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• adulthood through our Preparation for Adult Living program, or PAL program, our transition financial
• care.
• So it's a very good program. I say that.
• One example of such programs is RX Pass.
• Older Texans rely on Medicaid for essential health care services like long-term care, prescription drug

Bills: HB 107, HB742, HB1639, HB1700, HB2071, HB2187, HB2402, HB2516, HB3211, HB4529, HB5342, HB694, HB923, HB4655

Keywords: sickle cell disease, registry, health data, confidentiality, healthcare access, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, cancer, female firefighters, health study, state health services, fire protection, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health records

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.

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• I believe if we haven't discussed it, but we have just be careful with that because it will create confusion
• I believe if we haven't discussed it, but we have just be careful with that because it will create confusion

Bills: HB67, HB89, HB67, HB89

Keywords: parental rights, drag performances, public schools, public libraries, overnight programs, gender identity, minor safety, HB89, Medicaid, pregnant women, pregnancy, prenatal care, ambulatory prenatal care, presumptive eligibility, temporary Medicaid coverage, Alabama Medicaid Agency, maternal health, low-income women, health coverage, eligibility determination

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• Department of Human Services Direct Care Department of Human Services Direct Care and<00:09:09.920
• on all of our programs, from our care to CBHH to our C.A.B. program, etc.
• on all of our programs, from our care to CBHH to our C.A.B. program, etc.
• to cbhh to our cab from all for care to cbhh to our cab program<00:59:22.400> Etc<00:59:23.400
• We want the staff of the care facility to stay working within the care facility, within Direct Care and

Bills: HF2196, HF2586, HF2187, HF2037

Keywords: mental health, emotional disturbance, terminology update, statutory cleanup, conforming amendments, children's mental health, serious mental illness, severe emotional disturbance, case management, residential treatment, outpatient services, crisis services, health plan coverage, antipsychotic drugs, medical assistance, Medicaid, foster care, juvenile court, school discipline, county board

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• > for<00:21:29.039> the program of all-inclusive care for the program of all-inclusive care
• PACE stands for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
• or needing some long-term care-type assistance.
• given cash assistance programs at any given cash assistance programs at any given time.<00:58:23.440
• Has we have the foster care program?

Bills: HF4421, HF1937, HF4675, HF4715, HF4684

Keywords: county cost share, economically distressed county, human services finance, substance use disorder treatment, SUD services, civil commitment, state aid, county levy, poverty threshold, tax-exempt acreage, property tax exemption, Minnesota human services, county fiscal relief, local government finance, chemical dependency, behavioral health, PACE, elderly, Medicaid, health services

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• Uh, some of that would depend on what the CMS requires of the program when that gets put into the status
• For most programs, this is a 24-hour care and supervision.
• For most programs, this is a 24-hour<00:25:58.160> care<00:25:58.440> and<00:25:58.560>
• I'm sick of seeing these new programs come up to circumvent the moratorium on corporate foster care,
• That I don't care about that. But this tiered system is not going to work for our program.

Bills: HF4491, HF4338, HF4288, HF4566

Keywords: Medical Assistance, Medicaid, prepayment review, claims review, fee-for-service, provider integrity, high-risk provider, high-risk service, fraud prevention, program integrity, Department of Human Services, CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, health care billing, medical claims, provider enrollment, Indian Health Service, Minnesota Statutes chapter 256B, human services, medical assistance

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• Assistance Account Program.
• So HB 5302 creates a designated account program that will continue providing financial assistance for
• This adoption assistance program passed to help those parents in the long haul.
• HHTC can redirect its time and workforce towards program improvement, care, coordination, and expanding
• It also requires the department to provide information on how to secure assistance programs for which

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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• Texans who live in assisted living communities depend on others, usually strangers, for the most part
• The owner of this assisted living also had several unlicensed care homes and is a different person than
• Personal assistance services, and in the statute, I think this is important: personal care means any
• House Bill 5243 addresses the use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, and
• Well, when you're talking about some taxpayer-funded assistance programs, I think we ought to have a

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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• Assistance Account Program grant.
• So, HB 5302 creates a designated account program that will continue providing financial assistance for
• So, if there is going to be this upfront cost, we would love to see this Adoption Assistance Program
• HETC can redirect its time and workforce towards program improvement and care coordination. ...nation
• It also requires the department to provide information on how to secure assistance programs for which

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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• the Department... ...from the President's Executive Order on foster care and directs the Department
• It creates opportunities for young people aging out of foster care to find jobs and get an education
• I believe that there are a number of children that are in the foster care system.
• We just want to make sure that they're covered to make sure that they are taken care of. Okay.
• Highest rated child care providers.

Bills: HB3131, HB3380, HB3502, HB3552, HB3849, HB3886, HB3907, HB4201, HB4302, HB3448, HB3409, HB4095, HB3637

Keywords: homelessness, shelter standards, safety, accountability, state funding, local governance, regulation, Oklahoma Homeless Shelter Safety and Accountability Act, foster care, child welfare, Department of Human Services, educational opportunities, employment support, technology in child welfare, faith-based organizations, self-sufficiency, financial literacy, HB3502, Oklahoma, children's code

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• Supplemental Aid and General Assistance programs.
• This would align with other state cash assistance programs like General Assistance and MIP.
• Right now, agencies establish their own program rules for the program, which means that depending on
• aid and general assistance programs. aid and general assistance programs.
• like general assistance and programs like general assistance and MIP.<00:52:25.599> And<00:52

Bills: HF4210, HF4212, HF4549, HF4464, HF4546, HF4447

Keywords: senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly

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• After-school programming and child care were not luxuries. They were necessities.
• We also have a wonderful farm care program where we're teaching some of our kids.
• We also have a wonderful farm care<00:41:47.040> program<00:41:47.359> where<00:41:47.680
• > we're<00:41:47.920> teaching<00:41:48.240> some care program where we're teaching
• some care program where we're teaching some of<00:41:48.560> our<00:41:48.720> kids.

Bills: HF3714, HF4399, HF4176, HF2544, HF60, HF4231, HF4232

Keywords: foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility

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• Thank you for taking care of these kids. Thank you for supporting their growth and their learning.
• It was a child care center at some point way back when, and they're here visiting us today.
• Hagler is a leader in district-wide career and technical education programming, and she's... ...is a
• eligibility, program terms, and reporting requirements, making an appropriation.
• and to report the results of the study with a recommendation on how to implement such a program.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• If it does, we feel strongly that the six amendments in our nature-based child care program written testimony
• Um, the A5 amendment inserts into House File 4432, which creates an exemption to the child care assistance
• Um, the A5 amendment inserts into House File 4432, which creates an exemption to the child care assistance
• And so what this amendment does, it creates a board, an early care and education program board.
• early care and education program board. early care and education program board.

Bills: HF4382, HF2929

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size

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• the changes to uh federal programs the changes to uh federal programs eligibility<00:11:30.640><
• care, and economic opportunities. care, and economic opportunities.
• , health care, or community support depends on spare change in a pocket.
• assistance uh to this should it it pass. assistance uh to this should it it pass.
• ride free program. Um bear with me here. ride free program. Um bear with me here.

Bills: HB2116, HB1879, HB2214, HB2310, HB2168, HB2427, HB2560, HB1596, HB2197, HB2498, HB2167

Keywords: grants, community engagement, nonprofit organizations, federal assistance, volunteering, youth transit, public transportation, subsidized transit, environment, energy independence, affordable transportation, Hawaii, diaper tax credit, families, low-income, childcare, health, Hawaii Department of Human Services, DHS, emergency appropriation

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to human services, homelessness, transit, and family supports. HB 2116 HD1, concerning grants from the Office of Community Services to nonprofits providing training and volunteerism opportunities, drew strong support from Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, and multiple organizations in written testimony. Supporters said the bill would help vulnerable people affected by federal program changes and cuts by connecting them to reintegration and support services. HB 1879 HD1, establishing a subsidized youth transit program coordinated with counties, received extensive testimony in support from the Department of Health, Department of Taxation, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Aloha United Way, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii State Youth Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Greenpeace Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, and others. Testifiers emphasized equity, school attendance, reduced transportation costs, climate benefits, and broader access for youth. Several witnesses urged amendments to make the program universal rather than means-tested, and committee discussion noted implementation questions for neighbor islands and rural areas. HB 2214, creating a refundable diaper tax credit for low-income families with children age four and under, was supported by the Hawaii Diaper Bank, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, and several other organizations. The Department of Taxation recommended making the credit non-refundable and clarifying definitions to aid administration, while supporters argued refundability was important for low-income families who may owe little or no income tax. HB 2310, an emergency appropriation to replenish DHS funds used to provide SNAP benefits during a federal shutdown, also drew broad support from DHS, Catholic Charities, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Aloha United Way, and others; witnesses praised the state’s rapid response and said the appropriation would prepare DHS for future emergencies. The committee also heard HB 2168 HD1 and HB 2427 HD1 on education for students experiencing homelessness and unaccompanied homeless youth; the Attorney General recommended technical amendments to avoid conflicts with existing law and to clarify McKinney-Vento-related definitions, while advocates stressed the need for school access, transportation, meals, and other supports for homeless and runaway youth.

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• In addition, the new contract agreement that covers more than 38,000 workers in four home care programs
• The agreement includes a $1.5 million program to create an online matching service, and home care workers
• of the programs the PCA Choice program of the programs the PCA Choice program and<00:03:46.280><
• So many care workers have no retirement, and so this would be a huge step forward funding for these programs
• The project calls for students entering this program, whether job seekers, direct care workers, family

Bills: HF2367, HF2319, HF2523, HF1742, HF671, HF2331, HF2722, HF2406, HF1674

Keywords: HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust

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• Why would we deny care, and why is it that we deny care for some and not others?
• care that they deserve.
• Health Care Cost Containment System, including Arizona Long Term Care System program contractors and
• access to care.
• Madam Chair, Member, Senate Bill 1564 requires assisted living facilities and nursing care institutions

Bills: SB1014, SB1094, SB1146, SB1177, SB1192, SB1194, SB1214, SB1372, SB1390, SB1398, SB1399, SB1494, SB1557, SB1561, SB1564, SB1602, SB1603, SB1621, SB1628, SB1629, SB1713, SB1752, SB1776, SB1813, SB1814, SB1821

Keywords: gender transition, gender detransition, health insurance, medical procedures, insurance claims, official documents, Arizona law, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, dependent children, foster care, periodic review, court hearings, child welfare, public funds, prohibition, Arizona legislation

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several health-related bills, with the longest discussion centered on SB 1214, the Arizona Stem Cell Therapy Act. The bill would regulate stem cell and birth tissue therapies, bar use of tissues derived from aborted fetuses or embryos, require informed consent and disclosure for non-FDA-approved therapies, and create civil and criminal penalties for violations. Supporters framed it as a patient-safety and bioscience-innovation measure, while opponents objected to the abortion-related language and felony penalties. The committee approved SB 1214 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also advanced SB 1194, which would prohibit health professionals and institutions from denying care or reducing care quality based on vaccination status, and SB 1814, which creates a study committee on substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight. SB 1602, increasing monthly stipends for kinship foster care parents, and SB 1603, expanding child-only cash assistance eligibility for certain foster and relative placements, were both amended and passed unanimously. SB 1177, barring public funds from being used for gender transition procedures, and SB 1014, requiring insurance coverage for detransition care and related reporting, both drew strong support and opposition and were each approved on 4-3 votes. Later, the committee unanimously passed SB 1628, requiring insurers and health plans to report claims-denial and prior-authorization data to DIFI for public reporting, and SB 1629, requiring AHCCCS managed care organizations to give advance notice and network-adequacy documentation before terminating high-volume providers without cause. Supporters of both bills emphasized transparency and patient access, while opponents argued the measures duplicated existing federal or state oversight. The committee then heard SB 1752, which would criminalize commercial harvesting or sale of mescaline while preserving a religious-use defense; the sponsor said it was intended to address improper sales of peyote-derived substances, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.

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• Uh, every session we adjust because of the programs that we run based on focused program, so that we
• Uh, every session we adjust because of the programs that we run based on focused program, so that we
• > adjustment committees Minnesota care adjustment committees Minnesota care adjustment medical
• medical assistance and the behavioral medical assistance and the behavioral health<00:01:35.280>
• into the Medicaid program through fees. into the Medicaid program through fees.

Bills: HF2995, HF2434

Keywords: human services, funding, appropriations, MinnesotaCare, behavioral health, general assistance, healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact the committee staff.
• There may need to be an adjustment to the way this program is the, the surcharges I have.
• , or what the former witness referred to as the Omni-base program.
• They can't take care of themselves. They don't know if danger is lurking.
• I'm an assistant DA in Chambers County.

Bills: HB316

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, affordable care act, medical assistance, federal funding

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• I see them relying on medical assistance for their health care coverage to access primary care.
• This program is critical to ensuring access to care for all Minnesotans.
• This program is critical to ensuring access to care for all Minnesotans.
• This program is critical to ensuring access to care for all Minnesotans.
• This program is critical to ensuring access to care for all Minnesotans.

Bills: HF1005

Keywords: health insurance, medical assistance, behavioral health, reimbursement rates, primary care services, physician fee schedule, managed care, residential services, 1183, house

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• County responsibility for cost of care for individuals in the Minnesota sex offender program effective
• As a highly specialized health care system, direct care and treatment cannot operate programs without
• programs, will reduce access to care for thousands of Minnesota residents who need a safe, drug-free
• Second, you fund the tentative contract agreement for SCIU home care workers and for home care programs
• It eliminates barriers for children to access care, and we need to keep that program going.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding