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• a nonprofit Child Care Center I have a nonprofit Child Care Center I have also<00:14:24.120><c> had</
• </c><00:25:37.039><c> Center</c> there's the revised Child Care Center there's the revised Child Care
• care and center-certified exempt centers don’t need the qualification.
• qualified</c> and only child care center qualified and only child care center qualified centers<00:34
• family</c><01:05:18.599><c> child</c> infant care for centers and family child infant care for centers

Bills: HF1247, HF628

Keywords: child care, aides, supervision, child care centers, staffing regulations, childcare, day care, licensed child care center, early childhood education, child care licensing, director qualifications, staff ratios, group size, staff-to-child ratio, substitutes, volunteers, assistant teacher, teacher qualifications, infant care, toddler age

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• against their cost of care.
• This amendment requires a 65% response per child care, per the seven child care regions.
• cost of care.
• This amendment requires a 65% response per child care, per the seven child care regions.
• This bill provides a pathway for that to expand care in care deserts. Asking for a yes.

Bills: HB2689, SB5420, SB5868, SB5877

Keywords: Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care

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• One thing that is not lost on me is how hard these kids work, day in and day out, and how hard these
• Day in and day out, and how hard these educators work.
• It was a child care center at some point way back when, and they're here visiting us today.
• He's a center forward.
• serve with us one day, too.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• for licensed family homes and at the 85th percentile of the 2021 market rate survey for child care centers
• The enacted biennial budget includes funding to increase child care centers to the 85th percentile of
• DCYF sets out these base rates for family home providers and child care centers, which include different
• centers.
• He sees every day the needs in the community to keep care local.

Bills: HB2689, SB5832, SB5922, SB5944, SB5988, SB6151

Keywords: Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care

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• <00:09:42.280><c> care</c><00:09:42.480><c> center</c> Preschool, a licensed child care center Preschool
• 39.200><c> call</c><00:10:39.440><c> for</c> center-based care, there's a call for center-based care,
• centers and licensed family child care, etc., etc., etc.
• And it from uh child care centers.
• </c><01:25:20.440><c> centers</c> governing licensed child care centers governing licensed child care

Bills: HF4382, HF2929

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size

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• Foundation Day.
• Congratulations on National Hispanic Cultural Center Day, and it is such a treasure of the state.
• care.
• care.
• And for White Coat Day, I am grateful to our physicians, our caregivers, and health care providers.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM18, HM21, HB10, HB11, HB12, HB13, HB14, HB31, HB50

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• the reasons that she opposed the bill are the reasons that I support it in terms of center care licensing
• We have a real opportunity to create a child care ecosystem that's driven by research and centered in
• </c><01:46:12.760><c> We</c><01:46:12.920><c> have</c><01:46:13.160><c> three</c> Our child care centers
• Uh<01:47:03.160><c> our</c><01:47:03.360><c> child</c><01:47:03.640><c> care</c><01:47:03.840><c> centers
• in the state Uh our child care centers in the state cannot<01:47:05.200><c> find</c><01:47:05.520><c

Bills: HF4407, HF4382

Keywords: child welfare, African American children, racial disproportionality, family preservation, reunification, foster care, kinship care, relative placement, noncustodial parent, guardian ad litem, ombudsperson, Department of Human Services, county social services, active efforts, reasonable efforts, child protection, placement, out-of-home placement, Northstar kinship assistance, data disaggregation

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• Fallon Day: "Chair, members, the DE1 subdivision one provides definitions of a child care center and
• Fallon Day: "Uh, subdivision two, the bill prohibits employees of child care centers from consenting
• a child care center.
• a child care center.
• </c> care center. care center.

Bills: HF3415

Keywords: child care, day care, licensed child care center, license-exempt child care, immigration enforcement, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, CBP, USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, judicial warrant, facility access, sensitive locations, immigrant families, Minnesota Statutes chapter 142B, 1183, house

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• It's a pretty good day, huh? It's a pretty good day, huh? I guess.
• Let's say it was your child, and your child has been inundated for 45 days or 44 days.
• And your child has been inundated for 45 days or 44 days with this, and then whatever developer cures
• that thing on the 45th day.
• So this takes care of that, though.

Bills: HB461, HB467, HB522, HB565, HB673, HB799, HB917, HB937, HB956, HB977

Keywords: building codes, construction standards, state uniform construction code, local option, municipal ordinance, parish ordinance, resilient construction, FORTIFIED Home, IBHS, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, hurricane resistance, storm resilience, roof replacement, residential construction, certificate of occupancy, code enforcement, building resilience, home hardening, wind mitigation, residential roof

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• second thing that we did is that on the bottom of page three, number five, we were clear that the Child Care

Bills: HB1119

Keywords: child care, childcare, day care, daycare, early childhood education, child care licensing, provider licensing, child care regulations, administrative rules, Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, licensing advisory committee, child care providers, group child care, preschool programs, child to provider ratios, square footage requirements, staff training, certification requirements, child care funding

Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to consider House Bill 1119 with amendment version 02005. Senator Hogan explained that the amendment removed a section requiring the Department of Human Services to respond to legislative management, in order to make the bill feel more like a program evaluation than an audit and to avoid placing an unreasonable burden on the executive branch. The amendment also clarified that the Child Care Advisory Committee would provide an update and that the committee would dissolve after the rewrite of licensing standards, making it a time-limited body. Committee members discussed the bill as a novel approach to forming a group to study an issue and then disbanding after reporting back. Senator Larson noted the concept was similar to broader performance-review ideas, and Senator Hogan said the Legislative Council program evaluation effort was parallel to, but separate from, other performance-review proposals. The committee then voted 4-0-1 to adopt the amendment. Afterward, the committee moved to give House Bill 1119, as amended, a do pass recommendation. That motion also passed on a roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.

Bills: HB34, HM7, HM8, HM17, HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25

Keywords: HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district, public education, Department of Health, Public Education Department, registered nurse, RN, mentorship, evaluation, competency, teacher salary parity, minimum salary, level one license, level two license

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• Appreciate the chance to hear this 26 days. Dr.
• We don't want to inhibit the care at these surgical centers, these outpatient...
• Inhibit the care at these surgical centers, these outpatient centers, because that's actually better
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to provide breastfeeding and lactation care services, including
• Lactation care is not just about feeding a baby; it's an essential part of postpartum health care.

Bills: HB2051, HB2324, HB2439, HB2457, HB2686, HB2837, HB2875, HB2953

Keywords: AHCCCS, lactation care, breastfeeding, health services, healthcare access, HB2324, fire code, fire marshal, state fire marshal, municipalities, cities and towns, county-owned buildings, county buildings, intergovernmental agreement, IGA, fire inspection, occupancy certificate, building inventory, local government, county government

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• care.
• Palliative care is not end-of-life care. It is a philosophy of care that focuses...
• Obviously, nobody anticipates that their child will end up in the intensive care unit, often for days
• So by adding a palliative care benefit, palliative care and hospice are both— all hospice care is palliative
• care.

Bills: SJR1, SM2

Keywords: school elections, partisan elections, voting rights, constitutional amendment, New Mexico, elector registration, pediatric palliative care, pediatric hospice, Medicaid, state plan amendment, Health Care Authority, children with serious illness, life-limiting conditions, complex medical conditions, curative care, concurrent care, family-centered care, hospice services, managed care, pain management

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• In 2021, the market rate for infant care at a center was $1,164.
• care at a<00:03:16.400><c> center</c><00:03:17.200><c> was</c><00:03:17.319><c> $1</c> a center was $1
• Providers faired worse since larger Care Providers faired worse since larger center-based center-based
• three shifts a day use family child care models.
• , 365 days a year, and three shifts, and that many use family child care models because most centers

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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• I just think we need to be very careful with that.
• I just think we need to be very careful with that.
• It can affect patients as early as one day old.
• I had a conversation with my primary care doctor.
• And health care doesn't happen in isolation.

Bills: S1082, S1168, S1756, S1156, S1480

Keywords: provider disputes, health plan, dispute resolution, Medicare, Medicaid, healthcare regulation, background screening, athletic coaches, youth sports, criminal history, expungement, Florida statutes, medical freedom, vaccination, ivermectin, healthcare practitioner liability, immunization exemptions, ambulatory surgical centers, patient safety, licensure

Summary: The committee took up several health-related bills. SB 1082, on a statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program, was presented as a way to let providers and insurers use the federal independent dispute resolution process for emergency out-of-network claims under state-regulated commercial plans. A late-filed amendment clarified when providers and health plans could access the state program, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1168, which would centralize background screening clearinghouse functions at the Agency for Health Care Administration, also passed as amended after an amendment requiring sealed and expunged records to be included in screenings for qualified entities. Supporters said centralization would improve turnaround times, reduce duplication, and save costs; the sponsor said the bill also addresses coaches’ background screening language from last session. The committee then approved SB 1156, which moves ambulatory surgery center regulation out of the hospital-focused chapter of law into a standalone section, and SB 1480, as amended by a strike-all, which would grandfather certain temporary certificate holders practicing in areas of critical need if federal designation changes affect those areas. Testimony on SB 1480 emphasized continuity of care for patients in underserved communities, and the bill was reported favorably. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would require state-approved educational materials on childhood vaccines, require practitioners to provide those materials and alternative schedules before vaccination, expand school immunization exemptions to include conscience-based objections, clarify that the Surgeon General cannot order vaccination during a public health emergency, and authorize pharmacists to provide ivermectin behind the counter without a prescription with written information and safeguards. The sponsor argued the bill strengthens parental choice and informed consent. Committee members raised concerns about vaccine-preventable disease risks, immunocompromised children, school outbreaks, and the impact of adding a new exemption. A Department of Health representative said the department would need to provide details on the history of exemption consultations and noted that removing the earlier consultation requirement had not been shown to increase outbreaks. The committee adopted a friendly amendment to give physicians the same liability protection as pharmacists for ivermectin dispensing, but rejected a substitute amendment that would have required a consultation for exemption requests. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed to the bill, with physicians, pediatric specialists, cancer advocates, parents of immunocompromised children, and public health groups warning that it would lower vaccination rates and endanger vulnerable Floridians. The bill remained pending after testimony, with the committee continuing to hear public comment.

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• Currently, Dundas hosts a limited number of child care facilities, including my center, along with a
• Child care centers with a site in Minnesota.
• Little Learners has the only licensed child care centers in Norman County.
• Without support like this, more centers will close, more families will be left without care, and more
• On the days that he was at child care, I took care of my daughter and worked at the same time, which

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• Little Learners has the only licensed child care centers in Norman County. us<00:26:26.600><c> oh</c>
• Without support like this, more centers will close, more families will be left without care, and more
• My grandmother still cares for her two days a week.
• > my daughter in child care 3 days a week my daughter in child care 3 days a week my<00:59:27.960><c>

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• Between food and medical care. Mr.
• We don't care about the 30%, right?
• and detention centers closing.
• ...processing centers and detention centers closing, would you agree with that point of view, Mr.
• with respect to health care, and what if we made all health care expenses tax-free?

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

Bills: SB43, SB50, SB145, SM2

Keywords: parole, life imprisonment, rehabilitation, criminal justice, victim rights, law enforcement, training requirements, mental health, domestic abuse, child abuse, public safety, crisis intervention, auditing, financial reporting, state auditor, public agencies, capital outlay, compliance, federal audits, pediatric palliative care

Bills: SB43, SB50, SB145, SM2

Keywords: parole, life imprisonment, rehabilitation, criminal justice, victim rights, law enforcement, training requirements, mental health, domestic abuse, child abuse, public safety, crisis intervention, auditing, financial reporting, state auditor, public agencies, capital outlay, compliance, federal audits, pediatric palliative care