Seniors & Workers for Quality

SF 475 (Marty), the Long-Term Care COLA bill was heard on Monday, March 16th in the Senate Health, Housing & Family Security committee. Two Seniors & Workers for Quality coalition members testified: Synarvia Buckanon (AFSCME Local 636 president & Direct Care Worker, Good Samaritan Society University Specialty Care Center, Minneapolis) and Lynne Zimmerman (Adult Day Services Director, Common Sense Services for Seniors, South St. Paul). Both speakers did a wonderful job articulating the need for a long-term care COLA despite the state’s fiscal woes.

H.F.818, the Vulnerable Adult bill was heard and passed in the House Public Safety and Oversight Committee on March 5, and will go next to the Labor and Consumer Protection Committee of the Commerce Committee.  S.F. 758, its companion, will have its first hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, March 10.

There will be a hearing on long-term care bills, which will include the Long-Term Care Provider Rate Increase bill SF 475, on March 16^th in the Senate Health, Housing & Family Security Committee at 12:30 p.m. 

On January 29, 2009, HF0351 was introduced in the House of Representatives. Thank you to House authors Representatives Fritz, Abeler, Murphy, Liebling, Hayden, Hosch, Thissen, Slawik & Bly.

The companion bill, SF0475 was introduced on February 5, 2009 in the Senate.  Thank you to Senate authors Senators Marty, Rosen, Koering, Doll & Fischbach.