Video & Transcript Research : 'Autism Treatment Assistance Program'

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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 11th, 2026

Appropriations

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  • can create a program in Louisiana.
  • Well, this is different because what this does is this allows LED to develop a grant program, a program
  • can create a program in Louisiana.
  • For grants, technical assistance, and any other financial assistance? Yes. Okay.
  • For grants, technical assistance, and any other financial assistance. Yes. Okay.
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 105, which would reinstate an existing TOPS Tech benefit for eligible veterans after a sunset expired. The author said the program had been underused because it was not well promoted, but that the new veterans workforce effort called “The Boot” would help connect veterans to the benefit. Members confirmed it would use existing TOPS funds and not require new money, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. House Resolution 3 asked the Louisiana Housing Corporation to study whether vacant state-owned property could be used for housing and rental assistance for cost-burdened state employees. The author described it as an exploratory study, while members raised concerns about the fiscal note and the scope of the study. Fiscal staff explained the agency had requested additional positions to do the work. The committee discussed narrowing the study to certain areas, but the resolution was ultimately reported favorably. House Bill 189 sought supplemental pay for fire protection officers at the Lakefront Management Authority’s airport. The author and airport representatives argued the firefighters perform hazardous, specialized ARFF duties at a busy public airport and should be treated like other supplemental-pay recipients. Some members questioned whether the airport and its employees qualified under existing law and whether the proposal would expand an already costly program. After debate, the committee rejected the bill on an 8-10 vote. The committee then reported Senate Bill 461 favorably, which would place certain small groups of active employees under the Office of Group Benefits to improve insurance rates without using general fund money. House Bill 623, creating a three-tier permitting system for vapor product producers, manufacturers, and wholesalers, was amended to clarify the direct-to-consumer shipment prohibition and then reported favorably. House Bill 1222, which would authorize LED to create a grocery initiative grant and assistance program to address food deserts, drew extended debate over whether it would amount to government-run grocery stores; supporters said it would only create incentives for private grocers and related assistance. It was amended and reported favorably by a 16-2 vote. Finally, House Resolution 80, as amended, would shift a proposed audit-related effort on higher education budget metrics away from the legislative auditor and toward university systems’ own boards; members questioned the need for a look-back report and the added workload, and the chair indicated he would move to recommit the resolution to the education committee.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 7th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 12th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • , undergraduate programs, especially in nursing, business, and sciences.
  • Tony Lara, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations. Marla Knobb.
  • This bill has to do with the school lunch program about healthy.
  • The Local Food for Schools program.
  • cut the local food purchase assistant co-op agreement.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 12th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

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  • THE HEALTHCARE SCREENING AND GRANT PROGRAM, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE AUTISM SCREENINGS AND REFERRALS SO
  • They will administer the autism grants program I will talk about in a few minutes.
  • Most camps and summer programs won't accept a child with autism.
  • What we want to do is have a grant program that will establish summer programs for autism, and that would
  • The student with autism needs assistance in their therapy, and we need trained individuals who know how
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 11th, 2026

State Government

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  • > spray,<00:52:04.640> I<00:52:04.880> get<00:52:04.960> a autism.
  • Every time I spray, I get a autism.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025 at 10:05 am

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • Ninety-five percent of the assistance. Focuses on the growth of small businesses.
  • HB 4944 by Moody relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide financial assistance to
  • counties for transportation assistance to indigent litigants.
  • HB 4944 by Moody relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide financial assistance to
  • counties for transportation assistance to indigent litigants.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.
HI
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  • this new program or how would that be? this new program or how would that be?
  • programs, how we can modify our program programs, how we can modify our program to<02:08:48.400>
  • funding this program.
  • . program. program.
Summary: The committee first took up HB 2611, which would prohibit algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii’s rental market, require public education by the Attorney General, and establish fines and penalties. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying its language was too unclear and could expose landlords and agents to criminal and civil liability for ordinary rent-setting practices based on public information or assistance from property professionals. Members asked about antitrust standards, tacit agreement, and whether using county-published affordable-rent schedules would be unlawful; the AG said that would not be unlawful if based on public information and without collusion. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Realtors with comments, 50501 Hawaii and General Strike Hawaii, Haloha Project, 13 individuals, and one opponent. The committee then heard HB 2102, which clarifies that residential projects involving ground disturbance in high-risk areas remain subject to state historic preservation review and removes an exemption for lands presumed nominally sensitive. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and the Department of Planning and Permitting supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity and ensure review focuses on projects most likely to affect historic properties or iwi kupuna, while also urging language refinements to better define sensitive sandy-soil areas and balance preservation with housing timelines. NAP Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing it would undo progress made last session and that the current process already includes protections for inadvertent discoveries and efficiency for lower-risk areas. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported HB 2102, explaining it was responding to beneficiary complaints about late-added language in last year’s law and saying the nominally sensitive-area language should be removed because it was adopted without sufficient stakeholder input and could be harmful to iwi kupuna protections. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and several individuals also supported the bill. Committee discussion focused on how “nominally sensitive” areas are determined, whether project proponents could self-certify areas as exempt, and how high-density residential projects should be treated; SHPD said it uses survey and monitoring data to map sensitivity, that highly sensitive areas like Kīauea are not nominally sensitive, and that some high-density projects should remain exempt if they do not involve new ground disturbance. The hearing included no final vote in the portion provided, but the chair noted 48 individuals in support and continued questioning on the bill’s definitions and implementation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/24/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/02/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

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  • Historic Preservation Act, which requires each state to have a designated office to carry out the program
  • National Historic Preservation Act requires each state to have a designated office to carry out the program
  • Federal funding program authority are contingent on the state maintaining an organizational structure
  • and we work closely with the staff of the State Historic Preservation Office and a wide range of programs
  • There's been, even the federal government has the same kind of programs that are going on there.
Summary: The House Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs considered several measures related to foreign ownership of land, historic preservation administration, and limits on the Attorney General’s nuisance authority. HCM 2005, urging Congress to study restrictions on property ownership by foreign governments operating under communism or authoritarianism, was amended unsuccessfully and then passed on a 5-3 do-pass recommendation. HB 2171, which would prohibit sales or leases of Arizona real property to persons acting on behalf of China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea and assign enforcement duties to state and county officials, also passed 5-3. HB 2790, which would restructure the State Historic Preservation Office’s reporting and budget process and provide a $1 million appropriation, drew testimony from Arizona State Parks and Trails and the Arizona Preservation Foundation; supporters said it would improve autonomy and efficiency, while critics warned it could create administrative conflicts and affect federal funding. It passed 5-3 after discussion of possible clarifying amendments. The committee then took up three similar bills aimed at curbing the Attorney General’s use of public nuisance actions. HB 2168 would require county board of supervisors approval before the AG could bring such an action in Superior Court; supporters argued it would add local control and protect rural industries, while opponents said it would block needed enforcement and give local officials veto power over statewide concerns. HB 2169 would make the AG liable for defamation per se if a nuisance action is filed without a reasonable basis and publicized; supporters framed it as accountability, while opponents said it would chill enforcement and transparency. HB 2167 would impose damages, attorney fees, lost profits, and treble penalties on the AG for unsuccessful nuisance actions; supporters said it would deter overreach, while opponents said it would intimidate the office and shield powerful corporations. All three bills passed on 5-3 do-pass votes.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/27/25

Capital Investment

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  • You know, there's been a lot of fraud in the child care assistance program.
  • such as a Head Start program or licensed child care program.
  • those Learning Program programs most of those Learning Program programs most of those projects<00
  • treatment plant.
  • treatment plant.
Bills: HF919, HF1192, HF212, HF214
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • So on line 66, it says an adult sex offender subject to a sex offender treatment program or periodic
  • It seems like they should at a minimum have to have sex offender treatment program... you know, maybe
  • The treatment may include, but is not limited to...
  • ... ...treatment program, or you may have the polygraph exam.
  • And so I see... so saying, if you are subject to that treatment program or you're subject to a polygraph
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance May 6th, 2026

Insurance

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  • Current Louisiana law allows only self-funded businesses to use copay assistance benefit programs to
  • So don't think that these so-called copay assistance benefit programs are the only way that patients
  • As we kind of discussed already before, the co-pay assistance programs are designed to benefit the patient
  • And it is unfair that that co-pay assistance program, which would be designed to benefit my children,
  • We have applied to co-pay assistance programs in the past and have not met the eligibility criteria.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

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  • It just makes the program more complicated, more error-prone, and will deny food assistance.
  • It just makes the program more complicated, more error-prone, and will deny food assistance.
  • It also shortens the assistance.
  • benefit from this particular program. benefit from this particular program.
  • And that's what these programs are for. And that's what these programs are for.
Bills: SB61, SB8, SB58, SB60, SB167
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance May 13th, 2026

Insurance

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  • , stay on treatment, and how they address affordability.
  • We are former consultants to the Louisiana Medicaid program.
  • Years ago, in the '90s, they created the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program.
  • After the creation of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, they instituted the 340B program, which was an
  • This would allow the overage to be transferred to the Fortified Roof Program. All right. Mr.