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• known as status offenders, and provides services to them to address underlying concerns causing behavior
• via voluntary and court-ordered intervention services, including stays in shelter facilities.
• We are reinforcing a commitment to intervention, prevention, and holistic family support.
• I have sat in courtrooms where a child’s future hinged on whether the right intervention was made in
• When we invest in prevention, when we strengthen intervention processes, when we ensure that children

Summary: The Education and Employment Committee heard and passed HB 921, which adds cursive writing to required instruction for grades 2 through 5 and requires students to demonstrate proficiency by the end of fifth grade. The bill sponsor argued cursive is important for historical literacy, everyday signatures, and possible early identification of learning differences. Opponents and several members supported teaching cursive but objected to the testing/proficiency requirement, saying students and teachers are already overburdened and that reading cursive is not currently part of the standards. Some members also raised concerns about fairness to charter schools and the bill’s application only to public schools. Despite those concerns, the bill passed 21-0 and was reported favorable. The committee then took up PCS for HB 1405, a major rewrite of Florida’s juvenile prevention and truancy statutes in Chapter 984, covering children in need of services/families in need of services. The bill updates definitions and procedures, strengthens truancy intervention, requires earlier and more detailed school reporting, adds parent involvement through child study teams, allows virtual participation, and sets review timelines for shelter placement. Sponsors said the goal is prevention and family support rather than punishment, with court involvement only after school-based intervention. Members asked about school compliance, court capacity, parent accountability, and whether all counties have child study teams; the sponsors said the bill expects CSTs in every school and can escalate cases to court and, if needed, to prosecutors for noncompliant parents. Public testimony on the juvenile justice bill was supportive, including from the Department of Juvenile Justice, youth services groups, and juvenile justice advocates. In debate, members praised the modernization effort and the emphasis on early intervention and family participation, while also noting the bill’s size and suggesting further attention to attendance thresholds. The PCS for HB 1405 was then approved unanimously and reported favorable. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.

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• We've been working as a community with an out-of-state contract to map services, improve behavioral health
• How many kids do you have with higher levels of behavioral and mental health needs?
• of the challenges that we were having in Fort Worth is that we had families with teenagers with behavior
• And what would you do to prevent this sort of intervention? that we have.
• The reason why families are involved in the child welfare system or need to necessitate interventions

Bills: SB596, SB961, SB1398, SB1183, SB1952

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

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• Section 8 delays by one year the deadline for districts to use only evidence-based literacy interventions
• programs, if they're selecting evidence-based screening tools, training, curriculum, or literacy intervention
• Chair and members of the committee, my name is Amber Kinnear, a behavior support professional at ISD
• I am a behavior support professional.
• I am a behavior support professional and deal with heartbreaking stories on a daily basis.

Bills: HF1388

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• Please conduct yourself with the aloha and refrain from profanity or any uncivil behavior.
• Please conduct yourself with the aloha and refrain from profanity or any uncivil behavior.
• <00:26:14.200> Health trained to deal with Behavioral Health trained to deal with Behavioral
• Next, we have the Department of Health Behavioral Health Administration.
• emotional and behavioral emotional and behavioral disturbance<02:09:15.880> uh<02:09:16.320

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes. Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders. Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• It provides hospital, physician, prescription drugs, some behavioral health services, and dental.
• Early intervention, there's something called PACE, which is sort of an all-inclusive or sort of one-stop
• And in Live Well Together is a lot more of, I would say, sort of behavior change and sort of community
• And in Live Well Together is a lot more of, I would say, sort of behavior change and sort of community
• for staffing positions in HIV prevention, HIV surveillance, and disease intervention specialists.

Keywords: House Room C, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• with a lot of victims, this truly helps individuals that wouldn't normally be able to go to those behavioral
• of Sexual Assault Programs, the stateway organization supporting sexual assault prevention and intervention
• We have immense behavioral... ...same time.
• We have immense behavioral health issues in the state.
• But I think that it's not to punish the child more, but it's to get quicker intervention to the child

Keywords: 996, all

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• Senator Campbell's office and a bedridden mom in severe crisis with her son with IDD severe behaviors
• bill responds by leveraging high-quality literacy and numeracy screeners and requiring targeted intervention
• Furthermore, Texas faces a significant shortage of behavioral health professionals, and our schools are
• step to ensure young children with disabilities have access to effective early instruction and intervention
• implementation of support systems like MTSS improves family engagement and reduces classroom and behavioral

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• HB 4420 ensures a more transparent data-informed picture of Texas's behavioral health system and supports
• With our local behavioral health authority, and the bill strengthens, this bill here strengthens our
• Because again, sober, someone just being sober doesn't mean that they change all their... behaviors right
• From just getting sober, right, and I'm still doing some of the same behaviors.
• of of clinicians to, or I guess the training of clinicians in matters of DS. isolation, crisis intervention

Bills: HB 3772, HB 1656, HB 4504, HB 1896, HB 4420, HB 4421, HB 4076, HB 3708, HB 2806, HB 3540, HB 1586, HB 5459, HB 4553, HB 4535, HB 3811, HB 3749, HB 4255, HB 4051, HB 5098, HB 3554, HB 4539, HB 5274

Keywords: e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians

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• workforce development into one coordinating council, and it follows the model of the statewide Behavioral
• incident report from the child's placement committee members prompt notification and enables urgent intervention
• attempts are among the clearest indicators that a child is in danger. and deep distress, and early intervention
• U.S. veterans are now seeking life-changing, I should say, treatments abroad. often in Mexico, interventions
• it just shows clear as day that the more moves, the more negative consequences. on mental health, behavior

Bills: SB128, SB640, SB672, SB904, SB1141, SB1263, SB1525, SB1528, SB2041, SB2306, SB2308, SB2357, SB2446, SB2695, SB2857, SB2891, SB2583

Keywords: hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, SB 640, Texas Family Code, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, child welfare, foster care, managing conservatorship, suicide attempt, youth suicide, mental health, child protective services, state custody, annual report, reporting requirements

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• Kids and families are waiting too long for early intervention and skill building.
• levels of need, especially related to symptoms of aggression towards staff, peers, and self-harming behaviors
• Individualized care for children and families is complex, from early intervention to our most intensive
• <00:01:53.280> and<00:01:53.440> skill for early intervention and skill for early intervention
• self-harming behaviors. self-harming behaviors.

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• Or you could say another possibility is that there are a set of interventions that can happen before
• I think that allowing the city to have certain behavioral options that would all be in city bylaws, we
• is that there are a set of interventions is that there are a set of interventions that<01:44:44.320
• options that uh have certain behavioral options that uh and<01:45:33.320> and<01:45:33.480>
• is that what your language interventions is that what your language that<01:45:45.920> you<01

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee worked through a draft bill amending animal cruelty and protective custody provisions, focusing on how animals may be seized, cared for, and returned, and on what rights owners have when animals are taken. Members discussed adding language requiring officers to inform a charged person in writing of the right to petition for a veterinarian of their choice, clarifying that any documents presented for signature must be fully and honestly explained, and revising language so confiscated animals cannot be altered without notarized owner authorization. They also considered a new prohibition on using confiscated animals for fundraising or donations, ultimately preferring the term “financial gain” over “profiteering.” The discussion also covered protective custody procedures, including adding “municipal animal control officer” to the list of officers involved, allowing return of animals to the owner or caretaker if no charges have been filed or no warrant establishing probable cause has been sought or issued, and clarifying the distinction between criminal seizure and temporary protective custody. The commissioner’s comments led to several proposed deletions or revisions, including removing language viewed as redundant or inconsistent with protective custody, and striking references to live racing provisions that are no longer relevant. Members further addressed lactating animals, agreeing to add language that confiscated lactating animals should not be separated from their nonweaned offspring. They also discussed a proposed confidentiality provision requiring people assisting in investigations or taking possession of seized animals to sign a binding nondisclosure agreement, though members noted similar protections may need to be duplicated in the temporary custody section as well. The conversation was largely about drafting and legal clarity, with no final vote or formal action recorded in the excerpt.

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• > affects<00:04:57.280> the intervention which adversely affects the intervention which
• like a vaccine unless, at a minimum, the intervention meets three conditions.
• Um, mandatory administration of any medical intervention is a very serious matter.
• Mandatory administration of any medical intervention is a very serious matter.
• <02:32:00.560> and appropriate medical interventions and appropriate medical interventions

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• alongside the required cognitive behavioral therapy framework.
• , that intervention can change their life.
• that intervention can change their life.
• That intervention can be the... That intervention can change their life.
• What this bill does, the good, the bad, the ugly, does crack down on that behavior.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker announced schedule changes for the following week, including canceling the floor session on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main floor action centered on CS/HB 7033, the House tax package. Sponsor Rep. Duggan described broad tax changes, including reducing the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, exempting certain bullion sales, repealing the aviation fuel tax, delaying the natural gas fuel tax, changing corporate income tax treatment for charitable trusts, reducing the pari-mutuel tax on card rooms, and major changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use. The bill would redirect most TDT revenue toward property tax relief, dissolve tourist development councils, and include related property tax and local tax administration changes. Several amendments were debated: a Driscoll amendment to preserve local TDT flexibility failed; Duggan’s amendment giving local governments 25% discretion over TDT revenues was adopted; Eskamani’s combined-reporting amendment failed; and a Duggan amendment requiring audit certification of compliance with the TDT/property tax relief provisions was adopted. After debate, CS/HB 7033 passed 78-29. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1221 on local option taxes, which was presented as a companion-style measure to give local governments more flexibility while redirecting TDT revenues toward property tax relief. Supporters argued the bill would provide immediate relief to property owners and restore accountability in local tax use, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism funding, infrastructure, and local services. An amendment allowing local governments to retain 25% of TDT revenues for general purposes was adopted, and the bill passed 62-45 after floor debate. The final item shown was the reading of CS/CS/HJR 1257, a proposed constitutional amendment related to property tax exemptions and assessment limits, but the transcript cuts off before debate or action on that measure.

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• <01:08:23.600> This interventions for cancer risk. This interventions for cancer risk.
• But when a kiddo can't say that, it comes out in behavior.
• <01:47:29.199> That behaviorism rather than comfort.
• That behaviorism rather than comfort.
• reproduce without medical intervention reproduce without medical intervention either<02:11:33.440

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• recommending that a student or young person or whomever the minor might be engage in any activity or behavior
• recommending that a student or young person or or whomever the minor might be engage in any activity or behavior
• that would run outside the law heavily contingent on what we ...or behavior that would run outside the
• Systematic reviews have shown that there is low-certainty evidence of benefit for these interventions
• Evidence of benefit for these interventions, and that even includes the reduction of suicidality.

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs considered several bills. SB 590, by Senator Bradley, would toll the statute of limitations for failure to report suspected child abuse by mandatory reporters until the offense is known to law enforcement, with a retroactivity amendment adopted. Supporters said it would help hold mandatory reporters accountable in institutional abuse cases; it was reported favorably. SB 778, by Senator Simon, would update the definition of forensic client so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism whose charges were dismissed for incompetency could be housed in the same secure setting under Chapter 916, reducing duplicative staffing and space needs at APD; it was also reported favorably. The committee then took up SB 560, by Senator Garcia, which streamlines psychotropic medication procedures for children in DCF custody, clarifies when new medical reports are needed, reduces duplicative background checks, and simplifies consent documentation. An amendment removed language expanding who could serve as a qualified evaluator and revised the Road to Independence Program changes to focus only on post-secondary education services and support, extending eligibility ages to 26 while keeping a five-year maximum. Members discussed fiscal impacts and funding sources, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 1010, by Senator Yarbrough, which strengthens enforcement of existing prohibitions on sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures for minors and adds civil and criminal penalties, along with Attorney General enforcement authority and related parental rights provisions. An amendment clarified that actions could be brought by individuals as well as the Attorney General and that the provisions apply only to minors. The bill drew extensive public testimony both for and against, with supporters emphasizing child protection and accountability and opponents warning about chilling effects on medical care, schools, and parental rights. Senators raised concerns about standing, scope, and impacts on teachers and clinicians, but the bill was ultimately reported favorably on a 5-1 vote, with Senator Sharif voting no.

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• Um, I had many incidents and incidents of discrimination, especially with the autistic and behavioral
• Too often, families only learn about problems after a child's behavior changes, regressions appear, or
• When she was eight years old, she started exhibiting some different behaviors.
• Needless to say, this caused more outbursts and behaviors.
• Needless to say, this caused more outbursts and behaviors.

Summary: The committee first heard SJR 1104, a proposed constitutional amendment on voluntary religious expression in public schools. Senator Massullo said the measure would protect students and school personnel from discrimination for lawful religious expression, while not requiring prayer or religious activity. Questions focused on whether the proposal would change existing law, whether it could be used to protect coercive conduct by school officials, and whether the staff summary accurately reflected the bill. Public testimony included support from religious-freedom advocates and opposition from American Atheists and some senators who said the measure could make minority-faith students uncomfortable. The committee voted to report SJR 1104 favorably. The committee then took up SB 1738 on educational facilities, which directs state education offices to review facility requirements and recommend design and construction practices to improve safety and accountability. Senator Yarborough offered and the committee adopted an amendment removing crime-prevention-through-environmental-design language and adjusting the bill to preserve safe spaces during emergencies. The bill was reported favorably after brief discussion about balancing transparency, access control, and emergency safety. The committee also adopted a delete-all amendment to SB 824 on charter schools, replacing it with a transparency measure requiring districts to submit annual reports on unimproved land holdings to the Department of Education, which would publish a statewide report; the amended bill was then reported favorably. The committee next approved confirmation recommendations for appointees on tabs 7 and 8, then took up SPB 7036, a committee bill sponsored by Chair Simon. The package included school turnaround and early literacy changes, updates to school safety and health policies, early learning revisions, instructional changes, and educator pipeline provisions. The most contentious part was a proposal to let the state develop instructional materials; several senators questioned costs, guardrails, and whether the state should enter the textbook business. Simon said that portion was still being considered and that the bill would need safeguards if it moved forward. The committee adopted a motion to submit the bill as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 1620 on public education, described by Senator Leak as a “school board members’ bill of rights.” The bill would give individual board members direct access to district documents and staff, limit district attorneys’ ability to represent both the board and administration, strengthen nepotism rules, and prohibit nondisclosure agreements for employees. Testimony from Volusia County board members, educators, and advocates was sharply divided: supporters argued the bill would improve transparency and protect minority board members, while opponents warned it could undermine superintendent authority, expose confidential student or personnel information, and create confusion in district operations. After debate, the committee voted to report SB 1620 favorably. The committee then heard SB 1170 on cameras in self-contained special education classrooms, with an amendment changing the proposal from a statewide mandate to a district policy allowing parents of students with disabilities to request cameras. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, centered on protecting non-speaking and vulnerable students and documenting abuse; one witness opposed the bill as an unfunded mandate. The committee was still in debate on the bill when the transcript ended.

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• you would have erratic have that, but you would have erratic have that, but you would have erratic behavior
• that might uh cause you to behavior that might uh cause you to behavior that might uh cause you to think
• legislation on crisis sponsored the the legislation on crisis sponsored the the legislation on crisis intervention
• So, we worked intervention training. So, we worked intervention training.
• Child Protective Services intervention. Child Protective Services intervention.

Bills: HB265, HB146, SB254, HB202, HB3, HB42, SB18

Keywords: resisting arrest, penalties, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, youthful offender, capital murder, victims' rights, SB254, Alabama, statute of limitations, civil procedure, civil action, sex offense, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, survivor rights, tolling, disability, minor plaintiff

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• Given the uncertainty of pending IRS instructions to taxpayers, taxpayers' behavior, how they choose
• To talk a little bit more about taxpayer behavior changes, that's on slide 31.
• And what we saw in the most recent quarter is a big behavioral change that's shown here on slide 31,
• part of the very abrupt decrease in corporate income tax has to do with this change in corporate behavior
• I think your guess of what is happening in taxpayer behavior is as good as ours.

Keywords: 996, all

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• In short, Sb402 will ensure that provider qualifications for behavioral health treatment are housed in
• I'm a board-certified behavior analyst, also the parent of a young man with autism who benefited from
• I'm here on behalf of Advanced Behavioral Pathways in support. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning.
• Thank you Hi Lana McBee on behalf of behavior management solutions and stroke support.
• Thank you Good morning, Emily Schumann parent of a child with autism Also a board-certified behavior

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• House Republicans like to make clear this behavior is not acceptable.
• House Republicans like to make clear this behavior is not acceptable.
• In 1984, the Youth Intervention Program Association was founded.
• It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and they manage the youth intervention program grants.
• In 1984, the Youth Intervention Program Association was founded.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 3432, a public safety bill requiring identifying equipment and insignia to be removed from emergency vehicles sold to the public. The chamber first adopted a House language amendment, then debated a broader security package that would fund judicial and courthouse security, Capitol security measures, short-term protection for legislators facing credible threats, State Patrol deficiency funding, and additional BCA analysts and investigators to assess threats statewide. Supporters framed the bill as necessary to protect public safety, democracy, and First Amendment activity at the Capitol and courthouses; they also said the package was pared down from larger requests and based on security reviews. The House adopted an A-1 amendment clarifying that BCA staff could investigate threats statewide, and later rejected a Schultz A-3 amendment that would have eliminated all appropriations in the bill. The A-3 was defeated on a 37-94 vote after the House upheld the Speaker’s ruling that a proposed school-safety secondary amendment was not germane, with that appeal decided 69-62. A major theme of debate was whether the Legislature should prioritize security for members and the Capitol before passing school safety funding. Several members argued they could not support spending tens of millions on Capitol and legislative security without first funding school safety for all students, including public, charter, private, and tribal schools. Others defended the bill as necessary because of recent threats and violence, including the June 14 tragedy, and said the Capitol security changes were based on professional recommendations. Some members also criticized the new security setup as overly restrictive or “security theater,” while supporters said the measures were needed to keep the public, staff, and lawmakers safe. After the A-3 was defeated, the bill was read for third time and members continued floor debate. The discussion remained split between those emphasizing immediate Capitol and legislative security needs and those insisting school safety should come first. Representative Agbaje then moved to table the bill, and the clerk began a roll call on that motion.