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• bills do not help voters have access bills do not help voters have access this<00:06:51.560>
• It's how we access our meal plans.
• issues you know ACC of accessibility issues you know ACC access<01:36:24.320> to<01:36:24.560
• the voting area um access to the voting area um accessibilities<01:36:27.520> in<01:36:27.679>
• <03:29:37.080> to Voters those who have already access to Voters those who have already access

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It would force cuts thereby to other state priorities and reduce access to care for traditional Medicaid
• It requires tentative budgets and amendments to be posted on a county's website several days before a
• This ensures patient access while maintaining appropriate safeguards.
• This bill strengthens Florida's commitment to ensuring access to dental care for our veterans.
• This bill strengthens Florida's commitment to ensuring access to dental care for our veterans.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and recognitions, including a resolution honoring Bob Graham and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber then moved through a special-order calendar with multiple bills, many of them paired with House companions and amended before final passage. Early action included adoption of a tax conformity bill tied to federal changes in the Internal Revenue Code, with a 34-0 vote. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/SB 1758, a Medicaid and SNAP reform bill. The sponsor described provisions to strengthen fraud enforcement, impose work requirements for able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services through a waiver, modernize Medicaid drug purchasing, and require a SNAP fraud-reduction plan and photo ID on EBT cards. Democrats offered amendments to delay work requirements until Medicaid expansion and to add protections for SNAP users such as caregivers, seniors, disabled individuals, and domestic violence survivors; both amendments failed. Senators also questioned implementation details, exemptions, and potential effects on vulnerable populations. After debate, the bill was placed on the calendar for third reading. The Senate also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a public records exemption and related Parkinson’s Disease Registry measures, designation of the SS American Victory as the state flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on legal tender recognition for gold and silver, public records protections for financial and digital-asset custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government budget transparency, digital voyeurism, insurance customer representative licensing, and a medical freedom bill with amendments on vaccine-related materials and anti-kickback provisions. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, though the public records bill for gold/silver custodians and the legal tender repeal drew a few dissenting votes.

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• Unless they haven't updated their website, which I notice happens quite frequently on the DOE website
• , the PUC website; things don't get updated for, there's always a lag there.
• Yes, it's on the website. Oh, okay. Good. I can send that around if that's helpful.
• <02:19:31.599> don't website, the PUC website, things don't website, the PUC website, things
• Yes, it's it's on the website. Oh, 1? Yes, it's it's on the website.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• House Bill 2403 appropriates $2,500,000 from the State General Fund in fiscal year 2027 to access provider
• enters into a task order contract with a contractor in the state post the contract on the entity's website
• This allows individuals who have children that are deaf or hard of hearing access to a language acquisition
• Madam Witt, members, as amended by the Health and Human Services Committee, House Bill 2726 requires access
• Madam Whiteman, Member, accessible 2868 includes licensure requirements for installers of a manufactured

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a caucus-style review of two packets of bills, with staff reading summaries and members briefly explaining several measures. Topics included appropriations for pregnancy resource centers, home- and community-based services for the elderly and people with disabilities, veteran specialty courts, child care grants and infrastructure, language acquisition services for deaf or hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, ambulance service regulation, short-term rental rules, tourism improvement areas, manufactured home installer licensure, CPR/AED training in schools, veterans’ park fee exemptions, and multiple child welfare and family-court bills. Several Senate bills were also reviewed, including optometry standards, behavior analyst licensure transfer, virtual mental health hearings, and assisted-living residency rules. Members speaking for bills emphasized themes such as supporting aging in place, improving rural ambulance access and reporting, protecting children in DCS cases, preventing poverty alone from being treated as neglect, and expanding access to health screenings and services. Other sponsors described measures to help veterans, strengthen school safety, and create local funding or improvement mechanisms for tourism and child care. Some bills were described as technical or administrative changes, such as post-nuptial agreement rules, tax lien procedures, and local government contract posting requirements. No formal votes were taken in the transcript excerpt, but many bills were noted as being on the consent calendar or third-read consent calendar, while a few had been removed from consent or were not yet on a calendar. The meeting concluded after the final bill on the second packet, HB 4025, was summarized as creating a study committee on gasoline and petroleum refinery feasibility.

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• if you are in excess of 50 miles an hour and or you're in excess of 35 miles an hour and a limited access
• This legislation addresses a persistent problem in the state managed care system which limits access
• No one's being denied access to the courts.
• Madam management, resiliency, peer support and access. Madam Chair, that is about. >> Thank you.
• It also make sure that we're permitting public access and related amenities. We need bathrooms.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• In Harrington, they're guiding caregivers through pages of red tape just to access basic support.
• In Harrington, they're guiding caregivers through pages of red tape just to access basic support.
• <01:52:12.960> to the agreement gives the US access to the agreement gives the US access to
• <03:45:51.279> right website right website right now.<03:45:53.439> They<03:45:53.680><
• For a while I actually worked on the access budgets, which is the Arizona Medicaid system.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <01:09:22.640> to because not only do we have access to because not only do we have access
• You just said access. >> Internet access.
• <01:33:15.920> I don't have access to the internet? I don't have access to the internet?
• doesn't have access to the internet. doesn't have access to the internet.
• doesn't have access to the internet. doesn't have access to the internet.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• All are encouraged to watch the hearing from its live stream on the assembly's website.
• It helps maintain access to anesthesia care in hospitals, rural, and underserved communities.
• This bill gives OCA access to the additional information that it needs to understand cost drivers and
• request your aye vote You can begin good morning madam chair members Katie and dines with health access
• SEIU California is proud to strongly support AB 1415 and proud to have worked with Health Access. consumer

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• FROM AN INCREASING ACCESS TO CRITICAL SERVICES TO ADVANCING PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT COMMUNITY
• $905 MILLION IS DEDICATED TO FULLY FUNDING THE KID CARE PROGRAMS, REINFORCING OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBLE
• DISEASE TO BE PROVIDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL BOARD AND CHARTER SCHOOLS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE
• AWARE OF HEALTHCARE CONCERN AT THE EARLIEST MOMENT POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE SOME EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS
• MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN IS ISSUED FOR A CHILD THE DEPARTMENT CANNOT FIND OR ACCESS LAW ENFORCEMENT IS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Okay, is that chart available on your website or...?
• <06:08:15.280> to society where they have easy access to society where they have easy access
• New Hampshire had 134 suicides in 2022, the last good data year that I'm able to access.
• New Hampshire had 134 suicides in 2022, the last good data year that I'm able to access.
• I'm able to access that's one suicide by I'm able to access that's one suicide by firearm<06:25:07.600

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We have a few folks that access our crisis care, um, but for the most part, they do not access many of
• We've set up website.
• We just have access to a determine that. We just have access to a Medicaid<00:36:06.800> screen.
• <00:42:20.040> to the day and that delay delays access to the day and that delay delays access
• <00:54:51.840> to<00:54:52.000> my give me better access to my give me better access

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board first approved the September 24 minutes and then heard a presentation from four certified community behavioral health clinic providers: Pathways, NorthKey, Seven Counties Services, and NewVista. The presenters explained the difference between traditional community mental health centers and CCBHCs, describing CCBHCs as an enhanced model that integrates behavioral health, primary care, wraparound services, and crisis response. They reviewed the federal history of the model, Kentucky’s entry into the Medicaid demonstration in 2022, and the scheduled end of the enhanced federal match on December 31, 2027. They also emphasized required services such as 24-hour mobile crisis, care coordination, and services for veterans, and described care coordination as a key feature that helps patients follow up after hospital or emergency discharge, manage medications, and connect to transportation and other supports. The presenters gave examples of improved outcomes, including a patient who was able to remain living independently because of coordinated home-based and telehealth support, and they argued that CCBHCs are helping Kentucky build a more responsive crisis system through 988, mobile crisis teams, and crisis stabilization units. They said the model is data-driven, uses performance metrics, and has led to stronger collaboration among community partners. One speaker said more than 100 agencies participated in a Jefferson County community health needs assessment and continued meeting afterward to reduce redundancies and barriers to care. They also said crisis call hub compliance and mobile crisis outreach compliance improved significantly over the past year. Members asked about how navigators and connectors fit into the model, how CCBHCs work with managed care organizations, and how the program could expand statewide. The presenters said navigators are not built into the CCBHC model but may be used through referrals, while the CCBHCs continue to bill MCOs the same way and receive a Medicaid wrap payment for the enhanced rate. They said the goal would be for all community mental health centers to become CCBHCs, but that a state plan amendment would be needed and could not be limited only to CMHCs if submitted to CMS. They estimated about $28 million would be needed statewide to continue the program in the next biennium, combining the loss of enhanced federal match and the state share of enhanced service costs. The board also discussed transportation, with one presenter explaining that their program arranges Medicaid transportation for eligible appointments, and members raised concerns about mental inquest warrant transport and whether sheriffs should remain involved. No votes were taken on the CCBHC or transportation items during the discussion.

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• According to mental Health, America's 2025 access to care rankings.
• You're currently working on solving the problem of access to care and you're succeeding.
• It is patient quality of care with this expanded access.
• What will members of our communities be accession?
• Action is that's not increasing access to psychiatric care.

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• <00:31:24.880> If that people continue to have access.
• If that people continue to have access.
• We have tickets as low as $63 on our website.
• Well, what these websites alley.
• You get your ticket or your access on your phone and it's not transferable.

Bills: SF1750, HF4250, HF3938, HF3904, HF3642

Keywords: common interest community, CIC, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, planned community, cooperative, unit owner, association board, declarant, declarant control, special declarant rights, assessment lien, foreclosure, late fees, fines, attorney fees, resale disclosure, annual report, maintenance plan

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• local literacy plan on the MDE website local literacy plan on the MDE website to<00:46:43.800>
• This change would allow for equitable access to resources for our most underserved and underperforming
• to resources for our most access to resources for our most underserved<00:48:08.200> and<00:48
• And so, if every district has that available on the MDE website. Follow-up, Senator Gustafson?
• district has that available on on the district has that available on on the MDE<01:07:30.560> website

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• No access. Okay. Thank you for that. My next question is for the AG, please. The AG is here. Yep.
• has no access to that special fund? has no access to that special fund?
• >> No<01:00:37.920> access.<01:00:38.799> Okay.
• <01:00:39.920> My >> No access. Okay. Thank you for that. My >> No access.
• So, could that be interpreted to say that OHA can access the $55 million? >> Uh, no.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2046, which would establish and fund an Olo Hawaii Commission to coordinate and promote initiatives supporting the use of Olo Hawaii. The Attorney General suggested adding an end date because the bill creates a temporary commission, and several supporters from the University of Hawaii, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission said the commission could improve coordination, funding decisions, and consistency across agencies. Members discussed whether the commission should include broader representation, including expertise on Niihau dialect speakers and other stakeholders, and the bill was then set aside as the committee moved to the next measure. The committee next considered House Bill 2438, creating the Hawaii Cultural Trust within DBEDT, authorizing an income tax credit for contributions to the trust and qualified cultural organizations, and creating a special license plate to support the trust. DBEDT said it would need additional resources, including staff, to administer the program. The Department of Taxation recommended changing the effective date to 2026 to allow time for implementation and adding a requirement that credits be claimed within one year. OHA supported the bill but objected to language that would require it to maintain a prequalified list of organizations, saying that could limit applicants and conflict with its grant process. The Tax Foundation said it supported cultural funding but preferred direct appropriations and grants over a trust fund and tax credit structure. The final measure discussed was House Bill 2584, which would temporarily increase public land trust revenues transferred to OHA while reaffirming the state’s obligation to the 20% pro rata share, with a repeal date of June 30, 2028. The Attorney General recommended deleting the bill’s requirement that OHA receive a minimum amount equal to the 20% share, arguing the constitution and Admission Act do not specify a precise dollar amount and that the legislature must determine allocation. OHA strongly supported the bill, arguing the state currently pays only about 5% and that historical records show much higher amounts are owed; OHA also pointed to a carry-forward account it said held about $55 million. DLNR opposed the bill because the fiscal impact was unspecified and could affect land management and special fund budgets. Several OHA trustees and supporters urged the committee to pass the bill, and one testifier criticized the state for underfunding Native Hawaiian obligations. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the committee continued hearing testimony on HB 2584.

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• The horizontal access starts with your more internally facing programs at the bottom, and then moves
• These include better risk allocation, access to specialized expertise, life-cycle asset management, and
• So it's not this one... ...specifically because we had just received the access to be able to use this
• We were using a GIS-layered approach on our website, which is not a fun experience from a user perspective
• We were using a GIS layered approach on our website, which is not a fun experience from a user perspective

Keywords: 904, all

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• . accessible aquatic facilities.
• <00:52:31.960> by classes, early morning swim access by classes, early morning swim access
• of the most accessed facilities in our<00:52:48.560> school.
• access to wellness opportunities. access to wellness opportunities.
• c> levy<00:53:18.720> would Expanding access to the levy would Expanding access to the levy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Jones Committee, to deem a group of people communist and get access to their files, we are opening up
• Jones Committee, to deem a group of people communist and get access to their files, we are opening up
• I made it so the threshold is lessened so these organizations can get access to it.
• or private websites which they designate.
• And the more people that have access to them, the better.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then moved into returning messages from the Senate. Early action focused on CS/CS/HB 1503 on computer science education and certification, which would add computer science and artificial intelligence content in high school and create a K-12 teacher certificate program; after adopting a House amendment restoring certificate language and adjusting implementation timing, the House concurred in the Senate amendment and passed the bill 105-0. The chamber then took up CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity, adopting a House amendment to allow local governments to buy into the cyber grant program and add a five-year sunset, then concurring in the Senate amendment shifting grant administration back to the Florida Digital Service; the bill passed 104-1. The House refused to concur in Senate amendments to CS/HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over U.S. military installations and HB 6011 on reporting gifts or honoraria, sending both back to the Senate. It also refused to concur in the Senate amendment to CS/HB 851 on professional learning for instructional and school administrative personnel, saying the Senate version expanded the bill beyond its original autism-focused scope. After a recess, the House unveiled Speaker Daniel Perez’s portrait and heard extended remarks praising his leadership, institutional reforms, and the work of House staff and members. In the second returning-message list, the House debated CS/CS/HB 1471 on systems of law and terrorist organizations. The Senate amendment clarified the definition of “promote,” refined notice and timeline provisions for terrorist organization designations, and kept references to Sharia law as an example in the foreign religious law section. Supporters argued the bill was aimed at conduct beyond speech and was intended to protect the Constitution and public safety; opponents warned it would chill free speech, target Muslim Floridians, and give the governor and cabinet unprecedented power without adequate due process. After lengthy debate, the House concurred and passed the bill 80-25. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1473, a public records bill tied to HB 1471, and moved to concur in a technical Senate amendment aligning the records exemption with the revised structure of HB 1471.

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• It would force cuts thereby to other state priorities and reduce access to care for traditional Medicaid
• So any parent who works even part-time is disqualified for Medicaid, and yet doesn't usually have access
• It requires tentative budgets and amendments to be posted on a county's website several days before a
• This ensures patient access while maintaining appropriate safeguards.
• This bill strengthens Florida's commitment to ensuring access to dental care for our veterans.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including recognition of the day’s doctor of the day, an intern, and a resolution honoring the late Bob Graham and firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber also adopted a resolution designating August 9, 2026, as Bob Graham Day. After routine announcements, the Senate moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, many of them with House companion bills substituted in place of Senate versions. The first major floor action was passage of a tax-related bill conforming Florida’s Internal Revenue Code to federal changes while excluding certain provisions from H.R. 1; it passed 34-0. The Senate then considered CS/SB 1758 on public assistance and Medicaid, which proposed stronger fraud enforcement, a Medicaid work requirement for able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral health services, pharmacy and drug rebate reforms, and SNAP fraud reduction measures. A Berman amendment to require Medicaid expansion before work requirements was rejected, as was an Osgood amendment to add photo-ID protections and exemptions for certain SNAP users. The bill remained on the calendar for third reading after extensive debate and questioning about implementation, exemptions, and potential impacts on beneficiaries. The chamber also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a Parkinson’s disease registry and related public records exemption, designation of the SS American Victory as Florida’s official flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on gold and silver legal tender, public records exemptions for financial institutions and custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government finance transparency, digital voyeurism, and insurance customer representative licensing. Most of these measures were adopted after brief explanation, minor amendments, or substitution of House companions, with votes generally in favor and several passing unanimously or by wide margins. Later, the Senate took up CS/SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would expand parental vaccine information requirements, add a conscience-based exemption, allow behind-the-counter ivermectin access, and repeal the sunset on the mRNA mandate prohibition. The bill’s first amendments clarified anti-kickback rules for vaccine manufacturers and required informational materials to address risks, benefits, safety, and efficacy; the transcript ends during consideration of this bill, before final passage is shown.

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• Under the viable contract, only access to group coverage is guaranteed.
• contract, only access to group coverage<00:20:03.360> is<00:20:03.760> guaranteed.
• <00:24:14.400> to very importantly same access to very importantly same access to physicians
• We have a publication on our website.
• We will be publication on our website.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:35 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:55 Approval of Minutes: 00:02:56 Deferred Compensation Authority Update: 00:03:12 Retiree Health Update - TRS: 00:15:58 Retiree Health Update - KPPA: 00:56:13 Adjournment: 01:20:33, 958, all

Summary: The Public Pension Oversight Board received updates from the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority and the Teachers Retirement System. Chris Biddle reported that deferred compensation assets had grown to about $4.787 billion with roughly 88,000 participants, crediting auto-enrollment, targeted marketing around pay raises, and retiree-focused services. He said the board’s self-directed brokerage account, authorized by last year’s legislation, is being designed around a $40,000 account-balance threshold with up to 25% transferable into the brokerage window, tentatively for July 1 of the coming year. He also described the free financial planning program, which has been used by about 3,300 to 3,500 participants with an 87% return rate, and noted that the plan is currently in a fee holiday; members asked about the fee structure and whether the CFP service is provided through Nationwide, which Biddle confirmed. Board members praised the deferred compensation program’s growth and asked for the legislation referenced by Biddle. He said the plan’s annual fees are capped, with a $1 monthly fee plus other charges up to a $225 cap, for a maximum of $237 per year absent a managed account. He also said the program is seeking unified payroll access to expand participation, especially among teachers, and that prior lineup changes saved about $6 million annually in participant fees. Bo Barnes of TRS then addressed retired teachers’ health insurance, first clarifying a prior question about declining federal contributions to the retirement annuity trust. He explained that federally funded school positions generated contributions that rose from $72 million in 2019 to $109 million in 2022, then fell to $85 million this year, with a projection of $80 million over the next three years; if those dollars do not come from federal sources, they would have to be replaced through the SEEK formula. Barnes then reviewed TRS health coverage, explaining that the statutory contract guarantees access to group coverage but not fixed premium levels, and that TRS administers two retiree plans: KEHP for retirees under 65 or otherwise not Medicare-eligible, and MEHP for retirees 65 and older or Medicare-eligible. Barnes said TRS completed RFPs for the 2026 plan year, retaining Express Scripts for prescription drugs and switching the Medicare Advantage medical provider from UnitedHealthcare to Humana, while keeping plan design, provider access, out-of-pocket costs, and benefits materially unchanged. He noted a modest hearing-aid improvement of $500 per ear beginning in 2026. He also reported that the TRS Board approved the maximum state contribution for KEHP at $1,044.96, up from $930.76, an 18% increase that he said would require about $15 million to $16 million more annually, while the MEHP premium would drop from $210 to $200 per month because of the new contract. Using the 2024 valuation, he said the KEHP increase would slightly reduce the health trust funded ratio from 80.4% to 80.1% and raise unfunded liability from $4.036 billion to $4.051 billion. Barnes closed by reviewing the 2010 shared-responsibility reforms that shifted retiree health costs away from a pay-as-you-go model, including phased employee and district contributions and Commonwealth stabilization funding. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.