HHS Conference Committee Co-Chair Liebling announces first public hearing Friday morning

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA — The joint House/Senate Conference Committee tasked with developing a compromise state Health and Human Services budget will meet for the first time Friday morning at 9 a.m. in Room 1200 of the Minnesota Senate Building. The committee meeting, to be chaired by Rep. Tina Libeling (DFL – Rochester), will include an overview of each chamber’s version of the legislation and will review the funding differences. Officials from the Department of Human Services and Department of Health will on hand to provide testimony.

WHAT: First Meeting of the House/Senate Conference Committee on the Health and Human Services Budget, HF 2414

WHO: Rep. Tina Liebling (DFL – Rochester), committee members

WHERE: Room 1200, Minnesota Senate Building, 95 University Ave W, Saint Paul

WHEN: 9 a.m., Friday, May 3

The House DFL HHS budget would help ensure that all Minnesotans can access the high-quality, affordable health care they deserve. It makes prescription drugs more affordable, ends taxpayer handouts to insurance companies, and expands coverage options and ensures care remains available for low-income Minnesotans.

Meanwhile, in addition to over $1 billion in harmful cuts, the Senate Republican HHS budget relies on shifts, gimmicks, and $470 million in made-up savings that non-partisan fiscal staff cannot verify.