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• These are working adults, first-generation college students, and parents supporting families.
• It's a homegrown, not-for-profit parent partnership, and we do not contract out our school.
• I'm here as a parent and advocate in support of the budget.
• I am an occupational therapist and also the parent of a young adult with Down syndrome.
• Family Connects conducts free nurse visits for parents and their newborns.

Bills: HB2289

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care

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• The Governor asks for the Department of Health to review licensing cost structures and determine how
• As the state’s leading nonprofit provider of licensed child care, ...
• As the state’s leading nonprofit provider of licensed child care, we are deeply concerned about provisions
• the state and comes at a time when recreational anglers will be paying 38% more for their fishing licenses
• Thank you. 38% more for their fishing licenses. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Nella.

Bills: HB2289

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care

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• kids in foster care and other child welfare-involved families get access to parent-child visitation.
• , ...in the budget that include expanding the parent-child assistance program for pregnant and parenting
• This includes young people in the foster care system, J.R.
• Capping Working Connections would ration a core support that helps parents stay employed.
• Those are your homeless and your foster students.

Bills: HB2289

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care

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• This is only for licensed day care.
• It's only licensed.
• </c><00:28:27.480><c> facility</c> That's a, you know, a licensed facility That's a, you know, a licensed
• It This is only for licensed day care.
• So, I'm So, if you're going to licensed.

Bills: HF495 , HF4321 , HF3902 , HF4161 , HF3755

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, HF4321, dependent care assistance programs, gross income exclusion, federal conformity, Internal Revenue Code, individual income tax, Minnesota tax law, tax conformity, child care assistance, employer-provided dependent care, taxable income, state income tax, retroactive tax change, family care benefits, housing tax credit

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• holding</c><01:21:13.440><c> a</c><01:21:13.480><c> liquor</c> Restaurant or a hotel holding a liquor license

Bills: HF495 , HF4321 , HF3902 , HF4161 , HF3755

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, HF4321, dependent care assistance programs, gross income exclusion, federal conformity, Internal Revenue Code, individual income tax, Minnesota tax law, tax conformity, child care assistance, employer-provided dependent care, taxable income, state income tax, retroactive tax change, family care benefits, housing tax credit

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• this bill because it offers a common-sense solution to Texas's growing housing crisis by allowing licensed
• The bill maintains strict safety standards by requiring all third-party reviewers to be licensed and
• Chairman—if the third-party developer is licensed and specialized in that, does all of those and then

Bills: SB1708 , SB2523 , SB1450

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: county platting, subdivision platting, Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.022, Section 232.0014, model subdivision rules, Water Code Section 16.343, Texas county subdivision law, residential subdivision, land conveyance, gift deed, family transfer, consanguinity, affinity, third degree relative, five acres or less, county land use, platting exemption, rural land division, property subdivision

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• And I think the thing for parents is the parents, they care so much about their children.
• And I think the thing for parents is the parents, they care so much about their children.
• Parents deserve transparency.
• Licensing is not just paperwork.
• So again, this is about parents.

Bills: HCR47 , HB628 , HB737 , HB1008 , HB1062 , HB1079 , HB1112

Committee: House Education

Keywords: mandatory reporter, child abuse training, online training, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Education, educator requirements, early childhood education, microcenter, school board, cooperative endeavor, economic disadvantage, vaccination, meningococcal disease, school entry, immunization requirements, public health, academic freedom, free speech, retaliation, faculty rights

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• hearing unless the parent agrees.
• , and reasonably accessible to the parent.
• Turning to the bill, the requirement that an applicant for a security guard license pay a fee to be licensed
• You have to pay for an additional license.
• Per statute, industry licensing fees must fund the cost of administering professional and business licensing

Bills: HB1316 , HB2401 , HB2557 , HB2720 , HB1073 , HB2685 , HB2640 , HB2403

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: postsecondary education, homelessness, foster youth, education access, support programs, commission, gender equity, boys, men, advocacy, state policy, special education, parental rights, educational access, evaluation reports, disability services, behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access

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• It allows a child, when they lose their parent, to be able to get child support.
• members, the purpose of this legislation is a narrowly tailored limitation of liability for FAA-licensed
• the main things in this piece of legislation is it applies only to entities that hold a valid FAA license
• the main things in this piece of legislation is it applies only to entities that hold a valid FAA license

Bills: HB375 , HB986 , HB1098 , SCR35 , SB97 , SB123 , SB466

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Keywords: liability, regional transit, streetcars, trolley cars, motor vehicles, HB986, vehicular homicide, child support, surviving child, minor child, parent killed in crash, criminal restitution, family law, Louisiana child support schedule, R.S. 9:315.48, R.S. 14:32.1, victim compensation, traffic fatality, wrongful death, sentencing enhancement

Bills: HB205 , HB464 , HB1361 , HB2546 , HB3229 , HB205

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Keywords: alternative fueling, grants, environment, public accessibility, transit authorities, scrap tires, tire dumping, illegal dumping, waste tire cleanup, environmental remediation, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, county grants, public education, enforcement, prosecution, right-of-way, coastal waters, inland waters, solid waste

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• , and limited licenses for international medical graduates.
• It's a constitutional property, that license, but in order to keep that license current, there's continuing
• This would allow them to give up that license.
• If a license simply expires, an individual can reapply after three years for a new license, which would
• We love foster youth.

Bills: SB6258 , SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education

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• In our direct experience as foster parents, we observed several behavioral changes in the child we were
• You, as a parent, do your research. You're an involved parent.
• Senate Bill 42 restores parental voice. Once DCF...
• standard to be applied to the foster parent to promote normalcy within our foster families.
• , and foster care.

Bills: S0042 , S0578 , S0624 , S7018

Committee: Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Keywords: child protection, medical records, investigation, abuse, neglect, healthcare, Child Protection Team, diagnosis, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimers, dementia, related dementias, brain health, early detection, caregiver support, elderly affairs, Department of Elderly Affairs, Department of Health, public health outreach, memory loss

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• These aren't occupational license fees.
• As you say, this is HB 207 by Representative Henry, relative to the Louisiana Auctioneer's Licensing
• Today I've got H.B. 207, which is changing the construct of the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board
• So after speaking with staff, it appears that the PSC districts don't represent the auctioneers, licensed

Bills: HB207 , HB267 , HB300 , HB464 , HB618 , HB853

Committees: House Commerce , House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Keywords: Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board, auctioneer licensing, professional licensing board, board membership, gubernatorial appointments, consumer members, public at large, Public Service Commission district, East Baton Rouge Parish, venue, domicile, licensure requirements, licensed auctioneer, occupational licensing, state board governance, Act 138, home inspectors, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board

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• House Bill 2472 is the bill that relates to fire sprinkler system contractor licensing and fitter certification
• information to apprentices, and this just expands it a little more and makes that training available for licensed
• trades so that when they go to renew their license, they actually have to take CEUs, continuing education
• information to apprentices, and this just expands it a little more and makes that training available for licensed
• trades so that when they go to renew their license, they actually have to take CEUs, continuing education

Bills: HB2355 , HB2405 , HB2406 , HB2471 , HB2472 , HB2478 , HB2479 , HB2492

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: labor protections, domestic workers, wage standards, employment rights, worker safety, mental health, PTSD, treatment program, research, pilot program, veteran support, trauma, healthcare funding, labor, communication, Department of Labor and Industries, workplace standards, modernization, collective bargaining, labor relations

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• Our parents are... Parents dwell at the bottom.
• Additionally, 50% of foster parents surveyed reported that attorneys rarely or never meet with the children
• As a state, when we accept parental responsibility for foster youth, we make a commitment to them, and
• as a foster family.
• he may be the parent.

Bills: HCR10 , HB1814 , HB2160 , HB2353 , HB2643 , HB2971 , HB3282 , HB3382 , HB3996 , HB4507 , HB4509 , HB4805 , HB5551 , HB1863 , HCR10

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Keywords: family abduction, child safety, custodial rights, parental kidnapping, awareness day, marriage license, informal marriage, family code, identity verification, child support, family law, child custody, court interview, parent-child relationship, child welfare, attorney ad litem, compensation, legal representation, government entity, HB 2643

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• We had some issues with providing licenses and actually ending licenses early this last legislative session
• from foreign nationals who are getting those licenses.
• It has less to do with the number of licenses.
• They only have 2,500 licenses to look at as opposed to 10,000.
• license due to criminal activity.

Bills: HB2947 , HB2964 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3342 , HB3344 , HB3519 , HB3522 , HB3530 , HB3645 , HB3647 , HB3834 , HB4300 , HB4422 , HB4423

Committee: House Health and Human Services Oversight

Keywords: behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, medical records, patient rights, privacy, fees, healthcare access, legal claims, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, Medicaid

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• Um, and when licensed foster care mom.
• Foster families are amongst our most vulnerable children, and it's difficult to find foster parents.
• Foster families are amongst our most vulnerable children, and it's difficult to find foster parents.
• Foster families are amongst our most vulnerable children, and it's difficult to find foster parents.
• Foster families are amongst our most vulnerable children, and it's difficult to find foster parents.

Bills: HF3714 , HF4399 , HF4176 , HF2544 , HF60 , HF4231 , HF4232

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility

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• </c> guardian after parent on line 15.27. guardian after parent on line 15.27.
• </c> line 17.5, amends the parent line 17.5, amends the parent notification<00:15:26.760><c> requirements
• </c><00:15:38.400><c> receive</c> screeners that the parents receive screeners that the parents receive
• </c> parent on line 17.11. parent on line 17.11.
• </c> going to look at an annunciation parent going to look at an annunciation parent in<01:29:59.440>

Bills: HF3714 , HF4399 , HF4176 , HF2544 , HF60 , HF4231 , HF4232

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility

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• were—I'm blessed not to have a Division I athlete in my family because I too would have been that parent
• ><00:34:34.879><c> that</c> because I too would have been that because I too would have been that parent
• </c><00:34:37.440><c> I</c> parent that had no idea where to turn.
• I parent that had no idea where to turn.

Bills: HF3714 , HF4399 , HF4176 , HF2544 , HF60 , HF4231 , HF4232

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility

Bills: HB145 , HB279 , HB292 , SB35 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM32 , HM51 , HM1 , HM39 , HM29 , HM43 , HM30 , HM52 , HM64 , HM65 , HM66 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HM17 , HM46 , HM13 , HM20 , HM54 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM59 , HM2 , HM16 , HM47 , HM53

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, healthcare privacy, electronic medical records, reproductive health, gender-affirming care, data protection, location tracking, confidentiality, sexual abuse, prison safety, correctional facilities, inmate rights, investigation procedures, judgeship, judiciary, court system