Human Services Finance

THIRTY-NINTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Thursday, April 11, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE THIRTY-NINTH MEETING
NINETY-THIRD SESSION

HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

Representative Mohamud Noor, Chair of the Committee on Human Services Finance, called the meeting to order at 1:02PM on April 11th , 2024, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Present:
NOOR, Mohamud (Chair)
BAHNER, Kristin (Vice Chair)
NEU BRINDLEY, Anne (Republican Lead)
BAKER, Dave
CLARDY, Mary Frances
FISCHER, Peter
FRANSON, Mary
GILMAN, Dawn
HICKS, Kim
KEELER, Heather
KOTYZA-WITTHUHN, Carlie
PRYOR, Laurie
QUAM, Duane
VIRNIG, Bianca
ZELEZNIKAR, Natalie

Excused:

A quorum was present.

Vice Chair Bahner moved that the minutes of April 9th, 2024, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

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

Vice Chair Bahner assumed the gavel.

Chair Noor moved HF4360 before the committee.

Vice Chair Bahner moved the DE1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Chair Noor presented HF4360 as amended before the committee.

Testifiers:
• Matt Freeman, Executive Director of MACSSA

Vice Chair Bahner moved HF4360 as amended to be laid over. The bill is laid over.

HF5329(Noor)- Youth peer recovery support services pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.

Vice Chair Bahner moved HF5329 before the committee.

Vice Chair Bahner moved HF5329 to be laid over. The bill is laid over.

Testifiers:
• Abdirahman Warsame, Executive Director of Generation Hope
Chair Noor reassumed the gavel.

HF5200(Keeler)- Working group on simplifying supportive housing resources established, appointments provided, and report required.

Chair Noor moved HF5200 before the committee.

Chair Noor moved the A4 Amendment before the committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Keeler presented HF5200 as amended before the committee.

Testifiers:
• Phia Xiong, Executive Director of Handy Help
• Lindsay Hofer, Program Director for Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans

Chair Noor moved HF5200 as amended be laid over. The bill is laid over.

HF4190(Baker)- Client supports expanded, substance use disorder licensing requirements modified, reporting system created, behavioral health reimbursement modified, tax provisions modified for individuals employed in substance use disorder treatment programs, and reports required.

Chair Noor moved that HF4190 be laid over. The bill is laid over.

Testifiers:
• Brian Zirbes, Executive Director MARRCH
• Lew Zeidner, PhD CEO, Meridian Behavioral Health, LLC

Chair Noor moved the bill to be laid over. The bill is laid over.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:34 PM.

______________________________________________________
Representative Mohamud Noor, Chair

______________________________________________________
Fardusa Ahmed, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF5200 (Keeler) - Working group on simplifying supportive housing resources established, appointments provided, and report required.
HF4360 (Noor) - County-provided adult mental health targeted case management requirements modified.
HF4190 (Baker) - Client supports expanded, substance use disorder licensing requirements modified, reporting system created, behavioral health reimbursement modified, tax provisions modified for individuals employed in substance use disorder treatment programs, and reports required.
HF5329 (Noor) - Youth peer recovery support services pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.

Documents:

H5200A4.pdf - 4/10/2024
H4360DE1.pdf - 4/10/2024
HF4190 - MARRCH Handout.pdf - 4/10/2024
HF4190 - MARRCH Testimony.pdf - 4/10/2024
HF4190 - Meridian Behavioral HealthTestimony.pdf - 4/10/2024
4-11-24 Human Services Finance Committee Agenda.pdf - 4/11/2024
HF 5200 - Agate Letter of Support.pdf - 4/11/2024
HF 5200 - Group Letter of Support.pdf - 4/11/2024
HF 5200 - MN Assistance Council for Veterans Letter of Support.pdf - 4/11/2024
HF 5200 - Project for Pride in Living Letter of Support.pdf - 4/11/2024
HF5200 - Beacon Supportive Housing Testimony.pdf - 4/11/2024
HF5200 - Center City Housing Letter of Support.pdf - 4/11/2024
HR Summary - HF4190.pdf - 4/11/2024
HR Summary - HF4360.pdf - 4/11/2024
HR Summary - HF5200.pdf - 4/11/2024
HR Summary - HF5329.pdf - 4/11/2024

Audio:
Listen Now

House TV Video:
View Archive

01:38 - HF4360 (Noor) County-provided adult mental health targeted case management requirements modified.
30:19 - HF5329 (Noor) Youth peer recovery support services pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.
42:06 - HF5200 (Keeler) Working group on simplifying supportive housing resources established, appointments provided, and report required.
1:13:42 - HF4190 (Baker) Client supports expanded, substance use disorder licensing requirements modified, reporting system created, behavioral health reimbursement modified, tax provisions modified for individuals employed in substance use disorder treatment programs, and reports required.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.

Show Full Schedule Agenda:

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

II. HF5329 (Noor) - Youth peer recovery support services pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.*

III. HF5200 (Keeler) - Working group on simplifying supportive housing resources established, appointments provided, and report required.

IV. HF4190 (Baker) - Client supports expanded, substance use disorder licensing requirements modified, reporting system created, behavioral health reimbursement modified, tax provisions modified for individuals employed in substance use disorder treatment programs, and reports required.

*Agenda updated. Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator and Committee Legislative Assistant at least 12 hours prior to the start of a committee meeting. Handouts should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage. Contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov to submit handouts or for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony will be taken as time allows. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify. Written testimony is encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Human Services Finance webpage.

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.