Transcript Highlights:

• Financial resources, we know, can get you health care, can get you to the health care, even if it is
• Again, clinical skill, quality of care, lack of continuity of care.
• opportunity for health care providers across a continuum to connect, collaborate, and share best practices
• in stroke care.
• stroke care across the state.

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then heard a detailed annual presentation from Dr. Thomas Arnold, chair of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, on maternal mortality trends and review findings. He explained the committee’s structure, the de-identified review process, and the distinction between pregnancy-associated and pregnancy-related deaths. He said national maternal mortality has declined from its 2021 peak, but mental health conditions, substance use, overdose, suicide, cardiovascular disease, hemorrhage, infection, and embolism remain major causes. He emphasized that many deaths are preventable, with especially high rates among non-Hispanic Black women and in the American Indian/Alaska Native population, and noted that a large share of deaths occur after 42 days postpartum. Committee members asked about suicide, domestic abuse, pregnancy testing in unexplained deaths, and the role of home births and midwife training. Dr. Arnold said the committee is adding a caseworker, exploring post-mortem pregnancy testing in suspicious cases, and working with coroners and forensic officials; he also said home births and untrained midwifery pose safety concerns and that better public education and facility-based care are important. The committee then heard from State Fire Marshal Dr. Matt Clark on cigarette ignition propensity standards and fire prevention. He recommended updating North Dakota’s cigarette ignition legislation to the current national standard and also considering legislation requiring fast-breakaway oxygen tubing, citing fatal fires involving smoking around home oxygen. He explained that his office verifies manufacturer testing and maintains certification for cigarettes sold in the state, but does not itself conduct the testing. Members asked about implementation, cost, and whether the standards apply in tribal communities; Clark said he would follow up with cost information and additional details, and that he had not seen evidence of a major issue on tribal lands but would look further. Christine Greff of the Department of Health and Human Services presented the North Dakota Stroke System of Care report. She described the statewide network of two comprehensive stroke centers, four primary stroke centers, and 30 acute stroke-ready hospitals, along with the stroke registry and quality-improvement efforts. She reported that most strokes are ischemic, that the median stroke patient age is 71.5, and that common risk factors include hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and diabetes. She highlighted improvements in door-to-CT, thrombolytic treatment times, dysphagia screening, EMS pre-notification, and interfacility transfer performance, and said new priorities include hemorrhagic stroke quality measures and standardized EMS stroke screening tools. Members asked about the VA hospital’s participation, and Greff said she would pursue outreach. After a break, the committee heard testimony from Taha Khan of Vertex Pharmaceuticals as part of the prior authorization study, focused on non-opioid pain treatment. He argued that prior authorization can delay access to acute pain treatment and may push patients toward opioids, especially in the critical 24- to 72-hour post-discharge window. He cited data showing that even short opioid exposure can increase the risk of long-term use and said prior authorization is often a barrier for physicians and patients. Khan recommended open access with a quantity limit rather than prior authorization, suggesting a 14-day limit supported by the product’s data and an episode-of-care approach. Members asked about dental use, payer discussions, and cost; he said the product’s wholesale acquisition cost is about $16.10 per tablet, with patient assistance available, and that he would follow up on payer and comparison-cost questions.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's a factory model.
• When I I developed the bar model.
• It's going to be teachers versus paras versus child care workers versus elder care workers.
• It's going to be teachers versus paras versus child care workers versus elder care workers.
• It's going to be teachers versus paras versus child care workers versus elder care workers.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh, there was modeling that had to be done.
• Commercial paper and revenue bond programs to try to take care of those drainage needs.
• small utilities an opportunity to use modeling, um, reverse osmosis modeling in lieu of pilot testing
• I don't care if we're putting in a park, uh.
• To take care of all these water projects now, and we've been hearing about leaky pipes.

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• The department collaborate with local and regional partners as well as the Department of Environmental
• Continue the collaboration with DP the Florida Greenways and Trails Council, the Florida Wildlife Corridor
• And so I represent from that would be working into their business model this out their capex and were
• Certainly those are things that we are very deeply care about.
• So, you know, I believe in this is a model. My background is military.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This act reflects extensive collaboration and dedication across the aisles to prioritize education and
• And then my question was, What is that modeled after? Is it the gaming control board?
• Is there another state where we've seen it, where that kind of model has been really successful?
• And the models that have worked is primarily around the school leader.
• So it's sort of modeled after that.

Keywords: 909, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I BELIEVE IF WE DO THE FIRST TWO THINGS REALLY WELL WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY TAKE CARE OF THE THIRD ONE
• GOING TO THE UNIFIED MODEL HELPED US DO A COUPLE THINGS.
• THE INSTRUCTION MODEL ITSELF IS IN PERSON AND ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING.
• I WILL JUMP FORWARD TO WHAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL IS APPROVED BY THE STATE MODEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY
• I'M PROUD TO SAY THIS LEGISLATION WAS DONE AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We care for safety.
• It took deep collaboration, accident.
• > imperfect,<01:21:42.239> but model, a fragile, imperfect, but model, a fragile, imperfect
• ,<01:32:53.800> education, areas such as health care, education, areas such as health care
• ,<01:38:55.440> and aloha, a willingness to collaborate, and aloha, a willingness to collaborate

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• First, child care.
• care system.
• So when can I expect to see your updated model?
• So let me just ask, do you agree that cutting child care by laying off civilian child care workers makes
• Let's talk about health care real quick.

Keywords: NDAA, military recruitment, personnel readiness, testimony, military leaders

Summary: The committee meeting focused on pressing issues related to the U.S. military's recruitment and personnel strategies, especially in light of the upcoming NDAA for fiscal year 2026. Chairperson expressed appreciation for the service of witnesses including senior military leaders from different branches, emphasizing the importance of personnel as the backbone of national defense. Discussions revealed concerns regarding the recent lowering of recruitment standards across military branches, which could potentially affect the quality of service members and long-term military readiness. Witnesses were asked to address the implications of these changes on military health and efficiency.

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• investigation modeling investigation modeling tool<00:40:25.440> for<00:40:26.200> um<
• <00:44:50.480> to contractor Contracting model to contractor Contracting model to streamline
• So one interpretation of all of this is they care about their work and they care about the mission.
• So one interpretation of all of this is they care about their work and they care about the mission.
• care about the work care about and they care about the work they're<04:11:33.520> not<04:11:33.720

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We believe that this model can be successful and effective in the Commonwealth.
• But today I'm here to tell you our model is breaking.
• care does not mean having the best doctors and the best technology only.
• This digital health care is life-saving.
• was effective, very effective testimony on health care.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held its second hearing on a large docket of technology, internet, cybersecurity, broadband, and media bills. Early testimony focused on community media funding legislation, with lawmakers and local access advocates arguing that as cable subscriptions decline and streaming grows, revenue tied to cable franchises no longer supports community television and PEG programming. Supporters said community media remains a key source of local news, government meeting coverage, and civic transparency as newspapers disappear or consolidate. A related bill on cable contract oversight also drew support, with testimony that the Department of Telecommunications and Cable is backlogged and should more actively review municipal-provider agreements and report its workload to the committee. Another major topic was a proposal to create a Massachusetts Innovation Fund for state IT modernization. The Alliance for Digital Innovation backed the bill, saying agencies need flexible upfront capital to replace outdated systems and improve cybersecurity, and pointing to the federal Technology Modernization Fund as a model. The witness noted that funding for the state program still needs to be identified. The committee also heard strong support for a bill requiring free broadband in public housing, with Rep. Emmela Goodwin and MAPC describing internet access as essential for jobs, school, telehealth, and civic participation. They said the digital divide in Massachusetts is driven largely by affordability rather than infrastructure, though questions were raised about costs, wiring, and whether all housing sites already have broadband access available at the curb. A substantial portion of the hearing centered on bills to limit addictive social media feeds for minors. Supporters, including lawmakers, parents, teens, and advocacy groups, argued that algorithmic feeds contribute to addiction, anxiety, body image problems, and other harms, and said the bills would restrict surveillance-based curation and overnight notifications while leaving search and followed accounts available. Opponents, including FIRE, CCIA, and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, argued the bills would require invasive age verification, threaten privacy and cybersecurity, burden adults’ anonymity, and likely face First Amendment challenges. They also warned the measures could disadvantage smaller businesses and may be unconstitutional based on recent court rulings in other states. The committee also heard support for blockchain-related bills creating a commission, a pilot program, and consumer education efforts, with testimony that Massachusetts has the talent but needs a coordinated state strategy. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• literally every kind of medical care literally every kind of medical care that<00:08:06.960>
• A collaborative partnership to sustain best industry practices in correctional health care on a national
• <00:47:59.200> focused benefits of a healthc care focused benefits of a healthc care focused
• <00:48:15.680> in health care because a healthc care in health care because a healthc care
• a collaborative partnership a collabor a collaborative partnership to<00:48:26.960> sustain<00

Keywords: The original version of this live stream dropped before the meeting was technically finished. This is the complete copy pulled from back up sources., 958, all

Summary: The committee met to hear updates from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections on two related issues: a proposed high-acuity juvenile mental health treatment facility and medical services contracts, including the impact of Wellpath’s bankruptcy proceedings. At the start, the chair agreed to hear the Department of Corrections first so members could get context on the medical contract before turning to DJJ’s proposal. DOC officials said Wellpath, the department’s comprehensive medical and mental health provider since 2013, was awarded its current contract through a 2021 procurement process. They reported that Wellpath’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan had been confirmed and that the company had transitioned ownership to lenders, but had not yet fully completed the bankruptcy process. DOC said there had been no service lapses, no reduction in care, and no known impact on Kentucky vendors or hospitals, and that DOC staff meet with Wellpath almost weekly. Members asked whether the committee had been kept informed and whether the bankruptcy could affect future services or subcontractors. DJJ then presented its concept for a high-acuity facility, explaining that the project is still in the preliminary programming and conceptual stage and has not yet entered the formal design phase with DECA. Officials said the proposal in the capital plan would create a 24-bed facility, with 16 clinical beds and 8 assessment/stabilization beds, to serve justice-involved youth with serious mental health needs. They said the facility would need to separate males and females and high- and low-risk youth, and that current placements often require sending youth out of state to places such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Arkansas, and Texas. Staff said the goal is to centralize treatment, improve safety, and reduce the need for fragmented or out-of-state placements. Committee members questioned the cost estimates, staffing needs, and whether the facility was justified given the small number of youth currently placed out of state. DJJ said the operational estimate includes an unknown medical-contract component and that the number of youth needing the facility can fluctuate because of surges in the juvenile population. Officials also said they had consulted with South Carolina, which is developing a similar facility, and noted that renovating existing facilities was considered but could be more expensive or impractical than building a separate site. No votes or formal actions were taken during the discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• care and reducing the growth of health care costs.
• care.
• health care spending to primary care.
• Senate Bill 1 works to lower health care costs by encouraging value-based care models that reward providers
• develop stable and consistent value-based care models.

Summary: The House met on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a moment of silence for two deceased community members. Members also adopted Consent Calendar 29, which included House Concurrent Resolutions 153, 154, and 156, and passed House Concurrent Resolution 157 directing the State Lottery to report on iLottery options to support traditional lottery retailers, as amended to set a February 15, 2027 reporting deadline. The chamber then considered several bills on agriculture, telecommunications, health, fire service standards, corrections, elections, and education. Among the measures passed were Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program, Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecom carriers, Senate Bill 339 clarifying advance health care directives, Senate Bill 235 extending manufactured home rent increase rules, Senate Bill 325 updating firefighter/EMS background check and membership standards, Senate Bill 309 discharging incarceration-related balances, Senate Bill 324 on constable-related handgun purchase exemptions, Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication access, and Senate Bill 293 creating a licensure pathway for summer camp providers in the Purchase of Care program. The House also passed Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry regardless of race or gender while explicitly preserving religious freedom. The bill drew extended debate, with supporters framing it as a safeguard against future rollbacks of marriage equality and opponents raising concerns about constitutionalizing an issue already in statute; several members explained changed votes and personal reflections before the final roll call, which passed 28-12. House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after amendment, despite some opposition over party-system effects. Two measures were tabled or amended after debate: Senate Bill 233 on removing snow and ice from vehicles was initially tabled to consider a truck-driver exemption amendment, then the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended; and Senate Joint Resolution 19 on studying health care costs was tabled briefly pending legal clarification. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a three-year pilot program for AI and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, data privacy, and teacher oversight. The transcript ends as House Bill 478 is being read in, but no final action on that bill appears in the provided text.

Transcript Highlights:

• Right now, we are facing urgent challenges: housing, health care, education, infrastructure.
• Right now, we are facing urgent challenges: housing, health care, education, infrastructure.
• But I think we're doing this in a collaborative fashion that has not happened before.
• We've been working during the interim to ensure that we're collaborative, that we're informed, that we
• Literacy is foundational to everything we care about: workforce readiness, economic competitiveness,

Keywords: 996, all

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• Our community is, just like our neighbors, are quick to respond and take care of it. care of each other
• We don't care if somebody about the rules, take care of the people.
• The shorter-range models have resolution can actually resolve thunderstorms. own models, they take the
• National Water Model.
• You guys are the modelers. correct?

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• > reduces That collaboration not only reduces That collaboration not only reduces trauma<00:15
• really put together this collaboration really put together this collaboration and<01:02:22.720><
• They don't care about what the border is. They don't care if they're going to other cities.
• They don't care about what the border is. They don't care if they're going to other cities.
• about what the border is they don't care about what the border is they don't<01:07:35.760> care

Bills: HF1082, HF2099, HF4177, HF2742

Keywords: public safety, law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, appropriations, criminal justice, Minnesota corrections, victim services, task force, personal safety, emergency management, local government, funding, preparedness, Minnesota, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, use of force, police accountability

Transcript Highlights:

• So, we will modeling that's going on.
• <00:49:08.960> co-requisite<00:49:09.680> model ...bearing course.
• care collaborative and create healthc care collaborative and create healthc<00:54:13.680> care
• for our healthc care opportunities for our workforce. workforce. workforce.
• That was just a model of Pennsylvania.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met and approved the July 15, 2025 minutes before hearing a presentation from the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA/KIA) on student financial aid ahead of the January biennial budget session. KHEAA outlined its role administering 17 state-funded grant and scholarship programs, 529 plans, and outreach services, and emphasized that net lottery proceeds after a $3 million literacy appropriation are statutorily dedicated to student aid. The agency focused on the major need-based programs—College Access Program (CAP), Kentucky Tuition Grant (KTG), and KEES—along with dual credit, Work Ready Kentucky, teacher scholarship, and National Guard tuition assistance. Officials said the new federal FAFSA methodology created a major increase in eligible students, especially for CAP, and thanked lawmakers for adding substantial funding this biennium to meet the higher demand. Staff explained that CAP is for Pell-eligible, low-income students, while KTG is a need-based grant for students at private Kentucky colleges; both use FAFSA data, but schools verify final eligibility. They said CAP awards are first-come, first-served and that the higher funding level allowed the program to last the full 21-month application cycle in FY 2024-2025, compared with much shorter periods in earlier years. KHEAA reported about $232 million spent on CAP for roughly 72,000 students last year, with current applications running about 10% ahead of the prior year. Members asked about the difference between applicants and recipients, the effect of lower lottery revenues, and whether recent federal legislation would affect state aid; KHEAA said it does not expect major impacts on grants and scholarships, though student loan changes could affect graduate students. The committee also discussed KEES and dual credit. KHEAA said KEES has been fully funded since its creation and that its forecast was within $76,000 of actual need last year. For dual credit, staff said a recent bill consolidated work-ready dual credit and career/technical education under one scholarship program, and KHEAA will seek growth funding because participation and costs continue to rise. The agency said FY 2025 dual credit spending reached $26.4 million across dual credit and work-ready funding, requiring transfers from Work Ready Kentucky to keep dual credit fully funded. Members asked about transferability of dual credit hours and whether the program reduces later college costs; KHEAA said it does not have hard data on every credit transfer, but it does see higher bachelor’s completion rates and lower student debt, suggesting positive effects. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Can I have that smaller model please? Are we all getting one?
• I have a question concerning the model. I need to compare it to this model.
• He's trying to capture the model. That's what.
• Um, How many, just looking at these models that you're sending around before you send us all a model,
• Do you want your models back, or you, I think I would have a tough time getting that particular model

Bills: HB 341, HB 791, HB 1564, HB 1695, HB 1722, HB 1729, HB 1772, HB 2003, HB 2954, HB 2989, HB 3084, HB 3134, HB 3135, HB 3309, HB 3611, HB 3679, HB 3727, HB 3832

Keywords: affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates

Transcript Highlights:

• By allowing MDVA to collaborate<00:17:07.839> with<00:17:08.240> local<00:17:08.640>
• partners,<00:17:09.839> more<00:17:10.160> of collaborate with local partners, more
• of collaborate with local partners, more of Minnesota<00:17:10.880> veterans<00:17:11.360>
• It also takes care of a lot of local issues as it relates to liquor law, allowing a lot of University
• Minnesota has an opportunity to learn from approval models and modernize our laws responsibly.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum, and approval of the previous day’s journal. The body then moved through routine business including committee reports, second readings, first readings of a large batch of House files, and receipt of Senate File 3958 for comparison with a House companion. Several noncontroversial motions were adopted without objection, including referral and re-referral motions later in the day. The chamber then took up a series of bills, many of them veterans, commerce, mortgage, liquor, elections, and financial institutions measures. House File 3544, a veterans housekeeping bill updating state law to conform with federal standards and clarifying benefit forfeiture language, passed 133-0. House File 3467, authorizing MDVA to use nonmonetary support to collaborate on veteran services such as food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention, also passed 133-0. House File 3437, clarifying that certain mortgage lending protections apply to consumer home loans rather than commercial loans, passed 133-0. House File 3479, clarifying homeowners’ rights to postpone foreclosure sales in several edge cases, passed 128-5. The annual liquor bill, Senate File 2511, drew the most discussion. Members described provisions addressing the so-called “Granny Happy Hour” in senior facilities, University of Minnesota liquor-related flexibility, and other local liquor-law changes. An author’s amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 129-1. House File 4118, allowing state-chartered credit unions to use private deposit share insurance subject to state oversight, passed 131-2. House File 4241, a local government/elections omnibus addressing disclosure rules, Hennepin County medical examiner appointment procedures, and Rochester School Board election structure, passed 124-9. House File 3699, changing a license plate contest to feature the Lake Superior agate and requiring a Minnesota artist, passed 110-22. Later, the House adopted motions to send House File 4668, an Explore Minnesota film tax credit bill, and House File 4319, a Lake City port authority bill affecting local taxing authority, to the Taxes Committee. The chamber also approved a motion to recall House File 1234, the payment transparency bill, from Ways and Means and place it on the General Register after a zero-cost fiscal note was reported.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, yeah, we very much collaborate with them and we have to maintain those relationships.
• So, yeah, we very much collaborate with them and we have to maintain those relationships.
• He said they collaborate with federal and local partners.
• critical so we would love to collaborate critical so we would love to collaborate and<00:32:23.360
• Have you spoken with... about collaboration and not division as about collaboration and not division

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And so you've got projection models. Mm-hmm. And so you've got projection models.
• We are collaborating with FDA.
• In close collaboration with AgriLife Extension.
• They're people that I care about deeply.
• So would you support telemedicine care if it reduced the cost of veterinary care for sheep and goats?

Keywords: 1184, house, all