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• This bill establishes a landowner energy negotiation, agro agriculture preservation, and orphaned whale
• So with recent situations Where I think we previously heard in this committee that a young child lost
• It's all I knew as a child. We never had any issues. Now, there are people that do. I get that.

Bills: SB2173, SB2028, SB2117, SB2127, SB2134

Keywords: landowner, energy negotiation, agricultural preservation, orphaned wells, renewable energy, raw milk, unpasteurized milk, milk products, dairy, pasteurization, food safety, consumer warning label, health warning, farm sales, direct-to-consumer sales, ungraded milk, goat milk, raw milk cheese, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, agricultural regulation

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• Brenda is a family care child care provider in my district, and she, along with other family child care
• We pay $1,200 every month for child care for Dean, and we also pay $1,200 every month for child care
• goal is to have no family pay more than 7% of their income for child care and early learning, child
• child care for him, and we could not afford child care for my daughter.
• to afford quality child care.

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• . home child care for almost 11 years I am home child care for almost 11 years I am testifying<00:20:
• dundis hosts a limited number of child dundis hosts a limited number of child care<00:21:44.760>
• the other child.
• to afford quality child care.
• child welfare definition to uh child child welfare definition to uh child welfare<01:37:05.040><

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• The governor has already started an initiative, “A Home for Every Child.”
• Committee members, House Bill 3502 is the parental rights and child welfare bill.
• It ensures that no parent or prospective adoptive... ...Rights and Child Welfare Bill.
• be labeled abusive, neglectful, or disqualified from adoption simply for raising or referring to a child
• 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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• in any kind of child and all families in any kind of child welfare<00:03:22.560> setting<00:03
• And we want to with child neglect.
• And by lose them, I mean the child doesn't go to class. I mean the child walks away.
• to how things are for child care for to how things are for child care for licensed<00:28:00.720> child
• The National Family Child Care Association. It's family child care providers.

Bills: HF1918, HF2305, HF897, HF2191, HF2617, HF2551, HF2137

Keywords: HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program

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• welfare to child places from child welfare to child protection protection protection where<00:04:09.720
• for child safety and permanency at DCYF. for child safety and permanency at DCYF.
• child welfare? child welfare?
• child care is very fragile. child care is very fragile.
• I'm a child care provider.

Bills: HF4407, HF4382

Keywords: child welfare, African American children, racial disproportionality, family preservation, reunification, foster care, kinship care, relative placement, noncustodial parent, guardian ad litem, ombudsperson, Department of Human Services, county social services, active efforts, reasonable efforts, child protection, placement, out-of-home placement, Northstar kinship assistance, data disaggregation

Summary: The Children and Families Committee adopted the April 8 minutes and then took up House File 4407, as amended by the A1 amendment. The amendment, explained by nonpartisan staff, incorporated much of the Senate version of related legislation and made a series of changes: it revised the definition of “disproportionately represented child,” shifted that determination to the Commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families, made technical cross-reference and terminology updates, adjusted training requirements, set the working group to expire December 31, 2027, and added an appropriation for statewide implementation. The committee adopted the A1 amendment and then referred the bill to Ways and Means. Representative Gilman said the bill is intended to preserve the goals of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act while addressing operational, legal, and fiscal problems before statewide implementation. He argued for delaying the effective date by one year, shifting case review responsibilities to the state, and providing funding so counties are not left with an unfunded mandate. He also said the bill adds safety measures related to synthetic opioids and other imminent-harm concerns, and that the delay would allow the working group to finish its recommendations and give counties time to prepare. County officials Steve Schmidt of Meeker County/Minnesota Rural Counties and Jenny Mojo of Clay County testified in support of the bill as amended, emphasizing that counties need clearer responsibilities, staffing, training, technology, and dependable funding to implement the law successfully. Rebecca St. George of DCYF said “active efforts” is not absolutely defined and is determined case by case, often with court involvement. Members raised questions about the meaning of active efforts, the bill’s synthetic opioid language, and whether the proposal should apply more broadly rather than within this specific act. A citizen also cautioned that the opioid language should not unintentionally affect families in treatment programs. Representative Hicks warned that the fentanyl provisions could lead to broad removals and create placement problems for teens with substance use disorder, while Representative Gilman responded that the bill includes a rebuttable presumption and is meant to protect children from imminent harm.

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• But we've amended out the revisions on the child-only section as well as the wick benefits to now Where

Bills: HB4422, HB4117, HB4300, HB4298, HB2984, HB3344

Keywords: immigration, public assistance, legal status, food assistance, state benefits, family resource center, community support, employment services, kinship families, social connections, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, licensing, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, daycare, licensed child care facility, child care subsidy

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• to sustainably expand universal child care over time.
• The early child care work. The workforce is the infrastructure behind universal child care.
• The other child care facilities include Public, private, non-profit, for-profit, and faith-based child
• food program by child care facility.
• A child, Mr. Chair.

Bills: SB132, SB241

Keywords: SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation

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• the children and families and child the children and families and child wellness<00:02:41.280>
• <00:31:15.760> That's child. So then you get the truth. That's child.
• young child. Um does that help? Yeah. young child. Um does that help? Yeah.
• They have a child with complex needs, often symptoms that are aggressive, a child who is homicidal or
• initiating a child protection response. initiating a child protection response.

Bills: HF2362, HF2136, HF1316, HF2009, HF1918, HF1614

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

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• Individuals who are being investigated for potential child abuse or accessing or creating child pornography
• with free or subsidized child care.
• who regularly care for children or are essential to a licensed child care or family child care center
• The issue that really brought me here was child care, and just knowing that our child care industry needs
• I wasn't expecting child abuse to be such a huge issue, especially child abuse.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• This allows for the modification of child support redirections when in the best interest of the child
• 12 requires that child care providers who accept CCAP submit data on child enrollment and attendance
• This allows the caregiver to exclude one child, provided that the child is at least eight years old and
• welfare or child protection cases.
• Child care environments.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• Combined with SB 1146, these efforts give the Railroad Commission the opportunity to bring the orphaned
• This is the first to align with the Orphan Well Report that they already have to do.
• Orphan Well Program.
• Orphan wells does not result in ending up in the orphan well count at the Railroad Commission.
• And most wells are orphaned within 10 years of being inactive.

Bills: SB1150, SB763, SB1061, SB1146, SB1198, HB279, HB310

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

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• Orphan Wells members are inactive non-commissioned 7 8 9 bringing orphaned wells without assuming the
• Currently an operator who's 11 well, even though they never owned the well and did not orphan the well
• Alternatively, an operator could adopt the well. to bring it back into production, though not every orphaned
• suitable for production. 16 might wait for the state to prioritize and eventually plug a problematic orphan
• A well plugger who enters into a contract to plug or re-plug an orphaned well would be required to mail

Bills: SB1150, SB763, SB1061, SB1146, SB1198, HB279, HB310

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

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• data committee here and not the child data committee here and not the child care<00:26:44.880>
• of child sexual assault material?
• I don't know if my child was way. I don't know if my child was directly<00:46:31.000> harmed.
• child care centers, which we have, too. child care centers, which we have, too.
• It's child seat belts, by the way.

Bills: HF1027, HF2226, HF1916, HF1915, HF1567, HF1986

Keywords: mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds

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• this bill does, uh, it makes clear field trip supervision rules, creates a new felony offense for child
• 00:02:51.280> felony<00:02:51.680> offense<00:02:52.080> for<00:02:52.319> child
• <00:02:52.640> grooming, new felony offense for child grooming, new felony offense for child
• child. Thank you. child. Thank you.
• In closing, these proposals are practical, preventative, and focused on child safety.

Bills: HF3489, HF3550

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• So I would appreciate support. the way that child support uh colas are the way that child support uh
• abuse or accessing or creating child pornography specifically should not be working in child care centers
• care workers with free or our child care workers with free or subsidized<00:36:30.240> child<
• I wasn't expecting child abuse to be such a huge issue, and especially child abuse in child care centers
• That is a real abuse to the child.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• geographic barriers to child care. geographic barriers to child care.
• Child Well-being Disproportionality Act. Child Well-being Disproportionality Act.
• of one child inevitably includes others. of one child inevitably includes others.
• everything we do in child protection. everything we do in child protection.
• OMBbuds for family child care providers. OMBbuds for family child care providers.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• The priority number one is the welfare of the child.
• So this structure for DHR focuses on the welfare of the child.
• That's priority number one, but... ...of the child. That's for clarity's sake.
• and record... ...conversation with the child will record a conversation.
• Do it in a discreet manner, not causing additional stress to the child.

Bills: HB340

Keywords: child protection, due process, family preservation, child custody, human resources, 1136, house, all

Bills: HB2035, HB2041, HB2611, HB2860, HB4004, HB4049, SCR1032

Keywords: kinship care, child welfare, foster care, relative placement, child protection, child neglect, financial resources, behavioral health, Christian Science treatment, parental rights, group homes, children's rights, safety protocols, employee training, mental health, child safety, oversight, independent committee, transparency, accountability

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• In the bill, the family partners are the private child placing agencies under contract with DHS.
• Senate Bill 1558 clarifies a definition of a child for specific purposes of licensing Level E group homes

Bills: SB1558, SB1983, SB1796, SB1806, SB1426, SB633

Keywords: child care, licensing, definitions, foster care, child welfare, SB1983, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions, foster parent recruitment, foster parent retention