Transcript Highlights:

• Mike Levine, the director of MassHealth, reminds me that on any given normal conditions, we are having
• between 10 and 12 audits ongoing under just completely normal, routine sort of conditions.
• Mike Levine, the director of MassHealth, reminds me that on any given normal conditions, we are having
• between 10 and 12 audits ongoing, under just completely normal, routine sort of conditions.
• And obviously, we expect to be... ...sort of conditions.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session on health and human services, held in Clinton and opened with remarks from the House and Senate co-chairs, local officials, and committee members. The chairs emphasized the importance of hearing directly from agencies about the Commonwealth’s health care and human services budget needs, thanked Clinton for hosting, and introduced the day’s panels, beginning with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and then MassHealth. Secretary Kiame Mahania presented Governor Healey’s FY27 EOHHS budget, describing a $33.7 billion request driven largely by non-discretionary cost growth, caseload increases, and federal uncertainty. He highlighted targeted investments in foster parent reimbursement, family resource centers, maternal health, food assistance, immigrant legal services, and workforce rates, while warning that federal cuts and the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could strip billions from state health funding. Members questioned him about primary care shortages, federal program integrity audits, ConnectorCare, regional health disparities, and the proposed cap on adult dental coverage; he defended the cap as a difficult but necessary cost-control measure and said the administration would continue cooperating with federal partners. Undersecretary Michael Levine then testified for MassHealth, saying the agency faces two major challenges: rapid cost growth and looming federal changes. He outlined a $22.7 billion gross MassHealth budget and proposed actions including a moratorium on new expansions, capping adult dental benefits at $1,000, ending GLP-1 coverage for weight loss only, reducing care management spending to peer-state levels, and convening work groups to slow growth in personal care attendant, adult foster care, and adult day health programs. He also warned that federal policy changes could cause about 300,000 residents to lose coverage by 2030 and reduce federal revenue by about $3.5 billion, and said MassHealth would use outreach and systems changes to help eligible members stay covered. Members raised concerns about the impact of these cuts on homeless care, preventive services, dental access, GLP-1s, and regional hospital and specialist shortages, while Levine argued the proposals were aimed at preserving core coverage and sustainability.

Transcript Highlights:

• So we have nearly 1 million students in Minnesota, and one in four are chronically absent.
• We also know that chronic absenteeism is directly linked to the school-to-prison pipeline.
• </c><00:41:46.440><c> absenteeism</c><00:41:47.240><c> is</c><00:41:47.400><c> directly</c> that chronic
• absenteeism is directly that chronic absenteeism is directly linked<00:41:48.079><c> to</c><00:41:48.200
• > absenteeism</c><00:45:28.079><c> and</c><00:45:28.160><c> treny</c><00:45:28.720><c> as</c> for chronic

Bills: HF1966 , HF54 , HF2043 , HF1171 , HF2741

Committee: House Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• It is a core component to the chronic underfunding of community and technical colleges.
• dire funding challenges, I didn't expect to have an opportunity to address what feels to me like a chronic
• working with you in the interim and then the next session to address what's become a real serious chronic
• working with you in the interim and then the next session to address what's become a real serious chronic

Summary: The committee heard public testimony on House Bill 2070, which would create state funding parity for Western Washington University by tying appropriations to a per-student funding ratio. The prime sponsor and Western officials said Western has long been the lowest-funded public four-year institution on a per-student basis, leading to budget cuts, reduced student services, and delayed graduation. Students, faculty, and university leaders testified in support, while some members questioned whether the bill should instead address a broader higher-education funding formula for all institutions. Central Washington University also supported the bill but suggested a broader approach. No vote was taken on HB 2070. The committee then heard House Bill 2671, which would expand eligibility for state financial aid to certain nonprofit out-of-state branch campuses operating in Washington if they meet specified accreditation, duration, and authorization requirements. Rep. Timmons said the bill is intended to help students in an accelerated nursing program at Northeastern University in Seattle access aid and support workforce needs. Northeastern’s dean testified in support, saying the bill would align financial aid law with prior changes to degree-granting statutes and would not increase state spending. The hearing on HB 2671 was then closed. House Bill 2617, dealing with the higher-education “fund split,” drew extensive testimony. The bill would gradually shift more of employee compensation increases and central services costs to state funding, and would require a study of essential student services. The sponsor and many university, faculty, staff, and student witnesses argued that the current funding practice shifts costs to tuition, contributes to layoffs, program cuts, larger classes, and reduced student support, and creates instability across public higher education. Community and technical college representatives also said underfunding COLAs harms operations and students. The committee then moved to executive session on Senate Bill 6258, which would authorize the Washington Medical Commission to create a non-disciplinary pathway for voluntary license relinquishment; the committee approved it 14-0 with a due-pass recommendation, with three members excused.

Transcript Highlights:

• reason we really want permanent standard time is standard time has the ability to naturally reduce chronic
• reason we really want permanent standard time is standard time has the ability to naturally reduce chronic
• Therefore, that coexisting condition had to be studied and understood by the MLEAC Act.
• </c> And therefore that coexisting condition And therefore that coexisting condition had<02:02:48.960
• Forgive me if I don't fully understand the conditions under which you serve.

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• They set the terms and conditions for post-release supervision, such as parole and conditional release
• There were 5,086 on conditional release, 607 on addiction recovery, 26 conditional medical release cases
• Our conditional release supervision is another statutory release.
• I hear you talk about parole, conditional discharge, release, addiction, ...conditional discharge, release
• What are those conditions?

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Summary: The committee met to hear an overview of the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice budget area and then received performance-measure presentations from the Department of Corrections, the Commission on Offender Review, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Staff reviewed the roughly $7.4 billion criminal justice and judiciary budget, noting major funding areas such as corrections, law enforcement, victim services, courts, and due process, along with recent investments in prison health care, security equipment, fentanyl enforcement, court staffing, and juvenile justice salaries and education programs. Secretary Dixon of the Department of Corrections described staffing and population pressures, including growth in inmate population, overtime-driven deficits, and the opening of additional housing units. He emphasized the department’s use of performance measures and highlighted reforms such as incentivized prisons, administrative management units, reentry planning, faith-based programs, and expanded education and vocational training. Members asked about teacher hiring, public defender pay parity, fentanyl funding, staffing capacity, and the role of the National Guard; Dixon said teacher vacancies had improved, public defenders had received comparable pay increases, fentanyl funding would be addressed further by FDLE, and the Guard had helped stabilize staffing. The Commission on Offender Review reported on parole, conditional release, addiction recovery supervision, and revocations, saying its recidivism/success rates had improved over a three-year measurement period. Senator Rouson pressed the commission on clemency and pardons, saying that work was omitted from the presentation and asking for backlog and case data; the commission said it did not have those figures on hand and would follow up. The committee also discussed a conditional medical release pilot study, and members questioned the report’s conclusion that no suitable elderly inmate population could be identified, asking what criteria were used and whether stakeholders were consulted. Secretary Hall of the Department of Juvenile Justice outlined the agency’s prevention-to-residential continuum and its emphasis on education, data-driven decision-making, and evidence-based programming. He said salary increases had reduced vacancies, juvenile arrests and residential commitments had fallen sharply over time, and tools such as civil citations, risk assessments, and quality-improvement reviews were being used to guide placements and services. Hall also described the department’s use of dashboards, monthly data check-ins, and the dispositional matrix to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism.

Transcript Highlights:

• As you know, chronic disease across America, and if you read any studies, it's anywhere from 70% to 90%
• are the number one, you know, for walking and physical activity, and we know that it hits all the chronic
• As you know, chronic disease across America, and if you read any studies, it's As you know, chronic disease
• are the number one, you know, for walking and physical activity, and we know that it hits all the chronic
• I always want to include that with chronic disease. And so he is an expert in that.

Summary: The committee was called to order, the roll was taken, and the March 18 minutes were approved. Members then received several project and program updates, beginning with CHI St. Alexius’s behavioral health buildouts in Bismarck, Williston, and Grand Forks. St. Alexius reported that the Bismarck project remains on track for June 2027 completion, with demolition underway and final design work nearing completion. Williston reported construction is progressing, staffing recruitment is underway for psychiatrists and other staff, and an air handler replacement is creating a roughly $750,000 unbudgeted barrier that will slightly delay the timeline. Grand Forks reported its expansion is about 30% complete, with no major barriers beyond weather, and leaders said the project should be substantially complete in the first quarter of 2027. The Department of Health and Human Services then presented a series of budget and program updates. Donna Ockland explained several recent line-item transfers as technical corrections that net to zero and do not require new spending, then reviewed salaries, wages, and FTE counts, noting the department remains within its authorized staffing levels. Pat Rainer followed with an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying 12 opportunities have been posted, 422 applications received, and $8.4 million obligated so far, with a goal of obligating the full $199 million by September. He described grants for workforce retention, rural rotations and housing, community gardens, school wellness, behavioral health promotion, safety net services, equipment, technology, EMS, and other initiatives, emphasizing that the program is intended to be transformational and tied to metrics. Members asked extensive questions about how rural eligibility is defined, how grants will support both rural facilities and hub hospitals, and how future years of funding will build on current awards. The committee also heard an update on certified community behavioral health clinics from Elena Zeller, who said North Dakota has been accepted as a demonstration state, implementation is underway in Williston, North Central/Minot, Fargo, and Dickinson, and care coordination and service counts are increasing. Rebecca Askins then reviewed SNAP payment error rates, saying the 2025 rate was finalized at 9.89%, with the state aiming to get below 6% through policy updates, training, data tools, and a quality assurance team. Members pressed her on the causes of the error rate, the role of the SPACES software system, and the need for accountability and improvements. Finally, Dirk Wilkie reported the state laboratory project reached substantial completion on June 12 and is on budget at about $69.95 million, though a service elevator had to be redesigned because it was too small for equipment.

Transcript Highlights:

• If I couldn't find a safe place, I would be putting myself in danger and in inhumane conditions.
• many health care professionals may not have this training, making them unprepared to understand conditions
• For mothers already facing a perinatal mental health condition, the added burden and trauma of involvement
• We all know that conditions that affect new mothers are real, common, and treatable.
• In my clinical practice, I've seen far-reaching consequences of untreated psychiatric conditions like

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony on a wide range of bills, with much of the discussion focused on housing stability and maternal mental health. On H. 1924/S. 1171, supporters including Sen. Joan Lovely, Rep. Jim O’Day, physicians, advocates, and people with lived experience urged the committee to create legal protections and treatment pathways for defendants who experienced postpartum psychosis or other perinatal mood disorders within 12 months of giving birth. Testimony emphasized that these conditions are rare but severe, often treatable, and can lead to tragic outcomes if criminalized rather than addressed through screening, expert evaluation, treatment, and, in some cases, resentencing or mitigation. Committee members asked about diagnosis years after the fact and how the Illinois law has worked; witnesses said retrospective diagnosis is possible and that the Illinois model has led to some successful resentencing petitions and broader awareness. Housing-related bills drew substantial testimony. On H. 1983/S. 1071, witnesses described “zombie” subordinate mortgages that were sold years after borrowers believed they had been resolved, then resurfaced with large balances and foreclosure threats. Supporters said the bill would require disclosures and court review to prevent unlawful servicing and foreclosure practices. On H. 1952, advocates from the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, tenants, and legal services providers backed a permanent statewide right to counsel in eviction cases, citing data showing strong tenant outcomes and the importance of quality control, multilingual outreach, and full representation. On H. 1895/S. 1184, testimony supported codifying a two-tier summary process in eviction court and prohibiting defaults at the initial case-management stage. On H. 1883, a small property owner supported rent escrow as a way to protect landlords from bad-faith nonpayment while preserving tenant rights. The committee also heard testimony on bills addressing discriminatory housing covenants, tenant oversight, and homelessness. On H. 1762/S. 1080, a housing advocate supported removing void restrictive covenants from deeds, describing the Dirty Deeds Project and the lingering harm of racist language in property records. On H. 1814, tenants and advocates described harassment, retaliation, security problems, and lack of accountability in subsidized housing, arguing for an Office of the Tenant Advocate within the Attorney General’s Office. On S. 1120, multiple witnesses supported a bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness, saying it would affirm the right to rest and seek shelter, reduce criminalization, and extend anti-discrimination protections. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions on the bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• solutions, and by allowing a voter-approved sales tax that can exceed current caps under certain conditions
• People who bike get more physical activity, which helps reduce chronic health conditions like heart disease
• Permanent means the condition is not expected to improve and the veteran will not be subject to future
• This bill simply ensures that once a veteran has a verified medical condition under California standards
• Drivers may brake suddenly or swerve to avoid an animal, creating dangerous conditions for surrounding

Committee: Senate Transportation

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard a long agenda of transportation-related bills, with several district-specific measures and statewide policy proposals. Early in the hearing, SB 1408 by Senator Arreguín would authorize Contra Costa County to place a new countywide transportation sales tax measure on the ballot to continue funding highways, local roads, transit, biking and walking infrastructure, and paratransit. Supporters said it would preserve funding continuity for major projects; CalTax opposed it over affordability and sales tax burden concerns. Senators discussed that the bill would only place the measure before voters, not enact the tax itself, and a motion was made, but no vote could be taken because the committee lacked a quorum. The committee also heard SB 990, a rural signage bill for Ridgecrest along Highway 395, which would allow Caltrans business-logo signs to direct travelers to lodging, food, fuel, medical services, and other amenities. The author and local witnesses framed it as a safety and economic development measure for an isolated community; there was no opposition. SB 1167, authored by Senator Blakespear, would tighten consumer protections in the e-bike market by distinguishing legal e-bikes from higher-powered e-motos, requiring clearer labeling and disclosures, and improving incident reporting. It drew broad support from bicycle, medical, local government, auto club, and safety groups, with no opposition. SB 1034 by Senator McNerney would make it easier for disabled veterans rated permanently and totally disabled by the VA to obtain disabled parking placards, aligning state procedures with federal disability determinations; veterans groups strongly supported it and no opposition was heard. The committee then heard SB 1279, which would add Long Beach’s Pacific Coast Highway corridor to the city’s existing speed safety camera pilot. Supporters said PCH accounts for a disproportionate share of fatalities and crashes, especially involving pedestrians, while opponents from the highway patrol and business groups said the issue should be handled under existing or upcoming rules. The California Highway Patrol Association later moved to neutral after discussions about amendments. Finally, the chair presented SB 1177, to require the High-Speed Rail Project Update report to continue including additional information such as revenue options and comparative project history, and SB 1246, a bill to impose stronger remote-operations, response-time, training, reporting, and manual override requirements on autonomous vehicle operators. SB 1177 drew support from the U.S. High-Speed Rail Association and opposition from the City of Burbank, while SB 1246 drew strong support from firefighters, labor, and many drivers and cyclists, but opposition from the AV industry, Chamber of Commerce groups, and a retired CHP official who argued the bill was too prescriptive and conflicted with new DMV rules. Members debated safety, data reporting, first responder access, and whether the bill should wait for rulemaking; the hearing ended with motions and discussion, but the transcript does not show final votes being taken on these measures.

Transcript Highlights:

• Talking from the LAO handout, the general fund condition under the legislative budget is in many respects
• Despite this progress, the underlying budget condition is not sound.
• Alarmingly, given current market conditions, the dot-com bust probably is better paralleled.
• Be Home Soon expands access to home and community-based services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with chronic
• That includes unsheltered individuals with complex chronic care needs, children with complex health issues

Committee: House Budget

Transcript Highlights:

• to obtain the information through other means that my grandfather passed away at 45 from a heart condition
• If you ask somebody who was chronically homeless older, 50% of them will say that they experienced homelessness
• routine constitutional disputes such as unlawful detentions, technical warrant defects, or custody condition
• People who don't want to go to the hospital for a serious condition because they think an ICE agent is
• We need our youth to always be housed or we create a group subject to chronic homelessness.

Summary: The Senate took up a series of third-reading bills covering horse racing, local taxation, consumer financial security, elections, utilities, batteries, sexual health, body-worn cameras, property tax treatment for inherited homes, adoptee birth records, youth housing bonds, workers’ compensation, and civil rights. SB 795 on horse racing, SB 762 allowing Hercules to seek voter approval for a sales tax increase, SB 505 requiring two-factor authentication for money transmitter platforms, SB 46 barring California ballot access for presidential candidates who have already served two terms, SB 73 restricting federal access to voting machines without a court order, SB 327 on utility oversight and ratepayer protections, SB 501 expanding battery producer responsibility, SB 608 on school contraceptive access, SB 691 on EMS-related redaction of body-worn camera footage, SB 288 clarifying Proposition 19 timing for inherited homes in probate, SB 381 giving adoptees access to original birth certificates, SB 492 creating a youth housing bond, SB 555 increasing permanently partially disabled workers’ benefits, and SB 747 creating a civil cause of action for constitutional violations by federal officers were all debated and advanced. Most measures passed on roll call, with SB 505 and SB 288 approved by unanimous roll call, and SB 73 carrying an urgency clause that also passed unanimously. Debate on SB 747 was the most extensive and contentious. Supporters argued the bill was needed to hold federal officers accountable for alleged constitutional violations, especially in immigration enforcement, and described it as a civil-rights remedy for people harmed by federal agents. Opponents said existing federal and state remedies already cover such conduct, warned the bill was politically motivated, and argued it could increase litigation and strain law enforcement resources. The bill nevertheless passed on a 30-10 vote, with the urgency clause also approved. SB 492 on youth housing also drew debate over state bonding and debt, with supporters emphasizing early intervention for homeless and foster youth and opponents arguing the state should avoid borrowing and instead fund projects through the budget; it passed 30-9 on both urgency and the measure. Other bills also drew focused testimony. SB 555 was presented as a long-overdue cost-of-living adjustment for permanently partially disabled workers’ benefits, and SB 381 was supported as a way to give adopted adults access to their original birth certificates for identity and medical-history reasons. SB 691 was framed as a privacy measure for patients receiving medical or psychological treatment, while SB 501 was described as closing a gap in California’s battery recycling and safety rules by adding medium-format batteries used in e-bikes and portable power systems. SB 762 was presented as a local option for Hercules to address revenue shortfalls, and SB 46 and SB 73 both centered on election integrity and constitutional questions, with members split over federal-state authority and ballot access.

Transcript Highlights:

• the information through other means—I found out that my grandfather passed away at 45 from a heart condition
• If you ask somebody who was chronically homeless older, 50% of them will say that they experienced homelessness
• routine constitutional disputes such as unlawful detentions, technical warrant defects, or custody condition
• People who don't want to go to the hospital for a serious condition because they think an ICE agent is
• We need our youth to always be housed, or we create a group subject to chronic homelessness.

Transcript Highlights:

• 25:22.399><c> beliefs</c><00:25:22.799><c> a</c><00:25:22.919><c> patient's</c><00:25:23.440><c> condition
• </c> personal beliefs a patient's condition personal beliefs a patient's condition could<00:25:23.799
• this state, all those who died in this state from COVID, all of those who died in this state from chronic
• this state, all those who died in this state from COVID, all of those who died in this state from chronic

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 132, a health care conscience-protection measure. Supporters said the bill would protect health care professionals from being forced to participate in procedures or services that violate sincerely held religious or ethical beliefs, while explicitly excluding emergency care. They argued it would help recruit and retain providers, preserve ethical integrity in medicine, and has worked in several other states. Supporters also emphasized that the bill is aimed at procedures or services, not at denying care based on who a patient is, and noted that the bill includes a civil cause of action to give it enforcement teeth. Several supporters described personal experiences. A nurse said lack of conscience protections affected her career choices and limited her path into women’s health. Dr. Warman said he had requested not to perform anesthesia for abortions and later chose non-narcotic pain management because he objected to heavy opioid prescribing, saying conscience protections allow professionals to practice responsibly. Senators asked about examples, the bill’s scope, whether it could be used to discriminate, and which states have similar laws; Mississippi, Florida, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina, and Arkansas were named. Questions also focused on the bill’s civil enforcement provisions and whether it could be used against patients based on identity or religion. Opponents warned the bill was overly broad and could allow refusals of care by a wide range of health workers, including clerks, ambulance drivers, pharmacists, nurses, and physicians. Dr. Karen Abrams said it could lead to denial of birth control, Plan B, blood transfusions, and other care, especially in rural areas with few alternatives, and could worsen Kentucky’s provider shortages. David Conway said the bill lacked patient protections, could increase delays and discrimination, and could prevent reassignment of objecting staff. The chair noted there were seven people signed up in opposition, limited testimony to two minutes each, and said the committee would return to the bill after hearing additional opposition and other pending bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• They can turn on the air conditioning a little bit earlier, a little bit more, so they don't have to
• They can turn on the<00:14:24.320><c> air</c><00:14:24.480><c> conditioning</c><00:14:24.880><c> a</c
• ><00:14:25.040><c> little</c><00:14:25.120><c> bit</c> the air conditioning a little bit the air conditioning
• We had a right-to-try expansion to go to chronic diseases. >> Yeah. >> We've not taken a position on
• </c> expansion to go to chronic diseases. expansion to go to chronic diseases.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:

• We integrate medical, behavioral health, and dental services, and many more, for prevention and chronic
• </c><01:35:14.800><c> disease</c> prevention and chronic disease prevention and chronic disease management
• cases of diabetes hypertension and of cases of diabetes hypertension and other<01:39:56.480><c> conditions
• </c><01:39:56.840><c> that</c><01:39:57.000><c> might</c><01:39:57.119><c> have</c> other conditions
• that might have other conditions that might have otherwise<01:39:57.719><c> gone</c><01:39:57.960><c>

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:

• Particularly critical for patients on fixed incomes or managing chronic pain.
• Representative Howard continued: “...for managing chronic pain.
• And by flooding dopamine, you end up building addiction, chronic addiction.
• These substances could worsen their conditions or even lead to long-term harm.
• conditions or even lead to long-term<02:41:35.200><c> harm.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• Again, they are much more satisfied in terms of their working conditions.
• In support of House Bill 72 because our members deserve to work in safe conditions where they are given
• Put their licenses at risk and work under the conditions that they've been asked to work under for so
• For rural hospitals, and basically, there are some conditions; they just can't opt out.
• Because their working conditions had improved so much.

Committee: House House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• Having one for years is quite invasive, and it actually adds to the work burden of managing the chronic
• disease of diabetes managing the chronic disease of diabetes so<00:41:32.760><c> we</c><00:41:32.920
• We had a consumer quite perplexed that they were non-renewed based on the condition of their property
• </c><01:25:52.480><c> of</c> non-renewed based on the condition of non-renewed based on the condition
• </c><02:01:10.679><c> of</c><02:01:10.800><c> the</c><02:01:10.920><c> indivual</c> the conditions of

Summary: The subcommittee first reviewed its schedule, noting that 13 bills were being executed the next day and that additional subcommittee work would be scheduled around Town Meeting Day and the following session days. The chair explained that the committee would not meet on Town Meeting Day, would handle the remaining bills on the next available subcommittee day, and would continue any unfinished items later in the month. The committee then took up House Bill 774, which concerned Medicare-related coverage issues. Members discussed the bill’s purpose and the differences between Medicare standard and Medicare Advantage, with one member saying the proposal was informative but did not offer a workable solution. The committee also moved to inexpedient to legislate on House Bill 185, and the motion passed on a 6-0 vote. House Bill 241, relating to alternatives to opioids, was retained for further work. Members said the bill raised concerns about insurers effectively practicing medicine and about the lack of evidence on the efficacy of some alternative treatments, while also noting that chiropractic coverage mandates already exist in statute. The committee voted to retain the bill, with the motion passing 6-0. The most extended discussion was on House Bill 648, which would expand insurance coverage for glucose monitoring. Testimony and committee comments focused on whether coverage should be tied to insulin use or instead to a physician’s medical judgment, the role of continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 2 diabetes who are not on insulin, and the potential cost impact. An insurance department fiscal analyst said the original $22-per-member estimate was based on the unamended bill and that the amended version would require updated analysis; members agreed to retain the bill to narrow the eligible population and revisit the language later.

Transcript Highlights:

• I just want to comment that we don't always think about addiction as a chronic disease, but it is a chronic
• </c> think about addiction as a chronic think about addiction as a chronic disease<01:37:26.280><c> but
• </c><01:37:26.400><c> it</c><01:37:26.560><c> is</c><01:37:26.679><c> a</c><01:37:26.840><c> chronic<
• /c><01:37:27.239><c> disease</c><01:37:27.920><c> as</c> disease but it is a chronic disease as disease
• but it is a chronic disease as just<01:37:28.480><c> as</c><01:37:28.639><c> much</c><01:37:28.800><

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• We also learned of the accumulative and chronic stress impact over time of the work of an emergency service
• We also learned of the accumulative and We also learned of the accumulative and chronic<00:18:17.039>
• 18:18.080><c> over</c><00:18:18.400><c> time</c><00:18:19.280><c> and</c><00:18:19.520><c> of</c> chronic
• stress impact over time and of chronic stress impact over time and of that<00:18:20.080><c> the</c><

Transcript Highlights:

• That verse doesn't come with conditions. It doesn't say only if they fit your image.
• and repair and maintenance directly affects student learning environment as well as staff working conditions
• This is linked not only to obesity and diabetes, but to mental health in conditions like depression,
• only removed from their classroom. but too often pushed onto a path towards poor academic outcomes, chronic
• equals educators' working conditions.

Committee: House Education