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• Next is uh Johnny Tomorrow from Public Utilities Commission. >> Aloha Chairs, Vice Chairs, members of
• It's something that we'd love to see utilizing the ag land for food production and other ag production
• >> utilize the sheep. >> utilize the sheep.
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• love to see utilizing the ag land<00:10:55.720> for<00:10:56.320> food<00:10:56.600>

Bills: SB2706, SB2320

Keywords: workforce development, agriculture, biosecurity, pilot program, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, University of Hawaii, Leeward Community College, DHRD, training, apprenticeship, career pathways, credentialing, job training, internship, hands-on experience, state employment, workforce pipeline, agricultural jobs, biosecurity jobs, general fund appropriation

Summary: The committees first heard SB 2371, which would prioritize lease offers on agrivoltaics parcels for beginning farmers, require annual compliance reports to DAB, authorize penalties for noncompliance, and allow solar facilities on certain agricultural lands. DAB, the State Energy Office, PUC, and Hawaii Farm Bureau generally supported the intent, while OPPSD recommended amendments to preserve agricultural lease affordability and strengthen food-production language. Members questioned whether the bill would meaningfully encourage solar on ag lands, whether beginning farmers would have enough information to use such parcels, and how the bill would interact with Land Use Commission review. The Farm Bureau said agrivoltaics remains challenging and largely in pilot form, and noted the Mililani project as a promising example of dual use. The committees voted to pass SB 2371 with amendments, with one member expressing a preference that it be opened to all farmers rather than only beginning farmers. The next measure, SB 2800, appropriates funds to DAB, DLNR, and ADC for acquisition, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems. All testifying agencies and the Farm Bureau supported the bill, and members pressed them for estimates of needed funding and the condition of existing systems. DAB cited major repair needs, including Waimea, Molokai, Kahuku, and Kawailoa, and said its backlog could total roughly $65 million; ADC estimated about $35 million for several systems; and DLNR said its current needs for three systems were about $35 million, with the largest cost tied to piping in Kekaha. The committees amended the bill to defer its effective date to July 1, 2050 and to blank out the appropriation amounts in the bill text, with the agencies’ requested amounts to be included in the committee report for consideration. SB 2800 then passed in AEN, Water and Land, and EIG. The final measure discussed was SB 2718, a food hub pilot program beginning in 2028 that would require state departments and UH to source 30% of certain food purchases from local agricultural products, create a nutrition- and ʻāina-based school program, and have DAT partner with a regional aggregator for Native Hawaiian staple crops. DAT, DOH, the Farm Bureau, Food Plus Policy Group, HAPA, and others supported the bill’s intent, while the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opposed it, saying it is already struggling to meet the current local procurement percentage and faces procurement and quantity barriers, especially for staple items used daily. The testimony focused on whether agencies could realistically meet the higher local purchasing target and whether smaller farms could supply the needed volumes.

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• <00:47:52.400> Um, utilization rate is on that program.
• Um, utilization rate is on that program.
• rates around 14 I know the utilization rates around 14 15%. 15%. 15%.
• <00:49:56.319> So, total utiliz historical utilization.
• So, total utiliz historical utilization.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 Introduction of Board Members – 00:02:04 Overview of the Purpose and Goals of the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board – 00:12:46 Medicaid Legislative Update - 00:20:26 Discussion of Next Steps and Future Meeting Dates – 01:04:06 Adjournment – 01:06:37, 958, all

Summary: The first meeting of the Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board opened with Chair Ken Fleming and Co-Chair Rocky Adams welcoming members, explaining the board’s purpose, and introducing the diverse membership of legislators, providers, advocates, and state officials. Fleming said the board would meet monthly, allow public comment at the end of meetings, and operate transparently with materials posted online and distributed in advance. Both chairs emphasized that the board’s work would focus on improving Medicaid outcomes, efficiency, and oversight, while preparing for possible federal changes and avoiding premature assumptions about what Congress may do. Members then gave brief introductions describing their backgrounds in medicine, nursing, hospital administration, behavioral health, insurance, budgeting, pharmacy, and Medicaid administration. Several noted direct experience with Medicaid populations or managed care, including the Department for Medicaid Services commissioner, health plan representatives, hospital and clinic leaders, and legislators with health care backgrounds. The board also heard from Stephanie Bates of the LRC Office of Health Data Analytics, who said her office supports the General Assembly with health-related data, policy, and research and would serve as a resource to the board. Bates then began a presentation on Medicaid basics, explaining that House Bill 695 created the board and that the presentation would cover eligibility, enrollment, covered benefits, waivers, managed care, the budget, and the federal reconciliation bill. She described Medicaid eligibility as complex, noted that Kentucky had more than 1.4 million enrollees, and explained enrollment churn and the unwinding of pandemic-era continuous coverage. She also outlined mandatory and optional Medicaid benefits, the requirement that services be medically necessary and provided by enrolled providers, and the main waiver types used in Kentucky, including 1115, 1915(b), and 1915(c) waivers. No votes or formal actions were taken at this meeting beyond organizational setup and receiving the initial informational presentation.

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• All projects are mobilized here with local partners, including the Grand Rapids Public Utilities, Minnesota
• All projects are mobilized here with local partners, including the Grand Rapids Public Utilities, Minnesota
• weather outages to be able to utilize weather outages to be able to utilize those<00:37:41.240><
• The study identified that significant utility cost savings could be achieved through geothermal options
• <00:56:22.839> Auto Empower Kon alongside our utility Auto Empower Kon alongside our utility

Bills: HF1013, HF1598, HF1656, HF2162

Keywords: energy, economic development, funding, renewable resources, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, air ventilation, geothermal, school financing, Minnesota Climate Innovative Finance Authority, geothermal energy, renewable energy, construction funding, Como Zoo, energy efficiency, HF2162, Minnesota, planning grants, renewable development account, clean energy, Department of Commerce

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• I also hold the board seat representing municipal utilities and electric cooperatives.
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• affordable housing Advocates Utilities affordable housing Advocates and<00:11:13.040> groups<
• <00:21:19.760> nonprofits state agencies utilities nonprofits state agencies utilities nonprofits
• EXL energy to district and the utility EXL energy to step<00:52:50.799> into<00:52:51.160>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And we could utilize those on specific purposes.
• Really, so to utilize those over in TDCJ.
• Have a fund that actually can utilize, that you can utilize during that downturn to smooth out the rough
• these revenues in dedicated funds, given A, the fungibility of dollars, to your ability to still utilize
• Utilization but as I understand it hearing from providers Is utilization down or up currently?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• PBMs' very complex bids into projections of what those bids will actually cost the state, given utilization
• PBM's very complex bids into projections of what those bids will actually cost the state, given utilization
• We utilize the national average drug acquisition cost, which is actually a survey sent out to pharmacists
• Do you guys utilize a GPO in any case? We do. Who is your GPO?
• And so that's another control mechanism for utilization management, is being paid under your acquisition

Bills: SB511, SB512, HB591, HB909, HB938, HB1154, HB1187

Keywords: automobile repairs, insurance transparency, repair shop liability, non-OEM parts, policyholder rights, automobile insurance, appraisal process, insurance policyholders, dispute resolution, claim valuation, family leave, insurance, paid leave, employment benefits, caregiver support, behavioral health, crisis services, mental health care, insurance coverage, healthcare access

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• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2457 allows a utility, after providing 30 days' written notice to
• and the extra high load factor customer has received all applicable zoning entitlements, and the utility
• Monopoly utilities are not always forthcoming with information, and the certificate of environmental
• customer and the extra high load factor customer has received all applicable zoning entitlements and the utility
• Monopoly utilities are not always forthcoming with information, and the certificate of environmental

Bills: HB2051, HB2324, HB2439, HB2457, HB2686, HB2837, HB2875, HB2953

Keywords: AHCCCS, lactation care, breastfeeding, health services, healthcare access, HB2324, fire code, fire marshal, state fire marshal, municipalities, cities and towns, county-owned buildings, county buildings, intergovernmental agreement, IGA, fire inspection, occupancy certificate, building inventory, local government, county government

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• This is specifically for municipal utilities. Thank you. Having explained your bill, members...
• there's no cap on transfer into GR, so a lot of municipalities are balancing their budget off of the utility
• What is allowed under the bill as amended would be to allow utilities two choices.
• For a lot of utilities, particularly the smaller ones, now that we're several months into the municipal
• transparency bill and requires accountability from our municipalities who have none right now on their utilities

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• And there are, last count, about over 32,000 folks utilizing this program.
• 12, the findings from the Mercer study, published at the end of last year, noted that 97% of all utilization
• So yes, it does include end-of-life, but you do not have to be on hospice to utilize palliative care.
• There was a 100% response rate from the 91 provider agencies providing services utilizing direct support
• Utilities, groceries, insurance, and vehicle expenses have all gone up.

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• THESE SUPPORTS ARE UTILIZED TO COMMUNICATE CRITICAL LITERACY BASED INFORMATION TO LARGE AUDIENCES AND
• OR THE DAY PROVIDING TURNKEY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANDARDS AND UTILIZING
• EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES FOR PLANNING AND DELIVERING LESSONS ALIGNED TO THE BEST ELA STANDARDS AND UTILIZING
• LITERARY TEXT TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN ELA STANDARDS AND UTILIZING LITERARY TEXT TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN
• BY SRLD TO HIGHLIGHT EVIDENCE-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ALIGNED TO THE BEST ELA STANDARDS AND UTILIZE

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• progress and getting these rate reviews done as quickly as possible, given the parameters of Prop. 103, utilizing
• We do have several member companies that are excited to utilize these reforms.
• We do have several member companies that are excited to utilize these reforms, and it sounds like maybe
• We do have several member companies that are excited to utilize these reforms.
• We do have several member companies that are excited to utilize these reforms, and it sounds like maybe

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee held its fifth oversight hearing on the California Department of Insurance’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS), with Commissioner Ricardo Lara providing an update on implementation. Lara said the department has finalized major reforms, including new catastrophe modeling tools, faster rate review procedures, use of forward-looking data tied to mitigation, and modernization of the FAIR Plan. He argued the strategy is intended to improve insurance availability in wildfire-prone areas, increase transparency, and stabilize the market, while also criticizing consumer intervenor groups and saying the department will tighten rules on intervener compensation and relevance. Members questioned Lara about when the SIS would begin producing visible market changes, how long rate filings would take to approve, and what the FAIR Plan modernization would mean for consumers’ costs. Lara said catastrophe model approvals should be completed by the end of the month, insurers are expected to begin submitting SIS filings in the coming weeks, and rate reviews have already been reduced from 281 days to 71 days. He also discussed a new market conduct investigation into State Farm’s handling of wildfire claims, ongoing complaints about smoke-damage claims, and a newly created smoke claims and remediation task force to develop standards. Lara said the department has helped more than 12,000 wildfire survivors, with over 38,000 claims filed and more than $17 billion paid, and that it is also working with other western states on underinsurance issues. Public commenters from the insurance industry, homebuilding, and insurance brokerage sectors largely supported the SIS and the department’s efforts, saying the reforms are needed to restore availability and stability. They emphasized the importance of timely rate approvals, FAIR Plan solvency, and greater transparency, and several noted that member companies are preparing to use the new filing process. The hearing ended without a vote or formal action, though members and the commissioner discussed ongoing legislative needs, including AB 226 and possible future FAIR Plan transparency measures.

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• That text was out a number of years ago for some of the counties that had trouble moving utilities and
• They had to go through some of these counties where they have to provide some right-of-way and utility
• to these small vehicles and devices that do not meet the definition of a pedestrian when they are utilizing
• users to comply with pedestrian control signals and other traffic control devices when they are utilizing
• sidewalks and crosswalks. to further enhance public safety by ensuring all sidewalks and traffic utilize

Bills: SB 1493, SB 1598, SB 1895, SB 1919, SB 2039, SB 2226, SB 2243, SB 2425

Keywords: SB 1493, Texas Transportation Code, motor vehicle lighting, vehicle lighting standards, high-mounted stoplamp, center high mount stop lamp, CHMSL, brake light, stop lamp, federal motor vehicle safety standards, 49 C.F.R. 571.108, FMVSS 108, vehicle inspection, automotive compliance, Transportation Committee, Texas vehicle equipment, motor vehicle collision report, crash report, accident report, traffic accident

Summary: The committee meeting focused on two primary bills, SB1598 and SB1493. SB1598, introduced by Senator Hagen Booth, addresses the clarity of collision report information access for law enforcement, aiming to enhance the tools available to police agencies across Texas for solving crimes. The meeting featured strong support from police representatives, including Sheriff Brian Hawthorne of Chambers County, who emphasized the significance of the CARFAX program for police in facilitating access to vital vehicle information, free of charge. Public testimony reflected a consensus on the necessity of the bill for improved investigatory processes.

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• Also, given the physician shortages in the United States, this bill would utilize the clinical knowledge
• Also, given the physician shortages in the United States, this bill would utilize the clinical knowledge
• shortages in the United States this bill shortages in the United States this bill would<00:07:23.039> utilize
• the<00:07:23.759> clinical<00:07:24.280> knowledge<00:07:24.960> and would utilize
• the clinical knowledge and would utilize the clinical knowledge and experience<00:07:25.879> of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• just infants and newborns, so the opt-out form for 18 years of age and older wouldn't really be utilized
• that that opt-out form ...for parents and guardians be adopted in rule and gives the option of utilization
• So we have found, and agencies have requested, that we utilize this program to save...
• Agencies have requested that we utilize this program to save dollars.
• Agencies have requested that we utilize this program to save, it saves dollars.

Summary: The Joint Administrative Procedures Committee heard a presentation from Representative Esposito on a proposal to strengthen oversight of agency rulemaking under Chapter 120. The bill would require cost-benefit analysis at the front end and after implementation, create an eight-year sunset and review process for rules, and require express legislative authority for agency rulemaking. Members questioned the lack of concrete examples of burdensome rules, the effect on already slow rulemaking, the choice of an eight-year sunset, and the bill’s origin; Esposito said she was working with stakeholders and cited her chamber-of-commerce background and research with the Cicero Institute. No vote was taken on the bill itself. Staff then reported on legislatively mandated rulemaking from 2023 and 2024, noting that most required rules had been adopted, proposed, noticed, or scheduled, with a few agencies still outstanding. The Department of Financial Services explained a delayed notice of rule development for the MySafe Florida Home condominium pilot program as an oversight that has since been corrected, and the Department of Education said it did not proceed with rulemaking for the Fostering Prosperity grants because the program received no funding in the 2025 budget. The Department of Health described delayed rulemaking for the sickle cell disease and trait registry, saying the registry and opt-out forms were being implemented and that notices of rule development had now been filed. Members pressed the department on why rules took so long and discussed the need for statutory deadlines. The Department of Children and Families reported on two 2023 human-trafficking-related rules: signage requirements for residential treatment facilities and children’s safe homes, and a new certification process for adult safe homes. DCF said the signage rule is now moving forward and the adult safe home certification rule has been submitted for final review after workshops and stakeholder feedback. Senators questioned the lengthy timeline and the lack of oversight during the interim, while the chair emphasized the need for time-certain deadlines in legislation and for JAPAC oversight hearings. The committee also considered staff-proposed amendments to Chapter 120 addressing emergency rules pending legislative ratification and the process for initiating ratification, including a one-year limit and notice to JAPAC. After discussion, the committee voted to forward the proposed amendments to the Senate President and House Speaker. Finally, members discussed a proposed amendment to the administrative law judge appointment and retention process under Section 120.65. DOAH’s interim director opposed the change, saying ALJs and workers’ compensation judges have different functions and warning against shifting appointment power to cabinet officers whose agencies appear before DOAH. Members raised concerns about timeliness, consistency, and accountability in DOAH decisions. The committee voted to forward this proposal as well, with Senator Smith voting no on that motion.

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• We believe that this will provide Hawaii with a useful framework that providers can utilize as we continue
• This is natural disasters, public utilities.
• This is natural disasters, public utilities.
• <00:12:55.839> as framework that providers can utilize as framework that providers can utilize
• this has nothing to do with Utilities this has nothing to do with with<00:15:37.240> with<00:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes. Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders. Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• We have increased in utilization. We have an older population.
• Plus, you know, I think we continue to see utilization.
• We continue to see utilization, you know, we continue to see that the people that we are supporting are
• The utilization in our AFC program has grown 40% in the past two years. Wow. Which is wild.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The subcommittee opened with roll call and approved the November 2025 minutes. Commissioner Charlie Carr then introduced Leslie Darcy, chief of LTSS at MassHealth, who provided an update on the PCA working group and on federal and state budget pressures affecting MassHealth and long-term services and supports. Darcy said the PCA working group had completed its work and submitted recommendations, including reinstating the 66-hour overtime cap, strengthening program integrity, and ending paid paperwork time for EVV users; she said those changes were implemented on 11/26 and were expected to save $7.4 million. She also described additional consensus recommendations to lower the overtime cap from 66 to 60 hours, create a seven-hour weekly meal-prep support limit, and continue exploring benchmarks, though the group could not reach consensus on a benchmark standard. Darcy warned that a federal bill enacted about six months earlier would significantly affect MassHealth, with an estimated $3.5 billion loss to the Commonwealth by 2028. She outlined upcoming changes including revised immigrant eligibility rules in October 2026, work requirements for certain non-disabled adults beginning in January 2027, six-month redeterminations for some adults, and shorter retroactive coverage periods. In response to questions, she said people with disabilities and Medicare beneficiaries would be exempt from the work and six-month redetermination requirements. She also explained that reduced federal ACA subsidies were being offset in Massachusetts by state spending, including $250 million in additional state support to keep premiums lower for middle-income families. Members raised concerns about community hospitals, the health safety net, and the impact of federal funding changes on provider rates and uncompensated care. Darcy said restrictions on provider taxes would limit MassHealth’s ability to use those revenues to support rates, and she noted a current $300 million shortfall in the health safety net. She said FY27 would likely include a rate freeze, targeted reductions, one-time budget measures, and further work groups to examine programs such as adult foster care, which she said had grown 40% in two years. Carr emphasized that the situation was serious but potentially fluid, and the meeting ended with no further business; the subcommittee agreed to adjourn before the next meeting and noted an upcoming February presentation from the Department of Public Health.

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• SB 1385, public utilities, renewable energy resources. Natural Resources.
• SB 1448, aggravated assault on utility workers. Public Safety. SB 1450.
• SB 1448, aggravated assault on utility workers. Public Safety.
• SCR 1016, Public Utility Commission. SCR 1018, same-sex marriage constitutional right.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• They're river authorities, they're special utility districts, but they don't have the access. access
• We have over 900 utility members and 200 respondents. they do not have computers and they do not have
• Water conservation districts, freshwater supply districts, municipal utility districts, water. improvement
• districts. uh... navigation districts of a couple of kinds self-liquidating navigation district Special Utility

Bills: HB279, HB310, HB365, HB391, HB420, HB422, HB638, HB279, HB310

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

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• Harris relating to the funding and mechanisms of the Office of the Governor and the Texas Public Utility
• HB 143 by King relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Public Utility Commission
• and Livestock, refer to the HB 1114 by GAAS relating to indicators of achievement under the public utility
• the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain employees or agents of a utility

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• <02:17:27.800> the area agency and they're utilizing the area agency and they're utilizing
• So every case or every request utilizes that storage space.
• So every case or every request utilizes that storage space.
• that storage space we currently utilizes that storage space we currently don't<02:26:50.840> have
• <02:50:35.560> our easier for people to utilize our easier for people to utilize our services

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: Finance Division 3 met for a work session on House Bill 519, which concerns funding for Waypoint. The chair noted general support for the organization but said the bill would likely need to be suspended and folded into the budget process because the committee did not yet know available revenues or what amount, if any, could be committed. Kya Fox, director of the Division for Behavioral Health, testified that the department supports the bill and the program, explaining that it had been funded with other available funds, including $100,000 for 2024 and $400,000 for 2025, under a contract running through June 30 of this year. She said the shelter serves a unique population of young adults and is part of the department’s children’s system of care and Mission Zero efforts to reduce barriers to psychiatric discharge and emergency department use. Members questioned Fox and Waypoint representatives about the budget placement of the request, the difference between the efficiency budget and prioritized needs, and whether state budget documents would show any internal Waypoint revenues. Fox said the request appears as a general fund item and that the state would not see Waypoint’s internal financial operations in the budget. A legislative member explained that prioritized needs are critical services already in place but not necessarily included in the efficiency budget, and another member said the distinction is not strictly applied. The committee also raised a separate question about how DHHS would handle any future state or federal restrictions on DEI practices; Fox said that was a question for department leadership and legal staff, but that the department follows state law and contract requirements. Waypoint CEO Bor Alvare and Director Mandy Lancaster then described the shelter and related services. They said the shelter serves ages 18 to 24, is a 14-bed open-room facility with half walls, and is staffed overnight by two full-time workers. They said admission is first come, first served, with some vulnerability factors considered, and that they do not discriminate by race, gender, or sexual orientation. They reported no known incidents of sexual violence, though some youth are turned away each night because the shelter is full. They also explained that Waypoint provides broader services beyond the shelter, including outreach, drop-in centers, housing support, rental assistance, and family mediation, and said they serve about 400 youth and young adults in Manchester alone. The discussion ended with questions about whether lowering the upper age limit would affect the program; Waypoint said most residents are already in the 18-to-23 range, but that housing shortages make the current age span important for helping young adults avoid chronic homelessness.