Transcript Highlights:

• This version expands the parameters of the eligible nonprofit affiliates, allowing the department to
• And then the national affiliation piece. already working and serving.
• that national affiliation.
• requires certain standards for them to remain affiliated.
• So basically it's just freeing a hand. standards for them to remain affiliated.

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

Summary: The committee first met in executive session and approved a combined House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2642, 2296, 1996, and 1680 on a 15-0 vote after adopting a committee amendment and substitute. It then adopted a substitute for House Bill 2596, which expanded access for sole proprietors with at least one common law employee and their dependents, and passed that bill do pass by a 15-0 vote. The committee then heard several health-related bills. House Bills 2194, 2349, 1826, and 2560 focused on expanding epinephrine access in schools, child care facilities, nursing homes, and first responder settings to include nasal sprays and other delivery systems, with testimony emphasizing the need for easier administration, training, and broader school nurse support. House Bill 1827 would add occupational therapists to the list of professionals who can certify disability parking placards and plates, with supporters saying OTs already perform the functional assessments needed. House Bill 1783 would let the Department of Health and Senior Services contract with nonprofit public health institutes to help administer federal public health grants and reduce lapsed funds; supporters said the state lacks staffing capacity, while some members raised concerns about oversight and fraud. Finally, Representative Peters presented House Bill 2372, a large omnibus health bill combining many previously heard measures, including epinephrine delivery system updates, pseudoephedrine purchase limit changes, doula participation in Mo HealthNet, telehealth, workplace violence signage, long-term care inspection changes, RX CARES sunset removal, 340B language, anesthesia time protections, and other provisions. Support came from numerous medical, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and provider groups, while opposition focused mainly on the 340B provisions, non-opioid alternative language, anesthesia contracting language, and telehealth standards, arguing those sections needed separate consideration and stronger transparency safeguards.

Transcript Highlights:

• When companies file a water's-edge return, we don't receive information on their foreign affiliates.
• We have to make assumptions about those affiliates that we cannot observe, so a lot of uncertainty is
• -based, no matter how many subsidiaries and affiliates you have abroad, if your parent's here, you're
• will deliver... ...companies that are less profitable for their affiliates abroad, and bringing them
• They do business through hundreds of affiliates and subsidiaries.

Summary: The joint informational hearing examined California’s taxation of multinational corporations, especially the state’s water’s-edge election versus worldwide combined reporting. The LAO and Franchise Tax Board explained the basic mechanics of unitary taxation, apportionment, and how water’s-edge generally excludes most foreign subsidiaries while worldwide reporting includes the full unitary group. FTB officials said water’s-edge filers are a small share of corporate filers but account for a large share of tax liability, and they described filing trends, industry mix, and the administrative steps needed to administer either system. Members and witnesses debated the policy trade-offs. Supporters of moving away from water’s-edge argued that it enables profit shifting, especially for large multinational and IP-heavy firms, and that eliminating it could raise significant revenue and improve fairness for smaller domestic businesses. They cited estimates of billions in potential revenue and said California already has the audit and reporting infrastructure to handle worldwide reporting, though some transition time would be needed. Opponents argued that worldwide reporting would tax foreign activity unrelated to California, create double taxation, increase compliance burdens and litigation, and could be difficult for foreign-based multinationals to document. They also warned that some of the revenue estimates are highly uncertain because foreign affiliate income is not directly observable. Committee members asked about foreign government pushback, the risk of companies leaving California, the effect on intellectual property shifting, and whether federal or Supreme Court action could block a change. Witnesses generally said major firms would be unlikely to leave because California taxes sales rather than physical presence, but some costs could be passed on to consumers. The panel also discussed alternatives such as conforming to federal international tax rules like NCTI/GILTI and adding anti-abuse rules. No vote or bill action was taken; the hearing was informational only.

Transcript Highlights:

• When companies file on a water's-edge return, we don't receive information on their foreign affiliates
• We have to make assumptions about those affiliates that we cannot observe, so a lot of uncertainty is
• -based, no matter how many subsidiaries and affiliates you have abroad, if your parent's here, you're
• will deliver... ...companies that are less profitable for their affiliates abroad, and bringing them
• They do business through hundreds of affiliates and subsidiaries.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on California’s taxation of foreign subsidiaries of U.S. corporations, especially the state’s water’s-edge election versus worldwide combined reporting. Committee members and witnesses discussed how unitary taxation and sales-factor apportionment work, why multinational corporations are a small share of filers but a large share of tax liability, and how foreign income, profit shifting, and double taxation concerns affect policy choices. The Franchise Tax Board explained current filing rules, the seven-year water’s-edge election, and recent filing statistics showing about 21,562 water’s-edge returns in 2023, roughly 6% of C corporation filers but about half of corporate tax liability. The Legislative Analyst’s Office and FTB staff emphasized that revenue effects from eliminating water’s edge are uncertain because foreign affiliate income is not directly observable, and they noted possible revenue volatility and administrative complexity. Several committee members asked about foreign government pushback, the burden on FTB, whether certain industries are more likely to shift profits, and whether companies would leave California; witnesses generally said there was no strong evidence that firms would exit the state because tax liability is driven mainly by California sales. They also discussed how California already administers both methods, how the election can be advantageous or disadvantageous depending on a firm’s facts, and how federal reforms like GILTI/NCTI, CAMT, and OECD Pillar Two may affect the issue. The second panel presented sharply contrasting views. One professor and a tax policy advocate argued that water’s edge creates unfairness, encourages profit shifting, and leaves California with billions in lost revenue, while a Tax Foundation witness argued that mandatory worldwide reporting would tax the wrong income, create double taxation and litigation risk, and impose heavy compliance burdens, especially for foreign-based multinationals. A later panel from the California Budget and Policy Center supported closing the “water’s-edge loophole,” saying it would raise needed revenue for public services and level the playing field between large multinationals and smaller domestic businesses. No vote or formal action was taken; the hearing was informational only.

Transcript Highlights:

• They allow subsidiaries, affiliates, or expansion into adjacent parts of healthcare.
• I'm sure you remember it well, but it did not address ownership structure or affiliate relationships.
• They allow<00:24:12.480><c> subsidiaries,</c><00:24:13.279><c> affiliates</c><00:24:13.840><c> or</c>
• allow subsidiaries, affiliates or allow subsidiaries, affiliates or expansion<00:24:15.200><c> uh</c
• </c> structure or affiliate relationships. structure or affiliate relationships.

Bills: HB55 , SB15 , SB247 , HB55 , SB15 , SB247

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, sex offenders, employment restrictions, first responders, public safety, juvenile offenders, local laws, registration requirements, picketing, protesting, residential protest, noise amplification, amplified sound, residential picketing, harassment

Transcript Highlights:

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Transcript Highlights:

• State your name, affiliation, and position. Good morning, Chair and members.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the measure.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position. Move the bill.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.

Summary: The Assembly Local Government Committee heard a full agenda of bills focused largely on housing, permitting reform, transportation governance, and local government finance. Early in the hearing, AB 24 by Assemblymember DeMaio proposed changing SANDAG board selection to give rural unincorporated areas a stronger voice; members raised concerns about the approach and local input, and the bill ultimately did not receive a second at the time it was heard. The chair later clarified that because no second was made, the bill was held rather than voted out, though the transcript also reflects confusion and later attempts to revisit the item. Several housing and permitting bills advanced with committee amendments and broad support. AB 671 by Assemblymember Wicks would streamline restaurant permitting through self-certification and faster plan review; AB 920 by Assemblymember Caloza would require a centralized online portal for housing permit tracking in larger jurisdictions; AB 1061 by Assemblymember Kirk Silva would allow SB 9 housing in historic districts with limits to protect historic character; AB 818 by Assemblymember Anamarie Farías would streamline temporary manufactured housing after disasters; AB 660 by Assemblymember Wilson would tighten timelines and remedies for post-entitlement housing permits; AB 1308 by Assemblymember Hoover would allow third-party inspections for small residential projects if local inspections are delayed; and AB 1445 by Assemblymember Haney would expand downtown revitalization financing tools for mixed-use housing. Each of these measures drew support from housing, business, and industry groups, with some local-government and special-district stakeholders seeking continued amendments on certain bills. The committee also approved AB 1156, which updates the solar use easement program to better accommodate renewable energy development on water-constrained agricultural lands, and AB 964, which would let local governments offset certain state mandate reimbursement debts against amounts the state owes them. AB 1223, by Assemblymember Wynn, would let Sacramento-area transportation authorities propose sales tax measures for portions of the county and keep revenues local; it advanced despite some transportation and taxpayer concerns. Consent items AB 36 and AB 1131 were also approved. Most bills were reported out on bipartisan votes, often with committee amendments and some members noting they would continue working on the measures in later committees.

Transcript Highlights:

• Name and affiliation, please. Good evening.
• Name and affiliation, please. Well, Mr.
• Name and affiliation, please. Well, Mr.
• Name and affiliation, please.
• Name and affiliation, please. Good night.

Transcript Highlights:

• At that time, please simply state your name, affiliation, and position. All right.
• Yes, as a reminder, name, affiliation, and position only. Thank you.
• I'm here to present SB 1417, the Mutual Water Company Rate and Disclosure Notice Act.

Summary: The committee first heard SB 804, the Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act, from Senator Arreguín. He said the bill would designate the State Fire Marshal as the safety regulator for intrastate hydrogen pipelines and require hydrogen-specific standards, while not mandating any pipeline construction or bypassing environmental review. Supporters included labor groups, utility employees, and the City of Burbank, while Air Products opposed unless amended, citing concerns about the bill’s specificity, fee structure, and the need for a hydrogen-specific rulemaking process. The committee discussed safety, fees, and regulatory certainty, and later passed SB 804 on a 9-0 vote to Emergency Management with commitment to take amendments. The committee then took up SB 905 by Senator Becker, aimed at reducing electricity rates by changing utility incentives. The bill would tie part of executive compensation to keeping rates below inflation, require more performance metrics, and allow the CPUC to consider lower returns on equity for certain lower-risk investments and alternative financing options. Support came from consumer, environmental, agricultural, and large energy user groups, while Southern California Edison, CalChamber, PG&E, and utility labor groups raised concerns that the bill could reduce investment, create regulatory uncertainty, and raise borrowing costs. After extensive discussion about utility affordability, wildfire costs, and capital markets, the committee passed SB 905 on a 7-1 vote to Appropriations. SB 913, also by Senator Becker, would create a clearer pathway for distributed energy resources such as batteries and smart thermostats to participate in the resource adequacy market and compete with utility-scale resources. Supporters said the bill would better use existing grid capacity, lower costs, and build on the state’s Demand Side Grid Support Program; PG&E opposed unless amended, saying the use case was not yet proven and was already being addressed in other rulemakings. After the committee accepted amendments, one opposition group moved to neutral and another said it might do so after reviewing the changes. The bill passed 8-0 to Appropriations and was placed on call. Several other measures were heard and advanced, including SB 1196 on faster utility hookups for small energization projects such as ADUs and EV chargers, SB 931 reauthorizing the Diablo Canyon Essential Services Mitigation Fund through 2028, SB 1158 reducing the frequency of joint reliability assessments from quarterly to twice yearly, and SB 1245 directing further study of California’s gasoline market and potential use of non-CARBOB fuel during supply disruptions. SB 1196 and SB 931 both passed with broad support and no opposition after amendments, SB 1158 passed without testimony, and SB 1245 drew strong support from consumer and environmental advocates but opposition from fuel industry and business groups concerned about costs, confidentiality, and fuel standards.

Transcript Highlights:

• When companies file on a water's edge return, we don't receive information on their foreign affiliates
• We have to make assumptions about those affiliates that we cannot observe, so a lot of uncertainty is
• -based, no matter how many subsidiaries and affiliates you have abroad, if your parent's here, you're
• They do business through hundreds of affiliates and subsidiaries.
• They do business through hundreds of affiliates and subsidiaries.

Transcript Highlights:

• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill. Good afternoon.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill. Mr.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.

Summary: The committee heard eight bills, mostly on local government, housing, and public agency contracting. AB 1658 would make permanent higher change-order authority for Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties on large construction projects; supporters said it would reduce delays and save money on major projects, and the bill passed 6-0. AB 2263 would authorize the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to develop employee-preference affordable housing; supporters said it would help with workforce retention and long commutes, and it also passed 6-0. AB 2134 would require city councils to allow parental leave without forcing members to seek public approval or risk losing their seats; supporters described the bill as necessary to protect new parents in local office, and it passed 6-0. AB 2188 would raise Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s contracting authority to $250,000, with supporters citing administrative savings and faster project delivery; after committee amendments, it passed 6-0. AB 2033 would let general law cities use job order contracting for repair and maintenance work, with safeguards against employee displacement; supporters called it an efficiency tool, while AFSCME opposed it over workforce impacts, and it passed 8-0 after amendments. AB 1768 would authorize Los Angeles County and Contra Costa County to ask voters to approve a temporary transactions and use tax to help offset major federal health care cuts and preserve clinics and public health services. Supporters from community clinics, Planned Parenthood, labor groups, counties, and health organizations said the measure would let voters decide how to respond to funding losses; opponents, including CalTax and some cities, raised affordability and tax-burden concerns. Members also discussed equity concerns within Los Angeles County and the importance of local control. The bill was moved out on a 5-2 vote and left on call. AB 2415 would allow the city of Folsom to shift housing obligations away from its historic district and toward other transit-oriented sites; supporters said it would preserve the historic district while still meeting housing goals, and it passed 10-0. AB 2741, heard at the end of the meeting, would give cities a grace period to fix housing elements that were certified by HCD but later found noncompliant by a court, especially where cities relied on overlay zones. Supporters from the League of California Cities, Redondo Beach, and real estate groups said cities acted in good faith and should not be immediately subjected to builder’s remedy; opponents from California YIMBY and legal aid groups argued the bill would weaken housing accountability and reward noncompliance. The transcript ends during testimony on AB 2741, before a final vote is recorded.

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill also allows nonprofit subsidiaries of the corporation to enter into affiliation agreements with
• Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 948, a bill to be entitled an act relating to flood disclosures
• Members, this bill expands upon the flood disclosure bill we passed last year regarding residential real
• Should a tenant not receive this disclosure and suffer substantial losses due to flooding, they can terminate
• Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 948, a bill to be entitled an act relating to flood disclosures

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding. Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.

Transcript Highlights:

• stuff that we're talking about as it pertains to this MDT, multidisciplinary forensic interview disclosure
• That's an example of a disclosure that occurred in one of the cases I investigated several years ago.
• So what we feel, what I certainly support, is that when this disclosure occurs, as it will today, as
• occurs</c><00:31:51.519><c> as</c><00:31:51.760><c> it</c><00:31:51.919><c> will</c> when this disclosure
• occurs as it will when this disclosure occurs as it will today<00:31:52.559><c> as</c><00:31:52.799>

Bills: HF2362 , HF2136 , HF1316 , HF2009 , HF1918 , HF1614

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

Transcript Highlights:

• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill. Mr.
• Please state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.

Committee: House Local Government

Transcript Highlights:

• Please limit your comments to your name, your affiliation and position on the bill only.
• Please keep your comments limited to your name, affiliation, and age. In your position on the bill.
• Reminder to please try to keep to the name affiliation and position on the bill. Is it on?
• AB 17 is part of a broader national... name affiliation and position on the bill only. Thank you.
• Sir, name affiliation. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Everyone is trying to follow the rules. Thanks.

Committee: House Education

Transcript Highlights:

• I thought that somebody had said that disclosure was supposed to be legal, but maybe that's just in political
• It's really folks who have seen this issue taking a stance, no matter what political affiliation they
• This third section, when we're asking, does it work, it leads to disclosure.
• Now, when we talk about how it leads to disclosure, it seems kind of counterintuitive.
• Going down to the bottom row here, something else to consider is planning for child disclosures.

Committee: Joint Protection and Victim Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Third, detailed disclosure requirements pose significant security risks by making developers' internal
• Second, some of the reporting and disclosure requirements, such as those related to cybersecurity protocols
• We'd encourage keeping disclosures high-level enough to support oversight, but not so detailed that adversarial
• protections for members of the military and veterans by prohibiting dealers from misrepresenting affiliation
• kinds of sources we might not expect, including vehicle ownership and insurance records, health disclosures

Summary: The committee heard several AI- and consumer-protection-related bills, with extensive testimony from authors, supporters, and industry opponents. SB 53 by Senator Wiener would create transparency requirements for large AI developers, including disclosure of safety and security protocols, reporting of critical safety incidents, whistleblower protections, and the CalCompute public cloud. Supporters said it is a narrower, transparency-based follow-up to last year’s vetoed AI safety bill, while opponents argued it still relies too much on company size, could expose trade secrets, and should be narrowed further. The committee approved SB 53 on a do-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations, with the roll held open for absent members. SB 766 by Senator Allen would codify the FTC’s Cars Rule and create a three-day cooling-off period for certain used-car purchases, along with stronger disclosure rules on pricing, add-ons, and government affiliation claims. Supporters said it would save consumers money and time and help buyers avoid bad deals, while dealer and industry groups said amendments addressed many of their concerns. Several former opponents moved to neutral, and the committee passed SB 766 unanimously as amended to Appropriations. SB 7 by Senator McNerney would regulate automated decision-making systems in employment by requiring notice, human review for discipline and termination, and limits on predictive behavior analysis. Labor and consumer advocates supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or overly automated workplace decisions, while employer and industry groups raised concerns about scope, notice burdens, and the predictive-analysis ban. The committee passed SB 7 to Appropriations on a 4-2 vote, with the roll held open. SB 833, also by Senator McNerney, would require human oversight of AI used in critical infrastructure, along with training and system assessments; it drew limited opposition focused on scope, and the committee passed it as amended to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote, also holding the roll open. Later, the committee took up SB 11, which would address AI-generated voice, image, and video cloning and deepfakes by clarifying likeness protections, requiring consumer warnings, and addressing misuse and evidence tampering. Supporters framed it as a targeted response to nonconsensual deepfakes, while industry groups said recent amendments improved the bill but still had concerns about penalties and warning language. The committee also heard SB 720, the Safer Streets Act, which would let cities opt into a revised red-light camera system that shifts from driver to owner liability, removes facial identification, makes violations civil rather than criminal, and directs revenue toward transportation safety projects; the author presented the bill, but the transcript ends before any final action on SB 720.

Transcript Highlights:

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Transcript Highlights:

• you bless all our elected officials at the national level, regardless of whatever party they're affiliated
• Bless all our elected officials at the national level, regardless of whatever party they're affiliated
• It's about data from self-funded plans that we're looking at in this affiliate pricing examination.
• conducting this examination to find out whether they are compliant with the law when it comes to affiliate
• We're conducting this examination to find out are they compliant with the law when it comes to affiliate

Committee: All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer, approval of the prior minutes, and a monthly revenue report from the Bureau of Legislative Research. The report showed gross general revenue collections up year to date and net general revenue above forecast, with the increase attributed in part to income tax growth, a fiscal-year shift, and lottery-related collections. Members asked no questions, and no action was required on the revenue report. Several subcommittee reports were then presented and adopted, including executive, administrative rules, game and fish/state police, hospital/Medicaid/developmental disability, occupational licensing, PEER, revenue, state insurance programs, and personnel. The executive report noted a waiver request for Jackson County School District construction services and an audit with no findings. The administrative rules report covered agency directives, rulemaking updates, and a few rules pulled for later consideration. The revenue subcommittee held one District 4 tire removal contract until its next meeting, while the state insurance subcommittee reviewed the EBD contract with Boston Consulting Group and approved pharmacy formulary and drug recommendations. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the State Insurance Department’s examination of pharmacy benefit managers, especially Navitus Health Solutions. Commissioners and staff explained that Navitus objected to producing certain claims data for self-funded plans, raising an ERISA preemption argument, and that the matter was being set for an administrative hearing, likely in April. Members questioned compliance, due process, and the implications of the objection, while the department said the state initiated the examination and was continuing to seek resolution. The committee also reviewed an Arkansas Teacher Retirement System agreement, with one member noting a potential conflict and abstaining. The meeting ended after members reviewed additional reports with no further action and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• you bless all our elected officials at the national level, regardless of whatever party they're affiliated
• Bless all our elected officials at the national level, regardless of whatever party they're affiliated
• It's about data from self-funded plans that we're looking at in this affiliate pricing examination.
• conducting this examination to find out whether they are compliant with the law when it comes to affiliate
• We're conducting this examination to find out are they compliant with the law when it comes to affiliate

Committee: All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)

Summary: The committee met and opened with a prayer, then approved the prior meeting minutes and received the monthly revenue report from the Bureau of Legislative Research. The report showed gross general revenue collections up year to date and net general revenue above forecast, with the staff noting changes driven by casino gaming transfers, income tax growth, and a lottery-related collection. No action was required on the revenue report. Several subcommittee reports were then presented and adopted, including the executive committee, administrative rules, game and fish/state police, hospital/Medicaid/developmental disability, occupational licensing, PEER, revenue, state insurance programs, and personnel. Topics included a Jackson County School District cooperative purchasing waiver, rulemaking updates from several agencies, federal immigration and wildlife issues, SNAP and Medicaid waiver reimbursement rates, occupational authorization reviews, temporary appropriations and transfer requests, a tire removal contract held for later review, EBD pharmacy and medical drug recommendations, and personnel items. The PEER report also included questions to the State Broadband Director about a provider with delinquent property taxes; he said the provider would not be brought forward until the issue is resolved and that broadband grant payments are tied to performance milestones. The most extended discussion came during review of a State Insurance Department report on pharmacy benefit manager oversight. Commissioners and members questioned Navitus Health Solutions’ refusal to provide certain claims data for self-funded plans in an affiliate pricing examination. The department said the matter is being briefed and set for an administrative hearing, likely in April, and that the dispute centers on ERISA preemption and state authority to request the data. Members also asked about the status of the other PBMs under review and whether they had raised similar objections. After all reports were adopted or filed as reviewed, the meeting adjourned with no further business.

Transcript Highlights:

• you bless all our elected officials at the national level, regardless of whatever party they're affiliated
• Bless all our elected officials at the national level, regardless of whatever party they're affiliated
• It's about data from self-funded plans that we're looking at in this affiliate pricing examination.
• conducting this examination to find out whether they are compliant with the law when it comes to affiliate
• We're conducting this examination to find out are they compliant with the law when it comes to affiliate

Committee: All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)