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• Their conditions become more chronic and difficult, and they end up in the emergency rooms.
• Their conditions become more chronic and difficult, and they end up in the emergency rooms.
• Their conditions become more chronic and difficult, and they end up in the emergency rooms.
• Their conditions become more chronic and difficult, and they end up in the emergency rooms.
• The emergency room for care instead of being treated as you can so aptly treat them.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Assembly Bill 600, introduced by the Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, revises
• Assembly Bill 600, introduced by the Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, revives
• relating to legislative affairs, the people of state of Nevada, represented in the general file. operations
• Will the members of the Legislative Operations and Elections Committee meet by the door on the stairs
• President, your Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, to which was referred Assembly Bill

Keywords: 909, all

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• Otherwise, some of these individuals we know are going to end up in the emergency room, and as...
• I don't think we're trying to operate without regulation.
• In some cases, yes. and kind of allow this to operate without regulations? Senator Trunow.
• I don't think we're trying to operate without regulation.
• She was born lifeless and required emergent resuscitation by the hospital’s neonatal team.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance led by pages, and several introductions recognizing guests, family members, and a USF Day at the Capitol presentation. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar, where it first passed two Open Government Sunset Review bills: CS/SB 7010, preserving a public records exemption for certain Department of Financial Services receiver information, and SB 7008/HB 7003, preserving confidentiality for financial technology sandbox application records. Both measures passed unanimously. The Senate also passed CS/SB 1430 on post-judgment execution proceedings relating to terrorism, a bill intended to help victims enforce judgments against terrorist entities, and CS/CS/SB 910 on veterans benefits assistance, aimed at improving veterans’ access to benefits and transition support. Additional measures passed included CS/CS/CS/SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands, SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems, CS/CS/CS/SB 700, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, and several claims bills, including relief for Darlene Angerville and J.R., Eric and Jennifer Miles on behalf of EEM, and Marcus Button. SB 994 on driver’s license education requirements also passed after an amendment making texting while driving a moving violation with points and a distracted-driving course requirement. The most extended debate centered on CS/CS/CS/SB 700, where senators discussed provisions on fluoride in drinking water, labeling of plant-based products, drone penalties, charity registration, agricultural housing, and other agriculture-related policy changes. Several amendments on fluoride were offered and defeated, while a technical amendment on financial institution definitions was adopted. Senators also briefly discussed the policy implications of the bill’s fluoride language and its relationship to local control and public health. Several other bills on the calendar were temporarily postponed, and at the end of the session the Senate adopted motions to certify passed bills to the House, retain postponed bills on the special order calendar, and remove CS/SB 7016 from the special order calendar. The Senate then adjourned until April 16.

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• needs and recommended the commission continue evaluating operations to develop a solution for reducing
• Enhancement number six is a request for $791,100 ongoing for increased operating and maintenance costs
• . $791,100 ongoing for increased operating and maintenance costs at the department-operated fish hatcheries
• The agency also requested, in enhancement number eight, $278,700 ongoing for operating expenditures.
• Enhancement number eight: $278,700 ongoing for operating expenditures from their dedicated and federal

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee met to review the general fund update and several budget-setting items, with staff explaining how to track the latest “green sheet” online and how JFAC actions were affecting the FY 2026 and FY 2027 bottom lines. Members also discussed whether work group progress should be summarized more broadly, but leadership emphasized that work groups were intended to remain independent and that members should consult analysts directly rather than have a running public summary of each group’s internal deliberations. The committee then acted on a series of agency budgets. It approved the Idaho State Tax Commission enhancement package after revising it to remove the chief operating officer personnel item and adopted language limiting use of $550,000 for fast tax collection vendor payments, with any unused amount reverting to the general fund. It also approved supplemental and enhancement requests for the Office of Information Technology Services, including Chinden campus furnishings, E-Core grant staffing and funding, enterprise security/firewall upgrades, the IT modernization transfer of 58 positions from Health and Welfare, and a one-time cash transfer language item to cover transition-year health insurance costs. The Military Division’s request for $120,000 for Office of Emergency Management indirect cost recovery was approved, but an alternate motion to also add $190,800 for the state education assistance program failed, and the original motion was later held in committee. The Industrial Commission and Public Utilities Commission budgets were both advanced with dedicated-fund increases for IRIS maintenance, training, disability fund needs, OITS hardware, and replacement laptops. The Department of Fish and Game budget was also advanced, with approval of a large package of dedicated and federal funds for fishery habitat projects, Good Neighbor Authority work, hatchery and laboratory inflation, temporary employees, wolf depredation response, communications, and replacement items, along with reappropriation authority for prior-year funds. The committee then took up the Department of Health and Welfare Division of Public Health Services, where competing motions focused on the Idaho Home Visiting Program, immunization assessment fund restoration, laboratory testing, HIV and hepatitis prevention, suicide prevention, and moving the home visiting program to Early Learning and Development. Both the substitute motion and the original motion failed after split votes in the House and Senate committees, leaving that budget held for later action. Finally, the committee considered new language for the State Controller and State Treasurer to require monthly reconciliation of cash balances between Luma and TARS from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, with a report due by the fall interim JFAC meeting and documentation retained for audit. Members discussed the need for accurate cash reconciliation and the resources available to the Controller’s office, but no final action was taken before adjournment. The chair announced upcoming budget-setting meetings and reminded members to complete work group motions by the end of the day.

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• response operation plans.
• This bill will require each law enforcement agency and emergency medical service provider that responds
• Additionally, it will require Texas Division of Emergency Management to develop a guide on preparedness
• And I have the utmost confidence that the profession and all the professions associated with emergency
• They were on Operation Lone Star deployment and they came from Del Rio and Eagle Pass.

Bills: HB 33 , HB 45 , HB 48 , HB 1261 , HB 1465 , HB 1778 , HB 2596 , HB 5238 , SB 2969

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• </c><00:09:55.519><c> and</c> as payroll taxes operational and as payroll taxes operational and Staffing
• </c> shifts when an illness or emergency shifts when an illness or emergency comes<00:47:41.520><c> up
• </c><00:51:59.200><c> and</c> whether you're a 24-hour operation and whether you're a 24-hour operation
• </c> with a family small business operating with a family small business operating in<01:13:19.880><c
• c> $1 million to create that operations $1 million to create that operations nothing<01:19:49.719><c>

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Food shelf operators say when the new requirements put in place by the Big Beautiful Bill Act kick in
• This is coming on top of a food system, a emergency food system that has grown and stretched in recent
• Food shelf<00:00:35.600><c> operators</c><00:00:36.160><c> say</c><00:00:36.640><c> when</c><00:00:36.800
• ><c> the</c><00:00:37.040><c> new</c> shelf operators say when the new shelf operators say when the new
• food system that has grown and emergency food system that has grown and stretched<00:00:51.520><c> in

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• All of which are essential for first responders to effectively manage an emergency as engrossed, this
• A military installation owned or operated by the state or another governmental entity.
• Each federal owned or operated radar or military installation within 50 nautical miles of the tower and
• Operate or people who intend to put up meteorological evaluation towers will have to register with the
• One theme emerged loud and clear.

Committee: Senate Economic Development

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• </c> I know the Louisville Emergency I know the Louisville Emergency Management<00:02:50.720><c> System
• ,</c><00:10:39.279><c> ensure</c> inspections, safety operations, ensure inspections, safety operations
• We look at their systems operations.
• Um, we've streamline operations.
• </c> continue to operate. Yeah. continue to operate. Yeah.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met in person, approved the October 15 minutes, and began with a moment of silence following a Louisville UPS plane explosion that was described as a local tragedy affecting many families and first responders. The main presentation was an overview of Kentucky’s Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NMT) program from the Department for Medicaid Services and the Transportation Cabinet. Witnesses explained that NMT is a federally required Medicaid benefit, administered by the Transportation Cabinet under a risk-based capitated model, with eligibility limited to Medicaid members traveling to medically necessary, Medicaid-covered services and who lack access to other transportation. They also described exclusions, including certain KCHIP, QMB, and PACE members, and outlined the brokered regional structure, call center operations, scheduling rules, vehicle and driver oversight, complaint handling, and rider surveys. The presenters reported that NMT handled more than 3.1 million trips in state fiscal year 2024, with over 1.38 million trips already recorded in October, and said customer satisfaction surveys were high. They said the FY 2025-26 contract total is about $360.6 million, with monthly per-member capitation rates set by region through an actuarial process and approved by CMS. They emphasized that payments are tied to monthly Medicaid enrollment and that the state draws down federal funds for the exact amount paid, with no leftover balance. They also said most NMT use comes from adult day centers and rehabilitative care such as dialysis. Members questioned the witnesses about how quality metrics and contract standards are set, whether the state had explored alternatives such as Uber Health or other integrated models, and how utilization was calculated. The witnesses said contract requirements are developed collaboratively by Medicaid Services, the Transportation Cabinet, and other agencies, and that studies of other models generally found higher costs and lower approval ratings, with additional research on a hybrid model expected by the end of the year. They clarified that one figure reflected the share of Medicaid members with registered vehicles, while another reflected actual NMT users, and they defended the capitated structure as shifting financial risk to brokers rather than the state. Representative Fleming also raised concerns about oversight, reporting, and the apparent gap between budgeted and contracted amounts, asking whether any unused funds would return to general funds; the discussion ended before a final answer was given.

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• We are able to operate as a subcommittee, so we won't move on minutes yet.
• So, with that, we can operate as a... Subcommittee, correct?
• Gaming operators are administered and regulated by the racing commission.
• Maybe either way, the emergency school tax. That's an interesting tax.
• Anything below that can stay budgeted in your operating budget.

Committee: House Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

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• </c> So I would be able to operate So I would be able to operate &gt;&gt; So<01:08:15.839><c> what</c
• It's an operational issue.
• It's an operational issue.
• It's an operational issue.
• It's an operational issue.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• That's a challenge, there's no question, but we shouldn't operate our policy from being scared.
• Those, that's a challenge, there's no question, but we shouldn't operate our policy from being scared
• place ensures it operates within defined boundaries rather than a gray area.
• that this is an emergency measure?
• I did not realize this was an emergency measure.

Committee: House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard and took action on several water, energy, housing, and natural resources measures. House Bill 2099, as amended, was advanced on a 6-3 vote after testimony from water utilities, CAP, ADWR, Phoenix, and agricultural interests about long-term storage credits, Colorado River shortages, and the need to preserve flexibility in underground storage. House Bill 2263, also amended, passed 6-3 despite concerns from CAP, Colorado River Indian Tribes, and others that it would restrict where Colorado River replenishment water could be stored and reduce operational flexibility. House Bill 2264, requiring the University of Arizona to promote Arizona history and the five Cs through the mining museum effort, passed 9-0. House Bills 2330 and 2341, both relating to power plant and transmission line siting criteria, passed 6-3 after the sponsor argued they would better account for an area’s character and for speculative projects lacking known off-takers. House Bill 2918, ending certain tax breaks for renewable energy and storage equipment after 2026, passed 6-3. House Bill 2889, appropriating $1 million for uranium contamination monitoring and a statewide registry, passed 9-0 after discussion of tribal health impacts and possible amendment to shift implementation to ADEQ. House Concurrent Resolution 2057 supporting geothermal permitting reform passed 9-0, and House Concurrent Resolution 2020 supporting certain housing developments outside designated provider service areas passed 6-2. The committee also heard House Bill 2843 on portable plug-in solar devices, with the sponsor and supporters arguing it would lower bills and expand access for renters and apartment dwellers. Electric co-ops and utilities raised safety, backfeed, inspection, and liability concerns, and the chair held the bill for further work rather than taking a vote. House Bill 2782, dealing with utility rate transparency and regulatory assets, drew testimony from the sponsor and constituents about alleged double-charging in Santan Valley; after a motion to suspend committee rules to consider a late amendment, the amended bill passed 5-3. House Bill 4025, creating a study committee on gasoline and petroleum refineries, passed 6-3 after the sponsor argued Arizona relies heavily on imported gasoline. House Bill 2912, requiring integrated resource plans and independent review for electric utilities, passed 6-2 after amendment. Finally, House Bill 4100, requiring notice to customers about potential rate impacts if CAP water is lost, drew opposition from municipal and private water providers who said the required estimates would be speculative and could not be prepared by the deadline; the bill was discussed with an amendment expanding its scope, but the transcript ends before a final vote is shown.

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• Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1425 is an emergency measure that moves the date of the primary election
• Family court should not operate outside the core principles of our Constitution.
• Emergency voting is repealed in lieu of extending the in-person early voting period.
• And you also want to do away with all emergency voting accommodations.
• Your time is... ...want to do away with all emergency voting accommodations. Your time is up.

Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee heard several election, victims’ rights, family court, and probation-related measures. SB 1425, an emergency bill moving Arizona’s primary election date earlier and adjusting related election timelines, was amended to move the primary to the second-to-last Tuesday in July and to remove the proposed compression of cure/ID deadlines; county officials supported it, and it received a do pass recommendation. SB 1289 and SCR 1013/SCR 1014 focused on foreign money in election administration and ballot measure campaigns, with supporters arguing the bills would close loopholes that allow foreign-backed funding to influence elections; some members raised concerns about breadth and enforcement, but both measures advanced. SB 1402 would require probationers on certain sex-offense-related monitoring to pay the cost of electronic monitoring; supporters said it would improve accountability and child safety, while opponents warned it could punish indigent people and divert money from treatment. It also received a do pass recommendation. The committee spent substantial time on family court bills. SB 1330 would allow a parent with less than 35% parenting time or no legal decision-making authority to request a jury trial in custody-related disputes; supporters described severe financial and emotional harm in family court and argued juries would provide a neutral check, while county and legal representatives opposed the bill as costly, slow, and ill-suited to specialized child-welfare decisions. Despite those objections, SB 1330 passed with a do pass recommendation. SB 1328, as amended, declared Arizona public policy to include protecting parents and a child’s right to equal access to both co-parents; supporters said it would clarify legislative intent, while opponents called it duplicative of existing law. It also passed. The committee also heard SB 1329, which would let parents sue court-appointed professionals in custody and parenting-time matters if the professional deviated from licensing ethics or standards. Supporters argued that quasi-judicial immunity and weak oversight have allowed harmful, expensive practices in family court, while opponents said existing malpractice and licensing remedies already exist and warned against expanding litigation. The bill received a do pass recommendation. SB 1326, allowing courts to award attorney fees and costs to victims when a party violates or worsens a victim-rights violation, also passed after supporters said it would help pro bono and victims’ attorneys enforce rights, and opponents said the term “exacerbates” was vague and the need was unclear. The committee approved the minutes and held SB 1285 and SB 1392 without hearing them.

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• Those include primary care, prenatal care, pediatric care, emergency care, except for non-emergency care
• care, emergency care, except for<00:19:58.880><c> non-emergency</c><00:19:59.679><c> care</c><00:19:
• 59.919><c> provided</c><00:20:00.240><c> in</c> for non-emergency care provided in for non-emergency
• </c> these other issues that will will emerge these other issues that will will emerge by<01:29:16.159
• </c> Um, and I think, you know, Greg operates Um, and I think, you know, Greg operates a<01:32:18.159

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Um, note there would be some operating cost for 340B for tracking the operations and managing all of
• Um operations and managing all of it.
• </c> operational costs, and reimbursements. operational costs, and reimbursements.
• </c> in operating uh the 340B program. in operating uh the 340B program.
• </c> emergencies arise. emergencies arise.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> able to operate as an insurance company. able to operate as an insurance company.
• </c> understanding uh their model operation understanding uh their model operation where<00:40:48.720
• </c><00:59:34.720><c> because</c> shuttering their operations because shuttering their operations because
• </c> adequately meeting the operational adequately meeting the operational demands<01:00:27.040><c> of
• Risk pools must operate no ambiguity.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 297 and a new amendment, 2462, which combined the original Senate bill with the Carson amendment and added a proposed alternative regulatory system, RSA 420R. The chair and members discussed that the amendment was intended to give the Senate what it had asked for while also creating a dual system for public entity risk pools. Members asked whether the new structure would affect ownership or governance of health trusts, and the chair explained that 420R would be a separate regulatory statute while existing 420J-style arrangements could remain in place. The committee also noted that a paragraph had been accidentally deleted from the amendment and that another amendment would be prepared to correct it, with the subcommittee recessed while that was done. Public testimony focused on School Care, represented by Executive Director Lisa Ducette, who opposed the shift to Department of Insurance oversight under 420R. She argued that public entity risk pools are not insurance companies, that they are accountable to member entities and taxpayers, and that the proposed dual regulation would add unnecessary costs through examinations, higher reserves, and additional accounting requirements. She said the change could threaten tax-exempt status and create an uneven playing field, and she urged the committee to support SB 297 with the Carson amendment instead of moving to 420R. Committee members questioned whether the amendment would actually affect pools that stayed under the Secretary of State model, and one member cited support from the New Hampshire Municipal Association for the dual system. The discussion then shifted to amendment 245 on ambulance reimbursement and contracting timelines. Members reviewed a provision giving insurers 45 days and ambulance providers 60 days in the contracting process, and one member suggested making both periods 60 days. The chair and others said the current language was intentional and part of a broader compromise aimed at ending balance billing and forcing insurers to establish reimbursement rates. Members noted that the measure was unusual and that its effects would be reviewed over the next two years, with one member saying the bill would likely be difficult to roll back later. No final vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• </c><00:13:04.800><c> vehicle</c> its necessity for emergency vehicle its necessity for emergency vehicle
• ><c> statute</c> than emergency lanes statute than emergency lanes statute um<00:23:36.880><c> the</c
• </c> dedication really shaped emergency dedication really shaped emergency communications<00:49:09.520
• the way that we operate, the efficiency of<00:49:41.119><c> the</c><00:49:41.280><c> operations,</c>
• </c> helping us balance our operating budget. helping us balance our operating budget.

Committee: House Public Works and Highways

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And is it sort of operational in nature? Does it have eligibility impacts?
• Again this is, we are currently operating under an interim foster care rate system.
• We've been operating under that system since 2017.
• The first is for the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program.
• So that is the the difference we the 20-24 costs and 20-25 operations. Thank you. 19?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Additionally, it removes the requirement for a business that commences operations during the area's term
• burdens of proof for awarding custody to a parent who committed domestic violence, and adding an emergency
• burdens of proof for awarding custody to a parent who committed domestic violence, and adding an emergency
• Because of the way the bill operates, it classifies as domestic violence any monitoring or control of
• Out of my curiosity, why is this an emergency? Emergency bill?

Keywords: 1182, all

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• operations and took over Boomerang in Cambridge, a storefront now fully run by graduates and alumni
• These include our continued operation of training for mandated reporters, as well as the training and
• I'll just give a little refresher: the emergency assistance shelter was created, as Kelly said, over
• The emergency assistance shelter was created, as Kelly said, over 40 years ago because Massachusetts
• The emergency assistance family shelter program is housing of last resort.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities heard testimony on a wide range of bills affecting foster youth, child welfare oversight, homelessness services, juvenile justice, social work licensure, and human services workforce supports. Committee co-chairs Senator Robyn Kennedy and Representative Jay Livingstone opened the hybrid hearing by outlining testimony procedures and accessibility measures. Several members and legislators participated throughout the day, and many witnesses were invited to submit additional written testimony after speaking. A major portion of the hearing focused on House 227/Senate 105, which would protect federal benefits owed to children in foster care. Supporters, including advocates from Hopewell, the Disability Law Center, CPCS, the Children’s Law Center, More Than Words, Friends of Children, and youth witness Onyx Rosario, said DCF had already ended the practice of taking most Social Security and SSI benefits and now conserves them in accounts for youth, but argued the policy should be codified to prevent future reversals. Witnesses described how conserved benefits help with basic needs, housing, education, transportation, and transition to adulthood, and several noted the bill also adds financial literacy and transparency requirements. Senator Joan Comerford and others said the change would protect vulnerable youth, especially children of color, LGBTQ youth, and youth with disabilities. The committee also heard testimony on House 225, which would expand the grandparents-raising-grandchildren commission by adding appointments and helping with quorum and representation. The committee also took testimony on Senate 136, which would improve emergency housing assistance for families experiencing homelessness by easing documentation requirements, allowing use of existing state data to verify eligibility, requiring notice before benefit reductions, and creating an ombudsperson. Senator Adam Gomez and other supporters said the bill would reduce barriers for families in crisis. On House 262/Senate 148, an omnibus child welfare bill, witnesses supported provisions on data reporting, education coordination, and Office of the Child Advocate reforms, while CPCS raised concerns about expanded access to sensitive records and the OCA’s role in certain proceedings. The Office of the Child Advocate supported codifying current practices and also backed child fatality review changes in House 234/Senate 133. The committee additionally heard support for Senate 108, which would require attorneys and audio/video recording during juvenile custodial interrogations, and for House 247/Senate 116, which would update the Juvenile Justice Policy and Data Board to add supported lived-experience seats. Finally, the committee heard competing testimony on Senate 135, a bill to ensure parity in social work licensure. SEIU Local 509 and supporters argued the current exam requirement disproportionately harms Black, Latino, multilingual, and multicultural applicants and worsens workforce shortages, while the Association of Social Work Boards opposed the bill, saying the exam is a necessary public-protection measure and that removing it would conflict with interstate compact efforts. The hearing also included testimony in support of a loan repayment program for human service workers, with providers and workers describing low wages, high student debt, and the need to retain staff in essential services. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing itself.