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• The other aspect of this bill is related to prompt payment.
• And then Section 9 is the piece related to prompt payment.
• The division establishes a program for rental payment reporting to credit agencies.
• The division establishes a program for rental payment reporting to credit agencies.
• The Advlorum taxes went on to the payments, and the payments were low.

Keywords: 909, all

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• in the case of state to suspend payments in the case of Medicaid<00:35:41.760> fraud.
• <00:36:58.000> where<00:36:58.240> they the court to suspend payments where they the
• court to suspend payments where they have<00:36:58.560> a<00:36:58.720> reasonable<00:
• <00:54:32.800> um<00:54:33.200> when<00:54:33.520> we're payment program, um
• wick. um when we're payment program, um wick. um when we're addressing<00:54:34.079> these<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , farm to school, LFPA, farm payments, farm to school, LFPA, farm safety.<00:43:48.319> Uh<00:
• Also, the depredation payments have gone up. Maybe have them get a little closer to the microphone.
• to producers when uh support uh payments to producers when uh processors<01:05:48.960> don't<
• <01:11:56.800> Um,<01:11:57.120> on<01:11:57.280> the payment could be made.
• Um, on the payment could be made.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have to process a lot of payments for jurors. We also pay for state and defense witnesses.
• So I'd like to add administrative help there to assist with that payment. Processing.
• These are payments for Forest Service.
• So the majority of our small communities did not get those direct payments.
• Not get those direct payments. So we have 106, 105 didn't get a direct payment.

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• That means it does not exceed the lesser of ten dollars or five percent. of the payment.
• by a method other than electronic payment that does not incur a fee that is not established.
• Electronic payment is the expected form of payment, and inform the borrower of the amount of the fee
• and that the holder may not establish an electronic payment as the expected form of payment.
• House Bill 4134 relates to a convenience fee for processing electronic payments for motor vehicles.

Bills: SB801, SB867, SB2717, SB2919, HJR7, HB4, HB14, HB27, HB42, HB46, HB100, HB111, HB112, HB121, HB126, HB146, HB186, HB223, HB229, HB322, HB367, HB500, HB521, HB640, HB705, HB783, HB1052, HB1056, HB1105, HB1106, HB1178, HB1211, HB1234, HB1306, HB1403, HB1449, HB1506, HB1661, HB1690, HB1871, HB1960, HB2017, HB2078, HB2128, HB2240, HB2243, HB2348, HB2407, HB2512, HB2820, HB2844, HB2853, HB2854, HB2885, HB3000, HB3005, HB3053, HB3057, HB3181, HB3333, HB3372, HB3425, HB3441, HB3516, HB3749, HB3783, HB3812, HB3848, HB3923, HB3963, HB4070, HB4134, HB4157, HB4158, HB4211, HB4449, HB4623, HB4638, HB4687, HB4690, HB4748, HB4749, HB4795, HB4848, HB5093, HB5115, HB5129, HB5138, HB5294, HB5616, HB5629, HB5646, HB5661, HB5672, HB5674, HB5699, HCR40, SJR5, SJR27, SJR59, SB4, SB6, SB8, SB9, SB10, SB12, SB22, SB23, SB25, SB27, SB34, SB36, SB37, SB38, SB40, SB57, SB140, SB261, SB293, SB441, SB447, SB467, SB512, SB650, SB777, SB785, SB924, SB1188, SB1281, SB1318, SB1333, SB1398, SB1448, SB1566, SB1579, SB1621, SB1723, SB1838, SB1862, SB2167, SB2405, SB2406, SB2407, SB2878, SB3059, SB3070, SB1, SB17, SB21, SB260, SB379, SB509, SB1198, SB1405, SB1506, SB1637, SB1833, SB2155, SB2308, SB2601, SB2778, HB300, HB2011, HB2525, HB5246, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HJR7, HB5115, HB3053, HB1403, HB223, HB748, HB5652, HB3395, HB180, HB1306, HB322, HB126, HB5650, HB4894, HB1629, HB5698, HB3171, HB2694, HB5664, HB4690, HB4464, HB3623, HB2520, HB2213, HB252, HB146, HB5596, HB3619, HB5320, HB5651, HB5670, HB5665, HB5437, HB5679, HB5699, HB5661, HB5662, HB5654, HB5672, HB5656, HB3812, HB3057, HB2035, HB721, HB346, HB2512, HB5695, HB5694, HB5674, HB3185, HB2348, HB1871, HB1135, HB101, HB5666, HB5677, HB5682, HB5658, HB4144, HB3642, HB3815, HB2686, HB2012, HB1960, HB227, HB654, HB1690, HB2128, HB4158, HB4630, HB1523, HB2078, HB1973, HB3333, HB3697, HB3546, HB3225, HB3181, HB2820, HB1506, HB1234, HB640, HB521, HB229, HB186, HB119, HB4795, HB4466, HB3749, HB1106, HB4, HB4170, HB3909, HB4081, HB4145, HB4157, HB4285, HB4463, HB4995, HB5138, HB5624, HB1449, HB2598, HB3629, HB4361, HB824, HB1868, HB4848, HB2243, HB40, HB117, HB3686, HB500, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB1056, HB42, HB3000, HB100, HB2240, HB718, HB27, HB4904, HB4202, HB2853, HB5129, HB5093, HB4765, HB4748, HB4559, HB4350, HB4214, HB3388, HB3112, HB5196, HB4211, HB3516, HB3092, HB4233, HB4687, HB705, HB1094, HB2037, HB3005, HB3848, HB1105, HB121, HB3372, HB367, HB783, HB3336, HB3441, HB4449, HB5616, HB2407, HB2854, HB3425, HB5294, HB1178, HB4623, HB14, HB3963, HB1211, HB5646, HB5629, HB3783, HB4236, HB46, HB4638, HB1052, HB4070, HB5509, HB5435, HB4134, HB3923, HB3520, HB3320, HB2517, HB2488, HB5663, HB2731, HB3073, HB2655, HB2399, HB541, HB4099, HB111, HB1532, HB3483, HB2963, HB4580, HB3748, HB713, HB632, HB426, HB4730, HB127, HB5690, HB5689, HB5655, HB3385, HB2757, HB4359, HB5381, HB20, HB123, HB549, HB5606, HB2217, HB2594, HB796, HB150, HB1057, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59, HCR76, HCR81, HCR46, HCR111, HCR83, HCR84, HJR7, HB4, HB14, HB27, HB42, HB46, HB100, HB126, HB150, HB322, HB367, HB500, HB640, HB705, HB783, HB1105, HB1178, HB1211, HB1234, HB1506, HB1690, HB1871, HB2078, HB2128, HB2240, HB2243, HB2407, HB2512, HB2853, HB2854, HB3000, HB3057, HB3181, HB3372, HB3425, HB3441, HB3749, HB3783, HB3812, HB3923, HB3963, HB4070, HB4134, HB4157, HB4211, HB4449, HB4623, HB4638, HB4687, HB4748, HB4795, HB5093, HB5129, HB5616, HB5629, HB5699, HB229, HB521, HB1056, HB1106, HB5138, SR583, SCR52, HB223, HB229, HB521, HB1056, HB1106, HB1403, HB3053, HB5115, HB5138

Keywords: SB 801, birth certificate, birth record, certified copy, homeless, homelessness, unhoused, vital records, state registrar, local registrar, county clerk, fee waiver, identity documents, ID access, housing insecurity, shelter, transitional housing, Health and Safety Code, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission

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• What we're doing payments. Uh uh no. What we're doing payments. Uh uh no.
• as a payment in lie of tax.
• So payment as a payment in lie of tax. So payment as a payment in lie of tax.
• It'd be a lean payment? Lean for what? It'd be a lean payment? Lean for what?
• It'd be a lean for payment. So it'd be just like you for payment.

Bills: HB 10, HB 12, HB 147, HB 1522, HB 422, HB 675, HB 204, HB 748, HB 912

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

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• Michael Schmitz: Members, my name is Michael Schmitz... payments on to others uh at the payments on to
• You said indirect payments to households or direct payments?
• to to households or direct payments to to households or direct payments<01:37:29.360> we<01:37
• we we generally don't make payments we we generally don't make direct<01:37:30.760> payments<
• You said indirect payments to households or direct payments?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And this provisional payment idea has been employed in some other states.
• And this provisional payment idea has been employed in some other states.
• And this provisional payment idea has been employed in some other states.
• And this provisional payment idea has been employed in some other states.
• The individual Medicaid would make a payment to the nursing facility at the Medicaid rate, and that payment

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• prevention fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity
• of the United States and that federal program eligibility should be verified before payment. >> Pursuant
• And when we talk about community, education, disability payments, poor people, helping widows, helping
• describe the fraud controls, the law enforcement partnerships, and the steps to stop fraudulent payments
• of the House of Representatives that governmentwide... ...that governmentwide fraud and improper payment

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 11, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Most athletes don't understand self-employment tax, quarterly payments, multi-state tax obligations,
• Most athletes don't understand self-employment tax, quarterly payments, multi-state tax obligations,
• They will not tax, from a state income tax standpoint, their NIL or their rev share payments.
• It's not just football and basketball, but it's some sort of payment plan usually.
• It's not just football and basketball, but it's some sort of payment plan usually.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on name, image, and likeness (NIL) financial literacy programs and how NIL is affecting student athletes in California. The chair opened by noting California’s early leadership on NIL and the need to ensure athletes have the education and support to manage contracts, taxes, budgeting, and other financial decisions. Witnesses across the panels generally agreed that NIL has created new opportunities but also significant risks, especially for young athletes who may lack experience, legal advice, or consistent institutional support. Tyree Dillingham and Brandon Copeland described widespread financial vulnerability among student athletes, including confusion about pay, taxes, credit, and contract terms, and warned about predatory deals, cash advances, and conflicts of interest. They argued for standardized, mandatory financial literacy and stronger protections, including a players association model and limits on predatory practices. Mikey Williams and attorney Anthony Coronae gave a personal account of a NIL-related advance they said functioned like a payday loan, with terms they said were not fully understood and that left Williams owing money while his name and image were used to raise additional funds. They urged legal review, clearer rules, and guardrails to prevent similar exploitation. Adam Shore, athletic director at the University of the Pacific, and San Diego State representatives Brendan Hill and Sloan Benchoff offered an institutional perspective. Shore said college sports are in a chaotic transition, with transfer rules, revenue sharing, and NIL creating pressure on schools, but he also described existing support structures and suggested California consider adapting sports-agent registration rules and pursuing a national solution. Hill and Benchoff highlighted San Diego State’s mandatory multi-year life skills program, which includes financial literacy, internships, and career preparation, and said that model should be standardized statewide. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and focused on testimony, questions, and policy ideas.

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• all these monthly payments.
• We can't focus on all these monthly payments.
• We see that your payments haven't gone through. Let's figure this out together.
• And obviously, when Davis-Stirling was written, we didn't have things like automatic payment.
• We do have a automatic payment. And so it is not covered in the code.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda, much of it focused on homeowners association (HOA) issues. AB 2584, relating to civil immunity for lawful self-defense, was presented only and left for further work after the chair and others said California already has strong self-defense laws and more discussion was needed. AB 1684, which would bar HOAs from restricting homeowners’ ability to install or use compliant cooling systems, drew support from the author and housing advocates, with opposition from CAI seeking more association discretion; members emphasized heat as a health and safety issue and the bill was moved forward. AB 1892, a technical cleanup bill on HOA utility repairs, election notices, and electronic ballot timing, passed unanimously. AB 2050, requiring a formula for HOA reserve funding, also passed with broad support as a consumer protection measure to reduce surprise special assessments and address aging condominium stock. AB 2106, extending certificate-of-merit protections for design professionals and landscape architects, passed with support from professional associations and no opposition. AB 2145, directing HCD to study senior downsizing barriers, moved forward after mortgage and banking groups shifted from opposition to neutral. AB 2238, aimed at deterring meritless mobile home park litigation by shifting fees and penalties to attorneys, passed after amendments, though legal aid groups remained opposed. AB 2439, prompted by two authors’ personal HOA payment problems, would require stronger notice when payment processors change and address liens/fees; it passed despite concerns about return-receipt mail and personal liability for board members. AB 2579, responding to the $100 HOA fine cap enacted last year, would create a Department of Real Estate process to define serious health and safety violations and passed with support from HOA industry groups. The committee also took up SCR 89, a resolution reaffirming California’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in response to federal rollbacks; it received support from student, civil rights, labor, and legal groups and was advanced without opposition.

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• Include that 13th check payment in addition to any compounding COLA that we would provide.
• In retiree benefits, we took out $454 million from the trust fund to subsidize those payments.
• So about 30% of retiree payments came from the trust fund, and that's the lowest amount it has been,
• Three years of 13th check payments, and there was no additional COLA issued.
• This last year was 0.63%, but the 13th check payment stopped in 2020. So, Madam Chair, Mr.

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• So leveraging technology that we already have today through things like our ProviderOne, our payment
• So leveraging technology that we already have today through things like our provider one, our payment
• We are working with, And state-directed payment provisions that are in H.R. 1.
• And again, just acknowledging that we do have some kind of payment-related provisions in statute.
• As it sees reductions in payment from reductions in enrollment in the Medicaid space.

Summary: The committee met to hear introductory briefings from the Department of Health and the Health Care Authority on agency priorities, federal changes, and implementation challenges. Secretary of Health Dennis Worsham said his department’s listening tour is focused on strengthening governmental public health, improving health care quality and access, and responding to federal funding disruptions and the shutdown’s effects on programs such as WIC. HCA Director Ryan Moran said the agency is prioritizing coverage preservation, oversight of major contracts, affordability, behavioral health integration, rural health transformation, and internal agency operations. Members asked about licensure delays; Worsham said the backlog had been reduced from about four months to six weeks and should be caught up by January 1, with possible further process changes if needed. A major portion of the meeting focused on H.R. 1 and its Medicaid-related implementation. Governor’s health policy advisor Caitlin Stafford, HCA staff, and interim Medicaid Director Trinity Wilson said the state is working with DSHS, the Health Benefit Exchange, tribes, and other partners to prepare for eligibility changes, work requirements, and six-month redeterminations. They said the state expects up to 30,000 Apple Health enrollees could lose coverage under the law’s non-citizen eligibility changes, and that the work requirement/redetermination provisions could affect about 620,000 adults, with roughly 80,000 also enrolled in SNAP. HCA said it hopes to automate most verification, but about 15% to 20% of cases may require manual review, with technology costs estimated at up to $30 million. Staff also said they are trying to keep H.R. 1 implementation mostly in budget language rather than statute, and that communication and navigator support will be important to minimize confusion and coverage loss. The committee also received an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program created in H.R. 1. HCA said Washington submitted its application to CMS on November 5 after extensive stakeholder engagement, including more than 310 written comments, webinars, and tribal consultation. The application centers on six initiatives: rural hospital innovation, community care and prevention, tribal investments, technology and data, workforce development, and rural behavioral health. HCA said the state is likely to receive less than the full $200 million annual amount assumed in the federal program, and that an advisory committee may be created to help guide spending over the five-year program. Members asked about palliative care, small business impacts, and communication with enrollees; HCA said it expects to share outreach toolkits and that no 2026 statutory changes are currently anticipated, though that could change. The final panels covered organ donation and transplant services. Department of Health staff explained the 2023 “Lights and Sirens” law for organ transport vehicles, including licensing, driver qualifications, insurance requirements, and use of emergency lanes and traffic preemption; the department said one company is currently licensed and there have been no complaints. LifeCenter Northwest described the organ procurement process, the legal framework under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, and the rarity and complexity of deceased donation, noting Washington has seen strong growth in donation and transplants over the past decade. University of Washington Medical Center staff then outlined its transplant programs for kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, and multi-organ transplants, describing the multidisciplinary evaluation and waitlist process and the coordination required with donor organizations and hospitals.

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• PILOT stands for payment in lieu of taxes.
• And then the property lessee makes their PILOT payment on an annual basis in lieu of paying property
• That is a way to schedule payments, but you ultimately...
• So by having stable payments and stable housing, households are stabilized.
• Payments and stable housing households are stabilized.

Summary: The Senate Housing Committee heard presentations on a range of housing finance, permitting, and affordability tools. Chattanooga described its affordable housing PILOT program, which uses a per-unit property tax abatement tied to the rent loss from providing affordable units, with a 15-year term and annual compliance monitoring. Committee members asked about the program’s structure, whether it had been used elsewhere, and who was participating; the presenter said the first mixed-income project would bring 278 units with 42 affordable units and that the model was attracting private market-rate developers. Shoreline then described its MFTE and inclusionary zoning approach, emphasizing that longer tax exemption periods and station-area zoning changes had helped spur development, with most current pipeline projects concentrated near light rail stations. The committee also heard from the Municipal Research Services Center and the Department of Commerce on tax increment financing, proportional impact fees, and permit timelines. Commerce explained that TIF can fund public improvements such as roads, utilities, broadband, and some affordable housing or child care facilities, while proportional impact fee guidance is intended to help jurisdictions charge fees more closely aligned with actual project impacts. On permit timelines, Commerce presented its first annual report under recent law changes, using 2024 as a baseline year and noting that reported timelines were generally longer than statutory goals; members asked about outliers, paper versus electronic processing, and whether back-and-forth between applicants and staff was driving delays. Commerce said it would follow up with more data, including on CHIP funding and permit reform practices. Several local governments then shared permitting process improvements. Auburn reported relatively short review cycles and described its move to fully electronic permitting, internal performance standards, and a stock plan program that speeds review for repeated home designs. Bellevue described an AI permitting pilot with a local startup to help with pre-application questions, document triage, and plan review, aiming to reduce incomplete applications and revision cycles. Seattle presented a pilot for accessory dwelling unit co-development in which a mission-driven partner would help homeowners split lots, finance, build, and manage ADUs, with the homeowner eventually buying out the partner and retaining ownership; committee members asked about rent setting, management fees, and default risk, and staff said they would follow up. The committee also heard brief overviews of community land trusts and limited equity cooperatives as permanent affordability models, with presenters urging continued state and local funding support and policy recognition for these approaches.

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• Care reimbursed at a slightly higher rate or have an additional payment that would go along with it.
• That fund is then calculated for $60,000. 50% by volume per capita, you know, capitated payments, and
• Direct payments are supposed to reach about $1.1 billion in FY 26, which would then be reduced by 10%
• Directed payments actually start the ramp down in the second quarter of FY 28 and the third quarter of
• So on page 14, H.R. 1 CAHPS Medicaid Directed Payment. H.R. 1 CAHPS Medicaid Directed Payment.

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• And in both cases, there was an agreed abatement and a payment of attorney's fees.
• But if you put in Senate Bill 291 and it doesn't specify legally what happens other than the payment
• So if you were to double, on the front end, double the payment to landowners or property owners as a
• It's an extra $100 that someone's paying at the current mortgage rates on their monthly payment.
• They can't afford to pay the extra $10,000 right off the top and also make their down payment.

Bills: HB5489, HB5695, HB5699, SB291, SB292

Keywords: impact fee, moratorium, local government, Texas legislation, infrastructure funding, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, assessments, infrastructure, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Harris County, Municipal Utility District, territory exclusion, debt service taxes, property taxation, condemnation, property acquisition, real property, appraisal reports

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• HB Number 1392 by Busey relating to the postponement of the delinquency date for a payment of adviarum
• In the state for the Committee on Natural Resources, 4486 by Bonnie Eling to the directing payment of
• HB 4549 by Paul relating to the prompt payment of health insurance claims for the Committee on Insurance
• HB 4585 by Spiller relating to the submission, payment, and audit of certain claims for and utilization
• HB 4601 by Cortez relating to the establishment of a down payment assistance grant program for veterans

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• Payments of refunds often result in local governments negotiate negotiating.
• the financial sector, sorry, in the financial sector, exchanges often provide transaction rebate payments
• , specifically transaction rebate payments from the total revenue of taxable entities that are either
• on a house because I found that I could pay the payment for as much as the rent would cost.
• Under current policy and sustained in this bill, Texas assistance payments are windfalls for the cities

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• Additionally, on the alternative payment model side, it's crucial that we have structured ways of paying
• We have also adopted a model for those alternative payment models (APMs).
• As a public entity, most UC medical revenues are reimbursed through self-financed payments.
• The only portion that we withheld was the Insulin Project milestone payment schedule.
• Seeing no other public comment, we'll move on to issue 5: the Health Care Payments Data Program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So the mortgage payments would effectively pay down the bonds. So that, you know, there's that.
• As a result of that one-time payment and as well as an increased contribution rate from the state as
• As of the moment, the payment for a death occurring on or after September 1, 2024 is just over $611,000
• So historically, a 13th check would basically just be your monthly annuity payment.
• They're looking for a broader supplemental payment.