Human Services Finance

TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Tuesday, March 28, 2023

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE TWENTY-FOURTH 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 1:02 PM on March 28, 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 (Republican Lead)
BAKER, Dave
CLARDY, Mary Frances
FISCHER, Peter
FRANSON, Mary
GILLMAN, Dawn
HICKS, Kim
KEELER, Heather
KOTYZA-WITTHUHN, Carlie
QUAM, Duane
REYER, Liz
ZELEZNIKAR, Natalie

Excused:
PRYOR, Laurie

A quorum was present.

Vice Chair Bahner moved that the minutes of March 23, 2023, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 2847 (Noor); Care provider workforce, aging and disability services, and behavioral health governing provisions modified; Department of Behavioral health established; forecast adjustments made; reports required; technical and conforming changes made; grants established; and money appropriated.

Nonpartisan House Fiscal and Research staff provided an informational overview and walkthrough of HF 2847 and the DE1 Amendment.

Testifying on HF 2847:
• Jillian Nelson – Community Resource and Policy Advocate, Autism Society of Minnesota
• Sue Hankner – President & Co-founder, A-Team Minnesota
• Jeanne Feeney – Parent of a resident at Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP)
• Leo Feeney – Parent of a resident at Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP)
• Kari Thurlow – Chief Executive Officer, LeadingAge Minnesota on behalf of Long-Term Care Imperative
• Patti Cullen – Chief Executive Officer, Care Providers of Minnesota on behalf of Long-Term Care Imperative
• Danny Ackert – Director of State Government Relations, Minnesota Hospital Association
• John Wayne Barker – Executive Director, Merrick Inc.
• Bill Guggenberger – Disability Advocate
• Sarah Dreiver – Parent
• Dave Renner – Director, State & Federal Legislation, Minnesota Medical Association
• Andre Best – Vice President Board of Directors, Minnesota First Provider Alliance
• Kari Johnson – Director of Policy & Field Building, Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers (MCCD)
• Scott Kallstrom – LNHA, LALD, Administrator, Bay View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Charity Johnson – Nursing Assistant, Bay View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Kathy Messerli – Executive Director, Minnesota Home Care Association
• Dawn Simonson – Member, Association of Area Agencies on Aging
• Cameo Zehnder – Chief Administrative Officer, Pediatric Home Services
• Sue Abderholden – Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• Cynthia Gayles – Board Member, Advocating Change Together Inc.
• Nikki Villavicencio – Member, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa
• Dr. Nathan Chomilo – Medicaid Medial Director, Minnesota Department of Human Services Finance (DHS)
• Matt Burdick – Director of State Government Relations, DHS

The meeting was adjourned at 2:28 PM.

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Representative Mohamud Noor, Chair

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Sebastian Gonzalez-Navarro, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF2847 (Noor) - Human services finance and policy bill.

Documents:

H2847 - DE1 Amendment.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 - DE1 Budget Spreadsheet.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - ARRM - Written Testimony.docx - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - Bay View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - DFL Senior Caucus - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - Life Sharing Advocates - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - LSS - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - MCFHV - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - MOHR - Written Testimony.PDF - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - MSSA - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - PN3 - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - Robert Wagner - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - Scott Kallstrom - Language Suggestion.docx - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - The Aliveness Project - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/27/2023
HF2847 DE1 - Bill List.pdf - 3/27/2023
3-28-23 Human Services Finance Committee Agenda.pdf - 3/28/2023
HF2847 DE1 - ATAM - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/28/2023
HF2847 DE1 - MAC - Language Suggestion.docx - 3/28/2023
HF2847 DE1 - The Arc MN - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/28/2023
HF2847 DE1 - MACMHP - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/28/2023
HF2847 DE1 - This Is Medicaid - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/28/2023
HF2847 DE1 - A-Team - Written Testimony.pdf - 3/28/2023

Audio:
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House TV Video:
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00:47 - HF2847 (Noor) Human services finance bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
01:13 -- Walk-through for HF2847.
22:14 -- Public testimony.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.

Show Full Schedule Agenda:

I. HF2847 (Noor) - Walk-through and Public Testimony of the Delete-All amendment to the Human Services Finance Omnibus.

*No official action will be taken on the bill during the Tuesday hearing. Bill mark-up and passage will take place on Thursday, March 30 at 1pm.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

AMENDMENTS: The author’s delete-all amendment to HF2847 (Noor) will be posted to the committee webpage on Monday, March 27, 2023. The deadline to submit amendments to the DE is 1:00pm on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony on the DE Amendment 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.