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Office of Administrative Hearings defends central-panel model, highlights contested-case workload and public hearings
Summary
Chief Administrative Law Judge Jenny Starr told the committee the Office of Administrative Hearings provides independent contested-case hearings, handles large workers' compensation caseloads and uniquely oversees rulemaking public hearings in Minnesota's central-panel model.
Jenny Starr, chief administrative law judge at the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), told the Senate Committee on State and Local Government on Jan. 23 that OAH is Minnesota's centralized administrative judiciary and described the court's contested-case and rulemaking work.
"The office of administrative hearings is the largest of 3 courts that exist inside the executive branch of government," Starr said, describing the 32-judge bench and contested-case workload.
The nut graf: Starr said OAH resolves most workers' compensation cases without a…
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