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• My wife and I were able to relocate back here home in Florida after touring the south because of that
• Okay is the assistant director of the Office of AG Water Policy with the Department of Agriculture and

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• While at the CBHC, he received individual and group therapy, medication-assisted treatment, recovery
• MAPNet is a technical assistance center that works with a network of clinics across Massachusetts to
• I wound up gravitating back to psychiatry and relocated to Massachusetts in 2013.
• My name is Jen Rogowski, and I serve as the Assistant Director of Mt. Auburn Bereavement Support.

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Summary: The committee held a hearing on a large group of behavioral health and insurance-related bills. Topics included expanding access to mental health services by allowing physician assistants to authorize Section 12 emergency holds and be recognized as licensed mental health professionals (H. 1131/S. 773); improving coverage for community behavioral health centers so commercial insurance matches MassHealth’s bundled outpatient and crisis services (H. 1276/S. 703); eliminating cost sharing for certain behavioral health services (S. 718); extending detox and clinical stabilization coverage from 14 to 30 days and adding transitional support services (H. 1319/S. 772); requiring coverage for dual-diagnosis treatment in psychiatric facilities (H. 1277/S. 771); and preserving access to treatment for serious mental illness through coverage of coordinated specialty care and assertive community treatment (H. 1135/S. 709). The committee also heard bills on preventive behavioral health services for children (H. 1228/S. 802) and post-pregnancy mental health care, including postpartum depression and pregnancy loss-related care (H. 1314/S. 823).

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• If you require assistance, please contact the committee staff.
• It's a successful and quite amazing initiative that helps with down payment assistance for those who
• As prices come down, the threshold to meet the criteria for down payment assistance lowers, allowing
• landowner, which I do against TxDOT, I would make sure they paid for the entire property and my relocation

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• lay out HB 1879 before you today, which will provide franchise tax credits to grocery stores that assist
• greater San Antonio area, I belong to a group of over 350 senior officers who have come together to assist
• Finally, we provide financial assistance to the Fisher House in San Antonio, a place for families of
• make matters worse, Texas property values have also continued to increase as more and more people relocate

Bills: HB485, HB1367, HB1370, HB1827, HB1879, HB2032, HB2133, HB2357, HB3581, HB3830, HB4060, HB4085, HB4270, HB4979, HB5217, HB5268, HB5478, HJR96, HJR97, HJR119, HJR195, HJR209, SB4, SB23, SJR2, SJR85, SB 4, SB 23, SJR 2

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, access, affordability, public health, emergency services district, sales tax, gas and electricity, residential use, tax exemption, emergency services, gas, electricity, HB 485, ESD, use tax, residential utilities, utility tax, local option tax, Texas Health and Safety Code

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• If you, uh, run into any issues or need any assistance, please let my staff up here know, we'll get you
• Uh, to working for the agency and increase the willingness of candidates to relocate to work at the Austin
• appointed commissioners for the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement currently, uh, serving as the assistant
• I'm here representing Assist Associated Security Services and Investigators of the state of Texas.

Bills: SB 36

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax

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• please register at one of the kiosks in the hall or come up here and see Michael Ramirez, our, um, assistant
• clerk who would be happy to assist you.
• these applications may vary, but has been almost 270 days, creating uncertainty for attorneys to relocate
• I'm Assistant County Attorney at the Harris County Attorney's Office and I'm here today to testify in

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• Or come up here and see Michael Ramirez, our assistant clerk, who would be happy to assist you.
• these applications may vary, but it has been almost 270 days, creating uncertainty for attorneys who relocate
• I'm an assistant county attorney with the Harris County Attorney's Office.

Bills: HB5621, HB4904, HB5067, HB5076, HB5081, HB5354, HB4862, HB3847, HB4088, HB4157, HB2966, HB2287, HB4203, HB4803, HB4737, HB5093, HB783, HB5411, HB4281

Keywords: HB 5621, consumer protection, Deceptive Trade Practices Act, DTPA, Business & Commerce Code, attorney general, consumer protection division, district attorney, county attorney, local prosecutor, civil investigative demand, CID, voluntary compliance, financial institution records, bank records, privacy, protective order, in camera review, trade secrets, insurer

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• HB 19 modernizes how victims of domestic and dating violence can seek emergency assistance.
• HB 19 modernizes how victims of domestic and dating violence can seek emergency assistance.
• of looking over their shoulder, fearing for their lives that the perpetrators of this harm will relocate
• And fear of exposure is one of the most critical obstacles preventing them from seeking assistance.

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard and advanced a series of bills on inmate medical billing, court-order transmission, animal abandonment during disasters, first responder peer support, firearm purchase waiting periods, capital felony aggravators, domestic violence protections, boating safety, restitution for leaving the scene of a crash, xylazine trafficking, and offenses against law enforcement officers. Testimony was generally supportive across the agenda, with some opposition or caution raised on the xylazine bill, the boating safety bill, and parts of the law-enforcement-officer bill. Several measures were presented as responses to specific tragedies, including the Martin County jail medical billing bill, the Baker Act transmission bill, Trooper’s Law for restrained dogs, the Jason Rayner Act, and Lucy’s Law. HB 407 would cap certain emergency medical charges for Martin County jail inmates at 110% of Medicare rates, mirroring Department of Corrections practice; it passed 15-0. HB 513 would require faster electronic transmission of certain court orders, including Baker Act orders, to law enforcement within six hours; it passed 15-0. HB 205, Trooper’s Law, creates a third-degree felony for abandoning a restrained dog during a natural disaster; it passed 15-0. HB 421, as amended, expands peer support for first responders to certain support personnel involved in crime scene work or evidence handling; it passed 16-0. PCS for HB 383 would let law enforcement, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and active military service members bypass the three-day handgun waiting period without a concealed carry permit; it passed 18-0. HB 693 adds an aggravating factor in capital cases when the victim was gathered with others for a school, religious, or public government meeting; it passed 17-1 after opposition testimony from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. PCS for HB 19 and HB 41, the Haven Act, would expand domestic and dating violence protections, including a feasibility study for a web-based 911 alert system and confidentiality/public-records protections for victims; both passed 18-0. PCS for HB 289, Lucy’s Law, would align boating penalties with driving offenses and expand boating safety card requirements; it passed 18-0 despite concerns from one witness that the bill should go further. HB 479 would allow courts to order restitution in leaving-the-scene property-damage cases; an amendment changing mandatory to discretionary restitution was adopted, and the bill passed 18-0. PCS for HB 57 would regulate xylazine, add trafficking penalties, and include veterinary-use exceptions; it passed 17-0 after one witness opposed mandatory minimums. HB 175, the Jason Rayner Act, clarifies that officers are protected when acting within the scope of their duties and adds manslaughter of a law enforcement officer to offenses requiring life imprisonment; it passed 17-0 after debate over self-defense and unlawful police conduct.

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• Great mentor, and we're happy to assist. I think Miss Bogner has your questions if they come up.
• Thank you so much for assisting many of us who are kind of IT illiterate in navigating that.
• The corporation was created in 2001 by the legislature to assist New Mexico small businesses in obtaining
• They might have expectations that as the business grows, they might want to relocate to a new market

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• I have been relocated since January 7th of 2025. Relocated. And dislocated because of the fires.
• Food Assistance Program.
• Our food assistance programs are life-saving.
• Okay Okay, we'll move on to local assistance.
• State counsel provides assistance as well.

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• If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact the committee staff.
• Representative Howard's bill relating to the instruction for barbers and cosmetologists on identifying and assisting
• 250,000 gallons of Texas wine per year, um, contribute to the fine, to the farm winery marketing assistance
• That would have been, yes, um, I took over as, um, an assistant director at that time and since then
• The license does aim to safeguard and encourage cooperation between member states to support relocating

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• <01:36:48.320> with D available to residents to assist with D available to residents to assist
• of their assistance cut in half if this bill passes.
• The Senate Hampshire Legal Assistance.
• If at day 179 the structure was relocated, then what?
• , relocated, relocated, then<01:54:39.160> what?

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• licensing and currently hold an active license, including those that were displaced but have since relocated
• When I first moved to California, I wasn't just relocating. I was fleeing domestic violence.
• But we're also going to use funding to pay a contractor to help with travel assistance and meeting assistance
• We are going to consider the committee’s support for financial assistance to owners.
• Quebec saw 75% fewer single parents on public assistance by expanding child care access.

Summary: The committee heard an extensive Department of Social Services presentation on child care budget issues, including the Governor’s proposed 2026-27 budget, federal CCDF changes, Prop. 64 revenue adjustments, and a one-time $11.5 million disaster-related infrastructure grant for licensed child care facilities affected by 2025 declared disasters. DSS said federal formula updates and lower Prop. 64 revenues would reduce funding and could result in about 4,176 CCTR slots being reduced, but the department said it was working to avoid impacts to currently enrolled children. The LAO supported aligning general child care funding with lower revenues and asked for more detail on the disaster grant. Members pressed DSS and Finance on why reductions were not being backfilled and why so many awarded slots remain uncontracted or unused; DSS said delays are largely due to providers building new infrastructure, licensing, staffing, and enrollment challenges, and that some unspent funds revert to the General Fund. The committee also discussed whether some contract dollars should be shifted to vouchers and whether more flexibility should be allowed for infrastructure and expansion costs. A second panel focused on the state’s commitment to expand child care and on rate reform. DSS reported that nearly 125,000 new slots have been awarded since 2021-22, but speakers from Stanislaus County Office of Education, Parent Voices California, and the California Budget and Policy Center argued that unmet need remains large and that the system still leaves many families without access. Stanislaus County described a large local shortage of infant and toddler care and said reimbursement disparities between child care programs and state preschool create disincentives for providers. Parent Voices gave testimony about the burdens and instability families face when trying to access care, especially for survivors and low-income parents, and called for a universal, publicly funded system. The Budget Center said only about 16% of eligible children were enrolled in 2024, urged expansion across the mixed delivery system rather than concentrating investment in TK, and called for faster rate reform and new revenue. LAO estimated that bringing certain CCTR adjustment factors up to CSPP levels would cost $88 million to $131 million ongoing. Members and witnesses discussed the single rate structure, automation needs, and the need for deadlines and a ramp-up plan; DSS said the goal is to eliminate disparities, but that policy decisions are still needed before automation can proceed. The committee then reviewed several trailer bill proposals. DSS outlined a 2026-27 COLA proposal that would apply a 2.41% increase through cost-of-care-plus payments, though the department said it had inadvertently excluded CalWORKs Child Care and the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program and would revise the proposal; LAO recommended making the COLA methodology uniform across programs. DSS also proposed replacing the market rate survey with the federally approved alternative methodology on a triennial schedule, limiting temporary absences in family child care homes to 20% of monthly hours, defining excessive unexplained absences as more than 30 days in a year, and aligning family fee deductions with new federal requirements so providers receive the full voucher value. Members generally supported the temporary absence change and asked about implementation timing for the family fee deduction, with DSS saying it was in contact with Riverside County. The committee also heard a brief update on the Early Childhood Policy Council reappropriation, which would extend unused funds through June 30, 2028 because prior costs came in higher than expected.

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• If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please reach out to the committee staff.
• Any destabilizing event, mention of guns and firearms, or mentions of the relocation of firearms.
• The criminal compromised his personal computer browser and offered assistance to remediate the issues

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• The assistance of our legislature to close this gap, this affordability gap, and this bill, like no other
• Clinics are appreciative of all efforts made to increase gross receipts tax deductions to assist with
• We know that business services will relocate to New Mexico, including medical providers, if they see

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• <00:38:43.680> coach, an assistant men's basketball coach, an assistant men's basketball coach
• It's been relocate to the city of Mary.
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• So you therapist, and nursing assistant.

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Summary: The committee met with a full quorum and approved the prior minutes. Members offered introductions of guests and family members, then heard a presentation from University of Louisville President Thomas Jared Bradley, who was sworn in before testifying. He described his background and outlined U of L’s strategic priorities: student success, access and affordability, workforce development, community engagement, and research. Bradley highlighted enrollment growth, increases in first-generation and Pell-eligible students, strong transfer pathways with KCTCS, and support programs such as the Cardinal Commitment Grant, 15-to-Finish, Comeback Cards, tutoring, mentoring, and mental health services. Bradley also emphasized U of L’s statewide and regional impact through UofL Health, rural outreach, the Bullitt County rural cancer education and research center, nursing expansion, and the Kentucky Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. He noted major institutional distinctions, including R1 status, a new Carnegie Opportunity College and University designation, and community-engaged classification. He said the university is one of only 10 public universities nationwide with all three designations and reported record enrollment, improved retention, and strong research expenditures. He also thanked lawmakers for significant capital and operating support, including funding for the simulation center, health science center, asset preservation, and the MEP program. During questions, members praised the university’s public service role and asked about first-generation enrollment, retention, graduation rates, and post-graduation outcomes. Bradley said the university is working to improve completion by expanding academic support, early alerts, incentives for tutoring, and faculty/advisor mentoring, especially for first-generation and high-need students. He acknowledged that post-graduation employment data is difficult to collect but said the new Carnegie classification reflects positive outcomes. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes, and no formal actions were taken on legislation in this portion of the meeting.

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• able in the future, today and in the future, to take care of those people who qualify for medical assistance
• then, but I will say that compensation does make the list of issues about why individuals decide to relocate
• but I will say that compensation does make the list of issues about why individuals decide to to relocate

Bills: SB4, SB7, SB9, SB17

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, medical education, salaries, graduate education, clinician pay, health sciences, education funding, faculty salary, University of New Mexico, healthcare funding, general fund, state budget, New Mexico legislation, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, 996

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• Democrats are not going to join them in throwing Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and veterans benefits
• Medicaid, nutrition assistance programs, Pell Grants, affordable health care coverage, cancer research
• Cities and towns across our country are being overwhelmed by droves of non-citizens being relocated with
• The nutrition assistance programs are the most effective and important tool to fight hunger, including
• So cutting or eliminating food assistance won't go very far in covering the more than... $4.7 trillion

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• As you can see, the plan requires the hospitals to assist patient with non-emergent health care needs
• Melissa Jordan, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Health; and Ms.
• And are we relocating dentists to the areas of need? You recognize. Thank you.
• Graduate assistant physicians, we're not in the matching season for that.
• Physician assistants: the PA council.

Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee received updates from the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health on implementation of 2024 health care laws. AHCA reviewed progress on workforce and reimbursement measures in Senate Bill 7016 and related bills, including FRAME and TEACH funding, graduate medical education reporting, behavioral health teaching hospitals, acute hospital care at home, advanced birth centers, non-emergent care access plans, and rural emergency hospitals. Agency officials said several programs are already operational or have begun payments, while others are still in rulemaking, federal approval, or report-preparation stages. Senators asked about timing, funding reversion concerns, and whether appropriated dollars would be spent on schedule, especially for behavioral health teaching hospitals and the new birth center category. The Department of Health then reported on practitioner licensure and public health programs. MQA described implementation of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, the Mobile Act licensure pathway, massage therapy enforcement changes, background screening expansion, liposuction safety requirements, pharmacist HIV post-exposure prophylaxis authority, and chiropractic dry needling. Public health staff updated the committee on FRAME and dental loan repayment, the Sinati screening grant program, the cancer research and innovation changes, the health care innovation council and loan program, the pediatric rare disease grant program, telehealth maternity care expansion, newborn screening for congenital CMV, the sickle cell registry and grants, and the swimming lesson voucher program. Members focused questions on how practitioners were being recruited to underserved areas, the pace of licensure approvals, and whether new programs were on track to use appropriated funds. The committee also heard a lengthy update from the Office of Medical Marijuana Use. The director reported more than 900,000 qualified patients, real-time seed-to-sale tracking now integrated across most dispensaries and labs, and ongoing compliance work on product testing, advertising, diversion, and patient safety. Senators questioned the decline in qualified physicians, how THC potency is labeled and verified, and what the agency can do about diversion to non-patients. The director said the office relies on complaints, inspections, lab audits, and coordination with law enforcement, and that patients can be suspended if violations are confirmed.

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• We’re subject to all the same regulations related to travel, relocation, commissary, exchange, health
• We’re subject to all the same regulations related to travel, relocation, commissary, exchange, health

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs held its fourth public hearing of the 2025-26 session on recognitions, definitions, and designations related to veterans. Chairs John Velis and Joseph McGonagle opened the hybrid hearing with housekeeping rules and noted the committee’s reporting deadlines. The hearing focused on several bills honoring veterans and military-related service, including H. 3825 to include reserve components in flag half-staff recognition for service members killed in action, S. 2499 to place a State House marker honoring three Medal of Honor recipients from the war on terror, S. 2498 to add Merchant Marine recognition at veterans cemeteries and the State House and create a Massachusetts merchant mariner medal, and H. 2500/S. 2500 to have Massachusetts fly the Honor and Remember flag for Gold Star families and fallen service members. A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 3871 and S. 2467, which would update the Commonwealth’s definition of “veteran.” Testimony came from the Office of Veterans Services, veterans organizations, Public Health Service and NOAA representatives, National Guard and Reserve veterans, and Gold Star advocates. Witnesses argued the current state definition is inconsistent with federal law and excludes some service members who should be recognized, especially members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, reservists, and some National Guard members. Supporters said the bills would improve fairness, consistency, and access to benefits and services, while several speakers emphasized that service in uniform should be honored regardless of branch. Some testimony also urged a broader moral recognition of all who raised their right hand, while others focused on aligning state law with federal definitions and closing gaps in eligibility. Committee members asked questions about the practical and fiscal effects of broadening the definition, including how the proposed language would interact with existing federal standards and state benefit programs. Witnesses explained that the bills would remove the current 180-day and 90-day active-service calculations and instead recognize certain active service and six-year reserve or Guard commitments, though some members noted that this could create a broader state standard than the federal one. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing, and the committee concluded after hearing from the final witness and adjourning.