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• However, the state goal described is not meant to be applied on a utility-by-utility basis.
• However, the state goal described is not meant to be applied on a utility-by-utility basis.
• However, the state goal described is not meant to be applied on a utility-by-utility basis.
• the Minnesota Municipal Utilities the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association<00:17:28.480>
• The Citizens Utility Board has scrutinized utilities' rate increase requests, and what we see is that

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , and case management system.
• information system and case management<01:17:22.080> system<01:17:22.679> these<01:17:
• a new kind of fiscal management system a new kind of fiscal management system this<01:20:03.159>
• buildings I'm not aware of solar systems buildings I'm not aware of solar systems probably<01:43
• It's very systemic, and so those are some of the things that we are systemically looking at: how can

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Health and Human Services committees heard Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s biennium budget request, with testimony from HHSC leadership on the Hilo/Big Island region (HTH 212) and the Oahu region (HTH 215), plus discussion of capital improvement projects and systemwide partnerships. HHSC described its role as the rural healthcare safety net, serving a high share of Medicare, Medicaid/Quest, and uninsured patients, and said its costs are elevated by state employee fringe benefits, which it said are about 64% compared with roughly 30% in the private sector. HHSC also said pandemic-era federal aid, including relief funds and PPP loans totaling about $100 million, reduced the need for general fund support in prior years. For HTH 212, HHSC said its general fund request for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 was higher than the governor’s recommendation because of rising insurance, pharmaceutical, and contractor labor costs, and because it includes $13.2 million in FY 2026 and $2.3 million in FY 2027 for Epic electronic medical record implementation in East Hawaii. For HTH 215, HHSC said the requested general funds were aligned with the governor’s recommendation, in part because of increased Medicaid reimbursement rates for long-term care facilities under prior legislation. HHSC also said it was restoring a special fund ceiling so the region could spend its cash collections on operations. Members asked about the 64% fringe rate, and HHSC explained the difference was mainly due to defined-benefit pension and retiree health insurance costs, which private hospitals generally do not bear at the same level. Members also asked about the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home, and HHSC said operations would be funded through the general fund corporation for the home when it opens, with management by Ohana Pacific, but no additional legislative operating funds were being requested at that time. Other questions focused on staffing and vacancies, including an abolished procurement position and an ongoing IT help desk recruitment need. HHSC highlighted several capital and partnership projects, including a $25 million state CIP request matched by $25 million from the Benioff family for the Benioff Health Center, an ER expansion and reconfiguration at Corner Community Hospital, and $7.5 million in each fiscal year for Kauai EMR capital funds to join the Epic platform. Testimony also described collaborations with Queen’s, the University of California San Francisco, Hawaii Pacific Health, the Hawaii Cancer Consortium, the Department of Health, and the state hospital to improve specialty access, clinical trials, behavioral health, and patient placement across the system.

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• Item 4, 150,000 in general revenue for a new help desk system is adopted.
• Item 4, 10.1 million for the heels case management system is adopted.
• Under the Office of Public Utility counsel now.
• Item 7A, begin implementation of new case management system.
• Item 14, modernized surveillance utilization review technology.

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

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• <00:10:42.000> in<00:10:42.120> the in 1% funds that will be utilized in the in 1%
• funds that will be utilized in the coming<00:10:42.720> months<00:10:43.720> why<00:10:
• Major renovation to campsite utilities is also a part of this project.
• systems for park operations.
• support the electrical systems reliably support the electrical systems for<00:37:17.119> park

Keywords: Reuploaded to restore full meeting 00:13 Call to Order and Roll Call 01:14 Approval of Minutes 01:40 Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet 27:44 Department of Parks 59:23 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee met for its second Budget Review on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy and first approved the minutes from the prior meeting. Members then heard a presentation from the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet and the Kentucky Department of Tourism on the 1% tourism marketing fund. Witnesses explained that the fund supports statewide tourism promotion, advertising, research, regional marketing, and matching grants to local tourism commissions, and that it cannot be used for capital construction. They reported that the General Assembly and governor increased appropriations in the 2024 session, adding $3 million in FY25 and $7 million in FY26, and set aside funding for the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority, the National Quilt Museum, and the Southern Kentucky Tourism Initiative. Tourism officials emphasized that Kentucky tourism is a major economic driver, citing 2023 figures of $13.8 billion in economic impact, 79.3 million visitors, $9.7 billion in direct spending, more than 95,000 jobs supported, and nearly $1 billion in state and local tax revenue. They said the department now uses targeted digital and over-the-top advertising in selected domestic and international markets, with 62% of media placements digital and 80% of the budget spent out of state. Members asked about market selection, how the department measures return on investment, and what attracts visitors from places such as Dallas, Orlando, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.; officials said research shows a mix of family visits, outdoor recreation, and varied Kentucky offerings, and that 81% of overnight visitors are repeat visitors. They also discussed the potential impact of tariffs and trade tensions on bourbon-related tourism and international visitation, especially from Canada, and officials said they were monitoring the situation with U.S. Travel Association and Brand USA. The committee then heard from Kentucky State Parks officials on capital projects funded through HJR 76, HJR 56, and House Bill 6. They said they are providing quarterly project reports and have been meeting regularly with the Finance Cabinet’s engineering and contract staff. The presentation focused on campground utilities, broadband, and structural upgrades, including $40 million for campground improvements across the park system, with completed bathhouse renovations at Barren River and Nolin Lake and additional projects underway or in planning. Officials said the work is based on camper survey feedback, such as requests for better Wi-Fi, sewer and electric upgrades, frost-free spigots, and improved site layouts, and noted that the My Old Kentucky Home campground project is under construction and expected to be completed by spring 2026.

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• I didn't create the two-party system or the party system, but you know, well, there's more.
• systems, small arms systems, and also all of the Department of War locomotives.
• So, thank you so very much. combat systems, its artillery systems combat systems, its artillery systems
• This system is not accidental.
• The Alabama CUR system accessible. The Alabama CUR system lowers<03:06:56.240> barriers.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• YOU USE, DRIP SYSTEMS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
• THERE'S A LOT OF DATA AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU UTILIZE THAT DATA.
• DO YOU UTILIZE FSA? >> Dr. Christa Court: WE WORK VERY CLOSE WITH THE FSA.
• WE UTILIZE THAT AS A BASELINE SO WE UNDERSTAND.
• IT IS AN ONLINE PUBLICATION THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE FOR A BASELINE AND GO FROM THERE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• THE SYSTEM IS IN PLACE.
• WE WERE NOT THE ONLY STATE IMPACTED BY THAT STORM SYSTEM.
• SO WE HAD TO ACQUIRE AND DEPLOY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS.
• OR CAN AFFORD TO NOT BE UTILIZED.
• YOU CAN SEE THE COMPLEX HOUSING SYSTEM.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• system information system for<00:02:01.079> the for the for the Department I have Jerry Bump
• You have a tracking system. We have a system, yeah, a tracking system. We maintain those numbers.
• We use two systems, actually.
• Systems.
• That you have a case management system that you're utilizing to monitor your call volume.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection heard the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs present its biennium budget request for fiscal years 2025 to 2027. Director Nainoa Ando said the department’s requests were primarily special-fund ceiling increases to meet operational needs. Major items included an additional $12 million to complete the King Kamehameha V Post Office building roof project after hidden deterioration and water intrusion were discovered, plus funding related to fringe benefits and central services assessments. The department also outlined requests for a new medical compact implementation cost, an auditor position, an engineer position, and a captive insurance IT modernization project. A significant portion of the discussion focused on the Office of Consumer Protection’s landlord-tenant call line and public service access. Senators raised concerns that callers often reach voicemail, are told to leave a message, and sometimes are referred to look up the law themselves. DCCA said the Oʻahu line is staffed by one full-time employee backed by two to three investigators, with one investigator each on Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, and that calls are tracked in a case management system. The department said it plans to add one more Oʻahu staff position through a transfer from another division and that a new call-center/web system with time tracking is expected to go live in the summer. Members also discussed a possible bill related to Pearson VUE nursing certification testing, with one senator describing the burden on neighbor-island nursing graduates who must travel to Honolulu for a one-hour test. The senator said she intended to introduce legislation after receiving no response to repeated outreach. DCCA did not take action on that proposal during the hearing. For the PUC-related requests, the department explained a one-time $1 million request for outside consulting tied to Maui wildfire-related filings, including wildfire safety mitigation and hazard mitigation plans, and a separate $900,000 request through the Consumer Advocacy Division to hire consultants for review and analysis. The committee also discussed a captive insurance IT modernization request, which DCCA said would replace manual and spreadsheet-based processes with a cloud-based system to better handle filings, payments, and workflow; no vote or final action was taken on the budget items during the hearing.

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• And then if there is a cyberattack in our state that might disrupt utilities.
• If there is a cyberattack in our state that might disrupt utilities, critical function, medicine, or
• Law enforcement agency, utility company, critical infrastructure of the state.
• Their system in Ameren. But that's the example where Ameren may want to exchange information.
• Or there's a law enforcement agency that their system shut down, and they need to get back online.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• That's just because they're like switching systems. It's not like really on hold.
• issue with the system.
• At one point in time, they were utilizing a facility in West Texas.
• The cost to maintain and upgrade these systems are far beyond the local resources.
• We have a water system.

Transcript Highlights:

• Moving on to the Public School System Stabilization Account.
• parts of our early childhood learning system.
• That just means more students utilizing and that's a good thing.
• , the world-renowned system for leadership and expertise.
• So just some overall comments there, but to the EC system.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• <00:24:14.400> in produced uh or I should say utilized in produced uh or I should say utilized
• ever Minnesota should be fully utilizing ever Minnesota should be fully utilizing all<00:26:52.279
• Yeah, that is one location we utilize.
• and deeper in the soil, and a plant will never get to utilize it.
• and deeper in the soil, and a plant will never get to utilize it.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• First off, I will say most of these systems in North Dakota are a closed-loop system.
• in North Dakota are a closed-loop system.
• Coal utilizations, we saw some of that, and then hydrogen.
• And then we have space for another system.
• The CO2 is recompressed and re-injected in a closed-loop system.

Summary: The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support. The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ. The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.

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• and the Texas A&M University system.
• and 1 member of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System.
• Are there utilities there? Does there have to be streets realigned?
• I'm assuming utility companies, power companies, water companies have to basically do the same.
• We should be able to utilize those for housing, residential housing, conversions, things like that.

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• and the Texas A&M University system.
• and one member of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System.
• Finance the cost of that infrastructure, get water and wastewater utilities, and drive housing costs
• Are there utilities there? Does there need to be street rework?
• But there's other authority related to the provision of water, sewer, utilities.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• information exchange health data utility information exchange health data utility infrastructure
• Um we take all of these utility.
• integrations fast uh even from systems integrations fast uh even from systems that<00:15:53.920>
• the local community mental health system the local community mental health system to<00:44:49.839
• local hospital um and and health system local hospital um and and health system from<00:59:34.880

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20 CRISP Shared Services 00:01:39 Rural Health Transformation Plan 00:30:55, 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services opened its first meeting of the 2026 interim session, took roll, and moved directly into presentations. The main presentation was from Ryan Bramble of Crisp Shared Services, who described the organization’s health information exchange and health data utility model in Kentucky and other states. He emphasized that Crisp is a nonprofit, that data ownership remains with providers, and that governance is local. He also outlined the technical infrastructure, including a master patient index, cloud-based data lake, support for modern standards like FHIR and USCDI as well as older formats, and data quality tools used to normalize and standardize information. Bramble said the model is intended to reduce duplication, lower costs, and support rural providers and future use cases such as reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support. Members asked how the state can ensure the data is actually used and who should drive priorities for health care improvement. Bramble said Crisp can provide tools, expertise, and examples from other states, but local teams such as KHI and state stakeholders must tailor and lead utilization efforts. In response to questions about ownership and coordination, he stressed that successful HIE governance requires a multistakeholder body that includes hospitals, health plans, government, and other interests, with a unified approach rather than multiple competing directives. He also said the Commonwealth has an opportunity to convene those stakeholders and set clear priorities. A senator raised concerns that responsibility for Medicaid and broader health policy has become fragmented and suggested a stronger central role for the state, possibly through the Department of Public Health, to coordinate health priorities. Bramble agreed that a single convening authority and multistakeholder governance are important, and noted that local governance should determine what data is shared and how it is used. No votes or formal actions were taken during this portion of the meeting. After Bramble’s presentation and questions, the committee was told that Secretary Stack from the cabinet would testify next on the rural health transformation plan.

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• envisions a just, equitable public health system that centers those facing systemic and cultural oppression
• that access those systems.
• Later this month, we are shifting to a new back-end system for our EBT system.
• Later this month, we are shifting to a new back end system for our EBT system.
• And I did want to take the opportunity. back-end system for our EBT system.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

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• though utilization is down.
• though utilization is down.
• <00:14:44.639> Um utilization drug cost. Um utilization drug cost.
• throughout the system. throughout the system.
• High utilization um something system.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Our system is fragile.
• The Family Urgent Response System is a system that does – it provides both a hotline and and also in-person
• Jessica Rougeau, Child Welfare System Branch. system branch CDSS.
• We have to get the system right now.
• the chosen systems integrated.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• data system.
• But the reality is that our systems are high-target systems for bad actors.
• the business filing system itself.
• and case management system. ...which is our new e-docketing system and case management system, delivered
• It's public utility accountants. It's not just engineers. It's public utility engineers.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting