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Audio/Video Archives - 2015-2016 Regular Session

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Higher Education Policy and Finance

3/10/2015
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Bills Added:
HF1108 (Norton) - University of Minnesota and Mayo Foundation Partnership funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF1347 (Fenton) - Alternative teacher preparation grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF841 (Dettmer) - Resident status granted for purposes of higher education grants and scholarships to active members of the military who reside in Minnesota, and report required.
HF228 (Knoblach) - Income definition modified for property tax refunds.
Attachments:

Commerce and Regulatory Reform

3/10/2015
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Bills Added:
HF864 (Sanders) - Insurance fraud administrative penalty established, persons convicted of insurance fraud prohibited from enforcing contracts for no-fault benefits, and crime established for accident victim solicitation.
HF539 (Theis) - Building codes prohibited from being adopted more frequently than once every five years, and public notice of adopted rules provided.
HF1026 (Erickson) - Mille Lacs County; municipal enforcement requirements of State Building Code modified.
HF962 (Franson) - Microdistillery bottle sales allowed.
HF1014 (Dill) - Brewer limited credit extension allowed.
HF1466 (Loonan) - Microdistilleries authorized to make off-sales and self-distribute, and microdistilleries authorized to obtain temporary licenses for social events.
HF1509 (Nash) - Microdistilleries allowed to sell bottles at off-sale.
HF1502 (Schultz) - Duluth; intoxicating liquor license authorized for a golf course.
Attachments:

Health and Human Services Reform

3/10/2015
Bills Added:
HF5 (Mack) - MNsure; commerce commissioner required to seek federal approval, salary limit imposed, health plan approval rates specified, notification of enrollment information required, individual coverage option provided, product lines prohibited, small business health care tax credit expansion proposal required, MNsure organizational changes made, background checks required, and exemptions removed.
Attachments:
H0005A1.pdf (3/9/2015)
H0005A5.pdf (3/9/2015)
H0005A8_1.pdf (3/9/2015)
H0005A9.pdf (3/9/2015)

Civil Law and Data Practices

3/10/2015
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Bills Added:
HF518 (Scott) - Parenting time rebuttable presumption clarified, remedies following denial of court-ordered parenting time or other agreements modified, post-decree modification of maintenance allowed, disclosure of income information required, and alternate effective date for modification of child support allowed.
HF497 (Scott) - Child support obligors in arrears withholding requirements modified.
HF155 (Scott) - Automated license plate readers related data classified, log of use required, and destruction of data required.
HF222 (Cornish) - Automated license plate reader data classified and governing policy required, log of use required, data required to be destroyed, and report required.
Attachments:
Presentation by the Office of the Legislative Auditor on MNsure Governance and Data Privacy.

Jim Nobles
Joel Alter

Please see the link for the report: http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/2015/mnsure.htm
We will hear HF 1068 at a later date.
Bills Added:
HF654 (Zerwas) - Victims of violence address protection clarified in legal proceedings.
HF1524 (Zerwas) - Interest on verdicts, awards, and judgments regulated.
HF717 (Johnson) - Data collected by an event data recorder standards of use established, and penalties provided.
Attachments:

Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance

3/10/2015
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Bills Added:
HF1489 (Hancock) - Wetland Conservation Act modified.
HF1490 (Rarick) - Comprehensive watershed management provided.
HF1534 (Torkelson) - Riparian buffers provided.

Government Operations and Elections Policy

3/10/2015
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Presentation by the Office of the Legislative Auditor on MNsure Governance and Data Privacy.

Jim Nobles
Joel Alter

The report can be found at the following link: http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/ped/2015/mnsure.htm


After the joint hearing, Government Operations and Elections will reconvene after a short break to take up HF 18 in the Basement Hearing Room.
Bills Added:
HF18 (Kahn) - MNsure law exemptions relating to the office of MN.IT services removed.

Ways and Means

3/9/2015
Minnesota Management & Budget:
Continuation of Presentation of the February 2015 Budget and Economic Forecast
Bills Added:
HF1027 (Garofalo) - Minimum wage for employees receiving gratuities modified.

Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance

3/9/2015
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If you would like to testify, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant, Jonathan Fortner, at jonathan.fortner@house.mn
Bills Added:
HF333 (Newberger) - Legislative approval of a state plan to comply with federal regulations regarding emissions from existing power plants required.

Transportation Policy and Finance

3/9/2015
MNDOT presentation on part of the Multimodal division including areas dealing with State Rail Plan, and Bicycle and Pedestrian programs including the Safe Routes to Schools program:
Mike Schadauer, MnDOT Office of Transit
Tim Mitchell, MnDOT Office of Transit
Tim Henkel, MnDOT Modal Planning & Program Management Division

2 bills will be heard following this presentation
Bills Added:
HF558 (Howe) - Safe routes to school grant eligibility modified.
HF797 (Sundin) - Used goods and used motor vehicles sales tax exemption provided.
Attachments:

Veterans Affairs Division

3/9/2015
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Bills Added:
HF705 (Howe) - Congressionally chartered veterans organization property provided reduced classification rate.
HF745 (Howe) - Veterans preference procedures and rights modified.
HF1296 (Anderson) - Stearns County; administrative grant funding provided to support a service provider serving veterans, and money appropriated.
HF1414 (Hancock) - Montevideo and Bemidji; veterans homes funding provided, nonstate contributions allowed, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF127 (Dettmer) - USS Minnesota commissioning activities grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF506 (Schoen) - Temporary licensing provided for former and current members of the military.
Attachments:
A15-0128.pdf (3/6/2015)
H0705A1.pdf (3/6/2015)
H0745A1.pdf (3/6/2015)
H0127A1_1.pdf (3/9/2015)
H1414A1.pdf (3/9/2015)
H0745A2.pdf (3/9/2015)

Legacy Funding Finance

3/9/2015
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Overview and funding request for the Bell Museum
Overview and funding request for the Science Museum of Minnesota
Overview and funding request for the North Star Boys Choir
Overview and funding request for the Minnesota Civic Education Coalition
Overview and funding request for the Minnesota State Council on Disabilities
Bills Added:
HF613 (Torkelson) - Minnesota Humanities Center funding provided, and money appropriated.

Health and Human Services Reform

3/6/2015
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***Additional bills may be added
Bills Added:
HF980 (Halverson) - Foster care provider licensing requirements, home and community based service standards, and disability waiver rate system modified.
HF972 (Zerwas) - Smile Healthy Minnesota 2016 grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF1053 (Zerwas) - Medical assistance payment rate provisions modified for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies.
HF995 (Rarick) - Indian Child Welfare Act; local government aid reimbursement provided for out-of-home placement costs of children, and money appropriated.
HF1062 (Albright) - Health plan requirements modified to add mental health crisis services to emergency services, recommendations required on funding children's mental health crisis residential services, and money appropriated.
HF1012 (Dean) - Home and community based setting residency ratio restrictions modified.
HF1145 (Dean) - Chemical dependency prevention program grants provided, and money appropriated.
HF827 (Mullery) - Child protection legislative task force established.
HF1199 (Pierson) - Residential asleep-overnight staff base wage increased, ICF/DD payment rates increased to defray costs resulting from minimum wage increases.
HF657 (Lohmer) - Automated drug distribution system usage expanded, over-the-counter medication amount covered by medical assistance if dispensed by an automated drug distribution system modified, and drugs covered under medical assistance changed and allowed retrospective billing.
HF1211 (Peterson) - Disability waiver rate system modified.
Attachments:
H0827A1.pdf (3/5/2015)
H0827A2.pdf (3/5/2015)
H0980A1-1.pdf (3/5/2015)
H0995A1_1.pdf (3/5/2015)
H1012DE1.pdf (3/5/2015)

Civil Law and Data Practices

3/5/2015
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Testimony for HF 437 is limited to discussion regarding the establishment of a commission.
Bills Added:
HF1109 (Scott) - MNsure data access and transfer requirements modified.
HF799 (Fabian) - Duty owed by owners of real property to trespassers specified.
HF793 (Barrett) - Ski safety and liability standards established.
HF437 (Scott) - Legislative surrogacy commission established, appointments provided, and report required.
Attachments:

Education Innovation Policy

3/5/2015
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Bills may be taken in any order.
Bills Added:
HF1237 (Christensen) - Individualized education program provisions modified.
HF1094 (Mullery) - Early brain development prioritized in the early childhood family education home visiting program.
HF1024 (Davnie) - School district restrictive procedure provisions modified, training and technical assistance provided to school districts to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint, and money appropriated.
HF804 (Christensen) - School districts required to contract with student information system vendors that are able to seamlessly transfer records of students with disabilities.
HF332 (Runbeck) - Childhood literacy provisions modified.
HF964 (Wills) - Legislative auditor's 2013 report on special education portions implemented.
Attachments:
H1024A1_1.pdf (3/4/2015)

Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance

3/5/2015
***Update 3/3/15: HF570 will be heard for information only. The committee will not be taking action on the bill***
HF184 and HF1065 will be laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.
If you want to testify on a bill please contact Amy Zipko at 651.296.4091 or e-mail amy.zipko@house.mn.
Bills Added:
HF184 (Drazkowski) - Aquatic invasive species prevention program requirements repealed.
HF570 (Drazkowski) - Aquatic invasive species aid repealed.
HF1065 (Uglem) - Aquatic invasive species trailer decal requirements modified.
Attachments:
H1065DE1.pdf (3/4/2015)

State Government Finance

3/5/2015
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Office of the State Auditor
Bills Added:
HF495 (Anderson) - Omnibus state government finance bill.

Rules and Legislative Administration

3/5/2015
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I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Calendar for the Day: March 9, 2015

V. Adjournment

Agriculture Policy

3/5/2015
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A vote will be taken on HF880 only. Presentation and testimony will be taken on the other bills, all of which will be laid over.
Bills Added:
HF880 (Anderson) - Agricultural education teacher loan forgiveness provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
HF879 (Anderson) - Agricultural educator grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF812 (Bly) - Income tax credit for sales or rentals of agricultural assets to beginning farmers provided, income tax credit for beginning farmer financial management programs provided, and the beginning farmer program administered by the Rural Finance Authority modified.
HF1051 (Poppe) - Agriculture related program funding provided for grants, scholarships, and courses; agricultural growth, research, and innovation programs extended; and money appropriated.
HF1074 (Marquart) - Agricultural Growth, Research, and Investment (AGRI) program extended for ten years; portion of annual AGRI spending dedicated to farm business management scholarships; income tax credits to encourage beginning farmers provided; beginning farmer individual development accounts and supplemental farm business management program funding provided; and money appropriated.

Government Operations and Elections Policy

3/5/2015
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Bills Added:
HF916 (Heintzeman) - Crow Wing County; process for making county offices appointive provided.
HF1179 (Schomacker) - County office appointment authorized.

Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance

3/5/2015
Bills Added:
HF406 (O'Driscoll) - Community safety personnel training about use of de-escalation techniques funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1089 (Rarick) - Firework manufacture, sale, and use regulated.
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