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• > This proposed psychiatric collaborative This proposed psychiatric collaborative care<01:07:07.760><
• Aslam collaborative care model uh Dr.
• The collaborative care and communities.
• Um I won't go for collaborative care.
• collaborative care and psychiatric<01:08:41.120><c> services.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:23 Kentucky Bankers Association 00:02:32 How to Read and Understand KRS 6.948 Health Mandate and Federal Cost Defrayal Impact Statements 00:25:40 Proposed Amendments to Kentucky's Essential Health Benefit-Benchmark Plan 00:50:18 Proposed Health Insurance Legislation for the 2026 Session 01:04:22 Reimbursement for Covered Benefits Delivered Through the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model 01:01:46 Coverage of Eating or Feeding Disorders 01:18:47 Coverage of Hearing Loss 01:25:31, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance met for its first interim meeting, established a quorum, approved routine opening items, and welcomed a new committee assistant and a legislative intern. The committee first heard a Kentucky Bankers Association presentation from Tim Shank and John Cooper focused on the state’s housing shortage, which they described as affecting all 120 counties and especially low- and moderate-income and workforce housing. They urged support for a proposed $20 million banker-backed revolving fund, paired with tax credits, to finance new housing construction; they said the program would be flexible, could support alternatives such as manufactured housing, and would use below-market loans with tax credits vesting over five years only after units are completed. They also asked for extension of the historical tax credit carryforward from five to seven years and for continued support of new market tax credits, arguing that supply-chain delays make the longer period necessary for historic rehabilitation projects. The bankers also raised concerns about credit unions, arguing that because credit unions do not pay the same taxes as banks, they should not be allowed to acquire healthy state-chartered banks or hold state and local deposits. They cited the recent purchase of First State Bank of Middlesborough as an example, saying the transaction would reduce state, county, and city tax revenue and weaken local tax bases. In response to committee questions, the presenters said local regulations, zoning, parking, sidewalk, and utility easement issues can significantly delay housing projects, and they emphasized that state policy and infrastructure support are needed to help address affordability and development barriers. The committee then shifted to a Department of Insurance presentation by Commissioner Sharon Clark on how to read KRS 6.948 health mandate and federal cost defrayal impact statements. Clark explained that the mandate statements were created in 1998 so legislators would have actuarial estimates of how proposed health insurance mandates would affect administrative costs, premiums, and total costs, and she noted that later legislation added federal cost-defrayal analysis. She also reviewed the background of the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits framework and said the department’s statements are intended to help lawmakers make informed decisions on proposed health coverage mandates. No votes or formal actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, second to that, I would love to delve deeper into the actual state Tribal Collaboration Act since
• I think we need to get, um, a report as to how that's working and how PED is collaborating with all the
• entities that they were instructed to collaborate with the stakeholders and uh everyone related, we
• In collaboration that discussions probably need to be created, so we're not trying to cram this in.
• And collaborate and partner in delivering um healthcare in, in anticipation of further cuts.

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> all co-collaborators all co-collaborators and<00:09:20.920><c> program</c><00:09:21.560><c> people
• </c><00:21:13.080><c> to</c><00:21:13.160><c> replace</c><00:21:13.560><c> a</c> Township collaborated
• to replace a Township collaborated to replace a bridge<00:21:13.960><c> spanning</c><00:21:14.360><c
• I wish that there could be some collaboration.
• I wish that there could collaboration.

Bills: HF3879

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: outdoor heritage, conservation, habitat restoration, natural resources, wildlife management, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• DAXs work in close coordination and collaboration with CDW workers in the Administrative Office of the
• as many states as can collaborate and it as many states as can collaborate and it is<00:26:18.960><c>
• Collaboration is a funny word because I think a lot of people throw that out.
• <c> a</c><00:40:08.160><c> funny</c><00:40:08.400><c> word</c> collaboration is a is a funny word collaboration
• </c><00:51:55.520><c> because</c> every level and collaborating because every level and collaborating

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee first heard from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet’s Grants Management Division on federal victim-services funding. Staff described the main grant programs they administer, including STOP VAWA, VOCA victim assistance, sexual assault services, Byrne state crisis intervention, and Project Safe Neighborhoods. They emphasized that VOCA is especially volatile because it is funded by the federal Crime Victims Fund, which has declined sharply in recent years, reducing Kentucky’s available awards and forcing cuts to state, local, and nonprofit subgrants. They also outlined steps the cabinet has taken to stabilize funding, including changing the subaward formula, aligning the grant period with the state fiscal year, subawarding one year behind the federal cycle, and retaining a reserve. Members asked about how funds reach victims, how subgrantee amounts are determined, and requested a breakdown of grant recipients and amounts; staff said they would provide that information later. The committee then received a detailed presentation from the Department of Juvenile Justice on alternatives to detention. Commissioner Randy White and staff explained that ATDs are short-term, less restrictive placements for low-risk youth, including electronic monitoring, home supervision, group homes, foster care, private child care, community programs, mentoring, evening reporting centers, and in-home wraparound services. They described the referral and approval process involving court-designated workers, detention alternative coordinators, courts, and county attorneys, and said DJJ currently has 16 ATD-related contracts, with placements, programs, and electronic monitoring among them. They also reported that between July 1, 2024, and July 30, 2025, 1,652 juveniles were involved in the process, including 168 diversion cases. Members questioned the cost of juvenile detention versus adult incarceration, whether families pay for electronic monitoring, whether there is a national model for juvenile detention, and what alternatives exist for truancy and contempt cases. DJJ said families do not generally reimburse for electronic monitoring, there is no single national model, and day treatment centers are an important alternative for some youth. The department also said it builds daily routines and wellness education into its facilities, and that more than two-thirds of its programs are evidence-based. Officials said they currently monitor vendor performance through quarterly reviews and can end contracts for poor performance, but that data tracking is still largely manual. They said the new JCOM system, now in pilot in the eastern region, should improve reporting and help identify outcomes and recidivism more effectively.

Transcript Highlights:

• Are they also maybe a partner in this collaboration?
• partner in this collaboration work, because, Mr.
• Chairman, it was a collaborative process. Yeah, that language is pretty damn slick.
• We'll go ahead and move on to the next slide on collaboration and emerging threats.
• This is a collaborative process that we work with the state.

Committee: Joint Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It took deep collaboration, open-minded negotiation, and a belief that doing the right thing, not the
• It took deep collaboration, accident.
• It took deep collaboration, open-minded<01:21:05.920><c> negotiation,</c><01:21:06.640><c> and</c><01
• on this in years continue to collaborate on this in years to<01:27:00.600><c> come.
• ,</c><01:38:55.440><c> and</c> aloha, a willingness to collaborate, and aloha, a willingness to collaborate

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• </c><00:29:16.679><c> and</c> be a positive for collaboration and be a positive for collaboration and
• We have the Hawaii Workforce Funders Collaborative in support.
• </c> Hawaii Workforce funders collaborative Hawaii Workforce funders collaborative in support<00:40:16.839
• It requires dedicated staff to sustain collaboration across agencies.
• It requires dedicated staff to sustain collaboration across agencies.

Committee: House Economic Development & Technology

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, with most witnesses either supporting the bills or offering technical concerns and suggested amendments. On SB 338, testimony came from the Department of Taxation, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, and Surpac, and the bill later moved forward with amendments. On SB 558, testimony was largely in support from the Department of Agriculture, Ulupono Initiative, Local Food Coalition, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and the Agribusiness Development Corporation, which described the measure as supporting rural jobs, food-system development, and use of off-grade agricultural products. ADC requested flexibility for neighbor-island siting and funding allocations, while the committee also discussed whether the bill’s language should be made more general and whether it could raise constitutional concerns about overly specific site designations. The bill was advanced with amendments and a noted appropriation allocation of $350,000. The committee also heard SB 186, which drew support from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Department of Agriculture, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Public Health Institute, DED, ADC, AAHU RC&D, and the Hawaii Youth Food Council. Supporters said the measure would improve coordination among agencies on food systems, help address food security and the state’s 30% by 2030 farm-to-school goal, and create a more organized statewide food systems effort. SB 328 received support from the Department of Taxation and Hawaii Farm Bureau, with Farm Bureau describing it as a way to repurpose existing dairy infrastructure to revive hog production and support livestock and farm-to-school goals; the Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposed the measure as a potentially narrow industry incentive that could unfairly benefit a specific taxpayer and said a direct appropriation would be more transparent. SB 89 was described by Hawaii Farm Bureau as a labeling measure intended to protect the integrity of a culturally relevant local product, though the group raised concerns about wording and implementation timing. Later, SB 742 received support from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the University of Hawaii System, Hawaii KidsCAN, the Hawaii Workforce Funders Collaborative, and the State Commission on the Status of Women. Testifiers said the bill would improve cross-agency data sharing, support workforce and education planning, and create public-facing dashboards; the Commission on the Status of Women asked to be included in the working group or as an advisory member. In decision-making, the committee adopted amendments and advanced SB 338, SB 558, and SB 1186. For SB 1186, the chair’s recommendation added three positions, specified committee-note funding amounts for those positions and operating funds, and revised working-group membership to have co-chairs appoint five members with relevant experience and expertise.

Transcript Highlights:

• Collaborative care is not just a theoretical concept.
• I serve as collaborative care program manager with Hennepin Healthcare.
• </c> apply to collaborative care services. apply to collaborative care services.
• </c><00:32:27.960><c> with</c> collaborative care program manager with collaborative care program manager
• </c> the primary care or the uh collaborative the primary care or the uh collaborative care<00:36:26.359

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm just curious about the collaboration between Bernalillo County and some of the department faculty
• Can you describe what that collaboration is, how you work together? Is it an ongoing relationship?
• As with respect to any other service collaborations, I'm not aware of any.
• She is looking at diversion programs and has been collaborating with the first district.
• So as Teague mentioned, collaboration is taking place.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• We're committed to working collaboratively with all of you and our stakeholders to ensure that any requirements
• Through our collaborative and complementary governance responsibilities, together we will continue to
• as governor of our great state at the end of this year, I want to thank him for his thoughtful collaboration
• I want to acknowledge the Governor for his collaboration on our three-branch solutions to improve access
• And we will still have more time with him, so I look forward to our continued collaboration.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And whereas the county commissioners, in collaboration with the city of Albuquerque and state and federal
• And whereas Bernalillo County collaborates with the city of Albuquerque as a critical supporter of the
• In terms of our parks, recreation, senior centers, and housing, I think it's a great idea to collaborate
• And whereas the laboratory's highly specialized research staff are at the forefront advances, collaborating
• And whereas laboratories foster a culture of collaboration, bringing together scientists engineers and

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• To keep pace with the increased workload demands, we collaborated with the Department of Consumer Affairs
• We look forward to continued collaboration with the Legislature, stakeholders, and the public to advance
• Wyoming and North Dakota do not require a practice agreement for supervision or collaboration with the
• This also optimizes patient care and collaboration between the care team.
• They're a great part of the team, as you know, and health care is a collaborative team effort.

Summary: The joint sunset oversight hearing reviewed five regulatory entities: the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Board of Psychology, the Physician Assistant Board, the Podiatric Medical Board, and the California Massage Therapy Council. Across the hearing, each entity described recent accomplishments, licensing and enforcement workload, workforce shortages, and efforts to modernize processes. Common themes included streamlining licensure, expanding access to care, addressing telehealth or emerging technology, and balancing consumer protection with workforce needs. For the Board of Behavioral Sciences, members discussed workforce shortages in mental health, supervision barriers, telehealth confidentiality, AI in therapy, interstate compacts, school-based services, and military spouse licensure. The board said it has expanded outreach, improved licensing processes, and created temporary practice authority tracking, while also expressing concern about counseling compacts and emphasizing California-specific law, ethics, and cultural competency. Public commenters supported the board’s work and the possible move to a national MFT exam, while also urging more resources. The Board of Psychology highlighted fee adjustments, streamlined licensure pathways, enforcement process improvements, new CPD requirements, and proposed changes including a psychotherapist-client privilege exception for investigations. Committee members and public witnesses focused heavily on that privilege proposal, with some members opposing it as too broad and privacy-invasive, while the board argued it is needed to obtain records in bias and sexual misconduct cases. The board also discussed workforce shortages, processing improvements, and the use of inactive status for psychological associates. The Physician Assistant Board reported growth in the PA workforce and education programs, SB 697 implementation, and financial pressure from rising enforcement costs. The main policy debate centered on physician-to-PA ratios and practice agreements, with board representatives and many public commenters arguing that current restrictions limit access to care, especially in rural areas, while the California Medical Association defended the need for explicit ratios and agreements. The board also discussed AI, fee increases, and tracking temporary practice authority. The Podiatric Medical Board described licensing and renewal reforms, residency expansion, enforcement support, and budget constraints, while public testimony raised concerns about a proposed fee increase and about reimbursement parity and practice recognition for podiatrists. Finally, the California Massage Therapy Council defended the certification model over licensure, citing lower costs, local government collaboration, anti-trafficking work, and its role in vetting applications and disciplining bad actors; no formal votes or final actions were taken during this portion of the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• An unlikely collaboration grew out of those new and strange committee interactions, one that continues
• An<00:10:06.240><c> unlikely</c><00:10:06.760><c> collaboration</c><00:10:07.800><c> grew</c><00:10:08.040
• ><c> out</c><00:10:08.200><c> of</c> An unlikely collaboration grew out of An unlikely collaboration
• :26.600><c> most</c><00:10:27.000><c> of</c><00:10:27.160><c> all</c><00:10:27.480><c> for</c> collaboration
• , and maybe most of all for collaboration, and maybe most of all for the<00:10:27.840><c> awesome</c>

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We want to make sure that DESE and their ag ed department are collaborating and working with these current
• And through collaboration with classroom teachers, our lessons align directly with Missouri learning
• I just want to comment that I think it was important that you pointed out how there's collaboration with
• I just want to comment that I think it was important that you pointed out how there's collaboration with
• and work alongside... ...this concept and how we can collaborate and work alongside the DESE program

Committee: House Special Committee on Rural Issues

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Don't get me wrong, collaboration is not accountability.
• ,</c> that the committees collaborate, that the committees collaborate, partnerships,<01:56:06.159><c
• The collaboration is not accountability.
• 02:00:17.360><c> and</c> partnerships and collaborations and partnerships and collaborations and there's
• </c> work and collaborate in in a widespread. work and collaborate in in a widespread.

Committee: Joint Education

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, I'm curious as to where there's conversations and collaboration between commissioners to line up
• So, I'm curious as to where there's conversations and collaboration between commissioners to line up
• So, I'm curious as to where there's conversations and collaboration between commissioners to line up
• Now it already for more collaboration.
• ><c> with</c><01:09:14.000><c> the</c> Chair, about collaborating with the Chair, about collaborating

Bills: HF4598 , HF4884 , HF3732

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability

Transcript Highlights:

• The program encourages collaboration among local educational agencies, community organizations, behavioral
• to address any remaining... ...bill moves forward and to work collaboratively to address any remaining
• I really appreciate your thoughtful input and collaboration. Thank you.
• I really appreciate your thoughtful input and collaboration. Thank you. Yeah. Any comments? Nope.
• And we've been in collaboration now for the last two years.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Do they have a corporate economic development organization that's a collaboration between the private
• Do they have a corporate economic development organization that's a collaboration between the private
• Organization that's a collaboration between the private sector and the public sector there?
• That consultation is how midwifery... ...colleagues have collaborated with me throughout my career.
• I just want to emphasize again, I truly appreciate the collaboration from all the stakeholders.

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to welcome and thank the collaboration here.
• So there's a lot of work there, but a lot of great collaboration.
• That makes collaboration essential.
• That makes collaboration essential. when in for across many people.
• That makes collaboration essential.

Summary: The hearing focused on how artificial intelligence is being used across California’s life sciences sector, from research and drug discovery to digital health, medical devices, and patient care. Chair Ward and Chair Bauer-Kahan opened by emphasizing California’s leadership in biotech, the need to preserve that ecosystem, and the importance of balancing innovation with privacy, consumer protection, and equitable access. They also highlighted the potential role of public compute and public-private partnerships, including CalCompute, in keeping California competitive. The first panel featured representatives from UCSF, the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. Ida Sim described AI-enabled digital health tools, including sensor-based blood pressure monitoring and efforts to connect wearable data with electronic health records through open infrastructure. Dr. Karen Knudson focused on cancer, saying AI can accelerate drug discovery, improve learning from every patient, and expand clinical trial access. Dr. Shankar Sundaram discussed AI for public health and biosecurity, including outbreak prediction, antibody redesign, and the need to unlock data, expand compute access, and support public health agencies. Panelists also discussed privacy, HIPAA/CMIA protections, open-source versus closed models, validation, and the need for faster, more modern FDA pathways. The second panel included speakers from Pangea Data, Dexcom, Eli Lilly Ventures, and Twist Bioscience. Dr. Vibhur Gupta described AI systems that identify care gaps in electronic health records and argued for reimbursement frameworks that would let such tools scale beyond large health systems into rural care. Dexcom’s Ginny Hu explained how the company uses AI in its continuous glucose monitoring products, with strong FDA-aligned verification, validation, cybersecurity, human oversight, and post-market monitoring. Eli Lilly’s Danjima Corliss emphasized AI as a scientific collaborator in drug discovery and highlighted Lilly’s high-performance computing investments in California. The discussion continued to return to data access, model transparency, regulatory modernization, and how California can support innovation while protecting patients.

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• uh you know we do we can mix collaborate uh you know we do we can mix resources<00:30:52.200><c> and
• And now we're reinvesting with some of our new income from the special fund, but it's a collaborative
• No, it's more of collaborative spending, like I had said, on projects.
• but not a direct the state collaborate but not a direct appropriation<00:33:06.600><c> to</c><00:33:
• </c> 6E, so they all work collaboratively together.

Committee: Senate Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing focused on Senate Bill 4, which would transfer stewardship of Mauna ʻAla from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Committee chairs opened the meeting with housekeeping and noted the hearing was live-streamed, with a two-minute limit for testimony. Director Don Chang of the Board of Land and Natural Resources said DLNR had been working with OHA and had agreed to transfer certain lands subject to due diligence, including Kahana Valley and a parcel in Waimānalo, but urged the committee to finalize those mutually agreed parcels before taking on something new. He also described the current arrangement at Mauna ʻAla as a collaborative one involving the state and the royal trusts, with the state handling routine maintenance and the trusts contributing to larger repairs and improvements on a project-by-project basis rather than through direct annual appropriations. Testimony was mixed. Supporters argued that OHA is better positioned to steward the site because of its cultural mission, Native Hawaiian governance, and ability to protect sacred places with greater cultural competency and accountability. Several speakers emphasized that Mauna ʻAla is not a state park and should be cared for by those with direct cultural ties and experience, and some cited OHA’s recent financial reforms and partnerships as reasons for confidence. Others, including representatives of the Daughters and Sons of the Hawaiian Warriors Makakoa, opposed the bill, citing concerns about OHA’s past financial management, transparency, and the need for more public information and testimony before any transfer. One testifier also argued the land transfer itself was unlawful and rooted in the history of the overthrow and annexation. Members and testifiers also discussed the historical role of the royal trusts and family caretakers at Mauna ʻAla, with one descendant describing a long family stewardship and supporting OHA only if amended language preserved checks and balances and protected iwi and burial grounds. Another speaker said the family recognized James Mayo as kahu of Mauna ʻAla and supported the bill because prior DLNR efforts had not sufficiently protected traditional and customary rights. The hearing ended after public testimony and committee questions, with no vote or final action taken in the portion provided.