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• effectively so that people could, you know, be discharged from a hospital and go home, and how could we monitor
• So are there ways to use essentially a centralized education platform that could be electronic and available
• Use an essentially centralized education platform that could be electronic and available to people with
• A quarter go to the pediatric floor for inpatient monitoring, and about a quarter go to the pediatric
• A quarter go to the pediatric floor for inpatient monitoring, and about a quarter go to the pediatric

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met and approved the minutes from its August 27 meeting. It then received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislators on the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, referred to as HR1. She explained that the bill is estimated by CBO to save the federal government $911 billion over 10 years, with more than 20 Medicaid-specific provisions, most of the savings concentrated in five policies and largely backloaded into 2030-2034. She emphasized that the bill’s effects will vary by state, but that expansion states and hospitals are expected to be most affected, in part because of changes to eligibility, provider taxes, and state-directed payments. Castanza highlighted several new funding and flexibility provisions, including a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund for 2026-2030 and a new home- and community-based services waiver option effective July 1, 2028, with $100 million in grants in fiscal year 2027. She also outlined major eligibility changes for Medicaid expansion adults: work or community engagement requirements effective January 1, 2027; twice-yearly redeterminations for the expansion population effective the same date; and new cost sharing for certain expansion adults effective October 1, 2028. She noted that Kentucky, as an expansion state, would be subject to these changes and that state agencies would face significant implementation demands, especially because federal guidance and timelines are tight. A substantial portion of the presentation focused on financing changes. Castanza described new limits on provider taxes, including a 0% safe harbor for new taxes and a phased reduction for existing taxes in expansion states beginning in 2028, while nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are exempt from the reduction if already taxed. She also explained that state-directed payments will be capped and phased down over time, with existing arrangements grandfathered only briefly; she said Kentucky has 11 approved state-directed payments and could see significant fiscal effects. She added that the bill also bars Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood or similarly situated providers for one year, changes immigrant eligibility rules effective October 1, 2026, lowers the federal match for certain emergency services, and expands the scope of the federal erroneous payment recoupment provision effective October 1, 2029. Throughout, she stressed that federal savings may translate into state cost shifts and that implementation timing will be critical.

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• producers, investors, and communities want to know that investment in America, regardless of the electrons
• The answer is in evidence-based psychotherapy care, therapy, family support, clinical monitoring over
• c> clinical care, therapy, family support, clinical care, therapy, family support, clinical monitoring
• <04:04:27.920> So,<04:04:28.080> what<04:04:28.239> does monitoring over time
• So, what does monitoring over time. No.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 18, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• administration<00:36:48.079> of<00:36:48.320> consent<00:36:48.720> to<00:36:48.880> electronic
• administration of consent to electronic administration of consent to electronic monitoring<00:36
• <00:36:50.960> It<00:36:51.200> has<00:36:51.440> a monitoring requirements.
• It has a monitoring requirements.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Members met to review a budget bill agreement using a nonpartisan spreadsheet and summary materials. Chairs and members thanked fiscal, research, revisers, and agency staff for the collaborative process, noting the bill had been difficult and that the final product reflected compromise. The chair also said only minor technical changes were expected before final enactment, and the spreadsheet walkthrough was then turned over to fiscal staff. Fiscal staff explained that the agreement met the overall budget target and walked through major human services provisions. Key items included nursing facility payment changes, including a phased PDPM change, APS inflation, modified single-bed incentives, and a CPI-U capped payment cap; a nursing facility surcharge; workforce standards board rule costs; continuation of certain nursing facility property tax rates; regulation of for-profit acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities; repurposing assisted living special project funds; funding the SEIU self-directed worker agreement; CFSS reimbursement in acute care hospital settings; and multiple disability waiver rate and authorization changes, including CPI-U inflation caps, waiver authorization reforms, and a waiver reimagined advisory task force. The agreement also included family residential service rate increases, a temporary extension of customized living disproportionate share payments, tribal eligibility for targeted case management, positive supports training changes, out-of-home respite modifications, swimming lessons as an allowable service for certain children with disabilities, a provisional EID provider license, and program integrity services funded by licensing fee increases. Additional provisions covered MinnChoices studies and assumed savings, behavioral health fund changes, substance use disorder treatment billing and rate changes, supportive recovery housing, housing support supplemental rates for specific providers, disability determinations, enteral nutrition payment timing, temporary funding for Boundary Waters Care Center, several one-time human services grants, senior nutrition funding, and grant reductions and extensions. No formal vote was described in the transcript; the discussion focused on explaining the agreement and its fiscal effects.

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• equipment to detect weapons electronic equipment to detect weapons or<02:05:08.800> things<02
• Um, it will develop a statewide<03:51:06.080> pollinator<03:51:06.800> monitoring<03:51
• :07.520> program statewide pollinator monitoring program statewide pollinator monitoring program
• As a side note, um my u and monitoring.
• performance and intervene if monitor performance and intervene if necessary.<04:12:57.680> So

Keywords: 981, all

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• Then the next safeguard is, of course, that they are going to be monitored for the first six months 100%
• So it's disturbing, and I think it needs to be carefully monitored.
• I mean, the key really is, you know, how do we verify... ...carefully monitored.
• Additionally, monies in the Emergency Fund would be used to provide temporary food vouchers, electronic

Bills: HB2176, HB2333, HB2435, HB2447, HB2617, HB2683, HB2686, HB2725, HB2726, HB2906, HB2953, HB2958

Keywords: health care, licensure, complaints, investigation, safety, patient care, regulatory compliance, prosthetics, orthotics, health insurance, Medicare, medical necessity, disability rights, coverage, reimbursement, internationally trained physicians, medical board, clinical training, provisional license, healthcare workforce

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• So we are very much monitoring our cost for this project, and the reality is, is for this project, the
• the long-term structural gap that you have thank you chair we're always continuing continuing to monitor
• Electronic verification and history exchange to maintain real ID compliance with the Department of Homeland
• The second thing is to make sure that we have a system in place to monitor so we can pick up this virus

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• But then I also noted that there are some ways that electronic data analyst, analytic systems are going
• When we talk about the funding to monitor wastewater to identify drug manufacturing and trafficking,
• The budget has money in it for electronic interdiction. It has money in it for drones.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• legal counsel, copies of which have already been transmitted to you both in writing and also electronically
• The only communication that has occurred has been the communication that occurred electronically, which
• The census that was initiated by Trump in 2020 and was monitored by this current governor between 2020

Summary: The Senate convened in special session and took up Senate Bill 8D, later substituted with House Bill 1D, both establishing Florida’s congressional districts. The sponsor, Senator Gates, explained that the Governor had transmitted a proposed redistricting plan on short notice and argued that mid-decade congressional redistricting is legally permissible, citing population growth and the Governor’s view that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional. He repeatedly said the Legislature was not being asked to prove the Governor’s legal theory, only to consider the proposal, and noted that no amendments were offered. A lengthy question-and-answer period followed, with senators raising concerns about the rushed process, lack of statewide public hearings, and the map’s effects on minority communities, compactness, communities of interest, and partisan fairness. Senators questioned whether the map cracked Latino and Black communities, whether partisan data was used, whether the Governor’s office had outside consultants, and whether the plan complied with the Florida Constitution, the Fair Districts Amendment, and the Voting Rights Act. Gates generally deferred on legal conclusions, said the Governor’s representatives had testified the map was race-neutral and used political data only as one factor, and emphasized that any constitutional challenge would be for the courts. After a motion to temporarily postpone failed by a recorded vote of 12 yeas to 23 nays, the Senate continued debate. Senators Rouson, Bernard, and others spoke in opposition, arguing the proposal was rushed, partisan, and harmful to communities of interest and minority voting power. Gates maintained that the Governor had a constitutional prerogative to propose the map and that the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend it. The House companion bill was then substituted for the Senate bill, read a third time, and the chamber moved into final debate on the congressional redistricting plan.

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• report calls for stronger employee screening, stronger work history verification, and creation of an electronic
• A consistent system provides reliable data to monitor student success and ensures resources The consistent
• system provides reliable data to monitor student success and ensures resources go where they are needed
• any AI systems that are adopted meet strict protections with regard to risk assessments, safety monitoring
• any AI systems that are adopted meet strict protections with regard to risk assessments, safety monitoring

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And then things like enhanced monitoring that will help us detect behavioral things like volumetric attacks
• If we can centralize on a more single approach, that will help us better defend and monitor and protect
• And it's important to understand when someone says, 'continuity of service,' it's more than just electrons
• it does provide some reporting and data extraction, supporting various outcomes and performance monitoring
• performance monitoring. performance monitoring.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Commonwealth Office of Technology 00:01:00 Department of Education 00:21:00 Transportation Cabinet 00:35:30 Secretary of State 00:45:15 Cabinet for Health and Family Services 00:56:11 Discussion of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and Related legislation 01:09:11, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and then focused first on the Commonwealth Office of Technology’s legacy systems and two specific projects. COT officials said many agencies have made progress moving off legacy applications, with remaining mainframe systems slated to be retired through RFPs or other work orders. They also described a legacy funding pool of $10 million per biennium used to help agencies transition. The two projects discussed were the Kentucky aerial photography and elevation data program, which provides statewide aerial imagery and lidar data for GIS, E911, environmental, transportation, and other uses, and a citizen identity and access management system intended to give residents a single login for state services. Officials said the GIS program costs about $1.2 million annually to host and maintain, with data acquisition costing several million more per year, and that the citizen identity system would cost about $2.5 million per year after an initial three-year COT investment. Members asked about duplication of funding, licensing, local government use, and whether multi-factor authentication would be required; COT said the GIS data is being acquired as statewide unlicensed data and that MFA would be available but not yet mandated statewide. Committee members pressed COT on costs, overlap with cabinet-level IT spending, and the practical benefits of the GIS and identity projects. COT explained that GIS hosting is generally covered through enterprise assessments billed quarterly to agencies, while the new aerial data is intended to benefit the whole state and local partners. On the identity project, officials said it would centralize authentication for citizens who use state systems, improve compliance with zero-trust and NIST-related security expectations, and reduce help desk and maintenance burdens through self-service account tools. Members also discussed whether the system would extend to local governments; COT said it would be a Kentucky.gov-style state login for users inside the state identity infrastructure, not a local-government system. The Department of Education then testified that it does not operate mainframes or major legacy systems, having moved long ago to cloud-based, off-the-shelf products and vendor-supported services. KDE officials described a strong emphasis on staff cybersecurity awareness, standardized statewide systems, vendor risk-sharing, and reducing sensitive data exposure, including efforts to move away from student Social Security numbers. They also highlighted a transition from Microsoft Active Directory to Identity Automation, which they said will improve identity management and make multi-factor authentication universal across K-12. In response to questions about Kentucky Wired and internet service, KDE said all 171 school districts and KDE agencies have been moved to a new next-generation internet service through ENA by Zayo, with strong satisfaction, e-rate savings, and better reliability. Officials warned that any internet disruption would immediately affect attendance, grades, student records, payroll, security systems, and communications across the K-12 system.

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• The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote.
• > will<06:06:22.400> be The first electronic vote will be The first electronic vote will
• Members will record their votes by electronic device.
• record their votes by electronic device. record their votes by electronic device.
• record their votes by electronic device. record their votes by electronic device.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Next, as part of our update, we are monitoring, you know, drought conditions very closely.
• We are monitoring, you know, drought conditions very closely.
• Drought Monitor, drought continues to start to creep into western North Dakota.
• So this is something that we'll continue to monitor here and may have a need to activate the drought
• And by the way, all of these items are on electronically out there and available, all these reports available

Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met to receive interim status updates on several water-related studies and Department of Water Resources projects. The committee approved the March 26, 2026 minutes, observed a moment of silence for the late Representative Conmy, and then heard updates on the watershed management study and the stormwater/wastewater study. Staff reported that the committee had already received the testimony contemplated in the study plans, including input from state agencies, local governments, and out-of-state entities, and that any further action would be at the committee’s discretion. The Department of Water Resources then provided project and budget updates on NAWS and the Southwest Pipeline Project. Reese reported NAWS is expected to serve about 81,000 users, with a total projected cost of about $571 million and about $96 million remaining, while the Southwest Pipeline Project is estimated at $1.06 billion total with about $409 million remaining. Members asked about funding sources, capacity needs, and whether current and future construction is being designed for increased demand; department staff said current work is designed for ultimate capacity, but some future components may need redesign based on new requests. The committee also discussed local cost shares, Minot’s role in NAWS funding, and whether the system is adequate for peak demand. A major portion of the meeting focused on the department’s cash management, carryover, and long-term water funding outlook. The department said Resources Trust Fund revenues are tied to oil extraction taxes and are affected by stripper well exemptions and future oil price declines. Members expressed concern about large carryover balances and whether the state is obligating more money than can realistically be spent in a biennium. The department reported about $340.6 million in remaining carryover and said it is trying to reduce that through a two-tier pre-construction/construction process and closer project vetting. The department also summarized the Deloitte studies on regional governance and finance and on cost-share policy. Stakeholders generally favored keeping the current governance structures for NAWS and Southwest with improvements, while Red River stakeholders leaned toward a different option; the department said it will bring an implementation plan back in September. On cost share, Deloitte’s recommendations would reduce some percentages, prioritize projects differently, and use other measures to close a projected long-term funding gap. Members debated affordability, local burden, deferred maintenance, and whether statutory changes may be needed to allow the commission more flexibility in prioritizing and funding projects. No formal votes or final actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the updates.

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• This bill would ensure that parents are entitled to all records concerning their child, including electronic
• child home without informing the parent could. deprive the parent of the knowledge that they need to monitor
• These S.B.s should mandate data tracking. to monitor the new system and determine whether or not the
• Section 13 implements a student mental health monitoring. system that teachers and admins couldn't realistically
• This was a hard no for us this over approach to monitoring children's behavior during school hours undermines

Bills: SB12, SB1565, SB13, SJR12, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB112, SB400, SB813, SB 12, SB 13

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, school district, grievance procedure, public education, diversity and inclusion, funding penalties, school libraries, library advisory councils, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, constitutional amendment, school choice

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• I appreciate the department's engagement and the testimony they have provided electronically.
• However, I believe the electronically.
• Wildlife cameras are great tools for monitoring more common species, but for a variety of reasons, they
• are not adequate to monitor something as rare as an endangered species.
• they are not adequate to monitor they are not adequate to monitor something<00:27:24.559> as<

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• and that’s different, you know, than surveillance, which is the public health system, you know, monitoring
• ><00:28:36.200> know the public health system you know the public health system you know monitoring
• and tracking and then there's monitoring and tracking and then there's registry<00:28:39.720> so<
• it and then moving work and monitoring it and then moving forward<01:01:09.559> I<01:01:09.720
• collecting as part of their electronic collecting as part of their electronic health<01:02:02.240

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• They don't even really have to monitor it.
• They don't even really have to monitor it.
• If they get really have to monitor it.
• So these are automated battery collection bins, fire suppressant, lifetime monitoring.
• So these are automated battery collection bins, fire suppressant, lifetime monitoring.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, section one would seek to classify data reported through the statewide monitoring system as not public
• And those crimes in there, uh, solicitation of a child and electronic solicitation of a child, applies
• And those crimes in there, uh, solicitation of a child and electronic solicitation of a child, applies
• And those crimes in there, uh, solicitation of a child and electronic solicitation of a child, applies
• solicitation of a child, electronic solicitation of a child, applies<01:22:27.200> only<01:22

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• working group, we could take a look at transitioning historically paper-based citation to more of an electronic
• working group, we could take a look at transitioning historically paper-based citation to more of an electronic
• Working group we could take a look at transitioning historically paper-based citation to more of an electronic
• So I'll keep monitoring that.
• So I'll keep monitoring that.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several Senate bills. On SB 2530, relating to campaign contributions, the State Procurement Office suggested clarifying that contractor disclosure information be submitted within 30 days of a fully executed contract, while the Campaign Spending Commission supported the bill but asked that the restriction on contributions by officers be expanded beyond compensated officers. Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action supported the measure and urged keeping the Senate language, arguing it better addresses contractor influence, while no other testifiers appeared. On SB 2970, relating to standards of conduct, the State Ethics Commission supported the bill and proposed amendments to consolidate the new language into existing Chapter 84 contract provisions and use “department head” instead of “director.” The State Procurement Office supported the measure but recommended closing a perceived loophole by limiting the covered contracts to those under $10,000. No opposition testimony was offered. The committee then heard SB 2919, which would fund one full-time Deputy Public Defender position focused on immigration-related advice under Padilla v. Kentucky. The Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrants’ Rights, and the ACLU of Hawaii supported the bill, explaining that the position would help public defenders advise clients about immigration consequences of criminal cases, not provide immigration representation. Members asked several questions about the scope of the position and whether it could assist with citizenship; testimony clarified that it would not handle civil immigration matters. The bill was also described as creating a statewide consistent resource for the public defender system. Finally, on SB 2446, relating to the judiciary, the Intermediate Court of Appeals supported adding a seventh associate judge position but noted the court has only recently been fully staffed at six judges and has improved output through internal changes. The chair emphasized that the bill authorizes the position without funding and encouraged the judiciary to return later if appropriations are needed. The committee also began hearing SB 2730, a criminal justice reform bill on warrantless arrests and citations. OHA supported reducing unnecessary arrests but objected to making citations visible on criminal records; the Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, citing law enforcement flexibility, identification concerns, and possible litigation costs; and the Judiciary requested a later implementation date and suggested changes to citation-resolution language. The transcript ends while testimony on SB 2730 was still underway.

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• ><00:27:35.680> requirements<00:27:36.320> for And given the CMS requirements for electronic
• the new prepayment screening program, we want as little after-the-fact editing and changes of our electronic
• prepayment screening program means we want as little after-the-fact editing and changes of our electronic
• These goals are tracked, they’re monitored, and he loves reaching the goals.
• These goals are tracked, they’re monitored, and he loves reaching the goals.

Bills: HF3526, HF3375, HF3469

Keywords: home care, licensing, fines, advisory council, grant program, client safety, healthcare regulation, HF3375, Minnesota disability waiver, waiver rate system, human services, individualized home supports, individualized home supports with training, individualized home supports with family training, positive support services, employment support services, employment development services, employment exploration services, billing limits, service authorization year

Bills: SB2026, SB1376, SB1355, SB2115, SB1533, SB1732, SB1217, SB1443, SB1455, SB1457, SB1459, SB1465, SB1944, SB1946, SB1218, SB1942, SB1352, SB2132, SB1920, SB1285, SB1304, SB1305, SB1326, SB1590, SB1767

Keywords: military discharge, veterans, DD Form 214, confidentiality, grandchildren access, Oklahoma National Guard, education assistance, military benefits, dependents, CareerTech Assistance Act, burial grant, memorial headstone, eligibility requirements, funding, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, fiscal management, state law, veteran burial, burial assistance, indigent veterans