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House adopts conference report on House File 2115 and repasses human services bill
Summary
The Minnesota House adopted the conference committee report on House File 2115, a human services bill with provisions affecting personal care attendants, nursing home services and behavioral health, and repassed the bill as amended by a 124-10 roll-call vote.
The Minnesota House adopted the conference committee report on House File 2115, a human services bill, and repassed the bill as amended after a roll-call vote of 124 yeas and 10 nays.
Representative Schumacher, the bill's author, moved adoption of the conference committee report and explained to the chamber that "after some more review ... we do have some votes today to get this bill passed," saying the House provisions "stood strong over the Senate provisions" in the conference negotiations.
Representative Noor, one of the conferees, described the report as "bipartisan bicameral" and thanked members from both parties and from both chambers for their work. Noor said the bill contains provisions that affect personal care attendants, nursing home services, and people struggling with behavioral health and substance-use disorders.
Representative Frederick also urged support, saying the legislation “does a lot of really good things” and highlighting provisions related to substance-use disorder services and supports for people who receive care in long-term settings.
The clerk read the roll for final passage. After the vote was closed, the clerk announced there were 124 ayes and 10 nays and that the bill was repassed as amended by the conference committee. The House then agreed to the bill's title.
The remarks on the floor focused on the collaborative process between House and Senate conferees, and several members publicly thanked nonpartisan staff and legislative aides who supported drafting and negotiations. No amendment text or fiscal detail was read into the record during the floor discussion reported here; members described generally that the House position largely prevailed in the conference report.
Action taken: adoption of the conference committee report and repassage of House File 2115 as amended by conference. The motion to adopt the conference committee report was moved by Representative Schumacher and carried by a roll-call vote of 124-10.
