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House Health and Human Services Policy Committee (Remote Hearing)
Tuesday, May 5 2020 - Archive Video

• This meeting held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 •.
02:34 - HF3727 (Moran) Health care policy bill.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.
• The Minnesota House of Representatives is currently working on establishing the processes and technology that allow remote hearings to be held that are accessible to the public; we expect many refinements to come over the coming weeks; thank you for your patience as we adapt.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee (Remote Hearing)
Wednesday, April 29 2020 - Archive Video

• This meeting held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 •.
03:11 - HF3104 (Moran) Human services policy bill.
Runs 41 minutes.
• The Minnesota House of Representatives is currently working on establishing the processes and technology that allow remote hearings to be held that are accessible to the public; we expect many refinements to come over the coming weeks; thank you for your patience as we adapt.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee (Remote Hearing)
Wednesday, April 22 2020 - Archive Video

• This meeting held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 •.
06:15 - HF3104 (Moran) Human services policy bill.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.
• The Minnesota House of Representatives is currently working on establishing the processes and technology that allow remote hearings to be held that are accessible to the public; we expect many refinements to come over the coming weeks; thank you for your patience as we adapt.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 1
Tuesday, March 10 2020 - Archive Video

01:50 - HF3359 (Moller) Consumer-directed community support existing session law codified.
03:19 - HF3868 (Moller) National criminal history record check for guardians and conservators required, and quarterly review of licensing agency data required for subjects.
08:35 - HF3159 (Richardson) Prenatal alcohol exposure screenings for children in out-of-home placement required.
15:08 - HF3093 (Richardson) Maternal health provisions implemented, and money appropriated.
- Bill was laid on the table.
17:16 - HF3537 (Edelson) Sober home licensing study funding provided, and money appropriated.
39:00 - Further consideration of HF3093 (Richardson) Maternal health provisions implemented, and money appropriated.
56:45 - HF3907 (Cantrell) Human Services commissioner required to develop 340B drugs at point of sale identification and reporting process.
1:08:59 - HF3801 (Freiberg) Medical Assistance excess income standard clarified.
1:16:10 - HF3223 (Schultz) Pharmacy and provider choice allowed relating to biological product dispensing and prescribing.
1:44:30 - HF3199 (Freiberg) Railroad Retirement Board; patients receiving disability payments allowed to pay lower enrollment fee for medical cannabis program.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 51 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 2
Tuesday, March 10 2020 - Archive Video

HF3485 (Edelson) Medical cannabis program modified; vaporization of flower, dried leaves, or plant form allowed; qualifying medical condition definition modified; and manufacturers authorized to operate mobile distribution units and to deliver medical cannabis and medical cannabis products.
Runs 40 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 4 2020 - Archive Video

00:56 - HF3794 (Huot) X-ray provisions changed.
03:28 - HF3928 (Brand) Health advisory councils and committee changes made.
11:05 - HF1591 (Morrison) Personal identifier transfer allowed in the cancer reporting system.
20:32 - HF2052 (Cantrell) Health indicator reports modified.
46:39 - HF2008 (Cantrell) Renovation and lead hazard reduction provisions modified.
58:27 - HF2910 (Cantrell) Respiratory care practitioner requirements modified.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Friday, February 28 2020 - Archive Video

00:39 - HF3838 (Olson) Board of Pharmacy application and renewal fees for medical gas dispensers reduced, Opiate Epidemic Response Advisory Council term lengths and appointment procedures modified, opiate epidemic response account technical changes made, opiate or narcotic pain reliever refill timelines eliminated, and money appropriated.
38:03 - For the purpose of making a corrective referral, the following bill was moved to the Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division without recommendation: HF3678 (Bahner) Income and asset exclusion expiration date extended for public assistance program eligibility as part of the income and child development in the first three year of life demonstration project.
39:21 - HF3322 (Kunesh-Podein) Medical Assistance requirement for persons needing breast or cervical cancer treatment modified.
50:59 - HF2772 (Olson) Home and community-based services employee scholarship program expanded to also repay qualified educational loans of employees.
59:45 - HF2971 (Cantrell) Vocational services for individuals with disabilities provided, and reports required.
1:20:59 - HF2044 (Klevorn) Birth and death record access changed.
1:26:11 - HF3445 (Morrison) Psychiatric residential treatment facility services determination and documentation requirement to involve state medical review agent eliminated, per diem rate per youth psychiatric residential treatment services provider establishment required, and facilities or licensed professionals permitted to submit billing for arranged services.
1:30:28 - HF2179 (Huot) Casket and urn sale license exception clarified.
1:34:47 - HF771 (Moran) Cultural and ethnic communities leadership council governing provisions modified.
2:00:01 - HF3276 (Moran) Child out-of-home placement cost of care, examination, and treatment governing provisions modified.
2:28:17 - HF1732 (Kresha) Child maltreatment and neglect sections reorganized and clarified, and technical changes made.
2:43:54 - HF3032 (Halverson) Tobacco; flavored product sale or furnishing prohibited, selling or furnishing administrative penalties modified, persons under age 21 who sell or distribute flavored products alternative civil penalties provided, and criminal penalties provided.
Runs 3 hours, 16 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 26 2020 - Archive Video

02:01 - HF3072 (Moran) Smoking prohibited in passenger vehicles and public transportation vehicles with persons under age 18 present, and violation fine established.
20:39 - HF3032 (Halverson) Tobacco; flavored product sale or furnishing prohibited, selling or furnishing administrative penalties modified, persons under age 21 who sell or distribute flavored products alternative civil penalties provided, and criminal penalties provided.
*Coverage of the committee was ended early because the committee ran long and the next event, House Floor Session, was about to begin.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Thursday, February 13 2020 - Archive Video

05:19 - Summary and procedural motions on:.
* 06:11 - HF1892 (Morrison) Prenatal substance use reporting requirements modified.
* 07:22 - HF2150 (Schomacker) Telemedicine evaluations allowed to be used for erectile dysfunction medication prescribing.
* 08:24 - HF1741 (Huot) Living organ donors; status discrimination prohibited, paid leave benefits extended, unpaid leave required, and a conforming change made.
16:35 - HF3100 (Howard) Emergency insulin program established, Minnesota insulin patient assistance program established, pharmacy and insulin manufacturer participation required, reports required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 58 minutes.

House and Senate Insulin Working Group
Wednesday, December 18 2019 - Archive Video

Update on Insulin Working Group.
38:01 - Stakeholder/public input.
1:17:35 - Public comments.
1:34:08 - Closing remarks.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 1
Wednesday, September 11 2019 - Archive Video

* This was an informational hearing; no formal action was taken on bills.
Introductory remarks, and committee comments regarding Department of Human Services issues.
HF2152 (Freiberg) End-of-life option for terminally ill adults established, and criminal penalties imposed.
HF1741 (Zerwas) Living organ donors; status discrimination prohibited, paid leave benefits extended, unpaid leave required, and a conforming change made.
The committee recessed.
Runs 3 hour, 32 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 2
Wednesday, September 11 2019 - Archive Video

* This was an informational hearing; no formal action was taken on bills.
HF1400 (Morrison) Health care interpreters spoken language registry system established, report required, and money appropriated.
53:21 - HF1247 (Baker) Anatomical gift that is an eye or an eye part required to be passed on to the Lions Gift of Sight at the University of Minnesota.
Runs 2 hours, 5 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 26 2019 - Archive Video

00:22 - HF2182 (Klevorn) Direct Care Service Corps established, report required, and money appropriated.
13:46 - HF2027 (Zerwas) Volunteer health care provider program requirements modification.
26:50 - HF783 (Zerwas) Temporary body art technician supervisor requirements modified.
43:29 - HF1867 (Zerwas) State agency hearing established for county to dispute liability of regional treatment center or state nursing facility cost of care of clients due to delayed discharge, and disputed cost of care recovery from clients precluded.
1:00:35 - HF2231 (Cantrell) Substance use treatment rates modified, commissioner of human services directed to establish continuum of care-based rate methodology, and report required.
1:09:41 - HF2217 (Pinto) Child protection grant allocation to counties changed.
1:22:26 - HF559 (Pinto) Provider-patient relationship required in order to make ophthalmic prescriptions.
1:33:12 - HF616 (Loeffler) Mental health provisions modified, and money appropriated.
1:45:45 - HF1983 (Loeffler) Deafblind intervener services modified.
HF2069 (Bahner) Community Competency Restoration Task Force established, reports required, and money appropriated.
Runs 2 hours, 4 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2019 - Archive Video

00:43 - HF1254 (Considine) Medical assistance coverage modified for community-based care coordination to include tribes.
14:59 - HF478 (Urdahl) Firefighter post-traumatic stress disorder grants established, report required, and money appropriated.
28:41 - HF1269 (Cantrell) Mental health service payment and denial of payment clarified, primary care residency expansion grants modified, practicum incentive payments established, mental health training program developed, and money appropriated.
41:20 - HF1256 (Cantrell) Adult foster care and community residential setting license capacity modified, and various provisions governing home and community-based services modified.
1:00:15 - HF1516 (Acomb) Home care providers provisions modified.
1:23:21 - HF1221 (Sandell) Hennepin County; commissioner of human services directed to allow medical assistance waiver customized living services provider to transfer capacity to up to three other housing services.
1:36:11 - HF925 (Davids) Epinephrine auto-injectors use by individuals who complete a training program authorized.
1:46:50 - HF2252 (Koznick) Nonemergency Medical Transportation Advisory Committee membership modified.
Runs 1 hour, 50 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 1
Friday, March 15 2019 - Archive Video

00:26 - HF147 (Huot) Community paramedic and medical response emergency medical technicians allowed to provide medicine services.
03:41 - HF1875 (Wazlawik) Center for Victims of Torture integrated care model pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.
33:28 - Further consideration of HF147 (Huot) Community paramedic and medical response emergency medical technicians allowed to provide medicine services.
35:19 - HF1340 (Lien) Mental health benefits and other medical benefits parity required, mental health and substance use disorder defined, health plan transparency required, and commissioners of health and commerce accountability required.
1:07:56 - HF1718 (Baker) Pharmacy and prescription drugs provisions modifications.
1;22;25 - HF2379 (Brand) Direct care and treatment policy provisions modified.
1:37:24 - HF2305 (Masin) Continuing care provisions for older adults governed.
1:48:27 - HF2397 (Pryor) Children and family service policy provisions modified.
2:05:24 - Motion that the Committee issue a subpoena to Carolyn Ham, Inspector General at Department of Human Services, to appear before the Committee on March 20, 2019 to answer questions regarding Child Care Assistance Fraud.
* The Committee recessed, Runs 2 hour, 6 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 2
Friday, March 15 2019 - Archive Video

Continued discussion of the pre-recess motion that the Committee issue a subpoena to Carolyn Ham, Inspector General at Department of Human Services, to appear before the Committee on March 20, 2019 to answer questions regarding Child Care Assistance Fraud.
16:20 - HF486 (Schultz) Hearing aid coverage required for individuals older than 18 years of age.
23:31 - HF2009 (Cantrell) Health plan companies and commissioner of human services prohibited from requiring enrollees to follow metastatic cancer step therapy protocols.
27:51 - HF1257 (Cantrell) Prescription drug benefit transparency and disclosure required.
1:18:20 - HF1523 (Cantrell) Commissioner of human services directed to establish prescription drug purchasing program, and program authority and eligibility requirements specified.
1:38:02 - HF1719 (Noor) Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and general assistance drug testing provisions modified.
2:11:55 - HF1892 (Morrison) Prenatal substance use reporting requirements modified.
2:22:15 - HF1535 (Morrison) Enhanced asthma care services benefit for medical assistance established, and medical assistance coverage of asthma trigger reduction products provided.
The Committee recessed.
Runs 2 hours, 29 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 3
Friday, March 15 2019 - Archive Video

HF921 (Liebling) Commissioner of human services required to contract with dental administrators to administer dental services to medical assistance and MinnesotaCare recipients.
44:08 - HF1378 (Liebling) Health maintenance organizations required to be nonprofit corporations.
1:22:43 - HF533 (Schultz) Nonprofit health care entity conversion transactions review and approval by attorney general required, all net earnings of a nonprofit health maintenance organization required to be used for nonprofit purposes, and moratorium on conversion transactions extended (informational only).
1:59:57 - HF572 (Schultz) Net earnings of nonprofit health maintenance organizations requirements established.
2:03:23 - HF2371 (Albright) Commissioner of human services required to modify substance use disorder county staff requirements.
Runs 2 hours, 21 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 1
Wednesday, March 6 2019 - Archive Video

HF273 (Schultz) MinnesotaCare; definition of affordability modified for families with access to employer-subsidized insurance for purposes of eligibility.
The Committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 16 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 2
Wednesday, March 6 2019 - Archive Video

Further consideration of HF766 (Edelson) Medical cannabis requirements modified, and money appropriated.
03:32 - HF3 (Liebling) MinnesotaCare; human services and commerce commissioners required to seek federal waivers to permit individuals whose income is greater than the income limit to purchase coverage through a MinnesotaCare purchase option, and legislative proposal required.
Runs 3 hours, 19 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 1
Tuesday, March 5 2019 - Archive Video

01:08 - HF717 (Mariani) Cannabis task force created, and report required.
1:09:51 - HF766 (Edelson) Medical cannabis requirements modified, and money appropriated.
The Committee recessed.
Runs 2 hours, 15 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 2
Tuesday, March 5 2019 - Archive Video

HF342 (Moran) Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act established, African American Welfare Oversight Council created, report required, and money appropriated (committee discussion and bill mark-up only).
56:46 - HF1239 (Wagenius) Health commissioner directed to test for contaminants in surface water used as drinking water, identification and implementation of source water protection strategies required, health commissioner directed to adopt health risk limits for certain substances, reports required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 27 2019 - Archive Video

HF815 (Acomb) Step therapy override procedures applied to state public health care programs.
06:04 - HF929 (Richardson) Commissioner of human services directed to seek brain injury waiver amendment, and traumatic brain injury definition for the state traumatic brain injury program modified.
18:15 - HF815 (Acomb) Step therapy override procedures applied to state public health care programs.
14:38 - HF926 (Bernardy) Medical Assistance coverage for weight loss drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients allowed.
33:33 - HF819 (Edelson) Cardiovascular technologist x-ray practice authorized.
48:51 - HF910 (Edelson) Newborn hearing screening advisory committee expiration date extended.
57:43 - HF814 (Edelson) School-linked mental health grants modified, report required, and money appropriated.
The Committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 42 minutes.
No video available of the reconvening.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 20 2019 - Archive Video

02:33 - HF733 (Tabke) Security screening systems added to ionizing radiation-producing equipment, and money appropriated.
22;22 - HF85 (Brand) Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board required to propose guidelines authorizing patient-assisted medication administration.
37:01 - HF831 (Halverson) Health records released without patient consent circumstances modified.
The Committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 44 minutes.
(No video coverage of reconvening).

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 19 2019 - Archive Video

01:32 - HF90 (Schultz) Health care and home care bills of rights, home care licensing provisions, Office of Health Facility Complains duties and powers, house with services registration requirements, vulnerable adult consumer protection, and the Vulnerable Adults Act modified; assisted living title protection clarified; task forces established; and reports required (with DE1 author's amendment).
Runs 1 hour, 43 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 1
Wednesday, February 13 2019 - Archive Video

01:00 - HF679 (Morrison) Children's residential treatment payment provisions effective date amended.
05:36 - HF12 (Cantrell) Conversion therapy with children or vulnerable adults prohibited, medical assistance coverage for conversion therapy prohibited, and misrepresentation of conversion therapy services or products prohibited.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, minutes.
47 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee - part 2
Wednesday, February 13 2019 - Archive Video

Continued consideration of HF12 (Cantrell) Conversion therapy with children or vulnerable adults prohibited, medical assistance coverage for conversion therapy prohibited, and misrepresentation of conversion therapy services or products prohibited.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 12 2019 - Archive Video

00:54 - HF349 (Halverson) Electronic cigarettes included in smoking definition under Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act.
23:04 - HF350 (Mann) Statewide cessation services to help Minnesotans quit using tobacco products authorized.
38:44 - HF331 (Edelson) Tobacco; charter schools added to prohibition of tobacco in schools, tobacco sale age increased, administrative penalties increased, and alternative penalties allowed.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, February 11 2019 - Archive Video

00:48 - HF267 (Schultz) Elderly waiver language re-codified, and technical corrections made.
03:57 - HF258 (Lien) Nonprofit nursing facilities in border cities operating payment rate modified.
08:47 - Review of Disability Waiver Rate System.
29:33 - Further consideration of HF267.
30:35 - Further consideration of HF258.
33;04 - HF168 (Schultz) Disability waiver rate system modified.
1:31:26 - HF179 (Halverson) Disability waiver rate system modified.
Runs 1 hour, 43 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 30 2019 - Archive Video

Introductory comments by the Chair, and committee discussion.
03:53 - HF400 (Olson) Opioid Stewardship Advisory Council, opioid stewardship account, and opiate product registration fee established; opioid addiction prevention, education, intervention, treatment, and recovery provisions modified; and money appropriated.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
Video not available of the reconvening.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 29 2019 - Archive Video

Committee rules and committee discussion.
24:34 - HF147 (Huot) Community paramedic and medical response emergency medical technicians allowed to provide medicine services.
42:52 - HF148 (Huot) Emergency medical technician permitted to be a member of a basic life support ambulance service, and occupational title of emergency medical technicians modified.
45:55 - HF189 (Huot) Ambulance service medical assistance rate increase scope expanded.
50:22 - HF99 (Freiberg) Opioid overdose reduction pilot program established, and money appropriated.
1:12:26 - Continuation of Department of Human Services overview.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.

House Health and Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 15 2019 - Archive Video

Introductions.
22:02 - Jurisdictional overview of HHS Policy Committee (Part 1).
- House Research.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.