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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- National Climate Assessment.
- as an example, when NMED did an illustrative projection of how we could meet the 2030 goals, they assessed
- So it is, there is a convention that states use In assessing the greenhouse gas, the greenhouse direct
- The one exception to that is that we assess emissions from imported electricity. Madam Chair, Mr.
- So it assesses all the directly emitted greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Through this need report, we are continually assessing our assets to identify our need.
- our assets to identify our assessing our assets to identify our need.<00:20:00.080>
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debt and peer states assess debt and peer states assess debt affordability. - Guideline three is a tool for assessing how proposed borrowing interacts with existing debt.
- what degree of flexibility um assess what degree of flexibility um could<01:17:24.159>
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NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 03/09/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- suspend the gross receipts tax, the sales tax, the systems benefit charge, the temporary state assessment
- /incremental state assessment charge, and the renewable portfolio standard charge for one year.
- SUSPEND THE GROSS RECEDE SEATED TAX, THE SALES TAX, THE SYSTEMS BENEFIT CHARGE, THE TEMPORARY STATE ASSESSMENT
- /INCREMENTAL STATE ASSESSMENT CHARGE, AND THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD CHARGE FOR ONE YEAR.
Summary:
The Senate met on March 6, 2026, approved the prior day’s journal, and then proceeded through the day’s calendar of bills. A number of measures were passed, including bills amending the Corporation Law, Environmental Conservation Law, Public Officers Law, Executive Law, Cannabis Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law, Penal Law, Labor Law, Public Health Law, Real Property and Actions and Proceedings Law, General Business Law, and Agriculture and Markets Law. Most passed with broad support, though several had recorded negative votes from a small group of senators. One bill on the Legislative Law, Calendar 340, was initially set aside for the controversial calendar.
During consideration of Calendar 340, Senator Lanza raised a non-germane amendment offered by Senator Rolison that would have created utility bill tax and surcharge holidays and a green energy tax holiday. The Chair ruled the amendment non-germane, and the Senate upheld that ruling by a show of hands, with 22 in favor of overruling the Chair. The bill in chief was then restored to the non-controversial calendar.
Senators May and Krueger spoke in support of the underlying Legislative Law bill, describing it as a procedural reform to make it easier for the Senate and Assembly to reconcile differences between versions of bills, similar to congressional practice. The bill passed 42-1, with several senators recorded in the negative. The Senate then completed the calendar and adjourned until Tuesday, March 10 at 3:00 p.m.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/21/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- segmented patient focused assessments segmented patient focused assessments rather<03:54:50.880>
- and LPN's did ones who did assessments and LPN's did subsequent<04:00:32.239>
assessments. - do subsequent or assessments afterwards. do subsequent or assessments afterwards.
- doing initial assessments. doing initial assessments. >> Thank<04:02:30.560>
you. - assessments on their patients. assessments on their patients.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And it allows the department to do a jeopardy assessment.
- I'll read for members' benefit what a jeopardy assessment is.
- have, called jeopardy assessment. have, called jeopardy assessment.
- I'll read um jeopardy assessment.
- I'll just read uh assessment is.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Transcript Highlights:
- A needs assessment is an essential first step to gather the data we need to make smart decisions about
- My colleague Claire will now tell you about the details of the needs assessment that we are supporting
- The waste reduction needs assessment, such as the one proposed in S-570, is designed to provide that
- It would assess recycling, composting, reuse, and disposal capacity in the region, and the impacts of
- A waste reduction needs assessment provides that foundation and ensures future data.
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on S.2542, the Mass Ready Act, a $3 billion environmental bond bill aimed at climate resilience, water infrastructure, conservation, and related permitting reforms. Secretary Rebecca Tepper and administration officials described the bill’s major investments in flood control, coastal resilience, DCR roads/bridges/dams and parks, drinking water and wastewater upgrades, PFAS remediation, land conservation, food security infrastructure, and expanded Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness funding. They also explained proposed streamlining measures for environmental permitting, flood risk disclosures, a Connecticut River Resilient Commission, and a new Resilience Revolving Fund to provide low-cost financing for municipal resilience projects. Committee members asked about affordability, useful life of projects, how the revolving fund would be capitalized, and how the bill would help communities such as Lawrence, Methuen, and coastal towns; officials said the fund would initially use existing trust resources, not new fees, and could later support special obligation bonds once it has a track record.
Several witnesses supported the bill but urged larger authorizations or additional provisions. Boston Harbor Now asked for more funding for MVP and the state’s resilient coast plan, and supported permitting reforms for nature-based and hybrid solutions. The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance urged inclusion of drought-management language from separate bills, plus a statewide flood buyout program and a water reuse commission. Green Roots called for dedicated funding for outdoor and indoor air quality monitoring and indoor air quality improvements, especially in environmental justice communities affected by traffic and airport pollution. Conservation and forestry advocates requested more funding for urban tree canopy, local nurseries, and workforce training, while also raising concerns about PFAS impacts and the need for clearer municipal reforestation language.
Agriculture and water infrastructure groups focused on food security and drinking water needs. The Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership and the Mass Food System Collaborative backed the food security infrastructure grant program and farmland protection funding, warning that the program needs continued support in fiscal 2027 and that farmland loss is accelerating. The Massachusetts Waterworks Association said the bill does not go far enough on drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure, citing large statewide capital needs and PFAS compliance costs, and asked for recurring funding and broader eligibility for climate resilience grants. A Product Stewardship Council representative also urged funding for a waste reduction needs assessment, citing growing landfill constraints and rising disposal costs. No votes were taken during the hearing."}{
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Human Trafficking in Emergency Departments Task Force May 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Rahab stands for rescue, assess, heal, and break free.
- Rahab stands for rescue, assess, heal, and break free.
- Comprehensive human trafficking assessment and how to report those.
- And so we're assessing where that youth is at.
- So I want to share with this task force the results of that survey and needs assessment.
Summary:
The first meeting of the Human Trafficking and Emergency Department Task Force focused on implementing Act 267, which created the body to develop a statewide human trafficking protocol to be incorporated into Louisiana’s sexual assault response plans. Chair Rep. Kelly Hennessy Dickerson and Office of Human Trafficking Prevention Director Mary Kate Andropont emphasized that the goal is a practical, transferable, survivor-centered protocol that can be adapted across regions and health systems. The task force also noted its timeline: use today’s presentations and member feedback to draft a protocol before the next meeting, then refine it into a final version.
Presenters from hospitals, SANE programs, and advocacy organizations described current practices and gaps. Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport’s Operation Rahab and FMOLHS’s human trafficking policies highlighted staff education, badge buddies, anonymous admissions, hotline and law enforcement reporting, and coordination with community partners. SANE and forensic nursing presenters described red-dot privacy alerts, trauma-informed interviewing, and the need to train all hospital staff, not just ED clinicians, because trafficking victims may present repeatedly or in non-ED settings. LaFASA described statewide advocacy and legal support, while Unbound Now and BCFS/Common Thread explained Louisiana’s juvenile trafficking response under Act 662, including 24/7 crisis response, relational advocacy, and care coordination for minors.
Members repeatedly raised the lack of safe housing, transportation, and placement options after identification, especially for adults, male survivors, and adults with special needs. Several presenters said that identifying victims is only the first step and that Louisiana still lacks enough resources for discharge and long-term stabilization. The task force also discussed the need for broader training across emergency departments, residency programs, nursing, housekeeping, maintenance, student health, mental health, and law enforcement, with members stressing that protocols should be clear, trauma-informed, and usable statewide. No votes were taken; the main action was to gather testimony, identify gaps, and begin drafting the statewide protocol.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- as well as opportunity assessments by the end of May for these three communities.
- The Secretary mentioned several existing resources, and we agree with her assessment regarding DFA and
- So I think those are the assessments we need to do.
- So I think those are the assessments we need to do.
- And again, I think that's part of the assessment.
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jan 19th, 2026 at 08:33 am
Transcript Highlights:
- , while we're in the very beginning stages, we have three core objectives we're looking at: We'll assess
- The Healthcare Authority's Income Support Division has a Quality Assessment Office that is responsible
- You look at page 29 where there's 27 FTEs that are just there for quality assessment, right?
- As a result, while staffing is clearly the largest cost driver, it is not always possible to assess how
- And then we'll be doing another round of assessment of risk when we come out of the regular session to
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 4466 by Hicklin relates to the restrictions of the fee assessed by issuance of the certain birth records
- an occupational license for the Committee on State Affairs, HB 4548 by Oliverson relating to the assessment
- HG 4701 by Leo Wilson related in student discretion and the alternative assessment instruction as part
- HB 4874 by relating to the policies, procedures of public school threat assessment and safety supportive
- school team and threat assessment review team or for the Committee on Public Education.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 4466 by Hicklin, relating to the restrictions of the fee assessed by issuance of the certain birth
- AG 44. 493 by Jens of Harris ruling the duty of a police officer to standardize lethality assessment
- HB 4548 by Oliverson relating to the assessment reporting requirements regarding safety and security
- HB 4760 by Tom. and relating to Medicaid reimbursement for the cost of cognitive assessment and care
- committee on pensions, investments, and financial services. procedures of public school threat assessment
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Mar 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- HCAI also includes scoring questions that assess the extent to which residency programs have strategies
- We're assessing proposed mergers and acquisitions of health care entities, collecting and analyzing data
- According to HCI, a further report will assess the state's role and feasibility in manufacturing and
- HCAI performed in the top group of all state departments in its last independent security assessment
- We are specially funded by annual assessments on health plans and receive no general fund money.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Thu Mar 19, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- that assessment after you've caught up more and got through with more of your backlog and the delays
- And I would, those metrics that you talk about, those assessments, that would be important.
- meaningfully access meaningfully assess meaningfully access meaningfully assess whether<00:30:39.600
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that we would look for that assessment that we would look for that assessment - assessments, that would be important. assessments, that would be important.
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.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Neonicotinoid insecticide and insecticide-treated seed ban 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of the bill's wording, it would need a third-party vendor to be hired in order to have the risk assessment
- order to have the risk assessment done. order to have the risk assessment done.
- Assessing Minnesota's 25.3 million acres of farmland on approximately 65,000 farms every year will
- The current approach to conducting, reviewing, and approving these assessments fails to give assurances
- these assessments fails to give<00:18:49.520>
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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- OSI operations are funded entirely through revenue generated from insurance industry assessments and
- In FY25, OSI collected over $35 million in assessments and fees. $31.4 million was from license fees,
- The Fraud and Title Program, as I mentioned, is funded by insurance industry assessments.
- for the fraud program, industry assessments, but again, doesn't revert. $1.6 million in industry assessments
- I insisted that they bring in independent assessment people to see where we were.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- has to be completed following assessment has to be completed following admission<00:42:32.640>
to - Case managers should be given back the screening tools they used to utilize to properly assess their
- Case managers should be given back the screening tools they used to utilize to properly assess their
- Case managers should be given back the screening tools they used to utilize to properly assess their
- Case managers should be given back the screening tools they used to utilize to properly assess their
Keywords:
pediatric care, hospital discharge, home care, healthcare accessibility, nursing services, family support, mental health, crisis services, Dakota County, mobile crisis response, public safety, treatment services, rehabilitation, behavioral health fund, client eligibility, home and community-based services, case management, waiver services, county services, disability advocacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- programs or min choices assessment programs or min choices assessment results<00:30:13.520>
or - assessment assessment data?
- It's just an assessment of if DHS were to apply certain policy changes to the benefits, the programs,
- It's just an assessment of if of fraud.
- It's just an assessment of if DHS<01:03:16.480>
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Bills:
HF3378
Keywords:
human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (04/25/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- So they want to make sure that there’s a good assessment of what their health care needs are as they
- There are actually some visits that can happen through telemedicine in between, to do the assessment
- of corrections looking at and assessing of corrections looking at and assessing the<00:31:30.640
- know, an evaluation of and an assessment know, an evaluation of and an assessment um<00:43:29.440
- Um, as it says on the slide, assessment.
Summary:
The committee first handled roll call and approved the prior meeting minutes. Members discussed attendance and substitutions, then moved to the DHS commissioner’s update, which focused on New Hampshire’s Medicaid 1115 waiver and the new community re-entry initiative for people leaving correctional facilities. The presenter explained that the waiver lets the state cover certain services not normally covered under Medicaid, including substance use disorder treatment, serious mental illness services, adult dental benefits, and the new community re-entry component. She also noted that a separate youth re-entry component is federally required, with youth defined up to age 21 and foster-care-related coverage extending to age 26.
The update described how the adult re-entry program works for incarcerated individuals with behavioral health needs, providing up to 45 days of pre-release services, care coordination with managed care organizations and DOC staff, telemedicine assessments, discharge prescriptions, insurance cards, and connections to community mental health, primary care, and substance use providers. For youth, the program includes more intensive case management, 30 days of pre-release services, and 30 days of post-release care coordination, with a stronger emphasis on screening, diagnosis, and holistic assessment. The presenter said New Hampshire received the adult waiver in July 2024, has implemented the program in state correctional facilities, and is beginning work at the youth center.
Members and the presenter discussed why the program is structured as a waiver rather than a standard Medicaid benefit, with the explanation that CMS is allowing this as a newer policy area and that states generally pursue waivers for certain services. The chair and others emphasized the need for real cost and outcome data, and the presenter said an independent evaluator and evaluation plan are required under the 1115 waiver. Early results cited included 30 adults enrolled so far, 10 released, five youth enrolled with one released, and anecdotal early successes such as housing, employment, and better continuity of medication and treatment. The committee did not take any additional votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2026
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- What is a level of care assessment, and what does it determine?
- Also, as part of the assessment process, there is an assessment that's done that helps determine the
- Is it being assessed correctly? Is it meeting people's needs?
- And you... ...to assess, or access, the fraud.
- And you... to assess the, or access the fraud.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- uh it's the uh looking at LMI assessment uh it's the uh looking at LMI data<00:41:59.359>
that <01:19:10.199>- Youth to juvenile justice to senior programs, assessing what the individual's skill sets are, as well
for penalties which are assessed for penalties which are assessed for egregious - prohibited practice penalties assessed prohibited practice penalties assessed against<01:19:34.159
- We assessed far more than that.
Summary:
The committee held an introductory organizational meeting for the newly named Workforce and Economic Development Committee, with Chair Dave Baker noting a quorum and that no votes or formal actions were scheduled. Members and staff introduced themselves and described their districts, backgrounds, and priorities. Several members emphasized worker protections, labor experience, small business concerns, rural economic issues, and the importance of balancing employer and employee interests. Others highlighted education-to-workforce pathways, affordability, support for seniors, and opportunities for immigrant and refugee communities.
Chair Baker said he wants the committee to find a balance between protecting labor and ensuring a strong employment base, fair rules, and fair taxes, while also acknowledging concerns about recent policy trends and the need to get proposals right before they leave the committee. Members from both parties echoed themes of collaboration and economic opportunity, though some Republicans criticized past rules and regulations as burdensome on small businesses. The committee also welcomed nonpartisan staff and DFL/GOP staff, including the committee administrator, legislative assistant, House Research, and fiscal analysis staff.
The committee then received an overview from DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek and deputy commissioners. Varilek described DEED’s mission as empowering growth of the Minnesota economy for everyone, increasing prosperity and extending it broadly, and coordinating with other agencies such as Labor and Industry to avoid duplication and use taxpayer dollars efficiently. He said DEED focuses on business attraction, retention, and expansion, workforce development, and helping Minnesotans—including people with disabilities—prepare for jobs and independent living. A deputy commissioner began outlining the economic development division’s structure and operations, but the transcript cuts off before the full presentation was completed.