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• maintenance organization or health plan may provide cost-sharing incentives to an enrollee, such as cash payments
• For payment providers participating in a shared savings program, the substitute creates a direct pay

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• maintenance organization Or health plan may provide cost sharing incentives to an enrollee such as cash payment
• Direct payment provider pay.

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• Also, education, and college payments.
• to um apply for a directed payment to um apply for a directed payment program<01:52:13.840> to
• have um included a directed payment have um included a directed payment program<01:54:11.280>
• have the hospital directed payment have the hospital directed payment program<02:42:03.520> where
• with data companies to reduce payments with data companies to reduce payments to<03:33:25.279>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• There's a possibility where you can opt out to receive a payment and then go register for Medicaid.
• It fully funds our $7 billion pension payment, honoring commitments that previous administrations too
• , and many will see no payments at all.
• What happens if we don't get that payment?
• It doesn't even recognize the payment to be made.

Keywords: 1146, all

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• So, we are going to be happy we pass a bonding bill today, but it's a down payment.
• There is today, but it's a down payment.
• <00:45:21.760> Um payments to nursing facility workers.
• Um payments to nursing facility workers.
• And we're paying their directed payment program. That's $100 million.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up House File 719, the capital investment/bonding bill, and members spent much of the debate praising committee staff and describing the bill as a bipartisan product shaped by statewide bonding tours and negotiations. Supporters highlighted major infrastructure and public facility projects, including water and sewer work, transportation projects, housing, natural resources, and specific local needs such as Grand Marais, the Manomomen County hospital/nursing home, and airport tower funding. Several members emphasized that the bill was a “Team House” effort and argued that infrastructure funding should not be treated as partisan. During debate, members also focused on the bill’s water infrastructure investments and the need for broader, dedicated funding to address lead pipes, PFAS contamination, and rising wastewater costs. Representative Lee noted that more than $400 million in the package went to water infrastructure, while other speakers pointed to transportation funding and a one-time reduction in tab fees as important elements of the bill. Representative Franson and others urged support, saying the package reflected statewide needs and was a down payment on larger asset-preservation needs. The House adopted three technical amendments to House File 719, then gave the bill its third reading. After floor discussion, Representative Niska moved to lay House File 719 on the table, and the motion prevailed, tabling the bill. The chamber then moved on to House File 2484, the cash portion of the infrastructure package, where members again described the measure as a small but important funding bill and discussed a Lower Sioux Indian Community Dakota language item and the limited size of each caucus’s cash allocation.

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• , payments, payments, which<00:14:45.040> are<00:14:45.200> enhanced<00:14:45.720> Medicaid
• HR1 will phase out directed payments HR1 will phase out directed payments starting<00:14:51.400>
• The stabilization payments are important for HCMC's long-term solvency.
• The stabilization payments are important for HCMC's long-term solvency.
• The stabilization payments are important for HCMC's long-term solvency.

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• Then we make mitigation payments for those individuals who have been flooded and who've lost farmland
• We get no taxes from it except where they call the PILT or PIL payments.
• Even this last month, we got a bridge payment on those white acres, even though we don't hardly grow
• But then it might impact the croppable acres and the payment that goes to the farmer.
• Are you stating you mean about reparation, like some kind of a payment to the landowner who is...

Keywords: 908, all

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• we have adequate teachers in the classroom, we're going to require salary supplements, additional payments
• except with regard to acceptance of funds resulting from fines, penalties, forfeiture, taxes, or payment
• Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 314, a bill to be entitled an act relating to payment
• Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 314, a bill to be entitled an act relating to payment
• Senate Bill 314 creates a comprehensive regulatory framework for payment stable coin issuers in Florida

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a brief introduction of the doctor of the day before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up several claims bills, including SB 6/HB 6507 for relief of L.E. through the Department of Children and Families, which was described as compensation for severe injuries after DCF returned the child to unsafe parents; the House bill was substituted and passed 34-0. SB 26 for the estate of Mark Legata, involving catastrophic injuries tied to FDOT negligence, was also substituted with the House version and passed 35-0. SB 42/HB 47 on specific medical diagnoses and child protective investigations passed 34-0 after supporters said it would require child protection teams to consider certain medical conditions that can mimic abuse. Later, SB 1002 on child welfare passed 37-0 after sponsors said it clarifies that parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect and allow earlier court intervention and services, while not changing parental rights law. The Senate then considered education and health-related measures. SB 206/HB 851 on students with autism spectrum disorder was amended to the House bill and passed 35-0; the sponsor said it expands teacher preparation, requires autism-related training, creates a loan forgiveness program, and adds salary supplements for teachers with autism endorsements. SB 556/HB 453 on high school diploma requirements passed 36-0 and would allow students with disabilities to use Special Olympics participation to satisfy PE requirements, while also fixing a marching band credit issue. SB 688 on naturopathic medicine passed 33-3, reestablishing licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors. SB 878/HB 1347 on clinical laboratory personnel passed 37-0 to address staffing shortages by aligning Florida more closely with federal CLIA standards. SB 914/HB 867 on dry needling by occupational therapists passed 37-0, clarifying authority for that treatment. SB 530 on state lotteries passed 36-0 with updates to operations, security, and retailer rules. SB 964/HB 6011 on financial disclosures and gifts/honoraria passed 36-0 after an amendment restored a percentage-based reporting option. The chamber also approved several government-administration and public-records measures. SB 326/HB 131 on curators of estates passed 36-0, updating probate rules for temporary court-appointed curators. SB 758/HB 625 on the Justice Administrative Commission passed 37-0 after an amendment broadened the judicial member to a judge or senior judge rather than only a circuit judge. SB 830 on public records passed 31-5, creating exemptions for the personal information of county and city managers and certain family members. The Senate also passed SB 21/HB 218 on land use regulations, which preserves hurricane-recovery restrictions in affected counties while lifting them later for unaffected counties, and the sponsor thanked colleagues for helping address unintended consequences from prior law. SB 354 on Blue Ribbon Projects was debated extensively over concerns about local control, conservation protections, and vague standards; after a late amendment excluding data centers from commercial areas, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than passed. Finally, SB 1632/HB 1471 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles and domestic terrorist designations drew significant debate over references to Sharia law, religious freedom, notice, and due process; one amendment striking Sharia references failed, and a second amendment with broader revisions was under discussion when the transcript ended.

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• Through January 2026, individual estimated tax payments for tax year 2025 are well above our November
• individual Through January 2026, individual estimated<00:37:02.720> tax<00:37:03.040> payments
• for<00:37:03.560> tax<00:37:03.880> year<00:37:04.000> 25 estimated tax payments
• for tax year 25 estimated tax payments for tax year 25 are<00:37:05.200> well<00:37:05.440>
• A balance of payments system, which goes back to fixed exchange rates, which we no longer have, and as

Bills: HF3425

Keywords: supportive housing, grants, housing assistance, funding, Minnesota Statutes, 1183, house

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• So, we can prosecute it, but we can't turn off payments on the front end or bar a certain provider from
• enrolling with Medicaid continuing to receive payments.
• We will file those taxes and collect those payments at that point.
• We will file those taxes and collect those payments at that point.
• We will file those taxes and collect those payments at that point.

Bills: HF1338

Keywords: Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, state oversight, government accountability, fraud, waste, abuse, audit, investigation, subpoena, whistleblower, public integrity, transparency, state agencies, executive branch, public funds, taxpayer funds, law enforcement oversight, public safety programs, advisory council

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• <00:05:24.240> arising payments arising payments arising uh<00:05:26.560> from<00:05:27.440
• It's a directed payment program, dividing the proceeds equally between the county and North Memorial
• It's a directed payment program, dividing the proceeds equally between the county and North Memorial
• It's a directed payment program, dividing the proceeds equally between the county and North Memorial
• It's a directed payment program, dividing the proceeds equally between the county and North Memorial

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• made in state receivership, Inglewood Unified School District continues to make annual interest payments
• The interest is they've paid about $8.3 million in interest payments.
• The interest is they've paid about $8.3 million in interest payments.
• It's nowhere that I can have a loan for 21 payments, and I paid it for 15 years, and I can't go in and
• Twenty-one payments, and I paid it for 15 years, and I can't go in and readjust those loans, especially

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes. The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously. Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.

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• when there are authority to stop payment when there are credible<00:15:07.360> allegations<00
• Abuse may involve paying for items or services where there is no legal entitlement to that payment.
• So any of those instances where they are not legally entitled to a payment, a lot of that is what is
• Abuse may involve paying for items or services where there is no legal entitlement to that payment.
• Abuse may involve paying for items or services where there is no legal entitlement to that payment.

Bills: HF23, HF1355

Keywords: whistleblower, whistleblower protections, public employees, state employees, retaliation, reporting fraud, misuse of authority, personal gain, state government, state services, state programs, legislative auditor, constitutional officer, public corruption, fraud reporting, government accountability, employee rights, labor law, Minnesota Statutes 181.931, Minnesota Statutes 181.932

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• > written<00:45:48.080> or payment instrument means a written or payment instrument means
• value or payment for goods or services. value or payment for goods or services.
• stored value does not include a payment stored value does not include a payment instrument<00:46
• <03:59:23.000> system inpatient prospective payment system inpatient prospective payment system
• part of that as far as the the payment part of that as far as the the payment and<04:38:03.320><

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 12 February, 2026; 9:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles, and heard an invocation and pledge. The early portion of the meeting focused on recognizing recipients of the 2026 Governor’s Arts Awards. The Senate adopted resolutions honoring Greg Harkins for excellence in traditional craft, Jesse Robinson for lifetime achievement in blues music, Heather Christian for excellence in music composition, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra for excellence in performing arts, and Dorothy “Dottie” Armstrong for excellence in art education. The executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission briefly thanked the senators and invited them to the evening awards ceremony. The chamber also received several announcements and introductions, including recognition of the Mississippi Society of Radiologic Technologists’ Capitol Day and visiting students from several radiologic science programs. There was also mention of an out-of-order resolution commemorating the 155th anniversary of Alcorn State University, though no action on it was detailed in the excerpt. On the calendar, the Senate took up Senate Bill 2915, which concerns alcoholic beverages, native wine retail permits, and festival permits. The bill was explained as a measure to support Mississippi’s native wineries by allowing free-standing tasting rooms in different parts of the state while maintaining tax collection; a committee substitute and a friendly amendment were adopted, and the bill passed by use of the morning roll call. The Senate then began consideration of Senate Bill 2828, the Money Transmission Modernization Act, which would impose transaction fees, create a Law Enforcement 287G Program Fund, provide an income tax credit for fees paid, and revise licensing and control definitions. After objections to the usual motion, the bill was read at length, but the excerpt ends before final action on that measure.

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• These same employers will soon be making their first tax payments to the program on April 30th.
• While these deductions have been running since January, the cash flow impact of this lump sum payment
• Electrical contractors are uniquely be making their first tax payments to be making their first tax payments
• will add to the cost lump sum payment will add to the cost pressures<00:31:14.200> for<00:31:
• to a benefit that could payments to a benefit that could potentially<01:03:38.600> hurt<01:03

Bills: HF4110, HF2113, HF4569, HF4414

Keywords: workplace regulations, employee rights, meal breaks, rest breaks, exemptions, paid leave, small employers, employment law, Minnesota Statutes, workforce development, HF4569, Minnesota Paid Leave Law, protected leave, seasonal employee, seasonal worker, hospitality, hospitality industry, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer certification

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• offered multiple ways to finance a project, whether it's a bond, a traditional loan, a lease, or cash payment
• Municipal lease programs often enable zero taxpayer impact spending where energy savings cover lease payments
• is a big amount, and it should have a higher bar because the taxpayers will be locked into those payments
• is a big amount, and it should have a higher bar because the taxpayers will be locked into those payments
• is a big amount, and it should have a higher bar because the taxpayers will be locked into those payments

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We are making the annual State House payment in the budget.
• <00:18:50.480> We million payment we had to consider.
• We million payment we had to consider.
• We are making the annual State House payment in the budget.
• We are making the annual State House payment in the budget.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• changing the program to a direct subsidy, we remove this inefficiency in the program and target payments
• :01:44.160> program<01:01:44.799> and<01:01:45.119> target<01:01:45.520> payments
• the program and target payments the program and target payments um<01:01:47.520> target<01
• :01:47.920> payments<01:01:48.400> only<01:01:48.720> to<01:01:49.040> those<
• /c><01:01:49.280> who<01:01:49.520> do ...target payments only to those who do not get

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In terms of protecting our ratepayers, so what was added was the risk of non-payment of such costs may
• As I understood your answer, it is that if a data center doesn't pay its bill, if they have non-payment
• in here that gives me some reassurance is the language that is in here related to the risk of non-payment
• in here that gives me some reassurance is the language that is in here related to the risk of non-payment
• the local government the ability to pull something out of a rural boundary instead of making that payment

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest and staff introductions. The chamber then took up returning messages from the House and acted on multiple bills, with votes recorded on each. Senate Bill 628 on transportation facility designations was concurred in as amended and passed 31-4 after discussion about naming roads for deceased individuals and an exception for President Trump. The House amendment to the Live Local affordable housing package, CS/CS/HB 1389, was also concurred in and passed 35-0; Senator Claudio explained it as the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act, including new provisions allowing certain affordable housing on qualifying religious property, extending some timelines, and removing accessory dwelling unit language. CS/CS/HB 1451 on utility services was concurred in and passed 30-6 after questions about phasing out surcharges and reporting requirements. The chamber also substituted CS/CS/HB 1279 for SB 7038 and adopted an education amendment package before passing the bill 36-1, while several other measures were temporarily postponed. The Senate then considered CS/CS/SB 484 on data centers and concurred in the House amendment 383-957, passing the bill 31-6. Senator Avila said the amendment strengthened ratepayer protections, required a PSC tariff filing, and directed an OPAGA study on large-scale data centers. Several senators pressed concerns about the removal of the Senate’s nondisclosure agreement prohibition, the possibility of delayed public awareness of data center projects, and whether costs could be shifted to other ratepayers; Avila responded that the amendment preserved local land-use authority and that ratepayer costs could not be borne by the general body of ratepayers. Debate reflected a split between senators who supported the bill as a needed regulatory framework and those who objected to the transparency changes and the loss of the Senate’s original NDA language. Later, the Senate took up land use and development regulations, substituting CS/CS/CS/HB 399 for SB 208. An amendment by Senator Jones to remove language affecting a Fontainebleau Hotel water park project in Miami Beach failed 17-20 after debate over local control and preemption. Senator McLean’s amendments then added a sunset date and other changes, and Senator Claudio’s amendment preserved Miami-Dade’s urban development boundary supermajority protections and related planning provisions. The chamber then began extended debate on Senator Martin’s amendment creating a process for property owners to challenge rural boundary designations and seek compensation or removal from the designation without going to court; supporters framed it as a property-rights and due-process measure, while opponents argued it would undermine local planning, impose costs on taxpayers, and weaken voter-approved rural boundaries in Orange and Seminole counties. The transcript ends amid that debate, with no final vote shown on the rural boundary amendment in the excerpt provided.

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• Representative Buchanan, CS for House Bill 967, a bill to be entitled an act relating to electronic payments
• Members, this bill creates an electronic payment opportunity for your constituents when they're interacting
• Representative Buchanan, C.S. for House Bill 967, a bill to be entitled an act relating to electronic payments
• Let's give our constituents a 21st-century electronic payment mechanism when dealing with local governments
• property insurers to submit documentation to the Office of Insurance Regulation demonstrating that all payments

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Washington County administrator Alan Massey, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery recognitions. The chamber adopted the special order report and then took up a series of bills on the special order calendar. Early measures included CS/HB 967 on electronic payments to local governments, which passed 110-0, and HB 127 requiring cursive writing instruction in grades 2-5, which passed 111-0 after members spoke about literacy, signatures, and heritage. CS/HB 453 on high school diploma requirements passed 111-0 and would allow certain students to use Special Olympics participation for PE credit and marching band for PE and arts credit. The House also passed CS/HB 237 on use of professional nursing titles, which requires APRNs using the title doctor to clarify they are APRNs, by 111-0. The chamber then debated HJR 583, a proposed constitutional amendment on religious expression in public schools. Supporters said it would codify existing statutory protections for student and school personnel religious expression and let voters decide; opponents argued it was unnecessary, could create confusion, and risked constitutional problems involving school-sponsored prayer and the separation of church and state. After structured debate, the resolution passed 93-17. The House next passed CS/HB 363 on dental therapy, which creates a licensed mid-level dental provider and drew sharp debate over access to care versus patient safety; it passed 80-29. HB 375 on autonomous practice by certified registered nurse anesthetists passed 78-28, and HB 301 on psychiatric mental health APRN autonomous practice passed 88-18. Later, the House passed HB 863 on arbitration for Citizens Property Insurance disputes, giving policyholders a choice between arbitration and court, by 105-3, and HB 1399 on property insurance affiliates, which increases oversight of insurer-affiliate transactions, by 160-3. Members also heard and advanced a local claims bill, HB 6517, for relief of Eribeito and Sanchez Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg, describing severe injuries allegedly caused during an arrest and transport; the bill was rolled over for third reading at the end of the transcript. Throughout the day, members also paused for multiple recognitions of visiting students, local officials, professional groups, and community organizations.