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• Um Tammy Mack, our administration manager, and Jim Stafford, our geologic manager, um neither of whom
• Now how is that managed?
• Now how is that managed? All of aspect. Now how is that managed?
• manager Lovado print off the balance. manager Lovado print off the balance.
• In that case, Mr.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Paragraph C points out we would not renew managed care contracts when they expire.
• <00:31:38.559> how how uh you know how care is managed how how uh you know how care is managed
• Was it in the managed care portion? How much was in the direct payment portion?
• So imagine how difficult going to the doctor or to a clinic or to manage these cases can be for immigrants
• be clinic or to manage these cases can be clinic or to manage these cases can be for<01:18:34.679

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• States are required to complete monthly quality control case reviews for SNAP cases to determine if the
• eligibility aspects of the sampled cases.
• As a management tool that's available to both our frontline team members as well as supervisors and managers
• You said 1,020 cases per... Year. That's how many cases total that you have that use 1,020.
• And timeliness of getting those cases out, and the quality of those cases.

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• cannot participate in subsequent reviews of that same case.
• The DFPS case may not provide a separate FACN consultation.
• Most of these kinds of cases actually originate in the ER.
• Most of these cases begin in the ER.
• In a brain bleed case, you might have a coagulation disorder, or in a fracture case, you might have genetic

Bills: HB107, HB742, HB1639, HB1700, HB2071, HB2187, HB2402, HB2516, HB3211, HB4529, HB5342, HB694, HB923, HB4655, HB107

Keywords: sickle cell disease, registry, health data, confidentiality, healthcare access, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, cancer, female firefighters, health study, state health services, fire protection, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health records

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• co-chairs, managers Ichiyama and Souza. co-chairs, managers Ichiyama and Souza.
• Uh co-chair Senator Kim, manager Uh co-chair Senator Kim, manager Fabella.<00:05:21.840> Uh<00
• myself as co-chairs, manager Ray Zodto. myself as co-chairs, manager Ray Zodto.
• case, we can run straight into the vote. case, we can run straight into the vote.
• Miyak as co-chairs and managers Muroko. Miyak as co-chairs and managers Muroko.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The conference committees met several times on April 25, 2025, to resolve a number of bills, often delaying items until later in the day because of missing FIN/WAM releases or lack of quorum. Early in the day, SB 382 was discussed briefly but not advanced because finance would not release it. HB 1064, relating to the state fire marshal, was taken up and approved after conferees confirmed a $2,212,000 appropriation for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to fund eight positions in the Department of Law Enforcement. Members thanked the many agencies, staff, and advocates involved, and the bill passed by unanimous votes of those present. Several other measures were rolled over to later conference-room meetings, including HB 423 on workers’ compensation, HB 214 on government, HB 1036, HB 1037, and HB 1039 on public employment cost items, SB 828 on workers’ compensation medical benefits, SB 717 on collective bargaining, and HB 286 on the individual housing account program, all pending FIN/WAM release or further agreement. A larger housing agenda was also postponed to 4:30 p.m. in Room 225, including bills on housing, transportation, transient accommodations development, rental housing revolving funds, dwelling unit revolving funds, and low-income housing credit. At the later transportation and housing sessions, HB 1231 was adopted as a conference draft establishing a $5 county motor vehicle registration surcharge for the Safe Routes to School special fund and clarifying rules for automated enforcement citations and liability. HB 4209 on transit-oriented development also passed; it defined transit-oriented development, created a mixed-income subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund, and authorized HCDA to use the definition in planning. HB 1298 on housing passed with amendments to support a government employee housing program tied to a transit-oriented development site, including funding for planning and an HHFC position. HB 830 on historic preservation reviews also passed with amendments limiting third-party review to residential or mixed-use development and setting staggered effective dates. Later, SB 662 on transportation passed with amendments authorizing county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on public streets, roadways, and highways. Several other bills remained pending and were recessed for later consideration.

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• They already send cases there today.
• DO2, a bill to be entitled an act relating to water management districts.
• and monitor the recommendations for how we manage lands in the water management district. and monitor
• the recommendations for how we manage lands in the water management district.
• We do it in water management districts.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing interns, pages, a retiring sergeant-at-arms employee, and advocates visiting for a Prader-Willi Syndrome awareness resolution. Leaders also noted ongoing budget talks with the House and said senators should not plan to be in next week while negotiations continue. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for House Bill 12.5, a citizen-initiative elections bill. Sponsors said it was intended to address petition fraud and protect the integrity of the constitutional amendment process, citing investigations, arrests, and fraudulent petition activity tied to recent initiatives. Opponents argued the bill would make it much harder and more expensive for citizens to place amendments on the ballot, chill volunteer participation, and effectively favor wealthy or corporate interests. After extensive debate, the bill passed 28-10. The Senate then moved through a series of education bills, including measures on Bright Futures, Gold Seal, Florida ABLE, dual enrollment, educator preparation, and broader education policy, all of which passed unanimously. After a recess, the chamber took up House messages and concurred in amendments to bills on stem cell therapy, student athlete ECGs, cardiac emergency response plans, and school safety. Those measures also passed with broad support, with the school safety bill drawing some questions about the Guardian program and child care facilities.

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• Um, the purpose of the project in this case is municipal water supply.
• Um, the next section is the appropriation, which again in this case is $210,000.
• In this case, well, all of these In this case, well, all of these construction<00:08:16.879> projects
• construction funds for 5 10 in this case construction funds for 5 10 in this case sometime<00:14
• Um, I I don't know the case may be.

Bills: HB0078, HB0087, SF0070, SF0068, SF0017, SF0043

Keywords: forest health, grant program, state forester, wildfire prevention, environmental conservation, habitat improvement, water development, feasibility studies, appropriations, water management, rehabilitation, irrigation, public works, agricultural supply, municipal water, funding, maintenance projects, tax assessments, state law, forestry management

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• Storm water is an increasing problem for town managers, municipal managers, and the way it works right
• They are being charged a lot to manage storm water.
• Storm water is an increasing problem for town managers, municipal managers, and the way it works right
• They are being charged a lot to manage storm water.
• THEY ARE BEING CHARGED A LOT TO MANAGE STORM WATER.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and handled several motions to discharge and substitute identical Assembly or Senate bills, along with a number of amendments. The chamber also welcomed student visitors from the League of Women Voters’ Students of Albany program and a group of Staten Island titleholders, and later adopted previously approved resolutions honoring Dorothy E. Reid for her role in Brown v. Board of Education and recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on Delta Day, with multiple senators speaking in support of both recognitions. The bulk of the floor session was devoted to third-reading votes on a large number of bills, most of which passed with broad support. Measures addressed public health, workers’ compensation, education, environmental conservation, insurance, labor, criminal procedure, domestic relations, tax, municipal authority, and correction law. Several bills were explained by sponsors as advancing stormwater management authority, labor-law transparency, public health protections, and stronger penalties for trafficking-related offenses; one bill on immunization in summer camps drew a defense from Senator Skoufis as a child-protection measure, while another on correction law passed with some Republican opposition. The chamber also took up a controversial public health/electronic health records bill by Senator Fernandez. Senator Martin questioned the bill at length about redacting certain categories of information, emergency access, provider obligations, and the impact on doctors’ ability to see complete medical histories. Fernandez said the bill was intended to protect patients from discrimination and to limit access to a small list of sensitive services, while also noting emergency exceptions and support from more than 200 health care providers. The debate remained focused on balancing privacy protections with concerns about continuity of care and record integrity.

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• And from that, it’s my understanding that there was a federal case.
• How we remitted the court decisions that were given in that case?”
• We've moved behavioral services into managed care.
• When Medicare managed care was created, I was present at the creation.
• When Medicare managed care was created, I was present at the creation.

Bills: S0688, S1414, S0186, S0902, S0196, S1574, S0878, S1092, S1032, S1684, S1686, S1760

Keywords: cytomegalovirus, education, maternal health, newborn care, infectious diseases, student health, epilepsy, seizure disorders, school safety, training requirements, medical marijuana, low-THC cannabis, neurofibromatosis, healthcare, state regulations, child care facilities, public safety, grant program, uterine fibroids, health database

Summary: The committee took up several health-related bills and confirmations. It first heard SB 1414 on congenital cytomegalovirus education, which would require the Department of Health to develop and distribute educational materials to expectant and new parents through maternity, prenatal, newborn, and OB-GYN settings; an amendment removed a section on required instruction for medical professionals, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee then approved a block of appointees on tabs 2 through 7 and separately confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after her testimony on Medicaid accountability, transparency, managed care oversight, rural health, behavioral health, and the state’s technology modernization efforts. Senators asked Harris about Hope Florida, Medicaid redeterminations, the CORE project, an anti-marijuana ad campaign at DCF, and compliance with a federal Medicaid-related court order; she said she would follow up on some issues. The confirmation was recommended favorably, with Senator Berman voting no. The committee next passed SB 186 on student health and safety, which expands epilepsy and seizure-disorder training requirements to more school personnel, including bus drivers and charter school staff, and requires seizure-first-aid posters and updated Department of Health education efforts. It also approved SB 902 on Department of Health issues after amendments narrowed the bill’s scope and added provisions on medical marijuana regulation, early childhood intervention, practitioner accountability, and autism workforce development; one speaker raised concerns about marijuana dispensary location restrictions and low-THC ratios. SB 196 creating a uterine fibroid research database was also reported favorably after an amendment protecting patient privacy; the bill drew emotional testimony from a patient describing severe symptoms and the need for more research. SB 688 on naturopathic medicine was approved after committee discussion about scope of practice, referral obligations, and whether naturopathic care should be adjunctive to conventional medicine; supporters described complementary care and access issues, while opponents worried about delayed treatment for serious disease. Later, the committee passed SB 1574, “Maddie’s Law,” to add biliary atresia screening to newborn screening using the same blood specimen already collected at birth and to launch an education campaign; parents of a child affected by the disease testified that earlier screening could have prevented severe harm. SB 878 on clinical laboratory personnel was reported favorably to address staffing shortages by allowing Florida to rely more directly on federal CLIA standards for qualified lab workers. SB 1092 on podiatric medicine was approved after an amendment narrowed it to cellular/tissue-based products and podiatrists’ use of certain therapies; the bill also addresses continuing education, informed consent, and advertising disclosures. SB 1032 on medical marijuana was amended and passed, aligning physician certification and card renewal timelines, setting 70-day and 35-day supply limits, and reducing the fee for honorably discharged veterans while preserving funding for FAMU; Senator Harrell opposed it, saying the longer timeframes were too much of an expansion. The committee also heard SB 1760 on Medicaid coverage transparency from Senator Brodeur, who said the bill focuses on accountability and fiscal responsibility, but the transcript cuts off before further discussion or action on that measure.

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• These cases resulted in 10 state complaints. Those cases span elementary, middle, and high school.
• Those cases span elementary, middle, and high school.
• I think that's the case here.
• We are actually estimating 131 cases.
• And I hate that that's the case. I wish it wasn't the case, but that is the case.

Bills: HJR6, HJR7, HB120, HB60, HB151, HR1, HM13, SB40, SB104

Keywords: constitutional amendment, legislative sessions, veto override, New Mexico legislature, session length, legislative session, even-numbered years, New Mexico Constitution, student behavior, physical restraint, seclusion, public schools, training, de-escalation, student safety, behavior interventions, criminal offenses, peace officer, Victims of Crime Act, law enforcement

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• what do you mean by cases by a grievance case yes briefcase yeah Complaints, yeah.
• This is a program that our agency contracts with. to provide support and case management for nurses who
• That's, we find ourselves in that case.
• And I'm putting that in a general term here, but anatomical cases, they've caused... 2,000 cases as a
• That case did not proceed to formal litigation.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Uh we look at the the management.
• um on the uh state emergency management um on the uh state emergency management side<00:23:47.360
• 23:58.159> special management does leverage special management does leverage special projects<
• is an ICA case with BLNR.
• All right, seeing none, we’re going to move on. and the case is it's an ICA case with and the case is

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Water and Land met on March 25, 2025, and first announced it had deleted HCR 3 and HCR 4567 from the agenda pending similar Senate measures. It then heard HR 35/HCR 40, which urges DLNR and other state agencies to work with community groups to co-steward community forests on public lands. DLNR’s urban and community forester testified in strong support, and several organizations and individuals submitted support; there were no questions or opposition noted. The committee next heard HCR 64, asking OPSD to convene a working group on establishing and placing an Office of Resilience and Recovery. OPSD and the Governor’s Office of Recovery and Resilience supported the resolution and suggested friendly amendments, including replacing county civil defense representatives with mayors or their designees and allowing subject-matter experts to serve. Members questioned the office’s role, funding, and relationship to other resilience and emergency management offices, and the witness explained it was created after the Maui wildfires to coordinate long-term recovery, with special-project funding and a focus distinct from response and mental health functions. The committee also heard HR 59/HCR 65 on coordinating concurrent reviews of general plan, district boundary, and zoning amendments during land reclassification. OPSD testified with comments and warned that the proposal could facilitate spot zoning if individual landowners could use the concurrent process, recommending it be limited to county-initiated actions. A related discussion followed on HR 118/HCR 122, which would create a collaborative working group on surveying and protecting iwi kūpuna and related coastal erosion issues; DNR, OHA, and others supported it with suggested additions, and testimony emphasized cultural sensitivity and community-specific decision-making. Members asked about burial practices and a recent court ruling, and witnesses said the working group could help guide broader policy and communication. Finally, the committee heard HR 145/HCR 151, requesting DLNR to report on its lease enforcement process and procedures. DLNR said it was recruiting staff to conduct lease inspections but had difficulty filling positions due to compensation, and explained that new or extended leases can include inspection requirements, while retroactive cost-shifting would raise contractual issues. Members asked for information on lease renewal timelines and whether inspection provisions were being added to renewals; DLNR said those decisions are made in public sunshine meetings and agreed to provide additional information. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• And that was just really on a case-by-case basis where the family was not a good option for the kid to
• Or the case manager, 18 years. The big guy that was in there, he's like 18 years.
• Until recently, ICE would decide on a case-by-case basis Whether to detain someone or to release them
• I'm going to beat that case.
• Often that is the case, yes.

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• THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I WOULD MENTION THAT WOULD BE AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT UNIT.
• IN SOME CASES THEY ARE AS THAT THEY HIRE THAT LEAVE OUR SYSTEM.
• WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE THAT AND PREPARE FOR THE POPULATION GROWTH.
• THERE IS A STRUCTURED PROCESS THE PAROLE CASE WALKED THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
• IT IS A CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT HELPS US COLLECT INFORMATION ON THE YOUTH THAT WE SERVE BUT IT HAS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I am a MAT Nurse Manager at the Middlesex Jail and House of Corrections.
• I informed the house manager, and they were replaced the next week.
• And our members, our social workers, rehab counselors, case managers, peer specialists, clergy.
• , assistant program managers and district managers.
• Those dangers didn't go away once I became a manager.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several retirement and workforce-related bills. House Bill 2980 would place county correctional nurses and certain medical staff into Group 4 retirement. Representative Trino, Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, and nurse manager Leanne Cameron argued that correctional nurses work in dangerous, high-stress settings with frequent contact with incarcerated people, high rates of mental illness and substance use in the jail population, and significant workplace violence, and that the change would help recruitment and retention with limited statewide fiscal impact. The committee also heard Senate Bill 210, which would create a commission to study additional regular compensation and annual expenses for members of the General Court. Senator John Keenan said Massachusetts has high leadership stipends compared with other states and argued the current structure can affect independence and public trust. Representative O'Day testified on House Bill 2928 to extend Group 2 retirement to additional Department of Children and Families social workers, and SEIU 509 witnesses described frequent transport of children, crisis response, threats, assaults, and other high-risk duties that they said match Group 2 work. Additional testimony supported House Bill 2943 for DDS service coordinators and supervisors, with witnesses describing home visits in unsafe conditions, transport of vulnerable individuals, direct care during staffing crises, and exposure to violence. House Bill 2899 drew support from the Association of Social Work Boards for social work field placement grants, incentives for supervisors, and expanded retirement benefits for DCF social workers. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2613, a local retirement bill for Salem police officer Kathleen Roachville, who described a severe line-of-duty injury during an arrest involving a combative person in a mental health crisis. Finally, Susan Smith Campbell testified for reclassifying certain DYS administrative officers into Group 2 because of their direct involvement in restraints, assaults, and crisis management. After testimony concluded, the committee adjourned without taking any votes.

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• enhance the way state agencies manage enhance the way state agencies manage identities<00:18:56.600
• capacity of the office to track cases capacity of the office to track cases and<00:23:13.559>
• Thank you for your time. office of Grants management can exercise office of Grants management can exercise
• <00:37:52.079> as um and for supervisors and managers as um and for supervisors and managers
• <00:41:14.920> Madame what's happened in those cases Madame what's happened in those cases

Bills: HF1470, HF1310, HF1837

Keywords: opioids, substance use, addiction recovery, mental health, state cabinet, HF1310, Office of Cannabis Management, cannabis, marijuana, tribal consultation, government-to-government relationship, Minnesota tribes, Tribal governments, state government, consultation, rulemaking, Indian affairs, cannabis regulation, tribal sovereignty, state-tribal relations

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• HB 741 amends the family code to expand support services, which may now include case management services
• As usual, I'd like to highlight a few cases.
• Another case, I was very happy to participate. to participate in two recent cases of exonerating two
• But, you can't even get that review if there is currently a CPS case or a criminal case pending and you
• Additional use cases, and in those cases we're operating to support the ERCOT grid.

Bills: HB741, HB 1199, HB2070, HB2402, HB2542, HB2665, HB2789, HB3096, HB3396, HB3595, HB3747, HB4116, HB4127

Keywords: child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid

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• Many of our local emergency managers are not just the emergency manager; they're the fire chief, they
• Many of our local emergency managers, they're not just the emergency manager.
• Chair and Senator, I don't believe that that is the case.
• management system, is going live today.
• Slide five: Energy Conservation and Management Division.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Hearing none. but in this case alaw that we've seen I but in this case alaw that we've seen I I<00:14
• <00:28:00.000> requiring Landmark umberger case requiring Landmark umberger case requiring
• licenses sorry okay so the kapali case licenses sorry okay so the kapali case yeah<00:30:55.039>
• <00:32:34.880> of I've been involved in management of I've been involved in management of
• And if the state legislature could push a game management, um, to provide game management, that would

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees first heard SB 1146, which would appropriate funds to the University of Hawaiʻi to develop an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan for debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai Watershed. Testimony was largely supportive from DLNR, a UH student, and a special improvement district representative, while one speaker suggested the work should be coordinated with existing efforts to avoid duplication. Committee discussion focused on the multi-jurisdictional nature of the watershed, existing debris-trap work that captures only about 20 to 30 percent of debris, the role of the university in capstone projects and recommendations, and the relationship to the existing Geni project and other community efforts. Members also asked about costs, tracking progress, and the difference between water-quality improvements and the larger debris problem. The committees then voted to pass SB 1146 with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation and deferring the effective date to July 31, 2050. The motion passed in both committees, with votes recorded in support and no opposition noted during the decision-making. The committees also heard SB 321, which would deem certain fee simple privately owned lands transferred to adjacent property owners or community associations if specified conditions are met. Testimony was in support from several individuals, but members raised concerns about the lack of input from counties and the state, and about how the bill might affect roads already used by the public or maintained by local governments. After discussion, the committees voted to advance SB 321 unamended to the next committees, with the measure adopted in both committees despite one recorded no vote in the Water and Land committee.

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• I'm actually the village manager.
• What would happen case by case, facility by facility, depends on the specific circumstances of that facility
• What would happen case-by-case facility by facility depends on the specific circumstances of that facility
• Case by case, facility by facility, depends on the specific circumstances of that facility.
• They soil the scene in the most recent case.

Bills: SB100

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights, 996, all