Video & Transcript Research : 'termination fees'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , that CMS approved for the program to be terminated.
  • And so the program to be terminated.
  • government to terminate any Medicaid or government to terminate any Medicaid or waiver<00:07:10.160><
  • <00:09:22.160> any allowing a commissioner to terminate any allowing a commissioner to terminate
  • <00:15:07.360> programs by just deciding to terminate programs by just deciding to terminate
Bills: HF3379
VA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, it provided that no fee will be charged for filing these petitions.
  • The next bill deals with medical cannabis and the administration to terminally ill patients and a report
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hicks, you, mir on On page five, beginning on line 14, it talks about suspending or terminating
  • question is, I also was looking at the 15% and typically it's a 10% As it relates to administrative fees
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 4037, individual income tax; HB 4038, public schools first day; HB 4041, K-3 education; HB 4042, termination
  • enforcement appropriations; HCR 2040, elected government; HCR 2050, ballot affairs elections; HCR 2052, rate fees
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of Dr. Jimmy Sade as Doctor of the Day. Members also read a proclamation commending law enforcement and Border Patrol personnel involved in rescuing an eight-year-old boy from a human trafficking situation, with several members praising the interagency cooperation and the officers’ actions. The chamber then handled routine desk business, committee substitutions, first and second readings of numerous bills, and reported attendance at 56 present, three absent, and one excused. The Committee of the Whole considered HB 2096, HB 2173, HB 2451, and HCR 2001. HB 2096, HB 2173, and HB 2451 each received do-pass recommendations, while HB 2121 was retained on the calendar. HCR 2001, a proposed constitutional amendment on election requirements, drew extended debate over voter ID, mail ballots, ballot deadlines, and election security. A subfloor amendment was adopted by a 32-26 vote, and the amended resolution then received a do-pass recommendation. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and the measures were assigned accordingly. On third reading, the House passed HB 2010 on digital consumer licensing disclosures by 59-0, HB 2132 on drug offenses by 59-0, HB 2155 on the Arizona Beef Council by 57-2, HB 2178 on state agency licensure requirements by 51-9, HB 2310 on employment relationships by 59-0, and HB 2395 on a Department of Education fitness-related measure by 59-0. HCR 2001 also passed on third reading by 32-27 and was sent to the Senate. Several members explained their votes, with supporters emphasizing election integrity and consumer or public-safety benefits, and opponents criticizing the election measure as restrictive and unnecessary. The House then heard multiple personal privilege remarks and announcements, including a proclamation for Cary Elwes Day, birthday and community notices, and a request for JLBC to review election-related funding. Committee meeting announcements followed, additional bill referrals and withdrawals were announced, and the House adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session Mar 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • refer to the Committee on state affairs, HB 3569 by Barry, relating to certain contract refusals, terminations
  • relating to the license and registration regulation of certain groups of home facilities authorizing a fee
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • hinder oil and gas production in Texas by imposing... ...permissibly stringent standards and unlawful fees
  • continuous, and are there suits that are, I'm not sure what the legal term is, but being vacated. terminated
Bills: SB766, SB290, SB494, SB1145
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 24, 2026 - 11:45 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • employment, allowing firefighters with terminal cancer to spend their final days at home when they are
  • In current law, if a firefighter is diagnosed with terminal cancer and they retire to spend their final
  • He got diagnosed with a terminal rare type of melanoma and was forced into retiring because of the terminal
  • Chair, if I may, to address the gentleman's question: separation from termination from employment, not
  • CHAIR IF I MAY TO ADDRESS THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION. 507 508 SEPARATION FROM TERMINATION FROM EMPLOYMENT
Summary: The Budget Committee met with a quorum present and heard several bills, with HB 1483 temporarily postponed. The most contentious measure was HB 945, which would create a state counterintelligence/counterterrorism team within FDLE. The sponsor said it was aimed at terrorists, nation-state actors, and other criminal threats, not political speech, and noted an amendment would address First Amendment concerns later. Opponents from the First Amendment Foundation, ACLU Florida, and other groups argued the bill was too vague, lacked guardrails, and could enable surveillance of protected speech or political activity. Members also raised questions about fiscal impact, oversight, warrants, and the bill’s July start date. Despite those concerns, the committee reported HB 945 favorably by roll call vote. The committee then unanimously passed HB 6507, a claims bill appropriating funds to compensate for damages caused by departmental negligence. HB 813, which clarifies Florida’s firefighter cancer law and death-benefit provisions, also passed after an amendment narrowed the bill and added language allowing a firefighter’s family to receive the death benefit if the firefighter separates from employment and dies within one year. Firefighter representatives supported the bill as a compassionate fix, while one local firefighter representative opposed the amendment, saying it would remove protections and create an arbitrary cutoff. Sponsors responded that DROP would not be affected and that the change was intended to help terminally ill firefighters spend their final days at home without losing survivor benefits. Finally, HB 365, dealing with law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism, passed favorably. Supporters, including family members and autism advocates, said in-person training and positive interactions are crucial to preventing escalations and tragedies during police encounters. They described real-life incidents where lack of training led to harmful outcomes and urged adoption of the bill’s training provisions. Members from both parties voiced support, calling the measure overdue and important for both public safety and the autism community. The chair closed the meeting by noting it was likely the committee’s last budget meeting and adjourned without objection.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • So there's no fee for caregivers anymore.
  • them that uh where we waved the fee them that uh where we waved the fee during<00:44:48.960>
  • fee waver.
  • So, there's no there's no fee fee waver.
  • but it's been a reduction in our fees but it's been a reduction in effective<00:50:26.160> fee
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee met on April 17 and approved the prior meeting minutes, then set its next meeting for May 29 at 9:30 a.m. Members also discussed a New Futures effort to collect questions about Medicaid changes and post answers as an FAQ, with a preference that the FAQ live on New Futures’ website rather than the state website. The commissioner’s office said it would coordinate responses and that the issue is still evolving. The main presentation was an HHS update focused on the state public health laboratory and its work during Public Health Lab Week. Officials reviewed the lab’s history, its biosafety functions, and its role in disease prevention, food safety, preparedness, and response. They highlighted mosquito surveillance for eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, and Jamestown Canyon virus, noting that the lab tested more than a quarter million mosquitoes last year and that mosquito testing helps provide early warning for local public health decisions. They also discussed rabies testing, saying New Hampshire’s lab is the only one in the state that performs it, that rabies is fatal once symptoms begin, and that the work is preventable through early prophylaxis. Members asked about federal funding cuts, water testing, and whether CDC changes to rabies testing would affect New Hampshire. The department said it had been affected by an $80 million federal clawback but was managing through other funds and staff reassignments; for the water lab, temporary staff had been hired to continue swimming-area testing. Officials said the state remains able to handle rabies testing and that federal changes would mainly affect areas without similar services. They also answered questions on Jamestown Canyon virus, saying New Hampshire had one human case in 2025 and three in 2024, compared with zero West Nile cases in 2025 and one in 2024, and that weather and protective measures influence mosquito-borne disease levels. Additional questions covered biosafety levels, cyanobacteria coordination with the Department of Environmental Services, and the Brown Building flood mitigation, which was described as about halfway complete with a hoped-for reopening of the west side by June.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES Feb 12th, 2026

LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES

Transcript Highlights:
  • The employment of these individuals was terminated, and the agency referred all cases to the Plasky County
  • This individual was also terminated and referred to the Plasky County Prosecutor's Office.
  • An employee was terminated, and as of our report date, no criminal charges had been brought against a
  • Did you say, were the funds recovered from the employee that was terminated?
  • Following the investigation, the four individuals' employment was terminated.
Keywords: 1204, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • These termination notices appear to be selectively widespread.
  • And what were the grounds of that termination?
  • Everything that I just described is at stake, terminated, lost.
  • Applicants were informed of the program's termination in July of 2024.
  • -based nonprofit arts organizations report terminations.
Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on how recent federal actions are affecting arts, culture, humanities, libraries, museums, and the creative economy in California. Chair Ben Allen and Vice Chair Chris Ward opened by describing the hearing as a response to proposed and ongoing federal cuts to the NEA, NEH, IMLS, and public broadcasting, as well as grant terminations and leadership changes at cultural institutions. Several members emphasized the economic and civic importance of the arts, while one Republican member argued for greater ideological diversity in the arts and noted the loss of music programs in small schools. Testimony from Aaron Harky of Americans for the Arts and Jolie Fisher of SAG-AFTRA described the impact of federal policy on grants, jobs, and production. Harky said executive orders and the FY 2026 budget proposal threaten arts agencies and arts education, and that rescinded grants are causing hiring freezes, shutdowns, and losses for small organizations, especially in rural and underserved communities. Fisher focused on runaway film and television production, outdated tax rules, and the need for federal incentives, intellectual property protections, and action on AI and digital replicas. Members also discussed bipartisan support, the role of business and tourism partners, and the need to include more diverse voices in arts advocacy. The second panel featured Rick Noguchi of California Humanities, Greg Lucas of the State Library, and Danielle Purcell of the California Arts Council. Noguchi said NEH funding was cut immediately, putting California Humanities’ grantmaking and documentary programs at risk and prompting consideration of litigation and possible state support. Lucas reported that IMLS funding for California libraries was briefly canceled but partly restored, though a budget gap remains. Purcell said the California Arts Council is still awaiting federal award language for state partnership funds, but NEA grant terminations and the proposed elimination of federal cultural agencies create major uncertainty; she also said the council is assessing the damage and tracking impacts on grantees. Members asked about measuring outcomes, AI’s threat to creative work, documentary funding losses, and possible state and national strategies to protect cultural institutions and jobs.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - House Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and members, House Bill 2611 requires the Arizona Department of Child Safety to terminate a
  • Is it spelled out what happens when a person is terminated? Yeah. Mr. Chair, I think of—go ahead.
  • And in that act, it allows a DCS director to terminate, suspend, whatever she wants.
  • Okay. ...and still the court ordered her rights terminated.
  • The committee has a termination date of July 1, 2036.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The committee opened with remarks framing the meeting as a bipartisan effort to improve Arizona’s child welfare system, especially DCS oversight, accountability, and child safety. The chair said the committee would focus on reforms based on Auditor General findings and hear bills and testimony from youth, advocates, foster parents, and attorneys. Roll was taken, and the committee then began considering several child-welfare bills. HB 2611, dealing with group foster home safety, employee drug screening, resident rights, training, and advocates in congregate care, drew extensive testimony. Supporters, including current and former foster youth, described bullying, unsafe staff behavior, drug use in homes, trafficking concerns, and the need for posted rights, mental health services, and stronger accountability. The sponsor and members discussed an amendment that would require quarterly drug-screening results to be submitted, require removal from child contact pending confirmatory testing after a positive result, and give the DCS director more discretion. The amendment was adopted, and HB 2611 as amended received a do-pass recommendation by a 5-1 vote, with some members voting present or expressing procedural concerns but supporting further work on the bill. HB 2035, which expands kinship placement requirements by adding extended family members to search and notification duties and presuming kinship placement is in the child’s best interest, also received substantial testimony. Advocates argued kinship care reduces trauma and improves stability, while several witnesses described cases where children were not placed with available relatives and instead ended up in congregate care. The committee discussed whether the bill duplicated existing law and whether DCS was already required to search for kin; the sponsor said the bill strengthens existing policy and adds written documentation requirements. HB 2035 was given a do-pass recommendation by a 4-2 vote. The committee then heard HB 4049, which would authorize DCS to employ legal counsel or incur legal expenses, along with an amendment that would require the Attorney General or appointed counsel to represent the state’s interests independently in certain cases and not be subject to DCS retaliation for taking a different position. Testimony split between those who argued the current structure creates a conflict of interest and allows DCS narratives to go unchallenged, and those who said the AG’s office already has separate divisions and that keeping representation centralized preserves consistency and oversight. Discussion continued on whether the current system is structurally broken and where counsel would be housed if the arrangement changed; the transcript ends while that debate is ongoing, without a recorded final vote on HB 4049.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:05:17.360> So<00:05:17.520> we and our terminal facilities.
  • So we and our terminal facilities.
  • We just finished our master terminal area planning process recently.
  • <00:13:37.680> a airfield uh improvements and terminal a airfield uh improvements and terminal
  • Again, it's just to keep up terminal.
Summary: The committee heard an update from Kentucky’s three major commercial airports: Lexington Blue Grass Airport, Louisville Regional Airport Authority (SDF and Bowman Field), and CVG. Lexington’s Eric Franco described post-COVID growth that has already exceeded pre-pandemic activity, along with a master plan focused on the whole airport, expanded surface parking, relocation of the air traffic control tower, and a major terminal project estimated at $500 million to $700 million. He emphasized the airport’s role in serving both passenger and corporate aviation across central Kentucky and thanked the legislature for prior funding, including $5 million for parking. Louisville’s Dan Mann reported record passenger growth, expanded nonstop service, and especially strong cargo activity driven by UPS, noting SDF is now among the busiest cargo airports in North America and Bowman Field remains the state’s busiest general aviation airport. He highlighted major infrastructure needs, including airfield and terminal work, parking expansion, and a planned federal inspection service facility to support international flights around events like the Kentucky Derby.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • UC has had hundreds of millions of dollars of NIH and NSF funding suspended or terminated.
  • When these grants are paused or terminated, it leaves many high school students who are coming for a
  • But such changes in the past did not result in terminations or pausing of ongoing grants.
  • Twenty percent of the grants terminated or paused at Stanford were trainee grants.
  • What it doesn't always capture is that a grant is terminated at Boston University, for example, that
Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology met on August 19, 2025 to examine the effects of federal grant cuts, tariff uncertainty, and related policy changes on California’s biotech, medtech, and academic research ecosystem. The chair and panelists emphasized California’s outsized role in the industry, describing major clusters in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, and explaining how research, startup formation, manufacturing, and clinical trials are interconnected across the state. Speakers from Biocom California, California Life Sciences, Farma, UC, Stanford, CSU Biotech, and UCLA all argued that NIH and NSF funding are foundational to discovery, workforce training, and commercialization, and that disruptions are already chilling venture capital, startup formation, and hiring. Witnesses described several concrete impacts: suspended or terminated grants, reduced doctoral admissions, fewer training opportunities, canceled retreats and internships, and anxiety among graduate students and early-career researchers. UC reported hundreds of millions of dollars in suspended or terminated NIH and NSF funding, while Stanford said more than a thousand training and career-development grants nationwide have been frozen or ended, affecting multiple trainees per grant. CSU Biotech said 133 federal grants had been terminated, scaled back, or canceled, totaling about $140 million, including nearly $30 million from NIH and NSF. Industry representatives also warned that proposed antitrust limits on mergers and acquisitions could undermine the standard biotech exit path and further deter investment. Committee members asked about the duration of the disruption, the possibility of state action to offset federal losses, and whether California could better support workforce development, manufacturing, and R&D tax credits. Panelists urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state support for STEM education, internships, apprenticeship pathways, manufacturing incentives, and the R&D tax credit, and to consider infrastructure and housing as part of competitiveness. They also noted that tariffs are already raising costs for medtech components and building materials, and that China is increasingly competing for R&D, talent, and licensing deals. No formal votes or bill actions were taken at the hearing; the meeting was informational and focused on testimony and discussion.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Corrections and Public Institutions Jan 14th, 2026

Corrections and Public Institutions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Required 12 months’ notification for them to be able to terminate the contract and exit without penalty
  • And about termination of the contract, I would like to add that Missouri DOC does not have to put up
  • Section 5.4.1 states in part, the Division of Purchasing reserves the right to terminate the contract
  • the contract. ...that both parties agree to and seriously consider terminating the contract.
  • I understand that. ...their right to terminate the contract and can give the contract 90 days' notice
Keywords: 959, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a statutory fee, so we can... ...to their plight.
  • The Chief and I have supported an increase to that fee.
  • They're paying the bail commissioner's fee. Correct. Yes.
  • To eliminate fees. All right. Thank you.
  • We don't charge any fees for any things we do.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held its sixth public hearing on the Governor’s H-2 budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, focused on public safety and judiciary agencies, at the Foxborough Community Center. After opening remarks and local welcomes, the committee heard first from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, led by Secretary Gina Kwan, who outlined a $1.72 billion budget, up $69.8 million from FY26. She said the proposal emphasizes core operations, readiness, and partnerships with municipalities, and highlighted work on firearms-law implementation, State Police reform, DOC reentry efforts, hate-crimes prevention, emergency response, and planning for major events including the World Cup. Members also raised concerns about DNA backlog reporting, State Police academy boxing and training standards, ICE communication, disaster relief funding, crime lab staffing, EMS placement, and diversity in public safety leadership. Several exchanges focused on specific operational issues. Secretary Kwan and her team said the State Police are tracking the influx of forensic work from local sheriffs, that the boxing program remains suspended pending an IACP review and likely will not return in its prior form, and that EOPS has no direct communication with ICE but supports law-enforcement coordination where appropriate. On disaster preparedness, officials said the new disaster relief fund is being developed with MEMA and A&F, currently capitalized at $14 million with another $14 million expected, though members urged a more permanent funding source. On the crime lab, staff said the roughly $4.5 million increase is intended to cover core operations and a structural funding gap rather than expand services. The secretary also said EOPS is not ready to absorb OEMS from DPH at this time, though she would keep an open mind. The committee then heard from district attorneys, led by Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden, who said the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association is seeking a 10% increase in operating budgets, including about $16.7 million for staffing salaries, to recruit and retain prosecutors, advocates, and support staff. He said the request reflects rising workload and the need to keep the criminal justice system functioning efficiently and fairly. The hearing was recessed briefly after the district attorneys’ opening remarks, with additional testimony expected to continue afterward.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (05/06/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, this is a very, very significant increase in fees.
  • So, this is a very, very significant increase in fees.
  • The second is the truck registration fees. Mr.
  • The second is the truck registration fees. Um, Mr.
  • second is the truck registration fees. second is the truck registration fees.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • and we're glad to see the Ahead Act dedicate funding to both challenges, increasing the deed excise fee
  • It's fossil fuel-free, but it's also very high fee and not age-based, which is very important.
  • First, it's the most expensive U-Fund option at 1.22% fees.
  • First, it's the most expensive U-fund option at 1.22% fees.
  • Second, it only guarantees at 1.22% fees. Second, it only guarantees coal exclusion.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing opened with remarks from the co-chairs explaining committee procedures, testimony limits, submission instructions, and the new deadlines for acting on House and Senate bills. The committee then heard testimony on several bills related to agriculture, land use, environment, housing, transportation, and taxation, with legislators often taken out of turn. No votes were taken during the hearing. The first major topic was H. 3206, a bill to allow fossil fuel-free 529 college savings plans to qualify for the state tax deduction if MEFA does not offer a comparable option. Representative Steve Owens said the bill would not force MEFA or Fidelity to change existing plans, but would create a definition for fossil fuel-free funds and extend the deduction to qualifying out-of-state plans. The committee also heard strong local testimony on a Belmont home-rule petition, H. 3970, to change tax treatment for the Belmont Country Club under Chapter 61B. Belmont residents and officials argued the private golf course receives an unfair tax break that shifts costs to other taxpayers, while Senator Brownsberger and Representative Rogers supported the measure as a way to help the town recover revenue. Committee members asked about town meeting support, the club’s lack of payment in lieu of taxes, and the size of the tax savings. The committee next heard testimony on a vehicle miles traveled tax proposal, S. 1925, from Senator Barrett and economists Gilbert Metcalf and Christopher Knittel. They argued that declining gas-tax revenue and rising fuel efficiency, especially with electric vehicles, require a more stable transportation funding source; they also said a VMT tax could be designed to be revenue-neutral and mildly progressive, though members raised concerns about administration, fairness, EV disincentives, and the possibility of annual tax shocks. The largest block of testimony focused on the Ahead Act, H. 3194/S. 1973, which would double the deed excise fee and dedicate the new revenue to affordable housing and climate adaptation. Supporters from MACDC, MAPC, FICC, Boston Climate Action Network, CLF, 350 Mass, CHAPA, and a tenant advocate said the bill could generate about $300 million annually for housing production, vouchers, weatherization, resilience, and environmental justice communities, and that it links two urgent crises with a stable funding stream. The committee also heard testimony on the Conservation Land Tax Credit bills, H. 3147/S. 2083, which would raise the annual cap on the credit from $2 million to $5 million for three years and then sunset back down. Conservation groups and a landowner said the program has conserved thousands of acres and that the higher cap would reduce delays and help meet state conservation goals. Finally, the committee took testimony on the Fairness for Farm Workers bills, S. 2011/H. 3107 and S. 2012, which would extend overtime, minimum wage, breaks, and paid time off protections to farm workers and include a refundable tax credit to help farmers offset overtime costs. Senator Gomez and advocates described the bills as overdue civil rights and public health measures, citing low wages, long hours, dangerous conditions, and the racial history behind farm labor exclusions. The hearing also included testimony on H. 3240, a bill to give municipalities a local option vacancy tax on chronically vacant shopping malls, with the sponsor arguing it would help towns address blight, encourage redevelopment, and potentially create housing and tax revenue.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yet the administration abruptly determined that Haiti temporary protected status should be terminated
  • on the grounds that Should be terminated on the grounds that individuals here from Haiti might have
  • Yet the administration abruptly determined that Haiti temporary protected status should be terminated
  • The current status is that a district judge in D.C. stayed the termination of Haiti TPS, paused the termination
  • It was scheduled to be terminated in February, and the judge put a pause on that so that people could
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities held its quarterly virtual/in-person meeting and approved the December minutes. The chair announced plans for the next “Meeting the Moment” community forum in Lowell on March 27, in partnership with MassAbility, focused on digital accessibility, education-to-employment transition, workforce supports, long-term services and supports, and health equity, along with a resource fair. The commission also began planning for its October National Disability Employment Awareness Month event and sought volunteers for a small planning group. The meeting featured an update from the Attorney General’s office on federal litigation affecting Massachusetts, including challenges to federal actions on higher education diversity data collection and DEI-related funding conditions, immigration/TPS for Haitians, NIH research grant disruptions, and the nonrenewal of mental health services grants for schools. The presenter said the state has helped protect more than $3 billion in federal funding and noted ongoing or pending appeals in several cases. Commissioners asked about possible impacts on disability-related DEI work and Medicaid; the AG’s office said guidance on DEIA/employment initiatives is available and that the state is closely monitoring federal Medicaid communications and coordinating with the governor’s office. Undersecretary of Labor Josh Cutler and apprenticeship liaison Amara Riemann presented on registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, emphasizing paid, employer-driven pathways with classroom instruction and wage progression. They highlighted growth in nontraditional fields such as human services, IT, early education, biotech, and banking, and described Bridgewater State University’s Excel program for neurodivergent people and people with disabilities as a model that can lead from pre-apprenticeship to apprenticeship. Commissioners discussed expanding similar models through community colleges and disability-focused workforce pipelines. Subcommittee reports covered disability employment, long-term services and supports, and health equity. The employment subcommittee heard from CED on state disability employment initiatives and planned future presentations from the Lawrence Partnership for Transition to Employment and Veterans Affairs. The long-term services and supports subcommittee discussed MassHealth budget pressures, anticipated federal Medicaid changes, the personal care attendant working group, and an upcoming discussion on crisis standards of care. In commissioner announcements, members highlighted recent honors for several commissioners, updates on municipal digital accessibility grants, a June Medicaid summit, and other commission activities. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee Mar 30th, 2026 at 10:00 am

A&B Transportation Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Looking at the time period of 5 years, we have 12 terminal buildings.
  • 9 terminal buildings.
  • So, in 3 years, we have done 9 terminal buildings in 5 years.
  • We can rebuild their terminal building.
  • The terminal building and hangar at South Grandlake will be complete.
Keywords: 914, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Children and Family Law (02/17/2026)

Children and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • grounds for terminating parental rights. grounds for terminating parental rights.
  • <05:07:59.920> is been determined and now termination is been determined and now termination
  • to be the standard for terminating to be the standard for terminating parental<05:10:55.520>
  • you know, is not about the termination you know, is not about the termination of<05:45:11.760>
  • terminated terminated and<05:45:19.440> my<05:45:19.680> younger<05:45:20.080> son<
Keywords: 1189, house, all