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Human Services Committee lays over slate of aging and disability bills; adopts amendment to assisted-living exemption
Summary
The committee laid over multiple bills for possible omnibus inclusion and approved an amendment to delay and narrow a DWRS compensation threshold for assisted-living providers.
At a March 10, 2025, hearing, the Minnesota Senate Human Services Committee laid over a package of bills addressing dementia grants, assistive technology, direct care reimbursement frameworks, assisted living exemptions, rural nursing-home support and senior services. Most measures were "laid over" for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill; one assisted-living exemption bill was amended on the floor and the amendment adopted by voice vote.
Key items laid over:
- Senate File 1689 (increase dementia grants): Testimony from proponents asked that annual appropriations rise from $750,000 to $1.5 million to expand memory-screening, caregiver support and outreach programs statewide. The bill was laid over for omnibus consideration.
- Senate File 1177 (disability services technology and…
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