FORTY- EIGHTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA FORTY- EIGHTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FOURTH SESSION


HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE & POLICY MEETING MINUTES

Representative Mohamud Noor, Chair of the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:16 AM on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Room 123 of the Capitol Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

NOOR, Mohamud, Chair
KEELER, Heather, Vice Chair
SCHOMACKER, Joe
GILLMAN, Dawn
BACKER, Jeff
CURRAN, Brion
FISCHER, Peter
FRANSON, Mary
FREDERICK, Luke
GANDER, Steve
GORDON, Jimmy
HICKS, Kim
JACOB, Steve
KNUDSEN, Krista
MURPHY, Tom
NORRIS, Matt
VIRNIG, Bianca

Members excused:
MOMANYI-HILTSLEY, Huldah

A quorum was present.

Representative Schomacker moved the minutes of April 14, 2026, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 4338 (Schomacker) –Program integrity finance package

Chair Schomacker moved that HF 4338 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Human Services Finance and Policy committee omnibus bill.

Nonpartisan staff presented the Human Services Budget Bill.

Testifiers:
• Lance Egley, Co-Chair, Northern Access
• Nick Wanka, Director, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Attorney General Office
• Phillip Otterness, Behavioral Health Practitioner
• Aaron Jaccard, Certified Peer Support Specialist
• Dr. Eric Larsson, Chair, The Autism Treatment Association of Minnesota
• Josh Berg, Director of Minnesota Services & Strategic Growth, Accessible Space, Inc.
• Jay O’Neill, Autism Treatment Association of Minnesota
• Ellie Skelton, Touchstone Mental Health
• Jennifer Diederich, Chief Compliance Officer, MAC Midwest Brian Zirbes, MARRCH

Chair Schomacker renewed the motion that HF 4348 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Human Services Finance and Policy committee omnibus bill.


HF 4207 (Howard) – Housing provisions modified, income provisions modified, eligible uses for housing aid funds clarified, and technical changes made.

Chair Noor moved that HF 4207 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Human Services Finance and Policy committee omnibus bill.

Representative Howard presented HF 4207.

Chair Noor renews the motion that HF 4207 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Human Services Finance and Policy omnibus bill.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:59 AM.


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Representative Mohamud Noor, Chair


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Elijah Henderson, Committee Legislative Assistant