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• When you're talking about using this in private business, farms, whatever, what is the cost comparison
• When you're talking about using this in private business, farms, whatever, what is the cost comparison
• <00:15:38.600> Business using this in uh uh Private Business using this in uh uh Private Business
• RDA funds, or are all the credits just going to Minnesota entities?
• investment but the there's um private investment but the private<01:43:14.199> investment<01:

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• applicant has a business relationship with a foreign country of concern is overly broad, and for entities
• with complex corporate structures or backed by private equity, it is somewhat of an impossible standard
• So we don't change the current entities that are in statute.
• So we don't change the current entities that are in statute. And you'll see in the a minute.
• So we don't change the current entities that are in statute.

Summary: The Health Care Facilities and Systems Subcommittee met with a quorum present and considered four measures. The first was the PCS for HB 815, which would direct AHCA to study referral patterns by Medicaid managed care organizations and plans, including whether patients are being steered to providers with ownership or profit-sharing ties and how those services compare in cost. Members discussed transparency and potential cost impacts, and the PCS was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote. The committee then took up HB 1543, which narrows and clarifies an existing licensure attestation related to foreign countries of concern and controlling interests in health care entities. An amendment was adopted without objection to make clear the attestation applies to direct controlling interests. The bill was supported as a clarification for complex corporate structures, and it was reported favorably as amended by a 17-0 vote. Next, HB 899 addressed prescription drug coverage disclosures, aiming to prevent mid-year changes that could disrupt treatment or increase out-of-pocket costs for patients with chronic conditions. Supporters from Epic Pharmacies and the Florida Society of Rheumatology appeared in support, and the bill was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote. Finally, the PCS for HB 493 on memory care facilities sought to add minimum standards and oversight for facilities advertising memory care services. The Florida Senior Living Association opposed the bill as overbroad and urged more refinement, while AHCA supported the added guardrails. The sponsor said the bill was intended to protect vulnerable residents and improve transparency, and the PCS was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• So the privates don't change; the publics have the opportunity to change if they like. accredititors
• does not affect our private does not affect our private universities.<00:14:41.760> This<
• <00:15:04.800> nonprofit Education or a private nonprofit Education or a private nonprofit
• So the privates accredited by Sachs.
• So the privates don't<00:15:11.040> change<00:15:11.600> the<00:15:11.760> publics

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• The conditions are at the request of the Department of Public Safety and the civilian entity.
• the National Guard, they're supporting the civilian agency, the civilian commander, the civilian entity
• So in an extreme case, that could be an E-3 private.
• Right, we don't want the military to be the in-charge entity.
• We want the resources to be applied to help the civilian entity.

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• These entities and giving us the advance notice so we can plan this out is a great step and we applaud
• Entity that's coming on board. Sure. And I don't know. My house district is full of.
• entities in the state of Texas.
• Right, and so you're dealing with the local government entities regarding that as well, correct?
• The developer's doing all the private development.

Bills: HB23, HB363, HB447, HB954, HB23

Keywords: third-party review, property development, local government, permits, construction inspection, regulatory authority, land development, liability, occupancy certificate, municipal utility district, petition, county clerk, water code, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, traffic impact studies, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, extraterritorial jurisdiction, county authority

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• THIS IS A GREAT PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP AND WITH THAT I HOPEFULLY HAVE YOUR FAVORABLE SUPPORT ON THIS
• FIRST THIS BILL WILL STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MANAGING ENTITIES THIS A BILL REQUIRES
• THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE AUDITS TAKE PLACE OF THE MANAGING ENTITY.
• AND PROBABLY EVEN INCLUDING SOME EMPLOYEES OF THE MANAGING ENTITIES THEMSELVES THEREFORE I WOULD LOVE
• IN MY TIME HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE I HAVE OFTEN FELT THAT MANAGING ENTITIES IT NEEDED MORE GUIDELINES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The church has a private high school.
• Private property rights for all Texans.
• And so private individuals, private ranchers, have decided to, you know, whether it's a 20,000-acre ranch
• These are private companies. These are decisions between companies and private landowners.
• We believe in private property.

Bills: SB458, SB819, SB1238, SB1642, SB1643, SB1644, SB1791, SB1810, SB1824, SB1825, SB758, SB1455, SB1706

Keywords: insurance appraisal, property insurance, auto insurance, homeowners insurance, residential property, disputed loss, loss valuation, appraisal clause, appraiser, umpire, Texas Department of Insurance, TDI, insurance dispute resolution, claims adjustment, total loss, windstorm insurance, FAIR Plan, surplus lines insurance, policyholder, insurer

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• So when you're dealing with a private person or a private company and you're talking about taking their
• It's what we use now for our voucher schools in the private sector.
• It's what we use now for our voucher schools in the private sector.
• The bill prohibits a university from entering into a contract with a private entity to construct student
• First, if the entity has provided a payment bond to cover the claim; or, two, if the entity is contesting

Bills: HB4, HB20

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2853, which would allow the UT System Board of Regents to adjust the University of Texas at El Paso student union fee above the current statutory cap, subject to student approval, to help fund a new student union building. Senator Blanco explained the bill and the committee substitute, there were no questions or witnesses, public testimony was closed, and the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending subject to the call of the chair. The committee then heard House Bill 610, which would limit severance payments for terminated independent school district superintendents to six months’ salary and benefits. Senator Paxton described large severance payouts and said the bill had passed the House overwhelmingly. There were no witnesses, public testimony was closed, and the bill was left pending. A lengthy hearing followed on House Bill 4623, which would waive school district immunity in certain cases involving negligent hiring, supervision, or employment of professional school employees who commit abuse or related misconduct against students. Senator Paxton and several witnesses, including survivors and parents, argued the bill was needed to address cover-ups, delayed reporting, and repeated failures to remove dangerous employees; some members raised concerns about liability caps, litigation, and how the bill would interact with the Tort Claims Act. The committee also heard from TEA staff and employee-group witnesses who discussed possible injunctions and stronger no-hire protections. Public testimony was then closed and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 4, an accountability and assessment bill that would restore A-F ratings, change the state testing system, and replace STAAR with shorter, more instructionally useful assessments. Senator Bettencourt explained the committee substitute, including annual ratings, limits on taxpayer-funded lawsuits, and a phased-in testing redesign with beginning, middle, and end-of-year assessments. Testimony was generally supportive from education and business groups, though some witnesses favored norm-referenced testing while others emphasized criterion-referenced, TEKS-aligned assessments; one witness noted social studies assessments were restored in the bill. The hearing concluded with additional invited testimony and no final vote reported in the transcript.

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• The answer is not a private dam, but these dams are a lot like the private dams and very seldom get confused
• as whether that's private or state.
• So if you drove by one, you'd probably think that it's private because it's on private residence.
• You're on private property. You're on somebody's private property. ...Disaster is different.
• A lot of that is gated and private community property.

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• In these deals, the city or the county often owns the property, even though a private company is doing
• I was curious, I was reading through the FIR, and there's some entities listed, and one of them is a
• Madam Chair and Leader, data centers are not research and development entities by nature.
• Entities into their states.
• And so having a commercially built spaceport is an entirely unique entity.

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• We have several private hospitals in our state. Some are...
• Whether that involuntary treatment is covered by the county or private insurance, and how that works,
• And we have cost shifted enough through time that we have an expectation that private insurance will
• And private insurance can only do it so long without increasing the premiums to all of us.
• body or the same entity, there's not competition between whoever they may be.

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• So the cost of insurance regulation is paid. aid by the entities we regulate.
• In other ways, TWAIA is not. not like a private carrier.
• However, for private carriers, they may make a business decision to buy reinsurance.
• And as you all know, as a. a market of last resort, we're reactive to the private market.
• you're providing of what you would compare to private insurance if they're buying private insurance.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And so a lot of older private developments, you know, 039 by Representative Desotel.
• And so a lot of older private developments, you know, That's used.
• We've had manganese issues in Shreveport in both private and public.
• I'm just trying to get a feel for it because we're really talking about private water, right?
• Private water companies, and the rates are set by PSC.

Bills: HR118, HB1039, SB436, SB442

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights

Summary: Yes. This appears to be a meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee, based on the chairman’s roll call, the committee’s tax-related agenda, and the motions to report bills favorably. The committee first announced that SB 436 by Senator Cloud was deferred. It then heard SB 442 by Senator Stein, which would extend and clarify a local sales and use tax exemption in Calcasieu Parish for repairs, upgrades, and overhauls of certain aircraft at qualifying facilities like Chennault. Testimony from Citadel Completions emphasized the bill’s economic-development purpose, competitiveness with other states, and job retention/expansion in Southwest Louisiana. Representative Orgeron moved favorable passage, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee next considered HR 118 by Representative Wright, which would create a legislative subcommittee to study a possible state income tax credit for certain water utility customers affected by high rates tied to private water system upgrades and brown-water/manganese issues in parts of the Florida parishes and elsewhere. Members questioned the fiscal impact, eligibility, and whether the proposal would merely be a Band-Aid or a fair way to offset costs; Wright said it was only a study and not an automatic trigger for a tax credit. Representative Jackson moved to report the resolution favorably, and it was adopted without objection. Finally, HB 1039 by Representative Desotel was not presented and was held in committee. The committee then adjourned.

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• And so a lot of older private developments, you know, 039 by Representative Desotel.
• And so a lot of older private developments, you know, That's used.
• We've had manganese issues in Shreveport in both private and public.
• Private water companies, and the rates are set by PSC.
• Well, did, so would we restrict it to those entities that did not apply for water sector money?

Summary: Yes. This appears to be a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee, based on the roll call, the committee chair’s remarks, and the committee’s consideration of bills and resolutions with tax and fiscal implications. The committee first announced that SB 436 by Senator Cloud was deferred. It then heard SB 442 by Senator Stein, which would provide a local sales and use tax exemption in Calcasieu Parish for repairs, upgrades, and overhauls on certain aircraft at qualifying facilities such as Chennault. The bill was presented as an economic development measure to keep aviation maintenance work and jobs in Southwest Louisiana. After testimony from Citadel Completions representatives describing the company’s operations, local partnerships, and job creation, the committee voted to report SB 442 favorably without objection. The committee next took up HR 118 by Representative Wright, which would create a legislative subcommittee to study a possible state income tax credit for certain water utility customers facing high rates tied to water system upgrades and brown-water issues in parts of the Florida parishes and elsewhere. Members questioned the fiscal impact, eligibility, duration, and whether the proposal would simply subsidize private utility rates or address a broader regulatory problem. Wright emphasized that the resolution was only for study and would gather testimony and numbers before any credit was considered. The resolution was reported favorably without objection. Finally, HB 1039 by Representative Deshotel was called but no presenter was present, so the committee held the bill in committee. The meeting then adjourned.

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• NO PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
• THESE ARE VERY USEFUL ENTITIES. THE STATE DOES NOT FUND THEM.
• BUT THE COORDINATION OF THESE ENTITIES WITH STATE AGENCIES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR I AM NOT SURE IF THE
• EFFORT OR ABILITY OR WHATEVER WOULD CONTINUE IN A PRIVATELY SET UP ORGANIZATION.
• THERE IS NO OTHER ENTITY THAT REALLY ADDRESSES THOSE NEEDS.

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• rooms, each student has his own private room.
• rooms, each student has his own private room.
• But private prisons do not have that incentive.
• Number one, private prisons don't cost as much to us.
• Nobody's suing us over private prisons or private prison care.

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• So you have a government entity overseeing the entity that administers the program, but you made sure
• So you can see, you have a government entity overseeing the entity that administers the program, but
• So you have a a government entity entity entity uh<00:24:32.240> overseeing<00:24:32.880> the
• <00:24:33.679> entity<00:24:34.080> that uh overseeing the entity that uh overseeing
• versus private conversations versus private conversations.<00:28:01.679> If<00:28:02.320>

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• I have years of both public and private service.
• It's used for whatever purposes the entity wants to use it for.
• Is that the no, the covered entity is getting the, the 340B covered entity gets the lower price.
• We still give 340B pricing to covered entities when they order it.
• The only change is if they want that product delivered to an entity that is not a covered entity, that

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• Well, under California's eminent domain law, public entities may acquire private property for public
• a right to bring the private right of action.
• a right to bring the private right of action.
• I’m opposed to private rights of action for the reason that I’ve implied.
• Private equity and hedge funds buy them.

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• So we can target these covered entities.
• So we can target these covered entities, or the EITE entities, that have large emissions that are very
• The pathway for entities interested in pursuing those...
• Private and public entities can participate in collection sites.
• And some bulbs go to counties, but many of the collectors were private stores.

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: The committee’s interim work session focused first on carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS), with presenters from industry, nonprofits, and state agencies describing Washington’s geologic potential, the role of basalt formations, and the difference between point-source capture, direct air capture, utilization, and permanent storage. Industry and project developers emphasized that Washington has major opportunities to reduce industrial emissions, create jobs, and support hard-to-electrify sectors, while state agencies explained current policy touchpoints in the Cap and Invest Program, emissions exemptions for permanently stored CO2, and the Clean Energy Transformation Act. Several presenters urged clearer statutory and regulatory pathways, including rules for pore space, subsurface rights, pipeline siting, and long-term liability; others cautioned that CCUS should be limited to real emissions reductions and not treated as a substitute for broader clean energy measures. Committee members asked about public comment opportunities, whether mineralized carbon would qualify for exemption under the Climate Commitment Act, the energy intensity of capture systems, aquifer protection, and liability if storage later proves problematic. Ecology said it is developing guidance through a public engagement process running through late June and that mineralized or otherwise permanently stored CO2 would likely qualify if it meets the 1,000-year permanence standard. DNR and outside experts also discussed trust lands, water rights, and the need for additional geophysical surveys and test wells. The panel did not take any votes or formal actions. The second half of the meeting turned to hazardous waste and extended producer responsibility. Ecology reviewed existing product stewardship programs for electronics, paint, batteries, and mercury lights, and described how moderate risk waste and household hazardous waste are currently collected through county facilities and events. Ecology said the electronics program is its best model, while the mercury lamp program is currently in transition after the prior stewardship organization exited and a new organization is seeking approval. Ecology recommended that future EPR programs have clear producer and product definitions, full producer funding, convenience standards, annual reporting, and strong enforcement authority. Local government witnesses from King County and Douglas County described rising costs, access barriers in rural areas, and the need for stable funding and flexible local delivery models. King County said it collected over 3 million pounds of hazardous products in 2025 and argued that EPR could reduce costs for ratepayers and improve equity. Douglas County stressed that rural residents are willing to participate when services are available, but travel distance and operating costs make access difficult. An industry representative supported narrowly scoped stewardship programs like PaintCare but warned that broad household hazardous waste EPR systems can become difficult to administer and may require legislative revisions if responsibilities are not clearly defined. No votes were taken on the hazardous waste topic either.