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• Full rights of public intervention. Can you explain to me what intervention is?
• Um, so I think public intervention just refers to interveners, right?
• So the I think public intervention just refers to interveners, right?
• So they're support for our intervention.
• <03:59:44.720> of about eliminating that risky behavior of about eliminating that risky behavior

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• You are normalizing drug behavior that we should be discouraging.
• You are normalizing drug behavior that we should be discouraging.
• <01:36:52.720> that You are normalizing drug behavior that You are normalizing drug behavior
• Hey, this intervention worked.
• hey, this intervention worked. hey, this intervention worked.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• assistance, the active monitoring of county performance as required, implementation of timely interventions
• support approximately 1 in 5 foster youth statewide, including many children with higher acuity, behavioral
• George Cruz on behalf of the California Behavioral Health Association.
• statewide public awareness campaign on perimenopause and menopause; public education and early intervention
• improve health outcomes and reduce stigma around behavioral and physical health that often goes untreated

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, with no votes taken. The first major topic was child care and early education, where the Department of Social Services and Department of Finance outlined proposed changes to absorb federal Child Care and Development Fund and Proposition 64 revenue reductions, shift some funding between child care programs, end funding for prospective pay implementation now that the federal requirement has been rescinded, adjust the alternative payment administration structure, and fund child care infrastructure grants and a Low-Income Investment Fund contract closeout. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the budget makes progress on the structural deficit but recommended maintaining the administration’s solution level, making reserve deposits, and avoiding new ongoing commitments; it also raised concerns about shifting reductions to the California Alternative Payment Program and about the proposed administrative-rate change. Committee members strongly criticized the proposed loss of child care slots and said they would oppose eliminating those slots, while also expressing support for child care as essential infrastructure. The committee then reviewed California State Preschool Program proposals. Finance and CDE described reductions to the preschool COLA from 2.41% to 2.01%, removal of prospective pay funding, and increases for the QRIS block grant, audit support, and rate reform implementation. Trailer bill language would codify age-based rate categories, inclusion-rate documentation, family fee collection rules, portability, and excused absences. CDE supported the QRIS increase and some attendance and family-fee changes, but warned that aligning three- and four-year-old rates could reduce support for three-year-olds and that the budget does not fully cover enrollment growth. Members also questioned whether the preschool and child care slot reductions should be reallocated rather than terminated, and the administration said the reductions were intended to reflect current utilization and avoid harm to currently enrolled families. The hearing then moved to CalFresh and nutrition programs. CDSS said the May Revision includes a one-time CalFood augmentation, funding to cover federal SNAP administrative cost-share pressures, and additional staffing and technical assistance to implement HR 1 changes, including the able-bodied adults without dependents time limit and new non-citizen eligibility rules. The department estimated HR 1 could cut CalFresh funding by $2.3 billion to $3.7 billion annually and affect about 500,000 people, with roughly 806,000 adults potentially subject to the time limit and about 34,000 non-citizens expected to lose eligibility once fully implemented. Members pressed for stronger harm mitigation, including a $98 million backfill to protect families from losing food benefits, and raised concerns about county workload and the “chilling effect” on immigrant participation. The final portion of the transcript began the IHSS presentation, noting a revised budget of $33.7 billion total funds and $12.8 billion General Fund, with proposed reductions tied to Medi-Cal asset-limit changes and other federal conformity items.

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• I think in terms of fiscal on these type of programs and HHS interventions in particular, um, it really
• change so long as we can likely behavior change so long as we can really<00:34:59.520> um<00:
• Static estimates for major tax proposals diverged significantly once behavioral and economic feedback
• <01:09:06.319> And<01:09:06.480> that and complex behavioral effects.
• And that and complex behavioral effects.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission met on January 22, 2026, with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the December 17, 2025 meeting. The main presentation was by Erikica McKeler of the National Conference of State Legislatures on dynamic fiscal notes, dynamic scoring, and how they differ from static fiscal notes. She explained that dynamic analysis tries to capture broader economic and behavioral effects of policy changes, but that most states have experimented with it only briefly, often for tax bills, and many have later scaled back or abandoned the practice because it is staff-intensive, expensive, and difficult to validate. McKeler highlighted examples from Texas, Utah, and Arkansas. Texas requires dynamic fiscal impact statements for certain large tax or fee measures and for the biennial appropriations bill; Utah has done such analyses on request during the interim but only when staff time allows; and Arkansas recently began producing dynamic fiscal notes with thresholds and request limits. She noted that these states generally use REMI software, though Utah switched to IMPLAN for cost reasons. She also outlined common challenges, including the need for strong staff expertise, the sensitivity of results to assumptions, the expense of software licenses, and the difficulty of measuring accuracy over time. Members then discussed whether dynamic scoring could be useful for health and human services programs where a policy may shift costs between settings rather than create a simple new expense. Senator Marty raised a Medicaid example involving home-based blue light therapy for newborns, arguing that dynamic analysis might better capture potential savings from avoiding longer hospital stays. Legislative Budget Office and Minnesota Management and Budget staff responded that such effects may be better understood as direct program substitutions rather than true dynamic effects, and emphasized the need for reliable data and caution because savings estimates could reduce appropriations if they do not materialize. The discussion also touched on whether dynamic models would capture local government impacts, but no formal action was taken beyond the approval of minutes and receipt of the presentation.

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• <00:24:38.120> of<00:24:38.480> a misconduct and criminal behavior of a misconduct
• As someone who's worked in behavioral health for 45 years and attended hundreds of family meetings on
• As someone who's worked in behavioral health for 45 years and attended hundreds of family meetings on
• Why does it... someone who's worked in behavioral someone who's worked in behavioral health<04:34:22.920
• or violent Behavior then Mr Speaker<04:58:28.840> would<04:58:28.958> I<04:58:29.120><

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Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.

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• so I think the types of questions that both students and institutions might have about transfer behavior
• so I think the types of questions that both students and institutions might have about transfer behavior
• :08:46.640> the training competency grants, and the training competency grants, and the intervention
• <00:08:47.360> for<00:08:47.519> college<00:08:47.839> attendance intervention for
• college attendance intervention for college attendance program<00:08:48.720> grants.

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• is our reading assessment intervention is our reading assessment intervention program.<01:21:28.320
• Having that something they could earn changed that set of behavior significantly.
• Having that something they could earn changed that set of behavior significantly.
• Having that something they could earn changed that set of behavior significantly.
• . behavior. behavior.

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• It revises certain provisions relating to literacy proficiency and intervention; requires a minimum number
• , introduced by Assembly Member Brown-May, makes an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral
• Services for a grant program to expand the biennial survey administered pursuant to the Youth Risk Behavior

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• supporting our educators as strongly as we should in the area of just basic classroom tier one interventions
• for, like, management of student behavior, social-emotional support, kind of keeping a calm classroom

Bills: HB364, HB364

Keywords: film production, tax credit, Delaware, esports, video games, media projects

Summary: The Senate Executive Committee first considered several gubernatorial appointments. Heidi Gilmore was nominated to the Marijuana Appeals Commission and said her real estate and administrative-law background would help her support implementation of Delaware’s new marijuana framework. Lee Wynne Lynn and Ruth Tucker were both nominated to the Delaware River and Bay Authority Board; both emphasized long Delaware ties, public service, and experience in technology, transportation, and executive leadership, with committee members asking about modernization, cashless tolling, and potential conflicts of interest. Lindsay Alexic and Dr. Jennifer Hallman were nominated to the Professional Standards Board and described their classroom and administrative experience in Delaware public education, with discussion focused on supporting teachers, improving educator effectiveness, and helping schools address post-COVID classroom and student-support challenges. Jason Munion and F. Todd Collada were nominated to the Environmental Appeals Board; Munion cited his engineering and environmental background, while Collada noted his work as Milford’s mayor and a contractor. No votes on the nominations are reflected in the transcript excerpt. The committee then moved to legislation. House Bill 364 would create a Delaware Entertainment Production Tax Credit for film, television, e-sports, and video game production, with a $10 million annual cap, audit and reporting requirements, a 2031 sunset, and a focus on verified in-state spending and Delaware hiring; the bill was circulated after no public comment. House Bill 437 was described as a technical corrections bill affecting certain municipal charters and requiring a three-quarters vote; it also drew no public comment. The committee approved the previously circulated minutes by motion and second. House Bill 446 would reorganize the Delaware Forest Service chapter, consolidate authority in one section, and add definitions related to forests and urban forestry without creating new authority; House Amendment 1 was noted as clarifying existing authority for the Department of Agriculture. House Bill 180, the first leg of a constitutional amendment on voting, would limit felony-related voting loss to actual imprisonment or pardon, remove outdated residency and literacy provisions, update the voting age to 18, and eliminate a post-sentence voting ban; members raised a question about whether the change would apply retroactively, which was left for later clarification. No public comments were offered on the bills, and the committee adjourned after announcing written comments would be accepted for 24 hours.

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• vulnerable Texans, especially those suffering from cognitive disabilities, conditions that impact memory, behavior
• Ensuring that these claims are addressed promptly will reduce the need for state. intervention and support

Bills: HB368, HB3311, HB1734, HB2495, HB2716, HB793, HB3376, HB2524, HB3421, HB3446, HB3181

Keywords: electronic devices, family violence, criminal prosecution, protective orders, tracking, harassment, family allowance, decedent's estate, surviving spouse, minor children, inheritance, child support, maintenance, HB 1734, Family Code, Section 155.207, suit affecting the parent-child relationship, SAPCR, continuing exclusive jurisdiction, jurisdiction transfer

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• birth, lower cost of care due to less medical intervention, and reduction of preterm birth and other
• terror in our communities across California, often while masked, and their increasingly lawless behavior
• Individuals can absolutely argue good faith behavior, but if they are found...
• SB 627 is about protecting all Californians from behavior that keeps nobody, including law enforcement
• As my colleague pointed out, it's for egregious behavior, and egregious behavior already means you lose

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum after a roll call, observed a moment of silence for John Burton, and proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance and routine procedural motions. Members approved a rule suspension to allow floor amendments on SB 271 and SB 67, and several committee notices and bill referrals were handled. The chamber then moved through a long third-reading file, with many bills passed and a number of items temporarily passed or retained on file. Among the major measures approved were bills on civil rights and public safety (SB 477, SB 19, SB 36, SB 571, SB 580), health care and coverage (SB 257 on pregnancy as a qualifying life event, SB 530 on Medi-Cal access standards, SB 660 on health data exchange, SB 754 on menstrual product contaminant disclosure), housing and disaster recovery (SB 610, SB 655), transportation and climate (SB 533 on EV charging payments, SB 30 on diesel locomotives, SB 71 on CEQA exemptions for transit, SB 263 on tariff impacts), and natural resources/energy (SB 283 on battery storage safety, SB 88 on biomass emissions, SB 427 extending the Habitat Conservation Fund). The Assembly also passed urgency measures including SB 864 on tribal gaming compacts, SB 663 on wildfire-related property tax relief, SB 471 expanding DDS ombudsman authority, and SB 497 on privacy protections for legally protected health services. Several bills drew notable debate. SB 41 on pharmacy benefit managers saw opposition over concerns about moving ahead before broader PBM data and licensing reforms take effect, but it still passed. AB 1340, a concurrence item on gig worker collective bargaining rights, prompted extended debate over labor rights, consumer costs, and union influence. Other concurrence items included AB 671 on restaurant permitting, which passed without opposition. The Assembly also took up SB 640 on direct admission to CSU, SB 702 on demographic reporting for appointees, SB 710 preserving a solar property tax exclusion, and SB 793 on counterfeit lighter safety, all of which passed. The session ended with the Assembly continuing through the file, including concurrence votes and additional bill actions, with most measures approved by substantial margins.

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• Despite the assistance of the behavioral health navigator team at my health insurance company and my
• Therapy relies heavily on assessment and intervention provided verbally, compared to other disciplines
• where physical assessment or intervention is required.
• In a time of provider shortages, behavioral health crises, and public health emergencies, the compact
• after a 90-minute interview that not only focused on the ear infections, but also on things like his behaviors

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills involving professional licensure, clinical practice, and public health-related workforce issues. The chair explained that no votes would be taken at the hearing and that the purpose was to gather public input. Early testimony focused on Marnie’s Law, with supporters describing the bill as a no-cost, preventive measure to require nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer after a family tragedy and arguing it could reduce misdiagnosis and save lives. A major portion of the hearing centered on bills affecting clinical decision-making and licensure compacts. Supporters of the physician ownership/clinical autonomy bills argued they would protect independent practices from corporate interference after the Steward collapse, while supporters of EMS, dental, psychology, physical therapy, and physician assistant compacts said the measures would improve workforce mobility, reduce delays, and expand access to care, especially for rural patients, military families, and telehealth users. Several witnesses emphasized that the compacts would not reduce standards and would strengthen public protection through shared disciplinary databases and streamlined credentialing. There was also testimony on bills to ensure safe medication administration and to protect the independence of complementary and alternative health care practitioners. Nursing representatives urged that only licensed professionals administer medications in hospitals, hospices, and home care settings, warning that delegation to unlicensed staff could endanger patients and nurses’ licenses. A complementary and alternative care witness supported consumer access with mandatory disclosures and limits on reserved medical acts. On the dental compact, witnesses were split: some supported portability and workforce flexibility, while others warned the compact lacked a hands-on skills exam and could weaken Massachusetts’ regulatory authority and patient safety. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on the psychology compact, physical therapy compact, and physician assistant bills, with most speakers favoring expanded interstate practice and reduced administrative barriers.

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• <00:24:50.799> It's specific intervention program. It's specific intervention program.
• 00:25:08.320> run typically those interventions can run typically those interventions can run
• <00:25:33.440> goes intervention program that typically goes intervention program that typically
• that make up an interventions toolbox. that make up an interventions toolbox.
• <00:27:27.360> that's that this is an intervention that's that this is an intervention that's

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• It changes both child traumatic symptoms in terms of their behaviors and challenges with engaging in
• We have to start really looking at prevention and early intervention, right?
• We have to start really looking at prevention and early intervention, right?
• We have to start really looking at prevention and early intervention, right?
• I'm Jenny O'Higgins, and I'm the legislative liaison for Behavioral Health at DHHS.

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• Machine learning is a subfield of AI requiring human intervention to learn differences between data inputs
• Deep learning eliminates a portion of the manual human intervention.
• issues are very important, but I think also there's broad consensus for regulating these types of behaviors
• We began as strangers raising awareness against the worldwide push for forced medical intervention.
• Sometimes that can lead to some bad behavior.

Summary: The committee held its first meeting on artificial intelligence and data centers, establishing its purpose as a study and policy-development body rather than one aimed at producing many bills. Majority Leader Hogue urged members to move quickly, focus on federal and other states’ AI laws, consider possible federal preemption, child protections, and the siting and economic impacts of data centers. Committee leadership echoed that the goal is practical, balanced governance that protects North Dakota while allowing innovation to continue. Legislative Council staff provided a background memo and NCSL presented a detailed overview of AI concepts and the current state legislative landscape. The presentations distinguished narrow AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and theoretical AGI/ASI, and summarized major state policy themes: comprehensive AI laws in states such as Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, and Illinois; targeted laws on deepfakes, chatbots, health, education, notifications, and digital likeness; and growing use of appropriations and agency inventories. Members asked about Colorado’s repeal and reenactment, Texas’s sandbox and training provisions, oversight structures, and whether AI regulation is bipartisan; presenters said most issues cut across party lines, with broad agreement on child safety and deepfakes but more division on broader regulatory approaches. The federal update focused on executive orders, preemption, and congressional activity. NCSL described a White House framework favoring a single federal standard, a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department review of state laws, and possible funding conditions tied to state AI policy, though no formal state-law challenge had yet occurred. The presentation also covered a recent executive order creating a voluntary federal vetting process for advanced frontier models after safety concerns, and congressional proposals including a failed 10-year state moratorium, Senator Blackburn’s child-safety bills, the Kids Online Safety Act, a House-passed children’s digital safety package, a Senate data center moratorium proposal, and a House ratepayer/data-center bill. The committee took no formal action beyond receiving testimony and asking questions.

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• Um, in our various hearings, we heard that this was a statewide asset and that our intervention by the
• by the state now shows our intervention by the state now shows our<01:04:50.559> commitment<01
• The behavioral health grants for schools, the direct primary care, is a wonderful thing for Minnesotans
• The<01:20:38.400> behavioral<01:20:38.880> health<01:20:39.199> grants<01:20:39.520
• > for The behavioral health grants for The behavioral health grants for schools,<01:20:41.280>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up House File 719, the capital investment/bonding bill, and members spent much of the debate praising committee staff and describing the bill as a bipartisan product shaped by statewide bonding tours and negotiations. Supporters highlighted major infrastructure and public facility projects, including water and sewer work, transportation projects, housing, natural resources, and specific local needs such as Grand Marais, the Manomomen County hospital/nursing home, and airport tower funding. Several members emphasized that the bill was a “Team House” effort and argued that infrastructure funding should not be treated as partisan. During debate, members also focused on the bill’s water infrastructure investments and the need for broader, dedicated funding to address lead pipes, PFAS contamination, and rising wastewater costs. Representative Lee noted that more than $400 million in the package went to water infrastructure, while other speakers pointed to transportation funding and a one-time reduction in tab fees as important elements of the bill. Representative Franson and others urged support, saying the package reflected statewide needs and was a down payment on larger asset-preservation needs. The House adopted three technical amendments to House File 719, then gave the bill its third reading. After floor discussion, Representative Niska moved to lay House File 719 on the table, and the motion prevailed, tabling the bill. The chamber then moved on to House File 2484, the cash portion of the infrastructure package, where members again described the measure as a small but important funding bill and discussed a Lower Sioux Indian Community Dakota language item and the limited size of each caucus’s cash allocation.

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• Interventions and prevention supports for students are often the first things that are reduced.
• Interventions<01:12:21.520> and<01:12:21.760> prevention<01:12:22.400> supports
• Interventions and prevention supports Interventions and prevention supports for<01:12:22.960> students
• to help maintain academic support to help maintain academic support positions,<01:34:06.960> behavior
• <01:34:07.440> interventionists, positions, behavior interventionists, positions, behavior

Bills: HF3790, HF3654, HF3371, HF3470, HF1099

Keywords: education finance, lease levy authority, graduation ceremonies, school districts, Minnesota Statutes, local revenue, funding increase, education, state appropriation, local control, HF3371, local optional revenue, school finance, general education aid, school district funding, referendum revenue, referendum market value, equalization aid, state aid, property tax levy

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• an accredited program and mastery of core competencies ranging from ethical practice to crisis intervention
• <00:26:34.440> It practice to crisis intervention. It practice to crisis intervention.
• the proper education and experience to support individuals with autism, including social workers, behavior
• including individuals with autism, including social<00:36:04.760> workers,<00:36:05.680> behavior
• <00:36:06.160> therapists, social workers, behavior therapists, social workers, behavior therapists

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• So we're trying to make sure that they can intervene and have this intervention in... we're kind of like
• <00:41:50.240> in ...intervene and have this intervention in place.
• Now we're going to House Article 4, Behavioral Health.
• Now we're going to House<00:53:08.160> Article<00:53:08.640> 4,<00:53:09.520> Behavioral
• <00:53:11.280> I House Article 4, Behavioral Health.

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• appropriated $196 million into the fund to cover operating losses and support providers adding behavioral
• Services primarily within Behavioral Health, Primary Care, and Maternal and Child Health.
• Behavioral health represents the largest share of awards, supporting common outpatient and telehealth
• , that can look like an existing dental clinic adding a hygienist or an operating station, or a behavioral
• can we please look at these children who are sleeping in offices, who have multiple diagnoses, behavioral

Keywords: 996, all