Video & Transcript Research : 'rate cases'
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TX
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- We appreciate and recognize the rate compression policies in place today and lowering the rate for all
- Sure, so we have the voter approved rate, which is the highest rate that you could approve without a,
- We have typically adopted a rate lower than the voter approved rate in the last several years in order
- to keep our property tax rate low.
- But what you're saying is right, that yes, tax rates go up and then that tax rate is paid by everyone
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Mar 20th, 2025
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health
Transcript Highlights:
- They allow industry to rate and in the food industry, they have generally accepted safe products.
- that's something I've been selected for because of the complexity of these autoimmune encephalitis cases
- are designed to start to degrade by the time it actually gets to your shelf, whereas that's not the case
- We can hopefully maybe some smarter people will come up, but I believe that's the case. I mean it.
- Um, and in that case, I'm, I'm not prepared with images today, but I can send them to your offices.
TX
TX
OK
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- regulate insurance rates?
- to lower rates.
- rate that's being filed, it has no impact on that rate that's being filed.
- To raise rates, then another carrier can come in and just charge a lesser rate.
- I think that the original idea here was that this would be done sort of like a utilities rate case in
Keywords:
insurance, nonadmitted insurers, surplus lines, insurance regulation, Oklahoma, health insurance, contracting entities, medical providers, enrollment, beneficiary rights, property and casualty, rates, filing, Insurance Commissioner, regulation, property, regulations, actuary, rate filing, independent review
TX
Keywords:
real property, fraud, theft, elderly, disabled, statute of limitations, criminal offense, property rights, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the voter approval tax rate, previously known as the rollback rate, for cities and counties from a certain
- Lowers the rollback of the old rollback rate, now the voter-approved rate, to two and a half percent.
- Affect debt rate setting across the state.
- Now, as we know, in the Lowe case, which is a Texas Supreme Court case, and the Scrimeti case, this is
- We can do it on a case-by-case basis."
Keywords:
real property, fraud, theft, elderly, disabled, statute of limitations, criminal offense, property rights, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Urban and Rural Development Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Urban and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- kind of helps that system that's already guided because the PSC would take information and set the rates
- It also adds a structure in case of a disaster to a great deal.
Keywords:
foreign investment, agriculture, property rights, critical infrastructure, sanctions, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates, wastewater management, Alabama utilities, Jefferson County Board of Health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It does take time, which jeopardizes the case, and also a lot of times when they come in, they claim
- Death rate. We are now the number one nation of human trafficking in the entire world.
- Which in most cases, they don't in that area. OK, thank you, Mr. Woodward. Uh, any other questions?
- People can't, can't occupy their own homes in many cases in South Texas.
- We cannot wait for the federal government in each and every one of these cases.
TX
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- They are not consistently granted in-state tuition rates across all Texas institutions.
- these students, who are actively preparing for military service, receive resident tuition and fee rates
TX
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Health Services (1-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- atrip program the hospital rate atrip program the hospital rate Improvement<00:26:05.600>
plan - We are very excited to be here today to share the wonderful success of the Hospital Rate Improvement
- So this is bringing those payments up to 95% of the average commercial rate.
- That is not a negotiated rate. The federal government sets that price through regulations.
- <00:51:16.720>
the that is not a negotiated rate the that is not a negotiated rate the federal
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00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call
00:16 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations
25:49 Discussion of Hospital Rate Improvement Plan
58:50 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The committee began by reviewing a large slate of administrative regulations and explaining that it does not approve regulations but can find them deficient and send them back for further work. Members then asked questions on several items, including EMS reciprocity, dental hygienist licensure, and interpreter licensure. The EMS board explained that reciprocity would extend to applicants from any state, not just contiguous states, because the underlying statute had been amended. On the dental regulation, staff said the changes mainly clarified licensure requirements, reinstatement fees, and that dental hygienists administering local anesthetic must do so under direct dentist supervision.
The most extended discussion involved the Board of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The board chair said the main concern was that the EIPA is an educational specialty assessment, not a nationally recognized certification, yet the regulation would allow it to support full licensure. Members discussed whether that could let educational interpreters work outside their intended scope and whether a separate educational license or statutory change would be more appropriate. The board said it did not think the regulation could be fixed further at this point and suggested a statute could create a narrower educational interpreter license. After discussion, the committee voted to defer both related interpreter regulations, 201 KAR 39:030 and the companion regulation, for further work.
The committee then took up two community mental health regulations, 907 KAR 1:044 and 907 KAR 5:005, which had been found deficient in Administrative Regulations. Department for Medicaid Services staff said the rules would expand and rename the mental health associate role as a behavioral health associate, making the role available in many more facilities, but would also require additional coursework or progress toward licensure. Some members and providers raised access-to-care concerns, especially for rural areas and unlicensed staff already working in the field. Staff said the proposal had been revised through work with CMHCs and licensing boards, but the committee ultimately voted to defer both regulations as well.
After finishing the regulation review, the committee heard a presentation from the Kentucky Hospital Association on the ATRIP hospital rate improvement program. Hospital representatives said ATRIP is a Medicaid state-directed payment program funded through a provider tax and federal matching dollars, allowing hospitals to receive payments tied to quality measures. They reported improvements including lower Medicaid readmissions, high sepsis screening rates, reduced infections and opioid prescribing, expanded postpartum depression and suicide screening, and training for more than 1,000 people. They said the program has helped hospitals invest in staffing and quality improvement and warned that without it, many hospitals would face severe financial strain.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (2-14-24)
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KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcL0JsBeZTI, 2026-06-21T07:17:06+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:07
Medicaid Nursing Home Rate Rebase 00:00:33
Medicaid Funding Sources 00:10:06
Personnel Cabinet Update on Classification & Compensation Report 00:31:00
NKY Medical Examiner Office & KSP Crime Lab 00:39:12
Medicaid Out-of-State Reimbursement Rate 00:55:22, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It says may fine, and so we do make a decision on that on a case-by-case basis.
- I would say that case-by-case basis.
- basis and we have case-by-case basis and we have discretion<00:15:40.360>
whether <00:15:40.520 - of growth in Medicaid, how much the rate of growth in Medicaid, how much rate<01:23:24.520>
of - I'll rest my case for now. I'm supposed to keep my heart rate a little low.
Keywords:
home care, licensing, fines, advisory council, grant program, client safety, healthcare regulation, HF3375, Minnesota disability waiver, waiver rate system, human services, individualized home supports, individualized home supports with training, individualized home supports with family training, positive support services, employment support services, employment development services, employment exploration services, billing limits, service authorization year
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Everything is the same tax rate right now, right? It's the same. Yeah, there's a uniform tax rate.
- In many cases, years. In many cases, years. That's a very... No, it's five.
- cents back in 2018. to our current rate of $0.379, which is actually the no-new-revenue rate for the
- In some cases, pardon me? Good man.
- They kept the tax rate the same and they say, "Hey, it wasn't us; we kept the tax rate the same."
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SB467, SB325, SB867, SB994, SB1052, SB1237, SB1449, SB1531, SB2063, SB2172, SB2173, SB2520, SB2529, SB2538, SB2541, SJR46, SJR84
Keywords:
SB 467, Texas property tax, ad valorem tax, homestead exemption, residence homestead, fire damage, house fire, destroyed home, temporary tax relief, appraisal district, chief appraiser, local taxing unit, tax rollback, tax refund, Tax Code Chapter 11, prorated exemption, homestead improvement, disaster relief, property tax exemption, residential property
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A market-rate one-bedroom might be $1,500, and the market rate on one-bedroom, or excuse me, 60% AMI.
- Tax rates change every year.
- In some cases, it's for food; in other cases, it might be for workforce training, and in other cases,
- Turner, City of Houston case.
- But I was sort of digging into the case line and was interested to see that most of the older cases..
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So, in Texas, members, people are experiencing homelessness at a continuously growing rate, and it is
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
TX
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- agencies in economically disadvantaged areas, they can purchase surplus DPS vehicles at a discounted rate
- agencies in economically disadvantaged areas, they can purchase surplus DPS vehicles at a discounted rate
- occupancy tax revenues by eligible coastal communities, and the bill modifies the voter approval tax rate
- The bill modifies the voter approval tax rate formula to include those hotel funds if they are misspent
Keywords:
expedited service, business records, veteran-owned businesses, franchise tax, fee schedule, surplus vehicles, law enforcement equipment, school districts, Texas Facilities Commission, economically disadvantaged areas, HB 5596, voter-approval tax rate, property tax, ad valorem tax, Tax Code, Texas municipalities, coastal municipality, eligible coastal municipality, municipal hotel occupancy tax, hotel occupancy tax revenue
Summary:
The Senate Economic Development Committee heard and laid out several measures focused on school safety, Texas-Taiwan relations, defense manufacturing, business formation, hotel tax policy, and NASA relocation. HB 1851 would allow surplus DPS vehicles and law enforcement equipment to be transferred to school districts in economically disadvantaged areas for use by school police and security personnel, with a two-year resale restriction. HCR 127 expressed support for the Texas-Taiwan relationship and trade ties, HCR 118 supported expanding warship manufacturing in Texas, HCR 141 urged Congress to move NASA headquarters to Houston, HB 346 (with a committee substitute) revised business filing and fee authority while making permanent a franchise tax exemption for new veteran-owned businesses, HB 2974 was an omnibus hotel occupancy tax and qualified hotel project bill, and HB 5596 addressed accountability for municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues in coastal communities. Witnesses generally supported the measures, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association on HB 2974 and resource witnesses from the Texas Veterans Commission and Secretary of State on HB 346; no opposition testimony was registered on the laid-out bills.
After public testimony, the committee took up pending business and adopted committee substitutes where applicable. HB 1851, HB 346, HB 2974, and HB 5596 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, with HB 346 and HB 2974 also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HCR 127 and HCR 118 were reported favorably as well, and HCR 127 and HCR 141 were likewise recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also reported HB 4320 favorably, though the transcript repeats that motion several times. The meeting ended with the committee standing in recess until 7:00 a.m. subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill modifies the voter approval tax rate formula to include those HOP funds if they are spent outside
Keywords:
expedited service, business records, veteran-owned businesses, franchise tax, fee schedule, surplus vehicles, law enforcement equipment, school districts, Texas Facilities Commission, economically disadvantaged areas, HB 5596, voter-approval tax rate, property tax, ad valorem tax, Tax Code, Texas municipalities, coastal municipality, eligible coastal municipality, municipal hotel occupancy tax, hotel occupancy tax revenue
TX
Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, solid waste, landfill permits, environmental regulation, population density, municipal waste management, gas utilities, cost recovery, regulatory asset, rate making, Texas Railroad Commission