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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Judiciary

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  • If we have a dispute with another state and we'd like to get the Interstate Medical Licensure Commission
  • Last year, it was required that the commission, not the medical board, but the commission, file their
  • This version of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Bill, Mr.
  • As you know, the New Mexico Medical Board endorses joining the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
  • I mean, these medical professions are moving to a national licensure system.
Bills: SB1, SB3
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026 at 02:08 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The medical school used to have this problem back in the day.
  • And so you mentioned, like, medical school is a big one this year, but the law certainly should be up
  • And I've had the same critique for schools of nursing and other medical professional schools, which is
  • The governor in her state of the state talked about Increasing funding for our medical school because
  • We need Increasing funding for our medical school because we want more doctors.
Bills: SB1, SB3
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:37 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Interstate Medical Licensure Commission indicate under what authority they have to close the meeting
  • If we have a dispute with another state and we'd like to get the Interstate Medical Licensure Commission
  • Last year had required that the Commission, not the Medical Board, but the Commission file their rules
  • This version of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Bill, Mr.
  • As you know, the New Mexico Medical Board endorses joining the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
Bills: SB1, SB3
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

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  • in the way we conduct business since then, and one of them is to actually rename the name of the commission
  • The name of the commission is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission.
  • From Finance, which would just basically replace one line to state that the commission is not within
  • So, we're excited this legislation would help us from the Space and Rocket Center Commission to continue
  • The Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners will be continued without modification until.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • penalties for violating the underground facility statutes and requires the Arizona Corporation Commission
  • Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1238 adopts the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, allowing
  • physician assistants in participating states to obtain licensure in other compact states via a compact
  • It establishes the compact commission to facilitate and coordinate the implementation and administration
  • A couple of things that are important about this bill: this bill streamlines and expedites the licensure
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/22/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

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  • agency to possess an active medical or osteopathic license.
  • A chief medical officer may not be at the bedside, but they do make medical decisions, and it is imperative
  • I'm a medical doctor. I'm retired now. Dr. Abduce? Okay.
  • administer this type of care than medical professionals?
  • It prevents irreversible medical interventions in minors.
HI
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  • Uh we stand in uh on our Commission.
  • Commission. Commission.
  • In doing so, the commission revisited.
  • Hawaii Medical Board in support.
Bills: SB3275, SB3105
Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection reconsidered two condominium bills and adopted recommendations to pass both with amendments. For SB 2433, members approved amendments clarifying that condominium unit owners’ interests are to be recognized and protected in educational and related programs by the Real Estate Commission and DCCA, while making technical changes and changing the effective date. For SB 2838, the committee replaced the bill’s broader substantive language with a narrower requirement that associations provide electronic copies of specified documents, including master leases, reserve studies, audited financial statements, contracts, leases, and other agreements, along with technical changes and an amended effective date. Both measures were adopted unanimously by the members present, with Senator McKelvey excused. The committee then heard SB 2710 on animal issues, which would define and regulate dog breeders, set care standards, create county licensing authority, require records, and establish an animal abuser registry and related penalties. Testimony was mixed: the Public Defender and the American Kennel Club opposed the bill, arguing for stronger enforcement of existing laws rather than harsher penalties and warning that the bill would burden responsible breeders; the Hawaiian Humane Society supported the bill’s breeder regulation and registry provisions but urged removal of the hoarding section; and the committee noted 26 written testimonies in support, 14 in opposition, and four comments. In decision-making, the committee passed SB 2710 with amendments that blanked the license fee, deleted the animal abuser registry and shelter/pet store/breeder compliance checks, struck the hoarding provisions and proposed criminal penalty changes, and made technical changes with a deferred effective date. The committee also heard SB 2209 on rental discrimination, which would allow attorney’s fees to a prevailing party in source-of-income discrimination cases, and SB 2884, which would create a nonrefundable income tax credit for wind-resistant retrofits or hurricane shelters. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission supported SB 2209, and the committee later passed it with a deferred effective date. SB 2884 drew support from DCCA’s Insurance Division, the Department of Taxation, HEMA, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, and a public witness who urged hurricane preparedness; it was passed with the Department of Taxation’s proposed amendments and a deferred effective date. Finally, the committee heard SB 2922 on cooperative associations, which would create a general cooperative associations framework. DCCA offered comments, while the Hawaii Co-op Hui, Purple Maya Foundation, Enliven Cooperative, and Hawaii Farmers Union supported the measure and argued that current law is too limited for worker, producer, and multi-stakeholder co-ops. After discussion about using the existing chapter 421C structure rather than creating a new regulatory scheme, the committee passed SB 2922 with amendments adopting changes proposed in testimony from the Hawaii Farmers Union and deferred the effective date.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Apr 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Joint Resolution 53 deals with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority and this major rule deals
  • of Human Services, they collude with the state children's hospitals to kidnap children and then medicate
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Jacqueline Wynn-Nguyen, and I represent the Nevada State Medical Association.
  • IVF provides a critical medical solution for individuals and couples facing infertility.
  • Appointments, tests, and medications.
  • procedure and medical process that brings joy into our lives.
  • There was a young medical student who co-testified on the other side of the house.
Bills: AB52, AB76, AB163, AB388, AB483
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

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  • Uh, currently we have two statutes that cover the State Ethics Commission.
  • contract that they already have, uh, that is already binding, that has already been executed by the commission
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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Mar 18th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • And some examples of what you're talking about with medications: there are medications you can buy on
  • , but all your medication together.
  • He's over the four medication limit.
  • He's over the four medication limit.
  • for the functions of the commission, to provide for the organization of the commission, to require an
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you so much for being the workhorse of the board's agency and commissions committee. stability
  • Thank you so much for being the workhorse of the board's agency and commissions committee. >> All right
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules REVISED: Links Added Apr 28th, 2026

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is already required by the Corporation Commission.
  • It has to do with the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission, OUBCC.
  • regulating agencies, being the State Fire Marshal, the Oklahoma City Fire Marshal, the Building Commission
  • HCR 1094 is addressing a major rule from the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission.
  • I disapproved that rule because that rule essentially gave the commission the ability to ignore its own
Summary: The committee took up several joint resolutions dealing with agency rules. H.J.R. 1090, approving energy- and agriculture-related agency rules, was adopted and passed 10-0. H.J.R. 1091, covering business and commerce rules, was also adopted and passed 10-0. H.J.R. 1092, which had been split out from the business and commerce packet because of a reported $10 million cost impact on one business, was adopted after discussions with regulators about delaying remodeling requirements and addressing safety concerns; it passed unanimously. H.J.R. 1093, approving health-related agency rules, passed 11-0, with some Oklahoma Health Care Authority major rules noted as being handled separately in the Senate. The committee then discussed H.C.R. 1094, a major rule from the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission. Members raised concerns that the agency’s rule impact statement contained errors, incorrect notice and hearing information, and an incomplete economic analysis. After debate over whether the resolution could be amended or had to be accepted or rejected as a whole, the committee voted 11-0 that it did not pass. The committee then considered H.J.R. 1095 with an amendment to specifically disapprove a proposed permanent rule change by the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission that would have allowed the commission to ignore its own rules in the “best interest of the state.” The amendment was adopted 11-1, and the resolution as amended passed. At the end of the meeting, the chair thanked members and staff for their work and said the committee would try to move the resolutions to the floor on Thursday, with another meeting likely needed to address additional major rules coming from the Senate. A committee member also suggested a brief educational review of a prior procedural issue at a future meeting, and the chair agreed to discuss broader concerns about the administrative rules process in a later wrap-up.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Jan 26th, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This organization is put together with medical groups that provide medical care in the state of Florida
  • This organization is put together with medical groups that provide medical care in the state of Florida
  • forward and eliminate the requirement for many other medications, even various scheduled medications
  • Medically vulnerable people like people with cancer.
  • Medically vulnerable people like people with cancer.
Bills: S1082, S1168, S1756, S1156, S1480
Summary: The committee took up several health-related bills. SB 1082, on a statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program, was presented as a way to let providers and insurers use the federal independent dispute resolution process for emergency out-of-network claims under state-regulated commercial plans. A late-filed amendment clarified when providers and health plans could access the state program, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1168, which would centralize background screening clearinghouse functions at the Agency for Health Care Administration, also passed as amended after an amendment requiring sealed and expunged records to be included in screenings for qualified entities. Supporters said centralization would improve turnaround times, reduce duplication, and save costs; the sponsor said the bill also addresses coaches’ background screening language from last session. The committee then approved SB 1156, which moves ambulatory surgery center regulation out of the hospital-focused chapter of law into a standalone section, and SB 1480, as amended by a strike-all, which would grandfather certain temporary certificate holders practicing in areas of critical need if federal designation changes affect those areas. Testimony on SB 1480 emphasized continuity of care for patients in underserved communities, and the bill was reported favorably. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would require state-approved educational materials on childhood vaccines, require practitioners to provide those materials and alternative schedules before vaccination, expand school immunization exemptions to include conscience-based objections, clarify that the Surgeon General cannot order vaccination during a public health emergency, and authorize pharmacists to provide ivermectin behind the counter without a prescription with written information and safeguards. The sponsor argued the bill strengthens parental choice and informed consent. Committee members raised concerns about vaccine-preventable disease risks, immunocompromised children, school outbreaks, and the impact of adding a new exemption. A Department of Health representative said the department would need to provide details on the history of exemption consultations and noted that removing the earlier consultation requirement had not been shown to increase outbreaks. The committee adopted a friendly amendment to give physicians the same liability protection as pharmacists for ivermectin dispensing, but rejected a substitute amendment that would have required a consultation for exemption requests. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed to the bill, with physicians, pediatric specialists, cancer advocates, parents of immunocompromised children, and public health groups warning that it would lower vaccination rates and endanger vulnerable Floridians. The bill remained pending after testimony, with the committee continuing to hear public comment.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Feb 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health Care & Wellness

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  • As additional background, the Medical Commission, along with certain other boards and commissions, contracts
  • For that reason, the Washington Medical Commission asks for your support.
  • It's a product of extensive negotiations between the Medical Commission, the IMG community, and us.
  • I'm the Deputy Executive Director for the Washington Medical Commission.
  • At this point, the Medical Commission believes it is a solid program.
Bills: SB5877, SB5904, SB5988
Summary: The committee heard public testimony on several health care bills. SB 5904 would restrict use of nursing titles such as RN, ARNP/NP, and LPN to licensed human persons, with supporters arguing it is needed to prevent AI chatbots or other non-human entities from misleading patients. SB 5877 would add a $70 surcharge for certified anesthesiologist assistants so they can participate in the Washington Physicians Health Program and access HealWA, and testimony was generally supportive. SB 5185 would create a clinical experience graduate pilot program for international medical graduates, eliminate a prior multiple sclerosis-related licensing exception, and allow qualified participants to move toward full primary care licensure; supporters said it would help address workforce shortages while maintaining patient safety. The committee also heard extensive testimony on ESSB 6210, which would let the Health Benefit Exchange adopt additional market-factor certification criteria for exchange plans, including standards aimed at meaningful differences among plans and maintaining coverage in underserved counties such as San Juan. Supporters said the bill would help stabilize access and affordability amid federal policy changes and carrier exits, while insurers and business groups argued the timeline is too fast, the criteria are too discretionary, and the bill could discourage carrier participation. The committee then heard SB 5981 on the 340B drug pricing program; supporters from hospitals, health centers, and patient advocates said it protects safety-net providers and preserves savings for vulnerable patients, while opponents from employer, pharmaceutical, and business groups argued it would raise premiums and costs, lacks transparency, and expands a program they say is already growing rapidly. The committee also took executive action on SB 5917, related to Department of Corrections dispensing and distribution of abortion medications, rejecting five proposed amendments and reporting the bill out 10-6; SB 5988, related to opioid treatment program accrediting activities, was reported out 13-3; and SB 5124, on Medicaid network adequacy for post-acute care services, was reported out unanimously 16-0.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules REVISED: Links Added Apr 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has to do with the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission.
  • regulating agencies, being the state fire marshal, the Oklahoma City fire marshal, the building commission
  • HCR1094 is addressing a major rule from the Long Range Capital Planning Commission.
  • the proposed permanent rule changes to OAC42811-3-7 submitted by the Long Range Capital Planning Commission
  • would recognize her, Orson McCain, I disapproved that rule because that rule essentially gave the commission
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Jan 20th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • Why would they have a higher commission rate, and who would set that commission rate?
  • Would you be open to capping the commission rate at the same as other plans?
  • Does this concern you that so little of the amount is actually being paid for medical care?
  • It's already been mentioned that the outrageous commissions are correct.
  • The purpose for this bill is to increase representation on the commission to a circuit.
Summary: The committee considered several bills and reported each favorably. SB 624, by Senator Yarborough, would allow batterers intervention programs to offer optional supplemental faith-based activities, with no participant required to take part. Supporters said it would expand provider options and help address a shortage of certified programs; opponents raised concerns about mixing government-ordered programming with religion and about the state’s prior rule change. The bill passed 7-2. The committee also approved CS/SB 834, which repeals a 2022 restriction barring licensed insurance agents from partnering with health care sharing ministries to market or sell their programs. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill restores free speech, consumer choice, and access to faith-based alternatives, while opponents warned about consumer confusion, higher commissions, and weak protections because these ministries are not insurance. After extended debate, the measure passed 8-2. Other measures advanced unanimously or near-unanimously. CS/SB 502, as amended, would give Florida concurrent jurisdiction over certain juvenile offenses on military installations so juveniles can be handled in the state system; it passed 9-0. CS/SB 52 would exempt volunteer armed security for houses of worship from Class D or G licensing requirements, and supporters cited rising threats to churches and the need for organized volunteer security; it passed 9-0. SB 840, a cleanup bill to narrow and clarify last year’s emergency-related land-use restrictions after hurricanes, also passed 9-0, and CS/SB 758, which updates the membership of the Justice Administration Commission, passed 9-0 after an amendment restoring two public defenders to the commission.