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• Those are unclear member benefits.
• So tell me how this is going to benefit New Mexico. State University. Thank you, Mr.
• So they've been involved in the process, understand what's going on, and have been supportive.
• There are tremendous benefits to out-of-school time programming, and we've seen many of them.
• Reduce risk benefits, community building, and family support.

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• within a federal process.
• , state supplement to a federal process, state supplement to a federal process, and<00:10:17.800>
• benefits that we have available for you. benefits that we have available for you.
• <00:14:21.160> that Uh and certain kinds of benefits that Uh and certain kinds of benefits
• consideration process. consideration process.

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• Both recommendations fund the agency's health benefits.
• With me today, I have Katelyn Jones, our Benefits Manager, and Katelyn Roybal, our Benefits Manager.
• benefits.
• And the third is for not processing invoices in the health benefits fund.
• Let's see if the new finding for not terminally processing invoices for the health benefits fund can

Keywords: 996, all

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• trying to expedite the charter approval process.
• I've seen the process firsthand.
• We have seen the benefits, the economic benefits, in the last 24 years.
• In-state tuition is one of those benefits.
• Or what about all the migrants who followed the process, the legal process to come here legally?

Bills: SB1798, SB1835, SB1319, SB2942, SB2928, SB784, SB1049

Keywords: higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa

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• That is a big process. It's a big process across the state.
• It's a big process looking at all of the different...
• This was a very fast and furious application process.
• go without benefits.
• benefits.

Keywords: 996, all

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• We've given up a lot in this process.
• The benefits we're referring to when we say employees will receive more or join more benefits are things
• So I wanted to make that comment, and I guess the benefits that you're saying, the benefits of...
• It does have those benefits. So in addition to some of the individual benefits that you mentioned.
• HB 138 is the result of that process.

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• And so that has been a process. We've also made some process improvements along the way.
• or other kinds of benefits.
• or other kinds of benefits.
• It begs the question: who benefits?
• It begs the question, who benefits?

Summary: The California State Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs held its first hearing to examine the state of child care access, affordability, and provider compensation. Chair Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and other members described child care as essential infrastructure for working families and the economy, noting that costs are unaffordable for many households and that providers are underpaid. Early testimony came from a San Francisco parent, Quinn Chung, who described the difficulty of finding safe care and the financial and career sacrifices caused by lack of child care, and from Tuolumne County provider Anita Viscini, who detailed her monthly costs, low margins, and the need to work weekends and teach CPR classes to make ends meet. Assemblymembers also emphasized the crisis in rural communities and the need for a long-term strategy. The first policy panel featured Jennifer Troia of the California Department of Social Services, Laura Pryor of the California Budget and Policy Center, and Alexa Frankenberg of Child Care Providers United. Troia said the state has nearly doubled child care funding in five years, expanded subsidy slots, and reached a new tentative three-year agreement with providers that includes cost-of-living adjustments, stabilization payments, and continued work on an alternative rate methodology and single rate structure. Pryor argued that despite funding gains, child care remains too expensive, only a fraction of eligible children receive subsidies, and provider wages remain far below comparable jobs, worsening racial and gender inequities. Frankenberg said the tentative agreement is progress but not enough, calling for a true cost-of-care system, fair wages, paid time off, better support for emergency and nontraditional care, and stronger integration of family child care into the mixed-delivery system. Members asked about why the crisis persists, how the alternative methodology will work, how family fees and sliding-scale help are being used, and why middle-income families still struggle. The panel said the problem reflects long-term underinvestment, a broken market, and a system that still leaves many families without access. The committee also heard an economic panel from Ashley Hoffman of the California Chamber of Commerce and Sarah Bone of the Public Policy Institute of California. Hoffman described employer child care benefits and public-private partnership models in other states, including shared-cost programs and local chamber efforts. Bone said child care costs reduce family financial security and labor force participation, especially for mothers of young children, and estimated that if mothers of young children worked at the same rate as mothers of older children, more than 80,000 additional women could be in the workforce each year. In the final panel, parent and provider advocates, including Jennifer Greppie and Black Californians United for Early Care and Education co-founder Keisha Doyle, argued for fully funding child care, ending waiting lists, protecting culturally affirming care, and addressing racial inequities and private equity’s role in the sector.

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• They're doing so of people who are benefiting from public programs and need the benefit of those programs
• and important benefit to people.
• and important benefit to people.
• and important benefit to people.
• > to real um benefit and important benefit to real um benefit and important benefit to people.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:32:04.320> from position itself to fully benefit from position itself to fully benefit
• Therapeutics we're Pharmacy benefit Therapeutics we're Pharmacy benefit manager<00:48:26.079>
• For whose benefit are the rebates?
• so they benefit the plans.
• they benefit the the plans they benefit they benefit the the plans they benefit the<00:58:58.680

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• Currently, schools are benefits.
• These are earned benefits.
• passed since last using the benefit. passed since last using the benefit.
• Protect due process. I yield back. Protect due process. I yield back.
• Protect due process. I all at risk. Protect due process.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It doesn't affect the administration of benefits by DHS or DCYF.
• know we can capture in that process know we can capture in that process so<00:09:31.040> any<
• day Services needs determination process day Services needs determination process for<00:15:37.040
• <00:16:05.480> for just um streamlines the process for just um streamlines the process for
• disregard state law regarding processing disregard state law regarding processing licensing<00:37

Bills: HF1662, HF2115, HF2159, HF1095, HF2160

Keywords: veterans, veterans affairs, State Soldiers Assistance Program, Veterans Stable Housing Initiative, MAXIS, human services data, data sharing, eligibility verification, informed consent, private data, benefits coordination, veteran housing, veteran assistance, Department of Human Services, Children Youth and Families, state benefits, federal benefits, privacy, public assistance, human services

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• Neuzzo every Tuesday here because we all benefit from it and it's all maintenance, and who strongly benefited
• Neuzzo every Tuesday here because we all benefit from it and it's all maintenance and who strongly benefited
• from acupuncture. benefit from it and it's all maintenance and who strongly benefited from acupuncture
• And that just comes in and gets processed.
• process at all to impose a cap on a deduction.

Bills: SB151, HB8, SB177

Keywords: corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials

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• Obviously, there's a fiscal benefit there as well.
• And even Derry talked a lot about the benefit.
• And even Derry talked a lot about the benefit.
• and I just was curious what the process and I just was curious what the process was<00:44:03.760
• process process and<01:02:57.559> we<01:02:58.559> it<01:02:58.640> would<01:02

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• And the cooperatives do that on their own through their own process.
• The review process is also laid out in Century Code, directing us how we...
• After we go through this very robust process, an application can be approved in its entirety.
• It's about starting the process of technology development.
• the public, benefits industry, and frankly, the overall state.

Keywords: 908, all

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• Changing an address is another very complex process in Access.
• We're acknowledging it is enhancing our work processes.
• We're acknowledging is enhance ing our work processes.
• But it is a constant consultative process. It's a partnership-based process.
• RFP process?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:10:13.760> um think that in our committee process um think that in our committee process
• Last year was almost five billion in benefits, at a benefit-to-cost ratio of about 15 to 1.
• 00:39:40.520> cost<00:39:40.839> ratio<00:39:41.280> of benefits at a benefit to
• cost ratio of benefits at a benefit to cost ratio of about<00:39:41.680> 15<00:39:42.079>
• change anything in the state process change anything in the state process because<00:57:13.319><

Bills: HF75

Keywords: HF75, earned incentive release credit, earned incentive credits, revocation, revocable credits, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, prison discipline, incarcerated persons, inmate misconduct, facility rules, sentence reduction, supervised release, Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act, public safety, rehabilitation, prison credits, executed sentence, 1183, house

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• that delay or deny their benefits?
• But you've not only mastered the appropriations process.
• But you've not only mastered the appropriations process.
• But Rouson was methodically walking me through the process.
• And you know what's really great about this process?

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and recognitions, including a resolution honoring Bob Graham and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber then moved through a special-order calendar with multiple bills, many of them paired with House companions and amended before final passage. Early action included adoption of a tax conformity bill tied to federal changes in the Internal Revenue Code, with a 34-0 vote. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/SB 1758, a Medicaid and SNAP reform bill. The sponsor described provisions to strengthen fraud enforcement, impose work requirements for able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services through a waiver, modernize Medicaid drug purchasing, and require a SNAP fraud-reduction plan and photo ID on EBT cards. Democrats offered amendments to delay work requirements until Medicaid expansion and to add protections for SNAP users such as caregivers, seniors, disabled individuals, and domestic violence survivors; both amendments failed. Senators also questioned implementation details, exemptions, and potential effects on vulnerable populations. After debate, the bill was placed on the calendar for third reading. The Senate also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a public records exemption and related Parkinson’s Disease Registry measures, designation of the SS American Victory as the state flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on legal tender recognition for gold and silver, public records protections for financial and digital-asset custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government budget transparency, digital voyeurism, insurance customer representative licensing, and a medical freedom bill with amendments on vaccine-related materials and anti-kickback provisions. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, though the public records bill for gold/silver custodians and the legal tender repeal drew a few dissenting votes.

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• Testimony are things that were discussed and agreed to in a stakeholder process in a stuffy room in the
• DERs, as has been mentioned, provide homeowners, businesses, and the grid with many benefits.
• So I think that the PUC would benefit from some direction from the legislature on this issue.
• Process.
• Is this not just a benefit we provide? Then provide the benefit for everyone.

Bills: SB75, SB715, SB776, SB1299, SB1405, SB1968, SB2021, SB2077, SB2148, SB2321, SB2330, SB2411

Keywords: electric generation, reliability, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission, penalties, performance requirements, energy policy, construction contracts, compensatory damages, government delays, contractor, legislation, nonprofit donor privacy, membership lists, supporter confidentiality, volunteer privacy, association rights, public records exemption, Texas Public Information Act, government transparency

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• The benefits of these projects are that they benefit energy resilience for the state, they help clean
• The benefits of these projects are that they benefit energy resilience for the state, they help clean
• So it's not separate processes.
• So it's not separate processes.
• It's not separate processes.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 224, which would redirect most money from New Hampshire’s renewable energy fund back to electric ratepayers. The bill sponsor argued the measure would lower energy costs, noting recent utility rate increases and estimating annual savings of roughly $2.5 million to $7.3 million for ratepayers. Supporters said the fund has accumulated money that should be returned to customers rather than used for subsidies, and they emphasized that the state has already rebated similar funds from RGGI for years. Opponents, including Rep. Kat McGee, argued the renewable energy fund is a successful, nonlapsing dedicated fund that supports local clean-energy projects, energy resilience, emissions reductions, and private investment. McGee said the fiscal note overstated the benefit of rebates and understated the loss of investment, claiming the average annual rebate would amount to less than $10 per customer while the program has helped leverage significant private dollars and nearly 10,000 projects. She urged the committee to reject the bill as a poor deal for the state and ratepayers. Committee members questioned the fiscal note, the size of the rebate, whether the bill would set a precedent for other dedicated funds, and whether the program’s incentives amount to picking winners and losers. The Department of Energy testified neutrally, explaining how the renewable energy fund works, including renewable energy credits, alternative compliance payments, and the fund’s use for renewable energy initiatives. No vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• through further authorization processes. through further authorization processes.
• um and make the process easier. um and make the process easier.
• authorization process and requirements. authorization process and requirements.
• mentioned uh fast authorization process. mentioned uh fast authorization process.
• So, similar<01:50:52.800> process. similar process. similar process.

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