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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (10/08/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and we have changed our scheduling to accommodate for covering more hours, not being on the big clock
- 50:24.080><c> to</c> and we have changed our scheduling to and we have changed our scheduling to accommodate
- <c> covering</c><03:50:25.760><c> more</c><03:50:26.000><c> hours,</c><03:50:26.479><c> not</c> accommodate
- for covering more hours, not accommodate for covering more hours, not being<03:50:26.960><c> on</c><
Summary:
The committee first took up an insurance-related chronic pain bill and an amendment modeled on language from Massachusetts and Maine. The sponsor explained the amendment was developed after stakeholder meetings because the original bill would have created an unaffordable insurance mandate in New Hampshire. The amendment was intended to improve access to non-opioid therapies by limiting prior authorization and step-therapy barriers so they are not more restrictive than for other treatments, including opioid therapies. After questions, the committee took a straw vote and advanced the amendment.
The next item was a department-sponsored bill involving the state’s all-payer claims database. Insurance Department officials explained that the bill would encourage self-funded employer plans to opt in voluntarily by giving them aggregated, deidentified claims information in return. They said self-funded plans cannot be required to report data because of federal law, but the bill would provide an incentive while protecting employee privacy. Members asked detailed questions about who would see the data, whether individual employees could be identified, and how privacy would be enforced; the department said access would be aggregated and deidentified, and employer privacy issues would be governed by ERISA and the U.S. Department of Labor.
The committee also discussed a glucose-monitoring bill. Members debated whether the bill was aimed at type 1 diabetes coverage or broader access to continuous glucose monitors, and whether it would amount to an unnecessary insurance mandate that could raise premiums. Department testimony estimated the equipment cost and said the annual impact per member would be modest, but also noted that non-insulin therapies have not consistently shown clinically significant A1C reductions. The chair and some members emphasized that the bill should be considered on its own terms as a CGM coverage issue, not as a general diabetes mandate. The committee discussed the bill’s cost implications and asked the department for any prior cost analysis.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (7-30-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- then if that's the case, how are we going to go—what's our, what's the cabinet's plan in order to accommodate
- /c><00:20:03.520><c> in</c><00:20:03.760><c> order</c><00:20:03.919><c> to</c><00:20:04.559><c> accommodate
- </c> cabinet's plan in order to accommodate cabinet's plan in order to accommodate or or or >>
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00:00:22 - Call to Order and Roll Call
00:03:00 – Approval of June 25, 2025 Minutes
00:03:22 - Update on Federal Changes to the Medicaid Program
01:03:44 - State Directed Payments, Provider Taxes, and the Rural Health Transformation Fund: How Medicaid Changes Could Impact Kentucky
Hospitals
01:29:42 – Public Comments
01:45:25 – Announcements
01:46:19 - Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on July 30, 2025, approved the June 25 minutes, and received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislatures on Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1. The presentation outlined more than 20 Medicaid-related provisions, emphasizing that the largest federal savings come from work/community engagement requirements, changes to provider taxes, limits on state-directed payments, more frequent eligibility redeterminations for expansion populations, and related eligibility/enrollment changes. She said the fiscal effects are backloaded, with most reductions occurring in the later years of the 10-year window, and noted potential significant impacts on hospital payments and state financing. She also described new funding opportunities, including a $50 billion rural health transformation fund and a new home and community-based services waiver with associated grants.
A substantial portion of the discussion focused on Kentucky’s pending community engagement 1115 waiver and how it would interact with the new federal requirements. Board members asked whether the waiver had been approved, what the cabinet’s contingency plan would be if CMS does not approve it, and what the timeline is for compliance. Cabinet representatives said the waiver has not yet been approved by CMS, remains under public comment, and that the state will wait for CMS guidance before moving forward; if needed, the state would amend the waiver or submit a new one. They said the work requirement must be in place by January 1, 2027, with a possible extension to 2028.
Castanza also explained that expansion adults with incomes between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would face new cost-sharing requirements beginning October 1, 2028, and that eligibility redeterminations would move from annual to every six months starting January 1, 2027. She then walked through provider tax changes, including a moratorium on new provider taxes beginning October 1, 2026, and a phased reduction in the hold-harmless threshold for existing taxes beginning January 1, 2028, with exemptions for nursing facilities and ICF/IID providers. Board members questioned the timing and likely impact on Kentucky, and Castanza responded that the effect would depend on each tax’s current rate and would phase in over time.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Information Technology Oversight Committee (7-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- For years, we have made accommodations and concessions to KCNA in the spirit of the partnership.
- For years, we have made accommodations<01:08:53.199><c> and</c><01:08:53.600><c> concessions</c><01:08
- :54.159><c> to</c><01:08:54.400><c> KCNA</c> accommodations and concessions to KCNA accommodations and
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Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:15
Kentucky Department of Education 00:01:20
Kentucky Communications Network Authority 00:36:45
Accelecom 01:01:22
Auditor of Public Accounts 01:29:50, 958, all
Summary:
The Information Technology Oversight Committee met to hear a presentation from Kentucky Department of Education officials David Couch and Mike Lingham on the history and current status of Kentucky’s K-12 internet network, including its relationship to KentuckyWired. They described the original KETS design from 1995, when KDE established district internet hubs and left local districts to connect to them, and said that model helped Kentucky become a national leader in school connectivity and cloud-based services. They also emphasized the importance of E-rate eligibility, saying it has saved the state substantial money and remains central to KDE’s network contracting.
Couch and Lingham said the current “next generation Kentucky K-12 internet” contract with Education Networks of America is more reliable, offers more functionality, and costs less than the prior system, including lower bandwidth and firewall costs. They explained that the transition was complicated by build-out and provisioning issues, especially the need for more “type two” connections through local providers, which pushed some implementation past the June 30, 2024 E-rate deadline. As a result, 39 sites remain on type two connections, and KDE absorbed the loss of federal discount dollars for the portion of the transition that extended into July.
The witnesses also discussed home internet access for students. They said KDE has tracked home access for about 20 years and estimates about 4.5% of students still lack adequate internet at home, with roughly 3% able to reach access nearby and 1.5% having no access. They said the biggest barrier is usually cost rather than lack of available lines, and noted that temporary hotspot support during COVID helped students continue schoolwork. Senator Williams asked about the costs of the transition, the current type two sites, and the potential cost of any future transition, but the transcript cuts off before a full answer was given.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (6-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- County Physical Court, you know, our judiciary for being patient and willing to work with our accommodations
- patient and willing to uh to work with patient and willing to uh to work with our<00:09:17.360><c> accommodations
- 18.640><c> so,</c><00:09:19.279><c> you</c><00:09:19.440><c> know,</c><00:09:19.680><c> it</c> our accommodations
- Uh so, you know, it our accommodations.
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Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:01
Recognition of New Members: 00:01:17
Disaster Response: 00:01:41
Pretrial Discussion: 00:31:25, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first established a quorum, approved the minutes from the November 7, 2024 meeting, and then heard an update on disaster response and courthouse recovery efforts after the April flooding. Representatives from the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Franklin County Circuit and District Court Clerk’s office, and the Franklin Circuit Court described damage in Perry, Hardin, and especially Franklin counties. Perry County had limited roof and water infiltration issues with no operational impact. Hardin County’s justice center basement took about 18 inches of water, affecting court records and mechanical/electrical equipment, and court operations were briefly suspended. Franklin County’s courthouse was far more severely damaged, with about four feet of water on the first floor, forcing relocation of court operations to temporary sites, including AOC space and the regional jail for custody proceedings.
Witnesses said damaged files from Hardin and Franklin counties were removed, sent to an out-of-state vendor for drying and remediation, and would be returned or destroyed as appropriate. They estimated combined costs for file restoration, building repair, and remediation at about $11 million, with insurance through KCOJ/KO expected to cover only part of the losses and FEMA reimbursement still pending a federal disaster declaration. They also said the Franklin County courthouse’s first floor remains gutted, electrical panels and HVAC systems need major replacement, and the second and third floors may be used temporarily once power and data are restored. Members asked about roof damage in Hardin County, the status of FEMA applications, digitization of court records, and whether Senate Bill 25 restricted funds could be used to cover the funding gap; staff said the funds cannot be spent without General Assembly authorization.
The committee also discussed broader record-retention and e-filing issues, with members noting the limits of paper filing and the need for better digitization as a backup in emergencies. AOC staff said they are working with the Supreme Court and state law librarian on what records can be digitized and how long hard copies must still be retained. After the disaster-response presentation, the committee moved on to a separate informational presentation on pre-trial services, with introductions from the executive officer of pre-trial services, the president of the Kentucky District Judges Association, a circuit judge, and the manager of pre-trial services, who began explaining how the pre-trial system works for newer committee members.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They do everything from help people identify what they might be good at to identify what accommodations
- to identify what they might be good at to identify<01:12:44.159><c> what</c><01:12:44.400><c> accommodations
- </c><01:12:45.199><c> and</c> identify what accommodations and identify what accommodations and assistive
Keywords:
teacher apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, teacher licensure, teacher shortage, workforce development, education finance, K-12 education, higher education, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, Tier 3 license, teacher preparation, mentor teacher, school district, cooperative unit, teacher pipeline, alternative licensure, apprenticeship program, labor and industry, union representation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, if this bill were to pass and make some changes, that they're then going to have to accommodate.
- ><00:59:51.599><c> to</c> that they're then going to have to that they're then going to have to accommodate
- 53.440><c> would</c><00:59:53.599><c> just</c><00:59:53.760><c> hope</c><00:59:53.920><c> that,</c> accommodate
- Um, I would just hope that, accommodate.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- want to go straight to college or into those tech jobs, and these development projects are able to accommodate
- development projects are are are<00:26:12.240><c> able</c><00:26:12.480><c> to</c><00:26:12.799><c> accommodate
- </c><00:26:13.679><c> So</c><00:26:14.080><c> just</c> are able to accommodate that.
- So just are able to accommodate that.
Keywords:
youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- district had a lot of kids in 4-H that were all showing at the State Fair, would they still be able to accommodate
- Would they still be able to accommodate that, just based off of the school district, should your bill
- members, we'll have a genuine conversation among our Resort Association to see if there is some accommodation
- members, we'll have a genuine conversation among our Resort Association to see if there is some accommodation
Keywords:
school calendar, education, school year, Labor Day, state law, school construction, landfill, dump site, closed landfill, contaminated site, pollution control agency, school siting, public school, charter school, environmental health, student safety, brownfield, solid waste, waste disposal site, site contamination
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- As we have the staff to accommodate further admissions, then even though we have a space available, we
- /c><00:14:54.759><c> to</c> with CNAs as we have the staff to with CNAs as we have the staff to accommodate
- further</c><00:14:55.880><c> admissions</c><00:14:56.480><c> then</c><00:14:57.000><c> even</c> accommodate
- further admissions then even accommodate further admissions then even though<00:14:57.360><c> we</c>
Summary:
The Committee on Health heard testimony on several bills. On SB 1441, which would repeal the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System from HHSC to the Department of Health, the Department of Health said it strongly supports the measure and requested clarifying amendments. HHSC/Oahu Region also supported the bill and said it had no objection to the department’s amendments. In response to questions, witnesses said the agencies have been working on an MOU to support transfers of long-term care patients to Leahi, with the current goal being about 10 to 15 patients, but transfers would occur only as space and staffing allow; one patient was reportedly being admitted at the time, and the process was described as slow and case-by-case.
The committee then heard SB 1443 on payment rates for state hospital patients and related Department of Health services. The hospital administrator said the bill would allow rates above Medicaid for community or foster-home placements if patients cannot be placed at Leahi or elsewhere, and would set Medicaid-level reimbursement for outside medical services used by state hospital patients. He said at least one provider was interested in offering services at that rate and that the population involved is largely non-ambulatory long-term care patients. Members asked about availability and training, and the witness said special training could be provided.
SB 1322, a broad mental health bill, drew mixed testimony. The Department of Law Enforcement supported giving crisis-intervention-trained officers more discretion to transport people to medical care instead of arresting them. The Attorney General supported the bill but recommended revisions to emergency-transport language and restoring liability protections. HHSC and Queens Hospital supported the overall goal but sought amendments to preserve the mental health emergency worker role in decision-making and to avoid negative impacts on emergency departments. The Disability Rights Center and ACLU opposed parts of the bill, arguing that it weakens due process, reduces protections in involuntary treatment and transport, and should retain a three-person treatment panel rather than reduce it to one. A Queens representative said the current program works well and reported that more than 90% of MH1 cases once went to hospitals, but that figure has dropped to about 60-70%, with about 20% now diverted to community settings or the behavioral health crisis center. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, certain RACK members' requests for accessible accommodations have been repeatedly ignored and
- is very traumatic to address. members requests for accessible members requests for accessible accommodations
- c> have</c><00:31:53.600><c> been</c><00:31:54.240><c> re</c><00:31:54.679><c> repeatedly</c> accommodations
- have been re repeatedly accommodations have been re repeatedly ignored<00:31:56.000><c> and</c><00:31
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to finish out the project and concentrate on other areas of our city that need improvements to accommodate
- 37:06.480><c> to</c> of our city that need improvements to of our city that need improvements to accommodate
- 08.040><c> growth</c><01:37:08.520><c> that</c><01:37:08.639><c> will</c><01:37:08.880><c> come</c> accommodate
- the growth that will come accommodate the growth that will come with<01:37:09.400><c> this</c><01:37
Keywords:
telecommunications, installation, certification, safety, underground utilities, HF335, Greater Minnesota, economic development, public infrastructure, grant program, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, business development, infrastructure grants, local government aid, general fund appropriation, rural development, site development, utilities, roads
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- priorities, if you're executing anything on the fourth, that's the higher priority so that we will accommodate
- we</c><01:49:48.239><c> will</c> higher priority so that we will higher priority so that we will accommodate
- 49.760><c> to</c><01:49:49.880><c> be</c><01:49:50.040><c> in</c><01:49:50.280><c> Commerce</c> accommodate
- you not to be in Commerce accommodate you not to be in Commerce okay<01:49:52.000><c> um</c><01:49:52.320
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 733-FN, a bill concerning third-party litigation financing (TPLF). Representative Cole, the prime sponsor, described TPLF as outside investors funding lawsuits in which they have no personal stake, arguing that the practice is largely unregulated, can involve foreign entities, increases litigation abuse, and contributes to higher insurance and consumer costs. He said the bill is modeled on an NCOIL proposal and would require disclosure of TPLF agreements, with guardrails and reporting requirements on specified pages of the bill. He also noted a couple of drafting fixes, including adding the word “knowingly” and incorporating a missing section later.
Members raised questions about the bill’s foreign-entity language, especially the provision allowing a governor or the Department of Safety to designate a country as a threat to critical infrastructure. Representative Cole said he would have lawyers review that issue. Another member asked whether the bill would prohibit a party from obtaining outside funding for a lawsuit; Cole clarified that the bill is intended as a reporting measure, not a ban, and that disclosure would be required. He also said the bill is aimed at American citizens rather than foreign-backed financing, and that some states had considered caps on such arrangements, though this bill does not.
Brandon Gratz of the Attorney General’s office testified that the enforcement language appears too limited, because it would allow only civil penalties and not broader Consumer Protection Act remedies such as injunctions or restitution. He suggested the Attorney General may not have meaningful authority under the bill as written and raised possible insurance-law issues. Commissioner D.J. Benton-Court of the Insurance Department said the disclosure could help insurers better assess risk and potentially soften the hard insurance market by improving transparency, competition, underwriting, innovation, and claims management. He also said the bill likely needs further work on jurisdiction and enforcement, and that the committee may need to coordinate with the Attorney General, Insurance Department, and possibly banking regulators. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 1/22/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- that on how does this influence the water system or the sewer, or whatever the city needs to do to accommodate
- city needs to or you know whatever the city needs to do<00:25:52.399><c> to</c><00:25:52.720><c> accommodate
- 53.520><c> that</c><00:25:54.520><c> um</c><00:25:55.279><c> but</c><00:25:55.480><c> that</c> do to accommodate
- that um but that do to accommodate that um but that individual<00:25:56.120><c> is</c><00:25:56.279>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Our small cities bend over backwards to try to be as accommodating as they can to developers.
- to try<01:35:35.239><c> to</c><01:35:35.360><c> be</c><01:35:35.600><c> as</c><01:35:35.800><c> accommodating
- </c><01:35:36.360><c> as</c><01:35:36.560><c> they</c><01:35:36.679><c> can</c> try to be as accommodating
- as they can try to be as accommodating as they can to<01:35:37.360><c> developers</c><01:35:38.360><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 01/21/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- So the annual process allows us to accommodate this process, to match the money that you appropriate,
- So the annual process allows us to accommodate this process, to match the money that you appropriate,
- The annual process allows us to accommodate this process, to match the money that you appropriate, the
- The annual process allows us to accommodate this process, to match the money that you appropriate, the
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (01/15/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- What is being done to accommodate that now?
- is being unaffordability challenge what is being done<01:01:04.799><c> to</c><01:01:05.079><c> accommodate
- c> that</c><01:01:07.280><c> now</c><01:01:07.680><c> when</c><01:01:07.799><c> you</c> done to accommodate
- that now when you done to accommodate that now when you heard<01:01:08.359><c> from</c><01:01:08.720
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/30/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- buildings throughout your town, trying to be able to schedule a meeting and do an on-site review that accommodates
- There's no reason to think that those existing processes would need to change in order to accommodate
- um<01:52:14.560><c> in</c><01:52:14.800><c> order</c><01:52:14.960><c> to</c><01:52:15.119><c> accommodate
- </c><01:52:15.599><c> the</c><01:52:15.920><c> different</c> um in order to accommodate the different
- um in order to accommodate the different replacement<01:52:16.800><c> value</c><01:52:17.199><c> system
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/10/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- a water-use growth proxy is used to project demands across the planning horizon to assure the accommodation
- a water use growth proxy is used to project demands across the planning horizon to assure the accommodation
- To assure the accommodation of potential economic and manufacturing sector production growth.
- see those technologies continue to evolve, and we see architecture and design further evolving to accommodate
- technologies continue to evolve and we see architecture and design, you know, further evolving to accommodate
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/17/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- If you require reasonable accommodation, please speak with our staff sergeant.
- If you require reasonable acu<00:01:23.040><c> accommodation,</c><00:01:23.920><c> please</c><00:01:24.159
- ><c> speak</c><00:01:24.799><c> with</c><00:01:25.040><c> our</c> acu accommodation, please speak with
- our acu accommodation, please speak with our staff<00:01:25.840><c> sergeant.
- requirements and the delivery of our services, we're grateful for the work they do and that this bill accommodates