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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Feb 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Decades of research have demonstrated the effectiveness of syringe service ...services programs in delivering
- Is it because there's more demand for people wanting the services?
- Representing the Emergency Medical Service Administrators of California, all 34 Local Medical Service
- The Emergency Medical Services Authority plays a crucial role.
- Emergency services and disaster preparedness are incredibly important.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State official protective services 3/2/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And this unit will be able to provide services when needed.
- If not, they can services when needed.
- </c><00:10:11.640><c> is</c> you know, protective services is you know, protective services is allocated
- <00:15:42.640><c> work</c><00:15:43.480><c> and</c> services work and services work and for<00:15:45.160
- I would venture a guess services.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Each entity is also authorized to contract for any or all portion of their administrative services.
- Currently, OSPI provides administrative services based on its own...
- and small agency IT services, which are designed to meet the needs of small agencies.
- declined and service quality diminished.
- We know that people with a louder voice tend to get more services.
Committee:
House Education
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Jan 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Each entity is also authorized to contract for any or all portion of their administrative services.
- Currently, OSPI provides administrative services based on its own...
- and small agency IT services, which are designed to meet the needs of small agencies.
- declined and service quality diminished.
- We know that people with a louder voice tend to get more services.
Summary:
The House Education Committee held public hearings on two bills. House Bill 1662 would move several education-related boards and commissions—the State Board of Education, the Professional Educator Standards Board, the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, and the Charter School Commission—toward operational independence from OSPI by July 1, 2027, including separate administrative services, asset and employee transfers, and transition planning by OFM. The prime sponsor and supporters said the bill would improve transparency, fiscal accountability, and agency flexibility, while OSPI-related testimony emphasized that small agencies need more nimble administrative support. No one testified in opposition; the hearing record noted 2 pro, 1 con, and 5 other sign-ins, and members were told the bill was substantively the same as the version passed the prior year except for date changes.
The committee then heard House Bill 1683, which would require most school districts with 2,000 or more students to elect at least some school board members from director districts rather than entirely at-large, with larger districts needing more district-based seats and districts under 2,000 students exempt. The sponsor and supporters argued the change would improve geographic and demographic representation, especially for lower-income communities and communities of color, and would help ensure school boards reflect the students and families they serve. Opponents, including a school directors association representative, said the bill would be an unfunded mandate, reduce local control, and create added election costs and recruitment challenges; one witness also suggested the bill should consider broader proportional-representation options. Staff noted that 23 districts would currently be out of compliance, and the hearing record showed 12 pro, 163 con, and 2 other sign-ins.
No executive action was taken on either bill during this portion of the meeting. At the end of the hearing, the chair reminded members that several bills heard that week would be on next Thursday’s executive session agenda, urged prompt amendment requests, and announced that the committee would adjourn to caucuses.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services May 30th, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Good afternoon, and welcome to the Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services to everyone joining
- Almost all of the services that are provided statewide for that additional service is dental.
- I am the Administrative Services Officer for the Division of Child and Family Services.
- A provision of support services in case management is identified in here.
- How robust are those support services?
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families & Children (3-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- It'll also help them direct families to make sure that they are able to help get the care and services
- It's an important one, and it's one that I think will do great services to our communities.
- </c><00:04:10.280><c> with</c><00:04:10.879><c> training</c> community- Based Services with training
- that they need so I hope that services that they need so I hope that you<00:04:29.560><c> all</c><00
- </c><00:08:16.720><c> or</c> on how to go about getting services or on how to go about getting services
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, passed over House Bill 291, and took up House Bill 479, an act related to dementia training. Rep. Derek Lewis, joined by Rep. Adriel Camel and Mackenzie Wallace of the Alzheimer’s Association, explained that the bill would provide free dementia-specific training for Adult Protective Services workers and help them better recognize and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and the needs of people with dementia. Testimony emphasized the personal impact of dementia on families, the difficulty of navigating diagnosis and care, and the need to connect families to services. A senator asked about the bill’s data and scope, and Wallace explained that the county-level figures reflected Adult Protective Services referrals and diagnosed cases of Alzheimer’s or other dementia among people 65 and older. She also noted broader public health efforts related to brain health and a federal grant effort tied to those issues.
Several members spoke in support, including Sen. Denine, who described his father’s recent death after a difficult period with dementia and said the training would help families and workers identify and respond to the disease earlier. After discussion, Sen. Heron moved the bill, the motion was seconded, and the committee voted 6-0 to pass House Bill 479 with favorable expression. The chair said it should pass on the Senate floor.
Afterward, the committee briefly reviewed administrative regulation 921 KAR 2:100 and found it reviewed with no questions. A child care block grant item was also presented for information only, with no questions raised. The meeting then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Business, Professions and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Licensed vocational nurses may perform limited respiratory care tasks and services, and it clarifies
- It says LVNs may perform certain respiratory care services.
- As LVNs may perform certain respiratory care services.
- We represent over 5,000 health and social service workers in state service.
- We represent over 5,000 health and social service workers in state service.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development met as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum, then later established quorum and took up a series of bills, mostly sunset extensions for licensing boards. SB 1302, SB 1303, SB 1304, SB 1363, and SB 1368 all dealt with extending board operations to January 1, 2031 and making related technical or policy changes. SB 1303 for the Board of Naturopathic Medicine added a fictitious name permit program and other administrative changes, while SB 1304 for the Respiratory Care Board drew significant testimony over whether licensed vocational nurses should be allowed to perform basic respiratory tasks in skilled nursing facilities and hospitals. SB 1363 updated barbering and cosmetology apprenticeship and licensing rules, and SB 1368 added a retired license category and strengthened continuing education oversight for speech-language pathology, audiology, and hearing aid dispensers.
The committee also heard SB 865, which would create a California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program to support large independent multi-day music festivals. Supporters, including Visit Sacramento and festival promoters, said the bill would protect jobs, tourism, hotel nights, and local tax revenue; opponents raised concerns about using state funds during a deficit year and questioned whether profitable events should receive subsidies. The committee also heard SB 1297, which would create regional public-private partnerships and financing tools for wildfire mitigation projects; the author and supporters said it would help address the state’s large wildfire prevention funding gap by leveraging local and private investment, while members asked how the bonds would be repaid and whether the state would bear costs.
SB 993, presented on behalf of Senator Ochoa-Bogue, would restore privacy protections for mental health professionals working in correctional and state hospital settings by limiting routine disclosure of identifying information while preserving a complaint process. Supporters described safety threats, stalking, and staffing concerns, and the bill passed unanimously. SB 1304 also passed after committee discussion, with members and the author noting ongoing negotiations over LVN scope and training in higher-acuity settings. SB 865 passed on a 9-1 vote, SB 1297 passed 10-0, and the sunset bills SB 1302, SB 1303, SB 1363, and SB 1368 all advanced unanimously to the Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 1333 was not heard, and SB 1445 was on the consent calendar.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It's the Senate Human Services Committee.
- Examples of services at RHCs include daily living skills, medical and dental services, employment services
- Today, there are no children at RHCs, and they do not provide educational services.
- So individuals who are receiving services at RHCs understand what services they're receiving and when
- see with their services and what those RHCs are doing to fix the issue.
Summary:
The Senate Human Services Committee heard several House bills. Substitute House Bill 2539 would raise the indigent inmate account threshold from $25 to $100, allowing incarcerated people to retain more money for commissary items like hygiene products, postage, and medications before deductions for legal financial obligations, child support, and other debts. Representative Street said the bill is meant to better cover essentials without stopping debt repayment. Testifiers from Civil Survival, incarcerated people, and family advocates supported the bill, describing current commissary prices, low prison wages, and the burden on families. The committee also heard that the Department of Corrections expects some indeterminate implementation costs and IT expenses. No vote was taken.
House Bill 2510 would require the Department of Corrections to supervise anyone sentenced to community custody for stalking, regardless of risk classification. Representative Burnett said the bill is intended to protect victims and give them peace of mind. Staff explained that the bill is narrower than a related measure heard earlier because it applies only to people sentenced to community custody, typically at the superior court level. Victim advocates and survivors testified in strong support, describing stalking cases that escalated to severe threats and violence and arguing that mandatory supervision could prevent future harm. The hearing was closed without action.
The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2319 and Substitute House Bill 2350, both concerning residential habilitation centers. HB 2319 would rename Fircrest School and Rainier School to remove the word “school” and better reflect their current role as residential habilitation centers; supporters said the old terminology is outdated and confusing, while the sponsor said the bill is a clarification only and does not change services or funding. HB 2350 would require DSHS to notify residents, guardians, and other designated people when an RHC falls out of compliance with federal CMS requirements, and to post plain-language notices at the facility. Supporters from Disability Rights Washington, The Arc, and self-advocates said the bill would improve transparency and accountability. The committee closed public hearing on both bills, and the meeting adjourned.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- We are doing some adds to the budget. of Legislative Services to deal with of Legislative Services to
- So, you could be a service laws.
- </c> provide disaster mitigation services. provide disaster mitigation services.
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- emergency services, disaster mitigation services services services exist. exist. exist.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 11th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , education, science, medicine, public service, and the arts.
- to our region, thank you for your service to our state.
- California is better because of your service. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- services that strengthen community health.
- When a hospital loses services or closes, a community loses far more than just a building.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> service retirements is another statute. service retirements is another statute. Right?
- </c><00:20:46.400><c> but</c> employee exempt from civil service but employee exempt from civil service
- So you of civil service versus exempt.
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- Um given the current moratorum service.
Committee:
Senate Labor and Technology
Summary:
The joint hearing of the Senate Committees on Labor and Technology and Public Safety and Military Affairs considered three bills. SB 2141 would reclassify certain Department of Law Enforcement leadership and employees as Class A members for retirement purposes and adjust retirement benefit calculations. DLE supported the bill, saying it would address retirement classification without enhancing benefits, while the Employees’ Retirement System said it had no formal board position but wanted key provisions preserved. The Deputy Attorney General raised a potential title/subject issue and warned the bill could be vulnerable to challenge because the reclassification, contribution changes, and benefit calculations are in separate statutory sections. After questions about the number of affected employees and possible amendments, the committees deferred the bill.
SB 2593 would exempt certain Law Enforcement Standards Board positions from civil service and collective bargaining. The board’s administrator said the positions would handle sensitive and confidential information and require specialized experience, and the board chair’s representative said the bill was important to meet certification deadlines. Opposition testimony from HGA argued exempt employees are at-will and suggested civil service protections should remain, with any staffing issues handled through reclassification or other personnel tools. Committee members questioned whether the positions could instead be civil service but excluded from bargaining, and staff explained the distinction between civil service exemption and collective bargaining exclusion. The committees ultimately recommended passing SB 2593 with amendments, including a deferred effective date of January 1, 2077, and the recommendation was adopted.
SB 2824 would create a bribery-related reporting duty for public servants. Supporters, including Indivisible Hawaii, said it would establish a clear duty to report known or suspected bribery and strengthen public trust. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, saying it would criminalize an affirmative duty to report another person’s misconduct. After limited discussion, both committees voted to pass SB 2824 with amendments, including a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050, and the recommendation was adopted. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/14/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:10:32.120><c> for</c> interpretive interpreter services for interpretive interpreter services
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- </c> participate in our classified service participate in our classified service and<00:42:03.000><c>
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota Management and Budget Press Conference 3/6/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Education, Health and Human Services, and all other.
- eligible for federal Indian Health Service funding.
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- </c> pays for substance use disorder services pays for substance use disorder services so<00:50:43.960
- </c><00:50:55.160><c> paid</c> Department of Human Services paid Department of Human Services paid providers
Summary:
Minnesota Management and Budget presented the February 2025 budget and economic forecast, with Commissioner Aon Campbell, State Economist Anthony Becker, and Budget Director Anam Mingi outlining updated revenue, spending, and long-term balance projections. The state’s FY 2026-27 general fund outlook remains positive but weaker than in November, with an ending balance of $456 million, down $160 million from the prior forecast. Looking ahead, the planning years FY 2028-29 show a projected deficit of just under $6 billion, driven largely by spending growth outpacing revenues. Officials emphasized that discretionary inflation is a major factor in the forecast, but also noted that those amounts are not automatically appropriated and would require legislative action.
Becker said the national outlook has changed since November, with higher expected inflation, higher interest rates for longer, and slower growth in later years. He highlighted uncertainty around tariffs, trade policy, immigration policy, federal spending, and possible changes to tax and debt-ceiling policy, all of which could affect Minnesota’s economy and revenues. Minnesota’s labor market remains tight, with low unemployment and rising wages, and the revenue forecast was revised upward overall for FY 2026-27, including higher income and sales tax receipts, though corporate tax revenue was slightly lower than previously projected.
Mingi said projected general fund spending is up $79 million in FY 2026-27 and $960 million in FY 2028-29 compared with November. The largest increases are in education and health and human services, especially due to inflation, higher pupil counts, special education costs, long-term care, and higher Medical Assistance spending. She noted that higher utilization of weight-loss drugs also raises Medicaid costs, and that a smaller assumed bonding bill helps offset some debt service costs. The commissioner and staff repeatedly warned that federal policy changes, especially possible Medicaid reductions, pose a major risk; they said Minnesota could face billions in lost federal funding, including a potential $2.4 billion hit if the enhanced Medicaid match for adults without children were eliminated. No votes or legislative actions were taken in the presentation.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 27th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- These rates are decided by the General Services Department.
- If you'll flip to page 2, it talks a little bit about our constituent services and the services that
- So the increased cost in this P code is 4.6% in personal services and 23.9% in contracts. services, and
- Christina Chavez, our Director of Business Services.
- Two investigators and three constituent services.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> uh behavioral health services. uh behavioral health services.
- </c> Services, our adult protective service Services, our adult protective service workers,<01:06:37.599
- </c> fund for recreational services for DD. fund for recreational services for DD.
- Hampshire Hospital services.
- </c> than than just the contracted services. than than just the contracted services.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:09:26.000><c> community</c> related to full service community related to full service community
- </c> eliminate the summer school food service eliminate the summer school food service replacement<00
- </c> force and its duties, provides service force and its duties, provides service membership,<00:38:
- fund if the district's food food service fund if the district's food service<00:57:21.040><c> fund</
- </c><01:22:24.880><c> All</c> service to students. Thank you. All service to students. Thank you.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The core services include.
- Our hospital also provides radiology and imaging services, lab services, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- They wouldn't be required under that warrant service model to transport.
- Does that look like under the warrant service thing?
- The warrant service officer model does not require them to transport.
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- If you put a new large user on in our service territory, I live in Ameren service territory in the central
- service agreements.
- service agreements.
- In our opinion, the Public Service Commission did not go nearly far enough.
- The Public Service Commission...
Committee:
House Utilities
Summary:
The Missouri House Committee on Utilities held an informational hearing on data centers, with the chair saying the goal was to hear different perspectives and better understand the issue before future legislation. No public testimony was taken, but three invited speakers presented: a labor representative, an Ameren Missouri executive, and a consumer advocate. The discussion focused on the economic benefits of data centers, including construction jobs, local hiring, apprenticeship opportunities, tax revenue for schools and local governments, and related spending by Missouri businesses. The labor witness described current Montgomery County projects, said hundreds of Missourians were already working there, and argued that closed-loop cooling and generator noise were manageable. Committee members also raised questions about water use, noise, cybersecurity, local hiring, and how much tax revenue a project could generate annually.
Ameren’s Rob Dixon said Senate Bill 4 and the PSC’s large-load tariff provide key protections for ratepayers by requiring large customers to pay their own interconnection costs, sign long-term contracts, post collateral, and pay for most of their requested load even if they use less. He said those rules help prevent costs from shifting to other customers and that large loads can put downward pressure on rates by contributing to fixed system costs. Dixon also said Ameren is planning for significant new generation, including gas, nuclear, hydro, coal, and renewables, and that data centers are subject to the same load-shedding and emergency restoration rules as other customers. He noted that the protections apply to investor-owned utilities, not co-ops or municipal utilities.
John Kaufman of the Consumers Council of Missouri argued the PSC protections are still too weak and warned that data centers could raise rates through construction work in progress, stranded generation costs, and other risks if projects are delayed, shrink, or fail. He urged stronger consumer protections, more upfront financial commitments from data centers, and greater transparency for ratepayers, while also suggesting community benefit agreements and cautioning against over-reliance on utility projections. Several members pushed back on his characterization of Senate Bill 4 and QIP/CWIP provisions, and the hearing ended with the chair thanking the witnesses and adjourned the committee.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So a service can't be discontinued without another service being provided.
- So a service can't be discontinued without another service being provided.
- or equivalent service to the customers in such local exchange area, the time that service is withdrawn
- A service cannot be discontinued unless another service is provided and is adequate and meets the needs
- Senator Shippy: ...effective telecommunication services or equivalent services to the customers in such
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, to the degree to which the state's workers can now use self-service options and those self-service
- We are prepared for any downturn or impact to our services.
- the companies that are making massive investment in their services.
- of service would be to respond immediately?
- Do you track, do you audit yourself with your customer service?
Summary:
The Budget Subcommittee on State Administration held an informational hearing on whether the Employment Development Department is ready for the next recession, with a focus on EDD Next, the department’s long-running technology modernization effort. The Legislative Analyst’s Office reviewed EDD’s major benefit programs, the history of prior modernization attempts, the current Integrated Claims Management System work, and the department’s remaining risks, including continued reliance on a COBOL-era mainframe and the challenge of adapting quickly to future federal or state policy changes during a downturn. The LAO also explained that most pandemic-era fraud was tied to temporary federal unemployment programs rather than California’s core UI system, and that the state’s UI loan repayment is not largely attributable to fraud. Members raised concerns about the cost of repeated modernization efforts, paper versus online claims, appeal overturn rates, WARN notices, and legislative oversight of the project.
EDD’s panel said the department has made substantial customer-service and processing improvements, including online self-service tools, improved call center features, identity verification, fraud controls, language access upgrades, and a new document management system. Officials reported that as of early 2026, about 83% to 85% of claims across programs were being processed timely within two weeks, and said paid family leave delays in 2024 were tied to the transition into the disability insurance online platform and seasonal workload patterns. They also said EDD is working with the Department of Technology on EDD Next and that the project will proceed in phases, with paid family leave and disability insurance first and unemployment insurance later.
Members pressed EDD on persistent paid family leave backlogs, the share of paper applications, response times for constituents, and whether the department tracks long-running cases and WARN notice trends. EDD said its service standard is generally immediate response through phone, chat, or callback tools, while more complex cases can take longer because the department may be waiting on claimants or medical providers. The department also said it tracks call outcomes and outstanding cases, and that it can provide additional data on WARN notices. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with plans to continue discussing EDD Next and paid family leave at a later March 10 budget hearing.