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• making that collaborative decision making that ultimately<00:05:18.000> creates<00:05:18.479>
• It doesn't matter who it's from; we'll figure it out and take care of it.
• I want to always remember that the person who's getting care is at the center of the discussion.
• Collaboration of contract terms is, by its nature, anti-competitive.
• creates additional uncompensated care creates additional uncompensated care which<01:46:13.480><

Bills: HF2228, HF46, HF856, HF2149, HF2215

Keywords: homeowners insurance, property insurance, commercial property insurance, insurance affordability, insurance market stabilization, reinsurance, catastrophic reinsurance fund, self-insured pool, premium costs, coverage notice, liability reform, climate risk, climate change, housing affordability, multifamily housing, rental housing, common interest communities, cooperatives, small business insurance, Minnesota Commerce Department

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• services and require Health Care services and require Health Care Providers<00:16:24.680> to<
• guidance of and input of Health Care guidance of and input of Health Care Professionals<00:21:38.440
• The care he deserved. We were denied.
• It creates clarity for families, health care providers, and educators so that collaboration, not conflict
• Maybe it's an exam... stepdad and they go to a health care stepdad and they go to a health care provider

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Institute's collaboration program led to the development of the New Mexico Collaboration Hub, a statewide
• Care or medical attention.
• Um, important collaboration and discussion.
• Could really just take care of a lot of problems quickly.
• The reality is, this bosque is a resource that we love, but we have to care for it.

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• time we may put a pause on their care time we may put a pause on their care and<00:14:07.920>
• to contract directly with child care center providers in licensed infant and toddler child care centers
• toddler Child Care Centers and group child<00:50:47.240> care<00:50:47.359> centers<00
• Moving on to HB 241 relating to child care.
• release from custody just to take care release from custody just to take care of<01:22:18.480>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The hearing began with HB 1113, which would create an intensive mobile team pilot program in the Department of Health for chronically houseless individuals with serious brain disorders such as schizophrenia. The Department of Health Adult Mental Health Division strongly supported the bill, and written support was also submitted by several health and harm-reduction organizations. Members asked about the program’s size and coordination with existing services; the testifier said the team would use a low-caseload, 24/7 mobile model, coordinate with police, ERs, hospitals, housing, dual-diagnosis treatment, and other case-management resources, and continue serving participants even if they cycle through jail or hospital. The committee amended the bill to change the participant language from a maximum of 40 to “at least 40,” blanked out the appropriations section, deferred the effective date to July 1, 3000, and then adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments by unanimous vote in both committees. The next measure, HB 1140, would appropriate funds for DLNR to clean up homeless encampments on department lands. DLNR testified in support, saying it conducts about 22 to 24 cleanups per year and the bill would help it address homelessness statewide. Members asked whether the funds would be used to sweep people out of areas; DLNR said its practice is to give notice, allow time to leave, and then clean up what remains, with storage procedures for personal property. The department also said people still present are told to move to the county area across the road. DLNR confirmed the bill is not in the governor’s budget, though it is in the governor’s legislative package. The committee then heard HB 1486, which would make it disorderly conduct to remain or loiter within 20 feet of a bus stop without intent to use bus services. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing that criminal enforcement is not the right tool, could lead to arrests of people who are simply tired or unhoused, and could create a cycle of repeated low-level cases and constitutional issues around questioning and intent. HPD supported the bill, saying officers would generally try to get people to move first, but could also use field questioning, citations, or arrests depending on the circumstances; HPD said such incidents can be documented and later used in ACT or other mental-health interventions. A private resident testified in support, describing bus stops near her home as occupied overnight and burdening nearby residents and small businesses. Written support came from the City and County of Honolulu Mayor’s Office, and one individual opposed the bill. Members also asked about neighbor-island impacts, property handling, and whether the bill could help connect people to services; HPD said it had not consulted other counties and would follow up. Finally, the committee began hearing HB 877, which would prohibit encampments within 100 feet of the property line of a K-12 public or private school or school facility. DLNR stood on its written testimony, and the Department of the Attorney General raised concerns that the bill did not specify how violators would be removed, what would happen to property or the encampment, or whether the buffer zone applies only to public spaces. The AG suggested making violations petty misdemeanors and adding clearer definitions and due-process guidance. Members asked whether charter schools are included and whether private-property situations within the buffer zone should be clarified; the AG said public schools include charter schools and indicated the bill may need more specificity about private property and trespass situations.

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• care.
• If your life is on the line in court, do you want a paralegal taking care of you?
• If your life is on the line in court, do you want a paralegal taking care of you?
• It is that we should believe that doctors should be and remain in charge of health care.
• Next, we will have HB 1119, Health Care Patient Protection, by Representative Oliver.

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee heard a lengthy agenda of health care and public health bills. The first major item was HB 649, which would remove the paper supervision protocol for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and allow autonomous practice. The sponsor and supporters argued it would improve access, especially in rural areas, address workforce shortages, and reduce costs, while opponents from the medical community raised patient safety concerns and argued it would weaken physician oversight. After extensive testimony and debate, the committee reported the bill favorably by a vote of 18-7. The committee then unanimously advanced several other measures. HB 259, creating a special observance for fentanyl awareness and education, passed 23-0. HB 791, which codifies infant safety devices as an option for surrendering newborns and amends safe-haven law, passed as amended 25-0. HB 355, allowing schools to use FDA-approved emergency opioid antagonists rather than only naloxone, passed 26-0. HB 1119, requiring hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric readiness policies, training, coordination, and assessment requirements, also passed 26-0 after two amendments. HB 431, changing the date for level-two background screening of athletic coaches to July 1, 2026, passed 26-0. Later, the committee approved CS for HB 907, the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases or “Sunshine Genetics Act,” which would establish an opt-in newborn genome sequencing program at FSU and a statewide consortium for rare disease research; supporters emphasized earlier diagnosis and cost savings, and the bill passed 25-0. CS for HB 519, aligning state law with federal law on controlled substances for paramedics, passed 25-0. Finally, CS for HB 723, requiring the Department of Health to provide early-detection materials for type 1 diabetes to families of young schoolchildren, passed as amended 26-0. The meeting adjourned after all bills were reported favorably.

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• With care and love with ferocity.
• It was a woman who led the fight for gender affirming care in the United States.
• It was a woman who cared for members of our community at the height of the AIDS crisis.
• took care of the husband, we cleaned the house.
• VSP Vision Cares headquarters is proudly located in Rancho Cordova.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• New Hampshire law careful work.
• > enforcement collaborate with other law enforcement collaborate with other law enforcement agencies
• was like a lot of collaboration on this. was like a lot of collaboration on this.
• . collaboration. collaboration.
• We got to be careful.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• under the governor's budget are proposed to continue for child care providers.
• Child care, I think it's clear that we need to explore new revenue streams.
• For our child care as well as our preschool slots. Thank you. Okay, thank you.
• Yeah, so now really the last question. is the collaboration with at the county level.
• For the collaborative enterprise resource planning project, otherwise known as the collaborative ERP,

Summary: The committee heard the May Revision presentation for the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, with public comment focused heavily on K-12 priorities such as universal school meals, kitchen infrastructure, food service and custodial support, youth leadership grants, Special Olympics funding, English learner support, universal pre-K, literacy investments, and concerns about community college funding shifts. Speakers also urged support for expanded learning, teacher recruitment and training, and maintaining or increasing funding for community colleges and student support programs. Finance and the LAO then reviewed the Proposition 98 outlook. Finance said the May Revision lowers the 2025-26 Prop. 98 guarantee to $114.6 billion, about $4.3 billion below January, due mainly to lower revenue estimates, with smaller effects from attendance and property tax changes. The administration also described rebenching for universal transitional kindergarten and a one-time rebench tied to Los Angeles fire-related property tax losses, along with changes to the Public School System Stabilization Account, deferrals, and updated COLA assumptions. The LAO said the budget relies too much on deferrals and one-time funds, creates a structural shortfall, and should instead align ongoing spending with the guarantee and preserve a reserve buffer. Members questioned the TK rebench and the shift of funding from community colleges to K-12, asking why it was being applied retroactively and how colleges would be held harmless. Finance said the changes align funding with where TK costs are being incurred and that reappropriation funding and other adjustments would offset impacts on community colleges. The LAO argued the historical split formula is outdated and should be abandoned in favor of budgeting around current priorities rather than fixed percentages. Members also raised concerns about draining the rainy day reserve and using deferrals, while the LAO said preserving reserves would better protect against future volatility. The committee then moved to specific K-12 and education proposals. Finance outlined May Revision changes including state operations adjustments for the Department of Education, technical trailer bill changes, a $100 million student teacher stipend program administered by Kern County, and updates to the charter school facility grant program. The LAO recommended rejecting the proposed increases for expanded learning, literacy coaches, and the student teacher stipend as currently structured, while supporting the minimum grant increase for expanded learning. Members expressed support for teacher recruitment efforts but questioned whether one-time funding can sustain ongoing programs and whether the student teacher stipend should be targeted to shortage areas or low-income communities.

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• <01:48:27.760> moving they're under paliotative care moving they're under paliotative care
• You’re not discharged from one care. It’s a collaborative effort between different teams.
• It's a discharged from one care.
• care that she needs in her home state. care that she needs in her home state.
• healthc care. I'm a retired physician. healthc care. I'm a retired physician.

Keywords: 12:30pm HB 421 2:00pm HB 701 3:00pm HB 377 4:00pm HB 712, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference first took up House Bill 421FN, concerning notice of tax-exempt status filing procedures by town officials. Members reviewed the Senate changes and focused on whether the amended language would require multiple mailings to charitable organizations. House conferees said the Senate wording appeared to create more than one mailing and asked for clarification; Senate members explained the intent was to reduce clerk workload by posting forms and sending a follow-up notice only to organizations that failed to file after the deadline. After a brief caucus, the House concluded there were too many unresolved changes to work out in conference and moved to non-concur with the Senate amendment. The House motion to non-concur passed unanimously, 4-0, and the committee agreed to place the conference report on the House consent calendar. The chair then closed the committee of conference on House Bill 421FN. The transcript then shifted to a separate committee of conference on another bill, where members discussed revisions involving direct supervision at an eligible facility, federalwide assurance requirements, and immunity language. Testimony focused on whether the bill should require supervision at a specific facility or allow broader supervision arrangements, whether rulemaking should define direct supervision, and whether the immunity provision should cover reckless as well as willful misconduct. No final vote or action on that second bill was reached in the portion provided.

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• Federal funds provide housing, health care, educational services, and protection from child abuse and
• If you know, nursing home care is not provided, people have to take off of work to care administration
• um or uh uh continue of care. Thank you. um or uh uh continue of care. Thank you.
• CARES in strong support of the CARES in strong support of the appropriation<03:09:45.439> of<03
• This can in turn and child care.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Always need to make very close and careful and precise attention to our last names, right?
• This self-study process at a school, if done well, is collaborative.
• Thank you for emphasizing the collaborative nature of the self-study process.
• This self-study process at a school, if done well, is collaborative.
• This self-study process at a school, if done well, is collaborative.

Bills: SB 2

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• and use uh um but really to collaborate and use uh the<00:08:49.600> knowledge<00:08:50.279><
• Substance abuse, health care, construction, transportation, restaurants, food service.
• uh being the top economy healthc care uh being the top three<00:35:39.920> approximately<00:35
• Is there a standard in law or statute that you reference, like in a health care system or, you know,
• I was very distraught, didn't know how I was going to take care of my wife and young child.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They go before a panel of three doctors or health care providers.
• for nourishment Essential Medical Care for nourishment Essential Medical Care shelter<00:23:32.320
• there's no document that a healthc care there's no document that a healthc care provider<00:52:08.960
• with the office of healthc care with the office of healthc care Assurance<01:21:46.719> from<
• Senate Bill 1323, Senate Draft 2, relating to health care.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes. Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders. Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• we're doing with respect to career pathways in preparing students for their future, and who will take care
• Creative and critical thinker, responsible individual, effective collaborator, and lifelong learner.
• Our pathway collaboration committee was developed and started last year, which means that it includes
• I don't care if it's athletics, fine arts, clubs, or academics. We also need to engage our parents.
• So you're constantly collaborating because you weren't in a silo.

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• taken care of my son. taken care of my son.
• care of it. care of it. No. No. No.
• care, but there's a greater need. care, but there's a greater need.
• private child caring facilities. private child caring facilities.
• uh continuum of care on who serves what. uh continuum of care on who serves what.

Keywords: Roll Call - 00:10 Discussion on SCR 61 – 01:46 Vote on SCR 61 – 11:33 Discussion on SR 18 – 12:30 Vote on SR 18 - 30:01 Discussion on Ky Residential Autism Services – 32:34 Questions & Comments – 56:56, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, sponsored by Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Representative Matt Lockett. The resolution, as amended by committee substitute, would create a legislative task force tied to the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) framework to study Kentucky health policy, including Medicaid drug approvals, preventive and alternative therapies, holistic health education, oversight and transparency in health care, and research into integrative approaches. Supporters said the goal was to address chronic disease and reduce over-medication, while emphasizing the effort was not intended as an attack on agriculture or the pharmaceutical industry. The resolution received favorable expression and passed the committee 9-0. The committee then heard Senate Resolution 18 from Senator Neal, urging Kentucky to maximize participation in the federal SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program. Testimony from Jessica Klein of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy and Secretary Eric Friedlander explained that SNAP E&T provides job training, education, and support services for SNAP participants, and that the program is federally matched and does not require additional General Assembly funding in the normal course. Members discussed how the program works, whether it could create new state costs, and how it fits with efforts to connect food assistance, workforce development, and local agriculture. Questions also focused on whether SNAP spending can be steered toward healthier foods and farmers markets, including Kentucky’s Double Dollars program, which was described as helping participants buy produce, meat, and dairy at participating markets and some retailers. Several members expressed support for the workforce goals but asked for more information on fiscal impacts and purchasing data. Secretary Friedlander said the SNAP E&T funds are separate from nutrition benefits, and that the state match generally comes from employer, university, or workforce partner contributions rather than new state appropriations. Senator Herron explained her vote in favor by saying the program could help people gain education and employment and reduce reliance on SNAP over time. Senate Resolution 18 was then adopted by the committee.

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• in our quick analysis that healthc care in our quick analysis that healthc care isn't<00:02:52.920
• again we are committed to collaborating again we are committed to collaborating with<00:21:34.760
• Juniper collaborates with the savings Juniper collaborates with community-<00:26:18.840> based
• I'm to encourage people to that we care I'm to encourage people to that we care a<00:38:00.640><
• The intent was to reward PCAs who provide care to service recipients who have the highest care needs

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Trust is the foundation of patient care. Trust is the foundation of patient care.
• When a rural hospital closes, people do not suddenly stop needing care.
• Our constituents deserve access to health care.
• Our constituents deserve access to health care. We cannot allow.
• Our constituents deserve access to health care.

Summary: The Assembly met in session after a quorum call, heard a prayer and pledge, and then moved through a large daily file of bills and resolutions. Early procedural motions were adopted, including re-referrals and a motion to allow the Appropriations Committee to notice SB 73, which passed 46-15. Members also introduced several guests, including young legislators, schoolchildren, a championship girls’ basketball team, realtors, and CASA advocates. On the floor, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 1389, a tribal gaming compact urgency bill for the Yurok Tribe, which passed 55-0 on the urgency and measure. The body then passed a series of bills on topics including trespass enforcement (AB 1632), pest control fees (AB 2380), county investment authority (AB 2080), pupil achievement gap reporting (AB 2149), transit board stipends (AB 1625), e-filing for workplace violence restraining orders (AB 2179), election eligibility restrictions for registered sex offenders (AB 2753), juvenile firearm possession and deferred entry of judgment (AB 2636), court access and First Amendment issues (AB 1544), physician medical record integrity (AB 1637), forced marriage protections (AB 2534), and local authority to restrict under-12 e-bike use in San Mateo County (AB 2595). Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, with votes ranging from 53-0 to 63-0. The Assembly also adopted ACR 173, reaffirming California’s sister-state relationship with Jalisco, Mexico, after adding 50 coauthors. Later, it adopted ACR 163 designating May as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month after extensive testimony from the author and multiple caucus members emphasizing the crisis, data gaps, tribal sovereignty, and the need for more resources and action; 64 coauthors were added before the resolution passed by voice vote. The chamber likewise adopted ACR 180 designating Compost Awareness Week and ACR 182 establishing Youth Mental Health Awareness Week, both after coauthor roll calls and voice votes. The day concluded with urgent action on AB 108, which provides up to $25 million in one-time emergency bridge funding for distressed hospitals facing imminent closure. Members from both parties spoke in support, citing rural access, prior hospital closures, and the need to protect community health care; the bill passed 59-0 and was sent to the Governor immediately. The Assembly then handled consent calendar items, heard an adjournment in memory for labor leader Larry Mazzola Sr., and adjourned until Monday, May 11 at 1 p.m.

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• , that our neighbors know that we care, that our neighbors know that we care, and<00:03:00.000>
• is committed to working collaboratively is committed to working collaboratively with<00:07:34.720
• ,<00:31:26.320> continuous through collaboration, continuous through collaboration, continuous
• MMB, would you care to comment on this? MMB, would you care to comment on this?
• Minnesotans really really care about. Minnesotans really really care about.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Indivisible Hawaii, Amy Monk, support. ...collaborative stand. Thank you very much.
• Without action, workforce strategies, our shortages will continue to drive higher health care costs.
• Without action, workforce strategies, our shortages will continue to drive higher health care costs.
• unique to the mental health care unique to the mental health care workforce.<00:37:45.359> Members
• the mental health care workforce. Okay. the mental health care workforce. Okay.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Labor and Technology heard several resolutions focused on workforce shortages and program development. STR 145/SR 117 would create a legislative working group on paid family and medical leave; testimony from state agencies, labor groups, advocacy organizations, and others was overwhelmingly supportive, though some asked for broader representation and legal expertise. Members raised questions about prior studies, staffing estimates, and funding needs for administering a future program. The chair ultimately deferred decision making on this measure to March 28, 2025. The committee also heard STR 55/SR 37 on reviewing the boiler and elevator inspection branch to improve recruitment and retention. DLIR supported the measure, while the Department of Human Resources Development supported the intent but suggested labor should lead the study. Industry witnesses described long inspection wait times, backlogs, and difficulty recruiting inspectors, and several said higher pay and training pathways were needed. The committee voted to pass the resolution unamended. For STR 64/SR 49, which would establish a Hawaii State Fellows Program, the department supported the concept but said resources would be needed and should be included in the budget rather than a resolution; the committee recommended deferral indefinitely. STR 67/SR 51, addressing hiring shortages in the public mental health care system, drew support from the State Council on Mental Health and others, with requests for amendments to ensure broader cooperation and added agencies. The committee moved the measure as a Senate draft with amendments. STR 63/SR 48, proposing a Hawaii Workforce Excellence Award, received support from DLIR, and the committee later recessed and reconvened for decision making on the measures.

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• AB 2282 would allow Del Puerto Health Care District to provide emergency health care to rural communities
• And this has been a process that has been very collaborative.
• And sometimes when I think about that, I say, who cares?
• You've been a great inspiration for many of us and really taking care of our health care community and
• And I'm always careful to make sure that to serve for quite some time, and I'm always careful to make

Keywords: 988, house, all