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• This document covers five strategic priorities, which include statewide mapping, GIS integration, satellite
• first of the year, our office sent out a letter to all EAPs reminding them of our initiative to integrate
• So, currently, we have 10 agencies who have completed integration.
• 18 agencies that are in the process, and 8 that have reached out recently to get information on Integrating
• So, it's getting really busy with our 911-988 integration, which is great news.

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• also they serve a lot of communities: Somali, New American, Korean, and other new immigrants to integrate
• for weeks and for those people to become successful so they can earn a good job, an opportunity to integrate
• immigrant<00:03:04.000> to and other uh uh new immigrant to and other uh uh new immigrant to integrate
• c> the<00:03:05.560> societies<00:03:06.519> and<00:03:06.760> creating integrate
• the societies and creating integrate the societies and creating jobs<00:03:07.799> and<00:03:

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• duty stations across the nation and created to encourage a future where spouse leaders are fully integrated
• duty stations across the nation and created to encourage a future where spouse leaders are fully integrated
• future where spouse leaders<00:04:35.520> are<00:04:35.800> fully<00:04:36.240> integrated
• <00:04:36.919> into<00:04:37.160> the leaders are fully integrated into the leaders
• are fully integrated into the leadership<00:04:37.919> of<00:04:38.080> our<00:04:38.600

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Summary: The committee began with procedural reminders that the meeting would be short, that bill changes should generally be provided with 24-hour notice, that testimony would be limited at the chair’s discretion, and that no signs were permitted in the room. After roll call established a quorum, members led the pledge and prayer. The chair also recognized Marsha Robinson of Fort Knox for her service to veterans and military families and for receiving the Association of Defense Communities’ National Military Spouse Leadership Award. The sole bill considered was Senate Bill 61, relating to swimming pools. The sponsor, Senator Craig Richardson, said the bill was intended to protect private property rights by clarifying that homeowners who rent out their private swimming pools through platforms such as Swimly.com would still be treated as operating private pools rather than public recreation pools subject to additional regulation. Senators asked about parking impacts in residential neighborhoods and about liability and insurance coverage. The sponsor said the bill did not address parking or homeowners association issues, and a representative from Swimly.com testified that homeowners insurance and platform-backed insurance products can provide coverage for rentals. The committee voted to advance SB 61. The roll call showed unanimous support from members present, with Senator Wilson briefly explaining his yes vote and joking that the sponsor should ask for it in the future. The chair congratulated the sponsor on getting his first bill through committee and said it would be heard again on the floor. The meeting ended with an announcement about Military Kids Day on Tuesday, February 25, and an invitation for families to contact the Senate clerk for details.

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• In-work priority changes: enterprise modernization and integration, statewide enterprise program establishing
• Beyond the infrastructure platforms, integration and service management enable agencies to deliver digital
• It has access to all of the data within the environment because it is integrated.
• The Alaska Department of Health has been building their integrated eligibility system.
• You are, when you start If you start a project and you're telling the integrator or the developer how

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• But this was—we had a lot of concern from citizens and election integrity groups.
• We have integrated all of our priorities into the presentation, so we're not going to read those.
• We have integrated all of our priorities into the presentation, so we're not going to read those.
• Elect someone whose integrity is above reproach, someone whom you can thoroughly trust to put in place
• But we also know that it is your integrity and the integrity of your offices that gets held up before

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from several county supervisors of elections and the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association on the 2024 election cycle and priorities for the 2025 session. They described very high turnout in the presidential election, major operational planning needs, and the heavy reliance on seasonal workers, list maintenance, ballot-on-demand systems, and secure chain-of-custody procedures. They also discussed the impact of recent legislative changes on voter-roll maintenance, including inactive voter removal, and said Florida’s election administration has improved to what they called a “platinum standard.” The supervisors outlined several legislative requests: allowing more than one non-government “wild card” early voting site to improve access and emergency flexibility; requiring newly naturalized citizens to update driver’s license information so voter records match DHSMV data; exempting home addresses of certain election workers and ballot transporters from public records to improve safety and recruitment; restoring a checkbox on vote-by-mail return envelopes so voters can stay on the vote-by-mail list for the next cycle; aligning base salaries for supervisors, property appraisers, and clerks with other constitutional officers; and reducing ballot length by removing precinct committee races from the ballot. They also said they expect a committee bill to carry some of these proposals. Members questioned the panel about ballot transport security, signature verification, vote-by-mail expiration, public records transparency, and the petition process for constitutional amendments. The supervisors said ballots are transported under detailed county plans with tamper-evident seals, chain-of-custody logs, trained workers, and in some cases two-person transport teams. On petitions, they said the process is labor-intensive and expensive, that fraud has occurred in some cases, and that they favor reforms such as requiring more personal identifying information and having initiative sponsors mail petitions to voters rather than making supervisors handle the mailing. They also said signature mismatches can be cured within 72 hours after Election Day and that voters are notified when possible. After the supervisors’ presentation, the committee also heard brief public testimony from Kathleen Griffiths, who urged adoption of commercial-style risk management standards in election systems and referenced several election-related bills her group supports.

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• As you'll see on the next slides, many of the bill's requirements were subsequently integrated into lead
• These elements were formally integrated into lead agency contracts in September 2024.
• These elements were formally integrated into lead agency contracts in September 2024, and to date eight
• By integrating these elements, we are creating a more streamlined and effective monitoring process that
• of ethics and conduct; best practices in governance to ensure transparency, accountability, and integrity

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee held its first meeting of the term and heard introductory remarks from the chair, vice chair, ranking member, and members, who broadly described their interest in child welfare, mental health, aging services, homelessness, and agency accountability. The chair then outlined the subcommittee’s jurisdiction, including child welfare, mental health and substance abuse safety net services, domestic violence, developmental disabilities, elder services, and child support, and introduced the Department of Children and Families (DCF) as the first agency panel for the term. DCF presented an implementation update on HB 7089, a 2024 law aimed at increasing accountability and transparency for community-based care (CBC) lead agencies that deliver most child welfare services under contract. The department said the bill was prompted by forensic examinations that found problems such as noncompetitive procurement, related-party transactions, excessive executive compensation, and weak financial oversight. DCF described new contract requirements and monitoring tools covering board governance and annual training, conflict-of-interest disclosures, financial penalties for noncompliance, fidelity bond requirements, limits on direct service provision by lead agencies, related-party procurement rules, procurement thresholds, real-property approvals, compensation caps, expanded public reporting, and a new Future of Child Protection and Funding Work Group. DCF reported that some lead agencies had completed required board training, others were still on schedule, and two agencies exceeding the direct-service threshold had been referred to the Auditor General. Members asked DCF about the reasons for the bill, the impact on children, the work group’s regional representation, aging-out youth, the Embrace Families transition, board training requirements, and whether enforcement actions had been taken. DCF said the bill was intended to protect funds for children and families and improve oversight, and clarified that the Central Florida lead agency contract was awarded through competitive procurement rather than an absorption. DCF also said the board training was designed to be meaningful but not overly burdensome, with timing left partly to lead agencies as they implement the new requirements. The committee then heard from two CBC leaders, who generally supported the accountability goals of HB 7089 and said their agencies had already addressed most of the new governance and disclosure requirements. They reported that board training had been completed or was being scheduled, but both agencies said the fidelity bond requirement has been difficult or impossible to obtain in the market as written, though they were able to secure the separate performance bond. The CBC witnesses also warned that recruiting providers is increasingly difficult, especially for higher-acuity children and group-home placements, due to limited provider supply, regulatory burden, insurance costs, and rising risk. They said these pressures are contributing to budget deficits in some areas and urged lawmakers to consider the funding model, insurance and indemnification issues, and the risk of overregulation reducing provider participation.

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• I'm asking that we integrate DERs into our core resource and grid planning.
• And TABA recently commissioned a study examining the value of integrating distributed resources into
• That study found that better integration of distributed resources, To T&D planning in Texas.
• The broader consumer savings from better integration of distributed resources were estimated at about
• And what about the relationship between the, you know, the integrator, the battery integrator, and you

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• and is charged with evaluating judicial performance, including but not limited to such factors as integrity
• ,<00:21:02.040> judicial factors as integrity, judicial factors as integrity, judicial temperament
• a timely way with a<00:48:17.280> sharp<00:48:17.680> intellect,<00:48:18.600> integrity
• ,<00:48:19.680> and a sharp intellect, integrity, and a sharp intellect, integrity, and without
• , experience, integrity, experience, integrity, and<01:24:00.760> sound<01:24:01.080> judgment

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• I am the Chief Prosecutor of the Conviction Integrity Unit and have been with the unit since January
• House Bill 1418 aims to strengthen the integrity of our criminal justice system by placing necessary
• And if you are a prosecutor with integrity, that's great.
• I mean, it may not, but I would love to believe that there's still enough integrity in the profession
• And if what they do has integrity then they shouldn't worry about it.

Bills: HB200

Keywords: HB 200, emergency communication, backup communications, satellite phone, portable satellite equipment, radio, floodplain, 100-year floodplain, FEMA, natural disaster, disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness, vulnerable populations, children, elderly, seniors, people with disabilities, care facilities, residential care, assisted living

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• We also want to make sure that that's integrated with the quality of our services.
• with the quality of our um integrated with the quality of our services<00:33:52.240> so<00:33
• It has a lot of integrity, and Medicaid really seems to like how we do the rate studies because they
• We support full integration of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the community
• our daycare center actually were former residents of the Wono Homes, but now they're active and integrated

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Summary: The Committee on Health and Human Services held an informational briefing on the Developmental Disabilities Council and related agencies. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities outlined its 2025 legislative priorities, including a pilot project for guardian ad litem and capacity evaluations in guardianship/conservatorship cases, a supported decision-making bill, a health disparities study for people with disabilities, an ABLE savings outreach/staffing measure, a Medicaid buy-in proposal, an adult changing tables equity bill, and a resolution on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Council representatives emphasized that supported decision-making would complement tools like powers of attorney and medical releases, and that the health disparities study would help identify unmet needs by ZIP code and improve state data on the intellectual and developmental disability population. The Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii described its role as the research and training arm within the DD system, working with the DD Council and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center. It reported activities such as interdisciplinary training, community education, technical assistance, research collaborations, the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, publications, telehealth, ECHO Autism, and counseling for Maui fire survivors. The center said it leveraged about $16 million in outside funding last year and highlighted goals focused on workforce development, community capacity, research with direct participation from people with disabilities, and accessible dissemination of information. The Hawaii Disability Rights Center, the state’s protection and advocacy agency, supported the Council’s priorities, especially supported decision-making, which it said could help some people avoid guardianship while preserving liberty and reducing state resource use. The center also raised concerns about the DD system budget and urged legislators to review whether the Developmental Disabilities Division is requesting enough funding, noting possible backsliding in services and eligibility. The Developmental Disabilities Division of the Department of Health then outlined its statewide waiver program serving just over 3,500 people, its service array, and its budget request for increased waiver funding, a federal initiatives coordinator, and IT upgrades to comply with the new HCBS access rule; no votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.

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• <00:14:25.199> approach<00:14:25.519> to<00:14:25.680> serving this integrated
• approach to serving this integrated approach to serving youth<00:14:26.800> so<00:14:27.199><
• It is theoretically capable of being integrated into the contract.
• into the contract the um uh integrated into the contract the challenge<01:11:30.120> is<01:11
• <01:19:16.840> element add-on instead of an integrated element add-on instead of an integrated

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Summary: House Finance Division III held an informational hearing with the Department of Health and Human Services focused on child and family services, children’s behavioral health, DCF, juvenile justice, and adult mental health. Before the presentation, members discussed scheduling a future site visit to Waypoint, including possible dates, mileage reimbursement logistics, and whether to reschedule the department’s developmental disabilities and healthy aging presentation because the associate commissioner was out sick. The department then outlined that it would concentrate on children’s behavioral health, DCF residential care and the Sununu Youth Services Center/YDC new build, and adult mental health, while noting the broader DHHS structure and the value of keeping related services under one leadership. The department emphasized an integrated “system of care” approach and said it was trying to shift resources toward earlier, lower-intensity interventions rather than relying mainly on high-cost residential and acute services. It cited youth risk data showing roughly four in ten New Hampshire high school students feeling sad or hopeless and about one in five considering suicide in the past year, and said these trends worsened during the pandemic, peaking in 2021 and easing somewhat by 2023. Members asked how New Hampshire compared with neighboring states and about pre-COVID trends; the department said it would follow up with more exact data. The presentation also described a long-term policy effort beginning with federal funding in 2012, the state’s 10-year mental health plan, and later legislation aimed at strengthening children’s behavioral health and transforming juvenile justice so that youth with behavioral health needs are not routed into punitive systems first. Members raised questions about out-of-state residential placement oversight and the statutory basis for inspections and follow-up. The department said the General Court had funded more “boots on the ground” oversight, in coordination with the Office of the Child Advocate, and agreed to provide a longer follow-up presentation on that topic after the governor’s budget is released. The department also described evidence-based prevention efforts, including home visiting programs such as Healthy Families America and a DCF-connected home visiting cohort for families already touching the child welfare system, as examples of trying to keep children out of deeper system involvement.

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• But where we're at currently today is we do have a discoverable SMART on FHIR integration that providers
• discoverable smart on fire integration discoverable smart on fire integration that<00:36:50.200>
• the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard so that we know that we can pick up and integrate
• <00:44:50.520> all<00:44:50.720> of we can pick up and integrate all of we can pick
• up and integrate all of these<00:44:51.480> disparate<00:44:51.920> systems<00:44:52.320

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Summary: The committee first approved the March 20 minutes and then adopted the remainder of the consent calendar, after removing two items for separate discussion. On item 26071, members questioned a $95,000 DoubleTree Manchester contract for a two-day conference. Department staff said the hotel was the only bidder, the conference typically draws more than 500 attendees, most of the cost is food offset by registration fees, and attendees pay their own lodging except for presenters. The committee then approved the item. On item 26068, members asked for clearer reporting on remaining federal funds in continuing items. DHHS said about $10.3 million remained as of February 28, 2026, and agreed to provide the original award amounts and a reconciliation later. The committee approved the item. The committee then took up a DHHS transfer item for the developmental disability system, where officials said projected costs had risen because of delayed pandemic-era billings, new individuals entering the system, and higher individual service budgets. They said the budget was built on older assumptions, that carryforward funds had fallen from about $94 million to $72 million, and that the transfer would not affect lapse because it shifts general funds while federal Medicaid funds are accepted in return. The item was adopted. The committee also approved a hiring request and then a late Corrections item tied to overtime and recruitment. Corrections officials said the department is about 50% staffed for corrections officers, typical overtime is an eight-hour shift, inmate populations are beginning to rise again, and the department is using academy blitzes, out-of-state recruiting, targeted advertising, and a $10,000 sign-on bonus paid after academy completion and one year of service. Senator Gray said the late item was intended to help reduce a larger request expected in June, and the committee adopted the item. Finally, members questioned DHHS item 26074 on the New Hampshire Care Connection system and its interoperability with provider and managed care systems. DHHS said the system already has SMART on FHIR integration, single sign-on, and deeper integration options, and that managed care organizations are working with the contractor on use cases and data exchange. Officials said the project has been multi-phase, including the 988 crisis-response migration, privacy/security work, a provider network of more than 100 organizations, and a searchable resource portal managed by Granite United Way. They said the closed-referral solution is funded largely with Medicaid federal funds and is planned to continue in the base budget, not the rural health grant. The discussion ended without further action noted in the excerpt.

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• This bill would bolster the integrity of New Hampshire's elections without burdening voters.
• bolster the integrity of New Hampshire's<00:44:41.800> elections<00:44:42.360> without
• SB 438 offers a common-sense modernization solution that enhances election integrity while supporting
• This is basic election integrity, and the bill does not limit speech.
• Um Um, this protects the integrity of our democratic processes.

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• We're one of the very few integrated universities across the country.
• We're one of the very few integrated universities across the country.
• We're one of the very few integrated universities across the country.
• We're one of the very few integrated universities across the country.
• of integrating of integrating that<01:48:26.360> um<01:48:27.360> I<01:48:27.520><

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• That's what we call cyber-... integration. We're in there. That's our critical minerals building.
• You can see integration of solar, hydrogen production, and other energy technologies there.
• Now, in the integrated energy system, don't think of nuclear as an independent energy source.
• So, the MAGNET facility is right now being integrated with Microgrid in a Box, which is connected to
• So, the MAGNET facility is right now being integrated with Microgrid in a Box, which is connected to

Summary: The meeting was an extended briefing from Idaho National Laboratory officials on the lab’s mission, its role in nuclear energy research, and the federal push to accelerate advanced reactor deployment. Speakers described INL’s size and capabilities, including test reactors, fuel and materials facilities, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure work, and partnerships with DOE, the NRC, the Department of Defense, and private companies. They emphasized that the lab is supporting both commercial nuclear development and national security work, while also training a large intern workforce. A major theme was the current federal effort to streamline nuclear regulation and speed up licensing and demonstration. The speakers said recent executive orders and DOE/NRC coordination are reducing redundant requirements, shortening environmental review timelines, and aiming for three new nuclear systems to reach criticality by July 4, 2026. They argued that regulatory uncertainty has been a major driver of nuclear cost and that the administration’s actions, along with DOE’s pilot and demonstration programs, are intended to rebuild the domestic supply chain and industrial base. The discussion also focused on advanced reactor types, including small modular reactors, microreactors, molten salt concepts, and liquid-metal designs. Officials said these technologies are being developed for data centers, military bases, remote communities, industrial heat, hydrogen production, and other nontraditional uses. They highlighted several projects and companies, including Oklo, Aalo, Radiant, X-energy, TerraPower, Kairos, and DOE’s MARVEL and Project Pele efforts, and said some reactors are expected to reach criticality or operation in the next few years. Questions from attendees covered safety, public health impacts, materials and heat management, waste or used fuel handling, costs, and whether nuclear could remain competitive against other energy sources; the speakers responded that advanced reactors are designed with passive safety features, that used fuel should be viewed as a resource, and that cost remains highly design- and supply-chain-dependent.

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• you heard in the intro video, Oklahoma State University is guided by the cowboy code and values of integrity
• How do we break up the vertical integration?
• Will this help at all with breaking up The vertical integration that is the problem.
• So it doesn't directly impact vertical integration.
• So in that regard, it sort of eliminates the unfair advantage that the vertically integrated folks seem

Bills: HR1051, HR1048, SB2074, SJR39, SJR47, SB1983, SB444, SB1503, SB1561, SB592, SB1501, SB1946, SB1567, SB1833, SB2026, SB904, SB2178, SB1651, SB1558, SB1565, SB1553, SB1257, SB65, SB1749, SB1242, SB1642, SB640, SB667, SB1436, SB1484, SB1562, SB1794, SB1644, SB1533, SB933, SB1555

Keywords: livestock, judging, Oklahoma State University, championship, agriculture, military children, recognition, community support, military families, April 15, pharmacy benefits managers, reimbursement, healthcare, prescription drugs, cost regulation, property valuation, tax limit, homestead, income threshold, elderly

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• in which we teach them some of the standard values that lead to leadership, including the sort of integrity
• There might be something they're developing so that we do look at integration between what they're doing
• So I fully think that we need to integrate this into the state, as you commented.
• We are integrated into those sixty percent numbers that I provided about retention.
• It was a family practice residency, and we had integrated that residency.

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• A lot of money out there for infrastructure, but if systems want to actually integrate and blend, it
• We are undertaking an integrated business application project.
• It's part and parcel of our integrated business application.
• We are, uh, about the 2nd year into the data management project, we expect to be done with the integrated
• So we're at the very beginnings of, uh, the integration process itself.

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• It is a state program and one of the best in the world that we have to be able to integrate this quicker
• It's a world-class facility, and it's not only dealing with integrating how the first responders...
• program, this particular... training, it involves having EMTs, communications, fire, police, an integrated
• the aftereffects and then the EMTs and the communication and everything that you have to have an integrated
• That's what this bill... seeks to address an integrated effort to effectively take out a threat, especially

Bills: HB33, HB45, HB48, HB1261, HB1465, HB1778, HB2596, HB5238, SB2969, HB45, HB48

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

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• It is a state and one of the best in the world that we have to be able to integrate this quicker.
• It's world class and it's not only dealing with first responding, but it's also dealing with integrating
• You have to have an integrated and coordinated effort to stamp out the threat and then take care of the
• And so this bill seeks to address an integrated effort to effectively take out a threat, especially those
• to promoting professional education and establishing laws, rules, and guidelines that uphold the integrity

Bills: HB 33, HB 45, HB 48, HB 1261, HB 1465, HB 1778, HB 2596, HB 5238, SB 2969

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft