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Health Finance and Policy

THIRTY-SEVENTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Tuesday, April 6, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-SEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

HEALTH FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE

MINUTES

Representative Tina Liebling, Chair of the Committee, called the virtual Health Finance and Policy Committee meeting to order at 3:00 P.M. on April 6, 2021 pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting is being broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
LIEBLING, Tina, Chair
HUOT, John, Vice Chair
SCHOMACKER, Joe, Minority Lead
AKLAND, Susan
BACKER, Jeff
BAHNER, Kristin
BIERMAN, Robert
BOLDON, Liz
DEMUTH, Lisa
FREIBERG, Mike
GRUENHAGEN, Glenn
KIEL, Debra
MORRISION, Kelly
PRYOR, Laurie
QUAM, Duane
REYER, Liz
SCHULTZ, Jennifer
WOLGAMOTT, Dan

Members excused:
MUNSON, Jeremy

A quorum was present.

Representative Huot moved that the minutes of March 24, 2021 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF2128 (Liebling) Health care, human services, and licensing and background study provisions modified; health and human services budget established; technical and conforming changes made; money transferred; and money appropriated.

Chair Liebling moved that HF2128 be heard and laid over.

Chair Liebling moved the H2128DE1 amendment.

Doug Berg, House Fiscal Analyst, presented an overview of the H2128DE1 proposal tracking spreadsheet.

Randall Chun, House Research Staff, gave an overview of Articles 1, 5 and 7.

Sarah Sunderman, House Research Staff, gave an overview of Article 2.

Elisabeth Klarqvist, House Research Staff, gave an overview of Articles 3, 4 and 6.

Testifying:
1. Jan Malcolm, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health
2. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Chair Liebling laid over HF2128 and H2128DE1 for further discussion.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 P.M.


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Representative Tina Liebling, Chair


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Krysta Niedernhöfer, Committee Legislative Assistant
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02:35 - HF2128 (Liebling) Omnibus health finance bill.
- Walk-through of the delete-everything amendment.
- Agency testimony.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.

Overview/Walk-Through of the Delete Everything Amendment
Agency Testimony

The DE to HF2128 will be the Health Committee's finance bill. The language of the DE Amendment will be sent out early next week.

Members of the public who are interested in testifying on the DE Amendment should contact Patrick McQuillan at patrick.mcquillan@house.mn by 3 pm on Tuesday, April 6th and let him know which Articles/sections of the bill you would like to speak to. Please include: "Public Testimony HF2128" in the subject line. Testimony will continue on Wednesday, April 7th. Testimony will be limited to two minutes. Written testimony will be accepted.

Items may be added/removed.

This meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/HmNgjtZ_KkKBF3cKO2DXmw.pdf

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

Meeting documents will be posted on the House Health Finance and Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92011.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. For other questions, please contact Patrick McQuillan (patrick.mcquillan@house.mn).

The MN House of Representatives is currently working on establishing the processes and technology that allow remote meetings to be held that are accessible to the public. Thank you for your patience as we adapt.