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• can reduce disciplinary incidents and... ...and mental health, and research has shown that sports programs
• administer and guide the CalVIP grant program.
• CalVIP is California's flagship community-based violence prevention program and a proven method to reduce
• California's flagship community-based violence prevention program and a proven method to reduce gun violence
• and business owners about the impact to loyalty programs and discounts.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , and impacts on other county staff programs and infrastructure, and new ordinances to adapt their program
• And then in '91, the state legislature realigned programs and created...
• the need for screening and more detailed work and prevent the risk of loss of benefits.
• budget, and raise new revenues to prevent cuts to these as well as other life-sustaining programs for
• This program is extremely effective and popular.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Having done and grown your own programs for over a decade and seen a lot of different programs, this
• Having done and grown your own programs for over a decade and seen a lot of different programs, this
• And so we've built this program.
• </c><01:16:44.840><c> and</c> million dollars on this program and million dollars on this program and
• Thomas Residency Program and other similar programs.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And with me today are Nancy Bumeier with Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and Tony Hackett with Californians
• order to protect the privacy of patients and... ...to intervene and prevent these disclosures from happening
• And they’re thriving, and to take away all these regulations that prevent them from thriving—that’s another
• Reporting requirements would evaluate the uniformity and effectiveness of the program, and the bill would
• , and hopefully prevent these incidents from happening in the future.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• health and crisis intervention training for communication staff.
• </c><00:19:17.159><c> Wellness</c> program under staff and health Wellness program under staff and health
• c> substance abuse program and so I think substance abuse program and so I think um<00:26:46.880><c>
• </c> program services and the cres program services and the cres institution<00:57:48.839><c> and</c>
• The OCCC is old, antiquated, and it wasn't built with programs in mind.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• and Texas flags.
• And the institution opened and in Prairie View on March 11th, 1878, and welcomed its first class of students
• Tameka LeGrand, and offers more than 70 degree programs through its eight colleges and schools and it's
• Established in 1858, Hardin County has grown from its early days of farming and and logging to a thriving
• The early settlers of Hardin County were industrious farmers and loggers cultivating corn, sweet potatoes

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• and Texas flags.
• Established in 1858, Hardin County has grown from its early days of farming and and logging to a thriving
• The early settlers of Hardin County were industrious farmers and loggers cultivating corn, sweet potatoes
• for many seniors offering critical safety check and emergency interventions.
• State Park and the 10-mile Mission hike and bike trail.

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• /c> manages the EFA program and the ETC tax manages the EFA program and the ETC tax credit<00:22:20.880
• continuous improvement, accountability and transparency, a preventative prevention of complacency, and
• continuous improvement, accountability and transparency, a preventative prevention of complacency, and
• </c> students and so they were in the program students and so they were in the program already<01:06:
• ><c> that</c> also qualified for that program and that also qualified for that program and that is<01

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• acute suicide ideation, and crisis intervention and every kind of assault imaginable. ...ideation and
• crisis intervention and every kind of assault imaginable, PTSD, and so much more.
• And I'm going to read from the requirements of the Master of Divinity program.
• And I'm going to read from the requirements of the Master's of Divinity program. Let's see.
• personnel and suicide prevention.

Committee: House Business

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 702, which would amend Idaho’s Uniform Commercial Code provisions governing securities entitlements. The sponsor and a guest attorney argued the bill would restore investor priority over banks in the event of a major Wall Street failure, saying current law gives secured lenders priority when brokers or custodians pledge customer securities without consent. Several members questioned whether the bill was broader than described, whether it mainly affected margin accounts, and whether it should be handled at the state level at all. After discussion, a motion to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation failed 8-7, and the committee then moved to hold the bill in committee at the call of the chair while members sought more information and further discussion. House Bill 562, sponsored by Representative Sauter, would extend the notice period for property insurance nonrenewals and cancellations from 30 days to 60 days for both residential and commercial policies. The sponsor said the bill was intended as a consumer protection measure to give policyholders more time to find replacement coverage or resolve issues with their current carrier, and he noted it would not change the 10-day notice for nonpayment or the separate timeline for rate changes. Committee members asked about existing contract language and whether a longer notice period could discourage insurers from writing policies in Idaho; the sponsor said he had not heard that concern from carriers and was open to adjusting the effective date. The committee approved a motion to send the bill to general orders. The committee then considered House Bill 585, which would impose “shot clocks” on mechanical, electrical, and plumbing inspections, similar to last session’s building inspection timelines. The sponsor said local governments would have 48 hours to complete inspections or refund the fee so a private third-party inspector could be used, and would have to provide written reasons for a failed inspection within three business days. Testimony from a third-party inspector and the Idaho Associated General Contractors supported the bill, saying it could save time and money and help keep projects moving. The committee adopted a due pass motion and sent the bill to the floor. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 545, which would create a pathway for certain military chaplains to become licensed professional counselors in Idaho based on their Master of Divinity, military counseling experience, and related clinical pastoral education. The sponsor and supporters said chaplains already provide substantial counseling in military settings and should be able to serve Idahoans, including veterans, while critics from the counseling profession argued the bill would bypass important counseling coursework, the national counselor exam, and existing gatekeeping standards. After extensive testimony from both sides, including questions about training, testing, supervision, and public protection, the committee had not yet reached a final disposition in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• AB 1739 is about accountability and prevention and the destruction of lives.
• Chinese Medicine and intern of the Sato program.
• exemptions, tightens accreditation and approval requirements for schools and programs, and makes a variety
• access to preventive and periodontal care.
• and as a program director.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of bills, with members repeatedly noting the lack of quorum while testimony continued. AB 1693 by Assemblymember Zbur would streamline local permitting for retail tenant improvements by allowing qualified professional certifiers to review plans and requiring local action within set deadlines; the California Retailers Association supported the bill, citing lengthy permit delays, and there was no opposition. AB 2010 by Assemblymember Soria would expand access to high-volume spay and neuter services, including mobile clinics, to address pet overpopulation; supporters said it would improve access in rural and underserved areas, while opponents and the Veterinary Medical Board raised concerns about safety standards and asked for amendments. AB 2195 by Assemblymember Rodriguez would stop automatic occupational license suspensions for low-income parents behind on child support; supporters argued the policy is counterproductive and hurts earning capacity, while the California Child Support Association and others said license suspension is an effective enforcement tool that brings parents to the table. The committee also heard AB 2311 by Assemblymember Chiu, which would let public health care district hospitals directly employ physicians; supporters said it would improve recruitment and access to care, while medical groups warned about physician autonomy and institutional influence. AB 1796 by Assemblymember Jackson would create a licensure pathway for professional interior designers and add an interior designer to the California Architects Board; supporters framed it as a public safety and professional recognition measure, while opponents said it would create confusion, unnecessary regulation, and no demonstrated public harm. AB 1739 by Assemblymember Ward would make it a crime for clergy providing therapeutic services to engage in sexual contact with a counselee, closing a gap in existing law; it drew strong support from survivor advocates and no opposition. Finally, AB 2497 by Assemblymember Johnson began testimony on modernizing the physical therapy practice act, with the author noting committee amendments that removed imaging and other provisions, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or action on that bill was completed.

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• And the Long Term Care Ombudsman program, which has been housed in the AG's office for just over a year
• So, we try to train those prosecutors through our intern program, and then we will help fan them out
• That if you go to the national training, and this was early on in their careers, you had to agree to
• And so, that is included in our budget. Lastly, is the RAP program.
• That is not our program. The legislature placed that in our department to manage and to oversee.

Committee: House A&B Judiciary Subcommittee

Keywords: 914, all

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• And so, um, a lot of unfunded mandate on the CDW program. So unfunded mandate on the CDW program.
• </c><00:48:59.839><c> fair</c> and I know that there are programs fair and I know that there are programs
• And so what Senate Bill 170 does very briefly is it sets up a pilot program in 10 school districts, and
• </c> program in in 10 school districts and program in in 10 school districts and that<00:53:25.040><c
• </c><00:53:28.240><c> restoration</c><00:53:28.880><c> program</c> accountability and restoration program

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

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• Um he was asked at the and early 70s.
• main page, home programs and services, disease prevention, and the main page is called the New Hampshire
• Vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccine safety both go, and by the way, the copyright of these websites
• main page, home programs and services, disease prevention, and the main page is called the New Hampshire
• Vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccine safety both go, and by the way, the copyright of these websites

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And as I will mention, as this program.
• <03:18:43.439><c> to</c> the Medicaid program and we are able to the Medicaid program and we are able
• /c><04:14:21.439><c> schools</c> intervention and support to help schools intervention and support to
• c> for</c> designation and grant program fund for designation and grant program fund for the<04:59:45.520
• </c> and children's health insurance programs and children's health insurance programs just<05:06:47.840

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This small change in the code will go a long way to facilitate targeted interventions and better outcomes
• The department and Congress have established and implemented policies and programs to victims.
• The department and Congress have established and implemented policies and programs to prevent and eliminate
• in those provisions went far enough to prevent something like this and would love to move the bill and
• And two, you have an administrative apparatus that prevents these things.

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several bills. SB 479 by Senator Arreguín would allow Berkeley, Long Beach, and Pasadena, as local health jurisdictions, to use multidisciplinary homeless response teams and share specified information across departments; supporters said it would improve coordination and services for unsheltered residents, and the bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 46 by Senator Umberg would direct the Secretary of State to keep constitutionally ineligible presidential candidates off the California ballot, including anyone who has already served two terms; supporters argued it was a constitutional enforcement measure, while Senator Niello questioned whether it was needed, and it passed 6-1 to Appropriations. SB 99 by Senator Blakespear would improve coordination between military and civilian systems by requiring courts and law enforcement to account for military protective orders and notify military authorities of possible violations; the Department of Defense supported it, while the ACLU raised due process concerns, and it passed 6-0 to Appropriations. SB 719 by Senator Cabaldon would extend the sunset on state reporting about high-risk automated decision systems from 2029 to 2032, and it passed 6-0 to Appropriations. SB 300 by Senator Padilla would strengthen California’s new AI chatbot law by requiring operators to prevent minors from being exposed to sexually explicit material; supporters said the existing law was insufficient, while industry groups warned against expanding a brand-new regime before it had been tested, and it passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 381 by Senator Wahab would allow adult adoptees, and descendants of adoptees, to obtain original birth certificates and create a nonbinding contact preference form for birth parents; supporters described health, identity, and dignity concerns, while some members raised privacy concerns, and it passed 13-0 to the Senate Health Committee. SB 33 by Senator Cortese would eliminate the sunset on the public works contractor claim-resolution process, with supporters saying it reduces litigation and speeds payment, and it passed 10-0 to Appropriations.

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• critical for every intervention in preventing crisis.
• HB 783 will create a coordinated access model pilot program in Duval, Clay, and St.
• of the program, and the bill requires updates and outcomes of the pilot program to be reported to the
• So again, based off the program that's working in Pinellas, and what they do is they get it and they
• It implements a pilot program in two departments: one with Florida Commerce, from claimants and our constituents

Summary: The IT Budget and Policy Subcommittee met with a quorum present and heard two bills. CS/HB 783 by Rep. Sapp would create a coordinated access model pilot program for behavioral health services in Duval, Clay, and St. Johns counties. The bill would contract with the Department of Children and Families and a university partner to provide centralized intake, screening, referral, appointment scheduling, follow-up, and data reporting on outcomes and service gaps. Rep. Young asked about avoiding bottlenecks and what “timely referral” means; Sapp said the proposal is based on an existing Pinellas model and is intended to triage cases by urgency. An amendment clarifying procurement guidelines was adopted without objection, and the bill was reported favorably by a 14-0 vote. The committee then heard HB 1031 by Rep. Rosenwald, which would establish a callback queue pilot program for select state agencies, including Florida Commerce and DCF, so callers can leave a number and receive a return call by the end of the next business day. Rosenwald said the goal is to improve customer service for issues such as reemployment assistance and benefits access, with no fiscal impact and a required report due by December 31, 2027. Rep. Cross spoke in support, noting callback systems reduce frustration for callers. The bill passed unanimously and was reported favorably by a 14-0 vote. At the end of the meeting, the chair noted that budget recommendations for fiscal year 2026-2027 had been submitted to Chair McClure. With no further business, the committee adjourned.

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• These programs can come into session and ask legislation to change the requirements.
• But an example of this would be the early childhood education and assistance program, or what is sometimes
• , including the DCYF program, the Department of Children, Youth, and Family programs, health care, and
• , including the DCIF program, the Department of Children, Youth, and Family programs, health care, and
• To avoid family programs, health care, and higher education.

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative-Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability

Keywords: 904, all

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• example, Lutheran Social Services, which then provides early intervention programs for youth.
• example, Lutheran Social Services, which then provides early intervention programs for youth.
• And I think that’s where that is present: are the agencies and the offices and the programs where we
• And I think that’s where that is present: are the agencies and the offices and the programs where we
• c> often</c><01:19:37.679><c> gets</c> staff and so a program often gets staff and so a program often

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• for them and don't access these programs.
• And if we look at on that program.
• </c> them and don't access these programs. them and don't access these programs.
• Program, and we can do that.
• c><02:18:59.840><c> then</c> interventions have failed um and then interventions have failed um and then

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• 56.960><c> visitation</c> the hands program and home visitation the hands program and home visitation
• And then of course the harm program.
• And then there's a local programs. Okay.
• </c><00:34:58.320><c> And</c> foundational services and programs.
• And foundational services and programs.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Human Services met to review budget items carved out in the prior session budget, including long-term care surveyor contracts, funding for local health departments, and expansion of the central laboratory. The committee approved the June 4 minutes and then heard an update from the Office of Inspector General’s Division of Health Care on long-term care certification surveys and complaint investigations. Officials said the $1 million annual appropriation for contracted survey work, along with salary increases and other resources, helped the state reduce its backlog. They reported that Kentucky completed 101 long-term care certification surveys in fiscal year 2024, up from 28 in fiscal year 2023, and had completed 186 surveys by July 7, 2025, with a goal of 40 to 50 more before the end of fiscal year 2025. Outstanding complaints fell from 1,565 at the end of fiscal year 2024 to 695 by July 7, 2025, and outstanding priority-one or immediate-jeopardy complaints were reduced to zero. Members asked about the definition of priority-one cases, survey timing, the number of facilities still overdue, vacancy rates, federal funding reliance, and the use of contract surveyors. Officials said priority-one cases involve serious harm or high risk of harm, that surveys are required within a 12- to 15.7-month window, and that the agency now has 40 contract surveyors and an outside team option. Several members praised the progress but warned that delays in surveys can endanger residents and urged continued funding and monitoring. The committee then began hearing from Mike Tuggle of the Department of Public Health on the Public Health Transformation Initiative, with Tuggle noting the legislation’s importance to public health financing. The transcript cuts off as he began his remarks.