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• vaccines and when we looked up the data on this bill, we found that, uh, testing and early, early screening
• There is no early screening.
• Hold on my screen window.

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• development, and, most significantly, free health clinics that provide vital support for heavy metal screening
• Our Seva Health Clinic has seen firsthand the devastating effects of this pressure, with screenings revealing
• If a warning label on a screen can be used to protect a child, can make even one kid pause or put down

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• Ensuring that our stories, our voices, our rich cultural heritage are represented in the big screen,
• HB 3917 by Rose relating to the coverage of maternal depression screenings under Medicaid and child health
• HB 4147 by Jones of Dallas relating to informed consent for certain screening testing tests referred

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• Quality nursing care begins with screening, selecting individuals, Quality nursing care begins with screening
• Screening also encompasses students with character and ethics to maintain the standards required to deliver

Summary: The Careers and Workforce Subcommittee heard three bills. HB 919 on nursing education programs would tighten accountability for nursing schools with low NCLEX pass rates by shortening the probation period, requiring remediation plans, mandating free remediation for students who fail, and requiring tuition reimbursement for programs with very low pass rates. The sponsor argued Florida’s nursing pass rates are unacceptably low and that stronger consequences are needed; opponents warned the bill could shut down programs, worsen the nursing shortage, and unfairly target private schools, while supporters said it would protect students and improve outcomes. After debate, the bill was reported favorably by a vote of 18-0. The committee then heard PCS for HB 1261, the “Smart Living Act,” a student-driven proposal from Jefferson High School in Hillsborough County to expand personal financial literacy and practical life-skills instruction in high school. Students and school officials testified that the bill would better prepare graduates for adulthood by covering topics such as budgeting, credit, loans, FAFSA, resumes, interviews, and basic household skills. Members praised the students’ work and the bill’s practical focus, and the PCS was reported favorably 18-0. Finally, the committee considered HB 809, which would exempt school social workers from educator certification requirements for general and subject-area knowledge. Supporters from Lee and Broward counties said the current testing requirement is unrelated to social work, creates financial and recruitment barriers, and has contributed to staffing shortages. Members from both parties supported the measure as a simple way to remove an obstacle to hiring and retaining school social workers. HB 809 was also reported favorably by a vote of 18-0, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.

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• A few years ago, we implemented a system of coordinated screening and progress monitoring designed to
• of our statewide required assessments, which includes as chair Simon mention the new coordinated screening
• Progress monitor of screening and progress monitoring.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That picture on the right of your screen is that kickoff. We used Arkansas homegrown talent.
• That picture on the right of your screen is that kickoff. We used Arkansas homegrown talent.

Summary: The committee received a report from Director Wiley of the Arkansas Department of Transportation on a series of routine and quarterly items, including the closeout of the department’s efficiency review. Wiley said all five remaining recommendations from that review had been implemented, highlighted a new public maintenance dashboard on the agency website, and reported four surplus properties sold since the last meeting. He also noted that ARDOT had obligated $3.14 billion in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding to date and reviewed the annual expenditure report tied to 2019 revenue changes, which funded $98.7 million in maintenance projects last year. Members asked about the balance between maintenance and new construction, with Wiley saying about 75% of construction dollars go to maintaining the existing system and that ARDOT’s overall spending is overwhelmingly focused on upkeep because of the size of the state highway network. He also discussed major projects and corridor priorities, including Interstate 57 and Highway 5 work in Lonoke County, Interstate 49 public meetings, passing-lane improvements on Highway 412/62 in north central Arkansas, Highway 82 widening in south Arkansas, and long-range plans to widen Interstate 40, possibly including a toll study. On the Toad Suck Bridge flood mitigation project, he said the design had been revised to reduce public impacts and would not require a long-term bridge closure. The committee also discussed safety and enforcement tools in work zones. Wiley said new work-zone cameras and cell phone detection tools were being used on projects such as I-30, I-57, and I-49, mainly to improve safety rather than issue citations. In addition, he said ARDOT spends about $8 million annually on litter control and is expanding anti-litter efforts, including a spring cleanup day involving more than 2,500 operations employees and some office staff. He also announced agency initiatives on human trafficking awareness training for field and office staff and the Street Smart education program for middle school students, with plans to expand it to high school content next year. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the director’s presentation and member questions.

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• could be dropped from coverage if they're diagnosed with cancer, if they have, you know, a suspicious screen
• federal Affordable Care Act protections that cover things like preexisting conditions and and you will screens

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• detective cap and was able to track down the people that were actually had it and magically on a Zoom screen
• detective cap and was able to track down the people that were actually had it and magically on a Zoom screen
• detective cap and was able to track down the people that were actually had it and magically on a Zoom screen
• Ward, please proceed. >> Okay, you can see my screen? Yes. All right, thank you. Mr.
• smoke screens, or diversionary devices. smoke screens, or diversionary devices.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You see those blue screens? That's actually our CDL simulator.
• This has contributed to underreporting of grooming, which is exacerbated by screening challenges due
• response investigations, screening response investigations, screening guidelines<00:20:27.600>
• <00:20:43.760> by of grooming which is exacerbated by of grooming which is exacerbated by screening
• insufficient, and when screening insufficient, and when screening bottlenecks<00:21:03.600> delay

Bills: HF3650, HF1791, HF3489, HF4231, HF4232, HF4269, HF4270, HF3490

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

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• section of the READ Act to affirm the requirement that when students in grades 4 through 12 are screened
• 4<01:25:31.920> through<01:25:32.239> 12<01:25:32.400> are<01:25:32.639> screened
• c><01:25:32.880> once<01:25:33.199> per<01:25:33.440> year 4 through 12 are screened
• once per year 4 through 12 are screened once per year who<01:25:34.000> are<01:25:34.159>
• makes it clear that charter schools that serve preschoolers and kindergartens have to abide by the screen

Bills: HF3698, HF3067, HF3730

Keywords: libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction

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• And then, um, it's okay if I share my screen? Okay.
• And we'll have that on the screen as well.
• I think I my even my failing eyesight, I can even still read it on the screen. Okay.
• , you if you can't read it on the screen, you if you can't read it on the screen, do<00:53:14.319
• read I can still read it on the screen. read I can still read it on the screen.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the gasification plant takes the chunk coal, we deliver it over there, and then we run it over some screens
• And then we run it over some screens, and the finer coal falls through, and that gets transferred over
• This is the Leland Olds Station, and you can kind of see on the right-hand side of the screen, way at
• The other thing that you see on the screen here, this is the bottom ash conveyor.
• And then once we go out to the back, we go to our next screen, to the scrubber.

Summary: The committee met at the Coteau Freedom Mine in Mercer County, approved the June 2 minutes, and heard an overview of the mine from Coteau Properties president Andrew Hawbaker. He described the Freedom Mine as the largest lignite mine in the United States, supplying coal to Dakota Gasification, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station. He emphasized the mine’s scale, safety record, reclamation work, workforce needs, community involvement, and economic impact, including payroll, taxes, royalties, scholarships, and local hiring. Members asked about how long land stays in production, how quickly it returns to agriculture after reclamation, labor shortages, and how mining affects groundwater and water wells. Hawbaker said most tracts are mined for about three to five years, reclamation is coordinated with landowners, and the company continues to struggle to find electricians, welders, mechanics, operators, and engineers. The committee then heard from Public Service Commission Chairman Randy Christman on coal mining reclamation and permitting. He reviewed North Dakota’s coal mining history, the state’s reclamation laws, federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act primacy, bonding, permit renewals and revisions, prohibited mining areas, inspection and enforcement, and contemporaneous reclamation requirements. Christman stressed that North Dakota’s program is professional and thorough, with frequent inspections, financial assurance, and a 10-year revegetation monitoring period before bond release. He also discussed federal coal ownership issues that can delay mine plans, the treatment of prime farmland, and how reclamation differs for wind and pipelines. In response to questions, he said one challenge is sometimes releasing land too soon before long-term compaction issues are fully understood, and he noted that data centers do not currently have a comparable reclamation model because they typically own the land. In the afternoon, the committee received an update from Lignite Energy Council president Jonathan Fortner on the lignite industry. He said North Dakota’s lignite sector supports five commercial power plants, four mines, about 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, and more than $5.5 billion in economic activity, while helping keep the state’s electricity rates among the lowest in the nation. Fortner reviewed coal severance and conversion tax revenues, the lignite research fund, federal regulatory rollbacks, carbon capture policy, and the industry’s legal costs fighting federal rules. He also highlighted a study on large-load development, saying new data centers and critical mineral processing facilities could create major local tax revenue and help justify new baseload generation. Members asked whether new gas pipelines would crowd out coal plant development and whether the economic study included jobs and broader local impacts; Fortner said the industry sees room for both and that the study did include construction, operations, jobs, and tax effects.

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• Of course, at the nucleus, what you're seeing on the next screen is illegal cell phones.
• We currently are working across teams to tighten screening and proven verification and find solutions
• Advanced screening technologies using millimeter-wave technology similar to what you see in the airport
• Advanced screening technologies using millimeter wave technology similar to what you see in the airport
• That's something that takes a little bit more time in the screening of our cases.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Like he's trying to memorize the Gettysburg Address, just so he can switch back to the first screen to
• Meanwhile, the button to autofill the code is sitting right there on the same screen, quietly judging
• So insurance allows for preventative care, access to screenings, access to treatment after a diagnosis
• It also dealt with background screenings, which are currently not required in surrogacy arrangements
• When you adopt a child, they do a background screen.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• In this bill, there is a three-panel member of retired judges who create a screening panel.
• In this bill, there is a three-panel member of retired judges who create a screening panel.
• In this bill, there is a three-panel member of retired judges who create a screening panel.
• In this bill, there is a three-panel member of retired judges who create a screening panel.
• And then of the 30, there are five members... create a screening panel uh there is a a create a screening

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• Such as cancer screenings and chronic disease management and help achieve cost savings and better health
• just like the populations that are covered today, they would have access to some of those same. screenings
• We completed 34 audits and we screened over 76. 6,000 provider applications.
• tests on our newborn screening panel, as well as. incorporating PFAS testing into our standard water
• immunization databases am I correct on that yes There's a lot of information, you know, newborn screening

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• given a contraption that's<01:05:42.799> basically<01:05:43.200> a<01:05:43.599> screen
• patient with neck injuries lying in a hospital bed unable to turn their head even to see the VRI screen
• If there were a two-dimensional screen.
• , unable to sit up and look at the screen, unable to sit up and look at the screen, she<01:06:40.799
• their head even to see the VRI screen their head even to see the VRI screen was<01:07:08.160>

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• Uh, there's a program called Min Choices, which is what you have to be screened by to get into one of
• Choices, which is what you have<00:54:46.640> to<00:54:46.720> be<00:54:46.880> screened
• c> to<00:54:48.000> get<00:54:48.160> into<00:54:48.400> one have to be screened
• by to get into one have to be screened by to get into one of<00:54:48.640> these<00:54:48.880
• <01:05:39.039> program's state's newborn screening program's state's newborn screening program's

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• , including periodic prenatal and postpartum depression screening of pregnant and postpartum patients
• providing maternal depression screening providing maternal depression screening for<03:48:42.800
• ,<03:49:17.439> including maternal depression screening, including maternal depression screening
• of pregnant and depression screening of pregnant and postpartum<03:49:22.640> patients.
• for the caregiver depression screening for the caregiver of<03:49:29.520> a<03:49:29.760>

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• Section five is for the maltreatment screening guidelines, and they must not be limited; they must not
• limit an agency's ability to screen and investigate a report of maltreatment that may have occurred
• limit an agency's ability to screen and investigate a report of maltreatment that may have occurred
• > guidelines<00:13:13.600> and the malreatment screening guidelines and the malreatment
• screening guidelines and um<00:13:14.720> that<00:13:15.279> they<00:13:15.920> uh<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all