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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (03/10/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • And what kind of a caseload are they carrying?
  • They're carrying about 97 individuals on their caseload.
  • <00:42:01.640> to<00:42:02.079> people visits would really be limited to people visits
  • would really be limited to people who<00:42:02.760> may<00:42:02.960> be<00:42:03.119>
  • Yeah, at least five years is on there, so you can look at the number of caseloads and the trending of
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Division of Long-Term Supports and Services presented its budget and program overview as part of the Department of Health and Human Services operating budget review. Leadership described the division’s three bureaus—Aging and Adult Services, Developmental Services, and Family-Centered Services—and explained that the division provides guidance, technical assistance, quality monitoring, and contracted provider oversight across the lifespan. Members also discussed staffing, with reported vacancy rates of 4% in Aging and Adult Services, 15% in Developmental Services, and 6% in Family-Centered Services; the division said the higher BDS vacancy rate is partly due to the small number of authorized positions. The governor’s budget had left eight positions unfunded in the division, including three in Aging and Adult Services and five in BDS. A major topic was the division’s roadmap initiatives, especially building a system of care for healthy aging and strengthening developmental disabilities systems through a new reimbursement rate structure. The division said it contracted with an actuary to study DD service costs and found rates had not been reviewed since 2017 and were significantly below actual costs and other states’ rates, contributing to provider shortages even when services are authorized. Members asked about the impact on service delivery and whether rates would need to rise overall; the division said its strategy is to focus on lower-cost services that help people remain in the community. The division also reported waiver enrollment figures, including about 4,161 people on the Choices for Independence waiver, 3,688 average nursing facility residents, 5,061 people on the DD waiver, 228 on the acquired brain disorder waiver, and 488 children on the in-home support waiver, while noting there is no funding waitlist but provider availability remains a constraint. The division highlighted IT modernization as a major accomplishment, especially moving Adult Protective Services and Developmental Services into the New Heights system. Officials said these changes improve case-note access, data retrieval, service authorization tracking, and transparency for providers, and they asked for future oversight discussion focused on IT leverage. Members noted that New Heights maintenance is budgeted in the Office of the Commissioner under class 27 and suggested better transparency on system costs and benefits. The division also reported that it closed out a long-running CMS corrective action plan for BDS on July 1, 2023, and said it is now focused on strengthening the system rather than compliance alone. Other discussion covered the Aging and Adult Services bureau’s name change from Elderly and Adult Services to Adult and Aging Services, intended to avoid negative connotations and better reflect preventative services. The bureau described Adult Protective Services trends involving scams, financial exploitation, self-neglect, and isolation, and explained that it administers the CFI waiver, determines medical eligibility for nursing facility level of care, and braids funding from Medicaid, state funds, Older Americans Act money, Social Service Block Grants, and other grants. Members asked about waiver growth targets and federal consequences if enrollment remains below projections; the division said it would explain the shortfall in a future waiver amendment and did not anticipate a federal penalty. The meeting ended without any votes or formal actions taken.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Aug 25th, 2025

Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • To age three, we evaluate around 900 kiddos a year through that department and have a rotating caseload
  • There's a lot of research being done to limit the use of clean water, like you can use brackish water
  • So there's a lot of work happening on how to limit the use of precious resources like water.
  • And we also have some limited production of those microelectronics that I talked about.
  • So we have made an intentional decision to limit our indirect spending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Nominations May 19th, 2025

Nominations

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is our last nomination hearing for this session, and it's limited just to three nominees.
  • This hearing for this session is limited just to three nominees.
  • What policies would you advise or recommend to limit these scaled acquisitions while still ensuring a
  • But 60% of the caseload is water, and that’s because there are so many more water districts in Texas.
  • So on the telecommunication side, we actually have very limited involvement with broadband, most at the
Summary: The Senate Committee on Nominations held its final nomination hearing of the session and considered three nominees: J.B. Goodwin for the Texas Real Estate Commission, Courtney Yaltman for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Thomas Gleason as PUC chairman. Goodwin described his long career in real estate and charitable work, and senators questioned him extensively about the Real Estate Commission’s self-directed, semi-independent status, housing affordability, institutional homebuyers, property insurance costs, disclosure issues, and the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors case. Yaltman and Gleason were questioned about PUC oversight of ERCOT, post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, utility resilience and vegetation management after Hurricane Beryl, water and telecommunications oversight, staffing and transparency, and rising infrastructure and utility costs. Much of the discussion focused on housing and utility affordability, with several senators urging the nominees to keep consumer protection and public trust at the forefront. Goodwin said housing affordability and large-scale investment purchases were not within the Real Estate Commission’s direct purview, though he supported further study. Yaltman and Gleason said the PUC had increased oversight of ERCOT, improved communication and accountability with utilities, and was working on resiliency plans, rate-setting issues, and infrastructure planning while trying to avoid overburdening ratepayers. The committee first voted to favorably report nominees left pending from the May 5 agenda by a 6-0 roll call vote. After public testimony was opened and closed, the committee then voted on the nominees heard that day and favorably recommended all three to the full Senate for confirmation by a 7-0 vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs May 13th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll be limiting public testimony to three minutes.
  • The process is there; there's no time limit on it.
  • note that I'm in particular... want to focus the questioning on the financial implications and limitations
  • But to limit our property tax—the only thing we have is property tax—and then to say you have to go for
  • Try to bring those caseloads down.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • They could appeal to the independent office of special counsel that spends one-third of its caseload
  • The VA is limited to contracts, general operation, and management of the IT system.
  • education institutions access to transition assistance program sites, I believe the strategy of exclusion limits
  • Project 2025, which I understand you had a limited contribution to, but I'm sure you're aware of.
  • In 2020, the Project 2025, which you contributed to, I know in a limited way, but you were involved in
Summary: The meeting involved detailed discussions on various veterans' issues, particularly focusing on the challenges faced by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amidst a backdrop of significant staffing changes. Members expressed deep concerns over the recent layoffs of over 1,000 VA employees, emphasizing the crucial nature of these positions in the context of mental health support for veterans, particularly amid rising suicide rates. Senators articulated the need for transparency and effective communication between the VA and Congress to avoid further breakdowns in services. The session also spotlighted the ongoing modernization of VA systems and the urgent need to streamline processes to benefit veterans effectively.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In this role, she oversees all legal work, supervises nine attorneys, and manages her own caseload.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, two, decreases in the child care assistance program were driven by lower than projected caseloads
  • Um, two, decreases in the child care assistance program were driven by lower than projected caseloads
  • Um, two, decreases in the child care assistance program were driven by lower than projected caseloads
  • Those providing testimony will be given specific time limits, which must be strictly observed.
  • <00:54:43.480> individuals without denying or limiting individuals without denying or limiting
Bills: HF3415
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • rising youth mental health needs, difficulty accessing care, and persistent workforce shortages that limit
  • We remained at two counselors for years, and my partner and I had a caseload at one point of 770 each
  • We have middle schools ranging from 900-plus to 1,500-plus, so now our caseloads are more comparable
  • And there are very limited resources for our Medi-Cal kiddos with regard to IOP.
  • So I think it is good to limit the breaks that we do have to also just be completely off our phones,
Summary: The hearing focused on youth mental health and treatment access in California, with opening remarks emphasizing that youth distress, self-harm-related emergency visits, and difficulty obtaining care remain elevated, while workforce shortages and reliance on one-time funding continue to limit access. Assemblymember Lori Davies echoed concerns about unstable funding and said lawmakers need to hear directly from providers and families as they prepare for the budget and legislation. The chair framed the hearing as a chance to hear from county, school, provider, and student perspectives, especially in San Diego County, where needs are high and investments have not always matched demand. County and school officials described the current system and recent state initiatives, including the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, school-linked fee schedules, payment reform, and the Behavioral Health Services Act transition. San Diego County Behavioral Health said it serves Medi-Cal youth with specialty mental health needs through a broad continuum of care, including outpatient clinics, school-based services, crisis response, residential treatment, and new crisis and residential facilities. San Diego County Office of Education and San Marcos Unified School District described efforts to expand school-based services and reimbursement through CYBHI, but said implementation is slowed by complex billing rules, insurance-data collection concerns from families, administrative burden, and uncertainty about sustaining staff positions funded by grants or soft money. School counselor testimony highlighted reduced stigma through campus outreach and clubs, but also noted that counselor-to-student ratios remain well above national standards and that budget cuts threaten supports. Provider testimony stressed that the system remains fragmented and that youth often move between emergency rooms, inpatient care, outpatient therapy, schools, and county programs without smooth handoffs. A child psychiatrist described crisis cases in which the main choices are brief hospitalization or discharge with limited follow-up, and argued for stronger warm handoffs, more outpatient and intensive outpatient options, better school-clinic coordination, and broader use of mobile crisis and 988. Rady Children’s Hospital and Aurora Behavioral Health described large increases in behavioral health demand, expansion of integrated care, and major barriers tied to low reimbursement rates, delayed payments, and administrative complexity. Across the panel, witnesses called for more stable funding, clearer reimbursement rules, better parent education on warning signs, and stronger collaboration among schools, counties, hospitals, and community providers to reduce stigma and improve timely care for youth.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Judiciary Committee Jun 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Nobody was calculating the limit. Not incorrectly, not occasionally, not at all.
  • And if we approach the limit, the answer is simple: operating costs stop charging to that fund.
  • Under that limit very easily in the future.
  • on everybody else in the executive branch and legislative limits on judges.
  • We're going to limit it. Why is that the singular focus?
Keywords: 908, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (02/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Cases have become more complex, and caseloads have become too high.
  • Caseloads are set forth in the Public Defender contract.
  • Most attorneys in the Public Defender now greatly exceed that 70-case limit.
  • So it looks like the caseload is... I think this gentleman would like to speak.
  • For the Superior Court, it's about 70% of our caseload that is dockets, um, is criminal.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony from Insurance Commissioner DJ Bettencourt on the New Hampshire Insurance Department budget. He said the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers based on New Hampshire premium volume, with about $8 billion in premiums written in the state and a department budget of roughly $15.5 million. He explained that the department has 88 authorized positions, eight vacancies, and that three full-time positions were unfunded after the governor’s requested 4% reduction exercise. He also said the department is trying to balance staffing needs with not overburdening carriers during a hard insurance market. A major topic was the department’s $2.6 million rebate to industry from the prior fiscal year, which Bettencourt described as a credit against the next assessment rather than a direct cash payment. Members questioned why that credit was not reflected as a reduction in the upcoming budget, and Bettencourt and staff explained that the budget assumes full staffing and full spending, with any year-end surplus returned to insurers. The commissioner said the department had added staff in recent years for succession planning and to preserve institutional expertise, and that the rebate reflects careful budgeting rather than excess spending. Members also asked about staffing changes by division, including positions unfunded in fraud, property and casualty examinations, life and health examinations, and tax. Bettencourt said fraud investigations remain strong and that the department can use outside contractors for examinations, with those costs billed to the company being examined. He also described the department’s examination process, including periodic financial exams and targeted market conduct reviews triggered by consumer complaints or trends. Additional questions covered OIT transfers, the department’s oversight of fully insured health coverage, the insurance premium tax and fines going to the general fund, and the department’s limited role in auto repair reimbursement disputes, where he said complaints have recently declined.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Funding (02/25/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't think we have, you know, we are limited with some time today, so I think that will work.
  • You can see that a speech-language teacher can have as many as 48 kids on their caseloads.
  • Then when you divide it by the caseload, you can see how many teachers you would need statewide.
  • But I also think that we need this limit on spending of schools.
  • on on spending of schools um this limit on on spending of schools I<04:07:16.600> mean<04:07:
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Education Funding Committee met to review a large package of bills, with the first four—HB 717, 742, 773, and 603—focused on special education aid, formerly called catastrophic aid. Chair Ladin explained that the committee needed to move a special education bill forward by March 4 and was trying to determine which bill would serve as the vehicle. He described the current formula and the difficulty of estimating the fiscal impact of lowering the threshold from 3.5 times the statewide average cost per pupil to a lower level, noting that DOE did not have reliable data on how many students would fall into the lower-cost bands. The committee also noted that several other bills in the package addressed SWEP and adequacy issues, and that HB 510 dealt with due process rather than funding. Mark Mello of the Bureau of School Finance testified that the department only has reliable data for special education expenditures above $70,000 per student, since claims are submitted for reimbursement at that point. He said the bureau was trying to estimate how many students might fall between 2.5x and 3.5x or 3x and 3.5x the average cost, but that the basic answer was they did not know and that any estimate would be difficult. He explained that moving the threshold from 3.5x to 2.5x would create a minimum additional cost of about $13.6 million based on existing claims, not counting new students who would enter the range. Members discussed whether districts already had the underlying data, whether a survey should be required, and how districts know when to begin tracking costs for reimbursement. The committee also discussed proration and the state’s share of special education aid. Mello explained that the current 80% state share is modeled in the formula, but the actual payment has been prorated because appropriations have not matched the statutory liability; he said the state liability was about $50 million, while the budget had provided $34 million, resulting in a 68% payment rate. HB 742 was described as a bill that would eliminate proration by paying the liability directly from the education trust fund with an overflow mechanism. Members also discussed possible alternatives such as changing the state share, using a lower threshold in a transition period, or requiring districts to submit data. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided; the committee was still in discussion and considering which bills to advance.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 1st, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, make your caseload smaller so that you could work on actual cases and not basically domestic violence
  • They just might have physical limitations that keep them from being able to work.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 1st, 2025

Human Services

FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 1, 2025 - 04:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • ensuring that every child that is struggling to meet that next benchmark is really captured and not just limited
  • That next benchmark is really captured and not just limited to kinder to third grade.
  • There's three of us, so we could use more support because my caseload is 22 kids, and it's difficult.
Summary: The Student Academic Success Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered two bills. The first, PCS for HB 1565, would expand permitted purchases under the Personalized Education Program scholarship to include digital devices, clarify statutory terms, and distinguish between parent-directed part-time programs and full-time instructor-led programs. Rep. Hinson questioned oversight and misuse safeguards, while the sponsor said existing statutory and SFO oversight already applies. Public testimony included support from the James Madison Institute, and the bill was reported favorably by a 12-1 vote. The committee then heard PCS for HB 1483, the SCORE Act, which would gradually align Florida’s school grading scale with the familiar A-F scale used for students over a 10-year transition. The sponsor argued that current school grades are inflated and confusing to parents, and said the bill would also expand early support identification from pre-K through 8th grade. Members raised concerns about the impact on public and charter schools, low-income communities, teacher workload, resources, property values, and whether the bill should be paired with funding and professional development. Public testimony included an ESE teacher asking about funding and class size, one opponent from Orange County teachers, and a proponent from Florida Citizens Alliance. After extensive debate, the committee voted 12-5 to report PCS for HB 1483 favorably. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency and accountability for parents and create pressure to raise standards, while opponents warned it could sharply increase lower-rated schools without sufficient resources and could mislead the public about school performance during the transition.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 27th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • and it combines two different factors, one of which being an objective or database review of the caseloads
  • It simply allows the selection board to select those designers for multiple projects, with a limit.
  • There's a $1 million limit on the individual contract size.
  • There's a two-year limit on the contract, and it also requires agencies to have at least two in place
Summary: The Finance Committee met on May 27, 2026, with six members present and took up a series of House bills, most of them dealing with education funding, criminal justice staffing, transportation, health care access, and economic development. HB 325 was reported favorably after testimony that it would expand TOPS eligibility by allowing dual-enrollment credits to satisfy eligibility criteria and by making part-time students eligible for TOPS Tech, with supporters saying the program has been underused and the change would help working students. HB 719 was amended and reported favorably to increase assistant district attorney positions in various judicial districts; the Louisiana District Attorneys Association said the changes were based on workload data and local input, and members discussed the need to coordinate any expansion with public defender funding. The committee also reported HB 749 favorably, which would move Louisiana’s 529 savings accounts to a more secure online platform after a cyber incident, and HB 1028 favorably, which concerns transportation reimbursement for providers and was described as already subject to appropriation. Several bills focused on food access and local economic development. HB 1222, the Grocery Initiative Act, was reported favorably to let LED use existing grant resources to map food deserts and develop a program, with members noting it could return for funding later if needed. HB 1194 was amended and reported favorably to define food deserts and direct the LSU AgCenter and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to identify and map them, with authors emphasizing it was a study and not a government-run grocery program. HB 755, which would create IDIQ contracting for architects and engineers on smaller state projects, was reported favorably with no fiscal impact. HB 823, a local diversion pilot for Orleans Parish, was also reported favorably after the fiscal note was revised to remove state impact and reflect only local costs. The committee spent substantial time on HB 488, a proposal from Plaquemines Parish to use severance-tax revenue to help buy out a private toll concession on the parish’s bridge. The author and local officials described severe toll burdens, economic harm to local businesses, and what they called an unfair contract, but members noted the bill was not funded and ultimately deferred it without a motion. HB 797, the Bayou Gold/Louisiana Sound Money Act, was amended to make implementation subject to appropriation and then reported favorably. The committee also took up HB 198, which would raise Medicaid reimbursement for ambulatory surgery centers for certain outpatient procedures; after extensive discussion about fiscal notes, access to care, and potential long-term savings, the bill was amended to narrow its scope and make implementation subject to appropriation, then reported favorably as amended. The meeting ended with the chair noting it would be the committee’s last meeting and asking members to spread the word.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Mar 18th, 2025

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2, the General Appropriation Act, is a balanced budget that maintains robust reserves and limits
  • Where are you at with hiring those caseworkers, and what are we doing when it comes to caseloads?
  • They're only going to be limited to $290 million in bonding.
  • We're limiting the amount of bonding capacity that they can do every year, and that will help trigger
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Jan 14th, 2025

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, given our limited time together today, I will focus on a few key areas that are critical to
  • on diverse state, local, university, nonprofit, and private sector partnerships, often with time-limited
  • These compounded risk factors, coupled with limited access to resources, can significantly increase the
  • welfare system, really to help right-size some CBCs specifically around... ...their case manager-to-caseload
Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Dr. Kelly O’Dare on first responder behavioral health access, peer support, and suicide prevention. She described UCF Restores, the Second Alarm Project, and related partnerships that provide culturally competent treatment, peer training, clinician education, disaster response support, and behavioral health navigation. She cited survey and state data showing significant rates of sleep problems, anxiety, depression, substance use, and suicide among Florida first responders, and said evidence-based treatment has helped many patients recover, including a reported 76% who no longer met PTSD diagnostic criteria after treatment. Senators asked about measuring outcomes, peer support standards, and whether the state should create more consistent statewide requirements; O’Dare said peer support training must be specialized, linked to higher levels of care, and supported by sustainable funding and statewide coordination. The committee also heard from a public commenter who supported the work and emphasized the need for adequate resources and peer support infrastructure. The committee then received a Department of Children and Families presentation from Casey Penn on the proposed funding methodology for community-based care lead agencies under HB 7089. Penn explained that the new model is intended to be actuarially based, reimbursement-oriented, and more transparent than prior funding approaches, using historical expenditures, standardized reporting, and two main tiers: Tier 1 for largely fixed administrative and operational costs, and Tier 2 for direct child-serving costs based on per-child-per-month blended rates. He said the model includes a 2% risk corridor for Tier 2, hold-harmless funding in the first year, and optional Tier 3 performance incentives, with an estimated additional state appropriation need after offsets. Senators raised concerns about prevention, historical inequities, reasonableness of costs, administrative overhead, blended state and federal funds, adoption subsidies, high-acuity placements, and disaster-related disruptions. Penn said some of those issues could be addressed in future iterations as the child welfare information system is modernized, and he agreed to provide written responses to committee questions. Representatives of the Florida Coalition for Children and CBCs responded that the model is a major improvement but urged additional safeguards, including an administrative cap, clearer separation of direct and indirect costs, and better treatment of federal and pass-through funds. They argued that the system already has oversight and that deficits reflect insufficient appropriations rather than excess spending, while also noting that higher-acuity children and regional differences can drive costs. No votes were taken on either topic, and the meeting ended with committee staff introductions and adjournment.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • amount that you provide but then the second piece of that recommendation is that you only provide limited
  • To the extent funding is limited term in nature, it really does limit our ability to effectively recruit
  • Highly experienced attorneys may be hesitant. tent to apply for and take a limited term position with
  • So we just wanted to highlight that limit limited term funding does impact that our ability to recruit
  • As our executive director explained, caseload exploded from like 2,800 cases that we appointed every
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Finance - 02/18/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hibbing, and so I found my days being spent in a room with him and his aide or other students on my caseload
  • They just cause caseloads for everybody else to be higher, and so I think that would contribute to this
  • lot of reasons that those numbers are lower in Greater Minnesota, and it has a lot to do with huge caseloads
  • And I know in Hibbing, you know, the caseloads are almost unsustainable, but there just isn't the staff
  • And I know in Hibbing, you know, the caseloads are almost unsustainable, but there just isn't the staff
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 26th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII

Transcript Highlights:
  • ensures Texans have the reliable. services they deserve and keeps our state's economy humming as our caseload
Keywords: 1184, house, all