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• Senator Frentz. behavior in Minnesota or to deter this behavior in Minnesota or to deter this kind<00
• Um, I mostly just mention it, Senator, because we want to have this bill and others deter behavior, and
• But I do think we want to deter the behavior and, you know, the quickest way the IRS gets compliance
• have this bill and others deter behavior have this bill and others deter behavior and<00:29:14.559
• the behavior and, you know,<00:29:25.039> the<00:29:25.360> quickest<00:29:25.760>

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• <01:03:43.520> health<01:03:44.640> um um behavioral health um um behavioral health
• year for ANOA and community behavioral year for ANOA and community behavioral health<01:04:16.720
• who was abused by his behavioral who was abused by his behavioral therapist. therapist. therapist
• behaviors, if we do not have behavioral behaviors, if we do not have behavioral therapists<01:19
• <01:19:26.640> are isn't working and behaviors are isn't working and behaviors are escalating

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Summary: Members met to review a budget bill agreement using a nonpartisan spreadsheet and summary materials. Chairs and members thanked fiscal, research, revisers, and agency staff for the collaborative process, noting the bill had been difficult and that the final product reflected compromise. The chair also said only minor technical changes were expected before final enactment, and the spreadsheet walkthrough was then turned over to fiscal staff. Fiscal staff explained that the agreement met the overall budget target and walked through major human services provisions. Key items included nursing facility payment changes, including a phased PDPM change, APS inflation, modified single-bed incentives, and a CPI-U capped payment cap; a nursing facility surcharge; workforce standards board rule costs; continuation of certain nursing facility property tax rates; regulation of for-profit acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities; repurposing assisted living special project funds; funding the SEIU self-directed worker agreement; CFSS reimbursement in acute care hospital settings; and multiple disability waiver rate and authorization changes, including CPI-U inflation caps, waiver authorization reforms, and a waiver reimagined advisory task force. The agreement also included family residential service rate increases, a temporary extension of customized living disproportionate share payments, tribal eligibility for targeted case management, positive supports training changes, out-of-home respite modifications, swimming lessons as an allowable service for certain children with disabilities, a provisional EID provider license, and program integrity services funded by licensing fee increases. Additional provisions covered MinnChoices studies and assumed savings, behavioral health fund changes, substance use disorder treatment billing and rate changes, supportive recovery housing, housing support supplemental rates for specific providers, disability determinations, enteral nutrition payment timing, temporary funding for Boundary Waters Care Center, several one-time human services grants, senior nutrition funding, and grant reductions and extensions. No formal vote was described in the transcript; the discussion focused on explaining the agreement and its fiscal effects.

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• us to protect the young athletes uh the adult athletes as well as our visitors uh from unwanted behavior
• us to protect the young athletes uh the adult athletes as well as our visitors uh from unwanted behavior
• well as our visitors uh<00:03:46.959> from<00:03:47.360> unwanted<00:03:48.000> behavior
• <00:03:48.720> Uh<00:03:49.040> there<00:03:49.200> is uh from unwanted behavior
• Uh there is uh from unwanted behavior.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:07 Attendance Roll Call: 00:14 SB 68 Discussion 01:21 SB 68 Vote 04:40 SB 20 Discussion 05:34 SB 20 Vote 08:12 Adjournment: 09:15, 958, all

Summary: The Senate State and Local Government Committee met and first took up Senate Bill 68, sponsored by Senator Maize Bledsoe. The bill would give the Kentucky Horse Park authority to bar or restrict participation by individuals sanctioned by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, with supporters saying it would help protect young athletes, adult athletes, and visitors at the multi-use state facility. Testimony from the Horse Park and the U.S. Equestrian Federation emphasized that the measure would have no fiscal impact and would be implemented through existing horse mounted police operations, without actively checking every visitor against the sanction list. The committee then considered Senate Bill 20, sponsored by Senator Maiden and presented with the Kentucky League of Cities. The bill would amend the city training incentive program statute to let cities set different incentive amounts for appointed and elected officials and remove the current statutory minimum and maximum amounts, giving local governments more discretion by ordinance. Senator Maiden said the measure is intended to encourage training for city officials and improve local government operations, and noted it had passed the Senate unanimously the previous year in similar form. Both bills were approved by the committee without opposition. Senate Bill 68 passed 10-0 with favorable expression, and Senate Bill 20 passed 9-0 with favorable expression. During the vote on Senate Bill 20, Senator Elkins explained his aye vote, saying he appreciated that the bill used permissive language and did not create an unfunded mandate. The committee then moved toward adjournment.

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• behavioral health fund.
• areas of Behavioral areas of Behavioral Health<00:05:25.280> for<00:05:25.440> the
• behavioral health fund Health for the behavioral health fund the<00:05:26.720> state<00:05:27.080
• :28.160> fund the state has a behavioral health fund the state has a behavioral health fund that
• <00:07:43.120> health share to 50% for the behavioral health share to 50% for the behavioral

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill does not affect the function of the licenses of behavior analysts.
• Um but they are also behavior analysts.
• The code does by statute describe how you become a licensed behavior analyst.
• <01:09:10.560> analysis on licensed assistance behavior analysis on licensed assistance behavior
• treated for a behavior treated for a behavior and<01:09:51.759> then<01:09:52.080> replace

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• It is specifically tied to the behavior.
• So specifically tied to the behavior.
• Um dangerous and and harmful behavior.
• the behavior and and not anything else. the behavior and and not anything else.
• behavior. Menacing, that's the word. behavior. Menacing, that's the word.

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• This bill is one of many steps you all can make to help support a behavioral health continuum of care
• I hope you all vote in support of this bill and continue to support the behavioral health reform efforts
• And I would just add, with all the last session work that we did on behavioral health and really working
• I do think that as we are developing and honing our own behavioral health programs, being able to have
• And, Madam Chair, Representative, I know that we share the same goals, especially in behavioral health

Keywords: 996, all

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• And again, the connection between this and the Senate bills, the student behavior bills that we had last
• need is the greatest, where they have the largest amount of absentee issues, the largest amount of behavior
• this session was to work on wraparound services as they are imposed with student discipline and behavior
• This is allowed in other behavioral health settings.
• The internship hours are allowed to be performed within behavioral settings, so this is appropriate to

Keywords: 909, all

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• And it was all tied to change your behaviors.
• “HB 909 is seeking commercial payers to cover behavioral health crisis services.
• And with me today is interim secretary of the Office of Behavioral Health, Dr. Holly Howitt.
• The centers that are operating right now are able to take in major behavioral health crises.
• We have behavioral services right now.

Bills: HB165, HB175, HB198, HB272, HB457, HB488, HB566, HB603, HB763, HB902, HB909, HB971, HB981, HB1066, HB1125, HB1154, HB1231

Keywords: HB165, lottery proceeds, Lottery Proceeds Fund, Veterans Service Grant Fund, constitutional amendment, veterans, military veterans, veterans' benefits, veterans services, family support, state lottery, education funding, Minimum Foundation Program, problem gambling, compulsive gaming, state treasurer, ballot proposition, constitutional referendum, lottery revenue, Louisiana resident veterans

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• It was all tied to changing your behaviors.
• HB 909 is seeking commercial payers to cover behavioral health crisis services.
• And with me today is interim secretary of the Office of Behavioral Health, Dr. Holly Howitt.
• The centers that are operating right now are able to take in major behavioral health crises.
• We have behavioral services right now.

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on April 27 and first took up House Bill 175 and its companion House Bill 165, both dealing with lottery proceeds for veterans. HB 175 was amended to create a Veterans Service Grant Board within the Department of Veterans Affairs and direct $500,000 annually from Louisiana Lottery net proceeds into a Veterans Service Grant Fund, with unused money returned to the lottery proceeds fund that supports the MFP. Supporters, including the bill sponsor, The Boot Louisiana, LDVA Secretary Charlton McGinley, and Bastion Veterans Organization, argued the grants would help veteran services, workforce placement, mental health, housing, entrepreneurship, and retention of veterans in Louisiana. Members raised concerns about drawing from lottery proceeds that traditionally support education, but the committee adopted amendments and reported HB 175 favorably as amended. HB 165, the constitutional amendment companion, was also amended for technical and ballot-language changes and then reported favorably as amended for voter consideration. The committee then considered House Bill 457, which would authorize the Louisiana Department of Health and the State Fire Marshal to set minimum housing standards for homeless shelters, group homes, and halfway homes. The sponsor said the bill responded to a state auditor recommendation and to unsafe conditions in some facilities; he also explained an amendment changing the Fire Marshal’s duties from mandatory to permissive to reduce fiscal impact and allow agencies flexibility. Some members questioned whether local standards already existed and how enforcement and funding would work, while others supported the need for statewide minimum standards for human housing. The committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 457 favorably as amended. House Bill 488, by Representative Brough, sought to create a Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund using recurring severance tax revenues from Plaquemines Parish to help buy out the Belle Chasse toll bridge and end what the sponsor described as excessive tolls and fees. He and several local witnesses, including business owners, a YMCA representative, and a parish council member, testified that the tolling arrangement had harmed access, businesses, and quality of life. The committee adopted a technical amendment clarifying the revenue source and then reported HB 488 favorably as amended. House Bill 566, which would prohibit state funds from supporting net-zero greenhouse gas initiatives tied to the 2022 Louisiana Climate Action Plan, drew significant debate over whether it would interfere with agency funding and economic development efforts; the sponsor argued the plan lacked legislative approval and should be repudiated, while members urged caution and suggested hearing from affected agencies. The sponsor agreed to consider deferring the bill, and the committee did not advance it at that time. House Bill 603, a constitutional amendment authorizing investment of state funds in digital assets and precious metals, was discussed as a way to hedge inflation and preserve value; members asked about limits and safeguards, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then began hearing House Bill 763, a transparency measure creating a public database for settlement agreements involving state agencies.

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• And so it is not in your intent to rope into this bill, let's say, kid behavior.
• And that is the behavior that this bill is trying to address.
• That, to me, is pretty obvious behavior when it comes to assaulting a teacher.
• They had to Is pretty obvious behavior when it comes to assaulting a teacher.
• , and consider counseling, behavior plans, or special education services.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledges, and several ceremonial recognitions, including Wilson County Day, San Antonio Mission Indian Descendants Day, and Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, along with acknowledgments of visiting groups and a birthday greeting. The chamber also announced committee meetings and then moved into floor business, including conference committee action on Senate Bill 1, the state budget. A series of motions to instruct House conferees on SB 1 were debated and voted on. One motion sought to restore salary for Attorney General Ken Paxton after his impeachment-related suspension; it passed 88-56. Another, from Rep. Olcott, directed conferees to support amendments requiring data collection on the costs of undocumented immigrants in hospitals and prisons; after extended debate and a failed amendment from Rep. Martinez Fischer to also study immigrants’ economic contributions, the motion passed 86-61. The House also adopted instructions to eliminate Texas Lottery Commission funding, to support amendments restricting public education institutions from affirming gender identities inconsistent with biological sex, and to seek an additional $4 billion in property tax relief, with each motion passing on recorded votes. The House then took up a supplemental calendar and passed several bills, including HB 39 on veteran death data, HB 102 on priority registration for certain students entering military service, HB 126 on student-athlete compensation and representation, HB 290 on tuition and fee assistance for members of the Texas military forces, HB 300 on Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program updates, and HB 2143 naming a highway in honor of Army Specialist Joey Lins. The chamber also postponed consideration of HJR 2 and HJR 6. Later, the House considered HB 120 on career and technology education pathways and HB 20 on applied science pathway programs for high school students. HB 120 received a perfecting amendment and was advanced after discussion about workforce preparation. HB 20 prompted extensive questioning about transportation, costs, and how students would access partner campuses such as community colleges and TSTC sites; debate continued as the transcript ended, with members examining how the program would operate and whether approval authority would rest with TEA.

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• And some of that is called boss behavior.
• Now, those of us in the labor movement know that boss behavior is the opposite of solidarity.
• Boss behavior is leveraging workers For other gains.
• This is boss behavior. This is not solidarity.
• We have seen this behavior when we're extolling care for workers while some members of this body seek

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• therapy and behavioral health services.
• Chair, members of the committee, and Representative Chávez, we do have behavioral health therapists in
• However, our behavioral health therapists do... meet with the clients regularly.
• Mental behavioral health, unstable employment, and higher recidivism.
• In my mind is that SB 3 brings up the coordination between behavioral health services division.

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• If there are not consequences for behavior, that behavior will continue.
• If there are not consequences for behavior, that behavior will continue.
• behavior, that behavior will continue. behavior, that behavior will continue.
• <01:09:56.400> that<01:09:56.719> goes behavior that goes behavior that goes unchecked.
• But the most behavior. All right.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . >> So if you were to engage in riotous behavior just on the street, it would be a Class A misdemeanor
• But if you go into a church and engage in riotous behavior, that will become a felony. >> And what is
• We're not going to tolerate that type of behavior here. disagree with some of the things you disagree
• that type behavior here. that type behavior here.
• Thank you. and pig behavior, um, a a a female pig and pig behavior, um, a a a female pig of<01:04:08.720

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• $7.5 million for the construction of new purpose-built cottages for dozens of foster children with behavioral
• will provide temporary housing, case management, child care, vocational training, medical, dental, behavioral
• It also allows for the construction of specialized cottages for children with developmental and behavioral
• I think this body has seen a lot of bills this session addressing children's mental and behavioral health
• The most vulnerable people in our community need our help now. ...behavioral needs.

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• Someone dies from their behavior.
• Someone dies from their behavior.
• Someone dies from their behavior.
• someone someone dies from their behavior someone someone dies from their behavior I<01:43:28.040
• else we want to limit that that behavior else we want to limit that that behavior and<01:44:43.000

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• We will not accept disruptive behavior or behavior that incites or threatens violence.
• Disruptive behavior or behavior that incites or threatens violence.
• We arrive at that number by establishing a benchmark at $51 based on the pricing behavior of the four
• We arrive at that number by establishing a benchmark at $51 based on the pricing behavior of the four
• We arrive at that number by establishing a benchmark at $51 based on the pricing behavior of the four

Summary: The Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee held an informational hearing on the state of broadband affordability in California. Chair Tasha Berner said the committee was examining how broadband prices, access, and affordability are affecting households, especially after the end of the federal Affordable Connectivity Program and amid concerns about federal resistance to state broadband regulation. She noted the committee’s continued interest in policy options for 2026 and referenced prior legislation, including AB 353, that would have required affordable home internet as a condition of doing business in California. Industry witnesses from U.S. Telecom and CTIA argued that broadband and wireless prices have generally fallen in real terms even as inflation and other household costs have risen, citing competition, infrastructure investment, and faster speeds as the main drivers. They said California’s higher costs are tied to permitting delays, taxes, copper theft, and legacy obligations such as COLR requirements, and they urged the Legislature to preserve market incentives, reduce fees and regulatory burdens, and support infrastructure deployment. They also discussed fixed wireless access, federal BEAD funding, and Universal Service Fund reform, arguing that more entities benefiting from networks, including tech platforms, should contribute to support programs. Consumer and public-interest witnesses presented a different view, saying California still has a serious affordability and adoption problem, especially for low-income households. Sunny McPhee of the California Emerging Technology Fund said broadband adoption has improved dramatically over time, but about 500,000 households remain offline or underconnected and many low-income households still pay above the FCC affordability benchmark. Ernesto Falcon of the CPUC Public Advocates Office said California’s market is losing its competitive edge, with prices higher than in other states and meaningful price pressure coming mainly from fiber competition at the gigabit tier. He said roughly 4.8 million Californians are limited to one gigabit option and estimated that more competition could save consumers more than $1 billion annually. Both witnesses emphasized the need for stronger transparency, targeted subsidies, and a permanent affordability solution, including extending and refining the CPUC broadband Lifeline pilot and advancing SB 716. Public commenters, including representatives from cable providers, nonprofits, and digital equity organizations, largely supported SB 716 and a permanent broadband affordability program. Several urged the committee to remove a cap on the Lifeline program, expand the CPUC pilot, and invest in digital navigators, outreach, and enrollment assistance. The hearing ended without a vote or formal action, after the chair thanked the witnesses and public commenters for their testimony.

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• Additionally, we've launched bachelor's degrees in public affairs and behavioral social data science.
• The challenges in South Texas such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, obesity, cancer, behavioral health They're
• Health that will allow us to further expand behavioral health. patient services to East Texas.
• We would like to do the same for behavioral. health sciences.
• Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute, the Behavioral Health Operation Funding. the Children Learning

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• And in the realm of behavioral health, the department accelerated provider development efforts for the
• newly created behavioral qualified residential treatment program, BQRTP.
• Also within the behavioral health space is the intended focus on expanding the peer support network through
• So that family preservation... ...developmentally, whether that's academically or behaviorally.
• utilize working directly with our managing... developmentally, whether that's academically or behaviorally

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs considered three bills and a confirmation. On SB 1600, as amended, the sponsor explained that the original child welfare language was replaced with a strike-all requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to work with DCF and community-based care lead agencies to study liability insurance coverage and availability, report findings to the Legislature by January 1, 2027, and allow penalties for failure to provide requested information. The committee adopted the amendment and amendment to the amendment, heard supportive testimony from child welfare advocates, and reported the committee substitute favorably. The committee also heard CS/SB 556, which would allow students with disabilities to satisfy a physical education graduation requirement through participation in Special Olympics, and clarify that two years of marching band participation can satisfy PE and fine arts credit. Special Olympics Florida, parents, and other supporters testified in favor, and the bill was reported favorably. On SB 794, the sponsor described requirements for background screening of employees in residential facilities and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities, plus a review of waiver support coordination quality, workforce needs, geographic service gaps, and related recommendations due in 2027. The committee adopted a conforming amendment and reported the bill. The committee then took up the confirmation of Taylor Hatch as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. Hatch outlined DCF’s recent work on child welfare, behavioral health, peer support, and technology improvements, and answered questions about child welfare system challenges, funding formulas, opioid settlement dollars, and interoperability of agency systems. After public comment, the committee voted to recommend her confirmation favorably, with Chair Graal voting no. The meeting ended with a request to record one senator’s vote on SB 1600 and adjournment.