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• The standards are in the Texas Family Code and the Texas Administrative Code, period.
• And only 7.4% of adoptive families access any post-adoption services.
• Adopted and what made me the most passionate about adoption when I was 11 years old and um when we had
• And is it more expensive to adopt out of the foster system as opposed to a private adoption?
• Foster to adopt is much more affordable, um, and, uh, private adoption can cost anywhere from $400,000

Bills: HB 2510, HB 3589, HB 4611, HB 4655, HB 4665, HB 4666, HB 4670, HB 4700, HB 4730, HB 4798, HB 4838, HB 5136, HB 5243, HB 5302, HB 5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• The chair hears none, and the substitute is adopted.
• The chair hears none, and the substitute is adopted.
• The chair hears none, and the substitute is adopted.
• Is there an objection to the adoption of the committee substitute? and the substitute is adopted.
• There is a life safety code.

Bills: HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• Family Code and the Texas Administrative Code, period.
• of adoptive families.
• Access any post-adoption services.
• It is true that foster-to-adopt is much more affordable, while private adoption can cost anywhere from
• adoptive parents.

Bills: HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• That is already an existing code; we are not changing that, right?
• They all fall under the current code.
• Okay, but if it's possible that someone hasn't adopted the latest code, in Randy's question, this makes
• We're going to let the people of the state of Alabama decide.
• It'll be a constitutional amendment. ...of the state of Alabama.

Bills: HB141, HB161, HB231, HB67

Keywords: HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, employee associations, state payroll, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 36-1-4.3, public employees, union dues, benefits administration, payroll withholding, financial products, deferred compensation

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• representing adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoption agencies.
• to use state adoption.
• to use state adoption.
• kids were adopted.
• I am an adoptive mom and I am the founder of Life Tree Adoption Agency.

Bills: HB163, HB216, HB721, HB2035, HB2038, HB3057, HB3153, HB3233, HB3595, HB3801, HB3812, HB4076, HB4129, HB4377, HB4535, HB4666, HB4730, HB4743, HB4903, HB5149, HB5155, HB1534

Keywords: epinephrine, healthcare, emergency response, administration, medical policy, health care, itemized billing, patient rights, provider regulations, Texas Health and Safety Code, cost disclosure, insurance, benefit plan, administrators, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions, parental notice, mental health, medical licensing

Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.

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• to hunger and poverty in Alabama.
• looks like in the state of Alabama? looks like in the state of Alabama?
• families with lung disease in Alabama. families with lung disease in Alabama.
• >> I move for adoption of the amendment. >> I move for adoption of the amendment.
• Amendments been adopted. No objection. Amendments been adopted.

Bills: SB61, SB8, SB58, SB60, SB167

Keywords: school psychologist, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure compact, license reciprocity, portable license, equivalent license, professional licensing, psychology board, school mental health, student services, educational services, interstate practice, reciprocal licensing, background check, continuing education, workforce shortage, military spouse, active duty military, compact commission

Bills: SB137

Keywords: sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification

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• And so, I move for adoption. I have a motion... And so I move for adoption.
• I'm here as a citizen of Alabama, as a citizen of Auburn, to Alabama, as a citizen of Auburn, to defend
• Section 45 of the Alabama children.
• They've officially adopted that.
• Alabama has chosen to take a different Alabama has chosen to take a different path and is developing

Bills: SB320, HB67, HB247, HB161, HB165, HB91, HB90, HB471, HB363, HB479

Keywords: liquefied petroleum gas, safety regulations, public gathering places, cylinder storage, proximity regulations, parental rights, drag performances, public schools, public libraries, overnight programs, gender identity, minor safety, Gulf of America, name change, state compliance, educational materials, local resources, historical reference, building codes, standardization

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• Alabama, it's outside Tuscaloosa County.
• So, all those in favor of accepting the substitute... adopting the motion to adopt the substitute?
• I thought we just adopted it. We did, yeah. I thought we just adopted it. We did, yeah.
• So, motion to adopt the bill as substituted. I need a motion to adopt. Can I get a motion from...
• But nothing— It just says functioning pursuant to Section 34-41-24 inclusive code of Alabama 1975 has

Bills: HB25, HB108, HB109, HB111, HB112, HB113, HB117, HB118, HB119, HB120, HB121, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB127, HB128, HB129, HB130, HB131, HB25

Keywords: emergency services, 911, local districts, joint operations, contracting, HB108, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset reauthorization, board continuation, speech-language pathology, audiology, licensing board, professional regulation, healthcare regulation, occupational licensing, speech therapist, speech pathologist, audiologist, Sunset Committee, Code of Alabama 1975

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• So I'm Alan session<00:01:17.520> from<00:01:18.240> Alabama.
• I'm currently a session from Alabama.
• There are some, uh, codes dealing with fines and punishments for those things.
• Uh, without going through them, but will go through all the safety codes and building codes that are
• a discounted hunting and fishing license here in Alabama.

Bills: HB267, HB271, HB267, HB271

Keywords: HB267, Alabama, minor consent, medical consent, mental health, school counseling, parental rights, parental consent, parental access to records, health information, health records, vaccine consent, school mental health services, student counseling, youth healthcare, adolescent health, emancipated minor, pregnancy care, sexually transmitted infections, STI treatment

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• c><00:15:27.519> With<00:15:27.760> that,<00:15:27.920> I'll in the state of Alabama
• With that, I'll in the state of Alabama.
• have a death certificate to be buried there, but he couldn't be buried there because the state of Alabama
• <00:16:40.160> didn't<00:16:40.800> couldn't the state of Alabama didn't couldn't the
• state of Alabama didn't couldn't issue<00:16:41.360> him<00:16:41.440> a<00:16:41.600>

Bills: SB63, HB156, HB289, SB80, SB84, SB63, HB156, HB289, SB80, SB84

Keywords: immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens, Alabama state law, out-of-state warrants, criminal procedure, extradition, Alabama Code, arrest authority, interstate cooperation, Marshall County, TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority, in-lieu-of-taxes, payments distribution, local legislation, school funding, education finance

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• Let's give Alabama Rise two minutes to speak. Um, I'm sorry, I cannot read the name.
• I'm Robin Heiden, the executive director of Alabama Arise.
• There are 700,000 Alabama children currently on Medicaid in... ...children currently on Medicaid in Alabama
• As I said before we started, we are voting on this today, but we heard Alabama Rise's concerns.
• But I'm happy to work with Alabama Rise. Just what I think—don't pass blame on her now.

Bills: HB37, HB187, HB177, SB63, HB82, SB48, HB33, HB37, HB33

Keywords: judicial compensation, salary increase, court system, Alabama legislation, judges, HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312, solicitor's fund, clerk's fund, forensic services trust fund, budget flexibility, public safety

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• USA Health, University of South Alabama, $1.1 million.
• USA Health, University of South Alabama, $1.1 million.
• of Alabama at Birmingham, $2<00:20:48.240> million.
• <00:20:55.280> Uh<00:20:55.440> again, South Alabama, 1.1 million.
• Uh again, South Alabama, 1.1 million.

Bills: HB44, HB400, HB444, HB487, SB249, SB252, SB58, HB44, HB400, HB444, HB487, SB249, SB252, SB58

Keywords: teachers retirement, credit purchase, St. Clair County, DAY Program, pension reform, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization

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• The amendment is adopted. five nazs. The amendment is adopted. Senator<00:30:07.520> Gavan.
• I saw some other code sections.
• Uh move for the adoption. Have a second. Uh move for the adoption. Have a second.
• The amendments<01:02:37.599> adopted. amendments adopted. amendments adopted.
• does this code say? does this code say?

Bills: SB57, SB155, HB39, HB77, HB104, SB57, SB155, HB39, HB77, HB104

Keywords: property, acknowledgment, conveyance, business entities, limited liability companies, state employees, payroll deduction, salary deduction, comptroller, membership association, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, deferred compensation, state payroll, employee benefits, association dues, withholding, Alabama Code 36-1-4.3

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• They're currently not able to do this in the state of Alabama.
• So a lot of this work is not being done in the state of Alabama right now.
• It also covers moms and dads of adopted children. It also covers moms and dads of adopted children.
• I’m Matt Massie, president of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering.
• With that, the other line item that we have is the Alabama Cyber Range.

Bills: SB175, SB195, SB196, SB199

Keywords: aircraft, tax exemption, sales tax, lease tax, maintenance, Alabama, health insurance, Medicare, retirees, public education, contracts, education, high school, community college, dual enrollment, secondary credit, Move on When Ready, parental leave, state employees, local education agencies

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• The senate companion bill is an update to the Alabama business and nonprofit code.
• Most of you know that in 2013, the Alabama Law Institute undertook to revise this in whole.
• It just provides that any vaccination for a minor has to have parental consent.
• Now that person comes to Alabama.
• My intent is if someone comes through the state of Alabama... through the state of Alabama, you're just

Bills: HB2, HB43, HB49, HB94, HB137, HB156, HB200, HB250, HB3, HB42

Keywords: vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, HB49, Alabama criminal code, capital offense, capital punishment, death penalty, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, child sexual abuse

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• So, I am um um been serving the last few years as chairman of the Alabama Space Authority.
• So, I am um um been serving the last few years as chairman of the Alabama Space Authority.
• Chairman. >> Good job. >> Uh, Senate Bill 210, Senator Woods. as uh chairman of the Alabama Space as
• uh chairman of the Alabama Space Authority.<00:11:32.079> And<00:11:32.640> I<00:11:33.279

Bills: HB66, HB110, HB114, SB210, SB228, SB231, HB66, HB110, HB114, SB210, SB228, SB231

Keywords: elder abuse, financial exploitation, inheritance, joint tenancy, conviction effects, HB110, sunset bill, Alabama Sunset Law, State Board of Medical Examiners, Medical Licensure Commission, medical licensing, physician regulation, healthcare regulation, professional licensing, ethics law, state ethics code, public servants, board members, agency continuation, sunset review

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• Our first recommendation is to establish the Alabama Veterans Resource... establish the Alabama Veterans
• The second recommendation is to expand the Traumatic Brain Injury program in Alabama.
• Currently, the Alabama... program in Alabama.
• So Alabama actually has one of the best brain injury programs in the nation.
• program through the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services.

Bills: SB241, HB304, HB295, HB361

Keywords: criminal enterprise, database, law enforcement, crime management, Alabama law, impoundment, driver licenses, vehicle redemption, local identification cards, HB295, Alabama National Guard, military punishment, non-judicial punishment, Article 15, court-martial, special court-martial, disciplinary measures, commanding officer, Adjutant General, Governor

Bills: SB205, SB242, SB205, SB242

Keywords: appropriation, education funding, priority schools, Alabama education, State Department of Education, codification, state law, legal revisions, Alabama code, legislative updates, underground damage prevention, notification system, construction safety, infrastructure, commercial driver license, English proficiency, work authorization, impoundment, false documentation, 1136

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• regulations that agencies may not adopt regulations that agencies may not adopt a<00:11:50.880><
• <00:17:57.919> an state agency is adopting an state agency is adopting an environmental<00
• <00:18:10.000> approach it is one that is an Alabama approach it is one that is an Alabama
• U gold standard science Alabama.
• Um, but it down in South Alabama.

Bills: SB23, SB71, SB105, SB109, SB115, SB131, SB148, SB165

Keywords: law enforcement, taser, restrained individuals, police procedures, civil rights, income tax, tax exemption, Alabama tax code, Section 40-18-3, civilian employees, Department of Defense, DoD, Armed Forces, military pay, combat zone, deployment, National Guard, Reserve components, emergency response, federal employees