Chairs: Rep. Joe Schomacker, Mohamud Noor, Sen. John Hoffman
House Conferees: Rep. Steve Gander, Rep. Luke Frederick
Senate Conferees: Sen. Jordan Rasmuson, Sen. Jim Abeler, Sen. Omar Fateh, Sen. Erin May Quade
Chair Schomacker has the gavel
1. Call to order
2. Discussion and walkthrough on HF 2115 - Human Services Policy Bill
3. Public Testimony
Testifiers:
• Kristy Graume – DHS Director of State Government Relations
• Commissioner Barb Weckman Brekke, Scott County
• Louella Kaufer, Hennepin County (Senior Department Administrator of Human Services Access, Aging, and Disabilities)
• Maren Christenon Hofer - Multicultural Autism Action Network
• Brian Zirbes – MAARCH
• Jillian Nelson – Autism Society of MN
• Michelle Eldien – advocate – zoom
• Fatima Molas - advocate
• Lisa Vala - advocate
• Kristina Wright-Peterson – MN Network of Hospice and Palliative Care
• Josh Berg – Accessible Space
PUBLIC TESTIMONY is limited to 2 minutes. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please email the Committee Administrator at megan.rossbach@house.mn.gov by 5pm Monday, May 12th. 2025.
WRITTEN TESTIMONY and handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to the Committee Administrator at megan.rossbach@house.mn.gov, by 5pm Monday, May 12 at 5pm. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 25 copies. Note: submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline.
Please see the conference committee page for all documents - https://www.leg.mn.gov/leg/cc/Default?type=bill&year=2025-94&bill=HF-2115