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• A three-year contract may get us some better rates, but a five-year period could provide even better
• They're not just in dual enrollment.
• Now, they can, like we talked about, do the dual enrollment track, which is kind of a partway.
• It really is a dual enrollment program on steroids.
• With that, we're also providing professional development for teachers across the state.

Bills: SB175, SB195, SB196, SB199

Keywords: aircraft, tax exemption, sales tax, lease tax, maintenance, Alabama, health insurance, Medicare, retirees, public education, contracts, education, high school, community college, dual enrollment, secondary credit, Move on When Ready, parental leave, state employees, local education agencies

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• This subdivision provides valuable insight when multiple providers unknowingly deliver overlapping or
• </c> providers being paid for that care. providers being paid for that care.
• </c> subdivision provides valuable insight subdivision provides valuable insight when<00:14:19.680><c
• CRNAs provide the sole anesthesia providers in 97% of our critical access hospitals.
• CRNAs<01:42:25.560><c> provide</c> CRNAs provide CRNAs provide sole<01:42:27.760><c> uh</c><01:42:27.840

Bills: HF4712, HF4801, HF3756, HF4860, HF4931, HF4289, HF4460

Keywords: residential pools, swimming classes, certification, private business, health safety, health care, prior authorization, managed care, medical assistance, mental health, substance use treatment, chronic conditions, health insurance, insulin, healthcare access, pharmacy regulations, patient assistance, affordable medication, healthcare, pharmacy

Summary: The committee met at 1:00 p.m., confirmed a quorum, and approved the April 8, 2026 minutes. The first bill heard was House File 4712, which was laid over after the committee adopted a DE2 amendment. Representative Schultz said the bill would create a narrow additional exception to public pool limitations so highly certified swimming instructors could use certain pools for specialized infant, youth, and developmental-disability swim instruction. The only testifier, Tessa Seppelt, described ISR instruction as water-safety and drowning-prevention training for very young children and children with developmental delays, and said access to appropriate facilities is the main barrier. Members raised questions about emergency egress, public safety, and insurance coverage, and the author said he would follow up on those concerns. The committee then took up House File 4801, a bill by Representative Nadeau aimed at health care program integrity. He said it would align commercial and Medicaid partners to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse by changing prior authorization and retrospective review processes, improving data sharing on suspected fraud, addressing conflicting or duplicative services, allowing managed care organizations to verify provider credentials, and making risk corridors in MCO contracts permanent. The Minnesota Council of Health Plans supported the bill, saying it would help detect fraud and improve coordination, while the Minnesota chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics opposed it, arguing that expanded prior authorization would delay care, increase physician burden, and harm children with chronic conditions. Members debated patient safety, fraud detection, and whether the bill would undermine recent prior-authorization reforms. The bill was laid over. House File 3756, a technical update to the insulin safety net program, was also laid over. Representative Backer said the bill clarifies that a hospital-use intravenous insulin product is not part of the program because it is sold only to health care institutions and infused by practitioners, not dispensed to patients for self-use. The Board of Pharmacy testified that the language was drafted to avoid affecting future legitimate uses, and members asked whether the definition could limit new uses if treatments change. The committee then began House File 4860, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s presentation is completed.

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• and provides the option for eligible individuals to opt in.
• HCBS enrollment information between ACA and DCF. Thank you, Senator.
• It'll allow the system to know who is enrolled for us to know that we are enrolled and also provide the
• Requires DCF to issue a regular license within the provider.
• off the pre-enrollment list and into services.

Bills: S1002, S1016, S1030, S1594, S1630

Keywords: child welfare, substance abuse, neglect, parental rights, drug exposure, Medicaid, disabilities, employment, healthcare access, income eligibility, veteran benefits, minor clients, financial assistance, education services, Department of Children and Families, Department of Health, aging services, disability assistance, long-term care, Alzheimer's support

Summary: The committee considered several bills affecting children, disability services, aging, recovery residences, and foster youth benefits. SB 1016 codified the working people with disabilities program for Medicaid waiver recipients, with amendments removing automatic enrollment and improving information sharing between agencies; advocates testified that the program helps people with developmental disabilities work while keeping needed care, though they raised implementation and training concerns. The bill was reported favorably. SB 1002, as amended, clarified that evidence of acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect in child welfare cases and allow court intervention and treatment requirements; it was also reported favorably. SB 1594 would preserve veterans’ benefits for foster youth for postsecondary education or aftercare rather than using them as reimbursement to the agency, and it passed favorably. SB 1630 modernized aging and long-term care statutes, expanded emergency service authority, updated oversight of area agencies on aging and guardianship, and permanently established the Florida Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence; after two amendments, it was reported favorably. SB 1030, on recovery residences/substance abuse services, was amended with a substitute that narrowed transfer definitions, sped licensure for existing providers adding levels of care, and limited credentialing entities’ access to resident records; members noted it remained a work in progress, but it was reported favorably. The committee also held confirmation hearings. Robert Astellos, nominated as Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, described efforts to reduce the pre-enrollment list, improve transparency and customer service, expand family involvement, and streamline agency processes; multiple advocacy groups appeared in support, and the committee recommended his confirmation. The committee then unanimously recommended confirmation of the appointees on tabs 7 through 10. The meeting concluded with adjournment.

Bills: SB141, SB124, SB56, SJR116, SB94, SB37, SB127, SB197, SB66, SB70, SB133, SB160, SB214, SB312, SB52, SJR62, SJR75

Keywords: legal advertisements, tax rates, public hearings, transparency, local government, sick leave, education, teacher retirement, benefits, employee compensation, Medicaid, nonopioid analgesics, pain management, health care regulation, utilization controls, physician shortage, health care access, medically underserved areas, medical education, workforce development

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• If you wish to provide public testimony, please register your position today. You may do so now.
• Is there anyone wishing to provide public testimony on House Bill 303?
• House Bill 3305 is the House companion to Senate Bill 1375, which creates the Collin County Local Provider
• TRA also provides raw water to customers that are primarily municipalities and monitors water quality

Bills: HB198, HB303, HB1535, HB2742, HB3305, HB3348, HB3505, HB3711, HB4753, HB2715, HB21, HB30, HB21, HB198, HB303

Keywords: HB 198, Wade Cannon Act, firefighter cancer screening, occupational cancer screening, fire protection personnel, local government, political subdivision, Texas Commission on Fire Protection, National Fire Protection Association, NFPA standards, occupational medical examination, public safety, firefighter health, cancer prevention, annual health screening, confidential medical exam, pulmonary function test, electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, blood test

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• ISDs Senator Betancourt: Will use enrollment data instead of population comparisons showing what tax
• HB 17 will require taxing entities to provide uniform, easy to understand notices, empowering Texans
• that schools should be funded Kelly Rasty: on enrollment and that funding formula should be indexed
• Senator Bettencourt: OK, and the enrollment issue is still an issue too.
• We're not funded on enrollment. It's got a silver lining Senator Bettencourt: in this cloud.

Bills: HB17, HB23

Keywords: property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support, youth programs, community education, county population threshold, large county, local government revenue, leasehold interest, possessory interest

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• Senate Bill 1046 would require that by January 1st of each year, each telecommunication provider will
• Senate Bill 1046 would require that by January 1st of each year, each telecommunication provider will
• Finally, Senate Bill 1046 would prohibit any telecommunication provider that is in violation from receiving
• I have not provided direct input into the bill with the sponsor, no.
• That the university has already provided us space for.

Bills: SB1046

Keywords: telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security

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• If an injunction is issued requiring a covered provider to provide this data, failure to comply could
• result in fines of up to $100,000 per covered provider.
• You have to provide additional notification.
• I think this is a worthy amendment that still gets at the intent of providing the notice and providing
• I think this is a worthy amendment that still gets at the intent of providing the notice and providing

Bills: HB2675, HB2249, HB2120, HB1069, HB1983, HB2431, SB6006, SB6297, SB6351, SB6353, HB2521, HB2091, HB2104, SB6355, HB2254, HB2385, SB5808, HB1796, HB1376, SB6260, HB2353

Keywords: accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, HB 2249, Washington Technology Solutions, WaTech, civil service, classified service, exempt employees, state employment, state personnel, network security, cybersecurity, information technology, IT contracting, data center, systems integration, network engineering

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• To do so, if you've got written testimony, please provide 20 copies.
• Independent School Districts (ISDs) will use enrollment data instead of population comparisons, showing
• However, schools are funded on ADA, which is enrollment minus attendance, which is significant.
• that schools should be funded on enrollment and that the funding formula should be indexed to inflation
• Okay, and the enrollment issue is still an issue too. We're not...

Bills: HB17, HB23

Keywords: property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support, youth programs, community education, county population threshold, large county, local government revenue, leasehold interest, possessory interest

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• Enrollment does grow at a rate higher than enrollment, is that right? I do.
• It's the bare bones minimum that we can provide the community.
• I was able to provide information for them, and we had safety come out and provide that information about
• To provide—we can provide the language for that carve-out for our emergency services.
• People, we provide fire and ambulance services.

Bills: HB17, HB23, SB 10

Keywords: property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support, youth programs, community education, county population threshold, large county, local government revenue, leasehold interest, possessory interest

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• Senate Bill 348 by Senator Edmonds provides for third-party service providers and enforcement of motor
• It provides that beginning January 1, '27, the city of St.
• Members, this provides St.
• that they ask you to provide.
• Today we've got lunch provided, so it won't be the day. I thank you all for showing up.

Bills: SB348, SB444, SB485

Keywords: motor vehicles, enforcement, administrative support, law enforcement, private service provider, regulatory compliance, expropriation, public purpose, property rights, compensation, city governance, St. George, insurance premium tax, city of St. George, municipal authority, local taxation, East Baton Rouge Parish, 965, house, all

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• </c> Colleges and Universities enrollment Colleges and Universities enrollment fraud. fraud. fraud.
• </c> claiming enrollment are who they are. claiming enrollment are who they are.
• 04:28.880><c> protect</c> Faster enrollment process and protect Faster enrollment process and protect
• </c> Uh there would be a faster enrollment Uh there would be a faster enrollment process<00:06:58.880
• don't usually provide that.

Bills: HF4698, HF4608

Keywords: higher education, identity verification, enrollment fraud, funding, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, postsecondary education, community college, university, developmental education, remedial education, remediation, corequisite, co-requisite, English composition, college readiness, adult basic education, ABE, student placement, credit-bearing courses, noncredit courses

Bills: SB85, SB85

Keywords: vaccination exemption, religious exemption, medical exemption, vaccine mandate, testing requirement, public schools, K-12, students, parents, guardians, higher education, college enrollment, university attendance, public institutions of higher education, immunization, religious tenets, sincerely held belief, school health policy, Alabama, AHSAA physical form

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• This provides clarity for them, lost.
• This covers daycare providers or childcare providers that take $1 million or more in CCAP money or $1
• Thank you for the services that you provide.
• Um, is there anyone else in you provide.
• /c><01:10:07.120><c> data</c> helps provide some personal data helps provide some personal data protection

Bills: HF1027, HF2226, HF1916, HF1915, HF1567, HF1986

Keywords: mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds

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• And all this happened at the hands of our in-home daycare provider.
• Cindy Cunningham, family child care provider in St.
• So every provide training as well.
• If I've been a provider and meaningful.
• </c><00:58:44.559><c> benefits</c> to ask the taxpayers to provide benefits to ask the taxpayers to provide

Bills: HF3831, HF3603, HF1900, HF495, HF3750, HF4316, HF2136, HF4384

Keywords: SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order

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• We know we've been pushing dual enrollment.
• Or they could have the ACT score and the grade point average and not the dual enrollment.
• It provides financial assistance to students who are enrolled in two-year institutions.
• How is that going to be provided? Who pays for that?
• How is that going to be provided? Who pays for that?

Bills: HCR10, HB195, HB283, HB319, HB325, HB407, HB448, HB482, HB992

Keywords: sanctioned sports, athletics, youth sports, high school, LHSAA, self-defense, chemical spray, public safety, campus security, higher education, Teacher's Shield Act, student discipline, assault, battery, school employee protection, sick leave, expulsion procedures, Louisiana Commission on Civic Education, civic education, civic engagement

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• ><c> available</c> So provide the opportunities available So provide the opportunities available to<00
• They<00:49:57.200><c> provide</c><00:49:57.760><c> um</c><00:49:57.920><c> employment</c> They provide
• </c><01:07:57.920><c> more</c> will be doing that to provide more will be doing that to provide more
• They provide students for a job.
• A more balanced approach could help manage the enrollment where we pay closer to $20 enrollment where

Bills: HF3650, HF1791, HF3489, HF4231, HF4232, HF4269, HF4270, HF3490

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

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• , criminal procedure, Department of Corrections, outstanding warrant check procedures on inmates provided
• And in subsection B, the law enforcement agency responsible for service of the warrant shall provide
• </c> they and the in the bill it provides they and the in the bill it provides them<00:18:44.480><c>
• Provided, however, that such election shall not affect any such individual's entitlement to benefits
• Provided, however, that such election shall not affect any such individual's entitlement to benefits

Bills: HB304, HB285, HB312, HB311, SB60

Keywords: impoundment, driver licenses, vehicle redemption, local identification cards, law enforcement, HB285, TJ's Law, traffic infraction, traffic ticket, uniform traffic ticket and complaint, minor driver, juvenile driver, parent notification, guardian notification, emergency contact, citing agency, traffic citation, driver safety, youth safety, Alabama traffic law

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• I've seen what happens when we fail to provide that chance.
• providing over 19,000 1,000 abortion drugs to our state every single year.
• I provided a detailed handout and I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you.
• What we are seeking to avoid is additional liability on providers who are not providing elective abortions
• But this state has attacked prenatal care providers, defunded education, doesn't provide free school

Bills: SB10, SB16, SB6, SB 6, SB 10, SB 16

Keywords: trafficking, prostitution, affirmative defense, victims, criminal justice reform, victim rights, criminal justice, judicial reform, court procedures, mental health services, criminal penalties, court security, SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life

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• So that's a considerable increase to the EMS service providers.
• We have uh states EMS service providers.
• <c> contacted,</c><00:24:06.400><c> they</c> service providers are contacted, they service providers
• </c> service providers to come up on a scene. service providers to come up on a scene.
• </c> will disallow uh EMS service providers will disallow uh EMS service providers to<00:25:28.640><c

Bills: SB294, HB296, HB300, SB269

Keywords: public officers, bonding, risk management, notification, delinquency, consumer protection, rental home, marketplace guarantees, insurance, commissioner of insurance, healthcare, breast cancer screening, insurance coverage, deductible, copayment, emergency medical services, ambulance reimbursement, health care insurers, balance billing, provider networks