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• On page seven, what we are requesting is $3.5 million to integrate our current tax rate-setting portal
• This will replace the legacy systems and will deliver a fully integrated e-services portal for all of
• For the tax rate setting, we will integrate with RIMS a new e-services portal that'll support over 500
• It is now fully integrated into our operating budget.
• Product that costs more money that fully integrates into everything.

Keywords: 928, house, all

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• And you know, integrity for our country.
• Election integrity starts with the passing of the SAVE Act.
• This bill is not about election integrity.
• bill is not about election integrity. bill is not about election integrity.
• The SAVE Act is required if we're going to have election integrity.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <00:15:04.720> by improve the program and its integrity by improve the program and its integrity
• This approach protects program integrity This approach protects program integrity while<00:50:35.040
• He leads with integrity, with compassion, and with a deep love for Covington.
• He leads with integrity, with compassion, and with a deep love for Covington.
• His courage and leadership made him a pioneer of integration in Southern college sports.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened with an invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, excused absent members, suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications, and approved the journal from February 26, 2026. The clerk then reported several bills on second reading, including measures on state personnel, domestic violence, fish and wildlife resources, open records, workforce investment, data centers, guardians ad litem and domestic relations, along with Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 on a Medicaid pilot feasibility study and Senate Joint Resolution 23 declaring Kentucky a “food is medicine” state. The main floor business was House Bill 2, the Medicaid reform and appropriation bill. The sponsor described it as a response to rising Medicaid costs and federal changes, saying it would improve transparency, oversight, fraud prevention, and program operations. He said the bill would apply mainly to the Medicaid expansion population and include community engagement, cost-sharing, eligibility safeguards, stronger managed care oversight, transportation and dental delivery changes, waiver program prioritization, greater legislative access to CHFS data, a transparency dashboard, periodic auditor review, and limits on certain weight-management drug coverage. A House committee substitute was adopted, and a floor amendment on phasing in a marginal medical loss ratio requirement over four years was offered as a friendly amendment and adopted. The House then debated House Floor Amendment 1, which would have removed state-mandated co-payments and limited cost sharing to the federal minimum, while also prohibiting reporting medical debt to credit agencies. Supporters argued the amendment would protect low-income Kentuckians from barriers to care and prevent medical debt from worsening poverty. Opponents said the bill’s co-pays were intended to encourage appropriate use of care, especially to reduce non-emergency emergency room visits, and noted that providers and MCOs could waive or work around some charges. After a roll call vote, the amendment failed 20-39. After the amendment vote, the House continued discussion of the bill, with the sponsor defending the co-payment structure as a way to promote personal responsibility and sustainability while preserving access to primary care. The transcript ends during further debate on House Bill 2, and no final passage vote is shown in the provided excerpt.

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• Part of her task was to review program integrity, particularly in the SNAP program, and she is proud
• particularly in the program of Integrity particularly in the program of uh<00:15:16.519> SNAP
• <00:15:42.839> when<00:15:43.000> it go into the program Integrity when it go into
• the program Integrity when it comes<00:15:43.319> to<00:15:43.480> the<00:15:43.600>
• of of the ensuring program Integrity of of the program<00:35:16.839> um<00:35:17.040> so

Bills: HF1, HF98

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• The amendment requires that any general education core course that integrates technology include opportunities
• The amendment requires that any general education core course that integrates technology include opportunities
• a pretty big structural change, but this gets to the intent, which is to make sure that we are integrating
• technology into our courses and, if they are integrated into those specific courses, that the student

Summary: The Committee on Education Postsecondary considered several items. First, it took up SB 1694 on technology education, which would revise postsecondary general education standards to incorporate technology-related instruction, including computer science and artificial intelligence concepts. An amendment was adopted that shifted the bill away from creating a sixth core requirement and instead required technology-integrated core courses to include digital literacy, AI applications, and related topics such as software engineering, networks, databases, and cybersecurity where applicable. The amendment also added guidance for high school computer science courses that include AI, emphasizing critical evaluation, limitations, and ethical use. After brief discussion, the committee voted to report CS for SB 1694 favorably. The committee then approved confirmation of the appointments on Tabs 1 through 2 by a single favorable vote. Next, it considered SPB 7038, a proposed committee bill on postsecondary education and workforce development covering tuition and fee policies, consumer protections, career and technical education, student acceleration, and institutional operations. Senator Berman asked about changes to CIE licensure/jurisdiction and dual enrollment expansion; the sponsor said the bill affects institutions rather than individual courses and is intended to expand student options without necessarily increasing enrollment or funding needs. A Florida Dental Association representative testified in information only, urging preservation of the existing exemption for dental assisting programs from CIE oversight. The committee adopted a motion to submit the proposal as a committee bill and then reported SPB 7038 favorably. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.

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• And it seemed that the pathway of moving towards more... ...the pathway of moving towards more integration
• and the Department of Social and Health Services work together to develop and implement a plan to integrate
• The Department of Health agrees with the SAO recommendation to continue to integrate testing into training
• Once testing is fully integrated into training programs, this will greatly benefit caregivers.
• And representing DSHS, I just agree that it would be a good change to make to integrate.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office performance audit of Washington’s Restoring Quality Home Care Initiative (I-1163). Auditors said the initiative’s background checks and 75-hour training requirement are widely viewed as safety measures, but the state lacks pre-2011 data to directly measure safety outcomes. They also found Washington’s long-term care workforce is still short, though the state ranks better than many others in workers per disabled person, and that some groups and regions have larger gaps between authorized and actually used Medicaid care hours, suggesting access problems for certain clients. The audit focused heavily on the certification process for home care aides. Auditors reported that many applicants never finish certification, that the process often exceeds the 200-day legal deadline, and that delays can cause lost income, job loss, and in some cases repeated employer changes that allow aides to keep working without becoming certified. They recommended that the Department of Health accept applications only after training and testing are completed, move testing into training programs more broadly, and eliminate redundant DOH verification of FBI background checks. Committee members asked about testing contract incentives, language access, and the role of immigration in workforce shortages; auditors said they found no financial performance standards in the Prometric contract, did not specifically study immigration status, and did not focus on language barriers in this audit. Department of Health and Department of Social and Health Services officials largely agreed with the audit’s findings and recommendations. They said they have already made improvements, including expanded in-program testing, more staffing, and rule changes, and that testing has been integrated into more than 110 training programs. DSHS noted testing is offered in 13 languages. Both agencies said they support further streamlining and expect continued collaboration, including possible budget or legislative requests. No public testimony was offered, and the committee adjourned without taking any vote or formal action on the audit.

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• more program integrity actions coming. more program integrity actions coming.
• things with respect to program integrity things with respect to program integrity specifically.<
• program integrity. program integrity. >> Good<00:43:03.119> morning.
• So, um I'll just leave integrity sake.
• <01:43:43.280> supports, down in integrated community supports, down in integrated community

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I just thought it was very important that we took a look at waste, fraud, and abuse and program integrity
• I just thought it was very important that we took a look at waste, fraud, and abuse and program integrity
• <00:43:40.000> work<00:43:40.480> that about the program Integrity work that about
• staffed as follows our program Integrity staffed as follows our program Integrity office<00:48:22.480
• Payment integrity clarification is needed to prevent inappropriate billing.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Human Services Committee met on January 22, 2025, to focus early in session on waste, fraud, abuse, and program integrity in Minnesota human services programs. The chair said taxpayers expect funds to reach people in need and asked the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) to present on resources, progress, and possible solutions. Members also asked the auditors to note where the legislature or agencies had already taken action to address prior findings. OLA staff summarized recent reports on grants management and oversight. They said noncompliance with grants policies has been pervasive across agencies, including problems at DHS in conflict-of-interest documentation and pre-award financial reviews. In one DHS review, 30 of 41 grant reviewers had missing or incomplete conflict forms, and 20 of 57 grants lacked required financial review documents; the issues affected about $11.5 million in grant funding. OLA said DHS spent more than $400 million in grants to nonprofit organizations from 2018 to 2022, and they identified broader factors affecting compliance such as inconsistent funding for grants administration, ad hoc training, inconsistent data systems, and limited enforcement authority. They noted 2023 legislative changes that allowed agencies to retain some grant funding for administration and directed an assessment of a statewide grants management system, and they said OGM training and staffing have increased, though training is still not required for all staff. The Financial Audit Division then discussed the senior nutrition program at DHS, which delivered about 3.1 million meals to more than 40,000 participants in 2022 through the Minnesota Board on Aging, area agencies, service providers, and subcontractors. The audit found nine findings across documentation, monitoring, contract oversight, participant recertification, and data quality. Examples included service providers failing to recertify participants or recording inaccurate data, the Board on Aging not performing monitoring visits since 2017 or financial reconciliations in 2022, and area agencies failing to complete required site visits. Survey results also suggested participant database inaccuracies. OLA recommended stronger monitoring, clearer procedures, and more reliable data to ensure services reach intended recipients. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• A core part of the design for BrightLife Kids and Soluna has been integrating care navigation services
• DHCS has started to issue additional guidance, including about program integrity measures that will be
• Though it's been a long road over the past year, those Allcove centers have been able to integrate as
• Though it's been a long road over the past year, those Alcove centers have been able to integrate as
• We urge this subcommittee to protect the integrity of the 98 surcharge, clarify that DHS should lead

Summary: The hearing focused first on behavioral health, especially serious mental illness and anosognosia, a condition described by witnesses as a neurological symptom that prevents people from recognizing they are ill. The chair framed the issue around families cycling through emergency rooms, jails, conservatorships, and short-term stabilization without lasting treatment, and warned that federal changes under H.R. 1 could reduce Medi-Cal funding and worsen access. Dawn Marie Anderson gave a personal account of her son’s long history of psychosis, homelessness, arrests, repeated jail and state hospital stays, and eventual stability when he received sustained medication and coordinated support. She argued that the system often treats the problem as criminal rather than medical and that voluntary programs and short-term services are not enough for people who lack insight into their illness. Other panelists, including representatives from the California Behavioral Health Association, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, agreed that anosognosia is not denial or noncompliance and said the system needs long-term, coordinated care, including assertive community treatment, mobile crisis, supportive housing, medication support, and stronger handoffs between county and managed care systems. They said CalAIM and other reforms have improved some coordination, but significant gaps remain, especially for people with serious mental illness, for those in jail or locked settings, and for people with private insurance, which witnesses said often offers little meaningful coverage for early psychosis or intensive behavioral health services. Several witnesses urged the Legislature to protect Medi-Cal, shore up county safety-net services, and invest in training and family engagement. The committee then turned to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, with a focus on the virtual services platforms BrightLife Kids and Soluna and the CYBHI fee schedule. DHCS reported strong growth in app registrations, coaching sessions, referrals, and positive user outcomes, saying the platforms provide free, culturally responsive, early-intervention support statewide and help connect users to higher levels of care when needed. On the fee schedule, DHCS said more than 500 LEAs, colleges, universities, and school-linked providers are participating, 181 LEAs have submitted claims, and $9.6 million has been reimbursed to date, with 41,556 students represented in claims. The chair and several members criticized the pace of implementation and the amount of money spent relative to reimbursement levels, saying the Legislature had requested data earlier and that the return on investment still appeared low. DHCS responded that many claims are still being submitted, that 70% of denials are correctable, that $400 million in capacity grants has been distributed locally, and that reimbursement is increasing rapidly as more districts come online. Public comment included a rural county behavioral health director who said private insurance denials leave counties with significant uncompensated work, especially for unlicensed staff providing case management and mobile crisis services.

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• There is going to have a by-itself policy bill, and we are going to have a by-itself integrity bill,
• integrity integrity bill,<00:31:22.960> which<00:31:23.160> we've<00:31:23.520> all
• program integrity program integrity bill,<00:32:24.840> and<00:32:24.960> then<00:
• The integrity bill is going to be by itself.
• You know, we had, for example, savings from program integrity initiatives and just want to understand

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• continuous counting and establishing clear penalties for noncompliance, HB 3323 seeks to uphold the integrity
• It is time in Texas for election integrity.
• With the Election Integrity Committee and Secure Texas Election Subcommittee of the State Republican
• It covers speech even when it would Do no actual harm to the integrity of an election.
• Members, the integrity of our electoral system has been and continues to be paramount to the security

Bills: HB304

Keywords: franchise tax credit, food desert, grocery store, healthy corner store, nutrition assistance, economic development, public health

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• House Substitute 2 for House Bill 155 is the result of conversations with the Public Integrity Commission
• It increases transparency by making Public Integrity Commission reports available on the commission's
• By making Public Integrity Commission reports available on the commission's website.
• The Public Integrity Commission has jurisdiction over lobbying data since 1996.
• We reached out to the Public Integrity Commission to discuss this bill and address any concerns they

Keywords: 1064, all

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• THE FL WINS PROJECT WILL INTEGRATE 11 IN SCOPE IT SYSTEMS ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND POWER A
• THE MOST RECENT RELEASE OF FL WINS WAS SEPTEMBER 30th OF THIS YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED THE INTEGRATION OF
• THE EMPLOYMENT FIRST REPORT REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS OF OUR PARTNERS AND INCREASING COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED
• ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENHANCED TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENHANCED INTEGRATION
• WILL BE FOCUSED ON ALIGNING TRAINING PLANS TO INCLUDE BUSINESS OUTREACH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATION

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• will give them the wisdom that they need to lead our people, the humility required to do it with integrity
• will give them the wisdom that they need to lead our people, the humility required to do it with integrity
• CPAs are critical in identifying financial integrity in our banks, our financials, our stock markets,
• They are critical and make sure the integrity of that system works.
• We have to be leaders by example, treat each other with dignity and respect, integrity, like we do on

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard the daily invocation, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a House message announcing passage of H.C.R. 54, which authorizes the legislature to adjourn for more than three days during a specified period. The chamber then took up several recognitions, including Senate Resolution 8 honoring Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants Advocacy Day, a recognition of the Texas A&M University System Chancellor’s Student Advisory Council, a delegation from Dimmit County, and the doctor of the day, Dr. Hosey Hinojosa. The main floor business centered on Senate Resolution 15, commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the start of Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week. Senators King, Menendez, Bettencourt, Perry, Hughes, Hinojosa, Campbell, Hall, Cook, Paxton, West, Parker, and others spoke in support, emphasizing Holocaust history, the rise of anti-Semitism, the importance of education, and solidarity with Israel. The resolution was adopted without objection, and Senator Bettencourt moved to add all senators’ names. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 17, recognizing Sexual Assault Survivors Day, with remarks focused on the prevalence of sexual violence, underreporting, support for survivors, and the need for prevention and stronger systems of response. The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 14 in memory of Brazoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Vargas, who was killed in the line of duty, with Senators Middleton and Huffman highlighting his service and using the occasion to call for tougher measures against violent offenders. Additional resolutions SR 3, SR 4, SR 5, SR 6, SR 7, SR 11, and SR 12 were adopted together, and SR 54 granting permission for adjournment for more than three days was approved by a 31-0 roll call vote. The chamber also recognized Leadership Frisco Class No. 28 and later honored former Senator Dr. Joe J. Bernal and, upon adjournment, Sergeant Mark Allen Butler of the Navasota Police Department. The Senate adjourned until 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2025, in memory of Deputy Vargas and Sergeant Butler.

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• of those uh units and and integrity of those uh units and and potentially<00:21:57.520> expand
• Um, so my questions revolve around technology, business development, and a forward strategy integration
• Um, so my questions revolve around technology, business development, and a forward strategy integration
• will be made to integrate will be made to integrate uh<00:28:16.000> department<00:28:16.399
• <00:29:59.360> between<00:29:59.679> business Strategy integration between business

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We will work hard, serve with integrity, and be held accountable for our decisions.
• We will work hard, serve with integrity, and be held accountable for our decisions.
• We will work hard, serve with integrity, and be held accountable for our decisions.
• We will work hard, serve with integrity, and be held accountable for our decisions.
• <02:19:53.800> and<02:19:53.960> be<02:19:54.160> held integrity and be held integrity

Keywords: House Agenda:, 910, house, all

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• passed a number of pieces of legislation and you will see one more round coming from us on program integrity
• passed a number of pieces of legislation and you will see one more round coming from us on program integrity
• passed a number of pieces of legislation and you will see one more round coming from us on program integrity
• c> program one more round coming from us on program one more round coming from us on program integrity
• around the human services work integrity around the human services work that<00:09:44.320> continues

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• public because I think it's important for the public to know and it's important for us to act with integrity
• public because I think it's important for the public to know and it's important for us to act with integrity
• know and it's important for us to act know and it's important for us to act with<00:08:45.519> integrity
• <00:08:47.519> Um,<00:08:47.839> but<00:08:48.080> no with integrity and we
• Um, but no with integrity and we are.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• his steadfast commitment to the people of Texas, and his willingness to lead with conviction and integrity
• May Senator Perry's term here as Pro Tempore be marked by truth, integrity, compassion, and love.
• Senate staff, you know, down there, their diligent pursuit of protecting the integrity of the Senate.
• glasses—that's all you've got to do; she commands attention, and she's just looking out for the integrity
• One of those roles, and this is what I spend most of my time on, is to protect the integrity of the political

Bills: SB27, SB30, SB293, HB4, HB2974, HB5138, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HB796, HB1523, HB5294, HB748, HB3395, HB180, HB3171, HB146, HB5596, HB5694, HB1135, HB3225, HB186, HB1449, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB3336, HB3520, HB3320, HB5663, HB2399, HB111, HB3483, HB4580, HB3748, HB632, HB4730, HB5690, HB5689, HB3385, HB4359, HB5381, HB123, HB5606, HB1057, HB3664, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59

Keywords: judicial conduct, judges discipline, judicial compensation, retirement benefits, judicial transparency, SJR 50, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, securities tax, transaction tax, occupation tax, financial markets, broker-dealer, stock exchange, securities exchange, trading platform, clearing agency, transfer agent, FINRA

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• It's not integrated.
• It's not integrated.
• My short answer would be it would lie in how we integrate and operationalize...
• My short answer would be it would lie in how we integrate and operationalize a revised set of targets
• And I think that if we can broaden that and better integrate it, that's going to be something that I

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee met in a special hearing and took up SB 638 by Senator Padilla, a workforce development bill aimed at creating a coordinating entity called the Middle Class Pipeline Project. The bill would streamline interagency education and workforce programs, improve career technical education and career pathways, and direct resources toward high-unemployment, low-income regions through changes to the CTE incentive grant program. Supporters, including the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, the California Edge Coalition, National University, Long Beach City College, and United Ways of California, argued that California needs a statewide coordinating body to reduce silos, improve access to high-quality jobs, and better align education with labor market needs. Committee members focused heavily on whether the proposed entity would duplicate existing bodies such as the California Workforce Development Board and other education/workforce agencies, and whether its broad duties could be carried out with the $1.5 million budget allocation. The author said the bill is intended to move an operational coordinating entity into broader tri-party negotiations with legislative leadership and the Governor, and that the final structure and staffing would depend on those talks. Some members supported the concept but raised concerns about scope, duplication, and whether the bill should be delayed or audited; one member opposed it as too broad and underfunded. The committee ultimately voted to pass SB 638 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee on a courtesy vote. The roll call showed five ayes and three noes, with one member not voting, and the chair later allowed additional members to add on, including an additional aye from Assemblymember Haney. The hearing then adjourned with the chair noting that further conversations would continue on the coordinating entity and its responsibilities.