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• In the bill, you will see section two provides that a facility may use person-centered strategies to
• <00:12:08.520> may<00:12:08.800> use provides that a facility may use provides that
• the facility is not required<00:12:41.760> to<00:12:41.920> have<00:12:42.120> a
• So, it is based on the amount of revenue that the facility generates.
• I am the CEO of A Family Foster Care Facility, Grace Living Homes, in Cold Spring, Minnesota.

Bills: HF4491, HF4338, HF4288, HF4566

Keywords: Medical Assistance, Medicaid, prepayment review, claims review, fee-for-service, provider integrity, high-risk provider, high-risk service, fraud prevention, program integrity, Department of Human Services, CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, health care billing, medical claims, provider enrollment, Indian Health Service, Minnesota Statutes chapter 256B, human services, medical assistance

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• It clarifies that charter schools are public facilities.
• As long as the increase does not exceed the facility capacity, including new or expanded facilities,
• Only two facilities in Florida actively play Hialeah, and these facilities are the Magic City and Dania
• , and both are within 35 miles of other facilities.
• Right now, across 70-plus facilities, they're listening to what I'm saying right now.

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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• about 25 emails a week from people who are concerned about school, their landlord, health care facilities
• or employers and so it's facilities or employers and so it's really<00:05:05.960> trying<00:05
• Those people that are already building facilities will be in a good place as we start to review those
• Those people that are already building facilities will be in a good place as we start to review those
• will be in a good place as we facilities will be in a good place as we start<00:43:17.319> to

Bills: HF1672, HF1877, HF1735, HF1734, HF1271, HF1634, HF1615

Keywords: medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis, cannabis flower, cannabis products, dispensary, cannabis retail endorsement, patient protections

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• , so pay patients who are in our state facilities of this department, which are psychiatric hospitals
• so pay patients who are in our facility so pay patients who are in our state<00:02:32.239> facilities
• of this department state facilities of this department which<00:02:34.160> are<00:02:34.440><
• Care Facilities it can be<00:02:39.239> nursing<00:02:40.239> uh<00:02:40.400> there
• in which they are are they the facility in which they are are being<00:02:52.440> treated<00:

Keywords: 00:00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:01:37 Discussion of 25RS HB 392 00:03:10 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 392 00:04:20 Discussion of 25RS HB 580 00:13:28 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 580 00:14:54 Discussion of 25RS HB 688 00:18:40 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 688 00:21:40 Discussion of 25RS HB 16 01:19:44 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 16 01:27:32 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 392, sponsored by Representative Proctor, which would help the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities pay for emergency medical and psychiatric services provided to patients outside state facilities when those facilities cannot meet their needs. Proctor described it as a continuing improvement bill to address payment issues for services delivered at community-based facilities. The bill received no substantive opposition in the meeting and passed the committee with favorable expression by a vote of 15 yes, 0 no, and 1 pass. The committee then considered House Bill 580, presented by Representative Kim Moser and Elena Sweezy, which tightens oversight of peer support specialists. The bill was described as building on House Bill 505 from the prior year by reinstating supervision requirements, adding parameters around group sizes, creating a pathway for temporary peer support specialists to become fully registered after nine months, and addressing Medicaid reimbursement and accountability concerns. Members asked about reimbursement; the sponsor said Medicaid was okay with the bill and that commercial insurance coverage would be up to insurers. Representative Fleming emphasized the need for stronger financial oversight of the peer support code. The committee adopted a substitute and title amendment, then passed the bill with favorable expression. House Bill 688 was then heard, with Representative Bratcher explaining that it addresses two issues: preventing fraud in nurse licensure by giving the Kentucky Board of Nursing more discretion to review out-of-state credentials, and expanding school authority to administer certain emergency medications. He said the bill changes the board’s authority from “shall” to “may” so it can verify transcripts, curricula, accreditation, and exam passage. During discussion, Representative Sharp explained his yes vote by noting the bill also adds rescue medications such as glucagon and Solu-Cortef and allows prescribed emergency medications for known conditions in schools. The committee passed the bill with favorable expression. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 16, which would leave decisions about adding fluoride to drinking water to local governing bodies rather than maintaining a state mandate. Supporters, including Representative David Hale, Dr. Jack Call, and Cindy Batson, argued that fluoridation should be a local choice and raised concerns about cost, potential health risks, and the precautionary principle. Opponents, including Dr. Steve Robertson of the Kentucky Dental Association, defended fluoridation as beneficial for preventing tooth decay and warned that local removal decisions could increase Medicaid costs and may not reflect the broader public interest. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote on House Bill 16 in the excerpt.

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• And then thirdly, our rural providers and facilities, and making sure that we're focused on how to make
• Page 27, line 291, $14 million for improvements to athletic facilities at UNM.
• Chair, the facilities, line 307. And do we know exactly what that was for? Football stadium, Mr.
• And UNM has a phased-in plan for upgrades to its football facilities as well.
• And UNM has a phased-in plan for upgrades to its football facilities as well. Okay.

Bills: SB193, SB132, SB35, SB145

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement

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• The bill provides districts are going to control over their facilities which removes prescribed 5 year
• 10 year and 20 year facility plan mandates allow allowing school boards to develop local Taylor plans
• allows districts to excuse me allows districts the locally funding water range of vehicles and facilities
• What is going to be allowed at some of these these facilities. Now they can.
• They also pay for inspections, conservation and facilities that he's them.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It also does not impact voters requesting agent delivery through hospitals or health care facilities,
• election day registration process and eliminates the requirement that operators of residential facilities
• It allows residential facility employees to self-prove that they're employed by a facility, and that
• information is used to vouch for the residents of people who live in those facilities.
• district responded to the needs of the community and invested in building the newest assisted living facility

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• Our manufacturing facility is in Mexico.
• Maybe look at seeing if we can actually produce or get a stainless steel manufacturing facility in New
• because our most vulnerable children are in those facilities, and we want them to be safe.
• Low-interest loans can help those childcare facilities upgrade to the standards of facilities that are
• And so there is testing that is going on with our systems and our control facilities that we support.

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• exemptions for the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe, an income tax subtraction for one-time payments to nursing facility
• subtraction for one-time payments<00:03:38.560> to<00:03:38.760> nursing<00:03:39.239> facility
• payments to nursing facility workers. payments to nursing facility workers.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House considered the conference committee report on House File 2438, the 2026 tax bill. Representative Gomez outlined the main provisions, saying most fiscal changes were tied to federal tax conformity. He also described several other items in the report, including a two-year extension of the pass-through entity tax workaround, a sustainable aviation fuel provision, a one-time $125 million increase in homestead credit property tax refunds, a one-year removal of the cap on the beginning farmer tax credit, a four-year tax exemption for PGA tickets, permanent aid to certain school districts, a direct file program, changes related to homestead resort classification thresholds, local property tax and income tax provisions, local government aid for the new city of Northern, a four-year extension of local homeless prevention aid, and Department of Revenue policy, technical, TIF, local, and public finance items. After the report was presented, the House adopted the conference committee report and ordered the bill repassed as amended by conference. The clerk then gave the bill its third reading as amended. Following third reading, Representative Niska moved to lay House File 2438 on the table. The motion prevailed, and the bill was tabled.

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• Those critical infrastructure facilities can include petroleum refineries, electric power generation
• stations, wireless telecommunications, and manufacturing facilities.
• aircraft used for recreational purposes as long as it is around a critical critical infrastructure facility
• aircraft or those users with written consent from the owner or operator of that critical infrastructure facility

Bills: SB372, SB1224, SB1232, SB1264, SB1330, SB1381, SB1441, SB1450, SB1589, SB1618, SB1936, SB1980, SB2011, SB2030

Keywords: SB372, firearms, gun rights, lawful carry, concealed carry, open carry, handgun license, Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, weapons policy, gun law, school safety, private school, public school, college campus, university campus, technology center, courthouse, government buildings, municipal buildings, county courthouse

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• members, Senate Bill 760 requires that legal guardians and powers of attorney of long-term care facility
• application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted by certain residents of an assisted living facility
• , nursing facility, or intermediate care facility.

Bills: SCR22, SB53, SB204, SB266, SB268, SB291, SB292, SB296, SB304, SB305, SB413, SB447, SB455, SB462, SB493, SB504, SB519, SB522, SB532, SB541, SB667, SB670, SB673, SB681, SB687, SB711, SB746, SB765, SB783, SB827, SB850, SB860, SB888, SB897, SB901, SB927, SB955, SB963, SB984, SB989, SB993, SB996, SB1023, SB1033, SB1058, SB1062, SB1101, SB1119, SB1172, SB1173, SB1215, SB1220, SB1227, SB1228, SB1229, SB1238, SB1239, SB1245, SB1248, SB1254, SB1259, SB1273, SB1277, SB1302, SB1332, SB1341, SB1346, SB1350, SB1352, SB1353, SB1355, SB1358, SB1370, SB1371, SB1378, SB1403, SB1404, SB1415, SB1437, SB1448, SB1450, SB1464, SB1493, SB1494, SB1537, SB1566, SB1569, SB1589, SB1598, SB1644, SB1709, SB1719, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1810, SB1841, SB1895, SB1930, SB2039, SB2289, SB2312, SCR1, SCR6, SCR27, SCR32, SB2232

Keywords: SCR 22, Senate Concurrent Resolution 22, official state gun, state symbol, cannon, artillery, Texas Revolution, Battle of Gonzales, Come and Take It, Alamo, San Jacinto, Twin Sisters, Sam Houston, Angelina Eberly, Texas history, historic weapon, commemorative resolution, state emblem, Texas heritage, Gonzales Memorial Museum

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• help a birthing facility collect the necessary information for reporting births in Texever.
• Once your facility has deemed the agreement acceptable, you will enter the information in TEXEFER.
• or born en route to this facility, foundling birth, and surrogacy birth.
• We just regulate facilities, health care facilities.
• Some could perform fertility, but those facilities are not licensed or regulated by HHSC.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Vermont for polychlorinated biphenyls, and H. 710, an act relating to defining electricity generating facilities
• Vermont for polychlorinated biphenyls, and H. 710, an act relating to defining electricity generating facilities
• We will now move to H. 935. defining electricity generating defining electricity generating facilities
• . facilities. facilities. um<00:06:11.520> to<00:06:11.680> the<00:06:11.840> House<
• and I believe that poor civic facility and I believe that our<01:05:21.599> department<01:05:

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• <01:13:32.719> meaning their manufacturing facility meaning their manufacturing facility meaning
• . facility. facility.
• that um gives uh health care facilities that um gives uh health care facilities an<01:39:58.800>
• Um, so they public at state facilities.
• industry going into that facility. industry going into that facility. not<01:47:15.360> understanding

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• But why would an indoor athletic facility need one?
• The question remains, though, why do we need an emergency generator for this facility?
• This is a facility for Western Kentucky University's athletic facilities.
• Western Kucky's athletics or facilities Western Kucky's athletics or facilities or<00:54:01.680>
• <00:59:30.079> And work in healthc care facilities. And work in healthc care facilities.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the October 13 minutes and then moved through a large agenda of contracts and agreements, including a deferred list from the September 2025 agenda. Members questioned several agencies about the purpose, cost, and duration of the items before them, with repeated motions to consider the contracts reviewed without objection passing by roll call. The Office of Energy Policy and Energy and Environment Cabinet presented a solar-and-battery program. Members asked about panel and battery lifespan, warranty coverage, who would pay for replacement or disposal, and whether the program made sense in Kentucky. The agency said panels and batteries generally last 25 to 30 years, warranties would cover replacement during the warranty period, EPA guidance would govern disposal, and federal funds would cover program expenses. Officials estimated the program could reduce participating homeowners’ utility bills by about 70%, with a minimum required savings of 20%. The Department for Community Based Services explained a new vendor contract for SSI initial and redetermination work for children in out-of-home care, saying the work is federally required, the department lacks in-house capacity, and the contract replaced a prior vendor after an RFP protest and rebid. The Department of Highways described umbrella traffic engineering contracts for smaller highway safety projects, noting they are used for spot improvements and are nearing full utilization. The Kentucky Historical Society said its contract funded a temporary exhibit tied to 250th anniversary programming, and the Board of Medical Licensure discussed an amended audit contract, explaining that annual audits were adopted after an auditor’s recommendation and that the board is funded by state allocation plus fees and fines. The Department for Natural Resources/Abandoned Mine Lands gave the most extensive presentation, describing a $5 million engineering services contract as part of a much larger workload increase driven by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, with projects prioritized by citizen complaints and safety impacts; the agency said the contract supports design and oversight for community-scale mine reclamation projects that exceed in-house capacity.

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• <00:29:35.440> special to the school facilities special to the school facilities special fund
• Followed by school facilities Thank you.
• Followed by school facilities authority<00:29:47.440> with<00:29:47.600> comments.
• when they're reviewing things facilities when they're reviewing things that<00:34:34.560> are
• <00:35:02.880> up<00:35:03.119> and you need to do to get facilities up and you need

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard several housing-related bills and resolutions. HB 1298 HD3 would create a government employee housing revolving fund and a government employee 99-year leasehold rent-to-own program; testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC, labor groups, and the Maui Chamber, with the Tax Foundation and Budget and Finance raising concerns about the revolving fund. The committees recommended passage with non-substantive amendments for clarity and consistency, and the motion was adopted. HB 741 H2, which would exempt certain affordable housing projects financed by a certified nonprofit CDFI from prevailing wage requirements, drew support from housing advocates and opposition from several construction unions; the chairs said they were concerned about the labor objections and deferred the measure, with the labor committee agreeing to defer it as well. The housing committee then took up HB 417 HD1, which creates a housing efficiency and innovation subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund and allows HHFDC to transfer funds between the subaccount and the main fund without legislative approval. Testimony was largely supportive. The chair described a series of amendments, including changing the funding-efficiency standard, adding perpetual affordability language, allowing any land tenure type, broadening eligible financing tools, adding priority criteria for mixed-income projects and government-employee projects, and inserting blank appropriations tied to a requested $75 million per year and a $75 million subaccount appropriation for the HCDA 99-year leasehold project. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. HB 422 HD1, which would repeal school impact fees and move remaining balances to the school facilities special fund, drew broad support from housing and taxpayer groups and opposition from the Department of Education and some individuals. The School Facilities Authority and DOE argued the current system had not produced enough usable land or school sites and suggested narrowing the exemption to government housing projects’ construction costs instead of repealing the fee entirely. Members pressed DOE and SFA on how much land had actually been obtained and whether the fee had been effective; the discussion highlighted concerns about unused balances, school overcrowding, and the role of the Land Use Commission and county zoning in securing school sites. The committee did not take final action on the bill in the portion shown. The committee also heard STR 60/SR 45, urging HHFDC to develop a plan to meet housing demand, and STR 77/SR 60, addressing continued eligibility for housing credits for certain projects after repeal of Act 31; both sets of resolutions had HHFDC support, with DHHL supporting STR 77/SR 60 and Johnny May Perry opposing both.

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• Senate Bill 36, which is the quantum facility infrastructure tax credit.
• Senate Bill 36, which is the quantum facility infrastructure tax credit.
• The proposed legislation makes operating a recycling facility. logical areas.
• Many families live near wells, compression stations, and power-generating facilities.
• Wells, compression stations, and power-generating facilities.

Bills: SB12, SB36, SB92, SB120, SB133, SB151, SB18, SB96

Keywords: tax credit, physician, healthcare, income tax, rural health, quantum technology, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, journalism, local news

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• I'm a practicing emergency physician at Logan Regional Hospital, which is an Intermountain facility.
• UDC creates and tracks reports on incidents throughout the facility.
• Oh, and we're almost caught up on time: Correctional Health Facility Amendments.
• Correctional Health Facility Amendments. Is that Representative Uelison?
• Right now, the projections estimate a need for a 60-bed facility, so that is a...

Keywords: 985, all

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• If a particular facility won't allow them to keep it in their personal items, we actually take the boots
• a lot of different things happening around training, construction-type training in correctional facilities
• a lot of different things happening around training, construction type training in correctional facilities
• Can the existing state-recognized apprenticeship prep that's already in correctional facilities be I-BESTed
• We have a great facility here that's been set up, and we have brought in a lot of new equipment to kind

Summary: The work session focused first on Washington’s apprenticeship system, especially building trades programs and support services. Labor and Industries staff explained how registered apprenticeship works in the state, including the role of the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the requirements for paid on-the-job training and classroom instruction, and the difference between apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship. Panelists emphasized that apprenticeship is tied to actual jobs and training agents, and that many waitlists reflect a shortage of job openings and employer participation rather than a lack of interest. They also discussed youth apprenticeship, the growth of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, and the use of Career Bridge and L&I’s database to help people find programs. Representatives asked whether the state should expand apprenticeship programs and how people can find openings. Speakers said more programs alone would not solve the backlog without more employers signing on as training agents and more apprenticeship utilization on projects. The panel also highlighted the Constructed Career Initiative, a grant-funded navigation and support program that helps people enter and stay in building trades apprenticeships through outreach, case management, and wraparound aid such as transportation, tools, and work clothes. A related nonprofit, Build Up, described similar support services, including prison-based boot and PPE programs and assistance for reentry participants. The panel said these services are especially important because apprentices often face unstable income, housing, food, and transportation barriers. The panel also discussed House Bill 2084 and the new Construction Training Pathway Oversight Committee, which is examining construction training in correctional facilities and how to create clearer pathways from prison-based training to apprenticeship, college, or work. Speakers said the committee is still in its early stages and will report to the legislature. The session ended with committee members thanking the panel and noting the importance of support services and referral networks for apprentices. The meeting then resumed at Renton Technical College, where college leaders and faculty discussed serving non-traditional students. The college reported strong enrollment growth, a median student age of 30, a diverse student body, and high job placement rates, while also noting significant budget cuts and program reductions from the prior year. Health care and early childhood education programs were highlighted, including efforts to expand access through hybrid scheduling, evening and Saturday classes, Spanish-language offerings, and in-person wraparound support for admissions, financial aid, and registration. Faculty said these changes were driven by student data and were aimed at helping working parents, English learners, and other non-traditional students complete credentials and enter family-wage careers.

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• And we're now evaluating sites for our first large-scale enrichment facility.
• This facility will produce HALU and other fuels for the advanced reactor community.
• That's a 5.4 billion projected cost for a three hundred megawatt facility.
• As a generation and transmission cooperative, we've got about 2,300 miles of transmission facilities
• It does roll in all sorts of generation and transmission facilities. This is regulated as well.

Bills: SB1468, SB1612, SB1789, SB2530, SB2571, SB2717, SB2967

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year