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• HCAI also includes scoring questions that assess the extent to which residency programs have strategies
• We're assessing proposed mergers and acquisitions of health care entities, collecting and analyzing data
• According to HCI, a further report will assess the state's role and feasibility in manufacturing and
• HCAI performed in the top group of all state departments in its last independent security assessment
• We are specially funded by annual assessments on health plans and receive no general fund money.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Through this need report, we are continually assessing our assets to identify our need.
• our assets to identify our assessing our assets to identify our need.<00:20:00.080> Our<00:20
• <01:03:54.319> debt and peer states assess debt and peer states assess debt affordability.
• Guideline three is a tool for assessing how proposed borrowing interacts with existing debt.
• what degree of flexibility um assess what degree of flexibility um could<01:17:24.159> be<01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And it allows the department to do a jeopardy assessment.
• I'll read for members' benefit what a jeopardy assessment is.
• have, called jeopardy assessment. have, called jeopardy assessment.
• I'll read um jeopardy assessment.
• I'll just read uh assessment is.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• OSI operations are funded entirely through revenue generated from insurance industry assessments and
• In FY25, OSI collected over $35 million in assessments and fees. $31.4 million was from license fees,
• The Fraud and Title Program, as I mentioned, is funded by insurance industry assessments.
• for the fraud program, industry assessments, but again, doesn't revert. $1.6 million in industry assessments
• I insisted that they bring in independent assessment people to see where we were.

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• segmented patient focused assessments segmented patient focused assessments rather<03:54:50.880>
• and LPN's did ones who did assessments and LPN's did subsequent<04:00:32.239> assessments.
• do subsequent or assessments afterwards. do subsequent or assessments afterwards.
• doing initial assessments. doing initial assessments. >> Thank<04:02:30.560> you.
• assessments on their patients. assessments on their patients.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:33:00.639> for Massachusetts sent them assessment for Massachusetts sent them assessment
• So it's probably a lot of assessed value. Yep, follow up.
• assessors that there's a lot of assessed assessors that there's a lot of assessed value<03:22:15.359
• <03:24:22.880> Standards assessing Standards assessing Standards Board<03:24:25.279> on
• <03:24:37.040> Equitable assessments Equitable assessments Equitable across<03:24:39.479> and

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on HB 135, introduced by Representative Michael Harrington. He said the bill would codify a portion of the New Hampshire Constitution to bar New Hampshire businesses from being required to collect sales or use taxes for other states unless Congress mandates it, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision created an onerous compliance burden for businesses. He described the patchwork of state and local sales tax rules, thresholds, and product exemptions as extremely complex and said the bill was intended to push the issue back toward Congress and the courts. Members questioned whether the bill’s reference to a “foreign government” would apply to other U.S. states, whether the proposal would conflict with the Supremacy Clause, and whether it would create standing for businesses to challenge Wayfair. Harrington responded that “foreign government” meant any government other than New Hampshire, that he believed the state could challenge the decision in court by passing a law contrary to Wayfair, and that businesses were already being harmed by compliance costs. Some members raised concerns about whether the bill was an unfunded mandate or simply a private compliance burden, and Harrington argued that the state itself would not be collecting the taxes, but businesses would still face recordkeeping and administrative costs. Sam Garland of the Department of Justice then testified. He said the department was not taking a formal position on the bill, but offered technical comments. Garland acknowledged that Wayfair created significant compliance burdens and noted that states have become somewhat more uniform, with all states now having a $100,000 economic nexus threshold, though not all use the 200-transaction threshold and local tax variation remains substantial. He said the department’s concerns were legal, describing the issue as uncharted constitutional territory involving both vertical and horizontal federalism. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.

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• that assessment after you've caught up more and got through with more of your backlog and the delays
• And I would, those metrics that you talk about, those assessments, that would be important.
• meaningfully access meaningfully assess meaningfully access meaningfully assess whether<00:30:39.600
• <00:31:31.400> that we would look for that assessment that we would look for that assessment
• assessments, that would be important. assessments, that would be important.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several Senate bills. On SB 2530, relating to campaign contributions, the State Procurement Office suggested clarifying that contractor disclosure information be submitted within 30 days of a fully executed contract, while the Campaign Spending Commission supported the bill but asked that the restriction on contributions by officers be expanded beyond compensated officers. Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action supported the measure and urged keeping the Senate language, arguing it better addresses contractor influence, while no other testifiers appeared. On SB 2970, relating to standards of conduct, the State Ethics Commission supported the bill and proposed amendments to consolidate the new language into existing Chapter 84 contract provisions and use “department head” instead of “director.” The State Procurement Office supported the measure but recommended closing a perceived loophole by limiting the covered contracts to those under $10,000. No opposition testimony was offered. The committee then heard SB 2919, which would fund one full-time Deputy Public Defender position focused on immigration-related advice under Padilla v. Kentucky. The Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrants’ Rights, and the ACLU of Hawaii supported the bill, explaining that the position would help public defenders advise clients about immigration consequences of criminal cases, not provide immigration representation. Members asked several questions about the scope of the position and whether it could assist with citizenship; testimony clarified that it would not handle civil immigration matters. The bill was also described as creating a statewide consistent resource for the public defender system. Finally, on SB 2446, relating to the judiciary, the Intermediate Court of Appeals supported adding a seventh associate judge position but noted the court has only recently been fully staffed at six judges and has improved output through internal changes. The chair emphasized that the bill authorizes the position without funding and encouraged the judiciary to return later if appropriations are needed. The committee also began hearing SB 2730, a criminal justice reform bill on warrantless arrests and citations. OHA supported reducing unnecessary arrests but objected to making citations visible on criminal records; the Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, citing law enforcement flexibility, identification concerns, and possible litigation costs; and the Judiciary requested a later implementation date and suggested changes to citation-resolution language. The transcript ends while testimony on SB 2730 was still underway.

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• So, can data be correlated across the board to assess, evaluate performance, and to give us the ability
• And so this classroom assessment scoring system measures emotional support, classroom organization and
• So this data was collected in April of 2024. 98% of kindergartners were assessed by their teachers.
• I will just close with, we are engaged in a very extensive statewide community assessment.
• When I arrived here in 2019, we had just completed one and so that community assessment guided a lot

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• These adjustments would be effective beginning with assessment year 2026.
• bet<00:01:29.759> um Madam Chair, these adjustments would be effective beginning with assessment
• <00:03:32.080> year assessment year assessment year 2026<00:03:34.000> the<00:03:34.239
• The assessing system doesn't work for resorts because most times the assessor assesses your property
• The assessing system doesn't work for resorts because most times the assessor assesses your property

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The assessments are not limited, as Chapter 720 requires, to an owner's proportionate share of the common
• strike-all amendment prohibits provisions in governing documents requiring association members to pay an assessment
• to include any area for which the developer or other owner requires association members to pay assessments
• It provides that assessments payable to the developer may not exceed the members' proportional share
• It allows a neutral judge to examine the association's conduct, assess the risks and the financial condition

Bills: S0936, S1724, S1014, S1498

Keywords: temporary door locking device, emergency safety, building code, training programs, fire exit security, utility services, municipal agreements, public meetings, rates and fees, public service commission, municipal utility, water service, wastewater service, property owners, annexation, civil action, community associations, condominium, homeowners associations, structural integrity

Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up four bills. First, it considered SB 1724 on municipal utility services. Senator Martin offered a late-filed delete-everything amendment that would require annual customer meetings for extraterritorial utility customers, cap use of gross utility revenues for general government at 10%, eliminate a 25% surcharge on customers outside city limits, reduce the rate differential cap from 50% to 25%, remove municipal natural gas utilities from the bill, and preserve certain existing bond-related surcharges until debt is retired or refinanced. The League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the need for rate studies and budget adjustments. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported CS/SB 1724 favorably. The committee then heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices from Senator McLean. The bill would define temporary door locking devices, allow them to be installed at any height, require the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or amendments, SB 936 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered SB 1014 by Senator Mayfield, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water or wastewater service solely because a property owner will not annex, and would require service expansion when a property is near a municipal main line, not served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. A committee amendment narrowed the bill to properties near a main line and reduced the distance threshold from 2,000 meters to one-half mile. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about property size, annexation conflicts, enclave creation, and possible revenue impacts, but the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 1498 on community associations from Chair Bradley. A strike-all amendment revised technical provisions on video conference recordings, turnover inspection reports, SIRS references, and electronic voting, and added two major policy changes: requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors and creating a second-degree misdemeanor for willful refusal, and prohibiting mandatory club or amenity fee schemes controlled by developers or third parties that generate profit beyond proportional expenses. Testimony in support described homeowner disputes involving concentrated board control, lack of transparency, and mandatory fees in communities such as Rosedale. The amendment was adopted and CS/SB 1498 was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, Senator Bracey Davis asked to be recorded voting in the affirmative on tabs 1, 2, and 3, and the committee adjourned.

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• has to be completed following assessment has to be completed following admission<00:42:32.640> to
• Case managers should be given back the screening tools they used to utilize to properly assess their
• Case managers should be given back the screening tools they used to utilize to properly assess their
• Case managers should be given back the screening tools they used to utilize to properly assess their
• Case managers should be given back the screening tools they used to utilize to properly assess their

Bills: HF3738, HF2295, HF3520, HF3666

Keywords: pediatric care, hospital discharge, home care, healthcare accessibility, nursing services, family support, mental health, crisis services, Dakota County, mobile crisis response, public safety, treatment services, rehabilitation, behavioral health fund, client eligibility, home and community-based services, case management, waiver services, county services, disability advocacy

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• programs or min choices assessment programs or min choices assessment results<00:30:13.520> or
• assessment assessment data?
• It's just an assessment of if DHS were to apply certain policy changes to the benefits, the programs,
• It's just an assessment of if of fraud.
• It's just an assessment of if DHS<01:03:16.480> were<01:03:16.640> to<01:03:16.880>

Bills: HF3378

Keywords: human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house

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• So they want to make sure that there’s a good assessment of what their health care needs are as they
• There are actually some visits that can happen through telemedicine in between, to do the assessment
• of corrections looking at and assessing of corrections looking at and assessing the<00:31:30.640
• know, an evaluation of and an assessment know, an evaluation of and an assessment um<00:43:29.440
• Um, as it says on the slide, assessment.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first handled roll call and approved the prior meeting minutes. Members discussed attendance and substitutions, then moved to the DHS commissioner’s update, which focused on New Hampshire’s Medicaid 1115 waiver and the new community re-entry initiative for people leaving correctional facilities. The presenter explained that the waiver lets the state cover certain services not normally covered under Medicaid, including substance use disorder treatment, serious mental illness services, adult dental benefits, and the new community re-entry component. She also noted that a separate youth re-entry component is federally required, with youth defined up to age 21 and foster-care-related coverage extending to age 26. The update described how the adult re-entry program works for incarcerated individuals with behavioral health needs, providing up to 45 days of pre-release services, care coordination with managed care organizations and DOC staff, telemedicine assessments, discharge prescriptions, insurance cards, and connections to community mental health, primary care, and substance use providers. For youth, the program includes more intensive case management, 30 days of pre-release services, and 30 days of post-release care coordination, with a stronger emphasis on screening, diagnosis, and holistic assessment. The presenter said New Hampshire received the adult waiver in July 2024, has implemented the program in state correctional facilities, and is beginning work at the youth center. Members and the presenter discussed why the program is structured as a waiver rather than a standard Medicaid benefit, with the explanation that CMS is allowing this as a newer policy area and that states generally pursue waivers for certain services. The chair and others emphasized the need for real cost and outcome data, and the presenter said an independent evaluator and evaluation plan are required under the 1115 waiver. Early results cited included 30 adults enrolled so far, 10 released, five youth enrolled with one released, and anecdotal early successes such as housing, employment, and better continuity of medication and treatment. The committee did not take any additional votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes.

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• What is a level of care assessment, and what does it determine?
• Also, as part of the assessment process, there is an assessment that's done that helps determine the
• Is it being assessed correctly? Is it meeting people's needs?
• And you... ...to assess, or access, the fraud.
• And you... to assess the, or access the fraud.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• uh it's the uh looking at LMI assessment uh it's the uh looking at LMI data<00:41:59.359> that
• Youth to juvenile justice to senior programs, assessing what the individual's skill sets are, as well
• <01:19:10.199> for penalties which are assessed for penalties which are assessed for egregious
• prohibited practice penalties assessed prohibited practice penalties assessed against<01:19:34.159
• We assessed far more than that.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee held an introductory organizational meeting for the newly named Workforce and Economic Development Committee, with Chair Dave Baker noting a quorum and that no votes or formal actions were scheduled. Members and staff introduced themselves and described their districts, backgrounds, and priorities. Several members emphasized worker protections, labor experience, small business concerns, rural economic issues, and the importance of balancing employer and employee interests. Others highlighted education-to-workforce pathways, affordability, support for seniors, and opportunities for immigrant and refugee communities. Chair Baker said he wants the committee to find a balance between protecting labor and ensuring a strong employment base, fair rules, and fair taxes, while also acknowledging concerns about recent policy trends and the need to get proposals right before they leave the committee. Members from both parties echoed themes of collaboration and economic opportunity, though some Republicans criticized past rules and regulations as burdensome on small businesses. The committee also welcomed nonpartisan staff and DFL/GOP staff, including the committee administrator, legislative assistant, House Research, and fiscal analysis staff. The committee then received an overview from DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek and deputy commissioners. Varilek described DEED’s mission as empowering growth of the Minnesota economy for everyone, increasing prosperity and extending it broadly, and coordinating with other agencies such as Labor and Industry to avoid duplication and use taxpayer dollars efficiently. He said DEED focuses on business attraction, retention, and expansion, workforce development, and helping Minnesotans—including people with disabilities—prepare for jobs and independent living. A deputy commissioner began outlining the economic development division’s structure and operations, but the transcript cuts off before the full presentation was completed.

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• And then making sure there was funding for the assessments and accountability provisions in House Bill
• was funding And then making sure there was funding for<00:04:30.480> the<00:04:30.720> assessments
• <00:04:31.360> and<00:04:31.440> accountability for the assessments and accountability
• for the assessments and accountability provisions<00:04:33.200> in<00:04:33.320> House

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:47 SB 197 Discussion 00:01:50 SB 197 Vote 00:08:40, 958, all

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• Senate Bill 320 removes unnecessary district requirements across assessments, personnel, facilities,
• It improves assessments and accountability processes by simplifying Senate Bill 320 removes unnecessary
• district requirements across assessments, personnel, facilities, and budgeting, so districts can focus
• It improves assessments and accountability processes by simplifying local testing calendars, specifying

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, pledge, and recognitions of guests, including YMCA youth and government participants and the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Thomas Clem. Senators also made introductory remarks honoring the YMCA’s 175th anniversary and its community service, and the chamber noted the president’s birthday. The body then took up several bills on the special order calendar. Senate Bill 100 adopted the 2026 Florida Statutes and the 2025 regular session laws; Senate Bill 102 and Senate Bill 104 were reviser bills updating and cleaning up the Florida Statutes. Senate Bill 320, on administrative efficiency in public schools, would reduce district reporting and procedural requirements, expand teacher apprenticeship and certification options, adjust assessment and accountability rules, increase district flexibility in funding and facility planning, and shift some VPK oversight to school districts. Senate Bill 7010 would allow Roth post-tax contributions in state and local deferred compensation plans. Sponsors described each bill as improving efficiency, flexibility, or statutory clarity. All four bills passed unanimously, 36-0, after brief debate or no debate. The Senate also withdrew Senate Bill 1720 from further consideration. At the end of the session, the chamber adopted a motion to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House and then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.

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• <01:47:54.560> that know, we've we have an assessment that know, we've we have an assessment
• the assessment the assessment um<01:49:05.440> to<01:49:05.760> pay<01:49:06.000><
• And so it would raise the assessment.
• > sufficient assessment would raise sufficient assessment would raise sufficient funding<01:49
• <01:57:01.119> would alternative and this assessment would alternative and this assessment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This is our Extended Producer Responsibility Needs Assessment Bill.
• All right, if not, we will move on to House Bill 750, the EPR needs assessment.
• on to house 750 the epr needs assessment on to house 750 the epr needs assessment first<01:17:43.600
• This is the extended producer responsibility needs assessment.
• producer responsibility needs assessment producer responsibility needs assessment we<02:00:42.159

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection opened its first hearing of the session and heard testimony on several energy and environmental bills. On HB 470, relating to noise and leaf blowers, the Department of Health supported the bill’s intent to reduce noise pollution but raised concerns about using decibel limits alone and suggested using dBA measurements; testimony also noted the bill would regulate future sales rather than current use, and there were three additional testimonies, two in support and one in opposition. No questions were raised before the committee moved on. The committee then heard HB 742 on transit-oriented development, which would require HCDA to prepare a programmatic EIS for Ewa, Kapalama, and West Oahu improvements. UH supported the bill, HHFDC said it was already preparing a master plan and programmatic EIS for the Ewa area, and HCDA explained that the projects are already underway or completed, including infrastructure work funded by prior appropriations. Supporters said the bill would streamline environmental review and potentially reduce costs for future housing, while HCDA emphasized the work is already in progress. On HB 340, concerning a streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process and related cost recovery, DCCA provided comments, the Attorney General suggested changing a deadline to a specific date, and the PUC said it wanted to study the matter further while still meeting the 180-day reporting requirement. Solar and clean energy groups strongly supported the bill as a way to speed interconnection and advance grid-interactive technologies, while Hawaiian Electric supported the goal of more DERs but opposed the process, saying its interconnection performance has improved and that collaboration would be preferable to legislation. Members asked about newer technologies, UL 1741, and ratepayer impacts, and the Consumer Advocate said removing the cost-recovery section would alleviate its concerns. The committee also heard HB 243, requiring PV- and EV-ready new residential construction, which the Hawaii State Energy Office described as a cost-saving no-brainer because installing these features during construction is much cheaper than retrofitting later. The hearing then shifted to HB 350, expanding the water-heater systems that can satisfy building-permit requirements to include heat pump water heaters alongside solar hot water systems. The Energy Office supported the bill, Solar Ray supported the concept but asked for amendments to align efficiency standards and noted the bill’s removal of a 15-year lifespan limit for solar thermal systems, and Hawaii Solar Energy Association raised questions about how heat pump performance should be measured and whether PV-plus-heat-pump combinations should qualify. Committee members asked about impacts on smaller homes and ADUs, and the discussion remained focused on technical standards and possible amendments; no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• The bill continues to set the regulatory racing assessment at 0.5% for fiscal year 2027.
• It extends by four years, until 2030, the moratorium on assessing and collecting annual groundwater withdrawal
• It extends by four years, until 2030, the moratorium on assessing and collecting annual groundwater withdrawal
• recalculate Alhambra Elementary School District's fiscal year 2025 state aid due to a change in the assessed
• general reading proficiency levels, the state is at about 30% proficiency, according to the statewide assessment

Keywords: 1182, all