Video & Transcript Research : 'priority facilities'

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FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • THAT YOU CANNOT SAY BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO GET THIS INJECTION, YOU CANNOT GET MEDICAL CARE AT OUR FACILITY
  • TRANSFER OF THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED BEDS BASED ON THIS PURPOSE FOR NO MORE THAN 100 MILES FROM THAT FACILITY
  • THE BILL STANDARDIZES THE TIME THAT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND FACILITIES EXCEPT FOR NURSING HOMES MUST
  • IF YOU HAVE IT SHORTER TIME FRAME AND EVERYBODY HAS PRIORITY THAN NOBODY HAS PRIORITY.
  • Senator Trumball: YOU KNOW, SENATOR BERMAN, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I STEM CELL FACILITIES
Keywords: 999, senate, all
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Capital outlay, classroom instructional, insurance facilities, transportation, and defer maintenance.
  • So we begin that process to discuss priorities with Governor Ivy.
  • Governor Ivy convenes meetings with legislative leadership to discuss priorities, and we continue the
  • I really want to highlight most of those tracking the governor's priorities. the governor's priorities
  • That is a 4,000-bed facility with healthcare facilities, education facilities, and mental health facilities
Keywords: 924, joint, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Budget Committee Jun 29th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the skilled nursing facilities trailer bill.
  • Air pollution and environmental health is an urgent priority.
  • Air pollution and environmental health is an urgent priority.
  • Taking care of our veterans is an extraordinary priority, I think, for everyone on this dais.
  • Taking care of our veterans is an extraordinary priority, I think, for everyone on this dais.
Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the final three-party agreement for the 2026-27 state budget and 19 implementing bills, including two budget bill juniors and 17 trailer bills. Committee leadership and administration officials described the budget as a balanced plan that reduces out-year structural deficits, maintains large reserves, and makes major investments in health care, education, housing, child care, public safety, and other core services while also responding to expected federal cuts and fiscal uncertainty. The Department of Finance outlined the package’s major components, including Medi-Cal adjustments, education funding increases, higher education changes, child care and human services updates, housing and homelessness funding, energy and transportation provisions, and tax and general government changes. Members asked questions about several provisions, including CSU enrollment targets and turnaround plans, the Prop. 98 settle-up mechanism, the plastics market development payment program, housing accountability measures, NextGen 9-1-1 implementation, and veteran services. Staff and administration witnesses explained that the higher education language is intended to improve campus-by-campus reporting and oversight, that Prop. 98 settle-up would be finalized later through the statutory certification process, and that NextGen 9-1-1 now includes one-time funding, quarterly reporting, an independent technical review, and a state audit. Members also discussed the HAP homelessness funding increase to $900 million and the balance between accountability and timely distribution of funds. The most extended exchange centered on comparisons between funding for veterans and Medi-Cal/immigrant health coverage. Republican members argued the budget spends far more on undocumented immigrant services than on veterans, while Democratic members and Finance staff responded that the comparison was misleading because many veterans’ services are federally funded and the state budget also includes dedicated veteran support. The chair and other members emphasized that the budget reflects difficult tradeoffs and that the package protects vulnerable populations, preserves health care access, and advances affordability. No final vote was described in the excerpt, but members indicated support for the overall package and said they would support it on the floor.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • DMV has focused on two priorities today: federal compliance and modernization.
  • and related departmental facilities.
  • They receive the priority for that.
  • When we have other priorities, it should be way ahead of that.
  • So I hope when we have those discussions that will move that priority.
Summary: The committee first heard a DMV budget presentation on the state-to-state verification system required for Real ID compliance and the Digital Experience Platform (DXP) modernization project. DMV officials said the state-to-state system is a pointer-based exchange used when a person applies for a license in another state, with only limited identifying data shared initially and the full driver history sent only after a qualified request. Members raised concerns about privacy, possible misuse by other states or federal actors, notification to Californians, hacking, and whether California could detect or stop abusive access. DMV said it can monitor requests, see patterns of access, work with AAMVA and legal counsel, and seek to block or challenge misuse; LAO said California is in a difficult position and should consider guardrails rather than opt out. On DXP, DMV said the project is on its revised schedule and budget, occupational licensing is complete, vehicle registration is expected by the end of calendar year 2026, and the full system should be finished by fiscal year 2028-29, with phased rollout and reappropriated funding to keep costs controlled. The committee then heard from the California High-Speed Rail Office of Inspector General on a trailer bill and AB 1608. The Inspector General said current law does not clearly authorize public reports or establish a framework for retaining and disclosing work papers, and the proposed trailer bill would create that framework while also adding authority to hire needed classifications and purchase goods and services. He also said the office needs a clearer statutory definition of “proposed agreements” and notice when the High-Speed Rail Authority is reviewing them, so the office can review contracts and related agreements effectively. LAO raised no concerns with the trailer bill language, and Finance said any amendments would come in the May revision. Members debated the scope of confidentiality in the Inspector General proposal, especially whether reports could be held confidential when they identify weaknesses in fraud controls, security, or other vulnerabilities. The Inspector General said confidentiality would be temporary, tied to articulating the risk, reassessing it every 120 days, and releasing the report once the risk is no longer substantial; he also said the office had already published reports at its discretion and had found at least one procurement violation involving an amendment that added services not in the original contract. Several members pressed for stronger transparency and suggested time limits or broader disclosure, while others argued the bill would improve oversight and make the Inspector General’s authority clearer. No votes were taken during the discussion, and the item was left for further work on the trailer bill and AB 1608 language.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 04/16/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • squarely on priority issues.
  • It would not be facility in crisis.
  • It is an absolute priority for our caucus.
  • Where is that in your priority list?
  • Where is that in your priority list? Where is that in your priority list?
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's about this is truly her priority, and we did all of the work as a committee to get there.
  • And I think it just shows that this is a priority that we are ready to actually get something really
  • Um, this is the governor's priority, and I would like to be able to deliver this.
  • It's about this is truly her priority, and we did all of the work as a committee to get there.
  • Um, this is the governor's priority, and I would like to be able to deliver this.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House Environment and Agriculture Committee met in executive session on SB 302, a bill requiring background checks for solid waste facility owners. The chair announced a staffing change, noting Representative Comtois was no longer vice chair and Representative Barber would serve in that role. The chair then explained that the committee had before it an amendment incorporating Senator Pearl’s updated language and additional technical changes requested by DEES Director Whimsat for FBI background-check requirements, and a separate amendment offered by Representative Patenza that would add language from the budget bill relating to a site evaluation committee, moratorium provisions, and harms-and-benefits language. Representative Patenza argued that the governor’s solid waste and site evaluation language had been developed over years with the committee, the governor’s office, and DEES, and should be moved into a standalone bill so it would not be lost if the budget failed. She said she had been told by Senator Roseford that the budget language would be placed into a separate House bill, and several members supported having a standalone vehicle as a backup. Representative Bixby, Haskins, Gruber, and others said they favored keeping the work alive in a separate bill, while Representative Scully said he disliked non-germane amendments and would vote only for the base bill and the chair’s amendment. Representative Barber asked for clarification on why the amendment was considered non-germane, and the chair and Representative Patenza explained that the budget-related policy had not had a separate public hearing. Members discussed legislative procedure, including whether the committee should recess to allow a hearing on the non-germane amendment and then return to act on SB 302. After discussion, the committee took a show of hands and overwhelmingly favored recessing the executive session to Tuesday, May 13 at 10:00 a.m. in LOB room 301-303, so a separate hearing could be held on Representative Patenza’s amendment before further action on SB 302.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 24, 2026 - 08:30 AM

Education & Employment Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was a priority system that we are essentially removing because every student gets access.
  • We don't need a priority because we're giving access to all Florida students, and the other issue we
  • No, sorry, next CS for HB 833, Private School Facilities by Representative Cassel.
  • These are appropriate areas for small schools because these facilities already contemplate...
  • And clarifies that line funds cannot be used to build or construct new facilities.
Summary: The House Education Employment Committee heard seven bills and reported each favorably. HB 129 on Florida Virtual School would remove a priority system, confirm access for all Florida students and eligible military dependents overseas, clarify teacher retirement status, allow local schools to administer required exams, and authorize direct-support organizations; it passed unanimously after brief questions about audit-related updates and waitlists. HB 423 on student elopement, sponsored by Rep. Eskamani and Rep. Tramont, would require schools to establish safety teams and prevention plans for students who may leave supervised areas; testimony from autism advocates emphasized drowning and other safety risks, and the bill passed 16-0 with strong bipartisan support. The committee also approved CS for CS HB 753 on school counselors, which removes certain certification barriers while keeping the master’s degree requirement and sets evaluation criteria based on state counseling standards. Supporters said the bill would help address counselor shortages and align evaluations with the profession’s actual duties. CS HB 1253 on coach support for student-athletes, as amended, allows coaches to use personal funds up to a capped amount for student needs with written parental consent; members raised concerns about liability, fairness, and the need for clear guardrails, but the bill passed 15-0. CS HB 833 on private school facilities would make small private schools of 100 students or fewer a permitted use in commercial and mixed-use zoning districts and allow use of existing buildings if fire and code standards are met; supporters said it would reduce local barriers while preserving safety, and it passed 15-0. PCS for CS HB 1325 would update the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund by clarifying matching contributions, allowing expansion or modernization of existing space but not new construction, and streamlining awards; it passed unanimously with broad college and health system support. Finally, CS HB 1437 on conversion charter schools would create clearer dispute-resolution options for facility maintenance issues and, via amendment, allow capital outlay funds for repairs if the charter assumes full responsibility; after debate over whether the amendment was premature, the bill passed 13-3. The meeting then adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 31st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • While she was first in many aspects of her career, her greatest personal priority was her family.
  • This bill just simply establishes a future priority set of allowing it to be its own division.
  • in office already prioritizes it. election integrity as the highest priority.
  • set, but it will be a top priority set as its own division going forward.
  • Boggs' language on public school transfer policies regarding facilities capacity reported.
Bills: SJR37, SJR57, SB7, SB8, SB16, SB108, SB125, SB207, SB318, SB371, SB379, SB396, SB406, SB503, SB533, SB565, SB578, SB599, SB686, SB689, SB707, SB763, SB854, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB920, SB924, SB961, SB965, SB985, SB988, SB1021, SB1024, SB1026, SB1038, SB1059, SB1185, SB1202, SB1207, SB1252, SB1330, SB1396, SB1484, SB1527, SB1535, SB1596, SB1619, SB1697, SB1737, SB1741, SB1841, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SJR37, SCR22, SCR12, SB565, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB1497, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB856, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB541, SB379, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB961, SB1038, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB924, SB1029, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1697, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SJR81, SJR50, SCR39, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is very low priority.
  • And of course, if it's a low priority, then it is in fact a low priority.
  • This is very low priority. Uh if this. This is very low priority.
  • it's low, it's low on our priority list. it's low, it's low on our priority list.
  • The facility employee badges.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then approved an agency amendment to a health and family services regulation. The amendment reversed a prior change so that neonatal ICU beds would remain subject to regular review rather than nonsubstantive review. The remaining administrative regulations were then reviewed without objection. The main presentation was from State Auditor Allison Ball on a report finding $836 million in concurrent Medicaid capitation payments from 2019 through 2022, involving individuals enrolled in Kentucky and at least one other state. Ball said Kentucky relied on the PARIS system, which has limitations because it is updated quarterly and depends on voluntary state participation, while a better federal data source, T-MSIS, was not fully available to the state. She said the audit found weak internal controls, siloed processes, outdated guidance, and a low-priority attitude toward residency checks, all of which contributed to missed alerts and improper payments. She also said the report identified additional problems, including payments made after beneficiaries died and cases involving multiple states paying for the same person. Ball recommended better access to federal data, stronger MCO contract provisions, and more active oversight by the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations. She said the contracts reviewed did not provide a clear way to recoup the improper payments, though she and her counsel suggested possible equitable legal theories might be explored. Members expressed concern about the scale of the waste and the lack of contract enforcement, and asked whether any money could be recovered. Ball said the audit did not identify a clear contractual path to recoup the funds.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Mar 4th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • HHSC regulates healthcare providers, professions, and facilities to protect the health and safety of
  • or any intermediate care facilities.
  • So, do they still meet that nur like nursing facility or intermediate care facility level of care.
  • 1 or a priority 2 investigation.
  • We do not provide any behavioral health services directly through the facility.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Mar 4th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • or any intermediate care facilities.
  • Like nursing facility or intermediate care facility level of care.
  • Individuals waiting to to be transferred to a state mental health facility.
  • We do not provide any... rural health services directly through the facility.
  • Those children in actual foster homes versus just in residential facilities.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/27/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, that was one of the first priorities.
  • So you can see of the first priorities.
  • Line 156 shows the long-term facilities maintenance aid for charter schools being eliminated.
  • > invites Supports core priorities and invites Supports core priorities and invites continued<
  • what is called the long-term facilities what is called the long-term facilities maintenance<01:01
Bills: HF2430, HF2433
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • facilities here in the state. facilities here in the state.
  • Well, that is the priorities, right?
  • does not adversely impact the priorities does not adversely impact the priorities established<01
  • limited funds there are other priorities limited funds there are other priorities um<01:25:47.600
  • <01:54:38.360> not priority initiatives, which are not priority initiatives, which are not
Bills: HB1890, HB1888, HB1676
Summary: The committees heard three measures, beginning with HB 1890 HD3, which would provide automatic step increases and a COVID-era retention bonus for teachers. Supporters included HSTA, the Democratic Party’s Education Caucus, and a student who said higher pay and predictable salary growth would help retain teachers in Hawaii. The Department of Education supported the intent but asked that the bill be expanded to cover all department employees. The Attorney General’s office said the draft needed clarification to avoid conflict with Chapter 89 and to make clear any funding was subject to legislative appropriation. The Office of the Public Defender and B&F testified in opposition, and committee members questioned whether the step increases were already in the current contract and whether the bill was needed. HSTA said the current contract includes automatic step increases subject to funding, but argued the bill was still needed because funding is not guaranteed and the measure would codify the policy. HSTA also said the COVID bonus would apply only to active teachers who worked during the pandemic and estimated the total cost at roughly $150 million to $200 million over four years. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 1888 HD3, which would require DOE and charter schools to report harassment incidents and strengthen penalties for harassment of educational workers from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor. DOE supported the bill and suggested narrowing language about assisting workers with temporary restraining orders, saying that function would be better handled through the Attorney General’s pilot program. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing the harassment language was overly broad, vague, and potentially unconstitutional, and that existing assault and terroristic threatening statutes already protect educational workers. HSTA, the State Commission on the Status of Women, and several individual testifiers supported the measure, describing increased intimidation and harassment of teachers and other school staff, especially since COVID. The Special Education Advisory Council opposed the bill’s language on “disrupting and interfering” with school functions, saying it could chill parents of students with IEPs from advocating for their children. Testimony was split, with the chair noting 20 in support and 16 in opposition in the portion shown. A final witness, Michelle Pestana, testified in opposition based on her family’s experience with special education services, describing alleged seclusion and restraint of her daughter and expressing concern that DOE testimony in prior hearings had targeted special education parents. Her remarks were cut off as time expired. The transcript ends before any committee action or vote on HB 1888 was taken.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:30 am

A&B Health Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Between the two facilities, and look forward to that facility opening sometime this summer.
  • And that's at my facility in Lawton That's only a 23-year-old facility, and I think we're on re iteration
  • It's a beautiful facility.
  • And the only way we can co-share because it's also a VA facility I can only bring into that facility
  • It is a 52-bed facility.
Keywords: 914, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Agriculture & Livestock Jun 18th, 2026

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • They build these types of facilities. They consult on these types of facilities.
  • facility.
  • facility is just ramping up.
  • One facility, 100 million flies. Today, four years later, one facility, 100 million flies.
  • They closed this facility.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • government again, more growth in state government at the cost of our seniors, both the nursing facilities
  • <00:03:53.040> So those priorities here in the state.
  • So those priorities here in the state.
  • but again the priority for Democrats is but again the priority for Democrats is always<00:09:37.040><
  • This shows you how mixed up their priorities are.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • It speaks to the high priority that this committee places on biomedical research.
  • Only if it becomes a priority. Only if it becomes a priority.
  • I'm confident that it can if they make it a priority.
  • This is not really a high priority, for example, for industry and pharma.
  • But what it really means for patients is that we can't drive the priorities.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Military Affairs and Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they're being sent to facilities where the water is dirty, the food has bugs, medical care is being
  • And they're being sent to facilities where the water is dirty, the food has bugs, medical care is being
  • I ran a similar bill, just as a side mention, for assisted living facilities that went through health
  • to see what your symptoms are if you're... ...bill, just as a side mention, for assisted living facilities
  • And it's kind of hard to get into the weeds of one necessarily a priority over another, but trying to
Bills: SB1055, SB1065
Summary: The Military Affairs and Border Security Committee heard two bills. SB 1055 would require state and local law enforcement to immediately notify ICE or CBP when a person unlawfully present in the U.S. is arrested for a state or local offense. Supporters said it simply clarifies and strengthens existing law and cooperation with federal authorities; opponents, including the ACLU of Arizona and several public commenters, argued it would intensify immigration enforcement, chill crime reporting, invite racial profiling, and conflict with existing SB 1070-related guidance and constitutional limits. The committee engaged in extended debate over whether the bill merely restated current law or would create new legal and practical burdens for police. After public testimony and member discussion, SB 1055 was passed on a 4-3 vote and received a do-pass recommendation. Members voting in favor said the bill was about enforcing the law and improving cooperation; members opposed said it was redundant and harmful to community trust and public safety. The committee then took up SB 1065, which appropriates $300,640,000 in FY 2027 for a Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Fund. The bill was presented as a way to provide non-drug treatment for veterans with PTSD and related conditions, with supporters describing potential benefits for mental health and recovery. Some members raised budget and implementation questions, including how veterans would be selected for treatment, but all members ultimately supported moving it forward. SB 1065 passed unanimously, 7-0, with several members noting support for veterans while reserving questions about the budget process or future floor consideration. The committee adjourned after passing both bills.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • failure of the allopathic or osteopathic physician to perform surgeries at an outpatient surgical facility
  • also requires an allopathic or osteopathic physician performing surgeries at an outpatient surgical facility
  • The outpatient facility, who's going to cover their patients if they have complications?
  • It doesn't really inhibit the outpatient facility, and it puts the responsibility back where it really
  • by the applicant and the estimated cost of the facilities and site as recommended by the committee,
Summary: The Committee on Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency approved the March 11, 2026 minutes and then heard several bills. HB 2686, a patient-protection measure for outpatient surgical facilities, would require surgeons to file and update a call-coverage plan for hospital complications; the sponsor said it would improve continuity of care and reduce emergency room confusion, and the committee recommended it do pass. HB 2051 would require AHCCCS contractors, subject to CMS approval, to cover breastfeeding and lactation services in multiple settings; supporters described it as a maternal and infant health measure, AHCCCS was neutral and noted a projected state cost of about $1.8 million, and the bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 6-0 vote with one member not voting. The committee also approved HB 2837, which requires compensation disclosure for testimony or written comments in municipal zoning matters and requires certain municipal board members or hearing officers to disclose and recuse for recent conflicts involving entities they served; the sponsor framed it as a transparency and conflict-of-interest bill, and it passed 6-0 with one not voting. HB 2875, concerning commercial drone delivery systems, was amended to allow local regulation of drone facilities near medium and large hub airports within a 2.5-mile buffer and to require consultation with airports; Zipline and industry groups supported the measure as providing regulatory clarity, and the committee adopted the amendment and recommended the bill do pass. HB 2324 would let cities with their own fire codes, through an intergovernmental agreement, have city fire inspectors enforce those codes on county-owned buildings in city limits when state enforcement is burdensome; county and fire officials said it would resolve jurisdictional confusion, and the bill passed 6-0 with one not voting. HB 2439 would exempt single-user public or semi-public cold plunges from ADEQ spa rules, and an amendment removed ADEQ rulemaking authority; county health representatives said the change would reduce confusion, but one member raised public-health concerns, and the amended bill passed 4-2 with one not voting. HB 2457 would allow utilities to bypass the certificate of environmental compatibility process for new plants co-located with large electricity users after notice and a public comment session; the Sierra Club opposed it as reducing public review, while supporters said it preserved some local input and improved efficiency, and it passed 4-2 with one not voting. Finally, HB 2953 would cap certain nondisciplinary and civil penalties imposed by the Board of Pharmacy at $25,000 and allow lower penalties based on prior activity; a supporter said it matched limits used in other regulatory contexts, and the committee recommended it do pass unanimously.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • And so when Representative Natalie Zeleznikar, who worked in a long-term care facility for 30 years,
  • who worked in a long-term care facility who worked in a long-term care facility for<00:04:00.640
  • Um those what need has to be the top priority for a bonding bill. The must-haves, not the nice.
  • Um those what need has to be the top priority for a bonding bill. The must-haves, not the nice.
  • If we don't get it done, again, our first priority is getting the budget done this year.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all