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Committee lays over bill to ban communication fees in direct care and treatment facilities
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A Senate committee heard testimony on a bill (file 666) to eliminate fees for phone calls, video and electronic communications in direct care and treatment and correctional settings and laid the measure over for possible inclusion in the omnibus budget bill.
A Minnesota Senate human services committee on [date not specified] heard testimony on a bill to eliminate communications fees in direct care and treatment facilities and laid the measure over for possible inclusion in the committee's omnibus funding bill.
Advocates and the bill sponsor told the committee that private telecom vendors for confinement settings have charged families steep fees for years and that the fees can cause families to go into debt. Senator Verbatin, the sponsor, told members the legislation is aimed at eliminating predatory fees on "all forms of communication, including video calls, emails, and electronic messages" in direct care and treatment settings and said…
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