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Committee approves two DOC technical bills, refers one to health committee

Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy · March 3, 2026

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Summary

The Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee adopted an author amendment and recommended House File 3768 to the general register and renewed the motion to re-refer House File 3769 to the Health Finance and Policy Committee; both bills were described by DOC as technical and cost-neutral.

The committee approved two Department of Corrections technical bills in relatively brief proceedings.

Representative Kern moved House File 3768 and the committee adopted an A1 amendment to align statute with current Department of Corrections substance use disorder practices and to extend graduated licensing tools to juvenile placement facilities and state-licensed halfway houses. Commissioner Paul Schnell said the change would create consistency across DOC-licensed facilities and was intended to be cost neutral. Matt Bauer, deputy director at the Dakota County Juvenile Services Center, testified on behalf of the Minnesota Juvenile Detention Association in support.

Representative Curran introduced House File 3769 as a technical update that clarifies TB screening processes, adds flexibility for mental-health units (including Oak Park Heights), and modernizes statutory references to levels of substance-use-disorder treatment. Commissioner Schnell described the bill as technical and cost-neutral. The committee renewed the motion to re-refer HF3769 to the Health Finance and Policy Committee.

Both measures were presented as noncontroversial technical updates; members posed limited questions and both actions were moved and carried in committee.