Human Services Finance

FIFTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Tuesday, January 24, 2023

STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 1:00 PM on January 24, 2023 in Room 200 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Present:
MOHAMUD, Noor (Chair)
BAHNER, Kristin (Vice Chair)
NEU BRINDLEY, Anne (Lead)
BAKER, Dave
CLARDY, Mary Frances
FISCHER, Peter
FRANSON, Mary
GILLMAN, Dawn
HICKS, Kim
KEELER, Heather
KOTYZA-WITTHUHN, Carlie
PRYOR, Laurie
QUAM, Duane
REYER, Liz
ZELEZNIKAR, Natalie

A quorum was present.

Vice Chair Bahner moved that the minutes of January 19, 2023, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Vice Chair Bahner moved that the corrected minutes of January 12, 2023, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Presentation from Minnesota Council of Disability, providing operations overview of the council and access barriers.

Presenting:
• David Dively – Executive Director, Minnesota Council on Disability
• Linda Gremillion – Operations Director, Minnesota Council on Disability
• Trevor Turner – Public Policy Director, Minnesota Council on Disability

HF 377 (Hicks); Council on Disability funding provided, and money appropriated.

Rep. Hicks moved that HF 377 be laid over for possible inclusion.

Rep. Hicks presented HF 377.

Testifying on HF 377:
• Trevor Turner – Public Policy Director, Minnesota Council on Disability

Rep. Hicks renewed the motion the HF 377 be laid over for possible inclusion.

HF 480 (Elkins); Minnesota Council on Disability funding provided to provide outreach, training, assistance, and auditing related to local government website accessibility; report required; and money appropriated.

Chair Noor moved that HF 480 be laid over for possible inclusion.

Rep. Elkins presented HF 480.

Testifying on HF 480:
• Trevor Turner – Public Policy Director, Minnesota Council on Disability
• Daniel Lightfoot – Intergovernmental Relations Representative, League of Minnesota Cities

The meeting was adjourned at 2:26 PM.

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Representative Mohamud Noor, Chair

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Sebastian Gonzalez-Navarro, Committee Legislative Assistant

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Bills Added:

HF377 (Hicks) - Council on Disability funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF480 (Elkins) - Minnesota Council on Disability funding provided to provide outreach, training, assistance, and auditing related to local government website accessibility; report required; and money appropriated.

Documents:

1-24-23 Human Services Finance Committee Agenda.pdf - 1/23/2023
H.F. 377 - HR Summary.pdf - 1/23/2023
H.F. 480 - HR Summary.pdf - 1/23/2023
MCD Presentation Documents (1-24-23).pdf - 1/23/2023
HF480 - AMC-LMC - Letter of Support.pdf - 1/23/2023

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02:39 - Minnesota Council on Disability presentation.
48:21 - HF377 (Hicks) Council on Disability funding provided, and money appropriated.
59:54 - HF480 (Elkins) Minnesota Council on Disability funding provided to provide outreach, training, assistance, and auditing related to local government website accessibility; report required; and money appropriated.
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Show Full Schedule Agenda:

I. Presentation from the Minnesota Council on Disability.

II. HF377 (Hicks) - Council on Disability funding provided, and money appropriated.

III. HF480 (Elkins) - Minnesota Council on Disability funding provided to provide outreach, training, assistance, and auditing related to local government website accessibility; report required; and money appropriated.

*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.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.