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• </c> care, and what are Republicans doing? care, and what are Republicans doing?
• system delivers and finances care.
• Health care is expensive. We are living longer because of wonderful innovations in health care.
• </c> perspective on the how the health care perspective on the how the health care system<00:24:13.919
• Health care is care when they need it.

Bills: HB8428 , HB8466 , HB5248 , HB6338 , HB7668 , HB8665 , HB7037 , HB6230 , HB6297 , HB1744 , HB3429 , HB2505 , HB6028 , HR428 , HB8107 , HB8340 , HB8467 , HB6916 , HB8463

Keywords: fraud prevention, improper payments, anti-fraud training, government oversight, federal program administration, grants management, internal controls, waste and abuse, Treasury Department, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, GAO fraud framework, OMB Circular A-123, Do Not Pay, data analytics, payment integrity, state and local governments, tribal governments, federal grants, program integrity

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• Station construction will improve response in communities across the state, but also improve the health
• improving public pipeline safety requirements and regulations.
• improving public pipeline safety requirements and regulations.
• Tom Helm with Valley Improvement Projects in opposition.
• Importantly, this bill directly improves credit integrity.

Summary: The committee heard a series of bills focused on environmental policy, public infrastructure, housing, and energy. AB 1812, dealing with compostable plastics and compost contamination, drew strong support from farmers, composters, counties, cities, and waste companies, while manufacturers and compostable-product companies opposed it unless amended, arguing it would undermine compostable packaging and SB 54 goals. AB 2216 to expand the Delta Conservancy’s service area also received broad support and no opposition. AB 2481, which would allow leftover glass quality incentive funds to support recycled glass used in fiberglass insulation and other products, was supported by insulation manufacturers, recyclers, and waste advocates and passed with no opposition. AB 2152, streamlining fire station construction and tying CEQA relief to project labor agreement requirements, was supported by firefighters and construction trades but opposed by contractors and wildlife groups over the PLA mandate and environmental review provisions; the committee discussed amendments and sent it forward. AB 1536, the Save Our Shores Act, aimed at offshore oil and gas safety and decommissioning, was supported by coastal and environmental groups and opposed by the petroleum industry, with members debating pipeline safety, drilling risks, and carbon intensity before advancing the bill. AB 1849, a study bill on decarbonized gaseous fuels, split supporters from hydrogen, bioenergy, and propane interests against environmental and justice groups who said it favored biomethane and hydrogen without clear definitions; the author said it was only a study measure, and it moved ahead. AB 1732, which would expand CEQA streamlining for public university and community college housing projects, was backed by students, UC representatives, housing advocates, and labor, with no opposition heard; members raised concerns about environmental impacts and evacuation planning, but the bill was approved. Several measures were taken on consent and others were held open for absent members or quorum issues, with multiple bills receiving due pass recommendations as amended.

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• Um, I have before you the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act.
• we are reviewing for and what the healthcare authority would be looking for is whether patient, uh, care
• This is engagement with community for the care of community.
• we know that these partnerships and consolidations often reduce or significantly change access to care
• those, those community members will be directly impacted by the cost, cost, quality and access to care

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

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• It is about access to care and a continuum of care for these patients while preserving the existing safeguards
• When the cancer returned, my physician supported my decision to seek care at MD Anderson Cancer Center
• We are still in jeopardy of recurrence and require careful continuity of care monitoring by our out-of-state
• patient care and patient access.
• patient care and patient access.

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

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• I think we want to be careful about how we spend the money, and I actually agree that we want to look
• And I just want to be careful That because we're paying for it, and we are, and we want to be careful
• We've also been improving our relationships with financial control, the state controller, and ACFR to
• Some of the priorities that I'll go over a little bit later in my presentation is the IT improvements
• And so there was more cost to get that structural subgrade taken care of. So it is complicated.

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• It is for community care. It is to kids. It is for community care.
• care.
• levels of care.
• than ICFID care andor nursing facility<00:57:22.160><c> care.
• </c> childc care facilities. childc care facilities.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first heard brief presentations on Kentucky’s 2025 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant. Department for Public Health staff explained that the preventive health block grant provides about $2.3 million annually and supports programs such as accreditation and performance improvement, local health department grants, community health workers, prescription assistance, asthma and COPD programs, workforce development, and a sexual assault programs set-aside. They said the Title V block grant provides about $11.7 million, with 35% directed to children and youth with special health care needs and 65% to maternal and child health populations, largely through local health departments and a five-year needs assessment process. After no questions, a motion was made and seconded to approve both block grants. The roll call vote passed 19-0, and the two block grants were approved. The committee then approved the minutes from the prior meeting. The next item was a discussion of the child waiver created in House Bill 6. Committee members raised concerns that the proposed 1915(c) waiver did not match the legislature’s intent, which they said was to move children from the Michelle P. waiver to free slots for adults. Cabinet officials from DCBS, behavioral health, and Medicaid described the proposed “Community Health for Improved Lives and Development” waiver as a targeted home- and community-based program for children under 21 with severe behavioral health or developmental needs, including those stepping down from inpatient or residential care or at risk of out-of-home placement. They said the waiver is designed for about 100 slots, uses a standardized needs-based assessment, and includes case management, community living supports, home modifications, respite, supervised residential care, and clinical therapeutic services. Officials said the public comment period ended July 15, responses are being compiled for August submission to CMS, and the waiver is part of the broader Families First initiative.

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• that already face the greatest barriers to care.
• that already face the greatest barriers to care.
• safety net for their primary care, behavioral health, dental care, and other essential services.
• This measure has been endorsed... ...and protect access to care.
• Care, also in support.

Committee: House Local Government

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• form of care.
• form of care.
• and you're not getting the best of care.
• </c><00:41:02.040><c> the</c> Provisions aimed at improving the Provisions aimed at improving the processes
• </c><00:58:56.240><c> of</c> also the government Affairs ch care of also the government Affairs ch care

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

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• And my constituents elected me to fight for justice, for affordable health care for all, and a planet
• And I'm so proud to have been part of the incredible work that we did in '23 and '24 to improve lives
• We saw families being abandoned, whose children need critical nursing home care at home.
• </c> children need critical nursing home care children need critical nursing home care at<00:05:01.360
• I don't care how people vote. I just want everyone to vote and let the voters decide where we land.

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• </c> to improve a bill, they get told no. No. to improve a bill, they get told no. No.
• That's child care. It's a car payment. That's child care.
• American consumers care, but I don't think Iran cares.
• "And instead of bringing serious cost-of-living relief to the floor—housing, health care, child care,
• /c> conservation standards improve the conservation standards improve the efficiency<04:50:50.080><c>

Bills: HB4626 , HR1075 , SB2503 , HB6329

Keywords: energy conservation, home appliances, affordability, Secretary of Energy, technological feasibility, consumer protection, economic impact, aviation safety, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, air traffic management, pilot training, regulatory compliance

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• , have access to health care.
• To enhance access to care, especially reproductive care, which we all know needs protection.
• and non-health care settings.
• Healthcare AI used properly can allow us to improve the quality of our care, but when used improperly
• Diagnostic testing. for 70% of health care decisions.

Committee: House Business and Professions

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• When I started, I didn't care about retirement.
• I have been at Retiree Health Care for about 10 months now, almost.
• About the Retiree Health Care Act in 1990, as you know, the legislature passed the Retiree Health Care
• Again, the purpose of the retiree health care We have a motto at retiree health care: "The New Mexico
• the solvency of the retiree health care fund, which had significant improvement from 25% funded in 2021

Committee: House Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee

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• Montero specializes in primary care sports medicine.
• Thanks for keeping me home all weekend and taking care of the dog.
• The amendment expands the use of lab school capital improvement funds.
• This bill is aimed at improving Florida's behavioral health system.
• The neighborhood started to realize that the assistant state attorneys cared about kids, cared about

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions and recognitions. The Rules Chair moved CS/CS/SB 622 to the end of the special order calendar, which was adopted without objection. SB 80 on state land management was temporarily postponed, as were later bills SB 716 and CS/CS/CS/SB 1348. The chamber then took up a series of bills, often substituting House companions and adopting amendments before final passage. Measures approved included a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan (HB 295, 38-0), mitigation banking and land development changes with a phosphate mining lands amendment (CS/CS/SB 492, 35-3), aggravated animal cruelty with a searchable FDLE database and sentencing multiplier (HB 255, 37-0), the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism and related training/funding (HB 711, 37-0), newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (CS/CS/HB 1089, 36-0), and revisions to the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to expand eligible mitigation projects and adjust approval thresholds (CS/CS/HB 393, 37-0). The Senate also passed workforce education legislation allowing charter schools access to grant funding and expanding money-back guarantees (HB 1145, 37-0), a statewide study on automation and workforce impact (HB 827, 35-0), parole guideline revisions (HB 181, 37-0), court-appointed psychologist procedures in family law cases (HB 901, 37-0), sexual cyber harassment protections covering digitally forged intimate images (HB 1451, 37-0), a home health aide program for medically fragile children with training and reimbursement provisions (CS/CS/SB 1156, 37-0), substance abuse and mental health care changes including 988 oversight and involuntary examination procedures (HB 1091, 37-0), a feasibility study for a statewide pond data database (HB 1359, 37-0), and Department of Law Enforcement housekeeping changes and retired police dog reimbursements (HB 1053, 37-0). The most extensive debate centered on the charter schools bill (HB 443), which expanded charter autonomy, reporting parity, enrollment flexibility, and governance rules; after a delete-all amendment and a friendly amendment, it was placed on the third-reading calendar rather than immediately voted on. Several bills were briefly discussed with concerns about transparency, accountability, funding, and constitutional issues, but all bills brought to a vote during this segment passed.

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• Preventative and restorative dental care can reduce emergency room visits, improve quality of life, and
• needs... ...do not have dental care needs related to combat.
• We had a couple hundred veterans there in our district, and their main concern was dental care.
• Additionally, not every single year will every veteran need the same dental care.
• But put in place the processes that are going to allow us to really improve where we are.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 694, which would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four—Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas—for the wrongful convictions, incarceration, and death tied to the 1949 case. Senator Bracey Davis described the bill as a final step after prior state apologies, pardons, and exonerations. The committee adopted a $4 million amendment that divided compensation equally among the four families and updated the recipient for Ernest Thomas’s share. Multiple family members and advocates testified in support, emphasizing the decades of trauma and the need for full justice. Senators in debate largely supported the bill, and it was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 330, which clarifies disability provisions for firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers by refining the definition of heart disease and allowing certain officers who transfer agencies to rely on a prior physical under specified conditions. SB 474 also passed, expanding military leave protections to include public officials and employees who serve in the Coast Guard or Florida State Guard, adjusting pay eligibility for federal service, and updating related retirement and assistance provisions. SB 96, the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program bill, was amended to expand eligibility to veterans with incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty level and to move funding into the General Appropriations Act; members debated whether the broader eligibility could increase demand, but the bill was reported favorably. The committee also advanced SB 7018 on child welfare, making the Step Into Success pilot program permanent statewide, adjusting visitor/background-check rules for out-of-home placements, and creating a best-practices program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. CS/SB 480 on state IT governance was reported favorably after amendments that strengthened vendor performance metrics and restored state data center security provisions; it creates a new central IT governance structure under the Governor’s office and aims to improve oversight of procurement, spending, and technical debt. SB 1066, addressing partial restoration of the Ocklawaha River and Kirkpatrick Dam, passed after a late-file amendment and extensive testimony from environmental, recreation, and local economic interests. SB 1216, which gives school districts more flexibility in educator compensation, and SB 1120, which increases oversight and reporting for water management district spending, were also reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 1366 on claims against the government, which raises sovereign immunity caps, ties future adjustments to CPI, shortens claim deadlines, and changes attorney-fee provisions. The bill drew support from local government and public-hospital groups as a compromise, but also significant concern from some senators about the impact on self-insured agencies and whether the fee changes would discourage attorneys from taking cases. The discussion remained ongoing, and the bill was still moving forward as the meeting continued.

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• Improving our access to high-quality health care, including behavioral health, was the second big priority
• in both child care and Pre-K.
• Will that help improve access to high-quality care, or will money flow out of state?
• A couple of key areas: primary care physicians.
• How do we recruit a primary care physician to say Roswell?

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• Any other business or things we need to take care of anybody. One comment.
• The preschool, the universal preschool, universal child care, free lunches, and breakfasts.
• They know that they care about them and they're helping them learn.
• See how we can improve math outcomes for this state.
• And you all are here, still smiling and caring about.

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• Before we begin the presentation, I'd like to take care of some logistical housekeeping.
• Improving affordability of communications, including broadband, has been... ...other forums.
• California has vastly improved our understanding of market trends and price competition.
• So that took care of the low-income concerns of affordability.
• So that took care of the low-income concerns of affordability for us in that respect.

Committee: House Communications and Conveyance

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• Licensing of retailers is not an anti-business decision, which we know you all care so much about.
• Licensing of retailers is not an anti-business decision, which we know you all care so much about.
• Licensing of retailers is not an anti-business decision, which we know you all care so much about.
• Today, who can talk through some of the specific measures KYVA is taking to improve our proficiencies
• I was blown away by the quality and the care with which the KYVA program is run.

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and heard first from the Washway Nicotine Youth Advocacy Group, which urged stronger enforcement of Kentucky’s Tobacco 21 law. Youth advocates described the harms of flavored vaping products, argued that nicotine use is targeting children, and called for retailer licensing, annual compliance checks, harsher penalties for illegal sales, and more funding for enforcement. Committee members praised the presentation, and one senator said he had heard a bill on licensed retailers may be coming soon. The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from Cloverport Independent School District and the Kentucky Virtual Academy about the state’s virtual school model. Superintendent Keith Haynes and principals Brandy Fagan and Sally Johnson said KYVA serves about 2,800 students, many of whom are at-risk or have health, safety, behavioral, or family reasons for choosing virtual education. They emphasized that the program uses live synchronous instruction, provides devices and materials, and offers special education and related services. They also said the school had a large wait list and that virtual programs need more flexibility in staffing ratios, scheduling, and testing windows. School leaders acknowledged criticism of KYVA’s proficiency scores and said many students entered far below grade level, with 59% not proficient in English language arts and 79% not proficient in math on recent state testing. They argued the program is too new to judge solely on one year of data and pointed to growth in MAP scores, as well as middle and high school rankings in the top half of Kentucky schools. Fagan and Johnson outlined improvement efforts, including daily interventions, small-group instruction, literacy programs, staff training, and expanded clubs and student activities. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• :56:53.040><c> every</c> every careful best practice, every every careful best practice, every quality
• I wish we had a health care system that was focused on making sure that people had the care that they
• So, I implore us to work on a health care system that works and provides care to people that they need
• This bill improving governance.
• </c> we support efforts to improve we support efforts to improve accountability<01:53:34.719><c> and<

Committee: Senate Education Policy

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• These nurses provide direct care to the people of Colorado in hospitals, long-term care facilities, primary
• These nurses provide direct care PhDs.
• care facilities, primary care long-term care facilities, primary care offices,<00:49:01.760><c> federally
• Having access to care is essential.
• </c> contracts with managed care facilities. contracts with managed care facilities.