TENTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA TENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FOURTH SESSION

Human Services Finance and Policy Committee

MINUTES

Representative Joe Schomacker, Chair of the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:18AM on March 4, 2025, in Room 123 of the Capitol Building. A quorum was present.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

SCHOMACKER, Joe Chair
GILLMAN, Dawn Vice Chair
NOOR, Mohamud
KEELER, Heather
BACKER, Jeff
CURRAN, Brion
FISCHER, Peter
FRANSON, Mary
FREDERICK, Luke
GANDER, Steve
GORDON, Jimmy
HICKS, Kim
JACOB, Steve
KNUDSEN Krista
MURPHY, Tom
NORRIS, Matt

Non-voting member present:

VIRNIG, Bianca

Members excused:

MOMANYI-HILTSLEY, Huldah

A quorum was present.

Vice Chair Gillman moved the minutes of Feb 27, 2025, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Kristy Graume, Legislative Director at DHS, and Diogo Reis, Health Improvement and Benefit Design Division Manager at DHS, presented the MN Health Care Programs Fee-for-Service Outpatient Service Rate Study.

HF 1005 (Bierman) – Medical assistance rate adjustments established for physician professional services, residential service rates increased, and statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services required.

Chair Schomacker moved HF 1005 before the committee.

Chair Schomacker moved to adopt the DE1 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Testifiers:

Dr. Roli Dwivedi, President of Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP)
Jessica Brisbois, LICSW, Manager of Acute Mental Health, Children’s Minnesota
Julie Hanenburg, Executive Director, Lighthouse Child and Family Services
Dr. Steve Girardeu, Chair of the MN Psychological Association Legislative Committee

Chair Schomacker laid over HF1005.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:49AM.


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Representative Joe Schomacker, Chair


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Joseph Fruehauf, Committee Legislative Assistant