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• for business are clearly not quantifying the costs we're already suffering without this kind of coverage

Keywords: 1183, house

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• potentially depending on your choices that you make on the Californians who rely on Medi-Cal for health coverage

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• My request and proposal would be if we look at 138. would be to expand coverage to all military installations

Keywords: national security, China, Russia, cybersecurity, border security, military deployment, transnational crime, defense modernization, military strategy

Summary: In this meeting, key topics included national security concerns with an emphasis on threats from China, Russia, and transnational criminal organizations. Senior military officials provided testimony on the evolving risks posed by these adversaries, particularly focusing on cybersecurity and advancements in weaponry. The discussion highlighted the importance of a cohesive strategy among government departments to effectively respond to the challenges presented by these threats, emphasizing the need for modernization in defense capabilities. Committee members grilled the witnesses on border security and the implications of deploying military resources in domestic operations.

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• Those can be increased in future years to ensure coverage of the existing debt service.

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• COUNTIES WANT FEWER PEOPLE IN PLACE ON THE STREETS SO UNLESS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COMPROMISE OF THAT COVERAGE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• care system, putting hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and clinics at risk and threatening coverage
• :14.240> seventh What do I say to the single mother in my district who is losing Medicaid coverage

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• we are in the Republican Congress sending a bill to President Trump's desk that fails to expand coverage
• <00:24:30.080> expand Trump's desk that fails to expand Trump's desk that fails to expand coverage
• Certainly it is poor character to block health care coverage for IVF despite the fact that IVF is critical
• :09:22.558> block<06:09:22.878> healthc<06:09:23.120> care<06:09:23.280> coverage
• character to block healthc care coverage character to block healthc care coverage for<06:09:23.760

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• How does that become a category in terms of citizenship on getting coverage?"
• category in terms of citizenship<00:24:14.960> on<00:24:15.440> getting<00:24:16.159> coverage
• citizenship on getting coverage? citizenship on getting coverage?

Keywords: During the committee meeting live stream, portion of the video was lost due to network issues. There were also some technical difficulties with content and the incorrect background image being used. The lost footage was recovered from backup, and the other issues corrected in post production editing. 1. 00:00:41 Call to Order 2. 00:01:02 Roll Call 3. 00:02:54 Approval of Minutes 4. 00:05:06 Statutory Reports and Data Requests 5. 00:35:14 2025 and 2026 Session Update 6. 01:03:10 Board Structure Updates and Subcommittees 7. 01:05:20 Public Comment 8. 02:23:14 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Board meeting opened with quorum, approval of the March 9 and March 16, 2026 minutes, and a welcome to new member Representative Willner. The board then heard a presentation from the Department of Medicaid Services on several statutory reports: the quarterly budget analysis (LRC) report, the quarterly MCO report, the provider tax and assessment report, the enrollee demographic report, the annual behavioral health/substance use disorder utilization report, and the Medicaid pharmaceutical rebate fund. Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Bechal explained the reports and answered questions. On spending, DMS said the quarterly budget analysis report should be read using the summary tabs because the first tab reflects only traditional Medicaid and does not include all populations. Lee said the first three quarters of fiscal year 2026 showed about $191 million more in waiver spending than the same period last year, about $250 million more in other categories such as nursing facilities, CCBHCs, and FQHCs, and roughly $450 million more in total fee-for-service spending. She also noted that Medicare Part D premiums are 100% state funds and estimated the state-fund increase at about $140 million. For managed care, DMS said pharmacy, inpatient hospital, and outpatient hospital spending made up about 66% of MCO payments so far this fiscal year. Members asked about administrative costs, provider tax impacts, citizenship-status categories, medical loss ratio, and whether the reports could be expanded to show recoupments and citizenship-based spending. DMS clarified that the spending figures discussed were benefit costs only, not administrative costs, and said administrative match rates vary. On the provider tax and directed payments report, Lee said the new CMS proposed rule would allow separate payment terms to continue through the grandfathering period, but that the impact would be substantial for providers even if the administrative effect was minimal. She also said DMS was still reviewing unusual citizenship categories such as “other” and “unspecified,” and would provide more information on medical loss ratio and recoupments if available. Auditor Ball raised concerns about alleged waste, duplicate Social Security numbers, ineligible enrollees, and high error rates in other programs. Lee responded that Medicaid focuses on fraud, waste, and abuse, but said the cited $800 million figure was not factual because it did not account for people enrolled in more than one Medicaid program at the same time. She said DMS is reviewing eligibility systems, including changes tied to community engagement requirements, and is working with the cabinet’s eligibility staff and ombudsman division on error rates. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• represent transit users as well, and that directs the Met Council to identify the expanded transit coverage
• the Met Council to identify the expanded expanded<01:56:09.360> transit<01:56:09.720> coverage
• <01:56:10.600> and<01:56:10.760> system expanded transit coverage and system expanded
• transit coverage and system improvements<01:56:11.800> necessary<01:56:12.400> to<01:56

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• misrepresentations made in their review of the regulation, as the regulation does not allow Medicaid coverage
• misrepresentations made in their review of the regulation, as the regulation does not allow Medicaid coverage
• misrepresentations made in their review of the regulation, as the regulation does not allow Medicaid coverage
• plan, an area that requires flexibility, federal compliance, and timely decision-making to protect coverage

Keywords: 958, all

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• legislator, he received multiple legislative champion awards for advancing bills that expanded healthcare coverage
• healthcare advancing bills that expanded healthcare advancing bills that expanded healthcare coverage
• support<00:09:20.640> for<00:09:20.880> children<00:09:21.200> with coverage
• and support for children with coverage and support for children with autism.<00:09:22.480> He

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• We mandate coverage for certain things.
• <01:30:12.560> We<01:30:12.720> mandate<01:30:13.360> coverage insurance mandates
• We mandate coverage insurance mandates.
• We mandate coverage for<01:30:14.000> certain<01:30:14.360> things.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• trying to call police dispatch at, you know, whatever time, some small departments don't have 24-hour coverage
• some small departments don't have time some small departments don't have 24-hour<02:25:26.800> coverage
• 27.520> and<02:25:27.760> there<02:25:27.920> is<02:25:28.240> a 24-hour coverage
• and there is a 24-hour coverage and there is a difficulty<02:25:29.359> in<02:25:30.080> finding

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um, yes, I have so much sympathy for the coverage on the news.
• 39.520> the Um yes, I have so much sympathy for the Um yes, I have so much sympathy for the coverage
• 00:20:41.280> Um<00:20:42.080> and<00:20:42.400> yes,<00:20:42.720> I coverage
• Um and yes, I coverage on the news.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Education heard testimony on HB 1895, which would add education-worker protections by expanding harassment-related offenses. The Department of Education, HSTA, HGA, and several school employees and principals testified in support, describing increased harassment and threats toward teachers and staff, especially since COVID, and saying the bill would help deter bad actors. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, saying the language was vague and overbroad, could criminalize ordinary parental advocacy or speech, and might not survive constitutional scrutiny. In response to questions, the public defender said existing statutes already cover threatening or assaultive conduct against educational workers, while DOE representatives said the bill was aimed at excessive and repetitive disruptive behavior. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt. The committee then took up HB 1592, concerning protections for educational workers and sports officials. DOE, the Charter School Commission, HGA, HSTA, school principals, athletic programs, and many individual testifiers supported the bill, with several describing threats, harassment, and aggressive behavior at schools and athletic events. One principal said he had repeatedly involved law enforcement after threats and incidents on campus, and a teacher testified about the need to keep school environments safe and orderly. The Office of the Public Defender again opposed the bill, arguing that current law already enhances penalties for assaults and terroristic threatening against educational workers and sports officials, and that new offenses would have little deterrent effect. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be a separate statute and how to distinguish passionate advocacy from harassment; DOE said the line was crossed when conduct became excessive and repetitive, while the public defender urged clearer drafting and more emphasis on prevention, education, security, and de-escalation. No vote or final action was announced in the excerpt.

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• gutted, community health centers and rural hospitals face shortfalls and people are forced to drop coverage
• ><04:53:01.120> forced<04:53:01.440> to<04:53:01.600> drop<04:53:01.920> coverage
• <04:53:02.560> It people are forced to drop coverage.
• It people are forced to drop coverage.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Ohio uses driver's license data, and they also move individuals to fee-for-service coverage, and they
• move individuals to the fee<00:20:19.520> for<00:20:19.760> service<00:20:20.160> coverage
• <00:20:21.039> and<00:20:21.280> they<00:20:21.840> are fee for service coverage
• and they are fee for service coverage and they are very<00:20:22.480> serious<00:20:22.799>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then approved an agency amendment to a health and family services regulation. The amendment reversed a prior change so that neonatal ICU beds would remain subject to regular review rather than nonsubstantive review. The remaining administrative regulations were then reviewed without objection. The main presentation was from State Auditor Allison Ball on a report finding $836 million in concurrent Medicaid capitation payments from 2019 through 2022, involving individuals enrolled in Kentucky and at least one other state. Ball said Kentucky relied on the PARIS system, which has limitations because it is updated quarterly and depends on voluntary state participation, while a better federal data source, T-MSIS, was not fully available to the state. She said the audit found weak internal controls, siloed processes, outdated guidance, and a low-priority attitude toward residency checks, all of which contributed to missed alerts and improper payments. She also said the report identified additional problems, including payments made after beneficiaries died and cases involving multiple states paying for the same person. Ball recommended better access to federal data, stronger MCO contract provisions, and more active oversight by the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations. She said the contracts reviewed did not provide a clear way to recoup the improper payments, though she and her counsel suggested possible equitable legal theories might be explored. Members expressed concern about the scale of the waste and the lack of contract enforcement, and asked whether any money could be recovered. Ball said the audit did not identify a clear contractual path to recoup the funds.

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• really necessary, because I questioned, well, don't we have law enforcement in the local areas or coverage
• in the local we have law enforcement in the local areas<03:38:04.239> or<03:38:04.640> coverage
• areas or coverage, sheriff or whatever. areas or coverage, sheriff or whatever.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• height of the structures, the yard sizes, the lot sizes, the setbacks, the open space, the building coverage
• 10:59.680> space,<00:11:00.000> the<00:11:00.240> building<00:11:00.560> coverage
• open space, the building coverage open space, the building coverage requirements<00:11:01.680>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 291, which would update religious land-use and property tax exemption rules for church-owned parsonages, parish houses, and similar properties. Senator Tim Lang, speaking for the sponsor, said the bill was intended to address situations where former parsonages are no longer occupied by clergy and are instead used for church-related purposes such as housing staff, religious education, or congregate living tied to ministry, including addiction recovery. He emphasized that the bill was not meant to create commercial rental housing and that it also preserves reasonable zoning and environmental regulations. Committee members pressed the sponsor on how the bill would be applied, especially the meaning of “religious purposes,” the six-unit limit, the “same lot” language, and whether churches could use the exemption to rent units for revenue. The sponsor said the six-unit cap was added to prevent large-scale commercial rental use, that congregate housing would be limited and defined, and that the bill was meant to cover uses like substance abuse recovery, homes for unwed mothers, and religious education, but not apartments converted for ordinary rental. He also said churches would still file annual exemption paperwork and towns could challenge claims they believed were commercial. Questions also raised concerns about whether the bill treated religious and nonreligious housing trusts differently; the sponsor responded that the bill was aimed at church-owned property used in pursuit of a religious mission. Several witnesses testified in support. Representative Mark Pearson, an active clergyman, said the bill would not remove additional property from the tax rolls because clergy housing allowances typically lead clergy to buy taxable homes elsewhere, while the church-owned parsonage remains exempt. Nick Taylor of Housing Action New Hampshire supported the bill as a modest expansion that could help create more attainable housing by allowing better use of existing religious land and structures, though he noted his organization would support even broader use. The hearing ended without a vote or final action, and the chair closed questions after the testimony.

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• industry, telecommunications, faster message travel, better bandwidth, increased speed, and improved coverage
• 54.040> improve bandwidth increase speed and improve bandwidth increase speed and improve coverage
• <04:07:54.960> throughout<04:07:55.279> our coverage throughout our coverage throughout

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• This pilot could be in support of the need to provide substitute coverage for our employees who need
• :40.040> to<01:23:40.239> provide<01:23:40.719> substitute<01:23:41.199> coverage
• <01:23:41.480> for need to provide substitute coverage for need to provide substitute coverage

Keywords: 1187, senate, all