Location: Capitol 120
Co-Chair: Rep. Paul Torkelson holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Cedrick Frazier

Agenda:

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of April 27, 2026, Committee Minutes

3. HF4466 (Bierman) Health-related licensing boards, the Department of Health, directed payments, and medical assistance federal conformity provisions modified; allowable disclosures expanded to commissioner of human services; work or community engagement requirements established; fees established; and money appropriated. HF4466 is the Health Supplemental Finance Bill.

4. HF4338 (Schomacker) Human services policy and finance bill.
HF4338 is the Human Services Supplemental Finance Bill.

5. HF729 / SF476 (Noor) Human services; various provisions modified relating to Direct Care and Treatment, the Department of Health, health care, medical assistance provider enrollment, aging and disability services, behavioral health, homelessness, housing, and maltreatment of vulnerable adults; housing stabilization supports provisions removed; rulemaking required; release of initial Optum reports required; Optum prohibited from disseminating private data; reports required; and money appropriated.

SF476 will be the Human Services Policy Bill. The Committee will take up the senate file; delete the Senate language; and amend the House language onto SF476 .

6. SF856 (Norris) Office of the Inspector General created, advisory committee created, conforming and technical changes made, interagency agreements provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

7. HF2354 (Norris) Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties provided, conforming changes made, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or removed.

DOCUMENTS: There will not be public testimony in Ways and Means. Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (harry.kennedy@house.mn.gov) and the committee legislative assistant (allie.spellman@house.mn.gov)
by 12pm on Tuesday, April 28. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. Meeting documents may be found on the Ways & Means Committee webpage.

Bills Added

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