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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 18th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

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

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill seeks to establish an Early Childhood Mental Health Visiting Program within the Health and
  • Mental health 0-2? 0-2, yes. And mental health 0-5? Correct. Okay, thank you very much.
  • When you talk about Medicaid and mental health coverage, comparing it to private health insurance coverage
  • health spectrum in the private market.
  • Trained therapists who provide mental health services can deliver this effectively.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

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

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  • It calls on state health services to study the effects of food deserts on Texans' health and finances
  • Food deserts are a public health issue.
  • When we consolidated the Health and Human Services system, we also established the Women's Health Advisory
  • on women's health programs, such as Healthy Texas Women.
  • I'm a policy coordinator with the Texas Women's Health Care Coalition. health care coalition, and we're
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • , preventive health care services described by 45 CFR Section 147.130, and health care services provided
  • It is not health insurance and does not operate on the health care marketplace, but it serves a critical
  • It is not a health insurance provider.
  • of Governor Abbott's health care workforce task force.
  • health care workforce.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
TX
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  • This study reflects a recommendation of the board's Texas Health Care Workforce Task Force, and the bill
  • But it's a behavioral health para, and everybody's certified.
  • Fetal development instruction is currently in the state's health curriculum.
  • Development in the health curriculum equips Texas students to fully understand human development.
  • the 2020 revision of the health standards.
TX
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  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • It is not health insurance and does not operate on the health care marketplace, but it serves a critical
  • health care workforce.
  • Health care providers would be prohibited from: 1.
  • Health and...
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • Just make sure that they have the proper health care.
  • It's also important to note that these individuals have served, if this bill goes into effect, they will
  • Alters the notice to change the description of the proposed law, scope, purpose, or effect related to
  • the notice of the intent to change the description of the proposed local law's scope, purpose, or effect
  • Please do not hinder us from practicing it safely and effectively.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025 at 08:04 am

Public Health

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  • Sub to Chapter A, Chapter 1001 of the Health Safety Code to require health and Human Services Commission
  • Substance Abuse and Public Health Initiative Council to ensure that money allocated to the mental health
  • health substance use and public health.
  • So if there's an adverse effect, what would be an adverse effect?
  • health professionals, it seems.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 28th, 2025

Public Health

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  • a mental health unit, as does the...
  • Our goal is to bring a health-centered approach to mental health crises.
  • They're not all 100% effective.
  • We also learned about community health and public health.
  • Not health care.
TX
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  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • Senators, this is the bill that allows... folks to be informed about their health care choices, health
  • So, there are some positive economic effects.
  • Bill SB1257 is about health insurance, like so many things we deal with in this committee—health insurance
  • Most, if not all, children dealing with gender distress have underlying health and mental health challenges
TX
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  • such as local mental health authorities.
  • That's why we moved it back over to Health and Human Services.
  • Routine services like dental care often require month-long waits, while allied health and mental health
  • Including mental health, counseling, or therapy.
  • It makes sense when you're not delivering health care.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Committee Meeting - 2025-05-07

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the health licensing boards article.
  • Brooke Cunningham, Commissioner of Health.
  • It supports the public health infrastructure, hospitals, mental health centers, home care, community
  • of Health are inadequate to address the impact.
  • if it's not our very own health care.
Bills: HF2435
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I call this meeting of Health Finance and Policy to order. Members, good news: we have a quorum.
  • Members, this bill will be moved to Ways and Means simply as a vehicle that will be used for our health
Bills: HF2435
TX

Texas 89th Regular

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

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

Transcript Highlights:
  • health care system.
  • Texans, but its main goal will be improving... ...health literacy to attain greater cost-effectiveness
  • Improving health literacy is essential for better health outcomes and cost-effective care.
  • of health, impacting health outcomes and ultimately health costs.
  • Like we've heard today, health literacy really is the foundation. of effective health care systems.
OK
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  • 1132 by Caldwell of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the state department of Health
  • 1132 by Caldwell of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the state department of Health
  • 1133 by Caldwell of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the department of mental Health
  • Speaker, on the Oklahoma State Department of mental health and Substance abuse were had originally thought
  • 1133 by Caldwell of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the Department of mental health
OK
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  • He completed his undergrad at Oklahoma State University and medical school at OSU's Center for Health
  • She is a licensed clinical health psychologist at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic, a proud citizen of