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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Promoting Patient-Centered Care / Supporting Our Hometown Heroes / Healing Our Herd Mar 20th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So care over claims is what you're saying.
- So care over claims is what you're saying.
- So care over claims is what you're saying.
- So care over claims is what you're saying.
- So care over claims is what you're saying.
Summary:
The segment focused first on Senator John Marty’s bill, SF 3612, which would remove private insurers and HMOs from Minnesota’s state health care programs and replace them with a statewide administrative services model. Marty argued that managed care has created churn, coverage disruptions, and administrative waste in Medicaid and MinnesotaCare, and said the state should instead pay providers directly while investing more in care coordination, case management, and wraparound services through primary care clinics and county-based purchasers. He said the goal is better care, not just savings, though he also cited potential taxpayer savings and pointed to Connecticut as a model. He acknowledged the bill is not expected to become law this year and said a fiscal note and more details are still pending.
Marty said the proposal has support from the governor and groups such as the American Cancer Society, but that his current co-authors are all DFL members. He expressed hope for bipartisan support and said the simpler system would also improve fraud detection and transparency. He addressed concerns about insurance-industry jobs by saying workers should be treated fairly and that retraining and dislocated-worker assistance would be part of the transition. He also said the broader goal is universal coverage for all medical needs, including mental health and dental care, without co-pays or deductibles.
The second half highlighted Senator Jeff Howe and Minnesota’s Hometown Heroes Assistance Program for firefighters. Howe described the program as a statewide effort for roughly 20,000 career, paid-on-call, and volunteer firefighters that provides up to $20,000 in assistance for occupational illnesses such as cancer and heart disease, along with training, counseling, and family support. He said the program helps firefighters process trauma and has been recognized as the nation’s most comprehensive firefighter well-being initiative. Howe said the most recent version of the bill received unanimous bipartisan support in both chambers, and he suggested future expansions could include retired firefighters and possibly peace officers. The segment also noted a separate therapy approach using retired racehorses to help first responders work through trauma, with participants saying it has helped them stay on the job and manage anxiety and PTSD.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Some claim to be forensically informed, yet when you...
- People that claim it's their job to fix families.
- understanding why the claim was denied and withdraw the appeal.
- the claims cases.
- and get it paid or have an understanding why the claim was denied and withdraw the appeal.
Keywords:
sentencing, correctional facilities, multiple sentences, death penalty, aggravating circumstances, juvenile offenses, class 2 felony, foreign donations, election administration, certification, Arizona Revised Statutes, transparency, public disclosure, victims' rights, attorney fees, government accountability, right to counsel, legal representation, parents' rights, family law
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- for a double mastectomy she received as a teenager that she said had left her disfigured and she claimed
- If I wanted to identify as a multimillionaire, should I be able to lay claim to the state that when I
- or frivolous claim we can't do anything.
- You won't have claims filed against you.
- Yeah, so there is a clear cap on claim filing, only one claim per year per property, and that's on page
Keywords:
government reporting, information technology, child welfare, environmental policy, state agency compliance, gender transition, minors, health services, punitive damages, parental rights, health care providers, purchasing, compliance, state employees, longevity pay, contract management, marijuana tax, public service impact tax, county funding, voter approval
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/27/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- And they range from $45 to $225, depending on landlord-tenant claims, small claims, family civil, and
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Summary:
The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules.
Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs.
Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- that being said, um, we do good work for the county, and if you'll vote for us, Jim said he would clean
- So, um, any objection to hearing the six dry cleaning appointees en masse?
- </c> the dry cleaning board? the dry cleaning board?
- </c> to hearing the six dry cleaning to hearing the six dry cleaning appointees<00:02:58.960><c> en</
- Any other business for the ... dry cleaning for free. Oh, okay. Okay. dry cleaning for free.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:09:01.440><c> plant</c> HP 2549 establishes a clean plant HP 2549 establishes a clean plant program
- </c> on this measure and believe that clean on this measure and believe that clean plant<00:10:06.480
- When we this clean plant initiative?
- That's the number that I'm thinking of now. 1.7 was clean plant. >> Yeah.
- </c> thinking of now. 1.7 was clean plant. thinking of now. 1.7 was clean plant.
Keywords:
cesspool, wastewater systems, public health, environmental protection, affordable upgrades, coral reefs, water quality, Hawaii legislation, cesspools, wastewater, environment, pollution, Hawaii, sustainable development, sewerage system, real estate, disclosure, environmental impact, wastewater management, housing
Summary:
The committee heard several agriculture-related bills. HB 1953 would create a two-year conservation and environmental stewardship pilot program in the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB); testimony from Agriculture Stewardship Hawaii supported investing in conservation agriculture and farm practices that protect waterways and native species. HB 248 would establish a climate-resilient food systems grant program, with DAB explaining the types of equipment and processing investments such grants could support, such as coffee roasting, packaging, harvesting equipment, and other value-added infrastructure. HB 2246 would create a grant administration program and revolving fund to help DAB manage grants; DAB said the bill would help leverage federal, state, county, and private funding by retaining part of the indirect cost recovery to meet matching requirements. HB 2549 would create a clean plant program to produce and distribute disease-free plant material, and reforestation advocates said it would support large-scale reforestation efforts. HB 2551 would fund an area fruit fly suppression program; DAB described sterile fruit fly technology and said the program could help reduce fruit fly populations statewide. HB 2216 would authorize DAB to package and sell part of its loan portfolio to third parties, and HB 2152 would clarify liability and penalties for dog attacks on livestock, with the Hawaii Sheep and Goat Association discussing proposed language and the Hawaiian Humane Society’s suggested amendment on euthanasia procedures.
Testimony was largely supportive across the measures, with DAB, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and other agriculture and conservation groups generally backing the bills. There was some discussion on funding levels and implementation details, including DAB’s estimate of about $750,000 for three clean plant stations and a question about the appropriations needed for the fruit fly suppression program. For HB 2152, the chair noted an amendment incorporating Hawaiian Humane Society language that would require surrender of a dog found to have caused livestock loss or damage for humane euthanasia within 24 hours.
In decision-making, the committee voted to pass all of the measures discussed, most with technical amendments or date-defect amendments to July 1, 2050. HB 1953, HB 2548, HB 2549, HB 2551, HB 2216, and HB 2152 were all adopted unanimously by the members present, and HB 2246 also passed with technical amendments. The chair’s amendment to HB 2152 was specifically adopted to include the humane euthanasia language.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (02/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:21:28.120><c> in</c> awfully hard for them to pay claims in awfully hard for them to pay claims
- </c> um is the benefit of fewer claims um is the benefit of fewer claims strictly<00:50:13.839><c> to
- They were adjudicating claims.
- claims.
- c> our</c><01:27:04.960><c> staff</c> claim their continued claims our staff claim their continued claims
Summary:
The committee heard testimony from Insurance Commissioner DJ Bettencourt on the New Hampshire Insurance Department budget. He said the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers based on New Hampshire premium volume, with about $8 billion in premiums written in the state and a department budget of roughly $15.5 million. He explained that the department has 88 authorized positions, eight vacancies, and that three full-time positions were unfunded after the governor’s requested 4% reduction exercise. He also said the department is trying to balance staffing needs with not overburdening carriers during a hard insurance market.
A major topic was the department’s $2.6 million rebate to industry from the prior fiscal year, which Bettencourt described as a credit against the next assessment rather than a direct cash payment. Members questioned why that credit was not reflected as a reduction in the upcoming budget, and Bettencourt and staff explained that the budget assumes full staffing and full spending, with any year-end surplus returned to insurers. The commissioner said the department had added staff in recent years for succession planning and to preserve institutional expertise, and that the rebate reflects careful budgeting rather than excess spending.
Members also asked about staffing changes by division, including positions unfunded in fraud, property and casualty examinations, life and health examinations, and tax. Bettencourt said fraud investigations remain strong and that the department can use outside contractors for examinations, with those costs billed to the company being examined. He also described the department’s examination process, including periodic financial exams and targeted market conduct reviews triggered by consumer complaints or trends. Additional questions covered OIT transfers, the department’s oversight of fully insured health coverage, the insurance premium tax and fines going to the general fund, and the department’s limited role in auto repair reimbursement disputes, where he said complaints have recently declined.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture committee hears HF821 3/17/25
Transcript Highlights:
- It's critical that this legislature continues to invest in clean, safe drinking water for well owners
- Chair and members of the committee, I'm a Stark State director of Clean Water Action Minnesota.
- We must address the cycle of polluting, cleaning, polluting, cleaning, and so on.
- </c><00:06:55.520><c> polluting</c><00:06:55.960><c> cleaning</c> polluting cleaning polluting cleaning
- polluting cleaning polluting cleaning and<00:06:56.560><c> so</c><00:06:56.759><c> on</c><00:06:57.400
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- in doing so will provide the creator or disseminator of that content protection in the courts from claims
- And then the way a publisher, a business, or anybody can avoid that claim of damages is by having a mark
- I guess my question that I'm trying to figure out is who's filing the claim?
- , but I just want to make sure that when a judge looks at a plaintiff, they can go, okay, you're claiming
- That would be a fair claim for damages, I would think. I would, I would hope so. Thank you.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Everybody comes forward who wants to make a claim.
- Crime victims' compensation fines and fees cover the first $50,000 of claims.
- Claims are processed. It's just taken a while for many of them. They're not keeping up.
- So, you know, think about citizens trying to get services and I can't get the claim filled out.
- So, you know, think about citizens trying to get services and I can't get the claim filled out.
Summary:
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard Senate Bill 1292, which would codify foster parent training requirements in statute and set a total of 10 hours of training, with flexibility for the department to structure the coursework. Senator Shippey said the bill is intended to make foster parents better prepared for trauma, safety, and court-system expectations while allowing online completion and exemptions for some family placements or out-of-state applicants. Deputy Director Monty Pro said the department already offers a range of training and that the measure would support foster parent retention and child safety; Senator Wintrow voiced support. The committee then voted to send SB 1292 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 1293, a one-sentence fix to clarify that crime victims’ compensation is not subject to the interpretation of a prior public-benefits law. Senator Wintrow explained that confusion after House Bill 135 had slowed claims processing and created concern about added barriers for victims, especially in sensitive cases such as sexual assault and child abuse. She said the bill would restore the program to its prior practice, which is based on crime-victim eligibility criteria rather than public-assistance rules, and noted that no claims had been denied but processing had been delayed. After questions from senators about the effect of the earlier law and the backlog, the committee voted to send SB 1293 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- carrier where we can spread the risk, that minimizes the instances where we have two or three large claims
- Pocatello, we're finding that on occasion we'll have years where we have just two or three large claims
- It's that they, in a year where they have one or two large claims, it has a huge impact on their plan
- Whereas when you're in a large plan like the state, we have a few large claims.
- We haven't had anyone with serious high-claims experience, so we haven't had to do that to date.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Speeding up clean energy.
- Miles Horton with Sonoma Clean Power.
- To 100% clean energy around the clock.
- The clean vehicle sector has the fastest-growing workforce in California's clean energy industry, employing
- And the Lung Association, the Coalition for Clean Air, The Lung Association, the Coalition for Clean
Summary:
The committee heard several climate, environmental, and housing bills. AB 1425, dealing with pit dewatering near the San Joaquin River Parkway, drew extensive testimony. The author and supporters argued the bill was needed to protect the river, groundwater, floodplain conditions, tribal and cultural resources, and public access from a proposed mining project near the river. Opponents, including Cemex, labor representatives, and industry groups, said the bill would bypass the CEQA process before it was complete, threaten jobs, and create uncertainty for an existing operation. Members questioned both sides about hydrology, blasting, dewatering, and the adequacy of the ongoing environmental review. The bill was moved, but several members expressed concern about preempting CEQA and some did not vote or voted no.
AB 881, which would allow California to move forward with carbon capture and sequestration pipelines, was presented as a way to advance state climate goals and capture federal funding. Supporters, including SMUD, labor, and industry groups, said the bill would help deploy carbon capture safely and preserve jobs. Environmental justice opponents supported stronger safety direction and warned that CO2 pipelines pose serious risks and that the state should not move ahead without clearer standards. The bill received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations.
AB 1207, on the cap-and-trade allowance price ceiling and the social cost of carbon, was presented as a science-based update to California’s climate policy. The author and EDF said the bill would keep the program aligned with current economic and climate data and protect it from federal political interference. It received broad support and a due-pass recommendation. AB 1106, creating a coordinated network of air quality incident response centers, was also approved after testimony about wildfire smoke, toxic emissions, and the need for better real-time monitoring during disasters. AB 28, the Landfill Fire Safety Act, focused on the Chiquita Canyon landfill fire and related health impacts in Castaic and Val Verde; residents described serious illnesses and contamination concerns, while landfill and county representatives warned about costs and asked for more study. The committee nonetheless advanced the bill with a due-pass recommendation. The committee also heard AB 357, which would speed Coastal Commission review of student and faculty housing projects, with supporters citing student homelessness and opponents urging caution but acknowledging the need for more housing; the bill was presented and discussed, with the committee emphasizing the need to balance housing production and coastal oversight.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 14, 2026 - 04:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- WOULD NOT GO TO MANDATORY ARBITRATION THEN THEY PROCEED TO LITIGATION IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A CLAIM
- MY QUESTION IS, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GO BACK NOW AND RECLAIM A REASSESSMENT OF THEIR CLAIM?
- OR BE ABLE TO LITIGATE THEIR CLAIM BECAUSE IT WAS MANDATED? >> Rep.
- WE HAVE CITIZENS PROBABLY IN THE HUNDREDS THAT HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY THAT HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY SETTLED, CLAIM
- GOVERNOR THOSE REDUCTIONS OF RATES ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE A LEGAL SAVING NOT NECESSARILY A CLAIM
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- 'Clean Water'? Very clean, cool water, right? Got it. Thank you, Senator Drazkowski.
- 'Clean Water'? Very clean, cool water, right? Got it. Thank you, Senator Drazkowski.
- </c><00:55:18.520><c> Water</c> to the advice of both the Clean Water to the advice of both the Clean
- </c> get this funded uh through the Clean get this funded uh through the Clean Water<00:57:57.480><c>
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- When someone makes an insurance claim, we have anonymized data to know how many claims are being made
- In this case, you're assigning a valuable claim. You have valued this claim. at least $100,000.
- you just give away the whole claim.
- In this bill, the whole claim goes to the private party.
- They are not poisonous, as this committee claims them to be.
Keywords:
trafficking, prostitution, affirmative defense, victims, criminal justice reform, victim rights, criminal justice, judicial reform, court procedures, mental health services, criminal penalties, court security, SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:02:16.840><c> up</c><00:02:16.959><c> and</c> waste pit that had to be cleaned up and waste pit
- that had to be cleaned up and it<00:02:17.239><c> cost</c><00:02:17.519><c> the</c><00:02:17.680><c>
- Celo from the Minnesota Clean Power Association. Thank you. There we go.
- </c> permitting policy ACP American clean permitting policy ACP American clean power<00:13:35.440><c>
- Like I said, I don't want half a dozen pegs pits to have to clean up in a few years.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So we cleaned up a lot of that.
- The gentleman that was here from, claims to be from Montana, although he didn't look like a Dutton to
- It was cleaning up some of the definition about when the clock actually starts, when the 30 days begins
- jurisdictions that, I guess I'm trying to find out, so where would I send them to be able to get their claims
- I think if it gets into a takings claim and if it's a surface water, then the highest level you would
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Mar 20th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- The Claims Review Litigation Reports Oversight Committee met on Monday, March 16, 2026.
- One dismissed claim appealed by the claimant was referred to the Joint Budget Committee’s Claims Review
- The subcommittee affirmed the decision of the Claims Commission as to all other claims on the agenda.
- One dismissed claim appealed by the claimant. and one litigation settlement one dismissed claim appealed
- subcommittee the subcommittee affirmed the decision of the claims commission as to all other claims
Summary:
The meeting began with a prayer, approval of the prior minutes, and a February 2026 revenue report from Carlos Silva of the Bureau of Legislative Research. He reported gross revenues of $5.36 billion and net collections of $4.5 billion, both above the prior year, and said the updated forecast showed a larger expected surplus than before. Members asked about declines in some tax categories, natural gas severance fees, and possible effects of inflation and international conflict; Silva generally attributed the changes to timing issues, prior tax cuts, refund activity, and price fluctuations, and said he could not speculate on future impacts.
The committee then heard and adopted several subcommittee reports, including the Executive Committee, Administrative Rules, Claims Review, Game and Fish State Police, Higher Education, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Occupational Licensing Review, State Insurance Programs Oversight, and APER filings. Most reports were approved without objection. One budget classification transfer for the Commissioner of State Lands was reviewed and failed. The review report also led to discussion of several contracts, including DHS staffing contracts and a Department of Education security contract, with some items held or separated for individual votes.
A major portion of the meeting focused on DHS and state staffing contracts for the Human Development Centers, Arkansas State Hospital, and related facilities. DHS officials said the contracts were on track against seven-year projections, but members expressed concern about heavy reliance on contract labor, vacancy rates, and the need to move workers onto state payrolls. Officials said they were preparing a recruitment and retention plan and described staffing levels, vacancies, and turnover. Members also questioned contract projections and federal-state funding matches, and several urged faster action to reduce contract labor costs.
The committee also discussed a Department of Commerce reduction-in-force affecting the Division of Services for the Blind and Employment and Training. Secretary Hugh McDonald said the cuts were driven by funding shortfalls, over-obligation of funds, and federal issues, and that 27 positions would be permanently eliminated while furloughed employees would be recalled. Members raised concerns about service impacts, board appointments, and the division’s fiscal management. The meeting ended after the personnel report was adopted and APER was filed as reviewed, followed by adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Liability claim against a provider working in a freestanding, uh, medical, uh, emergency center, uh,
- House Bill 4922 seeks an update statutory provisions regarding the health care liability claims against
- This bill specifies that initiating a claim by filing suit in a court of competent jurisdiction tolls
- the statute of limitations for arbitration of the same claim.
- This measure ensures consistency in the treatment of claims between court and arbitration proceedings
MN