NOTE: Bills may be added

Bills added: HF1438

-HF269 (Morrison) Psychology interjurisdictional compact created, and money appropriated
-HF537 (Burkel) Deputy Richard K. Magnuson Memorial Highway designation
-HF749 (Burkel) Patrol Inspector Robert H. Lobdell Memorial Highway designation
-HF1438 (Liebling) COVID-19 vaccine medical assistance reimbursement rate increased


• This meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm
• Members of the public with questions about this process may contact committee staff at chris.mccall@house.mn.


Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice. If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.

Meeting documents will be posted on the House Ways and Means Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92029

I. *HF 1898 (Sundin) MDA Policy bill
II. **HF 1433 (Frederick) Biofuels education and marketing program provided, biofuel education and promotion council established, compatibility standard compliance required, minimum biofuel standard modified, technical changes made, and reports required.
III. HF 1430 (Vang) Cottage food producer requirements modified.
IV. HF 433 (Munson) Minnesota Food Freedom Act established, homemade food sellers exempted from statutes, and local ordinance application to homemade food sellers preempted.
Other bills may be added

*The MDA policy bill will be heard, laid over, and taken up again for final action on 3/10. This will be the 2021 Ag Policy bill. Amendments are due by 4:00 PM, Tuesday, March 9.
**HF 1433 was already heard and public testimony taken on Feb. 24, 2021. No additional oral testimony will be taken, but written testimony may be submitted by 4:00 PM, Friday, March 5, 2021.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Please contact nancy.conley@house.mn by 4:00 PM, Friday, March 5, 2021 if you would like to sign up to testify (testimony may be limited to 2 minutes/person). Written testimony is encouraged and should be submitted by 4:00 PM, March 5th to ensure it will be posted on the committee website and provided to members in advance of the hearing.

PUBLIC VIEWING: This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY: If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.

MEETING DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents will be posted on the House Agriculture Finance & Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92001

***HF 874 is for INFORMATIONAL HEARING ONLY***
No formal action will be taken, meaning Committee Members will NOT be voting on the bill. It is for informational purposes only.

HF 874 (Hassan) Fundamental right to quality public education for all children provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.


Public testimony (up to 2 minutes each) will be taken from both those who support the bill and those who oppose/have concerns.

If you would like to sign up to testify live via zoom, please email Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn by Friday, March 5, 2021 at 5:00 P.M. Please note in your email whether you support the bill or oppose/have concerns.

Members of the public, organizations, and stakeholders are always welcome to submit written testimony in lieu of testifying via zoom.

If you would like to submit written testimony, please email your testimony as an attached MS Word Document or PDF file with OCR to Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn.

Written testimony received by Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. will be included in the “virtual committee packet.” Written testimony may also be submitted up to 24 hours following the hearing to be included in the record.

This remote meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 which can be found here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice. If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.

HF1412 (Morrison) Health care service and consultation telehealth coverage modified.
HF745 (Hornstein) HIV prevention or treatment medications exempted from medical assistance and MinnesotaCare co-payments.
HF855 (Hollins) HIV preexposure prophylaxis and HIV postexposure prophylaxis dispensing by a pharmacist without a prescription authorized.
HF1904 (Boldon) Drug formulary and prior authorization provisions modified, preferred drug list requirements modified, and Formulary Committee reorganizing report required. (Informational-Only)

Agenda items may be added/removed.

Members of the public interested in testifying on should email Patrick McQuillan at Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn by 1 pm on Sunday, March 7th. Testimony will be limited to two minutes per person. Written testimony will be accepted.

This meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/HmNgjtZ_KkKBF3cKO2DXmw.pdf

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

Meeting documents will be posted on the House Health Finance and Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92011.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. For other questions, please contact Patrick McQuillan (patrick.mcquillan@house.mn).

The MN House of Representatives is currently working on establishing the processes and technology that allow remote meetings to be held that are accessible to the public. Thank you for your patience as we adapt.

HF 260 (Wazlawik) Retaining early educators through attaining incentives now grant program established
Ann McCully, Executive Director, Child Care Aware of MN
Kath Church, Creative Children Childcare/Casa di Creativa Bambini
Emily Hernandez, Child Care Center Teacher at New Horizons in St. Paul
Sharyl Kalal, Little Beginnings Child Care & Preschool

HF 411 (Olson) Greater Minnesota child care facility program funding provided, and money appropriated.
Scott McMahon, Executive Director, Greater Minnesota Partnership
Pat Baustian, Mayor, City of Luverne
Scott Marquardt, Senior Vice President, Southwest Initiative Foundation
Karen DeVos, Owner, Little Learners, Ada, MN
Tammy Loosbrock, CEO, Sanford Health Luverne

HF 412 (Olson) Child care provider grant to increase numbers funding provide, reports required, and money appropriated.
Cisa Keller, Senior Vice President for Early Childhood Quality Development, Think Small
Nancy Jost, Director of Early Childhood, West Central Initiative Foundation
Mary Rotter, Owner, Laker Prep Early Childhood Center

If you would like to testify please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn at least three hours prior to the start of the hearing.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

This meeting is held in accordance to House Rule 10.01
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

1. HF 835 (Her): various housing provisions**** [this bill already received a full hearing and testimony was taken; it is being noticed for the purposes of a motion to re-consider. We will be laying the bill over in committee, pending a completed fiscal note. No additional testimony or committee discussion will occur on this bill]****
2. HF 1237 (Hansen): MPCA agency bill [committee discussion will focus on Sections of the bill that fall within the Judiciary/Civil Law's jurisdiction, which include Sections 10, 11, 12--civil law provisions and Section 13 Subd. 4--relating to data]
3. HF 1340 (Noor): Family First Prevention Act [committee discussion will focus on Sections of the bill that fall within the Judiciary/Civil Law's jurisdiction, which include Article 1: Sec. 11, Sec. 12; Art. 2 Sec. 4, Sec. 5 & Sec. 6].
4. HF 1151 (Agbaje) African American Family Preservation Act [committee discussion will focus on Sections of the bill that fall within the Judiciary/Civil Law's jurisdiction, which include: Section 6, Section 7 & 12--relating to civil law; Section 9, Subd. 5, relating to data].
5. HF 1653 (Moller): DHS provisions relating to data and guardianship
6. HF 1442 (T. Xiong): MN Code of Justice Modified [committee discussion will focus on Sections of the bill that fall within the Judiciary/Civil Law's jurisdiction, which include: Article 1, relating to data; Article 5 Secs. 2-4, relating to state appellate review]
7. HF 1218 (T. Xiong): court-appointed counsel permitted to apply for interpreter services to prepare criminal charges defense

*The amendment deadline for this hearing is 5 pm on Friday March 5th, 2021*

*if committee adjourns prior to completing the full agenda, bills will be added to agendas later in the week*

**Agenda items may be added, deleted and/or taken in any order.

**If you are interested in providing written testimony, oral testimony, or a handout, please email the Committee Administrator and copy the Committee Legislative Assistant by 5 pm the day before the hearing to get instructions.

CA: Rachel.Ganani@house.mn
CLA: Anna.Borgerding@house.mn

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact Jenny with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. If you have questions regarding the substance of the agenda, please contact the Committee Administrator, Rachel Ganani.

HF1863 (Long) Major political party permitted to file petition to prevent improper designation by candidates name on official ballot.

HF1388 (Nelson) Stadium general reserve account calculation adjusted, commissioner of management and budget required to notify legislature before stadium general reserve account changes, stadium payoff fund established, money transferred, and stadium payoff fund balance required to be used to redeem or defease stadium appropriation bonds.

HF1952 (Nelson, M) Legislative Reference Library provision changed.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

TESTIFYING: If you would like to testify or submit written testimony, please email the committee administrator at amanda.rudolph@house.mn no later than 5 p.m. the business day before the hearing. Testimony will be limited and as time permits, therefore written testimony is encouraged. Please plan accordingly.

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF format with Optical Character Recognition ability and emailed to the committee administrator at amanda.rudolph@house.mn no later than 5 p.m. the business day before the hearing.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State Government Finance and Elections Committee webpage https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/committees/home/92009

VIEW HEARING: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

ACCESSIBILITY: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.

RULE 10.01: Meetings are held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm