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• Uh, full facility assessment. The last one, real full facility assessment was done in 2006.
• Um, so that was the real, the last real full facility assessment done at NMMI.
• And then a limited assessment to single facility or areas.
• Um, it does require that assessment and obviously, uh, those funding resources.
• whole day without screens.

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• Many companies already conduct rigorous screening voluntarily, but there is no legal requirement to do
• That's why AB 1864's gene synthesis screening requirements are so important.
• Screening has been recognized as industry best practice since 2009 and is supported by a wide range of
• Screening has been recognized as industry best practice since 2009 and is supported by a wide range of
• Yet no jurisdiction has created a legal requirement to screen.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several bills focused on workforce access, consumer protection, behavioral health parity, and public health safety. AB 1591 by Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez would create a podiatric medicine pipeline program to address shortages of podiatrists, especially in rural and underserved counties; it drew strong support from podiatrists and medical groups and no opposition. AB 2011 by Assembly Member Hart would codify federal mental health and substance use disorder parity standards into state law; supporters argued it would preserve access if federal enforcement weakens, while health plans and insurers opposed it as premature and potentially confusing. The bill was moved on a due pass motion to Appropriations and remained on call after a roll vote with several ayes and some noes. The committee also considered AB 2311 by Assembly Member Chiavo, which would allow public health care district hospitals to directly employ physicians. Supporters said the change would help district hospitals recruit and retain doctors and stabilize care in underserved communities, while CMA and emergency physicians warned it could weaken the corporate practice of medicine protections and physician autonomy. Members raised concerns about guardrails, but the author said the bill would continue to be refined; it passed on a due pass motion to the Business and Professions Committee. AB 2030 by Assembly Member Lowenthal would prohibit sales of over-the-counter diet pills and weight-loss or muscle-building supplements to minors, with supporters citing eating disorder risks and opponents objecting to scope, age-verification, and retail requirements. The bill passed on a due pass motion to the Judiciary Committee. AB 1864 by Assembly Member Berman would require screening of gene synthesis orders to prevent misuse for bioterrorism and would authorize enforcement penalties for noncompliance. Supporters from Stanford, Encode, and the medical community said the measure would align California with federal best practices and address growing biosecurity risks, while life sciences representatives raised concerns about operational burdens and supply-chain impacts. Members discussed whether the bill should include an urgency clause and how to keep the standards current; it passed to the Judiciary Committee. AB 2457 by Assembly Member Connolly would standardize and speed up Medi-Cal managed care credentialing for physicians, and it passed to Appropriations with broad support. Finally, AB 2302, presented on behalf of Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez, would require infant formula manufacturers to test for toxic elements such as lead and arsenic and post results publicly; pediatric and disability advocates supported the measure as a transparency and infant safety bill.

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• He didn't do any screening.
• Screening for prostate cancer...
• Screening has become so much better in the last 20 years, and screening is so important to our ability
• For screenings such as breast, cervical, lung, and colorectal screenings, we have had either at the state
• the four cancer screenings I've mentioned.

Bills: HB712, HB722, HB946, HB1687, HB1809, HB1899, HB2528, HB2583, HB2741, HB2750, HB3021, HB3150, HB3265, HB3658, HB3812, HB3960, HB4392, HB4432

Keywords: prostate cancer, health benefit plans, insurance coverage, cost sharing, preventive health care, auto insurance, total loss evaluation, disclosure, insurance materials, vehicle appraisal, HB 946, Texas Insurance Code, automobile insurance claims, oral release, written release, settlement agreement, claim release, property damage, bodily injury, psychological injury

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• We have completed assessments for about 30% of them.
• And screen time is... Having committees and working groups on screen time, right?
• But the issue of too many screens or too much time on the screen, that's at least a decade or 12 years
• They're doing screen time; they're having screen time conversations now, right, after a bunch of kids
• Assessment team versus our district having two.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The NIH is currently piloting using newborn whole genome sequencing as a standard screening tool.
• They have to use the doctor's assessment of that risk, not the genetic test itself. Okay.
• We're looking to accurately assess the risk.
• We're looking to accurately assess the risk.
• , not what's on the screen.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• FOR ASSESSMENT? ONE WOULD IT BE IMPLEMENTED?
• THE SCREENING GRANT PROGRAM AWARDS FUNDING TO NONPROFIT ENTITIES IMPLEMENT NEW HEALTHCARE SCREENING AND
• IN ADDITION THE HEALTH SCREENING PORTAL WHICH IS SHOWN HERE HEALTH CARE STOP FLORIDA HEALTH.
• NOT LIMITED TO THE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES THAT ARE DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY THE GRANT PROGRAM.
• AN ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• for. under the Newborn Screening Program.
• And Section 19 repeals the Assessment and Monitoring Program for Long COVID and related conditions.
• But these sections direct DHS to seek federal approval for an assessment on hospitals and then also a
• I know that there's a lot of data out there in regards to screen time and just the dangers of screen
• But what happened is the data and knowledge around screen time and the dangers of screen time, especially

Bills: HF2435

Keywords: healthcare, dementia services, public health funding, opioid prevention, women's health, community health boards, mental health

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• Dysphagia screen.
• Pre-hospital stroke assessment.
• Standardization of stroke screening and severity tools.
• assessments used by EMS and hospitals.
• And they served 2,636 students that were screened by a dental provider.

Summary: The committee first approved the previous meeting minutes and then heard a detailed annual report from Dr. Thomas Arnold, chair of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, on maternal mortality trends and policy issues. He explained the committee’s review process, confidentiality protections, and national and North Dakota data showing that most maternal deaths are preventable and that mental health conditions, substance use, cardiovascular issues, infection, hemorrhage, and embolism are the leading causes. Members asked about suicide, domestic violence, midwife training, home births, and whether pregnancy testing at death scenes should be expanded; Dr. Arnold said better coroner education, more investigation of unexplained deaths, and possible post-mortem pregnancy testing could improve case identification, especially in rural areas. He also noted that deaths often occur well after 42 days postpartum and that mental health-related deaths remain a major concern. The committee then heard from State Fire Marshal Dr. Matthew Clark on cigarette reduced-ignition-propensity standards and related fire prevention issues. He recommended updating the state’s cigarette propensity law to current national standards and also raised a separate recommendation to require fast-breakaway oxygen tubing for home oxygen users, citing fatal fires linked to smoking around oxygen. Members asked about implementation, cost, insurance coverage, and whether the standards apply in tribal communities; Dr. Clark said he would provide follow-up information and was willing to help with any legislation, but no agency bill had yet been planned. Next, Christine Greff of the Department of Health and Human Services reported on the North Dakota Stroke System of Care. She described the statewide network of stroke-ready hospitals, registry-based quality improvement, and performance data showing continued improvement in stroke recognition, imaging, thrombolytic treatment, transfers, and EMS pre-notification. She highlighted new quality measures for inter-facility transfers and intracerebral hemorrhage care, and said the system remains strong but depends on continued legislative and hospital support. Committee members asked about participation by the VA hospital and were encouraged to consider outreach to include it more fully in the stroke system. Finally, the committee began a presentation on prior authorization and non-opioid pain treatment from Taha Khan of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. He argued that prior authorization can delay access to non-opioid acute pain medications, especially in the 24- to 72-hour post-discharge window when pain is most severe, and said delays can push patients toward opioids. He emphasized that prior authorization has a role in utilization management but should not create barriers in acute pain care, and he noted that current use of the company’s non-opioid product remains very low. The discussion was still underway when the transcript ended.

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• Maybe the case was screened out but should have been screened in according to policy.
• have case was screened out but should have been<00:47:54.319><c> screened</c><00:47:54.720><c> in</c
• </c> been screened in according to policy. been screened in according to policy.
• time or type of screen time?
• </c> amount of screen time or type of screen amount of screen time or type of screen time?

Keywords: 958, all

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• True to detection audits and districts' vulnerability assessments requires a team conducting a behavior
• threat assessment on a special education student to include a person who has specific knowledge of the
• I'm not an expert on threat assessment, so I'm keeping my comments.
• Our attention is redirected into screens, and they become the filter through which children view the
• It's a lot more rewarding than the digital screen might indicate.

Bills: HB322, HB126, HB3062, HB1481, HB2310, HB2674, HB121, HB2243, HB3627, HB1178, HB367, HB5515, HB126, HB121

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, student athletes, name image likeness, compensation, intercollegiate athletics, representation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, higher education, mental health resources, substance abuse education, student policy, communication devices, school regulations, disciplinary measures

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• That's a self-assessment today.
• The outcome of that grant process so far is what you see on the screen here.
• Oracle put in over 700 hours into this assessment.
• So the business value assessment...
• So we go through our applications, literally screen by screen, saying, is this screen compliant?

Summary: The committee received several informational reports from NDIT and DPI. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major IT project portfolio, noting the portfolio was slightly under budget and behind schedule overall, with three red schedule items: Bed Management System and Vital Records were essentially complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project was delayed by vendor bug fixes after testing. He also summarized recent project startups and closeouts, including the Victim Notification System, Medicaid data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier permit system, and several completed HHS and RIMS projects. Members asked for follow-up on ADA compliance work, the public-facing RIO website, and the state’s mainframe retirement timeline, and staff agreed to provide updates later. Craig Falkley reported on coordination of services with political subdivisions and higher education, including StageNet, cybersecurity, radio/911 services, and PeopleSoft coordination. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for transparency and fraud prevention, but said it is not widely used in state government and suggested the report be modernized to focus more broadly on emerging technologies such as AI and cybersecurity. The committee generally agreed that the topic should be updated. Chris Gurgan presented the mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting program created by HB 1314, explaining how agencies and political subdivisions report incidents through NDIT’s website or service desk. He said 77 incidents had been reported since 2021, 47 met the statutory definition, and most were phishing-related; most reported incidents were resolved, with one recent ransomware matter still open. He also reviewed notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool compromise, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise, and a recent ransomware incident involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about recovery of stolen funds, early warning signs, smishing, training, MFA, conditional access, and cybersecurity maturity assessments; Gurgan said the state uses MFA and conditional access, provides awareness training to state employees, and would return with more information on maturity assessments. Tony Ambrose then updated the committee on the K-12 student information system bridge project. He said district implementation of Infinite Campus had begun statewide, but the data migration vendor originally selected was terminated for poor performance and replaced by Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with similar statewide migrations. He also said DPI is migrating special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, and that some SLDS-based tools such as e-transcripts and Choice Ready may not function exactly as they do now at July 1, requiring interim or alternative solutions. Members raised concerns about summer school disruptions, the timing of the cutover, and whether the new system would support existing reporting and transcript functions; DPI said it was working on identity, authentication, data-sharing agreements, and post-go-live integrations, and would continue to refine the plan beyond June 30.

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• to entering housing by requiring fee transparency, standardizing application fees, capping tenant screening
• not do is control rent or dictate the amount of regular monthly costs, prohibit a landlord from screening
• , brief intervention, referral, and treatment assessment.
• Um, I'm gonna put this on the floor tomorrow on the big screen.
• That bill deals with the Caregiver Screening Act.

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• I'm here because screening works.
• </c> someone encouraged them to get screened. someone encouraged them to get screened.
• </c><00:49:02.880><c> and</c> Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening and Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening and
• And I'm here because screening works.
• Screening<00:50:52.600><c> saves</c><00:50:53.000><c> lives.

Keywords: 958, all

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• </c><01:09:08.000><c> on</c> does this by putting an assessment on does this by putting an assessment
• Paragraph H identifies the procedures for underpaid or overpaid assessments.
• Section 3 governs the... a new state assessment on hospitals net a new state assessment on hospitals
• </c><01:15:44.360><c> required</c> uniformly reduce the assessment required uniformly reduce the assessment
• <01:16:03.360><c> section</c> assessment section assessment section two<01:16:06.840><c> section</c>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So moving on to the process we go through for the capital budget, we do those facility assessments that
• We were able to employ a private consultant to do a facility condition assessment in 2025, which really
• It’s a three-screen... TI Technologies. It’s a three-screen decisionmaking simulator.
• The scenario that’s projected is actually on an LCD screen, so it’s projected on the screen itself.
• But using the screen is just a lot safer and it can be...

Keywords: 928, house, all

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• Let me share my screen if I can. Let's see. You can all see? We're good? Okay.
• David Kaplan, do you know if you can stop her sharing the screen? Only she can do that.
• I could make no one share a screen. That would work. That might work. So sorry.
• Yeah, let's kind of assess where we are in July and then we can make a call.
• One comment to the assess. I don't know. I've never been on the eligibility side, but...

Keywords: 962, all

Summary: The Care Management Meeting opened with a DSS update on the PCMH program. Staff reported the program remained steady at 124 practices, 553 sites, and 2,548 providers, with some month-to-month fluctuation driven by practice consolidation, retirements, and a few practices leaving the program because NCQA requirements were burdensome. Members asked about declining provider and site counts, member attribution trends, and whether PCMH practices overlap with behavioral health homes; DSS said attribution changes are largely due to members becoming ineligible, moving, or getting other insurance, and that PCMH and behavioral health homes are separate programs that coordinate informally. The committee also discussed why some smaller practices leave the program and whether the requirements could be made easier to support retention. The committee then resumed a detailed presentation on the Husky Dental program. The presenter described the dental benefit’s history, the importance of preventive oral health, workforce and consolidation pressures in dentistry, and the lack of interoperability between dental and medical records. Network data showed year-over-year declines in enrolled dental practitioners and service locations, with access gaps concentrated in rural and eastern parts of the state. Appointment availability surveys showed average waits of 38 days for adults and 23 days for children, but much longer waits at FQHCs than private fee-for-service practices. The presenter said Connecticut remains above the national median on CMS pediatric dental quality measures, though sealant rates remain a concern, and noted that preventive care is associated with lower per-member costs. Members raised concerns about provider participation, large practices dropping Medicaid, mobile dental care, and whether the public directory accurately reflects which dentists are actually accepting new patients. The presenter said the plan uses secret-shopper calls, tracks appointment availability, and has begun using place-of-service coding to better identify school-based dental care. She also noted a new MOU with 20 Head Start programs to share data and provide oral health literacy and navigation support. The final major topic was implementation planning for HR1. DSS said CMS guidance was expected in early June and proposed using upcoming meetings to cover medical frailty, communication strategy, and data integration/ex parte verification. Committee members urged the department to create a dashboard to track disenrollments and other impacts of HR1, to build a process for complaints and problem resolution, and to think through cost-sharing, caregiver verification, exemptions, and notices. Members also asked about using existing eligibility structures such as the working-disabled program as a model. The committee agreed to move the next meeting to June 10 by Zoom, with the agenda to be circulated in advance and any PCMH Plus quality data shared if available.

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• were actually assessing their learning and not just the reading.
• We have the capabilities through AI, and... ...we're actually assessing their learning and not just the
• , suggesting content, and generally just creating lesson plans and assessments.
• I think that we want to think about education as a balance so that students have access to off-screen
• So I wouldn't suggest as a policy that you change your state assessments back to writing.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 met to hear a panel discussion on artificial intelligence in K-12 education. Dr. Maya Israel of the University of Florida gave an overview of AI literacy, the benefits of AI for personalized learning and teacher support, and the risks involving data privacy, overreliance, hallucinations, and misuse. She described the Florida K-12 AI Task Force, which published statewide guidance in March and is now providing professional development, case studies, surveys, and resources for teachers and families. She also noted that teacher preparation programs and microcredentials are being developed, but there is not yet a statewide baseline standard for teacher AI training. Superintendents Van Ayers of Hillsborough County and Kevin Hendrick of Pinellas County described district policies and implementation efforts. Hillsborough adopted an AI governance policy, created an implementation guide, and set rules barring generative AI use for students in pre-K through 7th grade while allowing limited, teacher-approved use for older students with district-vetted tools. Pinellas emphasized digital responsibility, parent transparency, data-use agreements, and a governance process for approving tools. Both districts said AI is being used for lesson planning, tutoring, reading-level adjustments, scheduling, and other administrative tasks, but they do not yet have reliable evidence that AI is improving academic performance. They also discussed teacher training, stipends, and certification efforts, including partnerships with universities and vendors such as Microsoft, Google, Magic School, and Gemini. Drew Allen of FSU Inspire offered an industry-focused perspective, arguing that AI is not new but that education must adapt more quickly to industry needs. He described Inspire’s workforce and research mission, its AI and robotics training for teachers, and the need to build teacher comfort and confidence through incentives and applied training. Committee members raised concerns about student dependence on AI, academic integrity, mental health, moral decision-making, data privacy, and whether schools should return to more paper-based testing. The panel generally agreed that AI should be used with strong guardrails, human oversight, and a balance between technology use and traditional learning. No legislation was considered, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was adopted without objection.

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• legal</c><00:37:49.119><c> services</c><00:37:50.000><c> um</c> The cases that we deal with are screened
• The cases that we deal with are screened<00:38:07.280><c> in</c><00:38:07.440><c> as</c><00:38:07.760
• </c><00:38:09.359><c> That</c> screened in as highlethality cases.
• That screened in as highlethality cases.
• </c> looking at adopting a risk assessment looking at adopting a risk assessment model<02:55:12.640><

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• clearinghouse system and level two background screening requirements.
• clearinghouse system and level two background screening requirements.
• Has any assessment been done that has gotten us to this point with this bill?
• Has any assessment been done that has gotten us to this point with this bill?
• Has any assessment been done that has gotten us to this point with this bill?

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, pledge, and several recognitions, including remarks from Senator Berman on Democratic priorities and introductions of military leaders and an intern. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar, with many bills substituted to House companions, amended, and passed, while several others were temporarily postponed. Major measures approved included the dangerous dogs/Pam Rock Act (SB 572/HB 593), which tightened penalties and procedures for dog attacks and passed 36-0; local government land regulation (SB 1080), which was amended to remove agricultural enclave language and passed 26-8; vessel/freedom-related legislation (SB 1388/HB 1137), which passed 35-0; blood clot screening and treatment (SB 890/HB 1421), which added registry and training provisions and passed 36-0; fleeing or eluding law enforcement (SB 468/HB 113), which increased offense levels and passed 36-0; concealed carry/licensing for certain officers and service members (SB 490/HB 383), which passed 33-3; timeshare management (SB 496/HB 897), which clarified governance and annual meeting requirements and passed 36-0; background screening education (SB 614/HB 531), which created a public webpage and passed 36-0; utility service restrictions (SB 1002/HB 1137), which preempted local energy-source restrictions and passed 36-0; Medicaid oversight (SB 1060), which created a joint oversight committee and passed 35-0; health facilities authorities (SB 68), amended to make fentanyl urine screening more discretionary, and passed 36-0; and veterans’ nursing home beds (SB 78/HB 797), which authorized veteran- and spouse-designated beds and passed 36-0. The chamber also passed disability history and awareness instruction (SB 540/HB 447), a highly personal bill honoring Evan Hartzell that drew extended debate about disability language, inclusion, and education; it passed 35-0 after 35 co-sponsors were added. Manufacturing policy bills SB 600 and SB 602 were approved after amendments to add reporting, ranking metrics, and fee-use restrictions, both passing 35-0. Educational opportunities for military children (SB 1528) passed 36-0 after testimony from student sponsors and senators praising the bill’s origin. Several other bills, including Medicaid oversight, mammograms, Parkinson’s disease, condominium/cooperative associations, waste management, human trafficking, and Bright Futures, were postponed or not taken up during this segment.

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• , initial assessments, removals to out-of-home care, and more.
• So the screening process is really important because that’s...
• If a jurisdiction were working on their process for, you know, determining whether to screen in or screen
• properly and there's no continuity between the screening?
• It's screening.

Keywords: 970, all