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• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2620, appropriation, homeless veteran shelter service, and unanimous
• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2251, midwives medication administration advisory committee, creates
• a midwife advisory committee and expands their use of medication.
• HB 2931, Civil Rights Advisory Board Continuation, continues the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board
• HB 2931, Civil Rights Advisory Board Continuation, continues the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board

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Summary: The meeting was a caucus review of a large slate of House and Senate bills, with staff giving short descriptions and members flagging a few concerns. Topics included veterans’ services and courts, child care grants, midwife medication authority, home- and community-based services funding, EMS reciprocity, prescription monitoring, electronic monitoring in care facilities, pregnancy resource center funding, mental health transportation, Access coverage for mild obstructive sleep apnea, school spending requirements, mobile home park training, local government investment pools, task order contract posting, tourism improvement areas, child welfare and kinship placement, neglect standards, family court evidence, prostate cancer cost sharing, assisted living hearings, manufactured home installer licensing, supervised parenting time, vulnerable adult trespass penalties, uranium contamination monitoring, a gas and petroleum refinery study committee, and state park fee exemptions for veterans. Several bills were described as unanimous or on consent, while others drew objections or were noted as controversial. Members raised privacy concerns about electronic monitoring in nursing homes, due process and rural capacity concerns about restricting police transport for mental health patients, opposition to pregnancy resource center appropriations, concerns about environmental review for power plant replacement, and questions about the Access sleep apnea mandate as potentially favoring vendors. Some bills were noted as having committee amendments, including changes to appropriations, eligibility criteria, reporting requirements, and definitions. No floor votes were taken in the transcript itself; instead, the chair repeatedly noted whether bills were unanimous, on consent, or had split votes in committee. The caucus also heard brief announcements about an upcoming breakfast with the CAP director, a Latino Caucus meeting, and an Affordability Award presented to Representative Volk, after which the caucus adjourned.

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• for the Healthcare Workforce Advisory for the Healthcare Workforce Advisory Council<01:10:06.320
• healthcare workforce advisory council. healthcare workforce advisory council.
• have healthcare workforce advisory have healthcare workforce advisory councils<01:10:48.480>
• books of those advisory committees. books of those advisory committees.
• on Health and Human Services. on Health and Human Services.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• have been guided and supported by advisory boards and commissions.
• ABI services and needs.
• We are a protective service agency, just as DCF and Aging.
• My son is receiving services in the elementary school, and currently there are... ...services in the
• I mean, they’re offering the service.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities held a hearing on a broad slate of disability-related bills. Topics included creating a permanent Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Board (H. 231/S. 134), establishing a system for compensating guardians who serve incapacitated, unbefriended individuals through MassHealth (H. 253/S. 154), expanding Nikki’s Law to require MassHealth day habilitation programs to use the abuse registry (S. 165 and related bills), modernizing and streamlining the Disabled Persons Protection Commission’s statute and procedures (H. 243/S. 139), updating the definition of developmental disability to align more closely with federal law and include people such as those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (H. 276/S. 150), removing outdated and offensive terminology from the General Laws (H. 232/S. 137), and an autism education reform bill (H. 286). Several bills had no sign-ups, and the committee also noted related measures on cueing and prompting in PCA programs (H. 277/S. 157).

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• <00:20:45.039> Council found uh we have an advisory Council found uh we have an advisory Council
• department of administrative Services department of administrative Services doj<00:20:53.679>
• <00:21:44.039> Council talking through the advisory Council talking through the advisory Council
• Can we have him even if... the advisory Council of which you are the advisory Council of which you are
• contracts for pro program Services contracts for pro program Services 65,000<00:49:03.000> which

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The working session focused on the New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s budget request and its recent work. Early discussion centered on a technical question about a statutory dedicated fund for donations: members asked why the budget did not show a line item for accepting donations, and DHHS CFO Nathan White explained that the statute already authorizes the fund, but because no revenue has been received yet, it does not appear in the budget. He said any future donations would go through the normal process under RSA 14:30-a, with fiscal committee and Governor and Council approval and a memo to the Department of Revenue Administration. The chair clarified that the account was not a prerequisite to soliciting donations, and White said the fund would supplement, not replace, General Fund support. Kirk Williamson, the board’s executive director, then presented the board’s mission and budget. He said the governor’s budget provides about $256,500 in the first year and slightly more in the second, all General Funds, and that the board had distributed a technical amendment to continue the executive director position. He described the board’s role as analyzing prescription drug costs, identifying savings opportunities, monitoring market trends, promoting transparency, and making recommendations to the legislature and public payers. He also emphasized that the board operates publicly, with live-streamed meetings and a stakeholder advisory council that includes unions, state agencies, Medicaid, corrections, higher education, and other stakeholders. A major topic was the board’s estimate of $6 million in potential savings, based on Medicare’s newly negotiated prices for 10 drugs. Williamson explained that the board used those federal negotiated prices as a benchmark to estimate what New Hampshire public payers might be missing by not having similar leverage, and said the board is trying to build evidence for future recommendations rather than directly setting prices. Members asked how those potential savings could become actual savings, and Williamson said the board is sharing findings through its advisory council and feedback loops, though it has not yet sent a formal recommendation letter to specific purchasers. He also discussed the difference between pharmacy-benefit spending, which relies heavily on PBM-negotiated rebates, and medical-benefit spending, which is administered differently and is being added to the board’s next report. Williamson highlighted other work, including a model on Humira and a pending legislative effort to improve biosimilar competition, plus a proposed state-backed pharmacy savings card that would be no cost to the state and could save users about $240 per prescription based on Connecticut’s experience. No votes were taken during the session.

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• council may republish the advisory council may republish the advisory<00:20:40.200> council's
• . services. services.
• <01:58:11.080> Uh service would look like? Mr. Larson. Uh service would look like? Mr.
• services in our state. services in our state. Senator<02:01:16.320> Rasmusson.

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• Department of Environmental Services. Um Department of Environmental Services.
• behalf of the local river advisory behalf of the local river advisory committee.<04:18:50.479>
• advisory committee. advisory committee.
• with the local river advisory with the local river advisory committees.<04:19:49.359> Um,
• or um department of services or um department of administrative<05:14:01.360> services<05:14:

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• , Office of Youth Services and Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council to examine the availability and
• <00:04:58.400> and Services, Office of Youth Services and Services, Office of Youth Services
• Youth Services, providing comments. Youth Services, providing comments.
• long-term impact of community service. long-term impact of community service.
• human services office of youth services human services office of youth services and<00:17:38.720

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Summary: The Health and Human Services committee heard testimony on several resolutions. HCR 190, asking the Department of Health to convene a demolition waste reduction work group, drew only written testimony; the Department of Health provided comments in opposition and the Department of Attorney General Services supported it. HCR 91, on requiring insurers and managed care providers to cover prosthetic and orthotic devices, received supportive testimony from SHIPA and an amputee youth advocate who described the high cost and importance of sports prosthetics. HCR 174, on examining the availability and use of land-based learning programs for youth in the juvenile legal system, drew support from the Office of the Public Defender, youth advocates, and a youth council that described land-based learning as culturally rooted and rehabilitative. HR 171, on assessing the social and financial effects of mandatory coverage for continuous glucose monitors, received support from SHIPA, the Hawaiʻi Medical Association, and kidney care and dialysis groups. HCR 146, on the Elderly Simplified Application Project for SNAP, drew support from disability, hunger, and public health groups, with DHS explaining it could implement the project but would need to do manual certification work until its new system is ready. During decision-making, the committee deferred HCR 190 because the Department of Health said it could not carry out the work group without an appropriation. The committee voted to pass HCR 91 as is. HCR 174 was recommended for passage with amendments to clarify that the resolution would request continued use of land-based learning programs and to reflect existing work already underway. HCR 171 was recommended for passage with amendments to correct a statute description. HCR 146 was recommended for passage with amendments to add language that DHS should apply for and implement the project when capable, acknowledging current system limitations. All recommendations were adopted, and the meeting adjourned.

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• <00:34:15.919> when<00:34:16.159> promoting Human Services when promoting Human Services
• I've really enjoyed human services.
• Department of Health and Human Services Department of Health and Human Services for<01:35:48.000
• committee<02:08:54.400> on been CDC's advisory committee on been CDC's advisory committee
• access to healthcare services. access to healthcare services.

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• I serve as the administrator for the Division of Child and Family Services.
• Care Financing and Policy to the Medicaid Advisory Committee.
• Advisory Council to advise the Medicaid Advisory Committee on matters relating to Medicaid recipients
• Senator Titus: I have traditionally voted against increasing advisory committees and yet another advisory
• to health and human services.

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• <00:18:59.559> Council advisory Council advisory Council legislature<00:19:01.760> uh<00
• Chair. uh tribal Nations Health Services um uh tribal Nations Health Services um that<00:24:11.159>
• health services in schools.
• that a healthcare Workforce advisory that a healthcare Workforce advisory Council<00:29:49.159><
• <01:13:48.199> Human<01:13:48.480> Services health and service Human Services health

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• committee. 1354 on school health advisory and um we 1354 on school health advisory and um we will<00
• <00:03:16.800> board would be to create that advisory board would be to create that advisory
• interdisciplinary school health advisory interdisciplinary school health advisory committee.<00:
• This advisory um their education?
• service to our state. service to our state.

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• School health advisory councils should be guided by parents first.
• Okay, so they're ex officio, non-voting members, just advisory only? Advisory, right. Okay.
• House Bill 18 to Health and Human Services; House Bill 26 to Health and Human Services; House Bill 36
• ; House Bill 754 to Health and Human Services; House Bill 972 to Local Government.
• House Bill 754 to Health and Human Services; House Bill 972 to Local Government.

Summary: The Senate first adopted a motion to move the intent calendar deadline to 4 p.m. and then took up several bills by suspending the regular order of business. Senate Bill 2031, concerning removal of high fences around breeder deer release sites, passed after an amendment shortened the testing period from five years to three, tied visible identification requirements to the date Parks and Wildlife began requiring them, and made the bill effective immediately. Senate Bill 1490, a cleanup to adult charter high school funding, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2227, creating a process for delayed birth certificates and renamed the Charles E. Barton Act, both passed unanimously after floor amendments. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1964, regulating artificial intelligence systems used by state agencies, also passed unanimously after the author described guardrails for high-risk AI and disclosure requirements. The Senate then considered Senate Bill 2877, which increases penalties for election fraud and related attempts; after debate over whether existing law already covers some conduct and whether the bill was necessary given the small number of convictions, it passed to engrossment and later final passage on a 21-10 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2658, on brackish groundwater production and study, passed after four amendments, including one giving water districts authority to stop production if monitoring shows harm to freshwater supplies or subsidence and another returning a portion of transported water revenue to districts. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 648, strengthening recording requirements for real property instruments to help prevent deed theft, also passed on a 26-4 vote. Other measures approved included Committee Substitute Senate Bill 401, making it easier for homeschool students to participate in UIL activities through local district opt-in/nearest-district participation rules; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 407, requiring health care facilities to honor conscience or religious vaccine exemptions for employees, despite extensive questioning about patient safety and immunocompromised patients; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2117, creating a Texas Committee on Foreign Investment to review risky foreign acquisitions; Senate Bill 1718, adding the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program after a failed amendment seeking equal space for gun-control advocacy; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1626, clarifying limits on censorship and interference with digital expression by social media platforms; and Senate Bill 2206, updating the state R&D franchise tax credit and related sales tax treatment, which passed 31-0. The chamber also debated Senate Bill 1395 on school health advisory councils. An initial amendment to restore voting seats for teachers and school employees failed, but a later amendment by Senator West added students back in an advisory, non-voting capacity. The Senate then handled routine motions, committee scheduling, first-reading referrals, and adjourned until April 29, with the session ending in memory of two constituents.

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• Kimberly Ann Wagner to be a member of the Advisory Council on Agriculture.
• Casella to be a member of the Advisory Council on Agriculture. Samuel J.
• Casella to be a member of the Advisory Council on Agriculture.
• Christina Gerdes, Doctor, to be a member of the Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council.
• Suzanne Levine to be a member of the Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council.

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Summary: The New York State Senate Finance Committee met to consider a slate of roughly 30 gubernatorial nominations to state boards, authorities, commissions, and advisory councils. The nominations included appointments to the Advisory Council on Agriculture, the Dormitory Authority, the Power Authority, NYSERDA, the Public Health and Health Planning Council, the Gaming Commission, the Thruway Authority, the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, SUNY and Cornell boards, and several other entities. Senator O’Mara introduced the list, and Senator Liu presided in place of Chair Liz Krueger. During the meeting, Senator O’Mara asked whether Mark Schroeder listed for the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority was the same person nominated to the Convention Center Operating Corporation; Senator Liu confirmed that it was the same individual. No testimony on the merits of the nominations was presented, and no discussion of the nominees’ qualifications was recorded beyond that clarification. Members were instructed to mark their vote sheets with aye, nay, or aye without recommendation for each nomination. After a brief period for voting, the committee adjourned. No roll-call results or final disposition of the nominations were announced in the transcript.

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• of the service.
• just the delivery of the new service just the delivery of the service<00:26:16.039> Senator<00
• Pronton, looks at expanding services for chiropractic services.
• additional services that they haven't additional services that they haven't done<00:43:11.920>
• <00:47:33.040> I by providing a little more services I by providing a little more services

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• people again can can get the service people again can can get the service which<00:24:13.279>
• have a postal service in this country. have a postal service in this country.
• <03:48:02.160> Um earned through their service. Um earned through their service.
• schools, roads, and community services. schools, roads, and community services.
• appreciation for their public service. appreciation for their public service.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And just really appreciate him and his service.
• , food service, and maintenance.
• , food service, and maintenance.
• I'm starting with the advisory board.
• Literally every corner of the state is represented on this advisory board.

Summary: The committee held a work session on the state of Washington’s community and technical college system with State Board executive director Nate Humphrey and Tacoma Community College president Ivan Harrell. They described the system’s open-access mission, 34 colleges serving more than 307,000 students, relatively low tuition, enrollment growth over 12 consecutive quarters, and strong outcomes such as more than 46,000 credentials awarded last year. They also highlighted system initiatives including guided pathways, I-BEST, dual enrollment, tribal partnerships, a new program search tool, and six colleges named Aspen Prize finalists. At the same time, they emphasized major challenges: high rates of student food, housing, and homelessness insecurity; sharply rising emergency aid requests; and federal funding disruptions affecting TANF, BFET, adult basic education, Carl Perkins, NOAA-related tribal work, and several federal grants. Members asked about SNAP impacts, declining high school graduates, and how BFET and TANF interact with other aid programs. The presenters also discussed system priorities such as AI, Workforce Pell, capital planning, nursing accreditation alignment, and the Washington College Grant. The committee then heard testimony from AFT Washington and the Washington Association of Higher Education on faculty and staff conditions in the community and technical college system. Jackie Kane and Suzanne Sutherland argued that classified staff, professional staff, and contingent faculty are essential to student success but face low pay, instability, and weak retention, and they urged lawmakers to protect existing funding and avoid further cuts. They said working conditions for faculty and staff are student learning conditions, and that underfunding leads to reduced services, shortened advising, and program instability. Marina Parr of the Workforce Board presented on federal H.R. 1’s new Workforce Pell provisions and the updated Career Bridge website. She explained that Workforce Pell would allow federal aid for short-term training programs of 8 to 15 weeks, with high completion, employment, and earnings thresholds and a requirement that credentials be stackable and portable. She said Washington is well positioned to implement the program because of its existing eligible training provider evaluation system and Career Bridge, which now has a redesigned public portal, digital portfolios, multilingual access, and performance data on programs. Members asked about rulemaking, possible gaps in state services, and how the wage and completion standards would be applied. The Washington Student Achievement Council then briefed the committee on the new Washington Completes FAFSA campaign created by executive order. Staff described an advisory board with statewide representation, a pilot that used microgrants and other supports at 25 priority schools, and a new goal of 46,000 FAFSA or WASFA completions this year. They reported that completion rates were tracking slightly ahead of last year, with 24% of high school seniors having completed a FAFSA by the end of November, and they showcased a public dashboard with subgroup data and a WIAA-based leaderboard. Members asked about outreach to rural and homeschool students, legislative communications, Pierce County representation, and barriers to FAFSA completion, and staff said they would provide toolkits and continue expanding outreach. The committee then began hearing from student presenters about affordability, access, equity, and student experience.

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• self-direct all of their services or none of their services, kind of a zero-sum decision.
• have access to some services that appear to be on the service menus.
• Does that really change depending on the service where they're receiving the services?
• <01:31:23.920> services<01:31:24.560> at access their nursing service services at access
• of services.

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• The crossover items are between the Human Services Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee
• items between the um human services items between the um human services committee<00:01:17.840><
• kinship services.
• <00:15:46.720> On services to include kinship services.
• On services to include kinship services.

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• Driver and Vehicle Services Division. Driver and Vehicle Services Division.
• Thank you for your service.
• media and communication services. media and communication services.
• Thank you. that we toss to the advisory committee. that we toss to the advisory committee.
• to accept out of that advisory group. to accept out of that advisory group.

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• and the St Louis County County Services and the St Louis County Services<00:07:05.639> to<00:
• <00:09:24.600> uh money that would help uh Services uh money that would help uh Services uh
• /c><00:14:12.480> in<00:14:12.680> addition Services the fire service um in addition Services
• primary service area ambulance services primary service area with<00:18:40.039> entities<00:18

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Summary: The Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee met on February 6, 2025, for an update on emergency medical services (EMS) policy and implementation. Senator Seberger described the work of the EMS Task Force, which traveled statewide to hear concerns from providers about staffing, reimbursement, and retention. She said the task force led to the Sprint Medic model and two innovation zones in Otter Tail and St. Louis counties, and she urged continued monitoring and possible reconstitution of the task force to evaluate what is working and what could be expanded statewide. She also said future EMS work should continue to explore alternative response models and telemedicine, but that the most immediate need is additional funding, especially to address unpaid non-transport calls. Dylan Ferguson, director of the newly formed Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services, gave a detailed update on the office’s structure and priorities after the transition from the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board. He described the office’s three divisions, the appointment of deputy directors, the first meetings of the advisory councils, and work on a statewide EMS strategic plan. He also reviewed the $24 million emergency ambulance aid program, explaining its 40-40-20 formula, the emphasis on rural services, the reporting and spending deadlines, and the positive response from ambulance providers. He noted that the $6 million Sprint paramedic grant program is underway, with Otter Tail County moving forward and St. Louis County still finalizing its application. Ferguson also outlined the office’s budget request for modest staffing and contract-cost increases, two rulemaking efforts to update outdated ambulance vehicle standards and expand medication options for basic life support services, and ongoing data collection on workforce needs, violence against EMS providers, and ambulance crashes. He highlighted the paramedic scholarship program administered by the Office of Higher Education, saying nearly 300 scholarships have been awarded. Members and Senator Seberger praised the EMS reforms and emphasized that non-transport calls create significant unreimbursed costs, especially for rural and volunteer services, but no votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.