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March 2017

Session Highlights: Bills of Interest to Child Welfare Professionals Being Considered

By |2017-03-10T12:29:15-06:00March 10th, 2017|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , |

The Minnesota Legislature continues its work sifting through thousands of bills to consider for passage. We are currently tracking nearly 40 bills that are relevant to the child welfare field. The Minnesota Management and Budget office’s budget forecast has increased from December’s projection to $1.65 billion. This means that the governor and the legislature have [...]

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May 2013

Budget deal reached between Governor Dayton & legislative leaders; Health & Human Services budget cut by $50 million

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 15th, 2013|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , |

On Sunday Governor Dayton and House and Senate leaders announced that they had come to an agreement on budget targets for the next biennium. This announcement was particularly important for those of us in the health and human services field, as Governor Dayton and the legislative leaders had different ideas regarding the budget target for [...]

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HHS Omnibus bill in the Minnesota legislature

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 3rd, 2013|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Health & Human Services Omnibus bill (H.F. 1233) in the Minnesota legislature has been slowly moving forward. Because the Senate and House did not agree on the bill text of H.F. 1233, there is a conference committee for the bill. This morning the HHS Conference Committee met from 8 AM to 10 AM and [...]

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March 2013

Omnibus HHS Finance budget bill introduced & Governor Dayton’s budget proposal revised

By |2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 15th, 2013|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On Monday, March 11, the House introduced its version of the omnibus health and human services finance budget bill, H.F. 1233; the Senate version, S.F. 1034, had been introduced March 4. As this is a budget year, this bill will be a main focus of our blogging, if not the main focus. Next week I [...]

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January 2012

Minnesota legislative session begins tomorrow; committee hearings scheduled

By |2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00January 23rd, 2012|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , |

Tomorrow at noon the Minnesota legislative session will begin. We will be providing regular updates on bills and committee hearings throughout the session, just like we did last year. In addition, we will be updating our webpage on child welfare policy to include separate pages on Policy Resources, Live Federal Bill Tracking, and Live Minnesota [...]

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July 2011

The State Capitol is Open!

By |2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00July 19th, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , |

Governor Dayton issued a statement last night that the State Capitol would reopen this morning at 9am. This is a result of Governor Dayton's acceptance of the June 30 GOP budget offer last Friday (7/14), which offered to balance the budget with borrowing from future tobacco settlement payments and shifts in school aid. However, Governor [...]

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June 2011

Resources for Information on the Possible Government Shutdown

By |2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00June 22nd, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , |

As the July 1 deadline for the governor and legislature to come up with a budget solution draws nearer, many people are wondering how a government shutdown could affect them. In addition to the previous post highlighting the two different petitions filed by the Attorney General and Governor Dayton, there are several other great resources [...]

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April 2011

Week in Review: April 15, 2011

By |2016-12-01T19:33:25-06:00April 14th, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , |

We're so proud! In a time of budget crisis, our legislature is setting aside partisan politics and protecting some of Minnesota's most vulnerable. The Safe Harbor bill that we've been following is moving forward. It corrects problems in criminal law so that sexually exploited children are directed to support services rather than charged with crimes. [...]

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