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• So that is in. a system, in an evolving dynamic system where every state in the nation is making these
• exact same increases across their systems as well, correct?
• system is attendance based they're also more exotic funding elements of the school finance system so
• So if a student... leaves a one school system and shows up in another the second school systems budgeting
• But the new rating system doesn't seem to align because we've had a burst.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• energy system.
• systems.
• How do they keep that system alive?
• How do they keep their system old?
• I would really hate for them to be utilizing their system for 10 years and then, in 10 years, the system

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• </c> folks about how complicated the system folks about how complicated the system is<01:32:49.360><c
• The system is complex.
• </c><01:40:14.639><c> at</c> disability waiver R system at disability waiver R system at appropriate<
• </c> competencies Regional mentorship systems competencies Regional mentorship systems and<01:45:56.599
• </c><01:51:12.239><c> to</c> need for Competency Based systems to need for Competency Based systems to

Bills: HF2367, HF2319, HF2523, HF1742, HF671, HF2331, HF2722, HF2406, HF1674

Keywords: HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust

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• We need a health system, not an insurance system.
• system, not an insurance<00:02:14.680><c> system.
• </c> insurance system. insurance system.
• </c> care system. care system.
• </c> universal system. universal system.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House DFL leaders held a press event outlining an affordability agenda focused on housing, child care, health care, groceries, energy, and taxes. Speakers argued that Minnesota families are being squeezed by rising costs and income inequality, and said the caucus would pursue policies aimed at lowering everyday expenses and shifting more costs onto corporations and wealthy residents. Representative Bierman said health care costs are pushing people to skip care and called for system reforms, including moving toward a more universal model and reducing the role of insurers and pharmacy benefit managers. Representative Kotiza-Wazhushk said the caucus is pushing for universal or low-cost child care, expanded pre-K and community-based care, and a bill to stop grocery surveillance price gouging. Representative Acomb and other energy leaders said the House DFL wants to lower utility bills through more energy assistance, weatherization, renewable energy support, limits on utility cost recovery for lobbying and executive pay, and stronger PUC authority to prevent shutoffs and limit rate increases. Representative Agbaje described housing as unaffordable for many renters and homeowners, cited a shortage of housing units, and said the caucus supports restricting private equity and corporate purchases of single-family homes. Leader Stevenson framed the agenda as a response to a budget picture that he said reflects gains for corporations and wealthy Minnesotans, and he criticized federal tax policy and Medicaid cuts. In response to questions about cost, he said several proposals would not require state spending, while others could be funded by looking at new revenue and at those who benefited most from recent tax changes. The event also included a detailed explanation of the grocery surveillance pricing proposal, which would restrict the use of personal data and AI to set individualized prices and limit rapid electronic shelf price changes. No votes were taken.

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• Change, and I'm here to explain what Catalyst for Systems Change is and what exactly this bill aims
• change and I'm with catalyst for systems change and I'm here<00:03:08.800><c> to</c><00:03:08.959><c
• change to help them expand on systems change to help them expand on that.<00:04:25.280><c> We</c><00
• I’m the executive director of Catalyst for Systems Change.
• And, um, that was a Systems Change.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So that node system here is shown.
• So from 2 to 92, you're able to trace and understand how this system works.
• This is meant to demonstrate how heating and cooling will work with the geo-eco system.
• So those are my two questions: closed system and Delano's background. Thank you.
• This is an open-loop system. So it's a non-consumptive system.

Bills: SGA9314, SGA9282, SGA9288, SGA9296, SGA9232, SGA9233, SGA9235, SGA9236, SGA9237

Keywords: 904, all

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• camera systems.
• ,</c> street lights, street lighting systems, street lights, street lighting systems, and<00:06:40.800
• </c> and special lighting systems, electric and special lighting systems, electric vehicle<00:06:43.520
• </c> camera systems was added as well. camera systems was added as well.
• So, just contain the the camera systems.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• partially supported by the Arkansas Division of Information Systems.
• as a comprehensive plan to recover its most critical systems quickly.
• partially supported by the Arkansas Division of Information Systems.
• as a comprehensive plan to recover its most critical systems quickly.
• In here it mentions a new telematic system.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• The first is a statewide budget system. Right now, it'd be to automate the statewide budget system.
• So with this system, we'd be able to build the central purchasing Act rules into the system and make
• that would be feeding data into the new software system?
• , new software, and new data management systems.
• In your opinion, the AI systems that we're reaching out for now, the training, the systems themselves

Keywords: 914, all

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• when they're used for automated decision systems.
• , high-risk automated decision systems within state government.
• But we know the rapid advancement in those systems is going to require long-term monitoring.
• And in this case, our systems failed. ...basic protection for lives.
• But there are also systemic gaps in the way that we are grappling with enforcement.

Summary: The committee opened with quorum calls and several members offering brief farewell remarks to the chair and staff, praising the committee’s collegial, nonpartisan work and congratulating the incoming chair. The committee then took up its consent calendar and two bills by Senator Cabaldon. SB 719 would extend the reporting window for state oversight of automated decision systems and artificial intelligence use in state government. The author said the first required report showed no current use, but continued monitoring is needed as the technology evolves. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill was approved on a unanimous roll call. SB 828 responded to the Esparto fireworks warehouse explosion that killed seven people. The bill requires applicants for a state fireworks license to disclose all storage locations, prove local permits, and allows the State Fire Marshal to notify local agencies and deny or revoke licenses if proof is lacking. Support came from fire officials and fireworks industry representatives, while committee members raised concerns about training, enforcement, and broader systemic gaps. The author said the bill is a first step and pledged to keep working on related reforms. SB 795, on consent, also passed unanimously. After holding items open for absent members, the committee later reconvened and recorded 14-0 votes to move SB 795, SB 719, and SB 828 out of committee.

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• </c> there is a report from the ACM system there is a report from the ACM system that<00:05:20.960><c
• , a point system.
• /c><00:48:18.920><c> sounds</c><00:48:19.319><c> much</c> system a point system that sounds much system
• system comes all the way down.
• </c> in this system where the lighting system in this system where the lighting system comes<01:58:21.560

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• But you have to have a system that's sustainable, right?
• But you have to have a system that's sustainable, right?
• And that just creates a burden on the family system.
• our system around primary care.
• , ...the juvenile carceral system, and housing access.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a Health and Human Services budget hearing in Clinton, with opening remarks from Chairs Meg Kilcoyne and Robin Kennedy, local officials, and many House and Senate members introducing themselves. The hearing focused on Governor Healey’s FY27 EOHHS and MassHealth budgets, with repeated themes of rising health care costs, federal funding uncertainty, workforce shortages, and access to care in underserved regions. Members also raised concerns about primary care shortages, rural and regional disparities, behavioral health access, maternal health, food insecurity, and the impact of federal policy changes on Massachusetts programs. EOHHS Secretary Kiame Mahaniah said the FY27 EOHHS budget totals $33.7 billion, reflecting mostly non-discretionary growth from health care costs, labor costs, caseload increases, and provider rate pressures. He highlighted targeted investments in foster care, family resource centers, maternal health, youth services, nutrition programs, immigrant legal services, and human service workforce rates, while warning that federal actions could strip roughly $3.5 billion annually from the state’s health care funding. In response to questions, he defended the administration’s cooperation with federal audits and program integrity efforts, discussed the primary care crisis, and said the state is trying to preserve core services while preparing for a more difficult FY28 budget cycle. MassHealth Undersecretary Mike Levine then described two major FY27 challenges: double-digit cost growth and the expected effects of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. He said MassHealth’s proposed $22.7 billion gross budget includes a 7.5% increase and relies on a moratorium on new expansions plus targeted reductions, including a $1,000 annual adult dental cap, ending GLP-1 coverage for weight loss only, reducing care management to peer-state levels, and work groups to slow growth in PCA, adult foster care, and adult day health spending. Members questioned the impact on Boston Health Care for the Homeless, preventive care, and regional access; Levine said the changes are meant to preserve sustainability, that children and certain disabled populations remain protected, and that the administration will continue working with providers, advocates, and the Legislature on implementation and longer-term reforms.

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• The system works.
• Just as importantly, SB 874 comes to a more coordinated, accountable system. ...accountable system.
• It protects a system already under federal scrutiny. I... ...system already under federal scrutiny.
• It's just the system we voted for and the system that's set up.
• It's just the system we voted for and the system that's set up.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1377, a bill on medical exemptions for school immunizations. The author and supporters said the measure was a narrow reform to restore physician discretion and reduce what they described as chilling effects from audits and license discipline; opponents from pediatric, medical, public health, and school groups argued the current system already works, protects against fraudulent exemptions, and should not be weakened. Committee members debated the data, the number of exemptions reviewed or revoked, and the effect of the proposed amendments. The bill was amended in committee, but because there was no quorum it was not formally voted on at that time. The committee then heard SB 995, the Masuma Khan Justice Act, which would create a statewide inspection and compliance framework for large private detention facilities. The author and supporters described severe conditions in immigration detention, including denial of medication, unsafe food and water, and lack of oversight, and the bill was presented as a response to those abuses. The California Hospital Association raised concerns about duplicative regulation and overlapping standards, but said it was continuing to work on a solution. The committee discussed constitutional and jurisdictional issues, and the bill was moved on a do-pass motion to the Committee on Judiciary with a 5-0 vote placed on call. Next, SB 1089 was heard, proposing expanded access through CalPERS and CalRX to GLP-1 medications for chronic weight disease and diabetes prevention. The author and supporters from the American Diabetes Association and medical groups argued the drugs are effective tools to prevent type 2 diabetes, reduce long-term costs, and improve health equity, while the author also shared personal experience with weight loss and medication access barriers. There was no opposition testimony. The bill was moved on a do-pass motion to the Committee on Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement with a 5-0 vote placed on call. Finally, the committee heard SB 1221, dealing with Murphy conservatorships for people found not guilty by reason of insanity or otherwise under criminal-mental health conservatorship. Supporters, including prosecutors and psychiatrists, said the bill addresses a gap created by a court decision and would improve public safety and placement decisions for a small population of high-risk individuals. Opponents from county behavioral health and disability rights groups warned it would turn a civil process into a quasi-criminal one, expand district attorney involvement, and disrupt bed prioritization and least-restrictive-placement principles. The discussion centered on the scope of the bill and its amendments, but no final vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• You say you use the Okahi financial management system, which is the same system that's in the audit report
• You say you use the Okahi financial management system, which is the same system that's in the audit report
• </c><00:20:30.960><c> that's</c> system which is the same system that's system which is the same system
• > &gt;&gt; oh the state library system authority &gt;&gt; oh the state library system authority over<
• MedQuest to make sure that our system is MedQuest to make sure that our system is compliant.<01:18:46.960

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Education met on March 19 and moved through several bills under time pressure, hearing mostly brief testimony. SB 2024 SD2 and SB 896 SD2, both concerning public-private partnerships for charter school facilities, drew support from the Department of Education, the Charter School Commission, White Kids Can, and Hawaii Technology Academy. DOE said any P3 model should apply only to charter schools on private land and not affect public schools on DOE land. Supporters argued the approach could speed construction, reduce costs, and keep public money in public assets, while UPW and HGA raised concerns about privatization. In response, SFA said the intent was to mirror the existing conversion charter school model, with public ownership of assets and unionized staff, and noted some regions have waited years for schools. SB 2613 SD1 on TMK transfers was heard next. DOE said the bill had originally been supported as part of the governor’s package but was amended to require DOE to convey lands for 13 libraries on DOE property, which DOE said would create “donut holes” in campuses and was unnecessary because existing agreements already govern library use. The State Public Library System supported the bill, saying it has long coexisted with DOE but needs clearer separation and more reliable control over its sites. The Attorney General’s office said the library system currently lacks express statutory authority to own real property and flagged implementation issues because some of the affected parcels are not currently owned by DOE. Committee members questioned both sides about current agreements, communication, and how the bill would change operations. SB 494 SD2, concerning charter school audits, received comments from the Charter School Commission, which said the bill was redundant because charter schools already undergo annual audits during the term of their contracts. The Office of the Auditor was also present. SB 2391 SD2, relating to automatic pay increases for teachers, drew strong opposition from the Office of Collective Bargaining, which said step movement and longevity increases are negotiated in each contract and do not automatically carry over when a contract expires; it warned the bill could affect upcoming negotiations with HSTA. HSTA and several other supporters argued the bill would standardize annual step movement, improve retention, and reflect existing contract language. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Our mission is to protect West Bank homes and businesses by ensuring that our flood protection systems
• local, state, and federal partners that are necessary to deploy and operate a robust flood defense system
• , and we will pursue all available alternatives to fund and execute a successful flood protection system
• As long as you have somebody manning the store, you can force them through the federal court system or
• So this bill simply does that with our new implementation of the OMV's computer system.

Bills: HR243, HB939, SB56, SB72, SB129, SB171, SB252

Keywords: Tickfaw River, boating safety, warning signs, parish governing authorities, Livingston Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Lake Maurepas, Natalbany River, boat collisions, vessel incidents, recreational boating, marine safety, public safety, navigation hazards, waterway signage, Louisiana House Resolution 243, HR 243, motor vehicle, licensing

Summary: The committee first adopted Amendment Set 527 without objection, then took up Senate Bill 56 concerning the Lafitte Area Independent Levee District and its possible transfer into the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West. Amendment Set 5327 was adopted to add a compliance officer with specified qualifications, described as a checks-and-balances measure separating that role from the chief of police. Testimony in support emphasized the district’s limited recurring revenues, the need for professional management, and the West Bank authority’s ability to provide administrative and operational support. A witness for affected landowners raised concerns about unpaid takings claims and urged amendments to preserve liability and avoid litigation, but the committee ultimately reported SB 56 favorably with amendments. The committee then received an update from DOTD Secretary Glenn Laude on the department’s transformation initiatives, including outsourcing operations and maintenance, construction process improvements, faster contractor payment times, quicker change-order approvals, and improved project delivery rates. After that, the committee reported favorably Senate Bill 171, which makes cleanup changes to the new water resources authority, and Senate Bill 252, which updates driver’s license organ-donor authorization to record both yes and no choices. Senate Bill 72, dealing with electronic titles and vehicle registration, was amended extensively to modernize OMV processes, support electronic lien and title transactions, and set standards for secure digital titles; it was then reported with amendments. House Bill 939, which would have created a Louisiana New and Used Motor Vehicle Commission, was converted into a substitute bill creating a Louisiana Vehicle Commission and consolidating the existing new and used vehicle commissions. After discussion of implementation, governance, funding, and employee-transition concerns, the committee adopted the substitute amendments and then deferred the bill. Senate Bill 129, creating a Master Combat Infantry Specialty license plate, was amended to add designated state officials for a related special plate request tied to security and parking around the Supreme Court in New Orleans, and it was reported with amendments. Finally, House Resolution 243, as amended, urged safety warning signage on the Tickfaw River after a fatal boating accident; the amendment shifted responsibility from DOTD to surrounding parish governing authorities, and the resolution was reported with amendments before the committee adjourned.

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• high incidence of opioid overdoses and deaths, as well as touch points within the criminal justice system
• high incidence of opioid overdoses and deaths, as well as touch points within the criminal justice system
• In addition, when focusing on those involved in the criminal justice system, what we find is that nationally
• justice system to evaluate whether a child suffers from substance use disorder.
• We use the DOH and other community providers as our referral system.

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• COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM.
• WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND LOOKING AT THAT.
• WE DO HAVE MANY STUDENTS THAT START IN THE SYSTEM WITH ACCELERATED CREDIT.
• WE SEE IT AND IT'S COMMON THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM FOR FRESHMEN IN THE SYSTEM.
• , FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM DO THEY HAVE SIMILAR PROGRAMS?

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• Ed Ed Fellows was actually intended to recruit new people into the system.
• I have a question on the um statewide student information system.
• need to happen in order for the system just to be able to operate?
• And then lastly, Some overarching systems that I was talking about, uh oh. Mm.
• So again, overarching systems.

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• Is the electrical system adequately braced?
• This system will integrate with other CHQ systems.
• This system will integrate with other CHQ systems, including ELMS, and allow facilities to pay licensing
• , or the electronic birth registration system.
• surveillance system.

Summary: The hearing began with a stakeholder presentation from Let California Kids Hear urging coverage of pediatric hearing aids for children in the large group market. Advocates described the issue as a long-running developmental emergency, argued that existing state efforts have been inefficient, and said the new proposal would cover about 70% to 80% of affected children without new spending by redirecting existing dollars. Public commenters, including parents, audiologists, and children’s advocates, strongly supported the proposal and emphasized the need for timely access to sound. The chair thanked the group and noted hope for a future fix, including continued work on the exchange market. The Department of Finance then gave a broad budget warning about the state’s more than $20 billion structural deficit and said new investments must be weighed against out-year shortfalls. HCAI followed with an overview of its programs, including CalRx insulin and naloxone, reproductive health grants, the Office of Health Care Affordability, seismic hospital compliance, workforce programs, and the Data Exchange Framework. Members asked about geographic targeting of workforce funds, behavioral health pipeline programs, the status of the 21st Century Nursing Initiative, and future CalRx products such as EpiPens and GLP-1s. HCAI also described its enforcement approach for health care spending targets, saying the board would not change the targets in response to H.R. 1, and outlined the diaper access initiative, which will distribute diapers through hospitals in higher-need areas. Several HCAI budget items were discussed and held open, including additional expenditure authority, the transfer of the Data Exchange Framework and Office of the Patient Advocate, long-term care payment transparency staffing, and reporting on health care worker waiting periods. The department also presented its Behavioral Health Services Act workforce initiative and a proposed $100 million General Fund offset, which both the LAO and the chair questioned as unclear and potentially one-time in nature. HCAI said the final workforce plan would be adjusted after stakeholder consultation if the offset proceeds. The department also described the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying California received $233.6 million in federal funds, had to revise its proposal to satisfy CMS, and must obligate the money by October 30; the program will fund rural care models, workforce development, and technology, with grants rolled out on a phased basis. The Department of Managed Health Care then presented its budget and three legislative implementation requests: SB 41 on PBM reform, SB 306 on prior authorization transparency, and AB 1041 on provider credentialing timelines. Finally, the administration outlined a menopause care proposal requiring coverage and education for menopause-related services, provider training, and an outreach campaign, with DMHC requesting staffing and funding to implement and enforce the new requirements. Throughout the hearing, most items were held open for later action, and no final votes were taken in the portion provided.

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• and good ventilation systems.
• and good ventilation systems.
• Are there things that we're doing just systemically, whether throughout the entire system of all these
• There's a trial court document management system. The case management system is coming in.
• filing system, and the new SFI filing system.

Keywords: 1212, all