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Committee sends Senate File 1418 back to Human Services to continue work on direct care workforce council
Summary
Senate File 1418, which would establish or extend an advisory council to address Minnesota's direct care workforce shortage, was amended and re‑referred to the Senate Human Services Committee after debate about the number and role of advisory councils and whether appointees should be primarily government officials or practitioners.
Senate File 1418, discussed March 13 before the Minnesota Senate Committee on State and Local Government, would (as amended) create or extend a council focused on Minnesota's direct care workforce and refer the bill back to the Human Services Committee for further work.
Senator Nick Hoffman, the bill's author, told the committee the measure responds to a severe shortage of direct care workers and relied on stakeholder work groups including the Metropolitan Center for Independent Living: "There are 53,000 job openings for caregivers in Minnesota," he said, and the bill lays out a tiered approach to address the shortage.
The proposal drew sustained debate about the broader practice in the 2023–2025 legislative session of creating many…
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