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• year of that program.
• year of that program.
• We can fund training in place, grow your own.
• It makes no sense to start recruiting if you don't have a really good program to retain your current
• And we're using our other money, philanthropy, to grow our programs.

Bills: HB1623

Keywords: HB 1623, North Dakota, rural health, rural health transformation program, medical facility infrastructure loan fund, medical facility infrastructure loan program, rural health loan program, Bank of North Dakota, Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, federal grant, health care infrastructure, rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, nonprofit health care providers, gap financing, loan fund, public health funding, healthcare financing, Medicaid

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1623, the appropriations bill tied to North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program, which is funded through a new federal rural health care grant. Senator Bekkedahl explained the bill’s background, the interim committee process that developed it, and the federal conditions attached to the award, including spending deadlines, administrative cost limits, and restrictions on uses such as new construction, supplanting existing funding, and certain other costs. Legislative staff then walked through the seven sections of the bill, including appropriation authority, transfer authority, contingent appropriations for pass-through grants, procurement and public improvement exemptions, recipient reporting, legislative reporting, and immediate effective date. Commissioner Traynor and HHS staff described how the department plans to implement the program, emphasizing that the funding is intended to improve rural access, workforce recruitment and retention, technology and data connectivity, and community health initiatives. They said the department will rely on local applications, technical assistance, templates, listening sessions, and partnerships with providers, schools, public health units, tribal entities, and other community groups. Members asked about reimbursement timing, upfront costs, administrative expenses, sustainability after the five-year grant period, and whether CTE centers, public health units, gyms, grocery stores, and other community partners could participate; the department said yes, within program rules and with a focus on measurable outcomes and sustainability. Several supporters testified in favor. Mental Health America of North Dakota and the Mental Health Advocacy Network supported the bill and urged investment in community-based mental health, crisis response, children’s services, peer support, and mobile crisis teams. HIA Health described the grant as a chance to expand home-based and hospice care, noting that rural providers already have workable models but need funding to scale them. A cybersecurity representative also supported the bill, warning that the large amount of health data and AI-related tools will require strong data protection and professional support. The hearing was closed with no opposition testimony, and the committee announced it would return later in the day for further work on the bill and other measures.

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• When presenting your testimony, we kindly ask that you be clear and concise in your remarks and help
• Education to prepare Texas for success in these rapidly growing sectors.
• And the program is very successful. It's modeled after a program in North Carolina.
• I appreciate your consideration and would appreciate your favorable support on this bill.
• Lack of child care often forces parents to sacrifice their own employment. ...or dreams of higher education

Bills: HB1654, HB1691, HB2545, HB2652, HB3799, HB4144, HB5008

Keywords: peace officers, firefighters, employment protection, worker's compensation, job security, maximum medical improvement, government employment, firefighter cancer benefits, emergency medical technicians, compensation claims, cancer exposures, firefighting hazards, workforce training, rural development, grant program, job-specific training, Texas Workforce Commission, child care, single-parent, subsidized

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• Please state your name for the record, and we'd love your answer. Thank you, Mr. Chair, members.
• To your amendment, this is in regards to the Supplemental Nutrition Outreach Program.
• Time takes away from maybe your other job, or maybe you don't have a job, and this is your access to
• Because it's your committee, too.
• Put your life on the line, put your life on the public record, and I think that you've done it.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• On line 872 is a House item to add $6 million to the Early Childhood Education Scholarships Program;
• This modifies the TEACH scholarship program, which is a scholarship program for the early care and education
• Own children.
• Program integrity.
• Also, please remember to save your papers in your packets for tomorrow.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• Own your HCR. Well, there we go. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Own your HCR.
• as a part of a post-secondary education institution's athletics revenue sharing program to any athlete
• LaFleur, on your bill.
• Parish actually piloted this program. I was the executive director of early childhood education.
• On your amendment.

Bills: SR119, SCR65, HCR47, HB196, HB218, HB256, HB325, HB352, HB434, HB448, HB476, HB608, HB624, HB626, HB632, HB749, HB818, HB1059, HB1112, HB1242, HB1249

Keywords: SR119, Senate Resolution 119, D-D Breaux, Sara Breaux, LSU gymnastics, LSU Gymnastics Training Center, LSU Board of Supervisors, facility naming, honorary resolution, public buildings and grounds, women's athletics, Title IX, college gymnastics, SEC gymnastics, Louisiana State University, Tiger Athletic Foundation, women in sports, coach recognition, sports legend, campus naming

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.

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• SB 119 is the NV Grow program, which the state has funded for 10 years.
• I would just like to thank the committee for your support of the Nevada Grow program.
• NV Grow is not just a program.
• education programs to meet the needs of our ...in order to start the process of growing new graduate
• medical education programs to meet the needs of our citizens.

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495, AB62, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB193, SB262, SB422, SB431, SB435, SB468, SB503

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• You've got your own funding mechanism, which is entirely separate.
• You've got your own funding mechanism, which is entirely separate.
• You've got your own funding mechanism, which is entirely separate.
• You've got your own funding mechanism, which is entirely separate.
• You're you've got your own targets.

Bills: HF3298

Keywords: underground storage tanks, petroleum, reimbursement program, environmental regulation, pollution control, 1183, house

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• There are many advantages to owning your own business.
• again to your testify and to your team. again to your testify and to your team.
• And do with that what you will as the legislature, add in your own additional confines in addition.
• <01:08:42.680> own will as the legislature, add in your own will as the legislature, add in
• your own additional<01:08:43.720> confines<01:08:44.359> in<01:08:44.560> in<01

Bills: HF3843, HF3597, HF4003, HF3167, HF4193

Keywords: workforce development, appropriations, nonprofit organizations, employment services, state funding, paid leave, S corporations, employment law, exemptions, Minnesota Statutes, cancer, healthcare, appropriation, Rural Cancer Institute, Minnesota clinicians, pilot program, nursing, education, University of Minnesota, equity

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• Make your motion, Mr. Chair. Okay.
• But I think your bill, your amendment, Representative, was just taken to me and that was put in for early
• If your program is written legislatively where you can't make good policy and you can't get things done
• You're taking away investigations for C-CAP, which means your payment withholds, your stop payments,
• and your... fraud is getting delayed.

Bills: HF2436, HF2929

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration

Bills: SB 462, SB 519, SB 878, SB 972, SB 1228, SB 1350, SB 1356, SB 1535

Keywords: childcare, priority, child-care workers, waiting list, legislation, Texas history, education, grant program, nonprofit, student engagement, economic development, public funding, local government, tax abatement, performance metrics, transparency, community engagement, reimbursement rates, Texas Rising Star Program, subsidized childcare

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• Um, so I think that that's in many ways answered your own question. >> Representative Luger-Nikolai.
• <00:39:27.520> own that's in many ways answered your own that's in many ways answered your
• Um, and I will use your quote there that anytime money doesn't go towards a program is, I think you said
• But last week, the Walls administration's own program director of program integrity, Tim Omali, released
• <01:31:40.639> your That's as I understand it your your That's as I understand it your your

Bills: HF3676, HF3683, HF3395

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

Summary: The committee first approved minutes from February 19 and February 26, while skipping the February 24 minutes because of a drafting error that would be corrected later. It then took up House File 3676, a Safe at Home program bill described by Rep. Nash as arising from a constituent’s dangerous identity exposure and intended to tighten protections for participants, including allowing emancipated minors to enroll. Testimony from the Secretary of State’s office explained that the bill would clarify who may apply for a minor, require proof of guardianship, strengthen court findings before a participant’s physical address can be disclosed, increase penalties for harmful disclosure, prohibit discrimination based on participation, require state agencies to designate a Safe at Home contact person, allow use of the Safe at Home card as proof of residence for certain ID purposes, and require judge training. Members raised concerns about federal compatibility, constitutionality of court-related provisions, and the need for a fiscal note on the felony penalty. Several sections were noted as being removed or modified in a later engrossment, and the committee voted to re-refer HF 3676 to the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee. The committee then heard House File 3683, which would direct the state budget forecast to include the estimated cost of fraud. Rep. Nash argued that fraud is a significant but unquantified drain on state resources and said the bill would adapt existing forecast language used for inflation to track fraud costs. Minnesota Management and Budget Deputy Commissioner Anna Mingi testified that fraud is unacceptable and that the agency works to prevent and detect it, but said the twice-yearly forecast is not the right tool for this kind of retrospective analysis. She explained that if fraud is identified, the forecast would reflect reduced spending through program integrity actions rather than a separate fraud-cost line item. The bill was moved and referred to the general register after a roll call was requested.

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• HB 2217 establishes a grant program to equip law enforcement vehicles with bullet-resistant components
• HB 2217 establishes a grant program to equip local law enforcement vehicles with bullet-resistant components
• The grant program would be administered by the Governor's Office of Public Safety, Criminal Justice Division
• I appreciate you listening to HB 2217 and giving it your consideration.

Bills: HB2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers, 1185, senate, all

Bills: HB2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers, 1185, senate, all

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• So I think... horrifically late to. uh your horrifically late to. uh your contributions<00:08:33.200>
• Please state your name for the record, and we'd love your answer. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• To your amendment. amendment. Perfect. To your amendment.
• know, put put your know, put put your um<01:27:15.520> put<01:27:15.760> your<01:27
• um put your life on the line, put your um put your life on the line, put your life<01:27:17.360>

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• On line 872 is a House item to add $6 million to the early childhood education scholarships program.
• On line 872 is a House item to add $6 million to the early childhood education scholarships program.
• the early childhood education the early childhood education scholarships<00:07:48.919> program
• This modifies the TEACH scholarship program, which is a scholarship program for the early care and education
• CCAP program. Um, so it caps it at 6.9% CCAP program.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• Like if your program is written legislatively where you can't make good policy and you can't get things
• Like if your program is written legislatively where you can't make good policy and you can't get things
• Like if your program is written legislatively where you can't make good policy and you can't get things
• Like if your program is written legislatively where you can't make good policy and you can't get things
• Like if your program is written legislatively where you can't make good policy and you can't get things

Bills: HF2436, HF2929

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration

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• involves educator misconduct. involves educator misconduct.
• They target predatory behaviors, not educators. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you so much.
• We thank you for<00:13:18.399> your<00:13:18.639> time. for your time. for your time.
• programs that may be used to educate middle and high school students on the health effects on children
• programs and in higher<01:07:39.440> education.

Bills: HF3489, HF3550

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• on their own.
• The floor is yours, ma'am. Thank you.
• The floor is yours. Thank you so much, Chair Chiquotia.
• Thank you for your time. Are there additional comments?
• The floor is yours.” “Thank you, Mr.

Bills: SB313, SB296

Keywords: Delaware Health Fund, healthcare access, preventive care, tobacco settlement, public health initiatives, grant program

Summary: The House Health and Human Development Committee met and considered a series of health, human services, and related bills. The committee heard and advanced House Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 13, which standardizes hospital charity care and financial assistance statewide, and Senate Bill 296 with Senate Amendment 1, which restructures the Delaware Health Fund grant process with a more formal, transparent competitive rubric. Both measures received supportive testimony from DHSS, the Delaware Healthcare Association, and the Delaware Nurses Association, and both were released by committee on roll-call votes. The committee also released Senate Bill 313 with Senate Amendment 1, which places a temporary moratorium on acquisitions of nonprofit acute care hospitals by for-profit entities and expands notice/review requirements for sales of hospital real estate; Senate Bill 340 with Senate Amendment 1, which requires long-term care facilities to carry specified liability insurance, with questions raised about the exemption for state-owned facilities; Senate Joint Resolution 20, which directs DHSS to study independent assessment tools for Medicaid home- and community-based services; and Senate Bill 341, which updates Delaware Health Information Network law and formally recognizes DIN as the state’s health data utility. Testimony on these bills was generally supportive, with some discussion on constitutional concerns, insurance coverage, and the rationale for the state exemption in SB 340. Later, the committee advanced Senate Bill 257, which requires new animal shelters to be licensed and inspected before operating and removes a prior exception for certain rescue organizations; and Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 278 with House Amendment 1, which allows earlier pre-authorization for summer child care enrollment and lowers copays for half-day care. Public testimony on these measures came from animal welfare advocates, YMCA representatives, and other stakeholders, all largely in support. Each bill was released by committee, with several votes walked for absent members, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were addressed.

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• Members, this is a pilot program with the Attorney General's Office concerning victims of human trafficking

Bills: SB1379

Keywords: human trafficking, victims, prevention, support services, Attorney General, pilot program, grant funding, 914, all

Bills: SB22

Keywords: Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development

Summary: The Senate Committee on Finance met, established a quorum, and took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 22. Senator Huffman moved that the committee report the original Senate Bill 22 as not passed, adopt the committee substitute in its place, and recommend the substitute for passage and printing. The motion was approved on a roll call vote of 11 ayes and no nays. No substantive testimony or debate was included in the transcript excerpt. The committee concluded its business and recessed subject to the call of the chair, with the substitute bill to be reported back to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation.