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• We then have a stage of technical assistance.
• So we've been providing technical assistance...
• So we've been providing technical assistance.
• We welcome technical assistance on the language.
• We welcome technical assistance on the language.

Summary: The hearing began with testimony from Let California Kids Hear and supporters urging action on pediatric hearing aid coverage. Advocates said California has repeatedly failed to enact a workable solution over the past eight years and argued that children need early access to sound to support development. The proposal discussed would limit the coverage mandate to the large-group market, which advocates said would cover roughly 70% to 80% of affected children and avoid the exchange-related cost issue that contributed to prior vetoes. Supporters, including parents, audiologists, and children’s health groups, backed the proposal, and the chair expressed sympathy and support while noting hope for a federal solution for exchange plans. The Department of Finance then gave opening remarks about the state’s structural deficit and the need to balance new investments against projected out-year shortfalls. HCAI followed with a broad overview of its programs, including CalRx insulin and naloxone initiatives, reproductive health grants, the Office of Health Care Affordability, hospital seismic compliance, workforce programs, and the diaper access initiative. Members asked about geographic targeting of workforce funds, the behavioral health workforce pipeline, and the status of the 21st Century Nursing Initiative, which HCAI said had reverted funds. The committee also discussed a proposed transfer of the Data Exchange Framework and Office of the Patient Advocate to HCAI, new reporting on long-term care staffing and health coverage waiting periods, and a Behavioral Health Services Act workforce proposal that would use BHSA funds to support training, stipends, and technical assistance while offsetting $100 million in General Fund spending; members and LAO questioned the offset and asked for more detail, and the item was held open. HCAI also presented the Rural Health Transformation Program, explaining that California received $233.6 million in federal funds for the first year and had to revise its proposal so that $35 million in provider payments would be tied to specific transformative activities rather than general financial relief. The program will fund rural care model redesign, workforce development, and technology/infrastructure improvements, with grants to be rolled out on a tight timeline and subject to CMS approval. Members asked about the size of California’s award, the use of funds for maternity care, labor and delivery access, dialysis, tribal set-asides, and the role of a technical assistance contractor. The department said the program will use supply-and-demand workforce modeling to target funding and that all funds must be obligated by October 30. Finally, the Department of Managed Health Care outlined its budget and two major bill-related proposals: SB 41 on PBM reform and SB 306 on prior authorization transparency. DMHC said SB 41 would require PBM licensure, ban spread pricing, require rebate pass-through, and regulate pharmacy network practices, while SB 306 would require reporting on prior authorization and create a list of services exempt from prior authorization. DMHC requested additional positions and funding to implement both measures.

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• House Bill 177 by Representative Muscarello is an act on Title 42 relative to assistance after termination
• House Bill 392 by Representative Boyd is an act in Title 17 relative to suicide prevention programs for
• Members, this allows for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline number, 988, to be not only on high
• It also would create the Student Suicide Prevention Awareness Act, as this would be known, and it includes
• Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding coordination of utility assistance programs in

Bills: SR134 , SR135 , SR136 , SR137 , SR140 , SR141 , SR142 , SCR75 , SCR77 , SCR12 , HB75 , HB1199 , HB221 , HCR89 , HCR96 , HCR103 , HCR108 , HCR58 , HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB198 , HB202 , HB223 , HB225 , HB387 , HB398 , HB457 , HB459 , HB540 , HB591 , HB616 , HB766 , HB775 , HB783 , HB797 , HB895 , HB906 , HB950 , HB975 , HB1028 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1076 , HB1100 , HB1139 , HB1155 , HB1160 , HB1182 , HB1186 , HB1220 , HB1222 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1228 , HB1231 , HB1245 , HB1256 , SCR3 , SB393 , SB401 , SB415 , SB426 , SB435 , SB487 , SB488 , SB523 , SB56 , SB163 , SB341 , SB504 , SB322 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB35 , SB65 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HCR72 , HCR31 , HCR47 , HCR41 , HB363 , HB368 , HB377 , HB380 , HB386 , HB392 , HB431 , HB441 , HB559 , HB664 , HB685 , HB715 , HB741 , HB822 , HB856 , HB908 , HB980 , HB990 , HB999 , HB1010 , HB1243 , HB54 , HB137 , HB180 , HB192 , HB310 , HB321 , HB396 , HB512 , HB552 , HB578 , HB638 , HB663 , HB708 , HB717 , HB718 , HB1009 , HB1082 , HB1104 , HB1107 , HB1198 , HB1246 , HB27 , HB143 , HB205 , HB259 , HB267 , HB288 , HB308 , HB403 , HB405 , HB414 , HB417 , HB478 , HB546 , HB548 , HB555 , HB557 , HB609 , HB670 , HB672 , HB740 , HB779 , HB786 , HB796 , HB812 , HB848 , HB915 , HB917 , HB921 , HB930 , HB933 , HB1095 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1129 , HB1154 , HB1166 , HB1187 , HB1195 , HB1230 , HB316 , HB511 , HB799 , HB1039 , HB12 , HB66 , HB145 , HB167 , HB196 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB256 , HB291 , HB326 , HB352 , HB401 , HB430 , HB433 , HB434 , HB448 , HB456 , HB476 , HB481 , HB487 , HB492 , HB549 , HB579 , HB608 , HB621 , HB624 , HB626 , HB632 , HB637 , HB656 , HB722 , HB745 , HB804 , HB818 , HB821 , HB833 , HB864 , HB867 , HB874 , HB893 , HB909 , HB951 , HB968 , HB969 , HB978 , HB979 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1005 , HB1007 , HB1024 , HB1032 , HB1038 , HB1050 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1059 , HB1077 , HB1080 , HB1081 , HB1086 , HB1108 , HB1112 , HB1153 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1175 , HB1192 , HB1193 , HB1204 , HB1218 , HB1242 , HB1244 , HB1249 , HB1252 , HB1254 , HB17 , HB36 , HB41 , HB47 , HB73 , HB126 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB166 , HB211 , HB226 , HB271 , HB324 , HB337 , HB351 , HB399 , HB571 , HB712 , HB723 , HB726 , HB750 , HB759 , HB844 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1018 , HB1036 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB441 , SB449 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB149

Keywords: SR134, Senate Resolution 134, Isaac Herzenberg, Metairie Park Country Day School, Country Day, javelin, track and field, Class 2A, state championship, high school athletics, student athlete, Louisiana Senate commendation, honorary resolution, sports recognition, University of Nebraska, Baton Rouge, LSU Bernie Moore Track Stadium, sportsmanship, collegiate athletics, condolence resolution

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• Almost 50 years ago, back in 1976, we recognized physician assistants for humans, allowing PAs to practice
• Do you plan, or do you understand the intent, that these vet assistants will make less per procedure?
• Suicides were very few during the holidays or limited to someone who mixed up their medications.
• Suicides and overdoses are now a daily part of our call volume.
• I help someone who is contemplating suicide.

Bills: S0302 , S0394 , S0480 , S0546 , S0636 , S0774 , S0796 , S1028 , S1050 , S1066 , S1120 , S1230 , S1288 , S1682

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Keywords: cybersecurity, information technology, data management, local government compliance, cloud services, state agency oversight, integrated governance, conservation lands, land exchange, state-owned land, Acquisition and Restoration Council, Florida water management, environmental protection, beach management, beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal resilience, shoreline protection, critical erosion, critically eroded beach

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS/SB 796, which would create Veterinary Professional Associates as a new supervised veterinary role, expand telehealth prescription timeframes, and set training and scope limits. Supporters said it would improve access to care, lower costs, and create a career path, while opponents argued the proposal lacked a clear regulatory framework, could create liability and federal-law conflicts, and would not address the real shortage in rural large-animal practice. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably. Members also heard and favorably reported SB 1682 on local authority over derelict and abandoned vessels, CS/SB 1028 on a commercial Citizens clearinghouse for property insurance, SB 394 on exempting certain reinsurance underwriting managers from licensing, SB 636 on beach management and erosion designations, CS/SB 546 on public notice for conservation land sales or exchanges, CS/SB 302 on Biscayne Bay nature-based solutions and related coastal resiliency provisions, SB 1050 on pharmacy choice for pet medications, and SB 774 extending workers’ compensation benefits to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental and nervous injuries. Testimony on these bills generally focused on access, regulatory clarity, environmental protection, or workforce support, with some concerns raised on insurance consumer protections and beach-management language. Senator Harrell’s bills were also taken up and reported favorably: CS/SB 480, a major overhaul of state IT governance creating DIGIT and new procurement, reporting, and workforce structures; CS/SB 1230, restricting PFAS-containing firefighting foam and adding testing, inventory, and disposal requirements; and CS/SB 1288, a naming bill designating the Andrew Red Harris Shoal and requiring markers. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on SB 1066 regarding restoration of the Oklawaha/Rodman system, with supporters emphasizing ecological restoration, flood-risk reduction, and economic benefits, and opponents warning about local impacts, water quality, and the loss of a world-class fishery. The transcript ends during testimony on that bill, before final action is shown.

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• The local solid waste financial assistance program has maintained the same funding for this past several
• Our community action agency members deliver energy bill assistance to over 100,000 households statewide
• Our organization delivers energy bill assistance to over 9,200 households each year.
• Utilities are required to support energy assistance programs, yet implementation is uneven and too many
• of pictures of your kids. ...for telling your kids how to commit suicide and for making porn out of

Bills: HB2515 , HB2343 , HB2301 , HB2272 , HB2367

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: energy facilities, large energy use, regulation, state oversight, infrastructure, water quality, game farms, public health, environmental protection, regulatory oversight, extended producer responsibility, paint waste management, environmental regulations, sustainability, recycling, ski areas, winter sports, terminology update, recreation, regulatory changes

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• Assistant Majority Leader Garcia moves and Mr.
• Tragically, women veterans also experience higher rate of suicide.
• As a Marine who lost ten of his Marines to suicide in a matter of three years.
• To suicide. So we need to rise up.
• Disaster Assistance Act.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c> options to reduce suicides. options to reduce suicides.
• </c> lost a loved one to violence or suicide. lost a loved one to violence or suicide.
• </c><00:22:50.159><c> to</c> Medicine found homicide and suicide to Medicine found homicide and suicide
• Issues<00:52:14.559><c> like</c><00:52:15.040><c> suicide,</c> Issues like suicide, Issues like suicide
• Would it target the are by suicide?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• suicide plan increased by 44%.
• , and 9.5% had attempted suicide.
• And the share, creating a suicide plan, increased by 44%.
• And 9.5% had attempted suicide.
• Anxiety, depression, body image issues, and suicidal ideation and actions.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

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• Uh, we appreciate all the assistance we got last year in getting those one on the ballot, and two, that
• Within the state of maybe DWS having a Libra or a DOP person there to assist if there's needs that they
• can actually assist with other veteran services as we go out on the road.
• That assists us because of the lack of VSOs in every tribe and nation.
• Um, she's also been, uh, assisting a lot of veterans with questions because of the Montgomery GI bill

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• You know, not just physician assistants and dentists. And psychologists.
• to New Mexico's mental health statute by clarifying the standards used for civil commitment and assisted
• The Assisted Outpatient Treatment is about outpatient. patient civil commitment, and therefore we have
• Also, if you look on line 19, the term "commit suicide" is archaic.
• I like taking 'commit suicide' out too.

Bills: SB1 , SB3

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Keywords: interstate medical licensure compact, physician licensure, medical license reciprocity, expedited licensure, medical practice act, New Mexico medical board, compact commission, physician mobility, telemedicine, license portability, background check, disciplinary action, joint investigation, reproductive health care, gender-affirming care, scope of practice, medical board transparency, multistate compact, licensure renewal, health care workforce

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• The assistant that he had was appointed by the county commissioners, which kind of said, okay, they did
• I'm the assistant fire marshal for the Snohomish County Fire Marshal's Office and a board member of the
• I am Assistant Chief for South County Fire. I want to thank the committee for having us here today.
• I am Assistant Chief for South County Fire. I want to thank the committee for having us here today.
• The manner of death had been changed over the years from suicide to undetermined, to suicide, to undetermined

Bills: SB5820 , SB6064 , SB6077 , SB6101 , SB6013 , SB6066

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• Medical care and food assistance.
• And food insecurity increases depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.
• We do know that increases of depression, anxiety, and, like I said, suicidal ideation.
• Care managers assist in enrollment, renewal, and tracking eligibility milestones.
• No funding for CalFresh assistance on that?

Committee: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We can talk about suicide, why you would not want to think about using a firearm for suicide.
• </c> think about using a firearm for suicide. think about using a firearm for suicide.
• There are evidence-based methods to reduce suicide and suicide risk.
• </c><01:01:51.520><c> Suicide</c><01:01:52.000><c> is</c><01:01:52.160><c> a</c> suicide and suicide
• Suicide is a suicide and suicide risk.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Vet that purchase, make sure they're not using it for any crimes, suicide.
• We provide suicide awareness training for all the FFLs in the industry. We started this a year ago.
• Every FFL wants to stop gun violence and suicide awareness training.
• My own father died by gun suicide in 2002 when I was just a teenager myself.
• I was the Associate Assistant Director of Field Operations.

Bills: SB48 , HB250 , SB17

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, technology, innovation, advisory board, entrepreneurial support, stakeholder representation

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• We'll have a juvenile who's suicidal acting out. We had a juvenile who was eating his shirt.
• I've had companies to come in and assist us. So we exhausted all options.
• A principal, assistant principal gets in there, tries to break it up.
• And he got an assault charge. to excessive force, including the midst of a suicide attempt.
• These kids aren't ready for an assist- system that's failing. They're in one failing system.

Bills: HB31 , HB3360

Committee: House S/C on Juvenile Justice

Keywords: juvenile justice, community supervision, felony offenses, treatment of children, juvenile facilities, chemical dispensing device, solitary confinement, rehabilitation, criminal proceedings, delinquency, 1184, house, all

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• Charles Waskins, Assistant Secretary of Family Support, DCFS."
• Charles Waskins, Assistant Secretary of Family Support, DCFS.
• He said there is a reckoning underway because children are committing suicide and some companies are
• , and you're starting to see a reckoning because you're starting to see where kids are committing suicide
• When a chatbot instructs a child that, yes, she should commit suicide, that's not real.

Committee: Senate Judiciary A

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• for Tier 1 support are respectfully asked for I vote on 1851. assistance for tier one support.
• AB 1540 restores the Press 3 LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis Hotline within the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline,
• Research estimates that 4 in 10 eligible LGBTQ+ youth have seriously considered attempting suicide.
• There are a number of other suitable alternatives that can provide better suicide prevention.
• There are a number of other suitable alternatives that can provide better suicide prevention for all

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It requires certified nursing assistant serving in a nursing home to receive training on recognizing
• And it requires assisted living facilities to provide residents with a pamphlet. Upon admission.
• We have one for an amendment that I misplaced. >> As you Lily for assisted living association, we like
• of what assisted living facilities are capable of doing and and are designed to do so.
• I run 2 assisted living facility for 38 years. I got all the conference's.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Imagine a scenario where Missouri medical schools are teaching physician-assisted suicide.
• Suicide.
• legislators, and say, 'Oh, by the way, you should pass a bill that allows physicians in Missouri to do assisted
• suicide.'
• I know as a physical therapist, we used to have a lot of PT assistants, and you don't see those anymore

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• House Bill 392 by Representative Boyd, Title 17, suicide prevention program for students.
• From ages 10 to 15, the second leading cause of death is suicide.
• From ages 10 to 15, the second leading cause of death is suicide.
• Representative Boyd: Well, the 988 does not suggest suicide.
• Representative Boyd: Well, the 988 does not suggest suicide.

Bills: HR115 , HR116 , HR117 , HR118 , HR112 , HR113 , HR114 , HCR51 , HCR52 , SCR18 , SCR20 , SB14 , SB76 , SB118 , SB142 , SB156 , SB170 , SB197 , SB234 , SB258 , SB287 , SB288 , SB313 , SB315 , SB393 , SB396 , SB426 , SB427 , HCR7 , HB76 , HB84 , HB132 , HB181 , HB210 , HB250 , HB265 , HB275 , HB291 , HB322 , HB342 , HB457 , HB475 , HB477 , HB486 , HB616 , HB635 , HB639 , HB690 , HB740 , HB757 , HB761 , HB766 , HB774 , HB808 , HB855 , HB866 , HB872 , HB883 , HB886 , HB903 , HB949 , HB962 , HB996 , HB1003 , HB1036 , HB1054 , HB1071 , HB1076 , HB1078 , HB1113 , HB1132 , HB1146 , HB1232 , HB1233 , HR15 , HR20 , HCR14 , HCR6 , HCR19 , HCR10 , HR74 , HCR26 , HCR35 , HB98 , HB108 , HB131 , HB151 , HB161 , HB288 , HB294 , HB305 , HB310 , HB320 , HB336 , HB380 , HB392 , HB403 , HB420 , HB459 , HB476 , HB540 , HB615 , HB631 , HB637 , HB648 , HB665 , HB682 , HB789 , HB813 , HB815 , HB835 , HB870 , HB905 , HB915 , HB933 , HB938 , HB987 , HB1040 , HB51 , HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB180 , HB192 , HB393 , HB430 , HB445 , HB506 , HB515 , HB521 , HB565 , HB590 , HB614 , HB638 , HB670 , HB672 , HB685 , HB692 , HB752 , HB773 , HB781 , HB799 , HB860 , HB874 , HB887 , HB917 , HB937 , HB956 , HB965 , HB972 , HB977 , HB982 , HB1006 , HB1010 , HB1044 , HB1072 , HB1088 , HB1179 , HB1200 , HB81 , HB400 , HB154 , HB410 , HB463 , HB827 , HB868 , HB952 , HB953 , HB140 , HB750 , HB911 , HB52 , HB961 , HB399 , HB401 , HB901 , HB9 , HB58 , HB193 , HB284 , HB570 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB733

Keywords: Kappa Alpha Psi, fraternity, Louisiana, commemoration, community engagement, recognition, state championship, basketball, sports achievement, school commendation, commendation, athletics, team sports, youth, community recognition, water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee

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• , referrals are going to get made so that people can get help, assistance out there.
• My constituent lost her daughter to a suicide due to social media harms.
• </c><02:55:03.160><c> out</c> that people can get help, assistance out that people can get help, assistance
• </c> a suicide a suicide due<02:56:58.320><c> to</c><02:56:58.560><c> social</c><02:56:58.920><c> media
• The minor is facing or expressing suicidal ideation.

Keywords: 981, all