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• The committee uses electronic witness registration.
• Currently, providers only receive electronic notifications.
• We had specific findings in the 2011 report.
• When HHSC cites deficiencies, it issues two separate deficiency reports.
• regulations, which are closely aligned. but the two reports stand separate.

Bills: SB623, SB1266, SB1310, SB1373, SB1580, SB1952, SB2032, SB2269, SB2544, SB2653, SB2796

Keywords: pharmacist, vaccine administration, COVID-19, exclusive authority, healthcare, Medicaid, provider enrollment, credentialing, administrative burden, Texas Health and Human Services, senior retirement communities, emergency response, residential safety, contract provisions, health and safety regulations, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges

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• Today we're presenting a rule for electronic visit verification for in-home personal care and attendant
• You have already approved our rule overall for electronic visit verification.
• will institute what they call KPIs, or minimum requirements, of claims that can be submitted electronically
• a lot of providers that are doing manual entry, and so we're trying to increase the number of electronically
• ours, or they can provide their own, and many choose the one that is either integrated into their electronic

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then heard an emergency rule from the Department of Human Services on hospital-based residential treatment for adolescents with substance use disorder. Paula Stone explained that the rule would allow Medicaid reimbursement for services in a general hospital unit for ages 12 and up, with Unity Hospital in CERC expected to open the first such unit. Members asked about length of stay, cost, and capacity; Stone said stays would be determined by ASAM criteria with no fixed cap, the proposed Medicaid rate is $850 per day pending CMS approval, and the unit would have 24 beds split between boys and girls with on-site schooling. The committee then considered a rule on electronic visit verification for in-home personal care, attendant care, respite care, and home health services. Elizabeth Pittman said the update is intended to keep the state compliant with federal EVV requirements under the 21st Century Cures Act, improve auditing and corrective action plans for providers with too many manual claims, and remove the W-9 submission requirement in favor of IRS verification. Members confirmed that federal law requires an EVV system, and Pittman noted Arkansas uses an open system that allows providers to use the state option or their own vendor. No objections were raised to the EVV rule, which was reported as reviewed. The meeting then concluded with no further business and adjournment.

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• So when we submit federal reports, any number on that report can tie back into the SKEIS reporting system
• This report helps managers see where... Budget reporting tools supervisors receive.
• There's one report we affectionately call the fat finger report.
• These items are also reported on our RSA-17 financial report. We also have a lease closing package.
• report.

Keywords: 977, all

Summary: The committee met to receive a detailed financial operations presentation from the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agency, with staff walking members through funding sources, budgeting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and grants management. Sabrina Walker explained VR’s blended funding structure, including federal grants, state appropriations, program income, and interagency contracts, and emphasized that state funds are essential to meeting the federal match and maintenance-of-effort requirements. Members asked repeatedly about transparency, audit controls, and the risk that state cuts could reduce federal drawdowns; staff responded that all reports reconcile back to the SCEIS accounting system, are subject to state audits and internal reviews, and that even modest state reductions could significantly reduce total available funding. The committee also discussed pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities, with staff confirming services are offered through school districts, charters, and private schools, and that contracts are monitored for performance and compliance. The presentation then shifted to budgeting and internal controls. Walker described a zero-based departmental budgeting process, monthly monitoring reports, contingency reserves for unexpected expenses, and a formal annual cycle that culminates in board approval. Members asked about facilities tracking, culture, and how the agency maintains accountability; staff said facilities staff inspect buildings and equipment, supervisors justify line-item requests, and the process has become smoother over time as departments learned the system. Cynthia Johnson followed with an accounts receivable overview, describing invoicing, receipting, aging, customer verification, year-end reporting, and the use of cross-training, shared email inboxes, and spreadsheets as checks and balances. She also explained work training center billing, interdepartmental transfers, and the revolving fund used to issue consumer checks more quickly than standard vendor payments. Olivia Perez presented accounts payable operations, including invoice processing through SCEIS and OnBase, the three-way match, travel reimbursements, revolving fund checks, State Treasury Office interactions, and handling of reversals, rejections, and levy notices. She reported that AP processed 67,723 SCEIS payments, 13,670 case management system invoices, 3,379 travel reimbursements, and 15,693 revolving fund checks in fiscal year 2025, with only 70 payment rejections. The final portion of the meeting covered Grants and Funds Management, where Walker explained federal reporting, drawdowns, payroll allocation, asset tracking, lease and IT contract reviews, cost allocation, and closing packages. She noted upcoming system changes such as S/4HANA, Workiva, and SC Pro, but said the agency is receiving training and feedback opportunities. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the presentation portion beyond approval of the prior minutes and a brief recess.

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• Chamber of Commerce found that 71% of Arizona parents of young children reported missing work due to
• Truckloads of paper are stored there, while electronic copies do exist.
• So the moment that someone came into our shelter, we would have reports running that said, you have a
• And it allows you as lawmakers to decide what data you would like to derive from those reports.
• We've gone through the Attorney General, or correction, the Auditor General reports, the single audits

Keywords: 1182, all

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• will reinstate this reporting will reinstate this reporting requirement<02:58:51.399> and
• This is a 15-minute vote. 359 and hr1 1326 the first electronic 359 and hr1 1326 the first electronic
• <06:36:50.398> the 359 the A and A order kir report the 359 the A and A order kir report the
• The Clerk will report the resolution.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 24, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• confidentiality provisions, such as those protecting proprietary marketing strategies or customized electronic
• The bill also relieves local agencies of paper-based, largely ignored reporting systems and replaces
• requires that health certificates for dogs imported into the for sale into California be submitted electronically

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Today we're presenting a rule for electronic visit verification for in-home personal care and attendant
• Electronic visit verification for in-home personal care and attendant care and respite care, as well
• You have already approved our rule overall for electronic visit verification.
• will institute what they call KPIs, or minimum requirements, of claims that can be submitted electronically
• or they can provide their own, and many choose the one that is either integrated into their own electronic

Keywords: 1204, all

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• “So what we support them in doing is providing reporting.
• We have spun up a lot of new reports, new dashboards in particular.
• Just before we move on to this issue, just on the reporting requirement, or any reports or requests for
• So it's 78% was electronic visit verifications?
• And was it electronic visit? It was at 85%.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Savings and efficiencies are the same items that we reported on last year.
• Infrastructure management system, a new electronic infrastructure management system that will be up in
• How we're trying to bring all of our infrastructure into the 21st century and showcase that in electronic
• We are very excited to report that we are expecting all of the prep go backslide.
• I'm very excited to report that these funds will be used by the end of the calendar year, hopefully even

Keywords: 914, all

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• action to improve public safety there, and what we have seen over the last couple of years is news reports
• very high... ...volume of scooters, and they've actually put a fence around the property like an electronic
• Members, I respectfully ask this bill be reported favorably, and thank you for your time. I close.
• We've got to buy the electrons to put through the wires; we don't have any control over the natural gas
• Remember, about a third of their budget is the cost of producing the electrons.

Bills: HB386, HB1449, HB1701, HB2142, HB2675, HB2857, HB3063, HB3171, HB3641, HB3732, HB4045, HB4370, HB4491, HB4505, HB4626, HB5267, HB5356

Keywords: construction contracts, change orders, local government, budget limits, Texas legislation, HB 1449, mobile food vendors, food trucks, mobile food service establishments, permits, county health permit, municipal permitting, Health and Safety Code Chapter 437A, Chapter 437, inspection agreements, permit reciprocity, fee cap, preemption, large counties, population over one million

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• Additionally, HB 15 clarifies. e-mails, texts, and electronic communications are not corporate records
• Electronic communications are considered books and records.
• Even four years ago, there was a study by the the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
• And lead to maybe potentially more reports having to be made.
• We'll be reporting favorably, and I thank you for your time. Okay, Speaker Rudy has a question.

Bills: HB32, HB15, HB171, HB421, HB581, HB644, HB745, HB349, HB917, HB204, HB923, HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581

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• And, yeah, okay, so this report and the findings were produced by the Center for Social Policy.
• So thank you so much, and we will be in contact anxiously for the final report.
• So we did see that 38% decrease that was reported by the Department of Health.
• The report highlights Native harms but fails to center tribal solidarity.
• The billing would help code, electronically send claims, and we would electronically receive those payments

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• Uh, the first one is the University of Wyoming loan reporting.
• So the state treasur's office reporting.
• years, we have used electronic years, we have used electronic signatures.<02:42:36.160> So
• add your um electronic signature. add your um electronic signature.
• <02:43:06.080> Chairman, electronic signature? Um, Mr. Chairman, electronic signature?

Keywords: 916, all

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• And this bill explicitly says it's okay to conduct your business 100% electronically by a video conference
• ><00:04:51.360> this increasingly um have more of this increasingly um have more of this electronic
• communication, we got to have electronic communication, we got to have a<00:04:52.960> way<00
• <00:05:24.400> by<00:05:25.039> a your business 100% electronically by a your business
• 100% electronically by a video<00:05:26.000> conference<00:05:26.560> in<00:05:26.800>

Keywords: HB 66 – discussion began at 00:03:37, 958, all

Summary: The House State Government Committee met and established a quorum after opening with the Pledge of Allegiance and introductions of several guests and interns. Representatives introduced their interns and other visitors, who were welcomed by the chair before the committee turned to its only agenda item, House Bill 66, sponsored by Representative Hodgson. The committee adopted a committee substitute for HB 66. Hodgson explained that the bill concerns the use of video meetings by public agencies, boards, and commissions. The substitute would require agencies to post members’ names, term dates, and contact information; allow routine, informational, or advisory meetings to be conducted entirely by video conference to reduce travel costs; require a physical quorum for meetings involving policy, taxation, regulation, or large grants; and require agencies to adopt procedures for remote participation. He emphasized that the bill would not affect legislative committee meetings. Members asked whether the bill would apply to local boards, whether board members are compensated for attendance and travel, and whether it would affect legislative committees. Hodgson said it would apply broadly to public agencies, including local boards such as library boards, but not to legislative committees. He also said compensation for attendance would remain unchanged, while travel expenses would not be paid when no travel occurs. The committee then voted HB 66 favorably with 18 yes votes and one pass, and later adopted a title amendment by voice vote.

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• Will the reading clerk please read the journal committee report? >> Mr.
• There being none, the report is adopted. All right. New business.
• the report is adopted. the report is adopted. All<00:09:03.120> right.
• U we're going to getting those reports.
• Revenue Electronic Communications. Revenue Electronic Communications.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Please silence all electronic devices.
• Please silence all electronic devices.
• By your vote, SB 350 is reported favorably. Thank you, Senator Graal.
• CS for SB 398 is reported favorably. Congratulations, Senator Leak.
• report and then she The requirements and toxicology findings are documented in the autopsy report and

Summary: The Senate Criminal Justice Committee met with a quorum present and took up several bills, beginning with SB 350 on public records for crime victims. Senator Graal explained that the bill clarifies victim privacy protections under the Florida Constitution and extends temporary confidentiality to the identity of an officer involved in a use-of-force incident for 72 hours, with a possible 60-day extension by written agency findings. Supporters including Marcy’s Law representatives and the Florida PBA said the measure protects victims and officers while preserving public access, and the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee then heard SB 296 and SB 298, both by Senator Berman. SB 296, as amended, directs a feasibility study for a secure web-based silent alert system for domestic violence victims and expands Florida’s address confidentiality program to dating violence victims. SB 298 similarly extends address confidentiality protections to dating violence victims. Both bills received supportive testimony from advocates, including survivors and organizations such as Florida NOW and the Alliance for Safety and Justice, and both were reported favorably. Members also approved SB 398, which replaces references to “child pornography” in Florida statutes with “child sexual abuse material,” and SB 168, which expands public nuisance law to include gambling houses and increases enforcement tools such as penalties, attorney fees, and foreclosure on unpaid fees. SB 54, as amended, was also reported favorably; the amendment broadened the bill’s scope from “mass shooter” to “violent offender,” clarified medical examiner duties, and added reporting requirements related to toxicology and psychotropic substances. The most debated measure was SB 156, the Jason Raynor Act, which would revise resistance-to-arrest provisions and add an automatic life sentence for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer. Law enforcement groups supported the bill, but the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and some senators raised concerns about removing judicial discretion and eliminating language about unlawful arrests. After debate, the committee reported SB 156 favorably, with Vice Chair Smith voting no. Several other members later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on multiple bills before adjournment.

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• student loan ombudsman's annual report student loan ombudsman's annual report revealed<00:33:44.480
• on the Commerce website, on our agenda, and can be accessed electronically.
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• trying to be conscientious and report trying to be conscientious and report the<00:31:40.399>
• :52:54.720> that<00:52:55.040> didn't the OPTIM report, uh that didn't the OPTIM report
• We don't have anywhere to report it.
• Now you report it. They just moved PCA. Now you report it.
• something to have the optimum report something to have the optimum report released<02:25:47.359>

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• send it to you electronically.
• <00:12:40.560> and if you haven't seen that report and if you haven't seen that report and
• <00:46:40.240> details report um the rate study report details report um the rate study report
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• <00:48:24.280> the results are the rates um reported the results are the rates um reported

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Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met with a quorum still coming together and first handled roll call and minutes. The main presentation came from the Department for Medicaid Services, with Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Beckle giving an overview of Kentucky Medicaid, its federal-state financing structure, and the department’s 1915(c) home- and community-based waiver programs. They explained FMAP funding levels for traditional Medicaid, administration, IT, expansion adults, and CHIP, and noted the size of the program, including more than 600,000 Kentucky children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP, about 485,000 expansion adults, over 69,000 enrolled providers, and $18.5 billion in 2024 expenditures. A major focus was the waiver system, including the acquired brain injury waivers, model waiver, independence waiver, Michelle P. waiver, and Supports for Community Living waiver. The department said these waivers are intended to keep people with physical or developmental disabilities in home and community settings rather than facilities, and that many services are not covered by Medicare or commercial insurance. Officials described participant-directed services, interagency administration, and eligibility rules, including that some waiver programs use the child’s income only rather than family income. They also reported an unduplicated waiver wait list of 13,930 people and said the General Assembly had added waiver slots in the last budget, including 650 ABI slots and 1,275 more to be allocated July 1, 2025. The department also discussed a waiver rate study conducted by Guidehouse, explaining that CMS requires a defensible rate methodology because there is no Medicare or commercial benchmark for many waiver services. They said the study used cost and wage surveys, provider and stakeholder input, and aimed to improve transparency, provider stability, and rate parity. Officials reviewed prior COVID-era Appendix K rate increases and budget-driven increases, and said the budget ultimately funded rates at about 70% of the benchmark study, while preserving higher existing rates where needed so no provider would be cut. They highlighted larger differences in behavioral support and case management rates, and said a public report is available. Members asked several questions about the potential impact of federal FMAP changes, especially possible reductions in the enhanced match for expansion adults and Medicaid IT/admin activities. DMS said any FMAP reduction would require more state general fund dollars, estimating about $75 million for each 1% drop in the expansion match, while impacts on administrative IT funding would depend on the systems being built or implemented in a given year. Members also pressed for clarification on waiver wait-list procedures, funded versus filled slots, and what happens when someone on the wait list is later found ineligible. DMS said people on the wait list may not yet have been assessed, can be reevaluated if conditions change, and are still eligible for regular Medicaid state-plan services if they qualify, even if they are waiting for waiver services.

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• A reminder about your electronics: please put them on silent, please.
• By your vote, show SBV-2500 reported favorably as a committee bill. vote show SBB 2,500, reported favorably
• By your vote, CS for CS for SB 984 is reported favorably.
• Yes, by your vote, so CS for CS for SB 984 reported favorably.
• By your vote, CS for SB 482 is reported favorably.

Bills: S2500, S2502, S2504, S7028, S2506, S2508, S2510, S2512, S2514, S2516, S2518, S0482, S0678, S0984, S1016, S1074, S1706, S7030

Keywords: budget, appropriation, education funding, healthcare, environmental protection, infrastructure, local government, Appropriations Act, funding, education, rural development, economic assistance, collective bargaining, state employees, labor relations, impasse resolution, negotiations, retirement, elected officials, Deferred Retirement Option Program

Summary: The committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2026-2027 budget, SPB 2500, with chairs outlining major spending in K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Highlights included a $115 billion overall budget, pay raises for state employees and public safety workers, major K-12 funding increases and enrollment supplements, higher education workforce and nursing investments, expanded Medicaid/KidCare and behavioral health funding, corrections and law enforcement operational funding, transportation and housing investments, and significant environmental and water quality spending. Members asked about civic education funding, declining enrollment, professor retention, APD waiver waitlists, cultural grant allocations, and other line items. Public testimony also addressed HIV/AIDS drug assistance funding and prison air conditioning. SPB 2500 was adopted as a committee bill after amendment consideration and a roll call vote. The committee then took up implementing and related budget bills, including SPB 2502 (implementing the General Appropriations Act), SPB 2504 (state employee bargaining placeholder), SB 7028 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and related retirement changes), SPB 2506 (fuel tax distributions), SPB 2508 (state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge), SPB 2510 (termination of an unused court trust fund), SPB 2512 (new judgeships), SPB 2514 (K-12 conforming changes), SPB 2516 (higher education conforming changes), and SPB 2518 (health conforming changes). Most were explained as technical or conforming measures tied to the budget, and all were reported favorably as committee bills, with SB 7028 amended to direct a portion of increased contributions to disability and line-of-duty death benefits in the FRS investment plan. The committee also heard and passed several member bills, including CS for SB 1074 on rounding rules for cash transactions in a world without pennies, CS for SB 678 restoring the alcohol loss deduction framework for distributors, and SB 964 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention. SB 964 drew the most discussion, with questions about the one-year death-benefit window, the separate $25,000 cancer diagnosis payment, and whether the bill could create gaps in coverage for firefighters diagnosed or dying just outside the new time limits. Firefighter representatives testified in support, saying the bill would provide clearer protections for members and families. All of these measures were reported favorably.