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• , or the SEER program.
• eight Americans are on the SNAP program. eight Americans are on the SNAP program.
• Year after year, Kentucky launches new programs or continues to fund existing programs.
• Um that will changes to programs.
• I am Melissa Renan, and I am the block grant program administrator at the Department for Behavioral Health

Keywords: 00:00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call 00:02:17 - Approval of June 18, 2025 Minutes 00:02:33 - Introductions and Discussion on Priorities 00:07:27 - Health Data Discussion-KY Health Information Exchange (KHIE) 00:34:02 - Health Data Discussion-Public Health Data 01:19:24 - Health Data Discussion-Other Health Data Platforms 01:42:40 - Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations (Except 201 KAR 005:010) 01:44:48 - Discussion of Optometry Regulation 201 KAR 005:010 02:25:29 - Hearing on Unified Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Application for FFY 2026 - 2027 Funds 02:33:40 - Administrative Regulation 201 KAR 005:010 Vote Clarification 02:34:03 - Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services met to approve the June 18 minutes and hear introductory remarks from new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Family Services Dr. Steven Stack and new Department for Public Health Commissioner Dr. John Langfeld. Both described their backgrounds and emphasized a shared focus on using health data to improve quality, coordination, and outcomes across Kentucky. They highlighted the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHI) as a central tool for connecting hospitals, labs, providers, public health systems, Medicaid, and other state and federal data sources, and said the system supports notifications, immunization records, surveillance, and care coordination. They also outlined priorities such as continued investment in KHI, stronger interoperability, privacy protections, and expanded analytic capacity to turn data into action. Committee members then asked about COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and informed consent, particularly for pregnant women and children. Dr. Stack said informed consent should come through a licensed health care provider, that Kentucky did not mandate the COVID vaccine, and that the evidence still supports vaccination for high-risk groups, including pregnant women, citing professional medical guidance. A follow-up exchange focused on concerns about past vaccine policies and the need for patients to receive full information before making decisions. Senator Heron asked how KIPRC/KIPR could be used to address firearm injuries. Dr. Langfeld said the key opportunity is to make data more real-time and usable for day-to-day response, while Dr. Stack said the department would continue its long-standing partnership with KIPRC and noted his view that gun violence is a public health emergency. He added, however, that because firearms are a deeply divided issue, the Department for Public Health’s current role is mainly to make data available for authorized research rather than to take a broader policy role. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz8uTeusKDc, 2026-06-21T07:17:01+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:05 SB 105 Discussion: 01:20 SB 105 Roll Call Vote: 08:16 SB 173 Discussion: 09:15 SB 173 Roll Call Vote: 10:56 SB 178 Discussion: 12:01 SB 178 Roll Call Vote: 13:58 SB 68 Discussion: 15:20 SB 68 Roll Call Vote: 18:22 SB 66 Discussion: 19:25 SB 66 Roll Call Vote: 28:25 SB 276 Discussion: 31:44 SB 276 Roll Call Vote: 36:23 2022 Social Services Block Grant Review: 37:38, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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• Grant us wisdom to discern what is just, courage to stand for what is right, and compassion to seek the
• history and the first since 1966, marking a historic milestone for the Sandsprings Charles Page's program

Bills: HCR1006, SB1226, SB1239, SB1309, SB2132, SB1189, SB1344, SB1295, SB1355, SB1998, SB1330, SB1297, SB1338, SB1546, SB1378, SB1859, SB1333, SB1341, SB1377, SB1990

Keywords: campaign finance, election spending, political spending, money in politics, constitutional amendment, Citizens United, free speech, ballot measures, elections, corruption, dark money, outside spending, foreign influence, special interests, corporations, unions, federalism, self-government, political equality, term limits

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• the campuses participating in the program will look at the student's Pell Grant award amount and then
• Likewise, if we saw, for example, cuts to the federal Pell Grant or other aid programs, since we are
• Likewise, if we saw, for example, cuts to the federal Pell Grant or other aid programs, since we are
• Likewise, if we saw, for example, cuts to the federal Pell Grant or other aid programs, since we are
• Likewise, if we saw, for example, cuts to the federal Pell Grant or other aid programs, since we are

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• of this program?
• Grants.
• Thousands of UC students are recipients of Pell Grants. It makes it possible for them to attend.
• Department of Education staff who process Pell Grants have been let go.
• UC students annually receive about 500 million dollars in Pell Grants.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• program and how closely it's tied to Pell Grants and student need at each of the universities.
• I think we left on that in a good space that the Pell Grant or, excuse me, the state grant program, really
• closely<00:21:19.679> it's state grant program and how closely it's state grant program and
• <00:21:52.400> Grant<00:21:52.720> or in a good space that the Pell Grant or in a good
• me the state grant program really excuse me the state grant program really important<00:21:55.440>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It includes Pell Grants for technical and trade schools that will qualify high-demand, high-pay, and
• high-skill sectors for Pell Grant usage and deployment.
• high-skill sectors for Pell Grant usage and deployment.
• Particularly pertaining to the Workforce Pell Grant, that's a new program that is one of the benefits
• and take advantage of Pell Grant programs.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• If these fake students manage to get enrolled, they don't apply for Pell Grants and other federal college
• If these fake students manage to get enrolled, they don't apply for Pell Grants and other federal college
• If these fake students manage to get enrolled, they don't apply for Pell Grants and other federal college
• If these fake students manage to get enrolled, they don't apply for Pell Grants and other federal college
• If these fake students manage to get enrolled, they don't apply for Pell Grants and other federal college

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Green Program that this body passed last year trying to incentivize career pathways to becoming a teacher
• to some additional funds, OEQ has requested some flexibility to award more than one teacher prep program
• Leader, Senate Bill 1477 is a request from the state regent's tightening up our concurrent enrollment program
• Bill 1405 reauthorizes the income tax checkoff for donations made to the Oklahoma Wildlife Diversity Program

Bills: SB44, SB546, SB1213, SB1256, SB1287, SB1443, SB1644, SB1653, SB1716, SB1209, SB1826, SB1919, SB1930, SB1976, SB2028, SB2067, SB2072, SB2117, SB710, SB1477, SB1405

Keywords: sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, SB1213, earned credits, inmate credits, good time, sentence reduction, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, corrections policy, inmate classification, class levels, rehabilitation credits, achievement credits, vocational training, educational credits

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• Harris County has absorbed the program costs that were formerly in the Pell budget. Thank you.
• Texas currently has PACE programs operating in Amarillo, El Paso, and Lubbock, and these programs have
• implement the program.
• Harris County has absorbed the program costs that were formerly in the Pell budget, and the rest isn't
• elderly, or PACE program.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Seeing none, we'll be moving on to HB 1872, relating to the early learning and partnership grant program
• And our teachers need supportive linear pathways, which this grant program provides.
• <00:54:15.359> program pathways, which this grant program pathways, which this grant program
• Next, we have HB 1872 HD1, relating to an early learning apprenticeship grant program.
• Next we have HB 1872 HD1, relating to an early learning apprenticeship grant program.

Bills: SB3082, SB3110, SB3251

Keywords: military families, family leave, qualifying military exigency, Hawaii Revised Statutes, financial support, Hawaii National Guard, civil-military program, education, collective bargaining, exemption, SB3251, Hawaii public safety, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, law enforcement hiring, state employment ban, police powers, Department of Law Enforcement, DLNR

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• <00:20:36.440> to, We've talked a lot about programs to, We've talked a lot about programs
• maintenance and set programs together. maintenance and set programs together.
• the School Foundation Program account. the School Foundation Program account.
• mingle per se with their uh, block grant mingle per se with their uh, block grant dollars.<00:27
• grant dollars on major maintenance. grant dollars on major maintenance.

Bills: HB0034, HB0035, HB0036, HB0106

Keywords: HB0034, Wyoming retirement system, Wyoming Retirement Act, firefighter retirement, public employee retirement, retirement benefits, state pension, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighter, crash and rescue, Wyoming National Guard, Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Retirement Board, correctional forestry crew, correctional crew supervisor, correctional forestry crew manager, general fund appropriation, state agency employees, service credit, benefit eligibility

Bills: HB0034, HB0035, HB0036, HB0106

Keywords: HB0034, Wyoming retirement system, Wyoming Retirement Act, firefighter retirement, public employee retirement, retirement benefits, state pension, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighter, crash and rescue, Wyoming National Guard, Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Retirement Board, correctional forestry crew, correctional crew supervisor, correctional forestry crew manager, general fund appropriation, state agency employees, service credit, benefit eligibility

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• put in the appropriate program. put in the appropriate program.
• the utilization of that that program. the utilization of that that program.
• Correct. programs. So, I would say that would programs.
• Across various programs.
• And uh the program will be out soon. And uh the program will be out soon.

Keywords: 1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 2. Approval of Minutes – 00:02:10 3. Discussion of State-Based Marketplaces and the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace – 00:02:31 4. Discussion of the Role of Kynectors and Navigators – 00:27:29 5. Discussion of Presumptive Eligibility – 01:11:57 6. Discussion of Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Redeterminations – 01:20:09 7. Update on Rural Health Transformation Program Application Process – 01:47:35 8. Public Comment – 01:59:57 9. Adjournment – 02:06:10, 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met for its third meeting and approved the July 30 minutes. The chair outlined a full agenda covering the state-based marketplace versus the federally facilitated marketplace, connectors and navigators, presumptive eligibility, eligibility/enrollment/redetermination, and a rural health transformation update. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Assistant Director David Barry presented first on Kentucky’s state-based exchange, Connect, explaining that it is an integrated eligibility and enrollment system for Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, TANF, child care, and qualified health plans. They reviewed Kentucky’s move from a state-based exchange to healthcare.gov in 2017 and back to a state-based marketplace in 2021, and said the system helps route applicants to the correct program and allows families to move more easily between Medicaid and exchange coverage as circumstances change. The presenters said the exchange is funded by carrier assessments on qualified health plans rather than general fund dollars, with costs allocated across programs based on use. They said Kentucky’s exchange fees are lower than the federal platform’s and that the state-based system provides local assistance through DCBS offices, connectors, and licensed agents in every county. Members asked about startup and operating costs, fee-setting, and whether any general fund dollars are used; the department said it would follow up with the CFO on fee details and said it was not aware of general fund support for exchange operations. Members also raised concerns about Medicaid eligibility verification and improper enrollment, while the department emphasized that the state system uses different questions than healthcare.gov and is designed to identify the correct coverage based on monthly Medicaid income and annual tax-credit income. The board also discussed enrollment trends, including a COVID-era spike during the public health emergency when disenrollments were largely paused, and current qualified health plan enrollment of more than 97,000 people on Connect. Commissioner Lee explained presumptive eligibility as temporary Medicaid coverage, noting it applies to pregnant women and hospital-based cases, with hospitals able to grant it and certain providers able to grant it to pregnant women. She said full eligibility is still determined within 30 days and that presumptive eligibility ends when full Medicaid eligibility is determined or at the end of the following month. The meeting then shifted to connectors, with representatives from Community Action Kentucky and the Kentucky Primary Care Association describing their statewide outreach network, local offices, and role helping residents apply for Medicaid, renew coverage, report changes, and navigate benefits; they said connectors do not determine eligibility but assist with applications, recertifications, and outreach events across the Commonwealth.

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• Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1574 relates to a Centers of Excellence program developed by the
• Members, the Centers of Excellence program is an initiative by the Texas Judicial Council to identify
• The program seeks to recognize courts that meet standards of excellence.
• Generally then, Senate Bill 1574 would codify. by the Centers of Excellence Program that identifies,
• And encourage them to join a program like this.

Bills: SB1211, SB1574, SB2774, SB2873, SB2900, HJR4

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing, sales tax exemption, oil and gas, environmental impact, water reuse, justice, judicial council, centers of excellence, court operations, recognition program, franchise tax, retail trade, tax classification, business regulation, economic impact, SB 2873, Texas Tax Code, electronic filing, e-filing, tax reports

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• Allows a 20% allocation to the black belt unincorporated wastewater program and 40% to the councils throughout

Bills: SB268, SB262, HB237, SB90

Keywords: mixed spirit beverages, alcohol regulation, licensing, excise tax, distribution agreements, retail sales, wholesalers, SB262, White Hall, Lowndes County, pari-mutuel wagering, simulcast, historical racing, historical horse racing, dog racing, horse racing, charitable bingo, off-track betting, OTB, gambling

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• But considering the issues in the program raised by the Office of the Legislative Auditor in their 2019
• report, there's massive vulnerabilities in the CCAP program that can be addressed. aware the state has
• raised by the the issues in the program raised by the office<00:20:59.440> of<00:20:59.600>
• <00:21:07.000> that<00:21:07.120> can<00:21:07.240> be in the CCAP program that
• can be in the CCAP program that can be addressed<00:21:08.559> so<00:21:08.840> looking

Bills: HF1169, HF1916

Keywords: child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services, welfare administration, Minnesota tribes, child care assistance, CCAP, program integrity

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• For the past seven years, more or less, we've been able to have an annual grant program for producers
• For the past seven years, more or less, we've been able to have an annual grant program for producers
• I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
• I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
• I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.

Bills: HF601, HF271, HF1101, HF979

Keywords: agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career

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• We're also seeking some grant funding for the interchange yard.
• You said that we're seeking grant funding to make railroad improvements? Are those federal grants?

Bills: HB1, HB247, HB1

Keywords: DUI, driving under the influence, ignition interlock, interlock device, driver license suspension, restricted license, motor vehicle, alcohol offense, first offense, repeat offender, blood alcohol concentration, BAC, license revocation, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, public safety, traffic safety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, court referral program

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TwX6pL8rg, 2026-06-21T07:17:08+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:45 Veterans Accelerated Licensing for Occupational Recruitment 00:01:37 Adult Workforce Diploma Program 00:19:48 An Unfilled Workforce Potential – Attracting More of the Military/Veteran/Family Population 00:41:22 Kentucky's Re-Entry Employment Services 01:10:27 Hometown Health Systems 01:41:26, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47