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• </c><00:04:38.880><c> who</c><00:04:39.120><c> provide</c> community members providers who provide community
• :11.280><c> services</c> only providers were providing services only providers were providing services
• to provider?
• to provider.
• </c> uh, from from provider to provider. uh, from from provider to provider.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first heard brief presentations on Kentucky’s 2025 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant. Department for Public Health staff explained that the preventive health block grant provides about $2.3 million annually and supports programs such as accreditation and performance improvement, local health department grants, community health workers, prescription assistance, asthma and COPD programs, workforce development, and a sexual assault programs set-aside. They said the Title V block grant provides about $11.7 million, with 35% directed to children and youth with special health care needs and 65% to maternal and child health populations, largely through local health departments and a five-year needs assessment process. After no questions, a motion was made and seconded to approve both block grants. The roll call vote passed 19-0, and the two block grants were approved. The committee then approved the minutes from the prior meeting. The next item was a discussion of the child waiver created in House Bill 6. Committee members raised concerns that the proposed 1915(c) waiver did not match the legislature’s intent, which they said was to move children from the Michelle P. waiver to free slots for adults. Cabinet officials from DCBS, behavioral health, and Medicaid described the proposed “Community Health for Improved Lives and Development” waiver as a targeted home- and community-based program for children under 21 with severe behavioral health or developmental needs, including those stepping down from inpatient or residential care or at risk of out-of-home placement. They said the waiver is designed for about 100 slots, uses a standardized needs-based assessment, and includes case management, community living supports, home modifications, respite, supervised residential care, and clinical therapeutic services. Officials said the public comment period ended July 15, responses are being compiled for August submission to CMS, and the waiver is part of the broader Families First initiative.

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• for definitions, to provide relative to veterans, to provide relative to charter schools, and to provide
• , to provide relative to children in foster care, to provide for exceptions, and provide for related
• for limitations, to provide for applicability and effective date, to provide for reporting, and to provide
• To provide for grade levels to be served, to provide for an effective date, and to provide for related
• To provide for representation for athletes, to provide for definitions, and to provide for related matters

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met to hear several education-related measures. It reported favorably, without objection, on House Bill 1215, which would transfer certain removed historical statues and monuments to the Office of State Parks, prohibit re-erection in the parish where they were removed, and require interpretive signage. The committee also advanced House Bill 682, which creates a school guardian program for honorably discharged veterans employed or contracted by local school systems or charter schools; testimony emphasized that guardians would be unarmed, trained, and used for mentoring and school safety. House Bill 1079, giving enrollment preferences in charter schools to children in early childhood programs, military families, foster children, and children in custody disputes, was also reported favorably, as was House Concurrent Resolution 81, directing the Department of Education to study options for districts facing declining enrollment. The committee then took up House Bill 1084, which would allow public postsecondary institutions to raise tuition and mandatory fees by up to 15 percent annually, with higher increases requiring Board of Supervisors approval. The bill drew extended debate over affordability, TOPS, student retention, and whether universities should have more autonomy to set prices. Members raised concerns about fee burdens on families and whether the state should first study the issue; supporters argued the bill would increase transparency and let institutions respond to funding needs and market conditions. Senator Mazzell offered an amendment lowering the cap from 15 percent to 10 percent, and the committee adopted the amendment before reporting the bill favorably as amended. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 342, which would shift the burden of proof in special education due process hearings from parents to local education agencies. The author and parents testified that the current system places an unfair burden on families of children with disabilities, who often lack access to records and legal resources, and that schools already control the documentation and should have to show compliance with IEP obligations. Jefferson Parish school officials opposed the bill, arguing it would increase legal costs, require more staff and attorney time, and potentially lead to more hearings; they also questioned the fiscal note. The Legislative Fiscal Office said the fiscal impact was indeterminable, and the committee continued hearing testimony from parents and school representatives as the transcript ended.

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• </c> testifiers to come forward and provide testifiers to come forward and provide us<00:03:09.159><c
• </c> behalf of the residential providers behalf of the residential providers Association<00:03:31.519
• </c> metropolitan area uh small providers metropolitan area uh small providers have<00:04:22.400><c>
• We are the only mobile mental health provider in this region, providing 24/7 coverage.
• </c><00:43:29.800><c> and</c> provides the ability for providers and provides the ability for providers

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:02:14.319><c> in</c> providers in providers in Minnesota<00:02:16.080><c> in</c><00:02:16.319><c>
• providers.
• And so this would provide a massive 50% reduction in property tax payment for a provider of this.
• </c> need to provide to child care providers need to provide to child care providers and<00:13:50.880
• </c><00:15:51.440><c> for</c> provide relief and provide capacity for provide relief and provide capacity

Keywords: 1183, house

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• One example would be looking closer at the provider level to determine when a provider is requesting
• The provider or the department does have a responsibility to monitor its providers, but I don't have
• If they are not, they're going to a provider that is actually providing services for eligible child care
• They underreported paying one provider by $32 million, and one provider by $32 million, and they overreported
• You did attend eight meetings and provided 14 of the requested documents, but only six of them were provided

Summary: The committee first heard an update on Topok Elementary School District’s long-running noncompliance with Arizona’s Uniform System of Financial Records. The Auditor General’s office explained the USFR noncompliance process and reported that Topok had made substantial progress, correcting many deficiencies in areas such as open meeting law, procurement, payroll, attendance reporting, property control, and information technology. The district’s superintendent and staff described the corrective actions they had taken, the use of outside consultants, and their plan to maintain compliance through stronger leadership, training, and consistent procedures. Members praised the district’s progress and asked about the remaining deficiencies and the status of the 3% state-aid withholding, which the Auditor General said would be addressed by the State Board of Education. The committee then considered a request for a fourth school safety special audit, tied to concerns raised by Representative Martinez about Phoenix Union High School District and school violence response practices. The Auditor General said the proposed audit would be a new topic focused on policies and procedures for responding to credible threats of violence and allegations of staff misconduct affecting student safety, and could include Phoenix Union in the sample. Representative Martinez described a fatal 2024 shooting, weapons incidents, and concerns about district oversight. The committee approved the motion 10-0. Next, staff presented the fiscal years 2027-2028 school district performance audit schedule, describing 26 randomly selected school districts and career and technical education districts, plus 84 planned follow-ups. The Auditor General said the schedule is intended to shorten the average time between audits and that the school audits division is now fully staffed. Members asked about county coverage and the inclusion of ESA accountability, but the schedule was ultimately presented for review rather than approval. The committee also heard a detailed federal compliance audit presentation on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administered by DES. The Auditor General reported repeated findings involving missing provider documentation, questioned costs, and FFATA reporting errors, including a 2024 sample that led to questioning $2.88 million in costs. The office recommended stronger documentation, record retention, reporting procedures, and staff training; DES concurred and said it would correct the findings in 2026. Members discussed the limits of the single-audit scope, the possibility of a broader special audit, and the federal government’s recent actions on CCDF oversight in other states. Finally, the committee considered and discussed a special audit request for CCDF that would broaden review to provider oversight, licensing, site visits, and billing accuracy across multiple state agencies, with estimated costs of $547,000 to $625,000 and a projected report date of July 31, 2027.

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• care providers across the state.
• care providers across the state.
• care providers across the state.
• </c> private provider conducts the licensing. private provider conducts the licensing.
• </c> OMBbuds for family child care providers. OMBbuds for family child care providers.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• </c><00:03:30.159><c> in</c> cadbi KAC and DD um and is provided in cadbi KAC and DD um and is provided
• </c><00:57:08.400><c> uh</c><00:57:09.119><c> providers</c> and then also provide uh providers and then
• </c><01:10:08.520><c> and</c> provides the ability for providers and provides the ability for providers
• Yeah, provided everybody a packet. Yeah, I got to put that—I put—I provided everybody a packet.
• Yeah, provided everybody a packet. Yeah, I got to put that—I put—I provided everybody a packet.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Greg Curran is here just to provide information. Just to provide information.
• It also allows us to provide for permanent benefit increases as provided for... ...or RS 11:2178.
• an increase, to provide for the calculation of the amount of any increase, to provide for the funding
• , to provide for employer contributions, to provide for an effective date, and to provide for related
• relative to the Board of Trustees, to provide for the election of trustees, and to provide for terms

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• And again, the only thing we don't provide for are their streets, and by Texas law we can't provide for
• So you provide the water, sewer, who provides the police and fire and all?
• And they don't provide the services.
• The city's gonna provide water, wastewater and these services in exchange, we provide, uh, the community
• So a city, uh, can provide full services and has to provide full services, but that, that just means

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• provider eligibility, to provide for definitions, and to provide for related matters.
• This instrument provides relative to the investments of domestic insurers to provide for solvency, to
• , to provide for applicability.
• I'll provide one in a minute.
• , to provide for rulemaking authority, and to provide for related matters.

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• provider offered by the plan.
• by a provider that has the ability to assess... by a provider that has the ability to assess the kind
• providers or kind of opening up the network to contracted providers, essentially.
• We have members and providers here...
• If MCPs rely on CBOs to provide care, we need to make sure that those providers can sustain to work for

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee held an informational hearing on Kaiser Permanente’s behavioral health care system, focusing on Department of Managed Health Care enforcement actions, Kaiser’s corrective action work plan, and testimony from patients, advocates, and union representatives. DMHC officials reviewed a long history of complaints, surveys, fines, and settlements involving Kaiser’s access to behavioral health services, including deficiencies found in 2012 and 2016, a 2022 non-routine survey, and a 2023 settlement that imposed a $50 million penalty and required $150 million in community investments over five years. DMHC said it continues to monitor Kaiser through quarterly meetings, complaint review, follow-up surveys, and a reimbursement process for members who could not obtain timely in-network care. Committee members pressed DMHC on what “timely access” and continuity of care mean in practice, how virtual care and group therapy fit into the standards, and what triggers a non-routine survey. DMHC said initial behavioral health appointments generally should not take more than two weeks, urgent care should be within days, and follow-up care within 10 days, with out-of-network care required when plans cannot meet standards. Officials also said Kaiser’s initial corrective action work plan lacked detail, but the revised plan was accepted and will be tracked through quarterly reporting and possible additional enforcement if Kaiser fails to comply. The second panel featured testimony from a Kaiser enrollee, a behavioral health policy expert, a Kaiser therapist, and the NUHW president. The enrollee described serious delays and inadequate treatment for his daughter after a suicide attempt, while the therapist and union leader said Kaiser’s behavioral health system is understaffed, relies too heavily on short appointments, group therapy, and webinars, and treats behavioral health as less important than medical-surgical care. They argued Kaiser’s one-appointment-at-a-time scheduling rule and limited treatment time violate parity requirements and harm continuity of care. Several members criticized Kaiser for not appearing at the hearing and said the testimony underscored the need for stronger oversight, clearer metrics, and faster remedies for patients.

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• “We provide 24-7 nursing, primary care.
• This would entail working with the Coleman Court to allow providers from out of state to provide services
• I actually know an individual who provides...
• That hopefully provides some context. Okay. Mr.
• So if you could provide us more of that detail.

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee heard presentations from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS), the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program, and the Coleman mental health receivership. The hearing focused on correctional health care, reentry, aging incarcerated populations, and the state’s progress toward compliance in the Plata and Coleman receiverships. Members also discussed the OIG’s intake complaint workload and medical inspection findings, as well as broader questions about staffing, vacancies, and the cost of court oversight. The OIG requested $275,000 General Fund for two permanent positions in its intake processing unit, citing a sharp rise in complaints from 3,200 in 2022 to 7,860 in 2025. OIG officials said complaints are categorized by issue and prison, prioritized by urgency, and generally responded to within 30 days, but they do not track complaint “validity” rates. The medical inspection unit reported that in cycle seven, case review performance was generally adequate while policy compliance was often inadequate; the lowest-scoring areas included emergency services, medication management, and health care environment. Members asked for more detailed reporting on complaint types, priority levels, and systemic issues. CCHCS described rising health care costs driven by an aging prison population, staffing vacancies, and contract medical expenses. Officials said more than 80% of the budget is personal services, and they are using hiring events, social media outreach, and expanded classifications to reduce vacancies. CalAIM officials reported early implementation success in pre-release and reentry services, including 89% Medi-Cal activation at release, 87% assigned managed care plans, 88% reentry care plans, and 59% warm handoffs, with about 169,000 claims submitted and $14.7 million reimbursed. The LAO noted that the Plata medical receivership has increased per-person costs and that the state should continue oversight while seeking ways to reduce vacancies and expand federal reimbursement opportunities. For the Coleman mental health receivership, the receiver’s office requested $33.9 million from the Mental Health Special Deposit Fund, including $8.2 million for receiver office staffing and $25.3 million to make court-ordered bonus payments permanent. The LAO supported continued oversight but recommended additional steps to address vacancies, including greater out-of-state recruitment, expanded telemental health, and possible consolidation of mental health services. The LAO also recommended reducing the telemental health staffing request and monitoring its effects. Members questioned the long-term cost of receiverships, the pace of compliance, and whether more detailed benchmarks and staffing data should be provided. No formal votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• to provide analysis of what the impact were of providing the increase to provider rates if in fact you
• Provided CMS is consistent with the technical assistance that they've provided to us.
• medicine providers or field-based providers.
• -based provider.
• -based provider.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• an emergency backup provider.
• and concerning for these providers.
• Would you be able to provide that?
• IHSS providers already give so much of themselves. I'm an IHSS provider living in Modesto.
• provider when our provider is unable to come to work due to an emergency.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• at not providing direction but providing<00:20:38.720><c> important</c><00:20:39.200><c> questions</
• It also provides national address.
• And that varies provider to provider as shown in the table.
• </c> providers uh as to the the percentage. providers uh as to the the percentage.
• they have to provide service.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• an emergency backup provider.
• Providing care for the most vulnerable among us in the state, Providing care for the most vulnerable
• and concerning for these providers.
• Would you be able to provide that?
• provider when our provider is unable to come to work due to an emergency.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on the impact of H.R. 1 on older Californians and related county administration issues. Chair Jackson and Chair Addis opened by emphasizing California’s rapidly aging population and the need to protect seniors’ access to food, health care, housing, and in-home support services. Testimony from the Department of Social Services, Department of Health Care Services, and Department of Aging described how H.R. 1 would expand work and reporting requirements in CalFresh and Medi-Cal, increase redeterminations, and create new eligibility barriers. Witnesses and advocates warned that these changes could lead to large coverage losses, especially for adults ages 55 to 64, people experiencing homelessness, caregivers, and some immigrant groups, while also increasing administrative burden on counties. The LAO noted that many provisions do not directly apply to Californians 65 and older, but highlighted indirect effects and some direct impacts, including a new home equity limit for certain long-term care recipients and narrower immigration eligibility rules. Committee members pressed the administration and counties on how exemptions would be identified and implemented, whether data systems could automatically protect eligible people, and how outreach would reach older adults, women, LGBTQ seniors, and people with limited digital access. DHCS and CDSS said they are working to use existing data, cross-program information sharing, and human-centered communications to maximize exemptions and reduce churn, including text outreach, print and radio campaigns, and navigator support. Members also raised concerns about the need for legal aid and county eligibility workers to help people navigate complex rules, and requested updated analyses on the number of people likely to lose both Medi-Cal and CalFresh and the broader human and system impacts. No votes were taken. The second major topic was the administration’s proposal to shift some future IHSS costs to counties by establishing a statewide baseline for average authorized hours per case. CDSS said the proposal is intended to improve consistency in assessments and not reduce services, while counties and labor groups strongly opposed it, arguing that rising hours reflect real increases in need, an aging and higher-acuity caseload, and state-mandated assessment tools rather than county error. County representatives said the proposal would strain already limited local revenues, worsen the effects of H.R. 1, and could force cuts to other safety-net services. Committee members questioned the proposal’s timing and impact, but the hearing ended without action, with the chairs asking for continued updates, additional analysis, and more information before May Revision.

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• the same services that they're providing today.
• Child care providers and the early learning workforce.
• AAP funding is also used for on-site security services and provider training programs that address provider
• This program provides remote education to primary care providers on how to best diagnose and treat patients
• The Public Works Board provides funding to cities, counties, and special purpose districts to provide

Bills: SB5998

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all

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• , to provide for criminal background checks, to provide for licensing fees, to provide for license validity
• to provide for firm licensing, to provide for application procedures, to provide for duties of the State
• Fire Marshal, to provide for licensing fees, to provide for prohibited acts, to provide for cease and
• , to provide for fees, to provide for penalties, to provide boiler installation procedures...” “...to
• provide for fees, to provide for penalties, to provide boiler installation procedures, to provide for

Summary: The committee met on April 7, 2026, and first handled several fire marshal-related bills. HB 917, a licensing and regulatory cleanup for life safety and property protection work, was amended with technical changes and reported favorably. HB 565 clarified that the State Fire Marshal, rather than local authorities, would handle fire safety inspections for early learning and child daycare centers; members adopted an amendment limiting the standards to state or federal codes and addressing ventilation and suppression requirements for small facilities, and the bill was reported favorably with amendments. The committee then took up HB 937, which would shift amusement ride setup inspections back to the State Fire Marshal, require licensing and insurance for rides and inspectors, and repeal provisions related to inflatable amusement devices. The author and fire marshal cited a serious festival ride accident in Pointe Coupee Parish as the impetus, and members discussed inspection timing, insurance costs, and whether background checks or public inspection certificates should be required. After technical and agreed-upon amendments, the bill was reported favorably. HB 799, a boiler inspection consolidation bill, was presented as a cleanup measure that would centralize boiler regulation under the fire marshal and rely on licensed inspectors meeting national standards. Stakeholders from industry and the fire marshal’s office described it as an efficiency and safety measure, and the committee adopted a substantive amendment on shutdown procedures and licensing details before reporting the bill favorably. HB 461, which would have allowed parishes and municipalities to adopt fortified roof standards, drew extensive testimony both for and against; supporters argued it could improve resilience and lower insurance costs, while opponents warned it would undermine Louisiana’s uniform building code, add cost, and create inconsistency. The author ultimately moved to voluntarily defer the bill. Finally, the committee began HB 977, a bill on minors’ use of applications that would require age verification, parental consent, and app store/developer safeguards. An amendment clarified definitions, consent rules, data-sharing limits, and a good-faith compliance defense. Members raised concerns about the 45-day cure period, the lack of a private right of action, and whether app stores would become gatekeepers, but the bill remained pending at the end of the excerpt.

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• It's just so unnecessary given that these housing providers are providing such incredible housing and
• > such</c> housing providers are are providing such housing providers are are providing such incredible
• </c> providing pathways out of homelessness. providing pathways out of homelessness. um<00:03:31.599>
• </c><00:03:51.920><c> at</c> at risk uh puts uh those providers at at risk uh puts uh those providers
• </c> providers are doing because it matters. providers are doing because it matters.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We represent almost 90 providers who provide home care services at over 175 locations across the state
• to provide care to.
• These services are provided largely through the provider agencies that Megan Larino of the Hospice and
• My understanding from our hospice providers is that most hospice is provided in the home.
• The report is based on the information provided by the provider agency.