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• This bill will give us continuity in what needs to be redacted, which isn't really there right now.
• This bill will give us continuity in what needs to be redacted, which isn't really there right now.
• The delivery of long-term care, like other sectors of healthcare, continues to evolve.
• SB 1522 addresses this issue by updating what constitutes continuing care.
• What a continuing care contract is and what it is not.

Bills: SB500, SB1522, SB1137, SB1266

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

Summary: The Committee on Human Services met with a quorum and first voted out Senate Bill 1589, relating to contract requirements between a single-source continuum contractor and DFPS. The motion to report the bill favorably to the full House with a recommendation that it do pass and be printed prevailed on a 7-0 vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 500, which would set deadlines for providing foster care adoption records, including health, social, educational, and genetic history reports, to speed adoptions. The bill’s author and witnesses from Addie’s Hope Social Services supported it, saying delays in redacted files can take months, slow permanency for children, and increase costs to the state. Members asked about redactions and sibling/family information, and witnesses explained the bill would mainly speed the preliminary file used to decide whether to proceed with placement. SB 500 was left pending. Members also heard Senate Bill 1266, which would require regular reevaluation of the Medicaid provider support team and add written notice of provider disenrollment at least 30 days in advance. There were no witnesses, no questions, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1522, concerning continuing care retirement communities, was then laid out and supported by LeadingAge Texas and counsel, who said it updates outdated definitions, clarifies licensing and disclosure rules, and strengthens consumer protections for seniors. It was also left pending. After a brief recess, the committee heard Senate Bill 1137, which would prohibit group home consultants from referring people to unlicensed or unpermitted group homes except in limited circumstances, require disclosure of complaints, and create a Class B misdemeanor for violations. Members discussed whether consultants are regulated and noted concerns about unlicensed referral practices. The bill was left pending, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.

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• Um, so I think that that's, that's something we would love to continue to work on with, with Senator
• I'm a National Board certified teacher and elementary assistant principal, and I'm here on behalf of
• This led to increased frustration, continued issues with behavior, and limited academic.
• are required to provide students as part of yearly counseling meetings, and requiring each school board
• Under current law, there are concerns about potential conflicts of interest when school board trustees

Bills: HB6, HB120, HB210

Keywords: hemp, consumable hemp products, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, Texas hemp law, hemp regulation, cannabinoid products, delta-9 THC, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, retail registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, youth access, minor sales

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• Most recently, they have continued these same marketing concepts with pop-up shops and lounges in Austin
• If this legislation continues to move forward, we will continue to receive an F for our tobacco tax rate
• like in yield if we just looked at maybe across... ...yield if we just looked at maybe across the board
• I look forward to continuing with this. My door is always open whether I'm there or not.

Bills: SB282, SB300, HB72, HB396, SB282, SB300, HB72, HB396

Keywords: virtual currency, cryptocurrency, tax exemption, state tax law, digital assets, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, business incentives, economic impact, firefighter, license plate, fees, funds distribution, support programs, memorial, disabled veterans, property tax exemption, debt-to-income ratio, homestead, veterans affairs

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• We are trying to slice it up, but we don't have any controls on the cost of everything continuing to
• They were told to do all of that stuff, and they continue to be denied because now they're saying that

Bills: SB245, SB246, HB30, HB30

Keywords: SB245, public assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, food assistance, Alabama Medicaid Agency, Department of Human Resources, eligibility verification, self-attestation, data matching, fraud prevention, improper payments, program integrity, benefit eligibility, income verification, residency verification, asset verification, electronic benefit transfer, EBT, cross-checks

Bills: SB49, SB60, SB365, SB685, SB895, SB1191, SB1400, SB1401, SB1786

Keywords: junior college funding, performance tier, credentials, education, workforce development, Texas education law, performance tier funding, junior college, Texas education, student success, performance funding, education policy, state finance program, public junior colleges, educational outcomes, SB 60, public junior college library, community college, library materials, book donation

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• As we continue to look into supporting the next generation of farmers, I think it would be helpful to
• Members, I'm asking you for support of this A1 amendment to continue to work on this.
• We've seen those workers reinstated or brought back, and we'll continue to advocate for that.
• So that we can continue the conversation, as we know almost every day something new happens.
• So by putting the A1 amendment on, it gives us some flexibility for the conversation to continue.

Bills: HF2784, HF2785, HF2778, HF2281, HF2576, HF2280, HF2579

Keywords: beginning farmers, agriculture, loans, economic opportunity, farmers' equity, agriculture appropriations, farm to school, early care, child care food program, school lunch program, local food, Minnesota agriculture, food access, farm-to-institution, limited market access, county fairs, biofuels, E25, ethanol, meat processing

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• Um I think as we continue to program.
• <00:14:23.519> that to it, but I'm open to continuing that to it, but I'm open to continuing
• amendment to continue to work on this. amendment to continue to work on this. um<00:42:16.160>
• continue. I'd ask for your support. continue. I'd ask for your support.
• We continue to have what we have to do.

Bills: HF2784, HF2785, HF2778, HF2281, HF2576, HF2280, HF2579

Keywords: beginning farmers, agriculture, loans, economic opportunity, farmers' equity, agriculture appropriations, farm to school, early care, child care food program, school lunch program, local food, Minnesota agriculture, food access, farm-to-institution, limited market access, county fairs, biofuels, E25, ethanol, meat processing

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• It'd be something that we could do to continue to work with you as the sponsor.
• The 310 boards refer to the Act 310 that set up these boards. The 310 boards... these boards.
• A lot of these 310 boards are spread out and... these 310 boards are spread out, and oftentimes their
• And then again, these boards can be spread out.
• Right now, if they have 16 or more members, they have an executive board.

Bills: HB162, HB376, HB425, SB96, HB426

Keywords: homelessness, homeless individuals, unsheltered, transient, shelter, encampment, street outreach, relocation, displacement, law enforcement, municipal government, county government, local government, interjurisdictional transport, Class A misdemeanor, criminal penalties, public safety, social services, Alabama Code 15-20A-4, environmental regulation

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• Legislature's past and continued support of GCPD and its coastal protection projects.
• E is asking again this session for additional funds to continue to advance these projects forward.
• They're not testifying, but we will continue to have these conversations.
• Without meaningful enforcement, floodplain violations continue, unchecked.
• So this number is going to continue to rise. So capacity will still be in issue.

Bills: HB 1089, HB 1163, HB 1177, HB 1238, HB1318, HB1400, HB1407, HB1532, HJR7, HJR7

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• Those are absolutely critical to the continued growth of the Texas economy.
• Water Development Board to distribute these funds.
• As Texas' population continues to grow and our water demand... increase.
• But the board, as the former chairman of the Water Development Board, we always worried also about the
• I serve on the board of the West Travis County Public Utility Agency.

Bills: HB 1089, HB 1163, HB 1177, HB 1238, HB1318, HB1400, HB1407, HB1532, HJR7, HJR7

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• And it makes no sense in my mind to just take a meat cleaver and do a 15% cut across the board and say
• Would you just tell the makeup of your board? Um, we have half... Your board? Um, we have half.
• Should it be continued or should it not? should it be continued or should it not?
• This adjusts the compensation for the board members and...
• Compensation for the board members and the chair of the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority.

Bills: SB197, HB140, SB214, HB214, HB147, HB270, SB73

Keywords: business regulation, nonprofit entities, electronic filing, merger agreements, limited liability companies, partnerships, property transfer, termination fees, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates

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• Uh, our group continues to meet, um.
• ask your favorable consideration of this to give us the ability to partner with the department to continue
• Um, they would continue to have, uh, first of all, in, in the design and development part of this contract
• They would, you know, continue to provide all oversight.
• Without this bill, our children will continue to remain unfunded.

Bills: HB 451, HB 645, HB 1041, HB 1151, HB 1155, HB 1536, HCR 12

Keywords: commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit

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• She continued that the bill is about the unique challenges PRTFs have.
• –25 biennium, and this file would continue it into the next biennium.
• Staffing continues to be an issue with the facility continuing to rely on agency staffing in order to
• continuing to rely on the facility continuing to rely on agency<00:58:01.599> Staffing<00:58:
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Bills: HF1380, HF1166, HF487, HF1553, HF1472, HF258, HF1911

Keywords: psychiatric treatment, human services, mental health funding, per diem rate, Clay County, disability services, assistive technology, remote support, advocacy, training programs, HF487, Wellness in the Woods, Minnesota human services, grant funding, general fund appropriation, peer support, substance use recovery, addiction recovery, reentry services, reentry after incarceration

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• It provides a much-needed increase to the Board of Animal Health, as I mentioned, and it funds other
• <00:03:18.360> of<00:03:18.519> animal make sure that the board of animal make sure
• that the board of animal health<00:03:19.159> which<00:03:19.280> is<00:03:19.400>
• <00:05:15.000> of much needed increase to the board of much needed increase to the board of
• <00:18:07.200> to bipartisan work that still continues to bipartisan work that still continues

Bills: HF1704, HF1722

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

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• Yes, sir, in the board of adjustments.
• the board.
• Somebody will do something about this board stuff. John Lena... ...about this board stuff.
• on the board.
• But I'm hoping that this will give the board and the reconstituted board an opportunity to go back.

Bills: HB191, HB35, HB29, HB123, HB35, HB29, HB191, HB123

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax, local tax exemption, county tax, municipal tax, county commission, municipality, Alabama Department of Revenue, tax exemption, ordinance, resolution, fiscal year, September 1 effective date, notice requirement, local government, tax administration, revenue law, state and local taxation, volunteer firefighters

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• um I appreciate the continued um I appreciate the continued conversation<00:26:32.919> and
• <00:42:51.280> to a cost to the campaign Finance board to a cost to the campaign Finance board
• <01:04:47.520> updated system they're continually updated system they're continually updated
• Representative Cter continued that it comes down to whether people come in and ask.
• very much um I I too was a school board very much um I I too was a school board member<01:45:01.080

Bills: HF484, HF483, HF1447, HF1496, HF554

Keywords: natural gas, gas hookups, residential construction, energy policy, local control, state preemption, municipal regulation, county ordinance, electrification, climate policy, housing development, building codes, energy source, utility infrastructure, Minnesota Statutes chapter 326B, propane, utility service, building permits, local government, energy choice

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• It also creates a technology quality assurance board, which serves as a clearinghouse between the various

Bills: HB320, HB207, HB208, HB290

Keywords: public works, sealed bids, bid notice, public notice, newspaper advertisement, centralized website, digital platform, Department of Finance, Department of Transportation, county commissions, municipalities, contracting, procurement, construction bidding, Alabama code Title 39, bidding requirements, electronic bidding, online bid posting, HVAC, heating and air conditioning

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• Up here on the board behind me, you see the young lady on the far left.
• It's going to help reduce because we're going to be able to continue our enforcement efforts to keep

Bills: HB1411, HB3143, HB3144, HB3901, HCR1019, HB3981, HB4248, HB3194, HB3849, HB4095, HB4302, HB3342, HB3344, HB3287, HB3645, HB3647, HB3930, HB3931, HB1818, HB4454, HB4336

Keywords: True Grit Trail, Oklahoma, tourism, signage, Department of Transportation, state parks, historical sites, economic development, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department

Bills: HB1411, HB3143, HB3144, HB3901, HCR1019, HB3981, HB4248, HB3194, HB3849, HB4095, HB4302, HB3342, HB3344, HB3287, HB3645, HB3647, HB3930, HB3931, HB1818, HB4454, HB4336

Keywords: True Grit Trail, Oklahoma, tourism, signage, Department of Transportation, state parks, historical sites, economic development, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department

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• So we can continue to lift them up. Dr.
• You're building on top of the commitment that you are already continuing to fund.
• If a school is taken over, you know how they put the board of managers in? Right.
• in Texas, whether you're on board with us or not.
• Tools they need to crack down on that, and I hope that they will continue to do so.

Bills: SB1637, SB1, HB300, SB2601, SB37, HB2011, HB3595, HB3071, SB12, HB3372, SB457, HB2067, SB2337, SB447, SB1506, SB1566, SB763, HB3556, SB13, SB2018, SB331, SB379, HB145, SB441, SB2878, HB2885, HB2017, HB5246, SB8, SB2308, SB1540, HB 119, SB1405, SB3059, SB15, SB568

Keywords: SB 1637, deadly conduct, Texas Penal Code, Section 22.05, firearm, gun, pointing a gun, recklessness presumption, peace officer, law enforcement, police, officer-involved shooting, use of force, justification, self-defense, defense of others, Chapter 9, criminal prosecution, Penal Code amendment, appropriations