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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Children and Family Law (02/04/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • <03:06:42.520> convos<03:06:42.920> to<03:06:43.040> be private convos to be private
  • reveal some of their child's private reveal some of their child's private confidential<03:06:51.680
  • Typically, it is just the judge and a court security officer in the courtroom, and the court security
  • c> and the court security officer in and the court security officer in addition<03:54:28.239> to
  • it would be a it would be a private it would be a it would be a private provider<04:02:15.439>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states. Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them. After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 19th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She was a fearless. who fought tirelessly to secure women's right to vote in Texas. and across the nation
  • Please refer to the Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs, HB 2753, by
  • a firearm by a person convicted of certain felony offenses referred to the committee on Homeland Security
  • Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs. HB 2770 by Schatzlein.
  • AB 2908 by 7 is related to an attendance of receipt of security deposit refund for the control.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/18/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • The last time that we were here, we shared that we had secured about $9 billion in awards.
  • here um we shared that we had secured here um we shared that we had secured about<00:30:00.919><
  • an additional um $3 billion have secured an additional um $3 billion in<00:30:07.279> funding
  • importance of tax exemption for private importance of tax exemption for private activity<01:13:43.159
  • <01:14:12.560> activity to issue tax exempt private activity to issue tax exempt private activity
Keywords: 1183, house
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • All this help will be confidential to the officers, meaning private and protected.
  • All this help will be confidential to the officers, meaning private and protected.
  • corporations—these were being set up as private corporations or nonprofits.
  • Volunteer posses are not private security agencies.
  • The DOC is currently at a 14.1% vacancy rate for security positions.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The committee heard several public safety measures. HCR 2059, a resolution reaffirming support for county sheriffs and recognizing their constitutional authority, drew debate over language describing sheriffs’ authority as “supreme” or “supreme constitutional.” Supporters said it was a tribute to sheriffs’ work, especially in rural areas, while opponents objected to the phrasing as tied to fringe legal theories. The resolution passed with a do-pass recommendation, 8-3. HB 2811 was presented as closing a gap in Arizona law by making interference with a lawful arrest involving violence or threats of violence a felony under obstructing governmental operations. Supporters said it would clarify the law and align it more closely with federal standards; opponents argued the conduct was already covered by existing resisting-arrest and hindering statutes and that the bill was duplicative and confusing. The bill received a do-pass recommendation, 8-4. HB 4129 would create a Department of Public Safety mental health and wellness program for law enforcement officers and appropriate $15 million for confidential counseling, peer support, family counseling, telehealth, and related services, with some funding reserved for smaller agencies. The sponsor and supporters emphasized officer trauma and suicide prevention, while opponents said similar services already exist and raised cost concerns. Before a final vote, the sponsor requested the bill be held for further work, and the committee agreed. The committee also advanced HB 2270, which expands protections for county seals, logos, insignia, and related identifiers and gives sheriffs exclusive authority over naming and dissolving posses. Sheriffs and county officials said the bill was needed after disputes over posse names and branding; critics warned the language was too broad and could raise First Amendment and due process concerns. The bill passed 12-1. HB 2416, appropriating $20 million for local border support and law enforcement costs related to drug trafficking, smuggling, prosecution, detention, and equipment, also passed after testimony both for and against the funding, 7-5. HB 4018, a strike-everything amendment clarifying sheriffs’ authority over volunteer posses and reserves, passed 10-0 after testimony from sheriffs’ office staff and a member of the public who opposed expanded use of armed volunteers. HB 2253, barring retaliation against employees who testify in law-enforcement disciplinary appeal proceedings, passed unanimously after an amendment removed language voiding restrictive policies. The committee then began hearing HB 4044, which would create a Public Safety Parity Fund using investment earnings from the state rainy day fund to pay DPS and corrections salaries, with the sponsor saying he intended to remove the forfeiture component before floor consideration.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • partnerships and can support public, private, and nonprofit entities.
  • They would be competing against private entities, including tech and behavioral health startups, and
  • I am here as a private citizen and do not represent UC Davis Health, and I kindly ask that you reject
  • However, I'm also here as a private citizen and do not represent the University of California.
  • Christman has been there, and we’ve secured a supplier for the drug substance.
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's often out of reach without public-private partnerships.
  • We have another 10% coming out of our private partner Local Match. You are the key to our success.
  • This effort directly aligns with the program's core mission to enhance border security.
  • Uh, this creates a security issue for our communities and, and for our state.
  • Just like my Social Security fund is a trust fund.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're not privately financed, is that my question?
  • They're not privately financed, is that my question? Yeah.
  • The other committee has private sector or private individuals as part of the membership there, along
  • with... ...private sector or private individuals as part of the membership there, along with legislators
  • This one is an interim committee when we're done. private sector or private individuals as part of the
Summary: The Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee met to review prior minutes and hear a series of presentations on advanced nuclear technology and state readiness. The committee approved the April 21, 2022 minutes. Nucleon’s William Bridge outlined the advanced nuclear landscape, distinguishing near-term light-water SMRs from more advanced Gen 4 reactors and microreactors, and emphasized that fuel supply, especially HALEU, remains a developing supply chain. He said light-water designs are the most deployable in the near term, while advanced reactors may be better suited for industrial heat applications and could face a 2- to 3-year delay from fuel availability. Representatives from NASEO described how other states are supporting advanced nuclear through task forces, roadmaps, pilot programs, financing tools, workforce and supply-chain efforts, and regional coordination. They highlighted the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative and stressed that states are focusing early on emergency preparedness, community engagement, waste management, affordability, and consumer protections. They also noted that some states are creating nuclear-ready community programs and cost-recovery guardrails, while public utility commissions are examining long-term lifecycle costs and rate impacts. North Dakota agencies then outlined their potential roles. The Public Service Commission said it would likely be involved in public-interest review, siting, and rate regulation, but noted current statutes may not fully address long-term nuclear projects, co-location, or decommissioning. The Department of Environmental Quality said it would continue to regulate radioactive materials and likely support emergency planning, while fission reactor oversight remains federal. The Department of Emergency Services said it would serve as the lead off-site preparedness agency, needing a radiological emergency program, training, exercises, equipment, and possibly industry funding. The Department of Water Resources said North Dakota has sufficient surface water, especially from the Missouri River, but that water planning would be important; it did not recommend statutory or budget changes at this time. The committee recessed for lunch after these presentations, with no additional votes or actions taken.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • My most private moments were stolen and shared without my consent, and it destroyed my life.
  • Our families deserve the security of knowing that when they send their children to school, they will
  • , obtaining a Social Security number for him, and claiming him on our taxes.
  • So we got him into a private veterans home. And this was in New York City, actually.
  • Last spring, my daughter was offered a full scholarship to a private prep school.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee hearing began with opening remarks from the House and Senate chairs outlining procedures for a large public hearing with more than 100 witnesses on 64 legislative proposals. They explained time limits, rules for in-person and virtual testimony, written testimony procedures, and the committee’s reporting deadline. Testimony then moved through a series of juvenile justice, child protection, and civil liberties bills, with witnesses generally urging favorable reports or, in one case, opposing expanded juvenile court transparency and child advocate access to records. Several witnesses supported bills aimed at juvenile justice reform. Representative Hendricks backed H. 1744 to prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking, citing federal findings of child labor in seafood processing and calling for stronger penalties and a ban on minors working in such facilities. Senator Gomez supported S. 1131 and S. 1121 to reduce juvenile fees, fines, restitution burdens, and bail-related costs, arguing they worsen racial and economic disparities. Senator Crean and other advocates supported S. 1051/H. 1695 to expand juvenile diversion eligibility, while multiple witnesses from juvenile justice and immigrant advocacy groups supported H. 1657/S. 1058 to expand juvenile expungement and to limit sharing juvenile fingerprints with federal authorities, describing recent ICE detentions of Chelsea students and the resulting fear in immigrant communities. Witnesses also supported H. 1918/S. 1240 to narrow the youthful offender statute, raising the minimum age and reducing mandatory adult-style penalties for youth. The committee also heard testimony on child safety and bodily autonomy bills. Middlesex District Attorney Marion Ryan supported H. 1752 to protect children left in extreme temperatures, explaining it would create civil penalties, allow emergency responders to remove children from cars without liability, and add criminal penalties when serious injury results. Representative Thurber and Senator O’Connor testified for H. 2011/S. 1227, a bill prohibiting coercion or mandates for health-related interventions, including vaccinations, and allowing legal remedies for violations. Senator Jalen supported S. 1136/H. 1847 to prevent false confessions by requiring recording of interrogations and banning deceptive tactics, and several innocence-project and legal-services witnesses described wrongful convictions tied to false confessions and coercive interrogations. Another major topic was H. 1626, which would require age verification for pornographic content and launch an education campaign about online sexual exploitation; Representative Cruz and survivor Udoz Wallace testified in support, describing nonconsensual image sharing and deepfake harms. Not all testimony was supportive. The Committee for Public Counsel Services opposed S. 1035, which would increase transparency in juvenile court proceedings, and H. 1689, which would expand the child advocate’s access to confidential juvenile records, arguing both would undermine privacy and trauma-informed protections for children and families. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the session consisted of opening remarks and public testimony on the listed bills.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Basher recognized that a safe and secure Basher recognized that a safe and secure facility<00:30
  • In August of this year, we have 487 security field positions.
  • DJJ selected security threat group coordinators in each facility in 2023.
  • 44:22.560> will Private treatment facilities often will Private treatment facilities often will
  • Out of facilities, private facilities.
Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council approved the minutes from its November 8, 2024 meeting and welcomed new member Representative Nick Wilson. The council also heard an update from the Administrative Office of the Courts on a school attendance awareness campaign aimed at reducing truancy referrals to court, and a member requested a future, more detailed presentation on truancy trends. The council then received an update from the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board from Dr. David Frink and Elsie Berger. They described the board’s membership, meeting schedule, public access, annual report and three-year plan, and its role in helping Kentucky remain compliant with federal juvenile justice requirements so the state can receive Title II funding. They said the board reviews grant applications for community-based services, substance use, and early intervention programs, with about $584,000 in federal funds this year and a little over $600,000 expected next year. Members asked about participation, board vacancies, and how to engage with the board, and the presenters emphasized the importance of statewide representation and community input. The Department of Juvenile Justice then provided a broader update through Commissioner Randy White and Deputy Secretary Mona Wamik. White said DJJ is under an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation focused on conditions in detention facilities, including use of force, isolation, abuse, mental health care, and special education, and said the department has cooperated with repeated information requests and site visits. He also reviewed recent legislative and administrative changes, including 2023 Senate Bill 162, regional detention planning, facility segregation requirements, staffing and salary investments, improved staffing levels, reduced mental health vacancies, and training efforts related to security threat groups. He said DJJ has made progress but continues to work on staffing, safety, and facility improvements.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • often going to private homeowners?
  • also secured $446 million from the National Clean Investment Fund last month.
  • We invested $25 million into a private sector fund run by Blue Forest.
  • **Assemblymember Macedo**: What did that $25 million do with that private sector company?
  • The private sector company runs a fund that invests in projects. What projects?
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Dec 10th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • A student with exceptional abilities is enrolled in a private school, and before we pay for that private
  • Private schools have numbers.
  • We have 11 private schools here in the state of Florida.
  • We have 11 private schools here in the state of Florida.
  • National security is jets and ships, yes.
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and took up two bills. The first, SB 250 on rural communities by Senator Simon, was described as a broad rural development package creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and transportation investments, added funding for rural education consortiums, and health care initiatives for rural areas. Senator Harrell asked about overlap between road funding programs, and the sponsor explained that eligible counties could receive both SCRAP and FARM funding. Several organizations waived in support or spoke in support, and the bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee then heard SB 318, the committee substitute for educational scholarship programs by President Gates. The bill was presented as a response to Auditor General findings about the rapid growth and administration of Florida’s school choice and scholarship programs. It would separate Family Empowerment Scholarship funding from the FEFP, require more frequent student enrollment verification, lower scholarship funding organization administrative fees, require return of overpayments, create a student ID system, establish a $250 million stabilization fund, require annual audits, and direct DOE to recommend future program administration through competitive procurement. Gates also offered five amendments, including technical changes to eligibility documentation and a substantive amendment requiring a DOE report on future administration and competitive selection; all five amendments were adopted. During debate and public testimony, senators and witnesses discussed accountability, software solutions, reimbursement delays, monthly attestations, and impacts on public schools and families. Supporters and opponents alike raised concerns about bureaucracy, fraud prevention, special education services, and whether the bill would help or burden parents. Gates said the bill aimed to fix tracking and payment problems without capping the program, and he noted the IEP timeline would be aligned with public school timelines. After debate, the committee reported CS for SB 318 favorably by unanimous vote, and then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-07-08

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also work with a private sector contractor to conduct audits of providers and recover overpayments
  • We also work with private contractors, and we rely on the private sector—our private health care companies
  • The data that we use includes data from the Social Security Administration to verify social security
  • The Department of Homeland Security is used to verify immigration status.
  • We're leveraging the. private sector on data analytics and audits.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Sep 23rd, 2025

Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And she oversees the Security Operations Center.
  • It may be the Office of Cybersecurity having a third-party... security scans.
  • Security function within the state of New Mexico.
  • As a service, the penetration testing and our security operations center is a hybrid.
  • Are you working with private industry at all on, say, the busing stuff?
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Education Committee Jul 1st, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, background, as mentioned, non-public schools, or NPS, are private schools.
  • , and they operate under a master contract with the LEA, of which the student, schools or MPS are private
  • On February 24, 2022, Bakersfield coverage did not one, but two stories on incidents of campus security
  • Most families assume the children's education information is secure. Unfortunately, current...
  • Most families assume the children's education information is secure.
Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a long slate of education bills, beginning with SB 685 on nonpublic schools for students with disabilities. Senator Cortese and the California Department of Education described the bill as a response to the Ninth Circuit’s Laughman decision, removing the obsolete “non-sectarian” requirement while preserving secular use of public funds, nondiscrimination protections, background checks, credentialing, and incident reporting. There was no opposition, and the bill later passed 7-0 to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 1181, a pilot grant program for violence prevention, student wellness, and school safety in Central Valley and other schools. Supporters framed it as a prevention measure, while opponents from EFF, ACLU Cal Action, and community advocates warned it could increase law enforcement involvement, surveillance, and use of fusion centers; despite those concerns, it ultimately passed 5-0 to Appropriations. Members then considered SB 1067, which would create a statewide framework for annual K-2 math assessments starting in 2028-29 to identify students needing early intervention. The author and supporters argued California faces a serious math achievement crisis and that early assessment would help close gaps, while CTA and several educators and administrators sought additional clarity and amendments to ensure alignment with existing diagnostic practices and limits on high-stakes use. The bill drew broad support from educators, parents, and advocacy groups and passed 7-0 to Appropriations. SB 1107, a school shade-structure bill, would expand eligible shade projects and allow bundling through design-build to reduce costs; it received support from LAUSD, school boards, and climate-focused groups and passed 7-0. SB 1128, on take-home devices and screen time for kindergarteners, was presented as a modest first step to give families more flexibility and reduce early screen exposure, with support from early childhood advocates and no opposition, and it passed 7-0. The committee also approved SB 1048, creating a voluntary State Seal of Climate Literacy for students who complete climate coursework and hands-on projects. Supporters, including Ten Strands, students, teachers, and county offices, said it would recognize real-world climate learning and green career readiness; it passed 7-0. SB 1140, sponsored by CFT, would require LEA construction contractors to follow campus security provisions during school projects to reduce unauthorized access; it drew support from labor and gun violence prevention groups and passed 7-0. SB 930, requiring end-to-end encryption for proctoring companies handling K-12 exam data, was presented as a student privacy measure in response to cybersecurity risks and passed 6-0. Finally, SB 1083 was introduced by Senator Perez as a follow-up to last year’s Safe Learning Environments Act, with extensive committee amendments to refine the statewide misconduct data system, disclosure rules, contractor fingerprinting, and access requirements; the transcript cuts off before the bill’s full hearing and vote are shown.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Transcript Highlights:
  • The MPTC partnered with private agencies and universities to create curriculum that we immediately put
  • And also, has your work been used and elevated as best practice perhaps for private campus police?
  • And communal security that have been identified by this commission.
  • that up for our 80 private higher ed institutions and 29 public higher ed institutions.
  • We've heard about the financial costs to synagogues, halls, others to deal with security.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism met to hear testimony from Chief James Hicks of the Natick Police Department, who chairs the Municipal Police Training Committee, and Chief Thomas Fowler of the Salisbury Police Department. They described the statewide civil-rights-officer model for hate-crime response, the HEART Unit, and MPTC training authority under POST, and urged the commission to recommend incorporating the IHRA definition of antisemitism into police training and to fund that effort. Commissioners asked about how law enforcement should handle antisemitic incidents that may not rise to crimes, the 2022 Mapping Project, masking during protests, and the role of HART; the chiefs said departments can update training quickly, that every department should have a trained civil-rights officer, and that HART’s expertise should be integrated statewide. The commission also approved the October 16, 2025 minutes after correcting an initial procedural error. The rest of the meeting focused on the draft report, especially the prefatory statement and the definition section. Commissioners broadly praised the report’s scope and the chairs’ work, but offered many edits aimed at tightening language, reducing advocacy tone, and clarifying the “Massachusetts way” of combating antisemitism. Several members wanted stronger emphasis on Massachusetts values, education, moral leadership, and the distinction between hate incidents, hate crimes, and statutory offenses; others urged clearer references to constitutional protections, First Amendment limits, and Attorney General review of legal statements. There was also discussion of whether to keep or remove references to alternative definitions of antisemitism: some commissioners argued that only the IHRA definition should be centered, while others said acknowledging other definitions was factually important and would reflect the range of testimony. Commissioners also raised specific substantive edits for later sections, including adding examples such as the 2022 Mapping Project, strengthening language on online intimidation, academic boycotts, and divestment campaigns, and clarifying that some conduct may be hateful even if lawful. In the higher education section, members praised recommendations on mandatory training, bystander intervention, trauma-informed responses, mental health supports, and campus climate surveys, while suggesting a few technical edits and additional best-practice examples. No final votes were taken on the draft report during this portion; the chairs said they would incorporate feedback into a revised draft before the remaining meetings and eventual vote.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 4th, 2026 at 09:26 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's going to modernize secure services for agencies and citizens. reduce risk of failures and emergency
  • what the cost savings are because that is extremely important, and we can still have that layered security
  • And it's also going to be the private institutions as well. And how do you capture those students?
  • Every public university and every Private university.
  • emails for those Private institutions.
Bills: SB132, SM16, SM17
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 3rd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • multidisciplinary science and engineering research programs with a significant impact on national security
  • Musk is a private citizen who has just gained access to Americans' sensitive private information, including
  • their social security payments, among other data.
  • care requiring notice be provided to patients seeking medication abortions, penalties creating a private
  • Municipalities to make donations of public funds to private persons or private entities for public purposes
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • petition represents countless private petition represents countless private grieving<00:09:26.960
  • They run public or private, are lean. They run very<00:36:36.480> lean.
  • <00:44:56.200> Officer, our Chief Information Security Officer, our Chief Information Security
  • Um, this really is national security on a digital level.
  • ,<00:48:40.240> and partners, public and private, and partners, public and private, and agencies
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health & Human Development Committee Meeting Jun 18th, 2026

Health & Human Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation is related to private equity's entry into health care, and unfortunately, it is becoming
  • all of Delaware's acute care hospitals are nonprofit, but without necessary safeguards in place, a private
  • State versus private long-term care facilities are held to a different standard of care.
  • So, to explain this: in a private, let's say a Genesis-owned company, if there's negligence committed
  • and Social Services to provide pre-authorization for summer child care enrollment in January when securing
Bills: SB313, SB296
Summary: The House Health and Human Development Committee met and considered a series of health, human services, and related bills. The committee heard and advanced House Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 13, which standardizes hospital charity care and financial assistance statewide, and Senate Bill 296 with Senate Amendment 1, which restructures the Delaware Health Fund grant process with a more formal, transparent competitive rubric. Both measures received supportive testimony from DHSS, the Delaware Healthcare Association, and the Delaware Nurses Association, and both were released by committee on roll-call votes. The committee also released Senate Bill 313 with Senate Amendment 1, which places a temporary moratorium on acquisitions of nonprofit acute care hospitals by for-profit entities and expands notice/review requirements for sales of hospital real estate; Senate Bill 340 with Senate Amendment 1, which requires long-term care facilities to carry specified liability insurance, with questions raised about the exemption for state-owned facilities; Senate Joint Resolution 20, which directs DHSS to study independent assessment tools for Medicaid home- and community-based services; and Senate Bill 341, which updates Delaware Health Information Network law and formally recognizes DIN as the state’s health data utility. Testimony on these bills was generally supportive, with some discussion on constitutional concerns, insurance coverage, and the rationale for the state exemption in SB 340. Later, the committee advanced Senate Bill 257, which requires new animal shelters to be licensed and inspected before operating and removes a prior exception for certain rescue organizations; and Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 278 with House Amendment 1, which allows earlier pre-authorization for summer child care enrollment and lowers copays for half-day care. Public testimony on these measures came from animal welfare advocates, YMCA representatives, and other stakeholders, all largely in support. Each bill was released by committee, with several votes walked for absent members, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were addressed.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/09/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:09:42.239> or governmental intrusion in private or governmental intrusion in private or
  • security cost of living adjustment.<01:37:54.159> Okay.
  • so uh initially we had a um private so uh initially we had a um private clinical<01:40:52.560>
  • contract model with the then private contract model with the then private Hamstead<01:51:25.920>
  • <03:51:48.080> pay somebody who would be private pay somebody who would be private pay or<
Keywords: 1189, house, all