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• </c><00:09:35.920><c> at</c> investment for interventions at investment for interventions at different
• :41:19.760><c> as</c> funded by the Minnesota youth program as funded by the Minnesota youth program
• Please invest in us youth this year by making this investment in the Minnesota Youth Program.
• Please invest in us youth this year by making this investment in the Minnesota Youth Program.
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Bills: HF2582 , HF2266 , HF2518 , HF2039 , HF1941

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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• We integrate so many activities in the town, from youth sports through adulthood.
• and to keep youth needing hospital-level care.
• I have taught in the private sector, in early intervention in families' homes, and in public schools,
• Every state should provide its most vulnerable youth with exceptional medical care and education.
• We have been historically recognized as leaders in intervention and advocacy, helping drive important

Summary: The hearing focused on the future of Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children, with commissioners, agency officials, workers, and families describing the hospital as a unique integrated setting combining medical care, rehabilitation, education, residential services, and adaptive engineering. Opening remarks from legislators emphasized continued budget funding, the legal requirement that Pappas not close before the commission reports, and a request to extend the commission’s deadline. Several commissioners and witnesses argued that admissions have effectively been curtailed while discharges continue, creating what they described as a de facto closure. Union leaders from AFSCME, SEIU, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association said staff are experiencing uncertainty, morale problems, and loss of confidence because referrals are being discouraged and the census is shrinking. They urged immediate action to stop admission denials and unnecessary discharges, and some proposed temporary modular units or other short-term investments to restore admissions while longer-term plans are developed. Parents and former patients testified that Pappas provided life-changing opportunities and supports that they could not find elsewhere, and that alternative programs or proposed Western Massachusetts options would not meet the same needs. Department of Public Health Commissioner Robert Goldstein said the administration supports keeping Pappas open and stable during the commission’s work, but argued that admissions must comply with hospital-level-of-care rules and that the campus’s deteriorating infrastructure limits who can be safely served. He said DPH is continuing admissions where appropriate, backfilling staff, and exploring ways to expand services, including outpatient therapies and adaptive engineering, while also acknowledging that Pappas is a one-of-a-kind system with no true in-state duplicate. Commissioners requested de-identified admissions and denial data and continued to press the department on whether the current operational changes amount to a silent closure.

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• Members, California continues to face serious challenges with youth access to firearms.
• This bill enhances the ability of foster youth, former foster youth, and students experiencing homelessness
• This legislation provides much-needed support for vulnerable youth who do not have the social support
• This bill enhances the ability of foster youth, former foster youth, and students experiencing homelessness
• This legislation provides much needed support for vulnerable youth. California community colleges.

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• Next, we're going to be going to the Children, Youth, and Families Department.
• and juvenile justice-involved youth programming.
• In addition, $4.4 million in growth funding is for prevention and early intervention. intervention.
• We have had youth stay in offices.
• Our youth that are coming out of commitment.

Bills: SB48 , SB64 , SB100

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• For different data points, for every $1 invested in public health interventions, the median return was
• For different data points, for every $1 invested in public health interventions, the median return was
• </c> recreational camping areas and youth recreational camping areas and youth camps<00:37:46.839><c>
• Are these high-severity youth with, like, medical concerns that we're paying high rates out?
• Are these high-severity youth with, like, medical concerns that we're paying high rates out?

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• Over the years, City Care has expanded from tutoring youth to operating wraparound services and then
• , and unfortunately he did not receive this intervention because there was no place to discharge him
• Bobby had a heart condition that needed a medical intervention and unfortunately he did not receive this
• intervention because there was no place to discharge discharge him to and Bobby passed away from his
• But there is an intervention for this revolving door, and it's called respite care.

Committee: House Public Health

Summary: The meeting focused on hospital “avoidable days” and the difficulty of discharging medically stable patients who still need post-acute placement or social services. Presenters from Saint Anthony Hospital Midtown, the Oklahoma Hospital Association, City Care, and OU Health described common barriers including lack of skilled nursing, rehab, long-term care, behavioral health, and hospice placements; insurance prior authorization delays; Medicaid and Social Security eligibility delays; guardianship and Adult Protective Services bottlenecks; limited home health and private duty nursing; and the challenge of placing unhoused, uninsured, or medically complex patients. Several speakers emphasized that these delays reduce bed availability, increase emergency department boarding, contribute to staff burnout, and expose patients to hospital-acquired conditions and other harms. The testimony included multiple examples of patients remaining in acute care for days, weeks, or even months after being medically ready for discharge, including patients awaiting guardianship, disability determinations, or placement in facilities willing to accept them. Speakers also highlighted special populations such as patients with behavioral health or substance use disorders, medically fragile children, patients with criminal histories, and unhoused individuals who need respite or hospice care. City Care described its planned 40-bed medical respite facility, set to open in 2027, as a way to provide clinical support and housing navigation for patients too sick to recover on the street or in shelters. Witnesses recommended policy and system changes such as standardizing preauthorization protocols, expanding rural swing-bed and home-based services, increasing public guardianship resources, improving data collection on homelessness, expanding private duty nursing hours, and creating more placement options for complex patients. They also suggested better coordination between hospitals, DHS, APS, the Health Department, and post-acute facilities, including a database of facility services to improve discharge planning and keep patients closer to home. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the transcript, but the chair indicated the issue would require collaboration across multiple agencies and partners.

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• We outreach to youth, engaging in high schools across New Mexico.
• How do we get out and do prevention efforts while we use our youth?
• Our youth are mentored and then they become mentors.
• You have to drop many, many youth, expose, and give the opportunity to many, many youth to produce that
• Secondly, Madam Chair, this Youth Resiliency Report...

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• This core reflects funding for youth tobacco use prevention initiatives to implement evidence-based interventions
• to prevent and reduce youth tobacco use.
• This core reflects funding for youth tobacco use prevention initiatives to implement evidence-based interventions
• to prevent and reduce youth tobacco use.
• These core funds were fully reduced in the GovREC budget. and reduce youth tobacco use.

Committee: House Budget

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• </c><01:04:14.720><c> services</c> who worked in homeless youth services who worked in homeless youth
• So for example, if I have a BA in sociology and I'm working for the Department of Youth and Services,
• Can we have an intervention because we know that this is not best practice."
• Can we have an intervention because we know that this is not best practice."
• We can have an intervention in the meantime. I'm sure I have heard you over and over.

Summary: The committee opened with a brief update and prayer for Oscar, a person known to members, noting he was making slow but encouraging progress and awaiting transfer to rehab. The hearing then began on House Bill 518, which would require the commissioner of DHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCYF costs. Representative Erica Leyon, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to improve transparency, clarify how DCYF resources and shared services are used, and help future discussions about staffing, funding, and whether DCYF should remain within DHHS or become a separate department. She said the department could likely comply without additional cost and was open to adjusting the reporting date, with the department preferring December 31 instead of September 1. Committee members and the DCYF director, Marie Nunan, discussed whether the bill was duplicative of existing reporting and whether it should also include federal funding mandates. Nunan said DCYF already has many policies and reports, but does not currently produce one consolidated DCYF-specific report in this form; she also said the department believed it had the capacity to file the report and was not taking a position on the bill. Several members questioned whether the measure was necessary, while others supported transparency but suggested the information was already available or could be obtained without legislation. In executive session, the committee voted 15-1 to retain HB 518, meaning it will not advance to the calendar at this time. The committee then opened House Bill 775, sponsored by Representative Jod Nelson, concerning supervised visitation centers. Nelson introduced Dr. Scott Hampton, who testified that supervised visitation is important for child safety, domestic violence prevention, and family preservation. Hampton described the history of visitation centers in New Hampshire, saying funding cuts had reduced the number of centers over time and that prior legislation had failed due to budget reductions. He argued that supervised exchanges can reduce risks such as abuse, abduction, and homicide, and said the service can prevent harm without adding cost by avoiding more serious incidents. The hearing on HB 775 was still underway at the end of the transcript, with no vote or final action shown.

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• If you go in and you have a tourniquet, you can do medical intervention.
• I look at this bill as one that the youth would be behind with energy.
• What goes is it intervention time?
• </c><01:35:24.480><c> Um</c><01:35:24.880><c> and</c><01:35:25.120><c> intervention</c> intervention
• Um and intervention intervention time?

Committee: Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:

• have come to the GHC experiencing fear of the potential loss of medically necessary care for their youth
• If an insurer wants to stop covering sex-rejecting surgeries and endocrine interventions on children,
• If an insurer wants to stop covering sex-rejecting surgeries and endocrine interventions on children,
• California needs to catch up and admit that sex-rejecting interventions are rooted in pseudoscience.
• The likelihood is high for families, adults, youth, and children to have some exposure to immigration

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• What are the services the youth would benefit from? As Dr.
• to specific services, and whether or not the youth receives those services.
• Youth who cannot access services face significant challenges.
• Children and youth need to be able to access behavioral health services in a timely manner.
• And youth and families being able to have those available.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• sexually groom children and new rules for prison work workers concerning de-escalation and crisis intervention
• And maybe it's a phone call to the provider, then the provider would ask, you know, let's get the youth
• call complaint but it's not emergent then we will see that youth the next day if that medical provider
• is not on site, then they will talk to the nurse. we'll see the youth and call the provider, give them
• And that provider has the discretion to say, hey, I'd like to see the youth, and they'll go over to the

Bills: HB166 , HB2000 , HB3248 , HB3513 , SB155 , SB1659 , SB1730 , SB1778 , SB1790 , SB1848 , SB2017 , SB2105 , SB2794 , SB2917 , HB2756 , HB353 , HB166

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• I have specialized training in assessing pediatric health interventions, and I served as a principal
• The dental office provides an excellent venue for providing tobacco intervention services.
• And today I'm here with the youth group. We've been having...
• And today I'm here with the youth group. We've been having a youth group for the last few years.
• Apologies, I'm having, like, a full-circle moment seeing the youth advocates back behind me.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Summary: The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing on a large docket of bills focused on MassHealth benefits and reimbursement, health equity, behavioral health, public health, dental access, 340B drug pricing, tobacco cessation, and coverage for children. The chairs emphasized rising health care costs, provider shortages, administrative burdens, and persistent inequities by income, race, geography, and immigration status. Much of the testimony centered on H.1416/S.901, an act to advance health equity, with legislators and members of the Health Equity Compact arguing for statewide benchmarks, stronger health equity leadership, reimbursement for interpreter services, community health workers and patient navigation, Medicaid graduate medical education support, and a health equity zone trust fund. Witnesses described disparities in life expectancy, maternal mortality, access to primary care, and the impact of federal Medicaid and social service cuts, and urged the committee to report the bill favorably. The committee also heard strong support for H.1368/S.847 on rapid whole genome sequencing for critically ill MassHealth children. Testifiers from industry, academia, hospitals, and families said early sequencing can end long diagnostic odysseys, improve treatment decisions, shorten hospital stays, and save money, while also providing emotional relief and information for families. The hearing then moved to H.1407 on MassHealth rate parity for inpatient behavioral health providers, where Rep. Scanlan and the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems said the bill would codify existing administrative parity so managed care plans cannot pay less than the MassHealth fee-for-service rate. On H.1392/S.853 to preserve and protect public health, witnesses supported higher vaccine administration fees to improve provider participation and immunization rates. The committee also heard testimony on H.770/845 to protect 340B providers in MassHealth, and on S.848 to require reporting and transparency around 340B revenues and outside administrative costs. Additional bills drew testimony on tobacco cessation coverage for MassHealth members, with advocates supporting broader access to counseling and medications through medical, behavioral health, and dental providers. On H.1409, a nursing home operator asked for more flexibility in a MassHealth staffing-related penalty tied to patient days per resident. On H.1401/S.888, supporters of the “Take 10” dental access proposal said adult MassHealth dental coverage is underused because too few dentists accept MassHealth, leading to long travel times and avoidable emergency room visits; they urged incentive payments for dentists serving new adult MassHealth patients. Finally, on H.1403/S.855, “Cover All Kids,” advocates and immigrant community members urged removal of immigration status as a barrier to full MassHealth coverage for children, while also backing a related bill to ensure 12 months of continuous coverage for children. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and asked questions on costs, reimbursement levels, and implementation details.

Transcript Highlights:

• And without immediate intervention, these mounting pressures will destabilize a safety and jeopardize
• That’s sort of one of the core interventions to maintain Medi-Cal Medicaid enrollment.”
• programs are eliminating gender-affirming care coverage across populations, including TRICARE for youth
• Worsening depression, anxiety, and suicide risk, especially for transgender youth who already face a
• Without intervention, newly uninsured Californians will walk into our hospitals and walk out financially

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee held an informational hearing on the impact of federal H.R. 1 and related state budget actions on California’s health care system. Opening remarks framed the federal changes as a major threat to Medi-Cal, Covered California, hospitals, clinics, and the broader safety net, with warnings that millions could lose coverage and that costs would shift to providers, counties, and consumers. Testimony from the California Health Care Foundation and the Legislative Analyst’s Office focused on implementation challenges, the administrative burden of work requirements and more frequent renewals, the loss of federal funding, and the need for California to consider long-term structural changes to Medi-Cal, county safety-net programs, and cost containment. A Covered California enrollee, Chas Franklin, described sharply rising premiums for his family after losing subsidies, illustrating the personal impact of federal policy changes. Committee members raised concerns about whether premium increases were driven by H.R. 1 or insurer pricing, the cost of rebuilding county-based indigent care systems, and the need to account for the cost of inaction. Dr. Hernandez pointed to pre-ACA models such as Healthy San Francisco as examples of coordinated local safety-net care, while also emphasizing the importance of primary care, data interoperability, and the Office of Health Care Affordability in reducing waste and improving access. Department of Health Care Services officials then outlined the state’s implementation plan for H.R. 1, including work requirements, six-month redeterminations, reduced retroactive coverage, cost-sharing, and immigration-related eligibility changes. They said the department would try to automate eligibility checks, expand outreach, and train counties and partners, but estimated up to 2 million Californians could lose coverage over time. Covered California reported that the expiration of enhanced federal premium tax credits and new federal marketplace rules are already raising costs and reducing enrollment, with an estimated 400,000 enrollees at risk of dropping coverage. County, hospital, and safety-net representatives warned that coverage losses will increase uncompensated care and strain local systems, while one coalition proposed a temporary state-funded coverage option as a bridge if full-scope Medi-Cal cannot be maintained. The hearing concluded with a policy analyst urging stakeholder engagement, immigrant protections, and new state revenue options to preserve coverage and offset federal cuts.

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• and Family Services oversees foster youth placed in residential care facilities.
• In 2024, 47 youth experienced at least one residential care placement.
• From May through December 2024, 53 youth accounted for 68 placements.
• So I'll move from foster youth to the oversight of residential facilities overall.
• I know we have talked about the one facility in the youth.

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:02:25.359><c> $346,500</c> American children and youth. $346,500 American children and youth.
• and Families; Division of Youth Services; and Office of Children, Youth and Families re-entry services
• </c> 7585 for70 I shall be from the youth 7585 for70 I shall be from the youth services<01:10:52.080>
• </c><02:03:31.119><c> and</c> services office of children youth and services office of children youth
• </c><02:04:37.520><c> 16</c> services for foster youth. 16 services for foster youth. 16 &gt;&gt; page

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• And for a suitable person, they do not have the non-intervention powers.
• The family member may be granted what are called non-intervention powers.
• It is a detrimental product that is harming the lives of our youth and our community.
• This unregulated product is killing our people and leaving lasting impacts on our youth.
• This is killing our youth.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills. Substitute House Bill 2158 would authorize remote notarization of tangible records and remote oaths/affirmations, with record-retention requirements and no fiscal impact; the prime sponsor and staff described it as an access-to-justice measure, and the bill drew strong support in signed-in testimony. Substitute House Bill 2239 would create a framework for family burial grounds on private land, including setbacks, notice, recording, local regulation authority, and grandfathering of existing sites; supporters said it would help rural families and some tribal members bury loved ones on family land, while WSDOT raised a technical concern about the setback from rights-of-way. Substitute House Bill 2178 would reconcile statutes with court rules on malicious mischief aggregation, infraction deadlines, payment plans, and treasurer handling of certain funds; the sponsor and AOC described it as a technical cleanup with no fiscal impact, and it was supported by AOC. The committee then heard Engrossed House Bill 2445, which would tighten probate procedures to curb “probates for profit” by extending the time to petition, narrowing who qualifies as a suitable personal representative, changing venue, adding notice and reporting requirements, and regulating agreements with transferees for value and heir-finding firms. The sponsor, Attorney General’s Office, and Northwest Justice Project said the bill would protect grieving families from predatory actors, while some probate attorneys warned it could sweep too broadly and affect legitimate heir-finding services; the sponsor said he was open to further discussion and written recommendations. Substitute House Bill 2543 would update county clerk fees to match new appellate court rules and modernize outdated references such as CDs; county clerks and county officials supported it as a technical, cost-recovery measure. Finally, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 would create a standalone gross misdemeanor for false identification as a peace officer, replacing part of the criminal impersonation statute and adding prohibitions on badges, vehicles, and attire that mimic law enforcement, with exceptions for lawful, artistic, and inherited items. The sponsor, the governor’s office, and a city representative supported it as a public-safety and trust measure, citing impersonation incidents and protections for immigrant communities. The committee also began hearing Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2532 on nitrous oxide, which would make it a gross misdemeanor to sell or distribute nitrous oxide canisters for personal use while exempting medical, veterinary, dental, food, industrial, and automotive uses; members questioned how the law would be enforced and whether additional controlled-substance treatment would be needed. No votes were taken during the hearing excerpts provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Research out of our center reveals that beyond seeking help with their schoolwork, youth are using AI
• Vast empirical evidence makes clear that Washington's youth require additional assistance with their
• Finally, this bill proposes several interventions with minimal to no empirical grounding.
• These intentional and deceptive design practices targeting vulnerable youth would never be allowed to
• Stormwater treatment is the only intervention that we know today that can reduce 6 PPD.

Bills: SB5984 , SB6119 , SB6076

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: artificial intelligence, chatbots, regulation, technology, consumer protection, pollutants, tire regulation, 6PPD, environment, public safety, SB 6076, consumer-owned utilities, public utility districts, municipal procurement, competitive bidding, public works, clean energy, renewable energy, nonemitting generation, energy storage

Transcript Highlights:

• So I like opening this up and saying, hey, look, this is what's right for the youth, the students.
• In other words, if there's a child that needs parental intervention, that is absolutely what we do, and
• I strongly believe that teachers at all levels, but especially with our youth, are the backbone of our
• Our high school removed the CIR critical intervention required academic label this past year.
• It's a strategic intervention and enrichment day.

Bills: HB624 , HB1022 , HB1203 , SB82 , SB206 , SB305 , SB376 , SB441

Committee: House Education

Keywords: school safety, emergency operations plan, crisis management, active shooter, drills, training, classroom security, primary health services, behavioral health, school health providers, medical necessity, student health care, education, school week, instructional time, public schools, performance score, student athletes, cardiovascular health, sudden cardiac arrest