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• First is an amendment to the budget resolution.
• We need to amend the budget resolution in order to account for the claims bill that is before us today
• the budres02-1-1 amendment and ask nonpartisan staff to briefly describe what we're doing to the budget
• The only change you'll see in the budget resolution is to the overall limit on the net general fund amount

Bills: SF3446, HF3247

Keywords: claims against the state, settlement, appropriations, exoneration, corrections claims, claims, state appropriation, corrections, community service, 1183, house

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• <03:38:46.960><c> is</c> budget is budget is passed.<03:38:48.800><c> Mr.
• for in the next budget.
• That will mean either fewer budget.
• </c> The House version of the budget The House version of the budget allocates<05:19:56.080><c> 36</c
• How would the district budget answers. How would the district budget for<06:31:00.878><c> this?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• They were able to plan for it and budget for it, and it works.
• We at Manchester Housing, as an independent public nonprofit, our budgets are very tight.
• Public nonprofit, our budgets are very tight.
• Two, it creates unpredictability and additional costs in municipal budgeting.
• ,</c> additional costs in municipal budgeting, additional costs in municipal budgeting, let's<02:16:45.280

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We're an entire budget for the state.
• I look at kind of some of at the budget.
• It's in your budget as SBIR.
• You'll see it in our regular budget and in our exception budget.
• You'll see it in our regular budget and in our exception budget.

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c> say what can we do from a budget say what can we do from a budget standpoint<01:08:36.560><c> because
• Uh so that we we just want to go budget.
• </c> income in dollars on the budget by year? income in dollars on the budget by year?
• </c> anticipate as a state what our budget anticipate as a state what our budget shortfalls<01:14:40.159
• Yet the budget is growing unsustainably. Okay.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board reconvened and heard a presentation from the Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control unit. AG staff described the unit’s structure and work: it investigates and prosecutes Medicaid provider fraud, and also handles abuse, neglect, and exploitation cases involving vulnerable adults in facility settings when asked to assist. They said the office has prosecutors, detectives, auditors, and support staff, works with federal partners, Commonwealth’s attorneys, CHFS, DMS, OIG, and MCOs, and uses a hotline and referral line for complaints. They also explained the MCO referral process, including monthly meetings, stand-down lists, and review of referrals for a “credible allegation of fraud” before the AG office decides whether to open a criminal or civil investigation. The presentation focused heavily on current fraud trends. Staff said behavioral health is a major concern, along with participant-directed waiver services, medically assisted treatment, cash billing for services, controlled-substance billing, and vision and dental fraud. They gave examples such as duplicate time sheets for family caregivers, questionable Suboxone counseling and urine drug screening practices, and a prior optometry case involving false claims for children’s glasses. They also discussed CMS’s estimate that about 5% of Medicaid payments are improper, noted that most improper payments are at the fee-for-service level, and said there is no reliable overall fraud-rate estimate. They highlighted a sharp shift in behavioral health billing after the cabinet’s November 1, 2024 policy changes, saying individual psychotherapy spending dropped while group billing increased, suggesting providers may have moved billing to different codes. Members asked about the scale and timing of cases, how MCO referrals are screened, and whether the data reflected more people being served or just higher spending. The AG office said investigations can take years, with some federal cases still awaiting sentencing from 2018 and 2019 matters, and that they currently had nine individuals awaiting sentencing in federal court. They also reported 58 hotline reports during the referenced period, six cases opened from MCO referrals, and four additional MCO referrals not accepted for active cases. Several members raised concerns about home-based services and the risk of abuse or fraud when family members are reimbursed, and asked whether the process could be streamlined; the AG office said it had no immediate recommendations but would be willing to return with suggestions after further review.

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• In fact, health centers serve 6% of the Medicaid population in the state on one budget.
• </c><00:16:53.360><c> being</c> about my bill and food budget being about my bill and food budget being
• Thank you. program by paying into the state budget program by paying into the state budget which<00:35
• Even the governor's budget proposal has reinsurance included.
• > governor's budget proposal has governor's budget proposal has reinsurance reinsurance reinsurance included

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• understanding yet of how all of these, uh, categoricals and such play together as we look at what our budget
• </c> component of the State education budget component of the State education budget as<00:29:38.039>
• </c> within the education finance budget within the education finance budget jurisdiction<01:39:02.639
• </c> to the Grant and then develop a budget to the Grant and then develop a budget for<01:43:00.400><
• </c><01:43:23.960><c> upon</c><01:43:24.159><c> in</c> budget budget that was agreed upon in budget budget

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><00:18:22.799><c> will</c> But let's review what their budget will But let's review what their budget
• Nuome introduced his budget proposal in Nuome introduced his budget proposal in Sacramento<00:29:38.240
• Isel, for 5 minutes. budget reconciliation package. We got to budget reconciliation package.
• Budgets are about lately.
• Congress passes budgets. government. Congress passes budgets.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c> when local citizens formed a budget when local citizens formed a budget brigade<00:21:27.120><c>
• </c> of the budget committee last week. of the budget committee last week.
• :19.119><c> to</c> budget reflects a commitment to budget reflects a commitment to responsible<00:40:
• </c> establishing the congressional budget establishing the congressional budget for<02:27:35.680><c>
• </c> establishing the congressional budget establishing the congressional budget for<04:10:08.640><c>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• If you look at the budget, 10% of the law enforcement budget over five years, you're talking about millions
• I'm grateful that we've included funding in our budget to move a step forward.
• I'm grateful that we've included funding in our budget to move a step forward with this bill.
• Is that as a result of the $31.5 million that the state put in the budget for?
• hearings, the annual budget hearings that occur, to discuss these things.

Summary: The hearing covered several child welfare, human services, tribal housing, child care, and long-term care bills. SB 1099 would clarify local governments’ authority to provide state or local public benefits to all residents under PRWORA; SB 1190 would regulate private youth transport services by requiring permits, background checks, training, and bans on blindfolds, hoods, restraints, and overnight pickups; SB 1322 would streamline tribal access to Community Care Expansion housing grants and better align the process with tribal sovereignty; SB 1109 would require an annual license renewal review for STRTPs with five or more Type A citations in a year; SB 1234 would require fentanyl testing in juvenile dependency cases when a court finds a risk of fentanyl use; SB 991 would require DSS to identify the specific type of abuse on its public licensing database; SB 1200 would redefine “infant” for family child care ratio purposes as under 18 months; and SB 1345 would strengthen foster youth rights regarding access to and dignified transport of personal belongings. The committee also approved a consent calendar including SB 534, SB 1410, and SB 1421. Testimony was largely in support of the measures, often from authors, advocates, county officials, and people with lived experience. Supporters of SB 1190 described traumatic youth transport practices and argued for basic safety standards. SB 1322 supporters said tribal grantees face unnecessary delays and collateral demands that conflict with sovereignty. SB 1109 drew support from county probation officers who cited repeated serious violations and public safety concerns at STRTPs, while the chair ultimately opposed the bill as duplicative of existing CDSS authority. SB 1234 drew emotional support from a grandparent who lost a child to fentanyl, but also opposition from the Drug Policy Alliance and a dependency attorney, who argued the bill was redundant, vague, and could create biased or unnecessary testing; amendments were accepted to narrow the standard. SB 991 supporters said the public needs more specific information about abuse findings, SB 1200 supporters said the change would expand infant care capacity and help working families, and SB 1345 supporters said foster youth deserve dignity rather than having belongings packed in trash bags. Votes were taken after quorum was established. SB 991, SB 1200, SB 1345, SB 1190, SB 1234, SB 1322, and SB 1099 were all reported out of committee, most on unanimous or near-unanimous votes; SB 1234 passed 6-0 as amended to Appropriations, and SB 1099 later had a vote change recorded, ending 5-1. SB 1109 did not advance after the motion failed for lack of a second, and it was held in committee. The committee then adjourned and transitioned into an oversight hearing reviewing the outcomes of AB 2247 (placement stability and notice protections for foster youth) and AB 2496, with presenters discussing how the earlier foster youth placement law has changed practice and the importance of dignity, notice, and youth voice in placement decisions.

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• ALDOT's budget is constrained to revenue ALDOT's budget is constrained to revenue from<00:35:26.240><
• It would be out of a $2.5 billion budget, which is what we're currently doing.
• So, next October would not affect this budget cycle and/or the one coming up.
• </c> of a $2.5 billion budget of a $2.5 billion budget is<00:43:17.599><c> what</c><00:43:17.760><c>
• </c> budget cycle andor the one coming up. budget cycle andor the one coming up.

Bills: SB222, HB560, HB475, HB484, HB583, HB542, HB566, SB222, HB560, HB475, HB484, HB583, HB542, HB566

Keywords: medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance, insolvency, debt readjustment, federal bankruptcy law, Alabama Code 11-58-5.2, library materials

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• So, Representative Carter, Representative Martinez, no, I mean, you've put money through the budget,
• It is still the duty of the member who's running the bill to fight for this in the budget.
• in the budget.
• Where is the Navajo Nation in this budget?'
• And it's a fight in the budget, and you're going to try to get whatever you can in the budget to get

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy Arizona Department of Transportation presentation on major corridor projects, beginning with Interstate 11. ADOT Director Jennifer Toth said the entire 280-mile I-11 corridor from Nogales to the Nevada line is covered by a federal lawsuit, which has paused Tier 2 work pending a Tier 1 reevaluation and public comment period expected later this year and into early 2027. Members asked whether the northern segment could move forward separately; ADOT said the lawsuit covers the full corridor and that segmentation would likely add time and cost. The committee also heard updates on SR 347 and the I-10 Wild Horse Pass corridor, including widening, interchange reconstructions, grade separations, and traffic-management improvements, with members raising concerns about congestion, signal timing, construction hours, signage, and safety. ADOT also presented the West Kingman I-40/US 93 project, a $106.5 million free-flow ramp project that is about 60% complete and expected to finish in early 2027; members discussed temporary traffic controls near Beale Street and the need for better access and safety in the area. The committee then moved to a mass hearing on the Regional Transportation Advocacy Council (RTAC) bill, House Bill 2304, which appropriates about $473 million for a list of rural and small-metro highway projects. Testimony came from regional planning organizations, county officials, mayors, and city staff supporting projects in Apache Junction, Show Low, Chino Valley, Sedona, Eloy, Coolidge, Casa Grande, Lake Havasu City, Clarkdale, San Luis, and Yavapai County. Speakers described projects such as road widenings, bypasses, bridge and interchange improvements, flood and evacuation routes, freight access, and safety upgrades, often emphasizing local matching funds, shovel-ready status, and economic development benefits. Committee members frequently asked about traffic flow, emergency access, and project design details, while the chair reminded witnesses that support in the budget would still depend on members advocating for the projects during budget negotiations. No final vote on the RTAC bill or the individual project bills was taken in the portion provided, but the chair announced a mass-motion approach: members and witnesses would be allowed to speak briefly on each project, after which the committee would vote on the package together. The meeting also included brief staff explanations of several individual appropriation bills, including funding for Apache Junction, the Wolford Road extension in Show Low, Ray Lane in Graham County, SR 89 widening in Chino Valley, and Sedona roadway and roundabout-related improvements.

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• That's what the budget process is all about.
• Yes, we need to not cut the disabled people's funding in the budget.
• I want to ask you another question about the Attorney General’s comments in budget.
• The words were phrased in budget.
• Your Committee on Budget will reconvene at 7:30 p.m. this day. Thank you. Lady from Buchanan.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal by roll call vote, 115-6. Members then used points of personal privilege to honor Redd Foxx for Black History Month and to remember former Mayor Frank Klipsch, followed by the introduction of a first-grade special guest page for the day. The chamber also received first readings of three bills on mental health efforts in public schools, public labor organizations, and state contracts with certain telecommunications companies, along with committee reports recommending passage of several bills. The House then debated and passed several measures. A large vehicle-inspection bill, House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1838, 1692, 1695, 1983, 2036, 2662, and 2743, drew extended debate over whether inspections improve safety or impose unnecessary costs; it passed 104-43. House Bill 1917, a Jefferson County water district bill aimed at removing a local obstacle to a long-planned development, passed 148-2. House Bill 261, as amended, was approved 109-21 to require Missouri schools and universities to adopt nondiscriminatory policies protecting Jewish students from antisemitic harassment, using the IHRA definition as a guide while stating it would not limit First Amendment rights. Members also passed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2384, 92-61, which would limit local energy-code mandates and reduce housing construction costs, despite objections that it would preempt local control and roll back newer codes. The chamber then moved into perfection and took up House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2989, a major gaming-regulation bill intended to legalize and regulate video lottery terminals and crack down on illegal machines. Multiple amendments were adopted, including a $250-per-terminal fee dedicated to developmental disability services, local opt-out and operating-hour provisions, a shorter grace period for existing machines, property-tax language, a 21-and-over restricted area requirement, a larger warning label, and a historical funding provision for the steamboat Arabia. Debate continued on the bill and its amendments, with supporters emphasizing regulation, local control, and new revenue, and opponents warning about gambling expansion, enforcement problems, and social harms.

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• I operate two stations, five apparatus, on an annual budget of a little over $60,000.
• </c> budget of a little over $60,000. budget of a little over $60,000.
• So in this budget of revenue that your volunteer fire departments have, what's the percentage there?
• ><c> that</c><00:36:13.440><c> your</c> this budget of revenue that your this budget of revenue that
• for two stations and five budget for two stations and five apparatus<00:37:12.000><c> and</c><00:37:

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• </c> your vision as we come into a new budget your vision as we come into a new budget cycle<00:02:12.800
• Uh we'll in this last budget cycle.
• And the last question that I have is: What is the office's total budget?
• Not just office's uh total budget?
• </c> like what is your all's budget? like what is your all's budget?

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:08 Approval of Minutes 00:43 KOAP Report 00:59 KY Office of Drug Control Policy 23:04, 958, all

Summary: The committee met on September 18, 2025, approved the July 10 minutes, and received Brandon Reid’s monthly report on Kentucky agriculture development and finance activity for July and August. Reid emphasized the long-running structure created under House Bill 611 and Senate Bill 28, the role of county agriculture development councils in all 120 counties, and the importance of the program as a national model for supporting Kentucky agriculture. He also introduced new staff and interns, including a new loan programs manager, Rachel Coward, and project manager Kylie Davis. For July, the development board reported $3.4 million invested in agriculture and the finance corporation reported $3.1 million in loans. Highlights included 11 county council meetings, site visits, program reviews, and 18 project reports. July approvals included county agriculture incentive programs, deceased farm animal removal programs, youth incentive programs, county/state projects, infrastructure loans, an agriculture processing loan, and beginning farmer loans. Staff also noted that all 120 counties had submitted their required five-year comprehensive plans on schedule. Bill McCloskey then highlighted several funded projects, including Dino’s Farm LLC in Jefferson County, which received support to purchase a meat processing facility and equipment, with the goal of creating market opportunities for goat, sheep, and cattle producers and establishing Kentucky’s first halal meat processing facility. Other projects included a veterinarian facility project to address large animal vet shortages and Grow Appalachia at Berea College, which provides technical assistance and market support for small-scale and eastern Kentucky producers. Members discussed the need for programs such as high tunnels and other small-scale opportunities in rural areas, and staff noted related resources such as CAPE and NRCS funding. For August, the board reported $500,000 in development board investments and just over $3 million in finance corporation loans, along with fewer staff activities than July but continued county council, site visit, and project review work. August approvals included county agriculture incentive programs, deceased animal removal programs, youth incentive programs, county/state projects, agriculture infrastructure loans, beginning farmer loans, and a horticulture incentives loan. Additional project updates included another veterinary equipment purchase, emergency safety equipment in Graves County, and a food safety and efficiency incentive for Jared Cornet.

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• Right now I'm wearing the hat of the CYFD budget analyst, and with me at the table is Emily Hilla.
• of those individual funding items were because you all as a legislative body held CYFD's operating budget
• That's what we do here is build a budget.
• And part of what this agency answers to is that budget, and that budget is to keep children healthy,
• I know in other sections of the budget, not in the CYFD budget.

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• The grant money is a rider in the budget and it's tied to the passage of this bill.
• And we're doing so by having $20 million in the budget. small amount of money.
• The other four counties would need to absorb it in their budget.
• And as we all know, those budgets are big, and I think a 287G program... should be self-funded within
• Budget buster for El Paso County eating up all of its or substantially. its budget for anything else,

Keywords: HCR65, HCR19, Senate resolutions, memorial, community impact, legislative proceedings

Summary: The recent Senate meeting primarily covered two resolutions, HCR65 and HCR19, both of which were passed unanimously with little to no opposition. HCR65 was introduced in memory of Tracy Lee Vincent of Longview, while HCR19 was presented to honor the late Terrell Lynn Roberts of Angleton. The meeting included brief addresses from several senators, who shared personal reflections on the impacts of the individuals being honored and expressed gratitude for their contributions to the community. This collaborative atmosphere showcased the members' capacity for camaraderie and respect, emphasizing the importance of human connection in legislative proceedings.

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• the need is much greater than this ask, but understanding the challenges you face in balancing the budget
• We do receive about— and the entire network probably receives— we receive less than 10% of our budget
• </c> we receive less than 10% of our budget we receive less than 10% of our budget in<00:20:58.080><c
• and all that sort of thing um budgets and all that sort of thing um but<00:30:24.519><c> I</c><00:30
• , the cost of food even at the wholesale level is impacting food bank budgets.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• that if this group want to change and then this group don't then and the other thing if are those budgets
• In my mind the budgets would kind of go together.
• the fact that if this group want to change and then this group don't, and the other thing, if those budgets
• In my mind the budgets would kind of go together.
• Change and then this group don't, and the other thing, if those budgets are going to be put together,

Bills: HB8, HB380, HB8, HB380

Keywords: tobacco regulation, vaping, sales restrictions, youth protection, tobacco compliance, public health, education programs, electronic nicotine delivery systems, human cloning, criminal penalties, embryo, genetic modification, bioethics, campus chaplain, chaplain, school chaplain, volunteer, public K-12 schools, public schools, public charter schools

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• Challenges in this space included meeting the budget neutrality requirement because Medicaid is less
• expensive... ...included meeting the budget neutrality requirement because Medicaid is less expensive
• And so it's difficult to make the case to the federal government that this will be budget neutral for
• means is the idea behind managed care is that you sort of shift the risk and have a little bit more budget
• So that is a goal of our transition to managed care by enforcing budget predictability, hopefully, with

Summary: The Senate Health and Welfare Committee received an update from the Department of Health and Welfare on House Bill 345 and Idaho’s transition to comprehensive Medicaid managed care. Medicaid administrator Sasha O’Connell reviewed the bill’s directives, including rural hospital designation, work reporting and community engagement requirements, eligibility redeterminations for expansion adults every six months, changes to renewal processes, the choice waiver, state-directed payments, discontinuation of Healthy Connections Value Care and primary care case management, site-neutral payments, practice authority protections, and expanded cost-sharing. She also explained that the department is awaiting some CMS guidance and is pursuing federal approvals and public comment on several state plan amendments and waivers. A major focus was the planned move to comprehensive managed care, under which one managed care organization would coordinate most services for each enrollee, with Idaho planning three statewide plans rather than regional contracts. O’Connell said the department has held listening sessions, tribal consultation, and a request-for-information process, and that feedback has centered on continuity of care, timely provider payment, network adequacy, behavioral health and developmental disability services, and the need for clear, consistent contract standards. She said the department is using other states’ contracts and a set of program design pillars to shape the upcoming request for proposals, with a phased rollout planned for January 2029 for most services and January 2031 for developmental disability services. Senator Wintrow asked about EPSDT after a related statutory repeal in House Bill 345, expressing concern that families might think the protection had been removed. O’Connell responded that EPSDT remains a federal requirement for children and youth and that the department has not changed that obligation. The committee took no vote or formal action and adjourned after the update and questions.