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• Council members strive to support program integrity and efficiency in serving this population.
• That work is done with the goal of integrating the health plan with related social needs for our kids
• We all support reducing barriers to achieve those outcomes through integration of the health plan and
• This approach addresses rural challenges, a whole community approach, integration of services, local
• We integrate public health, human services, and the county-run health plan to wrap services around our

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• He said the other capped license type is one of three vertically integrated license types.
• license types: micro, meso, and the statutory caps for the meso vertically integrated one.
• He said the other capped license type is one of three vertically integrated license types.
• He said the other capped license type is one of three vertically integrated license types.
• <01:09:17.400> license of those vertically integrated license of those vertically integrated

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Minnesota House Commerce Committee held its inaugural meeting with Chair Tim O’Driscoll and co-chair Representative Greg Davids opening the session and inviting members to introduce themselves. Members briefly described their districts, business backgrounds, and priorities, with recurring themes including small business competitiveness, insurance and health care access, property and real estate issues, agriculture, and making Minnesota easier to do business in. Committee staff also introduced themselves and reminded members and testifiers about sign-in procedures and microphone use. The committee then heard an overview from Eric Toell, interim director of the Office of Cannabis Management, on the agency’s work and budget priorities. He said the office now oversees adult-use cannabis, medical cannabis, and hemp-derived cannabinoid products, has grown from about nine employees to 90 full-time staff plus temporary workers, and has been working with a Cannabis Advisory Council on testing, warning labels, and implementation issues. He also described outreach efforts, including webinars, newsletters, guidebooks for local governments, and office hours for applicants, along with enforcement of hemp-derived product rules through more than 3,000 inspections and an increase in compliance rates from about 35% to 75%. Toell also reported that the medical cannabis program has surpassed 51,000 patients and nearly 2,500 registered health care providers, and that a chronic pain report found more than a third of patients reported decreased pain. On the adult-use side, he said the office has posted proposed rules for public comment, plans to adopt them after review, and will open a licensing window from February 18 to March 14. He explained that the office is also managing community reinvestment grants and a technical assistance grant, with an emphasis on safeguards to ensure funds reach intended recipients. No votes were taken during this meeting.

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• And then the Fort Sumner Public Library integrated financial literacy into their summer reading program
• A lot of libraries also integrate STEM into their programming, everything from TinkerCAD to building
• And then the Fort Sumner Public Library integrated financial literacy into their summer reading program
• A lot of libraries also integrate STEM into their programming, everything from TinkerCAD to building
• So there are a lot of really wonderful opportunities around service integration hubs.

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the New Mexico Rural Library Initiative in support of fully funding the rural library endowment with an additional $29.5 million. The presenters described rural libraries as essential community infrastructure that provide not only books and internet access, but also early childhood programs, adult education, workforce support, telehealth, disaster response, and civic meeting space. They argued that the endowment would provide stable annual support for staffing and operations, help sustain libraries in very small towns and tribal communities, and support new or developing libraries. Members asked about eligibility, county coverage, how funds are distributed, and whether the state tracks broader outcomes such as job placements or certifications; the presenters said the State Library administers the funds and that the initiative itself is a nonprofit capacity-building organization, not the fund manager. Some members raised concerns about whether an endowment is the best long-term model versus recurring annual appropriations, and about the need for better reporting and state-library involvement. The committee then heard from food bank leaders Jill Dixon and Katie Anderson about food security and its economic impact. They said New Mexico’s five food banks and more than 500 partner agencies serve all 33 counties, distribute over 45 million meals, and rely mostly on philanthropy, with some state and local support. They emphasized that SNAP is a major economic driver, supporting grocery access, jobs, and local spending, and that recent legislative growth funding helped food banks respond to a surge in demand during a SNAP disruption. They also highlighted food banks as community hubs that can connect people to health care, job training, and other services, including through clinic referrals and closed-loop systems. In response to questions, they said food access gaps remain in some rural areas, that clients can generally seek food at other distribution sites without barriers, and that longer-term solutions should include more grocery access, healthy corner stores, and stronger broadband and health care infrastructure. The final presentations came from the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce and the Artesia Chamber of Commerce. Gallup-McKinley described a shrinking workforce, youth outmigration, crime, health care shortages, malpractice costs, and gross receipts tax burdens as major barriers to rural economic growth, and urged action on workforce pipelines, housing, public safety, malpractice reform, and tax/regulatory changes. Artesia highlighted its murals, library, sports tradition, oil and gas, agriculture, federal training center, and refinery, while also noting workforce shortages, health care recruitment challenges, housing constraints, and the need for quality-of-life investments and more flexible regulation. The committee also briefly heard a bill presentation proposing a New Mexico-Ireland Trade Commission to promote bilateral trade and investment, especially in technology, agriculture, and energy sectors. No votes were taken because quorum was not reached, and the endorsement item was not acted on.

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• We're going to be... actually integrating with them.
• And finally, ongoing tech support for MNCIS integration.
• Yes, they are electronically, but it's not in an integration system.
• This affects the safety and integrity of public charter schools.
• These organizations are an integral part of public safety.

Bills: HF2432

Keywords: HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board

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• Additionally, if you are growing, the way the funding formula integrates that growth is over a three-year
• We would also note that the credit for prior learning budget proposal would ensure seamless integration
• Additional funding for credit for prior learning will support the critical infrastructure to integrate
• The collaborative ERP would develop an integrated technology foundation that includes student finance
• And data with a wide variety and diverse array of customizations, integrations, and accessibility or

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So do you integrity of the machines.
• When you talk about integrity, integrity would imply that something, if the rules and regulations are
• When you talk about<01:42:07.679> v<01:42:08.000> integrity,<01:42:09.280> integrity
• v integrity, integrity would imply that<01:42:12.000> something<01:42:12.880> if<01:42
• is integrity in the election?

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• This will enhance program integrity and provide an important tool to stopping this massive fraud crisis
• This will enhance<00:25:54.720> program<00:25:55.120> integrity<00:25:55.679> and
• , and addressing the fraud integrity, and addressing the fraud crisis<00:26:29.120> that<00:26
• And for a lot of us who sit integrity.
• This continues the DFL's strong work to address program integrity.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate first received a House message reappointing a conference committee on Senate File 2077, the environment and natural resources appropriations bill, and took no further action on that message. The chamber then moved through motions and resolutions, including a failed attempt to suspend the rules to make House File 4102 a special order for immediate consideration. Senator Howe argued the bill was urgent because it would extend a study on state law enforcement pay and help address State Patrol recruitment and retention, while Senator Friends opposed suspending the rules; the motion failed on a roll call vote, 35 ayes to 32 nays. The Senate then took House File 3629 from the table, made it a special order, and adopted the A5 amendment. The bill, relating to grants management and the Department of Administration, was described as refining agency authority over exemptions, adding reporting requirements, expanding whistleblower protections, and broadening fraud-prevention tools. The A5 amendment added stronger payment-withholding authority for agencies based on credible allegations of fraud, removed the 60-day withholding limit, allowed cross-agency withholding in some cases, replaced court appeal with agency reconsideration, made the authority permanent, and added a reporting requirement for DHS and DCYF inspector general activity. Supporters said it would improve transparency and protect taxpayers; the bill then passed final roll call 67-0. Finally, the Senate took up House File 4492, which was amended with the A4 delete-everything amendment. The new version combined three articles: READ Act provisions, a veterans diploma provision, and early literacy field-experience changes. Senators described the veterans section as requiring school districts to award diplomas to veterans who left high school to serve in the Korean or Vietnam Wars, and the READ Act and literacy provisions as aligning teacher preparation and early literacy instruction with state standards. Members also discussed school discipline and classroom safety issues in the course of debate. The bill was then read for final passage, with senators speaking in support of the combined package and its education and veterans provisions.

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• And we should all want integrity in our electoral process.
• , members, integrity doesn't have to come at the expense of accessibility.
• This bill doesn't promote ballot integrity. It promotes ballot control.
• And I want to turn the mic over... ...engage in this process, but one with integrity and fidelity.
• But I just personally want to tell you, thank you for being a man of integrity that you are.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of member introductions recognizing interns, pages, volunteers, and the retirement of Pastor Gary Austin from the sergeant’s office. Leadership also announced that budget talks with the House were continuing and that senators would not need to plan on being in next week, suggesting progress toward a budget framework. After routine floor business, the chamber took up a major third-reading measure on citizen initiatives and several education bills, followed later by returning messages from the House on health and school-safety measures. The most extensive debate centered on the citizen initiative bill, which sponsors said was intended to protect the constitutional amendment process from fraud and abuse based on election-crime investigations and a large state report on petition fraud. Supporters argued the bill would add reasonable guardrails, prevent misuse of public funds, and preserve integrity while still allowing grassroots participation. Opponents from both parties argued it would make citizen-led amendments much harder by adding costs, deadlines, criminal penalties, and administrative burdens that would chill participation and favor wealthy or corporate interests. After lengthy debate, the Senate voted 28-10 to pass the bill. The chamber then passed several education measures with little or no opposition, including bills tied to Bright Futures, dual enrollment, Florida ABLE, teacher preparation, and other education policy updates, all by 38-0. Later, the Senate concurred in House amendments on a stem cell therapy bill, an EKG requirement for student athletes, and a cardiac emergency bill, each passing 37-0. The House also sent back a school safety bill with amendments affecting child care facility partnerships with law enforcement, temporary door locks during active assailant incidents, supervision windows, and funding for panic alarm systems; the transcript ends as that bill is being explained.

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• But there's one stain on Florida's election integrity, and it's deep, and it's broad, and it's ugly.
• And if it is a criminal violation, that should be followed with fidelity and integrity throughout the
• But we should all want absolute integrity in this process and our election process because it matters
• Specifically excluding these communities does nothing to ensure the integrity of this process.
• This bill is not about election integrity.

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation, adopting a substitute amendment that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and fund a traffic signal modernization program with $10 million annually from the State Transportation Trust Fund. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales tax transfer to the trust fund, a bid protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for SB 628, “Lucy's Law,” on boating safety, which would strengthen penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless vessel operation. Lucy’s parents gave emotional testimony in support, describing the fatal 2022 boating crash and urging stronger accountability. The sponsor withdrew pending amendments, and the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, was next; the strike-all amendment covered a broad range of agriculture-related changes, including water fluoridation restrictions, labeling rules, drone restrictions over farmland, disaster recovery programs, an honest services registry, FFA-related provisions, and agricultural land preservation. Testimony included support from agricultural and gun-rights groups, opposition from banking, dental, and local-government advocates, and a lengthy public debate over fluoridation and financial discrimination. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems was reported favorably with little debate. The committee then took up CS for SB 1618 on K-12 education, adopting a delete-all amendment that combined a wide range of education provisions, including VPK flexibility, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention requirements, teacher assignment reporting, restrictions on spending public funds on political or social activism, postsecondary and workforce-related changes, and other school and college system updates. Several speakers opposed the activism-related funding restriction, while the sponsor said the bill was intended to keep publicly funded schools focused on education; the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 7016 on initiative petitions, adopting a strike-all amendment that would sharply tighten petition circulation rules and increase penalties. The proposal would require circulators to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, impose training and registration requirements, shorten petition submission deadlines, require more identifying information on petition forms, limit sponsors to one amendment per election cycle, and create new enforcement and investigation triggers, including a 25% invalid-signature threshold. Sponsors argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect the integrity of constitutional amendment petitions, while senators raised concerns about due process, public-records issues, burdens on volunteers, and the impact on voters and sponsors. The bill was not reported in the portion provided, and the discussion remained ongoing at the end of the transcript.

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• Today, the program integrity office or oversight group is overseeing over 390,000 entities.
• Today, the program integrity office or oversight group is overseeing over 390,000 entities.
• know, today the the program integrity know, today the the program integrity office<00:52:10.640>
• office in DHS who do program integrity office in DHS who do program integrity and<00:52:27.200><
• look you guys in your program integrity look you guys in your program integrity stuff<01:00:03.760

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• here wanted to talk about integrated here wanted to talk about integrated community<00:04:00.319
• And maintain stable, community-integrated housing.
• These people integrated ICS settings.
• Program integrity is essential.
• At the Program integrity is essential.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You're the one who calls leaders to serve with integrity, to pursue what is right, and to care for the
• leaders to You're the one who calls leaders to serve<00:11:27.560> with<00:11:27.720> integrity
• , serve with integrity, serve with integrity, to<00:11:29.120> pursue<00:11:29.560> what
• Let this chamber be a place where wisdom prevails, where integrity is honored, and where the common good
• Where there is pressure, bring integrity.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Their choice of a gift shall be honored with integrity and trust.
• Their choice of a gift shall be honored with integrity and trust.
• you do. >> Um, it's choice of a gift shall be honored with choice of a gift shall be honored with integrity
• <00:01:08.880> Where<00:01:09.040> there<00:01:09.280> is integrity and trust
• Where there is integrity and trust.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Health Services Committee took up House Bill 510, which concerns organ donation procedures and the timing of donation after death is in question. Testimony in support emphasized that the bill’s “pause” requirement when there is uncertainty is intended to protect public trust, ensure death is confirmed with certainty before donation proceeds, and preserve confidence in the organ, tissue, and eye donation system. Witnesses also said the bill largely reflects practices already used by Network for Hope and would help honor donors’ choices while saving lives. Committee members expressed support for the clarification in the bill and noted its importance. After a motion and second, the committee proceeded to a roll call vote. The bill received favorable votes from the members present, with House Bill 510 passing the committee with favorable expression. The chair announced that the committee’s next meeting would be Thursday, February 26 at noon in the same room, and then adjourned the meeting.

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• We'll now hear PCB GOS 26-02, OGSR, Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation Information.
• From Representative Greco from the podium, Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation Information.
• from repeal a public record exemption for information generated by a state attorney's conviction integrity
• from repeal a public record exemption for information generated by a state attorney's conviction integrity
• Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation. Okay, and there are no amendments.

Summary: The Government Operations Subcommittee met to consider five proposed committee bills under the Open Government Sunset Review Act, which requires certain public record and public meeting exemptions to be reenacted before automatic repeal. Each bill was briefly explained by its sponsor or a member presenting on behalf of the sponsor, with no amendments or public testimony offered on any of the measures. The subcommittee favorably reported PCB GOS 26-01, preserving the Florida Gaming Control Commission exemption; PCB GOS 26-03, preserving the public emergency shelter address and phone number exemption; PCB GOS 26-04, preserving exemptions for financial information used in small business loan administration; PCB GOS 26-02, preserving the conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information exemption; and PCB GOS 26-05, preserving a Public Service Commission meeting exemption for portions involving proprietary confidential information. During discussion on the Public Service Commission bill, members asked about transparency and utility rate increases, and the sponsor responded that the exemption is narrow, has never been used, does not affect public discussion of rate increases, and does not limit lawsuits or discovery. All five PCBs were reported favorably by roll call vote. The chair then thanked members for their participation, noted that more bills were being referred to the committee, and adjourned the meeting without objection.

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• And I know integration of two systems is really difficult because we did it with the specialty mental
• Payment sustainability is critical to building the foundation of HCBS integration.
• However, at this time, the department does not expect integration of HCBS...
• that members who participate in PACE receive full integrated services of care.
• This is to implement program integrity for two skilled nursing facility programs.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This includes integrated education and training, as well as non-credit certificate programs.
• The first program is Integrated Education and Training, or IET.
• I just think it needs to be an integrated part of the program.
• Could you explain closed loop referral system versus data integration sharing.
• The data integration system could also do that, but it is a little more detailed.

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• <00:06:53.760> community other providers of integrated community other providers of integrated
• I have great respect for the director of program integrity, Tim O'Malley.
• <00:36:11.960> I<00:36:12.120> think program integrity, Tim O'Malley.
• I think program integrity, Tim O'Malley.
• Monahan to integrate somehow, right? However, the magic word of how they do that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Where we're requesting FTE for administering things like program integrity, it's really important to
• some um more program Integrity some um more program Integrity parameters<00:30:21.200> to
• Community Support settings um integrated Community Support settings um and<00:32:02.080> and<
• The last proposal is about the EIDBI provisional rule and program integrity.
• the agency for program Integrity the agency for program Integrity increase<01:30:53.040> Staffing

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Voter ID laws perpetuate the myth of voter fraud and do nothing to improve election integrity.
• To my colleagues who questioned the integrity of our elections, I say this with respect.
• My name is Colleen Britton with Election Integrity Project California and we're in total support.
• So election integrity asks for it. for a no vote on this, thank you. Thank you so much.
• So I understand the desire for quick results, but accuracy and integrity matter most in elections.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• BUT THERE IS ONE STAIN ON FLORIDA'S ELECTION INTEGRITY AND IT IS DEEP AND IT IS BROAD AND IT IS UGLY.
• ANY TIME WHEN THEY BELIEVE THERE IS FRAUD OR SOMETHING THAT THREATENS THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION IN
• SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING THESE COMMUNITIES DOES NOTHING TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THIS PROCESS.
• THIS BILL IS NOT ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY.
• THIS UNDERTAKING FEIGNS COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS IN AN EFFORT TO LEGITIMIZE

Keywords: 999, senate, all