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• execution of a warrant issued by certain releases prove violated a condition or parole or mandatory supervision
• Community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole.

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• of a warrant issued by a certain police officer who violated a condition or parole, a mandatory supervision
• Community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole, refer to the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• registry, expanding the protections of Nikki's Law to those in MassHealth day habilitation and supervising
• Second, Bill 277, an act relative to queuing and supervision in the PCA program.
• I have to remind my son on a daily basis, certain very basic cueing and supervision.
• I see Jim O'Day has left, but cueing and supervision to help my son get through the day.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities held a hearing on a broad slate of disability-related bills. Topics included creating a permanent Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Board (H. 231/S. 134), establishing a system for compensating guardians who serve incapacitated, unbefriended individuals through MassHealth (H. 253/S. 154), expanding Nikki’s Law to require MassHealth day habilitation programs to use the abuse registry (S. 165 and related bills), modernizing and streamlining the Disabled Persons Protection Commission’s statute and procedures (H. 243/S. 139), updating the definition of developmental disability to align more closely with federal law and include people such as those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (H. 276/S. 150), removing outdated and offensive terminology from the General Laws (H. 232/S. 137), and an autism education reform bill (H. 286). Several bills had no sign-ups, and the committee also noted related measures on cueing and prompting in PCA programs (H. 277/S. 157).

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• but it's very important to note that a workforce grant like this requires super high levels of supervision
• super high uh, levels of supervision super high uh, levels of supervision while<00:09:15.040>
• of a social worker direct supervision of a social worker um,<00:09:30.800> in<00:09:30.920>
• ,<00:10:56.560> and<00:10:56.680> I very high level of supervision, and I very high
• level of supervision, and I imagine<00:10:57.080> a<00:10:57.120> lot<00:10:57.320>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I don't know how you supervise the behaviors of parents at some of those events.
• of students, and appropriate supervision of students, and if<00:46:03.599> this<00:46:03.839>
• the behaviors of educators to supervise the behaviors of parents<00:46:23.599> at<00:46:23.760
• I don't know how you supervise educator.
• I don't know how you supervise the<00:46:34.160> response<00:46:34.560> or<00:46:34.720

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It will also look very specifically at providing support around trauma-informed supervision and training
• It will also look very specifically at providing support around trauma-informed supervision and training
• <00:43:59.280> and<00:43:59.440> the Medical Care or supervision and the Medical Care
• or supervision and the reason<00:43:59.960> the<00:44:00.119> person<00:44:00.480>
• and the reason the person supervision and the reason the person responsible<01:38:05.599> for

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several Human Services measures focused on Medicaid access, long-term care benefits, home health reimbursement, SNAP administration, trauma-informed child welfare, and child abuse reporting. HP 702 would increase funding for Medicaid in-home services if federal matching funds are secured, and testimony from disability advocates supported the measure as needed to help people with disabilities cover medical expenses. HB 1477, described as a correction to a prior session’s mistake, would clarify that the monthly needs allowance for certain long-term care residents does not replace state supplemental payments and would raise the ceiling by $25 to fix the prior issue and by an additional $20 as a new benefit; DHS supported it with amendments, and the committee indicated it would amend accordingly. HB 713 would fund a DHS rate study for home health services, with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii strongly supporting it and describing rising labor costs, losses on Medicaid patients, and access concerns if agencies cannot keep serving Medicaid clients. HB 1099 would appropriate emergency funds to DHS after a USDA penalty tied to SNAP response times, with supporters including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others arguing the money should be reinvested in staffing and systems to improve access and avoid further penalties. HB 1079 would direct the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS to create trauma-informed assessments and training for Child Welfare Services staff; testimony from state offices and advocacy groups supported it, citing the Mālama ʻOhana Working Group, staff burnout, and the need for a sustainable train-the-trainer model. Finally, HB 239 would narrow when failure to provide a child’s needs constitutes abuse or neglect, but DHS raised concerns that the current wording could broaden abuse findings and leave families in poverty without a clear safety net, while the Honolulu prosecutor’s office opposed it, warning it could weaken mandatory reporting and hinder investigations of child abuse. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, though the chair said HB 1477 would be amended and several measures were left open for further questions and testimony.

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• What they said was that we needed direct supervision.
• , who have graduated, needed to have another speech-language pathologist in the room to directly supervise
• , who have graduated, needed to have another speech-language pathologist in the room to directly supervise
• >> Yeah. >> Um, so what they did is they went straight to taking out all supervision.
• Thank you, Chair. to taking out all supervision. They to taking out all supervision.

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order 0:22 Roll Call 1:05 SB 65 Discussion 9:30 SB 65 Vote 11:55 SB 177 Discussion 26:34 SB 177 Vote 30:05 SB 245 Discussion 33:07 SB 245 Vote 33:48 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations met on March 3, 2026, with a quorum present and first took up Senate Bill 65, sponsored by Senator Steve West. The bill would nullify administrative regulations found deficient by the Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee. West said the committee had found three deficient regulations this year, including one related to vaping rollout problems and one involving GLP-1 coverage expansion for Medicaid. Senator Berg raised concerns that striking the GLP-1 regulation could limit Kentucky’s ability to use these drugs for weight loss and other health benefits, but the sponsor and others said the action would only block the specific regulation and that doctors could still prescribe GLP-1s under existing Medicaid authority. The committee passed SB 65 with favorable expression, 8-2. The committee then considered Senate Bill 177, sponsored by Senator Rick Girdler, and first adopted a substitute. The bill concerns speech-language pathologist licensure. Testimony from Kate Wood Hall and Ann Blandford of the Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association explained that the substitute would remove the mandatory post-professional graduate experience as a requirement for full licensure, while keeping an interim pathway and preserving an optional compact-related pathway. They said the change responds to updated graduate training standards and federal billing issues, including CMS guidance that had temporarily disrupted reimbursement and access, especially in rural areas. Members asked whether the change would weaken standards or affect compact participation; witnesses said it would not, and that the compact option remained available. The committee also noted that pages two and three of the substitute were missing and staff would restore them. Several senators spoke in favor while explaining reservations. Senator Berg supported the bill and shared a personal story about speech therapy in her family. Senator Douglas also voted aye but expressed concern about reducing requirements for trained professionals and about incentives in professional education. Senator Chambers Armstrong asked whether the opt-in structure would create barriers or affect compact participation, and witnesses said it would not increase costs and that other states, including Virginia and Oregon, were pursuing similar approaches. SB 177, as amended by the substitute, passed with favorable expression.

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• :38:20.280> we misbehaviors current the last time we misbehaviors current the last time we visited
• 21.079> 80<00:38:21.520> people<00:38:21.839> that<00:38:21.960> were visited
• there were 80 people that were visited there were 80 people that were included<00:38:22.480> in
• right, educating the tourists and the visitors on, you know, leaving a lighter footprint when they visit
• here educating them more the dmap visit here educating them more the dmap is<03:53:02.560> working

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• In the probation and parole department, we supervise about 14,000 people located across the state of
• Standard officers supervise low custody or low and medium-level individuals.
• We also have intensive supervision for sex offenders.
• We have specific supervision and community corrections for people with high needs and high risk.
• Standard supervision is a less intensive caseload where they see their clients less often. 286 is that

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• They are systemwide and affect all supervision models.
• <03:22:51.359> across affecting community supervision across affecting community supervision
• They are systemwide and affect all supervision models.
• They are systemwide and affect all supervision models.
• There is ongoing all supervision models.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He was sentenced to serve 2 years under the supervision of MDOC.
• He was released to earned release supervision on November 20, 2007, and discharged in 2008.

Keywords: Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 1 April, 2026; 11:30 A.M., 925, all

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• Today marks his final official visit... before his retirement next month.
• In this legislative session, probably like many of you, I was visited by folks from my home community
• We don't have those amenities that so many visitors see as classic Florida and the reason to visit our
• Each of our councils works very hard to inform visitors of the importance of visiting our part of the
• Using lasers to be under direct dental supervision.

Bills: HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2798, HB 107, HB 1587, HB 3684, HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 609, HB 630, HB 420, HB 767, HB 1708, HB 1404, HB 2457, HB 140, HB 227, HB 913, HB 2198, HB 2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB 1318, HB 2358, HB 2765, HB 2735, HB 3307, HB 1242, HB 2842, HB 333, HB 201, HB 694, HB 2415, HB 155, HB 272, HB 405, HB 519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1990, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 3129, HB 3251, HB 3354, HB 3479, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3887, HB 4163, HB 4238, HB 1240, HB 1842, HB 2029, HB 2622, HB 3255, HB 654, HB 4643, HB 4945, HB 3611, HB 3724, HB 3623, HB 3810, HB 4127, HCR 78, HCR 12, SB 767

Keywords: HB 388, HB388, coordination of benefits, COB questionnaire, health benefit plan, health insurance, insurance commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance, uniform form, primary payer, secondary payer, multiple coverage, dual coverage, Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, HMO, small employer health plan, school district health coverage, self-funded plan

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• She previously served as a supervising attorney.
• She previously served as a supervising attorney at the East Bay Community Law Center and holds a J.D.
• statement that the skilled nursing care will be at an on-site facility under the ownership and supervision
• Nursing care will be at an on-site facility under the ownership and supervision of the provider.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission’s fifth meeting focused on consumer protections and resident rights in continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), with a presentation by Yvonne Choyah of UC Law San Francisco. She described California’s CCRC framework, including entrance fee structures, monthly fee increases, contract types (A, B, and C), disclosure requirements, and regulatory oversight. A major theme was that residents often do not understand the contracts they sign, while providers retain broad discretion over fees, transfers, terminations, and changes to the physical plant. She also emphasized that California’s regulator is understaffed and not well suited to oversee the complex financial and insurance-like aspects of CCRCs, and that resident complaints and litigation can be slow and difficult. Choyah and commission members discussed several consumer-protection issues, including refundable versus repayable-on-resale entrance fees, rising monthly care fees, the decline of life care contracts, and the need for clearer disclosures and better comparative data for prospective residents. She noted that California requires annual disclosure statements, resident bill of rights materials, and some fee-related reporting, but that enforcement and accessibility remain weak. Members raised questions about resident board representation, accreditation, refund requirements, and whether state agencies or resident associations could help explain contracts to consumers before admission. Choyah suggested stronger oversight, more financial expertise in regulation, and better transparency about ownership and fee-setting. The meeting ended with discussion of the commission’s next steps toward its August report. Staff said a draft report would be prepared from the commission’s discussions and circulated for comment before final revisions. The chair also announced staff transitions: Jennifer would be leaving the State House role, and Juliana Fernandez and Vicky Halal would be the main contacts going forward. The commission adjourned after thanking Choyah for her presentation and answering member questions.

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• It maintains Kentucky's existing supervision framework while providing greater clarity around training
• It maintains Kucky's existing<00:10:47.920> supervision<00:10:48.560> framework<00:10:48.959
• > while existing supervision framework while existing supervision framework while providing<00

Keywords: Call to Order 00:00 Roll Call 0:31 HB 36 Discussion 1:10 HB 36 Vote 8:20 HB 776 Discussion 9:42 HB 776 Vote 12:19 HB 236 Discussion 14:15 Adjournment 20:40, 958, all

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• Inspector General within MDE to ensure subject matter expertise and proximity to the programs being supervised
• parachuting in when something goes wrong. proximity to the programs being proximity to the programs being supervised
• Otherwise,<00:06:58.800> we<00:06:58.920> create<00:06:59.360> slower supervised
• Otherwise, we create slower supervised.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• that that 17-year-old is not their own boss, that they have to report to someone who is going to supervise
• <00:04:01.840> to report to someone who is going to report to someone who is going to supervise
• 04:03.040> they<00:04:03.200> are<00:04:03.360> on<00:04:03.519> duty supervise
• them while they are on duty supervise them while they are on duty engaged<00:04:04.319> in<00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• undocumented immigrants have to seek emergency care without insurance, then costs increase for emergency visits
• the diplomatic strain between Cuba and the United States, he was likely released on an order of supervision
• diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States, he was likely released on an order of supervision
• The other thing to keep in mind with an order of supervision is that you have to report to ICE every
• The other thing to keep in mind with an order of supervision is that you have to report to ICE every

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The statute also says clinical<00:32:48.880> supervision<00:32:49.760> is<00:32:50.080>
• responsible<00:32:50.640> for clinical supervision is responsible for clinical supervision
• staff supervision, individual treatment plan,<00:32:54.159> progress<00:32:54.559> monitoring
• So, do your analytics for clinical supervision and ITP supervision and ITP progress monitoring allow
• this, and they will continue to be, and that's important to me too as the executive leader that supervises

Bills: HF3378

Keywords: human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house

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• So this is called self-supervision, right?
• Self-supervision, right now, this is a methodology which was extremely simple.
• And being able to do that, which means you don't need supervision from anybody, you know.
• Self-supervision, right now, this is a methodology which was extremely simple.
• so this is called supervision so this is called self-supervision<00:37:18.640> right<00:37:19.240

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the far right here is Gil Metcalf, professor emeritus of economics at Cucks University and now a visiting
• At this time, I had mental health issues, so the hospital visits became frequent and spontaneous.
• Because they work six to seven days a week, farmers cannot visit their doctors to get medical care or
• I'm also a supervising attorney in the Migrant Seasonal Farm Worker Project, where I've seen the faces

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing opened with remarks from the co-chairs explaining committee procedures, testimony limits, submission instructions, and the new deadlines for acting on House and Senate bills. The committee then heard testimony on several bills related to agriculture, land use, environment, housing, transportation, and taxation, with legislators often taken out of turn. No votes were taken during the hearing. The first major topic was H. 3206, a bill to allow fossil fuel-free 529 college savings plans to qualify for the state tax deduction if MEFA does not offer a comparable option. Representative Steve Owens said the bill would not force MEFA or Fidelity to change existing plans, but would create a definition for fossil fuel-free funds and extend the deduction to qualifying out-of-state plans. The committee also heard strong local testimony on a Belmont home-rule petition, H. 3970, to change tax treatment for the Belmont Country Club under Chapter 61B. Belmont residents and officials argued the private golf course receives an unfair tax break that shifts costs to other taxpayers, while Senator Brownsberger and Representative Rogers supported the measure as a way to help the town recover revenue. Committee members asked about town meeting support, the club’s lack of payment in lieu of taxes, and the size of the tax savings. The committee next heard testimony on a vehicle miles traveled tax proposal, S. 1925, from Senator Barrett and economists Gilbert Metcalf and Christopher Knittel. They argued that declining gas-tax revenue and rising fuel efficiency, especially with electric vehicles, require a more stable transportation funding source; they also said a VMT tax could be designed to be revenue-neutral and mildly progressive, though members raised concerns about administration, fairness, EV disincentives, and the possibility of annual tax shocks. The largest block of testimony focused on the Ahead Act, H. 3194/S. 1973, which would double the deed excise fee and dedicate the new revenue to affordable housing and climate adaptation. Supporters from MACDC, MAPC, FICC, Boston Climate Action Network, CLF, 350 Mass, CHAPA, and a tenant advocate said the bill could generate about $300 million annually for housing production, vouchers, weatherization, resilience, and environmental justice communities, and that it links two urgent crises with a stable funding stream. The committee also heard testimony on the Conservation Land Tax Credit bills, H. 3147/S. 2083, which would raise the annual cap on the credit from $2 million to $5 million for three years and then sunset back down. Conservation groups and a landowner said the program has conserved thousands of acres and that the higher cap would reduce delays and help meet state conservation goals. Finally, the committee took testimony on the Fairness for Farm Workers bills, S. 2011/H. 3107 and S. 2012, which would extend overtime, minimum wage, breaks, and paid time off protections to farm workers and include a refundable tax credit to help farmers offset overtime costs. Senator Gomez and advocates described the bills as overdue civil rights and public health measures, citing low wages, long hours, dangerous conditions, and the racial history behind farm labor exclusions. The hearing also included testimony on H. 3240, a bill to give municipalities a local option vacancy tax on chronically vacant shopping malls, with the sponsor arguing it would help towns address blight, encourage redevelopment, and potentially create housing and tax revenue.