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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • opioid settlement funds.
  • Direct Care and Treatment is a very important entity when it comes to addressing substance use and opioid
  • </c><00:33:35.200><c> of</c> wound care um and taking care of wound care um and taking care of people's
  • <c> care</c> throughout a patients's care throughout a patients's care Journey<01:10:09.840><c> the</
  • opioid epidemic with compassion and care.
Bills: HF696, HF1429, HF1379
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/20/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:05:10.400><c> use</c> to help reduce unnecessary opioid use to help reduce unnecessary opioid
  • </c><00:05:29.680><c> un</c> prescribed or administered an opioid un prescribed or administered an opioid
  • </c><00:14:35.720><c> put</c> practitioner don't give me opioids put practitioner don't give me opioids
  • </c><00:15:54.360><c> conversation</c> part of of of our opioid conversation part of of of our opioid
  • </c> in the medical assistance and child care in the medical assistance and child care assistance<00:
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

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

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The health care arena for me is just the same.
  • I take care.
  • It is about equal, informed, timely care.
  • continuing care of the department in extended foster care, who are under 21 will no longer need repeated
  • or in the continuing care of the department in extended foster care who are under 21 will no longer
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.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill changes the definition of 'lead free' and aligns it with the federal government's definition
  • Untreated postpartum depression increases long-term health care costs due to emergency interventions
  • Is there a funding mechanism for ADPH to take care of the cost?
  • Because, as I see it, now the medical schools are teaching more short-term patient care.
  • My grandson just finished getting his MD this summer, and it's just that part of caring and nurturing
Bills: HB330, HB336, HB322, HB346
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 5/7/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will move the amendment to the House budget resolution, which changes access to the health care access
  • One of the changes is a target change in the general fund, and then one is the health care access fund
  • We also combat opioid use in a number of ways in this bill through education, antagonists, and opioid
  • We also combat opioid use in a number of ways in this bill through education, antagonists, and opioid
  • We also combat opioid use in a number of ways in this bill through education, antagonists, and opioid
Bills: HF2436, HF2435
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Feb 2nd, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • care.
  • “Make sure that when a patient is receiving care, that they know who’s caring for them.
  • The amendment replaces current memory care provisions in the bill and creates a new memory care services
  • An ALF must obtain a memory care services license if the ALF serves one or more memory care residents
  • We like that it defines memory care resident and memory care services.
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.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 18, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • , for their family’s care.
  • , for their family’s care.
  • , for their family’s care.
  • , for their family’s care.
  • </c> your strategy to provide that care? your strategy to provide that care?
Bills: HB0143, HB0129
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 18, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, committee, I will now move House Bill 143, Free Speech for Health Care Providers.
  • Respecting and encouraging free speech leads to better health care for patients.
  • I will now move House Bill 143, Free Speech for Health Care Providers.
  • Respecting and encouraging free speech leads to better health care for patients.
  • leads to better health care free speech leads to better health care for<00:05:02.240><c> patients.
Bills: HB0143, HB0129
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Postsecondary Jan 21st, 2026

Education Postsecondary

Transcript Highlights:
  • partners while prioritizing health care providers.
  • Feel free to go back and forth. Thank you, Senator Harold, for that collaboration.
  • to go back and forth "Feel free to go back and forth."
  • So I have to ask, what is awful about wanting to see a world free of racism?
  • Senator Martin, would you care to comment? Thank you. Thank you for your heart.
Bills: S0194, S1246
Summary: The Committee on Education Postsecondary met with a quorum and first considered SB 1246, which would expand Florida’s Line Fund for health service workforce shortages. Senator Davis explained that the bill would broaden eligibility beyond nursing to include health science education programs and students, allow matching funds from private contributions, and permit use of funds for scholarships, faculty recruitment, equipment, simulation centers, and facility renovations. Senator Harrell asked for more specificity about which professions would qualify, and Davis said the bill was intended to add flexibility but could be made more concrete. Several witnesses supported the bill, and the committee reported SB 1246 favorably without additional funding being requested. The committee then took up SB 194, which would designate October 14 as Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance. Senator Martin said the bill would recognize Kirk’s influence on civic engagement, youth leadership, and constitutional education without creating a state holiday. The bill drew both support and opposition from public speakers, with supporters emphasizing Kirk’s advocacy for free speech and unborn children, and opponents arguing that his public statements on race, civil rights, and Black leaders made him an inappropriate figure for state honor. Members also debated whether statute was the right vehicle for such recognition and whether the bill could encourage future requests for similar commemorations. A late-filed amendment by Senator Jones would have added George Floyd to the remembrance language, framing the issue as selective remembrance and pointing to Floyd’s death as another national reckoning. Senator Martin opposed the amendment as unfriendly, and it failed on a roll call vote. The committee then debated SB 194 at length, with supporters describing Kirk as a defender of open debate and opponents saying the bill would legitimize divisive rhetoric. The committee ultimately reported SB 194 favorably, with Senators Berman, Harrell, and Jones voting no, Senator Rodriguez and Chair Simon voting yes, and Chair Calatayud casting the deciding favorable vote. The committee then adjourned after a motion to record Tab 2 in the affirmative was adopted.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: SB1501 - Added Apr 8th, 2026

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Transcript Highlights:
  • Harris, you care to vote? Gann, aye. Cornwell, aye. I declare the vote.
Summary: The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Controlled Substances committee met to consider a series of Senate bills, most of them advancing with little or no opposition. SB 1304 expanded retailer tasting limits for beer, wine, and liquor samples; after brief discussion about liquor store support and tasting flexibility, it passed. SB 1501, as amended, allowed any approved third-party vendor to provide continuing education for the medical marijuana industry, and SB 1946 initially received a committee substitute but was later rescinded and returned to its original engrossed form as a distillery bill reducing a local distillery license fee from $3,125 to $1,250. SB 592 clarified distributor obligations when replacing products for quality-control reasons, and SB 65 allowed possession and use of Narcan and fentanyl test strips; both passed. The committee also heard SB 1257, which moved THC-related substances into Schedule 1 while keeping dronabinol/Marinol in Schedule 3; members discussed federal alignment, singular/plural wording, and synthetic THC coverage, and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics stated it had no objection. An amendment was adopted to make the terminology consistent. SB 444 passed to allow certified hospice personnel to destroy narcotics after a patient’s death. SB 640, with a committee substitute, added abandoned marijuana grow facilities to the definition of public nuisance to help local authorities clean them up, and it passed after confirmation that prior distancing language had been removed. Later, SB 2178 was amended to remove language that would have placed liability on employees, leaving ABLE-directed insurance requirements for certain events; the amended bill passed. SB 1242, another bond-bill-related measure, was revised to restore the $2,000 fee and add a requirement that OMA notify law enforcement when a license is terminated, and it advanced. Finally, SB 1642 passed to allow seven-day pain-medication prescriptions to be split into shorter fills, with the author arguing it could reduce addiction risk. The committee adjourned after all recorded votes were taken and several bills were reported out favorably.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: SB1501 - Added Apr 8th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Transcript Highlights:
  • Rosecratsi, Culver, A, Morei, Dollens's, I, Ere, she cared to vote Rosecratsi, Culver, A, Morei, Dollens's
  • , I, Ere cared to vote Gann and Cornwell declared the vote having received the majority votes present
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 15th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Appropriations - Human Resources Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • is 2399, and that's related to PRTFs and how they're billing and how that's reimbursed for direct care
  • How they're billing and how that's reimbursed for direct care.
Bills: HB1012
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Human Services Division met to consider House Bill 1012, the Department of Human Services budget, and reviewed three previously made amendments: correcting a reference to $30 million underfunding, changing “human service centers” to “behavioral health clinics,” and revising section 31 language so the department would review medical assistance services and report findings and recommendations rather than directly implement adjustments. The committee also discussed whether to include funding related to two other bills with fiscal impacts, House Bill 1485 (personal needs allowance) and House Bill 2399 (PRTF reimbursement), noting those measures may go to conference committee and that appropriations could be added there instead of in HB 1012. The committee agreed to proceed with HB 1012 and members noted provider inflation questions would be raised later in full committee. The division then approved a due pass recommendation on the amendments to HB 1012 and, after a roll call vote, approved HB 1012 as amended on a 4-1 vote, with Senator Mathern voting no. Senator Davison was named as carrier. Members also discussed House Bill 1577, involving wastewater project financing and possible amendments related to a line of credit from the Bank of North Dakota for specific projects, and House Bill 1619, for which additional amendments were expected before full committee action. The meeting ended with general thanks and adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Feb 18th, 2026

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, foster care agencies can apply for these benefits on behalf of foster youths.
  • out of foster care.
  • bias, particularly in emergency care settings.
  • receive essential training in sickle cell care and treatment.
  • So there's also health care initiatives and financial literacy and so many things.
Summary: The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first reported favorably SB 774, which extends enhanced workers’ compensation benefits to 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries, after adopting a late-filed amendment declaring an important state interest. The committee also heard supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County dispatcher. SB 770, which updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism can be housed with other Chapter 916 residents in secure forensic settings, was reported favorably as well. Members then approved CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized operation of a commercial vehicle by an unauthorized alien an imminent safety hazard and imposes driver, carrier, and enforcement consequences, despite questions about vehicle impoundment and cargo handling and one appearance in opposition. SB 1594, which protects veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth from being used as reimbursement and instead sets them aside for education and transition services, was reported favorably after supportive testimony. The committee also approved CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in certain violent crime cases, though the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers raised concerns about expanded warrantless arrest authority in one section. The committee next reported favorably CS/SB 554, a complete rewrite of Chapter 617 governing nonprofit corporations, after a technical delete-all amendment. It also approved CS/SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care for certain health care professionals; the bill drew extensive supportive testimony from advocates and patients describing pain management gaps and health disparities. SB 1022, expanding Florida Children’s Initiatives by adding programs in Bay County and Broward County, and CS/SB 1246, broadening the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science workforce programs and related uses, were both reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230, which restricts the use, sale, and distribution of aqueous film-forming foam containing intentionally added PFAS and requires inventory and disposal reporting, after adopting amendments that removed airports from one provision. It also approved CS/CS/SB 128, directing DEP to erect markers for the Andrew Red Harris Spoil Island water body designation. Several senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • people reliable, hassle-free health care they can afford.
  • This patient centric care care care and<00:14:50.240><c> um</c> and um and um excuse<00:14:53.199><c>
  • and long-term care long-term care and long-term care services<00:42:23.040><c> and</c><00:42:23.520>
  • . free. free.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> synthetic opioids. synthetic opioids.
  • I will do that because I care. out. I will do that because I care.
  • </c> important is cuz I care. important is cuz I care.
  • </c> child care is very fragile. child care is very fragile.
  • </c> communities without care. communities without care.
Bills: HF4407, HF4382
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't care who it is.
  • I don't care who they need to do this. I don't care who it<00:37:16.840><c> is.
  • </c> access to care. access to care.
  • This bill takes care of that.
  • that we take care of them.
Bills: HF4338
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Jan 19th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • the assessment and the use of these fantastic lines that really help provide the behavioral health care
  • My name is Daniel Garcia, and I'm a legislative analyst at the State Health Care Authority, testifying
  • My name is Daniel Garcia, and I'm a legislative analyst at the State Health Care Authority, testifying
  • From 2020 to 2024, our psychiatrists provided over 4,000 consultations with 1,600 unique health care
  • By way of background, health care provider-related charges such as assessments, fees, or taxes are used
Bills: HB2251, HB2254, HB2385
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee held a public hearing on three bills. For House Bill 2251, staff explained that the bill would restructure Climate Commitment Act revenue accounts by repealing the Climate Investment Account, Natural Climate Solutions Account, and Climate Commitment Account and replacing them with new operating and capital accounts, while changing revenue distribution formulas, adding some allowable uses, capping Ecology administrative costs, broadening tribal support language, and moving some reporting from annual to every two years. Representative Fitzgibbon said the goal was to simplify budgeting and provide more clarity and predictability, especially if auction revenues decline. Testimony was mixed: Clean & Prosperous Washington, Washington Conservation Action, and The Nature Conservancy supported the bill as a streamlining measure, while a citizen witness and Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center criticized the reduced reporting frequency and said the bill would weaken accountability and evaluation of CCA spending. House Bill 2254 would adjust the funding model for the Partnership Access Line programs by allowing the cost of the third-party administrator that calculates and administers the carrier assessment to be included in the assessment itself rather than paid from general funds. Staff said this would shift most of the administrative cost to the telebehavioral health access account and produce general fund savings over four years. Representative Callan and agency and stakeholder witnesses from the Health Care Authority, UW Medicine, and Seattle Children’s supported the bill as a small technical fix that would stabilize the programs and save money. House Bill 2385 would extend deadlines and dates in the Medicaid access program law after federal HR1 prevented implementation of the provider-tax-based financing structure created last session. Staff said the bill would push out CMS submission deadlines, update the rate formula reference date, and extend the act’s expiration date, with no net general fund impact. Representative Macri and the Washington State Medical Association supported the bill as necessary to preserve the option of revisiting the program in the future. No votes were taken on any of the bills, and the committee adjourned after the hearings.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 22nd, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I have you as Alec Mendoza, Texans Care for Children, Texans Care for Children, and you're for the
  • Do you believe in free will? Yes. What is your definition of free will is?
  • I don't care, we're good. Laura Miller.
  • I and anyone, please feel free to answer this.
  • I care about you.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 22nd, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • and managed care plans.
  • I aged out of care at 18, I didn't know what to do.
  • Continuing my education makes me feel stress-free.
  • So what happens to these children that do not receive care, receive delayed care?
  • . that improve the quality and accessibility of care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder. and