Scouting Paths on Shifting Maps

The subcommittee retained general overhead as generally ineligible with the current DNR carve-out and asked staff to research how other agencies handle indirect costs before the full commission meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

The Oregon PDAB voted to recommend additional PBM reporting and a gap analysis of state data sources, asking licensed PBMs for greater payment-flow transparency and suggesting the board study MAC list benchmarks and point-of-sale passthroughs as next steps.

After a day‑long hearing, the Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended approval of two chief financial officer licenses with no limitation while imposing two‑year, limited approvals for the same applicants' nominations as chief compliance officer, citing the new compliance officer rule and the need to test the policy for single‑property licensees.

A questioner asked candidates to state their stance on immigration and whether they think the Trump administration has handled immigration well.

The committee voted unanimously to include the data requirements recommendation to guide future policy evaluation and reporting; members noted work remains to integrate Rochelle's prior detailed proposal into the final draft.

Ken Barone presented the final 2025 Connecticut police pursuit report; the council accepted the report after discussion that, while pursuits are often terminated in compliance with policy, it's difficult to quantify how many accidents were prevented by restrictive pursuit rules.

The commission directed LBO to evaluate the Minnesota Education Credit (refundable) and the K–12 education subtraction after members asked about audit controls, fraud risk and how families use the credit versus the subtraction.

County assessors and the Department of Revenue told legislators that lack of a uniform standard leaves assessors, boards of equalization and courts to resolve whether leased or revenue‑generating uses (airports, campgrounds, bowling alleys) are "governmental," and urged the committee to get scenario data before drafting bills.

Utah State University researchers presented results of the Utah Wellbeing Project for Ogden, reporting 188 responses in 2026 (down from 780 in 2024) and cautioning that the smaller, non‑probability sample limits how representative the results are for policymaking.

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