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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 10, 2026

Appropriations

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  • We've talked a lot about programs to, you know, use these computers and use all the technology we've
  • got to work on major maintenance and set programs together.
  • <00:20:36.440> to, We've talked a lot about programs to, We've talked a lot about programs
  • maintenance and set programs together. maintenance and set programs together.
  • the School Foundation Program account. the School Foundation Program account.
KY
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  • , qualified health plans, and other payment assistance programs and services available through the state's
  • They may get access to temporary financial assistance through a different program or other services and
  • They may get access to temporary financial assistance through a different program or other services and
  • They may get access to temporary financial assistance through a different program or other services and
  • through a different financial assistance through a different program<01:10:54.080> or<01:10:54.400
Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met for its third meeting and approved the July 30 minutes. The chair outlined a full agenda covering the state-based marketplace versus the federally facilitated marketplace, connectors and navigators, presumptive eligibility, eligibility/enrollment/redetermination, and a rural health transformation update. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Assistant Director David Barry presented first on Kentucky’s state-based exchange, Connect, explaining that it is an integrated eligibility and enrollment system for Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, TANF, child care, and qualified health plans. They reviewed Kentucky’s move from a state-based exchange to healthcare.gov in 2017 and back to a state-based marketplace in 2021, and said the system helps route applicants to the correct program and allows families to move more easily between Medicaid and exchange coverage as circumstances change. The presenters said the exchange is funded by carrier assessments on qualified health plans rather than general fund dollars, with costs allocated across programs based on use. They said Kentucky’s exchange fees are lower than the federal platform’s and that the state-based system provides local assistance through DCBS offices, connectors, and licensed agents in every county. Members asked about startup and operating costs, fee-setting, and whether any general fund dollars are used; the department said it would follow up with the CFO on fee details and said it was not aware of general fund support for exchange operations. Members also raised concerns about Medicaid eligibility verification and improper enrollment, while the department emphasized that the state system uses different questions than healthcare.gov and is designed to identify the correct coverage based on monthly Medicaid income and annual tax-credit income. The board also discussed enrollment trends, including a COVID-era spike during the public health emergency when disenrollments were largely paused, and current qualified health plan enrollment of more than 97,000 people on Connect. Commissioner Lee explained presumptive eligibility as temporary Medicaid coverage, noting it applies to pregnant women and hospital-based cases, with hospitals able to grant it and certain providers able to grant it to pregnant women. She said full eligibility is still determined within 30 days and that presumptive eligibility ends when full Medicaid eligibility is determined or at the end of the following month. The meeting then shifted to connectors, with representatives from Community Action Kentucky and the Kentucky Primary Care Association describing their statewide outreach network, local offices, and role helping residents apply for Medicaid, renew coverage, report changes, and navigate benefits; they said connectors do not determine eligibility but assist with applications, recertifications, and outreach events across the Commonwealth.
TX
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  • Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1574 relates to a Centers of Excellence program developed by the
  • Members, the Centers of Excellence program is an initiative by the Texas Judicial Council to identify
  • The program seeks to recognize courts that meet standards of excellence.
  • Generally then, Senate Bill 1574 would codify. by the Centers of Excellence Program that identifies,
  • And encourage them to join a program like this.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Tourism Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Allows a 20% allocation to the black belt unincorporated wastewater program and 40% to the councils throughout
  • The locals are taking control of the problem, if you will, with the assistance and help of the state
  • to fix... ...with the assistance and help of the state to fix this issue.
Bills: SB268, SB262, HB237, SB90
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

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  • <00:43:03.920> programming<00:43:04.520> comes Development program programming comes
  • and programming for the young people that are part of the program.
  • and programming for the young people that are part of the program.
  • So once again, the program is growing, and it's a fairly new program.
  • I'm also a mentor in the program. We heard about Marcus a little in the program.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

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  • program uh has has programs uh Farm Serv program uh has has experienced<00:27:06.520> a<00:27:
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • And to be clear, it's a good program. I have nothing against the program.
Bills: HF601, HF271, HF1101, HF979
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 20th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So until the program is really active, it's not going to impact any cost to the trust.
  • Mississippi have the Mississippi gold program.
  • So this bill, the Bayou Gold Program, would establish a program and guardrails for what is called transactional
  • HB 950 is a consumer perception program for elderly citizens. In the U.S.
  • , hey, listen, we found this program here we want to develop here.
Summary: The Senate Commerce Committee met on April 20, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then heard a series of bills and resolutions. It first advanced H. CR 66, which directs Louisiana Economic Development, working with the Governor’s Office of Rural Development, to study rural parish economic assets, infrastructure, workforce, and development opportunities. The committee also moved HB 387, a clarification allowing the fire marshal to review architectural and engineering plans equally, and HB 1223, which seeks to promote clinical trials in Louisiana by having LED market the state’s research capacity and by adjusting internal review board procedures. HB 1228, a cleanup bill for hearing aid dealers that updates definitions, contracts, testing periods, licensing, and related requirements, was also reported favorably, as was HB 950, which would create an elderly consumer perception program through the Office of Elderly Affairs to help seniors recognize scams and fraud. The committee spent the most time on HB 617, a broad “hidden fees” consumer transparency bill. The author and supporters said it would require mandatory fees to be included in upfront pricing so consumers can make informed choices, while opponents from grocery, restaurant, hotel, housing, retail, and business groups argued the bill was vague, overly broad, and likely to create compliance burdens and litigation risk. Housing advocates objected to the bill’s housing exemption, warning it could weaken renters’ ability to bring claims over undisclosed fees. After extensive debate over variable pricing, sales taxes, enforcement, and the scope of the bill, Senator Morris moved to defer HB 617, and the committee agreed without objection. The committee also heard HB 797, which would create a “Bayou Gold” certification program for certain gold vendors and transactional gold products. The sponsor said the program would encourage vendors to keep gold insured, segregated, and closer to Louisiana consumers, with the Treasury administering the certification through participant fees. Several senators and an outside witness raised concerns that the state seal could be mistaken for an endorsement, could create liability or consumer confusion, and would favor a narrow set of vendors. Despite opposition, the committee reported HB 797 favorably, with members noting it still had to go to Finance. Later, the committee advanced HB 1186, which would create a more uniform statewide building code and licensing system for inspectors, add disciplinary authority, and impose a small permit fee to support the program, and HB 1222, which would let LED develop a grocery initiative to address food deserts and food insecurity. The meeting concluded with the committee hearing HB 1256 on abandoned digital assets, which would require dormant digital assets to be held in original form for three years so owners can reclaim them.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

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  • He explained that each would create its own program, and some programs could pay people to move here
  • or each program could be applications or each program could be slightly<00:14:42.000> different.
  • it is a modest program.
  • it is a modest program.
  • . program. program.
TX
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  • Moreover, the scope of the regulations that can be waived within the sandbox program are further defined
  • It transfers the e-grants program from DIR to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, housing it with the
  • Fundamentally, as I think about it, UTSA is really incubating this program.
  • Council administratively attached to the department to advise on these training programs.
  • The program also supports the industry, as well as appraisers who serve as supervisors.
TX
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  • In 2015, the Legislature established a relief program administered by the Comptroller for certain qualified
  • permissive; it's asking for permission for them to be eligible, and those that are already in the program
  • The funds for this program will be used to provide assistance for DPS employees and the families of DPS
  • I would also like to thank Senator Menendez and his staff for their invaluable assistance.
  • So that was the structure behind the program.