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Representative Schumacher described the bill as the policy counterpart to the committee’s finance package, covering aging, disability, behavioral health, program integrity, and direct‑care and treatment provisions. Representative Noor summarized several provisions on the floor, including inspector general authority, community treatment and assertive community treatment clarifications, and miscellaneous technical fixes.

Notable policy points adopted
- Aging and disability: Changes include updates to qualifications for positive‑support analysts, a review process for denials of long‑term care services, and interactions between assisted‑living cost reporting and the DWRS system.
- Behavioral health and SUD (substance‑use disorder): Language clarifies who may complete comprehensive assessments, adjusts assessment timelines (excluding weekends and holidays in a 10‑day diagnostic assessment), and funds psychiatric residential treatment capacity in Clay County.
- Recovery community organizations and grants: The bill clarifies certification and record‑preservation obligations for organizations that dissolve.
- Program integrity and illegal remuneration: The package includes anti‑kickback language and other inspector‑general provisions to address fraud and improper remuneration; Representative Robbins urged that the kickback language be broad enough to include grants, and that topic was debated in committee.
- Patient support in long‑term care: The bill clarifies that a resident’s designated support person protections apply in nursing homes and assisted living, not only hospitals.

Opioid settlement claims bar amendment
Representative Baker offered and the House adopted an amendment to align state law with opioid‑settlement claims‑bar requirements so Minnesota can accept settlement funds and distribute them to localities and the state’s advisory council (ORAC). Baker said the amendment ensures Minnesota is positioned to receive settlement proceeds and implement programs for prevention, treatment and harm reduction.

Other amendments and procedure
Several technical amendments to reporting and rule language were adopted. Representative Fisher withdrew an amendment on contractor case management but asked committee chairs to continue negotiations with the Senate on case management accountability. Representative Robbins also explained a grant‑related anti‑kickback proposal and asked conferees to consider including grants within the kickback statute in conference work (she later withdrew a floor amendment for timing reasons).

Final vote and next steps
The House passed HF2115 as amended by a roll call of 121 yeas to 13 nays. The bill now proceeds to conference with the Senate on outstanding differences and implementation details.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Floor Session - part 2 5/5/25","oneSentenceSummary","The Minnesota House on May 5 approved House File 2115, the Human Services policy bill, 121–13, adopting policy changes affecting aging services, disability supports, behavioral health, program integrity and recovery services.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature MN, Minnesota","taxId",77817,"location","Minnesota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6566961,"House passes Human Services finance bill after lengthy debate on costs, counties and nursing homes, 109–25",9526,2242000,11768000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3200142-255a6f4a23c38a0c509412f3e302d514&start=2242&end=11768","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3200142-255a6f4a23c38a0c509412f3e302d514/thumbnail_2242000.jpg","/articles/6566961/Minnesota/House-passes-Human-Services-finance-bill-after-lengthy-debate-on-costs-counties-and-nursing-homes-10925","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6566961-bf912c2b812d8bb9d08d62840bf002e6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770986564&Signature=ZKCvdL7NUWWgRqqc77VehXkYI4gxryi8pE7ArS6W2enKRRtMyZAoIfMHOe-USH28bcpcwxQCr0trQTPeaZqspw-6snkjEvGfZJMddxaBCwKrLLOU-Zmz7e4XoqJf8~P8jcgSF92ALU9JJ-0VBR~mhdzPFUdNpLpPQEJOS6JIDtdcaLROCi6mStO5ztEKeb6i52svPxL3hMRIhYfXWoZEzfQlcD-TtugaAlcP0e3sMhVU1aoIOaMN1AgI2HT0SsmTipk8x9WmIYfs57vTmJUmep5iIvzayj4SUl6F1e-rsqdLXrZN-2hx51zz-SEPm-WrjUKipasNuQXKMbquw9nKng__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Minnesota House passed the Human Services finance bill (House File 2434) on May 5, approving the committee package 109–25 after prolonged floor debate and multiple amendment votes.

Representative Schumacher, the bill’s House author, said the package met a $1.3 billion four‑year reduction target assigned to the committee and described the measure as “a balanced, workable budget” that prioritizes program changes, rate adjustments, and targeted investments. Representative Noor, the House co‑chair on the Human Services Committee, closed the floor discussion and urged members to support the bill, describing the package as an effort to protect the most vulnerable Minnesotans while addressing the state’s fiscal outlook.

Key provisions and debates
Major elements in the bill and in floor debate included:
- Nursing homes: funding to address delayed reimbursement and rate changes, a bed surcharge, and provisions tied to workforce standards. Several members backed the bill’s nursing‑home support and staffing provisions; other members criticized aspects of the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board and offered amendments (discussed below).
- Disability waiver system and rate exceptions: the bill tightens documentation and narrows qualifying items for rate exceptions, includes a county share provision for some exceptions, and increases program integrity measures. Representative Schumacher told members the rate‑exception process had grown unexpectedly and required documentation to curb unplanned spending.
- Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI): authorization of provisional licensure and checks, and a commissioner authority to impose a moratorium on new licensure for up to 24 months to ensure accountability.
- Behavioral health and substance use disorder: certification and rate increases, reduced short‑term authorizations to 60 days with assurances of MA coverage, funding for psychiatric residential treatment beds in Clay County, and changes to align treatment with federal guidelines.
- Program integrity and fraud prevention: expanded background study coverage, greater preeminence of program integrity in reconsiderations, and more resources for fraud detection and training.
- Homelessness and housing supports: appropriations for youth homelessness programs, shelter capital, and funding for point‑in‑time homeless census work.

Floor amendments and contentious votes
The floor saw a lengthy set of contested amendments centered on the nursing home workforce standards board and county cost‑sharing for rate exceptions. Representative Zaleszny moved an amendment (A7) that would have required two‑thirds votes across categories on the workforce board; supporters argued it would ensure balanced stakeholder buy‑in, while opponents said it would effectively give veto power to categories and stall the board. The A7 amendment failed on a 67–67 tie (motion did not prevail). Representative Baker’s A17, which would have required the Legislature to approve board actions with budgetary or policy effects, also failed 67–67. Multiple other amendments touching county cost shifts and homelessness funding likewise failed on 67–67 ties or were adopted earlier in the sequence; technical and noncontroversial amendments were largely adopted.

County concerns and rate‑exception sharing
A recurring theme in debate was county exposure to costs under the rate‑exception share proposals. Representatives Gilman, Zaleszny, and others described county fiscal stress and warned of property‑tax impacts; they urged revisions or relief. Committee leaders said the share is intended to introduce county involvement and accountability and noted the committee is prepared to continue conversations in conference.

Final vote and next steps
After concluding debate and resolving amendments, the House passed HF2434 as amended by a roll call vote of 109 yeas to 25 nays. Sponsors said the bill balances program protection for nursing homes, behavioral health, and other services while meeting the committee’s reduction target; critics said the approach shifts risk to counties and to vulnerable populations and pledged to pursue changes in conference committee with the Senate.

Votes at a glance
- House File 2434 (Human Services finance): Passed as amended, 109–25.

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The bill updates Minnesota’s cannabis and hemp licensing and testing regime, creates a license for low-dose hemp wholesalers, clarifies the status of preliminary preapproval lotteries used by the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), and includes provisions intended to allow certain hemp producers to sell products labeled “not for sale in Minnesota” for export into other jurisdictions. Representative Stevenson, the bill’s House author, told the chamber the measure contains “technical adjustments to the cannabis program and licensing regime” and “creates a new license for low dose hemp wholesalers.”

Supporters said the bill smooths the rollout of adult-use and hemp rules and preserves business activity for existing wholesalers. Representative West, who offered the A1 floor amendment that was adopted, said the amendment allows medical-combination businesses to deliver to medical patients and to operate in certain transporter capacities, and it establishes a workable export policy for hemp manufacturers producing products that do not meet Minnesota OCM standards provided the products are labeled and tested and intended for sale in other jurisdictions. West said the A1 amendment also removes a Commerce Committee change that had reduced an ownership requirement for social-equity applicants from 65% to 51%, restoring the earlier standard in the House language.

Representative Robbins offered and the House adopted an amendment to limit advertising of simultaneous consumption of cannabis and alcohol on some platforms; Robbins also described concerns she has received from parents and constituents about lower-potency hemp beverages being displayed in retail aisles near children’s products. Robbins said she withdrew a planned retail-storage amendment in part to give industry time to correct the practice and to avoid disrupting the chairs’ work on the overall bill, but warned she would reintroduce stricter retail-storage requirements if retailers do not change their practices.

Not all lawmakers supported the bill. Representative Duran said on third reading that he opposed the measure and questioned expanding medical-cannabis provisions while marijuana remains a Schedule I drug under federal law. “Marijuana is still a schedule 1 drug,” Duran said on the floor, urging colleagues to “think very, very, very hard about making any kind of improvements to medical marijuana.”

Floor procedure and amendments
Stephenson moved the initial amendment that substituted House language into Senate File 2370; that amendment was adopted. Representative West’s A1 amendment was then adopted after the House accepted Robbins’s amendment to the amendment limiting certain advertising. Chair Stevenson and Representative West urged members to support the amended package so the House would have a position to take to conference with the Senate.

Outcome and next steps
After final debate and roll call, the House approved the bill as amended, 82 yeas to 50 nays. Supporters said the House action positions Minnesota to continue implementing regulated testing and licensing while attempting to resolve several outstanding technical issues in conference committee with the Senate; opponents raised concerns about policy direction for medical cannabis and public-safety implications.

Votes at a glance
- Senate File 2370 (substituted with House File 1615 language): Passed as amended, 82–50.

Speakers quoted in this report are identified in the transcript and on the House floor. The bill now moves to conference with the Senate on remaining differences.","The Minnesota House passed an omnibus cannabis bill on May 5, Senate File 2370 as amended by House File 1615, after lawmakers adopted floor amendments and approved the measure 82–50.","actionData","errors"]

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