Video & Transcript Research : 'budget implementation'

Page 12 of 500
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 14th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • that there are actually fewer APRNs practicing in those areas now than there were before that was implemented
  • So in 2020, I secured funding from SAMHSA for the planning, development, and implementation of a community
  • Yet, we had to include that cost into our operating budget, which was then passed on to patients, insurers
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 14th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • so that other departments, whether they are small, medium-sized, or rural, who cannot afford to implement
  • Texas Veterans Commission, where I coordinated with the Health and Human Services Commission to implement
  • , of course, the trust fund will create a mechanism for what we learned through the study to be implemented
  • While I appreciate that HB 46 would implement a much-needed expansion to the TCUP program, I fear that
  • We can implement this for other claims with somewhat minimal burden as soon as payers can accept it in
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • from those project developers as to whether they implement or how.
  • They implement or to what extent they implement or if they just choose to ignore our input and move on
  • Forward if those things are implemented, if they're ignored, or anything to that matter.
  • it and if they can't implement it, what they could do.
  • An implementation plan to impose certain restrictions. Well, thank you very much, Mr.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • But for the purview of the legislative budget, that's outside of the scope of purview.
  • This legislative budget is outside of the scope of purview.
  • We ended up not doing any cuts this year; we kept a relatively flat budget.
  • Chairman, just a couple of items I got off the budget portal.
  • So those are the two increases in the budget.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, tab one is the committee's proposed criminal and civil justice budget, and given our full and
  • ambitious bill agenda today, we'll come back to the budget at the end of the meeting.
  • years to 37 months, which was suggested by the clerks of the court to be better aligned with their budgeting
  • With that, Sheila, the appearance forms for the budget.
  • I know sometimes our agendas are packed to be able to make comments on the budget.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to consider several criminal justice and court-related bills, along with the committee’s proposed $7.9 billion budget. The committee first heard and approved CS/SB 600 on bail bonds, as amended to adjust solicitation, cash bond return, forfeiture remission timing, and clerk procedures; CS/SB 436 on felony battery, which expands qualifying prior offenses and was amended to correct a drafting issue; CS/SB 928, “Missy’s Law,” requiring immediate remand to custody after conviction for dangerous crimes; SB 1332 on career offender registration, adding in-person reporting, more detailed registration requirements, and stronger penalties for noncompliance; and CS/SB 682 on violent criminal offenses, a domestic violence measure adopted via a substitute amendment that adds stricter penalties, electronic monitoring, injunction protections, and related procedures. All of those bills were reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1072 creating an anti-Semitism task force in the Attorney General’s Office. The bill drew extensive public testimony both for and against, with supporters emphasizing rising anti-Semitic incidents and the need for statewide review, and opponents raising concerns about free speech, the definition of anti-Semitism, and possible conflation of criticism of Israel with hate speech. Senators also discussed the bill’s scope and the IHRA definition before it was reported favorably. In addition, CS/SB 532 on clerks of court was amended to clarify foreclosure sale procedures and funding predictability for clerks, then reported favorably. CS/SB 644 on attorney’s fees, suit money, and costs was also approved after amendments that aligned family-law fee provisions and codified standards for fee awards in dissolution and paternity cases; the sponsor said the bill was intended to curb vexatious litigation and improve consistency across districts. After the bill actions, the chair summarized the criminal and civil justice budget, describing it as a disciplined proposal that addresses corrections deficits and future inmate growth while funding core public safety needs. The committee then heard substantial public testimony on prison conditions, staffing, pay, heat, infrastructure, and the possibility of reducing prison populations or adding air conditioning in facilities. The chair announced that SB 1632 and its conforming bill SB 1634 would be temporarily postponed to the following week, and the record was supplemented with the names of many people who had registered to speak for or against those bills. The meeting concluded after members were invited to record votes and the committee adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Fri Jan 30, 2026 @ 11:00 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • > and<00:31:27.440> maintain<00:31:27.679> a<00:31:27.919> statewide implement
  • , and maintain a statewide implement, and maintain a statewide emergency<00:31:28.799> safety<
  • So the state funding would just go then to those counties who have not implemented it. >> So, it's complex
  • federal funding over the 5-year period federal funding over the 5-year period to<00:41:01.920> implement
  • to implement it. to implement it. >> Thank<00:41:03.040> you.
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety held its first hearing and began with House Bill 1531, which would require the governor or county mayor to provide an ASL interpreter during official emergency announcements broadcast on television or the internet, ensure the interpreter is visible, and require news outlets to show the interpreter in a picture-in-picture window. Testimony was strongly supportive from disability advocates, who said live captions can be inaccurate and that ASL access is critical during emergencies, but broadcasters raised practical concerns that the bill as drafted could require extra camera crews and reduce coverage. Members discussed possible alternatives such as government-provided pool feeds and interpreter placement, and the chair recommended deferring decision-making on the bill to the following Wednesday to allow time for amendment language. The committee then heard House Bill 1751, which would expand the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program to include graduate degrees at the University of Hawaii for qualified enlisted personnel. The Hawaii Army National Guard, the Department of Defense, and University of Hawaii representatives supported the measure as a recruiting, retention, and professionalization tool. A member asked about funding, and the response was that the program is funded through a state appropriation currently set at $250,000 and was described as sufficient at present. The bill drew no opposition in the hearing. Next, House Bill 1752 was taken up. This measure would remove the Adjutant General as a nonvoting ex officio member of the HAIMA advisory committee and add the HAIMA administrator as a nonvoting ex officio member of the MSAC. The Department of Defense and Department of Health supported the bill, with the Department of Health asking that it be aligned with other EMS modernization provisions in the governor’s package so the related measures remain consistent. No objections were raised. The committee also heard House Bill 1577 on 911 services, which would require the 911 Board to establish a statewide emergency safety profile system for residents to voluntarily store emergency-relevant personal information. The Department of Health, disability advocates, the 911 Board, and others supported the concept, saying it could improve emergency response for people with disabilities, kūpuna, families, and others with functional needs. Testimony also raised concerns about funding, system integration, confidentiality, advanced directives, and liability protections if information does not reach responders in time. Members discussed statewide coordination and existing county systems, and the hearing continued with those issues unresolved.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Texas Board of Pharmacy may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.
  • The Texas Board of Pharmacy may adopt the rules to implement this chapter.
  • This particular amendment that you're bringing forward, the actual implementation of it as a policy,
  • Schofield: ...reduce the sheriff or constable's budget for the year by the amount of the contract.
  • Oliverson: The amendment just adopted was to protect the budget, right?
Bills: HB25, HB48, HB149, HB254, HB26, HB192
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's what to 5.75% of the budget.
  • <00:08:34.959> stabilization would go into the budget stabilization would go into the budget
  • million would go to the budget million would go to the budget stabilization<00:09:18.080> fund
  • um included in the budget $210 million. um included in the budget $210 million.
  • $180 million freed up in the budget $180 million freed up in the budget around<00:45:22.000>
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Feb 10th, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • The State Board of Education is the chief implementing and coordinating body and has the authority to
Bills: S0182, S1318, S1690
Summary: The Senate Education Pre-K through 12 Committee considered three bills and reported all of them favorably. SB 1318 by Senator Rodriguez made a technical clarification to the Florida tax credit scholarship program so that when a scholarship account is closed, any remaining funds revert but do not revert to the state. The bill was taken up without debate and passed on a favorable roll call vote. The committee then heard CS for SB 1690 by Senator Calatayud on child care and early learning services. The bill updates child care laws, improves transparency and accountability, clarifies terminology, and aims to avoid over-regulating before- and after-school programs. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying rulemaking authority, shifting it to the State Board of Education. Senator Berman questioned a provision related to information on leaving children in vehicles, and Senator Calatayud said she would follow up. The committee then voted the bill favorably. Finally, the committee considered CS for SB 182 by Senator Jones on school teacher training and mentoring programs. A strike-all amendment aligned the bill with the House companion, limited mentor placements to D- and F-rated schools, expanded participation to districts and charter schools, tightened mentor qualifications, authorized stipends up to $3,000, and allowed use of educational enrichment funds. The amendment was adopted, supportive appearance forms were waived in, and the bill was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, members recognized committee staff and applauded Kathy Missouri for her last committee meeting, and senators later recorded additional affirmative votes before adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Mar 27th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • You might have great laws, but they are worthless if they are not implemented.
  • ranked-choice is an experiment that has been tried in several charter cities in California, where it's been implemented
  • It was actually created by California and implemented in Los Angeles, and that city tried to do this.
  • When I asked if RGA had budgeted money for the Virginia gubernatorial election, he revealed that they
  • Thirteen states have implemented this: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi.