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• </c><01:36:16.560><c> or</c> bank account that didn't get claimed or bank account that didn't get claimed
• Now, when they pay these claims, we are looking at a cap.
• It would create a non-covered claim.
• now when they pay these pay the claims now when they pay these claims<01:47:00.320><c> we</c><01:47:
• so to determine if it's a covered claims so to determine if it's a covered claim<01:49:03.639><c> we

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• THE CLAIMS IS $400,000 FOR JM MINOR BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ON JUNE 7th, 2020.
• PER THE SENATE SPECIAL MASTER'S ON CLAIMS BILL THIS IS A SETTLEMENT CLAIM FOR $1.7 MILLION TO THE STATE
• THE CITY SETTLED THE CLAIM FOR $2 MILLION.
• BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS AND I'M LOATHSOME TO EVEN BRING THESE CLAIMS BILLS FORWARD.
• THE BILL PROPOSES A $1.2 MILLION SETTLEMENT TO FULLY RESOLVE THE CLAIM.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• to those claims for payment.
• They don't require any claims data.
• They don't require any claims data.
• Medicare claims will reflect the true side of care. Commercial claims will not. It's.
• Medicare claims will reflect the true side of care. Commercial claims will not.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm CEO of Clean Power Alliance, and I'm joined by David McNeil.
• Third, maintain the state's commitment to clean energy goals.
• I'm Miles Horton with Sonoma Clean Power.
• We are a clean energy leader.
• California's clean energy goals will require adding significant amounts of new clean energy to the grid

Summary: The committee hearing covered a long agenda of energy, utility, and data-center bills, with members hearing extensive testimony on affordability, ratepayer protections, wildfire liability, and grid planning. Several measures were presented by Assembly Member Irwin and others, including AB 2182 on industrial energy efficiency incentives, AB 2396 on allowing community choice aggregators to develop transmission projects, AB 2589 on returning federal tax savings to ratepayers, AB 2508 on shifting public purpose program costs off utility bills, AB 1577 on data center reporting, and AB 2383 on large energy-use facility rate design. The chair noted the hearing began without a quorum and later proceeded once quorum was established for the data-center and AB 2383 votes. AB 2182 and AB 2589 were discussed but not acted on during the portion shown, while AB 2396 drew substantial debate over wildfire liability, financing, and whether CCAs should be allowed to own transmission lines. AB 2508 generated the most divided policy discussion, with supporters arguing that public purpose programs and energy efficiency costs should not be borne by ratepayers and should instead be funded through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund or other public sources. Opponents warned that moving those programs to GGRF would threaten funding stability, undermine cost-effective efficiency programs, and jeopardize important safety-net and wildfire-related spending; wildfire survivor advocates asked for amendments to ensure victims are paid first before any reallocation. Committee members raised concerns about whether GGRF is an appropriate and stable funding source, and several said they could not support the bill as drafted. AB 1577, requiring data centers to report energy, water, and noise information, passed on a 10-1 vote after supporters said the bill would help local and state planners manage rapid load growth, while opponents argued it was burdensome, duplicative, and could expose proprietary or security-sensitive information. AB 2383, which would direct the CPUC to create a new rate structure for large energy-use facilities and require long-term contracts to prevent cost shifts and stranded assets, also drew strong support and opposition. The Little Hoover Commission and NRDC backed the bill as a way to protect ratepayers from data-center-related costs, while CCAs, the Chamber of Commerce, manufacturers, and petroleum interests objected to the bill’s scope and to CPUC oversight, especially as it could affect CCAs and other large users beyond data centers. After discussion about preserving local authority and avoiding stranded costs, the committee approved AB 2383 on a 13-0 vote and left the roll open for absent members. The hearing then moved to AB 1774, a wildfire accountability bill by Assembly Member Berman, which was introduced with testimony from fire survivors and consumer advocates emphasizing the need to verify that utility wildfire mitigation spending is actually performed before ratepayers are charged.

Transcript Highlights:

• Clean energy means it says clean energy.
• ><c> of</c><00:10:49.040><c> clean</c><00:10:49.360><c> energy</c> cleans up the definition of clean
• a clean source.
• I'm looking at clean.
• Um mine was very clean. That amendment. Um mine was very clean.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:04:07.920><c> cars</c> is on target with What the clean cars is on target with What the clean
• The Clean Cars Minnesota rule only shows data through 2022, before the Clean Cars rule went into effect
• As I understand it, there is a Clean Cars 1 and a Clean Cars 2, and I'm wondering what Minnesota has
• As I understand it, Minnesota has adopted the Clean Cars 1 standard, not the Clean Cars 2 standard.
• clean clean cars standard with this uh clean clean cars standard we<00:41:13.560><c> were</c><00:41:13.920

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• , 2,000 claims, or 12,000 claims.
• </c> handle and administer all of the claims handle and administer all of the claims that<00:21:38.320
• or are we going to have 2,000 claims or are we going to have 12,000<00:21:57.520><c> claims?
• 22:55.120><c> and</c> there's additional claims over and there's additional claims over and beyond<00
• </c> you know, and 2,000 claims per year. you know, and 2,000 claims per year.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• </c> through an analysis of claims through an analysis of claims um<00:26:14.720><c> that</c><00:26:15.039
• 07.760><c> impacted</c> process, claims for the impacted process, claims for the impacted benefits<00
• </c> claims that they flagged. claims that they flagged.
• So claims can't get paid review claims.
• </c> um what through an analysis of claims um what through an analysis of claims for<00:43:37.680><c>

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: Minnesota Management and Budget officials presented the February 2026 budget and economic forecast, saying the state remains in a strong financial position but faces continued structural imbalance and significant uncertainty. Commissioner Aaron Campbell said the FY 2026-27 balance is now projected at more than $3.7 billion, up about $1.3 billion from November, and the FY 2028-29 planning period is projected to end with a $377 million positive balance. He emphasized that the improvement comes largely from higher projected revenues, especially individual income and corporate franchise taxes, but warned that the state is increasingly reliant on more volatile sources such as capital gains, interest income, and corporate profits. State Economist Dr. Anthony Becker said the national outlook improved slightly, with stronger projected GDP, consumer spending, and investment, but weaker payroll growth and ongoing trade-policy uncertainty. He noted that the forecast was complicated by missing federal data because of the federal shutdown, and that tariffs, immigration policy, equity markets, and possible AI-related shifts all present risks. Revenue projections were raised for the current biennium, including individual income tax receipts, sales tax revenue, corporate franchise tax revenue, and other revenues, while Becker stressed that federal funding threats, especially involving Medicaid and other entitlement programs, could materially alter the outlook. State Budget Director Anna Mingi said general fund spending in the current biennium is projected to be $68 million lower than previously estimated, but planning-year spending is up $152 million. The biggest spending changes came from education, where special education costs rose sharply after updated local spending data, and from human services, where a new prepayment review process for certain Medicaid benefits reduced projected spending by $133 million this biennium and $105 million in the next. She also said discretionary inflation is now estimated at $1.04 billion, up $104 million from November. Campbell closed by saying the state’s reserve remains at a record $3.8 billion and that Minnesota’s AAA bond rating and reserve policy help protect against downturns. He cautioned, however, that the long-term structural imbalance remains about $3.4 billion in the planning years, or $2.3 billion excluding discretionary inflation, and urged policymakers to offset any new spending with reductions. No votes or formal actions were taken; the meeting was a presentation and question-and-answer session on the forecast.

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• air and clean water—all those good things for the state.
• I had a few questions on the clean cars for all.
• The DCAP program includes our Clean Cars for All, statewide Clean Cars for All.
• We're going to meet our clean air goals, and then for Clean Cars for All, we appreciate the discussion
• I am Sophia Arfico with the **Coalition for Clean Air**.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• No one had claimed them.
• No one had claimed she discriminated, but she claimed that she anticipated that she would be challenged
• No one had claimed them.
• No one had claimed them.
• No one had claimed them.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:07 SB 60: 00:00:53 Discussion in Opposition to SB 60: 00:04:41 SB 130: 00:25:36 SB 169: 00:25:44, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 60, a Religious Freedom Restoration Act measure sponsored by Senator Steve Rawlings. Rawlings said the bill would strengthen protections for sincerely held religious exercise by requiring government burdens on religion to be justified by clear and convincing evidence of a compelling interest, expanding remedies including attorney’s fees, and waiving sovereign immunity so individuals could sue the government. A committee substitute was adopted, and the bill drew testimony both in support and opposition. Supporters, including Greg Baylor of Alliance Defending Freedom, argued the bill would protect a fundamental right and that similar laws have existed federally and in many states without the feared consequences. Opponents, including Chris Hartman of the Fairness Campaign, Sam Markusen of the University of Louisville, and Rabbi Ben Fred, warned the bill was overly broad, could undermine local anti-discrimination laws, and might invite lawsuits or allow religious claims to be used to justify discrimination. Senator Thomas questioned whether the bill could affect vaccine requirements and public accommodations; Baylor said public health or other compelling interests could still prevail in court and that the bill would not predetermine outcomes. The committee then voted on SB 60, with several members explaining their votes, and reported the bill favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 169, sponsored by Senator Danny Carroll, which would expand the Attorney General’s and Kentucky State Police’s administrative subpoena authority in child exploitation investigations to include social networking companies, mobile payment services, and cloud storage services. Attorney General’s office representatives Will Schroer and Matt Heden said the change would modernize investigative tools to help identify online child predators and obtain limited account-holder information such as usernames, IP addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. Senator Thomas asked about the bill’s use of the term “reasonable cause” instead of probable cause and about the scope of the information obtained; the witnesses said the term is already in statute and that the subpoenas would not authorize searches, only basic identifying information. A motion was made and seconded, and the committee began the roll call vote on SB 169 as the transcript ended.

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• Maybe one out of 250... ...250 complaints out of 2.5 million claims.
• Will their claims be denied because of repeated visits to the emergency room?
• be resolved in a timely manner. denied claims be resolved in a timely fashion.
• Otherwise, the burden of challenging denied claims falls entirely on patients who are often at their
• There's no one other... pay the claims.

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: 923, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• claims.
• No one is going to bring a claim or testify in a claim that they don't feel is valid.
• </c> file claims themselves. they settle. file claims themselves. they settle.
• And the vast majority of these claims are not statutory cap claims.
• </c> is the standard for most civil claims. is the standard for most civil claims.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• 33% are groundwater. 33% of the clean 33% are for<00:05:10.320><c> the</c><00:05:10.479><c> clean</c
• </c><00:10:58.560><c> Water</c> far right column, the Clean Water far right column, the Clean Water Council
• </c><00:11:39.440><c> Water</c><00:11:39.680><c> Council</c> original Clean Water Council original Clean
• </c><01:09:52.400><c> Just</c> the clean water portion? Oh, okay. Just the clean water portion?
• </c> its original funding source the clean its original funding source the clean water<01:44:37.040><

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• All claims below that threshold or above it are paid entirely by a health plan.
• All claims below that threshold or above it are paid entirely by a health plan.
• Reinsurance payments go directly towards covering high-cost claims.
• from real people in high-cost claims from real people in this<00:15:55.519><c> market.
• . claims. claims.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to get 100% electricity from clean, non-emitting sources by 2045.
• Washington has made a clear commitment to transition to clean energy.
• It is a gradual ramp-up over time to 2045, 100% clean.
• All the electricity used in Washington ultimately is clean electricity.
• to hinder our climate and clean energy goals.

Bills: SB6013 , SB6291

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: ski areas, winter sports, terminology, recreation, economic development, SB6291, on-site wastewater treatment, onsite wastewater treatment, septic system, sewage treatment, wastewater inspection, environmental health, local board of health, public health, professional engineer, land surveyor, certificate of competency, inspection standards, design review, supervised practice

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• So constituents consistently reach out to our office to report extensive delays in processing claims,
• Including our partners in the community, who are oftentimes assisting with these claims, we can ensure
• shouldn't have to call your state rep or your state senator in order to process your unemployment claim
• The increase in the backlogs led to significant delays in decisions and processing claims.
• These measures would help reduce the backlog and free up DUA resources to adjudicate claims.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a hearing on House 5188, a late-filed bill to establish a special commission to study access to unemployment insurance in Massachusetts. Representatives Hadley Luddy and Joshua Tarski, the bill’s sponsors, said they filed it after seeing many constituent cases involving delays, unresolved claims, and difficulty navigating the unemployment system, especially for seasonal workers and others facing financial instability. They argued the commission should review claim data, gather stakeholder input, and identify gaps in the process so the system is more efficient, equitable, and transparent. Greater Boston Legal Services testified in support, describing numerous client cases in which claimants waited months for determinations or were stuck in limbo after the launch of a new online benefits system. Attorneys said DUA’s backlogs and timeliness metrics had worsened, citing large increases in non-monetary, separation, and hearings backlogs, and they urged the committee to consider systemic fixes, including better notice about paid family and medical leave and possibly more funding or staff for DUA. Committee members generally praised the bill and the sponsors’ collaboration, and one suggested the commission’s reporting deadline might need to be extended. No vote was taken during the hearing. After testimony and brief discussion, the chair closed the hearing and concluded the committee meeting.

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• These are the core policy and claim information from insurance companies.
• While lost-time claim frequency, the number of claims that we're having here in Idaho, continues its
• The lost-time claim frequency, or the number of claims that we see in Idaho, is one of the most significant
• And the way they adjust the claims? Mr. Johnson? Mr. Chairman, Senator Ruckti, no.
• Claims or anything of that nature. Any further questions, committee? Seeing none, thank you, sir.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Human Resources

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, this one I know a little bit about. to claims analysis or claims management to claims analysis or
• Are your rates covering your claims, or are you knowing that your rates are not covering your claims?
• They're claiming that they hold the risk of towns that are paying premiums for claims.
• They're claiming that says.
• If they run out of claims.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee continued work on Senate Bill 297 and a new amendment dealing with pooled risk management programs and whether they should be regulated under the insurance department. Lisa Duket, executive director of SchoolCare, testified at length that the draft language could allow co-mingling of public entity risk funds, could trigger producer-licensing requirements for staff who are not actually brokers, and may not fit public entity risk pools because they are not insurance companies. She also raised concerns about the March 1 reporting deadline, the proposed uniform accounting language, aggregate excess insurance, examination costs being charged to the program, and confidentiality provisions that she argued may conflict with right-to-know principles for public entities. She urged the committee to slow down and consider a study committee or more time for review, saying the regulated entities were not adequately involved in drafting the proposal. Chairman Hunt and the department responded that the bill is intended to create a licensure-based regulatory model, similar to other licensed industries, and that the pooled risk management program would be exempt from producer licensing while anyone else selling or negotiating such coverage would need a producer license. The department said failure to comply would be handled through an administrative licensing process, with denial or nonrenewal of a license and appeal through the department process. On the reporting deadline, the department said March 1 is a standard filing date used for financial analysis and that the filing can be the most recent annual report, regardless of fiscal year end. They also explained that the confidentiality language was taken from existing RSA 5B, that aggregate excess insurance was included as a solvency measure, and that the draft was intended to preserve familiar language while adapting it for pooled risk programs. The discussion did not include a final vote or formal action on the bill in the portion provided. The committee appeared to be compiling follow-up questions for the insurance department and considering whether additional revisions or a slower process would be needed before moving the bill forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• Minnesota Energy Alley is about developing a kind of Silicon Valley of clean energy in Minnesota.
• We are leading in deploying clean energy in Minnesota, so let's capitalize on that to create an energy
• First we have Greg Mast with Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, executive director.
• Minnesota</c> in deploying clean energy in Minnesota in deploying clean energy in Minnesota so<00:01:
• </c> that works alongside our 80 plus clean that works alongside our 80 plus clean energy<00:02:57.239

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ...clean or increase their capacity.
• I think it's about $850 million that is dedicated to clean energy purposes.
• How much have we increased clean energy production?
• I'm Bill McGabbin with the Coalition for Clean Air. Good morning, Senators.
• That is an incredible clean air opportunity.

Keywords: 987, senate, all