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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It establishes a real property proceeds revolving fund.
  • A couple of years ago, we created a fund for The parking funds to go into that was specifically about
  • So, what is the difference about this revolving fund that's created in the new language from other funds
  • What's different about this fund from the other Funds they've had for capital maintenance.
  • There should be the ability for donors to earmark funds at times.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 6th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, the Patient Compensation Fund.
  • I do have a couple of questions about the Medicaid funds.
  • I know that, you know, the funding is scheduled to be increased less.
  • A 9% cut in home health Medicaid funds is... no? Okay.
  • The state general fund program has a limited service menu.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (02/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is that all funds, or just general funds? That's total.
  • </c> medical loss ratio or dental loss ratio medical loss ratio or dental loss ratio to<01:07:35.480>
  • They're 100% federal funds.
  • to other fund any transf ER of funds to other fund agencies<02:11:53.760><c> that</c><02:11:53.920><
  • see the general fund amount.
Summary: The House Finance Division Three work session on February 21, 2025 focused on the Division of Medicaid Services budget. The chair opened with procedural guidance, noting the division’s role is to make recommendations to the full Finance Committee, that the budget must be balanced, and that members should track possible amendments ahead of a March 26 target for House Bills 1 and 2. Members also discussed the importance of using official budget documents and online resources, and the chair said no motions would be taken at this session. A major early topic was concern over a five-point Medicaid policy document and the timing of House Bill 2. Representative Tarki objected that the document appeared to be an unofficial draft and argued that significant Medicaid policy changes should have been transmitted by February 15 under state law. He said the lack of an official, posted document raised transparency concerns because the changes could affect tens of thousands of residents. Committee leadership responded that the five-point document was a working document, that it would be posted online within minutes, and that House Bill 2 is often delayed while the Office of Legislative Services finalizes and formats the governor’s proposed trailer bill. DHHS Chief Financial Officer Nathan White and Medicaid Director Henry Litman then began the budget presentation. White said the committee would use the PowerPoint as the document of record, starting with the governor’s operating budget pages 885-893, and noted that Medicaid is the largest accounting area in the state budget. He said the governor’s budget reflects about $60 million in reductions within the Medicaid area, with Granite Advantage handled off-budget and another $10 million in reductions there, for roughly a $70 million difference overall. Members asked whether the comparison was being made against an efficiency budget or a prioritized-needs budget, and White said the department could look at it different ways. The presentation then outlined Medicaid’s role in New Hampshire: it provides health coverage, serves as the state’s direct interface with the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and helps finance related services such as long-term supports, school-based services, adult dental coverage, and re-entry programs for people leaving correctional settings. White also reviewed enrollment and program context, saying New Hampshire has about one in seven residents enrolled in Medicaid, making it the fourth smallest Medicaid program in the country by enrollment, and described recent efforts such as youth re-entry and the Medicaid unwind after the end of the federal continuous coverage period. He said the state had to process more than 238,000 redeterminations after the public health emergency and that the department tried to avoid unnecessary coverage loss during that transition.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary (2-12-26)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, we are hopeful this legislation and the request to fund these facilities will pass both chambers.
  • Uh, we are hopeful this legislation and the request to fund these facilities will pass both chambers.
  • >> Senator Wheeler, we would obviously want to hire staff to juvenile ratio in such facility because
  • staff to juvenile ratio in such facility<00:31:03.760><c> because</c><00:31:04.080><c> of</c><00:31:
  • I'm thinking that if funding is received and we receive authorization, it would probably take in that
Committee: Senate Judiciary
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • to deploy those funds.
  • We had some extra funds... ...in great shape on that grant.
  • We had some extra funds left over that have been budgeted for the data project.
  • So we think that's a good way to deploy those funds quickly and get those spent.
  • So we think that's a good way to deploy those funds quickly and get those spent.
Summary: The meeting opened with routine business: confirmation of Open Meetings Act compliance, roll call, approval of the prior minutes, and no public comment. The main presentation was a detailed update on OK WIRE and a new workforce-gap validation model. Staff described moving from a simple job-posting approach to a four-factor method using wage growth, time-to-fill, occupation growth relative to the state average, and the ratio of postings to existing jobs. Examples were given for registered nurses, industrial occupations, software developers, and accountants to show how the model would identify validated workforce shortages or areas needing only monitoring. The team said the new dashboard would be added to the existing OK WIRE system, include links to training programs, and be completed by the end of August without additional cost under the current vendor contract. An agency report followed, covering the work of 929 Strategies on a 30-60-90 day plan, office relocation, contract terminations, grant administration, and budget cleanup. Staff said they had moved out of Film Row, were temporarily in Denver Davidson, and would move into permanent space in the Jim Thorpe building in October. They also discussed the rapid response grant, ARPA grant spending, and a planned data tool to support layoffs response and rural health workforce planning, including work with the Healthcare Workforce Training Commission and health partners. The board then voted to enter executive session under the cited Oklahoma statutes to discuss employee evaluations, possible salary increases, and confidential legal/operational matters. After returning, the board thanked staff for their budget work, decided not to hold the July 9 meeting, and adjourned, planning to resume discussion at the August meeting.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • five funds that we have, are well funded.
  • All but one are over 100% funded, have a 100% funded ratio. Um, KER non-haz is at 81%.
  • a fund with a fund that's actually have a fund with a fund that's actually<00:58:16.319><c> had</c><
  • </c> looking at long-term with the funded looking at long-term with the funded ratio<01:26:30.719><c>
  • That's the funded ratio. And you line. That's the funded ratio.
Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum call, the Pledge of Allegiance, a prayer, and approval of the prior meeting minutes. The first presentation was from Bo Craycraft of the Judicial Form Retirement System, who gave an update on investment performance, asset allocation, cash flow, and projected employer costs. He reported strong fiscal year 2025 investment results, with both the legislative and judicial retirement plans outperforming their actuarial assumed rates of return and benchmarks, driven largely by U.S. equity performance. He also noted the plans remained near their target asset allocation and continued to experience negative cash flow, though he said that was manageable in context of strong asset growth. Craycraft then discussed a recent experience study and actuarial assumption changes, especially a revised salary growth assumption and a higher cash balance interest credit rate. He said these changes increased projected employer costs, with contributions rising from about $700,000 to a projected $2 million in later years, though he expected the eventual 2025 valuation and investment gains to reduce that estimate. Members asked about mortality assumptions, the impact of the experience study on liabilities, and the sharp increase in the judicial plan’s projected employer cost. Craycraft explained that the increase was driven mainly by the updated assumptions and that no other major plan changes were involved. At the chair’s request, Craycraft also addressed the recent rise in Medicare Advantage premiums for the plan’s health coverage, saying the 2025 increase was largely tied to Part D changes and the Inflation Reduction Act and had been about 45%, but that future growth was expected to be under 5%. After his presentation, the committee moved to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority update, where the next speaker began by saying the funds had exceeded actuarial assumed returns for the fiscal year.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this funding could really go a long way towards helping to improve our workforce shortage here.
  • And this funding could really go a long way towards helping to improve our workforce shortage here.
  • This work must continue in a sustainable way without the continued threat of funding loss.
  • This is putting the regulations in the Department of Public Health of what that ratio should be, and
  • Please continue the conversation about how we can regulate safer patient ratios.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hybrid hearing on a wide range of bills focused on patient safety, workforce development, health equity, and access to care. A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 2362/S. 1491, which would require health care providers to offer trained chaperones for sensitive exams. Sponsors and supporters said the bill is a common-sense safeguard prompted by cases of physician sexual abuse, and survivors gave emotional testimony describing grooming, isolation, and abuse during exams when no chaperone was present. Support also came from a health services researcher, a physician, and a RAINN representative, all arguing that trained chaperones and clearer documentation would improve transparency and protect patients. Committee members asked about clarifying who may serve as a chaperone and whether the bill would apply to other clinicians such as PTs and OTs. The committee also heard testimony on H. 2401/S. 1485, which would require explicit informed consent for certain educational exams performed on unconscious patients. The bill’s supporters said patients should know in advance if students or physicians will conduct non-medically necessary exams while they are under anesthesia, and that the measure would protect survivors from retraumatization. The hearing then moved to H. 2537, a primary care access bill. Health Care for All, the Massachusetts Medical Society, pediatric and internal medicine physicians, and a patient advocate described long waits, provider shortages, and difficulty finding primary care, especially for low-income people and people of color. They supported the bill’s proposed primary care spending target, payment reforms, Medicaid graduate medical education funding, and a commercial payment floor for health centers. Another set of bills addressed workforce and safety issues. H. 2397/S. 1593 would establish a nursing workforce center; nursing leaders said Massachusetts should make the current workforce council permanent to support data collection, apprenticeships, and long-term planning for the state’s largest health care workforce. H. 2396/S. 1535 would require safe patient handling and mobility programs in health facilities; nurses described serious injuries from lifting patients and said better equipment and programs would reduce staff injuries and improve patient outcomes. H. 2501/S. 1505 on LGBTQ+ health disparities drew support from a medical student and Doctors for America, who urged collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data to improve care and school outcomes. Finally, H. 2448/S. 1522 on patient safety and equitable access to care drew strong support from nursing organizations and individual nurses who described unsafe staffing, burnout, and patient harm, while the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems opposed the bill as redundant for psychiatric facilities already regulated by the Department of Mental Health.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Lots A and B have a floor area ratio of 1.5.
  • The fund would be funded by maintenance fees that would be assessed to each residential home owner. 1.5
  • </c> Amendment is when the uh special fund Amendment is when the uh special fund was<00:48:17.000><c>
  • by</c> um the fund would be funded by um the fund would be funded by maintenance<00:49:39.839><c> fees
  • Mahalo for the opportunity to testify. community and also fund programs for community and also fund programs
Summary: The joint hearing of the Water and Land, Hawaiian Affairs, and Housing committees on January 29, 2025 focused on SB 534, with the chairs outlining hearing procedures, public testimony limits, and plans to allow extended presentations from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) before moving to other testifiers. The hearing was presented as a public, transparent discussion of OHA’s plans for Kakaʻako Makai, with committee members noting that decision-making would follow if time permitted. OHA testified in strong support of SB 534. The chair of OHA’s Board of Trustees said the bill was a novel proposal for the legislature and emphasized that OHA was bringing together a broad coalition of partners and stakeholders, including representatives from construction, hospitality, education, law enforcement, civil service, and schools, as well as longtime community advocates who have opposed development in Kakaʻako Makai. OHA’s presentation reviewed the history of the area, the creation and role of HCDA, prior master plans, the 2012 land conveyance to OHA, and the argument that OHA has not been able to realize the full economic value of the lands because desired entitlements were not secured. OHA linked the bill to its constitutional mission to improve conditions for Native Hawaiians and argued that the state’s housing crisis makes additional development, including residential use, especially important. A major theme of the testimony was housing. OHA argued that Hawaiʻi faces severe affordability pressures, out-migration, and workforce shortages, and said that residential development in Kakaʻako Makai would help address those needs while also supporting the value of the trust lands. The presentation described HCDA’s authority over zoning and development in Kakaʻako, the existing reserved housing requirements, and the need for a master plan that could move forward if SB 534 becomes law. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the hearing provided; the discussion remained in the presentation and testimony phase.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, our federal unemployment insurance is a federally funded program.
  • So your total all funds, so this is state appropriated, including federal, your total all funds has risen
  • So to that point, so we could improve our ratio without doing...
  • Chairman, ultimately our salaries come indirectly from the general fund.
  • Elections Fund to the state census fund in each fiscal year.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's the ratio here we're trying to balance.
  • And that's the ratio here we're trying to balance here.
  • Some of that's funding.
  • Some of that's funding.
  • It's another thing to fund the things you're writing.
Bills: SB5979 , SB6308 , SB6319
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also establishes required ratios for the conservation of agricultural land when a zoning also
  • establishes required ratios for the conservation of agricultural land when a zoning designation is being
  • will come from the state general fund. ...approximately $4.7 million over the four-year outlook and
  • assumes that funding will come from the state general fund.
  • I was, I think, making sure that our flooded roads had some funding that day, but I am glad to be back
Summary: The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held an executive session on a series of bills and a joint memorial. Staff summarized measures on agricultural marketing (SB 5816, adding juice grapes), Board of Natural Resources membership and tribal representation (SB 5838), irrigation district hiring exemptions (SB 5930), ungulate population management and predator mitigation (SB 5960), a green fertilizer incentive program (SB 5971), mitigation grants for landowners (SB 6075), tribal participation in the Conservation Futures Program (SB 6097), agricultural impact statements and related protections for farmland (SB 6104), timber sale process modernization (SB 6216), increased wildlife penalty assessments for covered species trade (SB 6233), shellfish licensing and biotoxin fee caps (SB 6318), and a federal wildfire response memorial (SJM 8015). Several bills had proposed substitutes or amendments, including competing changes to SB 5838 and SB 5960, but some items were ultimately set aside with no action. The committee adopted a substitute for SB 5971 and advanced it to Ways and Means. It also adopted a substitute for SB 6097 and sent it to Rules. SB 5816, SB 6216, SB 6233, SB 6318, and SJM 8015 all received due pass recommendations, with SB 5971 and SB 6318 referred onward to Ways and Means. SB 5838 was debated at length over tribal representation on the Board of Natural Resources; amendments to require forest-management expertise or alternate east/west representation were rejected, and the proposed substitute was approved and passed. SB 6233 drew comments about possible unintended consequences, but the bill passed. The committee took no action on SB 5930, SB 5960, SB 6075, and SB 6104. The chair later confirmed that every bill on the executive session agenda had either been moved forward or dropped from the agenda. The meeting ended with the chair thanking staff and members for getting through the last committee meeting before the policy cutoff, and the committee adjourned subject to signature of the boards.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 28th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • This proposal asks for no immediate funding and has limited impact on the long-term funded ratio, with
  • It moved our system from a 78% funded ratio to a 92% funded ratio today.
  • We're at 92%. 92% funded. The rest of the state is anywhere between 39% and 86%.
  • Without any changes, our fund projects to be fully funded within an 8 to 10-year period, which is earlier
  • ...the funds that go into the retirement system? Representative, no, sir.
Bills: HB3015 , HB3521 , HB5632 , HJR182 , SJR57
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education (01/28/2025)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> the weight that they get in the funding the weight that they get in the funding formula uh<00:17
  • My question, uh, for the question, so funding, funding, funding, right?
  • That's your argument, funding, right? Right, that's your argument: funding, right?
  • that actually guaranteed funding.
  • We only fund at the state level 20 to 30%; 70 to 80% is funded by the local government.
Committee: Senate Education
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/24/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • This funding was and cooking.
  • The funds are interrupted.
  • It's funded by a roughly 50/50 split in federal and state funds.
  • Under ratios, u the B blindsided.
  • </c> care providers uh on staff child ratios. care providers uh on staff child ratios.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/04/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • or public funds?
  • or public funds?
  • or public funds?
  • or public funds?
  • or public funds?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

The State of Special Education in Minnesota Feb 16th, 2025

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We require a smaller ratio, our teacher-to-student ratio.
  • </c><00:07:36.759><c> those</c> attached to some of the funding those attached to some of the funding
  • </c> would like to not decrease the funding would like to not decrease the funding for<00:08:44.600><
  • fund so you pull from the general fund.
  • special education fund and you mentioned special education fund and you mentioned the<00:19:27.760><c
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Joint Committee on Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Several years ago, voters of the Commonwealth created a statute that would put in place a loss ratio
  • the ballot that don't work as a practical matter, quite outside the establishment of the 83% loss ratio
  • Ruben Fishman said they are struggling to find the funding to replace the devices.
  • Group sizes meeting the 83% dental loss ratio. And if not, they can move to a better value plan.
  • That's $178,131.32 in taxpayer- and state-funded care, almost $180,000. Let's let that sink in.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a lengthy public hearing with more than 70 people signed up to testify, focusing mainly on health insurance and health care access bills. Early testimony centered on H.1257/S.712, which would require insurance coverage for medically necessary treatment of genetic craniofacial conditions. Supporters included legislators, dentists, and medical experts who said these conditions are not cosmetic, can severely affect eating, speech, pain, and social functioning, and often create major financial hardship because insurers deny coverage. A related dental bill, H.1262/S.676, drew technical testimony from the Life Insurance Association of Massachusetts about implementation issues with the 2022 dental loss-ratio law, while the Massachusetts Dental Society supported H.1306/S.696 on transparency in dental network leasing and opposed H.1262. Representative Gentile also testified for H.4013, which would ban for-profit acute care hospitals and for-profit health insurers in Massachusetts, arguing that profit incentives undermine patient care. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to H.1261/S.799, a bill to protect patients from surprise ambulance bills. Municipal fire chiefs, Boston EMS, nonprofit ambulance providers, and the bill’s Senate sponsor said the measure would require insurers to pay ambulance providers directly and promptly, cap patient out-of-pocket costs, and reduce confusion caused by out-of-network billing. Witnesses described ambulance services as essential public health infrastructure and said current billing practices can discourage people from calling 911 or leave municipalities and nonprofits unable to recover costs. Committee members asked about unpaid debt, municipal billing burdens, and how the bill would affect rates and reimbursement. No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee also heard extensive testimony on H.1249/S.805, which would require screening for PANS/PANDAS in medical and clinical settings. Legislators, clinicians, parents, a teen with the condition, and educators described PANS/PANDAS as an infection-triggered inflammatory illness that can present as sudden psychiatric symptoms and is often misdiagnosed as a mental health disorder. Supporters said routine screening at well visits, emergency rooms, and other clinical settings would help identify children earlier, reduce unnecessary psychiatric treatment and hospitalizations, and improve outcomes. Testifiers repeatedly urged favorable action, emphasizing the personal and financial toll on families and the potential for early treatment to prevent long-term harm. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on these bills; no committee action or votes were announced.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • TO 106 RATIO ALLOWING FACILITIES TO ALLEVIATE THE BACKLOG AND ENSURING THE BALANCE OF COVERAGE.
  • I ASK THAT THE RATIO BE REDUCED FROM 1.8 TO 1.6 AND THE NUMBER PEOPLE ALLOWED 500 TO 300.
  • AND THE MATCHING FUNDS ARE NOT THERE FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE? OR THE APPROVAL FOR IT IS DELAYED.
  • WE WANT TO SEE AND WE ARE PUTTING FUNDING IN IT. THEY MAY USE LINED FUNDING TO DO THIS.
  • LINE FUNDING. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LINE FUNDING.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, Vicente, is there currently funds available in this fund?
  • Drinking Water Revolving Fund.
  • And is there money in those funds, Vicente? I'm sorry, can you? Is there money in those funds?
  • Is there money in those funds? Madam Chair, yes. There is federal dollars in these funds.
  • Madam Chair, we are looking at alternatives to fund this litigation fund through the governor's—I think
Summary: The caucus meeting began with introductions from pages and interns, followed by a procedural reminder from Rhonda about caucus consent and third-read consent calendars. She explained that bills coming out of rules can be placed on consent if they are not amended, and that pulling a bill from consent means members should be prepared to speak to it on the floor. The meeting then moved through a long Minority Caucus calendar of bills, with staff giving brief descriptions and members frequently noting bills for no further comment, pulling several from consent, or stating opposition. The bills discussed covered a wide range of topics, including appropriations and federal monies (HB 2148), a Buffalo Soldiers memorial (HB 2062), school library funding restrictions (HB 2008), prayer at public school governing body meetings (HB 2110), school safety administration (HB 2142), parental rights and social transitioning notifications (HB 2249), insurer assessments (HB 2091), agricultural property classification and inspection rules (HB 2104 and HB 2105), firefighters’ workers’ compensation status (HB 2138), truth-in-taxation bond notices (HB 2289), tax filing penalties (HB 2016), engineer and architect reciprocity (HB 2122), felony murder involving an unborn child (HB 2043), body concealment and related felony classifications (HB 2044), domestic violence order-of-protection service rules (HB 2048), mandatory reporting for partial-birth abortions (HB 2074), unlawful flight sentencing enhancements (HB 2108), weapons trafficking penalties (HB 2131), fentanyl sentencing thresholds (HB 2132), drive-by shooting definitions and forfeiture (HB 2045), probation review notices for sex offender hearings (HB 2046), venue changes in superior court when judicial employees are parties (HB 2126), and child support for pre-born children (HB 2144). Water-related bills included snowpack augmentation funding (HB 2024), WIFA grant disclosures (HB 2029), removing water conservation education as an eligible use (HB 2030), stormwater recharge mapping with an appropriation (HB 253), cesspool remediation assistance (HB 2096), groundwater pumping limits in INAs (HB 2097), Colorado River litigation funding (HB 2116), and natural resource board changes and education funding (HB 2117). Election-related measures included moving the primary date and adjusting cure periods and observer rules (HB 2022), and a proposed constitutional amendment on citizenship, ID, foreign contributions, early voting, and mail voting (HCR 2001). The committee also heard two memorials urging federal terrorist designations for the Muslim Brotherhood and CARE (HCM 2001 and HCM 2002). Members and staff offered substantive objections to many bills, often arguing they were anti-student, anti-abortion, overly punitive, unfunded mandates, or unfair tax policy. Several bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, including HB 2008, HB 2110, HB 2142, HB 2249, HB 2043, HB 2074, HB 2108, and HB 2144. Supportive remarks were also made for some measures, such as the cesspool remediation bill, which was noted as having unanimous support, while other bills were flagged for stakeholder meetings or future amendments. The meeting ended with announcements recognizing members’ birthdays and noting Muslim Day at the Capitol, followed by adjournment.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The state would continue under the alternative to fund districts for the 12 to 1 ratio that would save
  • the local control funding formula, student funded funding formula, attendance costs, COLA, adjust your
  • and not funding.
  • Our LEA is asking for the funding, using the funding, fully expending the funding.
  • They're funded through Title III funding. So with Title III funding.