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• The Department of Health has comments. Good morning. Lauren Kim, Department of Health.
• Cara Hall, EMS Chief for the Department of Health.
• Department of Health with comments. Chair, Vice Chair, members, and just Health.
• Thank you all so much for your endurance.
• We have prior concurrence from the Health and Safety and Health and Human Services chairs.

Bills: HCR93, HCR14, HR85

Keywords: image-based sexual abuse, working group, gender-based violence, Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women, prevention efforts, survivor protections, new technologies, legal reform, HCR14, House Concurrent Resolution, perpetual easement, non-exclusive easement, state submerged lands, submerged lands, shoreline easement, drainage outfall, stormwater outfall, lagoon outfall, pipelines, Kahala Hotel & Resort

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• His leadership in public health, medical education, and health care access has left an enduring mark
• The bill cut health care for 15 million Americans and raised health care costs for millions more.
• The bill cut health care for 15 million Americans and raised health care costs for millions more.
• The bill cut health care for 15 million Americans and raised health care costs for millions more.
• </c> high health insurance costs. high health insurance costs.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So, per uh dishes, per the Department of Safety, uh, Health Services, records of marriage applications
• Studies show that child marriage destroys nearly every aspect of American girl's life, including her health
• is more likely to experience intimate partner violence, both physical and sexual, and be forced to endure
• including greater vulnerability to sexual and domestic violence and increased medical and mental health

Bills: HB168

Keywords: certificates of obligation, local government debt, municipal finance, county finance, public works, bond election, voter petition, registered voters, refinancing certificates, Texas Local Government Code, municipality, county, hospital district, infrastructure financing, public improvement, debt issuance, general obligation alternative, public oversight, local bonds, historic preservation

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• Detailed financial and operational analysis was not consistently available.
• It provides two views of 11 behavioral health performance measures.
• They operate on slim margins.
• Now the landing page takes you straight to the behavioral health indicators.
• 12-month emergency shelter operation history.

Summary: The subcommittee heard two Department of Children and Families implementation updates on measures passed in prior sessions. First, DCF reviewed House Bill 633, which increased oversight of behavioral health managing entities through biennial independent audits, standardized claims-based reporting, and new monthly outcome dashboards. The department said it had awarded the inaugural audit to Ernst & Young, found no significant waste, fraud, or abuse, but identified process risks involving financial controls, claims validation, data access, and system access controls. DCF also described its transition to standardized behavioral health coding and said the new public dashboard of 11 measures is posted on its website, though members asked for easier access and for hard copies of the audit report. Members asked about how the department distinguishes Medicaid-covered services from department-funded services, how duplicate payment risks are being addressed, and whether the new reporting and audit requirements would improve oversight without disrupting services. DCF said it is the payer of last resort for uninsured or underinsured individuals, that some overlap with Medicaid is expected because Medicaid does not cover all behavioral health services, and that new claims edits and cross-checks are being built into the system. The department also said it had not found significant negative feedback from providers and that the new requirements are intended to improve transparency and accountability. DCF then updated the committee on Senate Bill 7012, covering human trafficking data collection, domestic violence center certification, limited background-screening exemptions, expanded recruitment for child welfare staff, subcontractor liability protections, a four-year treatment foster care pilot, case management efficiency recommendations, and a statewide study of residential bed capacity for child victims of commercial sexual exploitation. The department said several items are already complete or underway, including limited exemptions in the screening clearinghouse, while others are in procurement or rulemaking. It identified Circuits 4 and 12 as the treatment foster care pilot sites and said the pilot will launch in January 2026. Members questioned recruitment metrics, pilot timing, and report deadlines; the department said final reports are expected by January and that some dates were flexible because of procurement and implementation timelines. The meeting ended after the presentations and questions, and the subcommittee adjourned.

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• </c> Department of Health on the rural health Department of Health on the rural health transformation
• of Health.
• of Health.
• MDH acknowledged that county public health budgets, largely state funded, operated with limited oversight
• to improve health.

Bills: HF1925

Keywords: nurse licensure, multistate license, healthcare, public safety, interstate compact, nursing regulation, 1183, house

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• The bottom line operations of those projects don't meet.
• by the Oregon Health Authority.
• I'm the Environmental Public Health Section Manager at the Oregon Health Authority in the Public Health
• Public Health Division.
• And I manage the Environmental Public Health Section in OHA's Public Health Division.

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.

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• Diversion Program Director for Family Services of Merrimack Valley, Holly Lawrence, Director of Operations
• I'm the Director of Operations for NFI Massachusetts, and I've had the pleasure of supervising our NYDP
• The youth becoming connected to an empathetic and skilled mental health treatment provider allowed for
• We’re seeing increased mental health concerns for sure.
• Certain agencies or entities operating in silos and not communicating with others.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Juvenile and Emerging Adult Justice held an informational hearing focused on diversion programs and services for high-risk youth, with no bills before the committee and no votes taken. The chair and members emphasized that the session was intended to hear from invited testimony and discuss how to strengthen diversion, reduce court involvement, and improve outcomes for youth. The committee heard first from the Office of the Child Advocate and diversion providers, who described the Massachusetts Youth Diversion Program, its statewide expansion to 10 of 11 court counties, and its reported success rate of about 80% completion without reoffending. Testimony highlighted that diversion keeps youth out of court, connects them more quickly to community-based services, and can address needs such as mental health, education, and substance use. Witnesses also pointed to racial and ethnic disparities in arrests versus summonses, regional variation in diversion access, and the need for clearer statutory authority, more funding, and broader use of pre-arrest diversion. Committee members asked about the difference between arrest and summons, who can initiate diversion, why arrest rates have increased relative to summonses, and how diversion might prevent harmful downstream consequences such as detention or immigration enforcement involvement. Witnesses said police, clerk magistrates, district attorneys, and judges can refer youth to diversion, and argued that local policy, training, and legislative changes could expand use. They also discussed the impact of detention on youth, including stigma, lost school time, and the lack of credit for time served in the juvenile system. Testimony from Citizens for Juvenile Justice focused on prevention, school discipline, and the school-to-prison pipeline, arguing for more restorative practices, better data, and legislation to limit suspensions and expulsions, especially for younger students and nonviolent conduct. They also raised concerns about DCF-involved and foster youth, who are disproportionately represented in the juvenile system. The final panel, the Children's League of Massachusetts and transition-age youth providers, shifted to child welfare and young adult supports. They supported reducing court involvement in child requiring assistance cases, expanding family resource centers, and strengthening services for transition-age youth leaving DCF or DYS custody. Providers described housing instability, homelessness, and the need for education, employment, behavioral health, and supportive housing services for young adults ages 18 to 23. Across the hearing, witnesses consistently argued that early intervention, community-based supports, and diversion are more effective than court processing or detention for most youth, and that the legislature can help through funding, statutory clarity, expanded eligibility, and stronger data collection.

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• health insurance.
• health insurance.
• Claremont is operating with a deficit and has made major cuts in one year to its operations.
• Claremont is operating with a deficit and has made major cuts in one year to its operations.
• </c> and especially health insurance. and especially health insurance.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Brett Thomas to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board.
• They owned and operated the Circle of Love for 29 years.
• Their brains are still growing. Their bodies are still growing.
• House Bill 526, by the Health and Welfare Committee, an act relating to cottage food operations, to establish
• provisions regarding cottage food operations.

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c> uh requires the state well health uh requires the state well health standards<00:15:25.760><c> currently
• And I'm sorry that our health care system is failing you um and so many of us.
• </c><01:16:14.880><c> Um,</c> uh costs and health circumstances.
• Um, uh costs and health circumstances.
• This topic really is in a different committee, the health committee.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But, you know, the reason this is a concern is that health care costs are rising.
• But, you know, the reason this is a concern is that health care costs are rising.
• care providers... ...insurance carriers and hospitals or health care providers.
• It would not allow for a health provider to prohibit a payer from doing that.
• Josh Haynes with Elevance Health. Thank you, Mr.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• AB 1770, Garcia, from the Health Committee to the Judiciary Committee.
• Excuse me, the clerk will read: Assembly Bill 2233 by Assembly Member Taw, an act relating to health
• Assembly Bill 2233 by Assembly Member Taw, an act relating to health care coverage.
• Even after a health care provider and a health plan authorize it, families often cannot fully use those
• Health plans will continue to have full authority to review care, ensure clinical appropriateness, and

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer and pledge, and then handled a series of procedural motions, including re-referrals of several bills to different committees and permission for committees to notice bills pending re-referral. A motion by Assemblymember Castillo to suspend the rules and take up AB 2670 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. Assemblymember DeMaio then moved to re-refer AB 2624 back to the Privacy Committee, arguing the bill had been misrepresented in committee; the Majority Leader’s substitute motion to move to the Daily File was accepted 44-19, and the chamber proceeded to regular business. On the Daily File, the Assembly adopted ACR 120 on Positive Parenting Awareness Month after Senate amendments were concurred in 56-0. It also adopted ACR 150 declaring California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, with broad support and 62 coauthors added. Several policy bills then passed, including AB 2233 on autism treatment access and missed appointments (57-0), AB 1601 creating a pathway for a Sonoma County retiree COLA review (50-3), and AB 1801 expanding notice and transparency requirements for private detention facility approvals (45-16). The chamber also adopted H.R. 103 recognizing Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week, with 60 coauthors added. Members also gave guest introductions recognizing the Greek Evzones, the Whitney High School girls cross country team, and dispatch and public safety telecommunicator guests. Additional resolutions on the consent calendar, including ACR 130, ACR 172, and H.R. 104, were added to by coauthors and then adopted along with the remaining consent calendar items, which passed 62-0. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee and floor schedules and adjourned until Monday, April 20 at 1 p.m.

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• AB 1770, Garcia, from the Health Committee to the Judiciary Committee.
• Assembly Bill 2233 by Assembly Member Taw, an act relating to health care coverage.
• Assembly Bill 2233 by Assembly Member Taw, an act relating to health care coverage.
• Even after a health care provider and a health plan authorize it, families often cannot fully use those
• Sometimes families are struggling to find a provider or dealing with health issues.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• in public health, I know that the... in public health and in Houston, Texas in public health and in
• And I was in public health in the Wyoming Department of Health here for 20 years.
• And I was in public health in the Wyoming Department of Health here for 20 years.
• And I was in public health in the Wyoming Department of Health here for 20 years.
• And I was in public health in health."

Bills: HB0008, HB0009

Keywords: stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, 916, all

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• And then there's pretty big changes to how the state can set up our health care taxes.
• </c> the second one indexed um the operating the second one indexed um the operating part<00:43:09.200
• It's on the mental health targeted case management. You said it was delayed due to systems work.
• So right now, for example, we have a brain injury waiver amendment in already, the amendment that we
• What can we do to promote health and safety and strong program integrity controls?

Bills: HF3379

Keywords: housing stabilization, disability services, predatory funding, provider requirements, housing accessibility, 1183, house

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• </c><00:19:00.960><c> development</c> impact the child's brain development impact the child's brain development
• challenges we are getting mental health challenges we are getting better<00:23:42.559><c> right</c><
• I'm Jenny O'Higgins, and I'm the legislative liaison for Behavioral Health at DHHS.
• costs including repair ongoing operating costs including repair and<00:58:14.319><c> maintenance</c>
• would be required for operating would be required for additional<01:03:12.079><c> maintenance</c><01

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• MY FAMILY RELOCATED FROM TEXAS TO SOUTH FLORIDA FOR MY HUSBAND'S POSITION AT ADVENT HEALTH AND WE GREW
• CURRENTLY THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF LIKE WELL CAPITAL GROUP, A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM THAT PARTNERS
• I AM SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF CORPORATE OPERATIONS WHICH INCLUDES RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE SAFETY AND
• TRAINING OF CONSTRUCTION CREWS AS WELL AS OUR ELITE OPERATIONS.
• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HAS 67 COUNTIES IN WHICH IT OPERATES THROUGH ITS IFU S PROGRAM.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We make every effort to with operations.
• . operations. operations.
• The other area that I thought of was health records act and how our health records act in Minnesota is
• We've been operating under this system for many years.
• We've been operating under them copies.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Brett Thomas to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board.
• They owned and operated the Circle of Love for 29 years.
• Their brains are still growing. Their bodies are still growing.
• cottage food operations.
• House Bill 526 will be referred to the Health and Welfare Committee.

Summary: The Senate convened with 33 members present, heard prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior day’s journal, and received communications including a temporary substitute appointment for Legislative District 20. The chamber also received several committee reports and House messages, and welcomed numerous guests, including Idaho Farm Bureau members and other visitors in the gallery. The Senate acted on several gubernatorial appointments and memorials. It adopted committee reports confirming Brett Thomas to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board, Erica Malman to the Idaho Personnel Commission, Michael Kennedy to the Idaho Judicial Council, and Representative John Weber to the State Insurance Fund Board. It also adopted House Joint Memorial 10, which urged federal officials to favor sugar over artificial sweeteners in school nutrition standards, with supporters arguing it promoted real food and Idaho’s sugar industry. The main floor debate centered on Senate Bill 1233, the “Constitutional Courts Act,” which would bar state courts from enforcing or applying religious or cultural law that does not conform to the U.S. and Idaho constitutions. Supporters said it protected constitutional supremacy and religious neutrality, while opponents argued it was unnecessary, legally risky, and potentially targeted religious law in a way that could invite constitutional challenges. After roll call, the bill failed by a vote of 15 ayes to 19 nays, with one absent and excused, and was filed in the Secretary’s office. The Senate also introduced and referred a slate of new bills, including measures on transportation, veterans, state employment, public employee retirement, accessory dwelling units, religious land development, housing covenants, and the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit. The chamber then moved to miscellaneous business, heard a few final announcements and introductions, and adjourned until 11 a.m. on February 12, 2026.

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• Health care claims data is regularly used in health services research and policy analysis.
• rebuild their community health assessment and community health improvement plans.
• There’s the community health improvement plan and the community health assessment.
• Tiffany Murphy, Chief Operations Officer with Mental Health America of California.
• health nonprofit.

Keywords: 987, senate, all