Transcript Highlights:

• So, these data are updated every year, and they're a high-level metric.
• So that's high level, what do we need to hire?
• Before we have fully, at the local level, expended every dollar.
• But then when you compound that with the sort of adequacy level.
• and the county level.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• have my coffee individualized to me with a certain level of creamer, a certain level of sweetener, a
• certain level of whatever added to it, that's a customized...
• But let's take it to the next level.
• of creamer a me with a certain level of creamer a certain<00:25:58.679> level<00:25:58.880>
• of sweetener a certain certain level of sweetener a certain level<00:26:00.080> of<00:26:00.440

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• To some level of rate parity with the children's rates.
• levels.
• So how do we make sure that that experience is rooted in some level...
• I'm really thinking about population health-level goals.
• We start with that, some level of trust-building and comfort that you can do this.

Keywords: 962, all

Summary: The MAPOC Women and Children’s Health Subcommittee heard a presentation from Kate Parker Riley, executive director of the Connecticut Dental Health Partnership, on the Husky Dental Program and efforts to improve oral health during pregnancy. She reviewed the structure of Connecticut’s Medicaid dental benefit, the ASO model, provider network, utilization trends, and member barriers to care. She noted that children’s dental measures remain above the national median, but adult utilization is lower and the dental provider network has been shrinking, with longer wait times in rural areas. A major focus was the state’s goal to raise the rate of oral evaluation during pregnancy from about 17.5% to 25% by 2030. Riley described planned outreach to OB/GYN practices using a draft “snapshot” report showing each practice’s pregnancy oral-health rate compared with the state average, along with education materials based on ACOG and AAP guidance. Committee members and guests discussed barriers such as lack of provider training, workflow burden, access to dentists who will see pregnant patients, and the need for stronger referral bridges. Suggestions included adding simple oral-health screening questions in OB settings, using human support to make appointments, and exploring co-located dental hygienists or other embedded models. Riley also highlighted partnerships with DSS, DCF, Head Start, WIC, Read to Grow, YMCA programs, refugee resettlement agencies, and school-based and hospital partners, as well as data-sharing and navigation efforts. She said pregnant members newly identified through HUSKY will now receive outreach and navigation support. DSS dental director Carolyn MacArthur introduced herself and said she supports the initiative, noting the literature linking untreated maternal dental disease to poor child oral-health outcomes. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with thanks and a preview of upcoming July presentations on integrated behavioral health and home visitation programs.

Transcript Highlights:

• you know, compromised children in foster homes or potentially coming into foster homes that need a level
• homes that need a level of protection. homes that need a level of protection.
• <00:11:01.040> So, this time on a state level. So, this time on a state level.
• We have not even really, like, we're not even there yet and we're fast-forwarding these other levels.
• We have not even really, like, we're not even there yet and we're fast-forwarding these other levels.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• AND SUFFICIENT TRANSFER AGREEMENTS WITH THE LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTERS AS WELL.
• ONE OR LEVEL TWO TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND SUBMIT TO US THE PLAN OUTLINING THEIR ACTIONS FOR CONVERSIONS TO
• THIS IS OF THE PARENT ORGANIZATION LEVEL RANGING FROM 700,000 FROM TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH WITH HUNDRED 46
• WHAT 121 DID WAS INCREASE THE 300 PERCENT OF INCOME FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND REALLY THE HEALTHY KIDS
• IT WAS UP TO 200 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Unfortunately, that's not a problem that we can solve at the state level; that is a federal problem.
• Law enforcement at every level is tracking this. And this bill is a modest solution.
• There are not significant wait lists at the state level. to get assistance in appeals.
• The federal VA has a disability chart for the level of rating.
• At the congressional level, the federal level, we are working with a bipartisan group of members of Congress

Transcript Highlights:

• To other alternatives to find that level of care, it goes back to education.
• the ground level at VA want to do the right thing.
• Where it gets gunked up is when it goes up to a different level, right?
• the way up to the vision level.
• versus a clinical level.

Transcript Highlights:

• So this is creating at the local level.
• And there's permits from all levels of government.
• And there's permits from all levels of government.
• engineers permit from the federal level. engineers permit from the federal level.
• So that's more of a a federal level So that's more of a a federal level issue,<01:02:36.079>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There's conduits at the local level.
• I provide some high-level metrics of Texas's return on investment. very high level.
• We use a conservative level dollar amortization.
• First page, high-level overview of the agency.
• levels that it had over 20 years ago.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• places where they shouldn't be working because they don't have the training nor the certification level
• test and then you can go on and level test and then you can go on and become become become and<00:09
• Our concern is that Medicaid individuals are receiving a lower level of service from folks who are not
• Our concern is that Medicaid individuals are receiving a lower level of service from folks who are not
• Our concern is that Medicaid individuals are receiving a lower level of service from folks who are not

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:16 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations 25:49 Discussion of Hospital Rate Improvement Plan 58:50 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee began by reviewing a large slate of administrative regulations and explaining that it does not approve regulations but can find them deficient and send them back for further work. Members then asked questions on several items, including EMS reciprocity, dental hygienist licensure, and interpreter licensure. The EMS board explained that reciprocity would extend to applicants from any state, not just contiguous states, because the underlying statute had been amended. On the dental regulation, staff said the changes mainly clarified licensure requirements, reinstatement fees, and that dental hygienists administering local anesthetic must do so under direct dentist supervision. The most extended discussion involved the Board of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The board chair said the main concern was that the EIPA is an educational specialty assessment, not a nationally recognized certification, yet the regulation would allow it to support full licensure. Members discussed whether that could let educational interpreters work outside their intended scope and whether a separate educational license or statutory change would be more appropriate. The board said it did not think the regulation could be fixed further at this point and suggested a statute could create a narrower educational interpreter license. After discussion, the committee voted to defer both related interpreter regulations, 201 KAR 39:030 and the companion regulation, for further work. The committee then took up two community mental health regulations, 907 KAR 1:044 and 907 KAR 5:005, which had been found deficient in Administrative Regulations. Department for Medicaid Services staff said the rules would expand and rename the mental health associate role as a behavioral health associate, making the role available in many more facilities, but would also require additional coursework or progress toward licensure. Some members and providers raised access-to-care concerns, especially for rural areas and unlicensed staff already working in the field. Staff said the proposal had been revised through work with CMHCs and licensing boards, but the committee ultimately voted to defer both regulations as well. After finishing the regulation review, the committee heard a presentation from the Kentucky Hospital Association on the ATRIP hospital rate improvement program. Hospital representatives said ATRIP is a Medicaid state-directed payment program funded through a provider tax and federal matching dollars, allowing hospitals to receive payments tied to quality measures. They reported improvements including lower Medicaid readmissions, high sepsis screening rates, reduced infections and opioid prescribing, expanded postpartum depression and suicide screening, and training for more than 1,000 people. They said the program has helped hospitals invest in staffing and quality improvement and warned that without it, many hospitals would face severe financial strain.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so then what the authority level is.
• :01:02.400> the<02:01:02.719> different next level instead of the different next level
• officials at the school district level. officials at the school district level.
• In fact, stop having so much power at the state level.
• having so much power at the state level. having so much power at the state level.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So organizations are national levels.
• <00:42:37.040> of the appropriate level of the appropriate level of >> uh<00:42:38.160
• the level of fraud. the level of fraud.
• That lower our overall level of risk.
• Um, so that's a that's a high level Um, so that's a that's a high level overview<01:10:28.800>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee chair opened by explaining that the committee has expanded from a traditional audit-follow-up role into an oversight role focused on whether audit recommendations are implemented and whether controls are in place to detect fraud. He said the committee was concerned about fraud uncovered in social service programs in other states and wanted to understand New Hampshire’s safeguards, especially around major contracts and program performance. Charles Buchanan, director of the New Hampshire Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and investigator Tim Brackett described the unit’s structure and mission. Buchanan said the unit, housed in the Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Bureau, investigates and prosecutes fraud by health care providers serving Medicaid beneficiaries, as well as abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of residents in health care facilities. He outlined common Medicaid fraud schemes such as billing for services not rendered, upcoding, using unqualified staff, drug substitution, kickbacks, supplemental charges, and inflated customary charges. He also described resident abuse/neglect and drug diversion in hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living settings. Brackett said his role is financial investigator/auditor and noted the unit is grant-funded and must include a prosecutor, investigator, and auditor. The witnesses then explained how cases reach the unit and how they are handled. Most referrals come from the state Department of Health and Human Services’ program integrity unit and from managed care organizations’ special investigations units, which look for fraud, waste, and abuse and refer credible allegations. Other sources include qui tam whistleblower actions, the national Medicaid Fraud Control Units association, citizen complaints, provider referrals, adult protective services law-enforcement referrals, local law enforcement, and federal agencies. Once a referral is received, the unit can accept or deny it; accepted matters may be investigated criminally or civilly, while nonviable matters can be referred back to HHS or other agencies for administrative action, including repayment demands and reimbursement offsets. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• So everything is done at their level.
• And so it's really up to the level of the recipient to determine what level of energy auditor they want
• So, is the level of auditor determined?
• The level of services I can get in the home if I have a level 1 auditor provide the audit in my home,
• user level with.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:03:20.080> by<00:03:20.400> about<00:03:20.959> 50% levels by about 50% levels
• And let's face it, the salaries aren't that fantastic at the prison employment level.
• And let's face it, the salaries aren't that fantastic at the prison employment level.
• Would salary levels remain the same if someone shifted from one location to another?
• Would would st would uh salary levels Would would st would uh salary levels remain<01:21:04.800>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• discussion about reserve levels discussion about reserve levels assessment<01:31:12.560> etc<
• a 600% RBC level.
• a 600% RBC level.
• level is not enough for them to operate. level is not enough for them to operate.
• That's represent representative level.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee continued work on Senate Bill 297 and a new amendment dealing with pooled risk management programs and whether they should be regulated under the insurance department. Lisa Duket, executive director of SchoolCare, testified at length that the draft language could allow co-mingling of public entity risk funds, could trigger producer-licensing requirements for staff who are not actually brokers, and may not fit public entity risk pools because they are not insurance companies. She also raised concerns about the March 1 reporting deadline, the proposed uniform accounting language, aggregate excess insurance, examination costs being charged to the program, and confidentiality provisions that she argued may conflict with right-to-know principles for public entities. She urged the committee to slow down and consider a study committee or more time for review, saying the regulated entities were not adequately involved in drafting the proposal. Chairman Hunt and the department responded that the bill is intended to create a licensure-based regulatory model, similar to other licensed industries, and that the pooled risk management program would be exempt from producer licensing while anyone else selling or negotiating such coverage would need a producer license. The department said failure to comply would be handled through an administrative licensing process, with denial or nonrenewal of a license and appeal through the department process. On the reporting deadline, the department said March 1 is a standard filing date used for financial analysis and that the filing can be the most recent annual report, regardless of fiscal year end. They also explained that the confidentiality language was taken from existing RSA 5B, that aggregate excess insurance was included as a solvency measure, and that the draft was intended to preserve familiar language while adapting it for pooled risk programs. The discussion did not include a final vote or formal action on the bill in the portion provided. The committee appeared to be compiling follow-up questions for the insurance department and considering whether additional revisions or a slower process would be needed before moving the bill forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• reporting to show where the tax exemptions are at a parish level.
• So this cleans that up a little bit by removing the parish-level data and essentially creating a new
• So this will put a requirement on local taxing authorities to provide the level of tax exemption that
• ’s occurring at the local level as well.
• and the local level.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on April 21, 2026, and took up a series of tax, revenue, and property-tax related measures. SB 318 was amended and reported as amended; it revises the Department of Revenue’s annual tax exemption budget process by removing parish-level reporting from that report, creating a separate business tax benefit report by NAICS code, and requiring parish sales tax collectors to produce a similar local exemption report. SB 128, allowing the Department of Revenue to use an existing vendor for address-change services, was reported favorably. SB 149, concerning the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds and requiring good-faith deposits only from the winning bidder, was amended and reported as amended. SB 180, which lets a surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran transfer an expanded homestead exemption one time under certain circumstances, was reported favorably. SB 196, extending the tax appeal period from 60 to 90 days and making conforming changes elsewhere in law, was amended and reported as amended. SCR 11, creating the Anchor Home Task Force to study tax credits to encourage Louisiana college graduates to stay and work in the state, was reported favorably. SB 340, making the permanent homestead exemption form requirement statewide for assessors, was reported favorably. Later in the meeting, the committee heard several bills from Senator Gregory Miller on the state’s ongoing tax sale and ad valorem tax reform package. SB 73 was reported favorably to resolve a conflict between prior legislation and the 2024 constitutional amendment on tax sale timing. SB 238 was reported favorably to clarify which collection procedures apply to older tax sales and to preserve prior notice procedures where already completed. SB 191 was amended to restore the requirement for two advertisements for tax lien auctions instead of one, and then reported favorably as amended. SB 89, a backup measure to require the St. Charles Parish assessor to provide a permanent homestead exemption form, was also reported favorably, with the sponsor noting it was intended to avoid duplication if the statewide bill already enacted the same policy. Testimony was generally supportive across the agenda, with Department of Revenue, Department of Veterans Affairs, local tax, sheriffs, press, and land title representatives appearing in support or for information. Committee members asked a few clarifying questions, mainly about the scope of homestead exemption portability, whether local governments would face new costs, and the effect of the tax appeal deadline change. No roll-call votes were taken; the committee adopted amendments where offered and reported the bills and resolution favorably or as amended by unanimous consent. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• reporting to show where the tax exemptions are at a parish level.
• This cleans that up a little bit by removing the parish-level data and essentially creating a new report
• Secondly, it will take that parish-level reporting and include it in something called the business tax
• occurring at the local level as well, so we get the full picture at the end of the day for what we're
• doing for tax exemptions at the state level and the local level.

Bills: HR118, HB1120, SCR11, SB73, SB89, SB128, SB149, SB180, SB191, SB196, SB238, SB318, SB340

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, tobacco tax, excise tax, smokeless tobacco, vapor products, public health, FDA, risk-proportionate, tax credits, higher education, workforce development, brain drain, economic incentives, SB 73, Act 10, Act No. 774 of 2024

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee heard several tax, revenue, and property-tax related measures. SB 318 was amended and reported as amended; it revises the Department of Revenue’s annual tax exemption budget process by removing parish-level reporting from that report, creating a new business tax benefit report due in September, and adding a local sales tax exemption reporting requirement for parish collectors. SB 128, authorizing the Department of Revenue to use an existing vendor to obtain address changes for notices, was reported favorably. SB 149, which changes general obligation bond bid procedures so only the winning bidder must post good-faith money, was amended and reported as amended. SB 180, allowing a surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran to make a one-time transfer of an expanded homestead/property tax exemption, was reported favorably. SB 196, extending the tax appeal period from 60 to 90 days and making conforming changes, was amended and reported as amended; committee members noted it was intended to align Louisiana with common practice and improve the state’s tax climate rating. The committee also considered SCR 11, creating the Anchor Home Task Force to study tax credits to encourage Louisiana college graduates to live and work in the state during their first five years after graduation; it was reported favorably. SB 340, requiring parish assessors statewide to provide a permanent homestead exemption registration form, was reported favorably after questions about local cost and implementation; the sponsor said assessors supported it and it could save mailing costs. The committee then took up Sen. Gregory Miller’s tax-sale reform package: SB 73, SB 238, and SB 191. SB 73 was reported favorably to resolve a conflict between prior law and a 2024 constitutional amendment on ad valorem tax collection timing. SB 238 was reported favorably to clarify procedures for tax sales and notices already issued before January 1, 2026. SB 191 was amended to restore the requirement for two advertisements for tax lien auctions instead of one, then reported favorably. Finally, SB 89, a backup bill limited to St. Charles Parish requiring the homestead exemption form, was also reported favorably after the sponsor said it would not be needed if SB 340 becomes law. HB 1120 was announced as voluntarily deferred, and the committee adjourned without objection.

Transcript Highlights:

• reviewing committee that's tasked with reviewing the<00:03:32.959> system<00:03:33.280> level
• <00:03:33.599> governance<00:03:34.080> structure<00:03:34.480> of the system level
• governance structure of the system level governance structure of Missy's<00:03:35.360> public
• /c><00:06:39.280> um<00:06:39.440> the<00:06:39.680> highest<00:06:39.919> level
• are getting um the highest level are getting um the highest level performance<00:06:41.520> um

Keywords: Universities and Colleges - Room 216, 2 February, 2026; 4:30 PM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first heard an explanation of a bill dealing with confidentiality of certain contracts between students, the university, and personnel reviewing those contracts. The measure would require those agreements and their terms to be kept confidential except as otherwise provided by law or court order, and it would set out damages and remedies for unauthorized disclosure, including by agents. The committee then moved title sufficient and do pass, with committee substitute, and the motion carried. Senator Blackman presented SB 2046, a bill that would create a property right in an individual’s name, likeness, and voice, including rules for transfer, contract, inheritance, penalties for misuse, and First Amendment protections. Senator Leno offered a reverse repealer amendment, which was adopted, and the committee then voted title sufficient, do pass, committee substitute. The committee next discussed SB 2208, creating the Mississippi Public University Governance Study Commission to review system-level governance, accountability, oversight, and coordination among public institutions of higher learning. The sponsor said the commission would study other states, including Florida and Tennessee, report by December 1, and dissolve January 1 of the following year, with support from the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review. After questions about comparable models and the goals of the study, the committee voted title sufficient, do pass. Finally, the committee considered SB 2342, the Safe Dormitories Act, which would require public institutions of higher learning and community colleges to report on dormitory safety policies, including coeducational and single-sex housing arrangements, bathrooms, curfews, and age requirements. Members questioned whether the report could already be requested without codifying it and asked about a fiscal note; the sponsor said there was no fiscal note. Senator Deleno moved to table the bill, and the motion carried. The committee then took up a final measure simply bringing forth IHL code sections, with the sponsor saying the committee was still working with the College Board on related factors; the committee voted title sufficient, do pass, and then rose and reported.

Transcript Highlights:

• Is there at the university level do you have, and do you have any ideas where we've gone wrong?
• Do you know if the house bill has like a true grade level Retention. Mr.
• If by the end of 3rd grade you're not on level, that's the retention component.
• I think it would be dependent upon what level of intervention.
• And right now, about 27% of Oklahoma third graders are reading at grade level.

Bills: SB1778, SB1570, SB134, SB1966, SB1636, SB1725, SB1726, SB259, SB504, SB592, SB2030, SB1572, SB843, SB1242, SB1255, SB1262, SB1264, SB1286, SB1581, SB1290, SB1316, SB1319, SB1369, SB1379, SB1381, SB1400, SB1427, SB1436, SB1461, SB1496, SB1509, SB1534, SB1553, SB904, SB1592, SB1645, SB1684, SB1767, SB1772, SB1813, SB1894, SB1928, SB1946, SB1980, SB2040, SB2060, SB2061

Keywords: reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, child welfare, child safety, administrative transition, Department of Child Safety and Well-being, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, juvenile justice, foster care, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, memorial highways, bridge designations

Transcript Highlights:

• We almost need a... ...Marshall Plan level of investment.
• We need to reach a 'moonshot' level of urgency.
• or at the statewide level.
• PCE has had great success working with building owners to install Level 1 and Power Managed Level 2 chargers
• Level 1 costs roughly 20 percent as much as Level 2 and doesn't require very time-consuming service upgrades

Keywords: 988, house, all