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• Next, we have House Bill 34 as amended, school nurse licensure provisions.
• Charter schools are part of our public school system, so their nurses are part of this bill.
• And we have a lot of small school districts where there are no Tier 3 nurses available, so it sets it
• I'm a nurse practitioner and a registered nurse. Thank you.
• Linda Siegel, for the New Mexico School Nurses Association, and this is a cleanup bill, as you have heard

Bills: HB10, HB12, HB34, SB130, SM21

Keywords: physician assistants, interstate compact, medical services, licensure, cross-state practice, military families, regulatory authority, physical therapy, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare, military spouses, criminal background check, HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district

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• So we are in dire need of school nurses in the state. Okay. And Mr. Chairman, Nurses in the state.
• So we are removing "school" from school nurse.
• Previously, prior to this change, what we have in current law is you become a level two school nurse
• school nurse, and by striking "school" here, we're allowing folks who have nursing experience to come
• Members of the committee, the Department of Health has a committee that speaks to the school nurses,

Bills: SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department

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• These students are never seen in person by a school district or charter school.
• Geographically, there is a school, a charter school in my district.
• Will this less funding also apply to the schools who are online schools?
• or shut a school down.
• Code, which we require of all school districts and charter schools.

Bills: HB2, SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool

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• I'm a nationally certified school nurse and the executive director for Texas School Nurses Organization
• does not have a nurse, but the school has 263 And then that parent was obviously in a school district
• . with a child in a school that did not have a school nurse.
• Just in all schools, public and private, since 2003, nurses as well as school secretaries have been able
• Texas School Nurses Organization believes this is a good start.

Bills: SB207, SB611, SB920, SB1174, SB1207, SB1325, SB1396, SB1551, SB1619

Keywords: SB 207, Texas Education Code, public school attendance, excused absence, mental health appointment, mental health care, behavioral health, school district, student absenteeism, same-day return, health care professionals, physician certification, religious holy days, court appearance, DFPS, foster care, education policy, student wellness, school mental health, attendance policy

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• Uh, this will allow the single-dose epinephrine used by public schools.
• We already have Narcan in the schools, so they're familiar with that. Um, any other questions?
• Uh this will allow the single-dose epinephrine used by public schools. The nasal form of this drug.
• We already have Narcan in the schools, so they're familiar with that. Um, any other questions?
• ,<00:08:58.640> so already have Narcan in the schools, so already have Narcan in the schools

Bills: HB299, HB533, HB299, HB533

Keywords: court costs, Choctaw County, jail funding, municipal court, criminal proceedings, education funding, student outcomes, K-12 education, RAISE Act, accountability, special education, English language learners, local education agency, respiratory therapy, respiratory therapist, respiratory care, licensure, licensing board, advanced practice provider, nurse practitioner

Bills: SB49, SB60, SB365, SB685, SB895, SB1191, SB1400, SB1401, SB1786

Keywords: junior college funding, performance tier, credentials, education, workforce development, Texas education law, performance tier funding, junior college, Texas education, student success, performance funding, education policy, state finance program, public junior colleges, educational outcomes, SB 60, public junior college library, community college, library materials, book donation

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• around safety and in schools. around safety and in schools.
• schools across the state. schools across the state.
• Hearing yes with eight schools it would be $500,000 per school.
• school safety grant program. school safety grant program.
• power lines, schools, etc. power lines, schools, etc.

Bills: HF3753, HF4299, HF4700, HF4282, HF4139, HF3530, HF4031

Keywords: school safety, threat assessment, pilot project, education, real-time monitoring, public safety, HF4299, school safety specialists, Minnesota School Safety Center, appropriation, general fund, fiscal year 2026, school security, school violence prevention, student safety, Department of Public Safety, school resource support, education funding, peace officer, training reimbursement

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• 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

Keywords: HB128, Alabama Board of Nursing, Sunset Law, sunset review, nursing board, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, advanced practice nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA, consumer member, board appointments, congressional districts, geographic representation, nursing regulation, nursing education programs, licensure compact

Bills: HB59, HB128, HB59, HB128

Keywords: early voting, electoral participation, voting centers, Alabama elections, absentee ballot, HB128, Alabama Board of Nursing, Sunset Law, sunset review, nursing board, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, advanced practice nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA, consumer member, board appointments

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• does not have a nurse school counselor or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional
• , and librarians are equally indispensable to a child's overall development. school nurse, the first
• While we have approximately 9,000 public school campuses, there are only about 6,500 school nurses.
• I'm a nationally... certified school nurse and the executive director for Texas School Nurses Organization
• It's no surprise for y'all to hear how much school nurses value emergency preparedness.

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• I'm a nationally certified school nurse, a member of the Texas School Nurses Association. organization
• this is directed and by virtue up their role and scope if school nurses and school counselors would
• You're here on behalf of school nurses. I'm a school nurse and yes. And then Ms.
• We've got school social workers, school nurses and school counselors.
• can report something to a school counselor, to a school nurse, or to a... to a social worker, and you

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• A UTEP law school is viable and needed.
• . school.
• into existence, takes into account whether there's a desire to open a law school. school and whether
• So it could either be UTRGV or any. law school and come down and establish a school down there in the
• Educate elementary, middle schools, high schools, I have a school that I'm going to, next month, to bring

Bills: HB1784, HB2088, HB3062, HB3475, HB3741, HB4279, HB4763, HB5154, HB5294, HB5508, SB1401, HB232, HB232

Keywords: students, homeless, foster care, higher education, liaison officer, housing assistance, transition support, law school, Rio Grande Valley, legal education, public university, accreditation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, mental health resources, substance abuse education, El Paso, university system, funding, public education

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• dependents of active duty military personnel to use their military records for admittance into our schools

Bills: HB245, HB278, SB59, SB78

Keywords: inhalants, controlled substances, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, health, public safety, HB278, ivermectin, pharmacist, standing order, prescription drug, pharmacy, State Board of Pharmacy, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, CRNP, medical licensure, drug dispensing, adverse events

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• Christopher Otto, Executive Director of the Delaware Nurses Association and the Delaware Nurses Workforce
• registered nurses.
• and nurse practitioners.
• Nursing clinicals give nursing students the hands-on experience needed to bring their classwork to the
• our nursing workforce.

Bills: HB359, HB385, HB165

Keywords: human remains, indigent, burial, cremation, next of kin, social services, environmental impact, nursing education, preceptorship programs, healthcare workforce, nurse shortage, clinical training, dry needling, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, referral process, neuromusculoskeletal pain, Western medicine

Summary: The Senate Health and Social Services Committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the prior two meetings, and briefly acknowledged the tragedy at Christiana Care before moving to legislation. The committee heard House Bill 385, which creates a statewide nurse preceptor grant program to expand clinical training placements for nursing students; testimony from nursing organizations, health care associations, and educators emphasized workforce shortages, the need for preceptor stipends and training, and the bill’s potential to help students complete programs and remain in Delaware. Members asked about eligibility and reporting, and several senators asked to be added as co-sponsors. Public comment was uniformly supportive, and the bill was advanced out of committee. The committee then considered House Bill 424, which repeals Delaware’s Autism Surveillance and Registration Program and requires DHSS to expunge protected health information collected through the registry. The sponsor and DHSS said the registry is no longer used for research or policy development and that repeal would reduce outdated reporting burdens; Autism Delaware, the Delaware Health Care Association, and the State Council for Persons with Disabilities support the change. A committee member raised the question of whether families would be notified before records are expunged, and DHSS said that process was not yet clear and would need further verification. Members discussed the issue, and the bill also moved forward. House Bill 419 was next, making children in foster care automatically eligible for the Purchase of Care child care subsidy and extending the same treatment to certain kinship and safety-plan placements through House Amendment 1. The Children’s Department and advocacy groups said the bill would provide immediate stability for children and caregivers, reduce delays from applications and income verification, and support working foster and kinship families. The committee also heard House Bill 359, which would allow cremation as an option for unclaimed and indigent remains when there is no family objection or next of kin cannot be found, addressing a shortage of burial plots and lowering costs; funeral industry testimony focused on preserving next-of-kin rights. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 475, creating a Delaware Nursing Advancement Fund financed by a $10 surcharge on nursing licenses and disciplinary fines to support workforce data collection and analysis through a nonprofit partner, and House Bill 165, authorizing physician associates, occupational therapists, and APRNs to perform dry needling under training and practice standards set by the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. All of the bills received supportive testimony, several members added their names as co-sponsors, and the committee adjourned after moving through the agenda.

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• And you may recall that right now, under the Constitution, school districts cannot have anything on the
• So thank you, Madam Chair, Senator, thank you for your service on the school.
• So this is just about the bond issues that schools would have. So just those ones.
• I am a rural pediatric hospice nurse working for Envoy Hospice in northern New Mexico.
• I am the only pediatric hospice nurse up there in the whole state.

Bills: SJR1, SM2

Keywords: school elections, partisan elections, voting rights, constitutional amendment, New Mexico, elector registration, pediatric palliative care, pediatric hospice, Medicaid, state plan amendment, Health Care Authority, children with serious illness, life-limiting conditions, complex medical conditions, curative care, concurrent care, family-centered care, hospice services, managed care, pain management

Bills: HB34, HM7, HM8, HM17, HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25

Keywords: HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district, public education, Department of Health, Public Education Department, registered nurse, RN, mentorship, evaluation, competency, teacher salary parity, minimum salary, level one license, level two license

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• But over the last couple of years, as in our community, we've developed more nurse training in high school
• training uh in high developed more nurse training uh in high school<01:10:47.360> settings<01
• nurse lure compact. nurse lure compact.
• health nurse and now as a nurse employee health nurse and now as a nurse leader.<01:37:51.360> The
• c> at the nursing as a nursing practice and at the nursing as a nursing practice and education<01:43:

Bills: HF1925

Keywords: nurse licensure, multistate license, healthcare, public safety, interstate compact, nursing regulation, 1183, house

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• They graduated from nursing school and moved back to Minnesota and took a job, and their nursing license
• There's about 10 nursing schools in the state of Minnesota. We have adequate means to do this.
• There's about 10 nursing schools in the state of Minnesota. We have adequate means to do this.
• So a lot of time the nurses—say a nurse graduates nursing school, she passes her ENLEX, and then in the
• so say a nurse graduates um nurses so say a nurse graduates um nursing<00:29:43.440> school<00

Bills: HF837, HF1903, HF499, HF794

Keywords: health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, newborn safety, anonymity, healthcare provider, safe place, child welfare, HF499, nursing, nurse licensure, temporary permit, temporary nursing permit, Board of Nursing, endorsement licensure, reregistration, refresher course, health occupations

Bills: SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38, SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38

Keywords: oyster shell, tax credit, recycling, restaurant, state revenue, environmental benefit, sales tax exemption, seafood, fishing industry, local government, municipal exemption, seagrass restoration, environmental policy, water quality, marine ecosystems, conservation efforts, marine conservation, environmental remediation, coastal ecosystems, state waters

Bills: SB191, HB84, HB79, SB132, HB108, HB109, HB110, HB114, HB118, HB120, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB128, HB129, HB131

Keywords: postpartum depression, mental health, Medicaid, screening, education, maternal health, Chiropractic, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, license renewal, continuing education, election procedures, off-label, pharmacists, medical treatment, state board of pharmacy, employment protection, SB132, Alabama, controlled substances, Schedule I