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• We don't intend tomorrow to walk line by line, page by page, of the bill.
• , and then the lower tan-colored line is the prior ADM.
• <00:08:08.879> the line and then the lower uh line the line and then the lower uh line the
• surplus. That's your goal. surplus. That's your goal.
• You watch you should have a surplus.

Keywords: 916, all

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• There's $250,000 primary coverage, $500,000; the next line of coverage comes from the PCF, and that's
• If we went to a traditional insurance company along these lines, the usual expenses would lead to at
• I think we should be thinking along the lines that the PCF needs to be operated not like a line item
• So we, as the statute requires, can keep them informed about where we're going along these lines.
• If we are paying the PCF surplus and back pay, it sounds like we did pay that.

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• Total annual... ...a line of credit over a period of time.
• the trend lines.
• Go line your car... ...him, like I think one senator said, go buy a rim, $750.50. Go line your car.
• They don't jump the line, even though it's a court order.
• They don't jump the line, even though it's a court order.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And we don't need to collect any more than that because with collecting that amount puts us in surplus
• amount puts because with collecting that amount puts us<00:15:01.760> in<00:15:02.000> surplus
• to where we're in an us in surplus to where we're in an annual<00:15:03.760> or<00:15:04.000>
• On the right-hand side, you see that top line was the state paying for almost all the cost, and that
• /c><01:03:35.280> the<01:03:35.680> premium The total required revenue in that first line

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:35 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:55 Approval of Minutes: 00:02:56 Deferred Compensation Authority Update: 00:03:12 Retiree Health Update - TRS: 00:15:58 Retiree Health Update - KPPA: 00:56:13 Adjournment: 01:08:10, 958, all

Summary: The Public Pension Oversight Board met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and heard updates from the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority and the Teachers Retirement System. The deferred compensation update highlighted continued growth in assets to about $4.787 billion and roughly 88,000 participants, strong retention from auto-enrollment, a marketing campaign tied to pay raises that generated additional participation, and a new self-directed brokerage account expected to launch July 1 of the coming year for participants with at least a $40,000 balance, allowing up to 25% of their account to be moved into the brokerage window. The director also described the free financial planning service, which has been used by about 3,500 participants with a high return rate, and said the plan is currently in a fee holiday; if fees are charged, they are capped at $237 per year for most participants. Members asked questions about who provides the CFP service, the fee structure, and the brokerage eligibility threshold. The director said the CFP service is provided through the authority’s service bundle with Nationwide, not as a separate paid service, and explained that the fee cap and current fee holiday are intended to keep the program low-cost. Board members praised the deferred compensation program’s performance and asked for a copy of the legislation referenced in the presentation. TRS then presented on retired teachers’ health insurance. Barnes first clarified how declining federal contributions for federally funded school positions affect the retirement annuity trust, explaining that if those federal dollars fall, the amounts would need to be covered through the SEEK formula and that the projection for those contributions is about $80 million over the next three years. He then reviewed TRS retiree health coverage, distinguishing between KEHP for retirees under 65 or not Medicare-eligible and MEHP for Medicare-eligible retirees, and explained that TRS recently completed RFPs for both prescription drug and medical coverage. TRS will keep Express Scripts for prescription drugs, but will move the Medicare Advantage medical plan from UnitedHealthcare to Humana on January 1, 2026, while keeping the plan design, provider access, and out-of-pocket structure largely unchanged, with a new hearing-aid benefit of $500 per ear. Barnes also reported the 2026 premium and contribution changes: the maximum TRS contribution toward KEHP will rise to $1,144.96 from $930.76, an 18% increase that he said will require roughly $15 million to $16 million more in the state budget, while the MEHP premium will drop to $200 per month from $210. He said the TRS board has statutory authority to set these amounts and that the changes will have mixed actuarial effects, with the KEHP increase being negative overall and the MEHP decrease positive.

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• And now this mistake has been found, and we have, I won't use the word surplus.
• And now this mistake has been found, and we have, I won't use the word surplus.
• Having $265.7 million on the bottom line gives us additional cushion.
• So yes, I think $265.7 million on the bottom line gives us additional cushion.
• And was that in line with the other retirement funds in the state? Yes.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• So how do you get a surplus with a deficit?
• year it's a different amount, either a surplus or a deficit.
• Okay, and so what year did you have a surplus and no deficit? 2023 and 2024?
• Then those two years after that we've had surplus, so right now it's maybe a $1.2 million surplus at
• the fourth line the fourth line uh100<02:50:51.160> you<02:50:51.359> show<02:50:51.760

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• they only get the 80/20 split that 5% somewhat as a bonus during years that we hit that $18 million surplus
• in perpetuity, they only get the 80/20 split as a bonus during years that we hit that $18 million surplus
• The first instance of amendment is page one, line one through 11.
• die in the line of duty after the bill die in the line of duty after the bill passes<01:09:54.400>
• Previously, both needed to, but this puts it in line with the federal law.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• again, has been worked out down at Mar-a-Lago Hotel over the last two months or so, where a conga line
• And this — a week ago Friday The Budget Committee, on a party-line vote, the Republicans produced their
• Unfortunately, we couldn't get it over the line in the Senate in time.
• Unfortunately, we couldn't get it over the line in the Senate in time.
• I stand here before you just three generational lines removed from slavery.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 24, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The funding is in the prepaid long-term care capitation payment line.
• long-term care services, are in the budget, as you asked for, really in that long-term care prepaid line
• are still promoting 211, because we find that people will call 211, which in fact is also a crisis line
• And so that's kind of a line we have to straddle about safety and engagement.
• funding in advance as opposed to waiting until the contract is in place, maybe six months down the line

Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee held a panel discussion on Florida’s mental health and substance abuse system, with representatives from DCF, AHCA, two managing entities, and two providers describing how the state’s behavioral health network is funded and operated. Members focused on the implementation of prior legislative investments, especially the $50 million in recurring funding from Representative Maney’s bill and the earlier $126 million community behavioral health appropriation. Witnesses said the newer funds were used mainly for crisis beds, discharge planning, outpatient services, regional collaboratives, and a USF Marchman Act report, while the larger behavioral health appropriation supported CAT, FACT, FIT, forensic teams, residential and outpatient services, and crisis care, with most dollars going directly to services and only a small share to administration. A major theme was access to crisis care and the role of mobile response teams, 988, and central receiving facilities in diverting people from Baker Act admissions and reducing readmissions. DCF and providers said mobile response teams have expanded, are being used to de-escalate crises and connect people to care, and have shown strong diversion results and reductions in Baker Acts in some regions. Members also asked about waitlists, children in crisis, and how to handle people without housing or support; providers said discharge planning is individualized but often constrained by homelessness, transportation, and a lack of safe placements, and several witnesses identified housing as one of the biggest barriers to recovery and stability. The committee also examined provider sustainability, reimbursement, and funding gaps. Witnesses described delays caused by contract timing, cost allocation rules, and Medicaid reimbursement rates that do not always keep pace with labor and operating costs, especially for smaller providers and rural networks. DCF and AHCA said managing entities can provide advances, retroactive rate adjustments, and technical assistance, and that Medicaid managed care plans have network standards and complaint/dispute processes. Members raised concerns about a reported $7 million loss in federal non-sustainable funds, provider closures, and whether there is a formal ombudsman process for disputes; DCF said the federal reductions were known and tied to one-time funds, and that the department generally handles provider issues informally while working with managing entities to preserve continuity of care.

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• Same situation: we heard it as a striker in Appropriations to make sure it can get across the finish line
• Same situation: we heard it as a striker in Appropriations to make sure it can get across the finish line
• Same situation: striker in Appropriations to make sure it can get across the finish line.
• The Senate amended the bill to prohibit county certification of any new surplus emission reduction credits

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate and House bills, many of them on consent or with strike-everything amendments. Topics included advanced air mobility for border security (SB 1457), raising the off-highway vehicle weight limit to 3,500 pounds while striking a proposed law enforcement fund (SB 1519), school property leases and a trampoline court safety citation change (HB 2383), electronic monitoring in health care facilities (SB 1041), dental school complaint handling and board jurisdiction limits (SB 1168), pharmacist-authorized testing and HIV prevention guidance (SB 1713), school district insurance/self-insurance requirements (SB 1497), reporting-requirement cleanup for education statutes (HB 2203), historic neighborhood housing zoning (SB 1118), construction contract payment protections in revitalization districts (SB 1189), timeshare salesperson licensing (SB 1274), workers’ compensation notice and recordkeeping (SB 1428), property tax disability exemption clarifications (HB 2120), insurance modeling/data organization requirements (HB 2174), HOA rules on chickens and pet breed restrictions (SB 1582), first responder death benefits for law enforcement pilots (SB 1503), and changes to virtual veterinary prescribing periods (SB 1286). Members generally asked clarifying questions, and several sponsors were said to intend to concur or refuse amendments, with HB 2010 headed to conference because the sponsor would not accept the Senate’s five-year refund window. On the second calendar, the committee heard HB 2176 on health facility complaint investigations, allowing DHS to investigate older complaints involving alleged abuse; HB 2050 on radiologic technologists and radiologist assistants, restoring direct supervision requirements with limited general-supervision exceptions; HB 2010 on digital goods, where the Senate reduced a refund window from 10 years to five and the sponsor planned to refuse; HB 2875 on unmanned aircraft, expanding airport drone-delivery buffer rules from one mile to two and a half miles and requiring airport consultation; HB 2428 on county certification of emission reduction credits, clarifying participation is voluntary and limiting new credits if fleet participation becomes mandatory; and HB 2877, which was struck and replaced with a veterinary technician certification pathway requiring 4,000 supervised work hours and allowing nonprofit curriculum evidence. Several members noted support or opposition based on prior votes or policy concerns, but no roll-call votes were taken in the caucus itself.

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• :09:16.120> increase<00:09:16.600> this<00:09:16.800> budget<00:09:17.120> line
• 00:09:17.399> item<00:09:17.720> in<00:09:17.959> our to increase this budget line
• item in our to increase this budget line item in our individual<00:09:19.160> Cy's<00:09:19.519
• The proposed cut of $218 million over four years cuts deeper than the top line would appear.
• uh $355 million surplus at the end<01:26:33.040> of<01:26:33.159> the<01:26:33.320>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But what we do on a monthly basis, we look at every accounting unit and we look at every class line,
• <00:25:04.880> statement<00:25:05.360> which the state's surplus statement which the
• state's surplus statement which represents<00:25:06.240> the<00:25:06.640> document<00
• <01:03:34.960> That's move across state lines for that.
• That's move across state lines for that.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including roll call and approval of the prior meeting minutes, with one member abstaining because of absence and one member opposing. The main informational items were a Department of Health and Human Services update on the rural health transformation grant and a public health briefing on vaccines, followed by a quarterly budget and staffing update and an annual report from the Permanent Subcommittee on Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Related Dementias. Commissioner Lori Weaver reported that the department submitted the rural health transformation grant application on November 4, described it as reflecting input from communities and providers statewide, and said CMS review and budget negotiations would follow before final approval on December 31. She said the grant could support hiring as long as administrative costs stay within the 10% cap, and that the governor’s office will oversee administration with HHS. Ian Watt then testified that New Hampshire remains committed to vaccine access, including through the universal purchase program and annual respiratory virus guidance for flu, RSV, and COVID-19. He said the state continues to use evidence-based review for vaccine policy, noted the CDC’s change regarding the combined MMRV vaccine for the first dose in young children, and said New Hampshire’s school vaccine mandates remain at nine for schoolchildren and 10 for child care, with statutory exemptions still in place. Department staff also said there have been no supply or funding problems affecting childhood vaccine access. Nathan White, the department’s CFO, reviewed the DHHS budget and vacancy trends. He said DHHS makes up a large share of the state budget, that about 31% of its budget is general funds subject to lapse, and that lapse projections are difficult because much of the budget is driven by utilization rather than personnel. He reported current projected general fund lapse of just under $20 million, compared with about $39 million in the statewide surplus statement, and explained that only about a third of DHHS general funds can actually lapse because of statutory restrictions. He also said the department has about 400 unfunded positions, contributing to roughly a $30 million general fund reduction across the biennium, and that the hiring freeze has pushed vacancy trends upward while critical direct-care positions are being prioritized. The Alzheimer’s subcommittee reported six meetings this year, presentations on state services, silver alerts, brain health awareness, and palliative/hospice care, and work toward a new state Alzheimer’s plan. The subcommittee is developing a needs-assessment survey for people living with dementia, caregivers, and service providers, with the goal of using the results and other data sources to inform the plan. Its recommendations focus on integrating Alzheimer’s and dementia materials into chronic disease and aging outreach, embedding brain health into systems of care, adding cognitive health measures to BRFSS, and continuing partnerships with statewide organizations. Members also discussed recent research and prevention efforts, and the committee noted that a separate bill is being pursued to include Alzheimer’s and dementia in existing public health awareness campaigns.

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• <00:24:18.480> of say we have six or seven main lines of say we have six or seven main lines
• It ultimately can go to the bottom line. Yeah, it increases surplus for the insurance carrier.
• It ultimately can go to the bottom line. Yeah, it increases surplus for the insurance carrier.
• ultimately it can go to the bottom line. ultimately it can go to the bottom line.
• it increases surplus for the insurance<00:28:24.720> carrier.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I appreciate that you were willing to work on this and put that bottom line on this for September 1st
• I appreciate that you were willing to work on this and put that bottom line on this for September 1st
• appreciate that we have a a bottom line appreciate that we have a a bottom line saying<00:22:38.880
• line on new<02:24:48.319> mandates.
• Because a dollar that's in a surplus account is not helping a student in any way, shape, or form.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• League Baseball team as the Anaheim Angels if the city of Anaheim is granted an exemption to the Surplus
• I want to be very clear: this bill does not grant a Surplus Lands Act exemption, but takes steps to ensure
• The bill brings California in line with other states by limiting liability to fault.
• The bill brings California in line with other states by a limiting liability to fault. AB 2361.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer from Rabbi Mona Alfie, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber then held its first official Jewish American Heritage Month ceremony, beginning with Assembly Concurrent Resolution 195 by Assembly Member Gabriel. Gabriel and several colleagues from multiple caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing Jewish Californians’ contributions, the diversity of the Jewish community, solidarity with other communities, and opposition to anti-Semitism. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 67 co-authors were added, and the Assembly then recognized 14 honorees for their service and leadership in California. After the ceremony, members offered guest introductions and the body moved to floor business. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 9 by Assembly Member Bonta, which would add affordability as a required factor in CPUC rate-making, remove telecommunications from the CPUC, create an Office of Broadband, and expand legislative appointments to the commission, was adopted. The Assembly also passed AB 1697 delaying implementation of a 2025 labor law, AB 2322 on stormwater permit definitions, AB 1653 on pupil instruction, AB 2274 and AB 2273 on criminal justice and child sexual abuse-related prosecutorial practices, AB 2512 on Anaheim Angels naming language tied to a potential land exemption, AB 1956 on suicide prevention for young men and boys, AB 1809 on job order contracting, AB 1970 banning step therapy for serious mental illness and substance use disorder medications, AB 1973 expanding authority for advanced practice clinicians, and AB 2055 on vessel law modernization. The Assembly also adopted ACR 186 designating May as California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month and H.R. 111 recognizing the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia, after extensive debate reflecting both support and criticism over LGBTQ rights and parental rights issues. Several measures were passed with recorded votes, while some items were passed and retained on file or continued. The transcript ends as the Assembly was moving into AB 2059, a CEQA-related bill on rural transportation projects, with the sponsor describing it as a narrow exemption for 21 rural counties.

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• To Senator Rest's question, question, question, line<00:31:12.760> 1.21 line 1.21 line 1.21 references
• am in line am in line to<00:48:15.720> be<00:48:15.880> nominated<00:48:16.640>
• on the bottom line for 2026-2027. on the bottom line for 2026-2027.
• of surplus of surplus uh<00:59:23.680> into<00:59:24.120> 2028-2029.
• So, here here's the bottom line on this. So, here here's the bottom line on this.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• on the Department of Insurance and would allow the California Fair Plan to access bonds, loans, and lines
• We cannot find insurance coverage in the traditional are not emitted surplus line markets with the increasing

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'm here; you can hear some people talking about this bill against it, but the bottom line of what this
• the case of some claims, you might receive a dispute of that payment years later, even after the surplus
• c><01:43:26.480> the payment years later even after the payment years later even after the Surplus
• That results in obviously lower payments and, at the end of the year, with hopefully a surplus, which
• which is then with hopefully a surplus which is then returned<01:46:41.080> back<01:46:41.239

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• principles of liberty in this country, what we'd recommend is that we're sitting on a $24 billion surplus
• Patrol pulled them off the border line to process their asylum claims, leaving huge gaps in the border

Bills: SB9, SB1047, SB1048, SJR17, SJR49, SB40, SJR1, SJR5, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 1

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

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• This is the A10 after line one. Insert.
• This is the 27 after line 13, insert. This is the A12<00:47:41.839> amendment.
• Page 26 after line one, insert. follows. Page 26 after line one, insert.
• Uh and on 31, it's it's uh line page 41.
• to comply with that section in uh line to comply with that section in uh line 41.4?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all