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ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Human Services Committee May 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This supports the stakeholders' request for that phased, sustainable payment model.
- The first transitions of payment mechanisms are painful.
- So infant toddler bonus payments... January through April 2026.
- Well, the payment goes to the provider. Provider. I know.
- Well, the payment goes to the provider. Provider. I know.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Apr 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's not automatic. Okay. All right, Mr. Chair, is there a work group? Mr.
- The February payment is made in March by March 25th, which, of course, at that point, we'd already had
- And if they've made a payment and then that payment is matched to a return, then it'll be deposited into
- These payments, as Senator Woods mentioned are estimated on behalf of the corporation.
- And so then you might make a large payment that next month.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/14/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- So, are you saying if this bill was to go through, uh, automatically they would make the seven or 8%
- He added that most states around New Hampshire offer automatic COLAs to their retirees.
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that that's a 20% increase in payment that that's a 20% increase in payment - 4600 children receive the same automatic 4600 children receive the same automatic benefits<05:12
- going to share that data automatically going to share that data with<05:22:52.798>
HHS.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- **Brent Webster**: The payment of this case has been delayed.
- **Brent Webster**: ...The payment of this case has been delayed.
- **Senator West**: So it's just the payment of it?
- If it's not associated with a border crime, we can't make a payment.
- There's some other way of receiving payment; you've got to go there first.
Bills:
SB 1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, Attorney General, budget recommendations, funding swaps, salary increases, Landowner's Compensation Program, public testimony, law enforcement
Summary:
The meeting focused on the budget recommendations for the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), where key issues included the proposed decrease of $163.9 million for the 2024-25 biennium and various methodology swaps for funding. Attorney General Paxton discussed ongoing litigation expenditures and emphasized the need for continued investments in agency staffing to address rising demands within law enforcement. Notably, he requested a 6% salary increase for 2026 and 2027 to retain talented personnel amidst competitive job markets. Public testimony highlighted community awareness challenges regarding the Landowner's Compensation Program, indicating a need for enhanced outreach efforts.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 2/23/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- and the OIG has 28 active payment and the OIG has 28 active payment withholds<00:04:10.760>
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related payment suspensions on EIDBI related payment suspensions on EIDBI related - hold fraudulent payments stopped and hold fraudulent payments stopped and hold accountable<01:26
- reduce or suspend payments. reduce or suspend payments.
- provider, we suspend payments. provider, we suspend payments.
Bills:
HF3542
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Furthermore, the bill's provision for... payments to programs in areas with limited child care access
- So there is this tremendous gap when families are facing student loan payments, car payments, rent, or
- , issue prospective payments to providers, which is actually a really critical piece of it.
- This expansion will just increase the decline in payments.
- So the payments still have to go to folks who are directly caring for children.
Keywords:
child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 8th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- To reiterate, if a bill increases or decreases revenue by more than $150,000, it will be automatically
- Bills with a revenue impact of more than $150,000 will be automatically referred to our suspense file
- Currently, the Franchise Tax Board is required to annually report specified data on penalty payments
Summary:
The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee heard several bills, mostly related to Proposition 19, voluntary tax checkoffs, and local tax authority. SB 288 would clarify that the one-year residency and exemption deadline for inherited homes held in probate begins when legal ownership is established; it received support from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and others, no opposition, and was referred to suspense. SB 974 would explicitly include special needs trusts in Prop. 19-related inheritance rules; it had support from the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and passed 5-0 to Appropriations as amended.
The committee also heard SB 575, which would restore the Sea Otter Voluntary Contribution Fund for voluntary tax return donations to sea otter conservation. Supporters cited sea otter recovery, research, and habitat protection needs; there was no opposition, and the bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. SB 999 would delay the Franchise Tax Board’s annual report on the health care individual mandate from March 1 to June 1 to allow more complete data; Health Access California supported it, and it passed 5-1 to Appropriations.
SB 762 would authorize certain cities and counties, including Hercules, Santa Cruz, and Santa Barbara, to seek voter approval for local transaction and use taxes to address budget pressures, public safety, infrastructure, and safety-net service cuts. Local officials, labor groups, and health advocates supported it, while the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association opposed it; the committee adopted the urgency clause and then passed the bill to Local Government with urgency, with some no votes. SB 1073 would create a voluntary tax contribution fund to support the Historic South Los Angeles Black Cultural District; arts advocates and community supporters backed it, and the bill passed unanimously to the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee as amended.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Oct 2nd, 2025
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- us, or maybe you were already thinking about it, is that the BBB requires an end to any Medicaid payments
- business is offering coverage in the small group market, so the 50 or fewer employees, you qualify automatically
- We automatically provide a discount on your coverage. It's between 10 and 15%. Okay.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- If you met certain criteria, you would just get it automatically.
- Some states have said that every 501(c)(3) is automatically exempted.
- This exempts Lieutenant General Victor "Brute" Krulak's marine detachment from the payment of state sales
Keywords:
entertainment, film, music, production incentives, Alabama Film Office, tax rebates, media industry, economic development, Baptist convention, tax exemption, sales and use tax, Alabama, nonprofit, HB203, High Socks for Hope, nonprofit tax exemption, sales tax, use tax, state tax exemption, local option tax exemption
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
Transcript Highlights:
- The QMB program covers my $185 monthly Part B premium, automatically enrolls me in a federal prescription
- The QMB program covers my $185 monthly Part B premium, automatically enrolls me in a federal prescription
- regulatory language that speaks more to providers and insurance professionals about their expected payment
- break that deadlock and move forward in the coming years of resetting the base and then having it automatically
- age 62 due to a disability, and I have lived without a pension because our churches do not create automatic
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing focused largely on senior long-term care issues, family caregiving, post-acute care access, and direct care workforce pay. Testimony strongly supported bills to raise the personal needs allowance for nursing home and rest home residents (including H. 1411, S. 482, and related bills), with speakers from Mass Senior Action, Dignity Alliance, nursing home residents, providers, and former state officials arguing that the current $72.80 monthly allowance has been unchanged since 2008 and is inadequate for basic items like clothing, toiletries, haircuts, and transportation. Witnesses also backed bills to increase MassHealth asset and income limits for seniors and to stop counting life insurance as cash, describing the current rules as outdated and harmful to low-income elders.
The committee also heard testimony on bills allowing family members, including spouses and guardians, to be paid caregivers (H. 1394/S. 886), with supporters saying this would help families keep loved ones at home and reduce reliance on costly institutional care. Another set of bills (H. 1412/S. 903) drew support from a physician who said clearer MassHealth communication and improved post-acute care determination processes would help reduce delays and backlogs for patients awaiting skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or other post-acute placement. Several speakers emphasized that better home- and community-based care can prevent hospital readmissions and support independence.
A major portion of the hearing focused on S. 877, which would establish an enhanced care worker minimum wage of $25 per hour, indexed to inflation, for certain home care and human services workers. Union representatives and direct care workers from SEIU Local 509, 1199 SEIU, and the AFL-CIO described severe staffing shortages, burnout, low wages, and high turnover across home care, mental health, disability services, and crisis response. They argued that higher pay is necessary to recruit and retain workers and to stabilize services for vulnerable residents. Committee members asked about costs, comparisons with other states, and whether non-wage incentives could help, but witnesses repeatedly said wages were the central issue. The hearing concluded after all registered testimony was heard, with the committee noting it would continue accepting written testimony and then adjourning.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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students their child support payments students their child support payments - If you can just tell us, like, how is the automatic 1,500 deducted now?
- Who qualifies for that piece of the automatic SAI?
- Who qualifies for that piece of the automatic SAI?
- Who qualifies for that piece of the automatic SAI?
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- construction comes from things in the regulatory process that result in confusion, delays in the ever payment
- own their homes are placed on the leased land will be able to apply for help with their lot rent payments
- documentation to the Office of Insurance Regulation, otherwise known as oir demonstrating that all payments
- Exemption will automatically appeal on 10/2/2026 unless this bill becomes law.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 4/28/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- and then it may get automatically and then it may get automatically dissolved<00:36:15.520>
on - uh who was essentially pulling payments uh who was essentially pulling payments uh<01:24:04.239>
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they uh not pulling payments because they uh not pulling payments because they thought - They start trying to cut off payments.
- They start trying to cut off payments.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 3rd, 2025 at 09:00 am
Appropriations - Human Resources Division
Transcript Highlights:
- We withhold 4% of payments based on the hospital or health systems' attributed members.
- I think changes to the payment structure... ...you know, maybe state that directly.
- Because today, if they don't make changes, their payment stays the same.
- And then in Section 6, it requires that our premium payments, our capitation payments for Blue Cross
- We're currently providing those payments since it was set to expire.
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations HR Division met with all members present to review the medical services portion of the HHS budget. Sarah Aker, Executive Director of Medical Services, walked the committee through several budget items, including HCBS cost-to-continue adjustments, the DD bed assessment, expansion of value-based purchasing, targeted rate increases for home health and QSP services, and the cross-disability waiver. Members generally supported the targeted increases for home health and QSP, and Aker explained that the cross-disability waiver funding would support startup work, service design, and infrastructure ahead of a planned July 1, 2028 implementation.
The committee spent significant time on rate-setting and provider payment issues. Members discussed ambulance rate rebasing, with several senators expressing concern that the proposed increase was too high relative to peer states; the committee ultimately moved toward reducing that item to $1 million rather than zero so it could be revisited in conference committee. They also discussed a House-added critical access hospital networking grant and similarly leaned toward reducing it to $1 million. Aker explained the department’s value-based purchasing plans, including use of a vendor selected through RFP, and clarified how the department’s existing Medicaid managed care and hospital value-based programs work.
A major portion of the meeting focused on long-term care and basic care payments, including a House-added extension of the $5 per day basic care add-on and a proposed shift in nursing facility incentive grants toward a withhold-based model. Senator Mathern indicated he would bring an amendment to delay or modify the withhold change, and Aker said the department would prefer language that directly addresses whether a withhold may be implemented. Members also discussed 1915(i) services, FMAP changes, the Medicaid legacy system modernization carryover, and a House-added legislative intent section on medical assistance. The committee adjourned for the morning with plans to return later to continue Human Services budget work and revisit unresolved items in conference committee.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tribal and State Relations Committee May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't do it automatically. The landowners fill out the application.
- Like I say, some counties are automatic.
- Now, in general, for federal lands, the United States is doing payment.
- Other services the individual might need do not have a payment source.
- We've increased payments for residential services by over 1,700% and payments for outpatient services
Summary:
The committee met at Spirit Lake Tribe and first heard welcoming remarks and introductions from tribal leaders and program directors. Chairwoman Street and other tribal representatives outlined a range of concerns and requests for state action, including taxation of reservation lands, support for non-beneficiary students at the tribal school, homelessness funding, Indian-managed health care, gaming and e-tabs, Feather Alert improvements, industrial farming near waterways, tourism, and better state-tribal consultation. Committee members responded that the meeting was intended to improve understanding and communication, and several members suggested future legislation or resolutions could be used to advance some of the issues. The tribe also offered to provide training on treaties, IHS 638, and compact services to legislators and staff.
A major portion of the discussion focused on Spirit Lake fish and wildlife jurisdiction and the lake boundary. Tribal representatives asked for an MOU or co-stewardship agreement with the state to clarify hunting and fishing rights, recognize tribal licenses, and reduce recurring disputes over “gray areas” on the reservation and lake. Committee members discussed whether to draft a bill or resolution directing the executive branch and state agencies to negotiate such an agreement, and asked that North Dakota Game and Fish be invited to a future meeting. Related concerns included aquatic nuisance species prevention, with both sides agreeing that more aggressive boat inspection and cleaning measures would be beneficial.
The committee also discussed taxation and county relations. Tribal leaders raised concerns about county resistance to fee-to-trust transfers and about property and vehicle taxation affecting members living on or near reservation lands. Committee members and tribal counsel reviewed federal treaty principles and court cases, and one member noted that the committee had previously taken no formal action on similar issues. Later, Benson County’s tax equalization director explained how the county values taxable land, handles inundated land applications, and tracks land coming off the tax rolls when the tribe repurchases acreage. The discussion ended with a presentation from the president of Sisseton Wahpeton College, who described the college’s programs, economic impact, and funding needs, followed by an HHS presentation on 1115 Medicaid waivers and the IMD exclusion as the committee moved to its next topic.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 21st, 2026
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- If we implement co-payments in a system, the department should prioritize zero to three care, kinship
- I'm curious, Secretary, have we increased the payments for FIT providers? Mr.
- that the Land Grant Permanent Fund is considered general fund in our budget, and so that money automatically
- failed in the Senate that would have provided both prenatal and sort of the first few months of payments
- It did provide a per child payment, and sadly that was unsuccessful in the last couple of years on the
Bills:
SB2
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Much to my consternation, they were not, but at the time they weren't being automatically appointed under
- We accept most insurance plans and offer additional ways to save with Amazon Prime, automatic coupons
- preventing artificially lower rates from membership discount programs from influencing Medicaid payments
- The bill will improve payment accuracy for providers and incentivize them to accept Medicaid patients
- The bill will improve payment accuracy for providers and incentivize them to accept Medicaid patients
Bills:
HB 107, HB742, HB1639, HB1700, HB2071, HB2187, HB2402, HB2516, HB3211, HB4529, HB5342, HB694, HB923, HB4655
Keywords:
sickle cell disease, registry, health data, confidentiality, healthcare access, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, cancer, female firefighters, health study, state health services, fire protection, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health records
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 8th, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- They automatically shut down when... when it's sensed that there's a problem.
- It's got its automatic shutdown, pretty much. There's no waste. It's efficient with that. OK.
- In simple terms, SB 1612 could make a retainage payment of $1,000,000.
- In summary, we oppose Senate Bill 1612 because it isn't necessary to ensure payment of retainage. due
- And that's not the payment and statutory scheme that the legislature has set out.
Keywords:
utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If you are in crisis, you're automatically enrolled in the program.
- to Medicaid and hospitals specifically, we have been incredibly successful through the Directive Payment
- The timing portion is based on the wholesale payment and collection process.
- The timing portion is based on the wholesale payment and collection process, and that would take a lot
- Very briefly, I want to ask you about the nursing home quality payment program.
Summary:
The Senate took up the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27, with Chair Hooper and the appropriations chairs walking through the $114.5 billion budget. Major highlights included pay increases for state law enforcement, firefighters, park rangers, and correctional officers; funding for teacher salary increases and K-12 enrollment stabilization; workforce and university funding in higher education; major Medicaid, nursing home, waiver, and opioid-related investments in health and human services; corrections and prison-capacity funding; transportation, housing, and emergency management spending; and large environmental appropriations for Florida Forever, Everglades restoration, and water quality projects.
Members then asked detailed questions about specific items. Senators pressed on the Hamilton Center at UF, the difference between assistant state attorney and public defender pay, declining student enrollment funding, private school scholarship vouchers, mental health funding in schools, the lack of preeminence funding, APD’s iBudget waiver wait list and provider rates, ADAP premium assistance and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, prison staffing and air conditioning, Florida Forever land-buying versus easements, SNAP and Sun Bucks funding, Hope Florida, election audit funding, and the IDD managed care program. Chairs generally explained the negotiated compromises, noted where funding was flat or omitted, and in several cases said items would be revisited next year or depended on agency implementation.
Several senators used debate to praise the budget while also criticizing major policy choices. Leader Berman argued the state should have expanded Medicaid, invested more in public schools instead of vouchers, and accepted federal summer EBT funds. Other senators highlighted local wins such as Biscayne Bay restoration, Tri-Rail, housing assistance, ADAP funding, and declining enrollment support. The transcript ends with debate remarks thanking Chair Hooper for his work on the budget; no final vote is shown in the excerpt.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 16th, 2026
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition to the regular fee-for-service payments, we do make hospital access payments and cost settlements
- Our UPL payment, or upper payment limit payment, is $473 million for state fiscal year 25.
- upper payment limit payments.
- Medicare is considered the upper payment. So the difference is the total payment that can be paid.
- So the hospitals fund their upper payment limit payments.