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• Um so integrating creative skill set.
• It's integration with technology innovation. It's all part of advanced manufacturing.
• It's integration with technology innovation. It's all part of advanced manufacturing.
• It's integration with technology innovation. It's all part of advanced manufacturing.
• Integration with technology innovation. Uh, it's all part of advanced manufacturing.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committees on Economic Development and Tourism and on Transportation, Culture, and the Arts heard HCR 142, which urges the Hawaii Tourism Authority and Department of Transportation to expand the airport greetings program to display art in all neighbor island airports. Testimony from CARES supported the measure, emphasizing that public art and youth art competitions help educate keiki, strengthen cultural understanding, and support economic development through Hawaii’s creative industries. No one testified in opposition, and members raised no questions. Both committees recommended passage of HCR 142 unamended. The measure was adopted by voice vote in each committee, with some members excused. Later, the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard HTR 102, which concerns translating the real estate salesperson exam into Japanese for timeshare-related sales. Supporters, including DBEDT and ARDA Hawaii, argued the change would help Japanese-speaking applicants, improve workforce recruitment, and support Hawaii’s timeshare industry and Japanese visitor market. A representative from APAC Hawaii supported the idea but suggested considering additional languages such as Korean, Chinese, and Filipino. Some senators questioned whether the proposal adequately addressed continuing education and long-term English proficiency, and the Real Estate Commission explained it does not currently issue a limited timeshare salesperson license and that the proposal would not restrict licensees from selling other real estate products. The committee also heard HCR 156, which asks the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to increase its focus on advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity to support economic diversification, high-wage jobs, innovation, and national security. HTDC and the Hawaii Military Affairs Council supported the resolution, citing the recent federal discontinuation of the local Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, Innovate Hawaii, and the loss of related staff positions as reasons to reinforce state support. Testimony and discussion stressed cybersecurity, supply-chain resilience, automation, and the need to sustain manufacturing momentum in Hawaii. Both HTR 102 and HCR 156 were recommended for passage as is and were adopted by the committee, with some members excused.

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• My second question is in relation to the K-3 grade span adjustment to integrate the TK funding.
• Can you tell us about what changes are needed in order to fully integrate that?
• I think for it to do its best, that integration is really important.
• That integration is really important, and they are different systems, so that's a challenge.
• Way to help the schools that want to do it, to integrate that kind of work.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• There's a risk to the honesty, integrity, security, and fairness of the lottery.
• And this unregulated activity poses a substantial risk to the honesty, integrity, fairness and security
• And did, in fact, in my opinion, show a risk to, for instance, integrity, security, and fairness. that
• And there's gonna be fact situations where something would not implicate the Security Integrity Lottery
• To exercise strict control and close supervision of all the lottery games to ensure integrity. security

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Um, it is integrated into our system.
• Um, it is integrated into our system.
• there is some program integrity there is some program integrity challenges<00:46:09.119> that
• the integrity of the Medicaid program. the integrity of the Medicaid program.
• <01:04:17.520> the on your program program integrity the on your program program integrity

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:36 Department for Medicaid Services 00:01:44, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met for an overview of the Department for Medicaid Services budget. Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Beal described Kentucky Medicaid enrollment at about 1.4 million members, including more than 600,000 children, and said the agency’s 2025 total budget was $20.6 billion. They reviewed enrollment trends before, during, and after the COVID-19 public health emergency, noting that redeterminations begun in 2023 reduced enrollment from its peak but that total membership remains above pre-COVID levels. They also explained the difference between the fee-for-service population, which includes long-term care and waiver members, and managed care members, and gave examples of the kinds of services and diagnoses seen in each group. A major focus was the governor’s recommended Medicaid budget and the department’s forecast process. Lee said the budget is split into benefits and administration, with benefits covering fee-for-service services, managed care capitation, transportation, and Medicare premiums, while administration covers contracts, personnel, operating costs, and IT-related advanced planning documents. She said the department uses a consensus forecasting group and actuary input, and that its forecasts have been within 1% of actual spending in recent years. The department also said the governor’s budget includes new waiver slots to address waiting lists, a 2% staff COLA, and a 10% phase-down on state-directed payments beginning in January 2028. Much of the discussion centered on House Resolution 1 and the funding needed to implement its Medicaid-related provisions, including community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, and future cost sharing. Lee said the department requested about $35 million in total funds for fiscal 2027, including about $8.2 million in general funds for system changes to the integrated eligibility system, claims processing, notices, and monitoring; and about $11 million in fiscal 2028 for ongoing maintenance, with about $1.6 million in general funds. She said the department expects to seek federal APD matching funds for the IT work. In response to questions, she explained that community engagement would apply to Medicaid expansion members, with qualifying activities including work, school, volunteering, or equivalent income, and that certain groups such as pregnant women, children, caretaker relatives, and some people with chronic disease or substance use disorder would be excluded. She said the department identified roughly 70,000 expansion members who could be subject to the requirement. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• Of that in making them integrated.
• We have one system, one integrated solution, and it works for all.
• Your opinion is that if we went to a centralized integrated system where the systems are talking to each
• And so the integrations are.
• Implementing and deploying an integrated centralized system, I think it's important that we work with

Bills: SB132, SM16, SM17

Keywords: SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation

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• Each priority project was strategically vetted to integrate with existing community support networks
• What they're doing is they're really integrating training programs, introductory programs with their
• How are you integrating here in the city, in the urban areas, and really integrating with the Boys and
• We just are curious: are we talking about integration with health, or are we talking about integration
• And on slide 43, you'll see a graphic of the integration of simulation into the classroom.

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• I see Representative Thurber on H. 2011, an act relative to bodily autonomy and family integrity.
• The science is showing they not only harm our reproductive health, they can integrate into the human
• Please pass bills S. 1227 and H. 2011 to support bodily autonomy and family integrity.
• So I support bodily autonomy, and I support family integrity, the right for parents to make decisions
• I am here to support bodily autonomy and family integrity. That's S. 1227 and H. 2011.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing began with opening remarks from the House and Senate chairs outlining procedures for a large public hearing with more than 100 witnesses on 64 legislative proposals. They explained time limits, rules for in-person and virtual testimony, written testimony procedures, and the committee’s reporting deadline. Testimony then moved through a series of juvenile justice, child protection, and civil liberties bills, with witnesses generally urging favorable reports or, in one case, opposing expanded juvenile court transparency and child advocate access to records. Several witnesses supported bills aimed at juvenile justice reform. Representative Hendricks backed H. 1744 to prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking, citing federal findings of child labor in seafood processing and calling for stronger penalties and a ban on minors working in such facilities. Senator Gomez supported S. 1131 and S. 1121 to reduce juvenile fees, fines, restitution burdens, and bail-related costs, arguing they worsen racial and economic disparities. Senator Crean and other advocates supported S. 1051/H. 1695 to expand juvenile diversion eligibility, while multiple witnesses from juvenile justice and immigrant advocacy groups supported H. 1657/S. 1058 to expand juvenile expungement and to limit sharing juvenile fingerprints with federal authorities, describing recent ICE detentions of Chelsea students and the resulting fear in immigrant communities. Witnesses also supported H. 1918/S. 1240 to narrow the youthful offender statute, raising the minimum age and reducing mandatory adult-style penalties for youth. The committee also heard testimony on child safety and bodily autonomy bills. Middlesex District Attorney Marion Ryan supported H. 1752 to protect children left in extreme temperatures, explaining it would create civil penalties, allow emergency responders to remove children from cars without liability, and add criminal penalties when serious injury results. Representative Thurber and Senator O’Connor testified for H. 2011/S. 1227, a bill prohibiting coercion or mandates for health-related interventions, including vaccinations, and allowing legal remedies for violations. Senator Jalen supported S. 1136/H. 1847 to prevent false confessions by requiring recording of interrogations and banning deceptive tactics, and several innocence-project and legal-services witnesses described wrongful convictions tied to false confessions and coercive interrogations. Another major topic was H. 1626, which would require age verification for pornographic content and launch an education campaign about online sexual exploitation; Representative Cruz and survivor Udoz Wallace testified in support, describing nonconsensual image sharing and deepfake harms. Not all testimony was supportive. The Committee for Public Counsel Services opposed S. 1035, which would increase transparency in juvenile court proceedings, and H. 1689, which would expand the child advocate’s access to confidential juvenile records, arguing both would undermine privacy and trauma-informed protections for children and families. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the session consisted of opening remarks and public testimony on the listed bills.

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• Jeffrey Richardson, CEO of Integral Care, is also leading this work and is here as invited testimony.
• Jeffrey Richardson, CEO of Integral Care, is also leading this work.
• I'm the chief executive officer with Integral Care, Travis County's local mental health authority.
• In our instance, it's an API integration, a third-party integration into the state's end-to-end licensure
• So part of the facility fee is maintaining the integrity of those locations. Correct.

Bills: SB500, SB719, SB912, SB1232, SB1467, SB1777, SB1864, SB2023, SB2119, SB2458

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

Summary: The committee first took up several pending bills and reported them favorably: SB 968, SB 636 as substituted, SB 1137, and SB 1138 as substituted. Each was advanced by roll call vote, and the committee also recommended the approved bills for the local and uncontested calendar. The chair then moved to the posted agenda and heard SB 719, a mental health bed-capacity study bill by Senator Eckhart, with a committee substitute that refined the data collection to distinguish state and non-state beds, child and adult beds, include two point-in-time counts, and capture jail diversion data. Testimony on SB 719 was largely supportive from Integral Care, NAMI Texas, and the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas, all of whom said Texas needs better data on inpatient psychiatric capacity, workforce needs, and future demand. Several witnesses described long waits for beds, especially for forensic restoration, and argued the study would help target future investments. Senator Perry and others noted the state has already made major investments in new beds and urged the bill to account for beds already coming online; the committee ultimately withdrew the substitute and left SB 719 pending after public testimony closed. The committee then heard SB 1864, which would allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs more broadly, including to restaurants and retailers, with the substitute increasing the weekly sales threshold and addressing sanitation and labeling. Supporters said grading is about size, not safety, and that the bill would help small farms reach new markets; opponents from the Texas Poultry Federation argued grading and candling help identify cracks and defects that can affect safety and quality. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. It also heard SB 1467, requiring DSHS to share death record information with hospitals for record accuracy and quality review, and SB 912, which would modernize continuing education tracking for health licensing agencies; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2023, which would create an HHSC grant program to help counties pay for indigent burial costs, with county representatives testifying in support.

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• She's a leader with experience, integrity, vision, and the ability to bring people together.
• the Minnesota House of Representatives, and I have no doubt that she will lead with the wisdom, integrity
• she's a leader with experience Integrity she's a leader with experience Integrity vision<00:09:43.240
• she will lead with the wisdom integrity she will lead with the wisdom integrity and<00:11:36.480
• <00:36:25.760> respect Integrity respect Integrity respect and<00:36:28.000> a<00:36:28.200

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then proceeded to elect a Speaker. Republicans nominated Lisa Demuth and Democrats nominated Melissa Hortman, with multiple members seconding each nomination and praising the candidates’ leadership, bipartisanship, and ability to guide a closely divided chamber. After roll call, Representative Demuth received 67 votes to Representative Hortman’s 65 and was declared duly elected Speaker of the Minnesota House for the 2025-2026 session. After taking the oath of office from Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, Speaker Demuth delivered remarks emphasizing gratitude, integrity, respect, accountability, and a commitment to real results, safer communities, strong schools, economic opportunity, and open collaboration with all members. She said her door would remain open to both parties and urged the House to focus on shared purpose and Minnesota’s future. The House then took up a resolution adopting temporary rules for the 94th session, based on the prior session’s rules and modified by the House organization agreement dated February 6, 2025. Members speaking in support said the agreement reflected bipartisan negotiation, preserved power sharing, protected committee and conference committee balance, and would help the House address issues such as affordable housing, health care, and child care. The temporary rules were adopted by a roll call vote of 130 ayes and 2 nays. Finally, the House began the election of the chief clerk. Representative Robbins nominated Patrick Duffy Murphy, highlighting his long service to the House, his role as parliamentary adviser, and his work supporting continuity and remote proceedings during the pandemic. The transcript cuts off during the nomination and does not include the final vote on chief clerk.

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• All of that is integral to everything from a homicide to a child's exploitation case, and this is going
• OGSR conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information by Representative Gentry.
• repeal a public records exemption for the information generated by a state attorney's conviction integrity
• Now, a conviction integrity unit is just that.
• Right now, because they're optional, we have six circuits that have these conviction integrity units.

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee considered four bills and reported all of them favorably. HB 373, by Rep. Duggins, tolls the statute of limitations for the offense of knowingly and willfully failing to report suspected child abuse until law enforcement or another outside agency learns of the violation. Members raised concerns about fairness if the underlying abuse is time-barred while the reporter still faces prosecution, and the sponsor said he would discuss possible changes with his state attorney, but the bill was not amended and passed 13-0. HB 359, by Rep. Anderson, extends the deadline for forensic examination of seized computers and electronic devices from 45 days to 365 days. Supporters from the Florida Prosecutors Association and state attorneys said modern devices are difficult and time-consuming to unlock and analyze, creating repeated requests to extend search deadlines and slowing investigations in cases involving child exploitation, homicide, and other crimes. The bill passed 13-0. HB 703, by Rep. Gentry, preserves a public records exemption for information generated by a state attorney’s conviction integrity unit during reinvestigation of a claim of innocence, with supporters saying disclosure could reveal sensitive information such as alternate suspects, witnesses, or evidence and compromise the review. It passed 12-0. HB 4001, by Rep. Tant, caps inmate health care compensation in Jefferson County at 110% of the Medicare reimbursement rate to encourage preexisting provider contracts and prevent overbilling; it also passed 13-0. The committee then adjourned.

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• Let integrity be their compass, humility their posture, and the truth their unwavering aim.
• LET INTEGRITY BE THEIR COMPASS. HUMILITY THEIR POSTURE, AND THE TRUTH THEIR UNWAVERING AIM.
• have contributed to the important work of the Commission and I remain committed to upholding the integrity
• HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE COMMISSION AND I REMAIN COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, August 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• He's a man of integrity, and Psalm 112 talks about...
• He's a man of integrity, and Psalm 112 talks about... ...body listens.
• He's a man of integrity, and Psalm 112 talks about what it means to be a man of faith, a man of integrity
• He's a man of integrity. Who's going to do the right thing and do it always.
• He's a man of integrity, as I've said many times, and I will keep saying it because it is probably the

Keywords: 1204, all

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• So in order to do that, we're doing something called an integration layer.
• > on<00:03:38.720> fairly integration layer coming on fairly integration layer coming on
• <00:15:14.399> of to be able to have integration of to be able to have integration of systems
• She is integral to this work.
• She understands integral to this work.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first took up Senate File 334, a bill to modernize county human services technology used to administer programs such as Medicaid and SNAP. The author and several members described the current systems as outdated “green screen” platforms that are slow, duplicative, and difficult for workers and applicants, and argued modernization would improve service, retention, and fraud prevention. The bill would create a technology modernization fund with about $90 million over time, capped at $50 million, route funds through Minute, establish an interagency group with county representation, create a legislative working group, and provide $15 million for Office of Inspector General technology. Members from several counties spoke in strong support, citing local system failures, cyberattacks, and the need for better tools; one member noted the bill was about 20 years overdue. The bill passed third reading by a vote of 134-0, and a title was agreed to. The House then considered Senate File 4401, the cannabis bill. The author described it as a maintenance and cleanup package developed with more than 80 stakeholders over months of meetings, including business owners, labor, tribal representatives, and medical cannabis interests. The bill was presented as making noncontroversial adjustments to support small businesses, clarify statutes, improve privacy protections, adjust event and transporter rules, address good-faith errors, strengthen enforcement against unlicensed operators, and support local governments and municipal cannabis dispensaries. It also included a first step toward a medical psilocybin program and changes intended to make the medical cannabis market more sustainable, including easing the grow-and-sale ratio issue. The transcript cuts off before final action on this bill, but members speaking in support emphasized collaboration and the need for practical regulatory fixes.

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• program, which provides funding for achievement and integration programming.
• program, which provides funding for achievement and integration programming.
• meet their achievement and integration meet their achievement and integration goals.<00:32:03.360
• Um I integration program administration.
• <00:36:20.240> uh student achievement and integrated uh student achievement and integrated

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• related to program integrity. related to program integrity.
• Happy to take any questions. program integrity provisions, there is program integrity provisions, there
• integrity of an ongoing investigation. integrity of an ongoing investigation.
• It's a program integrity measure just to make sure that we're keeping our books clean.
• supporting a more integrated supporting a more integrated person-centered<02:32:44.800> behavioral

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Let us speak with honesty, act with integrity, and hold space for both conviction and compromise.
• 00:02:21.640> honesty,<00:02:22.640> act<00:02:22.879> with<00:02:23.120> integrity
• , speak with honesty, act with integrity, speak with honesty, act with integrity, and<00:02:23.840
• Whereas Taiwan has undertaken a policy of integrated diplomacy, highlighting value-based diplomacy, alliance-based
• Whereas Taiwan has undertaken a policy of integrated diplomacy, highlighting value-based diplomacy, alliance-based

Keywords: 1183, house

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• > containment integrity and cost containment integrity and cost containment provisions<03:03:15.920
• We've held weaken election integrity.
• <05:26:21.440> It's of what is election integrity. It's of what is election integrity.
• process of strengthening the integrity process of strengthening the integrity of<05:27:46.958>
• <05:28:40.400> legislation to pass election integrity legislation to pass election integrity

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• CD1 we've agreed to redefines what activities may be included, but still requires that they are integrally
• included, but still requires that they included, but still requires that they are<00:22:07.560> integrate
• <00:22:08.120> integrally<00:22:09.040> related<00:22:09.480> to<00:22:09.560
• > a are integrate integrally related to a are integrate integrally related to a program<00:22:

Bills: SB2057, SB2109, SB2400, HB1752, SB2599, SB2930

Keywords: immigration enforcement, sanctuary policy, detainer, ICE, federal immigration authorities, 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), 8 U.S.C. 1373, 8 U.S.C. 1644, deportation, undocumented immigrants, noncitizen, migrant rights, local police cooperation, law enforcement cooperation, hold request, judicial warrant, probable cause, civil immigration enforcement, county police, state police

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• So now they're integrating and considering the public comments, and then the next step will be to come
• an existing contract, and this is for services related to data collection and transmission and integration
• This is Amendment 4 to an existing contract to continue to maintain the Arkansas Workforce Integrated
• Number 18, DHS DDS with Samaritan Integrative LLC.
• Number 24, University of Arkansas, with Dynamic Integrated Security.

Summary: The ALC-Review Subcommittee reviewed seven methods of finance, including university projects at ASU Jonesboro and Mountain Home, Black River Technical College deferred maintenance, UA Batesville’s Farm Project Gateway Center, UAMS PET cyclotron equipment, a new allied health building at UAPB funded by a federal grant, and UCA’s multi-purpose arena design work. The committee also approved an alternative delivery construction project for UAPB’s Allied Health and Sciences Building, with East Harding Construction selected and AMR Architects as designer. Members then approved discretionary grants from the Department of Health and DHS, including support for a heart attack center designation, community health worker training, homeless services funding corrections, behavioral health transition support, and an enabling technology pilot. In the contracts section, the committee reviewed RFQs, construction-related contracts, intergovernmental contracts, and a large slate of out-of-state and in-state contracts covering topics such as seatbelt survey data collection, Medicaid and DHS systems, state hospital staffing and services, veterans’ services, education assessments, and state IT and procurement projects. Several contracts drew extended questioning. Senators and representatives pressed DHS and the Department of Veterans Affairs about heavy reliance on contract nursing and staffing costs, and officials said they were using pay incentives and recruitment efforts to increase state employee staffing. Members also questioned AEDC’s lithium supply chain study and the Department of Education’s security contract, with concerns about projected costs and repeated amendments. The committee held three in-state contracts—Department of Education security services and two DHS staffing contracts—until Friday, then adopted the remaining contracts and received informational reports on contract amendments, executed contracts, and emergency procurements before adjourning.

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• System to support Contracts Integration System to support grants<00:25:54.360> through<00:25:
• Absolutely, doing the work correctly with integrity is the expectation, and if people are not living
• doing the work correctly with integrity doing the work correctly with integrity is<00:43:24.520>
• <01:02:33.520> director, O'Malley, uh program integrity director, O'Malley, uh program integrity
• <01:40:59.760> work,<01:41:00.800> um, integrity work, um, integrity work, um, you<01:41

Keywords: 1183, house