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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article II Feb 25th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article II
Transcript Highlights:
- In general revenue to support the federally qualified health center incubator program and strategy b2
- This is supported by the Texas vaccines for children program and the adult safety net program.
- Our other program support it over 2,500.
- programs that are largely supported with federal dollars. 65% of our funding goes for federal funds and
- They administer the SNAP program, the WIP program, TANF, CHIP, etc.
MN
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- that have been some of those programs that have been providing<00:52:41.280>
supports <00:52:41.680 - The state's previous and current support of these programs have helped underscore the significant investment
- support to medical students, including reestablishing funding for the programs found on lines 203 and
- support to medical students, including reestablishing funding for the programs found on lines 203 and
- support to medical students, including reestablishing funding for the programs found on lines 203 and
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Youth Mental Health and Treatment Accessibility Dec 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We have programs that are specifically focused on being able to support those children.
- My school counselor colleagues and I were able to create a mental health support program with systems
- drive our programming.
- supports.
- I love the peer support programs that were identified.
Summary:
The hearing focused on youth mental health and treatment access in California, with opening remarks emphasizing that youth distress, self-harm-related emergency visits, and difficulty obtaining care remain elevated, while workforce shortages and reliance on one-time funding continue to limit access. Assemblymember Lori Davies echoed concerns about unstable funding and said lawmakers need to hear directly from providers and families as they prepare for the budget and legislation. The chair framed the hearing as a chance to hear from county, school, provider, and student perspectives, especially in San Diego County, where needs are high and investments have not always matched demand.
County and school officials described the current system and recent state initiatives, including the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, school-linked fee schedules, payment reform, and the Behavioral Health Services Act transition. San Diego County Behavioral Health said it serves Medi-Cal youth with specialty mental health needs through a broad continuum of care, including outpatient clinics, school-based services, crisis response, residential treatment, and new crisis and residential facilities. San Diego County Office of Education and San Marcos Unified School District described efforts to expand school-based services and reimbursement through CYBHI, but said implementation is slowed by complex billing rules, insurance-data collection concerns from families, administrative burden, and uncertainty about sustaining staff positions funded by grants or soft money. School counselor testimony highlighted reduced stigma through campus outreach and clubs, but also noted that counselor-to-student ratios remain well above national standards and that budget cuts threaten supports.
Provider testimony stressed that the system remains fragmented and that youth often move between emergency rooms, inpatient care, outpatient therapy, schools, and county programs without smooth handoffs. A child psychiatrist described crisis cases in which the main choices are brief hospitalization or discharge with limited follow-up, and argued for stronger warm handoffs, more outpatient and intensive outpatient options, better school-clinic coordination, and broader use of mobile crisis and 988. Rady Children’s Hospital and Aurora Behavioral Health described large increases in behavioral health demand, expansion of integrated care, and major barriers tied to low reimbursement rates, delayed payments, and administrative complexity. Across the panel, witnesses called for more stable funding, clearer reimbursement rules, better parent education on warning signs, and stronger collaboration among schools, counties, hospitals, and community providers to reduce stigma and improve timely care for youth.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, thank you for supporting our internship program. Absolutely. Thank you so much. Thank you.
- Second, we seek support to expand our healthcare programs in high-demand fields.
- These funds are critical to supporting academic and program activities that advance student learning
- We're also requesting your support of two facility projects to support our technical program expansions
- A $750,000 per year investment for technical program support.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Education K-16 Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- program.
- The first publicly funded voucher program was actually in 1973, and it was supported by the teachers
- Utah School Choice Program is not the biggest program.
- programs to support pregnant women, and there's accountability for that.
- the age of the program, comparable funding, and comprehensive... ...program size, the age of the program
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education K-16 convened with a quorum, adopted its committee rules, and heard opening remarks from members introducing staff and outlining priorities for the session. Several senators emphasized support for public education, teacher pay and safety, parental choice, and the combined K-16 jurisdiction of the committee. The chair also reviewed hearing procedures, including public testimony registration and time limits.
The main item was Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, laid out by Chairman Creighton. He described the bill as an education savings account program intended to expand school choice, with a $200 million universal eligibility pool and an additional $800 million targeted to students with disabilities and lower-income families. He said the bill includes anti-fraud safeguards, criminal background checks for vendors, reporting requirements, data protections, and annual testing for participating students, while not imposing STAAR on private schools or homeschoolers. He also said the bill removes a prior hold-harmless provision for public schools and is separate from public school funding and teacher pay legislation.
Members questioned the bill’s income threshold, lottery and priority structure, treatment of homeschoolers, microschools, charter schools, religious freedom protections, citizenship/lawful presence language, cybersecurity, open records, and disability-related issues, including whether 504 students and foster children should be included. Creighton said the bill is designed to prioritize former public school students with disabilities or lower incomes, while also allowing universal eligibility within the program’s first funding tier, and that the Comptroller would oversee vendor screening and cybersecurity rules. He said the bill does not direct curriculum or interfere with religious beliefs and that amendments may be offered later on citizenship and other issues. After member questions, the committee began invited testimony, starting with EdChoice representative Robert Inlow, who testified in support of SB 2 and cited national growth in school choice programs and studies he said show positive effects for students and public schools.
MN
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/10/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- This program provides crucial technical assistance and financial support.
- We thank you for your continued support of the Rural Capacity Program and your support of Minnesota's
- We thank you for your continued support of the Rural Capacity Program and your support of Minnesota's
- We thank you for your continued support of the Rural Capacity Program and your support of Minnesota's
- We thank you for your continued support of the Rural Capacity Program and your support of Minnesota's
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/19/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I support programs like this because I am a product of the Step Up program through the City of Minneapolis
- programs like this elisan I support programs like this because<00:11:54.880>
I <00:11:55.000>< - So we've supported programs like Propel, a nonprofit that helps mentor new organizations.
- So we've supported programs like Propel, a nonprofit that helps mentor new organizations.
- a supported programs like Propel a supported programs like Propel a nonprofit<01:45:37.560>
that
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- , aptly called the FARM program.
- Patrick Wanek waived speaking in support. Johnny Hires waived speaking in support.
- I saw that you changed the name of the HOPE Scholarship Program to just the HOPE Program.
- I saw that you changed the name of the HOPE Scholarship Program to just the HOPE Program.
- in the program?
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and took up two bills. The first, SB 250 on rural communities by Senator Simon, was described as a broad rural development package creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and transportation investments, added funding for rural education consortiums, and health care initiatives for rural areas. Senator Harrell asked about overlap between road funding programs, and the sponsor explained that eligible counties could receive both SCRAP and FARM funding. Several organizations waived in support or spoke in support, and the bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote.
The committee then heard SB 318, the committee substitute for educational scholarship programs by President Gates. The bill was presented as a response to Auditor General findings about the rapid growth and administration of Florida’s school choice and scholarship programs. It would separate Family Empowerment Scholarship funding from the FEFP, require more frequent student enrollment verification, lower scholarship funding organization administrative fees, require return of overpayments, create a student ID system, establish a $250 million stabilization fund, require annual audits, and direct DOE to recommend future program administration through competitive procurement. Gates also offered five amendments, including technical changes to eligibility documentation and a substantive amendment requiring a DOE report on future administration and competitive selection; all five amendments were adopted.
During debate and public testimony, senators and witnesses discussed accountability, software solutions, reimbursement delays, monthly attestations, and impacts on public schools and families. Supporters and opponents alike raised concerns about bureaucracy, fraud prevention, special education services, and whether the bill would help or burden parents. Gates said the bill aimed to fix tracking and payment problems without capping the program, and he noted the IEP timeline would be aligned with public school timelines. After debate, the committee reported CS for SB 318 favorably by unanimous vote, and then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- c> of about program supports and level of about program supports and level of funding.<00:10:26.079
- So we'd really like to have mapped onto these different types of programs the different types of supports
- So we'd really like to have mapped onto these different types of programs the different types of supports
- to pathways programs aligning supports to pathways programs actually<00:26:19.440>
choose. - I've coached programs through quality improvement, and today I lead an organization that supports early
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 27th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, so we really are grateful for your support and your advocacy for the program.
- That was for all supportive housing programs, and we estimate that that generates $16.45 million in economic
- Um, through the program, we got him into other supportive services including MOUD.
- Um, so for example, like our, our linkages program, which leads to permanent supportive housing, that's
- Those services are typically the living support services and the day program services for the traditional
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The programs of the agency support economic vitality. and strength of Texas, as well as its brand identity
- The next program I'll talk about is. called the Arts Respond Performance Support.
- And first, let me say thank you to the legislature for the strong and ongoing support for our program
- We hope with your support we want to grow the Junior Historians program.
- supportive of their programs and what they do.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Business and Professions and Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- programs.
- Sure that they have to support.
- better support them.
- When I was a nursing program...
- I did it an accelerated program.
Summary:
The joint Assembly and Senate Business and Professions sunset oversight hearing focused first on the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), with committee chairs emphasizing oversight, consumer protection, workforce access, and economic mobility. BRN leaders reported improvements since the last review, including faster licensing timelines, streamlined enforcement, higher consumer satisfaction, growth in pre-licensure enrollment, and expanded data collection. Members questioned the board about nurse practitioner scope and supervision, international and military pathways to licensure, online nursing education and clinical requirements, rural workforce shortages, and the 30-unit LVN-to-RN option. BRN staff explained California’s tiered advanced practice system, the NCLEX and certification requirements, English proficiency rules, clinical hour standards, and the board’s role in approving programs and supporting schools through nursing education consultants. Several members and the board president also discussed the need to retain new graduates, improve diversity in the workforce, and better support nontraditional students and rural placements.
Public comment on the BRN sunset review was extensive and largely supportive of the board, while also urging policy changes. Nurse practitioner, nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, and nursing education groups generally supported the BRN report and especially backed clarification of APRN-to-RN delegation authority under issue 13. Other commenters asked for clearer implementation of AB 890, more flexibility for clinical nurse specialists, streamlined renewals for nurse midwives, and changes to federal loan limits affecting graduate nursing education. Higher education representatives and private nursing schools raised concerns about duplicative BRN documentation, clinical placement bottlenecks, and barriers faced by out-of-state and online programs seeking to serve California students. The California Medical Association and some physician groups opposed easing transition-to-practice requirements for out-of-state nurse practitioners and cautioned against changes to specialty and delegation rules, while the California Nurses Association and others stressed the importance of community college pathways, new graduate support, and workforce retention.
The hearing then moved to the Physical Therapy Board of California. Board leadership reported that the board oversees more than 41,000 active licensees, has seen about 15% growth since 2021, and continues to maintain high exam pass rates among California physical therapy and physical therapist assistant programs. The board described its mission as consumer protection through licensing, enforcement, continuing competency oversight, and stakeholder engagement. The vice president’s remote testimony encountered technical problems, so the executive officer continued with a brief overview of the board’s work and its commitment to efficient service and public protection. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HOU-PSM, HOU-HWN, HOU Public Hearings 03-11-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- program.
- program.
- program.
- program.
- This claims to be about supporting affordable housing, but Vail, indeed, program is not a great way to
Summary:
The joint Housing and Public Safety/Water and Land hearing first took up HB 1096, which would repeal statutory tenant-selection preferences for disabled veterans and spouses of deceased veterans in state low-income housing. HPHA testified in support, saying the change was a housekeeping measure because the same preferences already exist in administrative rules and could be adjusted later to align with other local preferences, while also noting the federal VASH program provides stronger veteran housing support. Several members questioned why the preference should be removed at all, emphasizing that veterans have long been underserved and asking for a stronger justification; the committees ultimately deferred HB 1096.
The later Housing/Hawaiian Affairs agenda heard HB 606 HD1, a measure to extend Act 279 funding and related exemptions for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Supporters argued the bill would give DHHL more time to use the $600 million appropriation to acquire land, work with developers, and address a wait list of about 29,000 applicants, while also helping restore Hawaiian communities and reduce the Hawaiian diaspora. Opponents focused on accountability and oversight, saying DHHL needs clearer plans, measurable goals, and stronger safeguards before receiving more money, and warning that prior spending and strategic-plan changes had reduced the number of applicants served. The committee also heard testimony that the bill would help DHHL fulfill long-standing obligations to Native Hawaiians and that the housing need affects the broader state, not only Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 24th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Jigga, so she could talk about program support, which is P565.
- So, program support, the P code is 526.
- They also help support business incubator programs.
- Programs so that those startup business programs, the JEDI program does an amazing job helping support
- My question is on the program support on page 8.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, those dollars would go to CDFA's Sting Fairgrounds Fair and Expo program to support necessary upgrades
- We'll establish a program in the governor's office of business and economic development to support local
- For Inland Empire Utilities Agency, I want to support the Water Storage Investment Program funding and
- We're supporting SB 155, the Civic Media Program.
- On CalWORKs, we support. the CalWORKs Housing and Homelessness Assistance Program changes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 12th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Do not support that. Do not support this amendment.
- Taylor, also from Duluth: Without the additional 10% in Great Start support payments my program receives
- Teresa from Byron: Penalizing the programs that support Minnesota's most vulnerable families sends the
- And while that's an important program, a vital program, and a necessary program, It's a program that
- As our populations age in rural Minnesota, as our families need more and more support, the programs must
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/26/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- And I quote from that letter: "We could support a more measured approach to how the new LMI CSG program
- . program. program.
- So I support the ethanol program that this country has, and in the same way I do like incentives.
- So I support the ethanol program that this country has, and in the same way I do like incentives.
- So I support the ethanol program that this country has, and in the same way I do like incentives.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for supporting our internship program. Absolutely. Thank you so much. Thank you.
- Second, we seek support to expand our health care programs in high-demand fields.
- These funds are critical to supporting academic and program activities that advance student learning.
- We're also requesting support of two facility projects to support our technical program expansions.
- A $750,000 per year investment for technical program support.