Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
HF4200 (Feist): Continued publication of annual adverse health event report required, retaliation against patient care staff prohibited, and enforcement provided.
HF3700 (Smith): Notice and public hearings for hospital closures, curtailment of operations, relocation of services, and cessation in offering services governing requirements modified; penalties provided; and right of first refusal before the sale of hospital or hospital campus established.
HF4210 (Reyer): Hospital behavioral health crisis intervention team requirements established, behavioral health crisis intervention grant program for hospitals established, provisions preventing violence against health care workers modified, public disclosure of emergency department wait times required, and money appropriated.
If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov. Testifiers must sign up to testify by contacting the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing. Public testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony is encouraged, and should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
Bills Added:
HF3700
(Smith) - Notice and public hearings for hospital closures, curtailment of operations, relocation of services, and cessation in offering services governing requirements modified; penalties provided; and right of first refusal before the sale of hospital or hospital campus established.
HF4200
(Feist) - Continued publication of annual adverse health event report required, retaliation against patient care staff prohibited, and enforcement provided.
HF4210
(Reyer) - Hospital and violence intervention team safety requirements established, hospitals required to have a secure online portal for reporting of violence incidents and threats of violence, de-escalation training required for all hospital health care workers, and report required.
HF2509 (Huot): Transfer care specialists authorized to remove dead human bodies from place of death, registration of transfer care specialists by commissioner of health provided, and mortuary science fee added.
HF1228 (Huot): Veterinary technicians, practice of veterinary technology, and unlicensed veterinary employees regulated.
HF1817 (Huot): Veterinary medicine licensing amended for University of Minnesota employees.
HF2111 (Huot): Licensure by credentials requirements modified for dental assistants.
HF2743 (Agbaje): Licensure for clinical art therapists established, and fees and civil penalties imposed.
HF3387 (Her): Licensed traditional midwife authority clarified to obtain, possess, and administer drugs, supplies, and devices.
HF3494 (Bahner): Additional collaboration requirements for physician assistants removed to provide ongoing psychiatric treatment for children with emotional disturbance and adults with serious mental illness.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov. Testifiers must sign up to testify by contacting the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing. Public testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony is encouraged, and should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
Bills Added:
HF1228
(Huot) - Veterinary technicians, practice of veterinary technology, and unlicensed veterinary employees regulated.
HF1817
(Huot) - Veterinary medicine licensing amended for University of Minnesota employees.
HF2111
(Huot) - Licensure by credentials requirements modified for dental assistants.
HF2743
(Agbaje) - Licensure for clinical art therapists established, and fees and civil penalties imposed.
HF3387
(Her) - Licensed traditional midwife authority clarified to obtain, possess, and administer drugs, supplies, and devices.
HF3494
(Bahner) - Additional collaboration requirements for physician assistants removed to provide ongoing psychiatric treatment for children with emotional disturbance and adults with serious mental illness.
HF2509
(Huot) - Transfer care specialists authorized to remove dead human bodies from place of death, registration of transfer care specialists provided by commissioner of health, and mortuary science fee added.
Department of Commerce Presentation of Milliman Public Option Report
• Peter Brickwedde, Assistant Commissioner for Government and External Affairs
• Julia Dreier, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: This is an informational hearing, no piece of legislation is before the committee and no formal action will be taken. Therefore, the committee will not be taking public testimony at this time. The committee will solicit public testimony when a specific piece of legislation is scheduled for a hearing.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
o For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov o If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form o To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
HF3578 (Bahner): Prior authorization and coverage of health care services requirements modified.
HF3443 (Liebling): Release of patient health records requirements modified.
If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov. Testifiers must sign up to testify by contacting the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing. Public testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony is encouraged, and should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
Bills Added:
HF3443
(Liebling) - Patient health record release requirements modified.
HF3578
(Bahner) - Health care service prior authorization and coverage requirements modified, grounds for disciplinary action against physicians modified, reports to the commissioner of commerce and the legislature required, data classified, and rulemaking authorized.
HF1930: End-of-life option established for terminally ill adults.
The committee intends to adopt the DE1-1 “Delete Everything” amendment, then vote to advance the bill.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Testimony will be limited to the contents of the DE1-1 amendment. Remote/video testimony may be taken at the hearing.
If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov. Testifiers must sign up to testify by contacting the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing. Public testimony may be limited to 2 minutes per person as time allows. Written testimony is encouraged, and should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format.
If you are requesting time to testify, please answer these questions in your message to the Committee Administrator:
• Are you are speaking in support of the bill or with concerns?
• Do you intend to participate in person or virtually?
• Are you representing an organization or group other than yourself? If so, which organization?
The committee will enforce a 24-hour rule for pre-filing amendments. Amendments should be submitted to the Committee Administrator no later than 1:00PM Wednesday, January 24, 2024.
To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
Bills Added:
HF1930
(Freiberg) - End-of-life option established for terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less, criminal penalties provided, data classified, reports required, immunity provided, and enforcement authorized.