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• supplement Medicare.
• The bill provides that an individual who was enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy, also referred
• If no such policy is available, the individual would be able to purchase a Medicare supplement policy
• At the request of an applicant, the effective date of a replacement Medicare supplement policy could
• During the guaranteed issue period, the individual could purchase any Medicare supplement policy that

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met with a quorum present and approved the March 4, 2026 minutes by voice vote. The committee first considered House Bill 55, which updates and modernizes workers’ compensation statutes to reflect the privatized system, remove obsolete provisions, and adjust the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review from five members to three. The Insurance Commissioner testified that the bill is part of the cleanup from privatization and would give the governor more flexibility in appointments. After adopting a strike-and-insert amendment and a title amendment, the committee reported HB 55 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass. The committee then took up House Bill 5463, which would reduce BRIM’s required liability coverage for county boards of education from $1.25 million to $1 million per occurrence and eliminate the separate $5 million excess coverage requirement. BRIM’s director testified that the excess market was difficult to access and costly, but several senators raised concerns that lowering coverage could reduce protection for victims and school-related claims. After a divided vote, the motion to report the bill failed, and HB 5463 was not passed by the committee. Next, the committee considered House Bill 4869, creating guaranteed issue rights for Medicare supplement policies, including annual birthday replacement rights and a special right for certain Medicaid recipients losing eligibility. Counsel said the bill would prohibit underwriting barriers during the guaranteed issue periods and require an annual report on premium trends. With no amendments offered, the committee reported HB 4869 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 5462 on mine subsidence insurance. The bill would allow the mine subsidence fund to offset payments by amounts received from other sources and limit lawsuits over claims reported to BRIM. Members debated a proposed strike-and-insert amendment that would have softened the litigation limits and added notice and remedy provisions, but the amendment was rejected. The committee then reported HB 5462 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and the meeting adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• supplement Medicare.
• The bill provides that an individual who was enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy, also referred
• If no such policy is available, the individual would be able to purchase a Medicare supplement policy
• At the request of an applicant, the effective date of a replacement Medicare supplement policy could
• During the guaranteed issue period, the individual could purchase any Medicare supplement policy that

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• An act to amend Title 29 of the Delaware Code relating to grants in aid.
• Leader Harris: Madam Speaker, I move that we recess as we wait for grant and aid.
• The House will stand in recess and await the delivery of grant and aid.
• Senate Bill 337, grant and aid.
• Representative Williams, everybody should have a copy of grant and aid to reference.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• So what does the supplemental capital mean?
• The supplemental capital is just allows them to take additional capital from other sources.
• </c> questions so what does the supplemental questions so what does the supplemental capital<00:31:40.159
• :41.919><c> capital</c> capital mean um the supplemental capital capital mean um the supplemental capital
• </c><00:31:56.880><c> capital</c> that could that be supplemental capital that could that be supplemental

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then reviewed a long agenda of administrative regulations, most of which were advanced with staff-suggested amendments and no objection. Early items included the Kentucky Public Pension Authority’s 105 KAR 1:451, which updates reporting language and adds the contractor wizard for certain employers, and a large package of Board of Veterinary Examiners regulations that revise fees, facility and AHP registration requirements, continuing education, liability, and practice rules. The Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology’s compact-related regulation and the Board of Licensed Professional Counselors’ complaint and compact rules were also reviewed and approved with amendments, along with fish and wildlife rules affecting elk hunting, youth deer season length, bear-dog approvals, and foxhound enclosure permits. The committee also approved transportation, education, workplace standards, horse racing, and several health and human services regulations, including Medicaid waiver reimbursement updates and a child care regulation that sends certain large claims to the Office of Inspector General for review. Several agencies briefly explained their regulations when members asked questions. Fish and Wildlife said the elk population is strong and the baiting change is intended to support harvest monitoring and fair chase, while the longer youth deer season was meant to give young hunters more opportunity. The Department of Community-Based Services said the $10,000 and $5,000 claim thresholds were meant to clarify rare cases involving possible fraud or unresolved recoupment issues. The Department of Financial Institutions’ 808 KAR 5:305 drew the most discussion: it would allow certain state-chartered credit unions with a low-income designation to participate in federal programs, including limited non-member deposits and supplemental capital, but the regulation was deferred again amid continued discussions. The Kentucky Bankers Association testified against the credit union regulation, arguing that allowing non-member deposits conflicts with existing statute limiting credit union deposits to members and other credit unions, and that an administrative regulation cannot override that statutory restriction. Committee members heard the agency’s explanation that the proposal is intended to help underserved communities and that the non-member deposit authority would be limited, but no final action was taken because the item was deferred. The meeting otherwise concluded with the remaining regulations being called, discussed briefly, and approved or advanced without objection.

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• Senate Spotlight is produced by the Minnesota Senate and Senate Media Services.
• do when I held the gavel for three weeks, was to listen to the people of Minnesota.
• and that's what I people of Minnesota and that's what I tempted<00:14:49.920><c> to</c><00:14:50.040
• and I hope that it's those of Minnesota and I hope that it's those voices<00:14:56.040><c> that</c><
• is excelling in its children Minnesota is excelling in some<00:15:11.000><c> areas</c><00:15:11.839>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, for example, the federal impact aid office is closed.
• There's been two court rulings that have said the administration needs to use that money to continue aid
• New Mexico has a supplemental SNAP program.
• I don't expect if you put any more money into SNAP to supplement what the federal government should be
• Saying that if states supplemented it, they wouldn't be obligated to repay it.

Committee: House Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

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• And they're going to see, once again, minimum aid for over 211.
• They're going to say, well, in House 2, we got $75 per pupil, minimum aid. That's all we got.
• Thank you. $75 per pupil minimum aid. That's all we got.
• We spend supplemental surtax separately, separately.
• Supplemental surtax separately than we do with other sub-budgets.

Keywords: 1212, all

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• To obtain state supplemental rebates.
• The administration has promoted time-limited supplemental payments.
• Or in calendar year 2026, we would see a limited, time-limited supplemental?
• It's a combination of a small rate increase; the majority are supplemental payments.
• So I think as we looked across, these were supplemental payments that are not required.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The federal Commodity Supplemental Food Assistance Program and the state-funded Cal Food Program.
• help enroll students into CalFresh, CDSS, along with the higher education segments and the Student Aid
• Obviously, there's a point where financial aid focuses on family income, and then CalFresh focuses on
• For many families, cash aid is the difference between housing stability and homelessness.
• We expect that all the other supplemental funding will be expended within the program service terms.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• the Minnesota solar industry uh around the Minnesota solar industry uh thank<00:09:13.800><c> you</c
• </c> growth of renewable energy in Minnesota growth of renewable energy in Minnesota ACP<00:14:15.639
• </c><00:21:35.440><c> soybean</c> director of the Minnesota soybean director of the Minnesota soybean
• </c> that is works on behalf of Minnesota that is works on behalf of Minnesota soybean<00:21:41.320><
• </c><00:38:09.240><c> environmental</c> of the Minnesota environmental of the Minnesota environmental

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And those gun bills are saving lives across Minnesota every day.
• And those gun bills are saving lives across Minnesota every day.
• And those gun bills are saving lives across Minnesota every day.
• The extreme risk Minnesota every day.
• And it's here in the state of Minnesota.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• catastrophic aid.
• /differentiated aid.
• </c> for CAT uh CAT aid reimbursement. for CAT uh CAT aid reimbursement.
• </c> for special education aid. for special education aid.
• </c> education aid. education aid.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met to begin work on HB 742, which would require catastrophic special education aid to be drawn from the education trust fund, and more broadly to study special education aid/differentiated aid and related costing issues. The chair said the group was starting early because the issue has been debated for years without resolution, local districts are being forced to absorb prorated costs, and the committee wants to send the Department of Education and HHS Medicaid a clear request for data and recommendations before retained bills return in the fall. A committee clerk was also selected, with Representative Reverend volunteering to take notes for the meeting. Members reviewed background materials on special education enrollment, high-cost students, and possible funding formulas, including data on students in high-cost brackets and prior ideas such as category-based funding and caseload-based approaches. The chair also referenced research on other states, including Arkansas, which uses a different special education funding structure and audits IEPs. The committee emphasized that it was focused on the funding mechanics and costs, not on questioning whether services should be provided. Henry Lipman of HHS explained how Medicaid-to-schools currently works in New Hampshire. He said 172 school districts participate, but utilization dropped during the pandemic and remains below historical levels, in part because districts need the capacity to bill Medicaid. Under the current system, schools receive reimbursement based on half of the Medicaid fee schedule, with the school district effectively providing the state share. He said the federal government is requiring a shift by July 1, 2026, to a true certified public expenditure model based on actual costs, which should allow schools to recover 50% of their true costs and some administrative overhead. The department has received a roughly $2.5 million grant to hire a vendor and support districts through the transition, and an RFP and stakeholder meetings are underway. Committee members asked about how costs would be determined, whether the new system would use actual district-specific costs rather than averages, and how the department would support districts that do not currently participate. Lipman said the cost model would be based on each district’s own reasonable costs, subject to audit standards, and that the department expects to provide templates and technical assistance through the vendor because its staff is limited. He also said about one in four New Hampshire children are enrolled in Medicaid, that child enrollment has been relatively stable, and that continuous coverage rules should reduce churn. No votes or formal actions on HB 742 were taken during the meeting beyond organizing the subcommittee and beginning testimony and discussion.

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• </c><00:46:29.440><c> and</c> designing our municipal state aid and designing our municipal state aid
• One in five and older in Minnesota.
• </c><01:02:58.240><c> live</c> people in the state of Minnesota live people in the state of Minnesota
• ,</c><01:30:53.120><c> you</c> when I go out to Coco, Minnesota, you when I go out to Coco, Minnesota
• </c> know, you know where Kakatu, Minnesota know, you know where Kakatu, Minnesota is<01:30:55.120><c

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I think you've heard “supplemental budget” seven or eight times, Mr.
• Again, it's a supplemental budget. And I also, in closing here, Mr.
• The supplemental budget cuts an additional quarter billion dollars.
• The supplemental budget cuts an additional quarter billion dollars.
• We're in the middle of doing a supplemental budget.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2681 , SB5467 , SB5820 , SB5863 , SB5892 , SCR8406 , HB2487 , HB2711 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB6278

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government

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• Speaker, rising today in support of the supplemental transportation budget. Mr.
• Again, it's a supplemental budget. And I also, in closing here, Mr.
• The supplemental budget cuts an additional quarter billion dollars.
• We're in the middle of doing a supplemental budget.
• In gross substitute, Senate Bill 5998 is a supplemental operating budget bill.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2681 , SB5467 , SB5820 , SB5863 , SB5892 , SCR8406 , HB2487 , HB2711 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB6278

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the prior day’s minutes, and then moved through caucuses and a series of transportation, elections, energy, historical records, cannabis, abortion-access, and fiscal bills. Members repeatedly emphasized that several measures were supplemental or technical updates to existing law, while others involved larger policy disputes over taxes, fees, clean energy, election security, and reproductive health. The chamber also received Senate messages on other bills and briefly recessed for caucus during the day. The most prominent action was final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6005, the supplemental transportation budget, after adopting a technical amendment and a larger striker amendment. Supporters highlighted preservation and maintenance funding, rail investments, ferry maintenance, road safety, and continued work on major projects statewide; opponents largely reserved comments or noted concerns about future needs. The House passed the bill 93-0 with five excused. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2711 on transportation resources, after adopting a technical amendment that removed the aircraft tax and delayed an RV-related tax change; supporters said it protected businesses and jobs, while opponents objected to trade-in treatment and other tax changes. That bill passed 83-10. On elections, the House considered Senate Bill 5892 to protect the voter registration database. An amendment to reduce penalties from a felony to a civil infraction and remove the emergency clause failed, while the committee amendment passed 50-34. Supporters said the bill was needed to safeguard sensitive voter data and clarify access; opponents argued it created conflicts with federal law and imposed excessive penalties on local election officials. The bill then passed 57-36. On energy, Substitute Senate Bill 5982 updating consumer-owned utility provisions drew debate over carbon capture, resource adequacy, data centers, and clean energy policy. Amendments on carbon capture and blackout-triggered termination failed, while an amendment preserving cogeneration exceptions passed; the bill then passed 57-37. The House also passed Senate Bill 5863 on preservation and inspection of state historical records, after rejecting an amendment to require longer retention but adopting the committee amendment; supporters stressed preserving the history of residential habilitation centers and the value to families seeking records. Substitute Senate Bill 5874, allowing the Employment Security Department to waive penalties for minor employer reporting errors, passed unanimously. Engrossed House Bill 2681, raising cannabis license fees while removing an escalator, passed 52-42. Finally, Substitute Senate Bill 5917 on access to abortion medications saw several failed amendments from opponents seeking to narrow, reframe, or add fiscal limits to the bill; supporters said it preserved flexibility to ensure access and avoid waste, and the bill passed 57-36.

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• Wednesday, April 2nd, a quorum is present in the Minnesota Senate Education Policy Committee.
• social workers Minnesota school social workers Association<00:07:57.919><c> then</c><00:07:58.440><c
• I'll just withdraw. program here in Minnesota um like these program here in Minnesota um like these tier
• Education Minnesota wanted to change it, and I thought they were making a big mistake.
• Education Minnesota wanted to change it, and I thought they were making a big mistake.

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I have family in Minnesota. My fiancée is from Minnesota.
• </c> I have family in Minnesota. I have family in Minnesota.
• </c> My fiance is from Minnesota. My fiance is from Minnesota.
• Minnesota is my second home.
• </c> fired outside preschools in Minnesota. fired outside preschools in Minnesota.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• State aid to public libraries is critical...
• State aid to public libraries is critical local aid for libraries that they use to maintain core services
• Local aid and coordination: OVA liaisons provided aid and coordination with municipal VSOs in 81 cases
• Local aid and coordination: OVA liaisons provided aid and coordination with municipal VSOs in 81 cases
• Local aid and coordination: OVA liaisons provided aid and coordination with municipal VSOs in 81 cases

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held an FY27 Health and Human Services budget hearing in Mattapan, hosted at the Boston Public Library branch. Chairs Lydia Edwards and Russell Holmes, along with Rep. Brandy Fluker-Reid, emphasized the significance of holding the first Ways and Means hearing ever in Mattapan and highlighted the importance of bringing state budget deliberations into a majority-Black neighborhood. Several legislators introduced themselves as they joined, and the committee noted that public testimony was not part of the format, though agencies were invited to discuss priorities and challenges. MassAbility opened the agency testimony. Leadership described the agency’s mission to support people with disabilities through employment, training, home and community life services, and disability determination. They said Governor Healey’s FY27 budget funds MassAbility at $93.3 million, a 1% reduction from FY26, and explained that the agency is responding to federal funding uncertainty and shifting program needs by redesigning services internally. Members questioned a proposed $1.3 million reduction to the Home Care Program, staffing changes, and whether services could be maintained with fewer resources. MassAbility said it was reviewing data on who uses the program, that it does not provide nursing or personal care, and that it is working with a transition plan and a working group. The agency also discussed federal uncertainty around vocational rehabilitation funding and said it had received delayed federal awards but remained in contact with national associations and federal partners. The testimony included a personal story from a participant, Joshua Corcoran, to illustrate the impact of services. The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing testified next, requesting $11.27 million, about a 6% increase over FY26. The commission said it serves about 1.4 million residents and focuses on communication access in health care, courts, public safety, and other public systems. It highlighted interpreter and captioner workforce shortages, a mentorship program to expand the provider pool, and a modernized referral platform funded through capital contingency money. Members asked about interpreter availability, after-hours emergency coverage, ASL access for students and families, and training for police and emergency responders. The commission said staffing remains limited, especially for after-hours services, but that it is expanding training, school outreach, and partnerships with DCF and other agencies. The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind then presented its FY27 budget request of $30.8 million. The commissioner said the agency serves nearly 9,000 legally blind residents, provides training and peer support, and placed 190 consumers in competitive integrated employment this year. It also described services for older adults, vocational rehabilitation, and the Turning 22 program for young adults with additional disabilities. Members raised concerns about a 7% cut from the prior year and asked how the agency could maintain services; the commissioner said the agency had no waiting list, had trimmed overhead, and could manage the budget through internal efficiencies and strong partnerships. The Office for Refugees and Immigrants closed the session, describing expanded legal and support services for immigrants and refugees, including Know Your Rights trainings, the Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative, citizenship and financial literacy programs, and the Family Welcome Center in Mattapan. Members asked about federal funding losses and the structure of the new legal services program; ORI said FY26 funding is stable but FY27 federal cuts remain uncertain, and that the legal program uses a centralized intake system with priority for emergencies and first-come, first-served access.

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• That are applied and offered to workers, things such as supplemental retirement plans and accompanying
• California is an example of a state that is not 100% funded that uses it to fund supplemental contributions
• We were working with the state of Minnesota, their teacher system, and they made this change last year
• that higher funding number, I think I could also speak a little bit to how California uses it for supplemental
• We're publishing about how they approached it in the Minnesota teacher system that we worked with, and

Committee: House Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Current law allows county commissioners' courts to supplement the pay of district attorneys using county
• I would call it a catch-22, whereby if the local supplement exceeds a certain amount—this would be the
• The base salary from the state is $140,000, and the maximum county supplement is $18,000.
• Nelson Mock, have you registered with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid on the bill, is that right?
• I teach legal aid and I teach a law school clinic.

Bills: HB32 , HB15 , HB171 , HB421 , HB581 , HB644 , HB745 , HB349 , HB917 , HB204 , HB923 , HB15 , HB171 , HB204

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581