Note: Testifier and Testimony Deadline is Monday, March 31st at Noon.
*The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing*

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF2367 (Nadeau) Community first services and supports reimbursement rates modified, consumer-directed community supports budgets increased, Minnesota Caregiver Defined Contribution Retirement Fund Trust established, and money appropriated.
a. Tiffini Flynn-Forslund, Personal Care Assistant & Member, SEIU Healthcare MN & IA

IV. HF2319 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board rule establishing nursing home minimum wage standards affecting medical assistance reimbursement rates made effective.
a. Sam Knigge, Dietary Aide, South Shore Care Center & Member, AFSCME 65
b. Travis Burth, Nursing Home Worker & Member, SEIU Healthcare MN & IA
c. Erin Huppert, VP of Advocacy LeadingAge Minnesota & Long-Term Care Imperative
d. Kyle Berndt, Senior Director of Advocacy, Care Providers of Minnesota & Long-Term Care Imperative

V. HF2523 (Pérez-Vega) HIV/AIDS support services funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Kat Rohn, Executive Director, Outfront Minnesota
b. Terral Ewing, HIV Services and Prevention Advocate
c. Hank Urban HIV Services and Prevention Advocate
d. Lisa Lane, Chief External Affairs Officer, Open Arms of Minnesota

VI. HF1742 (Pérez-Vega) Direct support professional certification pilot project establishment.
a. Jesse Bethke Gomez, Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Independent Living

VII. HF671 (Hicks) Grant programs established for various purposes related to children’s mental health, provisions governing long-term care consultation services modified, children’s mental health service rates modified, psychiatric residential treatment facility working group established, reports required, and money appropriated.
a. Jennifer Gustafson, Clinical Supervisor, Dakota County Juvenile Service Center
b. Dr. Margot Zarin-Pass, Hospital Pediatrician, Children’s Minnesota
c. Todd Archbold, Chief Executive Officer, PrairieCare
d. Jill Pooler, Supervisor, Wright County

VIII. HF2331 (Noor) Assisted living service providers exempted from direct care staff compensation requirements.
a. Ken Bence; Director of Research, Analysis, and Policy; ARRM
b. Jon Sondergaard, Co-Founder, ProviderCAS

IX. HF2722 (Noor) Positive support professional and support analyst qualifications modified relating to human services.
a. Donna Cobb, Intervention Services Director, Affinity Care MN
b. Heather Wilford, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Mains’l Services, Inc.
c. Jessica Simacek, Director, TeleOutreach Center & Institute on Community Integration

X. HF2406 (Curran) Abbreviated annual reassessments of people receiving disability waiver services.
a. Katy Molinare, Social Services Deputy Director, Ramsey County

XI. HF1674 (Curran) Funding increased for regional and local dementia grants, and money appropriated.
a. Robert Freeman, Vice-President for Public Policy, Alzheimer’s Association MN-ND

XII. Adjournment

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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format (with Optical Character Recognition) and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by Noon (12PM) the day before each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

1. Call To Order

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes 4/1/2025

3. HF 2040 (Nadeau) Commissioner of human services directed to provide updates and seek federal approval for children's mental health
projects, gaps in children's residential facilities funded, crisis stabilization facility established, legislative task force established, and money
appropriated
a. Jeffrey Lunde, Hennepin County Commissioner
b. Barb Dahl, Health and Human Services Director, Scott County
c. Suwana Kirkland, Community Corrections Director, Dakota County

4. HF2416 (Nadeau) County cost of care provisions modified, required admission timelines modified, report required, and money appropriated

5. HF 1502 (Reyer) Presumptive disability determination process established for medical assistance eligibility.

6. HF2421 (Noor) Council on direct support professionals established, report required, and money appropriated

7. HF 2212 (Fischer) Senior nutrition programs funding provided, and money appropriated

8. HF 1914 (Curran) Emergency service grant funding provided for innovative homelessness response grants, innovative homelessness response grants, and provider capacity building; and money appropriated

9. HF 2799 (Schomaker) Minnesota Age in Place Network funding provided, and money appropriated

10. HF 2647 (Schomaker) Changes made to assisted living facilities and services

11. HF 2646 (Schomacker) Governor's Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota converted into the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council, existing grants codified, and money appropriated


12. Adjournment

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator, Megan Rossbach (megan.rossbach@house.mn.gov) by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

*Bills may be added or removed at the chair's discretion

*HF2115 DE Amendment will be posted by 5:00PM on Tuesday, April 1st*
*Secondary Amendment Deadline to the HF2115 DE remains at Noon on Wednesday, April 2nd*

*The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing*

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF2115 (Schomacker) Human Services Policy Bill *In-person testimony will not be taken on this bill, please submit written testimony by the deadline*

IV. HF2276 (Kozlowski) Minnesota homeless study funding provided, money transferred, report required, and money appropriated.

V. HF1644 (Reyer) Family supportive housing programs funding provided, and money appropriated

VI. HF99 (Sencer-Mura) Funding provided for housing with support for persons with serious mental illness, and money appropriated.

VII. HF2068 (Keeler) Homeless Youth Act grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

VIII. HF2707 (Keeler) Sexually exploited youth safe harbor shelter and housing funding provided, and money appropriated.

IX. HF2704 (Curran) Housing stabilization service application processing times modified, and housing support supplemental service rates modified.

X. HF1579 (Noor) Housing support supplementary services rates provided for certain facilities

XI. Adjournment
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format (with Optical Character Recognition) and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by Noon (12PM) the day before each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.