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• They were evaluated at the Exit Area School District, um, because that's how the rules go.
• 00:39:31.520> home<00:39:31.760> district,<00:39:32.400> the<00:39:32.640> exit
• I'll say my my home district, the exit I'll say my my home district, the exit area<00:39:33.520>
• They were evaluated at the Exit plan.
• They were evaluated at the Exit Area<00:40:01.200> School<00:40:01.520> District,<00:40

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• in the audience today, please silence your cell phone, and if you need to take a phone call, please exit
• Anyway, this is really a bill I passed either last year or the year before last, making sure that the exit
• So I'm just changing a little bit: instead of saying changing an exit code assigned about a student of
• school system, I'm putting assigning an exit code to a student that differs from the exit code assigned
• I've had to deal with some exit code issues in the past.

Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 6 and first welcomed LSU President Wade Roos and Chancellor Jim Dalton, who outlined LSU’s goals of becoming an elite, accessible flagship university, increasing research expenditures, improving student recruitment and retention, and expanding pathways that keep Louisiana students in-state. Members praised the new leadership and LSU’s workforce and research direction, and a representative from LSU enrollment reported gains in TOPS Excellence commitments for the coming fall. The committee then advanced several education bills. SB 105 by Sen. Kathy, which reinstates TOPS Tech eligibility for honorably discharged veterans, was reported favorably without objection. SB 374, also by Sen. Kathy, creates a uniform framework for college economic development districts; members adopted an amendment adding a legislator to each district board, and the bill was reported favorably with amendments. SB 304 by Sen. Edmonds, which authorizes the Board of Regents to establish a list of eligible accreditors and allows institutions to seek different accreditors, was reported favorably. SB 522 by Sen. Edmonds, allowing vocational and technical charter schools to apply directly to BESE as Type 2 charters with Commerce and Industry support, drew discussion about whether the authority should extend to public schools as well; it ultimately passed 9-1. The committee also approved SB 290 by Sen. Abraham, a cleanup bill requiring school system concurrence before student exit-code changes in the data system, and HCR 81 by Rep. Freiberg, which asks the Department of Education to study options for districts facing declining enrollment and related financial pressures. HCR 175 by Rep. Larvadain, a study resolution on possible TOPS Tech changes, was deferred by the author because it overlapped with another measure. Several members also used personal privilege to welcome local mayors and community guests to the committee room.

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• this um who have a social security this um who have a social security benefit<01:04:34.520> or
• from veterans or from Social Security from veterans or from Social Security they're<01:17:16.320
• obviously includes the Social Security obviously includes the Social Security or<01:20:48.120>
• > that's a social security benefit that's that's a social security benefit that's based<01:33:55.840>
• collecting um the Social Security collecting um the Social Security payments<01:48:07.480> for

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: Division 3 Finance held a work session to move through five bills before noon, noting one member’s early departure and adjusting the order of bills accordingly. The first item, HB 54, would allow some alternative treatment centers in the medical cannabis system to operate for profit. Members discussed a fiscal note showing a one-time $133,000 cost, which was described as a Division 1 budget item to be handled through HB 2 rather than directly in Division 3. After discussion about keeping Division 1 informed and the distinction between retaining a bill versus funding it, the committee voted unanimously to retain HB 54 for further finance work and conversion into HB 2. The committee then took up HB 547, concerning reimbursement to counties for enhanced FMAP funds during the COVID period. The chair summarized the issue as federal enhanced Medicaid matching funds that were received by the state before authority existed to pass them through to counties, creating a disputed amount owed to counties. County representatives said the money should have gone to counties and clarified the relevant time period, while the department did not take a position. The chair proposed retaining the bill and moving it into HB 2, with discussion of a possible four-year repayment structure in equal annual installments. The committee agreed to retain the bill for continued work in the budget process. During the HB 547 discussion, members also clarified the fiscal and accounting details, including that the fiscal note had not been widely available and that some figures in the note should be treated as county revenue rather than county expenditure. Testimony explained that the enhanced FMAP increased from 50 percent to 56.2 percent, and that the state’s and counties’ shares of claims were affected by the timing of the federal change and the later state authorization. The committee emphasized that the issue was complex and budget-dependent, and that retaining the bill would allow further negotiation and incorporation into HB 2 rather than immediate final action.

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• to really implement, very quickly, changes that are meaningful and that are allowing our schools to exit
• The obstacles, Madam Chair, that they have, if PED was to build a Hogan, it would need an emergency exit
• But we would not be putting any requirements about emergency exits.
• And so I think, to your point, some of them may have fewer contracts that they can secure, depending
• But if we were able to secure a special appropriation to deal with some of those operational expenses

Keywords: 996, all

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• An extension of a dwelling means bounded by structural partitions limiting entry or exit to the degree
• So it's there and clearly trying to delineate the limiting of entry or exit. Exit.
• be something more makeshift, perhaps, that's clearly trying to create a blockage between entry and exit
• That's clearly trying to create a blockage between entry and exit.
• of creative ways to keep people out of their properties, but it's clearly there to limit entry and exit

Bills: HB294, SB40, SB43, SB35

Keywords: cannabis, cannabis packaging, cannabis labeling, cannabis regulation, Cannabis Control Division, adulterated cannabis, artificial color additive, food dye, youth appeal, minor appeal, child-resistant packaging, black-and-white packaging, edibles, product labeling, consumer protection, marijuana, hemp, dispensary, licensed cannabis business, cannabis manufacturer

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• New Hampshire schools should be committed to securing school environments that allow transgender students
• New Hampshire schools should be committed to securing school environments that allow transgender students
• <01:13:56.880> be<01:13:57.040> committed<01:13:57.840> to<01:13:58.159> securing
• <01:13:58.880> school should be committed to securing school should be committed to securing
• High School, Keen High School, from Exit High School, Keen High School, Dover<05:48:58.160> High<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <10:44:02.960> deposit of circular funds by security deposit of circular funds by security
• ask for this conditional security ask for this conditional security deposit,<10:45:36.000> which
• deposit, which really means two security deposit, which really means two security deposits.<10:45
• deposit, but two months security deposit, but two months security<10:46:12.160> deposit.
• So, municipalities, security deposit.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The exit criteria requires a school to demonstrate continued progress by an upward trend on the school
• support this year. occurred in 2022, and those schools will be exiting support this year.
• State Board approval is also required for a district to exit level five.
• that meets the exit criteria set by the board must be returned to full local control as soon as the
• State Board determines that the school district has met the exit criteria, but in no case longer than

Keywords: 1204, all

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• misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum fine of no less than $500, depending on where the student is that is exiting
• We don't have the single solution that eliminates tragic accidents involving children boarding or exiting
• We don't have the single solution that eliminates tragic accidents involving children boarding or exiting
• We don't have the single solution that eliminates tragic accidents involving children boarding or exiting
• We don't have the single solution that eliminates tragic accidents involving children boarding or exiting

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: On February 3, 2025, the committee first took up Senate File 483, as amended by the A2 author’s amendment, which would expand Minnesota’s medical-review exemptions for drivers with a history of loss of consciousness or seizures. The bill’s author explained that current law still requires some people who have been seizure-free for years, and off medication for years, to keep returning to a physician for paperwork even when their doctor says no further review is needed. A testifier described losing his commercial driving career after a seizure disorder, then being forced to keep paying for periodic neurologist visits despite being seizure-free since 2003 and off medication since 2009. The committee adopted the A2 amendment and then approved the bill, sending Senate File 483 to the State Government Committee. The committee then heard Senate File 737, which would increase mandatory minimum fines for repeated school bus stop-arm violations from $500 for a first offense to $700 for a second and $950 for a third. The author and the Minnesota School Bus Operators Association argued that repeat violations remain too common and that stronger penalties, along with stop-arm cameras, would help deter dangerous driving and protect children. A State Patrol representative said 2024 saw about 2,100 stop-arm charges, roughly double two years earlier, and attributed much of the increase to cameras making violations easier to prove; he also said conviction rates on the charge are about 50 to 55 percent. Committee members asked about repeat offenders, camera coverage, and whether bus stop locations should be safer, with one member noting only 23 people had been convicted of a second offense since 2015 and one of a third offense. The discussion ended with no final vote shown in the transcript, but the bill received supportive testimony and extensive questioning about enforcement and bus-stop safety.

Transcript Highlights:

• As you know, we've had to limit who can be in this room because of fire code.
• Or, "Oh no, Social Security said you're not disabled, so that's it. Sorry."
• We have to keep the fire of democracy alive, not let it blow out. Thank you.
• I am on Social Security and Medicare.
• And secure the blessings of liberty to us and our prosperity.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• testifying fire? testifying fire? >> Yeah,<00:19:41.080> Mr.
• Around 3:45 that afternoon, the fire Around 3:45 that afternoon, the fire department<00:31:33.240
• It will keep children housed, prevent trauma, and keep people safe and secure.
• It will keep people safe<01:15:13.120> and<01:15:13.280> secure.
• Um and so, I would ask safe and secure.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Bills: SB2969, SB3263, SB2602, SB3229, SB3199, SB2550, SB2877, SB3325, SB2024, SB2614, SB2613, SB3063, SB2319, SB2800, SB2892, SB2321, SB2407, SB2805, SB2153, SB2595, SB2781, SB3233, SB2360, SB1432, SB2543, SB2599, SB3053, SB2001, SB2041, SB3247, SB3253, SB2401, SB2673, SB3067, SB411, SB2934, SB3219, SB2919, SB2239, SB2532, SB2601, SB1032, SB2446, SB2152, SB2721, SB3076, SB3140, SB2671, SB2338, SB2268, SB99, SB2930, SB3069, SB3096, SB3097, SB3090, SB2060, SB3028, SB2544, SB2069, SB2552, SB3218, SB3022, SB148, SB2259, SB2578, SB2928, SB2816, SB2580

Keywords: SB2969, Maui wildfire, Maui wildfires, wildfire exposure, Maui Health Registry, University of Hawaii, public health, biomonitoring, medical screening, mental health services, trauma recovery, disaster recovery, first responders, kupuna, children's health, medically vulnerable, environmental exposure, toxic exposure, respiratory illness, community health

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• As it looks less appealing, and they exit the market, the prices for everybody else increase. it looks
• less and less appealing, and they exit the market, the prices for everybody else increase.
• Most physicians, if you look at the surveys, are looking for the quickest route to the exit.
• an employee of a large hospital system that's been plopped down in a rural hospital, That quickest exit
• a rural hospital as part of a coverage thing for your contract, you're going to look for the first exit

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <00:39:34.320> and<00:39:34.640> and secure and and secure and and uh<00:39:36.320>
• a<00:39:36.560> secure<00:39:36.960> setting.
• uh a secure setting. uh a secure setting.
• both the police department and the fire both the police department and the fire department,<03:55
• <04:50:15.360> and providing fire and you know fire and providing fire and you know fire and

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• ONE NOTABLE CHANGE IS THAT EXIT OF THAT. THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO FLORIDA.
• PP AC MARKET IN BOTH SMALL GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL ON A NATIONAL LEVEL SO OTHER STATES WILL SEE THIS EXIT
• THIS KIND OF DENOTES AT NOW LEAVING, HEALTH FIRST EXITING SOME COUNTIES.
• HISTORICALLY WHEN AFFORDABILITY DECLINES YOUNGER AND HEALTHIER INDIVIDUALS ARE THE FIRST TO EXIT THE
• I KNOW PART OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AETNA'S EXIT.

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• and also the Palisades Fire.
• department when there's no fire to extinguish.
• department when there's no fire to extinguish.
• There may not be a fire every week, yet we are sure glad that they are ready to respond when a fire does
• You also have people that are elderly, that are on disability and Social Security.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health bills focused on access to preventive care, behavioral health, hospital services, and patient safety. Early items included AB 554, which would expand and protect access to HIV prevention drugs like PrEP, including injectable forms and coverage protections; supporters said it would shore up access amid federal threats, while insurers opposed it as a costly benefit mandate. AB 577 would limit insurer and PBM practices that steer medications away from physician offices and require more transparency and patient consent; doctors and patient advocates supported it, while health plans and insurers warned it could raise drug costs and disrupt specialty pharmacy networks. AB 546 would require coverage for portable HEPA purifiers for vulnerable enrollees during declared emergencies, especially wildfire smoke events, with support from air quality and public health groups and opposition from insurers concerned about benefit expansion and cost. The committee also heard AB 224, which would codify California’s updated essential health benefits benchmark plan after a public review process, adding infertility treatment, hearing aids, and durable medical equipment if approved by CMS for the 2027 plan year. DMHC said the state had completed the review and needed legislation to meet federal timing, and the measure drew broad support. AB 1032 would require plans and insurers to reimburse up to 12 additional behavioral health visits for enrollees in wildfire-affected counties for a limited period after an emergency; supporters argued it would fill gaps in trauma care after disasters, while insurers said existing parity and continuity-of-care rules already address the issue and that the bill could create inequities. AB 849 would require trained chaperones for sensitive ultrasound exams and training on how to observe and intervene; it was backed by a survivor and patient advocates, with hospitals and health districts raising staffing concerns. Later, AB 1196 would direct the Department of Public Health to update outdated rules requiring three surgeons for certain heart surgeries using cardiopulmonary bypass; supporters said the rule no longer reflects modern practice and strains staffing, while cardiology representatives had no formal opposition but wanted to review amendments. AB 1113 would codify a right to wear a mask for health reasons in public spaces, with support from disability and public health groups. AB 1386 sought to add perinatal care to the list of basic hospital services, prompting testimony about maternity ward closures, workforce shortages, and rural access; the author said the bill would be amended further and that the committee would need to revisit timelines and implementation details. The committee also heard AB 1429, which would address Kaiser’s repeated mental health parity violations and improve access to behavioral health care, though the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill is shown. Several bills were moved with motions and seconds, but many were held for quorum; AB 1196, AB 1113, and AB 1386 were among the measures advanced to a roll call or held on call, and the committee repeatedly noted that final votes would occur when quorum was available.

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• <00:16:42.360> prevention requires the state fire prevention requires the state fire prevention
• uh over the interim, the National Fire uh over the interim, the National Fire Protection<00:17:05.240
• safe and that it can't impact egress or exit of the building.
• The next bill, please. meetings, data collection, and secure meetings, data collection, and secure record
• If they are safe and secure environment.

Keywords: House streaming session for Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 124 members present, offered a prayer, and recognized foster youth visiting the chamber. Members then adopted two House resolutions honoring Dr. Sonja Santelises for 10 years as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools and recognizing Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, for 104 years of service, scholarship, and sisterhood. The House also received Senate bills and began taking up committee reports. Several bills were reported favorably and advanced to third reading, including measures on higher education grants, public safety pay restrictions, retirement and pension system work group extensions and cost-of-living adjustments, synthetic turf and aquaculture studies, rail crew requirements, Howard County speed limits, election address confidentiality, IT investment fund uses, ethics financial disclosures, Public Information Act divorce records, aging-in-place grants, judicial assignments, clerk and register salaries, and firearm literature distribution. House Bill 428, concerning temporary assignment of former judges, was special ordered until the next day after the minority whip requested time for an amendment. The chamber also considered and adopted amendments on several bills. House Bill 437, the Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026, was amended to exempt the Chesapeake Bay Bridge project and then special ordered after questions about greenhouse gas impacts on major highway expansion projects. House Bill 457 on menstrual hygiene products at higher education institutions, House Bill 538 on student enrollment disclosures, House Bill 561 on child care credential funding, House Bill 720 on a veterans scholarship, and House Bill 212 on out-of-state vehicle registration all received amendments and favorable reports as amended. HB 212 drew extended debate about Maryland residents using out-of-state tags, with supporters saying it would help enforce registration laws and opponents raising concerns about legislative вмешательство in vehicle regulation and enforcement discretion.

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• Adult Protective Services to assist with placement for these individuals and also delayed Social Security
• disability, delaying the Social Security disability process.
• They’ve reached out to Medicaid, awaiting a decision from Social Security to understand what they will
• The patient’s spouse spent three weeks getting an appointment with the Social Security office to start
• mobile outreach and engagement team helps provide transportation to vital resources that are needed to exit

Summary: The meeting focused on hospital “avoidable days” and the difficulty of discharging medically stable patients who still need post-acute placement or social services. Presenters from Saint Anthony Hospital Midtown, the Oklahoma Hospital Association, City Care, and OU Health described common barriers including lack of skilled nursing, rehab, long-term care, behavioral health, and hospice placements; insurance prior authorization delays; Medicaid and Social Security eligibility delays; guardianship and Adult Protective Services bottlenecks; limited home health and private duty nursing; and the challenge of placing unhoused, uninsured, or medically complex patients. Several speakers emphasized that these delays reduce bed availability, increase emergency department boarding, contribute to staff burnout, and expose patients to hospital-acquired conditions and other harms. The testimony included multiple examples of patients remaining in acute care for days, weeks, or even months after being medically ready for discharge, including patients awaiting guardianship, disability determinations, or placement in facilities willing to accept them. Speakers also highlighted special populations such as patients with behavioral health or substance use disorders, medically fragile children, patients with criminal histories, and unhoused individuals who need respite or hospice care. City Care described its planned 40-bed medical respite facility, set to open in 2027, as a way to provide clinical support and housing navigation for patients too sick to recover on the street or in shelters. Witnesses recommended policy and system changes such as standardizing preauthorization protocols, expanding rural swing-bed and home-based services, increasing public guardianship resources, improving data collection on homelessness, expanding private duty nursing hours, and creating more placement options for complex patients. They also suggested better coordination between hospitals, DHS, APS, the Health Department, and post-acute facilities, including a database of facility services to improve discharge planning and keep patients closer to home. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the transcript, but the chair indicated the issue would require collaboration across multiple agencies and partners.

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• There's a definition for a secure custody solution.
• There's a definition for a secure custody solution.
• There's a definition for a secure custody solution.
• There's a definition for a secure custody solution.
• the state treasurer can use a secure the state treasurer can use a secure custody<00:56:20.280><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Bills: HB34, HM7, HM8, HM17, HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HM34, HB95, HB111, SB1, HJR1, HM4, HM22

Keywords: HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district, public education, Department of Health, Public Education Department, registered nurse, RN, mentorship, evaluation, competency, teacher salary parity, minimum salary, level one license, level two license