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• Madam— Madam Chair and Representative Blackman, so there’s a couple different components to Jacobs Law
• The other piece is the behavioral health component, where they have to receive certain behavioral health
• It doesn't have to be reserved for the public sector. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Chair.
• And I like your last point. reserve for the public sector. Thank you. Madam Chair. Representative.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee met to review Department of Child Safety reforms developed after oversight hearings on the deaths of Emily Pike, Zariah Dodd, and Rebecca Baptiste. Members described a stakeholder process involving tribes, DCS, law enforcement, county attorneys, schools, and advocates that produced several bills already moving through the Legislature or signed by the governor. Those measures include SB 1125 on tribal-DCS information sharing, a bill requiring schools to provide records to DCS in investigations, a duty-to-report bill requiring direct knowledge, a hotline bill allowing DCS to consider 90 days of prior reports and route repeat cases to more experienced staff, a bill allowing attorneys to share more safety information with judges, and a requirement for advanced forensic interviews within 72 hours in sexual abuse cases. The chair emphasized that reforms are needed across DCS, the courts, and attorneys, and that the San Carlos Tribe’s letter would be entered into the record. DCS Director Catherine Patak presented 2025 agency data, saying the hotline received nearly 160,000 calls and 43,000 cases were investigated, while the out-of-home care population stayed relatively steady at just over 7,000 children. She reported 3,000 reunifications, 1,300 adoptions, 800 guardianships, 1,100 young adults receiving transition services, 534 new foster homes licensed, a 50% reimbursement increase for older youth caregivers, a 40% drop in youth missing from care since September 2024, and a 30% reduction in fatalities of children in care since 2024. She also discussed the annual fatality review process, noting 123 alleged fatality or near-fatality reports in the review period, 52 with prior DCS involvement, and systemic themes such as support for teens with complex needs, collaboration with law enforcement and the courts, and better staff support. Patak answered questions about group-home notification rules, saying DCS is updating rules to remove “runaway” and “AWOL” and use “missing” consistently, while also considering a statute change for the timing of notifications. She said about 300 children in care are there because of behavioral issues after adoption, and members raised concerns about insufficient behavioral health services for adopted children and the need for better training and support in group homes. Senators also asked about placement practices for sexually abused children and whether staff gender matching is considered; Patak said she was not aware of a specific requirement and would look into it. The committee then heard from Malcolm Hightower of Casey Family Programs, who said Arizona is generally near the national average on child welfare measures, does better than average on kin placements, but has a higher-than-average share of children in congregate care and slightly lower permanency within two years. He noted Arizona’s safety outcomes are roughly in line with national rates and urged continued cross-branch collaboration and timely information sharing. A final presentation from KC Melsick of Collaborative Safety focused on the agency’s systemic critical incident review model. He argued that child welfare and other public systems should move away from blame-focused responses after tragedies and toward a “safety culture” that examines system factors, near misses, and decision-making. He said Arizona has used this approach since 2016, with reported improvements including reduced turnover, and that the model is similar to after-action reviews used in the military and root-cause analysis in healthcare. Members discussed applying the same approach more broadly across state agencies. The committee ended with expressions of appreciation for the bill sponsors, DCS staff, tribal partners, and ongoing work, and adjourned with plans to continue the reforms in the interim and next session.

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• the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this month, when you start putting down deposits on the main components
• in the business of looking to develop nuclear power, where ultimately our project has a nuclear component
• Like everybody else, this is an exciting frontier, but I have similar reservations and wanted to ask
• If you think about oil and gas, there are around a couple of hundred years left of reserves.

Bills: HB 11, HB 14, HB 132, HB 1584, HB 1606, HB 5061, HB 1041, HB 2286

Keywords: licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 132, Texas Government Code Chapter 418, Public Information Act, confidential records, homeland security, foreign adversary, terrorism, critical infrastructure, emergency response, law enforcement

Summary: The meeting was a thorough exploration of multiple bills, most notably focused on innovative energy solutions and public safety enhancements. Key discussions centered around HB14, which aims to bolster the state's nuclear energy capabilities through the establishment of a Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office. Senators and expert witnesses discussed the potential of nuclear power as a clean energy source and a strategic necessity for Texas's growth. There was strong support for the bill, with various stakeholders highlighting its importance for the future energy landscape. Additionally, other bills like HB132 addressed the need for enhanced confidentiality protections regarding sensitive information, while HB1584 sought improvements in power restoration procedures during emergencies. Overall, the committee engaged with multiple viewpoints, balancing innovation with safety and ethical considerations.

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• So the Minnesota Homeless Study and companion Reservation Homeless Study are the most comprehensive data
• senior research manager at Wilder Research and co-director of the Minnesota Homeless Study and the Reservation
• over 1,000 individuals if anybody wants to get real creative and get into the weeds about the tax component
• The DE-1 amendment just breaks down some of the components that actually fall into the different funding

Bills: HF2115, HF2276, HF1644, HF99, HF2068, HF2707, HF2704, HF2406, HF1674, HF1579

Keywords: human services, aging services, disability services, behavioral health, long-term care, nursing home, nursing facility, assisted living, waiver services, medical assistance, Medicaid, case mix reimbursement, PDPM, RUG, direct care and treatment, developmental disabilities, day services, positive support, guardian, conservator

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• Making sure that all students are fed in schools is a fundamental component to supporting the whole child
• final change in that amendment as well, and that essentially is allowing this money It goes into a reserved
• Minneapolis or the surrounding reservation districts that have contracted me to be a cultural artist
• Here are the components of the bill: First, MDE would be prohibited from issuing a grant or would be

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• Uh, Line 16, emergency reserve for contingencies for fiscal year 25 has been reduced from 10 million
• Emergency reserve contingencies has been reduced to zero, although we do have the FY 26 and 7 still included
• Uh, so that is one of the, the, the safety and security aspects, um, the other component, uh, as Mr.
• this current year we have added agribusiness and our, uh, film and digital media industry, uh, components
• So when we talk about bond reconciliation, there are multiple components that build into it, so I'll

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• failures don't take vehicle component failures don't take place<00:39:41.040> all<00:39:41.359
• That salt gets up into those cars and eats away at those joints and at those components.
• The other thing that another components.
• Uh, why the adjustment to the capital reserve?
• <02:10:01.760> or<02:10:02.000> their<02:10:02.320> financial their reserves

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's a different group had already reserved the room or requested the space.
• <00:19:53.679> the<00:19:53.840> room group had already like reserved the room group
• had already like reserved the room or<00:19:55.039> requested<00:19:56.080> the<00:19:
• a room and then we can actually reserve a room and then we can continue<00:36:55.839> to<00:36
• a lot more than anything labor component a lot more than anything else. else. else.

Bills: HF4479, HF4368, HF4889

Keywords: higher education, public university, college campus, postsecondary institution, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University of Minnesota, town hall, town hall meeting, elected official, legislator, public forum, constituent meeting, campus access, free meeting space, parking fees, civic engagement, public outreach, chapter 135A, HF4368, Minnesota State

Summary: The committee approved the April 9 minutes and then took up House File 4479, which would require public postsecondary institutions to make space available for town halls and similar official events by elected officials, with limits intended to keep the events on the official side and not campaign-related. Representative Frederick said the bill is meant to prevent universities from creating barriers such as fees or parking charges and to ensure a neutral, accessible venue for community conversations. The bill was laid over for possible later action. The committee heard supportive testimony from Jim Dimmick of Minnesota State University, Mankato, who argued that town halls should be public, open, moderated, and dialogic rather than speeches, and said universities should be centers for public discourse. He also said charging fees can undermine neutrality and that using partisan student groups to sponsor events can create the appearance of bias. Minnesota State official Mr. Omen said campuses often host these events, fees are set locally to cover costs, and student government sponsorship can sometimes avoid charges; he also noted the fee at Mankato is discounted and depends on room size. Several members raised concerns about the bill. Representative Scott, Chair Robbins, Representative Schwarz, Representative Allen, and others argued that campuses should not be required by statute to give legislators special treatment, that fees and parking costs cover real expenses, and that universities should remain focused on education rather than political events. Questions also focused on who would decide what room size is reasonable, how disputes would be handled, and who would pay for security if protests or safety issues arose. Representative Frederick responded that room selection would be a good-faith partnership with the university, that the bill does not require a town hall or guarantee a specific room, and that security funding is not spelled out in the bill.

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• Any members voting no with reservations? Chair, your recommendation is adopted.
• Any members voting no with reservations? Chair, your recommendation is adopted.
• Any members voting no with reservations? Chair, your recommendation is adopted.
• Any members voting no with reservations? Chair, your recommendation is adopted.
• Any members voting no with reservations?

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several Human Services measures focused on Medicaid access, long-term care benefits, home health reimbursement, SNAP administration, trauma-informed child welfare, and child abuse reporting. HP 702 would increase funding for Medicaid in-home services if federal matching funds are secured, and testimony from disability advocates supported the measure as needed to help people with disabilities cover medical expenses. HB 1477, described as a correction to a prior session’s mistake, would clarify that the monthly needs allowance for certain long-term care residents does not replace state supplemental payments and would raise the ceiling by $25 to fix the prior issue and by an additional $20 as a new benefit; DHS supported it with amendments, and the committee indicated it would amend accordingly. HB 713 would fund a DHS rate study for home health services, with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii strongly supporting it and describing rising labor costs, losses on Medicaid patients, and access concerns if agencies cannot keep serving Medicaid clients. HB 1099 would appropriate emergency funds to DHS after a USDA penalty tied to SNAP response times, with supporters including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others arguing the money should be reinvested in staffing and systems to improve access and avoid further penalties. HB 1079 would direct the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS to create trauma-informed assessments and training for Child Welfare Services staff; testimony from state offices and advocacy groups supported it, citing the Mālama ʻOhana Working Group, staff burnout, and the need for a sustainable train-the-trainer model. Finally, HB 239 would narrow when failure to provide a child’s needs constitutes abuse or neglect, but DHS raised concerns that the current wording could broaden abuse findings and leave families in poverty without a clear safety net, while the Honolulu prosecutor’s office opposed it, warning it could weaken mandatory reporting and hinder investigations of child abuse. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, though the chair said HB 1477 would be amended and several measures were left open for further questions and testimony.

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• And that is a critical component when we talk about where is my child, how do I know they're safe.
• But I do have reservations, and I wonder if there's a way to strengthen it or make it better and safer
• They are very happy about the bill, and oftentimes when we do things with the school safety components
• The required components of the communication plan, the required components of the response plans, the

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• Leadership that would place New Mexico in the forefront of human rights and being able to understand that component
• believe it was 1907 to 1987 or somewhere in there were there forced abortions as well on the Indian Reservation
• One of the components is that I think part of it is the data loss that we have not been able To either
• What we do know now is one of the Components is how do we collect it, how do we collect it accurately
• our community is working on currently is a very large grant that actually we are going To put this component

Bills: SM13, SM14

Keywords: land grant, Las Vegas, governance, self-governance, judicial management, forced sterilization, coerced sterilization, Indigenous women, Native American women, women of color, reproductive justice, reproductive sovereignty, truth and reconciliation commission, memorial, trauma-informed care, reparative justice, human rights, bodily autonomy, Indian Health Service, Indian affairs

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• Again, it provides a grant for 80% of the eligible project components, and the cap last year again was
• The program provides a grant for 80% of the eligible project components, and the cap last year again
• <01:09:25.319> that to address all of those components that to address all of those components
• Actually, I'm going to talk very slowly while we get this moving in order to reserve some time for your
• some time for uh in order to reserve some time for your<01:37:22.120> questions.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chairman, I'm happy to answer questions and reserve the right to close. Members, any questions?
• We reserve your right. Thank you, sir. The chair calls. Doctor Laura Presley. We show you as Dr.
• We'll reserve the right to close and we'll proceed to public testimony.
• Um, does your, does this bill, does Betancourt's bill have a mens rea component?
• If not, we'll proceed to public testimony, and you reserve your right to close, Ms. Swanson.

Bills: HB311

Keywords: flood hazards, recreational vehicles, temporary dwelling structures, Texas Water Development Board, flood safety standards, emergency management

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• The Senate resolution creates a non-binding reserve fund. $2 trillion in unspecified spending cuts over
• During that period of time, if SELF has insufficient reserves to pay any of these claims during that
• And that is a year-to-year analysis of claims coming in, and do they have any reserves left for those
• If the year is negative, in that they need to pay claims. and don't have reserves to do that then that's
• This high-level components of this data is publicly available information or subject to public disclosure

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Mi will check in with those folks and see how they're doing we have let's see we've got for the reservation
• And then other, which she's got multiple components to it.
• And so if they see components that are going to be available for K-12 and they want to utilize them,
• Now it's going to take on an emotional component because these bots are going to be talking to us.
• And I'm bringing in they They have the billing component done.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Because that was not a focus of their original workshop, along with the youth component.
• Not, sorry, not an opponent, a component. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• We look to keep adding these folks, as I think it's just a critical component to, you know, folks in
• I think I brought that up the last LFC meeting on the behavioral health component of expansion. for the
• You have naval reserves, you have the Marine Corps reserves, and you have the Air Force active duty bases

Keywords: 996, all

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• And then lastly, increasing component.
• > is<01:24:52.800> 363 today 2025, that local component is 363 today 2025, that local component
• ,<01:24:56.320> the And so the state component, the SEEK component, has been relatively flat
• If you go all just the local component.
• this issue and so we would reserve this issue and so we would reserve future<02:09:23.280> you

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call - 0:25 Approval of Minutes – 3-50 2025 RS SB 253 – 4:25 Computer Science and AI Literacy – 27:36 Fayette County School District Budget Update – 51:46 Adjournment – 2:09:46, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including roll call, introductions, and approval of the previous meeting minutes by voice vote. It then heard a presentation on SB 253, focused on expanding support for teacher apprenticeship and teaching-and-learning pathways. Senator Hickman and staff from the Kentucky Department of Education and Nelson County Schools described how the program uses dual credit, work-based learning, and registered apprenticeship to help students earn an associate degree in high school and continue toward a teaching degree. They said the goal is to address the teacher shortage by creating a sustainable pipeline into the profession. Witnesses emphasized that the main barrier is cost. Mary Taylor said Kentucky’s youth apprenticeship model has been successful in other fields and that education should be added as an in-demand sector, but an associate degree alone will not solve the teacher shortage because teachers still need a bachelor’s degree and certification. Laura Arnold of Nelson County Schools described the district’s Lead Nelson program, saying the district has invested more than $800,000 since 2021, currently has 37 students in the pathway and seven committed apprentices, and spends about $85,000 per apprentice from freshman year through certification. She said district staffing, planning, and university partnerships are also significant hurdles. Members asked about job guarantees, tenure, and retirement; Arnold said employment is performance-based and retirement issues are being considered. Senator Hickman said the bill would use lottery funds to help cover tuition and dual credit costs so more districts can participate, noting that a prior version died because of a high fiscal note. Representative Payne and Representative Tipton praised the program but stressed the need for funding and noted inconsistencies between statute and budget language on Work Ready Kentucky and dual credit support. Representative Tipton also cautioned that lottery revenue may not keep pace with demand and said the General Assembly may need to make broader funding decisions. After the apprenticeship discussion, the chair moved the committee to the next agenda item on computer science and AI literacy, where Code.org began a presentation on the importance of computer science for all students.

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• P&L statement or what you had to reserve for loan losses versus debit card fraud.
• If there are no further questions, we'll proceed to testimony and reserve your right to close.
• Today and if we go back, you know, the fraud is harder to measure in credit, but the Federal Reserve
• The 2021 Federal Reserve report showed that merchants actually...
• A significant component of credit cards is offering these programs like airline miles, cash back, and

Bills: HB245, HB245, HB700, HB2783, HB3526, HB3900, HB4061, HB4124, HB4166, HB4395, HB4534, HB4609, HB4641, HB4736, HB4738, HB4739, HB4945, HB5015, HJR175

Keywords: property tax, delinquent taxes, ad valorem, penalties, interest cap, military service, retirement, law enforcement, custodial officer, Employees Retirement System, commercial financing, brokers, registration, disclosures, finance, consumer protection, fees, deferred compensation, automatic participation, county employees

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• We'll reserve your right to close. Members, any questions? Yes, Representative Schoolcraft.
• And I'll reserve you a right to close. Chair calls Aaron Kinsey. Thank you. Mr.
• I'm happy. to take any questions, and I'd like to reserve my right to close.
• OK, if not, I'll reserve your right to close. We'll go into testimony. Thank you, sir.
• I want to emphasize that positive parental consent or positive parental involvement is a core component

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• That came from our own operating reserves.
• We ultimately made six loans totaling $1.3 million, again from NMFA operating reserves, and that is a
• So, water utilities that have underlying rate payers will obviously have some small loan component, but
• allows us to work with banks, credit unions, and savings and loans to provide internal loan loss reserves
• match the deposits by the bank, the financial institution, and the client to build an internal loss reserve

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• Chairman I will reserve. reserve. reserve.
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• codified reserve. codified reserve. >> Gentleman<04:23:24.399> reserves.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 14, 2026, 1012, house, all