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• I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN EYE CONDITION CAUSING SCAR TISSUE ON MY IN UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS WHICH
• WHEN I INQUIRED THE SURGEON OF THIS CONDITION COULD'VE HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SURGICAL SMOKE HE SAID IT
• THIS PAST SUMMER I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC BRONCHITIS REPORTED BY 9 PERCENT FOR NURSES COMPARED TO
• HEALTHCARE CONDITIONS FROM WORKING AROUND THIS.
• I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS SPECIALTY AIR CONDITIONING IN OPERATING THEATERS AND SURGERY CENTERS AND

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• They were born with a condition called hereditary chronic pancreatitis.
• They were born with a condition called hereditary chronic pancreatitis.
• Painful and debilitating condition, usually diagnosed in adults.
• They were born with a condition called hereditary chronic pancreatitis.
• Painful and debilitating condition, usually diagnosed in adults.

Committee: Senate Higher Education

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• care conditions.
• care conditions.
• care conditions.
• care conditions.
• Patients that have behavioral health, substance abuse, and chronic care conditions.

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services

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• the Gro bons for the purpose of this section, reclamation means returning the land to a marketable condition
• Marketable condition is highly subjective.
• Real property is considered marketable, bought and sold in all conditions, even the cherry-picked pictures
• A strict 10 mg per serving, 100 milligram per pack cannot adequately tip patients with chronic pain,
• patients, high dosing to block the TRPB1 receptor and killing the cancer cells. autism patients, chronic

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• obtain consent from a parent or legal guardian and notify law enforcement of the injured person's condition
• obtain consent from a parent or legal guardian and notify law enforcement of the injured person's condition
• This also would affect the lived realities of people who depend on continuous medications for chronic
• So when I see this, I am concerned about people who have diabetes and pre-existing conditions going when
• I'm an attorney here in town, and I'm the president of the Association for the Chronically Mental EO.

Bills: HB2408 , HB2434 , HB2725 , HB2728 , HB2729 , HB2730 , HB2731 , HB2732 , HB2733 , SB1192 , SB1398 , SB1399 , SB1494 , SB1557 , SB1813 , SB1821

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: controlled substances, prescription monitoring, opioid crisis, healthcare regulations, patient safety, prescription drugs, opioids, healthcare, pain management, utilization controls, AHCCCS, Department of Economic Security, social services, welfare programs, vocational rehabilitation, employment services, developmental disabilities, Arizona Revised Statutes, occupational therapy, board regulation

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• as the nominee for Assistant Administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation who suffers from a chronic
• Zabel, under what specific statutory conditions can EPA deny a... waiver request.
• compelling and extraordinary conditions when it comes to air quality?
• ever denied a waiver on the grounds that California does not face compelling and extraordinary conditions
• that we can have less Californians and less Americans in the future having to suffer from cancer or chronic

Committee: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

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• We all know that chronic medical conditions are exacerbated by a lack of shelter.
• We all know that chronic medical conditions are exacerbated by a lack of shelter.
• We also know that those same chronic medical conditions are further exacerbated when the patients are
• It also would require consideration, again, of soil conditions, shape, and topography, but not solely
• Senior citizens often have similar physical conditions that make a three to five hour in-person event

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Summary: The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on bills related to land use, zoning, permitting, municipal governance, and homelessness. Early testimony focused on a home rule petition for Ipswich to remove a residency requirement for a town manager, with supporters saying it would broaden the applicant pool and help fill a vacant permanent manager position. Another panel backed legislation to change the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s governance so ratepayers in surrounding communities would have representation, arguing the current board structure leaves many users without a voice in rate-setting and capital decisions. Several housing and zoning bills drew testimony. Senator Keenan and the Home Builders and Remodelers Association supported a bill to toll the one-year period for acting on a variance while an appeal is pending, saying appeals should not consume the time needed to implement approved projects. Representative Murray and the Real Estate Bar Association also testified on broader zoning reforms, including changes to undersized lots, merger rules, hearing deadlines, appeals, and variance standards; they argued the proposals would reduce delay and uncertainty and help housing production. Committee members questioned whether shifting zoning appeals from de novo to closed-record review would limit new evidence, and the witnesses said the change would speed cases while preserving limited opportunities to supplement the record. The committee also heard testimony on bills to end the criminalization of homelessness. Representatives, advocates, and shelter organizations said local camping bans and fines are counterproductive, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision, and urged a statewide response centered on housing and public health rather than punishment. Other municipal bills included remote participation in open town meetings for Wayland and a statewide local option, Fairhaven and Mattapoisett charter changes, and Cambridge’s request to use automated parking enforcement and mail parking tickets. The hearing also included testimony supporting fairground zoning flexibility, a Shrewsbury solar siting bill, and an Inspector General bill clarifying county land disposition procedures by requiring written notice to DCAM and a defined response period. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• , when you might develop that condition, or how severe that condition might be.
• , when you might develop that condition, and when and how severe that condition might be. they can also
• into a chronic one or cure it altogether.
• None of these individuals asked for their condition.
• So, are people that are Include preexisting conditions?

Summary: The Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection heard several bills focused on privacy, AI, surveillance, and consumer protections. AB 302 would bar schools from excluding students from extracurricular activities because they do not use social media and would require schools to use at least one non-addictive means of contacting students and parents; it drew support from Common Sense Media and no opposition. AB 1705, the Reclaim Act, would require websites hosting non-consensual pornography to verify consent before upload; district attorneys and the Commission on the Status of Women supported it, while TechNet and CCIA opposed or raised concerns. AB 2007 would separate parental consent for a child’s image/likeness from general program enrollment forms in youth programs; educators supported it, while local government and parks groups raised implementation and penalty concerns. AB 2212 would update higher education sexual harassment definitions to include tech-facilitated harassment such as cyberbullying, doxing, and nudification-related abuse; students and advocacy groups strongly supported it, with no opposition. AB 1837 would extend transit agencies’ authority to use camera enforcement in bus-only lanes and at transit stops, with privacy retention limits and human review; transit agencies supported it, while some senators expressed concern about automated enforcement and surveillance, and the bill was placed on call after a split vote. AB 2392 would create an intersegmental higher education working group on generative AI training and procurement standards; it passed 5-0 after amendments removed prerequisites tying AI deployment to completion of the report. The consent calendar was also approved on call. Later, AB 1798 would prohibit life and disability insurers from using non-diagnostic genetic information in underwriting; supporters argued it protects privacy and encourages testing, while insurers opposed the bill as undermining risk-based underwriting, and it advanced on a 3-0 vote on call. Finally, AB 1883 would restrict workplace use of emotion-recognition and neural-data surveillance tools; labor and privacy advocates supported it, employers and local agencies raised safety and litigation concerns, and it passed 3-0 to Labor after narrowing amendments.

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Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

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• HB 2671, chronic felony offender. HB 2673, mental illness prisoners.
• 20664 domestic relations temporary 2667 home buyer assistance 2660 at appropriation broadband 2671 chronic
• colony offender 267 627 homebuyer assistance 2660 at appropriation broadband 26 71 chronic felony offender
• Graduates of my local high school told when they were detained, in humane conditions that they were in

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• At the tail end, the Biden administration was essentially to add an STC a special terms and conditions
• tests and example Tesco would be 8, 1, 4, 2, 0, which is it indicates for a blood test to detect conditions
• parallel with the stakeholder meetings, you'll see that that they cover the major diseases and conditions
• So identify genetic issues, including rare conditions that might otherwise go undetected.
• best course of care during pregnancy at delivery and after birth and to estimate the chances of a condition

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• there, got hired immediately upon graduation to serve as a research grant for schools and their condition
• in reference... ...on a research grant for schools and their condition in reference to active shooters
• The 3,000 people living on the street with serious mental illness and chronic addictions can't afford
• It's very expensive, and it does not translate to real long-term results, especially for our chronically
• The... ...long-term results, especially for our chronically homeless.

Bills: HB2056 , HB2202 , HB2207 , HB2224 , HB2303 , HB2344 , HB2532 , HB2759 , HB2798

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding

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• Did it provide for through the standard terms and conditions of the AAA, but said the venue would be
• Traumatic brain injury is not an event but rather a complex chronic health condition that requires specialized
• Prescription drugs, preventive and wellness services, and chronic disease management screenings.
• What we do is early detection of rare and chronic kidney disease.
• I think chronic health issues are higher across... This country. Family members usually...

Bills: HB139 , HB1818 , HB1942 , HB1959 , HB2221 , HB2254 , HB2563 , HB2067 , HB2275 , HB3211 , HB139

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301

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• Yes, across California, our prisons are increasingly exposed to extreme heat conditions that put lives
• These are conditions that would violate workplace safety laws in virtually any other setting.
• staff assigned to crisis units are required to spend their entire shift outside, no matter the conditions
• These are the conditions our members are working in, not occasionally, routinely.
• Those are deplorable conditions in Alabama.

Committee: House Labor and Employment

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• Chronic wasting disease. Yes, sir.
• Do I eliminate somebody who's working in chronic wasting disease?
• However, there is a difference in how we handle chronic depredation areas with wolves.
• In this map, the areas in blue are areas that we've identified as chronic depredation areas.
• That is from the chewing of wolves on the animal, which causes the condition.

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from University of Idaho representatives on the university’s land-grant mission and its role in federalism, followed by detailed overviews of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Natural Resources. Speakers described the Morrill, Hatch, and Smith-Lever Acts, the university’s history, and examples of research, extension, and workforce training in agriculture, engineering, law, forestry, fire science, and youth programs such as 4-H. They highlighted facilities and programs including research stations, the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, the deep soil ecotron, the Wildland Fire Center, the experimental forest, and the policy analysis group, while also noting the impact of federal and state funding delays and cuts on staffing and research capacity. Committee members asked about several current issues, including quagga mussels, screw worm, chronic wasting disease, and the effects of funding cuts. University officials said they were not actively researching some of those wildlife and livestock disease issues but were willing to help if capacity and funding allowed. They also said budget reductions had caused real losses, including layoffs and reduced programs, and that federal grant delays had disrupted research timelines. The committee also raised questions about conflicts of interest and university employees’ outside work; the university said it has annual conflict-of-interest and conflict-of-commitment training and review procedures. The committee then heard from Bonneville County Sheriff Sam Hulse and the Idaho Sheriffs Association on the federal 287(g) immigration partnership program. Hulse argued that participation should remain voluntary and locally controlled, describing the different 287(g) models, the training and liability concerns, and the distinction between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement. He said Idaho agencies already cooperate with ICE in other ways and that mandatory participation could create staffing, legal, and community-trust problems. Members asked about costs, liability, detention standards, and whether deputies lose local control under task force arrangements; Hulse said the answer depends on the specific model and operation, and he emphasized the need for local discretion. Later, the committee took testimony on the long-running bighorn sheep and domestic sheep conflict affecting western Idaho grazing allotments. Idaho Wool Growers representatives and affected ranchers described the history of state legislation, federal litigation, and the closure of grazing areas after bighorn sheep transplants, which they said cut livestock operations in half and caused major financial and personal hardship. They argued that the state and federal agencies had not lived up to assurances that permittees would be held harmless, and they urged continued attention to the issue. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• This is a chronic care program.
• This is a chronic care program.
• This is a chronic care program.
• CARE program we savings this a chronic CARE program we have<00:21:13.760><c> provided</c><00:21:14.159
• conditions.

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Health Services opened with the chair welcoming several new members and outlining session rules: hearings would start and end on time, the committee would limit the number of bills heard each meeting, prioritize bills heard during the interim, and generally avoid using the consent calendar except in extreme circumstances. The committee then briefly considered administrative regulations, which were treated as approved if members had no questions. The main item was Senate Bill 14, a measure addressing the 340B drug discount program. The chair said the bill had already passed the Senate in a prior session and had been heard in interim, so he did not present it again. He described the bill as prohibiting drug manufacturers from discriminating against 340B covered entities by refusing 340B pricing when the same drug is offered at that price in the state. He also said the committee would not debate the federal 340B program itself, but would hear testimony on the bill. Hospital leaders and Kentucky Hospital Association representatives testified in support, arguing that 340B savings are essential to rural hospitals, oncology services, transportation support, chronic care, addiction recovery, and new service lines such as chemotherapy and hepatitis treatment. They said the program helps keep care close to home and that manufacturer restrictions on contract pharmacies have reduced access and cost hospitals millions. Opponents from BIO Kentucky and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions argued the bill would expand federal law beyond Congress’s intent, create administrative burdens, and not lower patient out-of-pocket costs. The chair repeatedly pressed opponents to address why Kentucky should be denied the same 340B pricing available in other states. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.

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• I know it may be different for folks who are chronically ill and may have some... skepticism around the
• So this has a lot of our health promotion and chronic disease. prevention activities.
• disease prevention, where we promote education, prevention, and management. of chronic diseases like
• So chronic disease, mental health services, et cetera.
• . condition they will be referred to those services within that system.

Committee: House Public Health

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• We make sure that we try to do as much investigation as possible, but in this condition...
• Given the magnitude of the judicial branch's facility needs and the serious condition of the General
• Given the magnitude of the judicial branches facility needs and the serious condition of the general
• It could be as simple as direct... ...in good condition. This oversight could take different forms.
• It'll be what happens as we look at other conditions.

Summary: The subcommittee met to hear budget-related updates from the Judicial Branch and the Office of Emergency Services, with no votes taken. The Judicial Council supported the Governor’s proposed budget, highlighting $70 million for increased trial court operating costs, additional funding for court-appointed counsel, Court of Appeal case processing, and courthouse construction and facilities. Trial court representatives emphasized staffing retention problems, especially in counties like San Bernardino, and said stable funding is needed to avoid delays and maintain access to justice. Members also discussed the branch’s remote proceedings program, which has been used in more than 6 million hearings statewide since 2022 and was described as especially important in rural areas and for vulnerable litigants; several members urged making the authority permanent rather than extending it temporarily. A major portion of the hearing focused on Proposition 36 implementation. Finance said the Governor’s budget maintains the $130 million provided in the 2025 Budget Act for court workload and pretrial services, but adds no new Prop. 36 court funding. Judicial Council staff reported nearly 35,000 felony Prop. 36 filings in 2025, with most cases still pending and only a small share of treatment-mandated cases already dismissed after treatment. Witnesses said courts are using the funds for staffing, coordinators, clerks, and treatment-court operations, but that workload varies widely by county and that data collection is limited because courts report aggregate information rather than case-level outcomes. The LAO raised a technical concern about the Department of Finance’s Prop. 47 savings estimate and recommended revising the methodology at May Revision. The committee also reviewed the Orange Central Justice Center facility modification project, where the Judicial Council explained that hidden construction deficiencies and fire-life-safety issues caused costs to rise substantially after demolition began. The LAO said the project itself was supportable but recommended that the Legislature set an ongoing funding level for court facilities, require a long-term facilities plan, and consider more oversight of facility modification projects. Finance said it continues to fund courthouse projects individually and through the State Public Works Board, while acknowledging project delays and cost increases. Finally, Cal OES and advocates discussed victim services funding. Cal OES said it administers about $315 million annually for victim service programs, including VOCA-funded services, but federal VOCA allocations have fluctuated sharply and the state has used one-time General Fund backfills to maintain services. Trauma recovery center advocates warned that an 85% reduction in funding would sharply reduce services for survivors of violent crime, while human trafficking advocates urged reauthorization of the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program before funding reverts to pre-pandemic levels in July 2026. Members asked about federal and state funding stability, referral pathways, and the long-term value of these programs in preventing worse outcomes and reducing public costs.

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• If there are no conditions that would reasonably ensure the safety of the public, then pretrial release
• Because it omits a good provision that required least restrictive conditions when bail is set.
• I work for the Texas Jail Project on Jail Conditions. I'm here to speak against SJR 5.
• We have a chronic staffing issue. That is an enormous fiscal cost to pay for pre-trial detention.
• An indication of just how serious and unsafe these conditions are.

Bills: SB9 , SB1047 , SB1048 , SJR17 , SJR49 , SB40 , SJR1 , SJR5 , SB 9 , SB 40 , SJR 1

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

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• million in savings through fewer emergency room visits, fewer avoidable hospital admissions, better chronic
• Working together to improve preventive care, we can decrease high-cost claims, better control costly chronic
• conditions, and reduce hospital and emergency department utilization.

Bills: SB219 , SB9

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met to hear several bills, with members repeatedly reminded to focus on fiscal impacts rather than policy merits. The committee first considered SB 9 on freshwater wetlands, which would combine tidal and non-tidal wetlands programs into one permitting framework; supporters said the bill resulted from a two-year consensus process and that the governor’s office and DENREC would absorb a significant share of the cost. Public testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing flood control and ecosystem services, though one speaker opposed the spending. The committee voted to release SB 9. The committee then heard SB 278 on child care assistance, which would preauthorize summer camp for eligible school-age children and create a separate lower co-payment for half-day care. The sponsor and the YMCA of Delaware said the change would better align family co-pays with provider reimbursement and make before- and after-school care more affordable for working families. The committee also released SB 278, SB 168 on alcohol delivery for package stores, SB 120 on health insurance coverage for certain testing and treatment, and HB 4, a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools; HB 4 was described as having a near-$3 million fiscal note and a one-year implementation delay because it was not funded in the budget. Later, the committee approved SB 219, which gradually increases the military pension income tax exclusion from $12,500 to $25,000 over three years and includes related joint-filing and residency changes. Supporters argued it would help attract and retain military retirees and bring federal dollars into the state. The committee also released SB 1, a major primary care reform bill that would increase primary care spending and implement hospital payment reforms, with projected long-term savings to the state employee health plan, and SB 325, which expands background checks and wrap-back monitoring for fire service personnel and adds an investigator position for the Fire Prevention Commission. In each case, public commenters and committee members generally supported the bills, and all were released from committee by recorded vote.