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• From the Armenian community, from the Rwandan community, the Cambodian community, and we've been trying
• Teachers in some of the most conservative communities in our state.
• This is a very scary time for the immigrant community.
• Madison Mercado on behalf of the San Francisco Community Foundation.
• David Nebin on behalf of the Pasadena Area Community College District, the El Camino Community College

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• I bring you greetings from the city, which is one of the lowest taxed communities in the state.
• We are a non-profit organization in the Anoka County community for 15 years.
• All while the need in our community continued to grow.
• In individual communities, addressing land use and zoning that is unique to those community needs presents
• People should have the right and the ability to be housed in their communities.

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• He always did his service for the community, for his acres home community that he loved so well.
• They're a great, great community.
• Hunt County is not just a place, but a community.
• A community built on the values of hard work, kindness, and unity.
• For those of you who may not know about this community, this is one of the oldest religious communities

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• His entire community has been through.
• We have to do better with communicating to our communities, all communities. We have to do better.
• Now, while it may not be in your community, Now, while it may not be in your community, I'm talking about
• And a lot of times in our community, we have law enforcement officers that Of times in our community,
• And many within the Jewish community.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions and recognitions, including awareness resolutions and visiting groups in the galleries. The chamber then moved to special order bills. Senate Bill 88 on utility terrain vehicles passed 32-5 after debate over allowing local governments to opt in to street use of UTVs under safety restrictions; Senator Smith opposed it over safety concerns. Senate Bill 102 on exceptional student education passed 36-0, creating a workforce credential/badge program for students with autism or on modified curricula; supporters emphasized employment opportunities and safety training, while Senator Davis raised concerns about added costs to school districts. Senate Bill 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults passed 37-0, allowing alternative service on scammers through the same apps used to contact victims. Senate Bill 130 on compensation for victims of wrongful incarceration passed 38-0, extending filing deadlines and removing restrictive barriers; supporters called it a long-overdue justice fix. Senate Bill 158 on diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations passed 38-0, eliminating cost sharing for follow-up breast tests in the state employee health plan to encourage early detection. The most contentious measure was Senate Bill 234 on criminal offenses against law enforcement officers. The bill sought to clarify that violent resistance to officers is not justified by claims about the legality of the detention and to add manslaughter of a law enforcement officer to offenses carrying life imprisonment without release. An amendment by Senator Jones to restore “in good faith” language failed, after debate centered on due process, racial profiling, and the role of juries and suppression motions. Several senators spoke in support of law enforcement but objected to the bill’s breadth and mandatory life penalty; Senator Leek ultimately postponed the bill temporarily rather than taking a final vote. Senate Bill 262 on trust code technical changes passed 36-0. Senate Bill 274 designating roads for Harris Rosen and Geraldine Thompson passed 38-0, followed by a successful co-sponsorship motion and remarks honoring Thompson’s legacy. Senate Bill 280 on candidate qualification passed 38-0, creating an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation filing requirements. Senate Bill 296 on middle and high school start times passed 38-0, repealing the statewide start-time mandate and shifting implementation decisions to local districts while requiring public reporting and discussion. Senate Bill 356 designating January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day also passed unanimously, with senators emphasizing remembrance, anti-Semitism, and the educational value of the memorial and observance.

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• So how can we better maximize more community-based services?
• mental health centers and community substitute centers.
• Access to care specifically in underserved communities and rural communities.
• Access to care specifically in underserved communities and rural communities.
• and the rural communities.

Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee held a panel discussion on Florida’s mental health and substance abuse system, with representatives from DCF, AHCA, two managing entities, and two providers describing how the state’s behavioral health network is funded and operated. Members focused on the implementation of prior legislative investments, especially the $50 million in recurring funding from Representative Maney’s bill and the earlier $126 million community behavioral health appropriation. Witnesses said the newer funds were used mainly for crisis beds, discharge planning, outpatient services, regional collaboratives, and a USF Marchman Act report, while the larger behavioral health appropriation supported CAT, FACT, FIT, forensic teams, residential and outpatient services, and crisis care, with most dollars going directly to services and only a small share to administration. A major theme was access to crisis care and the role of mobile response teams, 988, and central receiving facilities in diverting people from Baker Act admissions and reducing readmissions. DCF and providers said mobile response teams have expanded, are being used to de-escalate crises and connect people to care, and have shown strong diversion results and reductions in Baker Acts in some regions. Members also asked about waitlists, children in crisis, and how to handle people without housing or support; providers said discharge planning is individualized but often constrained by homelessness, transportation, and a lack of safe placements, and several witnesses identified housing as one of the biggest barriers to recovery and stability. The committee also examined provider sustainability, reimbursement, and funding gaps. Witnesses described delays caused by contract timing, cost allocation rules, and Medicaid reimbursement rates that do not always keep pace with labor and operating costs, especially for smaller providers and rural networks. DCF and AHCA said managing entities can provide advances, retroactive rate adjustments, and technical assistance, and that Medicaid managed care plans have network standards and complaint/dispute processes. Members raised concerns about a reported $7 million loss in federal non-sustainable funds, provider closures, and whether there is a formal ombudsman process for disputes; DCF said the federal reductions were known and tied to one-time funds, and that the department generally handles provider issues informally while working with managing entities to preserve continuity of care.

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• It could mean your school community, your organizational community, your community of peers.
• <00:20:28.159> is involvement of the entire community is involvement of the entire community
• c> organizational community, your uh organizational community, your uh community<00:20:40.640> of<
• community and self-referrals. community and self-referrals. It's<00:37:22.079> voluntary.
• <02:13:25.440> Um community for their identity. Um community for their identity.

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• They invest in their communities.
• They invest in their communities.
• community. I first met Chief Willis community.
• our community. We celebrate his career. our community. We celebrate his career.
• the community of St. Simon's Island. the community of St. Simon's Island.

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• Great bringing community together.
• Great bringing community together.
• We support AB 405 to create a community gardens and urban farming program.
• Community gardens and urban farming do just that.
• So sometimes all they have is each other, and the community garden.

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• outside of their usual work hours. about constant communications likely out of fear.
• Like, it seems like that is also a communication.
• It's a communication where somebody can look at the communication and then elect to go work if they wanted
• relationships with our community.
• This is our community that we care for.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Labor met with a quorum, adopted the June 4 minutes, and then took up Senate Bill 948, the Workplace Employees Boundaries Act (WEB Act), after adopting an S-1 substitute by a 4-1 vote. Senator Geis presented the bill as a Michigan “right to disconnect” measure that would generally bar employers from requiring employees to access or respond to work communications outside usual work hours, allow employees to set availability hours, prohibit retaliation, direct LEO to write rules, and provide complaint and enforcement procedures with exceptions for emergencies and existing collective bargaining agreements. In questioning, Senator Albert raised concerns about how the bill would apply in small businesses and practical situations like staffing calls, school notifications, and emergency-like circumstances; Geis said the bill was meant to protect non-work time while preserving emergency carve-outs and informational messages. NFIB’s Amanda Fisher opposed the bill, arguing it was too broad, difficult to define across industries and schedules, potentially duplicative of existing wage-and-hour law, and likely to create confusion and reduce flexibility, especially for small employers. The committee then shifted to testimony on health care workforce and labor disputes. Nurses from Teamsters Local 332 described a 291-day strike at Henry Ford/Genesis over safe staffing, return-to-work terms, and alleged union-busting, saying the hospital’s staffing levels and use of replacement workers threatened patient safety and could displace experienced specialty nurses. Michigan Nurses Association president Aaron McCormick and Marquette RN union president Christina Hanson said Michigan’s problem is not a shortage of licensed nurses but of nurses willing to stay in overworked, hostile workplaces; they cited retaliation, slow grievance/arbitration processes, hospital consolidation, rural OB closures, and unsafe staffing ratios as drivers of burnout and departures. They urged stronger protections and faster dispute resolution, especially given the limited effectiveness of the NLRB and delays in labor processes. Additional testimony came from UAW Local 4911’s Kim Wheeler, who said UMH Sparrow was outsourcing two low-paid support groups—patient transport/housekeeping and food and nutrition—despite their importance to hospital operations and despite a recently ratified contract, and asked for transparency and limits on corporate outsourcing. Don Hill of SEIU Health Care Michigan described chronic understaffing in nursing homes, mandatory overtime, burnout, retaliation fears, and the need for enforceable patient-to-staff ratios and stronger wage support; he also noted that home care workers are negotiating first contracts after restored bargaining rights. The committee took no vote on SB 948 beyond adopting the substitute, heard extensive testimony, and adjourned without further business.

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• That's the bedrock of any strong arts community.
• , but also in the disability community.
• So they have to know their community.
• They have to know whether that's a geographic... ...a community, or if it's a community of interest,
• So what we did is we brought them to various communities, partnering with a local community organization

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• As you all know, healthcare for rural communities is an urgent crisis.
• We create positive financial impacts for agricultural communities and producers.
• Our agents also make a powerful impact on community health and youth development.
• We prepare Texas's workforce, communities, and responders.
• Uh, which is a community college in San Antonio.

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• Hi, Madam Chair and community members, it was... Hi, Madam Chair and community members.
• The fear is real in our community.
• The fear is real in our community.
• Our community is scared.
• the community, you know, around others.

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• community assets. community assets.
• in their communities. in their communities.
• and for so many other communities. and for so many other communities.
• . communities. communities.
• 59.080> communities<01:51:59.760> are your communities your communities are your communities

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• February 21st the Penn State Community February 21st the Penn State Community students<00:23:12.559
• No communications or messages.
• Countless other communities have banded together to similarly show support to members of their community
• to enriching our community Through years to enriching our community Through music<07:21:57.718> as
• <07:26:46.520> she scholarship fund the community she scholarship fund the community she strengthened

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• These were family, friends, neighbors, and my community.
• It will make things safer, particularly in rural communities.
• And yet our communities, in particular our tribal communities, are bisected by these highways.
• Has that been better for my community? It's been awful for my community.
• So do you have precautions that, the community will have.

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee heard a series of bills focused on transportation safety, climate resilience, wildlife connectivity, parking enforcement, and EV charging reliability. AB 605 would create a pilot program allowing certain hydrogen internal combustion cargo-handling equipment at ports; supporters said it could help ports stay competitive while reducing emissions, while South Coast AQMD raised concerns about possible nitrogen oxide emissions and limits on future regulation. The bill passed on an 11-0 vote to the Natural Resources Committee. AB 1132 would require Caltrans to incorporate community resilience indicators, including socioeconomic factors, into climate vulnerability assessments; supporters from Greenlining, AARP, and others said it would better protect seniors, people with disabilities, and transit users during heat waves and disasters, while some members questioned the cost during a tight budget year. It passed 9-0 to Appropriations, with some members not voting. AB 382 would lower school-zone speed limits to 20 mph and give local agencies more flexibility in how the limit is posted and enforced; supporters cited child pedestrian deaths and safety research, and the bill passed 11-0 to Appropriations. AB 902, as amended, would require transportation projects in wildlife connectivity areas to include wildlife passage features where feasible; supporters emphasized reduced collisions and habitat fragmentation, while the California Building Industry Association and COGs moved from opposition to neutral after amendments. It passed 9-1 to Local Government. AB 1014 would give Caltrans more discretion to lower speed limits on state highways based on local conditions rather than the 85th percentile rule; supporters said it would improve safety in rural and tourist areas, and the bill passed 13-0 to Appropriations. AB 1022 would end towing or booting vehicles solely for unpaid parking tickets, with supporters describing the practice as punitive and harmful to low-income drivers, while cities and parking groups argued it would weaken enforcement and create problems for out-of-state vehicles. The bill passed 9-3 to Appropriations. AB 1423 would require publicly funded EV chargers to meet reliability standards and allow enforcement of uptime requirements; supporters said taxpayers need functioning chargers, while charging-industry opponents objected to retroactive standards and possible conflicts with existing agreements. The bill passed 14-0 to Utilities and Energy. The committee also approved a consent calendar of five bills by voice vote and held roll calls open for additional members to add on.

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• And then we also have a communication subgroup that's really looking at what's our internal communication
• and what's our um communication and what's our um communication externally. externally. externally
• We have our provider community.
• We have our provider community.
• It occurs in the community.

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Summary: The committee met on January 23, 2026, to approve prior minutes and receive an update from the Department of Health and Human Services. The main presentation focused on “Project Compass,” an internal cross-department effort to prepare for changes to Medicaid and SNAP eligibility. Department staff said the goal is to maintain continuous coverage for eligible people, align policy, operations, communications, legal, finance, and eligibility work, and use the new integrated New HEIGHTS system to streamline implementation. They emphasized outreach to beneficiaries, providers, managed care organizations, and other partners, and said temporary manual workarounds had already been used to stay in compliance with fast-moving SNAP changes. Members questioned how the department would avoid repeating the costly outreach effort used in a prior Medicaid work-requirement rollout. Department officials said they are focusing on ex parte processes, sharing eligibility information across programs, and using community partners to reduce duplicate contacts and paperwork. They also said the department is monitoring the SNAP error rate closely, expects automation and a planned system contract amendment to help reduce it, and noted that current error rates are trending downward and remain below the national average. Questions were also raised about possible future SNAP restrictions on certain foods; the department said it can implement whatever the legislature directs, but that defining and administering such restrictions would be complex. The commissioner and CFO then outlined the department’s budget reduction plan. They said the department has begun implementing required “back of the budget” reductions for fiscal year 2026, using contract savings and not cutting existing services where possible. Examples included dental and home-visitation contracts, where spending was adjusted based on utilization and projected need. Officials said they had already written down a little over $15 million in prior-year encumbrances, but that this one-time source will not be available next year, making fiscal year 2027 more difficult. They also explained the difference between legally required back-of-budget cuts and lapse, and said staffing remains a major challenge because vacancies have increased and customer-facing service levels are strained. Dr. Jonathan Ballard then began an update on opioid overdose fatalities, presenting the latest medical examiner data and describing the long-term rise in deaths after fentanyl entered the illicit drug supply, with a peak in 2017 and a later increase in 2022. The transcript cuts off before his full presentation and any further committee action beyond discussion of the minutes and receipt of the department updates.

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• I have seven counties, and most of the communities in my seven-county area are smaller communities.
• to keep their community up.
• Communities that don't have a ton of resources to keep their community up.
• smaller communities without a tax<00:03:30.799> base.
• Uh attacking um the nonprofit community.

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• COMMUNICATION PACKAGES.
• WHO ARE PARTNERS ARE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
• FOR FAMU DRS AND THE COMMUNITY.
• THE PROGRAM WILL INCREASE THE FACULTY STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS.
• I DO WANT TO SAY, BEING A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, IT IS HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE HEALTH AND

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• bit more communication on that? bit more communication on that? >> Absolutely.
• one in a community.
• if they're the only one in a community? if they're the only one in a community?
• So they're seeing in the community.
• However, I do believe in the potential of our communities and of the people in our communities.

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• So, you know, the part for me is communication is the root of all our challenges.
• I think it's good, but I also believe in communication.
• not how our funding agencies expect us to engage with the communities.
• So as we all know, I think all of our communities have experienced California communities are facing
• communities.

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