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• Feeding Our Future vector, then that opened the floodgates because they had sort of perfected the model
• Feeding Our Future vector, then that opened the floodgates because they had sort of perfected the model
• Feeding Our Future vector, then that opened the floodgates because they had sort of perfected the model
• Feeding Our Future vector, then that opened the floodgates because they had sort of perfected the model
• Feeding Our Future vector, then that opened the floodgates because they had sort of perfected the model

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee Chair Kristen Robbins opened the meeting by explaining that the committee’s majority report had been released after the minority declined to file a minority report, though the minority later issued a statement. She said the report reflects two years of work aimed at exposing fraud, strengthening internal controls, and creating a whistleblower portal, mnfraud.com, which will remain open during the interim to receive and review tips. Robbins and several Republican members described the report as documenting how fraud in Minnesota began with earlier CCAP-related schemes and then expanded into Feeding Our Future and other programs, including housing stabilization, autism services, sober homes, adult day care, assisted living, non-emergency medical transportation, and interpretive services. They argued that fraud was enabled by weak oversight, a culture of inaction, and retaliation against whistleblowers, and said the report includes findings and recommendations for future reforms. Members also highlighted bipartisan bills already passed to strengthen whistleblower protections, internal controls, and fraud reporting. Representative Pam Altendorf and others praised the report and said it exposed widespread misuse of public funds, citing housing stabilization and autism services as examples of programs with rapidly growing costs and weak oversight. Representative Isaac Schultz said the committee had uncovered “industrial-scale” fraud and that the state had failed to hold agencies accountable. He and Robbins said the new Office of Inspector General, created by legislation passed this session and set to begin in January, will have broad authority to investigate public dollars and, later, police powers; they also noted a salary-setting provision for the office would be added to a state government bill. The members said the next governor will need to change the culture of state agencies and enforce accountability.

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• a tool to preserve really a system, the funding mechanism for a system that has really become the model
• O'Daniel, who helped to set up this system of the Workers' Compensation system and the current funding model
• a tool to preserve really a system, the funding mechanism for a system that has really become the model
• O'Daniel, who helped to set up this system of the Workers' Compensation system and the current funding model
• Its basic purpose is simply to preserve a model that has functioned well and to serve as a model for

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:36 HB 732 Discussion: 02:00 HB 732 Vote: 20:55 SB 343 Discussion: 23:39 SB 343 Vote: 28:54 SB 129 Discussion: 30:30 SB 129 Vote: 32:27, 958, all

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• So what could be a A better model was the question is actually the Kennedy administration that started
• So that was the idea that built what area school models now known as tech centers.
• It's an efficient model that We could start serving.
• So that's why the model was built out in the way that it is.
• , but the real reason why we exist is because business and industry asked for a different training model

Keywords: 914, all

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• Incentive funding will be distributed through a pay-for-performance model where payments are linked to
• So, you know, this pay-for-performance model, $3,500 incentive payments will basically be cut to two
• And I think that's one of the things that the Department of Labor is really looking at in their model
• money and I think that's one of the things that the Department of Labor is really looking at in their model
• have been on the fence or trying to mitigate costs as it relates to getting into an apprenticeship model

Summary: The committee first approved the November 3 minutes, then received an extensive update from Arkansas Division of Higher Education and Division of Career and Technical Education officials on LEARNS and ACCESS implementation. Witnesses said the state’s goal is for students to graduate employed, enrolled, or enlisted, and described expanded career pathways, student success plans, merit and distinction diplomas, and school accountability measures tied to pathway completion and tangible credentials. They reported increases in K-12 CTE enrollment and concurrent enrollment, and explained that some secondary career center programs were reduced or eliminated because they no longer aligned with state workforce demand. Members asked detailed questions about how merit/distinction affects school letter grades, how AP, concurrent credit, CTE completers, apprenticeships, and work-based learning fit into the system, and whether homeschool and private school students can access the same opportunities. Officials said multiple pathways can satisfy the requirements, including AP Scholar, concurrent credit, technical certificates, and apprenticeships, and that counselors are being trained to advise students. They also discussed scholarship changes: ACCESS broadened eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge and Governor’s Scholar awards, with diploma of merit or distinction now qualifying students for additional aid, while the Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship itself remained unchanged. Questions were raised about whether homeschool and private school students can meet the new diploma-of-distinction criteria; officials said the intent is to make them eligible if they meet the same standards, and that guidance is being finalized. The discussion also covered workforce scholarships and grants. Officials said the Workforce Challenge was expanded to include vocational-technical schools and increased funding, and that the Division is reworking policy around “professional skills training” to support shorter-term, stackable programs. They reviewed the new federal Workforce Pell Grant, noting its narrow hour and duration limits and the need for programs to meet completion, placement, and earnings thresholds. Members also asked about the state lottery scholarship fund balance and whether more aid should be directed to students; officials said the fund remains healthy and that ACCESS has already increased awards and expanded eligibility, with more implementation data still to come. The final presentation came from the Director of Workforce Connections on a $35.8 million U.S. Department of Labor cooperative agreement for the American Manufacturing Apprenticeship Incentive Fund. Arkansas will administer the national fund, which is aimed at expanding advanced manufacturing registered apprenticeships across the country through a pay-for-performance model. Officials said the program will support occupations in aerospace, automotive, biotech, maritime, nuclear, semiconductors, supply chain, and automation, and that applications will open soon. Members asked who can apply and how the money will be distributed; the answer was that registered apprenticeship sponsors—sometimes companies, sometimes colleges, sometimes intermediaries—will apply, with Arkansas setting eligibility criteria, vendor requirements, and outreach efforts.

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• explain this initiative and how it is structured, the Office of Special Education developed a phased model
• This phase model allowed us to collect and verify data in stages starting in the fall of 2023, with local
• Um, as mentioned in the presentation, this is a phased model.
• happening and that we're supporting our teachers to the best that we can and really um uh a gold star model
• day programming which works best for families and again really following that high impact tutoring model

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• These initiatives have served as models for other states, positioning California at the forefront of
• Was that for existing clients across the similar models like yours?
• know based on today, but what we don’t know is how many more people might want to be able to seek a model
• know based on today, but what we don't know is how many more people might want to be able to seek a model
• you know, this could incentivize thousands of more people to want to seek out this kind of a sharing model

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation met as a subcommittee and heard several bills, with members explaining that measures with significant fiscal impacts would be held for suspense or taken up later. AB 761 would let the Monterey-Salinas Transit District place a local sales tax measure on the ballot with approval from two-thirds of its board rather than needing approval from each member jurisdiction; supporters said it would preserve transit funding for veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities, while an opponent argued it would make it easier to raise a regressive tax. The bill was voted out 5-2 after being called for absent members. AB 1253, which would clarify property tax treatment for wildfire reconstruction beyond substantial equivalence, drew support from the Los Angeles County Assessor and the California Assessors Association but was sent to suspense. AB 8, dealing with hemp enforcement, intoxicating hemp products, and integration of hemp cannabinoids into the cannabis supply chain and tax system, drew strong support from cannabis operators and labor groups and opposition from small cultivators and public health advocates concerned about supply, tax revenue, and voter intent; it was also sent to suspense. The committee then heard AB 1138, a major expansion and modernization of the film and television tax credit program. Supporters, including entertainment unions, workers, studios, and local officials, said the bill would help keep production and jobs in California amid competition from other states and countries; opponents criticized it as picking winners and losers and argued broader business costs were the real problem. The bill was referred to suspense. AB 829, which would create a California Parkinson’s Disease Research Fund and voluntary tax contribution program to support research and services, received unanimous support from advocates and was approved 6-0 to Appropriations. AB 474 would exempt rental income from nonprofit home-sharing programs for low-income homeowners from state income tax and protect participants’ eligibility for certain benefits; supporters said it could help older adults age in place and address housing shortages, and the bill was sent to suspense after members asked for clarification on the fiscal estimate. The committee also heard AB 376, which would exempt wildfire settlement payments from state income tax for certain disaster survivors; supporters from rural counties said the money is meant to help victims rebuild and should not be taxed, and the bill was referred to suspense. Finally, AB 480 would allow developers using low-income housing tax credits to switch from allocated to certificated state credits after an award, with supporters saying it would maximize private investment and stretch housing dollars further; it too was sent to suspense. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly emphasized the need to balance policy goals with fiscal impacts, and several bills were held or referred to suspense rather than voted out immediately.

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• That law prohibited the dissemination of sexual deepfake images or videos that were modeled after the
• The law prohibited the dissemination of sexual deepfake images or videos that were modeled after the
• reason that the deepfake sexual image law is the way that it is, it's in dissemination, is because we modeled
• it<00:14:11.000> after<00:14:11.199> the<00:14:11.320> quote because we modeled
• it after the quote because we modeled it after the quote unquote<00:14:11.839> revenge<00:14:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The current model the Army uses to acquire things rewards entities that are enormous.
• Senator, Secretary Hegseth mentioned it in his hearing that the dust on the boots model I had not...
• So as they're training these models, the Army, as I understand it today, is getting access to these models
• China and our adversaries are also getting access to those models.
• Other threats are also getting access to those models.

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• So how do we create those models and finance them in a way that works in our system?
• So how do we create those models and finance them in a way that works in our system?
• Um, I mean, again, as I said, this is modeled off of Texas.
• <01:39:29.280> law<01:39:29.600> that modeled off of Texas's law that modeled off of
• I I did not in modeled off of Texas.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• That is, if a if a orno licensing model.
• , particularly into the CCA model.
• , particularly into the CCA model.
• , particularly into the CCA model.
• , particularly into the CCA model.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The state fiscal year 2024-25 disproportionate share hospital model allotment is allocated...
• The 2024-25 disproportionate share hospital model allotment is allocated between regular disproportionate
• budget authority in the amount of $253,410,320 for the DPP program in Region 5 based on a distribution model

Summary: The Legislative Budget Commission met with a quorum present and considered 12 budget amendments, most of which were adopted without opposition. The first amendment transferred $8.2 million in Department of Corrections general revenue authority from salary incentives to contracted services to support the phased demobilization of Florida National Guard troops assisting with correctional staffing. Senator Pizzo questioned the length of the Guard’s deployment and urged a long-term staffing solution, while the department said the Guard presence was being reduced and that about 2,200 employees were in training. The Department of State received an additional $618,391 in federal grant authority for library grants and private cloud costs, and the Department of Transportation’s two amendments were zero-sum work program changes: one realigned funds to production-ready projects and another added three projects over $3 million each to the current-year work program. The commission then approved several Agency for Health Care Administration amendments tied to Medicaid supplemental payment programs. These included funding for the Florida Cancer Hospital Program, indirect medical education payments, disproportionate share hospital payments for the state mental hospitals, the Low-Income Pool program, physician supplemental and public hospital payments, Florida KidCare, and Medicaid services realignment. Members asked about possible federal disallowances in the LIP and physician/public hospital programs, and agency staff said some disallowances were likely but the amount was not yet known. For KidCare and Medicaid, staff explained the changes were based on the December estimating conference, enrollment shifts, and updated actuarial assumptions, including changes to managed care regions and program design. The final amendment restored budget authority for a hospital direct payment program after a prior payment, including a $24.3 million CMS-related amount and $3.2 million in administrative fees, was not processed before fiscal year-end and reverted. Senator Pizzo pressed the agency on how the payment was missed and whether any penalty applied; staff said the invoice was not received and processed in time and that communication issues contributed. After brief debate on each item, the commission adopted all amendments, with one recorded nay on the final item, and then adjourned.

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• be able to promulgate the model through these sole source training initially.
• there are a lot of areas in those lives that aren't very good role models.
• Madam Clerk, please call the roll. very good role models. very good role models.
• <01:46:18.080> I<01:46:18.320> think models within our society.
• I think models within our society. I think that's<01:46:18.639> imperative.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first approved the minutes from its May 13 meeting. Members then reviewed a deferred contract with the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy for the Kentucky Pharmacist Recovery Network (KYPRN), a program that provides monitoring and support for pharmacists and pharmacy interns with substance abuse or mental health issues. Board representatives explained that the contract is a long-running arrangement, renewed periodically, with an option for two additional two-year renewals. Senators asked about the program’s structure, participation trends, follow-up, and consequences for noncompliance. The board said enrollment has remained fairly consistent at about 52 participants, with roughly 500 participants over the life of the program, weekly and monthly check-ins during the five-year typical enrollment period, and possible additional sanctions if participants fail to meet obligations. The committee then approved the contract. The committee next considered a group of economic development contracts, including items from the Cabinet for Economic Development. Secretary Jeff Null and general counsel Matt Wingate testified about contracts tied to regional innovation and entrepreneurship hubs. Members focused on the large differences in funding between regions and pressed for more support for rural and eastern Kentucky. Null said the cabinet is working on a more tailored, non-one-size-fits-all approach, including possible changes to capital support, build-to-suit options, and additional resources for rural areas. He said the hubs have helped 193 startups over the last two years and helped attract nearly $350 million in private capital, and he agreed to provide a written report by hub district on startup viability. The committee approved the economic development contracts. The Kentucky Lottery Corporation then presented its contracts with vendor IGT for retail and internet sales systems. Lottery officials said the contracts are mission-critical, cover both the traditional retail system and iLottery, and are structured as a percentage of sales so no payment is made until revenue is earned. They described planned equipment upgrades, including refreshed terminals, new ticket checkers, cashless vending and bill acceptors, and connected-play features that would link retail and online wallets. Officials said keeping the same vendor reduces the risk of business disruption and that the arrangement has already produced cost savings. They also said the lottery continues to see year-over-year growth and expects to meet its annual contribution target of $360 million for scholarships and grants. The committee approved the lottery contract after discussion.

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• For instance, 116.071 is one model that's used for hazardous waste.
• , the full life cycle cycle of AI models, the full life cycle<01:22:12.160> of<01:22:12.240>
• Are there models to AI that are actually helping us um find ways to mitigate environmental disasters?
• Are there models to AI that are actually helping us um find ways to mitigate environmental disasters?
• Are there models to AI that benefits?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <01:07:08.400> It's model on how things should be done.
• It's model on how things should be done.
• <01:07:09.440> be<01:07:09.599> fiscally a model on how to be fiscally a model on how
• And it's a model on how an we should do.
• <01:14:29.840> of what we saw today was really a model of what we saw today was really a model

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Representative Johnson said he appreciated the witness's comments and thought this was a good model to
• <00:08:34.360> to<00:08:34.519> be doing I think this is a good model to be doing I
• think this is a good model to be using<00:08:35.479> and<00:08:35.680> um<00:08:35.760
• I’m representing a teacher apprenticeship model that hopes to launch in the fall.”
• commitment to the apprenticeship model commitment to the apprenticeship model and<01:45:57.440><

Bills: HF1538, HF1965, HF2251, HF2838

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

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• Um, they've created a business model that is resistant to transparency.
• Now, like in the payday lending area, like in lots of other areas that have a business model that is
• , are a contingencybased fee model, are a contingencybased fee model, meaning<01:24:09.280> that
• Blammstrom talked about a contingency fee model and that the model is based on a successful outcome.
• and that that a contingency fee model and that that model<01:36:23.199> is<01:36:23.360> based

Keywords: 1183, house

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• once evaluations of 100% permanent supportive housing and integrative permanent supportive housing models
• The first is to close deals faster, review models, and identify opportunities for industrywide processes
• The first is to close deals faster, review models, and identify opportunities for industrywide processes
• The first is to close deals faster, review models, and identify opportunities for industrywide processes
• faster review models and identify opportunities<00:09:38.720> for<00:09:38.920> industrywide

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• We did some value-based payment model that was in '24. Mairead helped me out or somebody else.
• That's why advocates in Connecticut generally are opposed to any value-based payment models that put
• whenever people talk about value-based payment, to be clear about the distinction between the different models
• want to highlight is one of the things tasked to my team is to track what we call alternate payment models
• What we call alternate payment models, right, which is the fancy term for value-based contracts, right

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Summary: The Complex Care Committee meeting focused first on a new Diabetes Caucus launched at the Capitol. Rep. Johnson described the caucus as a forum to educate people about type 1 and type 2 diabetes, genetic risk, early testing, pregnancy-related diabetes, and ways Medicaid policy might improve prevention and lower long-term costs. Members agreed the caucus could intersect with care management, and Carolyn Grandell of CHNCT offered to share information about current diabetes-related care management services at a future meeting. The committee then heard a detailed presentation from Alex Rigger of the Office of Health Strategy, who is moving to the Office of Policy and Management. He reviewed Connecticut health care benchmark data, including total health care expenditures, medical spending, and market-by-market trends. He said 2023 to 2024 per-capita spending grew more than 8.5% statewide and 14% in Medicaid, with long-term care accounting for about 46% of Medicaid spending and retail pharmacy also identified as a major cost driver. Members asked about enrollment changes, dual-eligible populations, Medicare Savings Program members, 340B drug pricing, and value-based payment models. Rigger explained that his office tracks alternate payment models and quality benchmarks, but does not separately capture 340B data. Discussion then shifted to Medicare Advantage, dual eligibles, and hospital discharge planning. Members said they want better data on how many Medicaid members are in Medicare Advantage plans and whether those plans shift costs back to Medicaid or affect access to care, especially for complex-care patients. Staff noted DSS does have some Medicare Advantage indicators and that CMS is developing encounter-data rules for states. Kathy Holt and others raised concerns about denials, nursing home stays, and the need to compare Medicaid spending for dual eligibles in Medicare Advantage versus traditional Medicare. The meeting ended with plans for follow-up data sharing, including Alex Rigger’s slides, the diabetes caucus materials, and a future discussion with DSS and other agencies; no formal votes were taken.

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• state, deals with cotton gins and how they are licensed and permitted, not requiring air dispersion models
• The things that were changed, the air dispersion modeling for cotton gins, it removes those, but there
• have been recent efforts to modernize these regulations, and studies indicate standard models can often
• efficient they are at getting that done is what really stems from why they want to do away with this modeling
• falling into that where they don't have to obtain a construction permit or deal with air dispersion modeling

Summary: The House first established a quorum after a brief call of the board and then moved through messages from the Senate and committee reports. The chamber received a Senate refusal to concur on House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 994 and later voted to send the bill to conference. Members also reconsidered earlier actions on Senate Bill 1019, then adopted a substitute amendment that narrowed the bill to a smaller set of provisions, including a health-related addition on Lyme disease and alpha-gal, before third reading and passage by a vote of 105-32. The House then took up House Bill 1740, known as Melanie’s Law, a drunk-driving prevention measure. Supporters described the bill as a long-negotiated effort to strengthen penalties and ignition interlock requirements while preserving affordability protections for low-income drivers. Family members of Melanie Wonkham were recognized, and several members spoke in favor of the bill as a response to impaired-driving fatalities. The Senate substitute was adopted 143-2, and the bill was finally passed 144-2. Members also passed Senate Bill 1033, which combined Department of Natural Resources funding language with agriculture-related changes, including exemptions for certain farm trucks and cotton gin permitting and air-dispersion modeling requirements. Supporters said it would help keep state environmental programs solvent and better align Missouri rules with neighboring states, while some members raised concerns about future budget pressure and environmental impacts. The Senate substitute passed 134-9. The House then passed Senate Bill 916, which limits when contractors can be required to indemnify the state before or after work on public projects, with supporters saying it protects contractors from premature lawsuits while preserving liability for negligence; it passed 133-1. Finally, the House adopted and finally passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 21, which promotes Missouri participation in America 250 celebrations in 2026, and then adopted a conference committee report and finally passed Senate Bill 975 after brief debate. The chamber also announced upcoming committee meetings and then recessed, with plans to return later for additional Senate bills and conference reports.

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• Uh, see how other states are doing this and really come up with a model that we think fits well here
• recovery houses, and we know it to be true for the 91 houses that have been certified under our voluntary model
• have been certified uh under<00:16:58.480> our<00:16:58.720> voluntary<00:16:59.199> model
• c><00:16:59.440> by<00:16:59.680> the<00:16:59.839> state under our voluntary model
• by the state under our voluntary model by the state certification<00:17:00.639> entity.

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