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• c> noise,<00:54:31.040> building authority over zoning, noise, building authority over zoning
• an app, or make an in-app purchase.
• So before giving consent, purchase.
• ,<01:34:05.280> a app or making an inapp purchase, a app or making an inapp purchase, a parent
• consent every time they try to purchase consent every time they try to purchase such<02:12:31.199

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We're the only state that uses premium assistance, which is how we govern and purchase and serve the
• We're the only state that uses premium assistance, which is how we govern and purchase and serve the
• Which is how we govern and purchase and serve the adult expansion population.
• Our statute, our establishing statute, does authorize us to do that.
• Our statute, our establishing statute, does authorize us to do that.

Summary: The Medicaid Subcommittee of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee met to receive a primer on the subcommittee’s history and on how Medicaid oversight works in Arkansas. Legislative audit staff reviewed the subcommittee’s origins in response to earlier Medicaid audit concerns and explained that Medicaid is audited every year in the statewide single audit because it is a high-risk, large federal program. Staff summarized recent audit findings, including issues with eligibility controls, data matching, contractor charging, incarcerated juveniles’ coverage handling, provider eligibility support, and the state’s Medicaid recovery audit contractor exception request. They also noted a DHS departmental audit finding involving employees who improperly received benefits, which was referred for possible prosecution. The Department of Human Services gave an overview of the Medicaid program, describing eligibility groups, delivery systems (fee-for-service, managed care/PASSE, and premium assistance for expansion adults), the size of the program, and the agency’s budget and provider base. DHS also outlined the difference between state plan amendments and waivers and said other committee materials would be sent to members. The Office of Medicaid Inspector General described its role in detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse, explaining that it investigates suspected intentional fraud, suspends providers when there is a credible allegation of fraud, recovers improper payments in mistake cases, and recommends policy changes when trends are identified. The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit explained that it prosecutes provider fraud criminally and civilly, handles neglect, abuse, and exploitation cases in long-term care settings, and works with DHS, OMIG, and federal partners. Members asked about where cases are filed, how provider suspensions work, whether beneficiary fraud is investigated, and how education is provided to providers. DHS confirmed that beneficiary fraud cases are referred to local prosecutors and said the expansion population will move toward community engagement/work requirements under federal changes, with a soft launch planned before full implementation. The meeting ended with no formal votes beyond adoption of the prior minutes and no other committee actions.

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• Next author, Senator Limon. Next author, Senator Limon.
• The motion is due pass as amended per author to add co-authors.
• The motion is due pass as amended per author to add co-authors.
• The motion is due pass as amended per author to add co-authors.
• The motion is due pass as amended per author to add co-authors.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• .<00:05:21.520> But authorized.
• But authorized.
• When they're purchasing paints, their experience doesn't change either.
• When they're purchasing paints, their experience doesn't change either.
• So, whatever the purchase price is, the fee is then added to it.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Chair Lewis and honorable members of the committee, for listening to us today on H. 4887, an act to authorize
• home rule petition allows Plymouth to thoughtfully manage land use and maintain an account for purchasing
• Allows Plymouth to thoughtfully manage land use and maintain an account for purchasing land for public
• for local control and the direct means for town officials to invest in the Plymouth community by purchasing
• This legislation will give them the ability to devote resources to purchasing land that will benefit

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a public hearing with opening remarks from House Chair Jack Patrick Lewis and Senate Chair Becker-Rouche, who reviewed livestream and testimony procedures and noted the three-minute limit. The committee then heard testimony on several local and policy bills. Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia spoke in support of a Boston home rule petition to expand accountability and oversight, describing it as a way to improve city government and public trust. Falmouth Select Board Chair Robert Muscali testified in support of H.5107 and related bills, emphasizing the urgency of changing the town clerk from elected to appointed before upcoming elections and noting the need for experienced administration. The Animal Rescue League of Boston and MSPCA representatives testified in support of H.4849, a late-filed bill tied to animal control and the implementation of Ollie’s Law. They said the bill would update outdated kennel and dog licensing provisions, allow alternative identification methods instead of requiring tags in kennels, improve reporting and enforcement to MDAR, and strengthen the Massachusetts Animal Fund by allowing partial owner contributions and directing certain fines into the fund. They also said the changes would help address a long waitlist for low-cost spay and neuter services and reduce municipal costs associated with unaltered animals. Committee members asked about the reported three-to-one municipal return on spay/neuter spending and about whether the bill would affect regional animal control arrangements; witnesses said it would not. The committee also heard testimony on H.4887, a Plymouth home rule petition authorizing a special revenue account for land acquisition. Plymouth officials said the measure would give the town a tool to purchase land for open space, recreation, town buildings, affordable housing, and other public uses, supporting the town’s master planning efforts. No votes were taken on the bills during the hearing. After confirming there were no additional witnesses, the chairs closed the public hearing and the committee adjourned.

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• small business procurement authority small business procurement authority already<00:08:46.080><
• . authorities. authorities.
• But the bulk of the amendment is about the new authority for campaigns to purchase those items.
• for camp uh c uh campaigns to authority for camp uh c uh campaigns to purchase<00:36:50.800> those
• purchased solely to provide security. purchased solely to provide security.

Bills: HF3884, HF3881, HF3882, HF3883, HF3363, HF3362

Keywords: tribal governments, Metropolitan Council, grant programs, funding, local government, small business, contracting, veteran-owned businesses, compliance, government contracts, housing finance, reporting requirements, regional development, city programs, elected officials, campaign access, multiple unit dwellings, residential access, voter registration, 1183

Summary: The committee met on March 4, 2026, and first approved the minutes from March 2 by voice vote. It then took up several Metropolitan Council agency bills, with members repeatedly moving to lay them over for possible inclusion or, in one case, to re-refer a bill to another committee. The first three bills discussed were House File 3884, House File 3881, and House File 3882, all presented as administrative or programmatic changes intended to streamline Met Council processes. House File 3884 would allow tribal governments and tribal development entities to apply directly for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act grants and community tree planting grants, rather than applying through a city or other local government. Testimony from Met Council staff said the bill would simplify access and align the Met Council’s tree-planting program with existing DNR authority. House File 3881 would expand the Met Council’s contracting authority to include small businesses more broadly, require an annual report to the legislature on small-business contracting, and repeal a duplicative statute on certificates of compliance. House File 3882 would make a range of administrative cleanups, including removing an obsolete housing-bond review role, clarifying outdated statutory language, extending the review cycle for metropolitan significance rules from every two years to every 10 years, clarifying reporting and Livable Communities Act provisions, changing regional parks operations-and-maintenance reimbursements to rely on audited financial statements, and clarifying agricultural preserves procedures. The committee also considered House File 3883, which was amended with an A1 amendment before adoption. That bill updates appointments to the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee, known as MOSAC, including direct appointments for certain county representatives and adding a tribal representative appointed by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, while also cleaning up outdated language and eligibility provisions. A former MOSAC member spoke in support of the committee’s work, and the chair said the bill was common-sense and renewed the motion to lay it over as amended. Finally, the committee began House File 3363, a bill described by the author as a response to safety concerns after the June events, aimed at removing public access to legislators’ home addresses from Campaign Finance Board materials; discussion had just begun when the transcript ended.

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• If a recipient does even purchased.
• <01:16:01.520> being but as far as them the purchaser being but as far as them the purchaser
• Um but you know um the after purchase.
• You're thinking, you minute purchase.
• There's different make that purchase.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Somewhere about 50% to 60% of all purchases are FHA loans.
• Somewhere about 50% to 60% of all purchases are FHA loans.
• enforcement authority over these types of care residences.
• Thank you. and enforcement authority over these type of care residences.
• The criminal wasn't born when my dad purchased the house.

Bills: SB1108, SB1205, SB1241, SB1286, SB1366, SB1431, SB1473, SB1477, SB1478, SB1479, SB1492, SB1517, SB1563, SB1586, SB1665, SB1671

Keywords: cash transactions, mandatory rounding, swedish rounding, public notice, Arizona Revised Statutes, motor vehicle booting, private property, fees, dispute process, regulations, SB1241, private permitting provider, private permit, private certificate of completion, building permit, building plan review, inspection, single-trade residential construction, residential construction, municipal permitting

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• purchasing program.
• , but we need the authority to expend the funds to purchase the vaccine.
• authority for a immunization<00:56:38.400> purchasing<00:56:38.880> program.
• immunization purchasing program. immunization purchasing program.
• to expend the funds need the authority to expend the funds to<00:56:51.040> purchase<00:56:51.359

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• are purchased. are purchased.
• and involve the monitoring of purchases. and involve the monitoring of purchases.
• data on food and beverage per purchase data on food and beverage per purchase consumption<01:12:
• <01:12:22.239> habits qualitative data on purchasing habits qualitative data on purchasing
• . purchases. purchases. um<01:27:30.639> in<01:27:30.880> order<01:27:31.040> for

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Local recreation grants appropriation bond issuance authorization. Welcome to Capital Investment.
• <00:10:57.280> These Tribal housing authorities.
• I'd also like to thank my co-authors, Senators Farnsworth and Heinzemann.
• process of uh obtaining and purchasing process of uh obtaining and purchasing the<00:48:48.640><
• the new purchase of the building.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We wouldn't have the authority to do it, yes sir.
• Where were these products purchased?
• And so he also purchased smokeable vape products as well at Hidden Hills.
• Would it be a paper trail of who's purchasing your product?
• It offers some sensible regulation, and I commend the author for that.

Bills: HB28, SB3, SB 3

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program

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• to thank, uh, Um, I want to take the time to thank Senator Hinojosa for taking on this issue and authoring
• They'll purchase that fuel. They'll deliver it to the Rio Grande Valley.
• They'll offload it into these commercial vehicles and let's say it's 93 octane that they purchased.
• The only person that is allowed to claim that exemption of federal taxes is the ultimate purchaser.
• And none of these carriers, entities that are moving this fuel are the ultimate purchaser.

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• We would be glad to continue conversations with the author on that.
• Data centers are the essential digital infrastructure behind every online purchase, every telehealth
• last year they had their IRP and energy, and one of the things I asked for was to engage in power purchase
• So if you're buying directly from a PPA that you have a contract with, that would be a specified purchase
• that there's an amendment, so I'll also go ahead and move that A1 to get the bill in the shape the author

Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297

Keywords: water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability

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• They don't have expanded authority.
• The Navajo Nation has its own addressing authority.
• Allowances to be able to purchase something.
• purchase a building.
• A message to the authority, I also sent a message to the public authority to try to get something called

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• The Health Care Authority was authorized by the federal 1115 Medicaid waiver program to provide services
• So, Madam Chair, Representative Herndon, to be fair to the Health Care Authority...
• Regarding volume purchasing on slide 18, only a handful of states have passed this.
• when we do volume purchasing through GSD, for example.
• And on our Health Care Authority website.

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• sales tax on top of uh the purchase sales tax on top of uh the purchase price.<00:11:17.839>
• she purchased a large single mom she purchased a large property<01:39:38.960> to<01:39:39.119
• It makes closing costs purchase a home.
• In addition, so um certified purchases.
• However, um the that purchase salt.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1596, which would raise New Hampshire’s cigarette excise tax from $1.78 per pack to about $2.80, using an inflation-based adjustment since the rate was last set in 2008. Representative Jerry Stringham, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure would keep New Hampshire competitive with neighboring states, generate revenue, and help offset other budget pressures. He also described the bill as repealing an income-based premium charge in Medicaid/CHIP-related programs and restoring cuts to the University System of New Hampshire, arguing that the combined package would still leave the state in a positive fiscal position. He said the tobacco tax increase would likely have some cessation effect but would remain low relative to other New England states, and he cited prior testimony from health groups supporting a larger increase. Members questioned the sponsor about how the new rate was calculated, the prior tobacco tax reduction and restoration, whether tobacco companies would absorb or pass on the tax, and the fiscal note’s estimates for Medicaid premium revenue and UNH funding. Stringham said he used Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation data, that the earlier 10-cent reduction did not produce the expected sales increase, and that the current bill would eliminate the premium charges now in the budget. He later clarified that the Department of Medicaid Services had updated the revenue estimate, but said the bill still showed a surplus overall. He also said the federal government already imposes a $1-per-pack tax and that New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase. Two public witnesses testified in opposition to the tax increase. Anna Bettincourt, a tobacco category manager, argued that higher tobacco taxes would unfairly target smokers, reduce New Hampshire’s tax advantage, and likely shift purchases to other states or illicit markets rather than reduce use. She said tobacco companies generally do not lower prices and that Massachusetts’ flavor restrictions had not eliminated sales. In response to questions, she maintained that a smaller increase would still be harmful and that enforcement problems make bans ineffective. The sponsor and some members countered that smokers impose higher health costs and that tobacco taxes are a policy tool for both revenue and public health. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• <00:02:57.880> wishes bill in the form the author wishes bill in the form the author wishes
• > that<00:04:29.080> bill, However, the co-author of that bill, However, the co-author
• <00:07:40.160> on good bill, happy to be the co-author on good bill, happy to be the co-author
• <00:09:05.120> would final final shape that the authors would final final shape that the authors
• Rocket Mortgage and certainly the author Rocket Mortgage and certainly the author for<01:22:31.280

Bills: HF3766, HF3972, HF3437, HF4118

Keywords: travel insurance, regulation, insurance licensing, consumer protection, travel assistance, short-term rental, vacation rental, home sharing, rental marketplace, online platform, property damage guarantee, damage waiver, reimbursement insurance, insurance regulation, commerce department, platform user, Airbnb, Vrbo, host protection, rental home marketplace

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• that comes out out of our purchased that comes out out of our purchased referred<00:58:33.280>
• So we we purchase of the reservation.
• >> So, ultimately Tri-State will purchase >> So, ultimately Tri-State will purchase
• purchase agreement is with Pace. purchase agreement is with Pace.
• starters, states do not have authority starters, states do not have authority to<02:33:54.640>

Keywords: 916, all

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• Before they had that, it was county-based purchasing, and that was passed.
• We'll now move to... countybased purchasing um who are countybased purchasing um who are administering
• and it lines up to that legal authority and it lines up to that court<00:16:06.160> case.
• provides tribal providers the authority provides tribal providers the authority to<00:21:38.240>
• authority to disenroll Medicaid authority to disenroll Medicaid providers<00:23:02.880> if<00:

Bills: HF4438, HF4467, HF4379, SF3402, HF4349, HF4064, HF84, HF85, HF3804

Keywords: healthcare, WIC, community health, licensing, speech-language pathology, audiology, contract term limits, healthcare services, provider enrollment, disenrollment, premium payments, medical assistance, substance use disorders, mental health, children's mental health, early childhood, early intervention, consultation grants, Head Start, child care