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• They're payments to the actually grants.
• <00:41:16.160> uh<00:41:16.319> to forward as a payment uh to forward as a payment
• > from<00:42:05.359> the farmers getting payments from the farmers getting payments from
• That's what we clarified a payment.
• <01:05:40.160> for<01:05:40.480> the would provide payments for the would provide payments

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• ,<01:08:21.359> and<01:08:21.880> we<01:08:22.319> we payment, and we we payment
• Assembly to make the ARC payments Assembly to make the ARC payments to to to um um um KERS.
• . payment. payment.
• But so, we're not statutorily payment.
• additional payment. additional payment.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:12 Approval of Minutes: 00:01:34 Actuarial Valuation Update – KPPA: 00:02:10 Actuarial Valuation Update – TRS: 00:25:32, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, and approval of the prior minutes. The main presentation was from KPPA officials Ryan Barrow and Erin Saratt on the annual actuarial valuations for the retirement and insurance systems. They said the systems’ funding status improved overall, with three of five insurance funds fully funded, CERS hazardous dropping from over 100% funded to 90.9% because of premium changes, and KRS receiving $650 million in supplemental funding over the biennium. They also reported strong investment returns above assumed rates, higher payroll and membership counts, and resulting actuarial losses tied to higher salaries and premiums, especially on the insurance side. Members asked several questions about what drove the actuarial losses and whether legislation affected them. KPPA said the CERS insurance loss was driven by premium increases and Senate Bill 10, while the pension-side losses were largely due to higher payroll and benefits for Tier 1 and Tier 2 members. They explained that new Tier 3 employees are designed to add no additional unfunded liability, and that the state administers the systems but does not directly control all hiring. Questions also focused on retiree health premiums, which KPPA said rose about 15% for non-Medicare retirees and 38% for Medicare retirees, with the increase attributed to utilization, prescription costs, and the Inflation Reduction Act. The committee then heard from TRS Deputy Executive Secretary and General Counsel Beau Barnes on the 2025 TRS actuarial valuation. He reported that the Retirement Annuity Trust and Health Insurance Trust both received full funding, the retirement trust’s funded ratio improved to 61%, TRS 4 remains well funded with no liability, and the health insurance trust improved to 89.1%. Barnes said TRS is on track to fully fund legacy liabilities within the amortization period, with 2044 as the point when the system reflects 100% funding and 2046 as the last year needing additional dollars for the legacy liability. He also explained that lower assumed investment returns and updated mortality assumptions increased liabilities, but that TRS uses direct rate smoothing for budgeting purposes. At the end of the meeting, the chair circulated a proposed set of “do’s and don’ts of pensions,” emphasizing that future legislation should not create unfunded liabilities. Barnes also noted he would later discuss several legislative proposals for the 2026 session, but the transcript provided ends before that discussion or any votes on those proposals.

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• Those payments are kind of irregular to begin with and often come later in the year anyways.
• It's a possibility that we will not be reimbursed for some staff payments if we make those.
• Require our Attorney General suing the federal government for back payment.
• And Madam Chair, and that's to get the payments.
• And how often do we get that payment? Every month. Every month.

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• payments.
• payments.
• payments.
• payments.
• payments.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:18 University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics Presentation 00:02:18 Farm Credit Mid-America Presentation 01:12:41, 958, all

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• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments
• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments
• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments
• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments
• So it creates a shared database of individuals and entities ineligible to receive government payments

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• Actions include administrative remedies to stop and recover payments and referrals to law enforcement
• Actions include administrative remedies to stop and recover payments and referrals to law enforcement
• Actions include administrative remedies to stop and recover payments and referrals to law enforcement
• On your slide from page 12, in regards to the issues, approximately $12 million in payments per month
• Chair, I'm sorry, I don't have information about individual providers right at the moment or payments

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The last several years have seen a drastic increase in ad hoc disaster payments to rural America.
• The administrative and operating payments provided by the U.S.
• scheduling, and avoiding necessary impact. impacts from balloon payments and appropriate collateral
• Holt, can you explain why federal crop insurance is superior to the ad hoc disaster payments?
• And it gets those payments to a farmer in a very efficient, fast and effective way.

Keywords: farm bill, rural economy, crop insurance, access to credit, young farmers, USDA funding freeze, agricultural policy, risk management

Summary: The meeting of the agricultural committee focused on significant concerns regarding the current state of America's rural economy, highlighting the need for a strong five-year farm bill to address the challenges faced by farmers, particularly young and beginning farmers. Key testimony was given by multiple stakeholders including agricultural leaders and young farmers, emphasizing issues related to crop insurance, access to credit, and the adverse impact of recent USDA funding freezes. Various members discussed the necessity of risk management tools that farmers rely on to secure financing, which is crucial for sustaining agricultural operations and supporting rural communities. The importance of timely legislative action was underscored, as many farmers reported struggles in the current economic climate, raising urgency for reforms within the Farm Bill framework.

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• After any SFIA payments have been adjusted to that limit, all SFIA payments are then adjusted proportionally
• This applies to all educational assistance payments received for student loans.
• This applies to all educational assistance payments received for student loans.
• This applies to all educational assistance payments received for student loans.
• House File 2437 that cuts the payments to SFIA.

Bills: HF2730, HF2257, HF2768, HF1932, HF2437

Keywords: local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center

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• We make a payment. They don't pay it back. Who does the state chase?
• Does it assume the minor's responsibility for the payment?
• We make a payment. They don't pay it back. Who does the state chase?
• It assumes the minor's responsibility of the payment?
• If the school has it, the school makes payment.

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and took up two bills. The first, SB 250 on rural communities by Senator Simon, was described as a broad rural development package creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and transportation investments, added funding for rural education consortiums, and health care initiatives for rural areas. Senator Harrell asked about overlap between road funding programs, and the sponsor explained that eligible counties could receive both SCRAP and FARM funding. Several organizations waived in support or spoke in support, and the bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee then heard SB 318, the committee substitute for educational scholarship programs by President Gates. The bill was presented as a response to Auditor General findings about the rapid growth and administration of Florida’s school choice and scholarship programs. It would separate Family Empowerment Scholarship funding from the FEFP, require more frequent student enrollment verification, lower scholarship funding organization administrative fees, require return of overpayments, create a student ID system, establish a $250 million stabilization fund, require annual audits, and direct DOE to recommend future program administration through competitive procurement. Gates also offered five amendments, including technical changes to eligibility documentation and a substantive amendment requiring a DOE report on future administration and competitive selection; all five amendments were adopted. During debate and public testimony, senators and witnesses discussed accountability, software solutions, reimbursement delays, monthly attestations, and impacts on public schools and families. Supporters and opponents alike raised concerns about bureaucracy, fraud prevention, special education services, and whether the bill would help or burden parents. Gates said the bill aimed to fix tracking and payment problems without capping the program, and he noted the IEP timeline would be aligned with public school timelines. After debate, the committee reported CS for SB 318 favorably by unanimous vote, and then adjourned.

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• of regulations, amounted to millions of dollars in added payment.
• making revenue-sharing payments.
• Pueblos also decided to stop making payments.
• -Gallero-Apache Nation... ...remaining tribes that had been making payments stopped doing so.
• Particularly in light of the size of the payment and the fact that the payment was effectively imposed

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• Wicklund said those Medicaid cuts, just doing the one where they cut the enhanced medical assistance payments
• Wicklund said those Medicaid cuts, just doing the one where they cut the enhanced medical assistance payments
• Wicklund said those Medicaid cuts, just doing the one where they cut the enhanced medical assistance payments
• :06.600> um<00:01:07.080> medical<00:01:07.600> assistance<00:01:08.119> payments
• enhanced um medical assistance payments enhanced um medical assistance payments for<00:01:08.920

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• goal, but based on my academic experience and professional experience, there is no tool, training method
• CalVIP program is California's flagship community-based violence prevention program and a proven method
• Fees for arranging payment plans, legal filings for incarcerated people, and even participating in community

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• , responsibility for contract payments, responsibility for contract payments, homeowner<02:03:03.920
• of the payments and wants to continue to make 100% of the payments.
• I think an oral... making any payments for the last 6 making any payments for the last 6 months,<02:35
• respondent could be trying to make payments, could be making payments to the petitioner.
• <02:37:38.120> making trying to make payments, could be making trying to make payments, could

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• Some of the reasons why the general child care alternative payment agencies may relinquish...
• And then the next one is the alternative payment admin rate.
• And then the next one is the alternative payment admin rate.
• Supported payments to administer outside of the contract structure.
• The next one is the Alternative Payment Program Administration.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, with no votes taken. The first major topic was child care and early education, where the Department of Social Services and Department of Finance outlined proposed changes to absorb federal Child Care and Development Fund and Proposition 64 revenue reductions, shift some funding between child care programs, end funding for prospective pay implementation now that the federal requirement has been rescinded, adjust the alternative payment administration structure, and fund child care infrastructure grants and a Low-Income Investment Fund contract closeout. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the budget makes progress on the structural deficit but recommended maintaining the administration’s solution level, making reserve deposits, and avoiding new ongoing commitments; it also raised concerns about shifting reductions to the California Alternative Payment Program and about the proposed administrative-rate change. Committee members strongly criticized the proposed loss of child care slots and said they would oppose eliminating those slots, while also expressing support for child care as essential infrastructure. The committee then reviewed California State Preschool Program proposals. Finance and CDE described reductions to the preschool COLA from 2.41% to 2.01%, removal of prospective pay funding, and increases for the QRIS block grant, audit support, and rate reform implementation. Trailer bill language would codify age-based rate categories, inclusion-rate documentation, family fee collection rules, portability, and excused absences. CDE supported the QRIS increase and some attendance and family-fee changes, but warned that aligning three- and four-year-old rates could reduce support for three-year-olds and that the budget does not fully cover enrollment growth. Members also questioned whether the preschool and child care slot reductions should be reallocated rather than terminated, and the administration said the reductions were intended to reflect current utilization and avoid harm to currently enrolled families. The hearing then moved to CalFresh and nutrition programs. CDSS said the May Revision includes a one-time CalFood augmentation, funding to cover federal SNAP administrative cost-share pressures, and additional staffing and technical assistance to implement HR 1 changes, including the able-bodied adults without dependents time limit and new non-citizen eligibility rules. The department estimated HR 1 could cut CalFresh funding by $2.3 billion to $3.7 billion annually and affect about 500,000 people, with roughly 806,000 adults potentially subject to the time limit and about 34,000 non-citizens expected to lose eligibility once fully implemented. Members pressed for stronger harm mitigation, including a $98 million backfill to protect families from losing food benefits, and raised concerns about county workload and the “chilling effect” on immigrant participation. The final portion of the transcript began the IHSS presentation, noting a revised budget of $33.7 billion total funds and $12.8 billion General Fund, with proposed reductions tied to Medi-Cal asset-limit changes and other federal conformity items.

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• first one is a transition direct payment first one is a transition direct payment of<00:09:36.000
• proposal directs payments for tribal allocation<00:09:50.760> payment<00:09:51.120> changes
• provider who is subject to a payment provider who is subject to a payment withhold<00:35:49.400>
• payment withholds. payment withholds.
• <00:36:20.520> withhold payment withhold payment withhold under<00:36:22.480> federally

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• But I would say there are many other methods that are far better for self-defense.
• <03:20:16.399> that<03:20:16.640> are there are many other methods that are there are
• many other methods that are far<03:20:16.960> better<03:20:17.200> for<03:20:17.359>
• ask you to think about what would have happened if they had easy access to a gun as an alternative method
• and what's bound to alternative method and what's bound to happen<04:21:52.000> if<04:21:52.239

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• We pay a capitated payment every month. Each member gets a payment.
• So that's where the risk corridor payments will come in.
• You asked a lot of really good questions about the SNAP payment error rate...
• So it doesn't really have to do with the payment error rate issue.
• We feel like we've addressed the payment structures.

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• enrolling with Medicaid or continuing to receive payments.
• . payments. payments.
• based on what decide to suspend payments based on what we're<01:01:26.520> doing.
• And we don't ask them to suspend payments at any point.
• ,<01:33:39.440> that is false or ineligible for payment, that is false or ineligible for payment

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• Is the tax payment extensions in Los Angeles County.
• We think that the reserve deposit is the most compelling option that would avoid the payment delay.
• That's the most compelling option that would avoid the payment delay.
• There aren't any increases or payment deferrals proposed under the Governor's budget. budget.
• their payment on time.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Instead, they risk destabilizing a payment ecosystem. ...benefit consumers.
• The risk of non-payment, a consumer defaulting on their credit card payment, transfers from the merchant
• Based on, and you can't just look at payment processing.
• I worked on payments policy for about 18 years in Washington for U.S.
• I worked on payments policy for about 18 years in Washington for U.S.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services heard testimony on several bills focused on financial security, banking regulation, and payment-card fees. Treasurer Deborah Goldberg supported the Massachusetts baby bonds proposal (H. 48) and also endorsed bills on matched savings (H. 1158/S. 737) and retirement planning/Secure Choice (H. 1143/S. 722), arguing these measures would help address wealth inequality, build assets, and improve retirement readiness. Supporters of baby bonds included policy experts and health advocates from Children’s Health Watch and Boston Medical Center, who said early-life asset building could improve long-term economic and health outcomes for children in low-income families. AARP also urged passage of the retirement planning bill, citing the large share of private-sector workers without access to an employer retirement plan. Representative Donato testified for H. 1143, describing it as a voluntary retirement-savings opportunity for workers at small employers. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3933, concerning the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation, from former Bank Commissioner Mike Hanson, who defended the state’s full deposit insurance system for credit unions and savings institutions as a longstanding consumer-protection model. The Massachusetts Bankers Association raised concerns about the bill’s technical provisions and broader credit union/bank competitive issues, while the Cooperative Credit Union Association supported related legislation allowing modest compensation for credit union directors (S. 821/H. 1338) and flexibility for state financial institutions to grow through partnerships (S. 723). Bankers opposed those credit union bills, arguing they would upset a level playing field and blur long-standing distinctions between banks and credit unions. A major portion of the hearing focused on H. 1259/S. 688, which would prohibit card interchange fees on the tax and gratuity portions of restaurant transactions. Restaurant owners and the Massachusetts Restaurant Association testified in favor, saying the fees are a significant and growing expense, especially as most customers now pay by card; they argued the bills would save restaurants money without affecting state revenue. Credit union, banking, and payments-industry representatives opposed the bills, saying interchange helps fund fraud protection and payment infrastructure, that the proposal would create compliance burdens and likely litigation, and that it would mainly affect Massachusetts-chartered institutions while national banks could be preempted. Committee members noted that a commission on payment-card fees is being established and said the issue would be studied further. The hearing also included support for a separate bill on virtual credit cards for dental providers, with dentists saying automatic virtual-card payments impose hidden processing fees and fraud risks.