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• That's resulted in successful reductions in patients getting multiple opioid prescriptions.
• in infection of resources the reduction in infection of course<00:30:49.720> is<00:30:49.919>
• in opioid prescribing and reduction in opioid prescribing and that's<00:31:21.960> resulted<00
• :31:22.360> in<00:31:22.919> successful<00:31:23.720> reductions that's resulted
• in successful reductions that's resulted in successful reductions in<00:31:24.960> patients<00

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:16 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations 25:49 Discussion of Hospital Rate Improvement Plan 58:50 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee began by reviewing a large slate of administrative regulations and explaining that it does not approve regulations but can find them deficient and send them back for further work. Members then asked questions on several items, including EMS reciprocity, dental hygienist licensure, and interpreter licensure. The EMS board explained that reciprocity would extend to applicants from any state, not just contiguous states, because the underlying statute had been amended. On the dental regulation, staff said the changes mainly clarified licensure requirements, reinstatement fees, and that dental hygienists administering local anesthetic must do so under direct dentist supervision. The most extended discussion involved the Board of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The board chair said the main concern was that the EIPA is an educational specialty assessment, not a nationally recognized certification, yet the regulation would allow it to support full licensure. Members discussed whether that could let educational interpreters work outside their intended scope and whether a separate educational license or statutory change would be more appropriate. The board said it did not think the regulation could be fixed further at this point and suggested a statute could create a narrower educational interpreter license. After discussion, the committee voted to defer both related interpreter regulations, 201 KAR 39:030 and the companion regulation, for further work. The committee then took up two community mental health regulations, 907 KAR 1:044 and 907 KAR 5:005, which had been found deficient in Administrative Regulations. Department for Medicaid Services staff said the rules would expand and rename the mental health associate role as a behavioral health associate, making the role available in many more facilities, but would also require additional coursework or progress toward licensure. Some members and providers raised access-to-care concerns, especially for rural areas and unlicensed staff already working in the field. Staff said the proposal had been revised through work with CMHCs and licensing boards, but the committee ultimately voted to defer both regulations as well. After finishing the regulation review, the committee heard a presentation from the Kentucky Hospital Association on the ATRIP hospital rate improvement program. Hospital representatives said ATRIP is a Medicaid state-directed payment program funded through a provider tax and federal matching dollars, allowing hospitals to receive payments tied to quality measures. They reported improvements including lower Medicaid readmissions, high sepsis screening rates, reduced infections and opioid prescribing, expanded postpartum depression and suicide screening, and training for more than 1,000 people. They said the program has helped hospitals invest in staffing and quality improvement and warned that without it, many hospitals would face severe financial strain.

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• One of the conversations we have is around, when it comes to young users, the reduction of contact with
• They can be structured around trust, support, stigma reduction, health information, and help seeking,
• So, in closing, my overall recommendation would be a harm reduction approach.
• We are instead seeing what we think is behavioural displacement rather than risk reduction.
• We are instead seeing what we think is behavioural displacement rather than risk reduction.

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing on the impact of social media on LGBTQ+ youth, focusing on benefits, risks, and possible safeguards. Chair members framed the discussion around the tension between protecting young people from addictive design, harassment, hate speech, exploitation, and mental health harms while preserving access to affirming resources, community, and crisis support that many LGBTQ+ youth rely on online. Members emphasized that the hearing was meant to inform future policy rather than relitigate prior bills, and several members of the LGBTQ+ Caucus attended or participated. The first panel featured lived experience and advocacy testimony from Madi Roby of Alliance for Trans Youth Rights, Shea Gardner of LGBT Tech, and Casey Pick of the Trevor Project. Roby described social media as essential to exploring identity, finding trans language and safety information, and connecting to Trevor Project resources during a family crisis, while also acknowledging online hate and bullying. Gardner argued that lawmakers should regulate harms more precisely rather than impose broad age-based exclusions, warning that account bans and age-gating could cut off access to community, privacy-protective pseudonymity, and crisis resources. Pick testified that LGBTQ+ youth are more likely than peers to attempt suicide, that social media can be both a lifeline and a risk, and that Trevor Space and other moderated online spaces can improve mental health and reduce isolation; she also cautioned against policies that would push youth into less visible, less moderated spaces. Committee members questioned the witnesses about algorithmic feeds, addictive design, age verification, and whether platforms should be required to do more to protect youth. Several lawmakers distinguished between personalized feeds and addictive features such as infinite scroll and autoplay, and asked for more targeted prescriptions. Witnesses generally supported stronger privacy protections, limits on data collection and use, better reporting and moderation tools, digital literacy, and design changes that reduce harmful engagement patterns without eliminating access to community. The discussion also touched on the loss of LGBTQ-specific 988 services at the national level and the importance of maintaining alternative support pathways. The second panel presented research from Common Sense Media, UC Irvine, Hope Lab, and LGBTQ+ Health Australia. Researchers reported that LGBTQ+ youth often arrive online with higher depressive symptoms and limited in-person support, encounter homophobic and transphobic content at high rates, and may self-censor because of fear of harassment. At the same time, many said social media helps them feel less alone and find affirmation. Dr. Sean Young emphasized a harm-reduction approach, noting that online environments can be designed to support health and that policymakers should measure whether restrictions actually reduce harm or simply displace it. Dr. Amy Green echoed that social media is both harmful and supportive for LGBTQ+ youth, underscoring that the policy goal should be to make youth safer rather than less visible online.

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• Denzel Hankinson: So let's take a look on the next slide, a closer look at the mechanics of cost reduction
• The chart at the top of the slide shows a 10% reduction in individual input variables and how those affect
• These cost reductions come from financing and tax savings, not from reductions in quality.
• These cost reductions come from financing and tax savings, not from reductions in quality.
• So it has a larger impact in terms of rate reduction because you're removing ...the equity portion of

Summary: The committee first heard AB 13, which would restructure the CPUC to increase legislative oversight, add legislative liaisons, require more detailed and timely reporting on rate-setting decisions, and add a public advocate member. The author and supporters argued the bill would improve transparency, accountability, and geographic diversity in CPUC decision-making amid rising utility rates. Witnesses from TURN, San Joaquin County, SDG&E, and former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch offered support or support-in-principle, while no opposition testimony was presented. Members generally praised the bill’s transparency goals, and AB 13 passed 10-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open for absent members. The committee then adopted the 2025-2026 committee rules and approved three consent items: AB 61, AB 365, and AB 406. The next bill, AB 99, would cap investor-owned utility rate increases above inflation except for specified costs such as safety, modernization, and fuel/commodity costs. The author and supporters, including a representative of the California Senior Legislature, said the bill was needed to protect ratepayers, especially seniors and low-income customers, from repeated rate hikes. Opposition came from utility labor, utilities, the Chamber of Commerce, and others, who argued the bill was too simplistic, could suppress labor costs, and did not account for major cost drivers such as wildfire mitigation, mandates, and net metering. Several members supported moving the bill forward as a starting point on affordability, while others criticized it as overly blunt. AB 99 passed 11-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open. The hearing then shifted to an informational panel on strategies to reduce California transmission costs. A Public Advocates Office staffer described a growing backlog of approved-but-unbuilt transmission projects, rising transmission access charges, and long project timelines driven largely by utility pre-application and construction periods. Panelists from Net Zero California and consulting firms presented research suggesting that public financing or public-private partnership lease models could reduce transmission costs by lowering financing, tax, and capital costs, with estimated savings of up to 57% and as much as $123 billion over 40 years. PG&E’s representative said the utility is already pursuing federal loan guarantees, grants, and a public-private partnership with Citizens Energy, but warned that state ownership could create tax, wildfire-liability, and governance risks. Members asked about the CPUC’s role, the causes of delays, and whether public financing could complement existing competitive solicitation processes.

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• And my office did significant regulatory reduction.
• So we're very optimistic about the regulatory reduction from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• And I can tell you there... ...there's a lot of regulatory reduction that needs to happen in the APA.
• And then we do what's called risk reductions.
• And molten chloride reactor experiment is another advanced reactor demonstration risk reduction award

Keywords: 908, all

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• Members, I want to recognize the advocates who are here with us today for HIV and Harm Reduction Advocacy
• Love Africa, the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, as well as individual HIV and harm reduction
• Love Africa, the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, as well as individual HIV and harm reduction
• providers<00:43:56.319> from<00:43:56.560> across<00:43:56.960> the harm reduction
• providers from across the harm reduction providers from across the state.<00:43:57.920> These

Keywords: 981, all

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• This is a proactive, fiscally responsible approach that prioritizes risk reduction, leverages federal
• anything that's wired going to your house—are allowing us to include the greenhouse gas emission reductions
• The greenhouse gas emission reductions will allow us to offer better rebates on newer thermostats, for
• What this bill is going to allow us to do is add a value for the greenhouse gas emission reductions into
• [It will] account for greenhouse gas emission reductions that come about because of these programs.

Keywords: 996, all

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• They actually received a reduction about 12,000 of them. Their premiums really didn't change much.
• still count these as winds for the program because in many cases, while they may not have seen a reduction
• It's and have told us to not look too far into, you know, the premium reductions.
• impact you're looking at a 50 50 ratio, you've got 20,000 homes that have seen some type of premium reduction
• stabilize this market, can you provide any explanations as to why we're not seeing a I've seen reductions

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• There's a local match reduction.
• So I'm asking, let's see, on the high school they're asking For a local match reduction, and then in
• I think they asked for a local match reduction in the middle school.
• It's about a 65,000 square foot reduction in footprint throughout the district.
• Phase two construction funding: the district may request approval of a full or partial local match reduction

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• The section also contains a 12-year, 50% reduction in net tax capacity for hangars and other airport
• Also, I know you had the unenviable task of having to look at some budget reductions, and some of those
• So if we're going to go through with this massive reduction, and you're talking about a 45% reduction
• While this two-year funding increase was most appreciated, the reduction to $12 million this year and
• Very quickly, just want to amplify again the reduction...

Bills: HF2730, HF2257, HF2768, HF1932, HF2437

Keywords: local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center

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• I first wanted to make a statement about the position reductions throughout our budget.
• As I mentioned in last week's meeting, we have received some agency plans to address vacancy reductions
• They're big difference is in regards to the position reductions with the Senate.
• I'm confident that we can get to a number of reductions that the agencies and the Senate we'll see as
• Some were offered up as reductions again and others.

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• Restructurings and reductions in force aimed at saving taxpayer money and increasing efficiency.
• this but There are a variety of statutes, not just creating the Department of Education, but also reduction
• Do you commit to protecting the CHIPS program office from future workforce reductions, which would be
• There has been a lot of discussion about reductions in force to the day, and Mr.
• I'll just ask you, if you happen to know this, what percent of federal employees have received a reduction

Keywords: nominations, Scott Cooper, Eric Ulan, federal workforce, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, accountability, collective bargaining

Summary: The committee convened to discuss the nominations of Scott Cooper for Director of the Office of Personnel Management and Eric Ulan for Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget. This meeting highlighted the critical roles both positions play in managing the federal workforce, which comprises over two million civilian employees. Concerns were raised regarding the current administration's approach to federal employment, citing issues like mass firings and the undermining of collective bargaining rights. Members expressed the need for better accountability and transparency within the federal system, emphasizing the importance of attracting talented public servants.

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• date, these investments have funded nearly 3,000 projects across 300,000 acres, resulting in the reduction
• This program has been funded by a mix of general fund and greenhouse gas reduction funds since about
• The California Air Resources Board received $6 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund in 2018
• Be prioritized for actual emission reductions, particularly methane.
• Too many programs are not delivering real GHG reductions, and proven cost-effective programs should be

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• These cuts have had lasting impacts on our students and staff, including staff reductions: 40% of 3.2
• Maintenance and purchase reductions: technology expenditures have been reduced, and the purchase of 10
• If we were to maintain that same $600 per pupil request, this legislation's proposed 31.4% reduction
• That reduction would be a game-changer, transforming how our voters perceive school funding and making
• Riley laid out a number of the reductions and tough choices we've had to make.

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program, which will expand state grant and loan programming for
• any other environmental components that are important to Minnesotans just for the carbon intensity reduction
• We barely have any of our budget coming from the general fund, and so the reduction exercise was not
• This creates a reduction in the ability to control the spread of aquatic invasive species.
• And so this is just a reduction of 60 to 30 days that would only be granted if there is no significant

Bills: HF1587, HF2293, HF2218, HF1208, HF1482

Keywords: HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty

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• If we're going to have a different assessment for them, or we're just giving a straight 10% reduction
• simply to redistribute in that one- to four-family home tax class, which would push the cost of that reduction
• Of that reduction to those that have homes that are not their primary residents?

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and several members participating by vote sheet. Chair Brian Kavanagh opened the meeting by noting it was likely the committee’s last meeting of the session and thanked members and staff for their work. Senators also offered brief remarks of appreciation for the chair and the committee’s collaborative process. The committee advanced four bills. S.2523A (Ramos) would establish a jobs and housing pilot program to create construction jobs and address the housing crisis; it was reported to Finance, with Senator Walsack voting no and Senator Martins voting AWR. S.8612 (Kavanagh) would make clarifying changes to the good cause eviction law; the chair said it had been extensively negotiated with tenant and landlord stakeholders and had broad support, and it was reported with Senators Martins and Walsack voting AWR. S.8918A (Kavanagh) would create the Build Up New York pilot program and a mass timber for affordable housing program, along with related tax credits; it was reported to the floor unanimously. The committee also considered S.9287 (Hensh), which would create a real property tax exemption for certain full-time residents in certain counties. Members discussed whether the bill would create a new property class or instead shift tax burdens within the one- to four-family home class, and raised concerns about impacts on second homes and local school budgets. Supporters argued it resembled a homestead exemption and could help local residents. The bill was reported to Finance, with Senator Martins voting ADBR. The meeting then adjourned after the final agenda item.

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• For thousands of California families, they will lead directly to real and tangible reductions in their
• We saw our first overall outright reductions in unsheltered homelessness in over a decade.
• It's still going to account for the goals of GHG reductions.
• It's still going to account for the goals of GHG reductions.
• It is the third most cost-effective greenhouse gas reduction program funded through GGRF and accounts

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• in the various agencies, and they're small reductions, but it's P-HIP related. there's<00:40:20.560>
• some reductions some reductions um<00:40:29.360> in<00:40:29.600> the<00:40:29.840
• The, you know, 153—that’s not a reduction in EL.
• The you know, 153 that's not a reduction<00:47:51.920> in<00:47:52.160> EL.
• That's just you know, reduction in EL.

Bills: HB517, HB98, HB235, HB236, HB237, HB238, HB239, HB240, HB241, HB242, HB565, HB517, HB98, HB235, HB236, HB237, HB238, HB239, HB240, HB241, HB242, HB565, SB380

Keywords: underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response

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• credit enhancement on the rate reduction credit enhancement on the rate reduction bonds<00:59:01.040
• charges in respect to the rate reduction charges in respect to the rate reduction bonds<00:59:12.640
• enhancement on the rate reduction bonds. enhancement on the rate reduction bonds.
• Um, the credit enhancement on the rate reduction bonds.
• ,<05:26:26.718> and rate stability, rate reduction, and rate stability, rate reduction, and

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• in the area that you were the reduction in the area that you were T-boned?
• I'm also on an NCHRP panel for developing speed reduction factors.
• reduction factors. reduction factors.
• And I don't think you can just fix that by a speed limit reduction. So that's my thoughts on that.
• <03:17:22.920> So uh a speed limit uh reduction. So uh a speed limit uh reduction.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• in truancy and a 58% reduction in chronic absenteeism.
• in truency and a 58% reduction in truency and a 58% reduction<00:18:53.919> in<00:18:54.320><
• reduction in chronic absenteeism. reduction in chronic absenteeism.
• in truancy. >> It talks about a 50% reduction in truancy and 58% reduction in chronic absenteeism.
• he feels is what led to that reduction. he feels is what led to that reduction.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:08 Agency Updates: 00:01:27 Truancy: 00:01:43, 958, all

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on October 8, 2025, approved the minutes from the August 29 meeting, and then focused its agenda on truancy and chronic absenteeism. Chad Butler, director of pupil personnel for Meade County and president of the Kentucky Department of Pupil Personnel directors, said chronic absenteeism remains a major problem statewide, citing recent Kentucky rates around 28% to 30% and noting that schools are trying to identify best practices to get students back in class. He said causes appear to include post-COVID social-emotional distress and confusion about when students should stay home, and he described a local effort to use a Healthy Kids Clinic model to keep some students in school when possible. In response to questions, he said chronic absenteeism has only been tracked seriously in the last two to three years and that House Bill 611 appears to have increased the number of youth entering the court system for habitual truancy; AOC said it would provide county-by-county data and outcomes later in the meeting. The council then heard from John Tyson of Alabama, a former Mobile district attorney, who described the Helping Families Initiative as a school-community partnership designed to address truancy and related behavior issues without arrest. Tyson said Alabama defines chronic absence as missing 10% of the school year and emphasized that the program is preventive rather than punitive, using warning letters, family engagement, assessments, individualized intervention plans, and referrals to community services. He said the program has operated since 2003, now includes 20 district attorneys and 44 school systems, and served more than 95,000 students, 73,000 families, and 162,000 parents in the most recent year. Tyson reported that in Mobile County the program was associated with a 3.15% attendance improvement in 2023-24 and a 4% reduction in the issue in 2024-25, along with a 50% reduction in truancy and 58% reduction in chronic absenteeism, and he said the program produced a large return on investment. Tyson also stressed that student absenteeism wastes tax dollars and that better attendance improves educational outcomes and community safety. He described the program’s use of a case-management database, real-time data tracking, and more than 1,000 referral agencies, and said the model is intended to be replicated statewide. He closed with examples of students whose attendance and family circumstances required coordinated support rather than punishment, including a teen mother and a disruptive child, to illustrate his view that schools, courts, and social services should work together to address underlying needs and keep children in school.