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• little closer to see, you know, is this all of the information that CMS needs, or what is the sort of driver
• All of the information that CMS needs, or what is the sort of driver behind that?
• Dental providers are highly trained clinicians. They should be seen as the...
• Dental providers are highly trained clinicians. They should be seen as the overall provider team.
• This spurred us to do a lot of retooling of our trainings, our navigation supports, and our fact sheets

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Summary: The Care Management Meeting opened with a DSS update on the PCMH program. Staff reported the program remained steady at 124 practices, 553 sites, and 2,548 providers, with some month-to-month fluctuation driven by practice consolidation, retirements, and a few practices leaving the program because NCQA requirements were burdensome. Members asked about declining provider and site counts, member attribution trends, and whether PCMH practices overlap with behavioral health homes; DSS said attribution changes are largely due to members becoming ineligible, moving, or getting other insurance, and that PCMH and behavioral health homes are separate programs that coordinate informally. The committee also discussed why some smaller practices leave the program and whether the requirements could be made easier to support retention. The committee then resumed a detailed presentation on the Husky Dental program. The presenter described the dental benefit’s history, the importance of preventive oral health, workforce and consolidation pressures in dentistry, and the lack of interoperability between dental and medical records. Network data showed year-over-year declines in enrolled dental practitioners and service locations, with access gaps concentrated in rural and eastern parts of the state. Appointment availability surveys showed average waits of 38 days for adults and 23 days for children, but much longer waits at FQHCs than private fee-for-service practices. The presenter said Connecticut remains above the national median on CMS pediatric dental quality measures, though sealant rates remain a concern, and noted that preventive care is associated with lower per-member costs. Members raised concerns about provider participation, large practices dropping Medicaid, mobile dental care, and whether the public directory accurately reflects which dentists are actually accepting new patients. The presenter said the plan uses secret-shopper calls, tracks appointment availability, and has begun using place-of-service coding to better identify school-based dental care. She also noted a new MOU with 20 Head Start programs to share data and provide oral health literacy and navigation support. The final major topic was implementation planning for HR1. DSS said CMS guidance was expected in early June and proposed using upcoming meetings to cover medical frailty, communication strategy, and data integration/ex parte verification. Committee members urged the department to create a dashboard to track disenrollments and other impacts of HR1, to build a process for complaints and problem resolution, and to think through cost-sharing, caregiver verification, exemptions, and notices. Members also asked about using existing eligibility structures such as the working-disabled program as a model. The committee agreed to move the next meeting to June 10 by Zoom, with the agenda to be circulated in advance and any PCMH Plus quality data shared if available.

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• The office also has the responsibility for training and certifying county elections officials.
• The county auditor is then responsible for training and certifying municipal clerks on their election
• administration responsibilities and also training election judges.
• For voter registrations that come from Driver and Vehicle Services, those records have already been verified
• outreach to ensure that especially new county auditors have the information, resources, tools, and training

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• Um, and I think it's one of the major cost drivers for a lot of our hospitals.
• I do think it’s a cost driver in our state and...
• It’s a cost driver in our state, and we’ve seen other states.
• Um, it's a driver of uncompens... ...it's a driver of uncompensated care, which Mr.
• Um, but it certainly lives... ...but it certainly lives as a cost driver and one that needs discussed

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• It's about keeping those drivers and those workers safe.
• We had an administrative training.
• We're now training all of our field crews because they're out there every day seeing things, and they're
• They'll be trained by April 1st. And then we're going to train our office staff in Little Rock.

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from ARDOT Director Jared Wiley, who introduced Highway Commission members and reported that the agency has completed the final five recommendations from its long-running efficiency review. He highlighted new public-facing maintenance and construction dashboards on the agency website, and noted quarterly reports on land conveyances, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding, annual revenue expenditures, and major projects were provided with no major questions or objections. Members asked about ARDOT’s budget priorities, project delivery, and specific corridors. Wiley said roughly 75% of construction dollars go to maintaining the existing system, with additional maintenance and operations funding also directed to upkeep; he said Arkansas has about 16,300 centerline miles, nearly 40,000 lane miles, and about 73,700 bridges. He gave updates on Interstate 57 and Highway 5 work in Lonoke County, Interstate 49 public meetings in northwest Arkansas, passing-lane projects on Highway 412/62 in north central Arkansas, widening plans for Interstate 40, the Toad Suck Bridge flood mitigation project, and Highway 82 improvements in south Arkansas. The director also discussed ARDOT’s litter control efforts, saying the agency spends about $8 million annually on litter pickup and is exploring future legislation. He said work-zone safety tools such as cameras and mobile work-zone enforcement are helping reduce dangerous driving, though distracted driving remains a problem. Wiley also announced new agency initiatives on human trafficking awareness training for staff, a “Street Smart” traffic-safety education program for students, and a spring cleanup effort in which ARDOT crews and some office staff will collect litter statewide. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.

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• With that, we would like to take $5,000 and encourage our members to get some training dealing with mental
• So we'd like to set aside a little bit of that money to give us a little better training in handling
• Usually not trained, that came from World War One, and that is not the case today.
• Marines are some of the best trained fighters in the world.
• Anyways, transfers to the Driver and Vehicle Services operating account for Gold Star license plates,

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• While such training in the medical community is important, broad required instruction at this stage is
• So our team works to look at trend data, to identify opportunities for education and training that can
• would be included in the training requirements.
• who regularly interact with students, including teachers, aides, and bus drivers, with training valid
• for five years, and specifically includes charter schools in the training program.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1414 by Sen. Polsky on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) education. The bill would require the Department of Health, working with medical experts, to create and distribute CMV educational materials to expectant and new parents or caregivers through hospitals, birth centers, and OB/GYN practices. An amendment removed a section that would have required instruction for medical professionals, and the amended bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee then took up a block of confirmations. Appointees on tabs 2 through 7 were recommended favorably in one vote, and Chavon Harris was separately confirmed as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after extensive questioning. Senators praised her leadership and experience, while others raised concerns about Medicaid redeterminations, the state’s CORE modernization project, Hope Florida, and a DCF anti-marijuana ad campaign; Harris said she would follow up on some issues and defended the agency’s work on transparency, managed care oversight, and access to care. Her confirmation was recommended favorably, with Sen. Berman noting opposition. Several health-related bills were then heard and advanced. SB 186 by Sen. Garcia expanded epilepsy training requirements for school personnel, including charter school bus drivers, and was reported favorably. SB 902 by Sen. Garcia, after amendments narrowing dental workforce provisions and allowing certain seizure rescue medication delegation to family home health aides, was reported favorably; testimony focused on medical marijuana regulation, practitioner accountability, and concerns about park and child-care proximity restrictions. SB 196 by Sen. Sharif created a uterine fibroid research database with privacy protections and was reported favorably after emotional testimony from a patient and supporters. SB 688 by Sen. Rodriguez would reestablish licensure of naturopathic doctors; it drew both support and skepticism about diagnosis and treatment boundaries, but was reported favorably. SB 1574, Maddie’s Law, would add biliary atresia screening to newborn screening and was strongly supported by parents describing a delayed diagnosis; it was reported favorably. SB 878 on clinical laboratory personnel, SB 1092 on podiatric medicine and certain cellular/tissue-based products, and SB 1032 on medical marijuana registry timelines and veteran fee waivers were also reported favorably, while SB 1032 drew debate over longer renewal/supply periods. The committee then began SB 1760 on Medicaid oversight and program transparency, with the sponsor describing the bill’s creation of a joint legislative oversight committee and a legislative actuary.

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• Training for TSPs might be the same.
• What's the driver in that?
• What's the driver in that?
• Training for TSPs might be the same. So things like that.
• What’s the driver in that?

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• We're going to have sexual harassment training later today.
• We're going to have sexual harassment training later today.
• We're going to have sexual harassment training later today.
• That training should last an hour.
• <02:17:44.639> should chamber that should that training should chamber that should that training

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• We spend a lot of hours training our staff to make sure that we have very up-to-date financial examiners
• We spend a lot of hours training our staff to make sure that we have very up-to-date financial examiners
• and up to speed to go out and trained and up to speed to go out and really<00:21:55.440> take
• <02:34:50.880> these data is able to be used to train these data is able to be used to train
• They're all short on drivers are busy.

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• It is an additive training and... additive training and synthetic trainer that'll provide enhanced training
• We write it off as training costs.
• and scenario training.
• We can do scenario training, but... We can do scenario training, but we need actors.
• Understand that the software that backs up our training system and the National Guard's training system

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• The driver was pinned in the vehicle. Peyton lived nearby and heard the accident.
• He immediately responded to the scene and was able to pull the pinned driver to safety before the arrival
• The action saved the life of the driver.
• And I do see it talks about arts and technology, education and training, barbering, cosmetology.
• I'm not saying that anybody is insufficient or has insufficient assets or insufficient training.

Bills: SR44, HCR1027, SJR50, SJR52, SJR53, HB1185, HB1937, HB2035, HB2137, HB2166, HB3148, HB3323, HB3466, HB3498, HB3661, HB3678, HB3710, HB3977, HB3986, HB4104, HB4108, HB4142, HB4191, HB4274, HB4275, HB4322, HB4336, HB4484, HB3880, HB1687, HB3673, HB1170, HB2959, HB3718, HB3021, HB3443, HB3501, HB4143, HB4326, HB2992, HB3660, SB171, SB1325, SB1980, SB2045, HB4422, HB4423

Keywords: SR44, Senate Resolution 44, Teacher Appreciation Week, teachers, educators, Oklahoma educators, public schools, K-12 education, pre-K, school recognition, education resolution, appreciation week, National PTA, Eleanor Roosevelt, teacher recognition, school staff, classroom, Oklahoma Legislature, concurrent resolution, sine die adjournment

Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered prayer, and recognized a doctor, a nurse, and a student hero who rescued a driver from a burning vehicle. The chamber also welcomed a new group of pages and adopted a motion to reject House amendments to Senate Bill 1546 and request conference. Senators then adopted Senate Resolution 44 recognizing Teacher Appreciation Week, and heard remarks honoring educators in the gallery. Senator Goodwin also announced the death of former Representative Don Ross and offered condolences to his family. The Senate then took up House Concurrent Resolution 1027, setting a target sine die date of May 14 at 5 p.m. The resolution drew opposition from Minority Leader Kurt and Senator Jett, who argued the chamber still had unfinished business, but it passed 28-17. The Senate also passed SJR 50, SJR 52, and SJR 53, all related to agency rules, including expanded provider types, removal of a physician-visit cap, and medical marijuana packaging requirements. Additional measures passed included HB 1185 on preserving military and historic firearms for honor guards and museums, HB 1937 on student-employee communications and due process, HB 2035 on funeral transportation protection agreements, HB 2137 on involuntary medication procedures for competency restoration, and HB 2166 on legal newspaper distribution without a USPS permit. Later, the Senate approved a series of bills on business, licensing, public safety, and state operations. These included HB 3148 on VIN inspections by dealers, HB 3323 on removing notarization for certain electronic Service Oklahoma documents, HB 3466 eliminating petty cash at the Corporation Commission, HB 3498 updating corporation and LLC statutes, HB 3661 extending a forestry equipment sales tax exemption, HB 3678 expanding the definition of public official for electronic harassment protections, HB 3710 revising the Rising Scholars Award Program, HB 3977 updating state veterinarian qualifications, HB 3986 expanding a tax exemption, HB 4104 strengthening penalties for repeat voyeurism-related offenses, HB 4108 adding airport operational areas to critical infrastructure, HB 4142 covering conspiracies to use bombs or explosive devices, HB 4274 allowing military children to attend non-zoned schools, HB 4275 allowing case managers and peer support specialists to work for local public agencies, HB 4322 removing dual certification for funeral directors in charge, HB 4336 updating interventional pain management rules, HB 4484 allowing certain state vehicles to be used between home and work, HB 3880 on Tourism Department compensation and Oklahoma Today publication discretion, and HB 1687 creating the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act with an amended effective date. The chamber also passed HB 2959 requiring school administrators to report abuse allegations to law enforcement within 24 hours and before school questioning, with emergency passage approved. HB 3718 was then taken up with an amendment clarifying timelines for special education evaluations tied to the Lindsay Nicole Henry Scholarship; discussion centered on the new 15-school-day meeting timeline and the 45-day evaluation period. The transcript ends during questions on that amendment, before final action on HB 3718 is shown.

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• with eligible training providers to equip new workers with in-demand skills or upgrade the skills of
• program, a hands-on training program in that lab, uh, to prepare entry-level manufacturing workers for
• A former leet member that I just mentioned was hit head-on by a DWI driver and did everything she was
• We would pay for the training for her to be gain her alternative teacher certification.
• HB 2545 creates a rural workforce training grant program and provide training, apprenticeships, and workforce

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• We need an ambulance driver, but somebody shows up, says, 'Hey, I'm a retired ER physician, 30 Years
• I need an ambulance driver.
• I want To pay them for being a driver, and our DLAs should have similar jobs.
• When we really need an ambulance driver. Thank you, Senator Chair, Representative Chandler.
• They have both gone through drafter training and will be taking on substantive assignments, so you may

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• serving as a school board trustee is a demanding role that requires a great deal of time, research, training
• May 25th of 2024, her life. was stolen in an instant when she was crossing the street and a drunk driver
• period ended, just the CHP made 1,100. 106 DUI arrests and reported a total of 42 deaths from drunk drivers
• Will be impacted by a drunk driver in their lifetime. Rosenda's legacy lives not only in her.
• On May 4th, 2025, Braun's life was taken by a senseless act, a collision caused by a drunk driver.

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• Uh, we'll be on time so we can keep the train rolling.
• All right, I'm going to briefly turn it over to my driver, Mr.
• DeCampos... uh briefly turn it over to my uh briefly turn it over to my driver<00:02:49.360> uh
• 00:02:51.959> is<00:02:52.519> big<00:02:52.720> in<00:02:52.840> the driver
• uh Mr Nolan and he is big in the driver uh Mr Nolan and he is big in the insurance<00:02:53.440>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:06 SB24 Discussion: 01:08 SB24 Vote: 13:22 SB18 Discussion: 14:40 SB18 Vote: 21:54, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 24, a measure aimed at combating property and casualty insurance fraud. Senator Girdler and witnesses from the Insurance Institute of Kentucky and the National Insurance Crime Bureau said the bill would expand the definition of a fraudulent insurance act to cover statements that misrepresent the scope of property damage or repair costs, with the goal of addressing inflated storm-damage claims and out-of-state bad actors. Members discussed whether existing prosecutors were already handling these cases, the role of Commonwealth’s attorneys versus the Attorney General, and the need to keep the bill narrowly tailored to criminal intent rather than negligence or ordinary disputes over value. The committee substitute was adopted, the bill received favorable expression, and a title amendment was also adopted. The committee then heard Senate Bill 18, which would address a shortage of insurance options for automobile dealers by allowing nonadmitted carriers to provide garage liability coverage in Kentucky. Testimony from an insurance agent and a legislative agent for Big I Kentucky described a shrinking market in which some small dealers cannot find coverage at all, risking closure. Members asked about the meaning of garage liability, consumer protections, solvency concerns, and whether more competition could lower prices; witnesses said surplus lines carriers already operate in Kentucky, agents play an important vetting role, and errors-and-omissions coverage would apply to the agent. The bill was supported as a way to preserve dealer businesses and expand coverage options, and it passed the committee with favorable expression after roll call.

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• The Emergency Response (ER) training program trained 136 students.
• The MNERD Fire Services Training Program trained 2,747 students.
• a training mission not happening.
• trainings all the time.
• Do you do much virtual training? Oh, yes, a lot of virtual training.

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• <00:29:27.440> on Sent to someone who has no training on Sent to someone who has no training
• And you might say, what is our training requirement compared to other states?
• Instead, the driver stepped away.
• He took a the driver stepped away.
• That friend is now taking the driver.

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• They do expect consumer spending to remain one of the primary drivers of GDP growth, with a negative
• Underlying economic growth is still positive, and some of the big drivers remain oil and natural gas
• Madam Chair, Representative Lindstrom, so not Specifically, natural gas as a fuel is a major driver,
• So that moves drivers and those people in logistics into doing something else.
• Economic Development is there to stimulate investment, job creation, employee training, or workforce

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• But before drivers make their way to the cities and towns in your districts and into your neighborhoods
• There are human drivers, some of the most dangerous people are driving daily, intoxicated, flying down
• Over thousand Californians per year die in car accidents as a result of human drivers.
• Of those 4,000 drivers. Now today, obviously, the technology is not ready for prime time.
• AB 79 will establish a training guide of accessing and navigating those social service programs as well

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• critical driver.
• So not only to we provide the training, but we train the trainer chart budget for that is about $400,000
• and into in-service training.
• We've also been able to put on train, train the trainers so that folks know how to use the headsets and
• These leads ensure that the training teams are well prepared to host train the trainer events and provide

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