Transcript Highlights:

• SALES, IT REQUIRES THEM TO BE LICENSED, INSURED AND COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF ANY INVOLVED PARTY AND PREVENTS
• LIEN HOLDERS MUST FILE A CLAIM BEFORE THE FUNDS ARE REPORTED AS UNCLAIMED THESE CLEAR GUIDELINES PREVENT
• BECAUSE OF THAT BREATH TEST REFUSAL FROM 10 YEARS AGO, 1520 YEARS AGO SO THAT BREATH TEST REFUSAL WILL PREVENT
• SENATOR POLSKY. >> WITH THIS BILL WOULD ENCOMPASS IF SOMEONE WAS USING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG LIKE AN OPIOID

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I just register an objection to using the opioid fund for funding this.
• </c><04:44:00.840><c> education</c> with you know prevention education with you know prevention education
• the drugs from program and um preventing the drugs from hitting<04:44:16.160><c> the</c><04:44:16.280
• </c><04:45:01.840><c> abatement</c><04:45:02.280><c> trust</c> using some of the opioid abatement trust
• using some of the opioid abatement trust fund<04:45:03.320><c> but</c><04:45:03.520><c> it's</c><04:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up HB 713, which would require mile markers on Route 112, the Kancamagus Highway. The sponsor and DOT testimony described the road as a heavily traveled but isolated corridor with little or no cell or radio service, frequent accidents and breakdowns, and serious public-safety problems when emergency responders cannot quickly locate incidents. Members discussed where markers should be placed, how frequently they should appear, whether both sides of the road should be marked, and the potential cost; DOT said the project could be done with federal funds and might be combined with other work to reduce mobilization costs. The committee agreed the bill was straightforward and voted OTP 18-0, with discussion that a friendly amendment might be offered later to refine the language. The committee then heard HB 563, concerning calculation of adequate education grants. Testimony explained that the bill would add fiscal capacity disparity aid in FY 27 and increase the special education differentiated aid factor, while also reducing extraordinary needs grants so the overall fiscal impact would be net neutral. Members noted the changes were limited to the second year because of the budget process and school district ballot timing. Supporters argued the fiscal capacity aid would help property-poor towns and should be expanded, while others emphasized the bill’s budget-neutral structure. The committee voted to retain HB 563 for further consideration in the budget process. Finally, the committee opened HB 675, which would limit the authority of school districts to make certain appropriations. A Derry resident and former local official testified in favor, arguing that property taxes are too high, that school spending has outpaced town-side tax caps, and that local voters should have more control over school budgets. Committee members questioned whether the issue should instead be handled locally through existing processes or broader governance changes, and one member noted the state’s constitutional obligation to provide an adequate education. The discussion continued, but no final action on HB 675 was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• This includes drug checking activities, mobile health care services, and overdose prevention centers.
• sedation, and again, noting some of the oxygenation and other tools that are available at overdose prevention
• clarify in the ways to address any gaps: if you look in the middle paragraph about concurrent use of opioids

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on the Public Health Effects of Xylazine held its fifth and final public meeting to review and approve the final draft of its report before submission to the House and Senate clerks. Chair Mindy Domb opened the meeting, noted Senator John Keenan’s absence due to National Guard deployment, approved the prior meeting minutes, and explained the process for incorporating final edits and late votes into appendices. Commissioners then voted to allow staff to make agreed-upon language changes after the meeting, and later voted on the final report itself. Staff walked commissioners through the report’s redlines and substantive updates. Changes included clarifying that xylazine is an active adulterant rather than simply a bulking agent, replacing “non-clinician” with “non-clinical staff,” removing or revising references to “hotspots” in favor of more accurate language about local trends, and refining language on wound care to refer to medical consequences and financial costs. The report also added or strengthened discussion of harm reduction measures such as drug checking, mobile health services, overdose prevention centers, oxygenation and airway support during overdose response, and the importance of naloxone remaining available while recognizing its limits for xylazine exposure. Commissioners also discussed data collection, legal protections for drug checking, and the role of the Attorney General in guidance and coordination on emerging drug threats. The commission then took a final vote, with the members present voting to approve the report. A letter from Senator Velis, who was also absent due to active duty orders, was read into the record expressing support for the report and its recommendations. In closing comments, commissioners and staff thanked one another for the collaborative work and described the report as a useful public health resource. Chair Domb adjourned the meeting at 11:11 a.m., noting that the final report would be submitted and posted online for public access.

Transcript Highlights:

• This includes drug checking activities, mobile health care services, and overdose prevention centers.
• sedation, and again, noting some of the oxygenation and other tools that are available at overdose prevention
• clarify in the ways to address any gaps: if you look in the middle paragraph about concurrent use of opioids

Summary: The special commission on xylazine held its fifth and final public meeting to review and finalize its report before submission to the House and Senate clerks. Chair Mindy Domb opened the meeting, noted Senator John Velis was absent due to National Guard deployment, and the commission approved the minutes from the February 9 meeting. Staff then walked commissioners through the final draft, focusing on edits since the prior review and on appendices that would be completed after the meeting. Commissioners discussed several substantive wording changes, including clarifying that xylazine is an active adulterant rather than a bulking agent, replacing “non-clinician” with “non-clinical staff,” removing or softening references to “hotspots,” and refining language about medical consequences and financial costs of delayed wound care. They also discussed adding or strengthening references to harm reduction measures, drug checking, overdose prevention centers, oxygenation, airway positioning, naloxone use, and language access considerations in educational materials. The report’s main findings and recommendations centered on best practices for oversight and enforcement, outreach and treatment, emergency response, and education/training for first responders, medical providers, non-clinical staff, people who use drugs, and people in recovery. Commissioners emphasized the need for timely, accessible, and tailored training; better data collection and public health surveillance; stronger legal protections for drug checking; and coordination among public health, public safety, and legal stakeholders to address xylazine and emerging adulterants. There was also discussion of a recommendation for the Attorney General to compile guidance for law enforcement in consultation with experts, though staff clarified that this would not be the sole function of the broader public body envisioned in the report. After reviewing the final language, the commission voted unanimously among members present to approve the final report, with one abstention on the earlier minutes vote and absent members to submit written votes within 24 hours for inclusion in Appendix A. Chair Domb then read a letter from Senator Velis expressing support for the report and its recommendations despite his inability to vote in person. Commissioners offered closing remarks thanking staff and one another for the collaborative work, and the meeting adjourned at 11:11 a.m., with staff to submit the report to the clerks and post it online.

Transcript Highlights:

• This includes drug checking activities, mobile health care services, and overdose prevention centers.
• sedation, and again, noting some of the oxygenation and other tools that are available at overdose prevention
• clarify in the ways to address any gaps: if you look in the middle paragraph about concurrent use of opioids

Keywords: 1212, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Xylazine held its final public meeting to review and approve the final draft of its report before submission to the House and Senate clerks. Chair Mindy Domb opened the meeting, noted Senator John Velis’s absence due to National Guard deployment, and the commission approved the minutes from the February 9 meeting. Staff then walked commissioners through the report’s redline changes, which were mostly technical or clarifying edits, along with several substantive updates on xylazine’s public health effects, state and federal actions, harm reduction, emergency response, wound care, and education and training. Commissioners discussed several language changes, including clarifying that xylazine is an active adulterant rather than a bulking agent, replacing “non-clinician” with “non-clinical staff,” and revising references to “hotspots” to better reflect the limits of available data. They also refined recommendations to emphasize oxygenation and ventilation in overdose response, continued naloxone use, referrals to harm reduction services, language access in wound care materials, and clearer discussion of medical consequences and financial costs related to delayed wound treatment. Staff also described the appendices, including a letter from Senator Velis supporting the report and noting he could not vote because of active duty service. The commission then voted to approve the final report, with members present voting in favor and Deputy Director Sarah Ruiz abstaining on the earlier minutes vote. After the report vote, commissioners offered brief remarks thanking staff and one another for the collaborative work and the quality of the final product. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn at 11:11 a.m., and staff said the final report would be submitted to the clerks and posted online.

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• Related to foster care licensing under this bill, when high-potency synthetic opioids or illicit substances
• The technical fix has the support, obviously, of DCYF, the OHY, the Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection
• The Statnical Fix has the support, obviously, of DCYF, the OHY, Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection

Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee held a brief Monday meeting to hear two bills and a gubernatorial appointment. House Bill 2464, sponsored by Rep. Ortiz-Self, would require private detention facilities to report serious incidents such as abuse allegations, deaths, suicides, injuries requiring hospitalization, and service disruptions to the Department of Health and local law enforcement by the next business day, and would require annual law-enforcement reporting to DOH. Rep. Ortiz-Self said the bill is needed because private facilities have been inconsistent and delayed in sharing information, while state facilities already provide data more readily. Testimony from Columbia Legal Services, the League of Women Voters, La Resistencia, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project strongly supported the bill, citing barriers to reporting crimes and concerns about abuse in private detention. The committee did not vote on the bill during the hearing, but the chair said it would be considered in executive session. The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2253, a DCYF request bill making several licensing-related changes for foster care, crisis residential centers, and child care. The bill would require immediate termination of certain child-specific foster licenses if high-potency synthetic opioids or illicit substances are found, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, allow DCYF to close inactive foster homes, remove sex designation from foster licenses, adjust CRC staffing ratios to one staff for four youth during waking hours and one for six during sleeping hours, and strengthen child care subsidy fraud enforcement through electronic attendance verification and possible license revocation. DCYF and Community Youth Services testified in support, describing the changes as technical fixes that align statute with current practice and reduce burden on providers. Committee members raised concerns that some child care provisions may belong in a different committee and noted the need to ensure the bill does not duplicate or conflict with existing licensing and fraud rules. The committee then held a confirmation hearing for Corey McNally, reappointed to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. McNally described the board’s role in release decisions, supervision conditions, violation management, and release plans, and discussed his background in community mental health, the Special Commitment Center, DOC sex offense treatment, and ISRB leadership. Members asked about advances in sex offense assessment and treatment, the distinction between ISRB cases and sexually violent predator civil commitment, board consistency and recidivism work, and victim participation in hearings. McNally said the board uses structured decision-making and actuarial risk assessments, remains neutral on legislation, and provides victim liaisons to offer participation options. The chair closed the hearings, noted the committee would meet the next day on a large packet of bills and one appointment, and adjourned.

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• productivity, stress and relaxation, physical comfort, and general wellness, and to reduce or move away from opioid
• It establishes an age restriction to prevent sales to minors, and it clarifies supply chain roles.
• The restriction prevents sales to minors, and it clarifies supply chain rules so requirements apply only

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They're using master tobacco settlement funds for tobacco prevention and cessation programs across the
• They're using master tobacco settlement funds for tobacco prevention and cessation programs across the
• For tobacco prevention and cessation programs across the state. These are the discretionary grants.
• This is for Family First Services and Prevention Act programs.
• This is for the state opioid response grant. 76, UALR with Robert Haff.

Committee: All ALC-REVIEW

Keywords: 1204, all

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• more than 240 hours in a single 12-month period, subject to exceptions when the employee's control prevents
• leave from the section B of the circuit is beyond the parental leave eligible employees control prevents
• giving notice according to section 5A of the section permanent leave, eligible employees control prevents
• under the Medical Assistance Act; to change provisions relating to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention
• To provide a remuneration officer in the opioid overdose, for the risk, the universal of possession of

Bills: LB764 , LB815A , LB839 , LB888 , LB955 , LB972A , LB1029 , LB1087 , LB1091 , LB1126A , LB1181A , LB1237A , LB1261A , LB304A , LB762 , LB889 , LB929 , LB966 , LB1022 , LB1187 , LR508

Keywords: law enforcement, correctional services, Department of Correctional Services, corrections officers, state prison employees, peace officer, certification, police standards, training academy, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Nebraska Police Standards Advisory Council, criminal justice, correctional staff, conditional officer, law enforcement authority, public safety, LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill

Transcript Highlights:

• So, um, we're trying to combat this opioid issue, and that's why we decided to go into the plant medicines
• c><00:41:38.160><c> to</c><00:41:38.280><c> combat</c><00:41:38.760><c> this</c><00:41:39.000><c> opioid
• </c><00:41:39.480><c> issue</c> we're trying to combat this opioid issue we're trying to combat this
• grants through the Department of Ag, and there's certain restrictions in the current grants that prevent
• I ask for your prevention experts.

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• of bodily injury, sexual abuse, or severe neglect, and include exposure to high-potency synthetic opioids
• strikes language regarding immediately terminating a probationary license when high-potency synthetic opioids

Bills: HB2464

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: detention facilities, law enforcement, reporting requirements, incidents, private detention, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROGRAM IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO HELPING COMBAT THE OPIOID
• THIS BILL WOULD INCREASE ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR FLORIDIANS TO COMBAT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND THE BILL

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Of course, it will prevent unnecessary legal challenges and related costs. we go.
• What it does is it prevents people who don't agree with them from being in that zone.
• How many opioid addicts malpractice.
• How many opioid addicts begged<05:20:06.560><c> for</c><05:20:06.798><c> more</c><05:20:07.040><c> opioids
• How many opioid addicts begged for more opioids while in denial about their addiction?

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to Future Builders, and it is to educate Medicare beneficiaries for Medicare and Medicaid fraud prevention
• This is to support the development and delivery of state and community substance misuse prevention and
• They're using master tobacco settlement funds for tobacco prevention and cessation programs across the
• This is for Family First Services and Prevention Act programs.
• This is for the state opioid response grant. 76 is UA Little Rock with Robert Half.

Committee: All ALC-REVIEW

Summary: The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs. The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications. Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.

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• Medical Center, and in that capacity I was medical director for Addiction Recovery Services, our opioid
• And I truly see psilocybin as an evidence-based treatment that can help prevent suicide, that can help
• prevent overdose deaths, that can keep families together, and that can support employment.
• And I truly see psilocybin as an evidence-based treatment that can help prevent suicide, that can help
• prevent overdose deaths, that can keep families together, and that can support employment.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• is introduced because the small business owners don't necessarily want to pay for a permit that prevents
• </c><00:33:29.279><c> them</c><00:33:29.440><c> from</c> permit that um prevents them from permit that
• um prevents them from generating<00:33:30.080><c> any</c><00:33:30.320><c> revenue</c><00:33:30.559>
• The very same facility had received $250,000 in opioid abatement funds to expand the facility from 16
• The very same facility had received $250,000 in opioid abatement funds to expand the facility from 16

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So in some of these cases, you know, for example, opioids, most states used outside counsel.
• Page 38 is a federal grant for the juvenile justice delinquency prevention. Page 43 is $500,000.
• Page 43 is $500,000 of general revenue for local crime prevention grants.
• This was opioid settlement funds used for wastewater testing. Representative Hine, please proceed.
• And then $5 million is going to the compulsive gaming prevention fund.

Summary: Attorney General Catherine Hanaway presented the Office of the Attorney General’s FY 2027 budget request and outlined her office’s priorities: reducing violent crime, targeting illegal and unregulated activities she described as a “vice squad” focus, protecting Missourians from fraud, and improving the office’s legal work. She highlighted major cases and enforcement efforts, including litigation over insulin pricing, Dollar General pricing practices, a criminal prosecution in Hermann, the Jackson County assessment dispute, and a new lawsuit involving Misha’s board policy. Committee members asked about cybercrime enforcement, cooperation with federal authorities, VLTs, ballot and referendum litigation, and the office’s approach to diversity-related legal issues. Hanaway said cybercrime and no-call enforcement rely heavily on multi-state and federal cooperation, and she emphasized that many cases begin with citizen reports. Members also questioned the cost and scope of ongoing election-related litigation, including redistricting and referendum cases, and Hanaway said her office is defending the laws and ballot processes as required. She estimated roughly $600,000 in staff time over about six months for the referendum/redistricting work combined. Several members raised concerns about the Misha lawsuit and whether similar statutory provisions elsewhere in state government could raise the same legal issues; Hanaway responded that the case involved a board rule, not a statute, and turned on whether the requirement functioned as a quota. The committee also discussed child sexual exploitation, human trafficking, Medicaid fraud, and the use of outside counsel and pro hac vice fees. Hanaway said the office is using non-GR funds where possible and is not requesting pay increases this year. The Missouri Office of Prosecution Services then presented its budget. Officials explained that MOPS trains and supports prosecutors statewide, including on DWIs, child sex cases, and new prosecutor training, and that its budget request matches the governor’s recommendation. Members asked about support for local prosecutors, the nine counties without elected prosecutors, and the new conviction integrity unit; staff said the unit’s positions were shifted between line items and that the office can help answer prosecutorial questions through its general counsel. The committee then moved to the Department of Public Safety budget. DPS reviewed funding for crime victims notification, law enforcement recruitment and retention, drug task forces, academy scholarships, Blue Star grants, local crime prevention, school safety, World Cup security, 988 trainings, wastewater testing in schools, and other programs. Members asked about the $59 million federal FIFA World Cup grant, school safety app funding, and wastewater testing participation; DPS said the World Cup funds require no state match, the app funding is being phased out, and schools opted into the testing program. The committee recessed before finishing the DPS book, with plans to return later.

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, one of the clearest examples of prevention done right is...
• Now prevention, accountability, and common sense shouldn't stop at our playing field.
• We prevent insurers from passing unjustified costs on citizens.
• Because here's the plain truth: Jacob Carter's murder was preventable.
• On scene, the weather prevented an initial hoist attempt.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then received and processed multiple resignation notices and special-election proclamations for vacant seats. The chamber later recognized and swore in newly elected members Doyle Boudreaux, Reese Broussard, Chassity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray after no objections were raised to their qualifications. The House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session, and it adopted the proposed standing committee meeting schedule and referred prefiled bills to committee without objection. The bulk of the meeting was devoted to the introduction and reading of a very large number of House bills and resolutions across many subject areas. Measures included the annual appropriations bill, a proposed constitutional convention, carbon dioxide sequestration and pipeline permitting, retirement-system changes, criminal justice and public safety proposals, education and workforce measures, local government and district creation bills, insurance and liability reforms, and numerous commemorative resolutions. Several prefiled bills were withdrawn, and many introduced measures were assigned to committees or allowed to lie over under the rules. The House then entered a joint session with the Senate for the governor’s address. Governor Jeff Landry outlined his administration’s priorities and praised recent legislative actions on taxes, insurance reform, transportation, education, and fiscal discipline. He urged support for Amendment 3 on teacher pay and retirement, called for further workforce and health initiatives, defended insurance and transportation reforms, and pressed for judicial reform, especially in Orleans Parish, citing the death of Jacob Carter and failures in electronic monitoring as examples. He also promoted replacing the vehicle inspection sticker with a QR code system and highlighted economic growth, lower taxes, and infrastructure investments. The joint session also included a presentation of the colors by the Louisiana National Guard and a Distinguished Flying Cross ceremony for Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister, recognizing his 2018 rescue mission in Alaska. After the governor’s remarks and the military honor presentation, the joint session concluded and the House resumed introducing additional bills, continuing to file measures on topics such as health care, education, ethics, elections, local districts, and constitutional amendments.

Transcript Highlights:

• We are a nonpartisan grassroots advocacy group focused on advancing policies that prioritize prevention
• Tabitha Parker, and I'm a naturopathic doctor with decades of experience working in nutrition, prevention
• my mom's diabetic, my brother's diabetic, my sister's diabetic, my brother, other brother died of opioid
• They're using it now and it's studying it in addiction for opioids and an array of different, uh, like
• preventative compounds to help drive down the risk factors of addiction.

Bills: HB 2510 , HB 3589 , HB 4611 , HB 4655 , HB 4665 , HB 4666 , HB 4670 , HB 4700 , HB 4730 , HB 4798 , HB 4838 , HB 5136 , HB 5243 , HB 5302 , HB 5539

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

Transcript Highlights:

• We are a nonpartisan grassroots advocacy group focused on advancing policies. ...that prioritize prevention
• Tabitha Parker, and I am a naturopathic doctor with decades of experience working in nutrition, prevention
• what happens when people, especially those with limited resources, are trapped inside cycles of preventable
• They're using it now and studying it in addiction for opioids and in an array of different preventative
• This is exactly the kind of financial pitfall this bill seeks to prevent by equipping youth with the

Bills: HB2510 , HB3589 , HB4611 , HB4655 , HB4665 , HB4666 , HB4670 , HB4700 , HB4730 , HB4798 , HB4838 , HB5136 , HB5243 , HB5302 , HB5539

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy