Transcript Highlights:

• executive branch and allows the department to contract with a third party without regard to 103D to assist
• For example, office assistant used to consist of clerks, clerk typist, and clerk stenographer, so at
• For example, office assistant used to consist of clerks, clerk typist, and clerk stenographer, so at
• For example, office assistant used to consist of clerks, clerk typist, and clerk stenographer, so at
• For example, office assistant used to consist of clerks, clerk typist, and clerk stenographer, so at

Committee: Senate Labor and Technology

Summary: The Committee on Labor and Technology heard several labor and personnel measures. Senate Bill 1567 would require the Department of Human Resources Development to conduct a comprehensive review of the executive branch classification and compensation system and allow it to contract with a third party outside normal procurement rules. Director Brana Hashimoto testified in support, saying the state has more than 1,400 classes of work and limited staff to keep the system current; she said outside vendor help and market data are needed to update class specifications, minimum qualifications, and pay structures. She noted the project scope and timeline would depend on funding, and said the governor had approved about $1 million for the effort. Members asked about vendor scope, comparisons to the private sector and other public employers, consolidation of obsolete classes, and whether the exemption from procurement rules would speed the work. The committee also heard Senate Bill 326 on defense of state employees, with testimony in support from HGEA, the Hawaii State AFL-CIO, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association. Senate Bill 337 would expand the pool of interest arbitrators used in collective bargaining disputes by allowing the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to request a list from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and to use arbitrators from both FMCS and the American Arbitration Association; HGEA supported the bill, saying the broader pool would improve selection and address communication issues. Senate Bill 1233 would create a State Internship and Workforce Development Program within DeHerd. The University of Hawaiʻi, HGEA, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, and the Chamber of Commerce supported it. DeHerd said the program could help place interns into vacancies and convert them to civil service jobs, but said it would need about five FTE and roughly $330,000 in salaries to administer a program serving about 50 to 75 interns at a time; members questioned whether the positions could be filled and whether the program could proceed without added resources. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1359, which would increase the employer-based composite monthly contribution to the Hawaii EUTF Benefits Trust Fund beginning in January 2026 and then tie future increases to Medicare Part B premium changes with a lag. The EUTF administrator testified, and a member noted the measure resembled a bill that had died in conference the prior year. Senate Bill 1454 would give the Labor and Industrial Relations director authority to issue wage payment violation orders, establish penalties and appeals, and broaden the definition of wage; the department supported it, explaining it would align procedures under chapter 387 with existing chapter 388 enforcement and make investigations easier. Finally, the committee moved through a series of collective bargaining cost-item bills for various bargaining units and related entities, with testimony generally in support from Budget and Finance, HGEA, UH, HHSC, UPW, and other unions and associations. One amendment request was to include bargaining units 1 and 10 in the temporary hazard pay funding bill, and the Hawaii Fire Fighters Association noted its airport firefighters unit was still in arbitration and would provide final numbers later.

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• Uh, Mike Lynn, first assistant secretary. It's been described, I think, accurately.
• Uh, Mike Lynn,<00:19:59.960><c> uh,</c><00:20:00.120><c> first</c><00:20:00.400><c> assistant</c><00:
• </c> Lynn, uh, first assistant secretary. Lynn, uh, first assistant secretary.
• sergeant or a position at the desk for the assistant secretary positions.
• </c><00:20:36.720><c> secretary</c> uh, for the assistant secretary uh, for the assistant secretary positions

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• We have an assistant director, and we have three, I'll call them, it's kind of redundant to say mine
• We have an assistant director, and we have three, I'll call them, it's kind of redundant to say mine
• We have an assistant director, and we have three, I'll call them, it's kind of redundant to say mine
• We have an assistant director, and we have three, I'll call them, it's kind of redundant to say mine
• </c><00:03:09.720><c> branch</c> a branch manager and an assistant branch a branch manager and an assistant

Summary: The Tourism and Energy committee received a presentation from Gordon Sloan, Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources, and Deputy Commissioner David Fields on the Division of Mine Safety. They outlined the division’s structure, saying it has four branch offices in Madisonville, Harlan, Hazard, and Pikeville, with 36 inspectors total, plus administrative staff and several headquarters specialists. They also explained that four additional inspectors are on sick leave or workers’ compensation and will not be backfilled, and confirmed that inspectors work from offices rather than from home. The presentation focused on mine safety duties and staffing needs. Sloan said underground licensed mines must receive six inspections annually, including mine safety analyses, an electrical inspection, roof inspections, and regular inspections of airways, returns, belts, and miner safety equipment. He also described the division’s mine rescue responsibilities, including providing rescue coverage where operators do not have their own teams, maintaining teams within an hour’s drive of mines, and supporting training and certification. The division also conducts 17 training courses and about 8,000 to 9,000 trainings per year. Members were given updated mine and employment figures. Sloan reported 126 licensed mines in 2024 across the branch areas, with 61 active all year and others idle or later abandoned. He said Kentucky had 4,683 miners in 2024, with average employment of 4,509, and noted that the state had gone 34 months without a mining fatality since March 2022. He also said the division provides rescue services for 16 underground rock quarries, three highway tunnels, and three underground military training sites. In response to questions, Sloan said the division does not plan to refill the four vacant inspector positions because staffing is adequate statewide, and he said he would provide additional historical mine data later. The committee took no formal action and adjourned.

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• I'm sure they get assistance from others in the office.
• Louis, but there might need to be state assistance.
• for their VA benefits to assist with the payment.
• I had a question about the public assistance.
• Louis has sent in for reimbursement for public assistance?

Committee: House Budget

Transcript Highlights:

• Because it's part of the group that assists veterans.
• So we welcome the extra traffic into our building to assist.
• So we welcome the extra traffic into our building to assist.
• So assist, did you say assist? As an agent or attorney, correct.
• They're prosecuting it with us as consultants assisting them.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with most drawing support after amendments or ongoing stakeholder negotiations. SB 29, by Senator Laird, would extend a sunset on the law allowing pain-and-suffering claims to survive a plaintiff’s death; supporters, including a family member describing a medical negligence case, labor groups, consumer advocates, and disability and elder organizations, argued it prevents defendants from running out the clock, while hospitals, medical groups, and business organizations warned of higher costs and added liability. After extensive debate about data collection, settlement reporting, and the impact on health care access, the bill passed to Appropriations on a divided vote. SB 294, by Senator Reyes and presented by Senator Laird, would require employers to notify a worker’s emergency contact if the worker is arrested or detained and would create a template to inform employees of state and federal labor rights. Labor and worker advocates said the bill would help workers understand and enforce their rights amid weakened federal enforcement; there was no opposition on file, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. SB 697 would modernize water-rights adjudication by allowing the State Water Board to use technology instead of requiring in-person field investigations; with no opposition, it also passed unanimously. The committee also advanced SB 37 on attorney advertising, SB 645 on peremptory challenges in civil cases, SB 303 on bias-mitigation trainings in public workplaces, and SB 464 on expanding pay-data reporting for specified state workers. SB 37 drew support from consumer and legal groups but concerns from Walker Advertising about joint advertising; members said negotiations were ongoing, and the bill passed. SB 645 would extend anti-bias jury-selection rules to certain civil rights cases; criminal-defense and defense groups said they were close to agreement, and the bill passed. SB 303 and SB 464 were both amended to narrow scope and moved forward after several opponents shifted to neutral or removed opposition. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all sent to Appropriations.

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• The changes that relate to the taxpayer assistance grants and the tax outreach assistance grants were
• </c><00:43:54.960><c> Um,</c> assistance program is included. Um, assistance program is included.
• It was a bill that um, assistance bill.
• Basically, the fraud medical assistance.
• </c><01:09:29.120><c> fraud</c> under the new medical assistance fraud under the new medical assistance

Bills: HF2431 , HF2438 , HF2783 , HF1943

Committee: House Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:

• Then we have specific wages for certified nursing assistants, or CNAs, trained medical assistants, or
• nursing assistants or CNAs trained<00:10:42.920><c> medical</c><00:10:43.360><c> assistants</c><00:10
• </c> can't ignore the impact to our Assisted can't ignore the impact to our Assisted Living<00:59:15.000
• </c><00:59:40.799><c> Living</c> mandate to Assisted Living mandate to Assisted Living settings<00:59
• </c><01:03:31.200><c> Living</c> we haven't talked about Assisted Living we haven't talked about Assisted

Bills: HF1419 , HF500

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• line, with special appreciation going out to the vice chair, the gentlelady from Northampton, the assistant
• The critical programs and services like Head Start, fuel assistance, and food security, detrimental cuts
• For starters, we invest $147.7 million for the Department of Transitional Assistance, helping support
• Coupled with $55.2 million spent on emergency food assistance, $180 million to sustain the universal
• I know he shares an interest. ...from Foxborough, the Assistant Vice Chair of the Committee, because

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted two commendatory resolutions honoring the Plimpton Historical Society’s Deborah Sampson Day recognition and Megan’s Light’s Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month observance, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committee. The chamber also briefly recognized Diane Talk of the South Shore Regional Emergency Communication Center on her retirement after 30 years of dispatch service. Later, the Senate passed two local bills to enactment: House No. 4006, authorizing Dartmouth to grant an additional all-alcoholic beverages license, and House No. 473, relating to the charter of Westwood. The main business was the Senate Ways and Means presentation of the fiscal year 2027 budget, totaling about $63.3 billion. The chair described the budget as balanced, with no new taxes or tax cuts, based on a consensus revenue estimate of $986 million in growth over FY26 (2.4%), and including about $15.8 billion in federal financial participation and roughly $2.7 billion from the Fair Share surtax. The budget emphasized record local aid, including $1.376 billion in unrestricted general government aid, $7.66 billion for Chapter 70 education aid, increased minimum school aid, higher regional school transportation reimbursement, rural aid, and the revival of the Foundation Budget Review Commission. It also highlighted major investments in MassEducate free community college, food security, housing, and support for vulnerable residents. Members then engaged in extended colloquy on the budget’s major cost drivers and policy choices. Questions focused on debt service, pension and OPEB liabilities, MassHealth caseload and rising per-enrollee costs, child care funding, and program integrity in DTA and other benefit programs. The chair said debt service would be about $2.67 billion, pension payments would be $5.1 billion, OPEB would receive a $150 million payment, and MassHealth enrollment was projected at about 2 million with costs driven by acuity and medical inflation. He also said the budget includes no collective bargaining agreements and no state tax changes. Senators supporting the budget praised its investments in education, local aid, homelessness prevention, public health, libraries, and housing, while minority leaders and others stressed the need for fiscal discipline, transparency, and further work on affordability and municipal support. The Senate also received a House message on House No. 5316, which the House had nonconcurred in, and a conference committee was appointed on the disagreement.

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• We have 130-plus assisted living facilities in Louisiana.
• And this bill was heard, and what we found out is that the assisted living—what we want to do is, as
• I have Kevin Hayes with me, who represents the assisted living facilities.
• Relative to psychedelic assisted therapy, to establish psychedelic. By Senator McMath.
• Relative to psychedelic-assisted therapy, to establish a psychedelic-assisted therapy initiative within

Bills: SCR37 , SB145 , SB237

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: informed consent, healthcare, medical procedures, patient rights, surgeon general, regulatory review, adult residential care, generators, emergency power, health safety, Louisiana Department of Health, compliance, regulations

Transcript Highlights:

• To register or pre-register to vote, and assistance with tribal-led voter registration drives.
• To register or pre-register to vote, and assistance with tribal-led voter registration drives.
• portal, the bill before you instead authorizes the Secretary of State to contract with experts to assist
• I'm an Assistant Attorney General appearing on behalf of the Association of Washington Assistant Attorneys
• I'm an Assistant Attorney General appearing on behalf of the Association of Washington, Assistant Attorney

Bills: SB6084 , SB6137 , SCR8406 , SB5892 , SB5863

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility

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• We're providing $25 million to assist districts that have a decline in student enrollment during the
• system that is capable of connecting multiple first responder agencies. $3.3 million to provide assistance
• And finally, in the back of the bill, the proposed budget provides $65.3 million to assist districts
• For the Department of Military Affairs, we increased funding for tuition assistance for members of the
• We increase funding for tuition assistance for members of the National Guard by $3.5 million.

Summary: The Senate began with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into floor consideration of the 2026-2027 budget. Appropriations Chair Hooper presented Senate Bill 2500, describing a $115 billion budget that reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, and includes a 3% pay raise for state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then outlined major spending in their areas, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and environmental and agricultural programs. Highlights included increased funding for school scholarships and safety, workforce and university programs, Medicaid and child welfare, corrections operations, affordable housing, rural communities, Everglades and water quality projects, and infrastructure. Members then asked detailed questions about several budget items. Senators sought clarification on the Emergency Management Trust Fund, arts and cultural grants, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salaries, charter school capital outlay funding, EASE grants, New College funding, DOC inmate counts and reimbursement, lottery staffing, concealed weapons licensing positions, election security funding, iBudget waiver support, ADAP funding, Medicaid hospital rate reductions, and scholarship and enrollment supplements in K-12 education. Chairs explained that some reductions reflected technical shifts or right-sizing, that some funds were being moved below the line for better tracking, and that several items—such as ADAP and corrections operations—would likely remain conference issues with the House. After questions, the Senate substituted House bills for the budget and implementing measures and adopted amendments placing the Senate language onto the House vehicles to prepare for conference. The chamber passed the budget-related bills and several conforming measures, including bills on retirement, fuel taxes, the state agency law enforcement radio system, court trust funds, judgeships, and K-12 and higher education conforming changes. Votes on the major bills were overwhelmingly unanimous or near-unanimous, and the Senate repeatedly voted to accede to the House’s request for conference on the substituted bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• In their plan, they would assist the patient with actually making an appointment.
• So one of the plans actually said, “We’re going to assist that patient in making an appointment.”
• And number two, assist—you made a comment, assist patients in making appointments, and even there's a
• But is there anything we can do to assist? ...is beyond me.
• Jordan is the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Health.

Committee: Senate Health Policy

Summary: The committee opened with roll call, welcomed members back for the first committee weeks, and heard brief personal updates from several senators before moving into agency implementation updates on recently enacted health care laws. The Agency for Health Care Administration reported on Senate Bill 64 creating rural emergency hospitals, explaining that AHCA adopted the required rules effective June 1, 2025, but that no hospitals have yet been designated. Members asked about possible hospital conversions, accreditation and survey responsibilities, and whether Florida would apply for federal rural health transformation funding; AHCA said it intends to apply and has already been working on the issue with federal officials. AHCA also reviewed the non-emergent care access plan requirement under Senate Bill 7016. The agency said hospitals with emergency departments must submit plans that help redirect non-emergent patients to appropriate care settings while complying with EMTALA, and that 83 plans had been received and 63 approved as of September 30. Members asked about data collection, managed care coordination, and the state’s health information exchange; AHCA said it has moved to a new HIE vendor and will continue monitoring implementation and possible care gaps. AHCA then updated the committee on the TEACH program, saying $6.8 million was spent in 2024-25 across 59 parent organizations and 229 facilities, with more than 1,800 students and nearly 380,000 clinical hours reimbursed. The agency said rulemaking is nearly complete, a new nursing student category and expanded facility eligibility were added, and a federal 1115 workforce waiver remains stalled after CMS signaled it will not approve new workforce demonstrations. AHCA also reviewed House Bill 121 on KidCare eligibility, explaining that implementation of the 300% poverty-level expansion remains blocked by federal litigation and waiver issues tied to premium nonpayment rules; members and public speakers urged action to close the coverage gap. Public testimony on AHCA’s presentation came from representatives of health centers and advocacy groups, who said the non-emergent care access plan has improved hospital-health center coordination and reduced repeat emergency use, and who urged implementation of KidCare expansion for children in the coverage gap. The Department of Health then presented updates on FRAM, the Sanadi screening grant program, the Health Care Innovation Revolving Loan Program, telehealth maternity care, swimming lesson vouchers, and House Bill 159 on pharmacist dispensing of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis. DOH reported strong participation in FRAM and the telehealth maternity program, 24 Sanadi grant awards in 42 counties, 4,945 swimming lesson vouchers issued last year and 2,371 so far this year, and three approved certification courses with five pharmacist certifications issued under HB 159. Committee members asked about recruitment of dentists and other providers, telehealth maternity outcomes, and why participation in the maternity program remains below expected levels; DOH said outreach and regional referral networks are expanding and more detailed outcome data will be included in the upcoming legislative report.

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• We provide victim services, assistance to applicants, and we carry out the administrative functions of
• Additionally, we have a grant program for outreach and application assistance.
• We've had assistance from an elite... team of researchers at the University of Minnesota, and there's
• Records and the information we're examining would be a great assistance to that team.
• They would be available to assist county attorneys across Minnesota.

Bills: HF2432

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• :07.800><c> on</c><00:12:08.360><c> this</c> assistance on this assistance on this language<00:12:10.200
• </c> address if they're technical assistance address if they're technical assistance in<00:16:01.240>
• He needs assistance each day to dress appropriately.
• </c> assist him in keeping safe. assist him in keeping safe.
• </c> to assist David. to assist David.

Bills: HF3526 , HF3375 , HF3469

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• assistance provided by the Department of Transportation.
• assistance provided by the Department of Transportation.
• </c><00:10:23.760><c> is</c> those uh that type of assistance is those uh that type of assistance is
• </c><00:10:34.000><c> is</c> transportation's project assistance is transportation's project assistance
• These are the items related to the... project and staff assistance required of project and staff assistance

Committee: Senate Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 1057, Becker, certified nurse assistant and home health aide, do pass.
• SB 1315, Cabaldon, advanced driver assistance systems, do pass out on an A roll call.
• SB 811, Caballero, metal shredders, due pass as amended to reflect technical assistance from DTSC. assistance
• system, advance driver assistance systems.
• , due pass as amended to reflect technical assistance from DTSC.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its August 13, 2026 suspense-file hearing on Senate bills, with the chair opening by thanking staff and recognizing consultant Jennifer Swenson’s retirement after 30 years in the Legislature. The committee explained that it was weighing the fiscal impact of 293 bills and that some would move forward while others would be held because of cost, duplication, or competing budget priorities. The committee then took up the suspense file in alphabetical order and acted on a large number of measures, sending many to the Assembly floor as due pass or due pass with amendments. Examples included bills on battery recycling, wildfire resilience loans, mobile home park disaster assistance, price gouging, veterans’ property tax exemptions, housing and insurance issues, energy and utility regulation, election procedures, criminal justice, health care, education, housing, environmental protection, and artificial intelligence. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, delay implementation, add reporting requirements, clarify definitions, or reduce costs; others were held in committee. Among the notable actions, several bills were advanced on roll calls while others were held, including measures related to water quality, utility rate information, juvenile detention, CARE Court, and various housing and energy proposals. The committee also moved a number of sunset and technical cleanup bills, and several members requested to be added as principal or joint authors on amended measures. At the end of the hearing, the chair noted that the committee had moved a large number of bills to the Assembly floor, usually with amended language, and that the amended versions would be posted online. The hearing then adjourned.

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• Home care includes assistance with daily tasks like bathing, toiletry, and meal preparation, as well
• Home care is more affordable than paying for assisted living or a room in a nursing home.
• The husband relies on home care to assist his wife with her attention.
• The husband relies on home care to assist his wife with toiletry, bathing, and dressing.
• routines gaps, assisting with daily routines, including bigger tasks like bathing and dressing.

Summary: The House opened with routine ceremonial business, including the Pledge of Allegiance and adoption of several resolutions, such as congratulations to the Williamsburg Grange on its 125th anniversary and to Fire Captain Melissa Blodgett on her retirement. The chamber also concurred in a Senate petition to establish a sick leave bank for a Bristol County Sheriff’s Department employee and suspended Joint Rule 12 to advance local petitions, including one involving the Dalton Fire District and another renaming a Chelmsford bridge. The main floor action centered on several Ways and Means bills. The House advanced a bill amending laws relative to individuals with disabilities, replacing outdated and offensive terminology in the General Laws with person-first language; members spoke at length in support, emphasizing dignity, inclusion, and the bill’s non-substantive nature. The bill was engrossed by a roll call vote, 152-0. The House also took up and engrossed a bill to improve Massachusetts home care, which would create a licensing and oversight framework for private-pay home care agencies, establish standards for contracts, background checks, training, insurance, and consumer protections, and create advisory committees to guide implementation. An amendment establishing a Family Caregiver Commission was adopted 154-0, and the bill itself was then engrossed 153-1. In addition, the House passed or engrossed several other measures, including a bill authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to land in Sharon, a sick leave bank bill for a Trial Court employee, a Marblehead parking fines bill, a Hingham municipal property bill for a center for active living, and a Taunton bill allowing continued employment of Police Chief Edward J. Walsh. The chamber also handled numerous calendar items, holding or passing over many while advancing a few. The session ended with a special adjournment in memory of former Representative George L. Sacco Jr., and the House adjourned to meet the next day at 11 a.m. in informal session.

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• Services, or CMS for short, ... according to a computed rate called the FMAP or federal medical assistance
• We're the only state that uses premium assistance, which is how we govern and purchase and serve the
• And then, as stated, the premium assistance for the expansion.
• My name is Justin Brasher, Senior Assistant Attorney General with the AG's office.
• My name is Justin Brasher, Senior Assistant Attorney General with the AG's office.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-MEDICAID SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:

• We provide TA, technical assistance, including policy options that states can customize, examples of
• We provide TA, technical assistance, including policy options that states can customize examples of what
• Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability.
• It's really a role of technical assistance. Put simply, we are an extension of your staff.
• So when it comes to accessibility, where we can assist you is really on the policy realm, not so much

Summary: The Disability Employment Subcommittee met with SEED (the State Exchange on Employment and Disability) staff for a presentation on state disability employment policy options and possible collaboration with Massachusetts. After roll call, the committee approved prior meeting minutes and heard an inspirational quote from Jane Goodall emphasizing that every individual matters and can make a difference. Members then introduced themselves and described their roles in disability employment, accessibility, state government, and advocacy. SEED staff Katya Alpanis and Dina Klumkina explained that SEED provides technical assistance, research, peer-state examples, and policy resources to help states advance disability employment. They outlined seven policy areas, including career readiness and work-based learning, behavioral health and retention, stay-at-work/return-to-work supports, employer recruitment and accommodation tools, disability-owned business development, interagency coordination, and state-as-model-employer strategies. They shared examples from other states such as Kentucky, Virginia, Alaska, Washington, Minnesota, New Jersey, Illinois, Colorado, New York, and others. In response to questions, they clarified that PEAT has been refunded and is expected to return online, and that SEED’s role is policy support rather than implementation of accessibility requirements. Committee members discussed Massachusetts-specific interests, including digital accessibility, existing state efforts, and prior SEED engagement with Massachusetts agencies and legislators. Members raised concerns about upcoming Medicaid work requirements and the risk that people with disabilities could fall through the cracks, and asked whether SEED could help inform state policy responses. The group identified two likely project areas: a Massachusetts state-as-model-employer roadmap and a youth/young adult employment and volunteer pipeline, potentially linked to transition supports and civic engagement. SEED agreed to follow up with briefs and a questionnaire, and the committee planned an offline follow-up discussion to narrow priorities and develop a scope of work. No formal votes beyond approving the minutes were taken.

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• Our pilot programs are two main programs: assisted outpatient treatment.
• Thousands more are calling and emailing for assistance.
• And I think with one additional paralegal, we can assist that program.
• Our only other request is $68,000 for an administrative assistant to assist our domestic relations hearing
• At this time, we have staff who on a rotating basis assist with her.