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• back to the universe we all lived in 6 months ago, clarifies the law's intent, and maintains the payment
• and clarifies [snorts] the law's intent, and maintains<00:01:49.560> the<00:01:49.640> payment
• ><00:01:49.960> structure<00:01:50.320> that<00:01:50.480> has maintains the payment
• structure that has maintains the payment structure that has been<00:01:50.800> in<00:01:50.920

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: Senators and House members held a press event in support of HF 4188, a bill addressing commercial insurance coverage for home care nursing for medically complex children who also receive medical assistance. Speakers said the issue arose after Medica and HealthPartners began imposing caps on coverage that had been provided for years under Minnesota law, and argued that the change would shift costs to Medicaid and taxpayers, create budget pressure, and force families to reduce other needed services. They emphasized that home care nursing is distinct from short-term home health visits and said the bill would prohibit quantity limits and clarify that insurers must continue covering authorized nursing care. Parents and family members described the impact on children who depend on continuous skilled nursing to remain safely at home, including one family whose child Nash has spent extensive time hospitalized and another speaker who said her niece Isabel’s care showed how many nurses, aides, and hospice workers are involved in these cases. Testimony stressed that the coverage caps could lead to more hospitalizations, ICU stays, and trauma for children and families, while costing more overall than home care. Several lawmakers, including Sen. Matt Klein and Rep. Robert Bierman, said the statute’s original intent was clear in 2010 and that the plans’ reinterpretation and the Commerce Department’s response should be corrected. Lawmakers said the Commerce and Consumer Protection Conference Committee has completed its work but is being kept open for the remaining days of session in hopes of resolving the issue this year. In response to questions, supporters said the bill is intended as a clarification rather than a new mandate, that it would simply bar caps on already-authorized home care nursing, and that they believe there is support to move it through the House and Senate before adjournment.

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• It's really that long-term contract and all of those financial guarantees, the collateral payments, the
• Guarantees, the collateral payments, the termination fees, the reduction fees, all of those things, the
• money we have in front, the kind of deposit that they're making, the two years' worth of electric payments
• We asked the Public Service Commission to look at five or ten years' worth of electric payments, because

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• state government to allow for funding for important things like payroll costs, SUNY pensions, WIC payment
• STATE GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW FOR FUNDING FOR IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE PAYROLL COSTS, SUNY PENSIONS, WIC PAYMENT
• Only one of the ten has been done, and that's the one to authorize our continued payments of our debts
• ONLY ONE OF THE TEN HAS BEEN DONE AND THAT'S THE AUTHORIZE OUR CONTINUED PAYMENTS OF OUR DEBTS, WHICH

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with ceremonial opening proceedings, approved the prior journal, and then moved through a series of calendar actions, including discharging and substituting identical companion bills from committee and restoring several bills to the Third Reading Calendar after reconsideration. The chamber also took up a supplemental budget calendar and a controversial supplemental budget extender, with Senator O’Mara questioning the delay in final budget negotiations, the size of the extender, table targets, and unresolved policy issues such as auto insurance reforms, SEQRA, New York for All, and CLCPA changes. Senator Serrano responded that negotiations were ongoing and that the extender was a clean measure to keep state government functioning. The budget extender bills were then passed, with Senator Weik voting in the negative on one of them. The Senate also adopted a resolution memorializing May 4, 2026, as 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum Day, and hosted Major General Scott Naumann and other Fort Drum leaders and soldiers for remarks on the division’s deployments, readiness, economic impact, and requests for continued state support on items such as microreactors, health care, DMV services, dining facilities, airports, and mineral-related development. The Fort Drum resolution drew extensive bipartisan praise from Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Minority Leader Ortt, Senator Scarcella-Spanton, Senator Ashby, Senator Walczyk, and others, who emphasized the division’s military history, its role as a major employer and economic driver in Northern New York, and the sacrifices of service members and their families. Several senators highlighted individual soldiers in attendance and their service records, while the resolution was opened for co-sponsorship and adopted. The Senate also recognized a visiting child author, Thomas Ortiz, who was introduced for publishing a book encouraging kindness and friendship. After the ceremonial segment, the Senate returned to regular business and passed a series of bills on the calendar, including measures affecting environmental conservation, executive law, public service, education, public authorities, real property tax, criminal procedure, election law, and civil rights. Some bills drew negative votes from a bloc of senators, particularly on the environmental, criminal procedure, election, and civil rights measures, but all listed bills were ultimately passed. The Senate then adjourned until the next day.

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• ask you to look at whether or not all state agencies, which receive general funds for their risk payments
• If you want to do a deep dive into those risk management payments, we have a dashboard online, and there's
• LFC estimates that the 2024 per member per month payments to MCOs were roughly $785,000, and the cost
• does have a scale down as far as what we can tax hospitals and then what we can deliver in directed payment

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• federal court, if the Department of Revenue determines you have committed fraud, if you receive a payment
• if<00:05:25.960> you<00:05:26.080> receive<00:05:26.440> a<00:05:26.520> payment
• <00:05:26.919> from<00:05:27.120> a if you receive a payment from a if you receive
• a payment from a fraudster<00:05:27.760> as<00:05:27.880> an<00:05:28.000> accomplice

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: Senator Steve Drazkowski and Representative Anderson held a press event promoting the bipartisan, bicameral “Take It Back Act,” a bill aimed at recovering taxpayer money lost to government fraud. They cited major Minnesota fraud cases, including medical assistance fraud, CCAP, and Feeding Our Future, and argued that the state has become a destination for fraud. They said the bill would impose a 100% tax or excise tax on money obtained through fraud, with proceeds deposited into a tax relief fund for income and property tax relief. The sponsors said the measure is intended to create a stronger deterrent and to recover money even when criminal restitution or prosecutions do not fully recoup losses. They discussed examples of unrecovered funds, said the Department of Revenue could use criminal findings, data analytics, and IRS-sharing data to identify fraud, and noted that the bill includes an appeal process through tax court. They also said the current draft focuses on convicted fraudsters and people or organizations determined by the commissioner to have obtained money by fraud, while trying to avoid sweeping in innocent employees or others who were unaware of wrongdoing. Anderson said the bill already has significant bipartisan support, including 11 House Democrats and Senator Rest, and that the House Tax Committee hearing is scheduled for April 30. He said the sponsors are working with the Department of Revenue on implementation and may revise the bill to make administration easier. The sponsors said they hope to move the bill through the House and Senate this session, and they closed by encouraging the press to review the fraud website they referenced, mnfraudfiles.com.

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• They want to be treated the same as other counties, and that is being able to take payments on the collection
• They want to be treated the same as other counties, and that is and that is be able to take payments
• different counties in West Central Missouri, and each one of those collectors have an option to take payments
• , ...have an option to take payments, and they report to me that it is very, very well received by their

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the House Journal for the 51st day by roll call vote, 117-1. Members then spent a long portion of the morning on personal privileges and introductions of guests, including students, local officials, university visitors, fraternity and sorority members, county officials, banking association representatives, and other constituents. The Speaker also suspended business several times so the Speaker could sign enrolled bills and a Senate substitute, including HB 2061, HB 2641, HB 2423, and HB 2934. The main floor debate centered on House Concurrent Resolution 48, which urges Congress to pass the SAVE America Act requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. Supporters argued it would protect election integrity and prevent non-citizen voting, while opponents said it would function as a poll tax, create burdens for women, seniors, students, military members, immigrants, and others who may need to re-register, and would be unnecessary given existing verification systems and the rarity of non-citizen voting. After extended debate and a motion for the previous question, HCR 48 passed third reading 92-43. The House then took up House Concurrent Resolution 23, a federalism resolution urging Congress to reaffirm state authority over elections; it passed unanimously, 137-0. The House also perfected and printed House Bill 2855, which adjusts workers’ compensation and second injury fund tax rate changes from 0.5% increments to 0.1% increments to better match receipts and expenditures. An amendment dealing with permanent total cases and replacement of attorneys in long-running cases was adopted, and the bill was then perfected and printed. House Bill 1906 was also perfected and printed; it would allow township counties to offer annual, semi-annual, or quarterly payment options for real and personal property taxes, a change supporters said would help taxpayers and modernize outdated statutory language. The House ended the morning session by announcing committee and event notices and then recessed until 2 p.m.

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• Madam Witt, members, House Bill 2667 requires recipients of first-time homebuyer or down-payment assistance
• Madam Witt, members, House Bill 2812 increases the payment limitation an Arizona officer or employee
• Madam Witt members, House Bill 2667 requires recipients of first-time homebuyer or down-payment assistant
• Madam Wippant members, House Bill 2812 increases the payment limitation in Arizona officer or employee

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a rapid review of a very large bill package, with the chair repeatedly asking staff to keep descriptions high level and many bills placed on third-read consent or consent calendars. A major theme was artificial intelligence: bills would require minors to be told when they are interacting with AI, allow AI-assisted divorce arbitration by consent, create an AI education program, privilege certain AI communications, and require K-12 instruction on ethical and practical AI use. Other education measures addressed school district superintendents, health instruction, anti-Semitism prohibitions, fetal development standards, and school safety, including a bill allowing concealed firearms on school grounds under specified conditions. Several health and public safety bills were also discussed. These included funding and oversight measures for childhood cancer research, nursing care complaint timelines, firefighter cancer data collection, limits on pharmacy penalties, and a bill making it a felony to administer abortion-inducing drugs without consent. Members also heard bills on overtime wage enforcement, domestic violence evidence standards in parenting cases, probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, and a measure expanding manslaughter liability to online encouragement of teen suicide. One sponsor strongly opposed a provisional medical licensing bill for foreign-trained applicants, while other sponsors emphasized rural health access, nurse anesthetist reimbursement parity, and the need for a dental board member who is an oral surgeon. A large portion of the meeting focused on water, land, energy, and state agency oversight. Bills would streamline or change rules for small modular reactors, new power plants, water supply determinations, groundwater transportation fees, water hauling, and state land disposition. Members also considered measures affecting the State Land Department, including audits, oversight boards, continuation, land-use maps for data centers and energy projects, and rules for mineral leases and solar or wind siting. Other topics included wildlife and ranching, Mexican wolf policy, annexation, housing and development incentives, transportation and towing rules, digital driver licenses, and a proposed four-year moratorium on municipal and county fee, tax, and utility-rate increases, which drew questions about stakeholder input and the impact on enterprise funds and local utilities. No recorded roll-call votes were taken in the transcript; most items were simply presented, briefly discussed, and left on consent or calendar status, with one bill noted as held in rules and another pulled for further discussion.

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• The payment error rate refers to the amount of SNAP benefits that are incorrectly issued, either overpaid
• that it includes no additional appropriations for the department to carry out its work to reduce the payment
• I will note that Governor Hobbs has... ...out its work to reduce the payment error rate.
• has already appropriated $7.5 million in ARPA funds to begin the process of reducing the state's payment

Keywords: 1182, all

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• AD&H, a major payer and provider, in charge of all licensing for the area in which they authorize payment
• 17:37.360> which<00:17:37.520> they<00:17:37.840> authorize<00:17:38.400> payment
• the area in which they authorize payment the area in which they authorize payment and<00:17:39.440

Bills: SB78, SB103, SB113, SB180, SB78, SB103, SB113, SB180

Keywords: inhalants, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, possession, sale, misdemeanor, felony, criminal penalties, public health, public works, sealed bids, bid advertisement, procurement, government contracting, construction bids, municipal bidding, county bidding, state bidding, Department of Transportation

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• All right, we are on House Bill 165, Payment of Certain IRB Special Assessments.
• with a financier and just add it on to their leases, essentially, or to their mortgages, to their payments
• in no way are the public entities, the municipalities, the counties, on the hook for any of the payments
• or stops on payments.

Bills: HB99, HB38, HB165, HB127, HB72, HB151, SB40, SB104, SB136, SB164

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• So then you contract with the LMHR, but the ultimate payment comes from HHSC, and then, um.
• One other thing that I would ask that you try to figure out and uh are there payment alternative payment
• cost of one collection receptacle per site, destruction of collected drugs, and a one-time incentive payment

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• Redondo: WITH SOME OF THE PAYMENTS OR DONATIONS THAT WERE MADE DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE OF WHEN THEY $5
• HELP HOPE FLORIDA FOUNDATION IN COMPLYING WITH THE PAPERWORK THAT IT RETROACTIVELY JUSTIFIED THE PAYMENT
• FOUNDATION IN COMPLYING WITH THE PAPERWORK THAT IT RETROACTIVELY JUSTIFIED THE PAYMENT?
• HAVE THE GRANT PROPOSAL IN HAND, FOURTH PARAGRAPH DOWN, FIRST SENTENCE NOTES PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PAYMENT

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• and find you if they can't get a hold of you, if there's something that they need, whether it's for payment
• and find you if they can't get a hold of you, if there's something that they need, whether it's for payment
• Most folks will have automatic payment. And for some reason, the charge doesn't go through.
• hear the goal of most of these small business owners is to actually get in touch with the person for payment

Summary: The Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee heard and voted on four bills. HB 587 on self-storage spaces would let rental agreements include an alternate contact person and allow default notices to be published online instead of only in newspapers, while keeping existing notice timelines and servicemember protections. Newspaper and press witnesses opposed the online-notice change, arguing it could reduce public reach and transparency, especially in rural areas; the sponsor said newspapers could still be used and the bill was only adding another option. The committee adopted an amendment changing the effective date to October 1, 2025, and then reported the bill favorably 12-2. HB 6033 would repeal the Florida Labor Pool Act. The sponsor argued the act duplicates other state and federal protections, while opponents said it contains unique safeguards for day laborers, including limits on fees, transportation charges, and deductions, and a private right of action. Testimony from labor advocates and workers warned repeal would reduce protections for vulnerable workers; the sponsor and supporters said other laws already cover the issues. The committee reported the bill favorably 11-3. HB 897, dealing with timeshare plan management, was presented as a clarification of conflicts created by recent condominium legislation and would require faster records responses, more disclosure of contracts, and clearer remedies for mismanagement. Support came from industry groups, and the bill passed unanimously, 14-0. The final measure, PCS for HB 1385, created a civil remedy for parental abduction or unlawful withholding of a child in violation of a timesharing order. Family law attorneys opposed it over concerns about added litigation, child involvement, and overlap with existing remedies, while the sponsors and supporters said it would provide needed deterrence and compensation in serious cases. The committee adopted the PCS and reported it favorably 13-0.

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• Members in the 88th legislative session, House Bill 3603 directed TDCJ to send restitution payments collected
• If a victim cannot be located or fails to claim those funds within 5 years, the payments are considered
• And a detailed payment history when transferring restitution funds to county and district clerks.
• This helps ensure local officials have the tools needed to locate victims and issue payments in a timely

Bills: HB153

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• Lenders like it when the slow, boring, steady monthly payments come in on time in accordance with the
• :24.080> boring<00:03:25.040> steady<00:03:26.040> monthly<00:03:26.920> payments
• <00:03:27.599> come slow boring steady monthly payments come slow boring steady monthly payments

Bills: HF1224, HF1615, HF2403

Keywords: foreclosure, mortgage postponement, homeowners, redemption period, Minnesota Statutes, cannabis, hemp, lower-potency, edibles, regulations, licensing, local control, consumer safety, age restrictions, commerce policy, financial institutions, insurance regulation, limited long-term care insurance, Medicare supplement, health insurance

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• she is paying around $1,800 a month without covering any other expenses, and with this insurance payment
• she's looking at having around $400 left each month to cover food, necessities, the actual car loan payment
• she is paying around $1,800 a month without covering any other expenses, and with this insurance payment
• she's looking at having around $400 left each month to cover food, necessities, the actual car loan payment

Keywords: 1183, house

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• No, this would be for MinnesotaCare payments for illegal immigrants in Minnesota.
• :15:02.519> for<00:15:03.160> Minnesota<00:15:03.800> care<00:15:04.480> payments
• <00:15:05.000> for<00:15:05.839> uh be for Minnesota care payments for uh be for Minnesota
• care payments for uh illegal<00:15:06.399> immigrants<00:15:06.759> in illegal immigrants

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• multiple different ones depending on which policy, so the one that we chose with the retroactive payment
• the policy that we chose with the<00:21:28.720> retroactive the retroactive the retroactive payment
• 32.159> any<00:21:32.440> changes<00:21:32.919> or<00:21:33.159> tweaks payment
• are there any changes or tweaks payment are there any changes or tweaks that<00:21:33.799> need

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Will they halt Social Security payments that seniors count on next?
• mega-donor, the man with incredible conflicts of interest, Elon Musk, he's about to launch a new payment
• regularly put out in front of the American people areas of waste. and abuse and fraud or improper payments
• Services as an example, last year the HHS Inspector General exposed $35 million in improper Medicare payments

Keywords: fiscal responsibility, government waste, foreign aid, funding resolution, legislative oversight

Summary: The committee meeting addressed government spending and foreign aid, with a particular emphasis on perceived wasteful expenditures. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to discussing a funding resolution for the committee, which received unanimous support from the members present. The chair noted a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, signaling that the committee was ready to conduct its business. Discussions highlighted ongoing debates concerning fiscal responsibility and the necessity of legislative oversight, notably regarding foreign aid allocations and their implications for domestic fiscal health.

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• He's already paid a $145,000 down payment and has about $400,000 on loan at an 11% interest rate.
• He's already paid a $145,000 down payment and has about $400,000 on loan at an 11% interest rate.
• He's already paid a $145,000 down payment and has about $400,000 on loan at an 11% interest rate.
• He's already paid a $145,000 down payment and has about $400,000 on loan at an 11% interest rate.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all