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• But we're still trying to achieve that and keeping a pretty high rate.
• You're not, you don't have hospital rates to keep them in that particular setting.
• But when you go there, you are agreeing to work at one particular industry at a reduced rate for that
• Our case rates will always increase. We'll continue to hospitalize mentally ill people.
• That's the annual Rate to hold them.

Keywords: 914, all

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• change, since they cannot afford to pay fines and costs, uh, they will face about 4 days in jail at a rate
• enforcement that are having trouble filling their positions and having trouble focusing on clearance rates
• business or financial institution on the same path or route as another person without substantially deviating
• business or financial institution on the same path or route as another person without substantially deviating

Bills: HB316

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, affordable care act, medical assistance, federal funding

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• We have the highest rate of terminations of parent-child relationships in the entire country, right here
• We have the highest rate of terminations of parent-child relationships in the entire country, right here
• I know that the statistics show that essentially it's double the rate of termination for our Black and
• have the freedom to say, 'This is my true opinion about your case or about your conduct; you should deviate
• freedom to say this is my true opinion about your case or about your conduct you should you should deviate

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee opened with remarks framing the meeting as a bipartisan effort to improve Arizona’s child welfare system, especially DCS oversight, accountability, and child safety. The chair said the committee would focus on reforms based on Auditor General findings and hear bills and testimony from youth, advocates, foster parents, and attorneys. Roll was taken, and the committee then began considering several child-welfare bills. HB 2611, dealing with group foster home safety, employee drug screening, resident rights, training, and advocates in congregate care, drew extensive testimony. Supporters, including current and former foster youth, described bullying, unsafe staff behavior, drug use in homes, trafficking concerns, and the need for posted rights, mental health services, and stronger accountability. The sponsor and members discussed an amendment that would require quarterly drug-screening results to be submitted, require removal from child contact pending confirmatory testing after a positive result, and give the DCS director more discretion. The amendment was adopted, and HB 2611 as amended received a do-pass recommendation by a 5-1 vote, with some members voting present or expressing procedural concerns but supporting further work on the bill. HB 2035, which expands kinship placement requirements by adding extended family members to search and notification duties and presuming kinship placement is in the child’s best interest, also received substantial testimony. Advocates argued kinship care reduces trauma and improves stability, while several witnesses described cases where children were not placed with available relatives and instead ended up in congregate care. The committee discussed whether the bill duplicated existing law and whether DCS was already required to search for kin; the sponsor said the bill strengthens existing policy and adds written documentation requirements. HB 2035 was given a do-pass recommendation by a 4-2 vote. The committee then heard HB 4049, which would authorize DCS to employ legal counsel or incur legal expenses, along with an amendment that would require the Attorney General or appointed counsel to represent the state’s interests independently in certain cases and not be subject to DCS retaliation for taking a different position. Testimony split between those who argued the current structure creates a conflict of interest and allows DCS narratives to go unchallenged, and those who said the AG’s office already has separate divisions and that keeping representation centralized preserves consistency and oversight. Discussion continued on whether the current system is structurally broken and where counsel would be housed if the arrangement changed; the transcript ends while that debate is ongoing, without a recorded final vote on HB 4049.

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• MILLION ANNUALLY IN OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT COST SINCE WE WILL QUALIFY FOR A HIGHER FEDERAL MATCH RATE
• WE REDUCE RISK RATINGS FROM PRIOR REPORTING PERIODS TO SHOW TRENDS.
• MOVING ON, THE RISK RATING FOR THE FX SERVICE RELEASE WASN'T RIVETED TO A DELAY IN SUBMITTING A MAJOR
• WHILE THE RISK RATINGS FOR RELEASES ARE BASED ON THE COLLECTIVE WORK OF MULTIPLE VENDORS, RISK RATINGS
• WHILE THE VENDORS HAVE CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED RISK RATINGS IN THESE AREAS, THE PSM AND VENDORS HAVE

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• And then the final comment, the fifth one I wanted to make, was that we think that this proposal deviates
• transportation funding and... ...that they made in terms of the reduction in transportation funding and the deviation
• unallocated credits can be rolled over into future years of the program, and because this recapture rate

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on State Administration heard several budget proposals from CDTFA, the Board of Equalization, and the Franchise Tax Board. The first panel focused on cannabis, hemp, flavored tobacco, and related enforcement. CDTFA requested ongoing funding to implement cannabis tax changes, enforce the new intoxicating hemp restrictions and flavored tobacco seizure authority, and continue compliance work. The department said it is targeting illicit product, protecting licensed businesses, and using referrals from the public and lawmakers to focus inspections. The LAO supported some of the proposals but urged the Legislature to treat them as part of a longer-term enforcement strategy and raised concerns about the use of General Fund support for cannabis enforcement. Public testimony on the cannabis item largely supported stronger enforcement and funding for the legal market. The committee also heard CDTFA’s request to reappropriate funds for an upgrade to the CROS tax collection system, which would improve taxpayer services, security, and software maintenance without adding new money. A separate CDTFA proposal would make all delivery network companies, such as DoorDash and Uber Eats, marketplace facilitators for sales tax purposes. CDTFA said the change would reduce confusion for restaurants and improve compliance, while the LAO questioned whether the proposal functioned more like a tax increase because it would also capture service fees. Members raised affordability concerns, but the proposal was framed by the administration as a parity and compliance measure. The subcommittee then considered a governor’s proposal for a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit. Finance argued the credit would help decarbonize aviation and support in-state production, while the LAO recommended rejection, citing cost, uncertainty about environmental benefits, possible diversion of diesel excise tax revenues from transportation programs, and concerns about consistency with voter-approved transportation funding rules. Testimony from airlines, labor unions, airports, and refinery workers strongly supported the credit, emphasizing union jobs, refinery conversions, and emissions reductions, while fuel retailers and some others warned about fiscal risk and higher fuel prices. The chair and some members expressed support for the proposal despite the funding concerns. Finally, the BOE presented an IT modernization project for state-assessed property administration, saying the current system is outdated and manual and that a new system is needed to improve accuracy, cybersecurity, and workflow efficiency, especially with a likely increase in workload from new VoIP assessments. The LAO asked for more justification for the timing, but BOE said the urgency stems from aging systems and growing workload. BOE also requested modest funding to implement SB 293 changes to intergenerational property transfers and wildfire relief guidance, which the LAO did not oppose. The Franchise Tax Board began its presentation on the final phase of its Enterprise Data to Revenue modernization effort, describing the project’s rollout across audit, collections, legal, and filing enforcement workloads and noting it is now in a warranty period.

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• Then can you show independent third-party audits demonstrating your fraud rate is substantially lower
• third-party audits demonstrating your third-party audits demonstrating your fraud<01:04:22.160> rate
• <01:04:22.880> substantially<01:04:23.599> lower<01:04:23.920> than fraud rate
• is substantially lower than fraud rate is substantially lower than what<01:04:24.319> law<01:
• Do we would New Hampshire be deviating from other New England states with this?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• House Bill 1387 reduces the minimum commission rate that the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund must
• House Bill 1387 reduces the minimum commission rate that the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund must
• <02:33:57.920> from employment and does not deviate from employment and does not deviate from
• from their responsibilities or deviation from their responsibilities or scope<02:34:01.040> is
• So, they're they're a gross deviation.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Associate Pastor Justin Wills of Miracle Temple Church in Lothian, followed by remarks recognizing his family’s ministry and requesting that the prayer be journalized. The chamber then moved through several introductions, including Johnston Square Elementary students who were recognized for strong grades, education-related guests, and staff and family members of senators. After the roll confirmed a quorum, the Senate returned to business. On third reading, House Bill 563, concerning emergency response animals, was amended to align the House and Senate versions. The amendment added self-defense as an affirmative defense, included horses used in search and rescue within the definition of emergency response animal, added a definition of law enforcement unit, and adjusted penalties. The bill then passed with 44 affirmative votes. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 159 on EMS vehicle supplies and neonatal care; the chamber refused to concur in House amendments and sent a message asking the House to recede or appoint a conference committee. The Senate introduced House Bill 420 and referred it to Rules. In Judicial Proceedings, Senate Bill 791 on immigration enforcement prohibitions in correctional facilities was reported favorably with three amendments, including technical changes, limits tied to certain convictions, notice requirements for state facilities, and authorization for judges or commissioners to consider immigration detainers in bail decisions. The minority leader and others requested that the bill be special ordered for more time to review and prepare amendments, arguing the issue was controversial and had been fast-tracked; supporters of the committee report said the bill had already been heard and discussed. The debate over the special-order motion was ongoing at the end of the transcript.

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• Madam Chair, if you could just restate there's a rate increase and then a tax increase if I heard you
• I'd like some time to observe it, but generally, doubling the rate of And the last paragraph that it
• Constitution around birthright citizenship, where there is a clear deviation from long-standing interpretation

Bills: HF2783, HF2603, HF2846, HF2354, HF1836, HF2713, HF1198, HF1389

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• Why is this administration deviating from that precedent by excluding?
• around $600,000 per seizure to about a million eight last year so I think that that shows a higher rate
• So the chief program was authorized by budget authorities in 2014, and so these were rate payer funds
• Right now, everything is done through rate payer funds with the IOUs.
• And so being able to have, we were going to be giving money to a interest rate buy-down program and going

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• out with is three times whatever the specials, so if they are charging charging $150 because of the rate
• If it's something that deviates from the ability of these other agencies, that's not contrary to what

Bills: SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307, SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, drug courts, accountability, veterans, mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, criminal justice, court intervention, terrorist threat, terroristic threat

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• Senator Sparks, Senator Hancock did a an exceptional first rate layout of your bill, so I'm sure you
• , while we look at the Permian Basin, including Howard County, one of the things that includes a deviation

Bills: SB766, SB290, SB494, SB1145

Keywords: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water regulation, environmental protection, pesticide management, natural resources, LP-gas, property owner notice, gas installations, safety notification, petroleum theft, task force, oil and gas, law enforcement, economic impact, environmental regulation, water permits, water quality, land application, 1185, senate

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• From 2009 to 2019, teen pregnancy rates in Florida decreased by 56%.
• From 2009 to 2019, teen pregnancy rates in Florida decreased by 56%.
• And just one last thing: the rate of incest in our country continues to be reported as higher and higher
• And they don't have the rating that U.S. bonds would have.
• I can tell you in Pinellas County, most of them, they will not even entertain deviations.

Summary: The committee first took up CS/SB 1606 on patient access to records. The sponsor explained that the bill, as amended, would align Florida law more closely with HIPAA by defining “designated record set,” requiring providers to furnish requested records within set timeframes, allowing a limited extension with notice, and requiring records to be produced in the requested form if readily producible. Several members asked about patient portals, legal representatives, and whether the bill affected meaningful-use rules or post-mortem access. Multiple witnesses opposed the bill, arguing it could create cybersecurity risks, conflict with existing privacy rules, and burden providers; supporters said it would improve patient access and consistency. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee then considered CS/SB 712 on construction regulations. The bill would direct DEP to establish rules for synthetic turf and limit local governments from banning it if state rules are followed, while also addressing change orders, public works bidding, elevator rails, alarm contractor work, building code updates, spaceport exemptions, permit document limits, and single-trade inspections. Amendments removed the pool and spa contractor provisions and the tall mass timber language. Testimony on the bill centered heavily on the pool industry, with contractors and the Florida Swimming Pool Association opposing expansion of scope to general and building contractors, while some speakers supported other parts of the bill. After adopting the amendments, the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 1288 on parental rights. The bill would allow minors to be tested for STDs without parental consent but require parental consent for treatment, expand parents’ rights to access records and control certain health decisions, and restrict health care services, medical procedures, and biofeedback devices for minors absent consent or an exception. An amendment moved survey and questionnaire provisions into the education code, added an explicit court-order exception, clarified DNA and biofeedback provisions, and added emergency behavioral health exceptions. The committee heard extensive public testimony both for and against the bill, with supporters emphasizing parental authority and opponents warning it could delay STI treatment, mental health care, and other services for vulnerable minors. The transcript ends during public testimony on the bill, before any final committee action is shown.

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• I think that, um, the evidence that I see that the, that the rates are, the rate increases are consistent
• It doesn't say you can't increase rates. It just says, hey, you.
• The market usually dictates what the rates are.
• As he stated, carriers already provide their rate filings well in advance.
• regulation system in Texas does not allow for excessive rates.

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• and the population, because as you know, unlike House and Senate maps, where you're allowed some deviation
• There's very, very little deviation. ...is because the DOJ's letter states that it feels that there are

Bills: SR5, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SR5

Keywords: redistricting, Senate procedures, public input, Texas Legislature, amendments, Texas Senate, congressional districts, legislative procedures, legislative transparency, Senate rules, public hearings, committee procedures, hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes

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• Their passage rates are 100%.
• One is you have a passage rate above 90%.
• The public institutions that have a 90% passage rate all do that.
• They had a 79.9% passage rate.
• year of probation when you have a 30% passage rate?

Summary: The committee heard and approved several health care bills. Senate Bill 68, by Senator Harrell, would require all hospital emergency departments to be prepared to treat children by maintaining pediatric equipment, staff training, written policies, a pediatric care coordinator, and completion/public posting of the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment. Senator Harrell said the bill is intended to improve pediatric emergency care in general hospitals, and the bill was supported by the Florida College of Emergency Physicians and the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. It passed favorably. The committee also approved Senate Bill 154, which corrects the Mobile Act for dentists and dental hygienists by requiring graduates of out-of-state dental schools seeking licensure by endorsement to have attended a CODA-accredited school. The bill drew support from dental and dental hygienist groups and passed favorably. Senate Bill 40, by Senator Sharif, would require Medicaid managed care networks to ensure at least half of primary care providers offer appointments outside regular business hours, including evenings and weekends, to improve access and reduce emergency room use; it also passed favorably. A lengthy discussion centered on Senate Bill 254, also by Senator Harrell, which would tighten oversight of nursing education programs, create a temporary provisional license and preceptorship for new graduates awaiting NCLEX results, require remediation for low-performing programs, add standardized admission and exit-exam requirements, and allow the Department of Health to inspect programs unannounced. Supporters said the bill would improve quality and help students gain experience, while opponents warned it could reduce the number of nursing programs and worsen shortages, especially among private schools. After debate and testimony from nursing and school representatives, the bill passed favorably, with Senator Davis voting no. The committee then received an OPPAGA presentation on interstate health care licensure compacts. OPPAGA reviewed how Florida uses licensure by endorsement, telehealth registration, and compacts for nurses, psychologists, and physicians, and explained the potential benefits and drawbacks of joining additional compacts, including portability, data sharing, and emergency staffing versus costs, administrative burdens, and possible conflicts with Florida scope-of-practice laws. No action was taken on the presentation, and the meeting adjourned after Senator Davis requested to be recorded in support of SB 68 and SB 154.

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• The Public Education A-F Accountability Rating System was passed by this legislature in 2017.
• again filed suit against TEA, and once again the court enjoined the release of the accountability ratings
• Members, the legislature has stated that we want these ratings to be calculated and made available to
• Members, this accountability rating system has the potential to profoundly impact the efficiency and
• Typically, those contracts do not have the same strict, narrow standards and cannot deviate...

Bills: HB 1181, HB3704, HB1363, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB3223, HB1317, HB2884, HB2176, HB4027, HB1664, HB933, HB2613, HB3353, HB2086, HB4101, HB3441, HB4145, HB3455

Keywords: judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

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• This bill today deviates from those provisions in two important ways, which we hope will be addressed
• But the problem is once somebody has lived in rental housing, especially if it's market rate, eventually
• Tens of thousands of affordable units are at risk of being converted to market-rate housing over the
• stock, the Portfolio Reinvestment Program was designed to decrease the risk of conversion to market-rate
• How are they keeping them from going to market rate by the current owners?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Uh, line 5, continue half year rate adjustments from the uh.
• line 8, we did, um, assisted, assisted living facility rates.
• Provider rate adjustments, uh, we did about $26.2 million for those provider rate adjustments.
• differing rates for children, income levels, adult expansion, and other groups.
• Um, Uh, other agencies such as DOH bring in money at various matching rates.

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• But as we move into page number two, the cumulative deviation from the FNA net general revenue available
• Subcommittee met Monday morning to hear testimony on the following items: an update on the reimbursement rates
• So we, from my understanding, are doing the work to fund our public schools at historic rates, never
• Historic rates never seen in the state of Arkansas except for the last three years.
• We're paying for the, you know, per pupil adequacy at a higher rate, roughly the same amount overall,

Summary: The Arkansas Legislative Council meeting began with approval of the December 2025 minutes and a presentation from the Bureau of Legislative Research on the December revenue report. Dr. Carlos Silva said gross collections were about $4.02 billion, up slightly from the prior year, and net available for distribution was also above last year but down modestly from the previous month because of higher-than-expected corporate income tax refunds. Members asked about corporate tax trends, tariffs, and inflation, and Silva said it was too early to call the corporate decline a trend and that tariff effects would likely show up mainly in sales tax collections. The council then adopted several subcommittee reports, including the Executive Committee Subcommittee, Administrative Rules, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Occupational Licensing Review, PEER, Review, State Insurance Program Oversight, and Personnel. The PEER report drew the most debate because of a Department of Agriculture grant tied to Perry County and Central Arkansas Water; members discussed whether removing the Perry County portion would affect the grant’s competitiveness, and the report was ultimately adopted with the item included. The Review Subcommittee also heard questions about a BDO contract for the rural health transformation program, with DFA explaining that the contractor would manage the program while state agencies would make funding decisions consistent with the state’s application. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Education Freedom Account appropriation tied to LEARNS. Senators and representatives debated whether the program helps families or diverts money from public schools, with supporters arguing it funds students and choice and opponents arguing it is costly, vulnerable to fraud, and harms public school funding. Department of Education officials said roughly 28,000 private school students and 17,500 homeschool students were participating, that EFA students must submit standardized tests annually, and that the requested $32 million was to cover existing participants. After multiple substitute motions and extended debate, the body rejected a motion to strip out the $32 million and then adopted the report and related motions. The meeting ended after routine approvals of additional agency items and adjournment.

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• IF ONE DAY THEY SHOW UP AND THEY'RE NOT LIKE THAT THEN THERE IS A DEVIATION THE BASELINE BEHAVIOR.
• YOU LOOK AT THE GRADUATION RATE AND YOU GO INTO GOOGLE WHAT IS THE GRADUATION RATE?
• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORTING SYSTEM WHICH WOULD REPORT THE GRADUATION RATES 68 PERCENT WHAT YOU
• WOULD NEED TO DIG DOWN TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT 58 PERCENT IS ACTUALLY A SIX YEAR GRADUATION RATE BECAUSE
• AND THE FOR YOUR GRADUATION RATE IS 67 PERCENT.