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• on a lot of criteria in in terms of the different models that make up the CMS platforms like the intake
• So if they have an oldie, Mr, it may be printed documents that are 1, 1, file lot of time for one patient
• at a time and we have 4.7 million Medicaid patients. >> That wasn't in school for the analysis that

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• First, intake staff will review the complaint.
• The first one: we talked earlier about how 90% of our Medicare patients are covered under managed care
• not sure which of you would want to field this, but my understanding is that for the MCO managed patients

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• in Chambers as well, and I want to lift up, because I'm a new member, the leader of my membership intake
• President, every interaction between a patient and the doctor, there is ANY RECORDS WRITTEN RECORDS,
• PRESIDENT, EVERY INTERACTION BETWEEN A PATIENT AND THE DOCTOR, THERE IS The conversation.
• Senator, we hope that there is going to be that interaction between the patient and the doctor.
• But my job is to make sure that a doctor can, in fact, have the information to protect their patient.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and handled several motions to discharge and substitute identical Assembly or Senate bills, along with a number of amendments. The chamber also welcomed student visitors from the League of Women Voters’ Students of Albany program and a group of Staten Island titleholders, and later adopted previously approved resolutions honoring Dorothy E. Reid for her role in Brown v. Board of Education and recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on Delta Day, with multiple senators speaking in support of both recognitions. The bulk of the floor session was devoted to third-reading votes on a large number of bills, most of which passed with broad support. Measures addressed public health, workers’ compensation, education, environmental conservation, insurance, labor, criminal procedure, domestic relations, tax, municipal authority, and correction law. Several bills were explained by sponsors as advancing stormwater management authority, labor-law transparency, public health protections, and stronger penalties for trafficking-related offenses; one bill on immunization in summer camps drew a defense from Senator Skoufis as a child-protection measure, while another on correction law passed with some Republican opposition. The chamber also took up a controversial public health/electronic health records bill by Senator Fernandez. Senator Martin questioned the bill at length about redacting certain categories of information, emergency access, provider obligations, and the impact on doctors’ ability to see complete medical histories. Fernandez said the bill was intended to protect patients from discrimination and to limit access to a small list of sensitive services, while also noting emergency exceptions and support from more than 200 health care providers. The debate remained focused on balancing privacy protections with concerns about continuity of care and record integrity.

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• ...years, and I think in 2019, there was an amendment to the hospital lien statute that allowed patients
• When a patient or when an individual is injured... ...in an automobile accident, for example, that may
• , and that's exactly what they... ...patients and that's exactly what they do.
• I'm a patient lawyer in Birmingham, Alabama.
• Um, we—me as a patients’ advocate, I want the hospital to be paid fairly.

Bills: SB210, SB225, HB280, HB287, HB94, HB88, SB157, HB7, HB8, HB42

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, blood tests, DUI, law enforcement, traffic offenses, chemical analysis, public nuisance, event liability, local government, community health, legal action, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation, accountability

Bills: SB210, SB225, HB280, HB287, HB94, HB88, SB157, HB7, HB8, HB42

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, blood tests, DUI, law enforcement, traffic offenses, chemical analysis, public nuisance, event liability, local government, community health, legal action, transparency, reporting, public safety, regulation, accountability

Bills: HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR2, HJR4, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34, HB195, HB247, HB255, HJR6, HJR31, HJR34

Keywords: school district, ad valorem tax, local revenue, tax collection, education funding, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure, Texas-Mexico border, ad valorem taxation, farm products, livestock, timber, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment

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• McFarland is an act in Title 51 relative to creating the Louisiana Clinical Trial Competitiveness and Patient
• House Bill 414 updates background check requirements for health care workers to help ensure patient safety
• House Bill 414 updates background check requirements for health care workers to help ensure patient safety
• What it does is if there's a patient that's seen a doctor and gets prescribed medication for an STI,
• are for repairs and service, saying that the facilities shall not consist solely of a location for intake

Bills: SR134, SR135, SR136, SR137, SR140, SR141, SR142, SCR75, SCR77, SCR12, HB75, HB1199, HB221, HCR89, HCR96, HCR103, HCR108, HCR58, HB9, HB177, HB181, HB198, HB202, HB223, HB225, HB387, HB398, HB457, HB459, HB540, HB591, HB616, HB766, HB775, HB783, HB797, HB895, HB906, HB950, HB975, HB1028, HB1052, HB1057, HB1076, HB1100, HB1139, HB1155, HB1160, HB1182, HB1186, HB1220, HB1222, HB1223, HB1224, HB1228, HB1231, HB1245, HB1256, SCR3, SB393, SB401, SB415, SB426, SB435, SB487, SB488, SB523, SB56, SB163, SB341, SB504, SB322, SCR9, SCR58, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR27, HCR28, HCR66, HCR67, HCR72, HCR31, HCR47, HCR41, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB386, HB392, HB431, HB441, HB559, HB664, HB685, HB715, HB741, HB822, HB856, HB908, HB980, HB990, HB999, HB1010, HB1243, HB54, HB137, HB180, HB192, HB310, HB321, HB396, HB512, HB552, HB578, HB638, HB663, HB708, HB717, HB718, HB1009, HB1082, HB1104, HB1107, HB1198, HB1246, HB27, HB143, HB205, HB259, HB267, HB288, HB308, HB403, HB405, HB414, HB417, HB478, HB546, HB548, HB555, HB557, HB609, HB670, HB672, HB740, HB779, HB786, HB796, HB812, HB848, HB915, HB917, HB921, HB930, HB933, HB1095, HB1096, HB1103, HB1129, HB1154, HB1166, HB1187, HB1195, HB1230, HB316, HB511, HB799, HB1039, HB12, HB66, HB145, HB167, HB196, HB213, HB218, HB222, HB256, HB291, HB326, HB352, HB401, HB430, HB433, HB434, HB448, HB456, HB476, HB481, HB487, HB492, HB549, HB579, HB608, HB621, HB624, HB626, HB632, HB637, HB656, HB722, HB745, HB804, HB818, HB821, HB833, HB864, HB867, HB874, HB893, HB909, HB951, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB979, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1005, HB1007, HB1024, HB1032, HB1038, HB1050, HB1051, HB1056, HB1059, HB1077, HB1080, HB1081, HB1086, HB1108, HB1112, HB1153, HB1172, HB1173, HB1175, HB1192, HB1193, HB1204, HB1218, HB1242, HB1244, HB1249, HB1252, HB1254, HB17, HB36, HB41, HB47, HB73, HB126, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB271, HB324, HB337, HB351, HB399, HB571, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB750, HB759, HB844, HB966, HB1006, HB1018, HB1036, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB441, SB449, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB149

Keywords: SR134, Senate Resolution 134, Isaac Herzenberg, Metairie Park Country Day School, Country Day, javelin, track and field, Class 2A, state championship, high school athletics, student athlete, Louisiana Senate commendation, honorary resolution, sports recognition, University of Nebraska, Baton Rouge, LSU Bernie Moore Track Stadium, sportsmanship, collegiate athletics, condolence resolution

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• midwives to respond appropriately to clinical needs while maintaining strong regulatory oversight and patient
• And so Maintaining strong regulatory oversight and patient protections. And so I vote aye.
• can be made so that there is complementary and complete oversight, just to ensure the safety of patients
• Complete oversight just to ensure the safety of patients and moms and babies. How do you vote?
• SB 1174, DCS intake. SB 1178, Non-appropriated physician. SB 1291, Ways and Means.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Section 19 is again just more study on possible future water intakes for the Missouri River.
• An additional issue has been that if a dentist recommends work beyond that limit, even if the patient
• is going to pay, some policies do not permit the patient to have the work done by the same dentist.
• This creates trust with a patient and will help them with the right avenues of care.
• This creates trust with a patient and will help them with the right avenues of care.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and handled a mix of conference committee appointments, appropriations bills, policy bills, and House amendments. Early in the session, the chamber appointed conference committees for SB 2399 and for House-amended SBs 2213 and 2354, and also named conference committees for HB 103, HB 1308, and HB 1169. The Senate then took up several appropriations measures, including HB 1612, which creates the North Dakota Center for Aerospace Medicine at UND; the Senate adopted an amendment shifting the funding to a one-time $250,000 Community Health Trust Fund appropriation with a required $250,000 match from other sources, and the bill passed 39-7. HB 1193, the “Back the Blue” grant, was amended to make the funding one-time and focus on officer retention, then passed 41-5. HB 1329, a government spending database proposal for school districts, was amended into a legislative study and passed 42-4. HB 1020, the water budget, received extensive amendments reducing and reallocating funding across major water projects, adding studies and oversight changes, and passed 45-0 with the emergency clause. HB 1581, a tribal tourism grant, also passed 40-6. The Senate rejected HB 1330, which would have authorized divestment from direct investments in Chinese companies; after debate over the prudent investor rule, trade impacts, and whether the bill singled out one nation in law, it failed 20-26. HB 1534, limiting property valuation increases, and HB 1266, adjusting the disabled veterans property tax credit, both failed unanimously or nearly so after committee recommendations against them. HB 1566, which would have created a regulatory framework for a product discussed as kratom, was amended on the floor to convert it into a study and then passed 31-15. The chamber also passed HB 2241 on charter schools after a House amendment changed the funding formula to the statewide average from the prior year, and HB 2022, the indigent legal counsel budget, after House changes added funding flexibility, offset lost fee revenue, and included a study on a public defender office. The Senate concurred in several House amendments and then passed a number of Senate bills. SB 2375, allowing joint negotiations between dental providers and insurers under Attorney General oversight, passed 44-2. SB 2251, clarifying that open records requests during state audits should be referred to the audited agency, passed 46-0. SB 2159, related to nuclear energy research, passed 43-3 after House amendments required Industrial Commission approval and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. SB 2155, changing gratis antelope license rules, passed 30-16 after debate over landowner rights and tag distribution. SB 251, setting fees and an audit for the Private Investigative and Security Board, passed 44-2. SB 2280, the prior authorization health insurance bill, passed 43-3 with a House-added study and consumer protections. SB 2023, the Racing Commission budget, passed 41-5 after a House change made internship funding one-time. SB 2232, changing prenatal substance exposure reporting requirements and related toxicology rules, passed 44-2. SB 2241, authorizing public charter schools, passed 39-7. The session ended while the Senate was still processing SB 2022’s final passage vote, but the bill had already cleared concurrence on House amendments.

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• Intake Service Center, right?
• And in that Intake Service Center report, because I've seen it as a defense attorney, it shows income
• The Intake Service Center presents a pre-trial bail report.
• </c><00:30:01.039><c> service</c> corre the ISC right intake service corre the ISC right intake service
• </c><00:30:02.799><c> service</c> center right and in that intake service center right and in that intake

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 114, which would create a presidential preference primary for the 2028 election. The Office of Elections said the bill would cost about $4.1 million. Supporters, including the Hawaii Democratic Party and the League of Women Voters, favored moving the process to a state-run primary, while several opponents, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women and multiple individual testifiers, argued it would be too expensive, would shift control away from the parties, and would replace volunteer-run caucuses with a mail-in system. Committee members questioned the chief election officer about election timing, certification, and how a primary might be scheduled with other elections. Testimony was recorded as 11 in support, 41 opposed, and 3 comments, and no vote was taken in the excerpt. The committee then took up SB 725, which would require judges to make findings about a defendant’s ability to afford bail. Judiciary and Attorney General witnesses asked that the bill be deferred or amended, saying the Judicial Council is already reviewing pretrial bail reform and that the bill’s language could create practical problems for police, sheriffs, and courts. Supporters, including the Correctional System Oversight Commission, the public defender, the Community Alliance on Prisons, the ACLU of Hawaii, and disability rights advocates, said cash bail disproportionately harms low-income defendants, increases pretrial detention costs, and should require clearer findings and records. Opponents included the Hawaii County prosecuting attorney. Members questioned how bail is initially set, what records exist, and whether the bill would change current practice; Judiciary witnesses said initial bail decisions are often made by police or judges and later reviewed on the record, while supporters argued the bill would strengthen front-end due process. The ACLU said it supported the bill with amendments, including clearer standards for ability to pay and written findings. The committee also began hearing SB 733, a proposed constitutional amendment to establish a continuous legislative session. Early testimony was strongly supportive, with advocates arguing that the current 60-day session limits public participation, makes it hard for working people to testify, and prevents lawmakers from collaborating effectively. Supporters said a year-round model could improve transparency, reduce duplicate bills, and better accommodate neighbor island legislators. The excerpt ends during the opening testimony on SB 733, before any committee action or vote is shown.

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• vision to ensure CMS provides Americans with access to superb care, especially our most vulnerable patients
• Spokane, and Tri Cities about the Medicaid cuts and was joined by physicians, hospital providers, patients
• A patient like Gail Halverson from Spokane who was terrified that the system that provided her and her
• Our seniors in nursing homes, moms and their kids, working families, people with disabilities and patients
• this nominee says that the whistleblower is wrong and I think this whistleblower throughout their intake

Keywords: Social Security, Medicaid, Frank Bisignano, Elon Musk, benefit processing, office closures, public testimony, administration policies, health care, vulnerable populations

Summary: The committee meeting focused heavily on the nomination of Frank Bisignano as the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, with intense discussions around the current state of Social Security and its management under the current administration. Members voiced significant concerns regarding potential changes to Social Security and Medicaid, specifically addressing issues such as office closures, delays in benefit processing, and the perceived policies from Elon Musk's association with the administration. Public testimonies highlighted fears that these changes would severely impact the accessibility of benefits for seniors and vulnerable individuals, resulting in a chaotic environment at the SSA. Members expressed a unified opposition to the notion of dismantling these critical programs, emphasizing the long-term implications on their constituents' well-being.

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• This legislation is about ensuring that when a doctor and a patient determine that a patient needs a
• </c> take away time from the doctor patient take away time from the doctor patient relationship<00:10
• determine that a a doctor and a patient determine that a patient<00:10:29.440><c> needs</c><00:10:29.680
• needs a specific care that that patient needs a specific care that that care<00:10:32.160><c> is</c>
• For those wondering why this bill is necessary, you need only learn about the current intake process

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• They have been patient, and they have also been waiting for relief.
• Yeah, because the first year of implementation is only reflecting 50% of the caseload intake.
• Implementation is only reflecting 50% of the caseload intake.
• This funding would train and add staff to street medicine and recuperative care teams to assist patients
• I want to talk to you a little bit about one of the experiences I have with one of my patients.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We're keeping the patient safe.
• stories patient stories are patient stories patient stories about<00:33:21.440><c> the</c><00:33:22.200
• I've had patients pass away.
• patient care we is to improve patient patient care we fear<00:55:33.920><c> that</c><00:55:34.079><c
• </c><02:30:35.680><c> the</c> patients and the patients receive the patients and the patients receive

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It says that if you have a concern of future harm, you should call and report to Central Intake.
• However, Central Intake cannot screen in a concern of something that might happen.
• However, Central Intake cannot screen in a concern of something that might happen.
• Jennifer Smith, you've been waiting patiently here.
• </c><02:39:29.640><c> here</c> Smith you've been waiting patiently here Smith you've been waiting patiently

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c><00:07:56.800><c> form</c> reporting hotline, fillable intake form reporting hotline, fillable intake
• </c> regarding to insurance fraud and patient regarding to insurance fraud and patient harm. harm. harm
• Thanks for being so patient. That's fine. Um, Mr.
• </c><01:56:58.080><c> Um</c> so patient. That's fine. Um so patient. That's fine.
• </c> hear 911 because you've been so patient hear 911 because you've been so patient in<02:36:21.360>

Keywords: 916, all

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• Intake pods and one detox pod.
• We now currently have five intake pods, and all of those intake pods serve inmates when they come in,
• When you say detox, a lot of society believes detox is part of intake when they come in.
• Deputy Warden pointed out, It was pointed out earlier that I think we're up to five housing units for intake

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• There was no harm done to any patient, and lives were actually saved.
• Are you aware that some of the complaints that came to the Texas Medical Board were not from the patients
• I've used this on a patient. It seems to be working.
• or ivermectin might be working in this patient and save their lives?
• This bill would establish a study to take a look at the veterinary client-patient relationships and the

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received the House message that HB 35 had passed, and heard a gubernatorial message submitting Trinity River Authority board appointments for Senate confirmation. The chamber also adopted a slate of Senate resolutions by voice vote and later postponed reading and referral of bills and resolutions until the end of the calendar. Several members introduced bills with brief explanations before the Senate took them up under suspension of the regular order. The body then considered and passed a series of measures, often by wide margins, including SB 2846 on wildlife disease control and quarantine authority; CS SB 1224 requiring school superintendents or directors to report certain employee misconduct to local law enforcement; CS SB 2310 on transparency for degree and transfer requirements at public colleges; SB 1502 limiting school districts’ ability to exceed voter-approval tax rates after a failed TRE; CS SB 1141 on notice requirements before full adversary hearings in child-protection cases; CS SB 2568 exempting certain flood-control reservoirs from TCEQ permitting; SB 1524 on confidentiality of information about weapons in foster homes; CS SB 2925 creating a task force on modernizing manufacturing; CS SB 2269 on dispute resolution and enforcement for long-term care facilities; CS SB 1266 on Medicaid provider enrollment and disenrollment notices; SB 243 on migrant labor housing standards; SB 2200 on overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials; CS SB 2480 on the Texas Physician Health Program; CS SB 1585 restricting government contracts with companies tied to foreign adversaries; CS SB 2357 establishing maternal health training; and SB 1551 requiring accessible AED placement in public schools. The Senate also debated more contested bills. CS SB 2019, which would extend vaccine exemption rules to medical and veterinary students, advanced only partway after a divided vote. CS SB 1442, directing a study on veterinary telemedicine relationships, and CS SB 1241, which would allow the Higher Education Coordinating Board to study alternative college entrance exams, prompted extended questioning about agency authority and whether changes should return to the legislature before taking effect. CS SB 2753, which would integrate early voting and election day voting into a single in-person voting period, was amended and passed to engrossment despite opposition. CS SB 2201, dealing with gang and foreign terrorist organization intelligence databases, and CS SB 2514, creating a DPS hostile foreign adversaries unit, drew detailed debate over civil liberties and national security. CS SB 2422, aimed at limiting Texas Medical Board discipline related to COVID-19 treatments and practices, also advanced after lengthy discussion and a close vote.

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• for any reason they immediately feel a baby is in danger, they have a direct person in our central intake
• employees of the MCOs, and they are still the ones that are in the hospital that are working with the patient
• you call them the next day and you don't get a response, then that is now referred through central intake
• Services in San Miguel and Mora counties, so we funded the Gallup Community Health to create new patient

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• So we have the intake permit and that was secured in 2022.
• That's, uh, 60,000 patients and staff a day visit the Texas Medical Medical Center, the largest medical
• And for those sites that have intake, um, from surface water sources, and a large percentage of that
• And I want to thank everybody, both on the dais and those in the crowd who were patient and, uh, stayed