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• I'd like to kill the Senate Health and Welfare Committee to order this time.
• What is the proper role for Health and Welfare in this space?
• I've been working with Health and Welfare for some time.
• Juliet Sharon, Director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
• They are not fully dedicated to Health and Welfare, let alone Medicaid.

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• Hildon Welfare.
• Health and welfare.
• Health and welfare.
• Health and welfare.
• Health and welfare.

Bills: HR46 , HR47 , HR48 , HR49 , HR50 , HR51 , HR52 , HR53 , HR54 , HR55 , HR56 , HR57 , HCR31 , HB20 , HB21 , HB166 , HB494 , HB710 , HB795 , HB985 , HB986 , HB987 , HB988 , HB989 , HB990 , HB991 , HB992 , HB993 , HB994 , HB995 , HB996 , HB997 , HB998 , HR42 , HR43 , HR44 , HR45 , HCR22 , HCR23 , HCR24 , HCR25 , HCR26 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR29 , HCR30 , SCR13 , HB894 , HB983 , HB984 , SB19 , SB23 , SB26 , SB30 , SB39 , SB45 , SB46 , SB50 , SB51 , SB55 , SB69 , SB71 , SB73 , SB84 , SB85 , SB89 , SB96 , SB98 , SB101 , SB110 , SB148 , SB150 , SB160 , SB164 , SB303 , SB340 , HB28 , HB36 , HB50 , HB52 , HB56 , HB62 , HB68 , HB92 , HB110 , HB117 , HB119 , HB124 , HB140 , HB147 , HB160 , HB171 , HB174 , HB182 , HB193 , HB196 , HB198 , HB203 , HB228 , HB234 , HB237 , HB260 , HB268 , HB271 , HB285 , HB289 , HB316 , HB351 , HB393 , HB400 , HB413 , HB446 , HB469 , HB486 , HB534 , HB551 , HB552 , HB574 , HB576 , HB634 , HB649 , HB677 , HB735 , HB739 , HB779 , HB784 , HB796 , HB807 , HB842 , HB850 , HB919 , HB474 , HB487 , HB503 , HB606 , HB633 , HB707 , HB720 , HB728 , HB733 , HB846 , HB852 , HB856 , HB868 , HB875 , HB129 , HB130 , HB287 , HB489 , HB545 , HB553 , HB555 , HB570 , HB854 , HB952 , HB221 , HB148 , HB331 , HB149 , HB901

Keywords: HR 46, House Resolution 46, water well drillers, water wells, well drilling, driller licensure, licensing requirements, Department of Conservation and Energy, R.S. 38:3098.1, LAC 46.LXXXIX.507, professional references, two years drilling experience, workforce development, barriers to entry, water infrastructure, natural resources, groundwater, public health, state water resources, occupational licensing

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the pledge, leave granted for one member, and several ceremonial recognitions, including Women Shaping Industry Day, Louisiana Agriculture Week, and CODOFIL Day at the Capitol. The chamber also received Senate messages concurring in several House concurrent resolutions and adopting SCRs 14 and 15, which designated Flood Awareness Month and recognized the bond between Quebec and Louisiana. Numerous resolutions and bills were introduced and referred, including measures on retirement systems, juvenile justice districts, carbon sequestration in St. Helena Parish, tax administration, election procedures, education, criminal justice, and state property transfers. The House adopted several resolutions without objection, including commendations for Thrive Academy, Bishop Lonnie Welder, Pastor Aaron Holloway, World Down Syndrome Day, and others. Members also heard committee reports on a wide range of bills, with many reported favorably or with amendments. In morning hour, the House discharged and withdrew two bills from committee, and later returned some bills to the calendar with notice to call them on later dates. The chamber then took up a series of floor bills, passing HB 474 to create an income tax checkoff for the Grambling State University National Alumni Association, HB 487 on penalties for unsafe red-light passing maneuvers, HB 503 on utility terrain vehicles in Golden Meadow, HB 606 on personal delivery devices, HB 633 on estimated income tax filing timing, HB 707 on the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission Advisory Board, HB 970 on tacit dedication of public roadways, HB 728 on out-of-state tow truck requirements, HB 846 on license plate coverings, HB 852 on a domestic violence donation checkoff, HB 856 on DOTD indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity construction contracts, HB 221 naming the proposed Mississippi River bridge the President Donald J. Trump Expressway, HB 148 designating a highway memorial, and HB 331 creating a Louisiana GOP specialty plate. Most of these bills passed with little or no opposition, though HB 221 drew debate and passed 68-26. The House adjourned after announcing committee meetings for the following day.

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, don't you wish you could have sat on this side of the health and welfare?
• It doesn't change the services that Idahoans receive from Health and Welfare.
• It seems that the Board of Health and Welfare has turned into an advisory body.
• Senator Blaylock, Madam Chair, Senator, for the Health and Welfare Board...
• Madam Chair, Senator, for the for the Health and Welfare Board, For the Health and Welfare Board, they

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• How do we help to improve the child welfare system?
• How do we look to see if it's a safe child welfare system?
• I often say children can't enter the child welfare system or leave the child welfare system without the
• Just a little bit about myself: I have 20-plus years in child welfare.
• Obviously a catastrophic event within a child welfare setting.

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on the Department of Child Safety

Keywords: 1182, all

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• The old welfare rule known as the work penalty was adopted after the welfare reform era of the 1990s.
• The old welfare rule known as the work penalty was adopted after the welfare reform era of the 1990s.
• Welfare Rights Organizations, proud co-sponsor and in support.
• Families don't come to us with a child welfare label often. Sometimes they do.
• Andrew Shane, County Welfare Directors, in support. Thank you.

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• She deals with Health and Welfare.
• Welfare self-reliance programs was about a $1.4 million holdback.
• And I've done several cuts within Health and Welfare, a lot within public health.
• So I think that's something that this committee should be talking with Health and Welfare about.
• We are going to go ahead and pick Health and Welfare, not surprisingly.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Health and Welfare.
• Health and Welfare.
• House and Welfare.
• Held on Welfare.
• Health and Welfare. Civil law. Health and welfare.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then received and processed multiple resignation notices and special-election proclamations for vacant seats. The chamber later recognized and swore in newly elected members Doyle Boudreaux, Reese Broussard, Chassity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray after no objections were raised to their qualifications. The House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session, and it adopted the proposed standing committee meeting schedule and referred prefiled bills to committee without objection. The bulk of the meeting was devoted to the introduction and reading of a very large number of House bills and resolutions across many subject areas. Measures included the annual appropriations bill, a proposed constitutional convention, carbon dioxide sequestration and pipeline permitting, retirement-system changes, criminal justice and public safety proposals, education and workforce measures, local government and district creation bills, insurance and liability reforms, and numerous commemorative resolutions. Several prefiled bills were withdrawn, and many introduced measures were assigned to committees or allowed to lie over under the rules. The House then entered a joint session with the Senate for the governor’s address. Governor Jeff Landry outlined his administration’s priorities and praised recent legislative actions on taxes, insurance reform, transportation, education, and fiscal discipline. He urged support for Amendment 3 on teacher pay and retirement, called for further workforce and health initiatives, defended insurance and transportation reforms, and pressed for judicial reform, especially in Orleans Parish, citing the death of Jacob Carter and failures in electronic monitoring as examples. He also promoted replacing the vehicle inspection sticker with a QR code system and highlighted economic growth, lower taxes, and infrastructure investments. The joint session also included a presentation of the colors by the Louisiana National Guard and a Distinguished Flying Cross ceremony for Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister, recognizing his 2018 rescue mission in Alaska. After the governor’s remarks and the military honor presentation, the joint session concluded and the House resumed introducing additional bills, continuing to file measures on topics such as health care, education, ethics, elections, local districts, and constitutional amendments.

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Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several Human Services measures focused on Medicaid access, long-term care benefits, home health reimbursement, SNAP administration, trauma-informed child welfare, and child abuse reporting. HP 702 would increase funding for Medicaid in-home services if federal matching funds are secured, and testimony from disability advocates supported the measure as needed to help people with disabilities cover medical expenses. HB 1477, described as a correction to a prior session’s mistake, would clarify that the monthly needs allowance for certain long-term care residents does not replace state supplemental payments and would raise the ceiling by $25 to fix the prior issue and by an additional $20 as a new benefit; DHS supported it with amendments, and the committee indicated it would amend accordingly. HB 713 would fund a DHS rate study for home health services, with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii strongly supporting it and describing rising labor costs, losses on Medicaid patients, and access concerns if agencies cannot keep serving Medicaid clients. HB 1099 would appropriate emergency funds to DHS after a USDA penalty tied to SNAP response times, with supporters including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others arguing the money should be reinvested in staffing and systems to improve access and avoid further penalties. HB 1079 would direct the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS to create trauma-informed assessments and training for Child Welfare Services staff; testimony from state offices and advocacy groups supported it, citing the Mālama ʻOhana Working Group, staff burnout, and the need for a sustainable train-the-trainer model. Finally, HB 239 would narrow when failure to provide a child’s needs constitutes abuse or neglect, but DHS raised concerns that the current wording could broaden abuse findings and leave families in poverty without a clear safety net, while the Honolulu prosecutor’s office opposed it, warning it could weaken mandatory reporting and hinder investigations of child abuse. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, though the chair said HB 1477 would be amended and several measures were left open for further questions and testimony.

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• all temporary and pending rules from the Office of the Governor and the Department of Health and Welfare
• The committee also received the following pending rules for the Department of Health and Welfare, which
• Respectfully, John Vander Woude, Chairman House Health and Welfare Committee With objection, the House
• governing the Idaho Child Care Program respectfully John van der Raudeau Chairman House Health and Welfare
• The House Health and Welfare Committee will meet subject to call of the chair, Vanderrata, Chairman.

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c> reported to the health and welfare reported to the health and welfare committee<00:11:32.720><c>
• </c> of the committee on health and welfare. of the committee on health and welfare.
• Your committee on health and welfare voted this bill out 5-0. We request your concurrence.
• And we have amended the bill as recommended by the Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended.
• The question now and welfare as amended.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• These measures will strengthen child welfare oversight and protect families.
• Experience in child welfare.
• With many, many, many years of expertise in child welfare and social work.
• Many of those years were spent in child welfare.
• I'd also add New Mexico has been first in a lot of areas in child welfare.

Committee: House House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• The hour of 9 o'clock having passed, we'll call the House Health and Welfare Committee to order.
• Health and welfare has a consultant. I think there is a team, what they call.
• And the reason is because Health and Welfare has a time frame, and their idea...
• The contract that Health and Welfare has is a million and a half.
• So, yes, the Department of Health and Welfare issues an actual tobacco license.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c><00:45:52.839><c> system</c> Youth and the child welfare system Youth and the child welfare system
• </c><00:46:34.000><c> in</c> on issues relating to child welfare in on issues relating to child welfare
• </c> representation for the child welfare representation for the child welfare system<00:51:22.599><c
• </c> lived experience in the child welfare lived experience in the child welfare system<00:52:25.079>
• </c> lived experience in the child welfare lived experience in the child welfare system<00:52:28.960>

Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to housing, homelessness, caregiving, and tax relief. On HB 431, which appropriates funds for the CAL initiative and HHFDC, the Department of Human Services supported the bill and noted the Governor’s request for $50 million per year for HMS, the need for more permanent supportive housing, and a technical issue with establishing a special fund in session law. The Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions strongly supported the measure, describing it as unprecedented funding for CAL projects and linking it to goals of reducing homelessness and expanding housing inventory. Catholic Charities Hawaii, the ACLU of Hawaii, and the Reimagining Public Safety in Hawaii Coalition also supported the bill, emphasizing permanent supportive housing, diversion from jail, and public safety benefits. The chair redirected one testifier to stay on the measure when testimony drifted to another program. Written support was also noted from several organizations and agencies. The committee then heard HB 225 on squatting. DHS said it appreciated the intent and deferred to the Attorney General and task force members, while noting that outreach on public lands differs from private land, where owner consent is required. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill and wanted a voice in finding a solution. The Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions also said it supported the intent, while opposition from the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands and support from one individual were noted. For HB 280, which would make the community outreach court permanent and appropriate funds, the Judiciary strongly supported the bill, describing the court as a mobile, community-based program serving vulnerable populations and connecting participants to services. The Office of the Public Defender also supported the measure, saying the program has helped people move off the streets and into stable housing and that permanent funding would allow expansion. Written support from the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition was noted. The committee then moved to HB 71, creating a refundable family caregiver tax credit, where the Department of Taxation provided comments, the Executive Office on Aging and AARP Hawaii supported the measure, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii raised concerns about duplication with an existing dependent care credit and the lack of incentives for cost control. The committee next heard HB 753, which would increase the applicable percentage for the household and dependent care services tax credit. Support came from the Executive Office on Aging, Catholic Charities Hawaii, AARP Hawaii, and Hawaii Children’s Action Network, while the Tax Foundation again raised technical concerns about complexity and administration but noted the bill adds guardrails against abuse. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Listen to the second and Welfare.
• </c> Committee on Health and Welfare Committee on Health and Welfare providing<01:09:54.600><c> long-term
• </c> health and welfare? health and welfare?
• </c> Health and Welfare? Health and Welfare?
• </c> Committee on Health and Welfare. Committee on Health and Welfare.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Having arrived, we will call the House Health and Welfare Committee to order.
• Yes, Health and Welfare afternoon committee.
• We need to check on the welfare of your kids.'
• And that team is health and welfare. It's probation and parole.
• All we're asking is for health and welfare to... ...again, with the help of health and welfare.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• I have worked at DCYF in child welfare for seven years.
• It is drawn from the Indian Child Welfare Act, the gold standard of child welfare practice.
• from our child welfare system ever since House Bill 1227 passed.
• I work at DCYF as a child welfare supervisor in King County.
• Child welfare is not clear cut.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2511, which would define “imminent physical harm” in the child welfare context as a substantial risk of serious harm arising from home conditions, caregiver conduct, neglect, substance abuse, unsafe environments, or other circumstances likely to cause significant injury. Representative Tom Dent, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to give caseworkers clearer tools to protect children while still recognizing the importance of keeping families together. Supporters, including some foster parents, kinship caregivers, advocates, and individuals with lived experience, argued that the current standard is too vague and has contributed to child fatalities and near-fatalities, especially in cases involving fentanyl exposure, chronic neglect, and abuse. They said clearer language would help courts and caseworkers intervene earlier and more consistently. Opponents, including legal aid, public defense, and child welfare policy groups, argued the bill is legally problematic, could conflict with existing statutes and ICWA-informed language, and would not address root causes such as service gaps, training, and inconsistent implementation. DCYF testified “other,” saying the bill could add clarity but that the language needed refinement; the sponsor said he was open to working on changes. No vote was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee then heard House Bill 2660, which would allow courts at shelter care hearings to order parents of children under age five to comply with safety-related conditions, evaluations, or services when the child is returned home, with referrals required within seven days and participation not treated as an admission of abuse or neglect. The sponsor, Representative Ortiz-Self, said the bill is aimed at critical incidents and would give caseworkers and courts more ability to require safeguards for very young children when families are not voluntarily engaging in services. DCYF and the Office of the Family and Children’s Ombuds supported the bill, saying it could help prevent tragedies by allowing earlier court-ordered services and safety conditions. Some advocates and parents also supported it, describing cases where removal or court intervention helped protect children. Opponents, including public defense and some family-support organizations, raised constitutional and due process concerns, argued that services are not the same as immediate safety, and warned the bill could shift problems without fixing underlying service shortages. The sponsor and DCYF discussed the need for follow-up on language and implementation, but no committee action or vote was taken in the hearing.

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• Today is a report from the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, chaired by Senator Julie Van Orden.
• I'm currently the chairman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
• We did have the Division of Health and Welfare, the department there, to present.
• The Division of Health and Welfare, the department there, presented to us.
• Health and Welfare also? Did you want to make any comments?

Keywords: 989, all

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• Juliet Charron, Director of the Department of Health and Welfare.
• Since the Director of the Department of Health and Welfare shall not allocate funds...
• Chairman, committee, Juliet Sharon again, Director at the Department of Health and Welfare.
• So I found this to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare under Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
• Prior to FY 2026, this was called the Division of Child Welfare.

Keywords: 989, all

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• So, the family applies for local welfare assistance with Candia local welfare.
• So, the family applies for local welfare assistance with Candia local welfare.
• So, the family applies for local welfare assistance with Candia local welfare.
• So, the family applies for local welfare assistance with Candia local welfare.
• So, the family applies for local welfare assistance with Candia local welfare.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Health and Welfare into this program.
• Health and Welfare just was one.
• Health and Welfare just was one that we've left out of that.
• Health and Welfare just was one that we've left out of that.
• And welfare.

Keywords: 989, all