Currently Posted Meetings

1. Approval of March 4, 2024, meeting minutes.
    
2. HF 4428 (Nelson); SF 4606 (Rasmusson): Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA); Amending withdrawal liability for privatizing medical facilities.
   • HF4428-SF4606 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
     • Amy Strenge, Policy Coordinator, PERA
        
3. HF 4429 (Nelson); SF 4751 (Seeberger): PERA General and Correctional; Modifying the limitation on disability benefit payments by eliminating an offset for income received from workers' compensation.
   • HF4429-SF4751 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
     • Amy Strenge, Policy Coordinator, PERA
        
4. HF 4553 (Tabke); SF 4645 (Hauschild): State Patrol Plan; Codifying the right to return to employment and continue receiving an annuity.
   • Amendment H4553-1A
   • Amendment H4553-2A
   • HF4553-SF4645 Summary
   • Testifier:
     • Mike LeDoux, President, Minnesota State Patrol Troopers Association
        
5. HF 4656 (Pursell); SF 4759 (Westlin): Supplemental Plans; Allowing employer matching contributions on account of an employee's qualified student loan payments under Secure 2.0; modifying other provisions for supplemental deferred compensation plans.
   • HF4656-SF4759 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Val Holthus, President, Anoka Hennepin Education Minnesota
     • Kent Schutte, President/CEO EFS Advisors
        

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PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will be streamed live by the House (webcast schedule).

TESTIFYING: To testify or submit written testimony on an agenda item, please contact the Commission staff at lisa.diesslin@lcpr.mn.gov by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, identifying the specific item on which you would like to testify.  Testimony is limited to the items listed on the agenda. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change.

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1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, March 7th
3. 2024 Personnel Reports -- Kelly Knight, Director of Human Resources
4. 2024-R23 Remote Work Policy -- Kelly Knight, Director of Human Resources
5. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8 (Re: Deadlines for 2024 Reg. Session)
6. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9 (Re: Legislative Breaks)
7. Adjournment

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1. Call to order: Chair: Represenative Hemmingsen-Jaeger
2. Approval of February 6 minutes
3. Clean Water Council's proposed supplemental budget--SE Minnesota
   • John Barton, Clean Water Council
4. Update on introduced water legislation--Jim Stark
5. Update and discussion on bills from the subcommittee- Jim Stark
6. Adjourn 

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Morning Agenda:
HF3613 (Hornstein) Forecasted Metro Mobility funding clarifications provided.
HF4518 (Youakim) Education finance forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated.

Evening Agenda:
HF3769 (Lislegard) Corporate franchise tax provisions modified; effective date modified of a reduction in the limitation on the deductibility of net operating losses. (Pending Referral)

Ways and Means will recess until approximately 15 minutes after session to take up HF3769.

Written Testimony: please send to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Leah.Killian@house.mn.gov by 2pm Friday, March 8.
Amendments: must be submitted to Owen Wirth by 3pm, Friday, March 8.

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State Agency Overviews of Governor's 2024 bonding recommendations:
Department of Public Safety
Department of Employment and Economic Development - includes a presentation on the Targeted Community Capital Grant Program Report
Department of Corrections - includes a presentation on the Office of the Ombuds for Correction's Infrastructure Report: Crumbling Conditions Create Crisis in Minnesota Prisons

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HF4347 (Norris); Coerced debt governing provisions modified.

HF1989 (Moller); Ticket sales regulated to places of entertainment.

HF1791 (Moller); Exclusions for types of claims handling from civil liability clarified.

HF3438 (Greenman); Deceptive trade practices defined to include the failure to disclose mandatory fees in advertising.

HF4182 (Freiberg); Equal Access to Broadband Act established, and broadband services and broadband infrastructure governing provisions modified.

HF4396 (Liebling); Health plan companies required to include essential community providers in all health plans.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion

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Items may be added

- HF4480 (Noor) Increased Transparency in Related Party Transactions for Nursing Homes
a. Val Cooke, Division Director of Nursing Facility Rates & Policy, Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Kristine Sundberg, Executive Director, Elder Voice Advocates

- HF4073 (Hanson, J.) Remote worker training and development services permitted for community first services and supports.

- HF3954 (Frederick) Sober home requirements modified.
a. Edward Krumpotich, Policy Lead, Minnesota Harm Reduction Collaborative
b. Wendy Jones, Executive Director, Minnesota Alliance of Recovery Community Organizations
c. Dr. Ryan Kelly, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Physician, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Clinic
d. Randy Anderson, Founder, Bold North Recovery
e. Will Lycan, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Sober Homes

- HF4149 (Frederick) Education requirements for licensure modified, accrediting body definition modified, behavioral health licensing and eligibility modified, and paperwork reduction report date modified.
a. Brian Zirbes, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health
b. Anderson Saint Georges, Chief Executive Officer, Daystar Recovery Center & Board Member, Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health
c. Lance Egley, Board Member and Paperwork Reduction Lead, Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health [Virtual]

- HF4190 (Baker) Client supports expanded, substance use disorder licensing requirements modified, reporting system created, behavioral health reimbursement modified, and reports required.
a. Tim Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Northstar Regional Health
b. Gina Evans, Legislative Affairs, Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge
c. R. John Sutherland, Vice President of Addiction Services, Nystrom & Associates

- HF4308 (Kiel) Long-term care options counseling governing provisions modified.
a. Maureen Schneider, Interim Chair, Minnesota Board on Aging [Virtual]
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov.
- If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send you comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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HF4451 (Bennett) - Purple Star School designation established.

All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony received after this time may not be included in members' packets.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Housing Finance and Policy Committee webpage.

ACCESSIBILITY: To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator, Jack Dockendorf (jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov).

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