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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Healthcare

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you have a nurse that is a critical care nurse or an ortho nurse or a cardiac nurse, those people
  • I wouldn't have a nurse to take care of that.
  • If you have a nurse that is a critical care nurse or an ortho nurse or a cardiac nurse, those people
  • I wouldn't have a nurse to take care of that.
  • If you have a nurse that is a critical care nurse or an ortho nurse or a cardiac nurse, those people
Bills: HB128, SB297, HB128, SB297
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're opening up our pipeline to try to get more CPAs in practice.
  • </c><00:04:38.080><c> We're</c><00:04:38.320><c> opening</c> and still practice a CPA.
  • We're opening and still practice a CPA.
  • So, that's that's the CPAs in practice.
  • And those funds to enter the practice.
Bills: HB59, HB128, HB59, HB128
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • of an advanced practice professional, which includes PAs, CRNPs, and CRNAs with prescribing authority
  • under the direction of an advanced practice professional, which includes PAs, CRNPs, and CRNAs with
  • under the direction of an advanced practice professional, which includes PAs, CRNPs, and CRNAs with
  • advanced practice professional<00:07:22.479><c> which</c><00:07:22.720><c> includes</c><00:07:23.199
  • Chairman and committee. >> Favorable report. direction of an advanced practice direction of an advanced
Bills: HB299, HB533, HB299, HB533
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jul 1st, 2026

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Department of Revenue does plan to change the practice for former recipients.
  • If anyone can direct me, I apologize in advance. Carly with Children's Health Watch.
  • This bill advances several evidence-based policies that would do just that.
  • anti-poverty bill. for their vision in advancing this critical omnibus anti-poverty bill.
  • Like, I want, I'm a personal care technician now and I want to be a licensed practical nurse.
Bills: H5085, H5286
Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities held a hybrid hearing on miscellaneous bills, including H. 5286, which would require DCF to consult a medical professional when a parent presents evidence of a pre-existing diagnosis that could explain symptoms mistaken for abuse or neglect. Representative Brian Mario said the bill would give DCF another tool in difficult cases. Jennifer Fernandes testified about her family’s experience with her grandson being removed after doctors initially suspected a skull fracture that later proved unfounded, saying the bill could help prevent similar outcomes. Committee members expressed sympathy and indicated interest in further discussion. The committee then heard extensive testimony on H. 5085/S. 3095, the omnibus “An Act Significantly Alleviating Poverty.” Supporters described the bill as a comprehensive anti-poverty package built from the Poverty Commission’s work, combining higher cash assistance grants, matched savings, baby bonds, a guaranteed stipend for youth aging out of foster care, expanded tax credits, language access, clean slate record sealing, and worker protections. Senator Eldridge, Senator Miranda, Representative Decker, and many advocates argued that poverty is tied to housing instability, child welfare involvement, health harms, and racial and gender inequities, and that the bill would help families meet basic needs, build wealth, and reduce the benefits cliff. Witnesses from social service, legal aid, labor, immigrant advocacy, and public health groups strongly supported the bill’s provisions. Several focused on specific sections: child support pass-through and a broader good-cause exception for TAFDC recipients; extending the state EITC to ITIN filers; creating baby bonds and matched savings programs; automating criminal record sealing; improving language access at state agencies; and ending the subminimum wage for farm workers. Former foster youth and service providers said the guaranteed stipend would help young adults avoid homelessness and transition more safely into adulthood. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chairs repeatedly noted the limited time and encouraged written testimony and follow-up conversations.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jul 1st, 2026

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • DoR does plan to change the practice for former recipients.
  • This bill advances several evidence-based policies that would do just that.
  • Please advance ASAP and build an army of good. Thank you. Thank you.
  • Like, 'I'm a personal care technician now and I want to be a licensed practical nurse.'
  • Like I want, I'm a personal care technician now and I want to be a licensed practical nurse.
Bills: H5085, H5286
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> which is the unauthorized practice which is the unauthorized practice statute,<00:45:43.680><c>
  • </c> is re-referred to the general register. is re-referred to the general register.
  • I'm a board-certified family nurse practitioner.
  • </c><01:46:07.800><c> their</c> and worship freely and practice their and worship freely and practice
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Feb 2nd, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • registered practice nurse?”
  • for advanced practice nurses.
  • Would this bill allow, because it doesn’t say using the title nurse, registered nurse, or licensed practical
  • I am a doctor of nursing practice.
  • Many nurses hold doctoral degrees in nursing practice, nursing education...
Summary: The committee first considered SB 268, a public records exemption for emergency physicians. Senator Rodriguez’s strike-all amendment narrowed and clarified the exemption, and testimony from an emergency physician described threats, harassment, and safety concerns tied to mandatory reporting and patient encounters. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. Members then heard SB 514, creating the Dula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties for pregnant and postpartum women affected by substance use disorder. Senator Osgood explained the pilot would provide non-medical doula support and data collection, and an amendment changed the funding source to specific appropriations in the General Appropriations Act. Supporters said doula care can improve maternal and infant outcomes and complement medical providers. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also approved SB 36 on use of professional nursing titles after extensive debate over whether nurses with doctoral degrees should be allowed to use “doctor” in clinical settings, with concerns raised about patient confusion and the need for clearer identification. The bill was amended to align with the House version and then reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee next approved SB 864, a public records exemption for uterine fibroid research data, after a technical amendment setting a July 1, 2026 effective date; Senator Sharif said the exemption is needed so the Department of Health can collect sensitive data for the related research bill. SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care management for certain licensed physicians and nurses, was also reported favorably after emotional testimony from patients and advocates describing delayed care and bias. Later, the committee approved SB 1404 on memory care, after a strike-all amendment creating a new memory care specialty license for assisted living facilities that advertise or provide specialized memory care services, while allowing optional supportive services without the new license. Supporters from the senior living industry backed the clarification. The committee then passed SB 914, which clarifies that licensed occupational therapists may perform dry needling, after an amendment adjusting supervision and continuing education language. Finally, the committee took up SB 1758, a broad Medicaid and SNAP reform bill that would strengthen fraud enforcement, impose Medicaid work requirements for certain able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services, modernize drug purchasing and prior authorization, and require SNAP fraud-reduction measures. Several amendments were adopted, and members questioned the work requirement, implementation costs, EBT card photo identification, and due process concerns; debate continued as the transcript ended.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This transition to practice limits where certified nurse specialists and nurse practitioners can work
  • I'm here today as the legislative director for the Minnesota Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, or
  • <01:14:57.840><c> Practice</c><01:14:58.239><c> Registered</c><01:14:58.719><c> Nurses</c><01:14:59.120
  • ><c> or</c> Advanced Practice Registered Nurses or Advanced Practice Registered Nurses or APRN<01:14:
  • I am a 25-year advanced practice certified nurse practitioner and also a nurse practitioner educator.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, it specifies that a licensed advanced practice registered nurse who holds a Doctor of Philosophy
  • degree or a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree may use the title Doctor of Philosophy and the abbreviation
  • Again, like I said, she's a registered nurse, a single mother, and I am her caregiver.
  • When a new medical report is needed, doctors and psychiatric nurses in the same practice are treated
  • When a new medical report is needed, doctors and psychiatric nurses in the same practice are treated
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard and advanced a series of health, child welfare, aging, disability, and public records bills. CS/SB 1002, on child welfare and parental substance abuse, was described as clarifying that acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect when it creates an ongoing risk to a child; it passed after limited questions and supportive testimony from Florida Smart Justice Alliance. CS/SB 1630, a broad aging and long-term care modernization bill, would streamline eligibility screenings, allow temporary DOEA services during emergencies or lead agency failures, tighten oversight of area agencies on aging, permanently establish the Florida Alzheimer’s Care Center of Excellence, and expand guardianship training and enforcement tools; it drew support from AARP, area agencies, and the Alzheimer’s Association and was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1022 to add Bay County and Pompano to the Florida Children’s Initiatives, and CS/SB 1030, via strike-all amendment, to streamline regulation of substance abuse and behavioral health providers and clarify background screening and privacy rules. Several bills focused on health care practice and patient access. CS/SB 36, with an amendment, allows nurses with doctoral degrees to use appropriate titles while requiring clear identification as nurses and making misuse grounds for discipline; nursing organizations supported it and it passed. CS/SB 844 requires physicians and nurses to complete a one-time, board-approved continuing education course on sickle cell disease care management, with multiple patients and advocates testifying about delayed care, bias, and the need for better provider education; the bill was reported favorably after an amendment aligning it with the House version. CS/SB 560 streamlines procedures for psychotropic medication for children in DCF custody by reducing duplicative reports, clarifying evaluator qualifications, limiting repeated background checks, and simplifying consent documentation; an amendment removed postsecondary education language, and the bill passed. The committee also approved a public records exemption bill for a uterine fibroids research database (CS/SB 864). The committee also advanced measures affecting disability services and forensic care. SB 6, a claims bill, would pay $3.8 million to a trust for a child who suffered severe abuse-related injuries after DCF involvement; it passed without opposition. SB 778 updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism found incompetent to proceed can be housed in the same secure forensic setting, reducing duplicative staffing and space needs; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 1016 codifies the Working People with Disabilities Program, allowing eligible developmentally disabled adults to work while retaining Medicaid waiver benefits and requiring notice to enrollees; advocates described the bill as essential to employment and independence, and it passed. Throughout the meeting, most bills received supportive public testimony, few questions, and unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • So Mom, being a nurse, took her out of her activities, was using ice, ibuprofen, all of the things, and
  • It just covers nurse practitioners if they're working for a state agency.
  • Administered in Mexico right now under the care of medical doctors and nurses, it's given orally.
  • It is about a 12-hour session that where you're monitored by a doctor and a nurse and then a paramedic
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health Feb 11th, 2026

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • So Mom, being a nurse, took her out of her activities, was using ice, ibuprofen, and all of the things
  • This just covers nurse practitioners.
  • Administered in Mexico right now under the care of medical doctors and nurses, it's given orally.
  • It is about a 12-hour session where you're monitored by a doctor, a nurse, and a paramedic the entire
  • Administered in Mexico right now under the care of medical doctors and nurses, it's given orally.
Summary: The committee first announced several bills would be laid over because sponsors were absent, then took up House Bill 4423, which would require Medicaid applicants to be legal U.S. citizens. After adopting a PCS, members asked whether Medicaid already had citizenship limits, and the bill passed 4-1. House Bill 3342 followed, revising the Health Care Authority audit process; the sponsor said it was based on an Arkansas model, had no fiscal impact, and was intended to be fairer after prior problems. It passed 5-0. House Bill 3645, allowing physicians or other independent doctors to authorize hospice referral when a patient lacks next of kin or is not coherent, also passed 5-0. House Bill 3647, creating an all-payer claims database through the state HIE for greater transparency in medical costs, passed 5-0 after a question about which entities would be included or excluded. House Bill 3887, which removes the requirement for a physician referral every 30 days for continued physical therapy, drew the most discussion. The sponsor said therapists would refer patients back to a physician if treatment was not helping or was outside their scope, while a member raised concerns about delayed diagnosis and suggested adding a timeline; the sponsor said he would be open to further discussion. The bill passed 4-1. House Bill 4430 extended tort claims protection to certain state-employed providers who work for entities such as FQHCs, and House Bill 4431 did the same for nurse practitioners working for state agencies; both passed 5-0. Later, House Bill 2964 changed medical-record copying language from “shall be charged” to “may be charged,” giving facilities discretion on whether to charge patients for copies of their records; it passed 5-0. Finally, House Bill 3834 was heard for research funding on ibogaine therapy for PTSD and related conditions among veterans, firefighters, and police officers. The sponsor said the goal was to allow Oklahoma research, not to remove the substance from controlled status, and a witness described the treatment as a monitored oral session used in Mexico and supported by some studies. The bill passed 5-0, and the chair adjourned the meeting, noting the laid-over bills would likely be heard the following week.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 13th, 2026 at 04:01 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gloria Dority; she's a registered nurse and nurse practitioner.
  • What the original bill had was Tier 3 nurses supervising and evaluating Tier 1 new nurses.
  • at two- or three-tier nurses.
  • So it sets it at two- or three-tier nurses.
  • I'm a nurse practitioner and a registered nurse. Thank you.
Bills: HB10, HB12, HB34, SB130, SM21
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> in law enforcement practices. in law enforcement practices.
  • As counties have reforms to advance.
  • > legal</c> transitioned practical and legal transitioned practical and legal questions<01:33:33.600>
  • </c><01:53:26.760><c> including</c> steps to improve our practices including steps to improve our practices
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And finally, additional safety hazards in the home setting and evidence-based safe bathing practices.
  • And that way, our nurses will be educated before they go actually out and practice.
  • Seeing no questions, with one appearance form, Jack Corey, Florida Nursing Association.
  • With one appearance form, Jack Corey, Florida Nursing Association, waving in support. Thank you.
  • It simply creates a pathway for the continuation of their practices to protect patients.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard public comment first on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program and the iBudget waiver. Testimony on the HIV program warned that proposed Department of Health changes could disrupt care for thousands of clients, create confusion, and force people off life-saving medications; a senator suggested affected clients explore medically needy and FQHC/340B options. Testimony on iBudget urged support for a roughly 7% rate adjustment for direct support professionals, citing rising costs and the need to sustain the developmental disabilities workforce. The committee then considered several bills. SB 428 expanded Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7 and was reported favorably. SB 68 required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment standards, and readiness assessments; an amendment aligning reporting dates with the House was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 1718 lengthened the time an adult may stay in an out-of-home placement before being treated as a visitor, reduced background screening burdens for foster families, made the Step Into Success program permanent, and created a best-practices program; it was also reported favorably. The committee next approved SB 606, which adds drowning-prevention and safe-bathing education to postpartum materials and requires related compliance records, and SB 96, which expands the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program to veterans up to 400% of the federal poverty level; an amendment removed the bill’s specific $500,000 appropriation so funding can be handled in the budget process. SB 340 required nursing education to include a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure, and SB 1480 created a grandfathering process for certain area-of-critical-need health care providers if federal designations change, both of which were reported favorably. The committee adjourned after all bills passed their roll calls.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair then noted the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses and Jennifer Pinoch, but said
  • :26:06.480><c> Nurses,</c> Perry Operative Registered Nurses, Perry Operative Registered Nurses, Jennifer
  • Uh, if no other questions, let's move on to House Bill 1452, adding advanced practice nurses to the list
  • It just simply adds advanced practice registered nurses to those classes of providers who may document
  • So it requires a clinician in this case, a physician, and if enacted, an advanced practice registered
Summary: The House Committee on Health held its first hearing of the session and opened with housekeeping notes, introductions of members, and an explanation that the agenda would be taken out of order to accommodate a sign language interpreter. The committee first heard HB 469, relating to parking for disabled persons. Testimony from the Disability and Communications Access Board and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the bill, explaining that a travel placard would help people with disabilities who must travel interisland or to the mainland for medical care. Members asked about emergency travel, misuse prevention, and how to distinguish the travel placard from existing disabled parking placards; witnesses said the bill would need to be tied to administrative rules, and agreed the placard should clearly show an expiration date and likely be a different color. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 218, relating to hospital surgical smoke. The Department of Health supported the measure, and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii supported it with amendments, saying hospitals already follow existing standards but that any new policy should account for different procedures and provider safety. A committee member questioned the proposed amendment language and whether it was too flexible; the witness explained the intent was to allow case-by-case application because some procedures generate only brief exposure. Members also asked what surgical smoke is, and the witness explained it is produced when electrical or cauterizing tools are used on tissue and creates vapor or fumes. The bill remained under discussion with no final action reported. The committee next took up HB 814, which would fund a public information campaign and related services on cannabis use among youth. The Department of the Attorney General said the bill should be amended to clarify whether the funding would be used for contracts or grants and to include proper grant standards if grants are intended. The Department of Health supported the bill and said the funds would expand prevention, treatment, recovery, and public education efforts, including social media outreach, PSAs, and school-based youth services. Multiple organizations and individuals testified in support, emphasizing the harms of youth cannabis use and the need for prevention and treatment resources. Members asked what the department currently does, whether it is fulfilling existing law on science-based cannabis information, and what kinds of treatment would be provided; the department said services would mainly be intensive outpatient, outpatient, counseling, and related youth-focused supports. No vote was taken during the hearing.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Healthcare

Transcript Highlights:
  • As you know, I practiced obstetrics for 32 years, and anyone that is practicing in that field of medicine
  • And from a practical standpoint, when an officer engages, for example, impairment, um when somebody's
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 5th, 2025

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • The town of Ralph, Alabama has two people on the Board of Nursing, and Congressional District One has
  • But if it's just a general practice board, there should be some representation. Many boards have...
  • Yeah, Board of Registered Interior Designers. House Bill 121 is... no... ...Interior Designers.
  • Representative Raffy is presenting the Board of Nursing. All right, well good morning, everybody.
  • That would be the Board of Nursing Home Administrators, House Bill 129, correct?