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• I'm David for the Behavioral Health Executive Council, or BHEC.
• I'm the Executive Director for the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; BHEC is how we'll refer
• It kind of came out of sunset, and you pulled away from Health and Human Services.
• Our board is given the mission of promoting, preserving, and protecting the health and safety of the
• For behavioral health funds. This is because it is redundant with an Article 9 provision.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The second category is optimizing operational costs. Capacity.
• The first is Rider Two, contingency for behavioral health funds.
• Recommendations include the base request for the operation of the program.
• The operating account is a self-leveling dedicated fund.
• They'll fulfill two or more statutory roles to ensure continuity of operations.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Moving on to Item 2, lottery operator contract.
• As a result, we have modified the lottery operator contract to allow for the agency to operate.
• Operations Division, Texas Lottery Commission.
• Couriers are still on. operating in Texas today.
• You can't operate, and the overhead of cost of maintaining an operation that you can't generate revenues

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• operations of the Alamo.
• Funding in all funds for the rural health program to support quality health care for rural Texas.
• physically and and operational wise.
• We need two more tools to operate efficiently.
• On an operation like that is about 1 to 1600.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Operators are currently authorized to use certain pits during normal oil and gas operation.
• A big operator probably is paying, it has a $250,000 bond.
• and the Animal Health Commission pays for that testing.
• rather than on animal health.
• The spay and neuter pilot program focus on animal Health.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Secondly, Paige, and this is for my own health.
• We are now operating on five floors in one building.
• Okay, so just as chair of health... Human Services.
• You know, we're looking at health determinants.
• The health benefits?

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• You have to look at strategy in your operations from both a current operations standpoint and a future
• operations standpoint.
• Health care.
• A&M Health.
• We’d have to have an operating partner, one of the health systems in town, to help us manage it.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Our Brain Health Institute at U.T.
• The UT Health Science Center at Tyler maintains a portfolio of clinical and non-clinical operations,
• First and foremost is the operation Enduring Brain Health.
• Pressing support for Operation Enduring Brain Health is a state-of-the-art research initiative focused
• We want to train the next generation of healthcare providers to address brain health challenges.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• We have South Texas Health Systems, which is...
• A while ago, I used the term UHS, United Health Corporation, South Texas Health Systems, which are similar
• You know, when you talk about ERS, Texas A&M Health, and UT Health, are we doing our very best to ensure
• Science Center, University of North Texas Health Science Center, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences
• We had mental health in so many different articles.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I'm the CEO and founder of Behavioral Health Solutions. VHS operates in 14 Western states.
• I'm the CEO and founder of Behance Behavioral Health Solutions. VHS operates in 14 western states.
• women's health care in Texas.
• Aging and Disability Operations for Silver Star Health Network, a program of all-inclusive care for the
• Programs operating in Amarillo, El Paso, and Lubbock have demonstrated strong health outcomes and high

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Secretary of Health.
• My name is Christopher Dowers, and I'm the Senior Vice President of Operations for Oceans Health Care
• We are based in Plano and operate 10 freestanding behavioral health hospitals in Texas.
• to mental health services.
• services. health services.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• They cut women's health. We're not cutting women's health.
• This includes Medicaid, CHIP, women's health care. health, behavioral health, just to name a few.
• Women's Health, ECI, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, just to name a few.
• We see health care costs growing in every agency, you know, that provides health care, so, or health
• and support state health department response to public health crisis funds. to page 5.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Well, for that component, that's our operations team that handles it.
• Our agency operating budget is about 88% salary driven.
• We have counties with health and hospital districts.
• Also included is $189.6 million in all funds for operating expenses.
• **Charlie Smith**: $189.6 million in all funds for operating expenses.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• That big old graph there shows health costs and the increase in health costs over the past several years
• health initiatives.
• Nau: The second request is for key business operations.
• Commissioner Kerner: Health, housing, and veteran treatment courts.
• Fortunately, my health is good and I live simply so I can manage.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• And the behavioral health rider, which is a cross-article decision.
• Given the complex nature of our operations, we've made significant strides in improving our back-office
• The agency has been operating on the state's enterprise resource system, CAPS, over the last 12 years
• Glenn Hager: That is through the Commissioner of Health and Human Services.
• We operate very lean on a personnel count.

Bills: SB 1, SB1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all

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• In fact, they operate in several other cities throughout the United States.
• And then the Department of Health said no.
• And as I say, they are completely virtual in the way they operate.
• I don't have the details of how the Department of Health releases the dollars.
• But our state Department of Health doesn't actually define or oversee these entities at all.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson

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• family and urgent care medicine in rural and suburban communities, Doctor Fowler joined OSU Center for Health
• Both of them together are on overcoming addiction and also helping with mental health issues in Ireland
• We know that early detection and treatment save $31,000 per year just in health insurance costs.
• Would you agree that not having a certified library media specialist that understands how to operate
• This is supported by the Oklahoma Psychiatric Hospitals Association and the Alliance of Mental Health

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson

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• Senator Rader asking unanimous consent to operate from a floor substitute.
• Senator Reinhardt asked unanimous consent to operate from a floor substitute.
• And, in fact, they operate in several other cities throughout the United States.
• And as I say, they are completely virtual in the way they operate.
• I don't have the details of how the Department of Health releases the dollars.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson

Summary: The Senate began with several ceremonial recognitions, including citations for the Destiny Christian School girls volleyball team and football team for state championships, and for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, in connection with Delta Day at the Capitol and Women’s History Month. Members and guests were welcomed to speak briefly before the chamber returned to its agenda. The chamber then considered a series of bills. SB 444, dealing with hospice handling and disposal of controlled dangerous substances left after a patient’s death, passed 39-0. SB 1327, restoring the Tourism and Recreation Commission’s authority and adding general commission-member requirements, passed 27-12. SB 1061, a mortgage broker fee cleanup bill, passed 38-0. SB 1425, repealing an obsolete health care workforce board, passed 40-0. SB 1455, extending the sunset for the Board of Governors of the Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, passed 28-11 and then also passed the emergency with 38-1. SB 1458, an Attorney General-request bill to align grand jury witness confidentiality statutes, failed 24-14. The Senate also passed SB 1460, which increases penalties for repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording offenses and makes second or subsequent offenses sex offenses, by a vote of 38-3. SB 1480, creating a youth apprenticeship pilot program, passed 42-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1530, updating the Oklahoma Research Development Rebate Program and encouraging private partnerships with higher education, passed 36-4. SB 1543, allowing multiple DUI charges within one year to be prosecuted as a single felony case and making related cleanup changes, passed 37-6 after extended debate about diversion, due process, and testing issues. SB 1555, aligning the state definition of intellectual disability with federal standards, passed 42-0, with a later correction noting the final vote as 42-1. SB 1593, updating outdated OSU-Tulsa trustee language, passed 43-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1730, requiring law enforcement to copy OSBI on sexual offense reports, passed 37-6. SB 1209, which would have excluded Sundays and federal holidays from the eviction filing-to-hearing timeline, failed on a 21-21 tie after debate over landlord rights, service timing, and court delays.

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• So that allows it to fall within the calendar year of how a business operates.
• So that allows it to fall within the calendar year of how a business operates.
• This is a Department of Insurance bill regarding health savings accounts, just to protect the efficacy
• This is a Department of Insurance bill regarding health savings accounts, just to protect the efficacy
• This is a Department of Insurance bill regarding health savings accounts, just to protect the efficacy

Bills: HB300, HB40, SB19, HB283, HB179, HB296, HB300, HB40, SB19, HB283, HB179, HB296

Keywords: HB300, Choctaw County, probate court, probate judge, recording fee, filing fee, deed tax, mortgage tax, deeds, mortgages, property records, recordation, county local act, local legislation, technology upgrades, digitalization of records, recordkeeping, county treasury, special fund, court administration

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• these fragile children by allowing parents and family members to be trained and employed by home health
• A complex care aide in home health is a trained caregiver who provides specialized in-home support to
• You are with Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health, and you are for the bill, correct?
• name is Sarah Mills, and I am the director of government affairs for Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health
• I'm actually gonna bring up the idea of why a health plan is so uniquely challenging.

Bills: HB 660, HB 4845, HB 3902, HB 5396, HB 4615, HB 1825, HB 1403, HB 4336, HB 4585, HB 4371, HB 863, SB 1589, HB 5223, HB 3195, HB 2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation