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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/13/26

Health Finance and Policy

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  • </c> higher volume or intensity of service higher volume or intensity of service than<00:13:18.400><c
  • </c><00:14:17.160><c> This</c> or duplicative services. This or duplicative services.
  • First of all, it's a service.
  • </c> neutral thing as a service to customers? neutral thing as a service to customers?
  • Yes, that means providing service.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Insurance REVISED: SB1592 - Removed Apr 7th, 2026

Insurance

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  • Members, it looks like this bill is dealing with anesthesia services. Move for adoption.
Summary: The committee considered several bills and moved each one forward without opposition. Senate Bill 1684, presented by Representative Bayshore, would require highway remediation companies to carry at least $3 million in liability insurance before entering roadways to protect the public; it passed 6-0 and was recommended to the next committee. Senate Bill 378, also presented by Bayshore, would modernize the multi-county bail bonds statute by adding flexibility in writing capacity and strengthening financial oversight and transparency; it passed 6-0 and was recommended for the floor. Senate Bill 1447, presented by Representative Marti, would change requirements for the RFP for the state employee prescription drug plan. Marti used the presentation to sharply criticize the State Chamber and outside messaging about the bill, arguing the legislation would not raise drug costs and that similar laws in other states have produced savings; the bill passed 6-0. Senate Bill 1920, presented by Representative Tedford, would raise the salvage title threshold for autos from 60% to 70% to align more closely with neighboring states and avoid prematurely totaling vehicles; it passed 6-0 and was sent to the next committee. After a brief suspension, the committee took up Senate Bill 1443, presented by Representative Sneed on behalf of Chairman Chad Caldwell, which concerns anesthesia services. No questions or debate were raised, and the bill passed 6-0. The meeting then adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Health Care & Wellness

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  • The proposed substitute relates to reimbursement for anesthesia services.
  • any anesthesia time for the payment of these services.
  • any anesthesia time for the payment of these services.
  • Anesthesia care is not a flat or predictable service.
  • Anesthesia reimbursement is very different from most medical services.
Summary: The House Health Care & Wellness Committee held public hearings on several bills. House Bill 2232 would create a time-sensitive emergency data repository for cardiac, stroke, and trauma care, with Department of Health oversight, quality improvement reporting, and support for rural facilities; emergency physicians, nurses, and DOH supported it as a way to improve outcomes and reduce rural-urban disparities, while the Washington State Hospital Association said hospitals support the goal but lack resources to absorb the added reporting burden. House Bill 1812, on the proposed substitute, would bar insurers, public employee plans, HCA, and Medicaid managed care from imposing anesthesia time limits or related reimbursement caps; the sponsor and anesthesia providers said it protects patient safety and prevents insurers from interfering with medical judgment, and the Washington State Society of Anesthesiologists asked for a clarifying amendment on physical status modifiers. House Bill 2340 would extend substance use disorder monitoring program protections and stipend eligibility to nursing assistants; the sponsor and Board of Nursing supported it as a way to reduce stigma and help participants afford treatment and monitoring, and the board said the stipend is currently funded through general funds. House Bill 2577 would require acute care hospital inspections at least every 18 months, clarify use of approved accrediting organizations, and adjust fire protection re-inspection rules; the sponsor and Department of Health said it responds to a JLARC audit and clarifies timelines after COVID-related delays, while the department said it is still working to catch up on inspections and continues complaint investigations. House Bill 2250 would limit hospital charity care eligibility to Washington residents, using residency standards similar to Medicaid and preserving emergency care coverage under EMTALA. Supporters, including border hospital officials, the Washington State Hospital Association, and Seattle Children’s, argued the current policy draws nonresident non-emergent patients and strains rural and border hospitals, especially Newport Hospital, while opponents from Columbia Legal Services, Dollar For, Northwest Health Law Advocates, and QLaw Foundation said the bill would chill access for immigrants, temporary visa holders, and people seeking reproductive or gender-affirming care, and that the real problem is hospitals failing to provide charity care to eligible patients. The sponsor said he is working with DOH on amendments to address unintended consequences, and several testifiers indicated willingness to continue stakeholder discussions. No votes were taken; the committee heard testimony and then closed public hearings on the bills before adjourning.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Health Finance and Policy

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  • Let's say that you go to a hospital for a shoulder surgery, and while you're under anesthesia for that
  • Let's say that you go to a hospital for a shoulder surgery, and while you're under anesthesia for that
  • Department of Health and Human Services issued a memorandum suggesting that every state should adopt
  • Department of Health and Human Services issued a memorandum suggesting that every state should adopt
  • and I don't um under under anesthesia and I don't think<00:14:38.240><c> that</c><00:14:38.959><c> I
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Jan 28th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

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  • particular, and I think all of our colleagues, are looking for budget savings that don't imperil services
  • but it will continue and those folks will be able to receive the extra reimbursement for a vital service
  • The quality assurance fee needs to better serve the services that our ambulances are providing in transportation
  • agree that this is a good bill that we should... able to receive the extra reimbursement for a vital service
  • The quality assurance fee needs to better serve the services that our ambulances are providing in transportation
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee heard House Bill 2565, which would require the University of Washington to place gifts and endowment funds with the Washington State Investment Board instead of managing them through UW’s own investment office. Staff and the prime sponsor argued the state board could achieve higher returns at lower fees, while UW testified in opposition, saying its investment company is self-sustaining, transparent, and manages funds with different legal and liquidity constraints. No questions were raised during the hearing, and the bill was not advanced at that point. The committee then took up amendments and executive action on several bills. For Third Substitute House Bill 1607 on beverage container recycling and waste reduction, members debated and rejected amendments that would have changed redemption-site locations, redirected unredeemed deposits to the Working Families Tax Credit and litter programs, added accountability requirements for grants, or created a supplemental SNAP benefit. The committee adopted only a technical amendment and then approved the bill on a 17-13 vote. For Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1622 on public employers bargaining over artificial intelligence use, the committee adopted one amendment refining the AI definition and rejected amendments that would have narrowed bargaining triggers further; the bill then passed 19-11. The committee also advanced House Bill 2254 on the Partnership Access Line assessment, House Bill 2385 extending timelines for the Medicaid Access Program after federal changes, House Bill 2531 adjusting a quality assurance fee for ground transportation/ambulance reimbursement, and House Bill 2543 allowing county clerks to raise fees to cover required court-related changes. Each of those bills was reported out with a do pass recommendation after brief discussion and recorded roll-call votes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance May 7th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • service for coverage.
  • Anesthesia is typically provided by an anesthesia provider, such as an anesthesiologist, a CRNA, or a
  • services.
  • services because the dental policy provides zero coverage for anesthesia.
  • by a qualified anesthesia provider.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health Care & Wellness

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  • must be registered by the Department of Social and Health Services.
  • services, or personal care services, conditioned on the payment of an entrance fee in addition to or
  • Basically, this type of CCRC contract includes health care services on a prepaid basis.
  • Midwives provide incredibly important services to people in our state.
  • Midwives provide incredibly important services to people in our state.
Summary: The committee held public hearings on three bills. HB 2384 would require continuing care retirement communities that offer life care contracts to submit actuarial analyses every other registration cycle for review by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, with results sent to DSHS for registration decisions and an appeal process through DSHS. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency and protect residents’ financial security; LeadingAge Washington supported transparency but raised cost and implementation concerns. HB 2505 would exempt certain foster parents and child-specific foster care providers from adult family home licensure when former foster youth remain in the home as adults and other conditions are met. The sponsor and DSHS said the bill would help vulnerable young adults stay with caregivers and avoid unnecessary licensure barriers. HB 2402 would phase out DEHP in IV solution containers and later IV tubing, with exemptions for certain blood and cell therapy products; testimony largely supported removing phthalates for health and environmental reasons, while manufacturers, hospitals, and AdvaMed raised supply chain, timing, and implementation concerns and requested later phase-out dates and exemptions. In executive session, the committee adopted amendments and advanced several bills. HB 1904, prohibiting cat declawing, was amended to remove recordkeeping, reporting, fines, and disciplinary references tied to declawing and was reported out with a do pass recommendation. HB 2145 on the 340B drug pricing program was advanced as a proposed substitute after a lengthy discussion about transparency, reporting, and concerns over authority and litigation. HB 2182, concerning abortion medications held and distributed by the Department of Corrections, was amended to require appropriations for purchases, restore cost-based distribution language, prioritize Indian health providers, add annual reporting, and remove the emergency clause; the substitute bill then passed out of committee. HB 2211 on medically tailored meals also passed out, with one member opposing due to concerns about limiting participation to certain nonprofits. The committee also passed out HB 2247 on veterinarian-client-patient relationships and telehealth after adopting a substitute that clarified recordkeeping, telehealth prescribing, clinical practice requirements, and the effective date. HB 2329 on supervision of medical assistants and lactation consultants by licensed midwives passed after a cleanup amendment clarified that midwives are not prohibited from coordinating with lactation consultants. HB 2339 on nurse licensing passed after a technical amendment updated definitions and terminology for nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist credentials. The meeting concluded with all of these measures reported from committee, mostly on strong bipartisan votes, though several bills drew mixed votes or dissent over scope, costs, or implementation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Inadvertently, hospice services, assistance services, and habilitation services were left out. ...strikes
  • Health care services with an A or B recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force
  • there can be a multitude of services.
  • Specificity of service.
  • This bill, obviously, is expanding their scope and their licensure to outpatient services past ER services
TX
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  • However, some medical health insurers do not want to cover the anesthesia.
  • necessary procedures, it must also provide the anesthesia.
  • Anesthesia for medically necessary dental procedures.
  • Qualified anesthesia providers are included in that coverage as well.
  • As somebody who has provided general anesthesia for these procedures.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) Apr 9th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • The anesthesia is a medical procedure which is usually performed by a physician.
  • Exclude general anesthesia when it is necessary for a dental procedure.
  • Um, that already requires coverage for general anesthesia.
  • Thank you for what you do in your service to our state.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) Apr 9th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Inadvertently, hospice services, personal assistance services, and habilitation services were left out
  • Health care services with an A or B recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force
  • Pediatric hospice services; treating newborns experiencing withdrawal; and health care services provided
  • Our services are free to families.
  • This bill is expanding their scope and their licensure to outpatient services past ER services.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with several members initially absent, then later established a quorum. The committee heard multiple bills, with most testimony focusing on access to care, insurance practices, senior safety, and health care worker protections. Several bills were laid out with committee substitutes, and public testimony was limited to two minutes per witness. Most bills were left pending after testimony, with no final votes taken in the portion provided. Senate Bill 2069 would create a work group to study the feasibility of a statewide acute psychiatric bed registry; the substitute shifts appointment authority to the Health and Human Services Commissioner and extends reporting and sunset dates. Senate Bill 463 would expand workplace violence protections to additional hospice, home and community support, intermediate care, and state-supported living center settings. Senate Bill 1283 would require background checks and transparency measures for senior retirement communities after testimony about the Dallas-area serial killings of elderly residents. Senate Bill 1784 would require 60 days’ written notice before medical debt is sent to collections. Senate Bill 527 would require medical insurance coverage for general anesthesia for medically necessary pediatric dental procedures for children under 13 with qualifying conditions; pediatric dentists testified that denials delay needed care. A major portion of the meeting centered on prior authorization. Senate Bill 1380 would eliminate prior authorization for a broad list of services, including emergency, primary, mental health, substance use, chemotherapy, preventive, pediatric hospice, and certain chronic-condition care. Physicians and hospice advocates supported the bill, describing delays, administrative burden, and patient harm, while health plans opposed blanket exemptions and argued prior authorization helps prevent unnecessary care and control costs. Relatedly, Senate Bill 547 would require insurers to report gold-card prior authorization exemptions to TDI and create a centralized database and annual report; TMA supported better tracking, while health plans warned of duplicative reporting and administrative cost. Senate Bill 407 would require health care facilities to honor conscience- and religion-based vaccine exemptions for employees, with testimony from a physician and vaccine-choice advocate supporting the bill. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1383, which would regulate senior living referral agencies, allow more flexible compensation structures, and add disclosure and consumer protections; an out-of-state referral company and A Place for Mom supported it. Senate Bill 1511 would allow freestanding emergency centers to provide outpatient services in addition to emergency care, with consumer protections such as estimates, limits on facility fees, and restrictions on balance billing. The chair repeatedly announced that bills were being left pending after testimony, and no final committee action or recorded votes were taken in the transcript provided.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

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

Health and Human Services

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

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 20th, 2026

Health and Human Services

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

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The Senate considered Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2034, a measure to terminate and restate the LEOFF 1 pension plan and use surplus funds for other state purposes if federal approval is obtained. During debate, senators discussed whether the plan should remain funded at 110% or 120% of actuarial value, whether surplus dollars should instead go to transportation or the budget stabilization account, whether members should receive an additional distribution, and whether local governments should be reimbursed for retiree health care costs. Several amendments were offered: a Gildon amendment to raise the funding target to 120% failed; a technical Robinson amendment adding a date passed; Holy, King, Harris, Schessler, and Conway amendments addressing member distributions, transportation, budget stabilization, local government health care costs, and a reconstituted board distribution all failed; and Robinson’s amendment removing Climate Commitment Act repayment language passed. The Ways and Means striking amendment, as amended, was then adopted. On final passage, supporters argued the bill was actuarially sound, had been reviewed by attorneys, actuaries, the State Investment Board, and the Department of Retirement Systems, and would allow use of excess funding for other state needs. Opponents warned it left too little in the pension fund, should dedicate surplus dollars only to one-time uses, and did not adequately reimburse cities and counties for retiree medical obligations. After debate, the Senate passed E2SHB 2034 by a vote of 25 yeas, 22 nays, with one absent and one excused. Afterward, the Senate returned to Substitute House Bill 2178, which was also passed on final passage by a vote of 39 yeas and 9 nays, with one excused. The chamber then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 19th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

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  • services.
  • A full list of the services is outlined in the bill report.
  • However, one of those services is live presentations.
  • Additionally, sellers of such services would pay B&O tax under the services and other activities classification
  • The insurance, public services, and licenses keep increasing.
NV
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  • And the reason is it wraps people in services.
  • And the reason is it wraps people in services.
  • And the majority of these households do not need any further services.
  • Not the delivery driver who verified the ID, and not the bill that made the service possible.
  • programs, externships, and pro bono services, which involve students and community service.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • service.
  • </c> of an essential service. of an essential service.
  • </c> intensive service. intensive service.
  • </c> providers in those 13 services. providers in those 13 services.
  • </c> the 14 services. the 14 services.
Bills: HF3526, HF3375, HF3469
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • public service agencies.
  • </c> support services. support services. uh<00:07:58.000><c> through</c><00:07:58.160><c> a</c><00:07
  • </c> service response. service response.
  • </c><00:19:06.240><c> Um,</c> service. It's it's a safety element. Um, service.
  • </c> those services. those services.