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House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, April 8 2024 - Archive Video
00:32 - Out-of-State Children's Residential Treatment presentation.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 20 2024 - Archive Video
*No video until 03:55 due to technical issue.
01:29 - HF4949 (Fischer) Long-term care consultation services modified.
10:41 - HF4392 (Fischer) Human services policy bill.
1:06:38 - HF3495 (Fischer) Mental health services; children's residential facilities and day treatment services provider standards.
Runs 1 hour, 37 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 - Archive Video
00:22 - HF1683 (Bierman) Mental health services eligibility and rates modified.
12:10 - HF4692 (Noor) Direct Care and Treatment agency established, date for transfer of authority and responsibility modified, board membership qualifications, procedures, powers, and duties established, chief executive officer powers and duties established; accounts established, and other agency provisions modified.
23:58 - HF4839 (Reyer) PACE program implemented.
28:27 - HF4981 (Her) Medical Assistance rate adjustments for physician and professional services established, residential services rates increased, statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services required, and money appropriated.
44:54 - HF4671 (Fischer) Respite care grants modified, youth care professional training program created, adult and children's mobile transition units modified, and money appropriated.
1:05:14 - HF4568 (Virnig) State disability determination procedures modified, and consumer-directed community supports governing provisions modified.
1:29:16 - HF4877 (Clardy) Qualifications for positive support providers modified.
1:35:35 - HF4675 (Noor) Commissioner of Human Services directed to expand reimbursement for overtime, overnight asleep services, and consecutive shifts for personal care assistants and community-first services and supports workers.
Runs 1 hour, 37 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, March 18 2024 - Archive Video
01:44 - HF4528 (Hicks) Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing membership modified.
09:54 - HF4552 (Virnig) Minnesota Statutes language concerning expired human services reports to the legislature removed.
16:51 - HF4075 (Virnig) Lifeworks Services, Inc., payment provided for disability inclusion pilot project, and money appropriated.
32:42 - HF4563 (Vang) Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Education Center and youth care professional training program established, and rules for mental health providers modified.
39:40 - HF4360 (Noor) County-provided adult mental health targeted case management requirements modified.
45:47 - HF4392 (Fischer) Minimum wage protections established for people with disabilities, person care assistance and community first services and supports remote reassessment requirements modified, disability waiver services provisions modified, and Deaf and Hard-of Hearing Services Act language modernized.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 13 2024 - Archive Video
01:15 - HF4014 (Acomb) Rule on opioid treatment program medication dispensing for take-home uses modified.
12:46 - HF4391 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Department of Human Services disability services and substance use disorder services policy bill.
19:08 - HF3486 (Freiberg) Substance use disorder treatment; licensed alcohol and drug counselors continuing education requirements modified, religious objections to placements in substance use disorder treatment programs allowed, and report required.
44:59 - HF4362 (Edelson) Application of bloodborne pathogen testing expanded to nonsecure direct care and treatment programming, and priority admissions task force member name corrected.
51:08 - HF4289 (Hanson) Licensed graduate social workers temporarily allowed to engage in clinical practice without supervision if providing crisis response services and to provide treatment supervisions to individuals on crisis teams.
1:09:49 - HF4106 (Noor) Timelines for Medical Assistance eligibility determinations for hospital patients modified, supplemental payments for disability waiver services provided, and additional permissible circumstances for the appointment of an emergency guardian provided.
1:22:16 - HF4393 (Fischer) Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General policy bill; and provisions relating to human services licensing, background studies, provider notifications, substance use disorder medications, and electronic signatures modified.
Runs 1 hour, 37 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, March 11 2024 - Archive Video
01:39 - HF4480 (Noor) Nursing facility transparency increased in related-organization transactions, and duplicative nursing facility rate setting legislative report repealed.
11:22 - HF4073 (Hanson) Remote worker training and development services permitted for community first services and supports.
15:14 - HF3954 (Frederick) Sober home requirements modified.
48:19 - HF4149 (Frederick) Education requirements for licensure modified, accrediting body definition modified, behavioral health licensing and eligibility modified, and paperwork reduction report date modified.
1:01:51 - HF4190 (Baker) Client supports expanded, substance use disorder licensing requirements modified, reporting system created, behavioral health reimbursement modified, and reports required.
1:17:29 - HF4308 (Kiel) Long-term care options counseling governing provisions modified.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 6 2024 - Archive Video
01:23 - HF4366 (Edelson) Civil commitment priority admission requirements modified, prisoner in a correctional facility specified to not be responsible for co-payments for mental health medications, county co-payment expense reimbursement allowed, and money appropriated.
26:38 - Peer recovery services presentation.
48:59 - HF3397 (Edelson) Peer recovery support services and recovery peer requirements modified, tiered reimbursement rate structure for recovery peers development required, and money appropriated.
1:11:20 - HF4548 (Frederick) Ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities provisions modified, and classification of recovery peers as independent contractors prohibited.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, March 4 2024 - Archive Video
01:24 - HF3941 (Curran) Home and community-based services standards modified.
20:45 - HF3743 (Edelson) Community support services program standards modified, various behavioral health provisions modified, protected transport start-up grants and engagement services pilot grants established, formula-based allocation for mental health grant services recommendations required, and money appropriated.
43:06 - HF4158 (Hicks) Medical Assistance modified for employed persons with disabilities.
54:08 - HF4203 (Pryor) Informed choice and expedited service authorization for technology systems demonstration partnership for people receiving home and community-based services authorized.
Runs 1 hour, 18 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 28 2024 - Archive Video
01:47 - HF3483 (Feist) Guardian immunity amended, guardianship take force created, and report required.
35:23 - HF3712 (Hicks) Implementation of new rates for family residential services and life sharing services delayed, Advisory Task Force on Family Residential Services established, reports required, and money appropriated.
49:21 - HF3939 (Curran) Foster care licensing moratorium modified.
56:30 - HF3940 (Curran) Disability waiver technology provisions modified.
1:10:43 - HF3907 (Virnig) Own home services provider capacity-building grants established, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, February 26 2024 - Archive Video
00:41 - HF3646 (Pinto) Statutory infrastructure created for the new Department of Children, Youth, and Families; and statutes moved and copied.
02:35 - HF3711 (Hicks) Modifying home and community-based services standards for out-of-home respite services for children.
23:34 - HF3938 (Curran) Residential programs licensing and zoning requirements modified.
1:02:04 - HF3835 (Frederick) Commissioner of human services directed to authorize indirect billing for individualized home supports.
Runs 1 hour, 15 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 21 2024 - Archive Video
00:39 - HF3646 (Pinto) Statutory infrastructure created for the new Department of Children, Youth, and Families; and statutes moved and copied.
12:27 - HF3987 (Fischer) Transfer of duties from Department of Human Services to Department of Direct Care and Treatment implemented; general executive board duties, powers, rulemaking authority, and administrative service contracting established; and conforming changes made.
21:56 - HF3865 (Baker) Assertive community treatment provisions modified.
Runs 36 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, February 19 2024 - Archive Video
00:37 - HF3098 (Hicks) Somali mental health pilot project funding provided.
21:56 - HF3419 (Hicks) Medical Assistance for employed persons with disabilities program modified.
57:35 - HF3445 (Hicks) Commissioner of Human Services required to issue request for proposals for a continuous improvement study of access to disability services, report required.
1:14:35 - HF3533 (Fischer) Commissioner of Human Services required to develop county-administered rural medical assistance model, report required.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 14 2024 - Archive Video
03:36 - HF3495 (Fischer) Functional assessment requirements modified, children's day treatment providers exempted from medication self-administration requirements, certified mental health clinic staffing standards modified, and children's therapeutic services and supports provisions modified.
28:15 - Department of Human Services presentation on incoming departmental policy bills.
53:35 - Department of Human Services presentation on transition of Direct Care and Treatment.
Runs 1 hour, 19 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 24 2024 - Archive Video
01:18 - Department of Human Services' “Minnesota Health Care Programs Fee for Service Outpatient Services Rates Study”.
Runs 1 hour, 42 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, October 16 2023 - Archive Video
*This remote hearing took place in Moorhead, MN; the television production was created by Clay County Government Center staff.
04:13 - Informational hearing:.
- Children's mental health services.
- Border communities-specific human services needs.
- County-based human services.
- Other topics as specified by committee members.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 15 2023 - Archive Video
00:52 - HF1596 (Reyer) PACE program funding mechanism established, and money appropriated.
15:16 - HF1298 (Edelson) Essential community supports modified, respite service grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
22:24 - HF2552 (Edelson) Eligibility for recovery community organizations modified, Minnesota Board of Recovery Services created, rulemaking authority provided, and application fee established.
36:54 - HF2709 (Curran) Exception to size limitation required for customized living and 24-hour customized living services for certain settings.
48:30 - HF1494 (Frederick) Human services provider workplace safety grants established, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 15 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 8 2023 - Archive Video
00:57 - HF2141 (Norris) Allowing counties to provide in-house training for certain training and technical assistance programs.
12:13 - HF1403 (Fischer) Aging, disability, behavioral health, substance use disorder, housing, economic assistance, children and family services, health care, licensing, Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General, and conversion therapy laws modified and established; reports required; and money appropriated.
17:44 - HF2712 (Fischer) Procedure for sanctions modified, background studies conducted by Department of Human Services modified, definitions modified, applications and application process modified, license fees modified, commissioner of health access to recipient medical records modified, notice requirements for monetary recovery and sanctions modified, administrative reconsideration process modified, licensing data modified, cases in which email addresses are made public modified, and prone restraints in licensed or certified facilities prohibited.
22:00 - Continued consideration of HF1403 (Fischer) Aging, disability, behavioral health, substance use disorder, housing, economic assistance, children and family services, health care, licensing, Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General, and conversion therapy laws modified and established; reports required; and money appropriated.
26:15 - HF2553 (Fischer) Mental health provider staffing, documentation, and diagnostic assessment requirements modified; Commissioner of Human Services required to establish Medical Assistance mental health service provider certification process; assertive community treatment staff requirements modified; adult rehabilitative mental health services provider entity standards modified; behavioral health home services staff qualifications modified; and managed care contract requirements for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services modified.
39:46 - HF2628 (Frederick) Fees provided and waived for certified birth records, identification cards, and driver's licenses for persons treated for substance use disorder who are eligible for medical assistance; substance use disorder treatment plan review requirements modified; transition follow-up counseling provided; substance use disorder treatment rate and staffing requirements modified; data required to be provided to providers; temporary rate increases for providers and direct care staff provided; and commissioner directed to develop recommendations on transition support services.
50:58 - HF2321 (Pinto) Children's cabinet modified; Department of Children, Youth, and Families established; responsibilities of Department of Education, Department of Human Services, and Department of Public Safety transferred to Department of Children, Youth, and Families; reports required; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, March 6 2023 - Archive Video
00:48 - HF2284 (Finke) Provisions modified regarding Minnesota residents admitted to adjacent-state mental health facilities.
04:03 - HF2008 (Kozlowski) Homeless youth cash stipend pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.
47:56 - HF1771 (Bierman) Medical assistance and insurance coverage of psychiatric collaborative care model provided.
58:42 - HF1695 (Nelson, M.) Service Employees International Union healthcare agreement ratified.
1:15:57 - HF1604 (Freiberg) Emergency grant program created for autism spectrum disorder treatment providers, and money appropriated.
1:29:48 - HF2551 (Baker) Treatment review and staffing requirements for opioid treatment programs modified.
Runs 1 hour, 38 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee – part 1
Wednesday, March 1 2023 - Archive Video
01:12 - HF2099 (Richardson) Task Force on Pregnancy Health and Substance Use Disorders established, reports required, and money appropriated.
14:30 - Presentation on Background Studies from Department of Human Services.
35:21 - HF753 (Frazier) Individuals subject to human services background studies with expunged criminal records disqualification prohibited.
43:12 - HF1172 (Edelson) Health and human services background study consideration of juvenile court records modified, disqualification periods modified, and set aside allowed for disqualification based on conduct or convictions in individual's juvenile record.
1:11:22 - HF2058 (Hassan) Cultural and ethnic minority infrastructure grant program, culturally specific provider consultation grants, and community health worker mental health training program established; medical assistance reimbursement modified for mental health group settings, and money appropriated.
1:31:08 - HF1436 (Vang) Programs to address health and human services workforce shortage expanded and established, reports required, and money appropriated.
The committee recessed and reconvene at 6pm, on HTV2.
Runs 1 hour, 44 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee – part 2
Wednesday, March 1 2023 - Archive Video
00:26 - HF1851 (Hicks) Live well at home grants established.
29:00 - HF2234 (Edelson) Home and community-based services systemic critical incident review team established, adult foster care and community residential setting licensing provisions clarified, substance use disorder treatment requirements modified, councils and committees extended, provider-controlled and own-home settings clarified, technical and conforming changes made, effective dates clarified, and obsolete language related to chemical health pilot program repealed.
36:38 - HF1434 (Edelson) Parental contribution fees eliminated for services for children with disabilities.
1:22:43 - HF2215 (Noor) Community residential setting licensing moratorium exception modified.
1:52:17 - HFXXXX (Hanson) Prohibiting subminimum wages for persons with disabilities; modifying lead agency board and case manager responsibilities and training; establishing a statewide disability employment technical assistance center and lead agency employment first capacity building grants; modifying requirements for informed choice in employment policy; clarifying eligibility for Minnesota supplemental aid program; modifying use of data from the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law; establishing study; requiring report; appropriating money.
Runs 3 hours, 22 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, February 27 2023 - Archive Video
01:09 - HF1627 (Edelson) Access to substance use disorder treatment services governing policies modified, eligibility for home and community-based services workforce development grant modified, and workforce development grant money excluded from income for certain purposes.
10:45 - HF1821 (Frederick) Information collected in long-term care surveys modified.
17:47 - HF1683 (Bierman) Mental health services eligibility and rates modified.
33:15 - HF1512 (Hanson) Remote supervision of personal care assistance services permitted.
47:31 - HF1384 (Hicks) Notice of Medical Assistance program required for employed persons with disabilities, and Medical Assistance eligibility requirements modified for employed persons with disabilities.
1:15:23 - HF1466 (McDonald) Grant funding provided to maintain and promote self-advocacy services and supports for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 36 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, February 20 2023 - Archive Video
00:48 - HF1198 (Hanson) Child care assistance expanded to certain families, grants and rules regarding children's mental health expanded and modified, transition to community initiative modified, mental health staff training requirements modified, covered transportation services modified, children's care coordination covered, rules regarding children's long-term stays in emergency room modified, rural family response and stabilization services pilot program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
55:13 - HF1416 (Curran) Integrated community supports modified.
1:12:58 - HF1566 (Hanson) Requirements established for commissioner of health to administer lifeline centers to respond to 988 contact, 988 prepaid wireless fee and 988 telecommunication fee authorized, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 15 2023 - Archive Video
00:49 - HF1486 (Frederick) Supervised practice of alcohol and drug counseling by former students for limited time allowed, HIV training requirements modified in substance use disorder treatment programs, withdrawal management license requirements modified, and substance use disorder treatment client record documentation requirements modified.
Update on opioid epidemic response policy activity:.
12:09 - Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council activities and practices.
28:33 - Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Epidemic Response Policy in 2023 governor's budget and policy proposals.
1:10:57 - National Opioid Settlements presentation.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, February 13 2023 - Archive Video
00:51 - HF100 (Stephenson) Cannabis; various provisions added or changed relating to Office of Cannabis Management; advisory councils; sales and use reports; legal and limited possession and use; business licensing, inspection, and regulation; flower and product testing; labeling; advertisement; private resident cultivation; medical program; sales taxes; grants and loans; prohibition on operating a motor vehicle while under the influence; criminal penalties; expungement procedures, reports, and evictions; landlord and tenants; labor standards; temporary regulation of edible products; professional license protection; scheduling; data; miscellaneous and clarifying and technical changes; and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 8 2023 - Archive Video
00:48 - HF1043 (Hicks) Task Force on Disability Services Accessibility and pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.
25:27 - HF1067 (Hanson) Personal care assistance program modified.
55:04 - Policy issues related to the Indian Child Welfare Act.
- Department of Human Services.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, February 6 2023 - Archive Video
00:48 - HF339 (Curran) Adult foster care licensure requirements modified for community residential settings.
24:49 - HF716 (Finke) Access to shared services under home and community-based service waivers expanded.
44:55 - HF813 (Hicks) Home and community-based workforce incentive fund grants established, awareness-building campaign for recruitment of direct care professionals established, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 22 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 1 2023 - Archive Video
01:18 - HFXXXX (Finke) Clarification to court examiner eligibility.
04:37 - HFXXXX (Frederick) Modifying information collected in long-term care surveys.
12:23 - 17:05 - The committee recessed.
17:20 - HF905 (Youakim) Minors age 16 or older authorized to consent to nonresidential mental health services.
28:13 - HF732 (Her) Income definitions modified for housing support.
Runs 1 hour, 4 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, January 30 2023 - Archive Video
00:54 - HF585 (Klevorn) Care evaluation established as a covered medical assistance home care service, medical assistance homemaker rates modified, and report required.
26:50 - HFXXX (Edelson) [SC-9961] Modifying policies governing access to substance use disorder treatment services; modifying eligibility for home and community-based services workforce development grants; excluding workforce development grant money from income for certain purposes.
35:26 - HFXXX (Edelson) [SC0014-1] Establishing a home and community-based services systemic critical incident review team; clarifying adult foster care and community residential setting licensing provisions; modifying substance use disorder treatment requirements; extending certain councils and committees; clarifying provider-controlled and own-home settings; making technical and conforming changes; clarifying effective dates; repealing obsolete language related to chemical health pilot program.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 25 2023 - Archive Video
00:33 - Mental Health Legislative Network presentation on priorities and legislative agenda.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, January 23 2023 - Archive Video
00:43 - HF177 (Hanson) Unearned income included in economic assistance program calculations modified.
15:30 - Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health presentation on priorities and legislative agenda.
Runs 1 hour, 19 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 18 2023 - Archive Video
00:35 - HF16 (Hollins) Children or vulnerable adult conversion therapy prohibited, conversion therapy medical assistance coverage and misrepresentation of services or products prohibited.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 11 2023 - Archive Video
01:42 - Department of Human Services overview.
Runs 1 hour, 36 minutes.
Joint meeting of the House Human Services Finance Committee and the House Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 10 2023 - Archive Video
00:35 - Introductions.
05:53 - Human services overview.
- Nonpartisan staff.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.
House Human Services Policy Committee
Monday, January 9 2023 - Archive Video
00:33 - Introductions.
09:00 - Department of Human Services 101 Introduction presentation.
Runs 1 hour, 7 minutes.