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• </c> to the general register, please. to the general register, please.
• Generally, switching like this.
• </c> just go straight to general register. just go straight to general register.
• </c> general. Um I did want to make sure Mr. general. Um I did want to make sure Mr.
• </c> general register. No. Laid over, sorry. general register. No. Laid over, sorry.

Bills: HF3843, HF3597, HF4003, HF3167, HF4193

Keywords: workforce development, appropriations, nonprofit organizations, employment services, state funding, paid leave, S corporations, employment law, exemptions, Minnesota Statutes, cancer, healthcare, appropriation, Rural Cancer Institute, Minnesota clinicians, pilot program, nursing, education, University of Minnesota, equity

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• </c> the Department of the Attorney General. the Department of the Attorney General.
• Won't you come up to attorney general.
• </c> department of the attorney general department of the attorney general specifically<00:47:08.160>
• </c> 2025 directing the US attorney general 2025 directing the US attorney general to<00:49:45.280><c
• ><c> uh</c><01:15:13.040><c> high</c> The pilot program generated uh high The pilot program generated

Bills: HB1974, HB1853, HB1973, HB1574, HB2619, HB1966, HB1643, HB1671, HB2558, HB1854, HB2173, HB1575, HB2229, HB1535, HB1978, HB2508, HB1549, HB2187, HB1550, HB1977, HB2314, HB1871, HB2319, HB1591, HB1858, HB1898, HB2372, HB1765, HB2012, HB1706, HB1962, HB1963, HB1975, HB2009, HB2083, HB2224, HB1877, HB1959, HB1626, HB1665, HB2488, HB2456, HB2548, HB2207, HB1832, HB2079, HB1985, HB1618, HB2486, HB2242, HB2045, HB1703, HB2236, HB2480, HB1976, HB2287, HB2288, HB1777, HB276, HB1660, HB1676, HB1605, HB1751, HB1967, HB2383, HB2340, HB1946, HB2268, HB1950, HB2156, HB2118, HB1859, HB1863, HB1996, HB2114, HB2423, HB2429, HB2475, HB2534, HB2545, HB1813, HB1941, HB2474, HB2583, HB1576, HB1886, HB1939, HB2540, HB2590, HB2000, HB2163, HB2386, HB1691, HB1680, HB2516, HB1993, HB2442, HB1510, HB1958, HB1692

Keywords: HB1974, hearing loss, audiology, audiologist, hearing screening, hearing aids, cochlear implants, tele-audiology, communication access, assistive technology, speech-language pathology, deafness, hard of hearing, public health, kupuna, keiki, dementia, cognitive decline, fall prevention, State Health Planning and Development Agency

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• there's</c><00:13:07.519><c> a</c> general understanding that there's a general understanding that there's
• </c> within their office of attorney general within their office of attorney general that<00:37:03.760
• Chair, I would say generally yes.
• </c><01:03:18.240><c> topic</c> of of that general topic of of that general topic and<01:03:20.079><c
• </c><01:05:09.359><c> direction</c> give them some some general direction give them some some general

Keywords: 1183, house

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• What is the general setting in which those seem to be more predominant?
• </c> reportings um what is is there a general reportings um what is is there a general uh<00:28:05.840
• </c> and paid for um significant General and paid for um significant General funds<00:33:08.760><c> there
• </c> Related Disorders uh is 100% General Related Disorders uh is 100% General funds<01:10:46.760><c>
• This is 100% General Funds.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division of Long-Term Supports and Services presented its budget and program overview as part of the Department of Health and Human Services operating budget review. Leadership described the division’s three bureaus—Aging and Adult Services, Developmental Services, and Family-Centered Services—and explained that the division provides guidance, technical assistance, quality monitoring, and contracted provider oversight across the lifespan. Members also discussed staffing, with reported vacancy rates of 4% in Aging and Adult Services, 15% in Developmental Services, and 6% in Family-Centered Services; the division said the higher BDS vacancy rate is partly due to the small number of authorized positions. The governor’s budget had left eight positions unfunded in the division, including three in Aging and Adult Services and five in BDS. A major topic was the division’s roadmap initiatives, especially building a system of care for healthy aging and strengthening developmental disabilities systems through a new reimbursement rate structure. The division said it contracted with an actuary to study DD service costs and found rates had not been reviewed since 2017 and were significantly below actual costs and other states’ rates, contributing to provider shortages even when services are authorized. Members asked about the impact on service delivery and whether rates would need to rise overall; the division said its strategy is to focus on lower-cost services that help people remain in the community. The division also reported waiver enrollment figures, including about 4,161 people on the Choices for Independence waiver, 3,688 average nursing facility residents, 5,061 people on the DD waiver, 228 on the acquired brain disorder waiver, and 488 children on the in-home support waiver, while noting there is no funding waitlist but provider availability remains a constraint. The division highlighted IT modernization as a major accomplishment, especially moving Adult Protective Services and Developmental Services into the New Heights system. Officials said these changes improve case-note access, data retrieval, service authorization tracking, and transparency for providers, and they asked for future oversight discussion focused on IT leverage. Members noted that New Heights maintenance is budgeted in the Office of the Commissioner under class 27 and suggested better transparency on system costs and benefits. The division also reported that it closed out a long-running CMS corrective action plan for BDS on July 1, 2023, and said it is now focused on strengthening the system rather than compliance alone. Other discussion covered the Aging and Adult Services bureau’s name change from Elderly and Adult Services to Adult and Aging Services, intended to avoid negative connotations and better reflect preventative services. The bureau described Adult Protective Services trends involving scams, financial exploitation, self-neglect, and isolation, and explained that it administers the CFI waiver, determines medical eligibility for nursing facility level of care, and braids funding from Medicaid, state funds, Older Americans Act money, Social Service Block Grants, and other grants. Members asked about waiver growth targets and federal consequences if enrollment remains below projections; the division said it would explain the shortfall in a future waiver amendment and did not anticipate a federal penalty. The meeting ended without any votes or formal actions taken.

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• items</c> refers generally to general fund items refers generally to general fund items or<00:37:02.480
• We don't necessarily have to have every single one, just kind of a general idea.
• We don't necessarily have to have every single one, just kind of a general idea.
• We don't necessarily have to have every single one, just kind of a general idea.
• We don't necessarily have to have every single one, just kind of a general idea.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:51:14.839><c> contractors</c> Ryan sakuda from the general contractors Ryan sakuda from the general
• I'm a deputy attorney general, and I'm here for the Attorney General.
• </c> cannabis an um attorney general cannabis an um attorney general providing<01:33:09.119><c> comments
• Well, my name is Angela Tu, Deputy Attorney General.
• </c><01:36:15.639><c> and</c> attorney general and attorney general and support<01:36:17.480><c> again

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Senate hearing focused primarily on SB 1201, a wildfire measure that would create a wildfire recovery fund and allow securitization for electric utilities. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill, saying it would help protect customers, property owners, insurers, and the broader economy from future catastrophic wildfire liability while improving the utility’s credit profile and lowering financing costs. Support also came from DCCA Consumer Advocacy, the Attorney General’s office on written comments, Ulupono Initiative, Clearway Energy Group, IBEW Local 1260, Par Hawaii, KIUC, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, Plus Power, and numerous organizations and individuals. Opponents or commenters raised concerns about the liability cap, victim compensation process, and fund structure, including the Hawaiʻi Association for Justice, the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters, and the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land supported the concept of a fund but questioned the catastrophe threshold and whether the fund would be empty without a prudency finding. Much of the discussion centered on whether the proposed fund would actually help restore Hawaiian Electric to investment grade, with senators comparing the proposal to California’s wildfire fund. Hawaiian Electric said the bill was only one part of a broader process, alongside physical risk reduction and settlement finalization, and argued that without the bill the utility would not regain investment grade. Senators also questioned the proposed $1 billion fund size, the fairness of ratepayer contributions versus shareholder contributions, and whether customers should pay for consulting and administrative costs; Hawaiian Electric said its proposed amendment would remove those consulting-related charges. The company also said the fund would accrue interest and, if unused, could be returned to customers, and that there would be replenishment and supplemental contribution mechanisms if the fund were exhausted. The Attorney General’s office said it still had further amendments to discuss, and the departments had not yet resolved where the fund should reside administratively, though Hawaiian Electric said it believed DCCA was the appropriate place but was open to alternatives. KIUC requested two amendments. No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing, and the measure remained under discussion with questions and proposed amendments still outstanding.

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• And the principle has existed in American and Louisiana law for generations.
• , from a general standpoint?
• ...beneath Louisiana fault-ridden communities for generations. Thank you, Ms. Carlin.
• certainly nice to hear how much money could be generated for our communities.
• I obviously am not supportive of it just generally because it does, it's very broad.

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• This is expected to reduce general fund revenues by $10,000 per year.
• </c> of a residential generator. of a residential generator.
• </c><00:04:51.640><c> fund</c> This is expected to reduce general fund This is expected to reduce general
• These are mostly non-general funds.
• </c> related from the residential generators related from the residential generators definition<00:11

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><00:39:54.640><c> fund</c> Finance and Taxation the general fund Finance and Taxation the general
• This generates around $17 million a year.
• This generates around $17 million a year.
• Members, this paid for the general fund portion of the $37,500 for the State House.
• Chair, I'll offer an amendment. this paid for the general fund portion this paid for the general fund

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• </c><00:06:28.639><c> from</c> RAR purchases the heat generated from RAR purchases the heat generated
• Thomas' work on microgrid in general.
• Thomas' work on microgrid in general.
• Thomas' work on microgrid in general.
• Thomas' work on microgrid in general.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> said, "This isn't the attorney general said, "This isn't the attorney general said<01:55:20.159>
• </c><02:04:09.679><c> does</c> comes to what the attorney general does comes to what the attorney general
• </c> network of Democratic attorneys general network of Democratic attorneys general that<02:05:55.679
• </c> the attorney general would be doing? the attorney general would be doing?
• And I also this this attorney general.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, I think those are probably the general remarks I'll make, probably a little bit more, but I'm going
• </c><00:19:26.720><c> fund</c> alun and that concludes the general fund alun and that concludes the general
• </c><00:31:57.919><c> fund</c> $620,000 one-time general fund $620,000 one-time general fund appropriation
• > operating</c> There's a general fund operating There's a general fund operating adjustment<00:35:10.560
• So we say we have a general ban on non-competes.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Prior to my role as general counsel to the Division of Medicaid, I did serve as general counsel to HR
• ><c> power</c><01:05:50.559><c> to</c> general court explicit power to general court explicit power to
• </c> the deputy chief of deputy general the deputy chief of deputy general counsel<01:10:20.960><c> of
• </c><01:35:22.480><c> court</c> constitution said, "The general court constitution said, "The general
• </c> generations rejection of the monarch. generations rejection of the monarch.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c> Representatives that the General Representatives that the General Assembly<00:10:34.160><c> celebrates
• General General Assembly<00:12:39.080><c> serving</c><00:12:39.560><c> on</c><00:12:39.680><c> the</
• ><c> recognizes</c> Second, the General Assembly recognizes Second, the General Assembly recognizes that
• </c> Further, it is the intent of the General Further, it is the intent of the General Assembly<00:39
• </c> state how much debt in general state how much debt in general obligation<00:56:58.640><c> bonds<

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• </c><02:44:48.120><c> commented</c> and also the Attorney General commented and also the Attorney General
• </c><02:51:46.760><c> Revenue</c> blank appropriation of General Revenue blank appropriation of General
• </c><03:00:46.439><c> fund</c> charged goes into the state general fund charged goes into the state general
• </c><03:45:47.359><c> with</c> um Safeguard the the bill generally with um Safeguard the the bill generally
• </c> County of Honolulu and the general County of Honolulu and the general contractors's<06:03:09.638

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Our generation salutes the Greatest Generation for the defeat of fascism and the preservation of liberty
• Like so many of his generation, War.
• May we will endure for generations.
• </c> that will live for generations to come. that will live for generations to come.
• I yield back. the future of Martin General Hospital as the future of Martin General Hospital as a<07:

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And in general, it promotes rehabilitation.
• HB 20808, Attorney General. Can you make H.R. 146? It was H.C.R. 2839, municipal tax.
• Workplace safety, wages, benefits, and professional standards for generations.
• To Robin Poole, our general counsel, thank you for your wisdom, Robin.
• I'm a native of Arizona, third generation.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• In general, higher FI rankings are associated with a higher level of need for assistance.
• We are paying General Fund only for those services.
• So no longer having staff there results in a General Fund savings of $8.1 million.
• And so no longer having staff there results in a general fund savings of $8.1 million.
• And maybe that makes sense for general complaints with easy resolutions.

Summary: The subcommittee heard an overview of the governor’s IHSS budget proposals and extensive testimony from the Department of Social Services, Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, county representatives, labor, consumer advocates, and advocates for older adults and people with disabilities. The administration described IHSS as a large and growing program serving more than 900,000 recipients, and outlined three proposals: shifting the cost of growth in authorized hours per case to counties, eliminating the backup provider system, and aligning IHSS terminations with Medi-Cal terminations. The LAO said the overall budget estimates appeared reasonable but raised concerns about the hours-per-case proposal, including the lack of a comprehensive root-cause analysis, the limited control counties have over statewide cost growth, and uncertainty about how the baseline and savings would work. CWDA, SEIU, and consumer advocates strongly opposed the hours cost shift, arguing that counties use state-designed tools, that demographic changes and rising need explain much of the growth, and that the proposal would pressure counties to cut services and destabilize care. The chair and members repeatedly questioned the administration about the proposed baseline, the claimed savings, and whether the measure effectively circumvents the county maintenance-of-effort agreement. On the backup provider system, the administration said the statewide program is underutilized and administratively expensive, and proposed eliminating it to save about $3.5 million. The LAO suggested the Legislature consider whether administrative costs could be reduced while preserving some version of the program. County and consumer advocates opposed the cut, saying the system is a critical safety net when regular providers are unavailable, especially in rural areas and for people with complex needs. They argued that low utilization reflects the difficulty of finding emergency backup care, not lack of need, and that many counties already rely on local backup systems or other models. Committee members also pressed for better data on requests, fulfillment, and administrative costs, and discussed whether the state could support local alternatives instead of eliminating the program. The final topic was the proposal to align IHSS terminations with Medi-Cal terminations by automating the process when recipients fail to complete Medi-Cal redeterminations. The administration said this would reduce General Fund costs by about $86 million by preventing payment of IHSS in the residual program when recipients are no longer eligible for Medi-Cal, while also automating reinstatement when Medi-Cal is restored. The LAO noted the proposal has been rejected in prior years and suggested improved notice and communication to recipients as an alternative. CWDA and advocates warned that the change could create gaps in care, especially for people who lose Medi-Cal for procedural reasons, and urged additional safeguards such as better notices, faster reprocessing, and automatic reinstatement. Members questioned how many people would be affected, how the residual program currently works, and whether providers could go unpaid during the gap; the department said the automation is already built and would be activated if the proposal is approved. No votes were taken during the discussion, and the committee moved through public comment and questioning without final action on the proposals in the excerpt provided.

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• It's our parents' generation, our grandparents' generation.
• It's our parents' generation, our grandparents' generation.
• It's our parents' generation.
• </c> empower individuals across generations. empower individuals across generations.
• </c> resource for future generations. resource for future generations.

Bills: HF2411, HF2471, HF1440, HF1393, HF1631, HF1259, HF280, HF1281, HF1459

Keywords: cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding

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• </c> adjustments include uh to the general adjustments include uh to the general fund<00:02:11.440><c
• </c><00:10:10.480><c> excess</c> inspection this isn't to generate excess inspection this isn't to generate
• </c><00:14:27.639><c> crime</c> child abuse and other General crime child abuse and other General crime
• Then we have the Minnesota Alliance on Crime, which is a statewide general crimes coalition.
• </c> Alliance on crime is a Statewide General Alliance on crime is a Statewide General crimes<00:59:35.559

Keywords: 1187, senate, all