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K-12 Finance Division

3/26/2007
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Omnibus K-12 Education bill review

Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division

3/26/2007
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HF1208 (Mahoney) changing provisions for construction codes and licensing provisions; providing penalties and enforcement
HF790 (Moe) modifying provisions of the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority Act; making technical and housekeeping changes - CORRECTED BILL NUMBER
HF2310 (Davnie) relating to unemployment insurance; modifying Social Security offset provisions
HF1283(Nelson) relating to employment; Independent contractor exemption certificates required, penalties provided, notice to the commissioners of revenue and employment and economic development authorized, review of certifications of independent contractor status required.

Energy Finance and Policy Division

3/26/2007
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Introduction of the omnibus bill
HF1392 (Hilty) Hydrogen renewable energy initiative established, hydrogen energy use policies established, and money appropriated.

Removed from the agenda: HF2305 (Hilty)
HF1392 (Hilty) Hydrogen renewable energy initiative established, hydrogen energy use policies established, and money appropriated.

Removed from the agenda: HF2305 (Hilty)

Early Childhood Learning Finance Division

3/26/2007
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HF1056 (Slawik) Early Childhood Learning Finance Omnibus bill
Final action will be taken

Finance

3/26/2007
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HF20 (Thissen) Prekindergarten scholarship granting organizations contribution income tax credit provided.
HF123 (Slawik) Education expense tax credit and deduction applied to certain expenditures for prekindergarten expenses and museum memberships.
HF1264 (Eastlund) Early childhood education access grants contribution and early childhood educational expenses income tax credit authorized.
HF719 (Dill) Lake County; temporary suspension of tax-forfeited lands proceeds provided to reimburse county for purchase of Clair A. Nelson Memorial Forest land.
HF849 (Moe) Shoreland resorts development regulation provided.
SF463 (Hortman) Notaries public fees increase
HF1221 (Kalin) Energy savings activities required under the conservation investment program.
HF305 (Huntley) Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007 adopted establishing public policy to protect employees and the public from hazards of secondhand smoke and prohibiting persons from smoking in specified areas.

E-12 Education

3/23/2007
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SF13 (Greiling) Special education; President and Congress memorialized, by resolution, to carry through on their pledge to fund 40 percent of special education costs.
HF258 (Greiling) No Child Left Behind; Congress memorialized, by resolution, to offer greater flexibility to states and fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act as part of its reauthorization.
HF1319 (Tillberry) Regional center for the visual arts pilot program established, and money appropriated.
HF2008 (Clark) American Indian tribal contributions integrated into student learning and teacher preparation and licensing requirements, and committees on American Indian education programs established.
HF1694 (Davnie) Teacher training to integrate learning technologies into K-12 classrooms provided, and money appropriated.
HF1853 (Benson) Reading instruction clarified to require supporting children with dyslexia and related language disorders.
HF2148 (Clark) Minneapolis schools fragrance-free pilot project created.

Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Division

3/23/2007
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HF2107 (Masin) Telecommunications goals provided, and broadband policy director and advisory board established.
HFXXXX (Johnson) Statewide cable franchising. (Continued from March 16)
Draft copies of this legislation are available outside 578 State Office Building.
Those interested in testifying on this legislation, please contact Elizabeth Emerson, Committee Administrator, at (651) 296-7175 or elizabeth.emerson@house.mn.

Energy Finance and Policy Division

3/23/2007
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HF1517 (Gunther) Commission Serving Deal and Hard-of-Hearing People funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2218 (Slocum) Utility proceedings intervenors compensation conditions and procedures specified.
Added to the agenda HF2278 (Welti) Propane prepurchase program established, and consumer protections provided to delivered-fuel customers.
HF1624 (Hausman) St. Paul Port Authority; qualified emissions-reduction project recovery costs provided.
HF2067 (Hornstein) Linden Hills Power and Light community digester and neighborhood district heating and cooling demonstration project grant provided, and money appropriated.
Added to the agenda HF2306 (Hilty) Requiring Public Utilities Commission to initiate proceeding regarding interconnection of distributed generation facilities.
Added to the agenda HF2137 (Sailer) Petroleum inspection fee use for weatherization assistance authorized.
Added to the agenda FHXXXX (Peterson, A.) A grant for a study of multi-fuel ethanol plant permitting.
HF1455 (Morrow) Rural renewable energy initiatives provided, and money appropriated.

HF2175 (Kalin) removed from the agenda

Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division

3/23/2007
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HF1206 (Kelliher) Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act adopted.
HF1301 (Moe) Residents right of first refusal established when a manufactured home park is being sold
HF1621 (Bunn) Environmental health tracking and biomonitoring program established, and money appropriated.
HF1997 (Tschumper) Carcinogenic and endocrine-disrupting pesticides and nervous system toxin pesticides registration and review of public health risks provided
HF1809 (Dominguez) Safety net health care providers grants provided, unreimbursed health care costs grants required, and money appropriated.
HF2161 (Cornish) Methamphetamine treatment programs funding provided, and money appropriated
HF2258 (Clark) Arsenic health risk level standard required
HF1623 (Clark) Dental care for children access pilot program established, and money appropriated
SF357 (Clark) City and county property transfers to nonprofit organizations
HFXXXX Report on radiation emissions (informational only)
HFXXXX HomeLine services (informational only)

Transportation Finance Division

3/23/2007
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Mark-up of Omnibus Transportation Policy Bill

Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections

3/23/2007
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HF1865 (Poppe) Common carrier railroad employee rules required, money appropriated.
HF1339 (Poppe) State government record retention provisiion deleted.
SF1350 (Eastlund) School board special election petition requirements clarified. (Added to agenda)
HF1010 (Hilstrom) Gang and Drug Oversight Council statewide coordinator added to the law enforcement retirement fund. (Removed from the agenda)
HF1873 (Bunn) Health care cost containment goals annual report required, health care transformation task force established. (Added to agenda)
HF1981 (Norton) Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force expiration date removed. (Added to agenda)
HF1283 (Nelson) Independent contractor exemption certificates required, penalties provided, notice to the commissioners of revenue and employment and economic development authorized.
HF1896 (Winkler) Legislative Commission on Terror and Disaster Preparedness established, money appropriated.
HF754 (Mullery) Plumbers license provisions modified, and restricted plumbers license provided.
HF1183 (Loeffler) Community forest management and forest and shade tree pest control provided, money appropriated.
HF1016 (Hansen) Forest pest control measures provided, approved firewood required on land administered by the commissioner of natural resources, sale and distribution of firewood regulated.
HF1021 (Dill) Lake Superior commercial fishing provisions modified.
HF2135 (Loeffler) Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission provisions modified.
HF1586 (Tschumper) Statewide health plan purchasing pool study group established. (Removed from the agenda)
HF2252 (Davnie) Sustainable growth working group established, money appropriated.
HF1663 (Moe) Wild rice; genetically-engineered organisms regulated provisions modified, and study required.

Health and Human Services

3/23/2007
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HF2159 (Abeler) Care coordination for children with high-cost mental health conditions provided through the U special kids program, and money appropriated.
HF2182 (Loeffler) Human Services advisory committee established to simplify program administration, and studies and reports required.
HF2184 (Liebling) Medical education and research cost distribution formula modified.
HF1855 (Huntley) Uncompensated care
HF1656 (Thissen) has been removed from the agenda
HF2178 (Thissen) Long-term care programs funding restored, services expanded, new grant programs established, statewide priority created to enhance the mobility of older adults, studies required, tax credit established, and money appropriated.
HF1991 (Loeffler) Human Services technical changes provided; and child care, chemical and mental health, child welfare, public assistance, continuing care, and health care provisions modified.
HF1998 (Loeffler) Continuing care provisions, data practices, long-term care provisions, and other Human Services provisions modified.
HF1296 (Laine) Doula services health insurance coverage required, medical assistance coverage provided, and doula presence upon request added to the patient bill of rights.
HF1576 (Fritz) Quality of care impact statement required prior to contracting for basic health care services to persons with disabilities.
HF1656 (Thissen) Jewelry products containing lead manufacture and sale regulated.
HF2090 (Ward) Backflow prevention in recreational camping areas requirements limited.

Public Safety and Civil Justice

3/23/2007
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HF1053 (Olin) Making it a felony to commit theft of a computer that has identity information in its memory about the owner or any other person;
HF1119 (Dill) Modifying definitions; providing for and modifying certain fees; modifying provisions for taking animals causing damage; modifying license and stamp provisions; modifying certain possession and taking restrictions; providing for an apprentice hunter validation; providing criminal and civil penalties
HF1609 (Clark) Protecting certain employee statements from employer retaliation; establishing complaint procedures; establishing investigative jurisdiction for the commissioner of labor and industry; creating civil penalties;
HF584 (Mullery) Omnibus Crime Bill; Increasing penalties for metal theft. *Continued discussion, if necessary, of amendments from Thursday night.*
HF1225 (Olin) Omnibus Real Property Bill; Modifying the limitation on actions for damages based on services or construction to improve real property for certain actions.
HF2290 (Sailer) A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; providing penalties for gaining improper access to medical records;

Copies of these bills will be available Thursday March 22 outside of Room 367, State Office Building.

Public Safety and Civil Justice

3/22/2007
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HF1360 (Simon) Omnibus Data Practices Bill. Clarifying duties and classifications; making technical changes.
Copies of this bill are available outside 367 State Office Building.
HF1225 (Olin) Construction; limitation on actions modified for damages based on services or construction to improve real property;
HF211 (Zellers) Mortgage application information sale prohibited.
HF1209 (Mullery) Regulating certain transactions with homeowners whose homes are in foreclosure;
HF931 (Mullery) Prohibiting certain predatory lending practices; prescribing criminal penalties; providing remedies;
HF1004 (Davnie) Prohibiting predatory lending practices;
HF1919 (Marquart) Providing for plats of land;
HF1841 (Simon) Permitting victims of domestic abuse to terminate a lease in certain circumstances;
HF1595 (Swails) Statutory housing warranties recovery for breaches regulated;
HF1058 (Thissen) Authorizing automatic enforcement of official traffic-control devices;
HF49 (Lesch) Providing that certain criminal gang behavior is a public nuisance; authorizing injunctive relief and other remedies;
HF1704 (Tillberry) Requiring motor vehicle collision repair to include air bag repair or replacement; providing criminal penalties;
HF1074 (Ruud) Adopting the Darlene Luther Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; imposing penalties;
HF1758 (Davnie) Regulating access devices; establishing liability for security breaches; providing enforcement powers;
HF1824 (Faust) Amusement ride regulation provisions modified.
HF931 (Mullery) Prohibiting certain predatory lending practices; prescribing criminal penalties; providing remedies;
HF1004 (Davnie) Prohibiting predatory lending practices.
HF1948 (Hilstrom) Public defender representation provided for certain minors and other persons, and certain mandatory representation by public defender provisions removed;
HF2318 (Bigham) Modifying sentences for repeat sex offenders;

HF1274 (Hilstrom) authorizing integrated search service inquiries; restricting use of drivers' license photographs for criminal justice use; authorizing the Department of Public Safety to establish a secure subscription service to enhance officer safety during tactical operations by and between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; updating and clarifying membership on the CriMNet Task Force;
HF584 (Mullery) Omnibus Crime Bill; Increasing penalties for metal theft.

Other bills TBA

HF698 (Garafolo) Has been removed from the agenda.

Health and Human Services

3/22/2007
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HF609 (Loeffler) Food stamp requirements modified. (For re-referral only)
HF1725 (Moe) Leech Lake youth treatment center proposal grant provided, and money appropriated. (For re-referral only)
HF173 (Erickson) Nursing facilities payment rates in specified counties increased to the geographic group III median rate. (For re-referral only)
HF192 (Urdahl) Meeker County nursing facilities placed in geographic group II. (For re-referral only)
HF221 (Urdahl) Meeker County day training and habilitation provider rate reimbursement increased, and proposal required to address the disparity between providers across the state. (For re-referral only)
HF663 (Urdahl) Nursing facility payment rates increased to the 60th percentile rate. (For re-referral only)
HF915 (Ruth) Steele County nursing facilities payment rates increased to the geographic group III median rate. (For re-referral only)
HF970 (Demmer) Dodge and other specified counties nursing facilities payment rates increased to the Olmsted County median rate. (For re-referral only)
HF1075 (Anzelc) Koochiching County nursing facility payment rates increased, and money appropriated. (For re-referral only)
HF1580 (Dettmer) Adult foster care and family adult day services license requirements modified. (For re-referral only)
HF2254 (Ruth) Waseca County nursing facility payment rates modified for services to ventilator-dependent persons. (For re-referral only)
HF794 (Otremba) modifying medical assistance coverage to include consultations with psychologists; increasing the medical assistance reimbursement rate for critical access mental health services (division report)
HF913 (Thissen) waiving the moratorium regarding beds and expending group residential housing supplemental rates (division report)
HF1590 (Brynaert) authorizing a Regional Children's Mental Health Initiative pilot project; developing an enhanced regional children's mental health service system (division report)
SF26 (Thao) Medical practices board advisory councils expiration dates elimination (subcommittee report)
HF499 (Magnus) Chemical use assessments modified, and duties imposed on the commissioner of Human Services related to chemical health.
HF594 (Otremba) Medical assistance nonemergency medical transportation competitive bidding modified, level of need criteria specified, and reimbursement rate increased.
HF1984 (Huntley) Pharmacies authorized to accept return of unused drugs and medical devices from county jails and juvenile correctional facilities.
HF1719 (Huntley) Medical assistance eligibility treatment of assets modified.
HF683 (Huntley) Affordable health care right for every resident established, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF 479 (Walker) Universal health care system provided, preventive care and early intervention focus required, cost reductions and comprehensive benefits provided, and plan implementation by 2010 required.
HF1656 (Thissen) Jewelry products containing lead manufacture and sale regulated.
HF2177 (Bunn) has been removed from the agenda

Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections

3/22/2007
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HF908 (Liebling) Developmental disabilities quality assurance system expanded to included additional service recipients, commission created, sunset dates repealed, money appropriated.
HF1340 (Tingelstad) State boards and advisory groups governing laws revised.
HF1294 (Berns) Minnesota Council on Disability sunset eliminated.
HF1638 (Kahn) Grants management process, governance, and structure established, money appropriated.
HF1688 (Pelowski) Office of Enterprise Technology terminology changed
HF1493 (Simon) Surplus property rulemaking authority granted to the commissioner of administration.
HF1116 (Dill) Game and fish definitions, fees, licenses and stamp provisions, and possession and taking provisions modified; apprentice hunter validation provided; and criminal and civil penalties imposed.
HF1418 (Eken) Natural resources; modifying rulmaking authority; designate infested waters; modifying water supply plan requirements; state park permit provisions.
HF1865 (Poppe) Common carrier railroad employee rules required, money appropriated.
HF1172 (Wollschlager) Revenue Department debt collection time limits, collection costs, and referrals provisions modified.
HF1494 (Simon) Campaign finance contribution limits provided for certain candidates.
HF1555 (Simon) Energy forward pricing mechanisms terms defined.
HF1303 (Welti) Open meeting law; meetings by telephone or other electronic means authorized under certain conditions.

State Government Finance Division

3/22/2007
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Legislative Coordinating Commission, agency overview and budget presentation.
Legislature, House Budget and Accounting, agency overview and budget presentation.
Presentation and discussion on optional funding for government reform initiatives.

Public Safety Finance Division

3/22/2007
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HF821 (Smith) Adjusting the monetary threshold for certain property offenses
HF1342 (Smith) Defining qualified domestic violence-related offenses and crimes of violence
HF2267 (Murphy, M.) Appropriating money for a productive day pilot project operated by Arrowhead Regional Corrections Agency
HF2210 (Clark) Appropriating money for restorative justice *** bill added ***
HF1778 (Mullery) Appropriating money for increase in public defenders' salaries *** bill added ***
HF311 (Hornstein) Doubling fines for moving violations committed while operating mobile phones; providing affirmative defense to double fine
HF1440 (Kahn) Requiring certificates of pay equity compliance as a condition for certain state contracts; appropriating money

The following bills heard in the Friday, March 16 joint hearing with the Public Safety and Civil Justice Committee will be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill:

HF1734 (Dominguez) Establishing a pilot project to provide services to ex-criminal offenders now in the community
HF243 (Walker) Reestablishing the ombudsman for corrections
HF1737 (Atkins) Establishing reduced ignition propensity standards for cigarettes
HF700 (Eastlund) Creating a matching-grant pilot program to assist communities in providing safe transportation for intoxicated persons
HF698 (Hilstrom) Authorizing organizations providing mentoring services to request criminal background checks from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
HF1733 (Paymar) Authorizing a grant to address domestic violence and intimate partner violence among offenders re-entering the community after a period of incarceration
HF1220 (Hilstrom) Providing for grants for child advocacy centers that perform certain core functions
HF414 (Liebling) Authorizing the Department of Public Safety to make emergency grants to crime victims
HF1628 (Lesch) Reducing the surcharge on license tab violations from $72 to $4
HF1858 (Cornish) Appropriating money for peace officer training related to domestic violence no contact orders
HF1859 (Cornish) Establishing a work group to study attachment of photographs to criminal no contact orders
HF1251 (Atkins) Authorizing direct actions and imposing direct liability on certain insurers in certain actions; preserving certain claims; regulating actions involving certain insurance practices; appropriating money
Bills Added:
HF867 (Bigham) Burglary in the second degree crime definition modified
HF1465 (Kohls) Commissioner of Corrections required to develop a standard formula for calculating the per diem cost in county and regional jails

Health Care and Human Services Finance Division

3/22/2007
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HF1807 (Huntley) Inpatient hospital services payment required on a fee-for-services basis for the general assistance medical care program.
HF842 (Huntley) Child care, children and family, licensing, health care, continuing care, mental health, health insurance, and Department of Health provisions modified; and money appropriated.
HF1073 (Hamilton) Prescription drug removal from the formulary notice required.
HF1404 (Thissen) Hospital outpatient services rate increase provided for a specified essential hospital for children with disabilities.
HF1395 (Eken) Nursing facilities, ICFs/MR, and community-based long-term care providers rate increases provided; nursing facility payment rates floor established; long-term care payment rate account established; and money appropriated.
HF1857 (Eken) Native American juvenile treatment center study and predesign funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1289 (Heidgerken) Nursing home per diem reimbursements determination procedures modified.

Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division

3/22/2007
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Bills not heard in the morning meeting will be moved to the evening meeting:
Additional bills may be added to the evening meeting.

HF904 (Dill) Land acquisition, land owners' bill of rights, and mineral interest record requirements modified; state park additions and deletions provided; and public and private sales and conveyances of state lands authorized.
HF1674 (Eken) Environmental review rules relating to biofuel production facilities adoption required.
HF1913 (Wagenius) Natural resources terms defined relating to native prairie restoration.
HF1421 (Wagenius) Natural Resources Department easement acquisition requirements established.
HF1540 (Wagenius) Endocrine disruptors in waters of the state report required.
HF589 (Peterson, A.) Clean energy equipment loan program established; cellulosic biofuel development and bioenergy initiatives provided; Reinvest in Minnesota energy program created; enforcement provided; technical committee authorized, and money appropriated.
Watersheds, Wetlands and Buffer Protection subcommittee report
HF577 (Hansen) BSWR omnibus bill
HF1536 (Hansen) Mississippi River barrier construction provided to prevent aquatic invasive species from migrating up river, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1885 (Hansen) Invasive species emergency management provided, and money appropriated.
HF1476 (Knuth) Individual sewage treatment systems provisions modified.
HF1980 (Swails) Point of use water treatment evaluation provided, and money appropriated.


HF1116 (Dill) Has been removed.
HF1418 (Eken) Has been removed.
HF1316 (Hortman) Has been removed.
Bills not heard in the morning hearing will be heard now.
BILLS ADDED:
HF1416 (Ward) Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Council established, state park permit exemption provided, and money appropriated.
HF1885 (Hansen) Invasive species emergency management provided, and money appropriated.
HF419 (Sailer) Off-highway vehicle damage account modified.
HF1280 (Hortman) Diesel truck idling reduction device grants provided, and money appropriated.
HF294 (Mullery) Pollution Control Agency structure modified.
HF1750 (Hansen) Mississippi River critical area program report required.
HF1127 (Moe) Four-by-four truck trail development restricted.
HF1016 (Hansen) Forest pest control measures provided, approved firewood required on land administered by the commissioner of natural resources, and sale and distribution of firewood regulated.
HF1621 (Bunn) Environmental health tracking and biomonitoring program established, and money appropriated.
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