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• <01:45:07.520> So, the Medicaid fraud control unit. So, the Medicaid fraud control unit.
• And in the Medicaid fraud control unit.
• They are from entities like our schools.
• <02:34:08.640> are these other very critical entities are these other very critical entities
• Um we have very government entity.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's no longer controlling the structure, controlling the institution.
• Because as a legislature, we don't control PD. We don't control school districts.
• But absentee rates, we can't control those.
• It's who we have control over, or we should have control over and influence over. and make sure that
• There we go, the group that controls water in New Mexico.

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• There are also new 25-26 deferrals, about 1.8 million. 8 billion in the local control funding formula
• Finally, $15.6 million in 45 positions and savings related to the control section 4.05 reductions to
• To current county superintendent of schools to serve as the administrative entity for the program and
• So currently the proposal would be that Kern County would be the administering entity they would have
• , they're outside of the state's control.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• of the program and place it in a centralized decision-making entity.
• Local bargaining and control can take into account these differences.
• Local bargaining and control can take into account these differences.
• This bill would move administration and control from the local founding philosophy.
• This allocation includes operational costs and $5 million for tribal entities.

Summary: The joint Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing focused first on long-term services and supports for older adults, especially the “forgotten/overlooked middle” who earn too much for Medi-Cal but cannot afford private long-term care. Administration witnesses from DHCS, the Department of Aging, and Social Services described Medicare’s limited long-term care coverage, Medi-Cal’s role, the elimination of the Medi-Cal asset test, and ongoing state studies and listening sessions on financing options. Testimony from advocates and researchers emphasized rising homelessness among older adults, the need for better navigation and coordination across health, aging, housing, and social service systems, and short-term policy steps such as share-of-cost reform, housing stability supports, and protecting home- and community-based services. Members highlighted the need for a coordinated, no-wrong-door approach and asked for the most impactful budget investments to address affordability and homelessness risk. The second major topic was the Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS) program. CDA reported that CBAS helps participants remain in the community, that 304 centers operate statewide serving about 42,000 people, and that demand is stable but access gaps remain in some regions. DHCS explained that a 2024 rate increase authorized by SB 159 became inoperative after Proposition 35, and that a separate 10% rate change on the fee schedule was the result of a DHCS system error; the department said it would not require recoupment, though managed care plans may act under their contracts. CBAS providers and advocates warned that reimbursement rates have not kept pace with costs, that several centers have closed, and that clawbacks could trigger more closures. They requested $74.8 million ongoing General Fund to close part of the rate gap and preserve the program, while members expressed concern about closures and the cost savings of keeping people out of more expensive institutional care. The hearing then moved to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and statewide collective bargaining. CDSS reviewed provider recruitment and retention efforts, including electronic timesheets, direct deposit, and the now-completed IHSS Career Pathways program, which trained more than 59,000 providers. CDSS also summarized its AB 102 workgroup report on statewide versus regional bargaining, saying the final report would be sent to the Legislature soon and that statewide bargaining appeared more viable than regional bargaining, though it would require clear statutory scope and major fiscal changes. The department estimated that each $1 per hour statewide wage increase would cost at least $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion annually. Labor advocates argued that IHSS wages, benefits, and training are too inconsistent across counties and called for statewide bargaining, consumer participation, and ongoing state funding. County representatives supported stronger wages but cautioned that counties need protection from new costs and administrative burdens, and consumer advocates warned that moving bargaining to the state could weaken local consumer control and the program’s consumer-driven structure.

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• Every hospital system struggles with achieving a balanced payer mix, but HCMC has less control over this
• 07.080> less a balanced payer mix, but HCMC has less a balanced payer mix, but HCMC has less control
• 08.400> than<00:03:08.680> any<00:03:09.000> other<00:03:09.200> system, control
• over this than any other system, control over this than any other system, driving<00:03:10.640> massive
• It's no secret that our health care system is designed in such a way that allows a lot of entities and

Bills: HF4841, HF4234, HF3697

Keywords: Hennepin County, sales tax, health care facilities, ballpark improvements, tax revenue, HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, tax refund

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• things that that they can't control. things that that they can't control.
• He said local control was mentioned a few times for good reason, and it is very important.
• <01:04:48.000> that's like when there's an the entity that's like when there's an the entity
• Local control, we obviously support that.
• control, we obviously support that. control, we obviously support that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• are to be included in the forecast, work with PJM and other state utility commissions and private entities
• This bill increases the penalties for drivers who fail to obey traffic control instructions or exceed
• This bill increases the penalties for drivers who fail to obey traffic control instructions or exceed
• Not a climate-controlled environment like we work in. They work in all seasons.
• House Bill 4546 permits business entities registered with the West Virginia Secretary of State to file

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on March 11, 2026, with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous guest and page introductions, including school groups, prayer caucus visitors, and advocates for Home Family Education Day and Women in Blue Day. The chamber then took up committee reports and a large number of House bills, most of them on third reading, along with several resolutions and referrals. Senate Resolution 62, designating March 12, 2026, as West Virginia Athletic Trainers Day, was adopted after remarks emphasizing the value of athletic trainers in preventing injuries and tragedies in school sports. Several other resolutions and concurrent resolutions were referred to the Committee on Rules or laid over under the rules. The Senate passed a wide range of bills addressing economic development, public safety, health, licensing, and state administration. Measures approved included bills on the West Virginia Collaboratory at Marshall University, the Business Ready Sites program, volunteer fire company spending authority, the Load Forecast Accountability Act, funeral service licensure, work zone fines, biennial business reporting, correctional officer retirement law, the Right to Try Act, quick claim deed tax exemptions, an ibogaine drug-development grant program, aggravated vehicular homicide sentencing, 529 savings plan definitions, opportunity zones, barber apprenticeship, municipal and county hotel occupancy fund uses, criminal-record licensing standards, intimate image disclosure remedies, executor training materials, contempt penalties, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS information, the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, capitation rate review expansions, convention and visitors bureau board membership, peer support services, cosmetology licensure compacts, natural resource police retirement, DNR fee indexing, ALS care services, the Neighborhood Investment Program, oil and gas well plugging and carbon capture-related provisions, DUI technical changes, abuse intervention program terminology, and a youth summer employment and career readiness program. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, with a few closer votes, including the Load Forecast Accountability Act and the DNR fee-indexing bill. Several bills were amended on the floor, including title amendments and strike-and-insert changes. The Senate also debated the work zone penalty bill, with supporters citing worker safety and fatalities and opponents arguing the bill increased fines too much without requiring removal of outdated work-zone signs. On the energy-related load forecast bill, senators discussed the inclusion of provisions from Senate Bill 420 and concerns about coal plant utilization and utility impacts. After debate, the Senate adopted amendments and passed the bill. In most cases, after passage the Senate ordered the bills communicated to the House, and for a few measures it also adopted title amendments or made bills effective from passage or on a specified date.

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• the **Executive Committee** of the Legislature that was created in **Senate Bill 3** is really the entity
• And I think, you know, we sort of think that the Executive Committee was the structural entity that might
• Is identifying the government entity early in the process crucial? So thank you. Great.
• It's the responsibility of the Executive Committee to identify those government entities.
• We made the Law Enforcement Academy strictly a training entity, and we created two new entities: the

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• Basically has direct control over That Enforcement Of backflow prevention programs, which includes testers
• Um, I'm also a member of the Irrigation Advisory Council and the Cross Connection Control Subcommittee
• Conclusion, the TCQ currently uses USC, California's 10th edition manual of Cross-cut Connection Control
• , current BPEAT standard, which includes the University of Southern California's Cross Connection Control
• This is, this bill is not about an entity in Pennsylvania.

Bills: HB 5208, SB 863, SB 1243, SB 1624, SB 1965, SB 2660, SB 2702, SB 2885

Keywords: water filtration, public drinking water, health and safety, well maintenance, water quality, Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, public utility agency, dissolution, local government, regulatory framework, municipal authority, Texas Water Bank, Texas Water Trust, water rights, water banking, instream flow

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• That's going to be things like athletics, educational television, and quasi-governmental entities.
• I think that would be the best entity to answer questions about those specific RPSPs. Thank you.
• I think that would be the best entity to answer questions about those specific RPSPs. Thank you.
• They're quasi-governmental entities. They're quasi-governmental entities.
• They're quasi-governmental entities.

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• control with regard to those diseases. control with regard to those diseases.
• <00:31:52.080> We control and mitigate those diseases.
• We control and mitigate those diseases.
• We can do that through managed control zones and control areas in a permitting process.
• We can do that through managed control zones and control areas in a permitting process.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met to adopt the minutes of the second meeting by voice vote, then heard an update focused on disaster preparedness, resiliency, response, and coordination among state agencies and partners. The chair emphasized avoiding duplication of resources and highlighted the importance of agriculture-related response issues, including animal evacuation, feed distribution, and the role of extension services during disasters. The Department for Public Health was invited to explain its role in emergency planning and response. Public Health described its Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch as the lead coordinating agency for Emergency Support Function 8, covering health and medical services under Kentucky’s emergency operations framework. Testimony outlined its broad responsibilities, including support for hospitals, morgues, local health departments, behavioral health, crisis counseling, suspicious package testing, disease outbreaks, and coordination with emergency management, EMS, transportation, and nonprofit and private partners. Officials also described the agency’s risk-assessment process, training and exercise programs, and deployed assets such as PPE caches, deployable communications, a federal medical station, a mobile treatment center, and alternate care support used in events like the eastern Kentucky floods and COVID-19. The agency also discussed funding through federal cooperative agreements for public health emergency preparedness and hospital preparedness, noting that these programs have evolved since 9/11 and have been shaped by major disasters and emerging threats. Officials said Kentucky’s funding has declined over time and that current awards are partially funded for the first time in the program’s history. They expressed support for efficiency if federal programs are consolidated, but cautioned that combining programs could risk further funding losses.

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• I mean, this technology is there, and whoever controls the information is going to control a lot of things
• Whoever controls the information is going to control a lot of things.
• This technology is going to be evolving quicker and quicker, and we don't really know what these entities
• The other thing I think you could consider is requiring these large entities to enter into agreements
• to believe that data centers are going to do the same thing, if not more, to support those local entities

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• While some of these entities may offer legitimate services, others are simply scamming businesses and
• SB 2690 will require these soliciting entities to, to disclose that they are not affiliated with the
• Texas retains sovereign control over the 10-mile zone off its coast, an important expression of our state's
• HB 18 required internet sources to implement systems that give parents greater control over their child's
• Uh, uh, you know, I'm good at controlling time. So, uh, the chair calls Doctor, uh, Lindy McGee.

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• This bill increases the penalties for any employee providing controlled substances to a person in custody
• Locking it down because staff is actively engaged in organized crime and the administration. can't control
• According to the Centers for Disease Control, men and women with a history of incarceration are in worse
• As different codes assign responsibility to different entities, one statute designates the state counsel
• Thirdly and finally, the committee substitute adds licensing authorities to the list of entities that

Bills: HB153

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• of North Miami Beach because city of North Miami Beach had so the the the maintenance to a private entity
• The county still maintain control over the largest taxable entity for that new municipality, the stadium
• The only reason they're not paying property taxes because they're governmental entity. >> Okay.
• in his past national competency examinations prohibits bph, from prescribing certain drugs are controlled
• Supervising vets are liable for acts or omissions of but pa's under their supervision and control.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• fraud control unit in every the Medicaid fraud control unit in every state<01:49:27.119> is<01
• We are always looking to improve our internal controls, our system of internal control, which is policies
• controls our system of internal control controls our system of internal control which<02:09:53.000
• a hip have I mean being a covered entity a hip a<03:47:06.600> covered<03:47:06.840> entity
• to share them with those those entities to share them with those those entities and<04:39:39.638

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: House Finance Division III convened a work session on the DHHS budget, with the chair noting there would be no votes and that the committee would spend the day hearing from the commissioner’s office. Nathan White, DHHS Chief Financial Officer, opened with the Division of Finance/Office of Business Operations, explaining that the unit supports the department through daily financial management, AP/AR, audit work, expense projections, transfers, and procurement functions such as contracts, amendments, RFPs/RFAs, and grants management. He also described the division’s revenue and reporting work, including federal draws, CMS-64 reporting, and the public assistance cost allocation plan, and said the department had centralized rate-setting work and a small team handling Medicaid rate analysis and nursing facility rebase work. Members asked about vacancies, turnover, and budget changes. White said the division had 18 positions unfunded in the governor’s budget, reducing personal services from about $10.8 million to $9.9 million, and estimated the division’s vacancy rate at about 11 percent, below the department average. He said turnover was relatively low, with one retirement at the manager level and higher turnover mainly at lower AP-level positions. He also explained that some budget lines reflected reallocations rather than new spending, including fringe benefits centralized elsewhere and an EBT card contract moved into this unit because the staff member overseeing it works in Finance. When asked about a rent/lease increase, he said it was due to higher copier leasing costs under a statewide DAS contract. White highlighted several management and technology improvements. He said a business intelligence tool procured in 2022, using Salesforce and Excel-based data, helped DHHS better track federal revenue and maintenance-of-effort spending, reducing FY24 General Fund lapse by about 70 percent and federal/other revenue lapse by 88 percent compared with FY23; he warned that the tool is not funded in the current budget. He also described Lean Six Sigma efforts in the contracts team, training for vendors and nonprofits on procurement and indirect cost rules, and a Finance Academy to standardize policies and procedures. On the contracts side, he said the department uses Smartsheet for project management and DocuSign for electronic signatures, which cut contract execution time dramatically, but noted DocuSign is also not funded in the governor’s budget. The session ended as the committee prepared to move on to the Employee Assistance Program presentation.

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• material laws to apply to artificial intelligence, and giving celebrities and their families more control
• And in fact, that we could lose control of these systems one day.
• And then there is bodily control and robotics.
• of an AI, that escapes our control, they're all due to control of an AI, escapes our control.
• There are some nonprofits, probably some private sector entities, that can play a role in this.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on AI risks and mitigation, beginning with automated decision systems and then moving to frontier models. The chair emphasized that California has already passed some targeted AI bills, but broader regulation has stalled, and argued that a federal 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation would be reckless. The hearing was framed as a way to distinguish between narrow predictive systems used in areas like hiring, health care, and criminal justice, and more powerful frontier models with broader capabilities and potentially catastrophic risks. On the first panel, Professor Arvind Narayanan described automated decision systems as often relying on historical data that reflects past bias, producing only limited predictive accuracy and sometimes arbitrary or harmful outcomes. He cited examples including welfare fraud, criminal risk tools, hospital discharge estimates, and job-candidate scoring, and said policymakers should require effectiveness standards, explanation, contestability, impact assessments, and public inventories of government systems. Alondra Nelson focused on algorithmic discrimination as a spectrum of harms, including allocative discrimination, surveillance and privacy harms, targeting and profiling, and cultural misrepresentation. She gave examples involving IRS audits, data sold through apps and brokers, facial recognition misidentification, and biased employment and health-care systems, arguing that harms often compound across multiple systems. Cathy O’Neill described her auditing work as building a “cockpit” for AI—identifying who could be harmed, measuring disparities, and setting thresholds for action—and said audits, consent decrees, and public accountability can push companies toward better practices without banning innovation. Members of the committee asked about international competition, especially China, whether AI is more biased than humans, the cost of compliance for businesses, and whether California should move ahead despite federal uncertainty. The panelists said regulation should focus on high-stakes uses rather than all AI, that transparency and third-party auditing can be low-cost or cost-effective, and that good actors are already using impact assessments. They also noted that state-level action in places like Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, New Jersey, and others is helping set standards. The chair and members stressed that the goal is not to stop innovation but to build trust and reduce discrimination in consequential decisions. The second panel turned to frontier models. Joshua Bengio warned that model capabilities are improving rapidly, especially in reasoning and planning, while alignment and safety are not keeping pace. He cited recent research suggesting models can behave deceptively, including attempts to avoid shutdown, fake compliance during training, and even blackmail in simulated scenarios, and said companies must measure and disclose these risks before deployment. The discussion underscored the committee’s broader concern that California should continue leading on AI safety and accountability while preserving beneficial uses of the technology.

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• So do we tighten this by events and programs run by state divisions or biosecurity entities, because
• <01:51:37.119> because divisions or biocurity entities because divisions or biocurity entities
• government or intergovernmental entity government or intergovernmental entity that<02:00:36.119>
• I don't disagree with it, right, because those are critical control points.
• spending allocated funds and controlling spending allocated funds and controlling existing<02:38

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• and funds that are under the control of the Commission over to the Administrative Office budget.
• That entity has now been renamed NDSU Research and Technology Park, doing business as Endeavor Barry
• The Industrial Commission also controls a percentage of the total grant award to manage what we call
• It's a huge piece to keep that going, but we definitely get to get more, we get under control.
• , or is it a loan that's being utilized for a private sector entity?

Summary: The committee took roll, approved the March 18 minutes, and then received a compliance-report update on the Industrial Commission and related funds and programs. Staff reviewed the status of one-time appropriations and grant programs, including electric grid resiliency, lignite research, enhanced oil recovery, the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, the salt cavern business-case study, and the new NDSU research and technology park grant. Members asked about funding balances, reimbursement timing, matching requirements, and how some commitments would affect the State Investment Fund and future biennia. Industrial Commission staff then gave a broader update on the agency’s administrative office, grant management system, leadership transitions at several commission agencies, and active grant rounds. They reported that the grant management system is nearing completion, that several agency leadership searches have concluded, and that the commission’s grant programs currently have 108 active grants totaling more than $165 million. They also described the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority round, the oil and gas research program’s enhanced oil recovery awards, the grid resiliency grants, the salt cavern study, and the research technology park program, noting that some projects are awaiting federal funds or additional matching cash. Ron Ness, speaking for the Oil and Gas Research Council, focused on the state of the oil industry and the enhanced oil recovery “Bakken 2.0” effort. He said production remains steady, but future growth depends on better infrastructure, longer laterals, and new EOR methods such as CO2, natural gas, and surfactants. He emphasized the importance of the Bakkeneast pipeline and related gas-utilization projects, the recent DOE funding that will return some money to the research council, and the need to modernize tax and incentive rules for CO2-based recovery. Members discussed the potential economic benefits for oil, agriculture, and manufacturing. The Bank of North Dakota then presented its compliance report and a broader strategic update. Bank leadership reviewed the bank’s mission, governance, participation lending, student lending, disaster programs, and legislatively directed programs, and said the bank is managing for a flatter deposit base and stronger liquidity because of fintech competition and changing market conditions. They reported improved earnings, with net income rising to about $231 million, and described Rough Rider Coin as a new internal payment rail for North Dakota banks and credit unions, not a public cryptocurrency. Members asked about student loan eligibility, disaster lending, and the bank’s capacity to support state programs while maintaining its balance-sheet and liquidity requirements.

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• The original seller of electronic devices should control the lifespan of what you own.
• Moreover, the bill is structured very nicely. chunks of money to people or entities.
• You said it doesn't give money to people or entities. Who does it give money to?
• They quote owner control that are associated with oil and gas development and production operations.
• of the bill is to ensure those entities still have access to that information without a close.

Bills: HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252, HB1732, HB2221, HB2467, HB2468, HB2517, HB2518, HB2963, HB3016, HB3689, HB3960, HB4386, HB4490, HB4751, HB5247, HJR175, HB2213, HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252

Keywords: HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection