The omnibus health and human services conference committee report now awaits discussion on the House and Senate floors.
Sponsored by Rep. Matt Dean (R-Dellwood) and Sen. Michelle Benson (R-Ham Lake), HF945/SF800* would cut $482.44 million from projected state spending during the 2018-19 biennium. It also would transition Minnesotans from MNsure, the state-run insurance marketplace, to a federally facilitated marketplace. Conferees agreed to the report late Monday.
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Funding provisions remain the same as the report adopted May 1.
These include:
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$4.16 million to provide school-linked mental health grants, allowing students to receive early intervention and care at their schools;
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$3.52 million to reduce service fees by 25 percent for parents of children who are disabled;
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$3.25 million to provide long-term homelessness support services, housing for mentally ill adults, transitional housing and emergency shelters;
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$3.44 million to provide a rate increase for complex services provided by personal care assistants; and
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$1.38 million to fund a $13 per month increase in cash assistance for families in the Minnesota Family Investment Program, though the program is expected to save $62,000 over the 2018-19 biennium.