Video & Transcript Research : 'cost allocation'

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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I do know that debate is cost prohibitive.
  • offset the cost for the adult childare. offset the cost for the adult childare.
  • <00:39:59.359> on it's that is a it can be a big cost on it's that is a it can be a big cost
  • that come with that low cost of living.
  • We were so excited to be able to tell them about this low cost of living.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:13:43.520> Um avoidable health care costs. Um avoidable health care costs.
  • I think that the costs are quite a bit larger, the difference in costs. Oh, yeah.
  • The difference in costs. larger. The difference in costs. >> Oh,<01:43:48.960> yeah.
  • <02:52:21.520> So Is it cost? Is it's not very clear. So Is it cost?
  • cost for the lay members. Any comments? cost for the lay members. Any comments?
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 20, which would create a lava zone insurance subsidy/fund. The Insurance Division opposed the bill, arguing that lava zones 1 and 2 are the highest-risk areas, that a subsidy would not reduce the underlying risk or loss costs, that it could invite similar subsidy requests for other hazards, and that the bill may conflict with HICV by diverting funds from the CRF. Members discussed the lack of authorized homeowners insurance in those lava zones, the role of HPIA and the surplus market, and the difference between the proposed lava-zone subsidy and the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund. The chair noted 37 submitted testimonies in support and one in opposition, and the committee then moved on without taking a vote on HB 20 in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 2612, relating to mortgages, which would clarify that a mortgage does not exist independently of the debt it secures and is not independently enforceable from that debt. The Hawaii Credit Union League and Hawaii Financial Services Association opposed the bill, while several individuals testified in support, arguing it would restore Hawaii’s long-standing lien-state rule and prevent so-called “zombie mortgages” after the Hawaii Supreme Court’s White decision. Supporters said the bill would protect borrowers from delayed foreclosures and predatory lending practices, while opponents and the Insurance Division emphasized that foreclosure actions still require proof of standing and possession of the note, and that lenders generally pursue foreclosure without seeking deficiency judgments. Committee members questioned the Insurance Division about how the current market works, whether lenders could wait out the statute of limitations and then foreclose only on the mortgage, and whether equitable tolling or later defaults could allow refiling. The division said it is still trying to attract authorized insurers back into the lava-zone market, but has seen little progress. No vote or final action on HB 2612 was taken in the excerpt provided.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • care costs? care costs? >> Absolutely. >> Absolutely. >> Absolutely.
  • This pretty extensive study we did dug into your finances, your cost, how much does it cost?
  • So, you know, the costs still running.
  • <00:38:48.160> So cost but Medicare has not went up.
  • So cost but Medicare has not went up.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

GVO DEFER, AEN-GVO Public Hearings 02-12-2026

Government Operations

Summary: The committee met on February 12, 2026, to take decision-making on measures previously heard earlier in the month. Several bills were deferred indefinitely or set for later discussion, including SB 2064 on the Office of the State Architect, SB 3068 on procurement, and SB 3216 after its contents were moved into another measure. SB 2862 on gubernatorial appointments, SB 2781, and SB 315 were all deferred to Tuesday, February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225 for further work. The committee also noted that if technical problems interrupted the meeting, it would reconvene later for outstanding decision-making. The committee passed SB 2343 on the Legislature with amendments incorporating language from SB 3216, technical changes, and a defective date of 2525. SB 2075 was advanced as a Senate draft 1 after amendments responding to constitutional concerns raised by the attorney general and SPO. SB 2927 on procurement was also passed with amendments clarifying debriefing requirements and adding technical changes, and SB 2938 on search and rescue was amended to place the position in Hima rather than the Governor’s office before being adopted. SB 3249 on procurement protests was amended to remove the term "frivolous," reduce the forfeiture to half the bond amount, and note unresolved issues, then adopted. The committee also took up SB 3332 on state-funded travel, amending it to remove certain lines, report travel by position number to protect confidentiality, remove subsection G, and add a defective date of 2525; it was adopted. SB 2929 on public notice was amended into a pilot project for counties with populations between 100,000 and 175,000, with a year-end report to the Legislature, and was adopted. Later, the committee returned to SB 2094 on environmental action levels, heard testimony from the Department of Health in support of its current scientific process and from an environmental caucus witness in strong support of the bill’s transparency and petition provisions, and then deferred decision-making to February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225. In the joint hearing portion, SB 3233 on agricultural workforce housing drew generally supportive testimony from ADC, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and the State Procurement Office, with concerns focused on clarity, flexibility for smaller farms, and avoiding concentration of benefits in one large operation. The committee ultimately recommended passing SB 3233 with the State Procurement Office’s clarifying amendments and the Hawaii Farmers Union’s amendment to ensure workforce housing incentives benefit multiple farmers, and the measure was adopted.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • the individual cost per person?
  • No impact for the cost of 2026, the qualification, the timeline, the application, everything.
  • About what it's what it costs for all the other changes that we've made in it.
  • So, actually, there's already a formula set for allocations for schools.
  • So, this is just set for temporary allocations based off the previous year's budget, not the full allocation
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have all sorts of problems, allegations of people who shouldn't be on the program, but it's costing
  • And this is happening even as need has surged at food banks and the cost of food and groceries remains
  • Finally, the bill allows the legislature to allocate additional funding for program improvements if DES
  • So right now Arizona has an 8-point-something, a little bit under 8.5% error rate, so that will cost
  • But we still ask that you vote no because of the administrative costs in making an employment and an
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee opened with approval of the January 28 and 29 minutes and a welcome to Arizona Physical Therapy Day at the Capitol, including remarks from physical therapy advocates and students. The committee then took up several bills related to SNAP, health care oversight, child welfare, dementia planning, and safe haven newborn surrender. On SNAP, SB 1334 would bar DES from seeking or renewing federal waivers of work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents unless authorized by law; it passed 4-1. SB 1333 would require DES to reduce the SNAP payment error rate to 3% by 2030, with regular reporting, corrective action plans, and possible funding penalties; an amendment changed the reporting to quarterly and required a special audit, and the bill passed 4-1 as amended. SB 1331 would require able-bodied adults under 60 receiving SNAP to participate in mandatory employment and training unless exempt; testimony split between supporters citing work incentives and opponents warning of administrative burden and impacts on families and food banks, and it passed 4-2. The committee also advanced SB 1162, which clarifies DHS as the lead licensing and monitoring agency for health care institutions and, as amended, requires DHS and AHCCCS/Access to coordinate to identify duplicative oversight and report back periodically; it passed unanimously. SB 1017, requiring signatures on emergency informed consent forms for surgical procedures, passed 4-2. SB 1149, dealing with DCS periodic review hearings and notice/reporting requirements, including for tribal parties, passed 5-1. SB 1249, which designates DHS as the lead agency on Alzheimer’s and dementia planning and creates a dementia services program funded through lottery monies under the adopted amendment, passed unanimously after emotional testimony from advocates and family members. Finally, SB 1253, clarifying that a parent may surrender a newborn at the hospital of birth without leaving and returning, passed 5-0. The committee then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Costs which made for a total of 3.182 million, and it's all technology costs.
  • If the costs were tied only to the actual administrative costs, it would change their lives.
  • And it gets tinier the more food costs right now, right?
  • I mean, again, when you look at... the cost of outbreaks, I mean, I have not seen what the current cost
  • I see a state where it costs at least $5,000 just to give birth.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our current early childhood system costs Texas businesses $10 billion annually in lost productivity.
  • the state and would enable... policymakers to make better informed decisions regarding resource allocation
  • treatments readily available. ...spend more on an airline ticket than probably what the treatment actually costs
  • And then, in my experience as a public health nurse, the cost of childcare and lack of healthcare are
  • The cost of living is one of those inhibiting factors. Right?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • About 60 to 75 percent of what our actual cost is, particularly for infants and toddlers.
  • And we know that it costs more money to provide for those special needs children.
  • It would just give us the opportunity to try and recover costs in that situation.
  • Employers can then qualify for the corresponding franchise tax credit to offset costs. their costs.
  • The contracts require binding arbitration, the cost... to buy our thousands.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • accommodations because child care providers don't pay them. and I still understand the options and costs
  • Proposals must be reviewed, included in proxy materials, and voted on, costing corporations and the shareholders
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • costs?
  • ...And will those costs be passed on to health care consumers?
  • Payments are often more than the actual cost of their medications.
  • Let's say one quick thing, Madam Chair, on the cost.
  • , will lower costs and ensure safe care.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • whether expanding cross-border energy infrastructure could help prevent future power shortages, lower costs
  • If that occurs, it could either greatly increase the cost of premiums. for individuals in this state
  • The cost, as you know, are passed along to the consumer.
  • We depend on our utilities to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective solutions. effective power to
  • Second, we should protect persons adversely affected by wildfires and ratepayers from escalating cost
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • But would require the agreement to include a formula for calculating DPS's annual cost of providing law
  • From the City of Austin a portion of their municipal sales taxes based on DPS's annual cost of providing
  • It also requires to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement. calculation for DPS increased costs
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you have an idea of what the cost will be on the food truck industries related to these fees?
  • Basically, they're just saying that the fee is just going to help offset the cost.
  • Basically, they're just going to try to Offset the cost.
  • And offsetting the costs would be Ideal. Last question.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Through the review process, it was determined there was a pretty sizable cost to the citizens of Oklahoma
  • And we allocated $3 million for 211.
  • Representative Lepak now has the maximum amount of time allocated.
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, and pledge, and then took up a series of Senate amendments, conference reports, and Senate bills. Early action included unanimous adoption and passage of House Bill 3940, which added a five-year Oklahoma National Guard service requirement for benefits. Members also passed H.J.R. 1096 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rule changes, H.J.R. 1100 on Office of Management and Enterprise Services fleet-related rules, and H.J.R. 1099 on Oklahoma Health Care Authority rules, with little debate. The chamber also rejected Senate amendments to H.J.R. 1067 and held a special recognition for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness, including a citation honoring MMIP advocates and Oklahoma’s response through Ida’s Law and related efforts. Several other measures were considered and passed, including House Bill 2992 on Corporation Commission/data center ratepayer protections, Senate Bill 1636 establishing a procedure for cold-case review, House Bill 4302 on children-related disclosure language, Senate Bill 1613 on liquefied petroleum gas, Senate Bill 1443 on anesthesiologist payment in health benefit plans, House Bill 1409 on open meetings, House Bill 1675 on emergency management, House Bill 1225 on vital records, and House Bill 4359 on extending the school testing window from the last three weeks to the last four weeks. House Bill 1381 on alcoholic beverages failed on final passage after debate. Several bills also carried emergency clauses, including House Bill 2992, House Bill 1225, and House Bill 4359, and those emergency votes were adopted where applicable. The longest and most contentious debate centered on Senate Bill 1503, the Choosing Childbirth Act. Supporters argued it would help pregnant women choose childbirth, connect them to resources, and save babies’ lives, while opponents raised concerns about women’s autonomy, maternal health, privacy of online data, out-of-state nonprofit involvement, and whether state funds should instead support Oklahoma-based services and broader health care needs. After extensive debate and multiple questions, the House passed the bill 73-18. The chamber also heard announcements recognizing the Doctor of the Day, Nurse of the Day, Beef Day at the Capitol, and a farewell acknowledgment for Representative Kevin West, who was noted as having presented his last bill on the House floor.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • These amendments just streamline the court collection process for fees, fines, and costs.
  • It's a bill dealing with cost basis on new construction. I yield for questions and move adoption.
Summary: The House considered and passed a series of Senate bills and Senate amendments, mostly on criminal justice, education, health, and administrative matters. Measures approved included SB 1319 creating a revolving fund for the Corporation Commission; SB 1264 expanding the definition of great bodily harm; HB 4237 streamlining court collection of fees, fines, and costs; SB 1277 codifying OESC employment-benefit procedures; SB 269 creating the Advanced Nuclear Office through a strike-everything amendment; HB 3066 renaming a health workforce revolving fund; HB 2153 removing statutory eligibility language and leaving OSSAA transfer rules to the association; HB 2268 adding $2.5 million for PACE; HB 2961 providing a tuition waiver for Gold Star recipients; SB 1679 reaffirming the Oklahoma and U.S. Constitutions as courtroom standards; SB 2018 addressing ad valorem tax cost basis for new construction; HB 4294 restoring title and enacting clause on a health insurance measure; SB 2095 protecting landowners in guiding-service situations; HB 4113 clarifying voting rights restoration for felons; SB 1894 allowing extra professional development hours for newer teachers; SB 1810 updating human trafficking victim and expert-testimony provisions; HB 4268 adjusting terms on the education commission; HB 1752 allowing certain prosecutorial agencies to buy vehicles directly; HB 3413 modifying contract-services dashboard reporting; SB 625 using a strike-everything amendment for domestic-violence/civil-procedure cleanup; and HB 3644 on venous thromboembolism, with title/enacting-clause restoration and other cleanup. Most bills passed with little or no debate, and several emergency clauses were adopted by the required two-thirds vote. One notable bill that failed was HB 2115, which would have moved administration of the federal weatherization assistance program from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Human Services. Representative Osborne explained the bill as a placement change for the program, but after questions about possible budget synergies, the House rejected it 39-41. Osborne later gave notice of intent to reconsider the vote. HB 2153 drew the main substantive debate: Representative Pogemiller opposed the measure, arguing it would weaken transfer-eligibility safeguards for student athletes, while Representative Hall said the bill simply removed duplicative statutory language and left eligibility decisions to OSSAA rules. The chamber also handled several Senate amendments that were largely technical, such as restoring titles and enacting clauses or clarifying fund names and commission terms. Votes on the measures that passed were generally strong, including unanimous or near-unanimous support on several bills. The House later noted a main water break in the building, shifted to announcements and introductions, and adjourned with a motion to reconvene on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And again, I think we know what the cost of living.
  • So I would say that the cost would be somewhere south of 20,000.
  • You know, they were purchased legally, and the costs are outrageous.
  • Save the state by doing this in a timely manner because Medicaid costs are or Medicare costs are high
  • Do you know the cost savings from a federal level and a state level?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know that the defendant is to pay the costs. So, how do they pay that third party?
  • Hearing the cost, that's very concerning.
  • Didn't... didn't before it's just gonna cost the state anything or just the individuals?
  • And who bears the cost of the GPS monitoring, and how does imposing that cost on an unconvicted individual
  • The defendant will pay for the cost.