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• The program doesn't tell students what to care about.
• Second, we designed the program journey.
• students<00:43:32.319> what The program doesn't tell students what The program doesn't
• This statistic does not participation.
• um drafted ethnic studies grant program um drafted ethnic studies grant program alongside<01:14:

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• One of the things that we’ve talked about for a while is a BADDS program.
• program.
• And so there is a $50 billion over five years federal program.
• It's called the Rural Health Transformation Program.
• Rural health transformation program.

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• As I mentioned earlier, the TMPC has 2 financial assistance programs for local communities.
• Last session, we appropriated $30 million for the grant program.
• Uh, some sta statistics currently, uh, we have licensed, uh, 81,621 police officers.
• I want to go back to the current statistics page.
• So it's a, it's a grant program. We apply for it every year.

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• Um, I don't think we keep statistics on those. I think they're just in the file on that bill.
• Um, I don't think<00:12:03.279> we<00:12:03.519> keep<00:12:04.000> statistics<00
• <00:12:05.120> I think we keep statistics on those. I think we keep statistics on those.
• to say you amount for that EFA program to say you know<00:39:20.079> now<00:39:20.320> each
• You are competing under a program established by the state.

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• :07.519> on<00:14:07.680> the Mike Leoo did a great job of presenting some of the statistics
• uh presenting some of the uh statistics uh presenting some of the uh statistics and and and the<
• That's obvious from their statistics and their statements.
• 26:48.880> obvious<00:26:49.520> from<00:26:50.080> their<00:26:50.480> statistics
• <00:26:51.039> and That's obvious from their statistics and That's obvious from their statistics

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• Everybody else behind me has statistics that I won't go into because they have them written down.
• Everybody else behind me has statistics that I won't go into because they have them written down.
• We've hired plenty of people through these programs.
• policies about COVID vaccines, wanted Florida to pull out of the federal OSHA and set up our own program

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

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• from accessing critical, life-saving resources like the Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program
• The second thing that this bill does is it opens up the Address Confidentiality Program to victims of
• And to add to the speaker before me, according to FWC statistics, According to FWC statistics, over 80%

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard and advanced a series of bills on inmate medical billing, court-order transmission, animal abandonment during disasters, first responder peer support, firearm purchase waiting periods, capital felony aggravators, domestic violence protections, boating safety, restitution for leaving the scene of a crash, xylazine trafficking, and offenses against law enforcement officers. Testimony was generally supportive across the agenda, with some opposition or caution raised on the xylazine bill, the boating safety bill, and parts of the law-enforcement-officer bill. Several measures were presented as responses to specific tragedies, including the Martin County jail medical billing bill, the Baker Act transmission bill, Trooper’s Law for restrained dogs, the Jason Rayner Act, and Lucy’s Law. HB 407 would cap certain emergency medical charges for Martin County jail inmates at 110% of Medicare rates, mirroring Department of Corrections practice; it passed 15-0. HB 513 would require faster electronic transmission of certain court orders, including Baker Act orders, to law enforcement within six hours; it passed 15-0. HB 205, Trooper’s Law, creates a third-degree felony for abandoning a restrained dog during a natural disaster; it passed 15-0. HB 421, as amended, expands peer support for first responders to certain support personnel involved in crime scene work or evidence handling; it passed 16-0. PCS for HB 383 would let law enforcement, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and active military service members bypass the three-day handgun waiting period without a concealed carry permit; it passed 18-0. HB 693 adds an aggravating factor in capital cases when the victim was gathered with others for a school, religious, or public government meeting; it passed 17-1 after opposition testimony from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. PCS for HB 19 and HB 41, the Haven Act, would expand domestic and dating violence protections, including a feasibility study for a web-based 911 alert system and confidentiality/public-records protections for victims; both passed 18-0. PCS for HB 289, Lucy’s Law, would align boating penalties with driving offenses and expand boating safety card requirements; it passed 18-0 despite concerns from one witness that the bill should go further. HB 479 would allow courts to order restitution in leaving-the-scene property-damage cases; an amendment changing mandatory to discretionary restitution was adopted, and the bill passed 18-0. PCS for HB 57 would regulate xylazine, add trafficking penalties, and include veterinary-use exceptions; it passed 17-0 after one witness opposed mandatory minimums. HB 175, the Jason Rayner Act, clarifies that officers are protected when acting within the scope of their duties and adds manslaughter of a law enforcement officer to offenses requiring life imprisonment; it passed 17-0 after debate over self-defense and unlawful police conduct.

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• You mentioned that it would be burdensome on the county, I guess, with a relocation program.
• I served for nearly eight years as a supervising attorney at the Identification Recovery Program at St
• Our outreach programs are stretched beyond their limits.
• So when, for example, we've heard statistics about the trial happening on average about 20 or 21 days
• As part of our team's work, we run an eviction outreach and education program where we call, text, and

Bills: HB32, HB15, HB171, HB421, HB581, HB644, HB745, HB349, HB917, HB204, HB923, HB15, HB171, HB204

Keywords: eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581

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• This is a $100,000 appropriation for a grant program for veteran and disabled veterans to visit Veterans
• for your information, since 2021 the legislature has appropriated $50,000 annually to create this program
• existence for a couple of years helping support disabled veterans from around Minnesota, and the program
• This program will continue to connect disabled veterans with the wilderness in northern Minnesota, and
• This is a great bill and a great program to support, so I hope we can do so. Thank you.

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• So, this would be a hand-up program program program um um um to<02:09:03.560> make<02:09:03.760
• a program. a program.
• It's for $750,450 for a dual enrollment program, a pilot program for two years.
• , not a four-year program.
• Program, and then for the purposes. Program, and then for the purposes.

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• MGB is the largest graduate medical education program in the country.
• It doesn't direct it to those programs that you are talking about.
• It doesn't direct it to those programs that you are talking about.
• Moreover, as Medicare is poised to negotiate the first drug selected for its new negotiation program,
• Statistics have shown that nearly one in three pharmacies have closed in the United States since 2010

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing on a broad set of health care bills focused on cost, market oversight, pharmaceutical access, transparency, hospital closures, and pharmacy access. Chairs John Lawn and Cindy Friedman opened by emphasizing recent health care reforms and the need for further action on the drug supply chain, PBMs, private equity, and affordability. The committee heard testimony on several measures, including a Betsy Lehman Center bill to make technical changes and create a permanent trust account for federal and private funding, and bills on hospital profits and fairness, hospital closures and health planning, pharmacy deserts, and health care market oversight and pharmaceutical access. No votes were taken during the hearing. On the hospital profits bill, physicians and labor advocates strongly supported capping hospital CEO compensation at 50 times the lowest-paid worker, requiring greater financial transparency, and directing penalties from high-margin public hospitals into a Medicaid reimbursement fund. Testifiers argued that executive pay is excessive while frontline staff and safety-net services are under strain. Committee members raised concerns about unintended consequences, including whether hospitals might shift workers to contract status or lose executive talent, and whether the bill would actually direct money to the safety net. Supporters responded that the measure is one piece of a larger effort and that the bill’s Medicaid reimbursement provisions would help underserved hospitals. Testimony on market oversight and pharmaceutical access centered on rising health care and drug costs, PBM practices, and the proposal to give the Health Policy Commission authority to set upper payment limits for certain drugs. Consumer advocates, disability advocates, an independent pharmacist, the Attorney General’s office, and others supported stronger oversight, citing premium increases, affordability problems, and the impact of high drug prices on patients and community pharmacies. Pharma and some industry witnesses opposed parts of the bill, warning that upper payment limits could disrupt access, create legal issues, and fail to address the broader supply chain. The committee also heard support for stronger hospital closure notice and public hearing requirements, and for a pharmacy deserts bill aimed at identifying and addressing closures like the one in Roxbury that affected thousands of patients.

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• , where we run weekly and monthly programs for the youth involved there.
• Chair, I mentioned the supply program. We interview and survey the industrial base.
• I also want to thank you for the supplier program; that's terrific.
• Part of that program includes preparedness training.
• So, I’m very, very happy that we’re able to provide those preparedness programs for them.

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• Next, we have our Targeted Appraisal Review Program, or TARP as we like to refer to it.
• The TARP is a triggered program.
• We just concluded our first round of reviews for this program.
• We also have our methods and assistance program.
• I don't have that full number, actually I can tell you the foundation school program which is.

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• <01:17:25.280> that Program is a national program that Program is a national program that
• We know these programs work.
• These aren't just statistics.
• These aren't just statistics.
• These aren't just statistics.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting focused on Kentucky school choice and innovation, with discussion of the state constitution’s “common schools” requirement and how that has been interpreted alongside newer education models. Chairman Tipton described model laboratory schools, Gatton and Craft Academies, magnet and virtual programs, and said these options show that Kentucky has long expanded opportunity through innovation. He then turned the discussion to Senate Bill 207, which he said was designed to support schools of innovation. Senator Steve West reviewed the history of Kentucky charter schools and explained that SB 207 was modeled on a South Carolina approach. He said the bill allows a local school board to contract with a third-party entity to manage an existing school, seek waivers from certain state rules, and receive SEEK funding while also allowing outside private investment. He emphasized that the district initiates the process, that the school remains public, and that the bill includes accountability through a time-limited contract that can be ended if the school is not performing. Members asked about the difference between SB 207 and the earlier charter school law, whether schools could cherry-pick students, and whether teachers would remain district employees. West and Tipton said the new model is tied to an existing school rather than a new charter, cannot cherry-pick students, and keeps teachers as district employees. Representative Brown raised concerns that charters and exceptions could leave some children out, especially lower-income students, while West responded that the proposal is intended to expand choice for families who may not otherwise have it and cited examples from other states where similar models improved low-performing schools. No vote or formal action was taken during the discussion.

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• Applicants in these programs can take the tests on the last day of their training.
• Program managers at DOH provided a few reasons for the worsening delay.
• So we've heard a couple of audits here about the testing program. I'm...
• Is there any indication of how that plays into this program and the shortage of people?
• The training partnership is working to... ...their 119 training programs across the state.

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Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee heard a State Auditor’s Office performance audit on the Restoring Quality Home Care Initiative (I-1163), which created home care aide certification requirements, FBI background checks, and an abuse/neglect registry. Auditors said some requirements likely improve safety, especially background checks and training, but the state lacked pre-2011 data to measure outcomes directly. They also found Washington has a long-term care workforce shortage, though its workforce supply ranks better than many states, and that more stringent entry requirements do not appear to reduce workforce participation compared with other states. The audit’s main concern was that the certification process is slow and burdensome. Auditors reported that most applicants never finish certification, that only about one-third of fiscal year 2025 applicants were certified within the 200-day legal deadline, and that the average time to certification was 463 days. They identified delays between training and testing, limited testing access in some areas, and redundant Department of Health verification of FBI background checks as key causes. The audit recommended streamlining the process by accepting applications later in the process, expanding testing within training programs, and eliminating the redundant background-check verification. Department of Health and Department of Social and Health Services staff largely agreed with the audit’s findings and recommendations. They said they have already made improvements, including moving exams into more than 110 training programs, increasing credentialing staff, and reducing barriers through rule changes. DSHS noted testing is offered in 13 languages. Committee members asked about testing contract incentives, language access, and whether the agencies would seek statutory or budget changes to implement the recommendations. No public testimony was offered, and the meeting adjourned without any vote or formal action by the committee.

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• I would note a couple of things about that statistic. One is that this statistic is increasing.
• Texas implementing this program will solve several problems.
• I just, is the comptroller in a position today to implement this program?
• Statistics show that 95% of its value has been lost in my lifetime.
• You may or may not end up with this program.

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• I mean, but a computer program, just like a corporation, is a creation of humankind.
• I mean, but a computer program just not.
• <01:11:49.520> built In conclusion, a software program built In conclusion, a software program
• computer has you know a statist computer has you know a statist statistic<01:23:56.000> or
• And I want to target the actual program, which is the problem, which is the tool itself.

Bills: HF357, HF3389, HF1434, HF2500, HF1606

Keywords: HF357, hasenpfeffer, card games, social skill game, Minnesota gambling law, tournament, contest, prize limit, low-stakes gaming, card game exemption, gambling exemption, cribbage, bridge, euchre, pinochle, Texas hold'em, whist, skat, sheepshead, gin

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• The PPI increase that's set out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is around 11%, and we're just asking
• are more substantive about how the funds are to be used or how someone applies for, like, a grant program
• that are more substantive about how the funds are to be used or how someone applies for like a grant program

Summary: The commission first approved the prior meeting minutes and then adopted the annual authorization for expense reimbursement for commissioners performing official duties under Arkansas Code 25-16-902. Members noted that legislative commissioners would not receive reimbursement for the meeting day if they were already in session and receiving legislative per diem. The commission then heard a LexisNexis proposal for pricing increases and replacement volumes for Arkansas Code publications. LexisNexis said the proposed increase was about 7 percent, citing higher costs and the producer price index, and recommended replacing three volumes in 2026 and four in 2027 based on supplement size and the age of the volumes. Members asked about public pricing, the basis for selecting replacement volumes, and whether a statewide contract for judicial legal research services might be possible; LexisNexis said it would connect the senator with its sales team. The commission approved the pricing and replacement volume proposal. Staff also provided an update on the codification project for state treasury funds. The project will move duplicative fund-creation language into Title 19 only, repeal duplicate provisions elsewhere in the code, and be presented later as a technical corrections bill. Members discussed whether any funds appeared obsolete and whether future legislation could eliminate unused funds, and staff said DFA maintains a list of obsolete funds that could be included in future cleanup work. The chair said the commission would likely meet again in the fall to consider technical corrections, and the meeting adjourned.

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• Next, we have our targeted appraisal Review Program, or TARP as we like to refer to it.
• The TARP is a triggered program.
• Um, we just concluded our first round of reviews for this program.
• We also have our methods and assistance program.
• The appraisal district did not fail any of the mandatory questions on the Mets and assistance program

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• Workforce Program.
• The programs include the Community College Perkins Program and the K-12 Strong Workforce Program, which
• , including the largest CTE program, the ROCP program.
• high school CTE programs.
• Alignment not only between our programs and K-12 programs, but with industry need as well.

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