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• the relief that everyday Americans need, that working-class Americans need, that middle-class Americans
• need, and that all those people who aspire to be part of the middle class need.
• </c> ability to receive the help they need ability to receive the help they need that's<04:07:22.439>
• </c> nun for prioritizing this much needed nun for prioritizing this much needed relief<05:02:57.320>
• </c> oligarchs and criminal cartels we need oligarchs and criminal cartels we need the<05:08:17.558><

Bills: HR736 , HR692 , HR965 , HR975 , HR386 , HR224

Keywords: diaper need, infant health, family well-being, basic needs, public health, childcare, September 11, terrorist attacks, education, curriculum, first responders, national security, temporary protected status, Haiti, immigration, refugees, quorum, House of Representatives, business proceeding, legislative procedure

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• If you are online, you're going to need to click the 'join as a panelist' pop-up when it appears and
• The Passport to Careers formula for determining financial need is aligned with the federal formula by
• They also experience basic needs insecurity at higher rates than all other subpopulations of students
• With the last basic needs survey, over 80% of these students reported experiencing food or housing insecurity
• This is exactly why the college grant was created and became an entitlement program, to help those in need

Bills: SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education, student aid, need-based aid, college affordability, postsecondary education, workforce development, apprenticeship, foster youth, homeless students, unaccompanied youth, low-income students, public assistance, state financial aid account, scholarships, Washington student grants, grant eligibility

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• who are called up to testify will be called by Vice Chair Salahuddin, and if you are online, you'll need
• Folks also need to identify who they are and who they represent, regardless of whether they're testifying
• Forty percent receive need-based financial aid, and a large majority have jobs while attending college
• Can you talk a little bit about the needs for compensation for the needs for compensation for...
• And they need that knowledge. So... ...for special ed endorsement, and they need that knowledge.

Bills: SB6258 , SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education

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• Guaranteed admissions provides that sense of security that students need.
• And enrollment is really that thing we need to focus on.
• We just need to pass this bill and get it going. So urge your support.
• I mean, at some point we'll probably need this from all of our colleges, right?
• We’ll probably need this from all of our colleges, right?

Bills: SB6090 , SB5931 , SB5963 , SB5978 , SB6082

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: heritage orchard, agriculture, program, state funding, local agriculture, workforce education, accountability, oversight, administrative changes, investment, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education, student aid, need-based aid, college affordability, postsecondary education, workforce development

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• </c><01:13:12.800><c> we</c><01:13:12.960><c> need</c> we we need more we need more we need we we need
• more we need more we need more<01:13:13.360><c> steel</c><01:13:13.760><c> we</c><01:13:13.920><c> need
• </c> 25% of our demand needs to be flex needs 25% of our demand needs to be flex needs to<01:26:47.760
• </c> impacts the certificate of need process. impacts the certificate of need process.
• </c> this is a needed exemption. this is a needed exemption.

Bills: HF3296 , HF3802

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: energy conservation, data centers, electric sales, energy optimization, utility regulations, energy regulation, certificate of need, renewable energy, power production, energy efficiency, Minnesota statutes

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• Most frequently, institutions report students needing assistance with basic needs, such as food, housing
• I know that there might be a percentage, if I remember your last report on basic needs. There is.
• needs, the person that they turn to is themselves.
• so that they can respond to the immediate needs of students with, you know, the basic needs.
• It also amends the definition of financial need in Passport to Careers to reference a U.S.

Bills: SB5826 , SB5828 , SB5909 , SB5931 , SB5954 , SB5963 , SB6082 , SB6090

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: medication abortion, public education, access, healthcare rights, postsecondary institutions, college grant, scholarships, higher education, private institutions, Washington State, undergraduate programs, enrollment, program review, public institutions, workforce education, accountability, oversight, administrative changes, investment, veterans

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• So it really solves and addresses an issue that I think we need to be, that we need, that the senator
• Every parent needs to have the knowledge base, as Governor DeSantis says... ...needs to have the knowledge
• But you need to know the impact of that choice.
• I just think we need to be very careful with that.
• I just think we need to be very careful with that.

Bills: S1082 , S1168 , S1756 , S1156 , S1480

Committee: Senate Health Policy

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 access to the state program, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1168, on background screenings, would centralize clearinghouse screening functions at the Agency for Health Care Administration; an amendment clarified that sealed and expunged records may be reviewed for eligibility determinations, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1156, on ambulatory surgical centers, would move their regulation into a standalone section of law separate from the hospital-focused Chapter 395, and it was reported favorably. The committee also considered SB 1480 on temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need. A strike-all amendment created a grandfathering process for current certificate holders with active primary care relationships if federal designation changes remove an area’s critical-need status. Supporters said it would protect patients and preserve access to care in underserved areas, and the bill was reported favorably. The most extensive debate was on SB 1756, the medical freedom bill. The sponsor said it would require vaccine educational materials and alternative schedules for parents, expand school immunization exemptions to include conscience-based objections, clarify that emergency treatment authority does not include mandatory vaccination, and allow pharmacists to provide ivermectin behind the counter with written warnings. The committee adopted one amendment to extend liability protections to physicians as well as pharmacists, but rejected a substitute amendment that would have required counseling for exemption requests. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with physicians, pediatricians, cancer advocates, parents of immunocompromised children, and public health groups warning that the bill would lower vaccination rates and increase risk to vulnerable Floridians. The bill remained pending after testimony, with no final vote taken in the portion provided.

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• Is this an easy one to manage, or is this one that we need to actually have a physical amendment for?
• McClintock bill, I was never really sure that I wanted to vote for that because I really felt it needed
• So this needs to be a priority. The negative thing that this, that we've...
• For a grant program, so this needs to be a priority.

Bills: SB6278

Committee: House Education

Keywords: teacher preparation, principal preparation, educator preparation, alternative route certification, teacher certification, principal certification, Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, PESB, field placement, student teacher, residency, mentoring, school district partnerships, K-12 education, preK-12, high-need schools, Title I, special education, English language learner, rural schools

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• So we very much appreciate your attention to the needs of our students who need special supports.
• So actually, I didn't need it; the Ways and Means ate it on the Republican side.
• Anyone can file one at no cost without needing an attorney.
• If I could say one thing here, I think we also need to recognize that.
• What we really need is a law that requires phones to be kept away.

Bills: SB6278

Committee: House Education

Keywords: teacher preparation, principal preparation, educator preparation, alternative route certification, teacher certification, principal certification, Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, PESB, field placement, student teacher, residency, mentoring, school district partnerships, K-12 education, preK-12, high-need schools, Title I, special education, English language learner, rural schools

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• Um, obviously the infrastructure that's being improved needs to be improved today.
• needs to be improved improved improved today. today. today.
• Um, what are—how does that determination... needed to be made as a consequence of a needed to be made
• Are you able to stay for a little longer, or do you need to leave now? I can stay a little longer.
• to come into that doesn't really need to come into the<00:43:48.760><c> equation.

Bills: HF9

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: energy policy, renewable energy standard, carbon-free standard, solar standard, hydroelectric, hydropower, electric utility, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, renewable portfolio standard, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, greenhouse gas emissions, climate policy, nuclear power plant, certificate of need, fossil fuel plant demolition, utility compliance delay, beneficial electrification, sales tax exemption

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• going to tie my comments directly to the section numbers, but happy to provide any clarification needed
• However, there was money in that account that needed to be transferred back into the general fund.
• There's things that our cities, our counties need, and I think we need to hear those and do everything
• There's things that our cities, our counties need, and I think we need to hear those and do everything
• There's things that our cities, our counties need, and I think we need to hear those and do everything

Bills: HF9

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: energy policy, renewable energy standard, carbon-free standard, solar standard, hydroelectric, hydropower, electric utility, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, renewable portfolio standard, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, greenhouse gas emissions, climate policy, nuclear power plant, certificate of need, fossil fuel plant demolition, utility compliance delay, beneficial electrification, sales tax exemption

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• I've been asking you think about what you need and I haven't heard clearly what you guys need.
• I've been asking you think about what you need and I haven't heard clearly what you guys need.
• <00:29:29.120><c> need.
• </c> what we need? what we need?
• I don't need data to there's an issue. I don't need data to prove<01:23:44.800><c> it.

Bills: SB2024 , SB896 , SB2613 , SB494 , SB2391 , SB2125 , SB2614 , SB2615 , SB3262 , SB3325 , SB3118

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: charter schools, public-private partnership, school facilities, education funding, community need, education, capital improvement, reporting, transparency, technical expertise, public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139

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• And capacity needs in the east metro.
• And, uh, Regions needs the beds they need. So, uh, supportive of that. Thank you.
• </c><00:41:36.800><c> to</c> that I I really think we need to that I I really think we need to consider
• </c> cost would be and I really think we need cost would be and I really think we need a<00:42:58.480
• I just need you to think it's okay.

Bills: HF3521 , HF1807 , HF1270 , HF2070 , HF3136

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure

Bills: HF383 , HF385 , HF516 , HF919 , HF887 , HF806 , HF648 , HF386 , HF933 , HF953 , HF390

Committee: Joint Health and Human Services

Keywords: psilocybin, controlled substances, pharmaceutical, FDA approval, drug regulation, mental health, involuntary commitment, involuntary hospitalization, psychiatric discharge, serious mental impairment, aftercare, continuity of care, suicide risk, medication supply, discharge planning, behavioral health, administrative services organization, ASO, behavioral health district, court-ordered treatment

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• But to do that, I need customers.
• </c> needs of our our atrisisk customers. needs of our our atrisisk customers.
• </c><01:07:03.839><c> The</c> gasoline are expected to need. The gasoline are expected to need.
• </c> what motans and the region truly need. what motans and the region truly need.
• for new certificates of need.

Bills: HF4236 , HF4122 , HF4377

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: public utility, interim rates, utility rates, rate case, general rate case, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, PUC, rate increase cap, rate freeze, refunds, customer refunds, ratepayer protection, electric utility, gas utility, regulated utility, ratemaking, return on equity, rate base, test year, rate design

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• The program needs to be whole, whether the Joint Legislative Budget Commission meets to fill the hole
• We really need Dr.
• want to make sure that hospitals are staffed, designed, and supplied with the critical things they need
• We want every child to have the best when they need it. Thank you. I appreciate your support.
• Robin, would you please... best when they need it. Thank you. I appreciate your support. Very good.

Bills: S0068 , S0096 , S0340 , S0428 , S0606 , S1480 , S7018

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Keywords: pediatric care, emergency departments, hospital regulations, patient safety, health care standards, veterans, dental care, healthcare, grant program, income assistance, human trafficking, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, Florida Board of Nursing, Department of Health, licensure by examination, nursing education

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard public testimony on concerns about changes to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program and the iBudget waiver, including warnings that HIV patients could lose access to medications and that direct support providers need a rate increase. Senators discussed possible alternatives such as medically needy coverage and FQHC/340B access, and a witness urged the legislature to delay implementation of the HIV-related changes and restore funding. Another witness asked for support for a modest increase for iBudget direct care providers. The committee then considered and reported favorably several bills. SB 428, by Sen. Yarborough, expands the state swimming voucher program from ages 0-4 to ages 1-7 to align with drowning-prevention guidance; it passed without opposition. CS/SB 68, by Sen. Harrell, requires hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment standards, and readiness assessments; an amendment aligning reporting dates with the House version was adopted, and the bill passed favorably. CS/SB 1718, by Sen. Grall, makes the Step Into Success foster youth pilot permanent, adjusts visitor/background screening rules for out-of-home placements, and modifies stipend provisions; it also passed favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 606, by Sen. Smith, which adds drowning-prevention and safe-bathing education to postpartum materials and requires hospitals and birthing centers to keep compliance records. CS/CS/SB 96, by Sen. Sharief, expands eligibility for the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program up to 400% of the federal poverty level; an amendment removed the $500,000 appropriation so funding can be handled in the budget process, and the bill passed. CS/SB 340, by Sen. Harrell, requires nursing education to include a human trafficking course before licensure, and CS/SB 1480, by Sen. Burton, creates a grandfathering process for certain health care providers in areas of critical need if federal designations change; both were reported favorably. The committee adjourned at the end of the agenda.

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• We need affordable, reliable energy, and reliability means we need access to it.
• One is that the takeover of PNM, That the takeover of PNM needs to occur because PNM needs a big company
• We need to support that in every way we can. Thank you. Susan Homer.
• It seems to me that you would need very specific niche experts.
• And I think that process does need to be. Asking them something.

Bills: HB303 , SB96 , HM6

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Keywords: public utility, certificate of public convenience and necessity, certificate of need, Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility regulation, ratemaking, energy storage, battery storage, grid reliability, renewable energy, transmission, distribution, generation plant, utility expansion, service territory, mutual domestic water consumer association, economic development department, clean energy, fossil fuel reduction

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• Why is Senate Bill 6037 needed?
• She said they keep cutting services and need the committee's help.
• We also know that it will ensure degree offerings reflect actual student demand and workforce needs,
• Second, there is no need to create a new process that risks injecting politics into higher education.
• Haley Gray continued: “...afterwards if you need it.

Bills: SB6194 , SB5963 , SB5909 , SB5826 , SB5988 , SB5872 , SB5879 , SB5834 , SB5835 , SB5905 , SB5832 , SB6177 , SB5970 , SB5994 , SB6047 , SB5647

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: SB 6194, Washington Medicaid, medical assistance, fee-for-service, managed care, rural hospital, Indian reservation, tribal hospital, federally recognized Indian reservation, Indian Health, hospital reimbursement, Medicaid payments, inpatient services, outpatient services, psychiatric unit, health care access, rural health, tribal health, safety-net hospital, RCW 74.09

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• </c> a lot of ways the certificate of need a lot of ways the certificate of need has<00:09:54.160><c>
• And so then you the certificate of need.
• I mean, everybody agreed they needed it, and it took almost two years.
• We need to make sure that there is some process in place.
• </c> what we need. what we need.

Bills: SB9 , SB90 , SB82 , SB84 , SB9 , SB90 , SB82 , SB84

Committee: Senate Healthcare

Keywords: Alabama Athletic Commission, Attorney General, criminal penalties, unarmed combat, regulation, boxing, mixed martial arts, civil fines, Green County, racing, pari-mutuel wagering, gaming regulations, commission appointments, historical horse racing, local tax, SB82, warrant recall, outstanding warrants, stale warrants, misdemeanor warrants

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• loan repayment assistance to assistant district attorneys who commit to long-term service in high-need
• financial incentive of up to $50,000 over five years to assistant district attorneys who commit to high-need
• Boy, we need to have longer bills on the floor more often to. Have this be on the agenda next week.

Bills: HB2650 , HB2696 , HB3177 , HB3264 , HB3298 , HB3321 , HB3322 , HB3497 , HB3499 , HB3500 , HB3742 , HB3845 , HB3941 , HB3970 , HB3980 , HB3981 , HB4421

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: probate, estate administration, summary administration, decedent, inheritance, open records, educational records, cybersecurity, student privacy, confidential information, court reporters, salaries, legislation, employment compensation, state administration, Oklahoma, criminal justice, minimum sentences, parole eligibility, violent crimes