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• I am a Medicaid personal care provider.
• have any provider for Medicaid waiver, and that's true.
• Medicaid personal care is an entitlement program.
• The bill sets forth coverage conditions.
• The bill sets forth coverage conditions.

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• These programs include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy
• Families, or Temporary Cash Assistance, and Medicaid.
• The Medicaid program provides medical coverage to low-income individuals and families.
• The Department of Children and Families determines eligibility for Medicaid, while the Agency for Health
• Care Administration administers services and payments for Medicaid.

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met to receive implementation briefings on House Bill 1267, which was enacted to address benefit cliffs and help public assistance recipients move toward economic self-sufficiency. The Department of Children and Families reviewed SNAP, Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA), and Medicaid-related eligibility and work requirements, including who must participate in work activities, the role of Florida Commerce and CareerSource Florida, and the new standardized intake and exit surveys required by the law. Members also discussed the TCA program’s household-based structure, the 48-month adult limit, and how work requirements differ for SNAP and TCA participants. Florida Commerce and CareerSource Florida then reported on implementation of HB 1267, including the CLIFF financial forecasting tool, case management changes, and survey data collected from welfare transition participants. They said intake surveys showed common barriers such as child care, transportation, and flexible work schedules, while exit surveys showed many participants were employed or had gained credentials, though response rates were low because the surveys are voluntary. A local workforce board, CareerSource Tampa Bay, described using CLIFF in case management and shared a success story about a participant who completed training, earned certifications, and moved into employment. The committee also heard a separate DCF briefing on the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its impact on SNAP. DCF said the law expands able-bodied adult without dependents requirements, changes non-citizen eligibility, ends future SNAP-Ed funding, increases state administrative cost sharing, and may require states to share in benefit costs if payment error rates remain above federal thresholds. Members focused heavily on Florida’s SNAP payment error rate, which DCF said was 15.13% for federal fiscal year 2024 and 12.60% for 2023, with the state currently on a corrective action plan. DCF described steps to reduce errors, including more verification of rent and utility expenses, improved income matching, staff training, and system modernization. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after questions concluded.

Bills: HB137, HB283, HCR114, HB137, HB283, HB1398, HB1960, HB2153, HB2431, HB2638, HB2699, HB2999, HB3208, HB3389, HB3413, HB3510, HB3642, HB3859, HB3974, HB3986, HB4142, HB4173, HB4174, HB4542, HB4605, HB4663, HB4731, HB5064, HB5216, HB5218, HB5332, HB5453, HB5577

Keywords: state budget, fiscal biennium, budget repeal, financial management, state funding, Medicaid, healthcare access, Affordable Care Act, federal funding, low-income individuals, insurance coverage, memorial, pedestrian bridge, Houston, Sergio Ivan Rodriguez, city council, oversize vehicles, transportation permits, Hidalgo County, port authority

Bills: HCR114, HB137, HB283, HB1398, HB1960, HB2153, HB2431, HB2638, HB2699, HB2999, HB3208, HB3389, HB3413, HB3510, HB3642, HB3859, HB3974, HB3986, HB4142, HB4173, HB4174, HB4542, HB4605, HB4663, HB4731, HB5064, HB5216, HB5218, HB5332, HB5453, HB5577, HB137, HB283

Keywords: memorial, pedestrian bridge, Houston, Sergio Ivan Rodriguez, city council, oversize vehicles, transportation permits, Hidalgo County, port authority, highway routes, healthcare, insurance, mental health, treatment access, state funding, transportation, axle weight, aggregates, regulations, Texas law

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• Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, that would limit access to abortion this time for those who use Medicaid
• all matters currently before the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs established under the order for temporary
• session I hereby transfer to the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs established under the order for temporary
• to understand, you know, perhaps tomorrow the Braywood decision will be decided, which relates to coverage
• Tarr, expanding coverage of medical information protection.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate first adopted three congratulatory resolutions recognizing the retirements of Dolores Hayes, Lisa Audet, and Kate Fitzpatrick. It then handled several procedural matters, including suspending Joint Rule 12 to refer a sick leave bank bill for a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office employee to the Committee on Public Service and referring House petitions to their respective committees. The chamber also adopted a conference report on the joint rules for the 2025-2026 session after remarks from Senators Creem, Tarr, Lovely, and Fattman emphasizing transparency, public access, recorded votes, longer notice for hearings and conference reports, remote participation, and periodic review of the rules. The report was accepted by a 40-0 roll call. The Senate then took up the bill strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth, Senate No. 2538, commonly described as Shield Act 2.0. Senator Friedman and others argued the bill was needed to protect reproductive and gender-affirming care from out-of-state and federal interference, to limit disclosure of sensitive information, to create a state-level EMTALA-style protection for emergency care and active labor, and to strengthen privacy and licensing protections for providers and institutions. Senators Cyr, Lovely, and Fattman also spoke in support, framing the bill as a response to recent federal and state threats and as an extension of Massachusetts’ prior shield-law work. The chamber considered numerous amendments. Several were rejected, including amendments by Senators Finegold and Keenan and multiple Tarr amendments on topics such as medical records, consistency with existing law, and public health data collection. Some amendments were adopted, including a Montigny amendment on health-connected data disclosure, a Brownsberger amendment further protecting privacy for reproductive and gender-affirming care, a Rauch amendment clarifying protections for patients in active labor, a Tarr amendment removing an exemption for data from personal tracking devices, and a Rodrigues corrective amendment. After the amendments, the Ways and Means substitute was adopted, the bill was ordered to a third reading, and it then passed to be engrossed by a 37-3 roll call. At the end of the session, the Senate adopted a memorial adjournment in honor of former Senate Majority Leader Louis P. Bertinazi. The Governor also filed a message submitting a bill to build resilience for Massachusetts communities, authorizing future capital spending for energy and environmental affairs, which was referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. The Senate then adopted an order to meet again the following Monday at 1 p.m. and adjourned.

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• Providers do have to enroll in Medicaid in order to participate in Medicaid.
• , meaning they had previously been a Medicaid provider but took a break from participating in Medicaid
• Today, about 98% of Medicaid clients are in. Medicaid managed care.
• Today, about 98% of Medicaid clients are in Medicaid managed care.
• All of these are Medicaid programs, and providers have to be enrolled as Medicaid providers, which we

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Medicaid covers approximately 48% of them. And and Florida.
• , Medicaid managed care.
• to start looking at the same year, National Medicaid means in comparison to our Florida Medicaid plans
• Florida, Medicaid improved by 12%.
• Corrective action plans and temporary enrollment limitations such as temporary enrollment freezes enrollment

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• HB 26 by whole relating to the requirement contracts with Medicaid managed care organizations to permit
• the organization to offer nutrition counseling instruction services in lieu of other state Medicaid
• HB 888 by Lalani relating to the Medicaid coverage replacement for.
• And Medicaid eligibility to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals imposing penalties
• HB 906 by Sahane relating to the temporary teaching certification of certain military service members

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• HB 26 by whole relating to the requirement contracts of Medicaid managed care organizations to permit
• the organization to offer nutrition counseling and instruction services in lieu of other state Medicaid
• coverage replacement for emergency outpatient dialysis treatment provided to certain individuals with
• including the creation of an alternative program designated to ensure health care. benefit plan coverage
• eligibility to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals imposing penalties or for the

Bills: HCR21, HCR22, HCR23, HCR24, HCR25, HCR26, HCR27, HCR31, HCR41, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR45, HCR52, HCR53, HCR66, HCR67, HCR73, HR8, HR10, HR13, HR20, HR21, HR50, HR59, HR61, HR71, HR74, HR79, HR84, HR86, HR90, HR91, HR102, HR103, HR107, HR113, HR125, HR126, HR132, HR142, HR145, HR149, HR150, HR152, HR167, HR179, HR181, HR183, HR186, HR192, HR196, HR199, HR207, HR211, HR212, HR213, HR216, HR249, HR256, HR259, HR261, HR263, HR272, HR281, HR285, HR294, HR295, HR300, HR305, HR311, HR313, HR315, HR316, HR323, HR331, HR339, HR340, HR346, HR349, HR352, HR357, HR358, HR360, HR363, HR374, HR377, HCR20, HCR28, HCR30, HCR32, HCR49, HR14, HR15, HR19, HR23, HR24, HR25, HR26, HR27, HR29, HR47, HR48, HR55, HR56, HR66, HR85, HR92, HR93, HR95, HR96, HR140, HR155, HR164, HR204, HR241, HR242, HR250, HR253, HR260, HR262, HR265, HR279, HR310, HR312, HR328, HR332, HR359, HR362, HR367

Keywords: recognition, award, petroleum industry, leadership, community service, HCR 22, House Concurrent Resolution, Texas Legislature, commendation, honorary resolution, Dr. James Olson, James Olson, University of Texas Permian Basin, UT Permian Basin, psychology professor, 50 years of service, faculty recognition, academic award, Piper Professor Award, Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

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• It means that it's easier to renew your Medicaid. Your Medicaid also means more workload.
• Actually eligible for Medicaid, so they get their coverage through Be Well New Mexico.
• able to purchase that coverage.
• work requirement for Medicaid.
• Medicaid.

Keywords: 996, all

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• What the relevant portion of that is, that it eliminates the coverage gap and aligns the eligibility
• 2947 would allow clinical interns in accredited behavioral health graduate programs to build the Medicaid
• Coverage applies only within the scope of state employment.

Bills: HB3767, HB3934, HB4199, HB4336, HB2947, HB3834, HB4302, HB4095, HB3287, HB3649, HB4430, HB4431, HB2059, HB3647

Keywords: dentistry, licensing, dental hygiene, foreign-trained dentists, temporary license, public health, emergency response, child care, workforce, pilot program, affordable care, income eligibility, interventional pain management, pain management clinic, chronic pain, acute pain, spinal injections, epidural steroid injection, peripheral nerve block, nerve ablation

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• So if that's employer health coverage, Medicaid, or Medicare, you cannot be incarcerated.
• coverage?
• Medicaid, or the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange fund, to maintain the coverage.
• Having coverage through Medicaid is not a good thing; we don't want to encourage people to be at that
• coverage.

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• It fragments the care system, puts Medicaid recipients at risk by removing their coverage during treatment
• It fragments the care system, puts Medicaid recipients at risk by removing their coverage during treatment
• , restore continuous Medicaid coverage for individuals receiving substance use treatment, support tribal
• recipients, restore continuous Medicaid coverage for individuals receiving substance use treatment,
• Many of those patients would then be eligible for Medicaid coverage, and so our state general fund provision

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• It fragments the care system, puts Medicaid recipients at risk by removing their coverage during treatment
• , restore continuous Medicaid coverage for individuals receiving substance use treatment, support tribal
• , restore continuous Medicaid coverage for individuals receiving substance use treatment, support tribal
• $30, $40 million in that many of those patients would be then eligible for Medicaid coverage, and so
• $30, $40 million in that many of those patients would be then eligible for Medicaid coverage, and so

Summary: The committee met at Spirit Lake Tribe and first heard welcoming remarks and introductions from tribal leaders and program directors. Chairwoman Street and other tribal representatives outlined a range of concerns and requests for state action, including taxation of reservation lands, support for non-beneficiary students at the tribal school, homelessness funding, Indian-managed health care, gaming and e-tabs, Feather Alert improvements, industrial farming near waterways, tourism, and better state-tribal consultation. Committee members responded that the meeting was intended to improve understanding and communication, and several members suggested future legislation or resolutions could be used to advance some of the issues. The tribe also offered to provide training on treaties, IHS 638, and compact services to legislators and staff. A major portion of the discussion focused on Spirit Lake fish and wildlife jurisdiction and the lake boundary. Tribal representatives asked for an MOU or co-stewardship agreement with the state to clarify hunting and fishing rights, recognize tribal licenses, and reduce recurring disputes over “gray areas” on the reservation and lake. Committee members discussed whether to draft a bill or resolution directing the executive branch and state agencies to negotiate such an agreement, and asked that North Dakota Game and Fish be invited to a future meeting. Related concerns included aquatic nuisance species prevention, with both sides agreeing that more aggressive boat inspection and cleaning measures would be beneficial. The committee also discussed taxation and county relations. Tribal leaders raised concerns about county resistance to fee-to-trust transfers and about property and vehicle taxation affecting members living on or near reservation lands. Committee members and tribal counsel reviewed federal treaty principles and court cases, and one member noted that the committee had previously taken no formal action on similar issues. Later, Benson County’s tax equalization director explained how the county values taxable land, handles inundated land applications, and tracks land coming off the tax rolls when the tribe repurchases acreage. The discussion ended with a presentation from the president of Sisseton Wahpeton College, who described the college’s programs, economic impact, and funding needs, followed by an HHS presentation on 1115 Medicaid waivers and the IMD exclusion as the committee moved to its next topic.

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• I have a question about temporary agencies, which you had brought up.
• Do temporary employees have to go through that de-escalation training as well.
• For a follow-up So, direct care staff can be from a temporary agency.
• So, temporary agencies, there is a difference in the amount of money that the state pays to hire a temporary
• Number 4 is a statewide coverage of PparRB.

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• This is temporary protected status.
• :49.760> instead<06:01:50.240> of dollar from Medicaid, instead of dollar from Medicaid
• Medicaid. Medicaid.
• cut to Medicaid.
• to Medicaid to Medicaid in<06:28:56.878> American<06:28:57.360> history.

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• So, I'm just, uh, I just want to understand why are we restricting this bill only to Medicaid coverage
• And they published a report, the biomarker test coverage in Medicaid Florida report, and they came up
• The goal of this legislation is to ensure that Granite Staters covered by Medicaid have coverage for
• <02:12:03.599> have<02:12:03.840> coverage sters covered by Medicaid have coverage
• sters covered by Medicaid have coverage for<02:12:04.320> biomarker<02:12:04.880> testing

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• Given the outsize impact that Medicaid has on the state in terms of providing coverage for 1.2 million
• <00:20:59.640> Program the Medicaid Program the Medicaid Program um<00:21:02.679> given
• 21:10.960> 1.2 in terms of providing coverage for 1.2 in terms of providing coverage for 1.2 million
• Medicaid.
• <01:04:07.599> if by its very own nature is temporary if by its very own nature is temporary

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• Authority for temporary moratoriums under existing statute.
• Current law requires such coverage for children's prosthetics.
• They are no longer on the state Medicaid plan.
• <02:17:19.840> Program that fall out of the Medicaid Program that fall out of the Medicaid
• Medicaid access to Medicaid<02:18:12.960> expansion<02:18:13.840> versus<02:18:14.359>

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Bills: SB118, SB203, HB420, HB414, HB363, HB405, HB261, HB263, HB327, HB348, HB228, HB282, SB273, HB7, SB296, SB199, SB47, SB204, HB80, HB11, HB192

Keywords: bail, offenses, constitutional amendment, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, Baldwin County, local bill, education funding, school tax, privilege license tax, county tax revenue, municipal school board, Baldwin County Board of Education