Video & Transcript Research : 'cost analysis'

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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 23rd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Less litigation means lower costs for all of us consumers.
  • Appraisals are there to resolve these cost disputes, not coverage and causation.
  • But cost disputes, the amount of the loss, to do that quickly, but understanding that some matters can
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 23rd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So there's a potential for some cost savings.
  • And what that comes to is those aren't costs of doing business; those are costs of getting. and paid.
  • If you look at the analysis Analysis year over year and over all these years, even TLTA's analysis shows
  • It's the cost of their rates of interest.
  • TLTA's analysis was from 0 to minus 4.7 percent.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • at a lower cost.
  • The bill states that system restoration costs can also use this mechanism if #1, provides lower cost
  • When a storm strikes, we as the utility have to finance those costs.
  • So again, this bill reduces costs to us of financing major events.
  • It therefore reduces costs to customers.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 19th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • A lot of people reference some of the costs associated with public notice.
  • Competition drives down costs.
  • But as a small business person, the cost associated with this, and listen. I was a former banker.
  • It kind of conflicts with the bill analysis, but the bill seems to say under 18. Yes, ma'am.
  • This means costs to everyday Texans and taxpayers.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does it reduce costs?
  • cost-effective for customers. cost-effective for customers.
  • > cost net system cost net system cost savings<00:58:45.280> of<00:58:45.520> up
  • <01:15:15.840> So, lower costs. So, lower costs.
  • realized it was cost-effective. realized it was cost-effective.
Bills: HF2986, HF3555
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Railroad Commission will review these costs in a rate procedure.
  • cost deferrals.
  • I understand the point that growth is causing a backlog and costs.
  • I mean, what is the practical impact of that cost of money? Would it...?
  • so you substantiate all of those costs and...
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's created some unintended safety challenges in these confined mobile spaces, along with regulatory cost
  • This bill is working on what is called the Oklahoma Health Care Cost Transparency Board, establishing
  • least favorite things to do is have another board, but we're working on trying to make health care costs
  • But we're working on trying to make health care costs more transparent.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill cost sharing requirements.
  • This bill would waive cost shares in two critical areas: state hospital costs and the behavioral health
  • Both areas have limited ability for counties to control the costs. State hospital costs are high.
  • Both areas have limited ability for counties to control the costs. State hospital costs are high.
  • cost shifts annually. cost shifts annually.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • For the premium impact analysis, we first start with claim cost calculation for the impact.
  • That's the cost of the unit cost.
  • cost share for the insurer. cost share for the insurer.
  • going to cost us?
  • it's going to cost us? it's going to cost us?
Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance met for its first interim meeting, established a quorum, approved routine opening items, and welcomed a new committee assistant and a legislative intern. The committee first heard a Kentucky Bankers Association presentation from Tim Shank and John Cooper focused on the state’s housing shortage, which they described as affecting all 120 counties and especially low- and moderate-income and workforce housing. They urged support for a proposed $20 million banker-backed revolving fund, paired with tax credits, to finance new housing construction; they said the program would be flexible, could support alternatives such as manufactured housing, and would use below-market loans with tax credits vesting over five years only after units are completed. They also asked for extension of the historical tax credit carryforward from five to seven years and for continued support of new market tax credits, arguing that supply-chain delays make the longer period necessary for historic rehabilitation projects. The bankers also raised concerns about credit unions, arguing that because credit unions do not pay the same taxes as banks, they should not be allowed to acquire healthy state-chartered banks or hold state and local deposits. They cited the recent purchase of First State Bank of Middlesborough as an example, saying the transaction would reduce state, county, and city tax revenue and weaken local tax bases. In response to committee questions, the presenters said local regulations, zoning, parking, sidewalk, and utility easement issues can significantly delay housing projects, and they emphasized that state policy and infrastructure support are needed to help address affordability and development barriers. The committee then shifted to a Department of Insurance presentation by Commissioner Sharon Clark on how to read KRS 6.948 health mandate and federal cost defrayal impact statements. Clark explained that the mandate statements were created in 1998 so legislators would have actuarial estimates of how proposed health insurance mandates would affect administrative costs, premiums, and total costs, and she noted that later legislation added federal cost-defrayal analysis. She also reviewed the background of the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits framework and said the department’s statements are intended to help lawmakers make informed decisions on proposed health coverage mandates. No votes or formal actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.