Video & Transcript Research : 'developmental disabilities'
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- PROVIDING DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS TO ADMINISTER INSULIN TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENT OF DISABILITIES
- DISABILITIES.
- MOST COMPELLING REASONS FOR THIS BILL IS THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENT OF DISABILITIES
- DISABILITIES SO THEY CAN STAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND LIVE UP TO THEIR POTENTIAL AND THE REASON THEY DID
- I KNOW THESE SPECIAL NEEDS INDIVIDUALS, A PERSON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
MN
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- In addition, the Council on Disability and the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
- In addition, the Council on Disability and the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
- In addition, the Council on Disability and the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
- In addition, the Council on Disability and the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- project um the four different disability project um the four different disability waivers<00:36:
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and primarily people with disabilities and primarily people with disabilities - I'm a parent of a child with disabilities who has a primary diagnosis of global developmental delays,
- with dignity by supporting these waivers. disabilities to equally partner with disabilities to equally
- treated our citizens with disabilities treated our citizens with disabilities with<01:27:13.719>
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 26th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- This is on if they're vulnerable on one or more developmental domain.
- My questions are around disabilities.
- differences or developmental delay.
- So those are the two thoughts that come to mind from a disabilities perspective.
- I worked in FIT for forever as a PT and as a developmental specialist.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a litany of direct services and then you go into the developmentally disabled and we provide
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we developmentally disabled and um uh we developmentally disabled and um uh we - The developmental disabilities agencies. Oh, the DD. Okay. Right.
- The developmental which agencies? The developmental disabilities<02:34:45.600>
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disabilities <03:02:06.560>community The developmental disabilities community
Summary:
The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there.
Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights.
The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:07 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- procedures and providing a definition for harm to self and harm to others in the Mental Health and Developmental
- Disabilities Code and the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act.
- procedures, providing a definition for harm to self and harm to others in the Mental Health and Developmental
- Disabilities Code and the Outpatient Treatment Act.
NM
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- and providing a definite definition of harm to self and harm to others in the Mental Health and Developmental
- Disabilities Code and the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act.
- procedures, providing a definition for harm to self and harm to others in the Mental Health and Developmental
- Disabilities Code and the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act: Senate Bill 3.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So, um, for those on Zoom, your audio will be muted and video disabled until shortly before it's your
- Next we have Dane Bartolo, Hawaiʻi State Council on Developmental Disabilities, in support.
- Next we have Dane Bartolo, Hawaiʻi State Council on Developmental Disabilities, in support.
- Savannah Pascin with the Hawaiʻi State Council on Developmental Disabilities, on behalf of Dane Bartolo
- are seniors and disabled. Thank you. are seniors and disabled. Thank you.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services committee heard testimony on several resolutions. HCR 190, asking the Department of Health to convene a demolition waste reduction work group, drew only written testimony; the Department of Health provided comments in opposition and the Department of Attorney General Services supported it. HCR 91, on requiring insurers and managed care providers to cover prosthetic and orthotic devices, received supportive testimony from SHIPA and an amputee youth advocate who described the high cost and importance of sports prosthetics. HCR 174, on examining the availability and use of land-based learning programs for youth in the juvenile legal system, drew support from the Office of the Public Defender, youth advocates, and a youth council that described land-based learning as culturally rooted and rehabilitative. HR 171, on assessing the social and financial effects of mandatory coverage for continuous glucose monitors, received support from SHIPA, the Hawaiʻi Medical Association, and kidney care and dialysis groups. HCR 146, on the Elderly Simplified Application Project for SNAP, drew support from disability, hunger, and public health groups, with DHS explaining it could implement the project but would need to do manual certification work until its new system is ready.
During decision-making, the committee deferred HCR 190 because the Department of Health said it could not carry out the work group without an appropriation. The committee voted to pass HCR 91 as is. HCR 174 was recommended for passage with amendments to clarify that the resolution would request continued use of land-based learning programs and to reflect existing work already underway. HCR 171 was recommended for passage with amendments to correct a statute description. HCR 146 was recommended for passage with amendments to add language that DHS should apply for and implement the project when capable, acknowledging current system limitations. All recommendations were adopted, and the meeting adjourned.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- ARCs provide services for roughly 5,000 families with developmental disabilities throughout the state
- roughly 5,000 provide services for roughly 5,000 families<00:17:01.759>
with <00:17:02.000>developmental - <00:17:02.560>
disabilities families with developmental disabilities families with developmental - disabilities throughout<00:17:03.440>
the <00:17:03.680>state.
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- She's on Zoom, Office of Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
- Health and Developmental Disabilities. Health and Developmental Disabilities.
- I serve as Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, and I'm going to kind of jump
- However, our concerns at the Ombudsman Office for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities is those
- However, our concerns at the Ombudsman Office for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities is those
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- A population that generally includes people aged 18 to 64 who do not have a disability and do not have
- They are usually people who are older and have some form of disability.
- If you're not employed and you're in job training or you have a disabled young child at home, you stay
- If you're not employed and you're in job training or you have a disabled young child home, you stay on
- The only... you have a disabled young child, a disabled person of a young child home, you stay on SNAP
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- They care about having 911 access, they care about for the disability services, they care about maybe
- disabilities.
- This issue crosses a whole lot of our communities, including Californians with developmental disabilities
- What we are aware of is that Californians with developmental disabilities do rely more and more on newer
- disabilities can continue to participate in those ways.
MN
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Jan 15th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- with Disabilities Education Act.
- Certain populations will not even admit that their child has a disability or suspect a disability.
- So I'm Andrew Orlando with the UF Center for Autism and Related Disabilities.
- It is a complex disability that requires the services of many disciplines.
- It is a complex disability that requires the services of many disciplines.
Summary:
The committee held its first meeting and received an overview of the Pre-K-12 education appropriations jurisdiction and base budget. Staff explained that education funding is driven largely by enrollment and per-student formulas, with most money coming from state and local sources. The presentation highlighted the major budget areas: early learning, the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), non-FEFP K-12 programs, federal programs, and the State Board of Education. Members asked about instructional materials funding and how scholarship students who return to public schools are counted and funded; staff explained that instructional materials remain in the base and that funding depends on survey timing, with districts ultimately funded through the enrollment count process.
The committee then reviewed federal IDEA funding for students with disabilities. Department of Education officials explained how IDEA Part B funds are split between state set-asides and local educational agencies, and noted that Florida ranked fourth nationally in total IDEA Part B funding and received a 95% state determination for meeting IDEA requirements. They also described the bureau’s responsibilities, including monitoring, dispute resolution, instructional support, and the Hope Florida unit for ages 3 to 5. Members asked for more information on student performance outcomes and how the state measures success beyond compliance, and the department agreed to provide follow-up data.
The final major topic was the Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS), including associate centers, multidisciplinary centers, and specialized centers for deaf/hard of hearing and visually impaired students. Presenters described services such as child find, family support, assessments, professional learning, accessible instructional materials, and technical assistance. Committee members focused on whether families and schools have equal access to services across the state, how IEP disputes and reevaluations are handled, and whether more support is needed for parents, teachers, and rural districts. FDLRS representatives said they do not write IEPs but help connect families to districts, provide training and assessments, and support compliance and data collection; they also emphasized staffing and resource needs, especially for low-incidence disabilities and multilingual family outreach.
CT
Connecticut 2026 Regular Session
Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee June 17th Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm an advocate with Disability Rights Connecticut.
- , people with autism, and other disabilities.
- So that may include a range of students with a range of disabilities, from mental health disabilities
- to autism, to intellectual disabilities, other developmental disabilities, fill in the blank.
- So... ...from mental health disabilities, autism, to intellectual disabilities, other developmental disabilities
Summary:
The meeting began with approval of the May minutes and then moved into administrative updates on several 2025 legislative workstreams. Staff reported progress on two marketing efforts tied to the youth mental health crisis: one focused on increasing awareness and use of urgent crisis centers, and another broader crisis-continuum campaign led by United Way. Both projects are refining materials based on working-group feedback and aim to have materials ready before the start of the school year. Updates were also given on the UCC private insurance review and the crisis continuum review, both of which are gathering data and reconvening working groups over the summer.
The main discussion centered on a Civic Solutions Group update on Medicaid school billing. The contractor explained that the project is examining why Connecticut schools are not billing for behavioral health and related services, with the goal of maximizing federal reimbursement. Members clarified that the study is about schools billing for services, not private providers billing in schools. Questions focused on whether Medicaid has caps or authorization issues when students receive services both in school and in the community, and whether recent federal or state changes affect billing. The contractor said the work is still in data collection and analysis, and that some issues, such as reauthorization procedures, were outside his scope. Participants also raised concerns about perceived barriers, fee-for-service limitations, and the need to distinguish school-based billing from provider billing.
A second major presentation came from Disability Rights Connecticut on a separate legislative study concerning behavioral health issues affecting students receiving special education. The subgroup is examining the feasibility and impact of requiring evidence-based interventions, especially for challenging behaviors that can lead to restraint and seclusion, and is also looking at monitoring and random audits of restraint and seclusion practices. The team described its project plan, including literature reviews, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and data requests from the State Department of Education and other stakeholders. Members emphasized that the work is aimed primarily at private providers under the statute, but may have broader relevance. Questions from the group focused on whether the study would include public schools, how evidence-based practices apply to students with intellectual disabilities and autism, and whether caregivers or parents would be interviewed; the presenters said caregiver input is not currently part of the charge. The meeting ended with reminders about the July 15 meeting, which will include a Solnit briefing, and a note that August TCB meetings will not be held, though a workshop on the Connecticut Children’s Behavioral Health Provider Survey is being planned for late July or early August.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 13, 2026 - 02:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- The Agency for Persons with Disability, APD, provides care for those who have developmental disabilities
- who have been convicted of a felony and court ordered into the Developmental Disability Defendant Program
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So if I have guardianship over my son, he has developmental disabilities.
- So if I have guardianship over my son, he has developmental disabilities.
- So if I have guardianship over my son, he has developmental disabilities.
- So if I have guardianship over my son, he has developmental disabilities.
- One with a developmental disability, one with MS on the onset of dementia.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/15/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
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- Developmental Disabilities. Developmental Disabilities.
- intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- with intellectual developmental with intellectual developmental disabilities<00:32:02.240>
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disabilities, <00:33:08.960>parents, developmental disabilities, parents - But again, I developmental disabilities.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Today we're going to start with a presentation from Director Grom for the early intensive developmental
- We'll also touch on what EIDBI is, or early intensive developmental behavioral intervention.
- For example, when children or youth have intellectual developmental disabilities or are coupled with
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behavioral intensive developmental behavioral intensive developmental behavioral - developmental disabilities or um coupled developmental disabilities or um coupled with<00:03:41.400
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 12, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- foster children, struggling families, along with vulnerable populations of people like my son with developmental
- disabilities.
- foster children, struggling families, along with vulnerable populations of people like my son with developmental
- disabilities.
Summary:
The Justice Budget Committee met with a quorum present and took up four bills. The first, PCS for CS for HB 309 on controlled substances, addressed xylazine (“tranq”), exempting veterinary use and creating criminal offenses related to trafficking and misuse. The sponsor explained changes from the prior version, including removal of a federal-order-related concern and raising the threshold for base possession/trafficking concerns from 4 grams to 28 grams. Public testimony was in support from law enforcement and advocacy groups, and the bill passed 14-0.
The committee then heard HB 1467 on penalties for prostitution-related acts. The sponsor said the bill increases penalties for those who solicit, operate prostitution establishments, transport, coerce, or traffic others for prostitution, while not increasing penalties for the people being prostituted. Supporters included Florida Family Voice and the Florida Smart Justice Alliance. The bill passed unanimously, 14-0.
Next, CS for HB 1159 on sexual offenses was presented as a broad update to criminal law involving sexual offenses, especially crimes involving minors, child pornography, and sentencing/classification changes. A member asked about a possible Romeo and Juliet issue, and the sponsor said staff was working on clarifying language but did not believe the bill created that problem in its current form. The bill received support from the Florida Sheriffs Association and Florida Smart Justice Alliance and passed 14-0. Finally, CS for HB 485 on petitions for injunction added a checkbox for marriage-fraud allegations in domestic violence injunction petitions, defined marriage fraud for that purpose, and required clerks to notify the State Board of Immigration Enforcement within 24 hours when such an injunction is issued. The sponsor and co-sponsor described it as an accountability measure, it drew support from Florida Smart Justice Alliance, and it also passed unanimously, 14-0. The meeting ended after the chair noted budget recommendations had been submitted and no further business remained.