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• and helps monitor trends, inform policy, and support prevention and treatment efforts.
• mental health and/or suicide prevention.
• leaders concerned with addressing the problem of suicide with a focus on prevention, intervention, and
• response, and our vision is to eliminate suicide by ...and intervention and response.
• To advance prevention, intervention, and response for suicide, but also advocating just the data, making

Keywords: 962, all

Summary: The meeting opened with approval of the April minutes and brief administrative updates, including notice that House Bill 5447 had passed both chambers of the General Assembly. Speakers reflected on the bill’s key provisions, which include eating-disorder working groups, an evidence-based screening requirement for school-based health centers beginning July 1, 2027, and a DSS-led feasibility process to explore an inpatient psychiatric facility for young adults ages 14 to 21. New staff introductions were also made for the Behavioral Health Advocate’s office and the TCB team. A major portion of the meeting focused on marketing and outreach for urgent crisis centers (UCCs) and the broader youth crisis continuum. Daydream Communications presented research showing low public awareness of UCCs but strong interest once families learn about them, with parents wanting specialized, compassionate care, clear expectations, insurance clarity, and bilingual support. United Way described its parallel work on a statewide crisis continuum marketing toolkit, using the SAMHSA framework of “someone to talk to, someone to respond, and somewhere safe to go,” and outlined plans to distribute consistent messaging through websites, social media, flyers, and community venues. Members emphasized coordinating with existing platforms and ensuring the marketing reflects the actual experience at UCC sites. DCF then presented on adolescent substance use services, citing data showing high need and low treatment access among Connecticut youth. The department reviewed its ASAM-based continuum, SBIRT efforts in outpatient psychiatric clinics, medication-assisted treatment access, and statewide services such as MST, MST emerging adults, STRIDE, multidimensional family therapy, youth recovery supports, and the AIM matching tool. A new young people peer support program was highlighted, with referrals accepted from families, hospitals, community providers, DCF, youth diversion, and the judicial branch. Questions addressed parent consent, peer matching, and whether the AIM tool could be linked through 211. The meeting concluded with an update from the Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board and its regional boards and grant-funded initiatives. Presenters reviewed the state suicide prevention plan, regional coalition work, postvention response, lethal means safety efforts, and the 988 capacity improvement grant that supports Connecticut’s centralized 988 contact center at United Way. They also shared youth suicide risk data from the Connecticut Youth Risk Behavior Survey, noting recent declines in reported suicidal ideation and attempts, and provided resources for training and materials. No formal votes were taken beyond the approval of the April minutes.

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• to tribes to implement diversion programs using trauma-informed community-based and health-based interventions
• missing and murdered Indigenous people crisis, we're able to do early intervention and create a safety
• and the programs that are served?
• Early intervention, even establishing the youth court down at San Pascua and those coalitions of cohorts
• Education and prevention are essential to our program.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Public Safety heard several items focused on youth safety and law enforcement resources. The committee first took up tribal youth diversion programs, with the Legislative Analyst’s Office describing the Tribal Youth Diversion Grant Program and its two cohorts of grantees funded through the Board of State and Community Corrections. Tribal representatives from the Yurok Tribe and San Pasqual Band of Indians testified that diversion, tribal courts, school partnerships, mentoring, and culturally grounded services helped reduce truancy and justice-system involvement, but that short-term funding interruptions and limited capacity prevented them from serving all youth in need. Committee members discussed the importance of early intervention, tribal-state court collaboration, and possible misidentification of Native youth in the justice system. The committee then heard the California Highway Patrol’s overview of surge operations supporting local crime suppression, including organized retail theft. CHP reported that its surge teams have been used in response to mutual aid requests and cited arrests, stolen vehicle recoveries, and firearm seizures in Oakland, Bakersfield, and San Bernardino. Members asked about demand for these operations and whether CHP could meet requests without affecting other duties; CHP said requests have increased and are accepted when resources allow. The committee also heard CHP’s request for a $5 million General Fund augmentation and 12 positions for its Computer Crimes Investigation Unit to make child sexual abuse material and human trafficking investigations a higher priority. CHP cited rising cybertip volumes, a case involving AI-generated CSAM, and the need for more investigators and forensic capacity. A larger portion of the hearing focused on the Internet Crimes Against Children task forces and a separate $5 million ongoing General Fund proposal for Cal OES to continue the program. Task force commanders from Sacramento, San Diego, Silicon Valley, and Fresno described rapidly growing cybertip volumes, heavy caseloads, forensic backlogs, and the need for training and equipment for affiliate agencies statewide. They emphasized that the ICAC model relies on local partnerships, deconfliction, and subject-matter expertise to identify victims, execute warrants, and rescue children, and they gave examples of cases that led to arrests and child rescues. Members generally supported the work but raised questions about overlap between CHP and ICAC efforts, the need for broader statewide collaboration, and whether more resources should be directed to task forces and victim services. A public commenter also urged expansion of homeless youth exploitation services and the California Youth Crisis Line.

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• Again, I ask you to explain why we must silence victims who were in effect silenced and prevented from
• Not Were in effect silenced and prevented from speaking about what was done to them.
• And do you see that this in any way would prevent or hamper the recovery of damages by way of a settlement
• nothing to prevent you from doing multiple successions. ...of the court would be proper and there's
• I mean, I agree, and then my argument would be this will help in some ways to, you know, prevent that

Bills: HB165, HB603, SB77, SB140, SB185

Keywords: HB165, lottery proceeds, Lottery Proceeds Fund, Veterans Service Grant Fund, constitutional amendment, veterans, military veterans, veterans' benefits, veterans services, family support, state lottery, education funding, Minimum Foundation Program, problem gambling, compulsive gaming, state treasurer, ballot proposition, constitutional referendum, lottery revenue, Louisiana resident veterans

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• and capital.
• and capital.
• Subpart eight moves up the implementation date of the mobile driver's license and identity card program
• Subpart nine clarifies that increased amounts for the ZVIP program and the federal EV Charger Reliability
• and Accessibility Accelerator Program are reappropriations from the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, with no

Bills: SB6005, SB6225

Keywords: transportation budget, transportation appropriations, capital budget, supplemental budget, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferries, Puget Sound ferries, tolling, express toll lanes, highway safety, traffic safety, impaired driving, ignition interlock, speed cameras, transit funding, public transit, multimodal transportation

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• The idea here is to help prevent, after that case was concluded, that information and that horrific evidence
• to identify and eliminate bias and discrimination in the delivery of state programs and services.
• , but specifically in our civic engagement program... range and our numbers are very similar to that
• In fact, our CEP program is really focused on that, and we, I think, in the last day or two, extended
• House Bill 2419 concerns the address confidentiality program and includes administrative law judges and

Bills: HB2356, HB2574, HB2572, HB2460, HJR4212, HB2631, HB2333, HB2462, HB2419, HB2176, HB2491

Keywords: homicide, public records, transparency, law enforcement, victim rights, election, ballot, candidates, deceased, voting law, voting access, military voters, overseas voters, Native American voters, disabled voters, election reform, accessibility, ballot measures, vacancies, elected offices

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• And from the recent ORSIF webinar, 4,000 interventional cardiologists participated.
• far fewer who want to go into cardiology and interventional cardiology are doing it.
• I'm an interventional cardiologist, and I'm a physician and also a person who strongly believes in the
• And that’s a reality for our programs and for our members because we have 71.5% staff turnover.
• We're a provider here in Arizona, and we provide group home services as well as some day program and

Bills: SB1001, SB1011, SB1016, SB1052, SB1072, SB1100, SB1112, SB1113, SB1116, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1122, SB1123, SB1124, SB1125

Keywords: appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, medical examiners, sudden infant death, autopsy protocols, forensic pathology, public health, religious exemption, employment practices, COVID-19 vaccination, accommodation, discrimination, assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent

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• had convicted criminals involved as licensees, and that doesn't go well for their programs in the state
• We need to truly expand... ...this program, and I know this body is very concerned about the intoxicating
• I just want to be clear, my position on the TCUP and the Compassion Use Program has not changed.
• The program allows that child to function normally and have a good day, so there are legitimate uses
• The only differential in this and the right to try program is those people are terminal.

Bills: HB46, HB272, HB551, HB1661, HB2820, HB3181, HB4145, HB4157, HB46, HB272

Keywords: low-THC cannabis, dispensing organization, Texas Compassionate-Use Program, medical use, patient access, registration, healthcare, legislation, credit card fraud, debit card fraud, prosecution, illegal possession, state law, political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, election supplies, ballots

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• Which improves access to career training in rural school districts and pathways and technology early,
• This bill raises the new instructional facility allotment program cap and expands program eligibility
• Lastly, It removes the high school advising program and allotment.
• House Bill 120 introduces uh military pathway grant program and supports junior ROTC programs and connects
• Career ready and it it is a very, very great program.

Bills: HB6, HB120, HB210

Keywords: hemp, consumable hemp products, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, Texas hemp law, hemp regulation, cannabinoid products, delta-9 THC, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, retail registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, youth access, minor sales

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• ><c> El</c> the PACE program and defines eligible El the PACE program and defines eligible El eligible
• We introduced the PACE program, and they may have been very successful with the program because the program
• training programs for MDH review and approval.
• ><00:51:31.920><c> centered</c> intervention and a more person centered intervention and a more person
• program and expands community supports program and expands access<01:05:14.119><c> to</c><01:05:14.319

Bills: HF1937, HF2407, HF1678, HF1477, HF2040, HF1840, HF257

Keywords: PACE, elderly, Medicaid, health services, long-term care, community-based services, support person, healthcare, patient rights, assisted living, community support, caregiver respite, financial eligibility, Minnesota Statutes, HF1477, residential program licensing, community residential setting, small group home, licensed capacity six or fewer, rental licensing

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• ><c> as</c> funds other programs such as funds other programs such as Aur<00:05:20.319><c> and</c><00
• The last time that happened was back in 2011, and the ag bill was done early.
• :21:12.400><c> to</c><00:21:13.000><c> highlight</c><00:21:13.520><c> that</c> program and and I want
• to highlight that program and and I want to highlight that um<00:21:14.559><c> in</c><00:21:14.840><
• c><00:29:53.039><c> now</c><00:29:53.840><c> uh</c> behind early and get it out now uh behind early and

Bills: HF1704, HF1722

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

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• And one of the things he mentioned was prevention and early intervention.
• we're starting to lose the key part of early intervention and prevention with many of the well-intentioned
• We're out there trying to get early intervention in crimes and stop people from even going further down
• Both programs are designed to reduce vulnerability to targeted violence by supporting prevention and
• additional resources for mental health services and early intervention.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• opportunity comes through prevention and early intervention.
• through prevention and opportunity comes through prevention and early<00:25:22.400><c> intervention.
• Early intervention early intervention.
• The focus is prevention and early intervention.
• </c> and intervention of autism. and intervention of autism.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Providing educators with time to develop programming interventions is crucial and vital to the component
• Providing educators with time to develop programming interventions is crucial and vital to the component
• Providing educators with time to develop programming interventions is crucial and vital to the component
• Providing educators with time to develop programming interventions is crucial and vital to the component
• Providing educators with time to develop programming interventions is crucial and vital to the component

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And too often, by the time families get answers, the critical window for early treatment and intervention
• early in the first weeks of life, antiviral treatment, monitoring, and early intervention services can
• , and early intervention services can make a profound difference in a child's long-term development and
• And knowledge given early enough is the difference between a child who receives timely intervention and
• Early screening and early intervention cost far less than delayed diagnosis and crisis care.

Summary: The House took up several Senate and House bills, often suspending rules to advance them quickly. Early in the session, the chamber handled a Senate bill on student learning and mental health by insisting on its position and appointing a conference committee. It also referred a poverty-related petition away from Judiciary to the Committee on Children and Families after suspending Joint Rule 12. The House then considered a series of Ways and Means bills, including measures on police interactions with people with autism, honoring Blue Star families, Bolton land conveyances, newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus, affordable housing and cultural space in Brighton, increasing access to epinephrine, and civil rights and technology; most were amended, ordered to third reading, or passed to be engrossed. The most extensive debate centered on House 5441, requiring newborn screening for congenital CMV. Supporters described CMV as a common but often overlooked infection that can cause hearing loss, developmental delays, and other serious harms, arguing that universal screening would allow earlier treatment and better outcomes. An amendment to add several rare diseases was withdrawn, and a later amendment to create a broad parental opt-out was rejected by a roll call vote of 153-1. The bill then passed to be engrossed by a vote of 154-1. The House also passed House 5443 on expanded public access to epinephrine after emotional testimony about fatal anaphylaxis cases; that bill passed 149-0. Another major measure, House 5444 on civil rights and technology, would prohibit weaponized drones and robotic devices, restrict threatening or harassing use, and set rules for law enforcement use and warrant requirements. Members emphasized both public safety and civil liberties, and the bill passed to be engrossed by a vote of 154-1. The House also passed the Blue Star families bill, which creates commemorative license plates for immediate family members of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, with members speaking about fallen officers and the importance of honoring their families. Additional bills passed included the autism-related Blue Envelope bill, the Bolton land conveyance bill, and the Brighton affordable housing/cultural space bill. The session included multiple recesses, quorum checks, memorial tributes to Barney Frank and State Trooper Kevin Traynor, and concluded with the House adjourning to meet the next day in informal session.

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• ,</c><00:17:45.200><c> and</c> strategic interventions, and strategic interventions, and multi-tiered
• special education, and improving early interventions and inclusion models.
• > education, and improving early education, and improving early interventions<01:18:58.960><c> and</c
• </c> interventions and inclusion models. interventions and inclusion models.
• As you may be aware, and we just heard, access funds early intervention.

Bills: HF3493, HF4114

Keywords: safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, special education, funding, education finance, appropriations, budget, cross subsidy, 1183, house

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• It aligns programs and interventions so that services are working together, coordinating goals and timelines
• We know what policies and interventions work.
• fuel assistance, weatherization, early education and care, and Head Start programs that prevent homelessness
• them to 242,259 services ranging from prevention to early and intensive intervention.
• programs, Clothing and eviction prevention support, enrollment in after-school programs, at the Y, tutoring

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its final hearing of the session on H. 5187 and S. 3022, the Enough Act, with Chair Andy Vargas and Senator Adam Gomez opening by thanking committee members and stakeholders for their work during the session. The bills were described as a grant-based, place-based anti-poverty initiative intended to support cradle-to-career services by funding local nonprofits, schools, community organizations, and backbone entities that can coordinate housing, education, health, workforce, and family supports in high-poverty neighborhoods. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers including Strategies for Children, Chelsea Public Schools, Bunker Hill Community College, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Rep. Antonio Cabral, the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Kwame Owusu Kesse and Jeffrey Canada, former Education Secretary Paul Reville, AFT Massachusetts, United Way, the Boston Foundation, Give Black Alliance, Eastern Bank Foundation, and others argued that poverty is a systems issue that schools alone cannot solve. They emphasized the need for local control, community voice, coordinated services, and long-term public-private investment, often citing examples from Chelsea, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, Boston, and other communities, as well as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Maryland’s similar model. Committee members asked several questions about how the bill would function in practice, including what organizations would do on day one, how it would interact with existing efforts like community schools, McKinney-Vento, and the Student Opportunity Act, and how it would be sustained over time. Witnesses said the act would help create or strengthen backbone organizations, reduce duplication, align existing resources, and leverage philanthropy and future revenue sources for long-term sustainability. No vote was taken during the hearing, but multiple speakers urged the committee to report the bill favorably and quickly.

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• prevention and health promotion programs.
• point: prevention and early intervention infrastructure must remain intact during this transition.
• CRDP does support culturally responsive community-based prevention and early intervention.
• CRDP does support culturally responsive community-based prevention and early intervention, and these
• several prevention and early intervention providers are seeing their contracts cut and existing gaps

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• for services, often missing critical early intervention opportunities, teachers and school staff struggle
• and language needs, and focuses on early identification and prevention while ensuring intensive services
• , and early supports.
• early intervention, outpatient treatment, care coordination, and crisis response to reduce unnecessary
• Passing this bill is about prioritizing our children and committing to prevention and early intervention

Bills: HB2429, HB2171, HB2314, HB2364, HB2415

Keywords: behavioral health, youth support, mental health services, children's health, support services, foster youth, child welfare, education, mental health, dental care, habilitation centers, residential services, healthcare access, patient rights, poverty, task force, legislative, executive, social programs, fatalities

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• There is strong evidence supporting early identification and intervention in math.
• Other states have already implemented statewide early screening and intervention policies and have seen
• And if they are having difficulties, then we need to screen for that early and get them the intervention
• Early and get them the intervention that they need. Thank you. Thank you so much, Senator.
• We're representing 2,500 publicly funded early care and education programs across California, and we

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 1067, which would require annual early math screening for K-2 students beginning in 2028-29 to identify learning gaps and connect students to evidence-based support. Senator Weber and supporters, including EdVoice and UC Davis researcher Dr. Charles Wilkes, argued that California’s low math performance and persistent achievement gaps justify early identification and intervention. Opponents, including the California Mathematics Council, county superintendents, and CTA, said the bill could create a new mandate, encourage narrow skill-based instruction, and divert attention from implementing the California Mathematics Framework and investing in teacher training and coaching. Committee members discussed how the screener would work, whether it would identify disabilities or simply flag students needing further evaluation, and cited examples of districts already using early screening tools. No vote was taken because quorum had not yet been established at that point. SB 1110, a child care subsidy administration bill, was presented next. Senator Becker and co-sponsors from the Child Care Resource Center and EveryChild California said the measure would stabilize the child care system as the state moves to enrollment-based funding by clarifying funding for administrative and family-service functions and helping providers maintain staffing, payment timelines, and compliance. There was support from several child care and education organizations and no opposition testimony. The bill was not voted on because the committee still lacked quorum. After recess, the committee heard SB 1374, which would allow public higher education institutions to seek temporary restraining orders on their own behalf when they face credible threats of violence. The CSU Chancellor’s Office and San Diego State police described incidents where threats were directed at campuses broadly rather than specific individuals, leaving institutions without a legal remedy under current law. UC and independent colleges supported the bill, and there was no opposition. The bill was held on call pending quorum. The committee then took up SB 1321, which would direct the State Auditor to review remedial course use and student preparedness at selected UC and CSU campuses. Senator Nila and supporters argued that recent UC San Diego data show severe gaps in incoming students’ math preparation and that the audit would help assess admissions and placement practices; there was no opposition testimony. Members raised concerns about the scope and timing of the audit request, and the bill was held on call. The committee also heard SB 1086 on microschools, which would define microschools in statute and direct model ordinances for local land use regulation. Supporters said microschools are growing but face inconsistent zoning treatment, while some members questioned whether the Legislature had enough information to define the model or direct state guidance without more study. After quorum was established, the committee voted SB 1086 out on a 4-1 vote to the Senate Appropriations Committee, with Senator Perez voting aye, Senator Ochoa Bogh aye, and Senator Cabaldon no; the remaining votes were not fully recorded in the transcript. Finally, SB 1181 was presented as a voluntary pilot program in Central Valley counties to allow schools to share credible safety concerns with regional threat assessment centers. Senator Hurtado and supporters, including the mother of a student killed in a shooting and Corcoran High School students, said the bill would improve early intervention and communication around threats. Members expressed support while also raising privacy and federal-sharing concerns about fusion centers; the bill was discussed but no vote was taken in the excerpt.

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• We want investments in treatment and diversion programs. like the Gun Violence Intervention Program,
• They often lead to worse outcomes versus diversion and intervention programs.
• I just want to see us invest in prevention and these programs to help our families and help our kids.
• talking about money to fund the programs. to really prevent this and stop it.
• Clubs' health and wellness prevention programs help avoid preventable health crises.