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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- public service agencies.
- </c> support services. support services. uh<00:07:58.000><c> through</c><00:07:58.160><c> a</c><00:07
- </c> service response. service response.
- </c><00:19:06.240><c> Um,</c> service. It's it's a safety element. Um, service.
- </c> those services. those services.
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
pediatric care, hospital discharge, home care, healthcare accessibility, nursing services, family support, mental health, crisis services, Dakota County, mobile crisis response, public safety, treatment services, rehabilitation, behavioral health fund, client eligibility, home and community-based services, case management, waiver services, county services, disability advocacy
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the Senate Human Services Committee for this Monday, January 19th.
- Examples of community residential services businesses include adult family homes, supported living services
- Examples of community residential services businesses include adult family homes, supported living services
- By starting DDCS services at 20, we can prevent this service cliff.
- through the developmental disabilities community services.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
employment services, community inclusion, age limitations, disability services, home and community living, community residential services, oversight, monitoring, service providers, streamlining, foster care, licensure, adoption, child welfare, support services, terminology alignment, social services, Washington state code, department reorganization, legislative amendment
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Early Learning & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- daily living skills, medical and dental services, employment services, and behavior supports.
- daily living skills, medical and dental services, employment services, and behavior supports.
- disabilities services.
- Is it going to Home and Community Services? Is it going to residential services?
- services, is it going to residential services, and then when they get it, are they sharing it?
Committee:
House Early Learning & Human Services
Keywords:
homelessness, youth programs, advisory committee, prevention, protection, developmental disabilities, residential settings, data access, safety, stability, community oversight, residential services, regulation, service providers, monitoring, HB 2319, residential habilitation center, state school renaming, Rainier School, Firecrest School
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- One is called prevocational services, and then we have three employment services.
- And also housing stabilization services, while not a framework service, allow up to 49% of the service
- those who use the service.
- And also housing stabilization services, while not a framework service, allow up to 49% of the service
- And also housing stabilization services, while not a framework service, allow up to 49% of the service
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
veterans, veterans affairs, State Soldiers Assistance Program, Veterans Stable Housing Initiative, MAXIS, human services data, data sharing, eligibility verification, informed consent, private data, benefits coordination, veteran housing, veteran assistance, Department of Human Services, Children Youth and Families, state benefits, federal benefits, privacy, public assistance, human services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:29.440><c> agency</c> the responsible social services agency the responsible social services
- <00:09:33.640><c> agencies,</c> recognize that social service agencies, recognize that social service
- </c> Western Prairie Human Services Western Prairie Human Services consisting<01:03:34.000><c> of</c>
- </c> that the legislature invest in services that the legislature invest in services and<01:09:17.359
- </c><01:43:10.600><c> We</c> protection services, all of that. We protection services, all of that.
Keywords:
foster care, early childhood education, child care programs, placement plan, social services, extended foster care, kinship care, relative custody, permanent legal and physical custody, Northstar kinship assistance, independent living plan, transition services, youth aging out of care, medical assistance, Medicaid, child welfare, children youth and families, out-of-home placement, case plan, relative placement
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> uniform service standards. uniform service standards.
- . services. services.
- </c> support services. support services.
- services, services and other services, and<00:59:12.640><c> disrupt</c><00:59:13.040><c> care</c><00
- </c><01:03:27.160><c> servicing</c> Western Prairie Human Services servicing Western Prairie Human Services
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
housing aid, local housing trust, funding projects, income provisions, technical changes, human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- c> become</c> Focus Services Will services will become Focus Services Will services will become increasingly
- </c> preventative Mental Health Services preventative Mental Health Services without<00:42:57.839><c>
- extensive services.
- extensive services.
- , cleaning services, home care, maybe some transportation services.
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
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
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/18/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Services.
- community based services that services community based services are<01:07:43.039><c> um</c><01:07:43.599
- inadequate language services, and inadequate language services. services. services.
- </c> act as a hub for these services. act as a hub for these services.
- service.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 19, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- : the bill broadens the current group of students who are eligible to retrieve dropout retrieval services
- ...or expand programs to detect and respond to students and their families needing mental health services
- The overall goal for PCS for HB 969 is to make student mental health services better through improved
- that they need and those services are having positive outcomes.
- I would support you on the bill today, but we need to talk about the consular speech, okay?
Summary:
The Education Administration Subcommittee heard and advanced a series of education bills focused on transparency, accountability, attendance, school start times, student well-being, and career planning. HB 1321, by Rep. Salsman, would remove public-records and public-meeting exemptions for university presidential searches, eliminate the Board of Governors from those searches, require Board of Governors members to file full financial disclosures and be Florida residents, and expand syllabus posting requirements; it passed 15-0. HB 1079, by Rep. Botana, as amended, broadened eligibility for dropout retrieval programs to include students who withdrew and did not reengage in education, and it also passed 15-0 after a strike-all amendment and supportive testimony from a program provider.
The committee also approved PCS for HB 969, by Rep. Kassel, which shifts evaluation of school mental health services to the Department of Children and Families and requires more detailed outcome data, surveys, and reporting related to the Mental Health Assistance Allocation program; it passed 15-0. HB 1367, by Rep. Booth, creates a statewide attendance policy with uniform definitions and reporting requirements to address chronic absenteeism; it passed 15-1 after support from business and education groups and some concern about state control over district policy. PCS for HB 261, by Rep. Gerwig, revises the 2023 middle and high school start-time law by allowing districts to document compliance efforts and unintended consequences rather than fully meet the mandated later start times; it passed 16-0.
The most debated bill was HB 1483, by Rep. Valdez, which would align Florida’s school grading scale with the familiar 90/80/70/60 letter-grade standard over a five-year transition and require school grades to appear on student report cards. Supporters argued the current scale is misleading and too lenient, while opponents warned it would sharply increase failing school labels, create costs and turnaround mandates, and confuse parents and students. Despite extensive testimony from school board members, teachers, students, and advocacy groups on both sides, the bill passed 12-4. The committee then quickly approved HB 1245, a one-year Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program for three universities with the highest share of Pell-eligible students, and HB 571, which expands career planning, paid work experience, and credit-transfer review for students; both passed unanimously.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Early Learning & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Time to start off week two in our Early Learning and Human Services Committee.
- and to advise the legislature on statewide behavioral health services as to you. health services, and
- to advise the legislature on statewide behavioral health services to support them.
- have to utilize the high-intensity services as much.
- , even... ...will allow greater access to dental services.
Committee:
House Early Learning & Human Services
Keywords:
behavioral health, youth support, mental health services, children's health, support services, foster youth, child welfare, education, mental health, dental care, habilitation centers, residential services, healthcare access, patient rights, poverty, task force, legislative, executive, social programs, fatalities
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And uh we're very Services Coalition.
- </c> award, verification of services award, verification of services delivered,<00:05:01.600><c> reconciliation
- </c> to track and verify that service to track and verify that service delivery<00:18:19.440><c> and<
- And so part of based services funding.
- </c><00:53:26.240><c> and</c> live can understand the services and live can understand the services and
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Human Services Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- We are on the verge of creating a senior services waiting list.
- There are three areas of services for seniors.
- We have home and community-based services, which is at the Department of Human Services.
- The cost varies between these three categories of services.
- Home and community-based services cost about $22,000 per individual.
Committee:
House A&B Human Services Subcommittee
Keywords:
home care, community services, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, rating system, inspection reports, substantiated complaints, agency oversight, child care, workforce, pilot program, affordable care, income eligibility, long-term care, revolving fund, options counseling, funding, consultation services, Medicaid, community-based services, seniors
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , family resource centers, navigation services, and we also do foster care adoption and residential services
- In addition to placement and case management services, TFI also provides family preservation services
- Our services for prevention and our reunification services have really made an impact.
- extended foster care services.
- Providers can offer in-home services under the Family First Prevention Services Act, ensuring that children
Committee:
House Human Services
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Human Services will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Chair Hull. Here.
- or a person with disabilities, and I am tasked with their shopping as part of personal attendant services
- Members, School Health and Related Services, better known as SHARS, is a federally funded... program
- A 2017 federal audit report revealed that Texas... were improperly billing for services not permitted
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission work to ensure compliance with federal guidelines.
Committee:
House Human Services
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
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Hi, we are calling this meeting of the Senate Human Services Committee to order on this Tuesday, January
- And Senator Torres, if you'd like to join her, welcome to Human Services. Thank you.
- Senator Torres, welcome to Human Services. I think this is the first time.
- And we are moving on to Senate Bill 6024, Community Residential Services Providers.
- And we are moving on to Senate Bill 6024 community residential services providers.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
child safety, near fatalities, public reporting, child welfare, transparency, homeless youth, youth services, mental health, support programs, state law, employment services, community inclusion, age limitations, disability services, home and community living, abortion medications, reproductive health, mifepristone, misoprostol, abortion access
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- to ACCESS fee-for-service claims, submits the following report.
- to access fee-for-service claims submits the following report.
- One billing code that covers mental health, behavioral health, dental services, emergency care services
- , so many services.
- It could be in-home care service. And so some of these services, they do not have access.
Summary:
The Senate met in multiple Committee of the Whole sessions and considered a large number of bills, many related to digital assets and cryptocurrency, including SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1044, SB 1045, SB 1432, SCR 1003, SCR 1033, and SCR 1028. Members discussed whether the state should accept cryptocurrency for payments, tax or exempt virtual currency, ban central bank digital currency, and support digital assets in retirement systems. Senator Epstein repeatedly argued against the measures and tried to offer amendments targeting data center tax exemptions, but one such amendment was ruled not germane and the ruling was upheld on a division vote. The bills and resolutions in that group generally advanced with do-pass recommendations, with SB 1043 and SB 1044 amended before advancing.
The Senate also advanced several bills on family law, public records, scholarship organizations, property conveyances, underground facilities, and environmental and energy issues, including SB 1039, SB 1139, SB 1147, SB 1148, SB 1328, SB 1078, SB 1142, SB 1184, SB 1254, SB 1278, SB 1281, SB 1418, SB 1445, and SB 1566. Some measures drew discussion and amendments: SB 1254 received a clarifying amendment for deeds handled by title and escrow professionals; SB 1278 had a floor amendment withdrawn; SB 1281 was amended by committee and floor changes; SB 1418 prompted questions about small modular reactors and concerns about uranium mining and health impacts; and SB 1566 was amended to address malicious delay enforcement and judicial review. Most of these bills received do-pass recommendations.
In the health and human services calendar, the Senate advanced SB 1052, SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, SB 1345, SB 1346, and SB 1631, with SB 1124 retained on the calendar. Debate centered on ACCESS and remote work, administrative deficiency cure periods, anonymous complaints, fee-for-service claims, and DCS-related hearings and investigations. Senator Gonzales opposed several ACCESS-related bills, arguing they lacked appropriations, could disrupt services, or conflicted with federal Medicaid law, while sponsors said the bills addressed agency performance and provider complaints. SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, and SB 1345 were amended before receiving do-pass recommendations, and SB 1345’s sponsor said ACCESS was removed from the bill.
The final calendar included regulatory and veterinary-related bills such as SB 1137, SB 1144, SB 1205, and SB 1286. SB 1205, dealing with motor vehicle booting fees, received a floor amendment requiring an appeals process for private parking lots. SB 1286, on veterinary telemedicine and prescriptions, drew the most extended debate, with a committee amendment and a Kavanagh floor amendment restoring a 14-day prescription extension and adding flea and tick treatment; Senator Leach opposed the floor amendment, describing prior stakeholder negotiations and changes in committee support. The transcript ends while that debate is still underway, after several bills have already been reported out with do-pass recommendations.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- President, your Committee on Health and Human Services, having had...
- By adding Section 36-22.02, relating to emergency medical services.
- One billing code that covers mental health, behavioral health, dental services, emergency care services
- , so many services.
- It could be an in-home care service. And so some of these services, they do not have access.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Families can get access to our combined in-home service array of contract services, evidence-based practices
- like... ...service array of contract services, evidence-based practices like FFT, functional family
- A little bit more intense level of service: that second level would be to coordinate services.
- in Washington having services for homeless young people to 37 of 39 counties having services and supports
- We do have three coaches that provide those services.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
Keywords:
children, youth, financial stability, care services, department of children and families, housing assistance, foster care, pilot program, social services, accountability, family services, state department, child welfare, homeless youth, youth homelessness, runaway youth, young adult homelessness, housing instability, family reunification, family stability
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I worked at San Antonio Independent Living Services, it's called SALES, and I was data entry person.
Committee:
House Human Services
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It was operated by a champion home and community-based services.
- After a meeting that was held in April 17, that A Champion Home group, community-based services, Upon
- Again, he's the owner of a champion community based services at the time.
- Human Services. In 2005, there was 3.8 million.
- , or have their services rendered, or as promotion to get them.
Committee:
House Human Services
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