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• It saves time and money, and it's great for doctors, nurses, and seniors.
• IT SAVES TIME AND MONEY, AND IT'S GREAT FOR DOCTORS, NURSES AND SENIORS.
• However, for small businesses seeking financing to build something like a surgery center or a nursing
• However, for small businesses seeking financing to build something like a surgery center or a nursing
• And time after time, the doctors, nurses, therapists, and staff have delivered world-class care rooted

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• It is not about regulating political speech. It is not about public. Mistakes.
• It is not about regulating political speech.
• Chairman and committee, my name is Kathy Prattie, and I'm a nurse that sees and works in a rural area
• When we are regulated, clear, and healed, we make better decisions under pressure.
• HB 1717 is the psilocybin regulated access bill.

Committee: House Emerging Issues and Professional Registration

Summary: The committee first met in executive session and voted do pass on House Bill 3037, House Bill 2760, House Bill 1778, and House Bill 2830, each by recorded roll call. HB 3037, HB 2760, and HB 1778 all passed 8-4, while HB 2830 passed unanimously 12-0. The committee also said it would not take up HB 1746 and HB 1769 yet, because more work was needed on an amendment. The public hearing began with House Bill 3005, sponsored by Representative Justice, which would require public and school libraries to adopt and post reconsideration policies for challenged materials, limit requests to local residents or parents/guardians, extend the process to digital materials, and prohibit tracking or retaining personalized user data from digital library resources. Justice said the bill was developed with the Secretary of State’s office and library groups and was intended to add transparency, local control, and privacy protections. Testimony from EBSCO Information Services and the Missouri Library Association supported the bill as a codification of existing library practices and a way to create clearer procedures. The committee then heard a group of similar bills on AI-generated or digitally altered depictions, including measures by Representatives Lucas, Farnan, Gallick, Schmidt, Williams, Houseman, and Dolan. The sponsors described the bills as closing loopholes in child pornography, revenge-porn, and digital impersonation laws, creating civil remedies, criminal penalties, and in some versions platform takedown requirements for nonconsensual altered images. Members raised questions about how to combine the bills, whether sunsets should be included, and how the proposals relate to existing revenge-porn law. No votes were taken on these bills during the hearing. Finally, the committee heard House Bills 2817 and 2961 on ibogaine research for veterans and other trauma-affected populations, followed by House Bills 1717 and 1643 on psilocybin and other alternative therapies. Supporters, including veterans, first responders, clinicians, and family members, described severe PTSD, TBI, addiction, and suicide crises and said these treatments had helped them when conventional care had not. Opponents, including the Missouri State Medical Association, said they did not support non-FDA-approved drugs. Members questioned the cost and structure of the proposed studies, the role of the FDA, and whether similar research is already underway. The hearing ended without a vote on these bills.

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• Now, what is home visiting and nurse family partners?
• These nurses and parent-as-teacher partners go into homes of high-risk families, so mothers maybe who
• So people apply, they can enroll, and the nurse will develop that relationship and go in the home. ..
• Those 10 nurses go away. Now, I hear what you're saying.
• Their story was powerful, and their nurse was there with them, with their little baby.

Summary: The committee met to review the general fund update and several budget-setting items, with staff explaining how to track the latest “green sheet” online and how JFAC actions were affecting the FY 2026 and FY 2027 bottom lines. Members also discussed whether work group progress should be summarized more broadly, but leadership emphasized that work groups were intended to remain independent and that members should consult analysts directly rather than have a running public summary of each group’s internal deliberations. The committee then acted on a series of agency budgets. It approved the Idaho State Tax Commission enhancement package after revising it to remove the chief operating officer personnel item and adopted language limiting use of $550,000 for fast tax collection vendor payments, with any unused amount reverting to the general fund. It also approved supplemental and enhancement requests for the Office of Information Technology Services, including Chinden campus furnishings, E-Core grant staffing and funding, enterprise security/firewall upgrades, the IT modernization transfer of 58 positions from Health and Welfare, and a one-time cash transfer language item to cover transition-year health insurance costs. The Military Division’s request for $120,000 for Office of Emergency Management indirect cost recovery was approved, but an alternate motion to also add $190,800 for the state education assistance program failed, and the original motion was later held in committee. The Industrial Commission and Public Utilities Commission budgets were both advanced with dedicated-fund increases for IRIS maintenance, training, disability fund needs, OITS hardware, and replacement laptops. The Department of Fish and Game budget was also advanced, with approval of a large package of dedicated and federal funds for fishery habitat projects, Good Neighbor Authority work, hatchery and laboratory inflation, temporary employees, wolf depredation response, communications, and replacement items, along with reappropriation authority for prior-year funds. The committee then took up the Department of Health and Welfare Division of Public Health Services, where competing motions focused on the Idaho Home Visiting Program, immunization assessment fund restoration, laboratory testing, HIV and hepatitis prevention, suicide prevention, and moving the home visiting program to Early Learning and Development. Both the substitute motion and the original motion failed after split votes in the House and Senate committees, leaving that budget held for later action. Finally, the committee considered new language for the State Controller and State Treasurer to require monthly reconciliation of cash balances between Luma and TARS from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, with a report due by the fall interim JFAC meeting and documentation retained for audit. Members discussed the need for accurate cash reconciliation and the resources available to the Controller’s office, but no final action was taken before adjournment. The chair announced upcoming budget-setting meetings and reminded members to complete work group motions by the end of the day.

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• What is within our jurisdiction is a proposal that has to do with HMO regulation.
• Are there any questions regulation. Are there any questions about<00:07:59.120><c> that?
• The Allina nurses, they feel overworked, and they can't give the care they need.
• </c> executive talking about the nurse executive talking about the nurse uh<01:14:40.480><c> nursing<
• </c> you know, many of the doctors and nurses you know, many of the doctors and nurses there<01:46:09.680

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• This regulation was written into state law for a reason.
• those nursing facilities?
• those nursing facilities?
• What do they need to in a nursing home?
• It those documents at the nursing home.

Committee: House Election Law

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• </c> regulations all the time. regulations all the time.
• </c> what the state does for a regulation. what the state does for a regulation.
• </c> different regulations. different regulations.
• </c> inspection, there's no regulation. inspection, there's no regulation.
• That is a good regulation. Go approach. That is a good regulation.

Committee: House Environment and Agriculture

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• And funding enforcement through regulation and licensing department, uh, progress of the nicotine use
• think there's another, and it might be kind of, um, as we talk about funding enforcement for the regulation
• is this something as far as um The numbers that we're seeing and also the, the maybe the kind of nurses
• So we might need to have RLD, um, regulation and licensing department, um, talk a little bit about how
• Regulation and licensing is under. Tax in red, right? No. What is it under? Oh, OK.

Committee: House Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee

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• </c> for increases to nursing homes. for increases to nursing homes. $23<00:24:43.280><c> million</c>
• And these guns are excessively dangerous, and so we need to regulate the design. >> So, we're regulating
• </c><00:35:09.720><c> the</c> dangerous and so we need to regulate the dangerous and so we need to regulate
• 15.720><c> of</c> seeking to regulate the design of of seeking to regulate the design of of firearms.
• This is a common sense design regulation.

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• I am a very strong supporter of veterinary technicians, veterinary nurses, veterinary assistants, other
• All right, last but not least, we have House Bill 929, Local Government Regulations of Cheekies.
• And also, if it complies with the federal floodplain regulations.
• And a word about that: some local governments have different regulations from the federal standard.
• If you're within 10 feet, you have to. abide by the fire safety regulations.

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• We're working closely with our hospital CEOs and our nursing CEOs, because they've stressed that this
• ... ...for-profit colleges as well as the four-years to say we need more nurses, allied health, and the
• So we continue to have a vocational nurse program at Madera, a nursing program, a bridge program; all
• I've helped to support your mechanics training, the welding training, the nursing program with grants
• We were talking about truck driving and all the changes in regulations and how I couldn't find drivers

Summary: The select committee on Community Economic Mobility and Investment heard testimony on how California can support inclusive economic development through coordinated workforce, education, nonprofit, and industry partnerships. Chair Arambula opened by emphasizing that rural, low-income, and historically underinvested communities often face the greatest barriers to accessing state resources, and that the hearing would focus on successful collaboration models, the role of training and higher education, and future opportunities tied to economic mobility and social determinants of health. Witnesses from the California Workforce Association, Fresno State, and NextGen Policy described local and regional workforce systems in the Central Valley and beyond. They highlighted examples such as apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, employer-led partnerships, on-the-job training, support for women entering construction, programs for justice-involved and opportunity youth, and the need to braid federal, state, philanthropic, and private funding. Several speakers stressed that local workforce boards, community colleges, adult education, labor organizations, and community-based groups are best positioned to identify regional labor needs and that California should fund systems, not just individual grants, especially as federal workforce funding has declined and new work requirements tied to HR 1 and AI-related labor shifts create added pressure. A second panel focused on the Community Economic Mobility Initiative as a statewide model. Sierra Health Foundation and its partners said CME has helped community organizations build capacity, pursue more than $400 million in grants and contracts, and attract about $178 million back into California communities. Speakers from Siskiyou Economic Development Council, Fresno EDC, Edge Collaborative, and Líderes Campesinas gave examples of place-based projects in rural and urban regions, including business innovation centers, community-owned development, bioeconomy and restoration projects, subsidized employment, and farmworker-led cooperatives. They argued that long-term, locally driven investment produces stronger regional economies and better health outcomes, and urged the Legislature to provide durable funding and policy support rather than short-term extensions. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• We're working closely with our hospital CEOs and our nursing CEOs because they've stressed that this
• ... ...for-profit colleges as well as the four-years to say we need more nurses, allied health, and the
• So we continue to have a vocational nurse program at Madera, a nursing program, a bridge program; all
• I've, I've helped to support your mechanics training, the welding training, the nursing program with
• We were talking about truck driving and all the changes in regulations and how I couldn't find drivers

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• I worked with disabled children in a nursing home like him, and I'd never seen a nasal gastric tube on
• I worked with disabled children in a nursing home like him, and I'd never seen a nasal gastric tube on
• These injuries affect emotional regulation, stress response, and long-term development.
• These injuries affect emotional regulation, stress response, and long-term development.
• ... ...that we've had some great conversations with that do things like put in nurses into the homes

Bills: HB2511 , HB2660

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: child welfare, dependency, imminent physical harm, child abuse, neglect, foster care, extended foster care, shelter care, out-of-home placement, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, family law, juvenile court, child protection, unsafe home, substance use, caregiver impairment, relative placement, guardianship, adoption

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• In ECECD's regulations, right now, there's a tiered eligibility system that is not being implemented,
• Another option is looking at co-pays so according to federal regulations, no more than seven percent
• These are working families, teachers, nurses, small business owners, state employees who were priced
• are our shortages in New Mexico's nursing and childcare sectors?
• You know, and you rush Off the story of the ER nurse and paramedic having to trade shifts, the single

Bills: SB2

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• In ECECD's regulations right now, there's a tiered eligibility system that is not being implemented,
• So according to federal regulations, no more than seven percent of a family's income should be used for
• He is a firefighter and she is an ER nurse in Albuquerque, and they're between 500 and 600 percent of
• These are working families: teachers, nurses, small business owners, and state employees who were priced
• The story of the ER nurse and paramedic having to trade shifts.

Bills: SB2

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• As a result of litigation, DPR was compelled to adopt regulations, but the regulations were designed
• Regulated entities, if you guys can come on up. Welcome.
• of the state laws and regulations.
• . and to enforce the standards within the laws and regulations.
• I think it's critical. and local regulators and many other stakeholders.

Summary: The joint Assembly and Senate hearing examined whether California’s pesticide program is meeting its public-protection goals, with opening remarks from committee chairs emphasizing the state’s large pesticide use, the need to transition toward sustainable pest management, and ongoing oversight including a state audit of DPR and county agricultural commissioner enforcement. The hearing also referenced recent concerns in Ladera Ranch about childhood cancer cases and the need for transparent investigation and community access to information. Panel one focused on human health and the regulatory framework. Dr. Anna Maria Mora described long-running CHAMACOS research showing widespread pesticide exposure in farmworker families, links to neurodevelopmental, respiratory, liver, and cardiometabolic harms, and greater impacts on children facing social adversity. She urged biomonitoring, better linkage of exposure data to health outcomes, regulation of chemical classes and mixtures, stronger buffers around homes and schools, and more community-based research. Professor Tim Malloy explained California’s two-tier system of DPR registration and county permitting, said the state’s program is strong but falls short on cumulative exposure analysis and alternatives assessment, and argued that DPR and counties need better tools, training, and funding to implement legally required protections. Committee members asked about biomonitoring, class-based regulation, and how to make pesticide data more usable for the public. Panel two brought testimony from environmental justice and farmworker advocates, who argued that California remains behind other jurisdictions by allowing highly hazardous pesticides, including 1,3-dichloropropene and paraquat, and by relying on a funding structure tied to pesticide sales. Witnesses said DPR often moves too slowly on reevaluations, rarely assesses combined exposures, and does not adequately account for health, environmental, and social costs or conflicts of interest involving pest control advisors. They also described inconsistent county-level implementation, weak outreach, and confusion over whether DPR or county agricultural commissioners are responsible for enforcement, and urged faster phaseouts, tiered fees, stronger local protections, and clearer accountability. Panel three represented regulated entities and agricultural stakeholders, who supported the goals of safer pest management but stressed that California’s registration process must be more predictable, transparent, and timely. They said AB 2113’s staffing and timeline reforms were important, but backlog and delays still hinder access to newer, lower-risk products and can hurt both consumer and agricultural uses. Agricultural witnesses also emphasized the need to invest more in pest prevention, invasive species detection, extension support, farmer training, and practical incentives for sustainable pest management. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with members pressing witnesses on timelines, implementation, funding, and the division of responsibility between DPR and county agencies.

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• Only about 30% of the New Hampshire health insurance market is state-regulated carriers.
• , not state regulation.
• </c> basically says that only state regulated basically says that only state regulated Health<00:57:29.920
• to Federal Regulation not State regulation<00:57:46.039><c> so</c><00:57:46.200><c> the</c><00:57:46.280
• </c><01:19:01.520><c> yeah</c> clarifying some of the regulations yeah clarifying some of the regulations

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

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• committee amendment that expands the definition of resident to include a person who resides in a nursing
• care institution or a As a definition of resident to include a person who resides in a nursing care
• So this is if I am in a nursing home and it's my room, I can have my own camera that I pay for in my
• , House Bill 2429, strike-everything title, Short-Term Rentals Occupancy, allows for additional regulations

Summary: The meeting was a caucus review of a large slate of House and Senate bills, with staff giving short descriptions and members flagging a few concerns. Topics included veterans’ services and courts, child care grants, midwife medication authority, home- and community-based services funding, EMS reciprocity, prescription monitoring, electronic monitoring in care facilities, pregnancy resource center funding, mental health transportation, Access coverage for mild obstructive sleep apnea, school spending requirements, mobile home park training, local government investment pools, task order contract posting, tourism improvement areas, child welfare and kinship placement, neglect standards, family court evidence, prostate cancer cost sharing, assisted living hearings, manufactured home installer licensing, supervised parenting time, vulnerable adult trespass penalties, uranium contamination monitoring, a gas and petroleum refinery study committee, and state park fee exemptions for veterans. Several bills were described as unanimous or on consent, while others drew objections or were noted as controversial. Members raised privacy concerns about electronic monitoring in nursing homes, due process and rural capacity concerns about restricting police transport for mental health patients, opposition to pregnancy resource center appropriations, concerns about environmental review for power plant replacement, and questions about the Access sleep apnea mandate as potentially favoring vendors. Some bills were noted as having committee amendments, including changes to appropriations, eligibility criteria, reporting requirements, and definitions. No floor votes were taken in the transcript itself; instead, the chair repeatedly noted whether bills were unanimous, on consent, or had split votes in committee. The caucus also heard brief announcements about an upcoming breakfast with the CAP director, a Latino Caucus meeting, and an Affordability Award presented to Representative Volk, after which the caucus adjourned.

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• This bill affects CDDs which affects turf regulation and expands urban mixed-use districts.
• This ensures CDDs will continue and adds regulations to synthetic turf consistent with health committees
• We have framework and strict regulations on this recall process.
• bill revises its reporting language, specifically to physicians and advanced practice registered nurses
• Calatayud: The disease states of the individuals that are reported by physicians and advanced practice nurses

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

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• As a result of litigation, DPR was compelled to adopt regulations, but the regulations were designed
• Regulated entities, if you guys can come on up. regulated entities, if you guys can come on up.
• of the state laws and regulations.
• We need more strict regulations for the industries, while they are necessary.
• I think it's critical. and local regulators and many other stakeholders.

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• These providers are then supported by clinical services of APPs, nurses, nurse navigators, and MAs.
• recognized for some of our graduate programs like our nurse practitioner program.
• We hear this regularly, and we get emails constantly from our local nurses and nursing staff about this
• Nursing and some of the other professions.
• Residency program and investments in social work, and especially in the nursing program.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee