Bills: HB 1193, HB 2495, HB 2733, HB 3104, HB 3395, HB 4325, SB 3009

Keywords: child enrollment, parent rights, managing conservator, education, family law, civil liability, barratry, penalties, legal actions, damages, judgment enforcement, court fees, child support enforcement, dormant judgments, legal proceedings

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• Oh yes, that's the child care allowance portion of the assessment.
• > allowance<00:04:22.639> portion that's the child care allowance portion that's the child
• So is this bill assuming that a child So is this bill assuming that a child who<00:20:13.120>
• my after-school programs are full, how would that impact that child?
• we've been talking about dual enrollment we've been talking about dual enrollment almost<01:05:16.400

Bills: HF3714, HF4399, HF4176, HF2544, HF60, HF4231, HF4232

Keywords: foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility

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• It reduces child care wait times and helps build or rebuild the child care early learning system capacity
• <00:04:54.680> care 20,250 child care 20,250 child care slots<00:04:56.840> this<00
• said about the demise of family child said about the demise of family child care<00:10:05.399>
• Care Plus in would be at a family Child Care Plus in family<00:10:22.079> child<00:10:22.560>
• <00:48:14.359> care<00:48:14.760> and child to find quality child care and child to

Bills: HF656, HF655, HF633

Keywords: child care, childcare, day care, daycare, licensing, variance, licensed capacity, capacity limit, staff qualifications, staffing, child care center, family child care, provider flexibility, Minnesota career lattice, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, licensing rules, enrollment, indoor space, professional development

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• > visited despite those Child Care Centers visited despite those Child Care Centers receiving<00:20:13.679
• Services does oversight over these child Services does oversight over these child care<00:20:27.840
• those concerns it mandates that child those concerns it mandates that child care<00:21:21.039>
• It is to provide help for child care facilities, right?
• It is to provide help for child care facilities, right?

Bills: HF1169, HF1916

Keywords: child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services, welfare administration, Minnesota tribes, child care assistance, CCAP, program integrity

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• to child protection and child welfare. to child protection and child welfare.
• the child protection system. the child protection system.
• with child protection. with child protection.
• another troubled child. another troubled child.
• It is the child. And it should always be the child.

Bills: HF3877, HF3714, HF3750, HF3024

Keywords: public authorities, dissolution cases, court system, child protection, legal notice, foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, foster youth, extended foster care, bill of rights, out-of-home placement, Minnesota Statutes chapter 260C, social services agency, caseworker, permanency team, sibling visitation, relative contact

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• These proposals are practical, preventative, and focused on child safety.
• <00:18:44.880> They<00:18:45.120> target focused on child safety.
• They target focused on child safety.
• Francis High School, enrolled in the Saints manufacturing class.
• A more balanced approach could help manage the enrollment where we pay closer to $20 enrollment where

Bills: HF3650, HF1791, HF3489, HF4231, HF4232, HF4269, HF4270, HF3490

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

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• HCBS enrollment information between ACA and DCF. Thank you, Senator.
• As of now, there is no way for us to formally enroll in the program.
• It'll allow the system to know who is enrolled for us to know that we are enrolled and also provide the
• off the pre-enrollment list and into services.
• When I was appointed, there were 21,000 people on the pre-enrollment list.

Bills: S1002, S1016, S1030, S1594, S1630

Keywords: child welfare, substance abuse, neglect, parental rights, drug exposure, Medicaid, disabilities, employment, healthcare access, income eligibility, veteran benefits, minor clients, financial assistance, education services, Department of Children and Families, Department of Health, aging services, disability assistance, long-term care, Alzheimer's support

Summary: The committee considered several bills affecting children, disability services, aging, recovery residences, and foster youth benefits. SB 1016 codified the working people with disabilities program for Medicaid waiver recipients, with amendments removing automatic enrollment and improving information sharing between agencies; advocates testified that the program helps people with developmental disabilities work while keeping needed care, though they raised implementation and training concerns. The bill was reported favorably. SB 1002, as amended, clarified that evidence of acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect in child welfare cases and allow court intervention and treatment requirements; it was also reported favorably. SB 1594 would preserve veterans’ benefits for foster youth for postsecondary education or aftercare rather than using them as reimbursement to the agency, and it passed favorably. SB 1630 modernized aging and long-term care statutes, expanded emergency service authority, updated oversight of area agencies on aging and guardianship, and permanently established the Florida Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence; after two amendments, it was reported favorably. SB 1030, on recovery residences/substance abuse services, was amended with a substitute that narrowed transfer definitions, sped licensure for existing providers adding levels of care, and limited credentialing entities’ access to resident records; members noted it remained a work in progress, but it was reported favorably. The committee also held confirmation hearings. Robert Astellos, nominated as Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, described efforts to reduce the pre-enrollment list, improve transparency and customer service, expand family involvement, and streamline agency processes; multiple advocacy groups appeared in support, and the committee recommended his confirmation. The committee then unanimously recommended confirmation of the appointees on tabs 7 through 10. The meeting concluded with adjournment.

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• reaches a certain age, typically 12 or 13, the child...
• , and you know the judge will take the child to their chambers to ask the child who to... they prefer
• Bad picture of a child or even a parent.
• child is aged 18.
• I think this creates a more child-centered approach, ensuring that children can be enrolled in school

Bills: HB368, HB3311, HB1734, HB2495, HB2716, HB793, HB3376, HB2524, HB3421, HB3446, HB3181

Keywords: electronic devices, family violence, criminal prosecution, protective orders, tracking, harassment, family allowance, decedent's estate, surviving spouse, minor children, inheritance, child support, maintenance, HB 1734, Family Code, Section 155.207, suit affecting the parent-child relationship, SAPCR, continuing exclusive jurisdiction, jurisdiction transfer

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• The minor child is still receiving child support from them. How does that work?
• Because if he had a prior child, a prior child that he was paying child support for, you could force
• The total child support that would have been due to the child, so the child reached 18 or something,
• He was owing child support for one child, and he was married and had two other children.
• Child support is owed after you made the loan, and then later on, the child is born.

Bills: HB368, HB3311, HB1734, HB2495, HB2716, HB793, HB3376, HB2524, HB3421, HB3446, HB3181

Keywords: electronic devices, family violence, criminal prosecution, protective orders, tracking, harassment, family allowance, decedent's estate, surviving spouse, minor children, inheritance, child support, maintenance, HB 1734, Family Code, Section 155.207, suit affecting the parent-child relationship, SAPCR, continuing exclusive jurisdiction, jurisdiction transfer

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• data committee here and not the child data committee here and not the child care<00:26:44.880>
• of child sexual assault material?
• I don't know if my child was way. I don't know if my child was directly<00:46:31.000> harmed.
• child care centers, which we have, too. child care centers, which we have, too.
• It's child seat belts, by the way.

Bills: HF1027, HF2226, HF1916, HF1915, HF1567, HF1986

Keywords: mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds

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• We are now reinstating the existing language, which was from the Open Enrollment Act and Senate Bill
• Enrollment Act and Senate Bill 783.
• We are also instituting the acceptance of the administrative side of the early enrollment.
• COVID, so we're right before OID, so a lot of this was lost to memory, but they would have a small enrollment
• Because as a former teacher myself, I understand that when you suspend a child, they lose so much from

Bills: HB4274, HB3076, HB4358, HB3312, HB3288, HB3885

Keywords: HB4274, Oklahoma schools, interdistrict transfer, open transfer, school enrollment, military families, active duty, National Guard, Reserve orders, military installation, residency requirements, district of choice, public school transfer, student transfer, special education, IEP, Section 504, military housing, base housing, electronic enrollment

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• When a child is removed from his or her home, It is a traumatizing experience for the child, the biological
• The trauma can be enhanced when the kin caregiver cannot enroll the child in public school.
• a student under a parental child safety placement because the enrolling party...
• may enroll a child in school using a letter. from the Department of Family and Protective Services indicating
• that the child is under a parental child safety placement and that the address of the child's residence

Bills: SB226, SB413, SB571, SB1049, SB2398, SB2920

Keywords: residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension, reporting requirements, released time, religious instruction

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• Child-related income follows the child. This includes SSI, child support, and other benefits.
• when a parent is unable to care for the child safely.
• No, the question is the child is, is it with the child, um.
• No, the, the, the, the child is in another state, but the parents, you know, the child in the foster,
• uh, the parents, the child was, the child was taken from the parents.

Bills: HB 26, HB 140, HB 141, HB 142, HB 215

Keywords: Medicaid, nutrition support, maternal health, chronic conditions, pilot program, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, child abuse investigations, child neglect, child exploitation, advisory committee, Family and Protective Services Council, council abolition, foster care, due process, investigative procedures, child welfare, parental rights, family preservation services

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• responsibility if an SSCC does not meet their contractual duties, even when that poses a threat to child

Bills: HB 1531, HB 2667, HB 2809, HB 2865, HB 3589, HB 3151, HB 3748, HB 3750, HB 4419, HB 4643, HB 3597, HB 4129, HB 4130, HB 4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• responsibility if an SSCC... ...does not meet their contractual duties, even when that poses a threat to child

Bills: HB1531, HB2667, HB2809, HB2865, HB3589, HB3151, HB3748, HB3750, HB4419, HB4643, HB3597, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• we previously heard that relates to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed child
• Members, this is Chair Frank's bill that we heard previously that relates to the regulation of child
• They are required to be enrolled with Medicaid and credentialed with managed care organizations.
• We don't have any control over HHSC's provider enrollment process.
• But again, that doesn't fix the enrollment problem.

Bills: HB1531, HB2667, HB2809, HB2865, HB3589, HB3151, HB3748, HB3750, HB4419, HB4643, HB3597, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

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• Some of which is focused on child Some of which is focused on child protection<00:21:22.520>
• > number<00:24:43.679> of<00:24:43.760> other child care and a number of other child
• of child foster care background<01:02:57.560> studies.
• change for child foster care studies. change for child foster care studies.
• child care background<01:03:32.280> studies.

Bills: HF4525, HF3002, HF3665, HF4420

Keywords: human services, background studies, NETStudy 2.0, licensing, license suspension, license revocation, provider enrollment, program integrity, fraud, medical assistance fraud, Medicaid, payment withholding, credible allegation of fraud, background check, disqualification, variance, set-aside, foster care, family foster setting, adult foster care

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• When you talk about increasing the funding for one child, you mean that that one child gets that maximum
• In child care, and certainly not quality child care, their options are limited to lower quality.
• For instance, the Texas Institute for Child and...
• Cammie's Home Daycare, a home child care program in South Arlington, was approached by Child Care Aware
• a single child.

Bills: HB74, HB175, HB460, HB576, HB2271, HB2294, HB2874, HB3016, HB3133, HB3191, HB3458, HB3929, HB4063, HB4115, HB4394, HB74, HB175

Keywords: Puerto Verde, Port Authority, eminent domain, bonds, tax assessments, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, public welfare, child care, certifications, Texas Rising Star Program, grant program, disability inclusion, family income, affordability, economic impact, state study, cost analysis, government support

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• Currently, TWC collects enrollment and availability data from the licensed child care centers that participate
• However, this does not allow for a comprehensive picture of a total capacity and enrollment for child
• , for their child care needs.
• Finding childcare that meets the needs of their child with a disability, you know, just having to enroll
• care center that their child is enrolled at.

Bills: HB74, HB175, HB460, HB576, HB2271, HB2294, HB2874, HB3016, HB3133, HB3191, HB3458, HB3929, HB4063, HB4115, HB4394, HB74, HB175

Keywords: Puerto Verde, Port Authority, eminent domain, bonds, tax assessments, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, public welfare, child care, certifications, Texas Rising Star Program, grant program, disability inclusion, family income, affordability, economic impact, state study, cost analysis, government support

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• And basically that child can come back into the classroom.
• Being a lawyer, if a child is accused of committing a crime, should that child— —be isolated or allowed
• We try to find these—what’s currently used in order to remove a child from class? Very little.
• And then that officer goes to school and arrests the child in front of the kids. Surely, Mr.
• Some teach in urban areas, and some enroll.

Bills: SB27, SB226, SB326, SB570, SB605, SB870, SB991, SB1871, SB1872, SB1873, SB1874, SB1924, SB1925

Keywords: residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, antisemitism, student conduct, education, disciplinary actions, Texas Education Code, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district

Summary: The committee heard a series of school safety and discipline bills, beginning with SB 870, which would codify an attorney general opinion allowing local school boards to decide whether school marshals may openly carry, conceal carry, or store a firearm in a secure safe on campus. The bill was laid out with no public testimony and left pending. The chair then moved to a combined discussion of SB 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1924, all focused on school discipline, teacher authority, and student safety. Senators Perry and Creighton described the package as a response to rising classroom disruptions, assaults on teachers, and concerns that districts lack effective tools to maintain order. SB 1871 would expand teacher removal authority, require return-to-class plans before a student removed for certain conduct can return, make some serious offenses mandatory for placement in juvenile justice settings, and provide telehealth mental health services through a consortium. SB 1872 would require expulsion to a JJAEP for assaults on teachers or school volunteers and extend certain expulsion-eligible conduct to off-campus offenses. SB 1873 would restore the prior understanding that in-school suspension is not subject to a three-day limit. SB 1874 would grant teachers immunity from disciplinary action for reporting discipline violations or acting in compliance with Chapter 37. SB 1924 would restore authority for local police and school district police to issue Class C citations for school offenses and require criminal referrals for students posing an imminent threat or assaulting a teacher, with a substitute clarifying referral rules when a citation has already been issued. The committee adopted the substitutes for the bills and moved them forward. Invited witnesses from teacher and administrator groups largely supported the overall goal of stronger discipline and safer classrooms, while asking for refinements. The Texas Classroom Teachers Association testified that teachers need more autonomy to remove disruptive or violent students and that classroom removals should not mean removal from learning. Superintendents from San Angelo, Grandview, and Wiley ISDs supported the bills’ emphasis on safety, expanded ISS flexibility, mandatory placement for serious offenses, and telehealth mental health services, but asked for more local control, flexibility for Districts of Innovation, more than one campus behavior coordinator in large districts, clearer timelines for return-to-class plans, and more precise definitions for disruptive conduct. Several witnesses stressed that teacher retention and student learning are being harmed by current discipline problems, while some members raised concerns about vague standards and the risk of overuse or public humiliation through citations and removals.