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Human Services Policy

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Human Services Policy

4/8/2024
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- Out of State Children's Residential Treatment Presentation from Minnesota Department of Human Services & Mental Health Providers
a. Jennifer Sommerfeld, Director of Legislative and External Affairs of Children and Family Services Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Kristy Graume, Legislative Director of Behavioral Health, Housing, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services
c. Patty Harrelson, Program Manager for Child and Family Social Services, Minnesota Prairie County Alliance (Dodge, Steele, and Waseca Counties)
d. Paula Minske, Vice President of Clinical Services, Nexus Family Healing & Board Chair, AspireMN
e. Todd Archbold, Chief Executive Officer, PrairieCare
f. James Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Grafton Integrated Health Network
g. Matthew Bauer, Deputy Director of Facilities, Dakota County Community Corrections & Minnesota Juvenile Detention Association
h. Joel Bakken, Executive Director, Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Professionals
i. Mel Winkler, Director of Quality Assurance, Northwood Children's Services
j. Su-Fei Wong McKhann, Senior Vice President, Volunteers of America - MN & WI

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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the 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 you 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.
Attachments:
Out-of-State Children's Residential Facility Placement Costs_04.01.2024.pdf (4/1/2024)
Building Blocks for Children's Mental Health, August 2023.pdf (4/4/2024)
Loss of Children's Residential Capacity, July 2023_AspireMN.pdf (4/4/2024)
March 2024 Update_Mental Health Collaboration Hub.pdf (4/4/2024)
Minnesota's Children's Intensive Mental Health Continuum.pdf (4/4/2024)
Working Group on Youth Interventions, February 2024.pdf (4/4/2024)
Written Testimony from NAMI Minnesota_04.05.2024.pdf (4/5/2024)
Written Testimony from Group of Hospitals_04.07.2024.pdf (4/7/2024)
Presentation from Department of Human Services_04.08.2024.pdf (4/8/2024)
Written Testimony from ARRM_04.07.2024.pdf (4/8/2024)
Written Testimony from Joel Bakken_04.08.2024.pdf (4/8/2024)
Meeting Minutes Mar 20.pdf (4/8/2024)

Human Services Policy

3/20/2024
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Items may be added
- Primary amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Tuesday, March 19th
- Secondary amendment deadline will be 9:00AM on Wednesday, March 20th

- HF4949 (Fischer) Long-term care consultation services modified.
a. Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson, Equity and Justice Director, The Arc Minnesota

- HF4392 (Fischer) Human Services Policy Bill
a. Matt Burdick, Director of State Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Sara Grafstrom, Senior Director of State and Federal Policy, Association of Residential Resources in Minnesota
c. Josh Berg, Director, Accessible Space, Inc.
d. Tim Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, NorthStar Regional Health
e. Beth Davis, Parent

- HF3495 (Fischer) Comprehensive Solutions to Mental Health Act
a. Pahoua Yang, Vice President of Wilder Community Mental Health & Wellness, Wilder Foundation
b. Sue Abderholden, Executive Director, NAMI Minnesota
c. Todd Archbold, Chief Executive Officer, PrairieCare
d. Abby Morgan, Clinical Supervisor, Nexus Family Healing
e. Ann Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Resources

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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the 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 you 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:
HF3495 (Fischer) - Mental and behavioral health care provisions modified including service standards, adult and child mental health services grants, substance use disorder services, supportive housing, and provider certification and reimbursement; reports required; and money appropriated.
HF4392 (Fischer) - Human services; provisions modified relating to disability services, aging services, and substance use disorder services; Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Act modified; subminimum wages phased out; blood-borne pathogen provisions expanded to all state-operated treatment programs; and expired reports removed.
HF4949 (Fischer) - Long-term care consultation services modified.
Attachments:
HF4392 DE1 Author's Amendment_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4392 DE1 Bill List_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF3495 DE3 Author's Amendment_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF3495 DE3 Bill List_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4392 A2 Amendment (Baker, SMW)_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4392 A3 Amendment (Baker, OTP)_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4392 A6 (Baker, Sober Homes)_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4392 A7 Amendment (Baker, MARATP Medium Intensity)_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF3495 A4 Author's Amendment_03.19.2024.pdf (3/20/2024)
HF4392 A4 Amendment (Finke)_03.20.2024.pdf (3/20/2024)
HF4392 A8 Author's Amendment_03.20.2024.pdf (3/20/2024)
Meeting Minutes Mar 19.pdf (3/20/2024)
HF4392 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.20.2024.pdf (3/20/2024)
HF3495 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.20.2024.pdf (3/20/2024)

Human Services Policy

3/19/2024
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Items may be added

- HF1683 (Bierman) Mental health services eligibility and rates modified.
a. Ellie Skelton, Chief Executive Officer, Touchstone Mental Health
b. Michelle Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Nexus Family Healing

- HF4692 (Noor) Direct Care and Treatment agency established, date for transfer of authority and responsibility modified, board membership qualifications, procedures, powers, and duties established, chief executive officer powers and duties established; accounts established, and other agency provisions modified.
a. Carrie Briones, Legislative Director for Direct Care and Treatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Matt Freeman, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators

- HF4839 (Reyer) PACE program implemented.

- HF4981 (Her) Establishing Medical Assistance rate adjustments for physician and professional services, increasing rates for certain residential services, requiring a statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services, appropriating money
a. Jessica Brisbois, Manager of Acute Mental Health, Children’s Minnesota
b. Trevor Johnson, Executive Director, Tasks Unlimited, Inc.

- HF4671 (Fischer) Respite care grants modified, youth care professional training program created, adult and children's mobile transition units modified, and money appropriated
a. Leslie Yunker, Supervisor in Children’s Mental Health, Dakota County
b. Michelle Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Nexus Family Healing

- HF4568 (Virnig) State disability determination procedures modified, and consumer-directed community supports governing provisions modified
a. Justin Smith, Consumer-Directed Community Supports Recipient
b. Kris Erickson, Consumer-Directed Community Supports Parent

- HF4877 (Clardy) Qualifications for positive support providers modified.

- HF4675 (Noor) Commissioner of human services directed to expand reimbursement for overtime, overnight asleep services, and consecutive shifts for personal care assistants and community-first services and supports workers
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the 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 you 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:
HF1683 (Bierman) - Mental health services eligibility and rates modified, and sleeping hours and shared site settings requirements modified.
HF4568 (Virnig) - State disability determination procedures modified, and consumer-directed community supports governing provisions modified.
HF4671 (Fischer) - Respite care grants modified, youth care professional training program created, adult and children's mobile transition units modified, and money appropriated.
HF4675 (Noor) - Commissioner of human services directed to expand reimbursement for overtime, overnight asleep services, and consecutive shifts for personal care assistants and community-first services and supports workers.
HF4692 (Noor) - Direct Care and Treatment agency established; date for transfer of authority and responsibility modified; board membership qualifications, procedures, powers, and duties established; chief executive officer powers and duties established; accounts established; social welfare fund terms modified; effective dates modified; and initial appointments provided.
HF4839 (Reyer) - PACE program implemented.
HF4877 (Clardy) - Qualifications for positive support providers modified.
Attachments:
HF1683 DE3_03.14.2024.pdf (3/14/2024)
HF4671 A1 Amendment_03.12.2024.pdf (3/14/2024)
HF4671 A2 Amendment (Noor)_03.15.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4692 A1 Author's Amendment_03.15.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4675 Written Testimony from Damon Leivestad_03.16.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4839 Written Testimony from Alzheimer's Association_03.18.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4981 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4692 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4671 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)
HF4568 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.19.2024.pdf (3/19/2024)

Human Services Policy

3/18/2024
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Items may be added

- HF4528 (Hicks) Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing membership modified.
a. Alicia Lane, Government Relations Director, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing
b. Michele Isham, Board Member, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing

- HF4552 (Virnig) Minnesota Statutes language concerning expired human services reports to the legislature removed.
a. Matt Burdick, Director of State Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF4075 (Virnig) Lifeworks Services, Inc., payment provided for disability inclusion pilot project, and money appropriated.
a. Mamady Konneh, Founder and Executive Director, WeNetworkNow

- HF4563 (Vang) Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Education Center and youth care professional training program established, and rules for mental health providers modified.
a. Sue Abderholden, Executive Director, NAMI Minnesota

- HF4360 (Noor) County-provided adult mental health targeted case management requirements modified.

- HF4392 (Fischer) Minimum wage protections established for people with disabilities, person care assistance and community first services and supports remote reassessment requirements modified, disability waiver services provisions modified, and Deaf and Hard-of Hearing Services Act language modernized.
a. Kristy Graume; Legislative Director of Behavioral Health, Housing, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Administration; Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Danielle Mahoehney, Community Living and Employment Specialist at Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
c. Heidi Maghan, Executive Director, EpicEnterprise, Inc.
d. Dupree Edwards, Self-Advocate & Board Member, The Arc Minnesota
e. Matthew Bergeron, Minnesota Alliance of Rural Addiction Treatment Programs
f. Sue Hankner, President, A-Team Minnesota, Inc.
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the 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 you 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:
HF4075 (Virnig) - Lifeworks Services, Inc., payment provided for disability inclusion pilot project; and money appropriated.
HF4360 (Noor) - County-provided adult mental health targeted case management requirements modified.
HF4392 (Fischer) - Human services; provisions modified relating to disability services, aging services, and substance use disorder services; Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Act modified; subminimum wages phased out; blood-borne pathogen provisions expanded to all state-operated treatment programs; and expired reports removed.
HF4528 (Hicks) - Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing membership modified.
HF4552 (Virnig) - Minnesota Statutes language concerning expired human services reports to the legislature removed.
HF4563 (Vang) - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Education Center and youth care professional training program established, and rules for mental health providers modified.
Attachments:
HF4528 A2 Author's Amendment_03.15.2024.pdf (3/15/2024)
HF4392 A1 Author's Amendment_03.15.2024.pdf (3/15/2024)
HF4563 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.18.2024.pdf (3/18/2024)
HF4552 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.18.2024.pdf (3/18/2024)
HF4528 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.18.2024.pdf (3/18/2024)
HF4392 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.18.2024.pdf (3/18/2024)
HF4075 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.18.2024.pdf (3/18/2024)
HF4392 DHS Handout on Policy Bill_03.14.2024.pdf (3/18/2024)
Meeting Minutes Mar 13.pdf (3/18/2024)

Human Services Policy

3/13/2024
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Items may be added

- HF4014 (Acomb) Rule on opioid treatment program medication dispensing for take-home uses modified.
a. Dr. Gavin Bart, Director of Addiction Medicine Division, Hennepin Healthcare
b. Jessica Shortall, Coalition Manager, Safer from Harm

- HF4391 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Department of Human Services disability services and substance use disorder services policy bill.
a. Kristy Graume, Legislative Director for the Behavioral Health, Housing, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF3486 (Freiberg) Substance use disorder treatment; licensed alcohol and drug counselors continuing education requirements modified, religious objections to placements in substance use disorder treatment programs allowed, and report required.
a. Steven Kind, Minnesota Outreach Coordinator, SMART Recovery
b. John Capesius, Facilitator, SMART Recovery & Business Owner
c. Juneal Colbern, Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant

- HF4362 (Edelson) Application of bloodborne pathogen testing expanded to nonsecure direct care and treatment programming, and priority admissions task force member name corrected.
a. Carrie Briones, Legislative Director of Direct Care and Treatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF4289 (Hanson, J.) Licensed graduate social workers temporarily allowed to engage in clinical practice without supervision if providing crisis response services and to provide treatment supervisions to individuals on crisis teams.
a. Michelle Gross, Mental Health Work Group Chair, Communities United Against Police Brutality
b. Jay Sykes, Step-Father of Brent Alsleben

- HF4106 (Noor) Timelines for medical assistance eligibility determinations for hospital patients modified, supplemental payments for disability waiver services provided, and additional permissible circumstances for the appointment of an emergency guardian provided.
a. Dr. Ryan Greiner, Medical Director, North Memorial Health
b. Heather Kelly, Manager of Care Management, Fairview Health Services (M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center, Bethesda, and Fairview)
c. Evan Henspeter, Social Services Director, Dakota County

- HF4393 (Fischer) Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General policy bill; and provisions relating to human services licensing, background studies, provider notifications, substance use disorder medications, and electronic signatures modified.
a. Ari Didion, Legislative Director of the Office of Inspector General, Minnesota Department of Human Services
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the 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 you 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:
HF4014 (Acomb) - Rules on opioid treatment program medication dispensing for take-home uses modified.
HF4289 (Hanson) - Licensed graduate social workers temporarily allowed to engage in clinical practice without supervision if providing crisis response services and to provide treatment supervision to individuals on crisis teams.
HF4362 (Edelson) - Application of bloodborne pathogen testing expanded to nonsecure direct care and treatment programming, and priority admissions task force member name corrected.
HF4391 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) - Department of Human Services disability services and substance use disorder services policy bill.
HF4393 (Fischer) - Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General policy bill; human services licensing, background studies, provider notification, substance use disorder medication, and electronic signature provisions modified.
HF4106 (Noor) - Medical assistance eligibility determination timelines modified for hospital patients, supplemental payments provided for disability waiver services, long-term care assessment provisions modified, and direct referrals from hospitals to the state medical review team permitted.
HF3486 (Freiberg) - Substance use disorder treatment; licensed alcohol and drug counselors continuing education requirements modified, religious objections to placements in substance use disorder treatment programs allowed, comprehensive assessment requirements modified, courts or other placement authorities prohibited from compelling an individual to participate in religious elements of substance use disorder treatment, and report required.
Attachments:
HF4393 A1 Author's Amendment_03.12.2024.pdf (3/12/2024)
HF3486 A3 Author's Amendment_03.12.2024.pdf (3/12/2024)
HF4106 A1 Author's Amendment_03.12.2024.pdf (3/12/2024)
HF4393 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.13.2024.pdf (3/13/2024)
HF4289 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.13.2024.pdf (3/13/2024)
HF4106 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.13.2024.pdf (3/13/2024)
HF4014 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.13.2024.pdf (3/13/2024)
HF3486 Combined Submitted Written Testimony_03.13.2024.pdf (3/13/2024)
HF4393 DHS-OIG Policy Bill Index_03.12.2024.pdf (3/13/2024)
HF4393 DHS-OIG Policy Bill Summaries_03.12.2024.pdf (3/13/2024)
Meeting Minutes Mar 11.pdf (3/13/2024)
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