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• I want to walk you through the bill requirements, the background and context for these requirements,
• Outcome measures that are required under Florida Statute 409.997. 7089 expanded these reporting requirements
• contracts that are required of the lead agencies.
• But to enter into that space, not only does it require a high level of skill, but it also requires It
• not only requires a high level of skill, but it also requires a large number of hurdles that have to

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee held its first meeting of the term and heard introductory remarks from the chair, vice chair, ranking member, and members, who broadly described their interest in child welfare, mental health, aging services, homelessness, and agency accountability. The chair then outlined the subcommittee’s jurisdiction, including child welfare, mental health and substance abuse safety net services, domestic violence, developmental disabilities, elder services, and child support, and introduced the Department of Children and Families (DCF) as the first agency panel for the term. DCF presented an implementation update on HB 7089, a 2024 law aimed at increasing accountability and transparency for community-based care (CBC) lead agencies that deliver most child welfare services under contract. The department said the bill was prompted by forensic examinations that found problems such as noncompetitive procurement, related-party transactions, excessive executive compensation, and weak financial oversight. DCF described new contract requirements and monitoring tools covering board governance and annual training, conflict-of-interest disclosures, financial penalties for noncompliance, fidelity bond requirements, limits on direct service provision by lead agencies, related-party procurement rules, procurement thresholds, real-property approvals, compensation caps, expanded public reporting, and a new Future of Child Protection and Funding Work Group. DCF reported that some lead agencies had completed required board training, others were still on schedule, and two agencies exceeding the direct-service threshold had been referred to the Auditor General. Members asked DCF about the reasons for the bill, the impact on children, the work group’s regional representation, aging-out youth, the Embrace Families transition, board training requirements, and whether enforcement actions had been taken. DCF said the bill was intended to protect funds for children and families and improve oversight, and clarified that the Central Florida lead agency contract was awarded through competitive procurement rather than an absorption. DCF also said the board training was designed to be meaningful but not overly burdensome, with timing left partly to lead agencies as they implement the new requirements. The committee then heard from two CBC leaders, who generally supported the accountability goals of HB 7089 and said their agencies had already addressed most of the new governance and disclosure requirements. They reported that board training had been completed or was being scheduled, but both agencies said the fidelity bond requirement has been difficult or impossible to obtain in the market as written, though they were able to secure the separate performance bond. The CBC witnesses also warned that recruiting providers is increasingly difficult, especially for higher-acuity children and group-home placements, due to limited provider supply, regulatory burden, insurance costs, and rising risk. They said these pressures are contributing to budget deficits in some areas and urged lawmakers to consider the funding model, insurance and indemnification issues, and the risk of overregulation reducing provider participation.

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• This bill requires a feasibility study for establishing a University of California medical school in
• I also... ...for coverage but still face the harsh reality of having no doctor nearby.
• AB 1552 requires the public education and higher education segments to report recommendations to the
• Assembly Bill 1629 by Assembly Member Haney and others, an act relating to health care coverage.
• AB 1629 will prevent insurers from shifting financial burdens onto patients by requiring dental plans

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• It requires law enforcement to note the type of wireless device used in a violation on the traffic ticket
• It may require testimony at court if it's challenged, but they would write a ticket, and if that person
• And that will be a requirement in this proposed bill. A lot of agencies don't do that anymore.
• And we were required to change our behavior because of the law. became the law.
• And we were required to change our behavior because of the law.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to review its fiscal year 2025-2026 budget proposal and several bills. The chair outlined a roughly $18 billion budget area, including major funding for the Department of Transportation work program, Visit Florida, library/cultural/historical initiatives, affordable housing, National Guard tuition assistance, and Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles needs. The committee adopted a motion allowing technical adjustments and then approved the budget proposal as a recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee next heard and approved CS/SB 666, creating a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate, with proceeds supporting scholarships, academic, athletic, and arts programs at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. Members praised the school’s academic and athletic achievements, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition. The committee also heard extensive testimony on CS/SB 1318, which would rename Florida’s texting-while-driving law as the hands-free driving law and expand the prohibition to handheld use of wireless devices, including in work zones. Supporters, including law enforcement, health care, bicycling, and crash victims’ advocates, argued it would save lives and make enforcement clearer; some senators supported the goal but raised concerns about enforcement, privacy, and impacts on drivers with older vehicles. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 1408, designating memorial highways in Hillsborough and Charlotte counties for Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen and Sergeant Elio Diaz, and SB 1516, creating the International Aerospace Innovation Fund to be administered by Space Florida to support partnerships between Florida and international aerospace companies. Both bills were reported favorably with little debate. Senators also requested to be recorded in the affirmative on selected bills, and the meeting adjourned.

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• And in other countries, you might get private insurance as a supplement for the public coverage, you
• know, maybe Get private insurance as a supplement for the public coverage, you know, maybe to be able
• This year, health insurance premiums for a family of four who get their coverage from an employer will
• For employers and public programs, affordability means sustaining coverage without crowding out costs
• over time, at least for people with private employer-sponsored coverage.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We're requiring real proof of coverage up front before a project begins, before an injury occurs, and
• And if we made the TPP, the ad requirements from the state, it would The ad requirements from the state
• The bill would ban social media for users under 14, require the deletion of their accounts, and require
• and property damage, but it does not require cargo insurance.
• And by requiring overly burdensome requirements in a pre-annexation development agreement or an agreement

Bills: HB2128, HB2255, HB2397, HB2429, HB2591, HB2680, HB2834, HB2868, HB2911, HB2951, HB2979, HB2991, HB2996, HB2999, HB4001, HB4011, HB4017, HB4020, HB4026, HB4086, HB4088, HB2244, HB2342

Keywords: homeowners associations, condominiums, open meetings, governance, transparency, Arizona Teachers Academy, teacher preparation, education funding, public schools, scholarships, teacher certification, community colleges, HOA, homeowners association, planned community, condominium, CC&Rs, covenants, conditions and restrictions, resale disclosure, association disclosure

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• This bill requires a feasibility study for establishing a University of California medical school in
• I also... ...for coverage but still face the harsh reality of having no doctor nearby.
• AB 1552 requires the public higher education segments to report recommendations to the Legislature on
• Assembly Bill 1629 by Assembly Member Haney and others, an act relating to health care coverage.
• I respectfully ask for your aye vote. ...bidding requirements.

Summary: The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, then completed the roll call and prayer, adopted routine procedural motions, and moved through the daily file with many bills passed and retained or passed outright. Early measures included AB 2417 on community college faculty retirement information, AB 1579 expanding the Children’s Crisis Pilot Program, AB 2041 on emergency medical services reporting, AB 1547 on a UC medical school feasibility study in Kern County, and AB 1552 directing higher education segments to report on civic engagement and democracy education. The body also took up SB 73, an urgency elections-security bill, where supporters argued it would protect ballots, voting systems, and election workers from interference, while opponents said it could be unconstitutional, partisan, and overly restrictive of local and federal investigations. SB 73 passed with urgency and immediate transmittal to the Senate. The Assembly then approved a long series of policy bills, many with unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including AB 1554 on California Earthquake Authority transparency, AB 1584 on civil rights duties at the Air Resources Board, AB 1592 on the California Indian Cultural Center, AB 1629 on direct payment to dentists, AB 1645 on prison visitation physical-contact rules, AB 1688 on foster care notice and accountability, AB 1699 on prescribed and cultural burns, AB 1738 on virtual final inspections for single-family homes, AB 1741 on charging sexual battery during a residential break-in as a wobbler, AB 1802 on mitigation lands endowments, AB 1813 on community renewable energy program changes, AB 1899 creating a youth homelessness prevention office, AB 1904 on a credentialing apprenticeship program, AB 1941 on organized metal theft, AB 2043 on drone-attack prevention for mass gatherings and critical infrastructure, AB 2054 on paid family leave for military relatives, AB 2081 on home-based Medi-Cal care, AB 2116 on predatory lending, AB 2122 limiting bench warrants for vehicle-code infractions, AB 2176 on student housing coordination, AB 2187 on tribal public-contract exemptions, AB 2221 on charitable fundraising processing deadlines, AB 2232 on advance parole hearing reporting, AB 2235 on confidentiality of judges’ home addresses, AB 2250 on cannabis/hemp enforcement cleanup, and AB 2266 on electricity. Most measures were described as support or bipartisan bills and passed with little or no opposition. A few bills drew notable debate or recorded opposition, including AB 1813, AB 2122, and SB 73, though all ultimately passed. After finishing 35 items, the Assembly announced it would return the following week with a much larger file, noted upcoming floor amendment deadlines, and adjourned until Tuesday, May 26 at 1 p.m. A post-adjournment vote change was also recorded, changing Assembly Member Dixon’s vote on AB 2041 from aye to no.

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• It does not require installation of blue lights on... ...for the unfunded mandate, it does not require
• Medicare, Medi-Cal, and CalPERS provide coverage for treatments to manage symptoms.
• At its core, SB 950 clarifies and strengthens existing law to align coverage policies with the urgency
• The analysis of the bill notes that any costs to require coverage of medically necessary treatments or

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• HB 66 by Cortez, relating to the ballot applications requirements for the election of a precinct chair
• Refer to the Subcommittee on Workforce, HB 813 by Cortez relating to the health benefit plan coverage
• Section 841 by Bernal, relating to requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to employees
• HB 869 by Leilani relating to requirements for subscription service contracts providing a civil penalty
• HB 870 by Thompson relating to the requiring of the corroboration of certain testimony in a criminal

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• placed on the calendar for the day for Wednesday, May 14th, 2025, and establishes a pre-filing requirement
• This is an area that we need to address and make sure that the coverage that people are using across
• We are addressing MA coverage for traditional healing by Representative Heiler.
• And by the way, the feds don't require us to include adults, but we do. But if you were...
• This amendment would require complete shoulder coverage anytime a person is using a hot tub.

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• degree requirements. degree requirements.
• for those who have work requirements. for those who have work requirements.
• Uh, you can get coverage, but it's more costly. Uh, you can get coverage, but it's more costly.
• require redesign every 8 years. require redesign every 8 years.
• And that that does<03:30:43.360> require does require does require um um um being<03:30:45.960

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• So you mentioned that some of the funding and coverage might be under threat.
• , and some of it's not that they're going to stop coverage altogether, but it's, you know, whether it
• :00.159> to<00:18:00.440> stop<00:18:00.799> coverage they're going to stop coverage
• These symptoms and conditions can range from mild to severe, may require comprehensive care, and can
• <00:33:40.320> comprehensive mild to severe may require comprehensive mild to severe may require

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• > the<00:54:46.160> less insurance coverage for the less insurance coverage for the less
• Um, and those are all required by the ACA.
• effective solutions requires effective solutions requires collaboration<01:36:10.000> and
• <01:43:44.080> To<01:43:44.320> meet require language assistance.
• To meet require language assistance.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 04.320> compared<00:15:04.639> to are fewer requirements compared to are fewer requirements
• administration cabinet should require administration cabinet should require agencies<00:20:57.600
• administrative regulations that require administrative regulations that require agencies<00:53:09.760
• <00:54:14.640> This coverage of their county area. This coverage of their county area.
• So it doesn't always that coverage.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:01 Staff Report on Statewide Emergency Responder Voice System- 00:01:09 Kentucky State Police and Finance and Administration Cabinet Response to Staff Report- 00:48:37 Adjournment-01:34:512, 958, all

Summary: The committee heard a staff report on Kentucky’s statewide emergency responder voice system (SERVS), a multi-phase project intended to improve interoperable radio communications for first responders. Staff said Kentucky State Police did not appear to have violated statutes or regulations, but the project lacked an overall master plan, clear milestones, and consistent documentation, which contributed to delays, spending issues, and deployment problems. The report recommended updating the Kentucky Field Operations Guide to reflect SERVS and noted that the project has been funded in phases since 2018, with appropriations totaling roughly $216 million across 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024, while about $109 million had been spent by the end of fiscal year 2025. The report raised concerns about project sequencing and oversight. Staff said most spending was concentrated in special mobile equipment, with Motorola accounting for about two-thirds of all SERVS expenditures and the top four vendors making up 81 percent of spending. They also said a sample of Motorola payments suggested possible late payments, though they could not confirm whether interest was paid. Staff criticized the use of master agreements for a project of this size, the lack of a centralized ledger, and the absence of a documented timeline or risk mitigation plan. They recommended stronger procurement and planning requirements, including possible legislative changes requiring approved master plans for large capital projects and additional funding conditions tied to SERVS master agreements. Land acquisition and deployment progress were identified as major bottlenecks, especially in Eastern Kentucky. Staff said the project began in western Kentucky using existing tower sites, but the remaining work is concentrated in harder-to-acquire areas, with more than 95 percent of new towers still incomplete. They said the Division of Real Properties did not begin formal contract work on acquisition until October 2024, despite earlier coordination, and recommended earlier consultation on future projects. Staff also noted that the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee had not been active in oversight, and survey results showed limited awareness and involvement among first responders. Committee members agreed that the lack of an initial implementation plan and the continuing need for funding reflected broader planning problems, and they discussed the need for a clearer end-to-end game plan rather than continuing to fund the project without a defined completion path.

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• SENATOR IN THE LONG TERM COULD ALLOWING DEVELOPMENTS AT CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS RATHER THAN BEING REQUIRED
• THIS REQUIRES A COURT TO ORDER A DRIVER TO MAKE RESTITUTION FOR SPECIFIED DAMAGE AND SPECIFIES THE DRIVER
• WE REQUIRE THIS SAME BODILY INJURY INSURANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THIS SAME BODILY INJURY INSURANCE
• IT WILL LOWER YOUR UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE AND THE DANGEROUS DRIVERS WILL NOT BE FORCED TO CARRY
• 100 TO 300 BI WHICH THEY COST A CRASH YOUR UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE WOULDN'T EVEN COME INTO PLAY AS

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• This shortage is due in part to the fact that our licensing requirements do not align with the Clinical
• It also requires the parent to provide the names and contact information of the practitioner who made
• It also amends the current statute to require practitioners to provide medical records to DCF within
• shorter time frame than what is required under HIPAA.
• Losing that coverage can mean losing independence or even life itself.

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee considered eight bills and reported all of them favorably, several as amended. HB 1347 on clinical laboratory personnel was presented as a response to staffing shortages in Florida labs; the sponsor and Quest Diagnostics supported aligning state licensure with CLIA standards to improve hiring and turnaround times. The bill passed 24-0. CS/HB 47, dealing with specific medical diagnoses in child protective investigations, drew extensive emotional testimony from parents and advocates who said children had been wrongly removed after misdiagnoses; the bill was amended to tighten timelines and record-sharing requirements, then passed 26-0. CS/HB 287 created a public records exemption for applicants, owners, operators, and references of family foster homes and passed unanimously. The committee also approved CS/HB 439, allowing chiropractors to inject vitamins and nutrients under training and safety limits, after an amendment clarified they may not prescribe prescription drugs; it passed 26-0. CS/HB 1021 would allow pharmacists to administer medications in trauma centers under physician direction, and an amendment added pediatric trauma centers; it passed 26-0. HB 867 would let occupational therapists perform dry needling after specified training and supervision, and it passed 25-0. HB 1309, which shortens deadlines for patients to access their medical records and aligns nursing home access rules with federal law, drew opposition from health information management groups over privacy and portal/data-security concerns, but supporters argued it simply speeds access to records; it passed 21-5. CS/HB 915 codifies and expands Medicaid eligibility protections for working people with disabilities so they can keep coverage while employed, with strong support from disability advocates and emotional testimony from the sponsor about her son’s benefits concerns; it passed 26-0. After these votes, the committee adjourned.

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• The House provided $12,960,000 of that and then required a local match of the balance.
• is federal, and they're not allowed to exceed that except for increases in caseload, additional coverage
• Section 33 is the long-term structured residence plan and requires a report.
• It requires them to implement and supervise things that are not in their scope of work.
• The DPI is also, like I said, I might have mentioned this, but it's also required to aggregate the data

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1012, the Department of Health and Human Services budget. Senator Dever walked through the amended budget, highlighting a roughly $5.85 billion all-funds total, major one-time items for IT, child care, housing, behavioral health, juvenile justice, rural EMS, and supportive housing, along with funding for Medicaid expansion, CCBHCs, opioid settlement uses, and several studies and reporting requirements. Members discussed the provider inflation increase, with Senator Mathern urging a 2%/2% rate instead of 2%/1.5%, but the committee adopted the subcommittee amendment and then passed the amended bill 15-0 with a do-pass recommendation. Senator Dever was named as carrier. The committee then considered House Bill 1540, a school choice/education savings account-style bill. Senator Shibley explained the subcommittee amendments, including clarifying the Bank of North Dakota as administrator, adding a means test at 400% of the federal poverty guideline, and adjusting the fiscal note to about $21.7 million for the second year. In debate, members raised concerns about the bank being assigned duties outside its normal role, the lack of DPI involvement, and whether the means test should be tiered rather than a hard cutoff. The committee rejected a do-not-pass motion 5-10-1, then approved a do-pass motion on the amended bill 9-6-1, with Senator Wobama noted as the likely carrier. The meeting ended with the chair announcing the committee would adjourn and reconvene the next morning.

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• House Bill 169, an act relating<00:08:12.880> to<00:08:13.040> coverage<00:08:14.280>
• to coverage for feeding or eating<00:08:15.960> disorders.
• House Bill 164, an act relating to coverage for hearing aids and related services.
• House Bill 527, an act relating to insurance regulatory requirements and declaring an emergency.
• a<01:51:20.120> school Uh upon request requires a school Uh upon request requires a school

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• So right now, the coverage is tiered based on whether you So right now, the coverage is tiered based
• And so those who are furthest away from 80% coverage would see the largest increase.
• If you're above $50,000, because your coverage now increases from what?
• when you all pass the new graduation requirements.
• We don't require a co-pay when we go into the K-12 system.

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• Department of Health and Human Services oversees our nation's largest health care programs, providing coverage
• requirements for adverse events, and allowing these pills to be contained through the mail.
• That is being treated, and it has perpetuated unequal coverage in mental health care.
• A nurse from Dalton, Georgia, who falls into the Medicaid coverage gap.
• That you described would need health care and not a work requirement. Thank you. Thank you.

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• knowledge of a combination of requires knowledge of a combination of mental<00:25:19.120> and
• There may be a requirement for defrayment for that group of population, which includes the individual
• What is the demographics that you guys have for coverage?
• What is the demographics that you guys have for coverage?
• <00:29:11.120> for 15517 there may be requirement for 15517 there may be requirement for defrayment

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Summary: The committee opened its first hearing of the 2025 session with procedural instructions about testimony limits, Zoom participation, written testimony, and a reconvening date if needed. It then heard SB 200 on speedy trials. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing it could create conflicts of interest for prosecutors, potentially make victims or witnesses quasi-parties to criminal cases, force traumatizing testimony on continuance motions, and unfairly delay trials for in-custody defendants. A World Care representative supported the bill and urged broader protections for minors, disabled people, and seniors. The chair also pressed the public defender to suggest improvements, emphasizing that the bill was driven by victims and families. No vote or final action was taken on SB 200. The committee next took up SB 8 on jury duty exemptions for health professionals. Testimony was strongly supportive from nurses, physicians, and disability advocates, who said APRNs and other nurses are in short supply and that jury service can disrupt patient care, especially in rural and neighbor island areas. One witness suggested expanding the exemption to include registered nurses as well as APRNs, while a senator raised concerns about blanket exemptions for non-practicing APRNs and suggested a time limit. The bill remained under discussion with no final action reported. The committee then heard SB 144 on chiropractic, with the state chiropractic board offering comments and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supporting the measure as a way to address workforce shortages and provide students more hands-on clinical experience. A World Care witness also supported the bill after clarifying her remarks. The chair then moved to SB 107 on medical informed consent, where the Hawaii Medical Board opposed the bill and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and Queen’s Health System offered comments, citing concerns about duplicative standards. A support witness proposed expanding the bill to better address combined mental and physical health conditions. Finally, SB 189 on breast cancer screening drew support from the Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Radiological Society, Queen’s Health Systems, and others, while the Insurance Division raised concerns about possible insurance mandate defrayment and the need for a sunrise analysis. Senators also asked about local demographic data and coverage impacts; the chair indicated decision-making would be deferred to another day.