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• access to budgets?
• That's how we defined the budget, or kind of drafted the budget around.
• Nursing, there's concepts of in the budget and out of the budget services.
• against the budget.
• against the budget.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This is the budget bill before you. By Appropriations, this is the budget bill.
• The Senate budget totals $115 billion.
• Chair, I think I would like to vote on the budget SB 2500. Oh, no, not the budget.
• I don't know. ...budget SB 2500. Or no, not the budget. Was that? That was the implementing?
• Thanks, everyone. budget SB 2,500. Or no, not the budget. Was that? That was the implementing?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c><01:12:50.760><c> into</c> we start to dig in the budget into we start to dig in the budget into
• Yes, through the Medicaid budget. Yes, yes, yes, through the Medicaid budget.
• Yes, through the Medicaid budget. Yes, yes, yes, through the Medicaid budget.
• yes yes yes through the Medicaid budget yes yes yes through the Medicaid budget<01:24:12.880><c> yes
• </c><01:35:09.800><c> I</c> budget and the Glen Cliff home budget I budget and the Glen Cliff home budget

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began as a Division 3 work session on HB 71, but much of the early discussion focused on whether a previously discussed non-germane amendment could be considered or voted on that day. Members and the chair debated process and notice requirements, and the clerk’s guidance was that the amendment needed a separate public hearing before the full Finance Committee. The amendment was described as requiring DHHS contracts and addenda to include compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights, with a repeal date so the requirement would expire on November 30, 2026. The motion to move OTP on HB 71 with the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee agreed the amendment would be scheduled for a future full Finance hearing instead. The committee then turned to HB 71 itself and heard testimony from DHHS representatives John Williams and Jenny O’Higgins on the fiscal note and policy implications. Members questioned the estimate that the bill could put $12 million to $18 million per year in federal funding at risk, including HUD and Office of Refugee Resettlement funds. DHHS explained that the estimate was based on a broad reading of the bill’s term “specified alien,” which they said was not clearly defined in the bill, so they analyzed it using the federal definition of “alien” and assumed the bill could affect lawfully present non-citizens as well as undocumented individuals. They said the figure represented a worst-case scenario and that they were not claiming the loss was certain. Members also pressed DHHS on whether the bill could affect emergency sheltering in schools, public academies, or institutions of higher learning during disasters. DHHS said the language could create conflicts with federal funding conditions because emergency shelter programs generally cannot impose barriers on who may be sheltered, and they warned that excluding certain people could affect refugee-related and HUD funding. Questions were raised about whether the bill’s language would apply to private institutions as well as public ones, and whether the state could still use schools in short-term emergencies. DHHS said the language was broad, that they could not answer every legal question definitively, and that they would need input from public health and legal staff. No final vote on HB 71 was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/work session mode after the amendment motion was withdrawn.

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• </c> budget director as well as his budget budget director as well as his budget offices. offices. offices
• And this is the benefits budget that was in the governor's recommended budget.
• And this is the benefits budget that was in the governor's recommended budget.
• And this is the benefits budget that was in the governor's recommended budget.
• And this is the benefits budget that was in the governor's recommended budget.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:36 Department for Medicaid Services 00:01:44, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met for an overview of the Department for Medicaid Services budget. Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Beal described Kentucky Medicaid enrollment at about 1.4 million members, including more than 600,000 children, and said the agency’s 2025 total budget was $20.6 billion. They reviewed enrollment trends before, during, and after the COVID-19 public health emergency, noting that redeterminations begun in 2023 reduced enrollment from its peak but that total membership remains above pre-COVID levels. They also explained the difference between the fee-for-service population, which includes long-term care and waiver members, and managed care members, and gave examples of the kinds of services and diagnoses seen in each group. A major focus was the governor’s recommended Medicaid budget and the department’s forecast process. Lee said the budget is split into benefits and administration, with benefits covering fee-for-service services, managed care capitation, transportation, and Medicare premiums, while administration covers contracts, personnel, operating costs, and IT-related advanced planning documents. She said the department uses a consensus forecasting group and actuary input, and that its forecasts have been within 1% of actual spending in recent years. The department also said the governor’s budget includes new waiver slots to address waiting lists, a 2% staff COLA, and a 10% phase-down on state-directed payments beginning in January 2028. Much of the discussion centered on House Resolution 1 and the funding needed to implement its Medicaid-related provisions, including community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, and future cost sharing. Lee said the department requested about $35 million in total funds for fiscal 2027, including about $8.2 million in general funds for system changes to the integrated eligibility system, claims processing, notices, and monitoring; and about $11 million in fiscal 2028 for ongoing maintenance, with about $1.6 million in general funds. She said the department expects to seek federal APD matching funds for the IT work. In response to questions, she explained that community engagement would apply to Medicaid expansion members, with qualifying activities including work, school, volunteering, or equivalent income, and that certain groups such as pregnant women, children, caretaker relatives, and some people with chronic disease or substance use disorder would be excluded. She said the department identified roughly 70,000 expansion members who could be subject to the requirement. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• The budget information can be found on page 2-19 of your legislative budget book.
• budget book.
• The budget information can be found on page 2-27 of your legislative budget book.
• The budget is in your gold packet.
• The budget information can be found on page 2-59 of your legislative budget book.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee first revisited the Office of the Attorney General budget after House Bill 951 had failed on the House floor. Members considered two competing restorations from the Consumer Protection Fund: one to restore broader personnel costs and another limited to the Internet Crimes Against Children program. The narrower ICAC-only motion failed, while the broader restoration passed and received a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up several Department of Health and Welfare items from Senate Bill 1428, including the Division of Early Learning and Development, Division of Youth Safety and Permanency, and Division of Family and Community Partnerships. Members approved funding for moving the Idaho Home Visiting Program to Early Learning and Development, a mower replacement at the Southwest Idaho Treatment Center, population forecast adjustments, transfer-limit exemptions, a report on home visiting outcomes, restoration of foster care/post-adoption and safety assessment funding, and $180,000 for kinship navigation services. They also approved a supplemental and FY 2027 budget for Public Health Services, including one-time funding for home visiting, immunization assessment, HIV and hepatitis prevention, suicide prevention, and ARPA grants, along with language requiring reports on outcomes and immunization fund use. A separate Public Health Services language item requiring public health districts to report documented immigration status of HIV prevention service users drew debate. The motion to adopt the language passed after discussion about its purpose and concerns about discrimination. The committee also approved a SNAP-related federal fund appropriation for House Bill 730 and then turned to the Rural Health Transformation Program, creating the fund and oversight structure, approving a FY 2026 supplemental, and approving the FY 2027 appropriation for the program. Members discussed legislative oversight versus executive administration of the new federal dollars, and the committee adopted intent language on physician assistant and dental hygienist reforms. The meeting ended early because of time constraints, with plans to reconvene the next morning.

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• So this morning, I'm pleased to present the budget proposal for the Aga Natural Resources Budget Committee
• We've heard Speaker Perez comment on having a fiscally conservative budget, and this budget is certainly
• The Speaker and Chair McClure asked that the budget subcommittee take a deep dive into the budget to
• In building this year's budget recommendations, we first reviewed the base budget and began looking at
• overall proposed budget total $6.4 billion, ...budget subcommittee overall proposed budget total $6.4

Summary: The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee met to consider three bills before moving to its budget presentation. HB 843, relating to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trust funds, was explained as a set of clarifying changes to improve budget flexibility, including use of certain trust funds for law enforcement and other conservation-related purposes. After questions about whether the bill would shift resources away from conservation, an amendment removed the sections dealing with the Administrative Trust Fund and the Florida Panther Research and Management Trust Fund. The amended bill received support in public testimony and was reported favorably. The committee then heard HB 295, which directs the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan by 2026 based on prior recycling recommendations. Supporters, including students involved in an “Ought to Be a Law” program and representatives from the waste and recycling industry, said the bill would create a roadmap for improving recycling and waste diversion. An opponent argued the state should instead enact more direct statutory changes on issues such as food waste, yard waste, and manure handling rather than study them further. Members praised the student participation and the bill passed. HB 339, creating a temporary alternative credentialing pathway for surveyors and mappers, was presented as a response to workforce shortages and an aging profession. The sponsor said the bill would help meet demand while preserving oversight, and an amendment added a four-year work requirement and adjusted renewal provisions. After brief supportive debate, the amended bill passed. The subcommittee then received its Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget proposal, which emphasized spending reductions, vacant-position cuts, and a smaller overall budget than the current year while still funding water resources, Everglades restoration, resiliency, land management, cleanup programs, agriculture facilities, and other projects. Members closed by thanking the chair for an inclusive budget process, and the meeting adjourned after a motion to rise.

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• those structural budget issues.
• As far as what the budget approval and what gets budgeted and what the final language in the budget is
• Roughly 10% of CSU's budget.
• in the 25-26 budget plan.
• The 2425 Budget Act.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We'll try to fit it in the budget.
• </c> banum is not in the governor's budget banum is not in the governor's budget and<00:18:53.400><c>
• put over onto the capital budget rather than the regular budgets.
• put over onto the capital budget rather than the regular budgets.
• put over onto the capital budget rather than the regular budgets.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Committee met on February 18 and retained several bills for possible inclusion in the budget. House Bill 97, appropriating funds to the Department of Environmental Services for wastewater infrastructure projects, was retained on a 21-0 vote. House Bill 197, which would have the state pay 7.5% of certain political subdivision employees’ retirement contributions at an estimated annual cost of $28 million to $29 million, was also retained unanimously. House Bill 246, creating the Conservation District Climate Resilience Grant Program with a small appropriation of about $50,000 per year for two years, was retained 22-0. House Bill 519, appropriating $500,000 annually to support the Waypoint Youth and Young Adult Shelter, was likewise retained 22-0. The committee then shifted to a broader budget discussion. Representative Maguire said the committee was facing a roughly $732 million gap between projected revenue and spending, based on preliminary Ways and Means figures and the governor’s budget. He noted that the governor’s plan included $81 million from the rainy day fund and $127 million from proposed slot machine revenue, while other potential obligations such as $150 million in YDC payments and prison down payments were not included. Members discussed how Ways and Means revenue estimates are based on current law, meaning proposals not yet enacted would not be counted in the official forecast. Members also asked about the relationship between the education funding committee and Finance, and were told that many education bills would likely come back to Finance after action in the other committee and on the floor. The chair and members discussed donor towns, swept funds, and the possibility of moving more information technology spending into the capital budget if appropriate. The meeting ended with agreement to let Division 2 head to education funding, and the committee adjourned.

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• . budget. budget.
• Uh, I bring you agency 96, State Budget Department, page 66 on the budget and page 38 in the budget book
• State Budget Budget Department?
• </c> 83 of your budget bill. 83 of your budget bill.
• Budget balancers 398 398. the ballot? Budget balancers 398 398.

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c> a bit of information the final budget a bit of information the final budget language<00:01:31.040
• <c> add</c><00:10:33.079><c> a</c> increased to our base budget to add a increased to our base budget
• </c><00:43:51.319><c> for</c> present the governor's budget for present the governor's budget for mdh
• </c> operate on tight budgets operate on tight budgets what<00:48:57.040><c> would</c><00:48:57.599><
• </c><00:55:29.640><c> uh</c> cribe we have a number of budget uh cribe we have a number of budget uh

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So budget reductions.
• So budget reductions.
• Budget reductions.
• </c> budget reductions. budget reductions.
• Um budgeted.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Summary: The Legislative Budget Assistant staff presented an overview of the Senate changes to the House-passed budget, focusing on revenue estimates, appropriations, and ending balances across the general fund and education trust fund. The presentation emphasized that the Senate’s budget reflected higher revenue assumptions than the House, driven in part by updated April revenue figures, changes to business, tobacco, and real estate transfer tax splits, and different assumptions about video lottery terminal revenue. The Senate also adjusted lapse estimates upward, especially for HHS, after receiving updated information that lapses could be much larger than originally assumed. The presenter walked through the major differences in the surplus statements for fiscal years 2025 through 2027. Compared with the House, the Senate budget generally showed higher revenues, lower or different appropriations in some areas, and larger balances carried forward, including a larger education trust fund balance and a different rainy day fund transfer. The Senate’s approach also changed several policy assumptions, such as maintaining liquor revenue dedication, removing the House’s meals-and-rooms distribution cap, changing the treatment of unique revenue, and altering the process for meeting a targeted revenue amount by giving the governor more flexibility. On the appropriations side, the Senate removed or modified several House reductions and added funding or adjustments in areas including the judicial branch, corrections, HHS, the Human Rights Commission, and certain settlement costs. The presenter also highlighted Senate changes in House Bill 2 and related budget provisions, including a new arts tax credit, a nursing home bed fee, changes to Medicaid premium assumptions, and differences in how motor vehicle inspection repeal and BLT-related revenue are handled. No votes were taken in the portion shown; the discussion was informational and comparative, aimed at explaining the Senate budget changes before conference committee negotiations.

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• We have instructions to analysts to try to budget those so that we don't have these budget adjustments
• They can do a budget adjustment request for that.
• Any other money in their budget, they can do a budget adjustment request for that.
• It's not something that we should be appropriating in the budget since they are bound by a specific budget
• in the budget language.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Budget is our only tool.
• Budget is our only tool.
• Budget is our only tool.
• Budget is our only tool.
• Budget is our only tool.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The state's overall budget condition is tight.
• As it relates to CSU's core operations, for the governor's budget in 2026, the governor's budget provides
• As it relates to CSU's core operations, for the governor's budget in 2026, the governor's budget provides
• In addition, the Governor's budget maintains ongoing General Fund amounts adopted in the 2025 Budget
• the 2025-26 and the 2026-27 budget year.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held an oversight hearing on the California State University system covering enrollment, core operations, Title IX/civil rights, and basic needs. The Department of Finance said the Governor’s 2026-27 budget does not change CSU enrollment targets from the prior year and proposes a 5% ongoing General Fund increase for core operations as the final year of the compact. The Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended a lower resident undergraduate enrollment target than the Governor’s proposal, separate funding for enrollment growth rather than folding it into base, a smaller or no base increase tied more closely to inflation, earmarking some base funds for capital renewal, retiring deferred payments, and avoiding new multi-year compact commitments. CSU said enrollment has rebounded for three straight years, but growth is uneven across campuses, with several Northern California campuses still facing structural declines tied to demographics and community college pipelines. CSU described a multi-year reallocation plan shifting about 10,000 FTE and $89 million in ongoing funding toward higher-demand campuses, plus $40 million in one-time support, and said seven campuses submitted turnaround plans aimed at recovering enrollment over the next several years. The system highlighted strategies such as dual enrollment, guaranteed admission pathways with community colleges, outreach to high school students, retention and advising efforts, and new degree models for working adults and military-connected students. Members raised questions about how campus targets are set, whether the May Board of Trustees discussion will address a systemwide enrollment framework, and how CSU will manage future deficits if projected out-year funding does not materialize. On core operations and facilities, CSU said it faces about $320 million in mandatory cost increases in 2026-27 and is pursuing shared services, procurement consolidation, campus administrative sharing, and program redesigns to reduce costs. CSU and the LAO emphasized the system’s large deferred maintenance backlog, estimated at $8.6 billion, and discussed whether CSU’s bond/debt capacity is sufficient to address it; CSU requested up to $1.1 billion for deferred maintenance, while the administration did not propose new funding. The committee also heard CSU’s annual Title IX and civil rights update: CSU said it has implemented 15 of 16 State Auditor recommendations, has dedicated Title IX coordinators at every campus, is using a systemwide case management dashboard, and is piloting centralized investigations at five campuses. Finally, on basic needs, the Governor maintained current funding levels for food assistance/basic needs, rapid rehousing, and mental health. CSU reported heavy use of food pantries, CalFresh support, emergency housing, and counseling services, while warning that federal changes to CalFresh and related funding could make it harder to serve students in need.

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• But to earmark our current budget really results in a reduction of our overall agency budget by about
• I'm curious, do we have... it's to help oversee the budget for PED, to help oversee budgets at local
• We do have a school budget bureau, who is responsible for reviewing budgets, but I will point out, as
• It's not just managing and reading a budget; you have to build a budget.
• , because building budgets and managing budgets are really a year-round process.

Keywords: 996, all

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• </c> in the budget and I will summarize. in the budget and I will summarize.
• </c> legislation is included in the budget. legislation is included in the budget.
• </c> Hampshire and the budget. Thank you. Hampshire and the budget. Thank you.
• </c> health services in the state budget. health services in the state budget.
• </c> were not a budget line item at all. were not a budget line item at all.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The budget will the budget bill letters.
• </c> in the budget request page 23. in the budget request page 23.
• </c> budget. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. budget. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• </c> to a $200,000 budget. to a $200,000 budget.
• </c> the whole report on the budget. the whole report on the budget.

Keywords: 916, all

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• So, your budget It's your budget bill.
• drop-down, you go to budget, drop-down, you go to budget, state<02:03:16.960><c> budgeting,</c><02:03
• And let's start making this budget our budget.
• Um, so budget to a standard budget.
• back</c><03:49:07.120><c> four</c> one budget back two budgets back four one budget back two budgets

Keywords: 916, all

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• And so that was one of the budget proposals that was approved as part of last year's budget.
• So as part of the 2025 Budget Act, the budget includes a reduction.
• So as part of the 2025 Budget Act, the budget includes a reduction.
• ask or you are opposed to the budget ask... ...and if you support the budget ask or you are opposed
• to the budget ask.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That concludes the budget for the Director's Office.
• That concludes the Division of Administration's budget.
• I know that it's in their budget.
• These core funds were fully reduced in the GovREC budget.
• And the budget is increased by roughly 74%.

Keywords: 959, house, all