton: I am directed to inform the Senate that...
- I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed.
- SENATOR BURGESS, YOU ANSWER THE DIRECT QUESTION ON THE BILL.
- We will direct the Department of Education and six school districts to study what I said.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Public Safety Previews New Weapons Screening at State Capitol - 02/13/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Under the direction of the state law.
- So I will just direct you to our website. >> Alex Roer Press here.
- So I will just direct you to lengthy. So I will just direct you to our<00:10:10.880><c> website.
- </c><00:13:48.320><c> will</c> direction, the state patrol will direction, the state patrol will implement
- </c> be directed to the Senate. be directed to the Senate. >> Oh<00:18:45.919><c> jeez.
Summary:
Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson and State Patrol Colonel Christina Bogoich announced that weapon screening will begin Tuesday at the Minnesota State Capitol, at the start of the 2026 legislative session. They said the change is based on an independent security assessment and the Axtell report’s top recommendation, and is intended as an added layer of protection rather than a weapons ban or a change in state law. Both officials emphasized that the Capitol should remain open, accessible, and welcoming while reducing preventable risks, citing increased threats nationwide and the recent murders of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman and the shootings of Senator John Hoffman and Yvette Hoffman.
Officials said visitors will enter through four public access points, with all other exterior doors closed to public entry. The primary entrance will be the south ground-level entrance, with additional access through tunnels connecting to the Senate building, State Office Building, Parking Lot C, and the Judicial Center. They said the screening process should take only seconds for most people, with bags scanned separately and additional checks only if needed. Prohibited items will not be stored by the Capitol, and the public was told to plan ahead, carry fewer items, and follow staff instructions. The Capitol will close to the general public at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays unless legislative business is still underway, in which case accommodations will be made.
In questions, officials said people with valid permit-to-carry authorization may still bring a firearm if it is otherwise legal, but they must declare the permit, show government ID, and go through screening. Elected officials are exempt and will have a separate lane, while staff will be screened. They also said the tunnels will be locked with restricted key-card access, and that the Senate is implementing its own screening, with questions about Senate doors referred there. Jacobson said the State Patrol will cover the costs within its existing budget, and that the process will be evaluated and adjusted as needed to keep it efficient and not a deterrent to visitors.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 484 reflects $1.84 add-on to the directed pharmacy dispensing payment.
- Line 506 reflects directed payments for hospitals, House File 2057.
- This is linked to the directed dispensing payment for pharmacies in that the directed payment is intended
- The directed payment program that I've worked on is in this bill.
- We were given direction from the leadership to set aside MinnesotaCare.
Bills:
HF2435
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> and so maybe that will be more directed and so maybe that will be more directed towards<00:23:14.400
- </c> operations, direct care, and treatment. operations, direct care, and treatment.
- Chair, Representative, we actually would direct people to go the other direction.
- Chair, Representative, we actually would direct people to go the other direction.
- Chair, Representative, we actually would direct people to go the other direction.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Lawmakers Speak on Enforcement For 340B Drug Pricing Plan Protections - 04/07/26
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a clear direction from folks on the ground in northern Minnesota saying that this is needed.
- It is a clear direction from folks on the ground in northern Minnesota saying that this is needed.
- It is a clear direction from folks on the ground in northern Minnesota saying that this is needed.
- It is a clear<00:07:33.760><c> direction</c><00:07:34.520><c> from</c><00:07:34.800><c> folks</c><00:
- 07:35.120><c> on</c><00:07:35.320><c> the</c><00:07:35.400><c> ground</c> clear direction from folks
Summary:
The meeting focused on a Minnesota Senate floor debate over a bipartisan 340B enforcement bill, with supporters arguing that the measure would require pharmaceutical companies to comply with federal and state law and continue providing discounted drugs to safety-net and rural hospitals. Senators and other speakers said the program is essential to hospital finances, especially for facilities facing operating losses and federal Medicaid cuts, and warned that without enforcement language hospitals such as Hennepin County Medical Center and rural hospitals could face severe financial harm or closure. Supporters also said pharmaceutical companies had spent heavily on media and lobbying to oppose the bill and that the Senate’s bipartisan vote showed the issue had broad support.
Several speakers described how 340B revenue is used to sustain hospital services, including addiction treatment, trauma care, and other essential care in vulnerable communities. They said the program was designed to let hospitals buy drugs at low cost and bill insurers at standard rates, using the difference as a funding stream. When asked about claims that hospitals made large sums from the program, supporters said that was consistent with the program’s purpose. They also said some drug companies were not complying with 340B obligations, particularly around contract pharmacies, and that enforcement language was needed to ensure compliance.
The discussion also addressed HCMC’s financial situation, with speakers saying 340B funding is not a full solution but is an important support and should not be reduced further. They rejected a proposed transparency/reporting amendment as too burdensome, while noting that federal authorities already have audit power over 340B dollars. The speakers urged the House to pass the same language, said eight Republicans joined the Senate vote, and expressed hope that the bill would advance despite concerns about House support and ongoing pharmaceutical industry opposition.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 04/20/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- AND THIS BUDGET IS NO EXCEPTION SO, BUT I DO FEEL GOOD THAT Things are moving in the right direction,
- If the PSC is directing a utility to implement their plan, how is that voluntary?
- IF THE PSC IS DIRECTING A UTILITY TO IMPLEMENT THEIR PLAN, HOW IS THAT VOLUNTARY?
- So this is a step in the right direction. I would love, Mr.
- SO THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I WOULD LOVE, Mr.
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine formalities, approved the journal, welcomed a SkillsUSA student delegation, and then moved into budget and policy business. The chamber accepted a Rules Committee report and took up a supplemental budget extender, Senate Print 9963, which would extend state operations through April 22 and authorize $12.7 billion, including about $5.1 billion in new funding for Medicaid, payroll, and school aid. Senator O’Mara questioned the delay in the budget, the lack of public detail, and unresolved issues such as CLCPA changes, auto insurance, and SEQR reforms; the sponsor said negotiations were ongoing and that school aid would likely build on the executive budget. The extender passed 57-1, with Senator Weik voting no.
The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 1887, sponsored by Senator Brisport, memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month. Senators Brisport, Fahy, Salazar, and Gounardes spoke in support, emphasizing Arab Americans’ cultural, civic, and economic contributions in New York and condemning anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. The resolution was adopted by voice vote and opened for co-sponsorship.
The chamber next considered several bills on the calendar, including a bill by Senator Cleare to prohibit state-chartered financial institutions from investing in private correctional facilities. Supporters framed it as a moral response to private prisons and rising federal use of detention facilities, while opponents argued it would overregulate state-chartered banks and affect private investment decisions. The bill passed 36-22. The Senate also passed a bill by Senator Krueger raising the nonprofit lobbying disclosure threshold from $5,000 to $10,000, after debate over transparency and whether the change would reduce oversight; it passed 35-23. Finally, the Senate passed Senator May’s bill on advanced transmission technologies and utility planning, after extensive debate over ratepayer costs, battery storage, and data center growth; supporters said it could lower energy costs through more efficient grid use, while opponents said it would raise rates and duplicate existing studies. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Workforce Development Fund subcommittee 3/23/26
Transcript Highlights:
- /c><00:02:00.880><c> do</c> about how can we look at how we do about how can we look at how we do direct
- appropriations in our workforce direct appropriations in our workforce committee<00:02:03.840><c> going
- appropriation bills that come and direct appropriation bills that come at<00:04:56.880><c> us.
- </c> decisions about direct appropriations. decisions about direct appropriations.
- </c> million in direct funding. million in direct funding.
Summary:
The House debated a motion to suspend the rules so House File 3843 could be recalled from committee and given second and third readings for final passage. The bill, carried by Representative Baker and supported by Representative Niska, would create a subcommittee of the governor’s workforce development board to vet nonprofit and other applicants for workforce development dollars, with the legislature retaining final authority. Supporters argued the proposal would add an extra layer of scrutiny, reduce fraud risk, and help prevent problems like those highlighted in recent reporting and past nonprofit funding scandals.
Supporters repeatedly tied the bill to concerns about fraud in state grantmaking, citing the Feeding Our Future scandal and other nonprofit cases as examples of why more oversight is needed. Representative Baker said the committee process can be overwhelmed by many direct-appropriation requests at the end of session, and that a board-based vetting process would help identify red flags. Representative Enen and Representative Schultz also backed the motion, saying the bill would improve accountability and protect taxpayer dollars.
Representative Pinto opposed the urgency motion, saying he supports moving toward more competitive grants but not adding another layer of bureaucracy without a fiscal note or fuller committee process. He argued the bill would not do what supporters claimed and that the legislature already makes funding decisions. After debate, the House took a roll call vote on the motion to suspend the rules. The motion failed by one vote, 67 yeas to 66 nays.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Child Custody Review Task Force Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- And the member suggested a specific directive, which is similar to the directive in state law right now
- That is not the answer to what we're doing in this directive.
- They might need a directive to do that, which would, I believe, require this committee to make that directive
- You just, they're, without having a directive. Not going to get in 30 days.
- I think for the directive, I think that is correct.
Summary:
The Child Custody Review Task Force met with a quorum, approved the prior meeting minutes, and reviewed a memorandum compiling member suggestions for possible legislation. The memo grouped ideas into topics including creation of a family court, expanded education for parents, attorneys, and judges, expedited hearings for parenting-time violations, limiting law enforcement involvement in custody disputes, creating parenting time expediters, and adopting more uniform court procedures. Members also discussed whether to form subcommittees, but the task force decided to continue working as a full committee rather than create subcommittees at this time.
The committee then heard testimony from Dr. John Perez, a mental health professional, who described his personal custody experience and his professional work with families he believes have been affected by parental alienation. He argued for stronger education, faster court response times, and better tools to address intentional interference with parenting time. Members questioned him about his case history, the concept of parental alienation, and whether specialized family courts or judges with family-law training could help. Dr. Perez said a dedicated family court and faster hearings would likely have helped his situation.
The task force spent substantial time discussing the possible creation of a family court. Judge Hovey supported the idea of a specialized family court or at least a study of one, saying family cases are distinct from ordinary adversarial litigation and that judges with family-law experience could better handle them. Several members agreed that a family court could improve consistency, expertise, and speed, but others cautioned that the task force’s current directive is focused on enforcement of existing orders rather than broader custody policy, and noted that voters had previously rejected equal shared parenting proposals. The group also discussed expedited procedures for parenting-time disputes, with Judge Hovey suggesting a 30-day hearing timeline may be workable.
On education, members generally supported requiring parents to complete a parenting education course and adding educational materials explaining court process, child support, and what judges can and cannot do. Mr. McLean suggested a short instructional video for litigants and more family-law education for judges and attorneys, while Ms. Moldenhauer said education could be incorporated into scheduling orders or mediation orders. Members also discussed the Parents Forever course, including whether it should be mandatory in all counties and whether cost is a barrier; no vote was taken on any of these proposals.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Facing Minnesota's Affordability Crisis by Addressing Healthcare Costs and Home Construction Hurdles May 1st, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:11:50.000><c> to</c> second part about it is direct to second part about it is direct to consumer
- ><c> primary</c><00:13:16.200><c> care</c> framework for direct primary care framework for direct primary
- </c><00:13:57.240><c> And</c> of a direct primary care agreement.
- And of a direct primary care agreement.
- That direction is up and out direction.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We are hopeful that, with the direction to the department in this proposal, they will be able to create
- Stefan Gildemeister identified himself for the record and said he directs the Health Economics Program
- I direct the Health Stefan Gildemeister.
- So, yes, in direct answer to your question, I’m sorry that I didn’t catch that at first.
- technical changes in direct care and<00:54:31.520><c> treatment.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> importantly uh Medicaid direct importantly uh Medicaid direct certification.<00:04:52.960><c> And
- </c> lunch forms and the Medicaid direct lunch forms and the Medicaid direct certification<00:05:09.360
- </c> stewardship, the shift to a direct stewardship, the shift to a direct certification<00:24:01.360
- </c> direct certification for calculation. direct certification for calculation.
- direct certification only Utilizing direct certification only means<00:24:36.320><c> that</c><00:24:
Keywords:
charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- a youth employment program at directed a youth employment program at the<00:02:09.440><c> formerly</
- Section 7 relating to the prospective sunset of direct distribution has been deleted.
- </c> subsection G relating to malt direct subsection G relating to malt direct distribution<00:07:26.319
- </c> perspective uh sunset of direct perspective uh sunset of direct distribution<00:07:51.520><c> has
- </c><00:16:39.600><c> to</c> Employees Association are directed to Employees Association are directed
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Mar 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It would take those three bond authorizations and direct the State Finance Committee to not issue any
- It would take those three bond authorizations and direct the State Finance Committee to not issue any
- Climate Solutions has consistently supported allowing direct sales for all EVs or EV manufacturers.
- One such idea would be to require direct-sales manufacturers And our partners.
- And in this bill, some direct-sales manufacturers would be treated as dealers.
Summary:
The committee heard briefings and public testimony on three transportation bills. Substitute Senate Bill 6170 would raise WSDOT monetary thresholds for doing repairs in-house and for contracting work intended to support small, veteran-, minority-, and women-owned businesses, increasing the regular repair limit from $60,000 to $100,000, the emergency repair limit from $100,000 to $160,000 with annual inflation adjustment, and the contracting threshold from $100,000 to $160,000. The sponsor and WSDOT supported the bill as an efficiency measure; the fiscal note indicated no fiscal impact. Washington Federation of State Employees also supported it, saying the higher limits would let highway maintenance crews do more work in-house while preserving the existing work split with contractors.
Substitute Senate Bill 6225 would authorize new and expanded transportation general obligation bonds, including $1.1 billion for highway projects in the Move Ahead Washington account, $400 million for listed highway projects with cost increases, and a $500 million increase to the SR 520 bond authorization, while also ending issuance of certain older unissued bond authorizations after June 30, 2026. Committee members asked about debt service, bond capacity, and how the money would be allocated; staff said the projects would be handled through the budget process and that the bill was intended to provide flexibility. Labor and business groups supported the bill as a way to fund preservation and maintenance and provide predictability, while Transportation Choices Coalition said any bonding should be limited and paired with broader transportation funding reforms and protection for multimodal programs.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6354 would allow certain qualifying U.S.-based battery electric vehicle manufacturers that have Washington service facilities and no prior franchise agreements to own and operate dealer licenses and sell directly, while also raising the dealer documentary service fee from $200 to $250 until the end of 2026 and directing part of the increase to an EV rebate program and the multimodal transportation account. Rivian and Lucid supported the bill as a compromise that would expand EV access and direct-sale options; Climate Solutions and the Port of Seattle also supported it, citing emissions reduction and affordability goals. Washington State Auto Dealers Association supported the compromise, saying it strengthens franchise protections while allowing limited direct sales. Honda, Toyota, Ford, GM, and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation opposed the bill, arguing it creates special treatment and weakens the franchise system, and some urged added consumer protections, service requirements, or bonding. The committee took no final action and closed the public hearings after testimony.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- a direct general fund appropriation of $139,000.
- Um, next on line 22 and 23, the direct state aid for the benefit changes for the St.
- </c> piece is it eliminates a direct piece is it eliminates a direct reduction<00:07:54.840><c> that's
- </c> government finance bill, a direct government finance bill, a direct general<00:07:57.320><c> fund
- </c> Um, next on line 22 and 23, the direct Um, next on line 22 and 23, the direct state<00:09:03.040
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Once a couple is directed to one of the two calculation methods, if directed to part one, the two axes
- Once a couple is directed to one of the two calculation methods, if directed to part one, the two axes
- Once a couple is directed to one of the two calculation methods, if directed to part one, the two axes
- </c> degree but we cannot isolate the direct degree but we cannot isolate the direct impacts<01:10:47.280
- </c> limitations associated with direct limitations associated with direct expenditure<01:11:59.199><