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• But if confirmed, I'm ready and willing to consult and assist with your office or any others to figure
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2023, one in four teenage girls seriously considered suicide
• , one in eight teenage girls attempted suicide, and one in five LGBTQ youth high school students attempted
• suicide.

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Keywords: Senate Committee, Commerce, Science, Technology, Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, FTC, Consumer Protection, Innovation, Emerging Technologies

Summary: The meeting of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation featured significant discussions regarding technological advancements and their implications for the future. Notably, nominations were made for key positions in the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Federal Trade Commission. Committee members expressed the importance of leading in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, emphasizing that the pace of innovation is crucial for maintaining the United States' global position as a leader in technology. The discussions also highlighted the role of the FTC in protecting consumers from deceptive business practices and ensuring fair competition in the marketplace. Attendees underscored the urgency of advancing research and development in areas such as quantum computing, as evidenced by a demonstration of a new quantum chip anticipated to redefine computing capabilities across industries. Various members engaged in vibrant exchanges, showing support for initiatives aimed at bolstering innovation through public and private collaboration. Overall, the meeting set a strong agenda for pursuing future science and technology policies that ensure the U.S. remains at the forefront of global advancements.

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• She is in the healthcare space as well, working with assisted living. We have Frank Caballero.
• Maddie was a full-time intern in our office as a legislative assistant and did a tremendous job.
• Verdell may owe you a debt of gratitude for assisting him today? I'm not advised. Thank you, Mr.
• Connecticut's firearm suicide rate dropped 14% after they passed their ERPOs.
• SB2177 by Hagen, relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies

Bills: SB15 , SB646 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1610 , SB1362 , SB926 , SB1494 , SB251 , SB456 , SB500 , SB1307 , SB2615 , SB2995 , SB2321 , SB2972 , SB973 , SB865 , SB506 , SB1522 , SB1558 , SB510 , SB667 , SB763 , SB2073 , SB1858 , SB1660 , SB2900 , SB1433 , SB1540 , SB1964 , SB1300 , SB1644 , SB2217 , SB2373 , SB2431 , SB1758 , SB974 , SB2480 , SB3039 , SB3047 , SB2781 , SB826 , SB766 , SB527 , SB1946 , SB2885 , SB1243 , SB2610 , SB857 , SB2501 , SB66 , SB268 , SB331 , SB1302 , SB519 , SB2807 , SB13 , SB7 , SB1718 , SB1567 , SB1233 , SB413 , SB2177 , SB30 , SB2024 , SJR1 , SCR27 , SB2018 , SB1580 , SB2121 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1596 , SB2753 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SCR9 , SB204 , SB437 , SB568 , SB612 , SB672 , SB710 , SB823 , SB876 , SB904 , SB905 , SB968 , SB1084 , SB1207 , SB1230 , SB1313 , SB1504 , SB1790 , SB2232 , SB2366 , SB2367 , SB2398 , SB2515 , SB2520 , SB2589 , SB2786 , SB2790 , SB3048 , SB3050 , SB3052 , SB3053 , SB3056 , SB3029 , SCR3 , SCR18 , SCR30 , HCR146 , HCR148 , HCR149 , HCR153 , HCR155 , HCR157 , HB5560 , HB762 , HB1584 , HB 107 , HB 114 , HB138 , HB4386 , HB2495 , HB581 , HB3348 , HB5323 , HB4341 , HB6 , HB2712 , HB171 , HB3153 , HB143 , HB2688 , HB3464 , HB449 , HB3486 , HB4263 , HB2 , HB1522 , HB24 , HB 1237 , HB2637 , HB3126 , HB3233 , HB4310 , HB3487 , HCR9 , HB5331 , HB1397 , HB163 , HB3250 , HB3071 , HB3463 , HB5033 , HB35 , HB3824 , HB216 , HB4226 , HB3512 , HB18 , HB5154 , HB 103 , HB851 , HB647 , HB4520 , HB3016 , HB2313 , HB2818 , HB2851 , HB4486 , HB4264 , HB1500 , HB5081 , HB2974 , HB2080 , HB4384 , HB5659 , HB493 , HB4903 , HB2516 , HB4488 , HB4530 , HB3689 , HB145 , HB43 , HB5247 , HB2221 , HB5671 , HB700 , HB3711 , HB 120 , SB17 , SB1637 , SB1833 , SB2155 , SB21 , SB2778 , SB379

Keywords: SB 15, Texas Local Government Code, zoning preemption, housing affordability, small lots, lot size, lot density, single-family zoning, residential subdivision, municipal land use, local control, state preemption, parking requirements, setbacks, infill development, missing middle housing, lot width, lot depth, homebuilders, housing supply

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• Every single class in our local high school had lost a friend to suicide for nine years.
• Years of classmates who lost a friend to suicide, and now you want to say you do not care.
• practice, we will have greater outcomes for SMI populations as they will receive some awareness and assistance

Keywords: 1182, all

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• If you require assistance in registering, please do so now.
• If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact the committee staff.
• And the chair may ask the sergeant in arms. to assist in preserving order and decorum.
• Section four provides a financial assistance for public safety initiatives in border communities, which
• The results will be promptly shared with DHS to assist in enforcing federal immigration laws.

Bills: HB256 , HB1308 , HB1554 , HB1743 , HB2308 , HB2351 , HB2858 , HB3676 , HB3784 , HB4312 , HB4552 , HB4823 , HB4852 , HB5007 , HB5010 , HB5520 , HB5524 , HCR19 , HB256 , HCR19

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money

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• The AIDS Drug Assistance Program says here it decreases expenditures by $50 million ongoing.
• My name is Tanya Curso, I'm the Program Assistant over at Whole Systems Learning, and I ask that you
• I am asking for the state to speed up the repayment of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program rebate fund to
• Four years ago, I was suicidal and hospitalized. Then I got connected to Two Feathers.
• Additionally, we want to support the AIDS Drug Assistance Program rebate fund and emergency backfill

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• be: what is a teacher supposed to do when a kid comes to them and says, you know, I'm thinking of suicide
• And says, you know, I'm thinking of suicide. I'm having gender issues.
• If a child is talking about suicide, then there are methods and motions.
• Talking about suicide, then there are methods and motions.

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee first considered RS 33-117, a proposal from Rep. Levitt to give charter school enrollment priority to children of school founders, siblings, foster children, and then active-duty Title 10 military families. Members moved to introduce the bill, and the committee approved introduction by voice vote. The next item was House Bill 599 on digital curriculum funding. Rep. Raymond said the bill would change the program from first-come, first-served grants capped at $50,000 per district to a needs-based process administered by the State Department of Education. Superintendent Critchfield described a scoring rubric focused on underserved and rural districts, alignment with reading/math/college-and-career goals, implementation and evaluation plans, prior funding history, and sustainability. Some members questioned how “need” would be defined and worried the criteria were too discretionary. A motion to send the bill to the floor was replaced by a substitute motion to hold the bill in committee until a date certain, and the committee agreed to hold HB 599 until the 19th. The committee then heard House Bill 516, a cleanup bill related to last year’s law restricting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity. Rep. Hawkins and a lobbyist supporting the bill said the measure would remove leftover language from the earlier version and clarify that the K-12 restriction was intended to be broad. Opponents, including Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, argued the bill would erase age-appropriate discussion of LGBTQ topics and create vague censorship concerns. Idaho Family Policy Center supported the bill, saying schools were not complying with the prior law. Members raised questions about possible effects on CTE and health-related courses, parental opt-in rules, and legal conflicts with existing code. After testimony and discussion, the committee voted to send HB 516 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.

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• Chair, and the committee for your thoughtful feedback and assistance.
• Chair, for your very thoughtful assistance and feedback here.
• Again, I want to thank the committee for their thoughtful assistance and respectfully request your aye
• Sadly, with her last breath, Adrian pleaded for medical assistance.
• GVROs are especially effective in preventing suicides and stopping mass shootings.

Summary: The committee first adopted a seven-bill consent calendar, then heard several public safety measures. AB 1127 by Assembly Member Gabriel would restrict sale of certain semi-automatic handguns that can be easily converted to automatic weapons with “switches”; supporters, including Everytown and Moms Demand Action, said it targets a specific Glock-style design flaw linked to mass shootings, while the NRA and gun-rights groups argued the bill duplicates existing federal law and effectively bans popular handguns. The bill was moved on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Judiciary and remained on call. AB 468, also by Gabriel, would increase penalties and clarify offenses involving looting and impersonating emergency personnel in evacuation zones and during disasters; firefighters, district attorneys, and law enforcement supported it as a deterrent, while public defenders and justice advocates warned it was overbroad and could worsen racial profiling. The committee approved the bill on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations, also held on call. The committee then heard AB 1187 by Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez, which would require eight hours of firearm safety training, including live-fire instruction, before obtaining a firearm safety certificate and would add a requirement for new residents who import firearms. Supporters said California should require training comparable to other safety-sensitive activities and that the measure would reduce gun deaths; opponents argued the bill misunderstands the existing FSC process, would be hard to implement because of range and instructor limits, and would burden a constitutional right. The bill passed on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations and was held on call. The committee also heard AB 1424 by Rodriguez, which would require CDCR climate resiliency and heat-safety measures in prisons, including temperature monitoring, shade, showers, fans, and emergency planning. Prisoner-rights and labor groups strongly supported the bill, citing extreme heat, wildfire, and flooding risks, while one opponent said the monitoring mandate could be too costly; the bill was moved on a due-pass motion to Labor and Employment and held on call. Finally, the committee began hearing AB 1258 by Assembly Member Kalra, which would extend the sunset of the Young Adult Deferred Entry Program through 2029 for selected counties. Kalra and Santa Clara County Judge Erica You described the program’s success in reducing recidivism and providing wraparound services for young adults with felony charges, including housing, counseling, and parenting support. The transcript cuts off before the committee completed action on AB 1258.

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• </c> about are suicides. about are suicides.
• Suicides are not only committed using a firearm.
• That's the real problem that a person is facing who may be contemplating committing suicide.
• Imagine a scenario where you have two families who lose a child to suicide.
• </c><02:27:36.960><c> child</c> mental health resources a suicidal child mental health resources a suicidal

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The 988 hotline provides 24-hour free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis
• I mean, this committee has been begging, threatening, and pushing to get Medicaid medication-assisted
• Assistance Program, as I already kind of mentioned.
• This was just for cash assistance.
• City building for their local grantees through training and technical assistance.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• examiner that's on that day that not only has to do investigations that have to do with homicides, suicides
• examiners and the associate deputy medical examiners, where the non-natural deaths, so homicide, suicides
• um accidents I like to call suicides um accidents I like to call them<00:15:20.759><c> crashes</c><00
• I brought the Assistant Commissioner of Safety into the fold to try to save this proposal.
• </c> lift I brought the assistant lift I brought the assistant Commissioner<01:43:24.599><c> of</c><01

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• dealing with AI, and operators are required to adopt protocols to respond to user prompts regarding suicidal
• ideation, including... ...to user prompts regarding suicidal ideation, including reasonable efforts
• Persona... ...by design approach with Gemini for users under 18, persona safeguards, suicide and self-harm

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

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• worse, in some instances abusers murder their partners and then stage the crime scene to look like suicides
• And then stage the crime scene to look like suicides or accidents, thereby avoiding accountability and
• Estimates indicate anywhere from 800 to 1,200 staged suicide cases every single year.
• She was killed by her partner, who staged the murder to look like a suicide by hanging. Thank you.
• The instant amendment addresses staged suicides.

Summary: The Senate considered a large number of amendments to an economic development bill and adopted them one by one, with repeated brief recesses as members finalized language. Early amendments made permanent the option for hybrid public meetings and added procedures for alleged open meeting law violations, authorized speed camera enforcement in school and construction safety zones, and created a retirement credit option for part-time teachers who reduced hours to care for children. Other adopted amendments updated gateway municipality designations every three years, capped ticket resale prices and banned speculative “ghost tickets,” and addressed vulnerable road users, crumbling concrete, and a fund for seasonal communities housing. Members also approved amendments to create a new framework for responding to crimes against women, including better investigation of staged suicides and adding sex and gender to the hate crimes statute; to establish a trigger law protecting private-sector labor organizing rights if federal labor law is weakened; to create a bottom-up “Enough Act” fund to fight poverty; to allow airport restaurants and bars at Logan to operate during flight hours; and to protect seniors and adults with disabilities from financial scams by allowing temporary delays of suspicious transactions and reporting to protective agencies. Additional housing-related amendments were adopted for rural communities, residential PACE financing, and a five-community tenant opportunity to purchase pilot program. A Senate Ways and Means amendment was then adopted, the substitute draft was applied to the underlying bill, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed. The chamber also adopted an order to reconvene the following Monday at 11 a.m. and to dispense with printing a calendar. The Senate then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is House Bill 392 by Representative Boyd, provides relative to requirements for posting suicide
• Our national, the national average, Louisiana children double that consider suicide between the ages
• in time, not just in our state, but nationwide, with the number of young people who are committing suicide
• The young girl was charged with first-degree murder, failure to seek assistance, and obstruction of justice
• Failure to seek assistance and obstruction of justice. Now, members, two lives forever lost.

Bills: HCR26 , HB113 , HB380 , HB392 , HB476 , HB513 , HB608 , HB682 , HB905 , HB987

Committee: House Education

Keywords: human growth, development education, prenatal education, state standards, biological science, grading scale, education reform, students, public schools, academic policy, community college, technical education, pilot program, driver training, transportation, Safe Haven Law, flyers, child safety, infant relinquishment, name image likeness

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• “The government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance
• It's about students who are suicidal and can't breathe and lives that are changed and addicts becoming
• We saw suicide become commonplace.
• Why suicide rates in our teens are at an all-time high.
• Under the current laws, we are told this is comparable to nurse practitioners or physician assistants

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Washington County administrator Alan Massey, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then adopted the special order report setting the day’s floor calendar. The chamber also approved the journal and moved into special-order bills. Early action included unanimous passage of CS/HB 967, which creates an electronic payment option for constituents dealing with local governments, and HB 127, which adds cursive writing to required instruction for grades 2 through 5; supporters framed both bills as modernizing basic public services and preserving literacy and heritage. HB 453 also passed unanimously, creating pathways for students in Special Olympics and marching band to satisfy physical education and arts graduation requirements. The House then took up HJR 583, a proposed constitutional amendment to protect religious expression in public schools. The resolution drew extensive debate over whether it merely codified existing law or could create ambiguity about prayer, religious speech, and discrimination issues in schools and at school events. Supporters argued it would strengthen protections for faith expression and let voters decide; opponents raised First Amendment, church-state separation, and implementation concerns, including questions about what counts as religious expression and how schools would handle potentially offensive remarks. The resolution passed 93-17. Several health-related measures followed. CS/HB 237, requiring APRNs who use the title “doctor” to clarify they are APRNs when communicating with patients, passed 111-0. CS/HB 363, creating a dental therapy license and a new mid-level dental provider to address access shortages, prompted sharp debate over training, anesthesia risk, and whether the bill would create a lower tier of care; it passed 80-29. HB 375, removing a mandatory supervision requirement for autonomous CRNAs, passed 78-28, and HB 301, authorizing psychiatric mental health APRNs to provide mental health services within existing licensure, passed 88-18. The House also passed HB 863, giving Citizens Property Insurance policyholders the choice between arbitration and court for disputes, by 105-3, and HB 1399, increasing oversight of property insurers’ affiliate transactions, by 160-3. The chamber then began consideration of a local claims bill, HB 6517, for relief related to an incident involving the City of St. Petersburg.

Transcript Highlights:

• be: what is a teacher supposed to do when a kid comes to them and says, you know, I'm thinking of suicide
• And says, you know, I'm thinking of suicide. I'm having gender issues.
• If a child is talking about suicide, then there are methods and motions... ...talking about suicide,

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 989, all

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• On page 6, sorry, on line 16, not page 16, line 16, the Air Service Assistance Program, that's a very
• On page six, sorry, on line 16, not page 16, line 16, the Air Service Assistance Program, that's a very
• similar story. you are Line 16, not page 16, line 16, the Air Service Assistance Prop, that's a very
• The air service assistance program — is that for local airports? So, Mr.
• The suicide bridge, where we lost a kid last year, he came up with the $8 million in the reserve to be

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

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• Dusty Loftus, Assistant Superintendent from Jowell; Di-Marie Maker from the Lovington Schools as the
• I moved into administration as an assistant principal, then into operations, an assistant superintendent
• We're trying to partner; Assistant Superintendent Dusty Lofus from JAL is here.
• In the past six weeks, Lovington has lost three young people. to suicide.
• We're a national technical assistance and research and evaluation firm.

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• have a child and family and lifespan behavioral health that I talked about that does everything from suicide
• If you have aggressive behaviors, if you have self-harming behaviors, if you are suicidal or homicidal
• , that's also an exclusionary criterion for PRTF if you're actively suicidal.
• or homicidal, that it's also a exclusionary criteria for PRTF if you're actively, actively suicidal.
• What about kids who have depression with suicidality and epilepsy and intellectual disability?

Keywords: 907, all

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• Cork is a home-based child care provider who participated in our pilot, which focused on technical assistance
• care management software, which provides the enrollment and billing tools, along with technical assistance
• Simply Hope Stack, a 14-year-old girl came to us struggling with marijuana addiction and after a suicide
• Simply Hope Stack, a 14-year-old girl came to us struggling with marijuana addiction and after a suicide

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee met to hear presentations on possible uses of temporary Millennium Fund dollars for youth- and family-focused prevention programs. Members first approved the prior meeting minutes, then heard from the Idaho Children’s Trust Fund, which requested $682,000 for mid-sized grants to community organizations for child abuse prevention, parenting support, family resource centers, and school-based programs. The presenter emphasized the link between adverse childhood experiences and later substance use, and described the fund’s statewide grant-making process and current projects. Committee members asked about grant selection, funding sources, and how families are identified for services. The committee also heard from Children’s Bridge, which requested $3.5 million over four years to build a shared-services infrastructure for child care providers. The proposal focused on helping providers stabilize their businesses through software, coaching, shared purchasing, bookkeeping, and access to benefits such as health insurance and retirement plans. The presenter argued that child care is part of Idaho’s prevention infrastructure and said the model would transition toward earned income and employer support over time. Members asked about similar programs, infrastructure, and how the model would be sustained after 2029. Idaho Safety Assessment Centers requested $1 million to support 12 youth assessment centers that divert youth from court, ERs, and school discipline into screening, counseling, and family support. The presenter cited individual success stories and said the centers served more than 12,000 youth in a year, with an estimated return of more than $3 in benefits for every dollar invested. The committee also heard from the Idaho Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, which requested $3 million in one-time bridge funding for 10 centers that conduct forensic interviews and coordinate child abuse investigations; members asked about coordination with state agencies and sustainability. Ross Edmunds of the Department of Health and Welfare requested $150,000 for a 10th recovery community center in Kamiah, explaining that the department already oversees nine centers through quarterly payments and reporting requirements. Finally, Representative Jordan Redman proposed a $5 million statewide drug-use awareness campaign using research, surveys, and targeted media buys; he said the campaign would be evaluated through impressions, reach, and frequency. No decisions were made, and the chair said the committee would return later to continue reviewing the requests, noting the fund is one-time money and that the governor’s recommendations and a $25 million request reduce the amount available.

Transcript Highlights:

• Cork is a home-based child care provider who participated in our pilot, which focused on technical assistance
• care management software, which provides the enrollment and billing tools, along with technical assistance
• Simply Hope Stack, a 14-year-old girl came to us struggling with marijuana addiction and after a suicide
• Simply Hope Stack, a 14-year-old girl came to us struggling with marijuana addiction and after a suicide

Summary: The committee met to hear presentations on proposed uses of temporary Millennium Fund money for youth- and family-focused prevention programs. The chair opened by emphasizing that the funds are one-time and not ongoing, and that the committee would not make decisions at this meeting. Minutes from the prior meeting were approved before testimony began. Roger Sherman of the Idaho Children's Trust Fund described the fund’s statutory role in preventing child abuse and neglect and requested $682,000 for mid-sized grants to community organizations for child sexual abuse prevention, abusive head trauma education, parenting programs, family resource centers, and school-based family supports. Royal Lockhart of The Children’s Bridge proposed $3.5 million over four years for a shared-services model to stabilize child care businesses through software, coaching, bookkeeping, purchasing, and benefits access, arguing that stronger child care infrastructure supports prevention and family stability. Nancy Windmill of the Idaho Safety Assessment Center Coalition requested $1 million for 12 youth assessment centers, citing diversion and early intervention outcomes for youth facing substance use, behavioral, or mental health crises. Sonia Howerton of the Idaho Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers asked for $3 million in bridge funding for 10 children’s advocacy centers, explaining that declining federal funds and prior one-time state support created a sustainability gap. Ross Edmunds of the Department of Health and Welfare requested $150,000 for a 10th recovery community center, the Upper River Youth Leadership Council in Kamiah, noting that the department now serves as the pass-through and accountability entity for existing recovery centers under prior intent language. Representative Jordan Redmond also presented a proposed $5 million statewide drug-use awareness campaign through the Office of Drug Policy, with research, survey work, and multi-platform media buys to test and refine messaging. Members asked about grant criteria, referral networks, sustainability, oversight, and coordination with state agencies; presenters generally described extensive application processes, multidisciplinary collaboration, and plans to transition toward earned revenue or state oversight. The chair closed by reiterating that the Governor’s recommendation already includes $150,000 for recovery centers and that the Governor has proposed $25 million from the Millennium Fund, limiting available funds, and said the committee would reconvene later for further discussion.