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• On his recent visit to the colonies, King Charles III shared both levity and sensibility with Congress
• They have advocated for reforms related to visitation rights for system-impacted folks, published papers
• They have made impacts in probation reform, helped expand access to visitation rights, and even helped
• Their visit to the Capitol is a culmination of months of learning and discussion about public policy,
• And to our Casa Grande Gauchos here today, we hope today's visit inspires you to stay engaged in public

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And, there they are, my mom and my dad, and then my two aunts who came in from Austin, Texas to visit
• Members, I want to talk to you a little bit about a person who came to visit me today, Miss Ella Allen
• Maybe I got to visit with you and encourage you when you were down. remind you that this is just temporary
• I urge you to visit with the speaker, visit with Nick Archer, and see about getting appointed to the
• It has been a true joy of my life to spend time with you all, to socialize with you, to visit with you

Bills: HR1052, SB2184, SB171

Keywords: 4-H, youth development, community service, education, volunteering, Oklahoma, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, SB171, state government, Capitol security, peace officer commission, legislative security, Department of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Safety, President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House

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• Department, I'm going to surprise Representative Walner and say earlier we talked about arranging a visit
• We added back potentially another visit by it.
• "But maybe we can arrange two visits, like we did for the Sununu Youth Detention Center last term.
• It includes those, you know, again, going for your well-baby's visit, just to make sure your child's
• or even as we think about home visiting or even as we think about home visiting services<00:38:53.599

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: House Finance Division III held an informational hearing with the Department of Health and Human Services focused on child and family services, children’s behavioral health, DCF, juvenile justice, and adult mental health. Before the presentation, members discussed scheduling a future site visit to Waypoint, including possible dates, mileage reimbursement logistics, and whether to reschedule the department’s developmental disabilities and healthy aging presentation because the associate commissioner was out sick. The department then outlined that it would concentrate on children’s behavioral health, DCF residential care and the Sununu Youth Services Center/YDC new build, and adult mental health, while noting the broader DHHS structure and the value of keeping related services under one leadership. The department emphasized an integrated “system of care” approach and said it was trying to shift resources toward earlier, lower-intensity interventions rather than relying mainly on high-cost residential and acute services. It cited youth risk data showing roughly four in ten New Hampshire high school students feeling sad or hopeless and about one in five considering suicide in the past year, and said these trends worsened during the pandemic, peaking in 2021 and easing somewhat by 2023. Members asked how New Hampshire compared with neighboring states and about pre-COVID trends; the department said it would follow up with more exact data. The presentation also described a long-term policy effort beginning with federal funding in 2012, the state’s 10-year mental health plan, and later legislation aimed at strengthening children’s behavioral health and transforming juvenile justice so that youth with behavioral health needs are not routed into punitive systems first. Members raised questions about out-of-state residential placement oversight and the statutory basis for inspections and follow-up. The department said the General Court had funded more “boots on the ground” oversight, in coordination with the Office of the Child Advocate, and agreed to provide a longer follow-up presentation on that topic after the governor’s budget is released. The department also described evidence-based prevention efforts, including home visiting programs such as Healthy Families America and a DCF-connected home visiting cohort for families already touching the child welfare system, as examples of trying to keep children out of deeper system involvement.

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• year in a row for food shelf visits.
• :38.920> more Minnesotans visited food shelves more Minnesotans visited food shelves more than
• a row for food shelf visits. a row for food shelf visits.
• Last year, our Minnesota food shelves made over 9 million visits.
• In 2020, we had 9,400 food shelf visits. In 2020, we had 9,400 food shelf visits.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:55:38.480> us today we have some cadetses visiting us today we have some cadetses visiting
• capital to have people come and visit. capital to have people come and visit. uh<01:35:57.679>
• For many participants, this is their first time visiting the Wyoming Legislature.
• <01:47:54.560> Please visiting the Wyoming legislature.
• Please visiting the Wyoming legislature.

Keywords: 916, all

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• double the number of visits in 2021.
• And, um, I actually had the opportunity to visit VET a few weeks ago.
• Um, and I had the opportunity to visit a few weeks ago.
• We serve about 10,000 household visits per month.
• expect those visits to only increase. expect those visits to only increase.

Bills: HF2078, HF777, HF841, HF1112, HF1098, HF1926

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, licensing, license requirements, parent access, guardian access, custody order, court order, furnishings, equipment standards, learning materials, early childhood education, infant care, toddler care, preschool, school-age child care, play materials, sensory materials, gross motor equipment

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• We also accommodate 90,000 annual visits.
• We also accommodate 90,000 annual visits.
• We also accommodate 90,000 annual visits.
• We also accommodate 90,000 annual visits.
• We also accommodate 90,000 annual visits.

Bills: HF4266

Keywords: higher education, state grants, financial aid, college affordability, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Grant, need analysis, expected family contribution, student aid, grant formula, living and miscellaneous expense allowance, dependent student, independent student, parental contribution, student contribution, surplus appropriation, biennium, summer 2026, 1183, house

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• The Board of Corrections had a rule that covered visitation for their facilities, and you may recall
• And so the board rule didn't cover visitation for the community correction centers.
• So we're repealing the old board rule, and we're now presenting one unified visitation rule, which is
• This may not be pertinent to your rule here, but I had a question about visitations.
• I've been told Rule here, but I had a question about visitations.

Summary: The Arkansas Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a large slate of agency rules and related reports. The chair announced that several items were stricken from the agenda and that the maternal health providers and remote monitoring rules were pulled by the agency. The committee filed reports on emergency rules, ALC subcommittee rule reviews, and administrative directives, then moved through agency rules from the Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce/Insurance, Department of Corrections, and multiple divisions of the Department of Human Services. Most rules were explained as technical updates or implementations of 2025 legislation and were approved without objection. Examples included repeal of obsolete equine ID-chip rules, updates to agriculture financing and pesticide rules, removal of duplicative workers’ compensation plan language, a unified visitation rule for correctional facilities, DHS marketing rules for PASS programs, a comprehensive DCFS policy manual revision, Medicaid-related changes for fictive kin, ABLE accounts, presumptive eligibility for pregnant women, SNAP work requirements and alien eligibility, coverage for certain incarcerated youth, nurse aide training updates, and permanent rules for state employee insurance and procurement. The committee also approved requests to exclude the Insurance Department from rulemaking requirements for Act 772 on forced organ harvesting and for restorative reproductive medicine, with the department saying it would issue rules later when more guidance is available. The most extended discussion concerned DHS’s dental Medicaid rate rule under Act 1025. Members and witnesses debated whether the statute’s language covered only oral surgeons or also general dentists performing oral surgery procedures, and whether the rate increase should apply more broadly to the services rather than the provider title. DHS said it was following the black-letter language of the law and could not confirm a broader interpretation without further approvals and funding, while legislators and a Dental Association representative said the intent was to increase payment for the services, especially in rural areas. Members also discussed the possibility of fixing the language in a future session or through a new rule if approvals and CMS review allow. Despite the concerns, the committee approved the rule. The meeting ended with approval of rule review reports and monthly updates, and the committee adjourned.

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• The Board of Corrections had a rule that covered visitation for their facilities, and you may recall
• And so the board rule didn't cover visitation for the community correction centers.
• So we're repealing the old board rule, and we're now presenting one unified visitation rule, which is
• This may not be pertinent to your rule here, but I had a question about visitations.
• I've been told Rule here, but I had a question about visitations.

Summary: The Arkansas Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a large set of agency rules and reports. Early items were routine filings: emergency-rule reports, subcommittee review reports, and administrative directive reports were filed without objection. One rule from the Department of Agriculture on maternal health providers and remote monitoring was noted as pulled by the agency and not considered. The committee then reviewed and approved several Agriculture rules, including repeal of equine ID-chip rules after Act 703 of 2025, updates to finance rules adding a new water and sewer treatment facilities grant and consolidating revolving-fund rules, and a pesticide rule creating a Class J pesticide category for feral hog toxicant use. It also approved a Commerce/Insurance rule removing duplicative workers’ compensation plan provisions, and a Corrections rule creating a unified visitation rule for correctional facilities and community correction centers. A member asked about prison visitation hours during COVID, and staff said they would check on that. The committee next approved multiple Department of Human Services rules. These included marketing rules for provider-led organizations under Act 301 of 2025, a comprehensive revision of the DCFS policy manual, changes to Medicaid eligibility to include fictive kin placements and to expand ABLE account eligibility under Act 875, presumptive eligibility changes for pregnant women to align with federal rules, and a follow-up SNAP/TEA/Work Pays rule with updated work requirements, mandatory employment and training, alien eligibility changes, and job-search requirements for certain applicants. DHS also presented a rule implementing federal coverage for certain incarcerated youth before and after release, and the committee approved it. Another DHS rule updated nurse aide training requirements to match federal CNA hour standards and moved criminal-records-check procedures to the agency website. The most extended discussion involved DHS Division of Medical Services’ dental rate rule under Act 1025. The agency explained that it was increasing pediatric dental rates and certain oral-surgery-related rates, but not orthodontic rates or a broader special-needs benefit limit because CMS would not approve a diagnosis-based limit. Members debated whether the statutory language was intended to cover general dentists performing oral surgery procedures, with legislators, the Dental Association, and DHS discussing legislative intent, fiscal impact, and whether a future fix or emergency rule might be needed. Despite the disagreement, the committee approved the rule. The committee also approved other DHS medical rules: adverse-decision appeal changes and prior-authorization posting requirements, an increased RSV administration fee for children, expanded emergency treat/triage/transport ambulance authority, and clinic-based physical and occupational therapy coverage. Later, the committee approved permanent rules for the new state insurance program under Shared Administrative Services, procurement rule revisions recommended after an ACASO review, and commodity-management rule updates including a new revenue distribution model. Under Act 595 of 2021, the committee granted two Department of Commerce/Insurance requests to be excluded from rulemaking requirements: one for Act 772 on forced organ harvesting, and one for restorative reproductive medicine, with the department saying it would promulgate rules later when clinical guidelines are available. Finally, the committee accepted a recommendation to keep and extend the Department of Education, Division of Career and Technical Education rules, filed outstanding rulemaking updates, and adjourned without further business.

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• Like many who visit here, he fell in love with both the beauty of this state and the opportunity it represented
• We're seeing record-breaking visitation, record-breaking spending, where we continue to see that lag,
• speak a little bit more to what marketing strategies you employ specifically to ensure that people can visit
• northern Arizona, southern, or right here in Maricopa County, our focus is always going to drive visitation
• impact studies with ASU that our fans come here for baseball, but they stay multiple nights and they visit

Keywords: 1182, all

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• the pick and shovel, I would visited the pick and shovel, I would advise<00:10:36.320> not<00
• :10:36.640> to<00:10:36.880> delay<00:10:37.200> your<00:10:37.600> visit
• <00:10:38.560> and<00:10:38.800> to advise not to delay your visit and to advise not to
• delay your visit and to start<00:10:39.279> planning<00:10:39.680> your<00:10:39.920><
• Over the weekend I was visited by the ghost of Chair 72, and they sent a message now that football is

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional by Representative Ken Wells, who reflected on his father’s approach to news and argued that reducing time spent watching it could improve people’s well-being. After the Pledge of Allegiance, the chamber took up five new bills: H.891 on the definition of harassment in Title 16, H.892 on school attendance requirements, H.893 creating a municipal emergency shelter program and reimbursing municipalities for emergency housing costs, H.894 prohibiting snowmobiles on the BB Spur Rail Trail, and H.895 on secondary enforcement of certain motor vehicle violations. Each was read for the first time and referred to the appropriate committee; H.566, concerning sealing postcharge court diversion records, was referred to Ways and Means under House Rule 35A. The House also read H.C.R. 166, a congratulatory resolution honoring the Pick and Shovel in Newport City on its 50th anniversary. A member from Newport City spoke in support, describing the store’s history and the Hamlet family’s long service to the community, and invited the family to the chamber. Additional announcements recognized Vermont Law and Graduate School’s 50th anniversary and congratulated Vermont athletes, including Ben Ogden and Paula Moltzan, with one member correcting the record on Moltzan’s event. The House also voted to move H.403, relating to fair labor and housing standards for agricultural workers, from General and Housing to Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry. In the day’s only floor action on legislation, H.611, miscellaneous provisions affecting the Department of Vermont Health Access, was taken up on third reading and passed. The House then announced caucus meetings and other events, including a producer night hosted by the Agency of Agriculture, and adjourned by motion until Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

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• the paramedic will continue to visit the paramedic will continue to visit that<00:47:51.119>
• <00:47:57.200> because hospital or actually ED visits because hospital or actually ED visits
• Well, not if it spares an ER visit or a hospitalization, right?
• Well, not if it spares an ER visit or a hospitalization, right?
• visit or a hospitalization,<01:04:12.079> right?

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20 CRISP Shared Services 00:01:39 Rural Health Transformation Plan 00:30:55, 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services opened its first meeting of the 2026 interim session, took roll, and moved directly into presentations. The main presentation was from Ryan Bramble of Crisp Shared Services, who described the organization’s health information exchange and health data utility model in Kentucky and other states. He emphasized that Crisp is a nonprofit, that data ownership remains with providers, and that governance is local. He also outlined the technical infrastructure, including a master patient index, cloud-based data lake, support for modern standards like FHIR and USCDI as well as older formats, and data quality tools used to normalize and standardize information. Bramble said the model is intended to reduce duplication, lower costs, and support rural providers and future use cases such as reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support. Members asked how the state can ensure the data is actually used and who should drive priorities for health care improvement. Bramble said Crisp can provide tools, expertise, and examples from other states, but local teams such as KHI and state stakeholders must tailor and lead utilization efforts. In response to questions about ownership and coordination, he stressed that successful HIE governance requires a multistakeholder body that includes hospitals, health plans, government, and other interests, with a unified approach rather than multiple competing directives. He also said the Commonwealth has an opportunity to convene those stakeholders and set clear priorities. A senator raised concerns that responsibility for Medicaid and broader health policy has become fragmented and suggested a stronger central role for the state, possibly through the Department of Public Health, to coordinate health priorities. Bramble agreed that a single convening authority and multistakeholder governance are important, and noted that local governance should determine what data is shared and how it is used. No votes or formal actions were taken during this portion of the meeting. After Bramble’s presentation and questions, the committee was told that Secretary Stack from the cabinet would testify next on the rural health transformation plan.

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• Do you know if, because now sometimes it's required by law that these children have to visit their siblings
• happens within that is that prior to even getting the file, we know if there are required sibling visits
• But usually before we get a file, we know if they're going to be required to have sibling visits if the
• So, it doesn't necessarily change their visitation in that what changes.
• So if it said visitation with, all that would be redacted is the name.

Bills: SB500, SB1522, SB1137, SB1266

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

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• I don't see any objection there or any additional comments, although Senator Dwyer, I might visit with
• That's what I'd like to ask him, and Joe, maybe you—I don't know if you've had any visits about that
• Yeah, for one thing, I did do some more checking, some visiting with some folks on it, and there seems
• , probably talk about $850,000 and mark it for their infrastructure, and then we have something to visit
• Our Senate Ag and Veterans Affairs Committee had brought it down to $100,000, but in visiting with some

Bills: HB1015

Keywords: Office of Management and Budget, OMB appropriation, state budget, biennial appropriation, North Dakota Century Code, state facility maintenance fund, capital improvements, Capitol building fund, governor's residence, state hospital, mental health hospital, Bank of North Dakota, line of credit, strategic investment and improvements fund, SIIF, new and vacant FTE pool, state employee pay raise, performance-based compensation, guardianship grants, community corrections

Summary: The Government Operations Division met to review proposed amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget, with the chair noting the bill would not be voted out that day and would likely be held until the following week for any technical corrections. Members discussed a series of amendments, generally without objection: a $1.5 million appropriation for a pro-life education committee; a $40,000–$45,000 deficiency appropriation for Uniform Laws travel costs; creation of a state deferred maintenance fund with $40 million for deferred maintenance projects; adding the state hospital project to the OMB budget with $200 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund (SIF) and $85 million from a line of credit, plus construction management oversight; $110,114 for custodial equity increases; $1 million for a retirement incentive pool; $3 million to cover a shortfall in the new and vacant FTE funding pool; and $4 million for space reconfiguration and rent/moving costs. Prairie Public Broadcasting was also discussed, with a suggestion to change the purpose from local programming to infrastructure and set the amount at $850,000, likely as one-time SIF funding. The committee also heard a heads-up about a possible $180,000 federal reimbursement issue tied to an education grant, but no action was taken on that item. The committee further discussed a broader amendment to reduce the transfer from the social services fund to the human services fund from $250 million to $232 million, based on DHS needs and available carryover funding. Members also agreed to add emergency clauses to the capital assets, deferred maintenance, and moving/space reconfiguration items. The chair indicated Brady could begin incorporating the discussed changes into a consolidated amendment, while noting there could still be additional items next week. Staff also reported the SIF balance was about $280 million positive, though some removed agency items, including airport grants, would need to be considered. The committee then reconsidered its earlier action on House Bill 1581 and restored it to its original form at $100,000 after hearing that the funding would support tribal tourism-related events tied to upcoming 2026 celebrations and the Theodore Roosevelt Library opening. A motion for do pass on the bill as originally introduced passed unanimously by roll call. Finally, the committee postponed action on another bill until later that day, directing that revised materials be distributed and that the item be taken up in the afternoon session.

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• They'll visit our offices for their Capitol walk around.
• I'd now like to hand it over to our area legislators to introduce the distinguished guests visiting with
• They'll visit our offices for their Capitol walk around.
• They'll visit our offices for their Capitol walk around.
• I'd now like to hand it over to our area legislators to introduce the distinguished guests visiting with

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• who are visiting Owatonna? who are visiting Owatonna?
• It's a very beautiful city, if you haven't visited it. >> So, uh, Madam Chair. >> Senator Nelson. >>
• beautiful city, if you haven't visited beautiful city, if you haven't visited it. it. it.
• If you visited Wayzata, you know that it is a beautiful small town that provides public access to Lake
• <00:32:16.520> our day on top of that visiting our day on top of that visiting our community

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I think maybe one thing before I continue, we have Judge Holvey with us today, and I visited with him
• that, then someone, someone's not allowing the ward. to have phone calls, visits, things like that,
• , That the guardian was unreasonably withholding communication or visitation, then there's attorney's
• or failing to return the child after visitation, to expedite that process, which we were getting the
• I have not received the child for the following visitations.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Child Custody Review Task Force met with a quorum, approved the prior meeting minutes, and reviewed a memorandum compiling member suggestions for possible legislation. The memo grouped ideas into topics including creation of a family court, expanded education for parents, attorneys, and judges, expedited hearings for parenting-time violations, limiting law enforcement involvement in custody disputes, creating parenting time expediters, and adopting more uniform court procedures. Members also discussed whether to form subcommittees, but the task force decided to continue working as a full committee rather than create subcommittees at this time. The committee then heard testimony from Dr. John Perez, a mental health professional, who described his personal custody experience and his professional work with families he believes have been affected by parental alienation. He argued for stronger education, faster court response times, and better tools to address intentional interference with parenting time. Members questioned him about his case history, the concept of parental alienation, and whether specialized family courts or judges with family-law training could help. Dr. Perez said a dedicated family court and faster hearings would likely have helped his situation. The task force spent substantial time discussing the possible creation of a family court. Judge Hovey supported the idea of a specialized family court or at least a study of one, saying family cases are distinct from ordinary adversarial litigation and that judges with family-law experience could better handle them. Several members agreed that a family court could improve consistency, expertise, and speed, but others cautioned that the task force’s current directive is focused on enforcement of existing orders rather than broader custody policy, and noted that voters had previously rejected equal shared parenting proposals. The group also discussed expedited procedures for parenting-time disputes, with Judge Hovey suggesting a 30-day hearing timeline may be workable. On education, members generally supported requiring parents to complete a parenting education course and adding educational materials explaining court process, child support, and what judges can and cannot do. Mr. McLean suggested a short instructional video for litigants and more family-law education for judges and attorneys, while Ms. Moldenhauer said education could be incorporated into scheduling orders or mediation orders. Members also discussed the Parents Forever course, including whether it should be mandatory in all counties and whether cost is a barrier; no vote was taken on any of these proposals.

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• that I found very puzzling was when I was told that I was the first president in 20 years to have visited
• Um, we have, uh, we're going to be undertaking what we call the impact tour 2025, which is a visit to
• Uh, when I visited, uh, some of the stuff that they're doing is exactly in the areas such as, you know
• I'm always welcome, always happy to visit. I want to thank you all for, for your support.
• Chair, Representative, absolutely love to visit with you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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• We visited a food bank in Rochester to hear how $6 a day on SNAP already isn't enough and how regional
• food systems are beyond the breaking point with record visits year after year.
• We visited a food learn what was coming.
• We visited a food bank<00:03:25.519> in<00:03:25.680> Rochester<00:03:26.400> to
• <00:03:35.120> year breaking point with record visits year breaking point with record visits

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: Senate DFL senators discussed the Health and Human Services supplemental budget on the floor, framing it as a response to federal HR 1 and related Trump administration policies that they said shift costs to states, counties, hospitals, and families. Senators Liz Bolden, Lindsey Port, Erin Murphy, Alice Mann, and Rob Kupec argued the bill is needed to backfill cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, stabilize hospitals, and prevent property tax increases and service disruptions. They said the package totals about $700 million, with more than $250 million aimed at hospital support and roughly $300 million to help counties absorb food-support cost shifts. Members described the federal changes as adding red tape and work-reporting requirements that would cause eligible people to lose coverage, with estimates cited of more than 150,000 Minnesotans losing Medicaid and about 62,000 losing individual-market coverage due to higher premiums. They also said counties would face new administrative burdens and hiring needs, and that rural hospitals, safety-net providers, and EMS systems would see more uncompensated care. One senator noted Dakota County could face an additional $11 million next year and property tax increases, while another said Minnesota hospitals could see charity care rise by more than $269 million next year. The discussion also covered specific funding in the bill, including $300 million for hospital stabilization, with $150 million for HCMC, nearly $115 million for other hospital stabilization grants, almost $18 million for community safety-net providers, and $15 million for rural EMS uncompensated care. Senators said these funds are short-term measures, not long-term fixes, and that if the state did nothing, the health care system and SNAP administration could collapse. They said they do not expect Republican support in the Senate and suggested longer-term options could include federal changes after the next election or state-level tax changes on the ultra-wealthy. No vote outcome was stated in the excerpt, but the senators indicated the bill would move forward with DFL support.

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• So if you ever want to visit, please visit Corona or Mountain Air for their FFA banquet.
• So if you ever want to visit, please visit Corona or Mountain Air for their FFA banquet. want to visit
• , please visit Corona or Mountaineer for their FFA banquet.
• My sister, Andrea Steele, is visiting me today, and she was part of your group when she moved here 16
• You can visit with all of them individually by attending tonight's aviation and aerospace reception.

Keywords: 996, all