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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let's be clear. cross-subsidy formula. Let's be clear.
  • Cross-subsidy is a major issue in my districts.
  • Recent aid increases have reduced our cross-subsidy gap from $10.4 million in FY23 to $6.8 million in
  • issue<01:17:24.800> in<01:17:24.880> my Cross-subsidy is a major issue in my Cross-subsidy
  • Last year, the cross subsidy needs.
Bills: HF3493, HF4114
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • each year of service the health subsidy each year of service the health subsidy for<00:05:19.680
  • <00:14:29.120> and the dollar contribution uh subsidy and the dollar contribution uh subsidy
  • I may have misspoken on that, but that subsidy amount I don't think changes.
  • misspoken on that but that subsidy misspoken on that but that subsidy amount<00:21:13.240> I<
  • <00:21:46.440> goes that but I believe that subsidy goes that but I believe that subsidy goes
Summary: The committee first approved the prior month’s minutes after a roll call established a quorum. It then heard testimony on a draft proposal from Senator Robbie Mills to increase CERS retiree health subsidies for members retiring on or after July 1, 2003. The bill would raise the non-hazardous subsidy from $14.63 to $40 per month per year of service and the hazardous-duty subsidy from $21.94 to $50, with employee contribution rates adjusted based on the health trust’s funded status. Supporters from sheriffs, firefighters, police chiefs, and the Kentucky League of Cities said the change would improve recruitment and retention, better align the subsidy with the cost of a single health plan, and preserve the system’s financial footing through shared employer-employee costs and funding triggers. Committee members asked about the fiscal impact, the effect of funding levels above 150%, and how the subsidy would work for rehired retirees or employees who later take private-sector jobs. Mills and other witnesses said preliminary actuarial work was still forthcoming, that the bill was intended to be revenue-neutral or close to it, and that the subsidy would continue to be paid monthly; they also noted existing 2008 rules for rehired retirees and said the benefit would still be available even if a retiree later had other insurance. One member suggested looking at stable accounts as an additional option for special-needs planning in a later bill. The committee then heard Senate Bill 58 from Senator Robin Webb, which would allow state employees to designate a Special Needs Trust as a beneficiary for retirement benefits. Webb said the measure would help employees provide for disabled dependents without jeopardizing SSI or Medicaid eligibility, and that the bill follows federal special-needs trust rules. He said the proposal could be revenue neutral, but actuarial analysis was still pending and KPPA had asked for electronic rather than paper transfer provisions. Members questioned whether the authority already exists, how the trust would work, and whether stable accounts should also be considered; Webb said he would follow up with additional information.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 8th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a subsidy for teachers, and for students, it's a reimbursement.
  • So how is the subsidy amount determined? The amount is not changing, so...
  • I don't know how much the subsidy is or whatever. All right, and how is it funded?
Bills: HB 1061, HB2800
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 10th, 2026 at 07:02 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • New Mexico faces a coverage crisis as shrinking subsidies and red tape threaten Be Well and Medicaid
  • New Mexico was the only state to fully backfill the subsidies that were fortunate.
  • Chair and Madam Leader, so if the federal subsidies get reduced, what happens to the general fund?
  • I’m concerned about the working people who don’t qualify for subsidies like this.
  • And this is not quite a tenth of that, just for health care subsidies.
Bills: SB241, SB145, HB2
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • and verifying that they're there subsidy and verifying that they're there is<00:21:56.039> something
  • really should just treat everybody equally and say that anybody who is taking any kind of public subsidy
  • c><00:35:44.800> kind<00:35:44.960> of<00:35:45.119> public<00:35:45.520> subsidy
  • who is taking any kind of public subsidy who is taking any kind of public subsidy um<00:35:46.640
Bills: HF1169, HF1916
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • , that's important, is it will notify us of the payment error rate when it comes to the childcare subsidy
  • System, and make sure that our subsidies are going to the families that need it the most.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM DEFER, WAM-CPN, WAM Public Hearings 03-03-2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The joint committee on Ways and Means and Consumer Protection met for decision-making only on two agendas and took action on a large number of Senate bills, with no oral testimony heard. On the 1016 agenda, the committee recommended passage of measures including SB 2088, SB 2925, SB 2781, and several others, and passed a number of bills with amendments. Notable amendments included SB 3263, which adopted AG amendments related to the name, image, and likeness endowment trust fund; SB 2047 on pharmacy benefit managers, which incorporated Hawaii Pharmacist Association changes; SB 2087 on health insurance, which added Insurance Division clarifications; SB 2100 on pesticides, which added a blank appropriation; SB 2353 on outdoor signage, which removed provisions related to the Wiki special district; and SB 2902 on renewable energy, which clarified certification standards for portable solar devices and exempted them from certain disclosure requirements. Most recommendations were adopted without objection, though a few members noted reservations on selected bills. The committee also deferred one bill on the agenda, SB 3327. The committee then moved to the 1015 agenda and acted on additional measures. SB 2003 was passed with amendments tied to Act 255, including a repeal trigger if deadlines are missed; SB 2497 on utility-related transparency drew the most discussion, with one member warning about litigation and costs while another argued it was simply about electricity-rate transparency, and it ultimately passed with PUC-related amendments and an exemption for utility cooperatives. Other measures were passed unamended or with technical or fiscal amendments, including bills affecting land planning, tax credits, conveyance tax language, shoreline maintenance, and community improvement projects. Several bills had appropriations blanked or effective dates deferred to 2050, and many were adopted with members noting reservations rather than opposition. On the 1017 agenda, the committee continued approving measures, including SB 709 on crisis intervention officers and assisted community treatment, SB 2153 on defining bona fide farmer/agriculture activity, SB 2694 on water rate adjustments, SB 3025 on income eligibility limits, and SB 3085 on the Hawaii film studio, which included a five-year repeal provision if the studio has not relocated. The committee also passed numerous other bills unamended or with technical amendments, often deferring effective dates or blanking appropriations. Across both agendas, the committee’s actions were largely consistent: bills were advanced with amendments tailored to agency requests, technical corrections, or fiscal adjustments, and votes were generally unanimous or near-unanimous with occasional reservations recorded.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The program would provide a subsidy directly to child care providers on behalf of Minnesota families
  • These subsidies would be scaled by income.
  • And so instead of the funds being issued directly to providers, the state would issue these subsidies
  • And is that discount or subsidy, how does that work? Is that a weekly thing?
  • At this point, it is structured to be a monthly subsidy payment that would go directly to the provider
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Great Start affordability subsidies and scholarships will be designed on a sliding scale in terms
  • These subsidies would be scaled by income.
  • more of their children these subsidies more of their children these subsidies would<00:54:10.040
  • affordability subsidy affordability subsidy or<01:04:56.520> scholarship<01:04:57.520>
  • structured to be a monthly subsidy structured to be a monthly subsidy payment<01:05:21.920> that