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Votes at a glance: committee referrals, layovers and minutes approved
Summary
A roundup of procedural votes and referrals taken by the House Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 21, including approvals, referral motions and bills laid over for omnibus consideration.
The House Health Finance and Policy Committee on March 21 took several procedural actions and referrals as part of its agenda.
- Minutes approved: The committee approved minutes from the March 19 meeting after amending the attendance record to add representatives who were not listed as present.
- House File 2557 (hospital surcharge): The committee adopted an A‑2 author amendment and laid HF 2557 over for possible inclusion in omnibus bills. The bill would redirect the current hospital surcharge (1.56%) from the general fund into the Health Care Access Fund and adjust base appropriations to keep the proposal budget‑neutral, according to the author Representative Nadeau.
- House File 2482 (prior authorization technical corrections): The committee adopted an A‑2 author amendment and laid HF 2482 over for possible omnibus inclusion. Sponsors said the bill makes conforming statutory edits to align prior‑authorization language with public healthcare programs (Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare) and will be amended further to preserve reporting and transparency expectations.
- House File 2466 (tax vehicle bill): The chair moved HF 2466 to the Taxes Committee as a vehicle bill to provide flexibility late in session; the motion prevailed. The committee also placed HF 2466 on the general register to preserve options for end‑of‑session negotiations.
Most of the above motions were disposed of on voice votes and no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript. Several bills were explicitly laid over for possible omnibus inclusion or referred to the next committee listed in the transcript.
