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• bill is almost absolutely identical to the bill that was brought last year that passed the House by Chip
• brought last year that passed the<00:01:56.000> house<00:01:56.760> by<00:01:56.880> Chip
• the house by Chip Brown. the house by Chip Brown.
• law then. >> And we're breaking the law or did. >> Well, I see, and that's one of the reasons why Chip
• and I have been talking about why Chip and I have been talking about this<00:04:02.760> for<00

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• We also serve... ...serve the STAR and the CHIP populations.
• cases, the Star Chip RRPs.
• Program and that in bidding for the STAR and CHIP procurement.
• We operate three contracts in this state: STAR, CHIP, a CHIP RSA in a rural area, and then our STAR Plus
• So Cook, you all had one star CHIP contract and now you have zero.

Bills: HB149, HB252, HB643, HB1442, HB1500, HB1672, HB1851, HB1893, HB2028, HB2768, HB2818, HB149, HB252

Keywords: artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, employment compensation, state agencies, salary payments, general appropriations, government efficiency, public works, contractors, payment bonds, government contracts, construction law, transparency, open meetings, government accountability, public access

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• House Bill 321 simply ensures that if a child is also eligible for health coverage, Medicaid or CHIP,
• The bill is focused on those kids who are currently eligible for Medicaid or CHIP health insurance but
• Unfortunately, too many children who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP are not enrolled.
• We estimated that about 400,000 kids are eligible for CHIP or Medicaid and had not enrolled.
• The application here for Medicaid and CHIP is about 16 pages long.

Bills: HB321, HB 1027, HB 1295, HB1782, HB2295, HCR29, HCR56

Keywords: Medicaid, child health, express lane option, income verification, supplemental nutrition assistance, telepharmacy, healthcare access, remote dispensing, rural clinics, pharmacy regulations, health literacy, state health plan, health care, patient outcomes, public health, economic impact, healthcare, breast cancer, cervical cancer, insurance eligibility

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• The Medicaid and CHIP benefits package for children in North Dakota is the same.
• But we, of course, know because we claim the higher match rate for the CHIP kids.
• You'll see on this slide that CHIP enrollment trended up in 2025.
• This slide shows our 2025 calendar year expenditures for CHIP.
• I'll show you the CHIP drug rebates on this next slide.

Keywords: 908, all

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• With the CHIP state plan. Good afternoon.
• The Medicaid and CHIP benefits package for children in North Dakota is the same.
• You'll see on this slide that CHIP enrollment trended up in 2025.
• This slide shows our 2025 calendar year expenditures for CHIP.
• I'll show you the CHIP drug rebates on this next slide.

Summary: The committee first approved the February 11, 2026 minutes and then received an update from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency on the interagency council on homelessness and continuum of care funding. Testimony described rising homelessness tied to tight housing markets, low incomes, aging homelessness, barriers to rental assistance and public benefits, and limited shelter and case-management capacity. Members discussed the need for more affordable housing, continued one-time funding for the North Dakota Homeless Grant and Housing Incentive Fund, better coordination with Health and Human Services on economic assistance and human service zones, landlord engagement, recovery housing, and reentry housing. The committee also heard that federal continuum of care funding remains uncertain, with possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing and housing-first models; members asked for a future update on the impact if federal rules reduce the share available for permanent housing. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described current screening and service delivery, including infant referrals, regional staff, short-term programs, and collaboration with vocational rehabilitation. He said the targeted screening system is working, recommended maintaining the current model, and noted ongoing challenges with staffing, public awareness, and accessible state websites and documents. Public testimony from a visually impaired resident and a deaf resident emphasized barriers such as CAPTCHAs, inaccessible PDFs, employment forms that screen out applicants based on driver’s license status, shortages of interpreters, and the need for video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training for users and agencies. Finally, the committee heard a final report on the study of child care provider licensing from HHS Early Childhood Director Kay Larson. The report summarized provider input and committee discussion on simplifying North Dakota’s child care licensing structure, reducing administrative burden, and balancing that with health and safety standards. Key topics included licensing categories, child care assistance eligibility, food program sponsorship, staff qualifications, training requirements, ratios and group size, age bands, and preschool exemptions. The committee’s recommendations included streamlining to three provider types plus a preschool designation, revising ratio and age-band rules, and carrying forward certain preschool outdoor-space exemptions. Larson noted that any changes would require statutory changes, rulemaking, and a transition period before new licensing rules could take effect.

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• to chip cards.
• When we get the chip cards, I'll be asking for your help again.
• I was wondering if you could describe what is the benefit of a chip card versus the current card that
• people use that doesn't have a chip in it?
• The chip, I should have mentioned, besides the chip card technology, Mr.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

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• And all the bill does is have Medicaid and CHIP.
• We're talking about Medicaid and CHIP exclusively. That's all this is.
• That's only for Medicaid, but CHIP does not cover that.
• CHIP does not cover the... craniosynostosis, and so this would have CHIP cover that, and then the other
• This bill simply allows them to do the same with CHIP members.

Bills: HB2646, HB3941, HB5153, HB5155, HB5394, HB 1106, HB426, HB4529, HB3984, HB4273, HB 1097, HB3940, HB1941, HB4377, HB3153

Keywords: child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• domestic semiconductor and Chip domestic semiconductor and Chip manufacturing<03:08:08.920> capabilities
• and producing chips in Arizona.
• > Fabs<03:13:50.880> are because of that law new chip Fabs are because of that law new chip
• <03:13:56.040> in and operational and producing chips in and operational and producing chips
• <08:17:52.958> won't audacity to go out and say chip won't audacity to go out and say chip

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• you talk to producers, the biggest response I get back from them is we've always been the bargaining chip
• So, we're usually used as a bargaining chip, and the hope is by going through this it levels the playing
• <00:04:33.840> when<00:04:34.080> it always been the bargaining chip when it always
• been the bargaining chip when it came<00:04:34.479> to<00:04:35.280> uh<00:04:35.600><
• and the hope used as a bargaining chip and the hope is<00:04:53.280> is<00:04:53.680> by

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The interview focused on the representative’s first session in a tied House, which he described as record-setting and a lesson in working across the aisle. He said bipartisan support became essential, and he highlighted working with Representative Liz Rehm on a couple of bills and spending the off-season building more bipartisan legislation aimed at issues affecting rural and greater Minnesota. He also discussed a meeting with MSU Mankato’s president about civil discourse and freedom of expression on campus. His concern was protecting students who might push back against divisive comments from professors and ensuring they would not face repercussions or grade-related consequences for speaking up. A major portion of the conversation covered agriculture and trade, especially tariffs and their effects on farmers. He said farmers are again facing difficult conditions, though not as severe as the 1980s farm crisis, and noted that recent U.S.-China soybean purchasing agreements helped raise soybean and corn prices. He also said greater Minnesota is facing serious nursing home closures and shortages, which are forcing seniors farther from their communities. Looking ahead to 2026, he said he is working on several bills: a stop-arm bill to clarify penalties related to school bus violations, a robocall bill requiring callers to identify themselves with a number, and a mass casualty firewall act aimed at allowing charges when someone has assembled materials and plans for a mass casualty event. He said the mass casualty proposal is the one he is most proud of and that discussions with both DFL and Republican leaders have been positive.

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• We're pushing and have been pushing to get the chip technology done.
• Until we get that chip technology, I'm not supporting any bill that's going to take them off that task
• And I 1,000, 2,000 percent agree that they need to get that chip technology in place so that we're not
• And the more we don't have chip technology, the more we have fraud.
• luck, and quite honestly they've been dragging their feet and this needs to stay on track to have chip

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Social Services Committee met on April 20 with Senators Cleare, Kavanagh, Weik, and Murray present. The committee considered five bills, all of which were reported to the calendar. Senator Kavanagh introduced S.913, which would remove the requirement that a court proceeding be initiated before someone can qualify for rent arrears grants and ongoing rental assistance; members supported it as a way to avoid unnecessary eviction proceedings. S.2022 by Senator Cooney, which exempts certain income when determining eligibility for public assistance, was also reported without objection. The committee then discussed S.5807A by Senator Sepulveda, requiring EBT-related websites and mobile apps to be available in the 12 most common non-English languages. Several members supported the language-access goal but raised concerns that the bill could distract from or delay implementation of chip technology for EBT cards and fraud prevention; Senators Murray and Weik voted no, while the bill was still reported with concerns to be conveyed to the sponsor. S.7612 by Senator Martinez, establishing statewide co-shelter toolkits, was described as helping domestic violence survivors keep pets safe and together with victims, and it was reported unanimously. Finally, S.8045 by Senator Bino, requiring the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence to provide materials on removing accounts from smart home systems, was reported unanimously. Members noted concerns about tracking devices and smart-home-related safety issues in domestic violence cases. No other actions were taken beyond motions, seconding, and reporting each bill to the calendar.

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• The Medicaid and CHIP benefits package for children in North Dakota is the same.
• But we, of course, know because we claim the higher match rate for the CHIP kids.
• You'll see on this slide that CHIP enrollment trended up in 2025.
• This slide shows our 2025 calendar year expenditures for CHIP.
• I'll show you the CHIP drug rebates on this next slide.

Summary: The committee first heard an update on North Dakota’s Interagency Council on Homelessness and Continuum of Care funding. Jennifer Henderson of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency reported that homelessness remains driven by tight housing markets, low incomes, rising rents, and barriers to rental assistance, public benefits, and disability determinations. She said the state’s one-time North Dakota Homeless Grant is serving all regions but reaches far fewer households than the former Rent Help program, and that aging homelessness, shelter staffing shortages, and limited affordable units are growing concerns. Members discussed the need for more housing supply, better coordination with Health and Human Services, landlord engagement, reentry housing, and possible continued one-time funding for the $10 million Homeless Grant and $25 million Housing Incentive Fund. Henderson also warned that federal Continuum of Care funding is uncertain, with HUD expected to issue a new notice June 1 and possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing toward transitional housing and other models. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard of hearing. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described the school’s services for infants, children, and adults, including screenings, mobility training, assistive technology, and outreach across the state. He said the agency works closely with Vocational Rehabilitation and is also involved in improving website and document accessibility, especially for PDF materials. Public testimony highlighted barriers such as inaccessible CAPTCHA systems, online forms, driver’s license requirements on job applications, and limited transportation in rural areas. A deaf resident urged broader use of video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training so people know how to use them effectively. Finally, Kay Larson presented the final report on the child care provider licensing study. The report recommended streamlining North Dakota’s child care licensing structure into three provider types plus a preschool designation, while preserving health and safety standards and maintaining eligibility for child care assistance. The committee discussed simplifying training and qualification rules, revising ratio and group-size requirements, and adjusting age bands for infants and toddlers. The report also noted that some changes would require statutory amendments and later administrative rule changes, with a transition period likely extending through 2029. No formal votes were taken in the transcript, but the committee accepted the updates and scheduled follow-up presentations for a later meeting.

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• It could be a chip seal, a thin bonnet overlay, a microsurface, or even virgin asphalt on top of it.
• So right now we are chip sealing New Mexico 9.
• And you'll see a better surface once we chip seal. That is such good news.
• our millings into chip size aggregate.
• If we use them for chip seals we get about almost 50-50 aggregate to waste.

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• Items like soda, energy drinks, candy, potato chips, corn chips, and cookies not only lack nutritional
• Let's say, for example, potato chips.
• Okay, your bill states that potato or corn chips are prohibited.
• grams of protein and 6% of the daily value of iron more than the Siete chip.
• Nuts, soda, cookies, candy, chips, sweetened beverages, heart healthy.

Bills: SJR37, SJR57, SB7, SB8, SB16, SB108, SB125, SB207, SB318, SB371, SB379, SB396, SB406, SB503, SB533, SB565, SB578, SB599, SB686, SB689, SB707, SB763, SB854, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB920, SB924, SB961, SB965, SB985, SB988, SB1021, SB1024, SB1026, SB1038, SB1059, SB1185, SB1202, SB1207, SB1252, SB1330, SB1396, SB1484, SB1527, SB1535, SB1596, SB1619, SB1697, SB1737, SB1741, SB1841, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SJR37, SCR22, SCR12, SB565, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB1497, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB856, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB541, SB379, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB961, SB1038, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB924, SB1029, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1697, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SJR81, SJR50, SCR39, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719

Keywords: voter ID, citizenship, election integrity, constitutional amendment, voting rights, water infrastructure, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, water supply, environmental sustainability, immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law, voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses

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• So, that's a real, very serious issue that we could be addressing by adding chips to cards.
• So, chip or tap technology to update the cards would address skimming.
• Putting in the chips is a little over $16 million, so it's a lot of money.
• It's a lot of money to add those chips to the address book.
• Yeah, the chips, yeah, I think it is a bigger upfront cost, but less in perpetuity perhaps.

Bills: SB596, SB961, SB1398, SB1183, SB1952

Keywords: DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, foster care, child welfare, Family Code, conservatorship, managing conservator, parental child safety placement, authorization agreement, temporary authorization order, child abuse, child neglect, placement reporting, court-ordered removal, investigation, family preservation, transparency, public reporting, data reporting

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• This creates what we call the potato chip problem.
• No one potato chip ever ruined a person's diet, but no one ever ate just one potato chip.
• <00:54:03.680> ever chip problem.
• No one potato chip ever chip problem.
• A similar bill ate just one potato chip.

Bills: SB222, HB560, HB475, HB484, HB583, HB542, HB566

Keywords: medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance, insolvency, debt readjustment, federal bankruptcy law, Alabama Code 11-58-5.2, library materials

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• CHIP is different in that it is... each state gets an allotment.
• Medicaid's an entitlement chip is not. And on the right, you'll just see Medicare listed.
• because CHIP has a different income limit than Medicaid does and so this is really a way that we can
• If they're enrolling in Medicaid or CHIP, then they will work with us. with our enrollment broker to
• complete their enrollment into Medicaid and CHIP.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So that's a, a real, very serious issue that we could be addressing by, um, adding chips to cards.
• So chip or tap tapping technology to update the cards would address skimming.
• Part of the skimming conversation to put in the chips is a little over $16 million so it's a lot of money
• , um, to, to, to add those chips to the, to address.
• Yeah, the, the chips, yeah, I think it is a, a bigger upfront cost but less in perpetuity perhaps, but

Bills: SB 596, SB 961, SB 1398, SB 1183, SB 1952

Keywords: DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, foster care, child welfare, Family Code, conservatorship, managing conservator, parental child safety placement, authorization agreement, temporary authorization order, child abuse, child neglect, placement reporting, court-ordered removal, investigation, family preservation, transparency, public reporting, data reporting

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• CHIPS funding. Welcome back. Please introduce yourself. Thank you Chair. Derek Kirk Sr.
• Yeah, so NatCast was established after the passing of the Federal Chips and Science Act.
• In my role I've spent many years supporting China, supporting India, supporting Europe with their CHIPS
• California has received, to date, just over 1 percent for incentives in R&D in the Chips and Science
• And so the CHIPS funding is just hits home in those areas.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Chip Roy and I had never really had a conversation before that, but I texted him and said, 'Chip, I called
• Chip didn't ask questions; Chip just said, 'Send me their names. Send me where they were.'
• But, Chip, I appreciate that. I do.
• CHIP DIDN'T ASK QUESTIONS, CHIP JUST SAID, SEND ME THEIR NAMES. SEND ME WHERE THEY WERE.
• But, Chip, I appreciate that. I do.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, November 17, 2025, 1012, house, all