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• , crisis intervention, and food distribution.
• All Fox, Northeast Medical Services, in support.
• Sydney Pond, Northeast Medical Services, in support.
• Matt McCormick, Northeast Medical Services, in support.
• And we are really indebted to your leadership and service. Thank you.

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• She needs to get medical services for help.
• How does she get services when the mothers not going to go?
• I also sort of the Child Protective Service investigator.
• Child services would be involved.
• So thank you for your your service to Leon County.

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• Thank you for your service. Welcome to the Florida Senate. Congratulations. Senator Wright.
• , Gary, for all of your service.
• She is now retiring after 40 years of sacrifice and service.
• service.
• Much love, thank you for your service. Thank you for your service. Thank you, Mr. President.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of member introductions recognizing interns, pages, and a retiring Senate employee. Leadership also announced that budget talks with the House were continuing and that senators should not plan to be in next week, with hopes of sharing more budget news soon. The chamber then moved to third reading and took up a major bill on citizen initiatives and constitutional amendments, with sponsors saying it was needed to address documented petition fraud and to protect the integrity of the process. That bill drew extensive debate. Supporters argued that recent investigations showed widespread fraud in petition gathering, that the measure would add reasonable guardrails, and that it would prevent taxpayer-funded government messaging from being used to influence ballot measures. Opponents said the bill would make it much harder for ordinary Floridians to place amendments on the ballot by adding costs, deadlines, registration requirements, fines, and felony exposure, and they warned it would chill grassroots participation and effectively favor wealthy or corporate-backed campaigns. After debate, the Senate passed the bill 28-10. The Senate then adopted several House amendments and concurred on a series of education and public-safety measures, including bills on stem cell therapy, student-athlete electrocardiograms, cardiac emergency planning in schools, school safety, Bright Futures and other education policy items, and educator preparation. Most of those measures passed unanimously or with overwhelming support, and the chamber also recognized additional interns and a long-serving education advocate before recessing and returning to continue with House messages.

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• health benefit plan issuers or administrators and out of network facilities to Health and Human Services
• , delivery, sale, and research of certain medical cannabis to Health and Human Services.
• status to emergency medical services personnel to local government.
• Recipients to Health and Human Services.
• Senate Bill 788 by Alvarado relating to permissible accountability intervention.

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• His passion for service extends beyond just his school campus, where he advocates for youth mental health
• Senator Mariaki: I credit Major Lambert's leadership, commitment to public safety and public service
• And he took that knowledge to train officers in crisis intervention and work to give them the support
• from government and community agencies like Institute for Human Services and the Hawaii Health and Harm
• He took that knowledge to train officers in crisis intervention and work to give them the support from

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Summary: The Senate convened, took roll, approved the previous day’s journal, and spent much of the first portion of the meeting recognizing Education Week honorees. Senators introduced students and coaches from the LifeSmarts Consumer Education Competition, including first-place Iolani School, second-place Kahalani High School, and Oahu teams placing third and fourth. The Senate also recognized 2025 Senate Youth Delegate Wilson Chow and thanked staff and community partners for supporting Education Week 2025. The chamber then moved to executive business, adopting standing committee reports 1210 through 1349 and confirming Governor’s Message No. 644, Steven Logan, as Adjutant General of the Department of Defense by unanimous consent. Senators spoke in support of Logan’s military and public safety experience, and he was confirmed with 23 ayes. The Senate also confirmed Governor’s Message No. 645, Mike Lambert, as Director of the Department of Law Enforcement, with senators citing his HPD background, work on homelessness, vice, agricultural crimes, and school enforcement; the confirmation passed with 22 ayes. After the confirmations, the Senate recognized the newly appointed officials and their families and guests. The body then passed House Bill 991, Senate Draft 1, relating to criminal history record checks, on third reading by unanimous consent with 22 ayes. The session concluded with announcements, including a YWCA clothing drive, a personal letter from Representative Gene Ward announcing his resignation from the House effective at the end of the month due to health issues, and a motion to adjourn until Monday, March 24th at 11:30 a.m., which was adopted without objection.

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• replacement after storms also SB 50 requires DEP and the Division of Insurance Agent and agency services
• scientific research and if need be mitigated through the apart the Department of Emergency Management Services
• And I'm also here on behalf of the global while the storm or service executive director, we are a coalition
• this is important for the environment and they see it as a form of climate control or climate intervention
• Such areas often have the potential to provide important wildlife habitat and other ecosystem services

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• more police funding, but in funding and growing evidence-based programs like community violence intervention
• Programs like community violence intervention that build trust and healing between law enforcement and
• And that's our mission for the remainder of my service here. Thank you, Chair.
• A couple of things I remember from my time in the House, starting with service on the Criminal Justice
• And thanks to all the senators for your remarks, for your service, and for being here.

Summary: The Senate Criminal Justice Committee met with Vice Chair Smith presiding in Chair Martin’s excused absence. After opening remarks from several senators, the committee heard a presentation from Department of Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon on the state’s incentivized prisons program and related population-management efforts. Dixon said the department now operates eight incentivized prisons, which use enhanced privileges and programming for well-behaved inmates, and reported major reductions in disciplinary reports, staff assaults, inmate-on-inmate assaults, and uses of force compared with average institutions. He also described administrative management units for more disruptive inmates, short-sentence correctional institutions for those with less than a year to serve, and a reentry strategy that places inmates closer to home within 18 months of release. Dixon said Florida’s recidivism rate has fallen to about 21 percent, among the lowest in the nation, and emphasized that staffing, programming, and facility repairs remain ongoing needs. Committee members asked about access to education and workforce training, staffing levels, contraband, technology upgrades, heating and air-conditioning maintenance, and whether incentivized prisons could be expanded. Dixon said educational access is improving but remains limited by eligibility and staffing, that the incentivized facilities are at capacity, and that expansion depends on adding more administrative management unit beds. He also said the department is increasing use of technology, improving maintenance oversight, and continuing efforts to reduce contraband and improve staff recruitment and retention. Several senators praised the department’s work and urged more funding for prison infrastructure and officer pay. Public testimony largely supported the incentivized prisons model while calling for more seats, better staffing, and broader reforms. Family members of incarcerated people said the facilities were safer, more stable, and better for rehabilitation, though they asked for more programming, better treatment by staff, and clearer access to education and release-related opportunities. A Florida PBA representative emphasized that programs can only succeed with safe staffing levels and better pay and retention for correctional officers. No formal committee vote or bill action was taken, and the meeting ended after public testimony and closing remarks.

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• My service record includes 13 years as a United States Navy SEAL with multiple combat tours to Iraq and
• Service of which I remain exceptionally proud of.
• Since 2001, while approximately 7000 service members were killed in action.
• spent their entire adult lives in a combat zone, only to face their greatest battle beyond military service
• suffered and lost children to what we broadly observe as the diseases of despair, whether they are service

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• Court did not receive at least one ordered social service or support.
• Despite not paying for services, the cost of Care Court is astronomical.
• Despite not paying for services, the cost of Care Court is astronomical.
• SB 1309 focuses on follow-up services, which come later in the process.
• Kahomida with Public Counsel, a legal services nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles.

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• Most devastating speak during service.
• I'm not I don't to seek public services.
• <02:48:37.359> Um getting all the services he needed.
• Um getting all the services he needed.
• pulled back in to be denied services pulled back in to be denied services instead<02:48:52.720><

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• We thank him for his service and send our best wishes to him and his family.
• Just generally to provide better services and supports to people who are exposed to xylazine.
• And also supports and services to the people in their lives, to Commissioner Donahue's point.
• The first is the BSAS, the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services Dashboard.
• around overdose, ED visits, and substance use treatment admissions by service.

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Summary: The special commission on xylazine met virtually to review and discuss the first draft of its final report. Chair Mindy Domb opened the meeting, confirmed quorum, and the commission approved the minutes from its December 11 public meeting. Staff then walked commissioners through the proposed report structure, including background on xylazine as both an FDA-approved veterinary drug and an illicit drug supply contaminant, as well as appendices for public meeting materials and public resources. The commission discussed findings and recommendations for several working groups. For oversight and enforcement, members focused on licit versus illicit sources of xylazine, noting that the illicit supply is typically obtained through online vendors rather than diverted from veterinary use. Recommendations included better storage and reporting practices in authorized settings, review of manufacturing and distribution information, and focusing enforcement on fentanyl trafficking and large-scale xylazine importation rather than personal possession. Commissioners also discussed whether xylazine should remain in Schedule 6 or be subject to additional penalties, and several members emphasized the need for coordination, information-sharing, and possibly a DPH task force or advisory body to monitor emerging drug threats. For outreach and treatment, staff summarized strong existing programs such as drug checking, wound care education, naloxone distribution, mobile and low-threshold care, and self-directed wound kits, while noting gaps including the lack of an FDA-approved reversal agent for xylazine, difficulty distinguishing xylazine from other exposures, and uneven access by geography, insurance, and audience. Commissioners stressed the need for provider education, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, family support networks, and first responders, and for clear guidance on wound care and when more intensive treatment is needed. The education and training section identified first responders, clinicians, non-clinicians, and people who use drugs and their families as key audiences for tailored, stigma-free materials, with emphasis on real-time, centralized data, naloxone and breathing support, recognition of overdose versus xylazine exposure, and adapting materials as the drug supply changes. The meeting ended with discussion of next steps: staff will circulate a revised draft by March 2, the commission will meet again on March 9 to consider the report and recommendations, and an additional late-March meeting was reserved if needed before the statutory deadline.

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• I'm an ex-drug agent, including South American service.
• These come from the Health and Human Services Commission website.
• SB2880 will have implications for these services. is the most devastating in my opinion.
• Thank you for your service to everyone at this table. I appreciate it. Thank you.
• Thank you for your service and your testimony, sir.

Bills: SB31, SB33, SB510, SB871, SB1868, SB2024, SB2166, SB2309, SB2880, SJR27, SJR39, SJR40, SB 31, SB 33

Keywords: SB 31, Life of the Mother Act, Texas abortion law, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, unborn child, abortion exception, abortion ban, physician liability, health care liability claim, aiding and abetting, Texas Medical Board, State Bar of Texas, continuing medical education

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• So looking at Meals on Wheels and Lutheran Social Services.
• We get the services that they need.
• Um I think some of my services.
• County um service officers, the CVSOs um County um service officers, the CVSOs um to<00:30:51.520>
• Those are women veterans interventions.

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• And so that was my initiation into public service as an elected official and public safety responding
• to those issues. ...into public service as an elected official and public safety responding to those
• So it limits the use of these funds for an entity that provides health care services, human services,
• No, my understanding is correct, Jonathan, that if you're providing health care services or human services
• The money that they have should be used for the services and the social services that are required by

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• <00:13:20.160> per uh received residential services per uh received residential services per
• engage in ongoing services and supports. engage in ongoing services and supports.
• Rather, it simply any new services.
• reimbursed for the clinical services reimbursed for the clinical services they<01:05:24.720>
• services save lives, strengthen services save lives, strengthen families,<01:10:07.120> and<01

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Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met with a quorum, approved the November 12 minutes by voice vote, and then heard a presentation from former Governor Ernie Fletcher and Dave Johnson on Medicaid reimbursement for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Fletcher argued that addiction should be treated as a chronic disease requiring a longer continuum of care, not just short residential stays, and said recovery should combine clinical treatment with social supports such as housing, transportation, employment, peer coaching, and recovery housing. He cited data on overdose trends, low treatment rates, and high costs for people with SUD, and said current reimbursement models create poor incentives and do not adequately support long-term recovery or measure outcomes well. Fletcher proposed a “carve through” model administered at the MCO level with standardized metrics, data sharing, and an independent recovery coordinator that would assess patients, coordinate care, and connect them to clinical and social recovery services. He suggested using bundled payments, shared savings, and partial risk arrangements, with recovery housing reimbursed on a PMPM or weekly basis and funded in part through existing Medicaid spending and other sources such as opioid abatement funds. He also emphasized peer support, telemedicine, criminal justice coordination, workforce and education supports, and the use of technology, including text messaging and possibly AI, to maintain long-term follow-up and identify relapse risk. Members questioned how the model would work in practice, especially the education and staffing requirements for recovery coordinators, reimbursement levels, and how many patients each coordinator or peer would serve. Fletcher said peers could be certified and would need additional training in assessments such as ASAM and recovery residence standards, but he did not give a precise salary figure, saying the market and bundled rates would determine that. He also said follow-up should continue for years, noting relapse risk over the first 18 to 24 months and that meaningful employment and ongoing peer contact help sustain recovery. No formal vote or action was taken on the substance use presentation.

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• sized some services service lines isn't sized some services service lines isn't sized appropriately
• for services. for services.
• other and neither can absorb services other and neither can absorb services cut<00:58:02.040>
• <01:02:39.360> and core services and core services and I<01:02:40.400> again<01:02:
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• You've got treasury management services. You've got fraud protection services.
• Desperate for freedom, I opted out of all services, an act that nearly derailed my future.
• Within the first two meetings, I was enrolled in postsecondary education support and services.
• For truancy intervention processes at the school, district, and truancy court levels.
• And we have Robert Johnson, Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, waiving in support.

Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and considered a wide range of bills, including early learning and special needs funding (SB 1102), Israel bond investment authority (SB 1674), Parkinson’s disease research at USF (SB 1800), mental health and substance use disorder reforms (SB 1620), veterans nursing home beds (SB 788), securities regulation updates (SB 988), labor pool regulation (SB 1672), Alzheimer’s awareness (SB 398), educator preparation (SB 1590), student mental health reporting (SB 1310), specialty license plates (SB 824), financial institutions and IOTA-related issues (SB 1612), transportation facility designations (SB 1408), utility worker protections (SB 1386), DNA testing grants (SB 1072), the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys (SB 364), housing support for former foster youth and homeless students (SB 584), sex offender registration changes (SB 1654), migrant vessel disposal (SB 830), commuter rail indemnification (SB 916), juvenile justice revisions (SB 1344), aggravating factors in capital cases (SB 984), and a criminal offender substance abuse pilot program (SB 1140). Most bills were explained by sponsors, often with supportive testimony from affected agencies, advocacy groups, or industry representatives, and several were amended before final action. The committee adopted amendments on many measures, including clarifications and effective-date changes for SB 1102; technical changes to SB 1620 implementing mental health commission recommendations; a delete-all amendment for SB 1620; an amendment to SB 988; a consumer-disclosure amendment on SB 1612; and multiple amendments to SB 1408, SB 364, SB 584, SB 1654, and SB 1344. SB 1672 on the Labor Pool Act drew extensive public testimony in opposition from worker advocates, who argued repeal would weaken protections for temp workers and formerly incarcerated workers, and the bill was temporarily postponed to a later meeting without a vote. Several bills received notable testimony in support, including SB 584, where former foster youth described housing instability and the importance of campus housing and federal voucher coordination; SB 1386, which was backed by utility and industry groups seeking stronger penalties for assaults on utility workers; and SB 984, which drew opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops over expansion of death penalty aggravators. The committee also heard support and opposition on SB 1612 regarding IOTA interest rates and legal aid funding, with bankers and civil legal aid representatives disputing the proper rate structure and whether the bill conflicted with Florida Bar rules. At the end of the meeting, the committee reported all voted-on bills favorably, including SB 1102, SB 1674, SB 1800, SB 1620, SB 788, SB 988, SB 398, SB 1590, SB 1310, SB 824, SB 1612, SB 1408, SB 1386, SB 1072, SB 364, SB 584, SB 1654, SB 830, SB 916, SB 1344, SB 984, and SB 1140. Members also requested to be recorded on various bills, and the committee adjourned after noting one remaining meeting would be lengthy.

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• Pretty simple intervention here. Members, any questions or comments on the A3 amendment?
• Pretty<00:04:41.800> simple<00:04:42.440> intervention<00:04:42.880> here.
• Pretty simple intervention here. Pretty simple intervention here.

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• The decisions made about patient care, treatments, and interventions impact real lives, including everybody
• treatments,<00:04:34.639> and patient care, treatments, and patient care, treatments, and interventions
• <00:04:35.280> impact<00:04:35.680> real<00:04:36.000> lives, interventions impact
• real lives, interventions impact real lives, including<00:04:37.120> everybody<00:04:37.440><

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• It emphasizes common sense, proportionality, and a ladder of response that begins with private interventions
• :03:48.120> private response that begins with private response that begins with private interventions
• for<00:03:49.600> most<00:03:49.880> behavioral<00:03:50.400> issues interventions
• for most behavioral issues interventions for most behavioral issues because<00:03:51.760> many
• The sole offered is a photograph taken by former House Public Information Services staffer Brian Basham

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