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• Finally, House Bill 2312 prohibits a public school from denying equal access to or a fair opportunity
• It prohibits the denial of equal access or fair opportunity for a youth group that wishes to conduct
• It prohibits a public school from denying equal access, a fair opportunity, or discriminating against
• generate as much property tax revenue to equalize the spending at the different districts.
• And that's why the state put in place this equalization system that we have. So, to the point, Mr.

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• Student A gets modified tests, has a one-on-one aid. group testing and a behavioral intervention plan
• To have roughly equalized levels of resources for kids based upon equal levels of taxing effort.
• In my view of that, that is really take from the rich districts so that we don't have to equalize up
• the whole state budget to equalize up to that level.
• What we have heard from employers is not all these things are equal.

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• reflective of the current curriculum and practices, as educators continue to find creative solutions to aid
• reflective of the current curriculum and practices, as educators continue to find creative solutions to aid
• reflective of the current curriculum and practices, as educators continue to find creative solutions to aid
• reflective of the current curriculum and practices, as educators continue to find creative solutions to aid
• Human milk is a public health equalizer.

Bills: HB2049, HB2050, HB2051, HB2072, HB2082, HB2085, HB2177, HB2178, HB2179, HB2183, HB2195

Keywords: radiation therapy, particle accelerator, critical access hospitals, patient care, rural healthcare, radiologic technologist, radiologist assistant, radiology, imaging, x-ray, diagnostic x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, CT technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, bone densitometry, radiation safety, radiation licensing, scope of practice

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• It will mirror existing aid codes for single-parent families.
• It will mirror existing aid codes for single-parent families.
• It will mirror existing aid codes for single parent families.
• Carol Gonzalez on behalf of Eastsiders Organized for Political Equality.
• Name and affiliation, please. ...equality.

Summary: The hearing began with opening remarks on the Governor’s May Revision for child care and human services, with committee members and advocates stressing that the budget should not be balanced on the backs of low-income families, children, and providers. Legislative members and public witnesses strongly opposed the proposed suspension of the child care COLA, reductions to the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program, and the lack of codified rate reform tied to the alternative methodology. Several speakers also urged more support for providers affected by the Eaton fire and other disasters, and called for child care to be funded at the true cost of care and for additional slots to be restored. Administration, LAO, and Department of Education staff described the child care proposal as maintaining existing funding levels while adding administrative resources to prepare for federally required prospective payment changes and single-rate reform. The administration said the May Revision would suspend the 2025–26 COLA and reduce Bridge Program funding to align with utilization, while the LAO raised questions about the size and purpose of the proposed rate-reform and prospective-payment funding and recommended rejecting a Department of Technology exemption. CDE supported continued early education investments but said it would need additional resources if prospective pay were extended to state preschool, and it objected to a proposed reallocation of preschool funds for inclusive education grants. The committee then moved to the IHSS portion of the May Revision. DSS outlined five major proposals: capping provider work hours at 50 per week, eliminating IHSS for undocumented adults age 19 and older, shifting certain Community First Choice reassessment penalties to counties, reinstating the Medi-Cal asset test as a conforming IHSS reduction, and automating the termination of IHSS when Medi-Cal eligibility ends. DSS also discussed funding to implement a federal HCBS access rule and a separate reassessment of IHSS administrative methodology that found counties would need additional administrative funding. Finance said the proposals were intended to slow program growth and improve sustainability, while the LAO said it was still analyzing the package and raised concerns about implementation, county workload, and the potential loss of services. Committee members and public commenters criticized the IHSS cuts, especially the overtime cap and the elimination of services for undocumented adults and people affected by the asset test. Advocates argued that IHSS workers and recipients depend on these services, that county administration is already underfunded, and that the proposals could destabilize vulnerable consumers. The chair closed by saying the committee would continue to fight for child care and would not pause on child care, and the meeting recessed before moving on to the remaining May Revision items.

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• in family code recognize that a father is great beyond measure, then there is no need not to make equal
• It should start at equal, and the only reason why anybody should not have equal time is a clear and convincing
• This ground for termination only applies in DFPS cases. the equal protection clause.
• Yeah, I'm a little concerned about the termination level being and rising up to the equal level.
• Every time I spoke, I spoke to my friend who's also deaf, and his hearing aids would just go crazy.

Bills: HCR 16, HB 782, HB 2159, HB 2288, HB 3281, HB 3819, HB 4656, HB 4696, HB 5494

Keywords: fatherhood, family support, fatherlessness, community engagement, youth development, social policy, male role models, child development, policy reform, role models, mental health, parenting, single-parent homes, welfare reform, economic opportunity, mentorship, community initiatives, children, welfare programs, education

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• It's equally as hard.
• Other community people, the staff, the entire, everybody, aides, everybody.
• Reliance on state equalization without rural-specific adjustments creates shortfalls that that are very
• The educational impact of CTE equals academic equity across the board. Here we are.
• Students can find their identity in skilled trades if the barriers that stand in the way of equalizing

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• So, the New Mexico Legal Aid falls under the number of organizations under civil legal services.
• New Mexico Legal Aid was cut a million dollars from its federal budget, and so that's been a big concern
• That fund is created for disasters, like in Rio Doce, where the state put out millions of dollars in aid
• back to Representative Herndon's questions around civil legal services and just make sure that Legal Aid
• It's financial aid for people in teacher prep programs. Okay, thank you.

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• from the sending districts and the receiving districts for paying lab fees and anything that's not equal
• Owners project manager for construction and school building aid projects at the time of application.
• We had building aid, higher education, special ed, and adequacy. that for like the building aid school
• that for like the building aid school budget. budget. budget.
• <01:52:32.159> We<01:52:32.480> had<01:52:33.040> building<01:52:33.360> aid,

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee began with housekeeping announcements about clearing office file cabinets by May 22, arranging lockers in another building, and the building’s cold temperature. The chair also reviewed the calendar, noting the May 29 reporting deadline, the May 26 Memorial Day closure, and possible dates for subcommittee or committee-of-the-whole meetings. Representative Damon then apologized for his word choice in a prior vote, and the chair accepted the apology. The committee recessed briefly for caucus before returning to the docket. The first bill taken up was SB 98, extending donations to regional career and technical education center programs. Representative Peoples moved OTP, the motion was seconded, and members noted the bill would allow continued private donations to support the program. The committee voted unanimously to pass the bill and then agreed to place it on consent, with discussion noting a fiscal note but no objection to consent. The committee then considered SB 294, concerning lab fees for career and technical education courses. Representative Peoples moved ITL, but members debated whether the bill would create an unfunded mandate or instead simply require that lab fees be addressed in regional agreements. Supporters argued it would make costs transparent and prevent students from being surprised by fees, while opponents said it would shift costs onto sending districts and add to an already underfunded CTE tuition and transportation line. After discussion, the committee voted 10-8 to pass the bill, with Representative Peoples assigned the majority report and Representative Bricky the minority report. Finally, the committee turned to SB 195, which revises the composition and duties of the New Hampshire Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education. The chair initially asked questions about how CTE funding works for part-time students, then corrected that he was on the wrong bill before returning to SB 195. Representative Lad offered amendment 1938H and explained that it largely tracked current law while making changes to council membership, including the appointment process for business and trade representatives. Discussion focused on how the amendment and bill would alter council appointments and whether the current structure should remain, but the transcript cuts off before any final action on SB 195 is shown.

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• Rite Aid is facing bankruptcy again.
• Right aid is facing bankruptcy again.
• And with MNT, telehealth is not only equal to in-person appointments, it can sometimes be more effective
• Equal reimbursements for CNMs would provide essential structural support for fully integrating midwives
• We have problems where they're associating postpartum and prenatal care as equal without allowing us

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a lengthy public hearing with testimony on a wide range of health insurance and access-to-care bills. Early testimony focused on prescription drug pricing and pharmacy reimbursement, with supporters of H. 1326 arguing that pharmacy benefit managers and MassHealth managed care arrangements reimburse independent pharmacies too little, contributing to pharmacy closures and “pharmacy deserts.” The committee also heard repeated support for H. 1151/S. 742 on cognitive rehabilitation for acquired brain injury, H. 1288/S. 716 on telehealth parity for nutrition counseling, H. 1309/S. 761 on full-spectrum pregnancy care without cost-sharing, H. 1312 on insurance coverage for doula services, H. 309 on prompt access to health care by removing deductibles for certain services, H. 809/H. 1227 on biomarker testing, H. 1162/S. 810 on reducing inequities in access to medical procedures by limiting insurer cuts tied to Modifier 25, and S. 726 on insurance coverage for mobile integrated health. Testifiers included legislators, physicians, pharmacists, dietitians, emergency and rehabilitation clinicians, and patients and family members. Supporters of the brain injury bill said cognitive rehabilitation is medically necessary, improves long-term outcomes, and can reduce institutional care and public costs; they noted the bill has been heard repeatedly and has support from the Brain Injury Commission and prior favorable committee action. Supporters of the pregnancy care and doula bills described out-of-pocket costs as a barrier to maternal health and shared personal stories of high bills and unmet support needs. Biomarker testing advocates and cancer patients said coverage gaps deny patients access to precision treatment, can lead to avoidable suffering, and should be standardized across insurers; several speakers said insurers often deny claims despite clinical benefit. Dermatology witnesses said insurers’ use of Modifier 25 cuts reimbursement for same-day evaluation and procedure visits, forcing separate appointments and increasing patient burden. Mobile integrated health supporters described home-based care as a way to reduce emergency department use and hospital readmissions, especially for patients with transportation or mobility barriers. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing itself.

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• An equal share was going to come to all 50 states to help defray over five years the loss of funding
• It is impacting food banks and other organizations that help provide food aid. Of course, Mr.
• make ends meet, for us to come in and have a special session to talk about silos and putting a Band-Aid
• Speaker, gentlelady, we thought every state gets an equal share.
• We have a chance to equalize some of the premiums that are creating Disparities between urban and rural

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• NMSBA supports legislation to provide direct aid with the flexibility necessary for school boards and
• Transportation equals access for our students and our most needy students, including those identified
• To me, you know, I want to compare every student equally across the board, and so the standards that

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• I think that's one of the reasons that the rating agency see us, see both liens as essentially equal
• Right now, the pledge of the sizing of the reserve funds is designated to be equal.
• We have district legislative aides that assist us.

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• And this is an equal opportunity thing. This is not...
• This is an equal opportunity we can do it right here from beginning to end, and export.
• The opportunity to grow the film industry, aided by this proposed legislation, falls into the same category

Bills: HB4568, HB5458, HB4543, HB2703, HB3728, HCR113, HCR126

Keywords: film industry, incentives, grants, Texas, moving image, economic development, production companies, content standards, HB 5458, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, chronic wasting disease, CWD, cervids, deer, elk, moose, wildlife management, game animals, disease management

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• service to our communities, our kids, and our staff members, and right now their retirement is not equal
• here today asking for your support in passing this bill so that we can get to a point where we have equal
• I don't want it to sound like I don't value what the police officers do, but on the public aid committee

Bills: HB886, HB1514, HB2434, HB2688, HB2802, HB3161, HB3221, HB4029, HB4339, HB4591, HB4774, HB4802, HB4853, HB5627, SB1737

Keywords: retirement, supplemental payment, benefits, Employees Retirement System, eligible annuitants, legislation, annuity, service credit, Employees Retirement System of Texas, employee benefits, pension reform, public retirement systems, municipality pensions, firefighters, police officers, retirement age, DROP program, actuarial studies, pension benefits, municipal retirement

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• will harm them and realize that they're part of our society and that we're just here for possum equality
• Madam Chair, may I vote to aid the motion? The motion. Okay. Sounds good. Thank you. It's a habit.
• Of course, outreach and education are equally important. So we thank you.

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• I mean you're creating an equal protection issue for no reason.
• Because we—if all were equal, then it would be good, but that's not the case.
• Board of Pardons and Paroles will issue certain certificates of employability to eligible parolees to aid

Bills: SB156, SB134, SB108, SB47, SB88, SB89, SB106, SB18, SB9, HB38, HB54

Keywords: habitual felony offender, resentencing, Alabama Department of Corrections, victim notification, criminal justice reform, life sentences, parole eligibility, pardon, parole, law enforcement, GPS monitoring, data sharing, mail theft, stolen mail, criminal penalties, personally identifying information, felony, misdemeanor, expungement, criminal records

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• that<01:34:23.760> bills<01:34:24.560> for<01:34:24.920> service financial aid
• for that bills for service financial aid for that bills for service dos<01:34:26.560> for<01:
• Yes, I wish I was as well spoken as the folks previous to me, but I come from Catamount Woman Aid to
• from both both those they gets equally from both both those they gets divided<03:26:06.680> equally
• the two divided equally between the two Charities<03:26:08.199> that<03:26:08.279> are

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Summary: The committee held a public hearing on HB 530, a bill to increase funding for New Hampshire’s Affordable Housing Fund. Representative Jessica Lontine, the sponsor, described the state’s housing crisis, citing high rents, low vacancy, and the lack of affordable units. She said the bill would double the annual transfer-tax deposit into the fund from $5 million to $10 million, and she later presented an amendment to hold the Education Trust Fund harmless by directing the housing-fund deposit from remaining revenue after that trust fund is funded. She also explained a prospective appropriation idea tied to a possible future sale of the Laconia State School property, with the goal of supporting community housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Much of the testimony focused on the shortage of accessible and supportive housing for people with disabilities and aging family caregivers. Lontine, Ben Saul of Visions for Creative Housing Solutions, Lori McIntosh of Our Place NH, and Maddie Mandelbaum all described the difficulty families face in planning for adult children with disabilities as parents age or die. They emphasized that many people need not only affordable housing but accessible, supportive settings, and they argued that state investment would help nonprofit providers build such housing and prevent homelessness or inappropriate institutional placement. Several witnesses also noted that existing projects rely on capital funding and that operating revenues are limited because residents often depend on SSI and Medicaid. Committee members asked questions about the fiscal impact of the bill and amendment, including whether the proposal would shift money from the general fund or education trust fund and whether the Finance Committee should have final say over spending priorities. Lontine said she understood those concerns but argued that housing should be prioritized. Housing Action New Hampshire’s Tom Duroza also testified in support of the bill, saying the state’s housing shortage is driving record prices and vacancy rates below 1%, and that the Affordable Housing Fund has leveraged more than $500 million in private investment and helped build thousands of rental homes. He said his organization supported the underlying bill but had not yet reviewed the amendment. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.

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• But the share of loss occurring outside of the TEA enrollment data deserves equal attention.
• This rider would only go into effect should impact aid be delayed for more than a year or if impact aid
• Half of our money is called impact aid. It's on the federal side.
• Because impact aid is not entitlement funding; it has to be appropriated every cycle. Yes, correct.
• We're like, that's equally as valuable, so we need to put metrics behind it.

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• :46.760> the<00:09:46.840> Minnesota Aid, also representing the Minnesota Aid, also representing
• And moving those dedicated sources aid.
• . aid. aid.
• reduction in special education aid reduction in special education aid unless<01:08:12.520> the
• Recent aid increases have districts.

Bills: HF3493, HF4114

Keywords: safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, special education, funding, education finance, appropriations, budget, cross subsidy

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• I have witnessed and doing mutual aid efforts for my constituents who are suffering right now due to
• <00:31:07.360> efforts witnessed and doing mutual aid efforts witnessed and doing mutual aid
• I'm a staff attorney with Legal Aid.
• I'm a staff attorney with<01:04:02.160> Legal<01:04:02.480> Aid.
• Um, Representative, I I with Legal Aid.

Bills: HF45, HF1148, HF3624, HF3586, HF777

Keywords: HF45, Lake Benton, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Public Facilities Authority, public infrastructure, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, utility replacement, U.S. Highway 75, road reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, local government grant, Minnesota bonding, capital appropriation, food insecurity, prepared meals