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• Uh, for assistance in 24-hour coverage in trauma.
• And one of the things that we are being asked to do is to set up the trauma network this year.
• And one of the things that we trauma.
• <00:05:55.240> So,<00:05:55.880> this trauma network this year.
• So, this trauma network this year.

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• Severe trauma and starvation and abandonment and attachment disorders and the list goes on.
• aware, uh, teaching children of trauma is different.
• But for now, we're infusing trauma training into the classes uh that we teach on our campus.
• And for some, uh, what we consider trauma is not what others consider trauma, and that's one of the things
• about trauma.

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• So I've seen the impact of the trauma. I've seen the impact... ...delicate journey together.
• So I've seen the impact of the trauma, I've seen the impact of the investment, and I've seen the growth
• our trauma centers are going to be re-injured within two to five years.
• It keeps young people alive, and it helps neighborhoods avoid repeated trauma.
• We didn't have, specifically for myself, I didn't have the capacity to take the trauma in places.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety met with a quorum and adopted the June 4, 2026 minutes. The committee first took up Senate Bill 712, adopting the S-2 substitute, which expands residency requirements to include adjoining districts and removes a provision allowing a district to appoint someone employed by the district. The committee then reported SB 712 to the floor. It also considered House Bills 4025 and 4026, described as safe storage tax exemption bills; the committee heard one supportive written card and reported both bills to the floor, each on a 5-1 vote. The committee next heard testimony on Senate Bill 885, which would create a statewide Parent and Child Legal Representation Commission and Office within LARA to address child protective legal representation. Senator Singh and Alicia Moon of the Michigan Supreme Court described the current county-by-county system as uneven, with attorney shortages, inconsistent pay, and limited specialized training. They said the bill would set standards for training, caseloads, client contact, and compensation, while requiring public comment and future appropriations before implementation. Testimony and written cards from a broad range of organizations and judges supported the measure, and the committee reported SB 885 to the floor on a 6-0 vote. The committee then heard extensive testimony on Senate Bills 1015 and 1016, which would create an Office of Community Violence Intervention and Prevention within MDHHS and establish a grant program to support community violence intervention efforts statewide. Sponsors and witnesses from Force Detroit, D-Live, Seize the Smoke, Advance Peace, public health, law enforcement, and advocacy groups described CVI as a public health and public safety strategy that reduces shootings, supports survivors, and saves public costs. Several witnesses cited local data showing reductions in shootings and homicides in Detroit and Lansing, while one witness from the Michigan Sheriff's Association opposed the bills as written. The committee voted to report both SB 1015 and SB 1016 to the floor, each on a 5-0 vote with one pass, and then adjourned after additional testimony and reading of support cards.

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• I was hospitalized in a psychiatric facility. Three times I went through four rehab centers.
• While I was employed in 2018, the USDA crop research facility in Lubbock gave a seminar that they're,
• Nausea, loss of appetite and severe anxiety and trauma.
• That are put in facilities where they are surrounded by violent offenders who, let me tell you, they
• Integrated facilities to manufacture consumer products as B3 threatens the livelihoods. of millions of

Bills: HB 28, SB 3

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, HB28, public testimony, committee decorum, bill substitute, legislative process

Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.

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• Limited access facilities are those roads where the owners or occupants of the abutting land have no
• They have trauma, instability, and uncertainty. SB 584 is about more than just housing.
• However, there are unique cases where the utility facility is located in one municipality but owned by
• The owner municipality imposes a 25% surcharge on the residents where the facility is located.
• SB 202 will ensure that a municipality operating a water facility must charge a recipient municipality

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests, students, advocates, and a resolution honoring the late USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. Senators also observed moments of silence for victims of recent campus violence and for former FSU President John Thrasher. The chamber then moved to special order bills, with several members explaining measures and, in some cases, substituting House companions before final passage. Among the bills passed were measures updating child care and early learning provider regulation; strengthening penalties and cost recovery for false reporting and swatting; extending protections against extraordinary medical debt collection; expanding hazardous walking condition criteria for schoolchildren; creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students; and requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to disclose which accommodations they will provide. The Senate also passed a bill adjusting interest rules for trust accounts funding legal aid, after extended debate over the impact on legal aid funding and banking practices, and a transportation package that was heavily amended to address issues such as school bus camera hearings, beach vehicle use for equipment removal, flooded-street wake restrictions, expectant mother parking permits, micromobility regulation, and traffic signal modernization. The chamber also approved public-records exemptions for Agency for Health Care Administration investigators, Judicial Qualifications Commission employees, and appellate court clerks; a municipal water and sewer rate bill affecting Miami-Dade residents near a plant; motor vehicle offenses involving impersonating law enforcement and obscured license plates; trespass penalties at law-enforcement-controlled locations and large ticketed venues; refund requirements for patient overpayments; stem cell therapy authorization with source and consent limits; and insulin administration authority for direct support professionals and relatives in group homes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, and motor vehicle manufacturer/franchise dealer legislation. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though the trust fund interest bill drew notable opposition and passed 28-10, and the Family Empowerment Scholarship bill passed 37-1.

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• Despite this trauma, Armenian Armenian women remained resilient.
• pregnancy-related emergency, have been turned away from an emergency room and told to go to a different facility
• AB 639 simply recognizes this difference in statute, reducing the cost of operating these facilities
• This This bill has been narrowly tailored and only applies to ten facilities in the state and has no

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• This will connect a trauma doctor or a high-level paramedic with those EMTs that are on scene and help
• c><00:08:45.200> will<00:08:45.480> connect<00:08:45.720> a<00:08:45.839> trauma
• <00:08:46.279> doctor rigs this will connect a trauma doctor rigs this will connect a trauma
• of the session coming to<00:44:52.160> our<00:44:52.400> Haywood<00:44:52.839> facility
• to have these to our Haywood facility to have these conversations<00:44:54.359> I<00:44:54.480

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• <00:16:03.360> or profit to sustain their facilities or profit to sustain their facilities
• So there's trauma. That's another thing to look for. Um, so there's no way to know.
• We just knew there was trauma, and there was lots of trauma, and we were in therapy.
• And everything that looks like fetal alcohol syndrome also looks like trauma.
• <01:57:30.360> with more kids in in our facility with more kids in in our facility with behavioral

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Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its September 24 meeting after a motion and second. It then heard a presentation from New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Secretary Elizabeth Gragensky on that state’s early childhood system and planned universal child care rollout. She described how New Mexico consolidated multiple prenatal-to-age-five programs into a cabinet-level department, expanded pre-K to a longer day, and uses a cost model to set reimbursement rates intended to cover true provider costs, including wages, benefits, occupancy, food, and reserves. She also said the state created an Early Childhood Trust Fund and secured a constitutional amendment to dedicate 0.60% of the land grant permanent fund to early care and education, with the department’s budget growing from about $400 million in 2021 to just under $1 billion this year. Gragensky said families can begin applying for universal child care on November 1, with participation voluntary for both families and providers. She reported that New Mexico is aiming to expand capacity by adding 1,000 registered home providers, 120 group homes, and about 55 more centers, supported in part by a $13 million low-interest loan fund and a request for an additional $20 million. She said the state has seen growth in early childhood professionals, including a 64% increase over the last three to four years, and pointed to reported outcomes such as a 21% increase in literacy and a 75% kindergarten readiness rate, while noting that some measures are new and baseline comparisons are still being developed. Members asked about the funding sources, provider profitability, workforce development, and measurable outcomes. Gragensky said the program is designed to support provider sustainability through rates tied to true cost and includes allowances for sick leave, vacation, benefits, and reserves. She also said maternal labor force participation is 10% higher than the national rate and attributed that in part to child care access. The committee then moved to a separate presentation by Department for Community Based Services Commissioner Lisa Dennis and Division of Family Support Director Roger McCann on anticipated cuts to TANF and SNAP, beginning with an overview of TANF as a federal block grant with a fixed annual Kentucky allocation of about $180.7 million.

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• and<01:08:21.080> be<01:08:21.239> spared<01:08:21.640> the<01:08:21.759> trauma
• <01:08:22.159> that<01:08:22.239> we and be spared the trauma that we and be spared
• the trauma that we suffered<01:08:22.799> as<01:08:22.920> a suffered as a suffered as
• <01:14:20.800> for<01:14:21.040> cell different storage facilities for cell different
• storage facilities for cell phones<01:14:21.639> in<01:14:21.880> classrooms<01:14:22.480

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• 18526, that's repealed, requires each county board by April 1 of each year to compile a list of facilities
• during the next school year and requires the space to be made available for use as a child daycare facility
• Use as a child daycare facility in certain instances.
• normally that are getting taken out of the home and put into a juvenile placement like a detention facility
• And that is a trauma that we don't need to have happened.

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Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its prior meeting and then took up House Bill 5537, a bill to repeal several obsolete or outdated code sections. Counsel explained that the bill would remove provisions related to professional development, a behavioral interventionist pilot program, county lists of facilities for child daycare, and high school graduation rates, with a proposed amendment adding another outdated education code section from 1923. The committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 5537 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass as amended. The committee then considered House Bill 4656, which would shift truancy policy toward chronic absenteeism and earlier intervention. Counsel said the committee substitute would replace punitive status-offense treatment with wraparound services, student support specialists, and a new child-in-need-of-supervision process, while also ending compulsory attendance at age 18 and removing criminal penalties for 18-year-olds. Members questioned how the new thresholds would work, including the role of attendance directors, prosecutors, judges, and the Department of Human Services, and whether the bill would change current diversion funding or court authority. Witnesses from Fayette County, Greenbrier County, and Taylor County largely opposed the bill or urged caution. The Fayette County attendance director said current truancy procedures, including school-based probation and court involvement, help secure family participation and services, and warned that removing the status offense would weaken enforcement. A Greenbrier County probation officer said diversion programs are effective and that court involvement often leads to needed services. A Taylor County juvenile prosecutor said status-offense jurisdiction gives courts meaningful leverage and flexibility, and asked that counties be allowed to keep existing approaches that work locally. After testimony, the committee voted to report HB 4656 to the full Senate without recommendation and with a recommendation that it be re-referred to the Committee on Education, then adjourned.

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• to receive minor committed to the facility to receive care without the consent of the minor's parent
• Correctional Facility to receive um<00:56:34.880> minor<00:56:35.240> committed<00:56:
• committed to the facility to um minor committed to the facility to receive<00:56:36.839> care
• Low-income households are impacted by generational trauma of domestic violence that gets passed down
• Facility where that is not necessary Facility where that is not necessary because<01:32:16.119> it's

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Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to housing, homelessness, caregiving, and tax relief. On HB 431, which appropriates funds for the CAL initiative and HHFDC, the Department of Human Services supported the bill and noted the Governor’s request for $50 million per year for HMS, the need for more permanent supportive housing, and a technical issue with establishing a special fund in session law. The Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions strongly supported the measure, describing it as unprecedented funding for CAL projects and linking it to goals of reducing homelessness and expanding housing inventory. Catholic Charities Hawaii, the ACLU of Hawaii, and the Reimagining Public Safety in Hawaii Coalition also supported the bill, emphasizing permanent supportive housing, diversion from jail, and public safety benefits. The chair redirected one testifier to stay on the measure when testimony drifted to another program. Written support was also noted from several organizations and agencies. The committee then heard HB 225 on squatting. DHS said it appreciated the intent and deferred to the Attorney General and task force members, while noting that outreach on public lands differs from private land, where owner consent is required. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill and wanted a voice in finding a solution. The Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions also said it supported the intent, while opposition from the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands and support from one individual were noted. For HB 280, which would make the community outreach court permanent and appropriate funds, the Judiciary strongly supported the bill, describing the court as a mobile, community-based program serving vulnerable populations and connecting participants to services. The Office of the Public Defender also supported the measure, saying the program has helped people move off the streets and into stable housing and that permanent funding would allow expansion. Written support from the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition was noted. The committee then moved to HB 71, creating a refundable family caregiver tax credit, where the Department of Taxation provided comments, the Executive Office on Aging and AARP Hawaii supported the measure, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii raised concerns about duplication with an existing dependent care credit and the lack of incentives for cost control. The committee next heard HB 753, which would increase the applicable percentage for the household and dependent care services tax credit. Support came from the Executive Office on Aging, Catholic Charities Hawaii, AARP Hawaii, and Hawaii Children’s Action Network, while the Tax Foundation again raised technical concerns about complexity and administration but noted the bill adds guardrails against abuse. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• They don't create the wound, but they certainly deepen it, replacing one trauma with another, disguised
• They don't create the wound, but they certainly deepen it, replacing one trauma for another, disguised
• To truly help survivors, we must invest in what we actually need, long-term housing, trauma-informed
• And finally, we must address the systems that perpetuate this trauma.
• And prosecutions in a trauma-informed manner. Last is the human trafficking coordinator.

Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety held an informational hearing in Pomona on sex work-related crimes and efforts to combat human trafficking. The chair and Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez framed the issue as a major public safety and victim-protection concern, referencing the repeal of the loitering law in SB 357 and the recent enactment of AB 379, which targets buyers of sex rather than sex workers. The hearing was organized into three panels: data and research, policing and anti-trafficking efforts, and courtroom/prosecution impacts. In the first panel, the California Department of Justice presented arrest and conviction data for the repealed loitering statute, noting overall declines from 2019 to 2022 but also explaining that the data did not distinguish clearly between people selling sex, people loitering to sell, and people purchasing sex. USC law professor Hannah Gary summarized a 2021 report finding that law enforcement stings and raids often lack transparency, disproportionately harm Black women, minors, LGBTQ+ people, and undocumented migrants, and rarely achieve the stated goals of protecting victims, prosecuting traffickers, or preventing trafficking. The ACLU of Southern California argued that criminalization of sex work is discriminatory and historically used to police women and people of color, and that laws aimed at buyers still harm sex workers and can increase immigration consequences. Committee members asked about data collection, racial disparities, and whether the new law could worsen profiling; the panelists urged public health approaches, better data, and more survivor services. The second panel featured the California DOJ human trafficking coordinator, Pomona Police Chief Mike Ellis, and survivor advocate Jess Torres of Rising Worldwide. DOJ described its regional trafficking teams, task forces, victim services, and prosecutions, emphasizing a victim-centered and trauma-informed approach. Chief Ellis said SB 357 limited police intervention and contributed to visible open-air prostitution near schools and other sensitive locations, citing complaints from residents and a reported drop in juvenile rescues in Pomona after the law changed; he supported AB 63-style enforcement with safeguards and service referrals. Torres, speaking as a survivor, argued that anti-trafficking policy must be survivor-led, that many youth in the sex trade are boys or LGBTQ youth, and that criminalization and street enforcement often worsen harm and displacement rather than solving the underlying problems. In the final panel, a Riverside County deputy district attorney said AB 63 could help law enforcement make earlier contact with potential victims and identify traffickers, while stressing the need for training, documentation, and oversight. A Los Angeles County public defender argued that prosecuting trafficked people reinforces traffickers’ control, creates lifelong barriers, and retraumatizes survivors, and pointed to diversion programs as a better model. The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking began its testimony by describing its survivor services and crisis response work. The hearing ended without any vote or formal action, but with committee members and witnesses continuing to debate the balance between enforcement, data collection, and survivor-centered services.

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• I'm here on behalf of myself, the Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council, Whole Blood Task Force,
• And as an anesthesiologist that works in multiple trauma centers, I was thinking it through the whole
• For blood once that patient gets to the trauma center.
• chair for the governor's EMS trauma advisory council, Whole Blood Task Force.
• So, um, it, it's, it's much less and so it's, it's $1 million of saving at 1 trauma center for the year

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• I'm here on behalf of myself, the Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council.
• Doctor, I appreciate your testimony and as an anesthesiologist that works in multiple trauma centers.
• I'm also the chair of the Governor's EMS trauma advisory council for EMS med directors and I'm the vice
• chair. for the governor's EMS trauma advisory council whole blood task force.
• And so it's $1 million of saving. at one trauma center for the year.

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• decreasing violence, gun violence, alcohol and substance abuse, gang activity, criminal mentality, trauma
• In fact, if they were being abused at home, they got more trauma. We did nothing.
• I don't think that six months probation is enough for a child who not only has gone through the trauma
• the trauma of murder on another person, right?
• I don't know how anyone overcomes whatever trauma got them to the point to murder and... then the trauma

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• Many report profound grief and trauma from relinquishing the baby they carried.
• help a birthing facility collect the necessary information for reporting births in Texever.
• or born en route to this facility, foundling birth, and surrogacy birth.
• We just regulate facilities, health care facilities.
• Some could perform fertility, but those facilities are not licensed or regulated by HHSC.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• TDLR issues around about 180 types of licenses for equipment, occupations and facilities.
• This change will streamline operations for healthcare facilities, reduce costs, ensure Texas law aligns
• This bill will help healthcare facilities operate more efficient and focus on what matters most, patient
• We employ almost 1100 associates in the state of Texas across our four main facilities, which are located
• allows companies to more easily develop innovative products to meet their patients and healthcare facility

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• What makes these facilities different from hospital emergency departments is not just their physical
• These facilities have not distributed themselves across our state to meet the greatest need. located
• This bill would make it hard for injured patients to hold these facilities accountable while offering
• due to a lack of licensure for those facilities when tort reform passed the Texas legislature. to say
• This bill could have saved Anthony from trauma.

Bills: HB4922, HB4713, HB4256, HB872, HB1571, HB4266, HB4559, SB251, SB441, SB1719

Keywords: healthcare liability, emergency medical care, standard of proof, negligence, legal reforms, Texas General Arbitration Act, arbitration, binding arbitration, statute of limitations, limitations period, tolling, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 16.073, alternative dispute resolution, ADR, civil procedure, lawsuit filing, court jurisdiction, Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, procedural law

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• I mean, I'm sitting here as a non-union manufacturing company, but I've built multiple facilities and
• And so they choose to keep them in local facilities.
• to make sure that they can be in a closer facility.
• It will fly Houston astronauts, but it won't just be a government facility.
• Then I went on to the support facilities for the F-16 and AWACS in Saudi Arabia.

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• As someone with a history of trauma and mental health challenges, I knew I would need a support system
• People with trauma history are up to three times more likely to experience perinatal mood and anxiety
• When people are met with culturally responsive, trauma-informed support.
• As a Black woman with substance use and untreated trauma and depression, she had a two- to three-times
• care, trauma-informed teams, organizations, reflective supervision, early childhood development, and

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery held a public hearing on 17 bills focused on behavioral health workforce shortages, studies, and commissions. Chairs Mindy Domb and Senator John Velis opened by emphasizing the severity of the Commonwealth’s mental and behavioral health workforce crisis, the resulting gaps in access to care, and the legislature’s ongoing use of loan repayment programs, studies, and commissions to address these issues. They outlined hearing procedures and noted that testimony would be limited to three minutes, with written testimony also accepted. A major portion of the hearing focused on bills to expand the primary care workforce, including H. 2205/S. 1385, which would broaden eligibility for the Mass RePay loan repayment program. Testimony from the Massachusetts Medical Society, Senator Jo Comerford, and Dr. Kate Atkinson described severe primary care shortages, long wait times, physician burnout, high debt burdens, and the need to recruit and retain physicians in more practice settings and regions. Committee members asked about the likely impact of loan repayment, the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and how to prioritize limited funding. Witnesses argued that primary care investment improves access and outcomes and that the bill would help sustain community-based practices. Another large block of testimony supported H. 2208/S. 1411, the proposed perinatal behavioral health care workforce trust fund, often referred to as the Moms Matter Act. March of Dimes, perinatal mental health advocates, doulas, clinicians, parents, and organizations such as the Boston Public Health Commission and Empty Arms Bereavement Support testified that postpartum depression, anxiety, substance use, and grief are widespread, often untreated, and worsened by long waitlists and a shortage of trained, culturally competent providers. Speakers repeatedly stressed that screening alone is not enough without a workforce to provide timely treatment, and several shared personal stories of postpartum illness, loss, and difficulty accessing care. The bill was also framed as a needed complement to the Commonwealth’s recent maternal health law, which increased screening and therefore increased demand for treatment. The committee also heard support for the Bridge Act, H. 2207/S. 1388, which would create mental health capacity grants for organizations serving communities at high risk of hate crimes or hate incidents. Testimony from the Jewish Community Relations Council and the bill’s sponsor described the mental health harms of hate, including anxiety, trauma, isolation, and loss of trust, and argued that community organizations need resources to build resilience and provide support. In addition, the committee heard from the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association on H. 2218/S. 1380, which would update job classifications to explicitly include licensed mental health counselors and licensed supervised mental health counselors in state behavioral health roles. Witnesses said the change would modernize hiring, expand access, and better reflect current licensure and scope of practice. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the session ended with a motion to adjourn after all testimony was completed.