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• On page 10, line 635, it says CARE Carleton Grant Extensions. The language in the bill is CARE St.
• Minnesota counties are billed at 100% for the cost of care when the person no longer has access to care
• The state is also billed at 100% for the cost of care when the person no longer meets medical criteria
• the senior care continuum.
• Health Care.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding

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• We made sure that everyone who is being cared for 365, they get the care that they need for 365 days.
• We made sure that everyone who is being cared for 365, they get the care that they need for 365 days.
• We made sure that everyone who is being cared for 365, they get the care that they need for 365 days.
• We made sure that everyone who is being cared for 365, they get the care that they need for 365 days.
• That everyone who is being cared for 365, they get the care that they need for 365 days.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• Minnesota counties are billed at 100% for the cost of care when the person no longer meets medical criteria
• care when the<00:54:47.680><c> person</c><00:54:48.000><c> no</c><00:54:48.240><c> longer</c><00:54:48.480
• innovative care care model is a proven innovative care model<01:43:15.360><c> with</c><01:43:15.679>
• of patients' care.
• assistance plans.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• This carries the health committees' MinnesotaCare adjustment, medical assistance, and the behavioral
• ,<00:01:25.520><c> Minnesota</c><00:01:25.920><c> supplemental</c><00:01:26.479><c> aid,</c> assistance
• , Minnesota supplemental aid, assistance, Minnesota supplemental aid, housing<00:01:27.479><c> support
• ><c> adjustment</c> committees Minnesota care adjustment committees Minnesota care adjustment medical
• </c> medical assistance and the behavioral medical assistance and the behavioral health<00:01:35.280>

Bills: HF2995, HF2434

Keywords: human services, funding, appropriations, MinnesotaCare, behavioral health, general assistance, healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• Uh likewise we're care and treatment.
• We are aligned in home care program.
• </c> discussed that the nursing home care discussed that the nursing home care nursing<00:18:37.679><
• </c><00:58:45.040><c> who</c> year and not find that one person who year and not find that one person
• You are making sure that the person who is getting them to the bus actually showed up, and the person

Bills: HF2433, HF2434

Keywords: education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation, healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• </c> is devastating to continuity of care. is devastating to continuity of care.
• </c> fragmenting care. fragmenting care.
• </c> when she originally entered foster care. when she originally entered foster care.
• </c> rental assistance for it for 6 months. rental assistance for it for 6 months.
• </c> more people into the direct care more people into the direct care workforce<01:15:25.560><c> and

Bills: HF1767, HF2068, HF4725, HF4637, HF4638

Keywords: 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

Bills: HB 35, HB 138, HB 754, HB 1314, HB 1612, HB 2254, HB 2510, HB 2789, HB 3560, HB 3597, HB 4224, HB 4273, HB 4643, HB 4783

Keywords: peer support, first responders, mental health, confidentiality, emergency services, health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, healthcare, price estimates, billing requirements, consumer protection, nonemergency services, assisted living, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance

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• I don't care who it is.
• I don't care who they need to do this. I don't care who it<00:37:16.840><c> is.
• </c> it's not just the one the one person. it's not just the one the one person.
• </c> access to care. access to care.
• licensing for four-person units to five-person units.

Bills: HF4338

Keywords: human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review, postpayment review, surety bond, compliance training, case management, targeted case management

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• And it adds assisted living facilities to the health care facilities exempt from the provider tax.
• And it adds assisted living facilities to the health care facilities exempt from the provider tax.
• And it adds assisted living facilities to the health care facilities exempt from the provider tax.
• </c> program integrity and access to care. program integrity and access to care.
• Continuity of care.

Bills: HF4207, HF4338

Keywords: housing aid, local housing trust, funding projects, income provisions, technical changes, human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review

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• </c><00:03:47.920><c> to</c> have learned more than I ever cared to have learned more than I ever cared
• And if they are not in our care.
• </c> takes care of the kids, sometimes 1.5. takes care of the kids, sometimes 1.5.
• </c> child care centers, which we have, too. child care centers, which we have, too.
• </c><01:32:35.280><c> Over</c> personal decisions. Over personal decisions.

Bills: HF1027, HF2226, HF1916, HF1915, HF1567, HF1986

Keywords: mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds

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• Person-centered planning for requesting assistance when a pendant or similar device doesn't work for
• Person-centered planning for requesting<00:15:50.880><c> assistance</c><00:15:51.480><c> when</c><00:
• </c> part of a family foster care. part of a family foster care.
• </c> care providers that do. care providers that do.
• </c> Talk to the person first. Talk to the person first.

Bills: HF4491, HF4338, HF4288, HF4566

Keywords: Medical Assistance, Medicaid, prepayment review, claims review, fee-for-service, provider integrity, high-risk provider, high-risk service, fraud prevention, program integrity, Department of Human Services, CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, health care billing, medical claims, provider enrollment, Indian Health Service, Minnesota Statutes chapter 256B, human services, medical assistance

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• needs assistance.
• Who is a recipient of the waiver and Whoever was caring for the infant or designated to care for the
• Uh, we are, um, a home care agency out of the Rio Grande Valley.
• We're just careful. I'm a lawyer. I like to be careful about these things as well.
• Assistance Account Program.

Bills: HB 2510, HB 3589, HB 4611, HB 4655, HB 4665, HB 4666, HB 4670, HB 4700, HB 4730, HB 4798, HB 4838, HB 5136, HB 5243, HB 5302, HB 5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• living facility without a proper license, but also for those who attempt to provide personal assistance
• . personal and daily acts of care, and we owe them a system that ensures those caregivers are properly
• The owner of this assisted living also had several unlicensed care homes and is a different person than
• other in the home and they are delivering personal care services to one or more of those four.
• Personal assistance services, and in the statute, I think this is important: personal care means any

Bills: HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• I just think it's reckless to say just because a person needs assistance, and I don't even like to call
• And whoever was caring for the infant or was designated to care for the infant, if they were on staff
• We're just careful. I'm a lawyer; I like to be careful about that. These things as well.
• Assistance Account Program grant.
• child care in Texas repeatedly.

Bills: HB2510, HB3589, HB4611, HB4655, HB4665, HB4666, HB4670, HB4700, HB4730, HB4798, HB4838, HB5136, HB5243, HB5302, HB5539

Keywords: assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy

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• I have personally testified in a child custody case involving a former patient, which created personal
• By offering emotional support, birth planning, assistance, and care coordination, doulas help improve
• care.
• “Make sure that when a patient is receiving care, that they know who’s caring for them.
• We like that it defines memory care resident and memory care services.

Bills: S0036, S0864, S0268, S0844, S0514, S1404, S0914, S1758

Keywords: nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, uterine fibroids, public records, health privacy, epidemiology, medical information, emergency department, physicians, privacy, personal information, sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia, pain management, controlled substances, prescribing education, continuing medical education

Summary: The committee first considered SB 268, a public records exemption for emergency physicians. Senator Rodriguez’s strike-all amendment narrowed and clarified the exemption, and testimony from an emergency physician described threats, harassment, and safety concerns tied to mandatory reporting and patient encounters. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. Members then heard SB 514, creating the Dula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties for pregnant and postpartum women affected by substance use disorder. Senator Osgood explained the pilot would provide non-medical doula support and data collection, and an amendment changed the funding source to specific appropriations in the General Appropriations Act. Supporters said doula care can improve maternal and infant outcomes and complement medical providers. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also approved SB 36 on use of professional nursing titles after extensive debate over whether nurses with doctoral degrees should be allowed to use “doctor” in clinical settings, with concerns raised about patient confusion and the need for clearer identification. The bill was amended to align with the House version and then reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee next approved SB 864, a public records exemption for uterine fibroid research data, after a technical amendment setting a July 1, 2026 effective date; Senator Sharif said the exemption is needed so the Department of Health can collect sensitive data for the related research bill. SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care management for certain licensed physicians and nurses, was also reported favorably after emotional testimony from patients and advocates describing delayed care and bias. Later, the committee approved SB 1404 on memory care, after a strike-all amendment creating a new memory care specialty license for assisted living facilities that advertise or provide specialized memory care services, while allowing optional supportive services without the new license. Supporters from the senior living industry backed the clarification. The committee then passed SB 914, which clarifies that licensed occupational therapists may perform dry needling, after an amendment adjusting supervision and continuing education language. Finally, the committee took up SB 1758, a broad Medicaid and SNAP reform bill that would strengthen fraud enforcement, impose Medicaid work requirements for certain able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services, modernize drug purchasing and prior authorization, and require SNAP fraud-reduction measures. Several amendments were adopted, and members questioned the work requirement, implementation costs, EBT card photo identification, and due process concerns; debate continued as the transcript ended.

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• </c> purpose of pdeium is to assist purpose of pdeium is to assist individuals<00:46:48.400><c> who</
• such as child care.
• such as child care.
• such as child care.
• </c> complexities of a person who uses drugs. complexities of a person who uses drugs.

Bills: HF3831, HF3603, HF1900, HF495, HF3750, HF4316, HF2136, HF4384

Keywords: SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order

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• Personal care attendants in the SEIU contract allow people like some of the parents we heard from a few
• Personal care attendants in the SEIU contract allow people like some of the parents we heard from a few
• Personal care attendants in the SEIU contract allow people like some of the parents we heard from a few
• Our health care system also has home care and direct care, and the certified direct support professional
• </c> Care Resources like Youth Care Care Resources like Youth Care transition<01:24:41.960><c> teams<

Bills: HF2367, HF2319, HF2523, HF1742, HF671, HF2331, HF2722, HF2406, HF1674

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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• </c> day care. day care.
• ." care." care."
• by child care assistance.
• </c> less any amount covered by a child care less any amount covered by a child care assistance.<00:24
• </c> a child care center, family child care a child care center, family child care center,<00:29:41.560

Bills: HF495, HF4321, HF3902, HF4161, HF3755

Keywords: day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, HF4321, dependent care assistance programs, gross income exclusion, federal conformity, Internal Revenue Code, individual income tax, Minnesota tax law, tax conformity, child care assistance, employer-provided dependent care, taxable income, state income tax, retroactive tax change, family care benefits, housing tax credit

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• Um, the A5 amendment inserts into House File 4432, which creates an exemption to the child care assistance
• Um, the A5 amendment inserts into House File 4432, which creates an exemption to the child care assistance
• I don't care. I don't care.
• That's all I care about.
• And then adds some fixes to overnight care, which also needed to be done to allow one person to remain

Bills: HF4382, HF2929

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size

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• </c> &gt;&gt; in person. &gt;&gt; in person. &gt;&gt; In<00:39:34.320><c> person.
• A youth accompanying aide means a person assisting a disabled youth.
• A youth accompanying aid means<01:00:47.839><c> a</c><01:00:48.079><c> person</c><01:00:48.319><c> assisting
• </c><01:00:48.720><c> a</c><01:00:48.880><c> disabled</c> means a person assisting a disabled means a
• person assisting a disabled youth.<01:00:50.079><c> Guardian</c><01:00:50.640><c> means</c><01:00:50.880

Bills: HB2116, HB1879, HB2214, HB2310, HB2168, HB2427, HB2560, HB1596, HB2197, HB2498, HB2167

Keywords: grants, community engagement, nonprofit organizations, federal assistance, volunteering, youth transit, public transportation, subsidized transit, environment, energy independence, affordable transportation, Hawaii, diaper tax credit, families, low-income, childcare, health, Hawaii Department of Human Services, DHS, emergency appropriation

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to human services, homelessness, transit, and family supports. HB 2116 HD1, concerning grants from the Office of Community Services to nonprofits providing training and volunteerism opportunities, drew strong support from Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, and multiple organizations in written testimony. Supporters said the bill would help vulnerable people affected by federal program changes and cuts by connecting them to reintegration and support services. HB 1879 HD1, establishing a subsidized youth transit program coordinated with counties, received extensive testimony in support from the Department of Health, Department of Taxation, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Aloha United Way, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii State Youth Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Greenpeace Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, and others. Testifiers emphasized equity, school attendance, reduced transportation costs, climate benefits, and broader access for youth. Several witnesses urged amendments to make the program universal rather than means-tested, and committee discussion noted implementation questions for neighbor islands and rural areas. HB 2214, creating a refundable diaper tax credit for low-income families with children age four and under, was supported by the Hawaii Diaper Bank, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, and several other organizations. The Department of Taxation recommended making the credit non-refundable and clarifying definitions to aid administration, while supporters argued refundability was important for low-income families who may owe little or no income tax. HB 2310, an emergency appropriation to replenish DHS funds used to provide SNAP benefits during a federal shutdown, also drew broad support from DHS, Catholic Charities, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Aloha United Way, and others; witnesses praised the state’s rapid response and said the appropriation would prepare DHS for future emergencies. The committee also heard HB 2168 HD1 and HB 2427 HD1 on education for students experiencing homelessness and unaccompanied homeless youth; the Attorney General recommended technical amendments to avoid conflicts with existing law and to clarify McKinney-Vento-related definitions, while advocates stressed the need for school access, transportation, meals, and other supports for homeless and runaway youth.