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• > Hampshire<00:10:41.680> is eligible population in New Hampshire is eligible population
• <00:27:19.200> population able to identify the eligible population able to identify the eligible
• <00:27:39.760> so to then determine that the eligible so to then determine that the eligible
• <04:16:37.920> who people who would not be eligible who people who would not be eligible who
• Automatic eligibility previous speaker.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Do we have that in our DO with, like, Texas, Arkansas, which then would make them eligible to do what
• All it does is require the Health Care Authority to verify eligibility for Medicaid by checking the death
• records before covering anybody under Medicaid. ...require the Health Care Authority to verify eligibility
• concerned that they may have a patient who's admitted and it may take a little while for their eligibility
• . ...could die, at which point they would be determined to have never been eligible.

Bills: SB206, SB640, SB667, SB1344, SB1380, SB1423, SB1425, SB1436, SB1484, SB1500, SB1502, SB1503, SB1557, SB1562, SB1572, SB1644, SB1645, SB1794, SB1796, SB1806, SB1849, SB1984, SB2007, SB2074

Keywords: SB206, emergency medical services, EMS, ambulance, 911 response, emergency response, essential services, federal funding, grant funding, public health, health care facility, municipality, county, ambulance service district, tribal entity, public entity, contract ambulance service, Oklahoma, 63 O.S. 2021 Section 1-2502, emergency clause

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• received LIHEAP assistance, who have a past due balance greater than $300, which would make them eligible
• received LIHEAP assistance, who have a past due balance greater than $300, which would make them eligible
• received LIHEAP assistance, who have a past due balance greater than $300, which would make them eligible
• eligible for disconnection. eligible for disconnection.
• Customers receiving LIHEAP may be eligible to receive additional funds through our gas affordability

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard House File 3912, as amended, and the author moved that the bill be laid over for consideration in a future omnibus bill. The amendment was adopted without objection. Representative Holland described the bill as an energy affordability measure that would bar utilities from charging certain fees during the cold weather rule for customers above 50% of state median income, prohibit reconnection fees after shutoff for nonpayment, and create a framework for regulating late fees. He argued that late fees are often high, compound monthly, and disproportionately burden low-income households, citing utility debt and disconnection figures and noting that the need for relief is concentrated in greater Minnesota. Annie Levenson Faulk of the Citizens Utility Board supported the bill, saying reconnection fees and late fees fall on households already struggling to pay for essential service. She said reconnection fees should be treated as part of the cost of doing business and that late fees should be limited to a reasonable approximation of actual carrying costs, with protections for low-income customers. She also said the issue is already being considered in utility rate cases before the Public Utilities Commission, but that legislative action is still appropriate. Nick Martin of Xcel Energy and Katherine O'Donnell of CenterPoint Energy opposed the bill in its current form while emphasizing their companies’ commitment to affordability and customer assistance. Xcel said the bill would shift reconnection costs to other customers and could undermine a proposed arrears management program funded by late payment charges; Xcel also noted that the PUC is already reviewing these issues in its rate case. CenterPoint said it already offers extensive outreach, payment plans, and assistance programs, does not charge late fees once a customer is on a payment plan, and that its reconnection fee does not fully cover costs. After testimony and brief discussion, the chair noted the helpful information from utilities, the author said he was open to further work on the bill, and the bill was laid over.

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• Key provisions of the bill: it defines the eligible organizations and establishes regulatory guidelines
• Their employees, are they eligible for your healthcare? You're recognized.
• I'd like to talk to you about it afterwards, but my concern would be that they wouldn't be eligible.
• I'd like to talk to you about it afterwards, but my concern would be that they wouldn't be eligible for
• And for all those families that have to sacrifice to meet the income eligibility level, I pray that one

Summary: The Health Care Facilities and Systems Subcommittee met with a quorum present and took up five bills. The first, CS/HB 1119 on pediatric readiness in hospital emergency departments, would require hospitals with ERs to adopt evidence-based pediatric care policies, train staff, designate a pediatric emergency care coordinator, complete the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment, and meet minimum equipment and planning standards. Members discussed transport to the closest appropriate facility and implementation concerns, but the bill passed 16-0. The committee then approved HB 677, which would add standard fertility preservation services to the state group insurance program for employees undergoing chemotherapy, and CSHB 497, which would authorize nonprofit agricultural organization medical benefit plans for Florida Farm Bureau members, aimed at improving affordable coverage for farmers and ranchers. HB 677 passed 16-0, and CSHB 497 passed 18-0 after questions about membership, regulation, disclosures, and how the plan would compare with ACA coverage. The subcommittee also approved PCS/HB 791 on surrendered newborn infants, allowing infant safety devices at hospitals, EMS stations, and fire stations as an alternative safe-haven option. Members discussed alarms, unmanned stations, and whether churches should be included; the bill passed 18-0. Finally, HB 1529 on home health aides for medically fragile children was amended and passed 18-0. The bill seeks a federal waiver so compensation for parents serving as home health aides does not count against Medicaid eligibility, and the amendments added reporting of adverse incidents, set work-hour limits, and protected certain other benefits. The chair closed by emphasizing the committee’s role in implementation oversight and fixing problems after enactment.

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• lines insurance is a specialized coverage available from certain insurers not licensed in Texas, but eligible
• To be eligible, they must be licensed for the same lines of insurance where they are domiciled.
• Surplus lines agents are responsible for placing coverage with eligible carriers.
• To be eligible for a TWIA policy, property owners must have been declined Wind and Hill coverage by at
• As far as our eligibility, you know, you do have to be in a certain location, meaning you have to be

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• <00:03:15.599> project<00:03:15.920> of<00:03:16.080> public eligible project of
• public eligible project of public infrastructure<00:03:17.360> was<00:03:17.599> intended<
• Eligible applicants would have to meet regular eligibility criteria as well.
• Eligible applicants would have to meet regular eligibility criteria as well.
• It also has a split of 80 eligibility.

Bills: HF3732

Keywords: workforce development, unemployment benefits, youth training, economic development, grants, job creation

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• They can get them from the other states in the region, and many of them will be eligible to sell class
• So eliminating class two does nothing except that because of the one of the customers who are eligible
• They can get them from the other states in the region, and many of them will be eligible to sell class
• So eliminating class two does nothing except that because of the one of the customers who are eligible
• everybody gets to vote that's eligible. everybody gets to vote that's eligible.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 219, which would revise the renewable portfolio standard. Representative Bose explained that the bill would modify class one definitions, eliminate class two, reduce the utility obligation for class one thermal renewable energy certificates from 2.2% to 1.7%, and adjust alternative compliance payments for classes one, three, and four. He said the changes were intended to save ratepayers an estimated $5.7 million annually, would not materially harm the renewable portfolio standard, and would have little effect on class two because that market is already saturated. Members questioned the impact on consumers, the state budget, and the renewable energy fund; Bose said the fund had already been redirected in the state budget, and another member noted an amended fiscal note showing a $1.2 million reduction in general fund revenue. The committee also discussed the bill’s history, including that it had been added to HB 2 and later removed by the Senate, and Bose said the Senate’s eventual action was hard to predict. The committee then heard House Bill 164 on local records retention from Secretary of State David Scanlan. He said the long-standing local records manager position had never been funded, but that the need for it had grown as towns increasingly digitize records and must ensure accessibility, including ADA compliance. He described the bill as a way to provide state support and expertise to municipalities, especially smaller towns with limited resources, and said the fiscal note for hiring the position remained accurate, though broader website and storage costs could rise over time. Members asked about retrieving lost records, the cost of a public website, and whether records should remain local or be stored at the state level; Scanlan said the state would serve as a resource rather than take control of local records. Finally, the committee began work on House Bill 365, also with Secretary Scanlan, concerning proof of U.S. citizenship for indigent voters. He said the bill would help voters who may lack required documents under the new voter registration law by allowing the state to verify qualifications through federal, private, or other state databases and by providing vouchers to cover the cost of obtaining documents such as birth certificates. He compared the proposal to earlier voter ID accommodations and said the goal was to help qualified voters meet the new requirements without weakening them. Members raised questions about defining “indigent,” how out-of-state birth records would be handled, and the practicality of the verification process; Scanlan said the term would likely need further discussion and that the state would try to assist voters before election day whenever possible.

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• This bill, Senate File 2486, modifies the eligible use of school library aid.
• , modifies the eligible use of school<00:24:15.200> library<00:24:15.840> aid.
• And so um this bill<00:26:21.840> modifies<00:26:22.400> the<00:26:22.720> eligible<
• Um, so this bill is modifying eligible expenditures from the school food service fund.
• bill notif uh modifying eligible bill notif uh modifying eligible expenditures<00:37:10.560>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The eligible population that Jason just mentioned, 8,900, that's the maximal eligible population.
• $27,000 per unit um the eligible $27,000 per unit um the eligible population<01:13:47.080> that
• 8,900 that's the maximal eligible 8,900 that's the maximal eligible population<01:13:51.719>
• approach 10 to 20 to 30% of the eligible approach 10 to 20 to 30% of the eligible population<01:
• who has limb loss who might be eligible who has limb loss who might be eligible for<01:19:54.719

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So think of our homeschool eligibility, right?
• It's all families are eligible and yes, and on the funding mechanism, you know what?
• But we're creating a framework that's universal in eligibility for those reasons.
• Nearly three million students are eligible.
• Approximately 1.2 million students are eligible. Roughly 76,000 are enrolled.

Bills: SB 2

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• the county, and if they also cover a certain level of health insurance for the employees, they are eligible
• the county, and if they also cover a certain level of health insurance for the employees, they are eligible
• Anything you spend above that baseline level, you're eligible for a credit of 15 to 24%.
• It removes the 45-day revocation requirement for a second-time DUI offender before eligibility for a
• The Senate amendment removes a 45-day waiting period before eligibility for a special ignition interlock

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And so we launched in December 2020 for our first online applications for eligibility.
• One of my constituents actually has a child autism and they received the notice of in an eligibility
• We talk about the eligibility application.
• And with regard to the eligibility status, it's already there's there's multiple status is other than
• The pretty little moment list are people who are eligible for services, but many of them are unstable

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• The bill extends the compact eligibility to children of retired service members for four years and to
• education transition challenges encountered by the children of service members include enrollment, eligibility
• Four years eligibility. Okay, all right. Thank you. I appreciate each of you. Thank you.
• Schools will continue to benefit from all existing financial adjustments that they're eligible for.
• I mean, there are some that do, but, you know, the bottom line is every district would be eligible.

Bills: HB123, HB5606, HB549, HB2757, HB4359, HB5381, HB1939, HB123

Keywords: HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention, math intervention, teacher academy, literacy academy, mathematics academy, interventionist academy, K-3 assessments, school readiness, prekindergarten, tutoring grant, parent-directed tutoring

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• It was originally designed for verification of eligibility for various benefits, so verifying that those
• That helps me distinguish because I was thinking we clearly require that someone be a voting-eligible
• that all states have to accept that make it very easy for people to register to vote if they are eligible
• So what that looks like is a list of people who are potentially eligible to register to vote in a state
• to vote. who provide ballots to persons who are not eligible to vote.

Summary: The House State Government & Tribal Relations Committee held a virtual work session focused first on federal actions affecting elections. A representative from NCSL reviewed recent U.S. Supreme Court and pending cases, including a redistricting/Voting Rights Act case and a case on whether mailed ballots received after Election Day can be counted. She also discussed a Trump executive order directing USPS to draft mail-ballot rules, the federal SAVE system’s expanded use for voter list maintenance, DOJ requests for unredacted voter rolls, and reduced federal election-security support. Committee members asked about proof of citizenship requirements, whether DOJ requests are compulsory, and how federal election funding and grants may be changing. The Attorney General’s Office then described Washington’s litigation challenging two election-related executive orders and DOJ’s lawsuit seeking unredacted voter registration lists. State lawyers said courts have already enjoined parts of the executive orders, including documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements and voting-system changes, and have upheld Washington’s ballot-receipt deadlines so far. They said DOJ’s voter-roll demands have been rejected by multiple courts and that Washington’s position is that state law limits disclosure of sensitive voter data. Members asked about the legal basis for DOJ’s requests, the risk of immigration-enforcement use, and whether attestation on registration forms counts as proof of citizenship; the office said it does under state law and that no evidence of mass voter-fraud problems in Washington has been shown. Deputy Attorney General Todd Bowers then gave a broader overview of the Attorney General’s federal litigation, saying Washington has filed 61 cases since January 2025, often with other states, and has had notable success obtaining preliminary injunctions and favorable summary judgments. He highlighted cases involving election rules, environmental and energy disputes, public health funding, student loans, housing, and data privacy, and said many challenges involve executive-branch conditions added to congressionally appropriated funds. He also described a growing number of federal audits and inquiries directed at state agencies. Finally, Office of Equity Director Megan Matthews discussed how federal actions are affecting state and local equity work, community organizations, and public confidence. She said the office is coordinating more closely with the Attorney General, governor’s office, other agencies, and local governments through the immigration subcabinet, while also working on data privacy, Keep Washington Working compliance, and community outreach. Committee members asked about the office’s human-trafficking work and how it is encouraging agency compliance; Matthews said the focus is on clearer guidance, technical support, and consistent expectations across agencies. The committee adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• Both entities suggest that the eligible purposes would include capital...
• To be eligible for grants under the section, the board of county commissioners and the governing bodies
• But if the county commission does not agree, then that is not an eligible project.
• Some communities are only eligible for 50% through the MRG program, so those countywide consensus funds
• Eligible uses, and that falls in your draft bill. Also on page four, line 16 through 20.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Eligible projects will include both those that have suffered damage from those weather changes and against
• Eligible<00:08:35.320> projects<00:08:35.919> will<00:08:36.039> include<00:08:36.440
• > both Eligible projects will include both Eligible projects will include both those<00:08:37.000
• We need to be very clear about who's eligible to receive the grants.
• <00:24:31.960> to very clear about who's um eligible to very clear about who's um eligible

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Rep. Athena Hollins and Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart introduced Minnesota’s proposed climate superfund bill, describing it as a way to make major historical greenhouse gas polluters help pay for climate adaptation and infrastructure repair. They said the bill would target large fossil fuel corporations with significant emissions and use the revenue for projects such as stormwater upgrades, bridge and roof protection, erosion control, drinking water protection, cooling cities, and other resilience work. Both lawmakers framed the proposal as a matter of accountability and fairness, arguing that Minnesotans should not keep paying for damage caused by companies that profited from fossil fuel pollution. Several supporters testified in favor of the bill, including St. Paul City Council Vice President Nyang Kheimey, former legislator and medical student Hunter Cantrell, Unidos Minnesota volunteer Bonnie Becol, and 100% Minnesota’s Aurora Vautrin. They emphasized local climate impacts such as flooding, wildfire smoke, extreme heat, emerald ash borer damage, asthma, and infrastructure failures, and said the costs are increasingly falling on taxpayers, local governments, and vulnerable communities. Kheimey highlighted municipal needs and St. Paul’s own climate investments, while Cantrell focused on environmental racism and health harms, and Becol and Vautrin stressed species loss, community recovery costs, and the burden on residents. In the question-and-answer portion, Hollins and Johnson Stewart explained that the bill would apply to fossil fuel corporations with at least 1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions and a nexus to Minnesota, not local utilities. They said the State Auditor’s office would determine the assessments owed by companies, while the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency would hold the fund and administer grants. They also said they were looking to models in Vermont and New York and hoped the proposal could attract bipartisan support because it is tied to affordability and shifting costs away from taxpayers and onto polluters. No vote or formal committee action was taken in the transcript, and the event ended with the sponsors opening the bill to questions.

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• have authorized or requested you to authorize us for 100% of the projects that are qualified and eligible
• Us for 100% of the projects that are qualified and eligible, and this again is 113 projects that were
• eligible for funding this year.
• Tribal entities are very much eligible.
• We've heard estimates that tens of thousands may be eligible across rural and tribal communities.

Keywords: 996, all

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• the purpose of the Public School Finance Act, fiscal years 226 and 227, a school district is not eligible
• That's the existing list of covered industrial products that could be eligible.
• Incentive or the grant, it cannot stack its eligibility with 45Q, which is a federal carbon capture and
• Additionally, the production incentive and the capital grant are focused towards eligible products, not
• necessarily eligible technologies.

Bills: HB253, HB153, HB255, HB287, HB371, SB151, HB8, SB177

Keywords: distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete

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• It's to cover the total expected need of eligible students for the 2025-2026 school year in the Educational
• those types of supplemental items that would enhance a student's education would be included as an eligible
• Well, and I was just going to add, once a student is deemed eligible through their notice of intent,
• account, and they can then best decide how they want to expend those funds, as long as they're an eligible
• The first two years not only was eligibility restricted, but use of the funds was restricted.

Summary: The committee met to consider a series of appropriation, reserve transfer, and grant requests. Early items included temporary appropriations for the Department of Education’s Educational Freedom Account program ($32 million), the State Crime Lab ($476,000), and DFA Assessment Coordination ($90,000), along with a $1 ARPA return from the Department of Health. The committee approved these items after brief questions, including a discussion about contract cost increases at Assessment Coordination and a clarification that the $1 ARPA item was simply an unused-funds return. The most extensive discussion centered on the Department of Education’s EFA funding. Members questioned the growth in participation, the use of one-time funds and restricted reserves, and safeguards against fraud or improper purchases. Agency officials said about 44,000 students were being funded, that purchases are reviewed and flagged for unusual activity, and that homeschool students are not required to buy a curriculum so long as purchases are eligible and approved. The committee approved the EFA appropriation and related reserve transfer, and officials said the governor’s proposed budget would include the program in the RSA going forward. The committee also approved a DHS reallocation request and reviewed a building authority loan for a data center power supply replacement. In the federal grant section, members discussed a Department of Agriculture request for Central Arkansas Water to acquire land in the Maumelle watershed. Debate focused on the environmental benefits versus local property-tax and development concerns in Perry County, with testimony from the agency, Central Arkansas Water, and Potlatch about watershed protection, public access, and potential development impacts. After extended discussion, the committee adopted a motion to defer the item to the full Legislative Council and asked the department to remove the Perry County portion from the request, limiting the grant-funded purchase to Pulaski County property. The committee then reviewed remaining items, including a Veterans Affairs pay-plan appropriation, and adjourned.

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• It's to cover the total expected need of eligible students for the 2025–2026 school year in the educational
• those type of supplemental items that would enhance a student's education would be included as an eligible
• Well, and I was just going to add, once a student is deemed eligible through their notice of intent,
• account, and they can then best decide how they want to expend those funds, as long as they're an eligible
• The first two years not only was eligibility restricted, but use of the funds was restricted.

Summary: The committee met to consider a series of temporary appropriation requests, reserve fund transfers, federal grant appropriations, and review items. Early items included a $32 million appropriation and matching reserve transfer for the Department of Education’s educational freedom account program, a $476,000 request for the State Crime Lab, and a $90,000 assessment coordination request from DFA. Members asked questions about the assessment contract costs, and the item was approved. The committee also approved a $1 ARPA return to the CDC and a Department of Human Services reallocation package that moved general revenue and positions among divisions to meet client needs. The most extensive discussion centered on a $32 million restricted reserve transfer for the educational freedom account program. Members questioned the growing number of participating students, the program’s long-term funding needs, and safeguards against improper purchases. Agency representatives said about 44,000 students were being funded, that reimbursements and marketplace purchases are reviewed, and that reporting and audit controls are in place, though not every instance of fraud can be prevented. The committee approved the transfer after discussion. Members also approved smaller cash and federal grant items, including funding for a teacher shortage data dashboard, All Kids Bike grants, crime lab outsourcing, veterans cemetery operations, and a podiatric medicine licensing investigation fund. The most contentious item was a $7 million federal Forest Legacy grant request for Central Arkansas Water and the Department of Agriculture to acquire land in the Maumelle watershed, including acreage in Perry County and Pulaski County. Members debated water quality, development pressure, property tax impacts, local support, and whether Perry County had been adequately consulted. Agency and company representatives argued the acquisition would protect drinking water, preserve forested watershed land, and support recreation, while some legislators emphasized the county’s tax and development concerns. Senator Davis moved to defer the item to the full Legislative Council and to request removal of the Perry County portion; that motion passed. The committee then reviewed the remaining items, including a Veterans Affairs pay plan request, and adjourned.