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Tyler Diers (TechNet), a trade association representative, testified in opposition, citing legal and practical concerns. Diers argued compelled labeling raises First Amendment issues and said the provision’s implementation—requiring users to click an acknowledgment each time they visit a platform—would create “consent fatigue” and may be counterproductive.

Committee members asked staff to point to bill text. Nonpartisan staff noted the DE2 language (subdivision 2 at page 116) directs the commissioner of health to develop guidelines for the warning label and that MDH would consult with Commerce in that process. Representative Nadeau and other members pressed staff for specifics about why the provision appears in the health bill; staff said the label content and the guidance duty bring it within MDH’s role.

Representative Bonner described labeling as a potential “first step” toward addressing harms from social media and urged the industry to work with the Legislature on product design and mitigation efforts. The industry witness said TechNet does not represent the views of all member companies and that some member companies have different views.

Ending: The committee heard opposing views from industry and some members who support a regulatory approach for online harms. The DE2 language assigns responsibility to MDH to develop guidelines; staff explained the agency‑consultation requirement and committee discussion closed without a vote.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Health Finance and Policy Committee 5/7/25","oneSentenceSummary","DE2 includes a requirement that the Department of Health develop guidelines for a mental‑health warning label on social media; industry group TechNet urged the committee to reject the policy, citing First Amendment and practical concerns, while staff said MDH will develop the guidance in consultation with Commerce.","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},6568079,"DE2 tracks hospital directed payments, a pharmacy dispensing add‑on and funds medication-repository work",2509,1638000,4147000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3216791-6610e85a36caa5ce77061291bdaf0eb0&start=1638&end=4147","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3216791-6610e85a36caa5ce77061291bdaf0eb0/thumbnail_1638000.jpg","/articles/6568079/Minnesota/DE2-tracks-hospital-directed-payments-a-pharmacy-dispensing-addon-and-funds-medication-repository-work","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6568079-a2f2266664d53aab7fc2c4478343deee/orig.mp4?Expires=1773265370&Signature=HosoFuARy1iWqB7uQpqlBVTieyuxxkqXcOpp5LhU6QZIVV54RA9dXhs1GYQQDIW~XeuA-AX1-T3tXDL~mhJECMNcsb2HbAJy5t7swgm6BRjhuY9UzyfwMYM7XkV7trtMg8JVAP~eQYZQK0rx0RY4q2Pj5X3elcYPkSN1mleudATpIoj73we2KkOvN~hP5~Up2bD1wH9ZbJUIth~Nas67B-KyHbuW34i-HURRjDo4Wqy8nGIr7c5xQj3IKo~~Z2ZbhDXIwlSVdpVtlgi65hZzY1iJaNgMGf9kkVuCfjmcYK5BnIPi88K8dFfKiCEEhHZd8sDxvrSv0rfMoBo-j23w4A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The DE2 amendment contains multiple provisions intended to affect hospital funding, pharmacy payments and medication-repository activity. Nonpartisan staff outlined key sections that redirect existing hospital surcharge revenue, authorize a directed-payment program for hospitals pending federal approval, and create pharmacy-related changes including a single-state pharmacy benefit manager and a $1.84 per-prescription directed dispensing payment for MA plan year 2026.

Nonpartisan staff identified the hospital surcharge redirect language (House file 2557 tracking) and the directed-payment authorization that would require federal approval. Mary Krenke of the Minnesota Hospital Association thanked the committee for including the directed payment concept and said the policy could be a lifeline to hospitals with negative operating margins; she also praised DHS staff support on technical implementation.

On pharmacy, staff and testifiers described three related items: a provision to select a single-state pharmacy benefit manager to process pharmacy claims for MA enrollees under managed care (House file 2242), a $1.84 per-filled-prescription directed dispensing payment in MA (House file 1100), and an extension of the drug formulary committee sunset. Dr. Rowan Mann, a pharmacist who represents Roundtable Rx, described how the medication-repository program redirects usable medications to people who cannot afford them and said the program has redistributed nearly $2 million worth of medicines to rural and underserved communities.

Chairs and staff noted the DE2 also delays implementation of a single dental administrator and contains other tracking items across MDH and DHS. The committee did not vote; items remain subject to further negotiation and federal approvals where required.

Ending: Testimony from hospitals, pharmacy advocates and medication-repository representatives supported the DE2’s provisions as stabilizing measures; chairs and staff said implementation will require departmental rule-making and possible federal waivers or approvals.","The omnibus amendment contains language to redirect hospital surcharge deposits, seeks federal approval for hospital directed payments, directs a single-state pharmacy benefit manager and establishes a $1.84 direct pharmacy dispensing payment; Roundtable Rx and other medication-repository work received recognition from witnesses.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6568083,"Omnibus tracks new ambulance grants and raises MA ambulance payment rates",2400,795000,3195000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3216791-6610e85a36caa5ce77061291bdaf0eb0&start=795&end=3195","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3216791-6610e85a36caa5ce77061291bdaf0eb0/thumbnail_795000.jpg","/articles/6568083/Minnesota/Omnibus-tracks-new-ambulance-grants-and-raises-MA-ambulance-payment-rates","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6568083-148cddd80b7b1ef75d0522f2984c754d/orig.mp4?Expires=1773265370&Signature=c2JotxNOHQukX7prYSlTHWLm7Ne1VWAJeUj8alPkJXGT9AYw2~p~ewldgBR8lajU0B3Kp2Td7Me~OnZHAN1CeGfnXnM69MBgaJLC4PRv1iBzmdGzOerb02wcxvZufh9JNMDf4dsBHXlN8MYcE9lvZEhFBphM6FD8ikEQL55YtcWsTkNOhu1XAl8CpQ8LrJ1fOOHi~nyp7eqUcPFOvX~75PgTZjuekPsuHy0lCeSnArL72JKzJJMrEk-xnRvXT~qU94cBIq9FtYhQVGwxup8zaV2vbPVuAMF2IchphvhLoaBEmH-84Qtl~MOsPiTT18o7bXAImmMGM6GOPUmecM7e9g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The DE2 omnibus amendment includes provisions and tracked costs for emergency medical services. Nonpartisan staff told the committee the Office of Emergency Medical Services would administer an ambulance operating-deficit grant program and a rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program. The amendment also tracks an increase of 13.68% to Medical Assistance (MA) payment rates for ambulance services.

Nonpartisan staff identified the ambulance items in the bill and pointed to spreadsheet lines that track costs to the Office of EMS (DE2 lines 1650 and 1651) and a line referencing a 13.68% MA payment-rate increase for ambulance services. Eric Simonson, representing the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, told the committee those provisions are “going to make the difference for a lot of struggling ambulance providers across Greater Minnesota” and said the measures will help keep ambulance services operating and improve response reliability in rural areas.

Simonson also supported the increase in MA ambulance reimbursement, saying the combination of grants and higher payments will help providers who face negative operating margins and other financial pressures. Nonpartisan fiscal staff and committee members discussed how the provisions would be implemented by the Office of EMS and tracked in the DE2 appropriation language.

Ending: The committee heard support from Greater Minnesota advocates and staff but took no formal action at this hearing; the EMS provisions remain part of the DE2 pending further budget negotiations and federal approvals where applicable.","DE2 includes an ambulance operating-deficit grant program and a rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program and tracks a 13.68% increase to Medical Assistance ambulance payment rates; advocates said the measures will stabilize rural EMS.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6568087,"Committee members fault process after DE2 omits MinnesotaCare base appropriation",847,32000,879000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3216791-6610e85a36caa5ce77061291bdaf0eb0&start=32&end=879","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3216791-6610e85a36caa5ce77061291bdaf0eb0/thumbnail_32000.jpg","/articles/6568087/Minnesota/Committee-members-fault-process-after-DE2-omits-MinnesotaCare-base-appropriation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6568087-fc377610701c31cf002e9d1311488a18/orig.mp4?Expires=1773265370&Signature=JCOFyFjJ91kWsy6JbWOxs2ul-mCb-L78AG67DsPWL9-b7Jdc4yXaNeUMx77I~4q~7p~g3B2BwbF9k8E4DmW0U39hvwtRe-H6iFHy5Nu3tCW0j2yjl~tGJHV0pZwRejapMGsKdEhGUlPGYrt7L1ZpMMXDvQp1LmtdznRPknmuy8QWajr5xvFxL1DovADQEQvUyRDYSca5wi8Dh0B3Nq96AVG9tGJAzsw0QPVLzL8rYsY2DSEVWF7cM2134uZp~L-igv0sKJbe0fEh~4K3MOFkYdQDrqPczP1v2s8i4WgeQnlF3H80Dxl6mFE-ubafRChvnS7rl~JvaTlkqZlEi6tuGA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","During the DE2 walk-through, nonpartisan staff described the omnibus amendment’s omission of a base appropriation for MinnesotaCare and explained how that absence affects the budget resolution. Committee members raised procedural objections, arguing the Health Finance and Policy Committee lacked the usual opportunity to mark up the budget language.

Nonpartisan fiscal analyst Joe Harney told members the DE2 makes changes to MinnesotaCare and the Health Care Access Fund but “does not appropriate the base for MinnesotaCare,” and that the net effect is a decrease in the Ways and Means budget resolution number. Harney directed members to line 29 on the spreadsheet for the forecast balance implications.

Representative Liebling criticized the process at length, saying, “This is the very first time I recall sitting on a committee where the committee had no opportunity to mark up a budget bill,” and argued members had been denied an opportunity to offer committee amendments. Representative Gilman and others countered that timing and earlier procedural events constrained the committee and that floor amendments remained an option. Vice Chair Nadeau and other members also took part in the procedural discussion.

Chairs and staff described the hearing as informational; they said the bill was sent to Ways and Means and that the committee would welcome floor amendments. Harney and other staff reiterated that the spreadsheet is tracking change items, and the omission of MinnesotaCare’s base appropriation is a deliberate drafting choice in the DE2 language.

Ending: Members expressed strong disagreement over committee process; no formal committee action was taken on the DE2 at this hearing. The bill will proceed to Ways and Means and the floor, where members said they may pursue amendments.","Several committee members criticized leadership and the informational‑only format after the DE2 omitted a base appropriation for MinnesotaCare; staff said MinnesotaCare will be funded elsewhere but the omission lowers the budget-resolution number tracked by Ways and Means.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6568092,"Testifiers urge restoration of long COVID grants after DE2 removes base appropriation",3408,582000,3990000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3216791-6610e85a36caa5ce77061291bdaf0eb0&start=582&end=3990","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3216791-6610e85a36caa5ce77061291bdaf0eb0/thumbnail_582000.jpg","/articles/6568092/Minnesota/Testifiers-urge-restoration-of-long-COVID-grants-after-DE2-removes-base-appropriation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6568092-50071695abe63b6d7e1be08df759f81e/orig.mp4?Expires=1773265370&Signature=AHei1Y7d81b~34ogirfLrW7O064BS9FvYj7JK3Qlbnjd2Mlj1EWmSjWs60pG-zCbjMcM2de7Vf56q-tuM-NGZKyLaOcWtVefYDteiEdsIOoCZVBb6vz8lfL82p7ahXfIlxHdw4wbyGz7p~VOSQzWcVEF~gI8aDvR-7jo85z2X2OFDIqE-BKHeBX01tfTolqbR9xAGoBQ2fkG6j3aNY3ECAJW~Osa4PcUevgOw1q98HzlaoyrRnkFvL7gqgONhXW77kHcrsRwivOceIMU0HS1Q0ja3gAISosqKYe5nIT~D4nht9Zx9zF7-4e5yz8nxhY5xU1MzCp-1LxCTj2hqlUokA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Members of the Minnesota House Health Finance and Policy Committee reviewed the health finance omnibus amendment known as the DE2 and heard multiple public testimonies urging restoration of state funding for long COVID programs.

The DE2 as explained by nonpartisan fiscal staff deletes the base appropriation authorized in the 2023 Legislature for long COVID grants and related administrative appropriations (DE2, line 13 81). Advocates and people living with long COVID told the committee that the grants support community organizations that currently provide casework, care navigation, provider education and emergency supports to people with disabling post-viral conditions.

Terry Wilder, chair of MEAction Minnesota, said long COVID can leave people “unable to work, care for family, or live independently” and urged the committee, “Under no circumstances should this funding be eliminated.” Suzanne Wheeler, co-founder and former president of the Minnesota MECFS Alliance and a person living with severe MECFS, described hands-on help her group provides—transportation to medical appointments, assistance with paperwork and in-home care coordination—and said the state funding is critical to sustain that work.

Several other witnesses echoed those concerns. Linda Pozen, a navigator funded through an MDH long COVID grant, read testimony from a physician who said she is now homebound and unable to work because of long COVID and asked legislators to “leave this funding in place.” Ben Subberger, advocacy director with MEAction, warned that cutting funding would not make the problem disappear but would push people with disabling post-viral illness into emergency rooms, shelters and crisis lines.

Committee members and nonpartisan staff discussed the spreadsheet entries that show the DE2’s reductions. Nonpartisan fiscal analyst Joe Harney flagged the DE2 line that eliminates the 2023-authorized long COVID appropriation and noted where that change appears on the budget spreadsheet. Harney and other staff emphasized that the spreadsheet shows change items and tracked costs; the line-level detail indicates the appropriation removal is intentional in the DE2 language.

Advocates said the grants fund 18 community organizations and provider education activities statewide, and that some beneficiaries are too ill to travel to testify in person. The Metropolitan Center for Independent Living and other disability-service groups described how long COVID can qualify as a disability and said the loss of grants would increase uncompensated care and housing and employment instability for affected Minnesotans.

The committee did not take a vote on the DE2 at the hearing. Chairs and staff said the bill would move to Ways and Means and that amendments could be offered later in the process or on the floor. Several members urged leadership to restore or preserve long COVID funding during the remaining budget negotiations.

Ending: The committee moved on after public testimony; no final funding decisions were made in the meeting. Advocates asked lawmakers to keep long COVID grants in the final budget and to consider the sustained community supports the grants enable.","The health finance omnibus (DE2) removes the base appropriation for long COVID grants; advocates, patients and disability organizations testified that cutting the funding would disrupt services and community-based support.","actionData","errors"]

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