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• other aging programs through the area development districts that later in the year, you know, they monitor
• It is monitored and audited regularly.
• It is<01:09:42.000> monitored<01:09:42.400> and<01:09:42.640> audited<01:09:43.199
• is monitored and audited regularly. is monitored and audited regularly.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 State Health Insurance Plans 00:00:03 Executive Branch Salary Schedule Adjustments 00:29:15 Nutrition Program for the Elderly 00:34:52 Update on DORIS 01:05:38, 958, all

Summary: The committee met on November 5, 2025, and first approved the minutes after a moment of silence for the UPS airport tragedy. The main presentation was from the Personnel Cabinet on the state health insurance plans and executive branch salary schedule adjustments. Officials said the health plan covers roughly 265,000 active members and up to about 300,000 across all benefit offerings, including school board employees, retirees, and other eligible groups. They described rising claims and expenditures, especially from high-cost claimants and pharmacy spending, and said recent premium and benefit changes were intended to balance costs while preserving recruitment and retention efforts. They also explained that employee premiums had not increased for several years, while employer contributions rose sharply in recent years, and projected a 10% employer increase and 3% employee increase going forward based on actuarial analysis. Committee members asked about deductibles, GLP-1 drug costs, claims validation, and the causes of cost growth; officials said the plan uses multiple payment-integrity vendors and that the increases reflect utilization, drug trends, and high-cost cases rather than a change in coverage. The committee also discussed executive branch salary schedule adjustments. Personnel and budget officials explained that when the legislature approves annual pay increases, the salary schedule is adjusted by the same percentage through executive order so the minimum and midpoint stay aligned with approved compensation levels. They said the 2025 adjustment was a 3% match effective September 16 and that the change was costless because salaries had already been increased. Members raised concerns about salary compression, noting that new hires can sometimes be paid near the level of long-serving employees. Officials said the adjustment helps prevent compression from worsening but does not solve it, and they acknowledged prior RFP efforts to address the issue were unsuccessful because no qualified bidder met the requirements. After the health plan and salary discussions, the committee began a presentation from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on Kentucky’s senior meal program. Secretary Stack explained that the program is a federal-state-local partnership under the Older Americans Act, with area development districts helping deliver services. He outlined eligibility rules, noting that congregate meals at senior centers are available to people age 60 and older, with a spouse of any age allowed to join, and that home-delivered meals have additional homebound and assistance requirements. Members asked whether there was any means test for congregate meals, and the secretary said there is not; the only threshold is age for the center-based meals, while the home-delivered program has additional criteria.

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• If other risk pools decide to be monitored under the Insurance Department, that could be a different
• If other risk pools decide to be monitored under the Insurance Department, that could be a different
• decide<00:45:43.359> to<00:45:43.599> be<00:45:44.160> uh<00:45:44.319> monitored
• <00:45:44.880> under pools decide to be uh monitored under pools decide to be uh monitored

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 297 and a new amendment, 2462, which combined the original Senate bill with the Carson amendment and added a proposed alternative regulatory system, RSA 420R. The chair and members discussed that the amendment was intended to give the Senate what it had asked for while also creating a dual system for public entity risk pools. Members asked whether the new structure would affect ownership or governance of health trusts, and the chair explained that 420R would be a separate regulatory statute while existing 420J-style arrangements could remain in place. The committee also noted that a paragraph had been accidentally deleted from the amendment and that another amendment would be prepared to correct it, with the subcommittee recessed while that was done. Public testimony focused on School Care, represented by Executive Director Lisa Ducette, who opposed the shift to Department of Insurance oversight under 420R. She argued that public entity risk pools are not insurance companies, that they are accountable to member entities and taxpayers, and that the proposed dual regulation would add unnecessary costs through examinations, higher reserves, and additional accounting requirements. She said the change could threaten tax-exempt status and create an uneven playing field, and she urged the committee to support SB 297 with the Carson amendment instead of moving to 420R. Committee members questioned whether the amendment would actually affect pools that stayed under the Secretary of State model, and one member cited support from the New Hampshire Municipal Association for the dual system. The discussion then shifted to amendment 245 on ambulance reimbursement and contracting timelines. Members reviewed a provision giving insurers 45 days and ambulance providers 60 days in the contracting process, and one member suggested making both periods 60 days. The chair and others said the current language was intentional and part of a broader compromise aimed at ending balance billing and forcing insurers to establish reimbursement rates. Members noted that the measure was unusual and that its effects would be reviewed over the next two years, with one member saying the bill would likely be difficult to roll back later. No final vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• This bill provides an extraordinary windfall for the device manufacturers with no oversight or monitoring
• When I was put on an ankle monitor, my probation officer came to my middle school.
• Middle School, not to check on my well-being, but to check whether I had taken off or removed the monitor
• reporting. ...records or outdated convictions, and require data transparency in annual reporting to monitor
• reporting. records or outdated convictions, and require data transparency in annual reporting to monitor

Summary: The committee heard several public safety measures, beginning with housekeeping items and the adoption of a four-bill consent calendar. Bills on the consent calendar included AB 476 on metal theft, AB 619 on California Conservation Corps training for formerly incarcerated people, AB 1192 on child abuse or neglect reporting, and AB 1239 on human trafficking data. Several bills were pulled by the authors before hearing, and the committee also announced that AB 379 would be heard with a file notice waiver and AB 63 would be for testimony only. The most extensive discussion was on AB 366, which would require ignition interlock devices for anyone convicted of DUI. The author, Senator Archuleta, and a MADD representative gave emotional testimony about family members killed by drunk drivers and argued the bill would save lives. Support came from law enforcement, fire, medical, auto club, and safety groups. Opposition from public defenders and criminal justice advocates focused on loss of judicial discretion, costs for low-income drivers, and concerns about vendor oversight and effectiveness. The committee voted to pass AB 366 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 1380, which would create a permanent pathway into firefighting careers for formerly incarcerated people who served on Cal Fire hand crews. The author and supporters said the bill would recognize service, improve reentry, and reduce recidivism; a fire labor group withdrew its opposition after amendments were discussed. The measure passed to Appropriations, though it remained on call pending one additional vote. AB 461, which would remove criminal penalties for parents of truant K-8 students and replace them with supportive responses, drew broad support from education and justice advocates but no opposition testimony; it was also passed to Appropriations and left on call pending one more vote. ACR 60, recognizing the Downey Police Department’s special-needs communication program for interactions with people with disabilities or sensory challenges, was adopted unanimously. The committee then heard AB 746 on creating an inmate cooperative program and a green reentry reserve for incarcerated workers. Supporters said it would build job skills, dignity, and reentry success; there was no opposition testimony. The bill passed to Appropriations and was left on call pending votes. Finally, AB 379 on human trafficking drew strong support from survivor advocates, law enforcement, and local officials for creating a survivor services fund and targeting buyers, but also strong opposition from survivors and civil liberties groups who warned it would criminalize vulnerable people and revive harmful loitering enforcement. The committee discussion continued with members weighing survivor support, public safety tools, and concerns about the bill’s amendments and scope.

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• These locally developed programs are approved, supported, and monitored by the department.
• These locally developed programs are approved, supported, and monitored by the department. they think
• are approved developed programs are approved supported<00:38:47.680> and<00:38:48.000> monitored
• <00:38:48.760> by<00:38:48.960> the supported and monitored by the supported and monitored

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee met under a new Senate power-sharing arrangement with co-chairs, began with member and staff introductions, and then received a jurisdiction overview from Senate counsel. The overview explained that the Labor Committee’s jurisdiction has not changed from the previous biennium and covers fair labor standards, minimum wage, workers’ compensation, occupational safety and health, and related agencies and boards such as the Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Mediation Services, PERB, and the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. It also noted that some topics, including paid leave, fall under other committees, while earned sick and safe time remains within Labor and Industry jurisdiction. Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach and Josiah Moore then gave a detailed Department of Labor and Industry presentation. They reviewed the department’s funding sources, emphasizing that workers’ compensation funds and construction codes/licensing revenues make up most of the budget, while the general fund is a small share. They described the department’s major divisions, including workers’ compensation, construction codes and licensing, labor standards, nursing home workforce standards, and OSHA consultation and compliance, and highlighted practical examples of their work. Examples included return-to-work assistance for an injured worker, compliance training that reduced penalties for self-insurers and claim administrators, and use of the Special Compensation Fund when an employer lacked workers’ compensation insurance. The labor standards section highlighted enforcement actions involving unpaid overtime, pregnancy and parental leave retaliation, wage deductions, and child labor violations, along with totals for 2024 collections and inquiries. The presentation also noted the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s adopted rules, the expansion of construction licensing exams statewide, and OSHA consultation programs such as Min-SHARP and MINSTAR, including a Minnesota employer that recently achieved MINSTAR status. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Needed to ensure that the Texas State Library and Archives monitor its condition.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Here's a back office operation that is monitoring. All right. Any other questions? Go ahead.

Bills: HB297, HB587

Keywords: cash transactions, money transmission, regulatory compliance, criminal penalties, Alabama Securities Commission, information technology, auditors, financial institutions, cybersecurity, certifications, state regulations, 1136, house, all

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• This can include reporting, monitoring data, costs, and review provisions.
• This can include around<00:14:17.199> reporting,<00:14:18.079> monitoring<00:14:18.639>
• data,<00:14:19.040> costs around reporting, monitoring data, costs around reporting, monitoring
• The next slide is effective strategies for monitoring that implementation of curriculum, and that is
• :21.679> that strategies for monitoring that strategies for monitoring that implementation<01:

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call – 0:00:00 Workforce Pell Grant Update – 0:03:30 Extension Office Update – 0:33:25 Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies – 1:07:08 Early Literacy Outcomes – 1:32:20 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 1:58:30 Adjournment 2:13:13, 958, all

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• So, the bill also establishes a PFAS monitoring requirement.
• Any data center discharging wastewater into surface waters must monitor the PFAS using U.S.
• So, the bill also establishes a PFAS So, the bill also establishes a PFAS monitoring<01:52:49.920>
• Any data center monitoring requirement.
• <01:52:57.480> the<01:52:57.640> PFAS and uh must monitor the PFAS and uh must monitor

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• So, if you're being monitored<01:09:07.279> by<01:09:07.520> somebody<01:09:08.000>
• unwarrantedly monitored by somebody unwarrantedly monitored by somebody unwarrantedly placing<01:
• He monitored her every action using GPS. He threatened those she loved.
• Our systems failed Marisol because it didn't fully recognize what monitored her every action using GPS
• . monitored her every action using GPS.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• . >> Who monitors this? >> Uh, we would at the university. >> So folks audit?
• And >> who<01:01:42.079> monitors<01:01:42.640> this?
• <01:01:43.280> Who >> who monitors this? Who >> who monitors this?
• And, um, how are you folks going to monitor compliance with the prohibition on artificial parceling of
• compliance with the prohibition monitor compliance with the prohibition on<02:07:41.280> artificial

Bills: SB2024, SB896, SB2613, SB494, SB2391, SB2125, SB2614, SB2615, SB3262, SB3325, SB3118

Keywords: charter schools, public-private partnership, school facilities, education funding, community need, education, capital improvement, reporting, transparency, technical expertise, public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139

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• , when students are in a traditional IEP program, those processes are continually documented and monitored
• , when students are in a traditional IEP program, those processes are continually documented and monitored
• , when students are in a traditional IEP program, those processes are continually documented and monitored
• , when students are in a traditional IEP program, those processes are continually documented and monitored
• and monitored to determine whether<00:51:49.040> or<00:51:49.200> not<00:51:49.359>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The commission to study the cost of special education met, confirmed a quorum, introduced members and guests, and approved the minutes from the October 29 meeting. Members noted the commission’s mandate under Senate Bill 57 and emphasized the need to focus on recommendations and findings by July 1, 2026. The chair also distributed additional handouts, including materials related to the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program and administrative rules tied to differentiated aid and disability determinations. The main discussion centered on how students qualify for differentiated aid under the EFA program. Matt Sutherton of the Children’s Scholarship Fund explained that the organization, which contracts with the state to administer EFAs, accepts either school-district/IEP documentation or a medical certification of disability (MCD) from a licensed medical professional. Members questioned how this process relates to the state’s special education rules and whether the school-district examiner standards in ED 107/1107.04 apply to EFAs. Sutherton said the MCD form, created with the department, requires the medical professional to sign that they are qualified to make the determination and to identify the disability. Several members expressed concern that the EFA process is less rigorous than the school-district IEP process and may be inflating disability counts. One member argued that the administrative rules cited are primarily for school districts, not EFAs, and said the Department of Education may not know how many of the roughly 890 EFA students receiving differentiated aid came through school-district documentation versus the MCD pathway. Another member said the EFA system appears more generous than the school system and raised concerns about oversight, auditing, and whether the program’s data are accurate. Sutherton said the organization reviews signed documentation, credentials, and diagnosis information, and may request additional records to help adjudicate expenses. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the prior minutes.

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• provisional discharge, providing technical assistance to local and regional bodies tasked with monitoring
• We don't even know how many people out there are civil committed but not well monitored.
• and Regional uh bodies tasked<01:19:10.719> uh<01:19:10.920> with<01:19:11.080> monitoring
• <01:19:11.639> civil tasked uh with monitoring civil tasked uh with monitoring civil committed
• we don't know um how many monitored we don't know um how many people<01:19:27.280> are<01:19:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• who are nearing release, allowing eligible prisoners to serve part of the end of their sentence in monitored

Keywords: 1182, all

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• To do the surveillance, if you will, monitoring the administration from the OwRB.

Keywords: 914, all

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• It also clarifies that the committee will monitor investigation procedures.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• It also clarifies that the committee will monitor investigation procedures.

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• An assistant in the classroom has to monitor what he’s using, and I did all I could as a parent.
• An assistant in the classroom has to monitor what he’s using, and I did all I could as a parent.
• An assistant in the classroom has to monitor what he’s using, and I did all I could as a parent.
• An assistant in the classroom has to monitor what he’s using, and I did all I could as a parent.
• <03:15:07.680> the creating the account monitoring the creating the account monitoring the

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 232, which would protect health care workers’ conscience rights in connection with certain procedures, especially abortion and sterilization, and also referenced contraception. The prime sponsor, Rep. Mark Pearson, said the bill is meant to prevent medical professionals from being forced to participate in procedures that violate their beliefs, while still prohibiting discrimination against patients based on protected characteristics. He said the measure was intended to help retain health care workers in New Hampshire and noted he had added an amendment to address concerns about people taking jobs only to later refuse duties, as well as emergency situations where a provider is the only one available. Committee members raised concerns about how broadly the bill and amendment were written. Questions focused on whether the protections could apply to non-physician staff such as schedulers, receptionists, or pharmacy employees; whether a provider could refuse to schedule, refer, or otherwise assist with services; and how “emergency” would be determined in practice. Several members also questioned whether the bill could affect access to contraception, including pharmacy sales and procedures such as tubal ligation, and whether the language was clear enough to prevent confusion or unintended refusals of care. Pearson said the bill was not intended to allow refusal of emergency care or general patient discrimination, and he acknowledged some language could be tweaked. Rep. Paige Boerman, a maternal-child health nurse, testified in opposition, saying she had seen pharmacists question prescriptions related to miscarriage care and that the bill could create barriers to contraception and other reproductive health services. She warned that the lack of a disclosure requirement and the broad definitions could create risks, especially in rural areas with limited providers. She also pointed to problems she said had occurred in other states, arguing the bill could lead to delayed care in emergencies. The hearing ended after questions and discussion; no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• They're working 10-hour days, 6 days a week, making split-second decisions to monitor thousands of lives
• They're working 10-hour days, 6 days a week, making split-second decisions to monitor thousands of lives
• They're working 10-hour days, 6 days a week, making split-second decisions to monitor thousands of lives
• They're working 10-hour days, 6 days a week, making split-second decisions to monitor thousands of lives
• wound healing in bandage that monitors wound healing in real<00:16:21.279> time.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Vice Chair, for monitoring the time as we very much want to hear from everyone.
• Vice Chair, for monitoring the time as we very much want to hear from everyone.
• very aware and is closely monitoring very aware and is closely monitoring some<02:06:46.800>
• <04:33:34.719> or you know be able to only monitor or you know be able to only monitor or
• <04:34:22.480> like<04:34:22.719> I monitored more closely because like I monitored

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first continued its hearing on HB 1287, which concerns the definition of “veteran.” Representative Manion explained that the amendment would adopt the federal-style definition by including a general discharge under honorable conditions, while restoring documentation requirements such as a DD214 and removing a problematic reference to World War II allied veterans. The chair said the committee would close the hearing and take the bill up later in executive session. The committee then moved to HCR 13, a resolution calling for an Article V convention limited to proposing a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress. Representative Joe Alexander, the prime sponsor, said the measure is narrowly focused on congressional term limits, that 12 states have already passed similar resolutions, and that broad public support in New Hampshire justifies action. Members asked whether the effort would prompt Congress to act on its own, whether the resolution should also cover Supreme Court justices, and how many states are needed; Alexander said the goal is to pressure Congress, that the Constitution already treats Supreme Court justices differently, and that 34 states are required. Testimony in support came from former Representative Linda Masamela, who gave a history-based argument for Article V conventions as a constitutional check, and from Deborah Childs and Aaron Ducet of U.S. Term Limits. Childs said New Hampshire voters strongly support term limits and argued they would open seats to younger, more diverse candidates. Ducet said the application is single-topic and would allow only one amendment, described Article V applications as historically common, and argued that state pressure can force Congress to act. No vote was taken in the portion provided; the chair continued hearing testimony on HCR 13.

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• <03:25:28.080> every Americans transactions and monitor every Americans transactions and monitor
• monitor and restrict citizen spending. monitor and restrict citizen spending.
• The federal government has no business monitoring Americans' daily financial lives.
• > Americans<03:27:51.600> daily no business monitoring Americans daily no business monitoring
• This suggestion of big brother and monitoring is just a fabrication, a boogeyman.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, July 17, 2025, 1012, house, all