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• Murphy and adding newborn screening Rep.
• screened 16,000 clients for chlamydia. screened 16,000 clients for chlamydia.
• The chief clerk will give the bill its third reading. Third reading. House File 2435 as amended.
• ,<03:25:44.880> STI<03:25:45.600> screenings<03:25:46.080> and screenings, STI screenings
• and screenings, STI screenings and treatments,<03:25:47.760> and<03:25:48.239> many,<03

Keywords: 1183, house

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• My screen—can you all see my slides yet? My screen just froze. Not yet. Okay.
• We can see that you're screen sharing, but it's all loaded on the Zoom screen where I hit share.
• It's all loaded, the Zoom screen where I hit share. And sorry for the interruption.
• I'm trying to read some of the footnotes, but they're hard to discern.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities subcommittee on workforce supports met with Chair Andrew Lerault presiding. Members completed roll call, approved the August 2025 minutes, and then heard a presentation from Amy Doyle, director of the Behavioral Health Workforce Center at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. Doyle described the center’s launch in September 2024 and its legislative mandate to study behavioral health payment rates, workforce needs, and licensure/certification barriers, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, capacity building, diversity/equity, and sustainability. She also shared data on unmet behavioral health needs, ED boarding, workforce shortages, aging and turnover in nursing and direct care, and the need to improve data collection on non-licensed workers and populations such as people with developmental disabilities and autism. Committee members asked questions about what provider types were included in the workforce data and whether DDS-related residential and direct support roles were captured. Doyle said the center is still working to define and measure the full behavioral health workforce, including non-licensed roles, and welcomed follow-up on missing data sources. Members suggested additional sources such as CHIA and the Association of Developmental Disability Providers’ workforce survey. Doyle noted that the center is working with CHIA and that new licensure renewal surveys for behavioral health and allied mental health professionals will begin in 2025, which should improve future workforce data. The discussion also touched on the Health Policy Commission’s broader workforce findings, including nurse attrition, burnout, low wages, and the importance of career ladders and advanced training. Doyle said the center’s first policy recommendations will come from its rate study, expected in the next one to two months, and will likely focus on capacity building and sustainability. After the presentation, members thanked Doyle and discussed subcommittee leadership. Chair Lerault announced he was stepping down, and Chris White volunteered to serve as co-chair; the committee agreed to move forward with that arrangement and to revisit FY26 goals once new leadership is in place. The meeting then adjourned by motion and second.

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• The chair has read the journal from the preceding day and approves the same.
• I didn't read the article, colleagues.
• I could not read it.
• the senator said from Eva, that is very disheartening to read something like this.
• the senator said from Eva, that is very disheartening to read something like this.

Bills: SB2445, SB2125, SB2355, SB2834, SB3237

Keywords: pedestrian, fines, traffic laws, economic vulnerability, safety, walking, public transportation, teacher licensing, teacher shortage, emergency hire, unlicensed teacher, out-of-field teaching, licensed teachers, charter schools, Department of Education, DOE, Board of Education, licensure requirements, teacher certification, alternative licensure

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• I sent over a request for sharing my screen. looking to bid at the same time.
• So those sections became packages, and those are what you see on the screen here today.
• So we have major the screen here today.
• <01:43:51.920> through definitely no need to to read through definitely no need to to read
• be an interesting read for people. be an interesting read for people.

Keywords: 916, all

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• I'm actually in awe reading this document that we could put this together.
• We sent edits to you, happy to read them, happy to, if it's easy to bring them up on the screen, we can
• It was confusing as I read it.
• The one thing that I read through this, the other finding...
• Mac, do you just want to read off who we have? We're planning to have...

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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• When it comes to the information that you have here, I mean, I've read your... books.
• They can read the call notes.
• Regarding SBIRT, which is the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for substance
• pressure screenings through various collaborations, serving over a thousand community members.
• For example, blood sugar screenings, doing mammograms, things of that sort.

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• Act, and provides the Transportation Security Administration to update guidance related to screening
• GARBARINO: I RISE IN SUPPORT OF S.260, THE BOTTLES AND BREAST-FEEDING EQUIPMENT SCREENING ENHANCEMENT
• ACT AND PROVIDES THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TO UPDATE GUIDANCE RELATED TO SCREENING
• HERNANDEZ: MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TO SUPPORT S.260, THE BOTTLES AND BREAST-FEEDING EQUIPMENT SCREENING
• Officers enforce inconsistent screening requirements.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, November 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• She said Ed Allies has a report on this and that a kindergarten and first grade early reading screening
• She said Ed Allies has a report on this and that a kindergarten and first grade early reading screening
• She said Ed Allies has a report on this and that a kindergarten and first grade early reading screening
• She said Ed Allies has a report on this and that a kindergarten and first grade early reading screening
• Representative Mueller said the kindergarten and first grade early reading screening from spring 2024

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Move to third reading.
• Third reading.
• Third reading.
• Passed to third reading.
• Does this—can you read to me? Well, I’ll read to you. Can you read to me?

Bills: HR192, HR193, HR194, HCR80, HCR81, HCR82, HCR83, HCR84, HCR85, HR188, HR189, HR190, HR191, SB134, SB140, SB281, SB331, SB384, SB389, SB415, SB451, SB458, SB479, SB504, SB523, HR38, HR96, HR160, HCR31, HCR61, SCR19, HB316, HB549, HB578, HB646, HB748, HB798, HB824, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1032, HB1081, HB1108, HB1129, HB1140, HB1157, HB1186, HB1192, HB1195, HB1198, HB1222, HB1244, SB73, SB89, SB128, SB149, SB191, SB196, SB238, SB318, SB340, HB225, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HCR4, HCR47, HCR32, HB362, HB893, HB990, HB1007, HB1153, HB1243, HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB267, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB478, HB610, HB617, HB745, HB749, HB752, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB896, HB979, HB992, HB1000, HB1024, HB1050, HB1166, HB1172, HB1173, HB1207, HB1218, HB1223, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, SB244, SB256, HB911, HB306, HB366, HB1161, HB1230, HB59, HB481, HB772, HB897, HB1003, HB1008, HB1112, HB1180, HB1189, HB181, HB1118, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB393, HB458, HB459, HB525, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB864, HB996, HB1035, HB1058, HB1082, HB1113, HB1234, HB1240

Keywords: ACOG, maternal health, healthcare professionals, patient-physician relationship, obstetrics, gynecology, condolences, military service, veteran, community, memorial, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, property rights, carbon dioxide sequestration, expropriation, Landowner Bill of Rights

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• Moving on to item number two, reading of the journal. Representative Morikawa.
• item number two, reading of the journal. item number two, reading of the journal.
• <00:15:04.560> We noted Senate bills on final reading.
• We noted Senate bills on final reading.
• We will be taking up two screen.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The clerk will read for third reading.
• . reading. reading.
• read the first bill. read the first bill.
• The clerk will read the bill. >> House Bill 637, Public Health Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings
• House Reading Calendar Number 84. The clerk will read the bill.

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met in Annapolis with 107 members present and proceeded through the journal and a series of Appropriations Committee reports. Several bills were advanced on favorable reports without amendment, including measures on constitutional officers’ salaries, correctional officer retirement systems for Dorchester and Allegany counties, Carroll and Calvert County public facilities bonds, higher education financial assistance for incarcerated individuals, and a bill on community college promise scholarship eligibility for Delmar High School graduates. Other bills received amendments before being ordered for third reading, including measures on community college trustee membership, Frederick Community College board meeting and training requirements, Howard County school funding disclosures, courts administrative judges’ stipends, correctional officers retirement membership clarifications, the Children’s Cabinet Fund, and a law enforcement pension bill limiting military service credit eligibility to helicopter pilots in state aviation units. The chamber also considered HB 1581 on horse racing facility ownership, development, licensing, and operations. Amendments expanded the bill to include additional economic development provisions for the Prince George’s County Blue Line corridor, Pimlico-related funding and community input requirements, a larger lottery-fund distribution for the racing community development financing fund, and changes to the bus rapid transit grant program. The bill’s favorable report as amended was adopted, and it was ordered for third reading. During debate on a separate amendment to HB 894, the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, members argued over project labor agreements: opponents said PLA requirements raise costs and limit competition, while supporters said the provision was optional, supported stability and predictability, and was part of a broader compromise. The amendment was rejected after discussion, and the bill remained amended. The House also took up HB 1430 on charter school facilities funding, adopting amendments that reduced the per-pupil amount and narrowed eligibility for certain districts, then advancing the bill as amended. In addition, HB 1248 was amended to convert a part-time state employment pilot program into a work group, and HB 680 was amended to adjust future appropriations for local management boards. Across the session, most actions were routine committee report adoptions and amendment votes, with no recorded roll-call counts in the excerpt except the initial quorum call.

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• Members, this is the bill we heard previously that's relating to vision screenings for students in public
• or private school, including vision screening information, reporting for public school students, and
• the student is biliterate and has achieved an elevated level of understanding and proficiency in reading
• bill was subject to a point of order on the basis of the two subject rule and so we took the vision screening
• out of it and we have passed House Bill 2967, which includes the vision screening, and that's the only

Bills: HB178

Keywords: efficiency audit, political subdivision, tax rate, fiscal management, government accountability

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• Order of business three: reading and approval of the journal by previous order.
• I would move that all necessary rules be suspended, reading so far had considered second reading, rules
• I move to dispense with the reading of the amendment. There are no objections, so ordered.
• Let me get the screen set up here. Okay, Secretary. Okay, Secretary.
• We are still in the middle of a motion on the screen.

Keywords: 909, all

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• You made the term, and I can read the paper where it says renewal, but the total projected cost for this
• And then lastly, they are going around and training physicians on how to do comprehensive screening so
• So what I wanted to talk to the screen and tell this morning, you're always going to have turnover.
• The screen until this morning, you're always going to have turnover.
• But the one thing I wanted to talk back into the screen while they were talking about this this morning

Keywords: 1204, all

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• the state employee health plan, the legislation aims to remove financial barriers to essential screenings
• I happen to have one on dense breasts that I hope for screening and continuing care.
• But we have to realize that the how important it is to really do that early screening and then have that
• If you read the entire bill and I have an org chart, if anybody wants to see how this is going to work
• I read the bill analysis.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The crux of the federal entitlement law is that that initial medical screening is required, and then
• “Thank you for that explanation, because when I read this and it starts with ‘due to high demand,’ that
• entities to implement new health care screening or service programs, or to expand existing programs
• Grant funding is intended to be used on screenings, referrals for treatment, and related services for
• limited to the screenings and services that are directly supported by the Sanadi Grant Program.

Summary: The committee met to receive implementation updates on recently enacted health care laws from AHCA and the Department of Health. AHCA reported on rural emergency hospitals, explaining the new Class 4 hospital designation, rule changes completed June 1, 2025, and that no Florida hospitals have yet converted, though one North Walton/DeFuniak Springs-area hospital has expressed interest. AHCA also reviewed the non-emergent care access plan requirement for hospitals with emergency departments, saying 83 plans had been received since July 1 and 63 approved, with plans emphasizing patient education, referrals to primary care or urgent care, and coordination for Medicaid managed care enrollees through the Florida HIE/ENS system. Members asked about HIE capacity, data collection, and whether the plans would identify shortages or trigger accountability measures; AHCA said it had moved to a new HIE vendor and would continue gathering data. AHCA also updated the committee on the TEACH workforce program, reporting $6.8 million in FY 2024-25 spending across 59 parent organizations and 229 facilities, with more than 1,800 students and nearly 380,000 clinical hours reimbursed, and said a federal 1115 workforce waiver was unlikely to move forward under CMS. On KidCare, AHCA said House Bill 121’s expansion to 300% of the federal poverty level remains blocked by federal litigation and CMS action tied to premium nonpayment rules, and members and public witnesses urged prompt implementation and asked for enrollment/disenrollment data and the rural health transformation funding outlook. Public testimony largely supported the NCAP and TEACH programs and pressed for action on KidCare. Representatives from health centers said NCAP has strengthened hospital-health center relationships and improved care coordination, including reduced recidivism in some hospitals. A Bond Community Health Center physician said TEACH is helping offset the burden of training students and could help address workforce shortages, especially in rural and underserved areas. Advocacy groups urged the committee to push for implementation of the KidCare expansion, citing children in the coverage gap and rising uninsured rates. The Department of Health then presented on several programs from the 2024-25 session. It reported on the Florida Reimbursement Assistance for Medical Education (FRAME) program, including 78 dentists and 15 dental hygienists funded under the dental track and nearly 1,300 medical professionals funded overall, with 123 dental applications and 71 funded dentists in the most recent cycle. DOH also updated the Screening and Services Grant Program, the Health Care Innovation Revolving Loan Program, the statewide telehealth maternity care program, and the swimming lesson voucher program, noting strong participation and outcomes such as reduced ER visits and improved postpartum follow-up in the maternity program. Finally, DOH said implementation of the HIV prevention drug/pharmacist dispensing law is underway, with three certification courses approved and five certifications issued. Members asked about barriers to wider use of HIV prevention drugs, more detailed maternal outcome data, and the dental workforce program report; DOH said more detailed reports would follow.

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• And I'm going to read it.
• I had read something that the Chinese Communist Party...
• I can read off a few of them.
• Did you read the exceptions? So, I did read the bill.
• Read the statement here? Yes. OK.

Bills: HB17, HB34, HB41, HB 118, HB 119, HB 127, HB 128, HB 129, HB 130, HB132, HB133, HB17, HB41, HB118, HB119, HB127, HB128, HB129, HB130, HB132, HB133

Keywords: foreign ownership, real estate, national security, designated countries, Texas property law, lobbying, foreign adversaries, compensation prohibition, transparency, civil penalties, higher education, foreign adversary, research security, trade secrets, academic partnerships, HB 128, sister city, sister-city agreement, international exchange, municipal diplomacy

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• It was a gift from relatives that was only meant to encourage her to read books.
• Parenting in the age of portable 24/7 screens, entertainment, and advertising.
• screen addiction, self-comparison,<00:13:42.240> and<00:13:42.480> depression.
• And so this seems to be requiring that, or am I reading this wrong, Chair Scott?
• So it would read: 'or is engaging in.' >> Chair Scott, you're okay with that?

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media practices for minors by requiring verifiable parental consent for accounts and restricting addictive features and targeted advertising for youth users. Chair Scott offered an A2 amendment, with an oral clarification striking specific language and two commas; the committee adopted the amended A2, and the bill was then discussed as amended. The bill author described social media as addictive by design and said the measure would use age-estimation technology to identify users 15 and under, require parental consent, and provide a different, less addictive experience for youth. Supportive testimony came from the Minnesota Catholic Conference, parents Jerry and Giana Cox, and a Minnesota high school student, all arguing that social media harms youth mental health, encourages excessive use, and exposes children to manipulation, cyberbullying, and addictive design features like infinite scroll and autoplay. They said the bill would help parents, protect children, and reduce exploitation of minors’ data. Several committee members also spoke in favor, saying the bill addresses corporate negligence, youth mental health, and the need to act even if the proposal needs more work. Opposition testimony came from industry groups including the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, and NetChoice. They argued the bill is vague and narrow in scope, could create uneven coverage, and may push platforms toward intrusive age-verification or digital-ID-like systems that raise privacy and data-breach concerns. They also said restrictions on personalized or algorithmic features could weaken safety tools and make it harder to protect young users. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the excerpt, but the amended A2 was adopted and the bill remained under discussion.

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• So as inmates come into the facility, they are screened by our medical provider.
• So, when an inmate comes in and they're screened to see if they're currently on any type of MAT in the
• I don't know if you're familiar with the medical, like the CEWA and the COWS, which screen to see what
• When we were doing screenings for people, we knew that some individuals were going to screen higher.
• Some were going to screen lower.

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• . >> So in this bill, if I'm reading it correctly, it's sort of like a mandate that if you're going to
• It appears like you can't do that. >> I I do not read it the same way and I read it in a way that you
• You're just either touching the screen once or twice as opposed to multiple screen heads. >> No granted
• As I read it, the judge always has discretion just like I do as a as a trooper.
• Something's going to read it and take it extremely literally. And that's what I fear.

Keywords: 999, senate, all