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• I realize how important it is to the functions of that particular facility through that tenure.
• early 2000s, we were part of 340B reasonably early on, and I realize how important it is to the functions

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first addressed Senate Bill 2387, which had previously included language expanding the definition of a sexual assault victim advocate to include advocates from organizations serving victims of sexual trafficking or other sexual violence. After concerns were raised that the language could broaden participation in forensic interviews beyond appropriately credentialed organizations, the parties agreed to remove that added language. The committee then reconsidered its prior action, adopted the amendment striking the new language, and passed SB 2387 as amended on a 12-0-1 roll call vote. The bulk of the meeting focused on Representative Nelson’s proposed changes to a 340B-related bill, centered on expanding reporting and transparency requirements. His draft would require hospitals to report how 340B savings are used, and would also add reporting by drug manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers, and health insurers on rebates, pricing, ownership interests, 340B savings, premiums, claims, and related data. Nelson argued the reporting was needed to give lawmakers better information about how the 340B program affects hospitals, insurers, pharmacies, and public costs, and noted the Department of Corrections also benefits from the program. Testimony was mixed but generally supportive of more transparency. Sanford Health Plan said it needed more time to review carrier impacts and had concerns about employer-related language and rebate reporting. The North Dakota Hospital Association supported hospital transparency and said the broader approach was appropriate because hospitals are only one part of the 340B system. Several members raised procedural concerns about the scope of the proposal and the lack of a drafted LC amendment. The committee decided not to take final action on the 340B proposal that day, instead forming a subcommittee led by Representative Hendricks, with Representatives Dobervich and Bolinske, to work with LC and return with drafted language for further review on Monday.

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• Uh, the bill before you simply meant, is simply meant to expand the FCIC's mandated function.
• started receiving cases in just a few days and within 2 months and before we were even operationally functional

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• The bill before you is simply meant to expand the FCIC's mandated function.
• receiving cases in just a few days, and within two months, and before we were even operationally functional

Bills: HB3014, HB3109, HB3126, HB3474, HB3594

Keywords: gift card fraud, counterfeit gift card, gift card tampering, gift card theft, prepaid card, stored value card, retail fraud, financial crimes, consumer protection, organized retail crime, gift card skimming, magnetic stripe, chip card, redemption information, gift card packaging, Penal Code, felony theft, state jail felony, third-degree felony, second-degree felony

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• I think this chart shows how the enterprise should function, or was intended to function.

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1183, by Rep. G. Lombardo, as amended by a strike-all. The bill would provide liability protection for local governments and private-sector entities that substantially comply with certain cybersecurity practices, including multi-factor authentication, disaster recovery plans, and related policies and procedures. Rep. Lombardo said the measure is intended to create incentives for better cybersecurity and to limit class-action exposure after incidents, while still allowing suits where negligence can be shown. Supporters included TechNet, the Florida Justice Reform Institute, the Florida League of Cities, Associated Industries of Florida, the Florida Association of Counties, and Dr. Edward Long of the James Madison Institute; Vice Chair Steele, Rep. Blanco, and Rep. McFarland also spoke in favor. Ranking Member Bracy Davis opposed the bill, saying she was not comfortable granting liability protections to entities that may have contributed to breaches and questioning whether substantial compliance would be self-attested. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably by a 14-2 vote. After the vote, the committee shifted into an extended discussion about Florida’s state IT governance structure, procurement, and project management. Members criticized the current federated model as fragmented and lacking clear accountability, with repeated references to long-running problems such as cost overruns, weak vendor oversight, workforce shortages, and the troubled I-Connect system. Several members argued that the state needs a single accountable leader or stronger enterprise authority over agency technology decisions. Ranking Member Bracy Davis raised concerns about the impact of broken systems on vulnerable populations and asked about the role of advisory councils. Rep. G. Lombardo, Vice Chair Steele, Rep. Miller, and Rep. Groh all emphasized the need for centralized leadership, better alignment of authority and budget, and more disciplined procurement and integration practices. A public witness, Victoria Zep of Team 180, testified in support of a more enterprise-wide approach and said the private sector also wants more organization and transparency. She criticized short procurement timelines, limited competition, and poorly written scopes, and urged the state to post procurements more openly and seek broader vendor input. She also discussed the need to respect agency-specific federal requirements while still improving statewide coordination. The chair closed by asking members to bring forward ideas for immediate and long-term reforms, including review of Senate Bill 7026, and the meeting adjourned without further business.

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• The Division of certified Public County concurrently delegate mistreat functions to do dbpr to simply
• This is not contract any regulatory functions, only administrative and it does any other questions.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We ask that you keep the system we already have in place and functioning, and that you vote no on this
• moral values such as respecting life, property, and truthfulness, which are essential for a well-functioning

Bills: HB266, SB85, SB166, HB266, SB85, SB166

Keywords: education, diploma, adult education, dropout prevention, nontraditional high school program, driver's license eligibility, vaccination exemption, religious exemption, medical exemption, vaccine mandate, testing requirement, public schools, K-12, students, parents, guardians, higher education, college enrollment, university attendance, public institutions of higher education

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• My request to the agencies is to be brief in your discussion of current operations in your functional
• Regarding immigration issues, what we have is overlap with some of the functions that we have, mostly

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• License plate readers are fairly expensive, and it will get us, we have some in our state now. functioning
• That front-facing camera functions as an LPR for those patrolmen that have. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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• I’m the supervisor of the Municipal Bureau, which functions under the Municipal and Property Division
• under the municipal and functions under the municipal and property<01:51:04.400> division<01:
• activities that are assigned functions activities that are assigned functions that<03:41:10.399>
• scholarship service program functioning scholarship service program functioning under<03:41:31.199
• But aren’t the activities and functions assigned to this provider or these providers exactly what an

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Funding Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 193, which clarifies that dual and concurrent enrollment courses may not exceed four credits. Members said the bill came from the community college system and was intended to preserve the program’s high school-to-college pathway. An amendment changing the effective date to passage was adopted 18-0, and the committee then voted 18-0 to recommend OTPA on the bill as amended, with the bill placed on the consent calendar. The committee then retained HB 295 and HB 366, both related to school building aid, after members said the issues were complex and needed more work. Both motions to retain passed 18-0, leaving the bills in committee without reports. The chair also said HB 354 would not be taken up that day because of possible changes from the Department of Education and others. HB 494, funding the math learning communities program, was then amended to flat-fund the program rather than increase it, with members citing budget uncertainty. The amendment passed unanimously, and the committee then voted 18-0 for OTPA on the bill as amended, placing it on consent. Finally, HB 515, which would repeal charter public school eligibility for state school building aid, drew debate over whether charter schools should be treated differently from traditional public schools. The committee voted 10-8 for inexpedient to legislate, sending the bill to the regular calendar; Representative Damon was assigned the minority report and Representative Popovic the majority report. The committee then began HB 716, an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program, where members discussed flat-funding the program at $2.5 million per year and the potential impact on course availability, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.

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• It's almost 9 trillion additional borrowing spending interest over that next 10 years, so functionally
• <05:17:28.480> going<05:17:28.718> to functionally going to functionally going to 5%<05
• <05:30:03.920> about<05:30:04.400> this<05:30:05.200> so<05:30:05.600> functionally
• Things, think about this: so, functionally, I think this year it's like 75% of all spending is on
• two things Ai come through functionally two things Ai and<05:46:17.320> synthetic<05:46:17.798

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <01:47:54.480> communities some again high functioning communities some again high functioning
• Um, the correct bill draft, you know, two main functions.
• That formula two two main functions.
• I think that that is probably step zero is having a functional water system.
• Probably step zero is having a functional water system.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Our function is to collect data and do economic forecasts regarding Hawaii's economy.
• Our function is to collect data and do economic forecasts regarding Hawaii's economy.
• Our function is to collect data and do economic forecasts regarding Hawaii's economy.
• And so, I think that's an important function for our team. Again, the data book is super important.
• functioning functioning um<01:01:14.040> ability.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• members and for supporting<00:19:19.760> the<00:19:19.920> overall<00:19:20.440> function
• <00:19:21.280> of<00:19:21.440> the supporting the overall function of the supporting
• the overall function of the board. board. board.
• It's not just tracking our biological functions; it's tracking our brain functions and our nervous system
• , it's tracking our brain functions, it's tracking our brain activity<01:32:24.960> and<01:32:

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Amends the functions and responsibilities of the State Health Planning and Development Agency.
• Amends<01:39:46.000> the<01:39:46.120> functions<01:39:46.640> and Amends the functions
• and Amends the functions and responsibilities<01:39:47.760> of<01:39:47.960> the<01:39
• that if you recall, in your wisdom as a legislature, you assigned the all-payer claims database function
• in which every claims database function in which every health<01:42:30.960> plan<01:42:31.120

Bills: HB2323, HB2324, HB1509, HB2164, HB2165, HB2367, HB2619, HB1765, HB2187, HB1864, HB1452, HB2314, HB1898, HB2558, HB2319, HB1643, HB2121

Keywords: workers' compensation, treatment plans, vocational rehabilitation, electronic submission, reporting requirements, occupational safety, hoisting machines, discrimination protection, Department of Labor, safety standards, treatment plan, injured worker, medical treatment authorization, employer response deadline, secure electronic transmission, facsimile, fax, mail submission, denial of care, medical necessity

Summary: The committee heard several administration bills related largely to workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance. On HB 2323 HD1, which would modernize workers’ compensation notice and filing procedures, DLIR and other agencies testified in support of the original bill language but said HD1 removed key components and weakened the bill’s clarity and continuity. HB 2324 HD1, which would repeal state hoisting-machine certification requirements and the separate crane operator certificate, drew support from DLIR; members asked about whether the change would affect safety or local operators, and DLIR said OSHA-compliant certifications already exist and the union supported the change. HB 1509 HD1, which would require faster employer responses to treatment plans and impose penalties for nonresponse, received support from DLIR and others, while DHRD said it wanted an amendment. The committee also took up HB 2164 HD1 on compounded prescription drugs in workers’ compensation. DLIR supported the bill as a way to define compounded drugs and curb inflated pricing, but DHRD and a medical provider opposed it and asked for amendments. Testimony focused heavily on whether the definition should include 503B compounding facilities and whether physician dispensing should be limited to the first 30 days after injury. HB 2165 HD1, dealing with unemployment insurance eligibility and removing the two-year limit on recouping overpayments, was supported by DLIR but opposed by Unite Here Local 5, which argued it would make it harder for striking workers and other claimants. Members questioned the impact of changing reporting deadlines from calendar days to business days and raised concerns about future benefit offsets; DLIR said the bill was needed for federal conformity and that the committee would revisit the offset percentage and effective date. Later, the committee heard HB 2367 on pay transparency, requiring salary ranges in job postings and removing the small-employer exemption. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, AAUW, Hawaii Women Lawyers, and an individual testifier supported the bill, saying pay transparency promotes fairness, trust, and pay equity; one testifier described being underpaid compared with a predecessor and said posting ranges would save applicants’ time. HB 2619 HD1, concerning homemade food products and farm kitchens, received generally supportive comments from the Department of Health, which requested an amendment to preserve flexibility in future rulemaking. HB 1765 HD1, on spear-fishing safety warnings, drew support from a safety educator and comments from DLNR; supporters said warning labels would help prevent hypoxic blackout deaths and were low-cost and easy to implement. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• And the testimony is that the money that's there can't be used for the function. >> So that the state
• And the testimony is that the money that's there can't be used for the function. >> So you would have
• to spend that money on a different function that was approved or was part of the program to be able
• <02:18:14.639> So<02:18:14.880> you can't be used for the function.
• So you can't be used for the function.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• do the work to make sure that policy language adopting those and recognizing those systems will function
• do the work to make sure that policy language adopting those and recognizing those systems will function
• <00:11:53.360> systems<00:11:54.240> um<00:11:54.480> will<00:11:54.880> function
• those systems um will function properly. those systems um will function properly.
• <01:04:41.440> is<01:04:41.760> my is no longer uh functioning is my is no longer uh

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Those are two of the most important functions of the AG, and I'd really like the focus of that agency
• Are you basing the functions of your bill on what you say is not an immutable characteristic?
• So, functionally, this legislation would mean...
• What I'm concerned about is that this may lead to some libraries functionally not allowing books to be
• I don't want our teenagers to be functionally limited to the books that pass muster under this test.

Bills: HJR175, HJR88, HB21, HB49, HB216, HB346, HB573, HB565, HB954, HB1953, HB2686, HB1441, HB2734, HB1650, HB3161, HB2876, HB3185, HB3388, HB2761, HB3233, HB 1186, HB1534, HB5506, HB5129, HB3619, HB778, HB2867, HB3221, HB3672, HB2434, HB4903, HB3687, HB3675, HB4609, HB4582, HB4921, HB3866, HB3901, HB4534, HB2446, HB3984, HB700, HB4012, HB4491, HB4088, HB229, HB4234, HB722, HB4136, HB4105, HB4413, HB170, HB551, HB2858, HB3053, HB3142, HB3180, HB3722, HB2200, HB1794, HB1784, HB1581, HB2530, HB4308, HB1896, HB2974, HB3359, HB4580, HB2458, HB2215, HB3332, HB2278, HB3015, HB3151, HB1368, HCR9, HCR40, HB5138, SB17, HB4944, HB2284, HB3421, SB1569, SB2420, SB1968, SB2351, SB2544, SB1490, SB1349, SB1568, SB2776, HB3531, HB2149, HB4327, HB3158, HB3717, HB4520, SB888, SB552, HB3138, HB3704, HB2921, HB4853, HB4506, HB3892, HJR161, HJR175, HJR88, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HB21, HB49, HB216, HB346, HB573, HB565, HB954, HB1953, HB2686, HB1441, HB2734, HB1650, HB3161, HB2876, HB3185, HB3388, HB2761, HB3233, HB 1186, HB1534, HB5506, HB5129, HB3619, HB778, HB2867, HB3221, HB3672, HB2434, HB4903, HB3687, HB3675, HB4609, HB4582, HB4921, HB3866, HB3901, HB4534, HB2446, HB3984, HB700, HB4012, HB4491, HB4088, HB229, HB4234, HB722, HB4136, HB4105, HB4413, HB170, HB551, HB2858, HB3053, HB3142, HB3180, HB3722, HB2200, HB1794, HB1784, HB1581, HB2530, HB4308, HB1896, HB2974, HB3359, HB4580, HB2458, HB2215, HB3332, HB2278, HB3015, HB3151, HB1368, HCR76, HCR127, HCR9, HCR40

Keywords: constitutional amendment, medium of exchange, currency rights, digital currency, financial autonomy, tax exemption, rainwater harvesting, graywater system, local government, ad valorem taxation, housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, audit requirements, affordable housing, development bonds, oil waste, gas waste, liability, treatment processes

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• That is the function of this committee, to be offering amendments to this bill, and we are being denied
• But as a function of the budget resolution and making this bill in balance to that without the actual
• <00:19:34.640> But<00:19:35.120> as<00:19:35.440> a<00:19:35.679> function
• But as a function making changes to it.
• But as a function of<00:19:36.080> the<00:19:36.240> budget<00:19:36.559> resolution

Bills: HF2435

Keywords: healthcare, dementia services, public health funding, opioid prevention, women's health, community health boards, mental health, 1183, house

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• Do you sort of—I mean, I guess I'm sort of envisioning it as functioning like the, uh, when they're doing
• /c><00:15:50.880> like<00:15:51.199> the<00:15:51.680> uh of envisioned as functioning
• like the uh of envisioned as functioning like the uh when<00:15:52.000> they're<00:15:52.160>
• guess I was looking at the functionality guess I was looking at the functionality of<00:16:57.519
• He said the law functions as a disincentive and that the easiest and most desirable options were being

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We all know that emergency management is a critical government function.
• .<00:15:25.440> Emergency<00:15:26.079> managers<00:15:26.639> cannot function.
• Emergency managers cannot function.
• How do they function?
• How do they go back and do the function?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all