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• IF THE PRESCRIBING PRACTITIONER IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH A PHARMACIST MANAGING CERTAIN CONDITIONS THEY
• NECESSARY GUIDANCE FOR PRESCRIBERS TO FOLLOW SHOULD THEY DECIDE A PHARMACIST CAN ASSIST THEM IN MANAGING
• PHARMACISTS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED TO MANAGE CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS AND UNDERGO EXTENSIVE EDUCATION AND
• CLINICAL TRAINING IN MEDICATION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING THOSE FOR HEART FAILURE, CORONARY HEART DISEASE
• SP 294 PATIENT OUTCOMES AND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT.

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• Each facility, at the time management.
• Unfortunately or fortunately, however it is managed, it's typically medical management.
• , it's typically medical is managed, it's typically medical management. management. management.
• It's a relationship management program.
• You know, can you can we manage them?

Committee: Joint Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

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• Without emergency managers in positions.
• Louis County Sheriff's Office Division of Emergency Management.
• With the work of emergency management staff and emergency managers from adjacent counties, because again
• Louis County had a<00:51:44.000><c> disaster</c><00:51:44.560><c> management.
• Louis County had a disaster management. I didn't know where to turn.

Bills: HF1082 , HF2099 , HF4177 , HF2742

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

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• </c><00:02:18.239><c> the</c> as well as treatments to manage the as well as treatments to manage the
• Last week at our manager meeting, I was talking to our pharmacy manager in Fairmont, and he was expressing
• </c><00:53:37.920><c> chronic</c> advice on medications, managing chronic advice on medications, managing
• In this case, the managers or PBMs.
• </c> which will allow for hospitals to manage which will allow for hospitals to manage any<01:32:30.159

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• It doesn’t allow us to use the funds for actually managing the program.
• It doesn’t allow us to use the funds for actually managing the program.
• </c><00:15:33.000><c> the</c> to be able to release and manage the to be able to release and manage the
• </c> you on the game management you on the game management um<00:17:26.839><c> this</c><00:17:27.000>
• </c> Wildlife or excuse me game management Wildlife or excuse me game management will<01:26:17.840><c

Summary: The Finance Division II work session focused on Fish and Game’s budget-revenue proposals and several statutory changes the department said it needs to support its operations. The department recommended raising the fisheries habitat fee and wildlife habitat fee to $5 each, estimating additional annual revenue of about $640,000 and $144,000 respectively. Members clarified that these are habitat fees added on top of licenses, not reduced by senior or youth license categories, and discussed the need for RSA changes to allow the revenue to be transferred into the Fish and Game Fund. The department also said it would work internally on any broader license fee increases through the commission process. The committee then reviewed proposals to cap several dedicated accounts and transfer excess balances to the unrestricted Fish and Game Fund. Those accounts included the fisheries and wildlife habitat funds and the game management account, with the department proposing a $750,000 cap on each and transfer of amounts above that threshold. The department said the cap was based on several years of expenditures and the fact that dedicated funds are often used as match for federal funds. Members asked for reports on fund activity and questioned whether the cap and mandatory transfer language should be “shall” or “may,” with the department indicating it would prefer “may” for flexibility. The committee also discussed a Pheasant Management Program account, where the department said current law limits use of the money to buying and propagating pheasants and it wants authority to use it for broader program management. A substantial portion of the meeting addressed Fish and Game’s environmental review unit and the transfer of ARPA-funded positions to DEES under the governor’s initiative. The department said four positions are currently ARPA-funded, that DEES supports keeping them in place through the end of the year, and that the transition will require time because environmental review work is intertwined across the agency. The department explained that before the ARPA positions, biologists handled the work and that current staffing has helped eliminate a backlog and meet deadlines. Members also discussed a proposal to expand environmental review fees beyond private developers to state, federal, municipal, and local governments, with the department saying it would need rulemaking and stakeholder input. Additional requests included authority to conduct raffles to raise funds, creation of a revolving account for donations and raffle proceeds, and repeal of the obsolete fish food sales statute because the vending machines are no longer functional and the account generates no revenue.

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• ,</c> ombudsman offices, and case managers, ombudsman offices, and case managers, coordinating<00:15:
• We already pay for case management.
• We already pay for case management.
• We already pay for case management.
• </c> already pay for case management. already pay for case management.

Committee: Senate Human Services

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• <c> audit</c><00:25:20.559><c> and</c> management and supervision audit and management and supervision
• </c> um some of the risk management um some of the risk management requirements.<00:50:33.280><c> But
• </c><00:52:24.960><c> and</c> to meet the the risk management and to meet the the risk management and
• </c><01:00:26.480><c> management.
• So in the collateral manage management.

Summary: The meeting began with roll call and introductions of commission members and guests, followed by approval of the agenda and a motion to approve the February 10 minutes with a correction clarifying that one quoted statement was misattributed. The commission then moved into presentations. The main presentation came from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors on implementation of the federal GENIUS Act for stablecoins. The speaker reviewed the OCC’s recent 367-page proposed rule, noting it raises many open questions and design choices for states, and discussed expected upcoming rulemaking from the FDIC, Federal Reserve, and Treasury. The presentation focused on six areas: permissible issuer activities, reserve assets and redemption, risk management and supervision, treatment of state-qualified issuers, capital/operational backstops, and foreign issuers. It also flagged unresolved issues around Bank Secrecy Act/AML requirements and the meaning of “digital asset service provider” activities. A substantial portion of the discussion addressed yield restrictions, with the presenter explaining the OCC’s broad definition of yield and its rebuttable presumption against issuer-affiliated or related third-party yield arrangements. The speaker said this likely forecloses many existing white-label structures but leaves some room for third-party payments depending on distance from the issuer, and noted ongoing Senate debate over similar provisions. The presentation also covered reserve valuation, liquidity and diversification requirements, redemption timing, and supervisory expectations such as third-party oversight, IT security, exam cycles, and reporting. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the amended minutes.

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• going to keep ample wildlife populations on the landscape into the foreseeable future, we have to manage
• I think wildlife has to be managed with those who work and live on the landscape in mind.
• I think wildlife has to be managed with those who work and live on the landscape in mind. the landscape
• I believe that my engineering education and managing a small business bring analysis and risk-management
• day-to-day management.

Committees: Senate Natural Resources , Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

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• The need for sustainable rangeland management is to...
• The need for sustainable rangeland management is to protect soils, vegetation, biodiversity, as well
• The collaborative management among ranchers, land managers, and government agencies such as the Department
• Only 38% of this land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The U.S.
• Forest Service manages about 26%, and private landowners manage about 24%.

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• , but it is an ongoing concern because of some changes in the way that allocation, the tags, were managed
• And there's a lot of questions about what has been driving those changes through time, which management
• The other project that I'd like to highlight is looking at adaptive management of lake levels in Ponderay
• can do the best research that can inform those decisions and come up with solutions to help Idaho manage
• And it became a little bit onerous to manage for the department.

Committee: House Resources and Conservation

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• About 30 years ago, WIFA was created to manage the state revolving funds, the clean water...
• About 30 years ago, WIFA was created to manage the state revolving funds, the clean water and the drinking
• Those are federal programs that WIFA manages. So EPA provides capital to the state.
• We've managed those funds.
• Now, I have four incredible project managers on staff, as well as two additional project team members

Committee: Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Summary: The Natural Resources Committee convened for introductions of members, staff, interns, and pages, with members briefly noting their districts and roles. The committee’s only agenda item was a presentation from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) by Director Chelsea McGuire, who outlined WIFA’s mission and recent work financing water infrastructure across Arizona. McGuire described three major funding programs: the rural water supply development revolving fund, the water conservation grant fund, and the long-term water augmentation fund. She said WIFA has financed nearly $3 billion in water infrastructure over 30 years, awarded about $87.3 million through the rural fund, and allocated $211 million in conservation grants expected to save 6.6 million acre-feet of water. She also said WIFA is out of conservation money and requested continued state support, while noting the revolving funds remain stable even if federal funding declines. A large portion of the discussion focused on the long-term augmentation fund and its competitive solicitation process. McGuire said WIFA identified a projected 100,000 to 500,000 acre-foot supply gap in 10 to 15 years and selected seven projects for further due diligence after receiving 17 responses, including desalination, reuse, groundwater storage, and exchange-based projects involving private partners. Senators asked about public transparency, project timelines, costs, and the need for state funding; McGuire said public engagement will continue, the projects are intended to match the identified time frame, and state funding is needed both to pay for due diligence and to reduce project risk and cost. No votes or formal actions were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.

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• We lost one regional project manager, and we've hired a new planning and design manager, a critical position
• Regional project manager, we've hired a new planning and design manager, a critical position at the PSFA
• , and then two regional project managers have been hired in the last three months.
• resources handbook so that our managers have current policies and procedures that we can use to manage
• This is designed to hold our managers and reporting processes to a higher level.

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• Fraud alert, then the bank manager might come out and say, listen, we think this is fraud, and we're
• This is intended to decrease the vacancy rates of CPIs and case managers and reduce the strain on the
• Additionally, the bill requires DCF to convene a case management workforce work group.
• And the rules mean that a case manager has to be a degreed individual.
• If we looked at case manager to child welfare professional, that would still allow for a lot of this

Committee: Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs met with a quorum and first took up SB 398, which would create a statewide public health awareness campaign through the Department of Elder Affairs on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Senator Burgess said the campaign would focus on early detection, brain health, risk reduction, clinical trial access, and community resources. The committee heard supportive testimony from a caregiver, AARP, the Alzheimer’s Association, and others, with members discussing the need for culturally responsive outreach and continued funding. SB 398 was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee then heard SB 106, which would strengthen Florida’s exploitation injunction law for vulnerable adults by allowing service of an unascertainable exploiter through the same communication method used to contact the victim, such as text, Facebook Messenger, or WhatsApp. Senator Martin explained the bill as a way to close a loophole that lets scammers evade traditional service, and witnesses from the Florida Bankers Association and the Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section supported it, describing how the bill could stop ongoing thefts more quickly while preserving due process. Members asked about gift card scams, clerk workload, and the definition of an unascertainable respondent. SB 106 was reported favorably. The Department of Children and Families then presented an update on the Adoption Benefits for Qualifying Adoptive Employees Program, describing its expansion over time and the current one-time lump-sum benefit structure for eligible adoptive parents. The presentation covered eligibility rules, open enrollment, funding history, and the program’s impact on adoption placements, with members asking why tax collectors were included but other constitutional offices were not, and whether foster relatives could qualify. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7012, a committee bill addressing child welfare workforce shortages, treatment foster care for high-acuity children, and improved data collection on commercially sexually exploited children. The bill would direct DCF to recruit former public safety workers for CPI and case manager roles, create a treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits, and require more detailed, analyzable data and capacity studies. The bill drew support from child welfare advocates, with some members urging DCF to return with a more developed framework; it was adopted as a committee bill and reported favorably.

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• All right, next, my friend Sissy Proctor is a managing partner with LSN Partners and Leonardo.
• Again, I'm managing partner of LSN Partners and work and represent Leonardo in Florida and all over the
• All right, next, my friend Sissy Proctor is a managing partner with LSN Partners and Leonardo.
• Again, I'm managing partner of LSN Partners and work and represent Leonardo in Florida and all over the
• The payload bus, the big box it goes in, and that's thermal management.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard first from Space Florida President and CEO Robert Long, who described the agency’s role as the state’s aerospace finance and business development authority and spaceport authority. He reported a pipeline of about 187 projects, nearly $7 billion in potential private investment, and roughly 8,000 potential jobs, with 161 projects in the fiscal-year pipeline, up about 30% from the prior year. Long said Space Florida is focusing on workforce development through its Space Florida Academy with 23 school districts, and on target markets including advanced air mobility/eVTOL, flight simulation, and satellite manufacturing. Members asked about infrastructure, federal-state coordination, LNG planning, environmental mitigation, workforce, and how the Legislature’s recent $5 million recurring increase is being used; Long said the funds are mainly supporting staffing, contracted services, and IT improvements to handle growth and move projects through faster. The panel then heard from Blue Origin, Leonardo (through LSN Partners), and Lone Star Data Holdings. Blue Origin said its Florida manufacturing and launch operations have grown far beyond initial commitments, with more than $3 billion invested and over 3,000 employees in the state, and emphasized the need for roads, water, wastewater, and other launch-site infrastructure as launch cadence increases. Leonardo highlighted its TH-73A Navy helicopter program in Milton and a new 70,000-square-foot maintenance facility at Whiting Aviation Park, crediting state, local, and federal partners and noting future potential for its AW-609 tiltrotor aircraft. Lone Star Data Holdings described its satellite-based data storage and disaster-recovery business, said Florida was its first customer, and urged the state to use Florida as a pilot project for protecting data and expanding space-based data infrastructure. Members repeatedly focused on what the state should do next, and the panel’s main answer was continued investment in infrastructure and long-term planning. Specific needs mentioned included road widening, traffic signals, fire suppression, water pressure, wastewater capacity, power, transportation links, environmental mitigation, and LNG-related planning at the spaceport. No formal votes or bills were taken up in the meeting, and the session ended after member questions and comments with a motion to rise and adjourn.

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• And this is going to give those local governments working knowledge about planning and then managing
• Safety management systems, intermodal integration and other advanced air mobility infrastructure that
• But early years, relatively small, fairly easy to manage operations just like operations with vertical
• There is third-party service approvals for utm systems that manage that drone traffic.
• And what the systems will look like to kind of manage that airspace. There's certainly a roll.

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• We don't manage Head Start; we don't oversee funding for it.
• </c> difficulty is is your workflow manager difficulty is is your workflow manager that<03:27:36.239>
• </c><03:27:55.120><c> of</c> to which the workflow management of to which the workflow management of
• </c><03:31:59.720><c> long-term</c> although the unit that manages long-term although the unit that manages

Summary: The committee held a Division 3 budget work session focused on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Economic Stability. Karen Hebert, the division director, and Nathan White, DHHS chief financial officer, walked members through the governor’s operating budget pages and a briefing book, explaining that the division was consolidated in 2018 and serves programs aimed at financial stability, poverty reduction, child care access, and related supports. Members repeatedly asked for clearer breakdowns of general fund spending, historical growth since consolidation, and how the division’s broad mission areas map onto specific budget lines. A major portion of the discussion centered on the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start collaboration and the child care subsidy program. Hebert said the child care scholarship/subsidy helps low- and moderate-income families access daycare so parents can work, attend school, or receive treatment, and that eligibility is based on state median income up to 85%. She reported a 45% increase in utilization, 4,032 children receiving daycare support as of the end of January, and about 15% of eligible children being served. She also described the quality improvement system “Granite Steps for Quality,” with 160 providers enrolled out of 717 licensed programs, and noted that 1,200 child care professionals added credentials in the last year. Members pressed for cost-benefit information, asking for data on how much the state pays, how many providers and children are served, and whether the department could quantify unmet need. The witnesses said some projects were funded with short-term ARPA child care dollars and that detailed cost data for specific examples, such as the Gorm Community Learning Center expansion, would need to be looked up. They also explained that the child care fund is a federal block grant with required spending set-asides of 9% for quality, 3% for infants and toddlers, and up to 5% for administration, and that unused funds remain available. The committee also reviewed slide 10’s accounting units, including that the Child Care Workforce Fund is 100% general funds and was created as a priority item under HB 2 from the 2024 session, while some other child care-related units are 100% federal funds.

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• It just means, um, investment managers that we’ve hired to manage assets outside the U.S.
• The managers do have that mandate, and that’s typical for a lot of other plans and managers, that they
• </c> able to see the fees that the managers able to see the fees that the managers are<04:27:36.760><
• And so you want to be with those managers, and we feel we have very strong small-cap managers, but I
• And so you want to be with those managers, and we feel we have very strong small-cap managers, but I

Summary: The committee held an orientation for new and returning members of the House committee on agencies and administration, with introductions from members and staff. Chair Carol Maguire outlined her expectations for hearings: keep questions focused on the bill, be respectful to witnesses, and use the committee’s orientation opportunities to learn about the jail staff, retirement system, and Office of Professional Licensure. Members also discussed related assignments on other bodies, including the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules and the Joint Committee on Employee Classification, and noted that some members already serve on those panels. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the State Building Code and the committee’s upcoming workload. Members explained how the state code is intended to provide a common baseline while allowing limited local options, and why municipalities must formally adopt and publish any local amendments. They reviewed several anticipated bills: a consolidation bill to gather building-code enforcement materials in one place, a bill to update the state energy code, a bill to restrict municipal adoption of building-code changes, and a bill to update the electrical code. Members also discussed how building codes apply to older homes and commercial buildings, and why code updates are important for safety and clarity. The chair said the committee had 36 bills currently scheduled, including many early bills that must move by March 6 because they will be heard by two committees. She said the committee would use subcommittees for harder bills, with three subcommittees this year: pensions, licensing, and likely state building code. She also outlined the hearing schedule, including lighter bills on February 12 and the expectation of executive sessions later in the month. No votes were taken during the orientation, but members were told that public hearings do not require a quorum and that hard copies of bills would be distributed by committee staff.

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• Chair, I just wanted to say that I appreciate this active management of these grants.
• with other agencies for the purpose of auditing, documentation, oversight, management of funds, and
• So, this is related to the consultants and the grants management office.
• So, all of this is for consultants and the grants management office, is that correct?
• Grants management office again, that's been in place this entire time, and consultants are the same thing

Bills: HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4059 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142

Committee: Senate Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

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• For our wildfire protection grants and vegetation management projects.
• assistance grant, we manage that.
• We manage the state of emergency process. We do a lot more than just participate in the CWMP.
• I think our recovery directorate in particular, we're a grant management team.
• Jim Wood here on behalf of Fire Side, a California-based wildfire risk management company.

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• And who manages it?" "Director of Modernization managed it.
• We manage... ...a lot of the leases on WMAs.
• She explained that some events can be managed at the local level, but the cleanup fund is limited to
• We've provided funding to look at shoring up an oyster plan management plan.
• Patrick Banks, former assistant secretary, he's over that oyster master plan, oyster management plan.

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The committee first heard the FY27 executive budget review for Louisiana Economic Development (LED). House Fiscal outlined a $59.4 million LED budget, with major funding from state general fund, self-generated revenue, federal funds, and a marketing dedication, and explained reductions tied largely to the removal of one-time funding and carryforwards. The Secretary highlighted recent economic development results, including major capital investment announcements, job creation, the high-impact jobs program, Louisiana Fast Sites, and efforts to support existing businesses and small business growth. Members repeatedly asked for clearer public-facing materials on the tax and economic benefits of incentives, the use of the entertainment development fund, the structure of the high-impact jobs and Fast Sites programs, and how LED competes with other states. LED also discussed its Storyteller Initiative, regional project distribution, and the role of major events and film-related incentives. The committee then reviewed Louisiana Works’ FY27 budget of $352.7 million. Staff explained that the budget is driven mainly by federal funds and statutory dedications, with changes largely attributable to the One Door to Work Act and the transfer of workforce functions and positions into the department. The Secretary noted a planned $5 million move for the Louisiana STEM Council and a small request for elevator repairs, and members discussed the unemployment insurance trust fund’s improved balance, which lowered employer tax rates and increased benefits. Questions focused on workforce shortages, coordination with LCTCS and other training partners, the new Louisiana Talent Accelerator and workforce modernization efforts, the need for marketing to attract workers back to Louisiana, and remaining gaps in funding for rehabilitation services and disability employment programs. Finally, the committee took up the Department of Conservation and Energy’s FY27 budget of $201.3 million. Staff described decreases tied to the end of the Solar for All grant, lower orphan well spending as prior balances were drawn down, and reductions in some one-time funding and interagency transfers. The Secretary said the department’s reorganization is now largely complete and emphasized a focus on eliminating duplicative functions, strengthening enforcement and permitting, and using available funds more efficiently. Members questioned the reduction in orphan well funding, the impact of the Solar for All repeal, the use of settlement dollars, and the department’s plans for AI-assisted permitting and modernization of the Sunrise database. They also discussed ongoing work on seismic activity in Red River Parish, commercial fishermen’s claims for gear damaged by energy infrastructure, and efforts to improve financial security requirements for operators so future orphan well liabilities are better covered.