STATE AND LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
CALIFORNIA
The Santa Cruz City Council will meet January 14 to consider amending the City's existing ordinance on environmentally acceptable food packaging and products.
Contact John Musso
The Senate Committee on Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing January 15 regarding SB 372, which requires distributors of beverage containers in the State to form a beverage container stewardship organization.
Contact Constantine Costidis
FLORIDA
The Miami Beach City Council will meet January 15 to discuss a resolution approving the recommendation from the employee suggestion program to discontinue purchasing paper and plastic single use cups in all of the departments of the City, and directing the City Manager to investigate the cost and feasibility of implementing such suggestion and to report findings to the City Commission.
Contact Cecilia Perez
INDIANA
The House Insurance Committee will hold a public hearing January 15 regarding HB 1004, which prohibits specified health care providers from billing a patient for amounts that exceed the in-network rates paid by the patient's insurance plus any deductibles, copayments and coinsurance amounts.
Contact Chris Miller
MAINE
The House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold a public hearing January 17 regarding LD 102, which prohibits a manufacturer from selling, offering for sale or distributing for sale in the State a single-use plastic beverage container unless the container is composed of at least 15% postconsumer recycled plastic.
Contact Rob Phillips
MISSOURI
The HealthNet Division will accept comments until January 15 regarding a proposed amendment to the Medicare conditions of provider participation, reimbursement and procedure of general applicability rules.
Contact Meghan Monahan
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing January 14 regarding HB 1696, which amends the application fee for new state banks or credit union charters and requires applicants to pay any additional examination costs exceeding the fees set forth in statute.
Contact Ryan Reynolds
NEW MEXICO
The Human Services Department will hold a public hearing and accept comments until January 17 regarding proposed amendments to rules regarding the SNAP and Cash programs.
Contact Thomas Hitchcock
OREGON
The Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing January 17 regarding proposed amendments to the Title V permitting rules.
Contact Amy Cole
WASHINGTON
The Senate Committee on Health and Long Term Care will hold a public hearing January 17 regarding SB 6110, which adds a new section of code to the State Food, Drug, Cosmetics and Poisons Chapter; creating a drug importation program for the State.
Contact Amelia Allert
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