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• due to uh the no-lift policy and to the individual, the aid that was on staff that came into the dining
• Um, and there was an individual that was there working in the dining area that just looked and did try
• Um, and there was an individual that was there working in the dining area that just looked and did try
• area where he was at um when he dining area where he was at um when he was<00:21:05.679> trying
• area that just looked and did did dining area that just looked and did did try<00:21:38.000> to

Bills: HF3935, HF2216, HF4354, HF4210, HF4212

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations, nursing home, long-term care, guardian, conservator, arbitration, mandatory arbitration, consumer protection, fee increase, rate increase, price hike, private pay, public funds, Medicaid, waiver services

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• Congregate dining also does the same.
• <00:04:35.600> dining<00:04:36.080> also<00:04:36.479> does isolation.
• Congregate dining also does isolation. Congregate dining also does the<00:04:36.960> same.
• dining site or where a volunteer or a staff member might deliver a meal.
• So the point of service where an older adult would either go to attend a congregate dining site or where

Bills: HF4210, HF4212, HF4549, HF4464, HF4546, HF4447

Keywords: senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly

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• Kylin in congregate care, institutional facility would cost taxpayers that much annually for his care
• restricted budgets and or congregate restricted budgets and or congregate care<00:54:30.200>
• Providers are closing dining sites and eliminating meal routes.
• Minnesota providers are closing dining Minnesota providers are closing dining sites<01:27:08.040
• <01:30:56.480> sites socialization at one of our dining sites socialization at one of our

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• after the Seder, an arsonist dispersed through, firebombed the place, burned down the residential dining
• after the Seder, an arsonist dispersed through, firebombs, the place, burns down the residential dining
• room, was trying to murder first through, fire bombs the place, burns down the residential dining room
• institutions, to the leaders of the institutions who are responsible for the security of their congregants
• certain contexts, but it also brings a lot of different risks to the organization and to other congregants

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Anti-Semitism met to focus on the role of law enforcement in responding to anti-Semitic incidents. After approving amended minutes, the chair opened with remarks emphasizing that the Commission would confront anti-Semitism from any political direction and outlined the day’s agenda: extremist activity trends, hate-crime statutes, intergovernmental coordination, and security funding. The first presentation came from Ben Pott of the ADL Center on Extremism, who described rising extremist propaganda and anti-Semitic incidents nationally and in Massachusetts, highlighting groups such as NSC-131, GDL, and Patriot Front. He said these groups increasingly use anti-Zionist language, public disruptions, and online platforms to spread hate, and recommended prosecution where possible, civil litigation, education about symbols and tactics, and community reporting to law enforcement and ADL. Assistant District Attorney David Solvin then reviewed federal and Massachusetts hate-crime laws, including federal civil-rights and hate-crime statutes and state provisions for civil-rights violations, assault and battery to intimidate, religious vandalism, terroristic threats, and criminal harassment. He explained that many of these laws enhance penalties based on bias motivation, but some do not create standalone offenses or qualify as dangerousness predicates under current law. Commissioners pressed him on hypothetical fact patterns involving anti-Semitic slurs, symbols, and attacks, as well as on the limits of existing law for pretrial detention and the need for better data collection. Solvin said more training, better reporting, and possible legislative updates could improve enforcement, and he noted pending bills that would require more regular hate-crime reporting and expand protected classes. Detective Lieutenant Ryan Cepiel of the State Police Anti-Terrorism Unit and HART described the unit’s creation in 2023, its role in implementing prior hate-crime task force recommendations, and its work with local, state, federal, and community partners. He said HART has trained civil-rights officers, developed recruit and in-service curricula, created resource pamphlets and a Teams page, and is building a GIS-based reporting portal to improve tracking and victim support. Cepiel reported a year-over-year rise in reported anti-Semitic hate crimes in Massachusetts, while noting that current numbers are incomplete because reporting is inconsistent and there is no mandate for local departments to notify HART. Commissioners discussed underreporting, rural versus eastern Massachusetts coverage, the need for more officers and training, and the importance of making victims feel safe coming forward. The meeting ended with agreement that better data, training, and coordination are needed to address the rise in anti-Semitic hate and bias incidents.

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• Meals has been serving meals to Minnesotans since 1973, and we provide meal options through our congregate
• Meals has been serving meals to Minnesotans since 1973, and we provide meal options through our congregate
• we provide meal options<00:54:50.800> through<00:54:50.960> our<00:54:51.200> congregate
• <00:54:51.680> dining options through our congregate dining options through our congregate
• dining home<00:54:52.720> delivered<00:54:53.040> meals<00:54:53.359> otherwise

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So these rules are specific to, um, the serving and congregating of patrons, which is 17927, I think.
• <00:44:12.720> of<00:44:12.839> patrons the serving and congregating of patrons the
• serving and congregating of patrons which<00:44:13.400> is which is which is 17927<00:44:15.920
• lengthy list of different types of licenses for everything from billiard halls to Alpine luges to dining
• cars we clearly now luges to dining cars we clearly now we're<01:06:49.960> adding<01:06:50.359

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And we did two unique moves to really lean into the dining program.
• It's still our number one dining venue. You can see it's a nice venue.
• We've gotten to a new software for our dining program for purchasing and menu design.
• We've gotten to a new software for our dining program for purchasing, menu design.
• And our organization, our dining organization, is a great lab because of that as well.

Summary: The Select Committee on Alternative Protein Innovation held its second informational hearing at UCLA, focusing on California’s alternative protein sector and the role of public institutions in expanding plant-based, fermentation, and cultivated protein options. Chair Ash Kalra opened by highlighting prior state investments in UC research centers, the importance of student engagement, and the hearing’s three panels: reducing the carbon footprint of institutional meals, addressing market challenges to scaling alternative proteins, and advancing future food research and workforce development. Assemblymember Isaac Bryan also briefly praised the committee’s work and its relevance to climate and health goals. The first panel featured Friends of the Earth, UCLA Dining, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Megan Jones described California school food efforts, including technical assistance and microgrants that helped districts expand plant-based meals, reduce water and carbon footprints, and improve student satisfaction. Pete Angelese explained how UCLA Dining uses concept-driven venues, sustainable purchasing, and marketing nudges to increase plant-forward choices, while Dr. Michelle Wood outlined Los Angeles County’s 2024–2025 board motions to expand plant-based options in county food venues and programs, including joining the World Resources Institute’s Cool Food Pledge. Committee members asked about costs, procurement, and how student and consumer behavior can be influenced. The second panel addressed market barriers to scaling alternative proteins. Zach Weston and Daniel Gertner emphasized that the sector faces a cost-and-scale trap, high capital needs, and financing gaps, and they recommended grants, tax credits, loan guarantees, procurement commitments, and workforce development. T.K. Pillen of Beyond Meat argued that the category has faced a recent downturn due to consumer skepticism, industry attacks on “fake meat,” and pricing pressures, and said the key to renewed growth is increasing demand through better taste, health, pricing, and messaging around “plant protein.” Panelists also discussed hidden subsidies and structural advantages for conventional animal agriculture, and committee members raised questions about iBank loan guarantees and supply chain challenges. The final panel highlighted UCLA’s research and training efforts. Dr. Amy Roet described the Future Food Fellows program, which trains students across disciplines in science, communication, leadership, and community-building, and supports research on scalable, safe, and nutritious alternative proteins. Corinne Smith shared her cultivated meat research and student leadership in the Alternative Proteins Project at UCLA. Dr. Janet Tomiyama presented consumer psychology findings showing that disgust, gender norms, and terminology strongly affect acceptance, with “plant protein” and “complementary proteins” testing better than “fake meat.” The hearing concluded with support for continued public investment, clearer messaging, and expanded education and workforce pipelines to help California remain a leader in alternative protein innovation.

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• So, you know, not surprisingly, the majority are kind of congregated in the greater Boston area, along
• And, you know, not surprisingly, the majority are kind of congregated in the greater Boston area, along
• We have three dining venues.
• Dining is not only for nutrition, but it's a very important part of daily life.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Aging and Independence commission meeting focused on continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), with members and presenters discussing how the model works, consumer protections, and areas for future review. After member introductions, Jennifer Fuller summarized survey results showing the top priorities as financial viability and affordability, consumer protections and rights, and regulation/monitoring standards. The commission said those issues would guide its work plan, while also keeping staffing, definitions, and federal support on the radar. Alyssa Sherman of LeadingAge Massachusetts and Jim Freiling of Brookhaven at Lexington gave a detailed overview of CCRCs, explaining that they combine housing with health-related services under long-term contracts and typically require entrance fees plus monthly fees. They described the three common contract types: Type A/life care, where costs stay relatively stable if residents need more care; Type B, which offers some included or discounted care with higher costs later; and Type C, fee-for-service, with lower entrance fees but higher costs if care needs increase. They also discussed nonprofit governance, resident involvement, and the role of state and Attorney General disclosure requirements. Several members raised concerns about affordability, refund timing, and the need to distinguish true CCRCs from other senior housing marketed similarly; presenters said refunds are often tied to reoccupancy and that their organizations are collecting data on refund timelines and contract terms. The discussion also covered resident rights and governance, including whether residents should have seats on nonprofit boards. Christine Griffin said her community lacks resident board representation and urged the commission to consider a state requirement, while others said resident associations and direct engagement with boards can be more effective than mandatory board seats. Members also discussed transparency around monthly fee increases, financial screening before admission, and the importance of clear marketing so consumers understand what they are buying. No votes were taken. The meeting ended with logistical updates, including a tentative public hearing date of June 3, 2025, a note that the next meeting would focus on regulation and monitoring standards, and a reminder that the commission would continue refining its work plan based on survey feedback.

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• The church has grown into one of the largest Korean-American congregations in the United States, with
• The church has grown into one of the largest Korean-American congregations in the United States, with
• Has grown into one of the largest Korean American congregations in the United States, with several thousand
• Pastor Ryu and the congregation of KCPC are active in community engagement, focusing on promoting education
• When dining out in Lynchburg, you may very well encounter produce grown on campus by students.

Keywords: March 05, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• The first is congregate dining, where people dine together.
• Cloud, and I oversee our senior dining, our senior nutrition program that we provide in 14 counties in
• Cloud, and I oversee our senior dining, our senior nutrition program that we provide in 14 counties in
• In 2025, we had a $526,000 reduction in our funding of senior dining.
• Stum stated that congregate care costs more because they are paying for more staff.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• In Brooklyn Park, less than 3% of our congregate care homes are nonprofit.
• We visit congregate dining and home-delivered meal routes, and we evaluate performance outcomes.
• We visit congregate dining and home-delivered meal routes, and we evaluate performance outcomes.
• We visit congregate dining and home-delivered meal routes, and we evaluate performance outcomes.
• We visit congregate dining and home-delivered meal routes, and we evaluate performance outcomes.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You're going to do your senior dining program thing.
• We have three different delivery methods for our senior dining: congregate dining, Meals on Wheels for
• And senior dining is now in that spot.
• We have three different delivery methods for our senior dining: congregate dining, Meals on Wheels for
• And senior dining is now in that spot.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This bill explicitly includes congregate, transitional, and temporary housing for our unhoused neighbors
• So your bed could be taxed when you got a new dining room table.
• Carrie Hamblen just got a new dining room table.
• And so people were actually putting their dining room table.
• And so people were actually putting their dining room table out on the street because they couldn't pay

Bills: SB36, SB88, SB92, SB97, SB48, SB55, SB58, SB76, SB93, SB89, SB60

Keywords: quantum technology, tax credit, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, foster care, income tax, guardianship, youth services, financial relief, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, tax credits

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• Alicia Dean, with Sacramento Area Congregations Together, in support. Good morning, Mr. Chair.
• Good afternoon, Christian Degas on behalf of the Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement.
• Christian Degas, on behalf of the Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement, Asian Americans,
• Good afternoon, Alicia Deans from Sacramento Area Congregations Together in support.
• Greg Ravier, Sacramento Area Congregations Together, in support. Sorry, René Bayardo again.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• his friends felt bad for him because he didn't get nude photos, so they sent them to him and he congregated
• We can hear from our dining room and my daughter was just a child and can still remember, I can still
• It's an accredited facility with standards regarding crowd congregation and some of these other issues
• That's giving a man who's shown up at our church a meal. the same thing as 300 people congregating and
• Where many of our homeless people congregate, so it's natural that we go there, but that's obviously

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• > through 1973 and we provide meal options through 1973 and we provide meal options through congregate
• <00:14:48.000> dining,<00:14:48.639> home<00:14:48.959> delivered<00:14:49.360><
• c> meals, congregate dining, home delivered meals, congregate dining, home delivered meals, frozen

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Visitors and residents book our hotels, dine in our bars and restaurants, shop locally, and experience
• Visitors and residents book our hotels, dine in our bars and restaurants, shop locally, and experience
• Visitors and residents book our hotels, dine in our bars and restaurants, shop locally, and experience
• Visitors and residents book our hotels, dine in our bars and restaurants, shop locally, and experience
• people have seen other facilities and been in them, and they want to see areas that people can congregate

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We could hear from our dining room, and my daughter was just a child and can still remember, I can still
• It's an accredited facility with standards regarding crowd congregation and some of these other issues
• That's not the same as 300 people congregating and waiting in line for a needle exchange program or something
• Where many of our homeless people congregate, so it's natural that we go there, but that's obviously

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• <01:26:01.280> in<01:26:01.440> our residents book our hotels, dine in our residents
• book our hotels, dine in our bars<01:26:01.840> and<01:26:02.000> restaurants,<01:26:02.400
• that people have seen other facilities and been in them and they want to see areas that people can congregate
• c><01:42:42.960> can want to see areas that people can want to see areas that people can congregate
• congregate and watch the game together. congregate and watch the game together.

Bills: HF2080, HF356, HF1968, HF228, HF569, HF603, HF692, HF1455, HF2224, HF1361

Keywords: contamination, water supply, municipal bonds, environmental mitigation, city funding, Sauk Rapids, PFAS contamination, drinking water, pollution control, bond issuance, Cokato, capital investment, school infrastructure, state bonds, HF228, Lakes Area Police Commission, Lindstrom, Chisago City, regional training facility, public safety facility

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• then the CCRC statute down below, how CCRCs, along with a number of other like nursing facilities, congregate
• have purple chairs and... ...So, you know, they could tell us that they have purple chairs in the dining

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Continuing Care Retirement Communities met for its third meeting, focused on regulations, oversight, and enforcement. Staff and agency presenters reviewed the current framework: the Executive Office of Aging and Independence explained that assisted living regulations generally do not apply to CCRCs unless an assisted living component markets itself separately, and that CCRCs must submit marketing materials, contracts, and disclosure statements for public posting. The Attorney General’s office described Chapter 93A consumer protection standards and noted it is working on draft assisted living-specific regulations. DPH outlined its oversight of licensed nursing facilities associated with some CCRCs, including routine surveys, complaint investigations, and enforcement tools such as admissions freezes, fines, receivership, and license actions, along with federal CMS sanctions for certified facilities. Commission members and presenters then discussed gaps and ambiguities in how CCRCs are defined and regulated, especially whether communities without on-site skilled nursing should still be treated as CCRCs, how assisted living-like services within CCRCs are classified, and whether residents have enough clarity about the services they are buying. A major theme was disclosure: members raised concerns about entrance fees, refund timing and conditions, whether skilled nursing is on-site or provided by contract, and how residents can compare communities. Several participants suggested more standardized disclosure and possibly broader consumer protection rules, while others cautioned that overly rigid requirements could affect community finances and development. The commission also explored enforcement and resident protections. Some members argued that independent living residents are already covered by landlord-tenant law and that existing complaint systems and community education may be sufficient, while others said residents in supported or assisted settings within CCRCs should have clearer access to ombudsman services and oversight. The discussion turned to closure and ownership transfer, with members citing recent national examples of sales and bankruptcies that changed resident terms. DPH explained its closure process for licensed nursing facilities, and members noted that Chapter 197 of 2024 adds oversight for facility transfers and financial disclosures. The meeting ended with logistics for the next session at Brookhaven at Lexington on June 2, a public hearing on June 16, and a request to circulate the hearing notice broadly to residents and stakeholder organizations.