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Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm not seeing any other yellow hands, but there's a lot of screens.
  • bringing concerns forward, but there's a large number where we would like to have that ability to screen
  • thinking ahead: if I was sitting in the hearing room, like, yes, there probably needs to be some screening
  • And at that time, everything that happened, like if a report... ...investigation or closed it at screening
  • But the result for the school-based allegation was that everything was always closed at screening.
Keywords: 907, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Common Education Oct 23rd, 2025

Common Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This child that attacked me had cleared the classroom and threw every computer on the floor, busted screens
  • This child that attacked me had cleared the classroom and threw every computer on the floor, busted screens
  • They don't have screening tools that can help them see where a student is in terms of their trauma when
  • Um, they don't have social workers, um, they don't have screening tools that can help them see where
  • You're just learning how to have my screen over here with my test on it and have my phone over here or
Summary: The committee held an interim study on how to educate and support students with severe violent or disruptive behavior while protecting classmates, teachers, and school staff. Members framed the issue as one involving students who have often experienced trauma and may be removed from class through suspension, expulsion, or juvenile placement, but who still need a meaningful path back to school. Several legislators shared personal experiences as former educators or administrators and emphasized that schools need clearer criteria for removal and return, along with stronger support for families and staff. Dr. Michelle Butler, an alternative education director, testified that Oklahoma’s current alternative education system is not designed to serve students removed for major discipline issues because placement is generally voluntary and programs are built around students who need a different learning environment, not punitive removal. She argued for early intervention, stronger attendance enforcement, trauma screening, teacher training, and a regional or cooperative model that would combine credentialed educators, social workers, therapists, and family counselors. She also described existing programs such as Trace Academy, Rogers County Youth Services diversion programs, and the limitations of virtual-only models and current funding, saying the system lacks sufficient resources and staffing. Representatives and senators asked about funding, staffing, credentials, and whether statutes should be changed to prevent alternative education dollars from going to programs that do not provide direct services. Other testimony came from Family and Children’s Services and Mid-Del Youth and Family Services, both of which described embedded school-based mental health, crisis response, intensive outpatient services, family engagement, and juvenile diversion programs. Witnesses stressed that wraparound services, school-community partnerships, and a bridge back to the home school are essential, and that many students and families need mandatory or strongly supported participation rather than purely voluntary help. The study concluded with members noting possible next steps, including expanding or supplementing alternative education, improving early intervention, and examining participation requirements and transition supports; no votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after the presentations.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government (3-25-26)

State & Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • chair and council members of the the chair and council members of the curriculum<00:04:10.000><c> assessment
  • </c><00:04:10.680><c> and</c><00:04:10.800><c> accountability</c> curriculum assessment and accountability
  • curriculum assessment and accountability uh<00:04:12.160><c> council,</c> uh council, uh council, the
  • 50.839><c> a</c> that you would make your selections on a that you would make your selections on a screen
  • , and it would print out a screen, and it would print out a human-readable<00:16:53.520><c> ballot</c
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/9/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Social workers are the clinicians conducting diagnostic assessments, providing trauma-informed therapy
  • Social workers are the clinicians conducting diagnostic assessments, providing trauma-informed therapy
  • It involves careful screening and preparation, sessions, a supervised therapeutic experience, as well
  • This bill creates essential safeguards: health screening, informed consent, trained facilitators, and
  • Accompanied by this bill, we have an actionable framework to begin assessing the potential benefits of
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So we will have a lot of people, and I want to get this on your radar screen at CalRecycle.
  • The PRO must submit an initial statewide needs assessment by March 1, 2027.
  • The PRO must submit an initial statewide needs assessment by March 1, 2027.
  • This detailed assessment will provide a better estimate of recovery costs.
  • This detailed assessment will provide a better estimate of recovery costs.
Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations on the administration’s Proposition 4 spending plans for extreme heat mitigation and outdoor access, then took up SB 54 implementation, SB 707 textile producer responsibility, and recovery needs related to the Los Angeles fires at state parks. For the extreme heat chapter, agencies described funding for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program, urban greening, urban forestry, fairground upgrades, and technical assistance for community-based climate programs. Witnesses emphasized that these are existing programs with strong demand, that technical assistance is important for reaching disadvantaged and tribal communities, and that the proposed funding would expand outreach and implementation capacity. Members asked for more detail on where funds have gone geographically, examples of successful projects, tree-planting totals, and how fairgrounds could better support fire staging and emergency preparedness. The LAO said the timing of the administration’s proposed funding generally made sense because the programs are already established, and no votes were taken. For outdoor access, State Parks, Fish and Wildlife, and Natural Resources described funding for new parks in underserved communities, deferred maintenance, state lands access, and several new or pending programs. State Parks said the park development program would fund roughly 48 projects and that deferred maintenance funding would address high-priority health, safety, and access needs. Fish and Wildlife said its lands program would improve visitor amenities and access on properties that often lack basic facilities. The Natural Resources Agency also outlined three newer outdoor-access proposals: expanding recreation in disadvantaged communities, enhancing natural resource values and trail access, and a nature/climate/education facilities grant program. The LAO distinguished between existing programs, which are ready to move forward, and the newer proposals, where the Legislature may want more input before funds are allocated. Members also raised concerns about park police vacancies, the need to track outcomes for accessibility investments, and whether Prop. 4 could help with wildfire-related recovery at state parks. CalRecycle then presented on SB 54, the plastics and packaging producer responsibility law, and members pressed hard on the delay in regulations. CalRecycle said it has held workshops, formed an advisory committee, selected the producer responsibility organization, and completed required baseline and covered-material reports, but needs more time to address complex comments and novel features such as source reduction and eco-modulated fees. Members expressed frustration that a statutory deadline was missed and asked for a concrete timeline; CalRecycle said it expects regulations in place by 2026, ahead of the PRO’s January 1, 2027 plan deadline. Finance said the Beverage Container Recycling Fund is currently healthy enough to support short-term loans for implementation. The committee also reviewed SB 707, the textile EPR law, which would create the nation’s first textile producer responsibility program; staff said the proposal would add positions and loan authority, and members noted the statutory deadlines for PRO approval, needs assessment, and later regulations. The hearing ended with discussion of the January Los Angeles fires’ damage to Topanga State Park and Will Rogers State Historic Park, where State Parks described extensive losses, emergency response work, and ongoing damage assessment. Members asked about FEMA eligibility, state funding sources, and community engagement in rebuilding, and the department said it is still assessing costs and will work with the public on reimagining the parks.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Tue Jan 14, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Thank you very much. and assess different areas kind of like and assess different areas kind of like
Keywords: 910, house, all
VA
Transcript Highlights:
  • One was a provider assessment.
  • It is not a replacement for the provider assessment.
  • comes as we are simultaneously losing resources we have depended on for years, such as the provider assessment
  • procurement—once we sign our contractual agreements with the folks you see as implementers on this screen
  • We're going to go on the board, or the screen here to Delegate Waxman. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • You have to first of all start off with performing a functional behavioral assessment that involves a
  • Usually, you're up on the screen. I'm here. Nice to have you here. It's beautiful to be here.
  • Your list is different than the list that's on the screen. Yeah, that's what I'm doing.
  • And I was the one that requested his functional behavior assessment.
  • Senator Cortez, we absolutely support behavior intervention plans and functional behavioral assessments
Summary: The committee opened by explaining that several bills had been removed from the agenda because the Senate must physically possess a bill before holding a public hearing. The chair said the missing bills would be rescheduled for Tuesday. The committee then waived the five-day notice rule for considering substitute House Bills 1705 and 32010, and proceeded to hear substitute House Bill 2219 and substitute House Bill 1795. House Bill 2219, on child care operational efficiency, would allow longer mixed-age ratio periods in child care centers, waive repeat DCYF orientation requirements in certain cases when staff have recently completed the same training, and require licensing standards to include a zero-tolerance policy for imminent physical harm involving high-potency synthetic opioids and related drug residue or paraphernalia. The prime sponsor and supporters said the bill would help child care providers manage staffing shortages, take breaks, and reduce duplicative licensing burdens. Testimony was strongly supportive, with advocates and providers describing the bill as a low-cost way to improve retention and flexibility. Questions focused on how the fentanyl language would apply to prescribed medications. House Bill 1795 would narrow and update state law on restraint and isolation in public schools and other public educational programs. The bill prohibits mechanical and chemical restraints and restraints that restrict breathing or blood flow, bars planned isolation in IEPs and 504 plans, limits planned restraint to cases with parent request and medical necessity, and prohibits new construction or remodeling of spaces intended primarily for student isolation. Supporters, including disability advocates, educators, school psychologists, principals, and state education groups, said the bill is a needed step toward reducing trauma and disproportionality and cited demonstration sites showing reductions in restraint and isolation. Some educators and paraeducators raised concerns about staffing, training, and what tools remain available in crisis situations, while others asked for future work on professional development and resources. No vote was taken on either bill during the hearing.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Jan 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Higher Education & Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so this is a lot of data, I acknowledge, but want to turn your attention to the red box on your screen
  • And so this is a lot of data, I acknowledge, but want to turn your attention to the red box on your screen
  • consistent with most medical schools across the country that are also moving toward competency-based assessments
  • This approach to assessment focuses on outcomes versus processes and is learner-centered and patient-focused
  • Data show that using tiered grading systems to assess medical students in their clinical rotations is
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 15th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Records that will no longer be confidential and exempt under the bill include a risk insolvency assessment
  • plan, and information regarding whether the applicant has a sufficient plan to test, monitor, and assess
  • counties to make fluoridation decisions based on the community's needs, values, and scientific assessments
  • So these volunteers would have to go through the same guidelines with background screenings and no— These
  • volunteers would have to go through the same guidelines with background screenings and those types of
Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance led by pages, and several introductions recognizing guests, family members, and a USF Day at the Capitol presentation. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar, where it first passed two Open Government Sunset Review bills: CS/SB 7010, preserving a public records exemption for certain Department of Financial Services receiver information, and SB 7008/HB 7003, preserving confidentiality for financial technology sandbox application records. Both measures passed unanimously. The Senate also passed CS/SB 1430 on post-judgment execution proceedings relating to terrorism, a bill intended to help victims enforce judgments against terrorist entities, and CS/CS/SB 910 on veterans benefits assistance, aimed at improving veterans’ access to benefits and transition support. Additional measures passed included CS/CS/CS/SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands, SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems, CS/CS/CS/SB 700, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, and several claims bills, including relief for Darlene Angerville and J.R., Eric and Jennifer Miles on behalf of EEM, and Marcus Button. SB 994 on driver’s license education requirements also passed after an amendment making texting while driving a moving violation with points and a distracted-driving course requirement. The most extended debate centered on CS/CS/CS/SB 700, where senators discussed provisions on fluoride in drinking water, labeling of plant-based products, drone penalties, charity registration, agricultural housing, and other agriculture-related policy changes. Several amendments on fluoride were offered and defeated, while a technical amendment on financial institution definitions was adopted. Senators also briefly discussed the policy implications of the bill’s fluoride language and its relationship to local control and public health. Several other bills on the calendar were temporarily postponed, and at the end of the session the Senate adopted motions to certify passed bills to the House, retain postponed bills on the special order calendar, and remove CS/SB 7016 from the special order calendar. The Senate then adjourned until April 16.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 03:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members will have a PowerPoint presentation up on the screen.
  • We'll have a PowerPoint presentation up on the screen, but we're also passing out a summary of the FEPP
  • We no longer assess students one time a year.
  • We assess them three times a year minimally so we can make sure that we're putting the right things in
  • But I'm just trying to figure out how we're assessing the effectiveness of the dollars that we've currently
Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met to review how Florida’s Education Finance Program (FEFP) works, receive an update from the Department of Education on the October 2024 FTE survey and third FEFP calculation, and hear from three county superintendents about forecasting enrollment and reconciling scholarship students. The chair explained that FEFP is funded by both state and local dollars, is recalculated multiple times during the year, and is now closely tied to school choice policy. Department staff said the third calculation was still being rerun but should be completed soon, and described the forecasting process as collaborative among districts, DOE, and the Education Estimating Conference. Superintendents from Polk, St. Lucie, and Hendry counties said enrollment shifts, especially students moving to Family Empowerment Scholarships, homeschooling, or private schools, make budgeting and staffing difficult. They said districts often must hold back funds to protect against midyear losses, which affects collective bargaining, staffing, transportation, and classroom organization. Several members raised concerns about duplicate counting, transparency, and whether students receiving scholarship funds can also remain in district classrooms. DOE said districts can access scholarship information through a secure portal and that scholarship funding organizations are paid quarterly, with a new process requiring certification and possible future payment adjustments to reduce duplication. The superintendents urged better real-time tracking of students through a statewide ID or student information system and suggested scholarship students should be funded separately from district FEFP calculations. Members also discussed whether more frequent or daily attendance-based calculations would improve accuracy, though some warned that daily attendance could create new problems for high-poverty districts. The committee also briefly discussed categoricals, including mental health and ESE funding, with DOE saying it evaluates programs through studies, reporting requirements, and legislative direction. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with a motion to rise and adjourn.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 3rd, 2025

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • requiring the Public Education Department to publish the results of the Department's approved Summative Assessments
  • Senate Bill 260, an act making an appropriation to the Department of Environment to assess and clean
  • Bill 265, introduced by Senator Muñoz, an act relating to motor vehicles, increasing the penalty assessment
  • Requiring owners to provide notice to dwelling unit applicants of fees related to applicant screening
  • , requiring owners to return an applicant screening fee in certain circumstances, and requiring owners
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Jan 27th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Superior Court can assess costs and reasonable attorney fees against a party who appeals the arbitrator's
  • Our insurance premiums and assessments surged by $2 million in just one year.
  • only the actual liability to our counties, but also in their insurance costs, so what they're being assessed
  • The insurance commissioner published two assessments in 2024.
  • statutes and judgments and sentences that are issued every day that require supervision, but DOC gets to screen
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 19th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This shift would require us to rewrite curriculum and common assessments.
  • This shift would require is to rewrite curriculum and common assessments.
  • I should read the screen here. Can you hear me okay? We can. Thank you.
  • I should read the screen here. Can you hear me okay? We can. Thank you for being here.
  • responsible for the results of the school and the individual, especially through this competency assessment
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The committee first approved minutes from March 9, 10, and 11, 2026. It then heard Senate Bill 1336 from Senator Anthon, which would update civics and American history education standards in light of the America 250 celebration. The sponsor said the bill needed more work to preserve local control and flexibility, and asked that it be sent to the 14th order for amendment. Testimony was generally supportive of stronger civics instruction, but several school representatives raised concerns about codifying standards in statute, the timing and staffing impacts of a Western civilization requirement, and the need for clearer language. The committee voted to send SB 1336 to the 14th order. The committee next considered Senate Bill 1412 from Senator Nichols, a school employee hiring and reporting bill combining earlier measures and incorporating feedback from education and legal agencies. The bill would require more uniform disclosure, employer verification, mandatory reporting to law enforcement, reporting to the Professional Standards Commission, and whistleblower protections, including for private school employees. Testimony from educators and advocates described cases where abuse reports were allegedly mishandled or retaliation occurred, and supporters said the bill would create consistent statewide safeguards. The committee passed SB 1412 with a due pass recommendation. House Bill 832, dealing with career technical education instructor recruitment, would replace a fixed 6,000-hour industry experience requirement with a more flexible standard set by the State Board of Career Technical Education by content area. It received little opposition and was sent to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 711, an alternative administrator certification bill creating grow-your-own and executive leadership pathways for principals and superintendents. Supporters said it would help districts, especially rural ones, recruit leaders and provide local flexibility; opponents argued it lowered standards and that the real problem was retention, not recruitment. After extensive testimony, the committee sent HB 711 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Finally, the committee returned to House Bill 516, which would restrict classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and expand parent-rights provisions. The sponsor proposed amendment language clarifying that incidental references in subjects like literature, history, biology, health sciences, and CTE would not be prohibited. Testimony split sharply: supporters said the bill would strengthen parental control and prevent inappropriate instruction, while opponents warned it could suppress discussion of LGBTQ history and related topics. The committee was still discussing the amendment language when the transcript ended.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 2nd, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is a timer on the screen.
  • You need a social worker that's trained in doing that to be able to provide a quality assessment.
  • I think that one of the reasons the department is using this CAMS assessment is because they didn't have
  • skilled social workers available to assess the families.
  • Does it include an assessment of what kind of a placement those kids might need, diagnosis, anything
Keywords: 996, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Jan 22nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • we would have seen the rate increases that we approved based on the OPE study and the hospital assessment
  • There was an increase for the hospital assessment fund, which, without going too far into the weeds,
  • the hospital assessment fund is where the hospital net patient revenue portion is collected and deposited
  • The hospital assessment fund is a dedicated account.
  • One large one is the hospital assessment, which is nearly the most complicated thing in Medicaid.
Summary: The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee held a budget hearing on the Division of Medicaid within the Department of Health and Welfare. Legislative Services analyst Alex Williamson reviewed Medicaid’s five budgeted programs, enrollment groups, staffing, historic spending growth, and the distinction between ongoing base adjustments and one-time enhancements. She explained that most Medicaid spending is in trust and benefit payments, discussed the large FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget changes, and walked through the governor’s recommendations, including hospital assessment fund alignment, claims forecast updates, MMIS procurement funding, estate recovery, program integrity support, and population forecast adjustments. Members asked extensive questions about the 4% provider rate reduction, the expansion population, federal match rates, and the effect of House Bill 345 and federal changes on Medicaid costs and eligibility. Williamson and Deputy Director Sasha O’Connell said the expansion population has declined, but costs are driven by utilization, provider rates, pharmacy, hospital, developmental disability, behavioral health, and long-term care services. They said the department is pursuing cost containment through prior authorization, redeterminations, higher cost sharing, and program integrity efforts, while noting that expansion is codified in law and any repeal or major eligibility change would require legislative action and could affect hospital assessment revenue and other offsets. The committee also discussed the MMIS replacement project, with lawmakers emphasizing milestone-based funding and risk control. O’Connell explained the estate recovery request as a replacement case management system plus contractor support to help recover Medicaid costs from estates, and said the program is federally required and revenue-generating. Several members raised concerns about backlogs, contractor costs, and whether AI or other technology could improve efficiency in program integrity and estate recovery. No votes were taken during the hearing; the discussion remained informational and focused on the governor’s budget recommendations and possible future reductions or policy changes.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 6th, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will take up to five people in the center, and there's a timer on the screen, and the sergeant will
  • Reminder: one-minute timer will be on the screen. Good morning. My name is Howie Sanborn.
  • And just a reminder, it's one minute and there should be a clock on your screen.
  • Under the current statute 32A30-6, the OCA is tasked with assessing and reviewing information and records
  • There is a timer on the screen and the sergeant will hold the mic.
Keywords: 996, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • So our assessment is assessing really their literacy skills based on their participation and interaction
  • /c><00:47:20.400><c> um</c> mentioned about assessing students um mentioned about assessing students
  • that our assessment think that our assessment is<00:47:44.720><c> probably</c><00:47:45.200><c> separate
  • assessing</c><00:48:00.640><c> really</c> So our assessment is assessing really So our assessment is
  • </c> children should be in front of screens children should be in front of screens um<00:48:24.480><c
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee opened hearings on SB 69, including a germane amendment on school board votes to accept or reject gifts and donations, and a non-germane amendment creating a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program for preschool children not yet in kindergarten. Prime sponsor Rep. Glenn Cordelli said the literacy program was modeled on earlier HB 671, would be funded through gifts and donations rather than state appropriations, and would include reporting requirements to the governor and legislature. Members questioned changes from the earlier bill, including the move away from center-based language, the lack of a dollar threshold for school board action on donations, anonymous gifts, and whether the amendment preserved enough evaluation data. Testimony on the donation provisions raised concerns about broad language, timing, and public-meeting requirements. Rep. Timothy Han and Becky Wilson of the New Hampshire School Boards Association both noted that school districts already have policies and asked how the bill would work for routine donations, anonymous gifts, and situations that might require non-public discussion under right-to-know law. Wilson cited examples such as field-trip scholarships, backpack drives, and sports uniforms, and said the association was not taking a position but wanted clearer guardrails. Rep. Han said school boards may need to discuss some gifts in non-public session and that the bill should better address those circumstances. On the early literacy amendment, Wilson and others questioned whether the program was sufficiently developed, whether it was appropriate to rely on a primarily online model for very young children, and how it would interact with special education services and IEPs. A representative from Waterford.org, Rob Riley, testified in support, saying the program would be supplementary, adaptive, and family-engagement based, and that Waterford could provide devices and internet access for families who need them. He said the program would work alongside school districts and IEP teams rather than replace existing services. No vote was taken during the hearing; the chair said the committee would later exec the bills and try to get reports in for the calendar.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

TASK FORCE ON AUTISM Jun 4th, 2026

TASK FORCE ON AUTISM

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's sort of a little bit of a contradiction there that we're paying for duplicate assessments because
  • that it's within their scope of practice to administer some of those recognized standard autism assessments
  • They are qualified within their scope to do those assessments, those autism assessments. Thank you.
  • They are qualified within their scope to do those assessments, those autism assessments. Thank you.
  • Of course, part of our job as the doctors is to make sure they've had their hearing screened, but it
Summary: The Arkansas Legislative Autism Task Force approved the April 1, 2026 meeting minutes and discussed several vacant membership slots, including positions tied to the Arkansas Psychology Board, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, UAMS, and parent or guardian appointments. Members said they would try to fill the vacancies and, if not, include the issue in the legislative report and consider statutory changes in the next General Assembly. The task force then heard from the Developmental Disabilities Provider Association and Civitan Services about DDPA’s role in supporting 80 provider organizations serving more than 13,000 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities across 75 counties. They described services such as early intervention day programs, adult day programs, supported employment, intermediate care facilities, work activities, and community/residential waiver services, and said autism falls within the populations they serve. They also shared survey information on services used by older adults with IDD and offered contact information for providers. Members also heard a proposal to amend Act 656 of 2021 to add licensed psychological practitioners as qualified providers for autism waiver-related evaluations. The presenter argued this would reduce wait times, avoid duplicate assessments, and help families access services sooner, while noting that Arkansas Medicaid already pays for some of these evaluations. Task force members and Dr. Scott discussed the roles of psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and the possibility of using training or board oversight to ensure evaluators are properly qualified, with some noting that speech pathologists’ inclusion has historical and clinical roots. The task force also said it still needs a future discussion on fraud, plans to invite the Attorney General’s office, and wants to identify priorities for the 2027 session before adjourning.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The property tax assessment benefits for mobile home parks are retained, with additional administrative
  • property used for agricultural composting or for the packaging of certain agricultural products to be assessed
  • owned by somebody else and lease the space, then they will qualify for the 3% Save Our Homes annual assessment
  • for those coming back next year— Representative Antone: I hope that we will put this on our radar screen
  • There were no apples-to-apples assessment of student growth or student learning gains every year.
Keywords: 998, house, all