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• data points and information about the individual care received by each patient according to their conditions
• This chronic understaffing meant doctors were often not notified when residents experienced a fall or
• his pull-up and bedding were soaked in urine, and it was heartbreaking to see my father in those conditions

Summary: The Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee met on April 22, established a quorum, and adopted its 2023-24 committee rules. The hearing then considered five bills focused on aging, long-term care, immigrant seniors, nutrition, and emergency preparedness. AB 450 would create a task force to study the needs of undocumented Californians age 55 and older; supporters from CHIRLA and other advocates described barriers to housing, health care, retirement, and digital access, while members raised questions about eligibility and process. The bill was approved on a due pass motion and re-referred to the Committee on Human Services. AB 508 would require residential care facilities for the elderly to disclose staffing information upon request at admission and when rates increase. The author and supporters argued that staffing levels are closely tied to quality of care and that families need transparency to make informed choices; a witness described her father’s death in an understaffed facility. Assisted living industry representatives opposed the bill as burdensome but said they were continuing discussions with the author. The committee adopted amendments and passed the bill to Appropriations. AB 1476 would allow senior congregate meal programs to continue offering to-go meals, a practice expanded during the pandemic. Supporters said the option improved access for homebound and food-insecure seniors and helped bring people into senior centers; there was no opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 1068 would create a working group on evacuation and sheltering needs for older adults and people with disabilities in long-term care during disasters, and AB 1069 would ensure area agencies on aging and aging/disability resource programs have access to emergency shelters to provide services. Both measures drew broad support from aging, disability, and advocacy groups, with testimony citing recent fires and evacuations, and both were approved and re-referred to the Committee on Emergency Management. The committee also left rolls open for additional members to add votes before adjournment.

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• It sent people to the hospital and left some of them with chronic short-term memory loss.
• Geothermal energy is clean, renewable, and available independent of the weather conditions, and I think
• expanding... the test components to include PFAs and norm, and characterizing this effluent in the soil conditions

Bills: HB1647 , HB2612 , HB3125 , HB3158 , HB3240 , HB3506 , HB3516 , HB3707

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process

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• like chronic pain, anxiety, or seizures.
• </c> the medical marijuana list of conditions the medical marijuana list of conditions it<01:59:37.719
• The incidence of pain in combat vets is about 60% of chronic pain lifelong.
• The incidence of pain in combat vets is about 60% of chronic pain lifelong.
• The incidence of pain in combat vets is about 60% of chronic pain lifelong.

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It prohibits local governments from restricting use of qualified contractors under specific conditions
• In Florida, approximately 27,000 children and teens live with epilepsy, a condition that profoundly affects
• Many may not know, but I suffered from this condition for a very long time.
• This bill strengthens Florida's child welfare laws by clarifying that evidence of acute or chronic parental
• The local agency can't require the private provider contract as a permit condition.

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Importantly, we continue to expand that to chronically ill...
• He followed up with another bill last session that expanded it to more chronic conditions.
• Likewise, we are building on state and federal justice enforcement to identify conditions, moles, and
• indicate the conditions.
• Parents have very minimal rights once their child is diagnosed with a rare condition like cancer.

Bills: SB95 , SB268 , SB493 , SB619 , SB660 , SB922 , SB984 , SB1098 , SB1188 , SB1307 , SB1332 , SB1822

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: immunization, written informed consent, civil liability, health care provider, vaccine compensation, administrative penalty, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, pharmacy benefit manager, PBM, gag clause, prescription drug pricing, out-of-pocket cost, cash price, pharmacist, pharmacy, prescription drug benefit

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• This triggers chronic inflammation, particularly dangerous in pregnancy, where it risks altering the
• mRNA gene therapy products to 86 distinct disorders with extreme elevations in neuropsychiatric conditions
• Gene therapy involves intentionally altering an individual's DNA to correct a genetic condition.
• force families to seek care out of state, and place new burdens on children with serious health conditions

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• is defined as an act that, as certified by a physician, places the child in serious or critical condition
• administrator to immediately notify the parents of a child in its care of the child's whereabouts and condition
• Research shows that chronic stress activates a child's stress response system, disrupting brain development
• And lastly, I would ask that the condition of the child at the end of the, either at the end or at some

Summary: The committee held public hearings on five Senate bills focused on child welfare, homelessness, and developmental disability services. SB 5911 would stop DCYF from using benefits or funds of youth in extended foster care as reimbursement for care, require help obtaining and managing SSI/Social Security benefits, and raise the threshold for depositing conserved funds into protected accounts. Supporters said the bill would help young adults build financial stability and transition to adulthood; questions focused on payees, financial literacy, and housing uses of the funds. SB 5977 would require DCYF to publish reports on near-fatality reviews within 180 days, with confidential information redacted, and make them available to the legislature and public. Supporters emphasized transparency and accountability, while some testimony urged broader reporting windows, retroactivity, and clearer inclusion of overdose-related cases. The committee also heard SB 6024, which would streamline oversight of community residential service providers by limiting DSHS to one annual routine review in specified areas, combining review activities where possible, and reducing duplicate document requests. The sponsor and providers said the bill would reduce administrative burden and let caregivers focus more on direct care. SB 6184 would update Office of Homeless Youth statutes by aligning parental-notification rules for crisis residential centers, making the Housing Stability for Youth in Courts program permanent and statewide, expanding community support team eligibility, and revising Independent Youth Housing Program rules to allow transitional housing and direct flexible assistance. Testimony described the bill as a no-cost technical update that would improve access and clarify language. Finally, SB 5957 would expand the Homeless Youth Advisory Committee by adding members over age 25 with lived experience and representatives of disproportionately homeless populations, and would allow youth members who turn 25 during a term to finish serving. Supporters said the changes would strengthen lived-experience input and continuity. At the end of the meeting, the chair announced Friday committee was canceled, the bills heard that day would be eligible for executive session the following week, and amendment requests for Tuesday’s bills were due by 10 a.m. Monday, with posting by 4 p.m. Monday.

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• Representative Bartleman: Medical conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, brittle bone disease, and
• genetic test that does not come anywhere close to covering the full scope of the possible genetic conditions
• These cases and what might be a congenital condition, or natural medical illness, they can be the longest
• dangerous custody and care of her biological mother and her roommate where she was subjected to ongoing chronic

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• Fifth, it requires payment of the CVPA and any additional surcharge imposed as a condition to the suspension
• Five, it requires payment of the CVPA and any additional surcharge imposed as a condition to the suspension
• Not available, so what are we going to do if somebody is chronically, you know, on the corner doing the
• Local officers were put in really impossible conditions.

Summary: The House Community Safety Committee met in executive session on several bills previously heard, first reviewing proposed substitutes and amendments, then taking final action after a caucus recess. House Bill 1591, which provides sentencing, resentencing, and record-vacation relief for defendants who are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking, was advanced on a 7-2 vote after adopting substitute H3302.1. Members supporting the bill emphasized the need for a close causal connection and documentary proof of victimization; opponents raised concerns about cases involving harm to third parties and wanted more refinement. The committee also advanced House Bill 2146 on sexual exploitation of a minor after adopting Amendment 348, which clarified that the offense covers causing a minor to view sexually explicit conduct when the minor’s viewing will be photographed or part of a live performance. House Bill 2220, dealing with oversight and hearings procedures for the Criminal Justice Training Commission, was reported out on a 7-2 vote under substitute H3305.3, which dropped a higher burden of proof, adjusted hearing panel size, and allowed an administrative law judge to issue an initial order if the panel deadlocks. House Bill 2430, concerning the crime victim penalty assessment, was also reported out unanimously; its substitute increased assessment amounts, added a surcharge for defendants with substantial resources, tightened indigency exemptions, and restored an indigency exception for certain offenses. House Bill 2526 on prostitution generated the most debate. The committee withdrew one proposed substitute, then adopted substitute H3308.1 and Amendment Whale 275, which shifted the bill toward a model that increases penalties for buyers while requiring referrals to services for the first two investigative detentions of a person engaged in prostitution and limiting arrest until a third detention. Supporters said the changes would reduce criminalization of survivors and improve access to services, while opponents argued the bill and amendment would weaken enforcement and fail to protect trafficking victims. The committee reported the bill out 5-4. House Bill 2641 was deferred. Finally, House Bill 2648, addressing state and local law enforcement interactions with federal immigration enforcement, was amended with Lang 185 to require body cameras and reporting when officers encounter federal agents conducting immigration enforcement, remove a proposed Attorney General representation requirement, and require indemnification by the employing government. Supporters framed the bill as protecting civil rights and clarifying officers’ duties; opponents said it could hinder cooperation with federal partners and create operational problems. The committee approved the bill 6-3 and then adjourned.

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• I've also had family members, you know, develop emphysema and all those kinds of conditions.
• I've also had family members, you know, develop emphysema and all those kinds of conditions.
• Missouri in terms of health care and disability and things that happen with individuals who have a chronic
• use condition.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The Commerce Committee reconvened and continued its hearing on House Bill 2085, a measure to establish statewide preemption over the sale of tobacco, vape, and nicotine products. Supporters, including representatives of vape stores, grocers, convenience stores, and petroleum marketers, argued the bill would prevent a patchwork of local ordinances, protect small businesses, and create consistent statewide rules for retailers. Several supporters said federal Tobacco 21 rules already control underage sales, and that local bans or flavor restrictions would hurt businesses and push sales to neighboring jurisdictions. Opponents, including the Missouri Public Health Association and the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, said local tobacco regulation has helped prevent youth smoking and that the bill could invite litigation over existing ordinances and limit future public health regulation. Committee members repeatedly questioned whether the bill would affect zoning authority or local decisions about where vape shops can locate, especially near schools and child care facilities. The sponsor, Representative Keithley, said the bill was intended to preempt only state standards on the sale and retail regulation of tobacco products, not local zoning, and emphasized that local governments would remain free to regulate zoning. Much of the hearing focused on the bill’s language, especially whether it required a 21-and-over purchase age or merely allowed local jurisdictions that already use 21 to keep doing so. The sponsor explained that the bill was designed to preserve local 21 ordinances without forcing all localities to change from 18 to 21, while still setting statewide standards for sale-related rules. An informational witness from MOST Policy Initiative described health risks of vaping, including nicotine addiction and youth appeal from flavored products, and noted that Missouri does not currently impose a special tax on vapor products. The committee took no vote and adjourned after concluding testimony on HB 2085.

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• ... because you have detected chronic wasting disease on the outside of the facility.
• Chronic wasting disease. Okay.
• Well, that established the Chronic Wasting Disease management zone. Okay. All right.
• And they, you know, to address dealing with the chronic waste of dealing with the chronic waste disease
• The threat of this disease, such as chronic wasting disease, such as chronic wasting disease pose a very

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• and Robbinsdale are lifelines for real people, families who need emergency care, seniors managing chronic
• need emergency care,<01:08:51.480><c> seniors</c><01:08:52.120><c> managing</c><01:08:52.520><c> chronic
• </c><01:08:52.839><c> illness,</c> care, seniors managing chronic illness, care, seniors managing chronic
• on a bed and critical condition on a bed and connected<01:21:48.480><c> to</c><01:21:48.600><c> an</
• Thank you. condition associated with trisomy 21 or condition associated with trisomy 21 or Down<01:41

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> engagement and reduce chronic engagement and reduce chronic absenteeism.<00:13:39.680><c> We're<
• Having a of absenteeism become chronic.
• </c><01:33:57.120><c> I</c> absenteeism from becoming chronic. I absenteeism from becoming chronic.
• What do we do at Tier 3 with our most chronically absent students?
• Uh, chronic<01:54:00.960><c> absenteeism,</c> chronic absenteeism, chronic absenteeism, truency,<01:54

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><02:14:43.360><c> pain,</c> people with cancer, chronic pain, people with cancer, chronic pain, debilitating
• ,</c><03:44:13.600><c> but</c> possible if there's a condition, but possible if there's a condition,
• to</c><04:09:53.760><c> deteriorate</c> condition is going to deteriorate condition is going to deteriorate
• Thank you, Miss Stevens. severe mental health conditions. And severe mental health conditions.
• </c><04:28:45.120><c> you</c> one one of one of the conditions you one one of one of the conditions you

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• conditions untreated until it's an emergency, missing immunizations, and exacerbating behavioral health
• next day sought care in a primary care visit, which is not the appropriate place to work up her condition
• stop reporting crimes like they said before: domestic violence, wage theft, and unsafe working conditions
• wages but refuse to report to their employers, to the police; tenants living in dangerous housing conditions
• informed of the charges are denied access to their family or a lawyer and are held in inhumane conditions

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on the Safe Communities Act, House 2580 and Senate 1681, along with related proposals to limit local and state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, prohibit 287(g) agreements, and expand legal defense for immigrants. Most testimony came from advocates, attorneys, labor leaders, health care professionals, educators, and community members who argued that fear of ICE discourages immigrants from reporting crimes, seeking medical care, attending school, or cooperating with courts, and that a clear statewide policy would improve public safety, due process, and trust in institutions. Several speakers described personal or client experiences involving domestic violence, trafficking, workplace abuse, or children affected by deportation, and many emphasized economic harms to workers, families, and small businesses. Health care witnesses said immigration enforcement is causing patients to miss appointments, avoid emergency rooms, and delay preventive care, with resulting public health consequences. Labor and education representatives said immigrant workers and students are increasingly fearful, and that the state should not allow local police to act as ICE agents or enter 287(g) agreements. ACLU and coalition witnesses cited examples they said showed existing or recent collaboration between local agencies and ICE, including courthouse alerts, vehicle stops, and use of municipal spaces, while also arguing that the bill would still allow cooperation on criminal matters and public safety emergencies. One witness opposed the bill, arguing that serious criminal offenders should be deported and defending ICE’s role. Committee members asked several questions about whether the harms described were widespread or anecdotal, and about the distinction between assisting ICE in civil immigration arrests versus responding to violent or public safety emergencies. Witnesses said the bill was aimed at civil immigration enforcement, not criminal investigations or emergency situations. At the end of the hearing, a committee member requested a study on immigration enforcement’s effect on emergency room wait times, and the committee then adjourned without taking a vote on the legislation.

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• outcomes mean that people of color are dying younger, and more often from preventable, manageable conditions
• having to read through these indemnification clauses and hold harmless agreements in terms and conditions
• forced to assume liability while being restricted from plowing or treating surfaces in certain conditions
• So here's what happens: you either get it conditional for employment, or you're working at your job right
• Like it can't be conditional for employment as the first step before someone there, I guess, outlawed

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a hybrid hearing on a large group of bills carried over from the previous session, with Chair Jake Oliveira and House Co-Chair Paul McMurtry outlining the process and limiting testimony to three minutes. The committee heard testimony on several labor and workplace proposals, including bills to harmonize employee definitions to address misclassification (SB 1338/HB 2141), expand bereavement leave (including H. 2189/S. 1354 and related bills), protect collective bargaining rights for certain administrative employees (HB 268/SB 1306), expand commuter transit benefits (HB 2153/SB 1345), regulate employer use of credit reports (S. 1286), and require apprenticeship participation or OSHA-related workplace safety measures on public projects. At the end of the hearing, the chairs read into the record additional bills that did not receive testimony that day. Supporters of the misclassification bill, including Greater Boston Legal Services and the AFL-CIO, said aligning the employee-status tests across wage, unemployment, and PFML laws would reduce confusion, improve enforcement, and help workers wrongly treated as independent contractors or managers recover benefits and bargaining rights. NAGE and its representative argued that public-sector employees have been improperly reclassified into management titles to weaken unions, and that the bill would force the Division of Labor Relations to review those titles. On bereavement leave, advocates including the Louis E. Brown Peace Institute, a state representative, the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance, and individual survivors described the impact of sudden loss and homicide on families, saying guaranteed leave would help workers grieve, make arrangements, and avoid losing jobs or custody-related stability. The committee also heard support for commuter benefits as a low-cost way to reduce emissions and increase transit use, and for restricting employer credit checks because of inaccuracies and discriminatory effects. There was opposition to some construction-related bills. The Associated Builders and Contractors and the Building Trades Employers Association supported apprenticeship training in principle but said current apprentice-to-journeyworker ratios are outdated or misunderstood, and that the bills should be amended or clarified before advancing. The Massachusetts landscape and snow-removal industry strongly supported a snow-liability limitation bill, arguing that hold-harmless clauses and broad indemnification requirements force contractors to assume liability for conditions they cannot control, drive up insurance costs, and threaten business viability. The committee did not take any votes during the hearing, and the session ended with the chairs thanking members, staff, and the public before adjourning.

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• It also amends 24A-1-7 by including definitions for emergency medical conditions, stabilization, and
• Losing a pregnancy to miscarriage or having an abortion for a condition that threatens the life of the
• to stabilize them, including care for serious pregnancy complications and other life-threatening conditions
• The bill makes clear... ...pregnancy complications and other life-threatening conditions.
• conditions.

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 279, on a committee substitute that narrowed the bill to privacy and safety protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care. The substitute would strengthen limits on disclosure of protected health information, restrict geofencing around care facilities with exceptions for security and research, clarify emergency stabilization obligations under state licensing law, and allow abortion-medication labels to omit a prescriber’s personal name and address. Supporters including ACOG, the ACLU, the League of Women Voters, the Health Care Authority, and advocacy groups said the bill protects patients and providers from surveillance, harassment, and out-of-state investigations. Some members raised concerns about HIPAA, research data, and whether the bill could go too far, but the substitute passed 6-2. The committee then approved House Memorial 1, which asks the Legislative Finance Committee to study whether a constitutional amendment should create an independent commission to manage CYFD. Supporters said the department needs a comprehensive structural review, while opponents argued New Mexico already has enough reports and should act on existing recommendations instead of commissioning another study. House Memorial 31 also passed; it directs the Health Care Authority to re-evaluate a rule limiting home health agencies to serving patients within 100 miles of their licensed locations, in light of access needs in remote areas such as the Navajo Nation and anticipated demand from uranium workers. House Bill 306, dealing with facility fees, was amended by substitute to prohibit such fees for certain preventive services, vaccinations, telehealth, and some services provided in vehicles, while exempting rural hospitals and requiring notice to patients. Hospital representatives opposed the bill, warning it would add financial pressure and could still be passed through to patients or premiums, while insurers, retiree advocates, and consumer groups supported it as a way to curb confusing and costly add-on charges. The committee also advanced House Memorial 36 to create an unfunded nursing shortage task force focused on graduation rates, retention, and barriers to training, and House Memorial 35, which would ask HCA to seek a Medicaid state plan amendment for pediatric palliative care. Supporters of the palliative care memorial described major access gaps for children with complex conditions, especially in rural areas, and the memorial passed after testimony from a rural pediatric hospice nurse and committee discussion about the small number of eligible children and the burden on families.

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• CalAIM provides coordinated care for justice-involved individuals, people with serious mental health conditions
• Currently, Medi-Cal has not had a work requirement as a condition of enrollment, but H.R. 1 establishes
• County eligibility staff must establish co-occurring clinical or functional conditions that would exempt
• The other broader discussion on all these, as you all sort of understand, is the overall fiscal condition
• who have the most to lose due to work requirements, including those who have behavioral health conditions

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Uh, going up to 230 milligrams per liter at a chronic rate is considered toxic to aquatic life, and then
• And then moving on to the next map, you can see there's the explanation there of acute and the chronic
• > 230</c><00:15:06.000><c> um</c><00:15:06.480><c> at</c><00:15:06.720><c> a</c><00:15:06.959><c> chronic
• </c> um and going up to 230 um at a chronic um and going up to 230 um at a chronic rate<00:15:08.160>
• thresholds and with some the chronic thresholds and with some finer<00:15:33.199><c> detail</c><00:15

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• the following: the facility supplement, institutional complexity, space deficit, and facilities condition
• The facility supplement, institutional complexity, space deficit, and facilities condition.
• , facility conditions, strategic priorities, and...
• Requirements, faculty conditions, facility conditions, strategic priorities, and available resources,
• "Studying chronic diseases because that's what our mission is.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Higher Education met to review interim charges on the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Available University Fund (AUF), the Higher Education Fund (HEAF), and the Texas University Fund (TUF). Legislative Budget Board staff outlined how each fund works, including PUF’s constitutional role for UT and Texas A&M, HEAF’s capital support for institutions outside those systems, and TUF’s research funding for eligible universities. They also described TUF’s growing corpus and distribution changes, and noted which institutions are nearing eligibility. Committee members asked about distribution formulas, comparisons to other states, and how funds are allocated among system institutions.