Video & Transcript Research : 'rate increase'
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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Planning for Aging and Disability Issues Jun 18th, 2025
Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Planning for Aging and Disability Issues
Transcript Highlights:
- Increasing pay for many comes through Medicaid rates.
- despite the provider getting significant increases in rates.
- and have not experienced wage increases despite increases in rates.
- despite the provider getting significant increases in rates.
- and have not experienced wage increases despite increases in rates.
Summary:
The committee met for what was described as its final meeting, with members and staff reflecting on the work of the Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care and noting that future work would likely shift to standing health and wellness committees. The meeting began with introductions and then moved into updates on major initiatives that originated from the committee, including Washington Cares, the Dementia Action Collaborative, and Medicaid long-term care programs. Presenters emphasized that these efforts were developed through long-term legislative-executive collaboration and were intended to help Washington prepare for the state’s aging population.
On Washington Cares, DSHS described the program’s development from a 2014 research effort to its 2019 enactment, premium collection beginning in 2023, portability improvements in 2024, and 2025 changes including a grandfathered opt-out fix and a framework for supplemental private long-term care insurance. The agency said benefits are expected to go fully live next summer, with a pilot of up to 400 applicants planned for next January. On dementia policy, the Dementia Action Collaborative reported on the state dementia plan, Project ECHO training for providers, and pilot dementia-capable community programs at area agencies on aging, citing preliminary results that about 85% of family caregivers said services helped people remain at home. DSHS also reviewed Medicaid Transformation Project initiatives, including Medicaid Alternative Care, Tailored Supports for Older Adults, presumptive eligibility, and health-related social needs benefits such as rental assistance, nutrition support, and home modifications.
The committee then heard an emerging issues panel from ombuds and disability advocates. Patricia Hunter of the long-term care ombuds program raised concerns about staffing shortages, resident rights, surveillance technology, private equity ownership of facilities, and illegal discharges or evictions. Betty Sweeterman of the Developmental Disabilities Ombuds discussed people stuck in hospitals without medical need, gaps in behavioral health services for people with developmental disabilities, and the need for better workforce training. Todd Carlyle of Disability Rights Washington urged expansion and bundling of community supports such as PACT, GOSH, and peer bridgers to reduce repeated institutionalization and support discharge from inpatient psychiatric settings. Provider and labor panels followed, with nursing home, assisted living, supported living, and union representatives all emphasizing workforce shortages, low wages, Medicaid rate inadequacy, case management bottlenecks, behavioral health complexity, and the need for more flexible care models and stronger accountability for rate increases. No formal votes were taken; the meeting ended with public comment on manufactured housing and closing remarks thanking staff and participants for the committee’s work.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Jun 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And the rates of service-based salary increases — those are the pay increases due to things like promotions
- It was a mix of assumptions that led to rate increases and decreases.
- increases.
- But two of the primary drivers have been, first off, the increase in the future investment rate of return
- None of the rates on the prior slides reflect any minimum rate levels.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- So we appreciate pressure on rates by spreading fixed system costs over increased usage.
- increase, as well as the requirements to provide notice of proposed rate increases through public forums
- increase, as well as the requirements to provide notice of proposing. board members on this rate increase
- Lincoln Avenue Water Company is approaching with a $15 rate increase in addition to a 10% increase to
- They've gone a year, a year and a half in some cases without increasing any water rates.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 23rd, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I appreciate the opportunity to lay out House Bill 4339, relating to increasing the interest rate for
- By increasing each rate by six percent.
- I do lay out what the interest rate increases are, so it is 6% across all three of those tiers.
- And I am testifying in opposition to the bill and the increase in interest rates.
- So, our interest rates, again, these increases are the Ceiling, not the floor.
Bills:
HB886, HB1514, HB2434, HB2688, HB2802, HB3161, HB3221, HB4029, HB4339, HB4591, HB4774, HB4802, HB4853, HB5627, SB1737
Keywords:
retirement, supplemental payment, benefits, Employees Retirement System, eligible annuitants, legislation, annuity, service credit, Employees Retirement System of Texas, employee benefits, pension reform, public retirement systems, municipality pensions, firefighters, police officers, retirement age, DROP program, actuarial studies, pension benefits, municipal retirement
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/18/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
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- the replacement rate is increased?
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- , and there is room to be able to increase this rate.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Sep 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- increases, in particular behavioral health rate increases, in order to attract more doctors.
- increases and not physical health rate increases as much.
- We have worked together to increase rates.
- With the provider rate increases, we're going to pay you more money at a higher rate to attract you,
- The 30% increase in the inflationary rate is very...
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pension Funding Council Jun 23rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Pension Funding Council
Transcript Highlights:
- There's salary increases that are related to that service growth, and we saw higher rates of increase
- that some assumptions increased contribution rates...
- Some assumptions increased contribution rates, others decreased, and the combined effect is that we saw
- In the 2029-31 biennium, we can then see in this table that some of these employer rates show an increase
- led to a projected rate increase.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 11/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement Apr 28th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to mention that the rate increase, moving from 30.25% to 32%, is the cause of the $46 million
- So that rate increase is the cause of that NDI.
- I've already gone through the step up in the rate, but the policy is designed to hopefully increase the
- So think about that as a higher duration tends to mean increased sensitivity to interest rate movements
- And I think by increasing these rates here, because I can tell you that I can look at any system.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement held a hearing focused on the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (MOSERS) and its long-term financial condition. MOSERS staff and its investment consultant reviewed the system’s structure, membership, funding policy, and investment approach. They reported a June 30, 2025 funded ratio of 55.4%, with about $17.4 billion in liabilities and $9.6 billion in assets, and explained that the board certified a 32% employer contribution rate under its minimum contribution policy, up from 30.25%, which will increase state appropriations. They also described the system as mature, with more retirees and inactive members than active employees, and said declining payroll growth has made it harder to improve funding.
The presentation emphasized that recent board actions were intended to strengthen the plan over the long term, even though they increased near-term costs. Those changes included lowering the assumed investment return over time to 6.95%, updating mortality assumptions, moving from an open to a closed amortization schedule, and adopting a minimum employer contribution policy. The investment consultant said MOSERS historically used a more risk-balanced asset allocation than many peers, which helped explain weaker relative returns during a long period when public equities outperformed; the board has since shifted toward a more equity-oriented allocation. He said recent performance has improved, with the portfolio outperforming its policy index and ranking better against peers in the short term, though longer-term peer performance remains a concern.
Committee members questioned why the funded ratio had declined over roughly 20 years and whether past investment and actuarial assumptions were too optimistic or too conservative. MOSERS officials responded that the current board is trying to correct earlier decisions and that the present strategy is more in line with industry practice. Members also discussed a proposed MOSERS bill package that would automatically refund small balances to terminated non-vested members and increase deferred compensation auto-escalation, with officials saying the refund provision would improve efficiency and return small balances sooner. The committee also briefly discussed ongoing litigation involving Catalyst Capital; MOSERS said attorney fees have been about $20 million so far, the case remains on appeal, and the damages amount is sealed. No formal votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after questions and discussion.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Pursuant to Act 634, we have increased that administration rate to match the Vaccines for Children rate
- However, with the rate increase, we received several comments.
- Okay, so what rates are you increasing? All pediatric rates.
- Okay, so what rates are you increasing? All pediatric rates. Okay.
- So there are three categories of rates that are increasing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services May 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It would reflect an approximate increase of 13.7% when applied to the existing cost-of-care plus rate
- increase by a larger amount, any time child care slots or provider rates are increased, regardless of
- Now, as for some of the increases, there's the CSPP Quality Rating and Improvement System Block Grant
- The amount provided, on our estimates, can get us to an overall 15.9% increase to the cost-of-care rates
- So we are asking for an increase of $15 million in order to support this additional rate model.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Um that rate increase request increase.
- about rate increases on the mainland. about rate increases on the mainland.
- lead to a rate increase? lead to a rate increase?
- increase? What is that rate increase? increase? What is that rate increase? Right?
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increase about why there's a rate increase about why there's a rate increase
Summary:
The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational briefing on the Public Utilities Commission’s performance-based regulation (PBR) framework and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ whistleblower complaint process. Chair Jared Kohole opened the meeting, noted it was informational only with no public testimony, and explained that members would hear presentations and then have an opportunity for questions. The committee heard first from Ulupono Initiative, which provided background on why utilities are regulated, how Hawaii’s cost-of-service model and rate cases work, and why PBR was adopted to shift utility incentives away from a capital-investment bias and toward performance, efficiency, cost control, and policy goals such as renewable energy and reliability.
Ulupono described Hawaii’s PBR structure as a five-year multi-year rate plan with annual revenue adjustments, a customer dividend, a Z factor for extraordinary exogenous events, and an exceptional project recovery mechanism for large projects. It also outlined performance incentive mechanisms tied to renewable portfolio standard progress, interconnection speed, reliability, and shared savings. The presentation said the current docket is evaluating a possible hybrid approach that would combine forward-looking forecasting with historical results, and Ulupono advocated for stronger incentives, arguing the current rewards are too small relative to utility revenues and should be more meaningful to better align utility behavior with legislative intent.
The PUC then presented its own overview, emphasizing that the PBR docket is open and active and that the briefing was limited to the record to avoid ex parte concerns. The commission described the development of PBR in Hawaii through multiple phases beginning in 2018: an initial collaborative phase to set goals, a formal contested-case phase that produced the initial framework, later phases adding scorecards, reported metrics, and additional performance incentive mechanisms, and subsequent refinements including sunset of some mechanisms and adjustments after the August 2023 Maui wildfires. The PUC said the framework is intended to be customer-centric, administratively efficient, and protective of utility financial integrity, and that current work includes evaluating how to balance forward-looking and historical test-year approaches within the rebasing process. No votes or formal actions were taken at the briefing.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Oct 8th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- Flat fees were increased a few years ago. The hourly rate... So, they're your rates.
- The hourly rate, In the civil side of the house, flat fees were increased a few years ago.
- I would say that it would lean toward the opportunity to increase those rates.
- So JAC is not standing before you today saying, please increase those rates, but they haven't been increased
- So if there's a desire to increase the rates, that would be the purview of this subcommittee and the
Summary:
The committee met for an interim appropriations presentation hearing focused on justice administration agencies. Members heard budget requests from the State Attorney’s Office, Public Defenders, the Justice Administrative Commission, Regional Conflict Counsel, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and the Guardian ad Litem Office, followed by a presentation from the Department of Juvenile Justice and a brief public comment from a nonprofit advocate. The chair noted that presentations from the Department of Law Enforcement and the Commission on Offender Review would be moved to a later meeting.
The state attorney requested funding to true up underfunded circuits under the existing formula, staff 14 new criminal judgeships, replace declining VOCA victim-services funding with general revenue, and cover a projected due process shortfall. The public defender asked for a higher starting salary for assistant public defenders, funding to restore balance in circuits where public defenders lag behind state attorneys, and staffing for new criminal judgeships. Regional conflict counsel and capital collateral regional counsel also sought salary adjustments, additional attorneys and case costs, and competitive area differential funding to address recruitment and retention issues. The Justice Administrative Commission requested funding for Florida PALM readiness and implementation and for IT hardware and software replacement; it also relayed a clerks’ request for reimbursement related to injunctions for protection, Baker Act, Marchman Act, and sexually violent predator cases.
The Guardian ad Litem Office said it now has a guardian ad litem for every child in Florida and requested salary increases for senior and managing attorneys to reduce turnover. The Department of Juvenile Justice presented a much larger budget request to expand residential and detention capacity, increase per diem rates, renovate and replace aging facilities, fund the Broward detention center rebuild, improve cybersecurity and the juvenile information system, and cover rising lease costs. Members asked questions about staffing, compensation, detention and residential treatment needs, mental health and substance-use services, and the Broward project timeline. A nonprofit advocate then asked for better data collection on protection orders and related court actions to support funding for domestic violence and recovery services. The committee adjourned without taking any formal votes on the budget requests.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:34 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- increases in each of the recommendations. rate increases in each of the recommendations.
- The three drivers are really the provider rate increases.
- I think there was an average of 30% increase—16% rate increase the last time.
- We've increased Medicaid rates across the board.
- The rate study from 2023 was implemented, but it didn't recommend rate increases.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- increases in tax rates at the upper end.
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the <00:51:59.760>upper uh increases in tax rates at the upper uh increases - We're increasing the sales tax, but then we're excusing the reduction in the rate, but not for tobacco
- While the bill does cut the general sales tax rate, it would still be at a minimum a 6.375% cost increase
- So on that segment of our economy, it is indeed a tax increase as opposed to a lower rate than if we
MN
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are <01: - Employees and businesses have choices, and increasing Minnesota's already high rates would put us at
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contained percentage point rate increase contained percentage point rate increase
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- While most insurers will not take the full indication and rate, this is a substantial increase in the
- While most insurers will not take the full indication and rate, this is a substantial increase in the
- While most insurers will not take the full indication and rate, this is a substantial increase in the
- What is the rate on mechanics and what is the rate presently for body work?
- You know, Chris had mentioned earlier about increases between 10% and 40% in regard to the labor rate
Summary:
The Financial Services Committee heard testimony on several insurance, transportation, and labor-related bills. Senator Edwards supported bills addressing app-based delivery workers, arguing that food-delivery drivers should be treated as employees with protections and mileage reimbursement, and that a small surcharge on app-based deliveries could raise revenue for the Commonwealth and localities. Kevin Brousseau of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO also backed the delivery-worker bill, saying it would preserve employee status, add data transparency, and create a process for challenging deactivations. MAPC supported a bill to change transportation network company fees from a flat per-ride charge to a percentage-based assessment, saying the current fee is outdated and that a higher fee could raise more transportation revenue and help address congestion and emissions.
A large portion of the hearing focused on auto insurance and collision repair issues. Insurance industry witnesses supported a bill to limit attorney’s fees in PIP cases by giving insurers 30 days after a complaint is served to pay amounts due without fee exposure, arguing that PIP litigation has surged, is clogging courts, and is being driven by out-of-state firms. They also opposed auto body labor-rate bills, saying the market is already adjusting and that a statutory floor is unnecessary. In contrast, auto body shop representatives and the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts urged favorable action on bills to raise and regularly update collision repair labor rates, saying current reimbursement levels are far below market, have not kept pace with inflation or vehicle technology, and are making it hard to retain workers and keep small shops open. One witness also supported a bill to limit insurance surcharge points for low-damage accidents or minor moving violations.
Committee members asked questions about deactivation rights for delivery workers, the mechanics of the PIP litigation issue, and the gap between body-shop and mechanical labor rates. Testimony emphasized that current auto body reimbursement rates are around the mid-$40s per hour, while mechanical work can be reimbursed at much higher rates, and that advisory-board discussions have produced only limited progress. At the end of the hearing, the chairs asked if anyone else wished to testify, then moved to close the hearing; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
PUBLIC HEALTH WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE-SENATE AND HOUSE Jun 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Those three rate increases have been implemented via this rule.
- We're carrying the rate increase forward now, and we're working with CMS.
- So this is just the rate piece, doing the rate increase for those three populations.
- being used for this rate increase, it dropped the orthodontic rates from where we were previously.
- And so that's sort of the department's position on any rate increases or budgetary increases right now
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, and so, at which point if the, if you guys deny the request for an for a rate increase.
- Yeah, you recently declined a 10% rate increase.
- So when you have an increased value of something, your rate in the premium that you pay is going to be
- And what you may be seeing is, you know, carriers are increasing their rates, but they're also making
- grown, the legislature has done that by increasing the contract rate, which over time has put the GR