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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-05-05

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I am wondering, are you mostly looking at grants and grants to non-profits?
  • I receive employment in return for awarding a grant, or I recommend that an agency award a grant.
  • and grants management, grant monitoring, and grantee evaluation.
  • Agency staff who manage grants.
  • They are two very different things: the grants, I think, and Medicaid, which is not generally grants,
Bills: HF3043, HF2891
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/27/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • This supports women with options. it's grant money that would uh be funded it's grant money that would
  • They can fundraise, they can get other grants, they can do other things, but this grant, you can't use
  • </c> they can do other things but this grant they can do other things but this grant you<00:49:11.400
  • </c> say you are not eligible for the Grant say you are not eligible for the Grant under<00:49:27.640
  • </c> been a recipient of the bipartisan Grant been a recipient of the bipartisan Grant previously<00:
Bills: HF25, HF1, HF428
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 5/5/25

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, and I am wondering, are you mostly looking at grants and grants to nonprofits?
  • </c><00:36:26.880><c> Um,</c><00:36:27.200><c> is</c> grants and grants to nonprofits?
  • Um, is grants and grants to nonprofits?
  • </c> um not nonprofit grants. um not nonprofit grants. Representative<00:36:44.079><c> Greenman.
  • and grants management, grant monitoring, and grantee evaluation.
Bills: HF3043, HF2891
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it also increases the floor for these grants.
  • Of course, it's staffing at the different counties as well.
  • Of course, it's staffing at the different counties as well.
Bills: HF1355, HF78, HF1846, HF1225
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • management essentially agency grants management essentially agency grants<00:36:58.359><c> management
  • <00:41:33.520><c> management</c> move um the office of Grants management move um the office of Grants
  • </c> collaboration needed to oversee grants collaboration needed to oversee grants from<00:47:57.839>
  • </c> alternative strategies for Grants alternative strategies for Grants management<00:52:33.960><c>
  • <01:30:08.679><c> in</c><01:30:08.880><c> excess</c><01:30:09.159><c> of</c> Grant in excess of Grant
Bills: HF1, HF2
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • Creates an agricultural grant program and evolving fund for the purposes of grant application execution
  • </c> for the agricultural grant program. for the agricultural grant program.
  • The grant that she submitted was funded at $8.89 million.
  • There's a grant for &gt;&gt; Yeah. Let's see. There's a grant for that. that. that.
  • House Bill 2246 relating to agricultural grant administration.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Passport to Careers program automatically if they are income-eligible for the Washington College Grant
  • ensure eligibility for foster and homeless youth to automatically qualify for the Washington College Grant
Bills: SB6258, SB5963
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6258, which would authorize the Washington Medical Commission to create a non-disciplinary process for physicians and other licensees to voluntarily relinquish their licenses. Staff, the bill sponsor, and supporters from the Medical Commission and the Washington Physicians Health Program said the bill would give providers a dignified way to permanently give up a license when they are retiring or otherwise leaving practice, without triggering disciplinary reporting, while preserving patient safety by excluding anyone under investigation or discipline. Members asked about the practical purpose of the bill, including how it would help retired or inactive doctors avoid ongoing continuing education and administrative oversight. The committee then held a work session on part-time and contingent faculty in the community and technical college system. The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges described the system’s enrollment, staffing, and bargaining structure, noting that faculty conditions and pay vary by college and that adjunct pay has historically lagged behind full-time faculty. A panel from AFT Washington argued that contingent faculty are underpaid and often lack guaranteed work, benefits, or compensation for duties such as office hours, advising, and committee work. They cited a 2024 SBCTC report finding contingent faculty pay averaged 61.5% of full-time faculty pay and said the state’s 85% pay-equity goal should be funded over time; members asked about bargaining, health benefits, workload, and comparisons to other teaching jobs. In executive session, the committee considered two bills. Substitute Senate Bill 5931, making administrative changes to the Workforce Education, Investment, Accountability, and Oversight Board, was reported out of committee with a do pass recommendation on a 14-1 vote. Senate Bill 5963, which would automatically make students eligible for the Passport to Careers program if they qualify for the Washington College Grant and align the financial-need formula with the federal formula, was also reported out with a do pass recommendation on a 15-0 vote. The committee then adjourned.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • known as the Fox Grant.
  • That's where the Fox Grant has been essential.
  • oversight in your eyes for the grants that we're putting out, the Fox grants. Thank you, Senator.
  • who actually need these grants?
  • yet of the VA cuts in staffing so far as it affects veterans?
Summary: The committee meeting focused primarily on the critical issues surrounding veterans' mental health and suicide prevention. Discussions centered on the reauthorization of essential programs aimed at providing non-clinical support services to veterans, particularly the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. Senators emphasized the urgent need for adequate mental health resources as the suicide rate among veterans remains alarmingly high. Key testimonies were provided by various advocates and officials, illustrating both successful implementations of these programs and areas needing improvement.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year the city sustained the program primarily through existing staffing.
  • Last year the city sustained the program primarily through existing staffing.
  • </c><00:46:56.599><c> most</c> primarily through existing Staffing most primarily through existing Staffing
  • And what's unique about this is, I think, is what Chair Pinto is getting to: you're granting other grants
  • c><01:12:20.239><c> question</c><01:12:20.639><c> is</c> granting other grants um my question is granting
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • times ensuring that teachers Staffing times ensuring that teachers who<00:04:40.080><c> are</c><00:04
  • In September of 2024, my center was forced to reduce our operating hours due to staffing shortages.
  • In September of 2024, my center was forced to reduce our operating hours due to staffing shortages.
  • Our staff members work eight-hour shifts, creating staffing challenges both at the beginning and the
  • </c><00:43:39.520><c> and</c> throwing money at it more grants and throwing money at it more grants and
Bills: HF1247, HF628
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • And the grant program that companies.
  • 41.039><c> help</c><00:08:41.440><c> support</c> grant program before you help support grant program
  • </c> activation part of the grant program? activation part of the grant program?
  • </c><00:19:24.240><c> And</c> for grant programs and so forth. And for grant programs and so forth.
  • We don't want to take for granted. The time is now to do that.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, so it began with an informational presentation from Dr. Kristen Goodell, executive director of LifeKY, about innovation infrastructure and a proposed grant program to support life sciences and other startup facilities. She argued that Kentucky’s research investments only translate into jobs and companies if startups have access to physical lab and equipment space, and said shared facilities can serve many companies over time. Goodell described LifeKY’s Northern Kentucky facility as a proof of concept, noting it has attracted companies from other states and Japan, secured a Thermo Fisher Scientific partnership, and could be replicated elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Members asked about university pipelines, local talent development, sustainability, and how the grant program would measure return on investment; Goodell emphasized public-private partnerships, earned revenue, philanthropy, internships, and STEM programming as part of the model. The committee then took up Senate Bill 76, sponsored by Senator Bledsoe, which would limit school board occupational license tax increases by raising the population threshold for such increases from 300,000 to 500,000. Bledsoe said the bill was intended to respond to Fayette County’s recent tax controversy, restore public trust, and provide stability for employees, employers, and the school system. He argued that occupational taxes affect many commuters who work in Fayette County but live elsewhere, and said the measure would give time for community buy-in before any future increase. Supportive comments came from Senator Nunn and others, while Senator Boswell asked about the tax rate and cautioned against local tax increases offsetting state income tax reductions. After discussion, the committee called the roll on SB 76. The bill advanced on a roll-call vote, with Senator Armstrong explaining a no vote because he did not want to take tools away from local government and preferred local control. The transcript indicates the measure moved forward from committee after the vote.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2765 would align the definitions of rural counties with HUD's Community Development Block Grant
  • effective only for new loans or grants.
  • HB4341 also includes a grant program to assist these facilities in meeting these requirements.
  • As engrossed, the bill had the support of the Department of Public Safety. ...administering the grant
  • With the grant program created by the bill, I'm happy to answer any questions, Mr. Chairman.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a state grant.
  • Line 11 is the Tribal College Supplemental Assistance Grants.
  • Line 60 is the Dual Training Competency Grants Program.
  • A year's worth of grants in the state grant program was just a couple million more than that.
  • worth of grants.
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the state grant.
  • The child care grants on line six grant.
  • </c> traumatic brain injury grants. traumatic brain injury grants.
  • worth of grants.
  • worth of grants.
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Immigration and visa fees have been used by third-party healthcare staffing agencies and hospitals and
  • agencies and hospitals have staffing agencies and hospitals have come<00:15:36.480><c> under</c><00:
  • That received funding in the last grant round and the 51 counties altogether served by these grants.
  • Grants are made to nonprofit organizations that offer car repairs or car loans or donated vehicles to
  • I know that, uh, grant structure, we have a clear goal, funds get out, we have a report, we can look
Bills: HF3889, HF2567, HF3878
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • So the federal government is saying to help this end, they will offer grants to those states who start
  • And so what this funding will do is it will set the staffing, the rates, and the structure, with the
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SCR 21 SD1, which asks Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s East Hawaii Regional Health Care System to study the feasibility of a rural health clinic or similar access point for the Volcano community. Testimony in strong support came from HHSC representatives, Volcano residents, the Volcano Health Collaborative, the Rotary Club of Volcano, and others, who said the area has a clear need and that local primary and urgent care would align with regional plans. HHSC said it had already looked at the area, found no suitable temporary buildings, and would need a longer-term, capital-intensive solution, but that the study could help accelerate next steps. The committee then took up SCR 50 SD1, proposing a Hawaii Health Plan Working Group to design a basic affordable health plan for residents. Dr. Jack Lewin of SHIPTA said the state faces a growing uninsured population and argued for a short-term, lower-cost plan focused on preventive and primary care, drawing on the old State Health Insurance Plan as a possible model. Members asked about whether that prior program still exists and whether the working group should include the Hawaii Medical Association and Hawaii Primary Care Association; Dr. Lewin said the statute still exists but is unfunded, and that the group should be inclusive. The Department of Labor and other organizations also provided comments. For SCR 75 SD1, which urges a coordinated interdepartmental effort to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Dr. Lewin and others said prevention, prenatal screening, and early intervention are needed because FASD is often hidden until later problems appear. Amanda from Hawaii FASD Action Group said current implementation under Act 192 is still largely a landscape analysis and that Hawaii lacks the infrastructure and specialists for a full system. Darlene Chance Govor urged adding the judiciary as a partner so juvenile justice and probation staff can be trained and referral pathways improved, while the Department of Health said it supports prevention but prefers a broader, systems-based approach focused on child needs and upstream care. The Disability Rights Center supported the resolution and asked for an earlier reporting date. The committee also heard SCR 149 SD1, which seeks an informal working group to address complex patients with multiple diagnoses involving substance use, mental health, or chronic physical illness. The Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition and Ke Nui Malo strongly supported the measure, saying current siloed systems leave people bouncing between medical, mental health, and substance use providers without coordinated care, often ending up in crisis, emergency rooms, or the justice system. They said integrated residential care and a coordinated working group could improve outcomes and align with federal funding opportunities. The transcript ended before any final vote or action on the measures was announced, and SCR 109 was noted as withdrawn from the agenda.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Staffing models are also flexible.
  • It's a staffing group at the Kentucky Veterans Center.
  • And all it is is it's a and staffing.
  • I tried my best to give you some trends, uh, both uh on staffing and census.
  • And uh both uh on staffing and census.
Summary: The Legislative Oversight and Investigation Committee met without a quorum, so no votes were taken. Staff presented a study of the Kentucky Fire Commission focused on firefighter minimum training standards and administrative spending. The presentation explained that Kentucky’s training standards are built from NFPA guidelines, that the commission currently requires 115 hours for volunteer firefighters and 300 hours for paid firefighters, and that those reduced hours were adopted by removing electives and other non-NFPA content. Staff also said the commission’s IFSAC certification testing for firefighter 1 and firefighter 2 aligns with NFPA standards, but the commission cannot require local departments to train or certify firefighters. Staff recommended that the commission formally promulgate regulations establishing the reduced training hours and work with KCTCS to better separate administrative costs for certain programs so compliance with the statute can be demonstrated. The finance portion of the report said the commission is funded by general fund appropriations for State Fire Rescue Training and by an insurance premium surcharge that supports the Firefighter Foundation Program Fund. Staff reported that the commission stayed within the 5% administrative cap tied to the overall surcharge allotment, but could not confirm compliance with a separate 5% cap for specific programs because KCTCS accounting does not break out those costs in enough detail. Staff suggested the General Assembly may want to clarify what counts as administrative cost in statute. Members asked about investment returns, local fire department funding, and whether training documentation is required; staff said some of those topics were outside the study scope and that IFSAC testing relies on chief certification that a candidate is ready to test. Representatives from the Fire Commission then responded, saying they agreed with the report’s recommendations and would work to clarify the 5% issue with legislators and KCTCS. They explained that the reduction in training hours was intended to remove electives, better align with NFPA standards, and address the difficulty volunteer departments have in getting members to complete lengthy training. Commission officials said training is documented through rosters and annual compliance reviews, and that IFSAC-certified firefighter testing is based on demonstrated skills rather than a required number of training hours. They also said the difficulty in tracking the second 5% cap stems from the way KCTCS’s PeopleSoft system records reimbursements as single transactions, making it hard to isolate administrative costs by program.