Video & Transcript Research : 'Minnesota Medical Assistance'
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Health Finance and Policy
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- for medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder, otherwise known as OUD.
- I'm also a clinical pharmacist at CentraCare, and manage medications for patients in central Minnesota
- medications medications for<00:02:18.440>
medication-assisted <00:02:19.560>treatment. - for medication-assisted treatment. for medication-assisted treatment.
- I'm a medical toxicologist, addiction medicine specialist in Duluth, Minnesota, at Essentia Health.
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opioid use disorder, OUD, medication-assisted treatment, MAT, pharmacist prescribing, pharmacy practice, controlled substances, Schedule III, Schedule IV, Schedule V, DEA registration, Board of Pharmacy, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, buprenorphine, naltrexone, harm reduction, prescription authority, pharmacist intern, Minnesota pharmacy law
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- medical leave. medical leave.
- serving the people of Minnesota. serving the people of Minnesota.
- in Minnesota. in Minnesota.
- practice in rural Minnesota. practice in rural Minnesota.
- Central Minnesota. Central Minnesota.
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workforce development, appropriations, nonprofit organizations, employment services, state funding, paid leave, S corporations, employment law, exemptions, Minnesota Statutes, cancer, healthcare, appropriation, Rural Cancer Institute, Minnesota clinicians, pilot program, nursing, education, University of Minnesota, equity
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Health Finance and Policy
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- the Minnesota or the medical<00:10:07.360>
association <00:10:08.160>I <00:10:08.360>- I'm Myra Kunis, the assistant commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Health. Is that better?
- You'll notice in the underlying bill the medical assistance account is stricken; that is a meaningless
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assistance the underlying Bill medical assistance the underlying Bill medical- So we're simply doing the exact same thing to assist the Minnesota entity with their success.
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informed consent, sensitive examinations, healthcare, patient rights, anesthesia, hot water pools, rental properties, public health, safety regulations, Minnesota Statutes, health care access, hospital surcharge, fund allocation, medical assistance, health funding, health care, education, bonding capacity, financing, Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority
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who efforts was the state of Minnesota who efforts was the state of Minnesota - I'm the American Legion Department of Minnesota legislative chair, and I'm an assistant county veteran
- I'm the American Legion Department of Minnesota legislative chair, and I'm an assistant county veteran
- this from veterans all across Minnesota this from veterans all across Minnesota they're<01:29:29.920
- are only three counties in Minnesota are only three counties in Minnesota where<01:30:59.800>
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HF169, Minnesota insurance, health plan, summary of benefits and coverage, SBC, patient assistance program, deductible, health insurer, consumer disclosure, out-of-pocket costs, medical assistance funds, copay assistance, health coverage transparency, chapter 62Q, enrollee, HF195, Fairmont, street reconstruction, bonding bill, capital investment
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
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- of my uh uh medical and uh you<00:05:06.520>
medical <00:05:06.960>coverage <00:05:07.880 - significant change in their medical significant change in their medical condition<00:14:52.320><
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expenses higher likelihood of medical expenses higher likelihood of medical - the um from everything the medical the um from everything the medical profession<00:20:53.559>
- statute Minnesota enforcement and the statute Minnesota enforcement and the use<00:39:11.920>
PA< - statute Minnesota enforcement and the statute Minnesota enforcement and the use<00:39:11.920>
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Medicare, health insurance, supplement policies, preexisting conditions, medical assistance, premium classification, real estate, appraisers, disciplinary actions, sanction matrix, Minnesota Statutes, continuing education, out-of-state, licensing, commerce, fraud prevention, automobile theft, law enforcement, insurance crimes, 1183
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
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- Therefore, CentraCare has partnered with the sponsoring organization, the University of Minnesota Medical
- Cloud who's the assistant dean at our new medical school campus, and I'm going to channel her.
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school assistant Dean at our new medical school assistant Dean at our new medical - This new medical campus is already creating that buzz about rural health care in Minnesota, which I think
- This new medical campus is already creating that buzz about rural health care in Minnesota, which I think
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higher education, scholarship, financial aid, state grant, tuition assistance, Pell grants, student retention, education equity, disabled veterans, veterans' dependents, dependent children, college affordability, books and fees, University of Minnesota, public colleges, Office of Higher Education, veterans benefits, military families, permanent disability, 100 percent disability
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
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- It replaced Consumer Support Grant and personal care assistant, PCA, services.
- That's literally Minnesota taxpayers.
- That is not like a Minnesota unique problem. That is a national problem.
- Courts in Minnesota payment withhold.
- So, in greater Minnesota, one of about.
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long-term care, insurance policy, healthcare, partnership policy, Minnesota, human services, wage increase, support workers, shared services, community first services, medical assistance, sanctions, healthcare services, monetary recovery, government accountability, assisted living, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
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- The main issue here is when we kick people off of medical assistance, they still get sick.
- The main issue here is when we kick people off of medical assistance, they still get sick.
- The main issue here is when we kick people off of medical assistance, they still get sick.
- The main issue here is when we kick people off of medical assistance, they still get sick.
- The main issue here is when we kick people off of medical assistance, they still get sick.
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foster care, ombudsperson, investigative powers, children's rights, complaint process, HF4428, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, community engagement, work requirement, work mandate, employment requirement, community service, 80 hours, half-time student, income threshold, federal minimum wage, eligibility verification, benefit suspension, benefit termination
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- . interference in our medical care.
- It will protect our medical providers' rights to use their medical judgment to decide our health care
- If it's banned or illegal in the United States or in Minnesota, I'll just talk about Minnesota, from
- We know that there's a mix with commercial medical assistance in these numbers, so we don't have a true
- Requiring medical assistance to cover this service at a sustainable rate is critical.
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health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25
Health Finance and Policy
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- So, we know that there’s a mix with commercial medical assistance in these numbers.
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assistance <01:30:20.560>in <01:30:20.800>these commercial medical - assistance in these commercial medical assistance in these numbers.<01:30:21.280>
So, <01:30:21.440 - Requiring medical assistance to cover this service at a sustainable rate is critical to our ability to
- this<01:35:25.600>
service medical assistance to cover this service medical assistance to
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health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Health Finance and Policy
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do medical graduates assistance program do medical graduates assistance program do not<00:23 - These limit retroactive eligibility for medical assistance, as Ms. Stern described.
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assistance eligibility for um, medical assistance eligibility for um, medical - We appreciate efforts to maintain federal financial participation in medical assistance.
- we have added more people into medical we have added more people into medical assistance<01:09:56.080
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HF4401, Minnesota Medical Assistance, dental reimbursement, dental rates, critical access dental providers, Medicaid dental, MinnesotaCare, managed care plans, county-based purchasing plans, fee-for-service, oral health access, safety-net clinics, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, Indian health services, state-operated dental clinics, low-income patients, children's dental care, provider reimbursement, dental access
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
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counties, rural greater Minnesota counties, rural greater Minnesota counties - happening in greater Minnesota, too. happening in greater Minnesota, too.
- state of Minnesota? state of Minnesota?
- rental assistance for it for 6 months. rental assistance for it for 6 months.
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the coordinator at NAMI Minnesota, the coordinator at NAMI Minnesota, the
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human services, community support, integrated care, disability services, stakeholder consultation, homeless youth, grants, funding, Minnesota, mental health, substance use disorder, education, workforce development, licensure, direct care services, healthcare, long-term care, personal care assistants, employment support, medical assistance
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
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- Minnesota currently encourage the 75th. Minnesota currently pays the 75th.
- Minnesota currently encourage the 75th. Minnesota currently pays the 75th.
- Minnesota. Do you have a any follow-up? Minnesota. Do you have a any follow-up?
- . for all of Minnesota.
- What have we done for Minnesota? What have we done for Minnesota?
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youth intervention, grants, community support, early intervention services, nonprofit, Minnesota human services, forecast adjustment, budget forecast, appropriations, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, Health Care Access Fund, general fund, behavioral health, housing support, General Assistance, Minnesota Supplemental Aid, MFIP, DWP, child care assistance
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/20/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
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- assistance programs for medical assistance.
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care in the medical assistance and child care in the medical assistance and child care assistance - for medical assistance programs for medical assistance<00:20:41.320>
this <00:20:41.440>is - Chair Scott, Dylan Ferguson, director for the Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services.
- Chair Scott, Dylan Ferguson, director for the Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services.
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nonopioid directive, opioid refusal, opioid-free care, pain management, health care directive, advance directive, patient autonomy, informed consent, substance use disorder, opioid epidemic, prescriber immunity, provider liability, emergency medical services, EMS, health record, Minnesota Department of Health, health care agent, medical power of attorney, Metropolitan Council, Minnesota government data practices
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
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- political Affairs for the Minnesota political Affairs for the Minnesota Association<00:05:16.039
- He said Minnesota is state administered and state supervised, county administered, and that Minnesota
- years decades for the state of Minnesota years decades for the state of Minnesota trying<00:31:00.000
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will committee Legislative Assistant will committee Legislative Assistant will - salons in the state of Minnesota salons in the state of Minnesota representative<00:54:10.559>
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
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- Medical assistance fraud steals from hardworking taxpayers across Minnesota.
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from Medical assistance fraud steals from Medical assistance fraud steals from hardworking - >
sure from medical assistance and making sure from medical assistance and making sure that<00 - <00:04:35.480>
assistance <00:04:36.600>is Uh as you know, uh medical assistance is - Recodifying the medical assistance fraud statute from Minnesota Statute 609.466, which is what it is
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medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
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Area <00:03:26.000>Agencies Minnesota Association of Area Agencies Minnesota Association - very important program here in Minnesota very important program here in Minnesota to<00:03:45.440
- This would align with other state cash assistance programs like General Assistance and MIP.
- aid and general assistance programs. aid and general assistance programs.
- tied to emergency general assistance. tied to emergency general assistance.
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senior nutrition, older adults, aging services, home-delivered meals, congregate dining, meal delivery, grocery delivery, food insecurity, nutrition support, area agencies on aging, Minnesota Board on Aging, human services, special revenue fund, nonprofit grants, SNAP outreach, medically tailored meals, rural nutrition, food access, transportation services, elderly
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
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- In rural Minnesota, we have had to provide transportation to larger urban hubs for those who need medical
- an organization providing of Minnesota an organization providing medically<00:21:23.200>
tailored - The medical model has a certified nursing assistant, which plays an incredibly important role in the
- The medical model has a certified nursing assistant, which plays an incredibly important role in the
- coordinating timing of medical coordinating timing of medical assistance<01:30:45.280>
application
Keywords:
HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Health Finance and Policy
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- For example, chiropractic care is not covered under medical assistance or Minnesota Care.
- For example, chiropractic care is not covered under medical assistance or Minnesota Care.
- For example, chiropractic care is not covered under medical assistance or Minnesota Care.
- We've got Minnesota Care, assistance.
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assistance services across the medical assistance services across the medical
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infertility, fertility treatment, fertility preservation, IVF, assisted reproductive technology, ART, oocyte retrieval, embryo transfer, egg freezing, sperm freezing, reproductive health, maternity coverage, health insurance mandate, health plan benefits, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, MinnesotaCare, family planning, oncology fertility preservation, chemotherapy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
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- I am here on behalf of the Minnesota Fire Association Coalition, which is comprised of the Minnesota
- State Fire Chiefs Association, the Minnesota State Fire Departments Association, the Minnesota Chapter
- State Fire Chiefs Association, Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association, the<00:08:49.800>
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and <00:08:55.720>the <00:08:55.800>Minnesota Arson Investigators, and the Minnesota - firefighters in the state of Minnesota. firefighters in the state of Minnesota.
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HF4371, Minnesota background checks, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Office of the Legislative Auditor, Legislative Auditor, criminal history records, national criminal history record information, public safety, statutory amendment, section 299C.76, requesting agency, state audit, oversight, background screening, criminal records, county agencies, MNsure, Department of Revenue, Department of Human Services