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• Prepared meals are interventions with the most well-documented return on investment.
• Prepared meals are interventions interventions interventions uh,<00:49:24.040> with<00:49:24.560
• half of that, the moratorium or the statement of the eligibility where there's no current medical, behavioral

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• As part of that process, the goal is that it will also be an opportunity for additional intervention
• We also have the Intervention for College Attendance Program for formerly incarcerated students, known
• <01:05:03.119> intervention<01:05:03.480> for<01:05:03.680> college intervention
• intervention for college intervention intervention for college attendance<01:05:04.359> program
• <01:24:30.600> that what are the levels of intervention that what are the levels of intervention

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• behavioral health information.
• disease is running rampant, it sends us into very dark places where we don't have control of our behavior
• And I think today,... ...very dark places where we don't have control of our behavior.
• And then $7 million for alternative pathways and interventions for court diversion programs.
• This bill removes restrictions by eliminating the two and behavioral requirements.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.

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• And so, of course, any kind of an intervention like this, where, you know, a family making $25,000 gets
• Is this the tool that we would use if we were intentionally designing a tax intervention to achieve these
• Is this the tool that we would use if we were intentionally designing a tax intervention to achieve these
• <00:23:11.840> for<00:23:12.000> low-income<00:23:12.559> households, interventions
• for low-income households, interventions for low-income households, those<00:23:13.440> people

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• As a result, liability may attach regardless of tenant behavior such as a failure to ventilate, prompt
• As a result, liability may attach regardless of tenant behavior such as a failure to ventilate, prompt
• As a result, liability may attach regardless of tenant behavior such as a failure to ventilate, prompt
• As a result, liability may attach regardless of tenant behavior such as a failure to ventilate, prompt
• This also will potentially change landlord behavior.

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• Are there forms of computer-based interventions that are?
• >> Yes, there are some FDA-approved computer-based interventions that are not part of this bill because
• answered, but it's, lastly, it's worth noting that the state and federal privacy laws applicable to behavioral
• Um, but their usual behavior is not the full story of 340B before us today.
• represents the 17 federally qualified health centers, or FQHCs, providing medical, dental, and behavioral

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Summary: The committee first approved the March 11, 2026 minutes, then heard House File 4048, which would exempt chiropractors from Minnesota’s provider tax if they are no longer eligible to provide chiropractic benefits under Medicaid/MinnesotaCare. Representative Robbins said the bill corrects an unfair situation because chiropractors still pay the tax even though the benefit was eliminated. Testifiers from the Minnesota Chiropractic Association and a longtime chiropractor supported the bill, arguing that most chiropractors are small-business owners and should not pay a tax for services they can no longer provide. Several members said they supported restoring chiropractic coverage instead of changing the tax, and there was discussion about whether the tax applies to all providers and whether it is effectively passed on to patients. The committee adopted a motion to recommend HF 4048 to the Committee on Taxes. The committee then took up House File 3893, as amended, a bill to restrict artificial intelligence from engaging in psychotherapy or counseling with humans. The author and supporters said the bill is intended to prevent AI chatbots from posing as therapists or counseling vulnerable people, citing reports of suicides and other harms linked to chatbot interactions. The A2 amendment was adopted; the author said it reflected stakeholder concerns and added informed-consent language. Testifiers in support, including a psychologist and a suicide-prevention nonprofit leader, urged strong safeguards and said AI should not replace licensed professionals in crisis settings. Other testimony raised concerns about overbreadth and unintended effects. TechNet and a rural mental health provider said the bill should be narrowed so it applies to clinical therapy rather than wellness or educational tools, and should allow supervised AI uses such as transcription and administrative support. Members discussed rural access, existing licensing-board authority, privacy laws, and whether the bill should target AI companies directly rather than licensed clinicians. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HF 3893, with no final committee action shown in the excerpt.

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• uh behavioral health services. uh behavioral health services.
• training staff in behavioral training staff in behavioral interventions<02:15:25.119> such
• We also have our disaster behavioral health response team, which makes available behavioral health services
• We also have our disaster behavioral health response team, which makes available behavioral health services
• whether they be medical care, behavioral whether they be medical care, behavioral health,<03:16:

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• So I just don't think it's a positive thing to get the to start to criminalize some of this behavior.
• > what's I don't think it's a positive thing to get the to start to criminalize some of this behavior
• 18:01.840> it<00:18:02.080> it<00:18:02.400> it'll<00:18:02.799> make behavior
• Uh it just it it it'll make behavior. Uh it just it it it'll make things<00:18:03.440> worse.
• of the other because of bad behavior of the other parent.<01:45:25.679> This<01:45:26.000>

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• Of alprazolam and its metabolites in the blood is consistent with that kind of behavior.
• And, you know, that's an intervention with DPS having a stop for driving facts.
• We've launched the Right Care, a behavioral health desk program.
• I had never seen this behavior out of my daughter throughout her entire youth growing up.
• We never saw behaviors like that before his THC use. I was witnessing psychosis.

Bills: HB5

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• bullying and violence: 15-842, schools have clear authority to suspend or expel students for violent behavior
• Again, we really should be focusing on strengthening prevention, intervention, and parental involvement

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• children or to children that may have a threat assessment or maybe children who have any type of behavioral
• goal in what I'm understanding this section regarding educational emergency to be is targeted intervention

Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee took up CS for House Bill 1071, a broad education package described by the sponsor as updating transparency, parental rights, student safety, early learning accountability, scholarship oversight, and instructional program rules. The committee adopted two amendments without objection: one clarifying that Title I funds may be used for STEM programs, and another removing a prior provision related to canine dogs on school grounds. Members then questioned the bill’s provisions on student records transfers, instructional materials adoption and removal, educational emergency authority for low-performing schools, health education and a fetal development video, student-led organizations, FHSAA board language, lab schools, and rulemaking authority. The sponsor repeatedly said the bill was intended to improve accountability, keep education dollars focused on students, and give districts flexibility, while also noting that some issues would be addressed through future rulemaking or later amendments. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed. Many speakers argued the bill was an omnibus measure that bundled unrelated policies together, making it hard for families and educators to understand or meaningfully comment on it. Opponents also said it would increase school-law enforcement coordination, chill immigrant and mixed-status families’ participation, restrict DEI-related and student-led organizations, and impose controversial health and embryology content on students. Supporters, including the Christian Family Coalition and Florida Citizens Alliance, backed the fetal development video and the bill’s parental rights and funding restrictions, saying the content should be medically accurate and that schools should not fund political advocacy. Several speakers urged the committee to break the bill into separate measures. In debate, some members praised the sponsor’s responsiveness but said they would vote no because of constituent concerns, especially around DEI, the fetal development video, and local control. Others supported the bill, emphasizing rulemaking, educational emergency flexibility, EpiPen access, early learning changes, and evidence-based math instruction. The sponsor closed by reiterating support for the bill as amended, saying the law enforcement provision had been removed, the embryology content would be opt-out with posted materials, state funds should not support political advocacy, and the bill would help with safety, accountability, and student outcomes. The committee then voted on the bill after debate, with the sponsor indicating support and members stating their positions during closing discussion.

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• There are also reports of staff experiencing rude and harassing behavior from ICE agents.
• While legal intervention eventually got his medication to him, we still don't know if he is actually

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Summary: At this meeting, Senator Matt Klein and a group of Minnesota physicians and medical organizations described what they said was escalating ICE activity in and around hospitals and clinics, and argued it is deterring patients from seeking care and interfering with medical work. Speakers from emergency medicine, pediatrics, the Minnesota Medical Association, obstetrics/gynecology, and family medicine said patients are avoiding appointments, missing follow-up care, and in some cases suffering serious harm because of fear of detention or family separation. They emphasized that emergency departments and other health care settings should remain safe spaces where care is based on medical need, not immigration status. Several speakers gave examples they said showed actual patient harm, including missed prenatal and pediatric visits, delayed treatment leading to sepsis, perforated colon, burst appendix, and a patient with cancer who was detained and moved without medications. Pediatric and OB/GYN speakers focused on trauma to children and families, including fear of bringing children to appointments, requests for home births, and patients refusing transfer for higher-level care. Family medicine and emergency physicians also said staff morale is low, some workers are afraid to come in, and the situation is affecting diverse health care teams across the state. The discussion also touched on legal and policy questions. Speakers said they have tried calling police, hospital administration, and security to remove ICE agents from private patient areas, but reported that agents refused to leave. They said ICE may be allowed in public spaces but should not be in patient rooms or during private exams, and suggested there may be a role for legislation to codify best practices for law enforcement interactions in health care settings. No votes were taken; the meeting consisted of testimony, questions from reporters, and calls for collaboration and for ICE to stop enforcement activity in health care settings.

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• But, from our committee and an economic development perspective, what partnerships or policy interventions—meaning
• support services, enforce consequences for chronic offenders, pair enforcement with treatment and behavioral

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the New Mexico Rural Library Initiative in support of fully funding the rural library endowment with an additional $29.5 million. The presenters described rural libraries as essential community infrastructure that provide not only books and internet access, but also early childhood programs, adult education, workforce support, telehealth, disaster response, and civic meeting space. They argued that the endowment would provide stable annual support for staffing and operations, help sustain libraries in very small towns and tribal communities, and support new or developing libraries. Members asked about eligibility, county coverage, how funds are distributed, and whether the state tracks broader outcomes such as job placements or certifications; the presenters said the State Library administers the funds and that the initiative itself is a nonprofit capacity-building organization, not the fund manager. Some members raised concerns about whether an endowment is the best long-term model versus recurring annual appropriations, and about the need for better reporting and state-library involvement. The committee then heard from food bank leaders Jill Dixon and Katie Anderson about food security and its economic impact. They said New Mexico’s five food banks and more than 500 partner agencies serve all 33 counties, distribute over 45 million meals, and rely mostly on philanthropy, with some state and local support. They emphasized that SNAP is a major economic driver, supporting grocery access, jobs, and local spending, and that recent legislative growth funding helped food banks respond to a surge in demand during a SNAP disruption. They also highlighted food banks as community hubs that can connect people to health care, job training, and other services, including through clinic referrals and closed-loop systems. In response to questions, they said food access gaps remain in some rural areas, that clients can generally seek food at other distribution sites without barriers, and that longer-term solutions should include more grocery access, healthy corner stores, and stronger broadband and health care infrastructure. The final presentations came from the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce and the Artesia Chamber of Commerce. Gallup-McKinley described a shrinking workforce, youth outmigration, crime, health care shortages, malpractice costs, and gross receipts tax burdens as major barriers to rural economic growth, and urged action on workforce pipelines, housing, public safety, malpractice reform, and tax/regulatory changes. Artesia highlighted its murals, library, sports tradition, oil and gas, agriculture, federal training center, and refinery, while also noting workforce shortages, health care recruitment challenges, housing constraints, and the need for quality-of-life investments and more flexible regulation. The committee also briefly heard a bill presentation proposing a New Mexico-Ireland Trade Commission to promote bilateral trade and investment, especially in technology, agriculture, and energy sectors. No votes were taken because quorum was not reached, and the endorsement item was not acted on.

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• funding for grades 6-12, which can be flexibly used for CTE programs, secondary fine arts programs, behavioral
• still now, are not sufficiently—I don't even like that word, really—able to provide services, interventions

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• individual okay should stand on the merits of the case and not necessarily take into account past behavior
• including within but not limited to and we need to go hibbett if possible experimentation and intervention

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• have more targeted<00:43:05.000> and<00:43:05.240> personalized<00:43:05.800> interventions
• targeted and personalized interventions targeted and personalized interventions uh<00:43:06.920>
• 31.079> soil<00:43:31.520> food In the environment, things like soil, food, and also behavioral
• This will be powered by AI, and we will be able to rapidly design novel interventions.
• This will be powered by AI, and we will be able to rapidly design novel interventions.

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• situation where this law would be applied would be between two kids who no doubt are engaging in behavior
• This allows guardians and regional behavioral health authorities to waive the 10-day notice of the intended
• Court-ordered treatment is one of the most restrictive state interventions that can happen.

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• for where the fly is going to move if it shows up, how fast it might spread, and what different interventions
• The decline of rutting behavior is likely resulting in a decline in the screw worm infestation for the
• independent analysis confirmed that doramectin, working alongside sterile flies, And natural herd behavior

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• One example is at a school with behavioral concerns.
• As it will significantly increase the likelihood of early intervention, early identification of health
• prison beds we would need in the future because we know that a lot of acting out in school and behavioral

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• Behavior is communication. So, when a student is acting out, that is a form of communication.
• Our youngest learners often communicate with behavior.
• <01:21:36.240> in to teach kids appropriate behaviors in to teach kids appropriate behaviors
• behavior is accountability. behavior is accountability.
• behavior behavior and<01:33:32.680> the<01:33:32.880> harm<01:33:33.160> that's

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