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Legislative Update: Deadline Week!

By Sara Grafstrom posted 2 days ago
Last Monday, the Human Services Omnibus Policy bill went in front of the House Ways and Means Committee where an amendment was offered to remove ARRM’s Out of Home Respite provisions from the bill. The language was removed not because of opposition to the bill, but because of a cost that has been attached ...
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Legislative Update: Senate passes Human Services Omnibus Policy Bill

By Sara Grafstrom posted 8 days ago
The legislature returned from Easter break on Wednesday and continued both committee and floor work. For ARRM members, we saw the Human Services Omnibus bill pass off the Senate floor and the Governor’s Human Services budget bill introduced. Below, please find a quick summary of what happened last week ...
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Legislative Update: The MN Legislature goes on break, ARRM responds to Minneapolis rideshare news

By Sara Grafstrom posted 15 days ago
Last week was a short week for the MN Legislature, but ARRM staff were tracking issues from the local level up to the Federal Government. Below is a quick recap on what happened and what you can expect this coming week. State Legislature The Minnesota Legislature went on break beginning at 5:00 ...
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Legislative Update: Human Services Omnibus Policy Bills Released and Spending Targets Set

By Sara Grafstrom posted 22 days ago
Last week marked the first and second committee deadlines in the legislature. This means that policy-only bills must be passed out of all appropriate policy committees to be considered further in the session. This includes policy omnibus bills, which were released and passed out of committee this past ...
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Legislative Update: Last week's hearing, national news, and Day at the Capitol 2024!

By Jonathan Tvedt posted 29 days ago
Another week, another hearing for one of ARRM’s bills! As we move closer to the first and second committee deadline next Friday, March 22 nd ARRM staff continue to work with Legislative staff behind the scenes to ensure that our priorities are still in consideration. This coming week we have an additional ...
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Legislative Update: Two weeks until deadlines, ARRM's bills continue to move forward

By Sara Grafstrom posted 03-10-2024
It was another busy week of committee action for ARRM’s legislative priorities. As we move closer to the first and second committee deadlines (important legislative benchmarks that play a roll in whether bills will receive further consideration), ARRM staff continue to work with legislative staff to ...
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Legislative Update: A full rundown of all our bill hearings last week!

By Sara Grafstrom posted 03-03-2024
This last week was a busy one for the ARRM team. In total, we presented at a total of ten bill hearings, both in the Senate and the House, and continue to make positive movement on our legislative priorities. In addition to the hearings, the other big news of the week was the February forecast being ...
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Legislative Update: ARRM's Bills Start to Get Hearings

By Sara Grafstrom posted 02-25-2024
Week two of the legislative session saw ARRM’s priorities start to get acted upon. On Wednesday, February 21, the Senate Human Service Committee heard testimony on Senate File 3736, ARRM’s legislation that would require a uniform set of standards across the state for approval or denial of assistive ...
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2024 Legislative Session Kicks Off

By Sara Grafstrom posted 02-15-2024
The 2024 legislative session began last week and ARRM staff have wasted no time making sure that ARRM’s priorities get officially introduced. This session is a "short session" and with the state budget set for the biennium, much of the focus will be on capital infrastructure/bonding projects and ...
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DWRS Rate Increases Approved, DHS Preparing Guidance

By Ken Bence posted 01-26-2024
ARRM’s members have undoubtedly been frustrated with the apparent delay in obtaining federal approval, and the lack of information regarding the rate increases in the Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS) that were expected to go into effect on January 1. We know this is true because we heard from many ...
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