Transcript Highlights:

• The federal government has a program right now that we could become part of that would supply these drugs
• now that we could become part of that now that we could become part of that would<00:04:20.880><c> supply
• c> drugs</c><00:04:23.440><c> at</c><00:04:23.840><c> an</c><00:04:24.240><c> amazingly</c> would supply
• these drugs at an amazingly would supply these drugs at an amazingly reduced<00:04:26.320><c> rate</

Committee: Senate Licensing & Occupations

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order 0:22 Roll Call 1:05 SB 65 Discussion 9:30 SB 65 Vote 11:55 SB 177 Discussion 26:34 SB 177 Vote 30:05 SB 245 Discussion 33:07 SB 245 Vote 33:48 Adjournment, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So a number of states have been looking at this and passing a number of reforms to boost the supply of
• complications for those pharmacists and the barriers that they have to deal with in terms of the supply
• What actually limits access are prescriptions that are written for short day supplies, insurance coverage
• Because a lot of the comment was, when this is urgently or emergency needed, there is nobody that supplies

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 213, which would allow optometrists to perform three specific laser procedures. The sponsor presented a committee substitute adding 32 hours of approved advanced training, supervised live-patient practice, adverse-event reporting, and other accountability measures. Supporters argued the bill would improve access to care, while the New Mexico Medical Board opposed it, citing patient-safety concerns and the much greater training required of ophthalmologists. After debate, the committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill 6-3. The committee then considered House Bill 65, renamed the Foster Care Plus pilot program. The substitute changed the bill to require clinical assessment instead of CAN assessment, added reporting to the Legislature and LFC, and clarified contracting with clinical experts. CYFD officials said the $2.5 million request, combined with existing growth funding, would support more children, staff, foster-parent stipends, and related services, and that the program is already being implemented with help from Oklahoma-based experts. Some members remained concerned about cost, staffing, and whether the program could be sustained, but the committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill 8-1. House Bill 127, on expedited medical licensure, was amended to create a provisional pathway for internationally trained physicians, require a job offer and benchmarks before full licensure, and establish a telemedicine registry. The Medical Board supported the amended bill, while public commenters emphasized physician shortages and access to care. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill. House Bill 128, which updates firefighter occupational disease and disablement presumptions to add cancers and other changes, drew strong support from firefighters, labor, and workers’ compensation officials; the committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill. House Bill 156, which removes the sunset on the state’s authority to set vaccine guidelines and continue its vaccine program, also passed after supporters argued it preserves access and opponents raised broader vaccine-policy concerns. The committee then began hearing House Bill 137, a buprenorphine access bill, with the sponsor and advocates describing pharmacy supply barriers and a committee substitute aimed at setting minimum stock standards, requiring distributor reporting, and avoiding fines on pharmacies.

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• It takes paying rent, mortgage, insurance, food, supplies, paying assistants, benefits, and it requires
• It takes paying rent, mortgage, insurance, food, supplies, paying assistance, benefits, and it requires
• Costs like rent, food, supplies, staff pay, benefits, and insurance that are associated with family child
• thinking, you're stopping your day, you're going to the grocery store to make sure you have the supplies

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs held its third hearing, focused on how transitional kindergarten (TK) fits into California’s mixed-delivery early learning system, with an emphasis on the Central Valley. Opening remarks stressed that TK and child care should complement each other, not compete, and that families need both part-day school-based options and full-day, year-round care. Committee members outlined hearing goals around aligning TK with existing programs, understanding family needs, and examining the economic impact of early learning on workforce participation and local economies. Panelists from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, Every Child California, Early Edge, Children Now, and others described TK’s rapid expansion to all four-year-olds, the growth in enrollment, and related changes to state preschool and after-school programs. Witnesses generally supported TK but warned that its expansion has shifted enrollment away from community-based providers, especially centers and family child care homes, creating financial strain, vacant classrooms, and staffing challenges. They urged stronger partnerships between school districts and community providers, more flexible licensing and facilities support, higher and more uniform reimbursement rates, permanent authority for state preschool to serve two-year-olds, and better compensation and training for educators across settings. Parents and providers testified about the importance of trusted, culturally and linguistically responsive care, the need for infant-toddler and home-based options, and the difficulty of affording child care when TK is not full-day or does not fit family schedules. Several speakers emphasized that many families still face long waits for subsidies and that reimbursement and payment delays threaten provider stability. Public comment echoed these concerns, with providers calling for true cost-of-care rates, more vouchers, support for transportation and nontraditional hours, and protection from insurance and facility costs that can force programs to close. State education officials said California’s UPK system works best when TK, state preschool, Head Start, and community-based providers are treated as a shared system, and noted that planning and implementation grants and local coordination efforts have helped build mixed-delivery partnerships. The hearing ended without formal votes or actions, but committee members indicated they would continue gathering input to inform future policy and budget decisions.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, we amended it for all hours of the day and created a fund for gifts and grants to replenish supply
• :12:13.279><c> grants</c><00:12:13.680><c> to</c><00:12:14.000><c> replenish</c><00:12:14.560><c> supply
• </c><00:12:14.800><c> of</c> gifts and grants to replenish supply of gifts and grants to replenish supply

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• equipment and medications for rapid animal care because the vehicles are stored outside, so our medical supplies
• ambulance bay that helps keep our vehicles at a more consistent temperature so we can store our medical supplies
• one of the individuals on the panel was just kind of wondering: is there any money currently being supplied
• one of the individuals on the panel was just kind of wondering: is there any money currently being supplied

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• up over the same five-year period, or 2,374 units per year, far more than the market is currently supplying
• market units per year far more than the market is<00:36:33.920><c> currently</c><00:36:34.319><c> supplying
• </c><00:36:35.200><c> this</c><00:36:35.359><c> measure</c><00:36:35.680><c> is</c> is currently supplying
• this measure is is currently supplying this measure is intended<00:36:36.160><c> to</c><00:36:36.319

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of housing measures focused on streamlining approvals, reshaping financing programs, and expanding affordability requirements. SB 27 would exempt state-financed housing developments from County Council approval; SB 38 would bar county legislative bodies from changing housing proposals in ways that increase project costs; SB 25 would let counties reduce housing capacity in one area only if they offset it elsewhere with no net loss; and SB 379 would require perpetual affordability covenants for HHFDC projects and prohibit affordable housing in special flood hazard areas. SB 378 would create an HHFDC working group to identify mixed-use Maui properties for possible acquisition, SB 414 would authorize condemnation proceedings for a new Lānaʻi access road tied to disaster recovery, and SB 13 would eliminate the state income tax mortgage interest deduction for second homes. Testimony was mixed across the bills, with state agencies and housing advocates generally supporting faster permitting and more production, while county planners, NAIOP, Catholic Charities, and others raised concerns about local control, marketability, financing feasibility, and long-term affordability enforcement. A major portion of the hearing centered on the rental housing revolving fund. SB 70 would limit eligible applicants to government agencies or organizations that reinvest all surplus into additional housing; HHFDC said most developers would not object in principle but questioned how the surplus requirement would be enforced, while NAIOP and Catholic Charities opposed it as too restrictive and difficult to monitor. SB 71 would amend the fund’s preference criteria and eligibility rules, and SB 163 would require HHFDC to prioritize projects with the shortest repayment terms and highest unit production per dollar per year. HHFDC and some advocates supported the goal of faster recycling of funds, but NAIOP and Catholic Charities warned that shorter loan terms and narrowed preferences could burden developers and disincentivize projects, especially for lower-income tenants. The chair indicated SB 163 would be deferred and its concerns folded into amendments to SB 71. In decision-making, the committee voted to pass SB 27, SB 38, SB 70, and SB 71 with amendments, and SB 25 unamended. The chair said SB 27 would be amended to include projects with a state financing commitment and a report note that such projects still undergo 21-38 review; SB 38 would receive technical changes and language preventing county bodies from imposing cost-increasing conditions; SB 70 would add language addressing enforcement of the surplus requirement and a preamble citing the need to recycle taxpayer-financed housing value; and SB 71 would be amended to incorporate concerns raised in SB 163, including a broader preamble and revised priority criteria. SB 163 was deferred, while the other measures on the agenda were heard but no final action was described in the transcript excerpt.

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• supporting military families, teaching life-saving skills, and ensuring hospitals have the blood supply
• And they rely on practical, affordable pest control methods to protect crops, feed supplies, and farm
• And they rely on practical, affordable pest control methods to protect crops, feed supplies, and farm
• And they rely on practical, affordable pest control methods to protect crops, feed supplies, and farm
• that we're trying to protect and supply that we're trying to protect and we<01:30:55.800><c> feed</c

Keywords: 981, all

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• These campuses are critical to supplying the workforce for all of Minnesota, including rural Minnesota
• These campuses are critical to supplying the workforce for all of Minnesota, including rural Minnesota
• These campuses are critical to supplying the workforce for all of Minnesota, including rural Minnesota
• These campuses are critical to supplying the workforce for all of Minnesota, including rural Minnesota
• These campuses are critical to supplying the workforce for all of Minnesota, including rural Minnesota

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Specifics of the core contents of these trauma kits, such as bleeding control supplies, while allowing
• looking to promote emergency preparedness and student safety by having immediate access to trauma supplies
• <00:07:12.160><c> while</c><00:07:12.560><c> coordinating</c><00:07:13.039><c> the</c> supplies while
• coordinating the supplies while coordinating the implementation<00:07:14.560><c> with</c><00:07:14.800
• And for somebody wants to have supplies.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:04:37.040><c> to</c> increased from staffing to supplies to increased from staffing to supplies
• These are the actual supplies that are used.
• These are the supplies that are used to do a filling.
• And you can see that the supplies alone cost $63.20.
• That's just for the person sitting beside you and the supplies to do the procedure.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board meeting began with a roll call and approval of the October 7 meeting minutes. The chair then reordered the agenda to hear the item on Medicaid reimbursement rates and network adequacy first because of scheduling issues. Dr. Steve Robertson of the Kentucky Dental Association was sworn in and testified at length about Kentucky’s dental Medicaid program, arguing that reimbursement rates are unsustainably low, have been largely flat for decades, and are often below the cost of providing care. He said Kentucky ranks near the bottom nationally in oral health, dental Medicaid rates are often 60% or less of commercial rates, and the program’s share of the Medicaid budget has effectively remained around 2% despite growth in enrollment and services. Dr. Robertson said the low rates are contributing to provider losses, rural access gaps, longer wait times, dental deserts, and greater use of emergency rooms for preventable dental problems. He cited examples of office costs exceeding reimbursement for basic procedures, noted that many dentists are small private businesses, and said the state is struggling to recruit and retain dentists because of low payment levels and high student debt. He also pointed to disparities with neighboring states and said recent increases in some oral surgery and cleaning codes were not enough to address the broader problem. His recommendations included completing the rebasing study, increasing dental reimbursement in the upcoming budget, tying future reviews to inflation and cost data, aligning benchmarks, and prioritizing preventive and restorative care to improve workforce stability and access. Board members asked about the size of the needed increase, the effect of private insurance on dental practice finances, and what a new dentist might expect to earn. Dr. Robertson said the association is working on an appropriations request and that private insurance pressures are part of the problem as well, since many plans are HMOs or PPOs with limited provider control over rates. He also said the association can no longer conduct reimbursement surveys because of FTC restrictions, but would try to obtain current ADA data. In response to questions about the future of the program, he warned that without significant changes it could become unsustainable and cited Ohio and Missouri as examples where higher reimbursement improved provider participation and access. The board then heard from Mr. Bowman of Baldwin Consulting, who discussed outpatient behavioral health providers, including ABA therapy and mental health/substance use disorder services. He said these providers face similar issues of rising costs, flat reimbursement, and access problems. He reviewed Kentucky’s network adequacy standards, including travel-time standards, 30-day appointment limits, and newer federal requirements that will require services within 10 business days by 2029. He said wait times for outpatient behavioral health, especially children’s services and ABA, have grown substantially, sometimes to more than a year, and emphasized that the Medicaid department must enforce these standards.

Transcript Highlights:

• So that is about a $5.5 million gap between need and supply.
• So that is about a $5.5 million gap between need and supply.
• So that is about a $5.5 million gap between need and supply.
• So that is about a $5.5 million gap between need and supply.
• And million gap between need and supply.

Bills: HF2115 , HF2276 , HF1644 , HF99 , HF2068 , HF2707 , HF2704 , HF2406 , HF1674 , HF1579

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: human services, aging services, disability services, behavioral health, long-term care, nursing home, nursing facility, assisted living, waiver services, medical assistance, Medicaid, case mix reimbursement, PDPM, RUG, direct care and treatment, developmental disabilities, day services, positive support, guardian, conservator

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• housing market and those trying to get into home ownership, alongside the challenges of a limited supply
• size their terms based on their size their efficiency<01:14:58.080><c> their</c><01:14:58.280><c> supply
• their supply chain their distance<01:14:59.280><c> from</c><01:14:59.480><c> suppliers</c><01:15:00.000
• 56.120><c> to</c> house file 21 49 also opens the door to house file 21 49 also opens the door to supply
• chain issues it would require supply chain issues it would require suppliers<01:15:58.159><c> to</c>

Bills: HF2228 , HF46 , HF856 , HF2149 , HF2215

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: homeowners insurance, property insurance, commercial property insurance, insurance affordability, insurance market stabilization, reinsurance, catastrophic reinsurance fund, self-insured pool, premium costs, coverage notice, liability reform, climate risk, climate change, housing affordability, multifamily housing, rental housing, common interest communities, cooperatives, small business insurance, Minnesota Commerce Department

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• > vehicles are stored outside so our vehicles are stored outside so our medical<00:12:41.639><c> supplies
• > would</c><00:12:42.959><c> be</c><00:12:43.160><c> exposed</c><00:12:43.560><c> to</c> medical supplies
• uh would be exposed to medical supplies uh would be exposed to the<00:12:43.959><c> extremes</c><00:
• that we need at a moment's supplies that we need at a moment's notice<00:15:58.480><c> in</c><00:15:
• My question for either one of the individuals on the panel: is there any money currently being supplied

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• c><01:03:32.520><c> Grant</c> The short story here, or the headline, is that demand far outstrips supply
• I'm not sure the request was 10 times as much as what was supplied by the legislature in that space.
• We're not just simply saying any and all applications up and over the supply.
• by the legislature as what was supplied by the legislature in<01:20:10.360><c> that</c> in that in that
• uh we're really talking over the supply uh we're really talking about<01:20:32.440><c> the</c><01:20

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And trying to link those even to, you know, supply chains and things like that, I think is very, very
• ... you know, supply chains and things like that, I think is very important and we'll be able to do a

Committee: All ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We've heard and will continue to hear that it's not feasible to track AI training data, but this is a supply
• chain issue and California knows supply chains.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection heard three bills. AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act, would require generative AI developers to let copyright holders know whether their works were used in training. The author said the bill was narrowed by amendments to remove prescriptive technical language and focus on transparency rather than compensation or training restrictions. Supporters included voice actors, artists, labor groups, and technical experts who argued creators need a way to know if their work was used. Opponents, including business and tech groups, argued the bill was premature given unsettled copyright law and raised concerns about technical feasibility, scale, and ownership identification. After discussion, the committee passed AB 412 on a 6-2 vote and sent it to Judiciary. AB 2448 would require electronic health record vendors to enable technical safeguards so providers can better segregate sensitive reproductive and gender-affirming care information. The author and supporters, including Planned Parenthood, the Attorney General’s office, medical groups, and privacy advocates, said the bill builds on existing California privacy law and helps protect patients from misuse of sensitive health data. There was no opposition testimony. The committee passed AB 2448 on a 7-1 vote and sent it to Health. AB 2561 would prohibit changes to consumers’ preferred privacy settings without their consent, aiming to prevent apps and software from resetting privacy choices after updates. The author said the bill would reduce the burden on users and strengthen privacy protections. CalChamber and TechNet said they had moved from opposition to support after amendments were taken. The committee passed AB 2561 unanimously, 8-0, and adjourned after the final vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• We've heard and will continue to hear that it's not feasible to track AI training data, but this is a supply
• chain issue, and California knows supply chains.

Committee: Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This, of course, would include things such as software, hardware, tools, supplies, materials, our curriculum
• So for individuals to donate software, hardware, tools, supplies, materials.

Committee: House Higher Education and Workforce Development

Summary: The Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development heard House Bill 3359, presented by Rep. Travis Wilson on behalf of Rep. Riggs. The bill would create a state income tax credit for donations to registered school robotics/STEAM programs, including cash, equipment, software, materials, and certain employee volunteer hours. The proposal was described as a 20% credit, capped at $10 million annually beginning in tax year 2027, with a six-year sunset. Committee members raised questions about whether the credit applies to individuals or businesses, how volunteer hours would be valued, whether the bill should be limited to qualified coaches or employees rather than parents or general volunteers, which state agency would administer reporting, and whether the 20% rate should be higher. Rep. Wilson said he was open to clarifying amendments and noted the bill sponsor would need to weigh changes. The bill’s student author and witness, Sarah Waldron, a Westminster Christian Academy senior and robotics team CEO, testified in support. She said the bill was intended to help Missouri schools, especially under-resourced ones, access funding for robotics programs and argued that the credit would leverage private donations into student opportunities and workforce development. She clarified that the volunteer-hour provision was meant for business employees, not individual volunteers, and said she had drafted an amendment to provide higher credits for schools with higher free-and-reduced-lunch percentages. Several committee members praised her work and discussed the need to target aid toward schools with fewer resources. Arne C. A.C. Dinoff, State Public Advocate, testified in opposition. He praised the student’s initiative but argued the state could not afford another tax credit given budget deficits and said volunteerism should not be tied to a fiscal reward. He also questioned the fiscal note and said robotics support should be handled locally rather than through a state tax credit. No vote was taken, and the chair concluded the hearing after testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• This, of course, would include things such as software, hardware, tools, supplies, materials, our curriculum
• So for individuals to donate software, hardware, tools, supplies, materials.

Committee: House Higher Education and Workforce Development

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In addition to the environmental issues, the overall principle of locking the sun creates supply chain
• that bee populations have dropped by over 50% nationwide in the past decade, threatening our food supply

Committee: House Environment, Energy and Technology

Keywords: 989, all