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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- As an aside, this is my bit of payments.
- and not allowing pro rata payments.
- and making and not allowing pro payments and making and not allowing pro prata<01:30:45.199>
payments - Um as you can see from prata payments.
- a a lesser payment than something full. a a lesser payment than something full. >> Okay.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Vice Chair, Senate Bill 1066 increases the payment and performance bond dollar thresholds to $1 million
- Under current law, contractors on public works projects must take out surety bonds, including payment
- Current state law requires payment bonds for contracts in excess of $25,000 and performance bonds for
- Payment bonds ensure that the general contractor pays all of his or her costs, including those of subcontractors
- Senate Bill 1066 raises the threshold for payment bonds from $25,000 to $150,000, and for performance
Keywords:
water resources, interlocal contracts, local government, collaboration, planning activities, wildfire response, firefighting equipment, emergency services, state database, Texas Forest Service, customer complaints, Public Utility Commission, water service, complaint process, utility regulation, SB 971, Texas Water Assistance Program, Water Code, rural political subdivision, rural water
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Grass was referring to: those are the payments on the bonds. The $35 million that Mr.
- Grass was referring to, those are the payments on the bonds. Correct.
- And then the payments—principal and interest. Correct.
- But that $35 million of payments includes interest that we are now paying to the bondholders.
- Higher payments a year? Well, obviously, the 10-year bond, yeah.
Keywords:
stormwater, recharge mapping, water resources, groundwater, appropriation, Arizona, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation, state budget, interstate water compact, Colorado River Compact, water litigation, A.R.S. 45-119, natural resources, water policy, river management
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Dec 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So there's also the issue, it's not only costs, but it's payments.
- Its payments.
- Lump-sum payments, especially from the patient compensation fund, are harmful for patients in the long
- And again, that's on medical supplies, co-insurance, co-pays, deductibles, any kind of cash payments.
- Lump sum payment.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from its fourth meeting, held October 27-28 in Santa Fe, with Representative Duncan moving approval and no opposition. The chair then introduced a panel on the cost of providing medical care in New Mexico, focusing on physician shortages, rising practice costs, and access problems, especially in southern New Mexico and Las Cruces. Panelists included family physicians, a pediatrician, a cardiologist/electrophysiologist, and a community health center medical director, who described their backgrounds and practices before turning to the policy discussion.
The doctors argued that New Mexico is losing physicians because of three main pressures: medical malpractice exposure, gross receipts tax on medical services, and low Medicaid reimbursement. They said malpractice premiums are much higher than in neighboring states, punitive damages and venue shopping increase risk, and the patient compensation fund and attorney fee structure create additional costs. They also described administrative burdens from insurance billing and referrals, the high debt and long training period for physicians, and the effect of corporate medicine and private equity on practice decisions. One panelist emphasized the economic impact of each physician on jobs and local spending, while another noted that shortages force patients into emergency rooms and delay specialty care.
The panel presented a list of proposed solutions: reform punitive damages, limit venue shopping and stacking, restore lifetime medical payments from the patient compensation fund, enact apology protections, cap attorney fees, continue Medicaid funding improvements, and eliminate gross receipts tax on medical and dental services. Committee members generally agreed the presentation was thorough and useful, but several noted that some proposals fall outside this committee’s jurisdiction and would likely need to move through other committees, especially judiciary and tax. Some members supported drafting legislation or working on separate bills, while others urged caution, requested more input from hospitals and economists, and raised concerns about local government revenue impacts from GRT changes. The chair concluded by encouraging members to continue discussions offline and noted that the tax-related issue would be taken up further in the next day’s work.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- that uh transitions to direct payments that uh transitions to direct payments to<00:08:41.200>
- On line 558, facility payment rates.
- It subjects DWRS payments to MA sanctions and monetary recovery requirements.
- These are the behavioral health fund payment reforms.
- <01:00:57.440>
as combination of the facility payments as combination of the facility payments
Bills:
HF2434
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 69 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . - House Bill 362, relative to partial payment. - House Bill 438, relative to telemarketer disclosures
- The House bill, relative to partial payment, House Bill 362.
- An act relative to partial payment, House Bill 362.
- An act relative to partial payment, House Bill 362.
Summary:
The House convened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up a slate of bills reported by the Committee on Steering, Policy, and Scheduling. The bills included measures on alcoholic beverage licenses in Holyoke and Swansea, partial payment, telemarketer disclosures, a charter for the city of Cambridge, and successor supplier laws affecting alcoholic beverage wholesalers. The House suspended Rule 7A, completed second readings, and ordered all of these bills to a third reading.
The chamber also welcomed student guests from several towns participating in a Burlington High School lab collaborative. During the session, House Bill 2275, authorizing the city of Revere to pay a sum to Denise Matera, widow of Anthony Matera, was released from the Committee on Bills in Third Reading, read a third time, and passed to be engrossed.
After a brief recess, the House adopted the order before it and then adjourned on motion, scheduling the next full formal session for Wednesday at 11 a.m.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (02/03/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill reinstates prior requirements for the use of a capital reserve fund for multiple payments under
- You pay the lease payments, potentially after paying a down payment.
- You pay the lease payments, potentially after paying a down payment.
- <01:28:49.280>
for lease agreements or the payments for lease agreements or the payments for - It goes into that fund automatically, and then it never really gets—it's already been appropriated in
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/13/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
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to in annual land lease payments to in annual land lease payments to Minnesota - lease payments. lease payments.
- On lines 18 and 19, this is extension of unencumbered funds for the down payment as farm down payment
- unencumbered funds for the down payment unencumbered funds for the down payment as<01:10:55.920>
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assistance as farm farm down payment assistance as farm farm down payment assistance program
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming
Transcript Highlights:
- It was obligated through the Federal Highway Administration and is in the federal payment system.
- portal and were unable to get to the payment page.
- Under normal circumstances, we would submit payment requests based on contractually authorized Payment
- Beginning on January 21st, our access to the payment part of the portal was suspended.
- It's the only way we knew we were suspended was when we tried to get payment.
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on the impact of the Trump administration’s federal climate policy changes on Massachusetts, with a focus on threatened grants, regulatory rollbacks, and state options to continue climate work. Chair Creem and other senators emphasized that Massachusetts still has a 2050 net-zero mandate and needs contingency plans for clean energy, transportation electrification, offshore wind, resilience, and financing if federal support is reduced or withdrawn.
Executive branch witnesses said Massachusetts has already experienced disruptions to more than $1 billion in climate-related federal funds, though many suspended grants were restored after litigation by the Attorney General’s office. EEA reported continued uncertainty around a $389 million Grid Innovation Program award and a FEMA dam-safety reimbursement, while MassDOT said its NEVI fast-charging program remains on track with about $50 million obligated, but a $14.4 million competitive charging grant is on hold and future unobligated NEVI funds remain uncertain. Senators also discussed EV rebates, charging infrastructure, the role of the Community Climate Bank, and whether the state can expand independent financing and support for municipalities, higher education, and nonprofits.
The Attorney General’s office described successful multi-state litigation that won a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the federal funding freeze, restoring access to many EPA, DOE, USDA, and Interior funds, while noting continued enforcement actions over FEMA manual reviews and other barriers. The office said it is also preparing to defend the endangerment finding, California vehicle-emissions waivers, offshore wind permits, and other federal climate protections. Outside advocates warned that federal tax-credit rollbacks, tariffs, and possible repeal of IRA and infrastructure funding could slow EV adoption and raise costs, while offshore wind testimony said federal permitting pauses and legal challenges are delaying projects and could leave Massachusetts far short of its 2030 offshore wind goals. Nonprofit witnesses also described canceled or delayed grants for wetland restoration and urban heat mitigation, and urged the Legislature to increase state funding, including for the environmental bond bill and municipal vulnerability preparedness work.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And know the fact. ...to make forward payments to pay down our unfunded pension liability.
- We have gone to the full length this year at $5.1 billion to meet that schedule of payment.
- And as I said, in years past, when we found ourselves able to, we have made advance payments.
- As of last note, we in this budget make a payment of $150 million from excesses.
- In MassHealth, we utilize a robust system of payment controls that take place both before and after payments
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted two commendatory resolutions honoring the Plimpton Historical Society’s Deborah Sampson Day recognition and Megan’s Light’s Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month observance, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committee. The chamber also briefly recognized Diane Talk of the South Shore Regional Emergency Communication Center on her retirement after 30 years of dispatch service. Later, the Senate passed two local bills to enactment: House No. 4006, authorizing Dartmouth to grant an additional all-alcoholic beverages license, and House No. 473, relating to the charter of Westwood.
The main business was the Senate Ways and Means presentation of the fiscal year 2027 budget, totaling about $63.3 billion. The chair described the budget as balanced, with no new taxes or tax cuts, based on a consensus revenue estimate of $986 million in growth over FY26 (2.4%), and including about $15.8 billion in federal financial participation and roughly $2.7 billion from the Fair Share surtax. The budget emphasized record local aid, including $1.376 billion in unrestricted general government aid, $7.66 billion for Chapter 70 education aid, increased minimum school aid, higher regional school transportation reimbursement, rural aid, and the revival of the Foundation Budget Review Commission. It also highlighted major investments in MassEducate free community college, food security, housing, and support for vulnerable residents.
Members then engaged in extended colloquy on the budget’s major cost drivers and policy choices. Questions focused on debt service, pension and OPEB liabilities, MassHealth caseload and rising per-enrollee costs, child care funding, and program integrity in DTA and other benefit programs. The chair said debt service would be about $2.67 billion, pension payments would be $5.1 billion, OPEB would receive a $150 million payment, and MassHealth enrollment was projected at about 2 million with costs driven by acuity and medical inflation. He also said the budget includes no collective bargaining agreements and no state tax changes. Senators supporting the budget praised its investments in education, local aid, homelessness prevention, public health, libraries, and housing, while minority leaders and others stressed the need for fiscal discipline, transparency, and further work on affordability and municipal support. The Senate also received a House message on House No. 5316, which the House had nonconcurred in, and a conference committee was appointed on the disagreement.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Normally what we do, scammers have been asking for methods of payment in different ways.
- Gift cards is one way that the scammers do ask for payment.
- The impact to the consumer is estimated at $400 to $700 in increased premium payments.
- They get a commission, and then later on that policy cancels for non-payment.
- Later on, that policy cancels for non-payment.
Summary:
A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members hearing from bankers, regulators, law enforcement, AARP, and mortgage and insurance industry representatives. Witnesses described a wide range of scams, including spoofed bank calls and texts, fake websites and social media impersonation, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, gift card fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, and crypto kiosk schemes. Several speakers emphasized that fraud is increasingly organized, technology-driven, and amplified by artificial intelligence, and that seniors are disproportionately targeted and often suffer the largest losses.
Testimony highlighted both prevention and recovery efforts. Bankers said institutions spend heavily on training, customer education, and fraud detection, but often cannot stop losses once customers have been convinced to authorize transfers. The Attorney General’s office described its Consumer Protection Division, a new Financial Fraud Task Force, and examples of recovering funds quickly from crypto kiosk and wire fraud cases. The State Bank Department and Securities Department said Arkansas’s 2025 crypto ATM legislation and related education requirements have helped, and they urged continued public education. The Insurance Department reported major insurance-fraud trends, including fake insurance cards, forged policies, premium-finance schemes, and staged auto accidents, and said it prosecutes these cases aggressively.
Members asked about reporting scams, the security of tap payments, how fraud losses are tracked, the role of crypto kiosks, and whether Arkansas should pursue model legislation or stronger action against telecom and social media companies. Witnesses said tap payments are generally safer than chip or swipe, that crypto transfers are often unrecoverable, and that spoofed caller ID and impersonation ads remain major problems. Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association urged state and federal action against telecom and social media platforms and supported national scam legislation. No new bills were voted on at the meeting, but members approved the November 3, 2025 minutes and several witnesses offered to share model legislation, consumer education materials, and state-by-state fraud data with the committee.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- . $51.8 million in reported losses. 40% of those payments, so 40% of the $51.8 million, were facilitated
- So normally what we do is consumers submit a complaint, and we contact the method of payment that they
- is one way that the scammers do ask for payment.
- The impact to the consumer is estimated at $40,000 or $700 in increased premium payments.
- They get a commission, and then later on that policy cancels for non-payment.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Basically, in a nutshell, rather than paying cash to meet their quarterly estimated payment liability
- And last, something unique on slide 34 about this estimate is this non-recurring payment from the state
- This chart is reflecting corporate income tax payments over a fiscal year.
- Think we withheld payments to the pension funds if I remember correctly, and we withheld workers' comp
- But I think we withheld payments. To pension funds in order to solve it.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (4-28-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- The state is participating in 7% of this with an average annual debt service payment of $249,73, just
- participating in less than a percent of this with just $1,900 as our average annual debt service payment
- Uh, $38,646 is our average annual debt service payment.
- It looks like they did service payment.
- The state is participating in 3.35% of that, with an average annual debt service payment of $63,840.
Summary:
The committee first approved the February minutes and noted there had been no March meeting. Staff then provided a series of information items, including quarterly capital project status reports from state agencies and postsecondary institutions, a University of Kentucky equipment purchase report, notice that the committee took no action on certain March transactions, school district debt notices for Fayette and Jessamine counties, lease-space advertisements due to building conditions, a Kentucky Asset/Liability Commission report, and asset preservation project reports from KCTCS and Eastern Kentucky University.
The committee then heard and unanimously approved Murray State University’s request for interim authorization to use institutional revenues for a $1.5 million roof replacement at the Curs Center student center. University of Kentucky also received unanimous approval for a $115 million public-private partnership project to expand Parking Structure 7 and the Johnson Center recreation space; testimony emphasized the loss of parking from hospital expansion, increased student enrollment, a planned $21 per semester recreation fee increase, and the goal of improving student retention and campus capacity.
Next, the committee received a report on a Kentucky State Police Post 11 renovation in London funded at $1.138 million, with members asking how long the repairs would extend the building’s useful life; KSP said the work was a long-term investment and replacement was still many years away. The committee also approved multiple real property lease actions, including a new CHFS lease in Scott County, several lease renewals for the Commonwealth’s Attorney, CHFS, Transportation Cabinet, and a Secretary of State relocation lease tied to a capital renovation project. Members questioned one Jefferson County lease rate and the witness said it had been in place since 2007.
Finally, the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority presented three water loan items, which were rolled and then approved: an $841,383 East Clark County Water District loan for waterline upgrades, a roughly $6.13 million Oldham County Water District loan for US 42 improvements, and a $619,180 increase for Canonsburg Water District’s Schopes Road project due to higher-than-expected bids. The committee then approved eight K-12 school facility issuances, including projects in Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Lincoln, McLean, Paris, Somerset, and Spencer counties, covering early childhood, new school construction, HVAC, energy conservation, and renovations. The meeting ended with notice of the next meeting date and adjournment.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Mar 12th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Transcript Highlights:
- was notified by one of the banking institutions that the name on the account and the name on the payment
- from the bank, and the vendor agreed to reimburse the district $204,890 with monthly installment payments
- was notified by one of the banking institutions that the name on the account and the name on the payment
- from the bank, and the vendor agreed to reimburse the district $204,890 with monthly installment payments
- Talk about the issues on altered checks, electronic payments being, you know, any type of banking information
Summary:
The Legislative Audit Education Institution Subcommittee met to adopt the previous minutes and review 57 education audit reports, 52 of which had no findings and were filed as reviewed. The committee heard several findings involving school district spending and internal control issues, including Camden-Fairview’s use of operating funds for an employee awards banquet and unauthorized credit card charges, Forest City’s use of operating funds for an end-of-year celebration and entertainment event, Nettleton’s fraudulent vendor payment scheme involving $1.9 million in attempted transfers, Cedar Ridge’s misallocation of Title I funds and payroll/bank reconciliation errors, and Green County Technical’s diverted vendor check that was recovered. Three of the reports had been referred to the prosecuting attorney and attorney general.
Members asked questions about whether district officials were present, how the questionable expenditures were broken down, and whether school boards had prior knowledge or approval. The committee deferred the Camden-Fairview, Forest City, and Nettleton reports to the June meeting and requested district representatives attend to answer questions. Cedar Ridge and Green County Technical were not deferred; Cedar Ridge was filed, and Green County Technical was reviewed without further action.
Staff also discussed recurring fraud and banking-control issues seen in school audits, including altered checks, email-based banking changes, and the use of positive pay and in-person verification for deposit changes. Members encouraged better communication with school districts and noted that clean audits should be recognized. The committee then filed the remaining no-finding reports and adjourned with no new business.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Business and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- we've got today in front of you, Senate Bill 1500 does pertain to PBMs and it has to do with prompt payments
- Addressing is slow reimbursement payments from pharmacies to pharmacies from PBMs.
- This bill requires that those payments be made timely.
- who will choose how it impacts the patient's overall cost and if it's passed along directly to the payment
- As you can see by the difference in the payments that we've talked about here to PBM-owned pharmacies
Keywords:
prosthetics, health insurance, medical necessity, patient rights, insurance liability, pharmacy benefits manager, healthcare providers, claims processing, reimbursement, insurance regulation, employees insurance, contract awarding, certifications, state procurement, insurance plan, mental health, substance use disorders, utilization review, benefit coverage, pharmacy
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-01-16 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- S 269, an act relating to excluding supplemental security income payments from household income, introduced
- S 269, an act relating to excluding supplemental security income payments from household income.
- excluding supplemental<00:05:34.639>
security <00:05:35.199>income <00:05:35.840>payments - supplemental security income payments supplemental security income payments from<00:05:36.639>
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy (7-2-26) - Reupload
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- We make the payments this program.
- No cash payment goes to a provider. No cash payment goes to a household. household. household.
- That is bill payment component.
- Again, no payments made to folks. Again, no payments made to households.
- higher than the 150 on the bill payment. higher than the 150 on the bill payment.
Bills:
SB8
Keywords:
utilities, public service commission, energy regulation, appointment, emergency declaration, tax increases, consumer protection, The first couple minutes of the livestream was cut off. This recording restored the beginning of the meeting
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:51
Approval of Minutes 00:02:07
Legislator Comments 00:02:18
LIHEAP Public Hearing 00:04:19
PSC Update on RS 26 SB 8 00:32:18
WaterStep Presentation 01:04:08, 958, all
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Carbon Sequestration Programs Study Commission (03/06/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- guaranteed annual payment per year. guaranteed annual payment per year.
- So, 20% of the payment is up front.
- Um, and so they they have those guaranteed<00:47:36.840>
payments. - Um, and as we guaranteed payments.
- that they receive the financial payments that they receive the financial payments for<01:00:56.520
Summary:
The meeting began with introductions and approval of the previous minutes, including a small amendment clarifying a note about “leakage” in a prior presentation. The committee then heard a presentation from Sarah Hall of the American Forest Foundation on the Family Forest Carbon Program, which she described as a voluntary carbon and forest management program for smaller landowners. She said the program provides annual payments and technical assistance, requires a forest management plan within two years, and is designed to support improved forest management while still allowing compatible uses such as recreation, hunting, and some harvesting.
Hall emphasized that the program is intended as one tool among many and is not a fit for every property. She said most enrolled landowners did not previously have a forest management plan or work with a forester, and that the program helps bring “unengaged” landowners into active management. She also said the program is compatible with current use and other commitments on a case-by-case basis, and that landowners retain ownership of their land and timber rights while AFF holds the carbon rights for the contract term. She highlighted examples of landowners using the program to support taxes, family ownership, wildlife habitat, timber stand improvement, and continued recreational or business uses.
Committee members asked about registry compliance in New Hampshire and the relationship between carbon markets and the program. Hall responded that AFF handles registry administration for landowners and would follow up on the specific registry count raised by a member. She explained that the program is funded through a mix of carbon market revenue, philanthropy, and grants, and that carbon credits are generated through landscape-level methodology and monitored using randomly selected plots compared with FIA data. She also noted that consulting foresters are key partners in the program and that AFF has paid more than $3 million to consultants nationwide.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Service (11-5-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- , the cost of transporting is what it is, no matter what the payment structure is.
- the cost of transporting is what it is, no matter what the payment structure is.
- higher payout, the capitated payment higher payout, the capitated payment system,<00:22:52.880><
- So So what the the payment structure is.
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or were uh lacking in finan in payments or were uh lacking in finan in payments
Summary:
The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met in person, approved the October 15 minutes, and began with a moment of silence following a Louisville UPS plane explosion that was described as a local tragedy affecting many families and first responders. The main presentation was an overview of Kentucky’s Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NMT) program from the Department for Medicaid Services and the Transportation Cabinet. Witnesses explained that NMT is a federally required Medicaid benefit, administered by the Transportation Cabinet under a risk-based capitated model, with eligibility limited to Medicaid members traveling to medically necessary, Medicaid-covered services and who lack access to other transportation. They also described exclusions, including certain KCHIP, QMB, and PACE members, and outlined the brokered regional structure, call center operations, scheduling rules, vehicle and driver oversight, complaint handling, and rider surveys.
The presenters reported that NMT handled more than 3.1 million trips in state fiscal year 2024, with over 1.38 million trips already recorded in October, and said customer satisfaction surveys were high. They said the FY 2025-26 contract total is about $360.6 million, with monthly per-member capitation rates set by region through an actuarial process and approved by CMS. They emphasized that payments are tied to monthly Medicaid enrollment and that the state draws down federal funds for the exact amount paid, with no leftover balance. They also said most NMT use comes from adult day centers and rehabilitative care such as dialysis.
Members questioned the witnesses about how quality metrics and contract standards are set, whether the state had explored alternatives such as Uber Health or other integrated models, and how utilization was calculated. The witnesses said contract requirements are developed collaboratively by Medicaid Services, the Transportation Cabinet, and other agencies, and that studies of other models generally found higher costs and lower approval ratings, with additional research on a hybrid model expected by the end of the year. They clarified that one figure reflected the share of Medicaid members with registered vehicles, while another reflected actual NMT users, and they defended the capitated structure as shifting financial risk to brokers rather than the state. Representative Fleming also raised concerns about oversight, reporting, and the apparent gap between budgeted and contracted amounts, asking whether any unused funds would return to general funds; the discussion ended before a final answer was given.