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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/23/2026 - House Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, when I was in law school, we studied the issue, and it appears that schools, for example, have
- All the 50 states compel attendance at schools, which would be a violation to compel an adult who's not
- The school jurisprudence on searching lockers, for example, is settled.
- Schools have the ability to search lockers even though, again, that would normally be in violation of
Summary:
The committee considered a series of bills and resolutions for constitutional and proper-form review, with Tim Fleming from the Rules Attorney’s Office flagging potential issues and suggesting floor amendments in several cases. House Bill 2313, dealing with teachers’ strikes and work stoppages, was found to raise a pension-rights problem under the state constitution because it could diminish retirement benefits; the suggested fix was to remove the words “or former employment.” The committee also reviewed House Bill 2697 on opioid overdose emergencies and related immunity provisions, House Bill 2912 concerning Corporation Commission review of integrated resource plans for electric utilities, House Bill 2991 on parental consent for minors’ social media accounts, House Bill 4010 regulating genetic counselors and conscience protections, and House Bill 4115 and HCR 2051 regarding petition circulator identification requirements. In each of those measures, the rules attorney identified constitutional concerns tied to anti-abrogation, separation of powers/rate-making authority, First Amendment issues, or lawsuit-threat language, but indicated proposed amendments could resolve them.
Members asked questions and debated the constitutional analysis, especially on HB 2912 and HB 2991. On HB 2912, one member argued the bill concerned policy and modeling rather than rate-setting, while others noted the complexity of the commission’s authority. On HB 2991, the sponsor said the measure had been under negotiation for months and was intended to avoid constitutional conflict, though the rules attorney said the First Amendment case law was not yet well developed. For HB 4010, the committee focused on a provision that could prohibit threatening a lawsuit against a genetic counselor, which the attorney said should be removed. For HB 4115 and HCR 2051, the attorney cited Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation as a reason to delete the petition-circulator name-disclosure requirement.
The committee voted to recommend each of the individually discussed measures as constitutional and in proper form, generally by 4-2 votes with two absent, including HB 2313, HB 2697, HB 2912, HB 2991, HB 4010, and HB 4115/HCR 2051. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved a large mass motion covering many additional bills and resolutions, and that package was recommended by a 6-0 vote with two absent. The meeting then adjourned.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee - 2026-02-09
Transcript Highlights:
- fund is used for The fund is used for the administration and payment of grants for launch for high school
- Or they never went to school, or they got booted out because they didn't stay up to what they were supposed
- to award it all, but the kids didn't pick it up, or their plans changed, or they got kicked out of school
- The kids didn't pick it up, or their plans changed, or they got kicked out of school because they didn't
- So public schools, state board of education, health and human services, public safety, the Judicial Branch
Summary:
The joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee met to consider several FY 2026 and FY 2027 cash transfers and then began reviewing maintenance budget language for FY 2027. The first transfer moved $33.745 million from the permanent building fund to the general fund. Keith Bybee and Lori Wolf explained the money was tied to canceled or stalled capital projects, including the Carnegie Library purchase/renovation, juvenile corrections facility additions, an Idaho State Police district facility, IDOC reentry-related projects, and an ISU pedestrian crossing. Senator Wintrow raised concerns that some projects remained important, but the committee approved the transfer 18-2 and sent it with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then approved a $15 million transfer from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the general fund and a $10 million transfer from the In-Demand Careers Fund to the general fund, both with due pass recommendations. Members asked whether there were eligible students waiting for In-Demand Careers grants and whether the transfer would reduce aid availability; staff said the fund had a large cash balance relative to current obligations and that some money had been returned or remained unclaimed. The committee also approved a FY 2027 In-Demand Careers transfer of $10 million, but only after awards are obligated and reconciled on December 31, 2026, or as soon thereafter as practicable, reflecting concerns about preserving student aid while allowing unused balances to revert.
After the cash-transfer votes, the committee shifted to maintenance budget work for FY 2027. Bybee explained that the packet contained the standard clear language for the maintenance bills, but the reporting structure in the budget database had been disrupted by the many adjustments, so staff would do additional testing before final numbers were circulated. He walked members through the table of contents and examples of the language, noting that maintenance budgets have only existed for three years and generally contain less controversial statutory language, though workgroups could still consider adding intent language. The committee was told that workgroups for General Government and Natural Resources would begin, with additional lunch meetings possible, and the meeting adjourned until the next morning.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary, Rules & Administration - 2026-02-05
Judiciary, Rules and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- The argument was that if we put our kids in school together at the same time, we now have freshmen with
- If we put our kids in school together at the same time, we now have freshmen with seniors, and for whatever
- boy, and they turn 18 when they’re still 14, but if it’s a one-day gap, we put five years to cover school
- This use of social media is fairly prevalent for high school-age students, which is why we see a fairly
- This use of social media is fairly prevalent for high school age students, which is why we see a fairly
Committee:
House Judiciary, Rules and Administration
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- While in high school, Betsy traveled to Washington, D.C., to join the Poor People's Campaign, a movement
- degree at the University of Iowa, studying art and dance and working two jobs to put himself through school
- 2010, he was named Covina Citizen of the Year, and in 2015, he was inducted into the Covina High School
- Deputy Mayor Brenda Shockley, and Karen Bass's Office of Economic Opportunity, Inglewood Unified School
- Atkinson, family friend Cherise Rhodes, Niece Corinne Atkinson, family friend Cherise Rhodes, Pasadena school
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and welcomed a visiting Quebec National Assembly official, Matu Lemay, who was introduced as a special envoy discussing California-Quebec environmental collaboration. The body also approved Senate journals, suspended Joint Rule 62A to allow certain bills to be heard in Appropriations on short notice, and deemed gubernatorial and Assembly messages read.
The chamber then considered three gubernatorial appointments. Courtney Welch was confirmed to the California Housing Partnership Corporation Board of Directors by a 29-1 vote, Janessa Goldbeck was confirmed to the California Veterans Board by a 28-2 vote, and Tom Huntington was confirmed to the State Parks and Recreation Commission by a 28-0 vote. The Senate also adopted the consent calendar, including Senate Bill 607, by a 37-0 vote.
The remainder of the session was devoted to adjournment memories honoring Elizabeth Betsy Hammer Carr, Alberto Ronel, William Louis McIntyre Jr., and Joy Atkinson. Senators highlighted each individual’s public service, community leadership, activism, and family legacy, with particular emphasis on Carr’s labor and housing advocacy, Ronel’s health care and behavioral health work, McIntyre’s business and civic contributions, and Atkinson’s leadership development work for African American women in public life. The Senate then announced its next floor session and recessed.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- While in high school, Betsy traveled to Washington, D.C., to join the Poor People's Campaign, a movement
- degree at the University of Iowa, studying art and dance and working two jobs to put himself through school
- 2010, he was named Covina Citizen of the Year, and in 2015, he was inducted into the Covina High School
- Deputy Mayor Brenda Shockley, and Karen Bass's Office of Economic Opportunity, Inglewood Unified School
- family friend Cherise Rhodes, Niece Corinne Atkinson, family friend Cherise Rhodes, and Pasadena school
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- WE ARE THE TOP STATE IN AMERICA FOR SCHOOL CHOICE. AND OUR SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM HAS CHANGED LIVES.
- THORN, HER SON THORN ATTENDS THE JACKSONVILLE SCHOOL FOR AUTISM SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT
- OUR UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM WORKS.
- WE CODIFIED PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION AND ELIMINATED GENDER IDEOLOGY FROM SCHOOLS AND CREATED A LAW
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-04 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are the top state in America for school choice. And our school choice program has changed lives.
- Thorn, her son Thorn attends the Jacksonville School for Autism simply because of the scholarship that
- Our universal school choice program works.
- We eliminated gender ideology from schools and created a law enforcement bonus and scholarship program
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2378, school facilities oversight board members. Education. Thank you.
- HB 2378, school facilities oversight board members.
- By threatening investigations and penalties, this bill makes hospitals, schools, daycare centers, and
- HB 2076, school safety employee certification policies. Education.
- HB 2110, school governing bodies meetings prayer. Education.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Mar 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- One provision required child welfare workers to verify that foster youth in middle school and high school
- We need an office that can work with school districts, K-12.
- So, again, I'll stick with my example here: we need response from school districts and schools on making
- Gonzalez. tutoring and school outings.
- We will even have trouble keeping our schools open by that time.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held an informational hearing on child welfare, foster care, child support, and related prevention efforts. The chair opened by emphasizing mandated reporting reform, foster care system improvements, and community-based prevention, and noted that no votes would be taken. Public testimony focused first on mandated reporting, where a lived-experience advocate and several organizations argued that the current system overreports families, especially Black, Native, and Latino families, causes trauma, and should be reformed through standardized training, clearer thresholds, and stronger community supports rather than more hotline referrals. Casey Family Programs cited data showing nearly 90% of reports are unsubstantiated, while CDSS said it is already forming a Mandated Reporting Advisory Committee, updating training, and exploring community pathways and possible changes to the list of mandated reporters. CWDA and SEIU supported training and alternative response concepts but stressed child safety, county capacity, funding, and the need for careful implementation and accountability.
The committee then discussed a proposal to create a foster care multi-agency office within the California Health and Human Services Agency, led by a chief foster youth advocate with authority to coordinate across departments. Advocates said foster youth often need services from education, health, housing, and behavioral health systems that do not coordinate well, and argued that a central office with real authority could improve placement stability and access to services. CDSS responded that existing structures already provide coordination, including AB 2083 interagency teams, the Child Welfare Council, complex care steering committees, and the foster care ombudsperson, but said it was open to technical assistance. Members raised concerns about whether the new office would have enough authority and funding to avoid becoming another layer of bureaucracy, and the chair emphasized the need for real “teeth” and better interagency action.
The final major topic was the continuation and expansion of Promise Neighborhoods. A community leader described strong early results from the state-funded neighborhoods, including improved kindergarten readiness, reduced chronic absenteeism, higher graduation rates, food access, housing supports, and mental health services, but warned that current funding sunsets in June 2025 and that a fiscal cliff could jeopardize staff and services. CDSS said the four funded neighborhoods have reported positive outcomes and valuable flexibility, but also noted challenges with one-time funding, student mental health, and long-term planning. Assemblymember Mia Bonta urged continued investment, saying the place-based model is difficult to rebuild once lost, and the chair asked LAO to help identify the minimum funding needed to preserve the existing infrastructure while evaluation results are still pending.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 27th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- I apologize because I'm not schooled in every one of those.
- So we're responsible. school for feeding five million school meals a day.
- But when a school does mitigation or when they find they have lead.
- One day between high school.
- School and college, I was complaining to her about how difficult my life was.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- through on the EFA program to look at how and what expenditures are allowed for homeschool and private school
- decreasing, to what Representative Wooten said, to $8,030 because $300 paid by the state on behalf of school
- For adequacy fund, we spend almost $600 million a year out of adequacy into public school fund, which
- include the maternity leave for any of the other categoricals that are in there that are going to schools
- include the maternity leave for any of the other categoricals that are in there that are going to schools
Committee:
All JBC-PERSONNEL
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
JBC-CLAIMS Apr 14th, 2026
JBC-CLAIMS REVIEW/LITIGATION REPORTS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- The money that we pay in property taxes widely goes to schools.
- The money that we send back through excess proceeds does not go to schools.
- Yeah, it's not, so we're not making a school district whole by sending back excess proceeds.
- So we're not making a school district whole by sending back excess proceeds to the county, and maybe
- not sending them to public schools, why?
Summary:
The Joint Budget Committee’s Claims Review and Litigation Reports Oversight Subcommittee met to consider two proposed Department of Corrections litigation settlements and one appealed claim from the Claims Commission. The first settlement, Caroline Arnett v. Larry Norris et al., involved allegations of long-term sexual abuse by a corrections employee. Committee members asked about PREA audits, facility practices, and whether the inmate had been placed at the proper facility. The department said audits and other safeguards were underway, and the committee approved the settlement. The second settlement, Latasha Ridgel v. Arkansas Department of Corrections, also involved sexual harassment/assault allegations. Members questioned the seven-year delay in the case and whether the issue was systemic; the department cited attorney turnover, COVID delays, and legislative changes making inmate exposure a felony. The committee approved that settlement as well.
The committee then heard an appeal in Sharon Greer and Deanna Hayes v. Commissioner of State Lands, a denied and dismissed claim involving a tax-delinquent sale of family property in Crittenden County. Staff and the Commissioner of State Lands’ office said the property was certified in 2000, sold in 2009 after notice was sent, and that excess proceeds were available for a limited period before escheating to the county. The claimants argued they were not properly notified of the sale or the excess proceeds and only learned of the matter in 2025 after receiving the deed at a family funeral. Committee members discussed the notice process, statute of limitations, and the handling of excess proceeds, with several noting the issue may call for legislative review rather than relief in this case.
After debate, the committee voted to affirm the Claims Commission’s dismissal of the Greer/Hayes claim. Members also discussed broader concerns about how excess proceeds from tax sales are handled and whether the current statutory process should be revisited in future legislation.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- certain written disclosures' to allow George Haruza's bill that deals with political subdivisions in schools
- facility will be used.' ...functions or sports for which the building or facility will be used by the school
- If such school board approval plan is not executed within two years of the plan's approval, such unused
- disclosures, and we added in Representative Faruze's bill around the sale of the deeds of public schools
- It's, in fact, you know, when you go back to law school, it's called the case in controversy.
Committee:
House Commerce
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 03/31/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have young children from the presidents of the different schools in District 29 here today to visit
- These are young people, actually the presidents or civic leaders in their schools.
- As some of you know, I have been trying to get civics back in our schools.
- LIU, WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN FROM OUR PRESIDENTS OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 29 HERE TODAY TO
- THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE, ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENTS OR CIVIC LEADERS IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and then took up a Rules Committee report advancing several bills directly to third reading, including Senate Print 9630, an appropriations extender for government operations, and Senate Print 9631, an extender related to Part U1 of Chapter 61 of the Laws of 2023. The chamber then moved to the controversial calendar and debated the first extender, with Senator O’Mara questioning what the bill covered, how much funding it extended, and the status of budget negotiations. Senator Krueger said the extender covered about $1 billion for payroll and certain payments for agencies including Health, Law, OPWDD, and Veterans Services through April 7, and described the budget talks as still unresolved, with no announced follow-up Joint Budget Conference Committee meetings or table targets. She also discussed utility affordability proposals, including a three-year moratorium on A.I. and crypto data/storage facilities and support for green energy and low-income ratepayer relief. O’Mara argued the lack of urgency and absence of written proposals on climate and utility costs was concerning. Both extender bills were then passed, with the first receiving 59 ayes and the second passing 46-13 after debate over its two-year duration.
The Senate then adopted the resolution calendar, excluding two items initially, and took up two resolutions. Resolution 1821, sponsored by Senator Ramos, recognized Farmworkers Day and highlighted the essential role of farmworkers, the history of organizing for farmworker rights, and concerns about immigrant workers facing fear and retaliation; Senator May added support, noting the importance of farm labor to dairy production and food supply and the impact of deportation fears on farms in her district. The resolution was adopted. Resolution 1823, sponsored by Senator Zellner, proclaimed March 20, 2026 as Behavior Analysis Day in New York, recognizing applied behavior analysis and its benefits for individuals with developmental disabilities, autism, education, healthcare, and other fields; it was also adopted.
The chamber also welcomed a group of students from Queens visiting Albany, with Senator Comrie speaking about the importance of civics education and government engagement. After the introductions and acknowledgments, there was no further business, and the Senate adjourned until Wednesday, April 1, at 11:00 a.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Capping Property Taxes to Increase Affordability – Senator Michael Kreun Mar 13th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This wouldn't apply to school districts. They have their own version of this already.
- This wouldn't apply to school districts. They have their own version of this already.
- This wouldn't apply to school districts. They have their own version of this already.
- This wouldn't apply to school<00:02:12.239><c> districts.
- They have their own school districts.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Today's color guard is composed of Senate pages Aritrika Paul, a student at Eastlake High School from
- Sammamish, and Nathaniel Myers, a student at Garfield High School from Seattle.
- At Garfield High School from Seattle. They will now present the colors.
- distinct privilege and honor to point out a group of outstanding students from Horizon Elementary School
- distinct privilege and honor to point out a group of outstanding students from Horizon Elementary School
Keywords:
returning bills to house of origin, sine die, end of session, legislative procedure, Rules Committee, third reading, unfinished business, pending bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint memorials, special session, bill numbering, legislative records, House of Representatives, Washington Legislature, session adjournment, procedural resolution
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Ananya Lakaraju, and I am a junior at Hamilton High School who has been conducting research
- “Where do you go to school?” “I go to Hamilton High School.”
- to AI and technology specifically, I think that my first introduction to programming was in middle school
- through VEX Robotics, which we did at my middle school called Arizona College Prep.
- whole field of AI and biology, especially after taking an AP Bio class my sophomore year of high school
Committee:
House Science & Technology
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Marzan, a Sacramento native and Elk Grove High School grad and Army reservist.
- A Sacramento native and Elk Grove High School grad and Army reservist who was killed on March 1 in a
- Judge Clay is a graduate of the law school and retired from the Alameda County Superior Court in 2024
- He is an attorney and a graduate from the law school.
- start times...” ...to support moving school start times to protect the importance of more sleep for
Summary:
The Senate convened with quorum, observed a moment of silence for Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, and heard a prayer and pledge. Senator Perez introduced representatives of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, highlighting the organization’s community role and estimated economic impact from the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl. The chamber then approved the Senate journals and confirmed three gubernatorial appointments: C.N.R. Lomeli to the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, and C. Don Clay and Joshua Pertula to the University of California College of Law, San Francisco Board of Directors. All three confirmations passed by unanimous roll call votes.
The Senate adopted several resolutions. SCR 120 by Senator Grayson designated the first week of March as National Consumer Protection Week and March 5 as Slam the Scam Day, with support from Senators Choi and Becker emphasizing scam awareness, senior fraud, data broker concerns, and consumer education; it passed 36-0. Grayson also introduced law enforcement and Secret Service representatives involved in recovering a Pleasant Hill resident’s $350,000 lost to a cryptocurrency scam. SCR 126 by Senator Grove proclaimed March 9, 2026, as Special Olympics Day in California and passed 35-0, with remarks from Grayson about the organization’s impact and personal connection. SR 79 by Senator Nilo designated the week of March 8 as Sleep Health Awareness Week, focusing on the health risks of sleep deprivation and daylight saving time; it passed by unanimous roll call. SCR 135 by Senator Laird declared the first week of March as Peace Corps Week, with support from Senator Choi reflecting on Peace Corps service and its global impact; it also passed unanimously. SR 83 by Senator McNerney recognized March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, stressing early screening and disparities in outcomes; it passed unanimously.
After the resolutions, McNerney introduced colorectal cancer advocates and survivors who were present in the chamber. The Senate then moved to adjournment in memory, with Majority Leader Ashby honoring Paul McAley, father of lobbyist Chris McAley, and Senator Rubio honoring Robert Uyoha of Chino, a Navy veteran and longtime community servant. The session concluded with notice that the Senate would reconvene on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 9 a.m., with recess until 3:30 p.m. for the adjournment motion.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee - 2026-03-05
Transcript Highlights:
- Millennium funds and backfilled that so that we can continue to have that SRO trainer and help support our schools
- So these are the folks that work in the schools, our student resource officers, and also I want to clarify
- restore funds to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for statewide training and coordination of school
- So these are the folks that work in the schools, our student resource officers, and also just want to
- This includes language regarding the uses of funds, community-based recovery centers, after-school programs
Summary:
The Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committee considered several FY 2027 budget items, beginning with the Idaho Judicial Branch. The committee approved an additional $3.9007 million from dedicated funds for court operations, including $800,700 from the Senior Magistrate Judge Fund, $700,000 from the Drug Court/Mental Health Court/Family Court Services Fund, $400,000 from the Substance Abuse Treatment Fund, and $2 million ongoing from the Court Technology Fund. Members noted the technology fund had grown enough to sustain the ongoing transfer, while Senator Wintrow remarked that funding for a treatment-court peer support program had not been restored. The motion passed with a do-pass recommendation.
The committee then approved a Guardian Ad Litem Division budget increase of $165,300 in general funds, including $77,900 ongoing for the Second Judicial District CASA program and $87,400 to restore a one-time FY 2027 rescission. Supporters described the CASA request as funding a trainer-recruiter position and related office costs, and several members spoke favorably about the role of guardian ad litems. The motion passed, also with a do-pass recommendation.
Members next took up the Millennium Income Fund. They approved $9,872,200 from the fund for recommendations including the Idaho Children’s Trust Fund, Youth Assessment Centers, children’s advocacy centers through the Idaho Domestic Violence Council, an additional recovery center in Kamiah, and a statewide drug awareness media campaign. A substitute motion added $30,000 one time to restore funding for statewide training and coordination of school resource officers, which passed after discussion about whether the Millennium Fund committee had been consulted. The committee then adopted maintenance and new language for the Millennium Fund items, including reporting and oversight provisions, and later adopted language for reappropriating unspent state archives move funds for the Idaho State Historical Society.
Finally, the committee approved the Idaho State Historical Society budget, adding $486,300 from dedicated funds for archival moving and OITS hardware. Members explained the move would be handled in phases and funded through dedicated sources rather than general funds. The committee also adopted statewide appropriations language making conditions, limitations, and restrictions in budget bills binding law, and adjourned after announcing the next day’s agenda.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (05/29/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
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- I did below high school and post high school students. Maybe elementary through age 24 or students.
- </c> you're looking at is high school. you're looking at is high school.
- I did um below<01:14:58.000><c> high</c><01:14:58.200><c> school</c> below high school below high school
- </c><01:15:01.720><c> Maybe</c> and post high school students. Maybe and post high school students.
Summary:
The committee met on May 29 and approved the draft minutes. DHHS Commissioner Weaver then opened the department update by asking Medicaid Director Henry Litman to brief members on federal and state Medicaid changes, and later turned to DHHS Chief Operating Officer David Weathers for an update on data governance. Members also asked that acronyms be spelled out in future materials and requested a follow-up on the federal Medicaid rule once it is published.
Litman reviewed several federal Medicaid provisions tied to HR 1/"OBBA" and related state implementation issues. He said the first major change would be restrictions on certain non-citizens’ Medicaid coverage, affecting about 400 people in New Hampshire, with notices likely 30 to 60 days before the effective date. He also discussed new work requirements/community engagement rules, saying New Hampshire is on track to implement them and will likely need a state plan amendment rather than an 1115 waiver. Other changes included shorter retroactive coverage periods, a new state option for certain community-based services with an estimated $740,000 in implementation support, a freeze and phased-down reduction in the Medicaid enhancement tax beginning in state fiscal year 2029, and limits on directed payments to hospitals after a grandfathering period. He also noted that Medicaid enrollment has fallen from pandemic-era levels, with about 167,000 people covered as of May 1, and that the department is working with CMS on child premiums and other cost-sharing changes approved in HB 2.
Committee members asked how the department could plan for the 2029 changes given the number of elections before then, and Litman said federal rules may be adjusted over time as states and stakeholders raise concerns. He emphasized planning for the worst while hoping for the best, and said rural health care transformation funding would help the state prepare. In the second presentation, Weathers explained that data governance is now embedded in DHHS operations to control access, manage reporting, and respond to risk. He defined it as managing what data is collected, how it is used, who can access it, and what laws apply, and said DHHS has moved from governance as a committee to governance as an operational process. He described privacy impact assessments for new systems going into production, monthly privacy and security training, and ongoing review of access controls and data-sharing rules.