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• The New Mexico State Veterans Home is a long-term skilled nursing facility.
• Our facility overview: our annex building holds five units, 59 beds.
• We just are having a wound doctor come to the facility once a week.
• the location of the facility and workforce, right?
• It’s a DoDEA school, but they were getting MilCon money or a type of facility money.

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• <00:03:50.959> in who are building facilities in who are building facilities in Minnesota.
• This registry for ammonia certificates produced by local distributed ammonia facilities will act in a
• This registry for ammonia certificates produced by local distributed ammonia facilities will act in a
• He said that would likely be, in many circumstances, the owner of the production facility.
• He said that would likely be, in many circumstances, the owner of the production facility.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• transfer hospital and medical—there are $58 million, I think is what you said—to private nursing facilities
• This is to make improvements to the Arkansas Environmental Training Academy facilities.
• This money is for their operations manager, their workers, the rental for the facility, for the computer
• Number 13 is UCA with CCA Facility Services.
• It's also for a community-based re-entry facility for 20 females in Clarksville, Arkansas.

Summary: The committee heard a series of appropriation requests and contract reviews across multiple sections. In Section B, members approved temporary appropriations for the Court of Appeals, Commerce/Aeronautics, and Insurance-related payments and refunds. Section C ARPA requests from DHS were approved to return unused federal funds. Section D infrastructure-related appropriations, including wildfire preparedness, broadband BEAD funding, forestry support, recycling, and oil and gas sample preservation, were approved after questions about broadband audit controls and performance safeguards. Section E DHS reallocations were approved, including large transfers within Medical Services from hospital medical to private and public nursing home lines, along with smaller transfers for children and family services, developmental disabilities, and youth services; members asked about the source and purpose of the medical services transfer. Sections F and G were reviewed, covering cash fund requests, federal grants, and miscellaneous grants, including community college storm repairs, corrections commissary and maintenance, 911 enhancements, maternal health, disability determinations, state police equipment, digital newspaper archiving, and CDL data improvements. In Section H, the committee reviewed pay plan appropriations and performance fund transfers tied to the new Class and Comp pay plan. Section I reviewed three methods of finance for UA Little Rock, UAMS, and the University of Arkansas system. In Section J, the committee reviewed discretionary grants, including a $1.4 million HIV services grant and nine tobacco prevention subgrants through UAPB. Members questioned the effectiveness, metrics, and addresses of some tobacco-cessation arts-based grantees, especially Arts Absolutely Inc.; after discussion, Representative Kavanaugh moved to expunge the vote on J2 and refer it back for review at a later ALC meeting, and that motion passed. J3, a Department of Energy and Environment grant for propane safety training and e-waste recycling services, was then reviewed. The committee also reviewed contracts in Section K. K-1 ratified emergency management nuclear planning work performed during a transition between agencies. K-2 construction contracts included architectural and engineering services for corrections, National Park College signage, a Razorback Road parking facility, and UAMS cyclotron installation. K-3 intergovernmental contracts covered health, education, autism waiver, stroke, newborn screening, Medicaid evidence review, and radiation testing services. K-4 out-of-state contracts included staffing, IT, tobacco prevention, audit, marketing, planetarium, recruitment, and janitorial services; Senator Irvin noted one contract appeared to belong in the out-of-state list rather than intergovernmental. K-5 in-state contracts covered staffing, cleaning, re-entry and treatment services, foster care and disability services, hearing officers, asbestos abatement, campus IT support, and janitorial work. The meeting ended after a brief personal update from Senator Irvin about tornado damage in Stone County and thanks to members for their concern, followed by adjournment.

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• very... ...with dignity in their own homes and keeping them at home instead of having to be in a facility
• But it is, like I said, a non-skilled in-home care, non-facility-based service.
• know quality of pay for those individuals but it is a like I said a non-skilled in-home care non-facility
• why I want to be clear that this is a But it is a, like I said, a non-skilled in-home care, non-facility
• The program shall offer an in-person option at the facility in order to have the live synchronous virtual

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee met, approved the March 5, 2026 minutes, and then took up several health- and human-services-related bills. House Bill 5086, concerning peer support programs for covered caregivers, was explained as creating training and testimonial privilege protections; the committee adopted an amendment clarifying that boards may still require participation in a board-designated professional health program, and then reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. House Bill 5004, an educational bill on PANS and PANDAS, was supported by the sponsor, who described his family’s experience and the importance of earlier diagnosis; it was reported to the Senate without amendment. House Bill 5327, which would require the Department of Human Services to create an ALS services program, also received supportive testimony from the sponsor and members, but the transcript reflects the bill being reported as House Bill 537; it was moved forward without amendment. The committee then considered House Bill 5096, which would remove personal care and intellectual/developmental disability waiver services from certificate-of-need review. The sponsor argued the change would reduce regulatory burden and expand access, while a county aging-program director testified that certificate-of-need revenues help fund senior meals and services and that eliminating the requirement would reduce important support for aging providers. After a division vote, the motion to report the bill failed 3-9. House Bill 4695, allowing PEIA patients to switch to an alternative medically appropriate covered treatment without new prior authorization if it costs no more than the original treatment, was explained as carrying an estimated $13 million annual cost to PEIA and was reported to the Senate. The committee also advanced House Bill 5582, enacting the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, after discussion of a committee amendment removing a new-background-check-at-initial-licensure provision; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported. Another House Bill 5582, concerning the TANF drug screening program, was described as removing the sunset date and allowing oral fluid testing in addition to urine samples; it too was reported. Finally, House Bill 5466 renamed the batterer intervention program as an abuse intervention program and allowed live synchronous virtual delivery with an in-person option; the sponsor said the change would expand access statewide, and the bill was reported to the Senate. The committee then adjourned.

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• in the briefing was prison guard Gregory Rodriguez who worked with the Central California Women's Facility
• One, Anissa De La Cruz, Warden, Central California Women's Facility, CDCR.
• CIW is a medically licensed facility.
• I was released in 2020 from the Central California Women's Facility.
• It is also my understanding there was a violent event at one of your facilities in August of 2024.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Right now, we have been doing network testing between our state crime lab network and those facilities
• Where are we today, and where do we need to be when you get in this new facility with more room and..
• with more room and, In this new facility, with more room and able to do more things.
• I think is Texas the facility you're having to use now for those? Yes, sir.
• “Are we pretty well staffed now that will be needed at that facility?

Summary: The committee met with representatives from the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an update on operations, staffing, technology, and major projects. Crime lab officials said the new facility is on schedule and under budget, with completion expected at the end of July next year and phased move-in beginning around August 1. They described the current building as overcrowded and outdated, and said the new lab will expand workspace, improve workflow, double morgue autopsy tables, and allow new technologies such as 3D firearms microscopy, improved drug testing for emerging synthetic drugs, and enhanced fingerprint visualization. Officials also said the lab has been able to hire positions tied to the 2023 overdose-autopsy law and that recruitment for medical examiners and fellows has improved, including two new medical examiners starting in August and a successful new fellowship program. Members asked about rapid DNA, CODIS, forensic genealogy, sexual assault kit backlogs, and staffing. The lab said rapid DNA is in final testing with Faulkner and Saline counties and could go live by the end of July, which would make Arkansas one of the first states to do so. Officials explained that CODIS is used routinely, with DNA profiles from qualifying cases uploaded automatically and audited regularly, and cited it as a key investigative tool. On forensic genealogy, they said Arkansas currently relies on private labs such as Othram, Bode, and DNA Labs International, and is exploring whether to bring that capability in-house in the future. They reported that the sexual assault kit backlog from around 2016 has been cleared and that the lab is now meeting the statutory 60-day turnaround time, with kits tracked through a barcode-based system for transparency. The committee also discussed overdose data and confidentiality. The lab said a new overdose dashboard is being developed with the Office of State Technology and should go live by the end of the year, using newly available reporting data to help public health and law enforcement target prevention efforts. Members praised a recent law allowing toxicology information to be shared with the state drug director and another law protecting coroner records and toxicology reports from public release during criminal investigations; lab officials said both changes have been very helpful. The meeting ended with no votes or formal actions on the crime lab items, and the chair announced an August site visit to the Lake Conway dam project.

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• Where are we today, and where do we need to be when you get in this new facility with more room and..
• In this new facility, with more room and able to do more things.
• I think is Texas the facility you're having to use now for those? Yes, sir.
• Are we... ...you at looking at the new facility?
• Are we pretty well staffed now that will be needed at that facility?

Keywords: 1204, all

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• So we had a measure that said, you cannot have a zoning change for onshore support facilities without
• So we had a measure that said, you cannot have a zoning change for onshore support facilities without
• Title V facilities are among the most comprehensively regulated stationary sources in the state.
• of whether those facilities comply with applicable law.
• Title V facilities are among the most comprehensively regulated stationary sources in the state.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• or assisted living facility occurs, and the facility is not suspended, terminated, or subject to a payment
• or assisted living facility occurs, and the facility is not suspended, terminated, or subject to a payment
• But during that time, the facilities, they continue their care, but they can't bill Medicaid for the
• Additionally, it requires assisted living facility discharge or eviction notices to provide a statement
• The bill requires that the residence and property located within a military airport and facility district

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills and memorials across several policy areas, with most items presented as consent or third-read measures and little debate. Topics included special license plates for the Arizona Space Commission, local land-use and housing restrictions, liquor regulation updates, limits on municipal delays in permitting and exactions, election equipment security and timekeeping requirements, precinct committeeman vacancy procedures, assisted living and deed-fraud measures, a Freedom of Speech Monument committee, renaming Wesley Bolin Plaza, and a ban on gender transition procedures for minors. Members also discussed health and human services bills on behavioral health technician standards, Medicaid billing during ownership changes, breast cancer screening cost-sharing, naturopathic IV administration authority, safe-haven newborn surrender at hospitals, and access claim-processing timelines. The Judiciary portion covered probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, a civil cause of action related to prohibited gender reassignment surgery on minors, elimination of the statute of limitations for failure to register as a sex offender, probation incentive calculations, victim-rights expense recovery, unlawful flight penalties, vulnerable adult theft definitions, motor fuel theft, unlawful alerting, and evidence rules in sexual-assault-related hearings. In discussion, members asked for clarifications on several bills, including the definitions of “malicious” delay, internet access on election equipment, the scope of the breast screening bill, and the meaning of unlawful alerting. Supporters repeatedly described bills as common-sense, fraud-prevention, patient-access, or public-safety measures, while one member noted a no vote on extending the Vulnerable Adult System Study Committee. Additional measures in land, agriculture, water, public safety, and transportation included foreign-entity restrictions on land transactions, limits on transporting Mexican gray wolf puppies, water reuse and groundwater fee extensions, a larger water supply revolving fund loan cap, congressional memorials on EPA authority and the San Carlos irrigation project, expanded traumatic event counseling coverage, reimbursement of legal costs for certain disciplined law enforcement officers, data sharing with the federal government on unauthorized aliens, roadable aircraft registration, motor vehicle booting rules, military-property sign placement, a towing and impound study committee, photo enforcement penalties, and highway renaming memorials. No roll-call votes were described in the transcript, and the meeting ended after the transportation items and memorials were completed.

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• You have to have the facilities to how formations and then you have to have the force structure having
• It's a dual purpose facility, meaning will use it for training, supporting all that federal training
• So it's a great facility as well as a coup plan for the governor's office.
• We've got to a tour their facilities and see what they're doing in terms of the future of technology
• And with the with the gate, they can go from the Air Force right to the Leonardo facilities.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The Moss Landing facility was one of the very first, and its technology was old.
• It also prohibits the development of battery storage in indoor combustible facilities to prevent what
• , The development of battery storage in indoor combustible facilities to prevent what we saw this last
• I know I spoke with firefighters who went into that facility after it had already been built, and so
• I know I spoke with firefighters who went into that facility after it had already been built, and so

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy met without a quorum at first and began as a subcommittee, then later established quorum and heard several measures. The main policy bills discussed were SB 24, which would restrict investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds for political advertising, lobbying, and efforts against municipal utilities, and SB 283, the Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025, which would strengthen safety standards for battery energy storage facilities after the Moss Landing fire. The consent calendar also included SB 80, SB 491, SB 593, SB 804, and SCR 25, which were taken up without debate. SB 24 drew strong support from consumer and environmental advocates, who argued that ratepayer money should not be used for political or promotional activity and that current rules lack meaningful consequences. Opponents from the utilities and business community said the bill was too broad, could interfere with shareholder-funded advocacy and legal work, and might unintentionally affect public service communications and expert consulting. Several committee members shared support for the bill’s goal but raised concerns about its breadth, especially around legal fees and communications; the author said he was willing to work on amendments, including on consultant fees, and accepted committee amendments. SB 283 received broad support from firefighters, local governments, utilities, labor, and business groups. Supporters said the bill would improve fire safety, require fire authority consultation and inspections, and prevent battery storage from being sited in unsafe indoor combustible facilities. The author described the Moss Landing fire and said the bill would add standards based on NFPA guidance while preserving local governments’ ability to adopt stricter rules. No opposition testimony was presented. The committee voted SB 283 out 16-0, and SB 24 was also approved after a roll was held open and later closed, ultimately passing 11-1. The consent calendar passed 16-0, and the meeting adjourned after the final roll calls were completed.

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• FACILITY INVENTORY TRACKING CONTAINING ALL FACILITY DATA INCLUDING LEASES, ARE STATE AGENCIES, WATER
• THIS COMPONENT ALSO PROVIDES FACILITY LEASE INFORMATION AND SURPLUS PROPERTY DATA FOR STATE LANDS AND
• FACILITIES.
• AND PROVIDES DETAILS ON FACILITY LEASES AND SURPLUS PROPERTY DATA FOR BOTH.
• THAT'S FOR LANDS AND FACILITIES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• All of our sports facilities are technically owned by the public, so they can’t have on-site logos on
• All of our sports facilities are technically owned by the public, so they can’t have on-site logos on
• ><00:09:33.440> on<00:09:33.560> any<00:09:33.880> public<00:09:34.279> facilities
• can't do it on any public facilities can't do it on any public facilities which<00:09:35.120>
• <00:09:36.320> are which all of our sports facilities are which all of our sports facilities

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• facility. So Maui's in a rebuild mode. facility. So Maui's in a rebuild mode.
• transitional facility at Cahului Harbor. transitional facility at Cahului Harbor.
• It is a separate facility.
• Is for the planning of the biosecurity facility, where this facility would be.
• . facility. facility.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• emergency operating loan program under the medical facility infrastructure loan fund; to provide an
• bridge loan, and what will happen is the Bank of North Dakota looks to amend the current medical facility
• Now, this amount that would be loaned out is now part of that medical facility infrastructure loan.
• And so when you have a regional entity, when you have a utility that has facilities, generation facilities
• , transmission facilities that go across state lines, those companies are naturally looking to recover

Bills: SB2401, SB2402, SB2403, SB2404

Keywords: SB 2401, North Dakota, Century Code, occupational therapy, occupational therapy board, criminal history record check, background check, licensee investigation, physician continuing education, medical license renewal, nutrition education, metabolic health, chronic disease prevention, health occupation boards, medical board, licensure fee, audit response, disciplinary action, Title 43, board of medicine

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. It adopted the procedural employment committee report naming Senate staff for the special session. The chamber then took up several health-care and appropriations measures, first adopting amendments to Senate Bills 2401, 2402, and 2403 before moving them to final passage. Senate Bill 2401 passed 44-2 and requires physicians to complete at least one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health, part of a broader rural health care package. Senate Bill 2402 passed 46-0 after major amendments negotiated between the medical and pharmacy boards; as amended, it expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution in limited areas while excluding categories such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, chemotherapy agents, Schedule II drugs, biological products, and narrow therapeutic index drugs. Supporters said it would improve rural access and help secure rural health transformation funding, while questions focused on how pharmacist competence would be measured and enforced. Senate Bill 2403, also passed 46-0, creates a short-term medical facility emergency operating loan program through the Bank of North Dakota, reduced by amendment from $10 million to $5 million, to help a financially distressed rural hospital. Senators discussed the hospital’s mismanagement, the need for a bridge loan, and safeguards including a limited application window and expiration in 2027. Senate Bill 2404 passed 46-0 and provides supplemental appropriations to the Information Technology Department for ADA-related website accessibility compliance and to the Public Service Commission for additional legal costs in federal energy-rate litigation. The Senate then made announcements about a Highway Patrol safety presentation and filing deadlines, excused an absent member, and adjourned until the next morning.

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• Honolulu City and County Parks to provide universal changing accommodations to all in all state facilities
• However, we feel it's a good reszo and a good thing we could do this in all these facilities.
• , state parks, city, and state facilities, state parks, city, and county<00:19:16.520> parks.
• <00:22:33.120> So,<00:22:33.360> we in all these facilities.
• So, we in all these facilities.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Government Operations Committee met on March 20, 2025, and heard two resolutions. STR 239/SR 215 would request the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation to provide universal changing accommodations in state facilities, state parks, and city and county parks. The only testimony noted was late comments from DAG; no one testified in person or on Zoom. The committee also heard STR 44, which seeks to convene a legislative working group to recommend family notice and standardized consent provisions for pre-contracts governing cremation. Testimony was mixed: DCCA’s complaints and enforcement office asked to include the Department of Health Environmental branch, while the Hawaii Funeral and Cemetery Association, Mililani Group, Dodo Mortuary, and Soy Garden Mortuary opposed the measure, saying funeral homes already provide the relevant disclosures; Senator Carol Fukunaga and one individual testified in support. The chair said the issue belonged more properly in the consumer protection committee, but the committee would still move the resolution forward and note the concerns in the report. In decision-making, the committee adopted both measures as Senate Draft 1 with technical, non-substantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style. For STR 44, the committee also agreed to keep DCCA in the working group, add the Department of Health Environmental branch, and change the phrase “mainland jurisdiction” to “other states.” The measures passed with the vice chair and Senator Sam Bentura voting yes, while Senators Morawaki and Favilla were excused.

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• water if the recovery well is located either in land permitted to operate as a groundwater savings facility
• or within one mile of the exterior boundary of a constructed underground storage facility, or USF basin
• so there's no way to divide it up smaller so it makes sense this is just the minimum if you ...a facility
• Van Buffam explained: a constructed underground storage facility permit allows a permit holder to operate
• a facility that stores water in an aquifer.

Bills: SB1202, SB1287, SB1418, SB1785, SCM1007

Keywords: groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, irrigation, active management area, domestic use, stock watering, water rights, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use, industrial users, water storage, recovery well, Arizona Revised Statutes, water management

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• So, in New Mexico, if a facility like that, like META, is being built, the vast majority of those low
• It could be residential facilities.
• And, are you saying now that there is a requirement for the larger facilities actually use some of these
• should go through, someone who is In the process of building, let's say, some sort of industrial facility
• there's a company, Sublime Systems, that is actively looking to locate their pilot demonstration facility

Keywords: 996, all

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• That education system is delivered from the county school level. 39 residential facilities throughout
• The superintendent shared that think about a residential facility. It's not all high.
• So we have kids coming into our facilities. So that's the annual enrollment.
• And we have GB testing sites at 36 of our of our residential facilities.
• maybe across the state to another facility.

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• One of those challenges is that the city of Texarkana, Texas, actually has some facilities over on the
• of convincing people that, indeed, that is a Texas facility.
• Does Arkansas benefit from any of that facility? Not to my knowledge.
• Chair of these facilities. I'm happy to answer any questions.
• You will have a much better facility to land. ...and let's go around.

Bills: HB3484, HCR112, HCR125

Keywords: border municipalities, agreements, funding eligibility, infrastructure, intergovernmental cooperation, REAL ID, travel document, border crossing, Texas, U.S. citizens, Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, defense innovation, national security, U.S. Army Futures Command, military technology, economic growth, 1184, house, all