1. Approval of March 16, 2023, meeting minutes.
    
2. HF 1234 (Her), 1st Engrossment; SF 1959 (Frentz): Modifying peace officer and firefighter duty disability provisions; requiring a report; appropriating money.
   • Amendment H1234-2A
   • Amendment H1234-5A
   • Amendment H1234-6A
   • Submitted testimony:

     Joint letter of support from the League of Minnesota Cities, Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, Metro Cities, Municipal Legislative Commission, and Minnesota Association of Small Cities
     Letter of support from the Association of Minnesota Counties
     Travis and Shari Serafin
     Frank Hintz
     Nick Weidner
     Karl Olson
     Mike Helman
     Tim Schwab
     Susan Steward
     Heidi Murphy
     Michelle Rockwood
     Tim Evens
     Chris and Alison Hetland
     Nick Larson
     John Mott
     Tracy Gross
     Shaun Harrington
     Duty Disability Recipient
     Lindsay Herron

3. HF 2713 (Nelson, M.); SF 2371 (Frentz): PERA; Increasing post-retirement adjustments for members receiving a basic member annuity from the general plan.
   • Staff Summary
      
4. HF 1923 (Wolgamott); SF 2140 (Seeberger): PERA; Authorizing transfer of past service credit from the PERA general plan to the police & fire plan for two Metropolitan Airports Commission police officers.
   • Staff Summary
   • Letter of support from the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association
      
5. HF 1669 (Anderson, P.H.): PERA Defined Contribution Plan; Expanding coverage to include local government officials, whether elected or appointed. Note: Identical to HF 2487 (Wolgamott); SF 2897 (Seeberger)
   • Amendment H1669-1A
   • Amendment H1669-2A
   • Amendment H1669-3A
   • Staff Summary
      
6. SF 208 (Howe): PERA; Extending the payment period for the purchase of service credit for periods of military service.
   • Amendment S0208-1A
   • Staff Summary
      
7. LCPR23-033: St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; Permits members who are in a same-sex marriage to designate their spouse as a survivor, even if they are in pay status.
   • Staff Summary

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1. Welcome and Call to Order

2. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, March 16th

3. Deadline Waivers
HF1596 PACE program funding mechanism established (Reyer)
HF2552 Minnesota Board of Recovery Services created (Edelson)
HF2709 Exception to size limitation required for customized living (Curran)

4. Re-referral of Governor’s budget bills
HF2940 Governor’s state government budget bill (Klevorn)
HF2930 Governor’s MDH budget bill (Liebling)

NOTE: The jurisdiction of the Rules Committee for HF1596, HF2552, HF2790, HF2940, and HF2930 only extends to their recommendation for a re-referral for a substantive hearing, pursuant to Joint Rule 2.03. No public testimony or amendments will be accepted in this hearing on these bills.

5. 2023-P5 Policy on Legal Fees
Barb Juelich, Controller

6. Motions on Payment of Legal Fees for 2022 Recounts
Barb Juelich, Controller

7. Adjournment


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Working session to review suggested topics and narrow list to 15 topics

• Agenda
• Possible Evaluation Topics
• Topic Selection Criteria
• Topic Selection Schedule

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HF1278 (Pelowski) Disaster assistance contingency account funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2286 (Noor) Commissioner of human services procedures established related to transition from public health emergency, continuous medical assistance eligibility provided for children, and money appropriated.

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NOTE: HFXX (Kraft) Improvements to Cedar Lake Rd & Louisiana Ave has been replaced with HF 2952 (Kraft) - Hennepin County; Cedar Lake Road and Louisiana Avenue improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

NOTE: Removed: HF2635 (Lislegard) - Filmmaking and film education facility funding provided, and money appropriated HF 2635 will be rescheduled on Wednesday, March 22.

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Budget Presentation - Commissioner Grace Arnold, Department of Commerce

HF100 (Stephenson); Omnibus cannabis bill. **testimony limited to the amendments**

HF2503 (Bahner); Equal coverage of services provided by pharmacist required, and medical assistance and MinnesotaCare requirements for coverage and payment of pharmacy services set.

HF1751 (Kotyza-Witthuhn); Loan resolution and financial stability program funding provided for a character-based innovative loan program, and money appropriated.

HF1336 (Kotyza-Witthuhn); Minnesota Council on Economic Education grants provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF1459 (Freiberg); Consumer protection violation civil remedies amended for individual or family farmer.

Items may be taken up in any order, added, removed at the Chair’s discretion

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I. HF2141 (Norris) - Counties allowed to provide in-house training for training and technical assistance programs.

II. HF2215 (Noor) - Community residential setting licensing moratorium exception modified.

III. HF2087 (Bierman) - Medical assistance reimbursement rates increased for home care nursing.

IV. HF1811 (Fischer) - Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer Advancement grant funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

V. HF895 (Anderson) - Big Stone County; intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities rate increase provided

VI. HF777 (Petersburg) - Intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities rate increase provided.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

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HF 2470 (Hill) Forest Lake; veterans memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 587 (Norris) Blaine; National Sports Center capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business