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• But, and we read and do math. That ought to be like the question, okay?
• Health Care Authority, Behavioral Health, CYFD, DOH, ECECD, if they're getting any sort of early intervention
• peer support worker that can go to a home and help work through the situation and see if further intervention

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• something so we can pay them more per their ability to help get our kids to read better and to do math
• It's really the kids who are in need of that tier 3 intervention.
• That's where most states struggle to get kids who need tier three intervention up on level.

Bills: SJR47, SB1491, SB1579, SB1806, SB1552, SB483, SB63, SB137, SB346, SB514, SB1344, SB1360, SB1380, SB1437, SB1189, SB1217, SB1221, SB1262, SB1272, SB1325, SB1339, SB201

Keywords: voter ID, elections, constitutional amendment, Oklahoma, proof of identity, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, county home rule charter

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• So, if my math is right, that's about an $800,000 for 33 employees. Is that correct?
• opportunity that people have to get mental health care, drug treatment, or any other types of intervention
• Some have batterer's Intervention program known as BIP that can cost up to $2,000 dollars.

Keywords: 914, all

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• We did 11.5 million for regional mobile crisis and recovery response, intervention and outreach teams
• It's showing that we are seeing Sustained growth in math and reading literacy for pre-kindergarten participants
• Under behavioral health, we have, uh, counseling, crisis intervention.

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• The kind of improved outcomes include higher scores on exams, better attitudes and performance in math
• they are better equipped to... ...equipped to help them, thus curbing the need for unexpected intervention
• efforts do not promote preferential treatment; they provide schools with resources to implement interventions

Bills: SB12, SB226, SB413, SB1049, SB1191, SB2398, SB571, SB2920, SB 12

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, released time, religious instruction

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• We provide trauma-informed services and placement for survivors of human trafficking, and intervention
• It prioritized prevention, intervention, prosecution, and efforts to eradicate human trafficking in Florida
• So I was doing the math and I think that's 36 kids, right?

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs received three presentations and took no bill votes. The Department of Children and Families gave an extensive update on human trafficking prevention and services, describing Florida’s statutory framework, hotline and investigation data, placement options such as safe houses and safe foster homes, new adult safe house certification rules, expanded screening tools for vulnerable adults, and prevention efforts including youth-led outreach and training. Members asked about whether current funding is sufficient, how DCF addresses grooming and re-victimization in residential settings, and how long youth typically remain in safe-house placements; DCF said funding is only one part of the support system, that families and youth receive prevention resources even when allegations are not substantiated, and that placement length varies by child. OPPAGA then presented its 2024 annual report on commercial sexual exploitation of children. The report found that verified CSE victims slightly declined in 2023, with Broward, Miami-Dade, Duval, Hillsborough, and Escambia among the highest-prevalence counties. Most verified victims were community youth rather than children already in care, though dependent youth had higher rates of prior maltreatment. OPPAGA also reported continued concerns about limited placement capacity, especially for less restrictive Tier 1 safe houses, and service gaps such as the need for survivor mentors. Its recommendations focused on expanding placement options, improving data collection, and strengthening collaboration to support survivor mentors. Finally, DCF presented the Step into Success pilot program for current and former foster youth ages 16 to 26. The program combines workforce education, professional development, and paid internships with mentor support; the first cohort launched in 2024 with 15 participants, all of whom secured placements, and the department reported strong satisfaction and early outcomes. Committee members asked about scalability, costs, and whether the model could be moved beyond DCF-run operations into community-based providers. DCF said the program was designed to be scalable, currently costs about $500,000 annually for the pilot, and could be expanded statewide with additional funding and partner support. The committee adjourned after the presentations.

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• <01:54:09.240> And you know, these these interventions.
• And you know, these these interventions.
• effectiveness of these interventions effectiveness of these interventions generally<01:54:26.960
• While I was sitting here, I was just running the math on all of this, and upper-middle-class, uh, the
• And so, as I also continue to do the math in a business-minded sense, when I go up through and I hit

Keywords: 916, all

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• I don't want to do the math; I put the years in instead of saying how many.
• crimes, and actual statutory hate crimes, because each one is different and requires different interventions
• Each one is different and requires different interventions to address, both in terms of training and
• And then I just want to put forth a particular shout-out for bystander intervention training.
• I really appreciated a nod to trauma-informed interventions and responses and making sure that all members

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism met to hear testimony from Chief James Hicks of the Natick Police Department, who chairs the Municipal Police Training Committee, and Chief Thomas Fowler of the Salisbury Police Department. They described the statewide civil-rights-officer model for hate-crime response, the HEART Unit, and MPTC training authority under POST, and urged the commission to recommend incorporating the IHRA definition of antisemitism into police training and to fund that effort. Commissioners asked about how law enforcement should handle antisemitic incidents that may not rise to crimes, the 2022 Mapping Project, masking during protests, and the role of HART; the chiefs said departments can update training quickly, that every department should have a trained civil-rights officer, and that HART’s expertise should be integrated statewide. The commission also approved the October 16, 2025 minutes after correcting an initial procedural error. The rest of the meeting focused on the draft report, especially the prefatory statement and the definition section. Commissioners broadly praised the report’s scope and the chairs’ work, but offered many edits aimed at tightening language, reducing advocacy tone, and clarifying the “Massachusetts way” of combating antisemitism. Several members wanted stronger emphasis on Massachusetts values, education, moral leadership, and the distinction between hate incidents, hate crimes, and statutory offenses; others urged clearer references to constitutional protections, First Amendment limits, and Attorney General review of legal statements. There was also discussion of whether to keep or remove references to alternative definitions of antisemitism: some commissioners argued that only the IHRA definition should be centered, while others said acknowledging other definitions was factually important and would reflect the range of testimony. Commissioners also raised specific substantive edits for later sections, including adding examples such as the 2022 Mapping Project, strengthening language on online intimidation, academic boycotts, and divestment campaigns, and clarifying that some conduct may be hateful even if lawful. In the higher education section, members praised recommendations on mandatory training, bystander intervention, trauma-informed responses, mental health supports, and campus climate surveys, while suggesting a few technical edits and additional best-practice examples. No final votes were taken on the draft report during this portion; the chairs said they would incorporate feedback into a revised draft before the remaining meetings and eventual vote.

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• in kindergarten now, and he's in one of the highest-level phonics classes and recently received a math
• by one month, identified with their permanent hearing loss by 3 months, and enrolled in early intervention
• loss by 3 months and enrolled in hearing loss by 3 months and enrolled in early<00:11:56.040> intervention
• > by<00:11:56.720> 6<00:11:56.959> months<00:11:57.639> that early intervention
• by 6 months that early intervention by 6 months that their<00:11:58.000> language<00:11:58.399

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 27, as amended by committee substitute, which would create a Kentucky Parkinson’s disease research registry. The sponsor said the substitute was developed with UK, U of L, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Parkinson’s in Motion to better define a movement disorder center, add Parkinson’s experts from both universities to the advisory committee, require automated reporting, and delay implementation until 2027. Testimony emphasized the need to track diagnoses and testing while protecting confidentiality and allowing people to opt out. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted unanimously to pass SB 27 with a favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 93, dealing with hearing aid coverage for children. A parent described the high cost of hearing aids for her son and the financial burden created by insurance limits, while a pediatric audiologist explained that early identification and treatment improve language outcomes and that families can spend about $30,000 on hearing aids from birth to age 18. The committee substitute removed adults from the bill and added an in-network requirement for pediatric audiologists, along with a replacement interval consistent with Medicaid guidelines and repair/loss coverage provisions. After questions about costs, replacement timing, and insurer practices, the committee voted unanimously to pass SB 93 with a favorable expression. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 153, a transparency and due-process bill concerning Medicaid prepayment review. The sponsor and witnesses from Addiction Recovery Care and Frontier Behavioral Health said prepayment reviews can be imposed with little notice or explanation, disrupt cash flow, and burden rural and smaller providers; they argued the bill would require clearer notice, reasons, and timelines without stopping legitimate reviews. Members asked about managed care organizations, contract issues, and whether the bill would conflict with existing agreements, and the sponsor said it would not. After discussion and an explanation of vote from Senator Douglas, the committee voted to pass SB 153 with a favorable expression.

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• referring and making really— —warm handoff connections through that referral process for early intervention
• they need, making sure that those babies are having the— —well-child visits, getting the early intervention
• those warm handoffs for other referral services, particularly out of ECECD, whether it’s early intervention
• Well, what we did was we basically did the math in terms of how much public, or how much capital outlay
• My math is fuzzy right now, but while the rest of America had the opportunity to have the voting right

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• So at the state level, absent federal intervention, what can we do to protect our farmers, our consumers
• Uh, which is depressing math.
• Uh which is depressing<00:26:11.679> math.
• 13.600> uh<00:26:13.840> is<00:26:14.000> a<00:26:14.159> sign depressing math
• Um but uh is a sign depressing math.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• for example New and policy interventions for example New Hampshire<00:05:31.759> birthing<00:
• The goal of this committee would not be intervention in any way.
• The goal of this committee would not be intervention in any way.
• The goal of this committee would not be intervention in any way.
• You did the math? Yeah, I did the same math, and it's six months.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Evidence shows that surgical intervention... ...highly time-dependent.
• Thank you for walking us through that math class, Senator Martin.
• Okay, back to the math problem. Sorry.
• And I'm a little bit back to the math.
• Senator Martin said, “I'll trust your math, so half.”

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a brief introduction of the doctor of the day before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up several claims bills, including SB 6/HB 6507 for relief of L.E. through the Department of Children and Families, which was described as compensation for severe injuries after DCF returned the child to unsafe parents; the House bill was substituted and passed 34-0. SB 26 for the estate of Mark Legata, involving catastrophic injuries tied to FDOT negligence, was also substituted with the House version and passed 35-0. SB 42/HB 47 on specific medical diagnoses and child protective investigations passed 34-0 after supporters said it would require child protection teams to consider certain medical conditions that can mimic abuse. Later, SB 1002 on child welfare passed 37-0 after sponsors said it clarifies that parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect and allow earlier court intervention and services, while not changing parental rights law. The Senate then considered education and health-related measures. SB 206/HB 851 on students with autism spectrum disorder was amended to the House bill and passed 35-0; the sponsor said it expands teacher preparation, requires autism-related training, creates a loan forgiveness program, and adds salary supplements for teachers with autism endorsements. SB 556/HB 453 on high school diploma requirements passed 36-0 and would allow students with disabilities to use Special Olympics participation to satisfy PE requirements, while also fixing a marching band credit issue. SB 688 on naturopathic medicine passed 33-3, reestablishing licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors. SB 878/HB 1347 on clinical laboratory personnel passed 37-0 to address staffing shortages by aligning Florida more closely with federal CLIA standards. SB 914/HB 867 on dry needling by occupational therapists passed 37-0, clarifying authority for that treatment. SB 530 on state lotteries passed 36-0 with updates to operations, security, and retailer rules. SB 964/HB 6011 on financial disclosures and gifts/honoraria passed 36-0 after an amendment restored a percentage-based reporting option. The chamber also approved several government-administration and public-records measures. SB 326/HB 131 on curators of estates passed 36-0, updating probate rules for temporary court-appointed curators. SB 758/HB 625 on the Justice Administrative Commission passed 37-0 after an amendment broadened the judicial member to a judge or senior judge rather than only a circuit judge. SB 830 on public records passed 31-5, creating exemptions for the personal information of county and city managers and certain family members. The Senate also passed SB 21/HB 218 on land use regulations, which preserves hurricane-recovery restrictions in affected counties while lifting them later for unaffected counties, and the sponsor thanked colleagues for helping address unintended consequences from prior law. SB 354 on Blue Ribbon Projects was debated extensively over concerns about local control, conservation protections, and vague standards; after a late amendment excluding data centers from commercial areas, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than passed. Finally, SB 1632/HB 1471 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles and domestic terrorist designations drew significant debate over references to Sharia law, religious freedom, notice, and due process; one amendment striking Sharia references failed, and a second amendment with broader revisions was under discussion when the transcript ended.

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• a great lawyer because we have to make analytical, logical arguments and that you have taken your math
• students from the classroom of engaging in certain conduct and the requiring of a drug prevention intervention
• HB 4942 by Curry relating to certain services of interventions ordered in a suit affecting the parent-child
• HP 5002 by Lu Hannerlings of the study of pilot program by the identifications and interventions provided

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• WORK TWO SHIFTS 16 HOURS A DAY AND SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE TRAVELING AN HOUR TO GET HERE SO DO THE MATH
• I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AND A COMMUNITY INTERVENTION.

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• Do the math. I start at 2:00 p.m. and it ends at 4:00 a.m. That's well over 8 hours.
• Um, that's going to be significant for us as far as being able to do specific interventions for people

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• Do the math. I start at 2 p.m. and it ends at 4 a.m. That's well over eight hours.
• fee of, say, a dollar, that's going to be significant for us as far as being able to do specific interventions

Bills: HB1597, HB2364, HB2437, HB3205, HB3253, HB3310, HB3648, HB3906, HB4259, HB5645

Keywords: county jailer, jail training, veterans, Texas Veterans Commission, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, TCOLE, criminal justice system, county jail, law enforcement training, mental health training, jail standards, correctional officers, veteran services, veteran interaction, occupations code, jailer licensing, parking, county courthouse, infrastructure, local government

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• She said this bill would have been a powerful intervention in generational homelessness.
• <01:41:28.480> in<01:41:28.800> generational intervention in generational intervention
• trials to be an effective intervention trials to be an effective intervention across<01:43:22.639
• By your own math, we're behind and we're underfunded in our wages and in the cost of doing business.
• By your own math, we're behind and we're underfunded in our wages and in the cost of doing business.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• It's a very aggressive intervention.
• And so the core curriculum also has a history component, in most instances, an English component, a math
• Has a history component, in most instances, an English component, a math component, all those different
• As long as that course, whether it be history or math, As long as that course, whether it be history
• or math, didn't include examples of the same identity politics that I just read off from the publication

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks. The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.

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• And there’s a practical component of doing the math to make the dollars and cents work.
• Missouri model around best practices for intervention.
• It's all about intervention because we want to treat our young people differently.
• talking about visitation, because we know how important that is, right, for rehabilitation and intervention
• And some of them did not receive the intervention that was necessary.

Bills: HCR95, HB4, HB244, HB615, HB648, HB1049, HB1201

Keywords: sales tax, exemptions, credits, rebates, uniformity, legislative rules, fiscal report, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, delegates, state election, ratification, Louisiana, public meetings, broadcast, transparency, government accountability