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Legislative session fact sheets
Session fact sheets explain key human services issues being discussed during the Minnesota legislative session. They cover topics such as Medicaid changes, system improvements, program integrity and behavioral health services. These fact sheets help people understand proposed changes and how they may affect programs and services in Minnesota.
2026 session fact sheets
Governor Walz’s supplemental budget recommendations will transform the human services system, respond to federal Medicaid changes, improve program integrity and strengthen behavioral health.
Minnesota risks billions unless state law comes into compliance with federal Medicaid changes (PDF)
Minnesota risks billions unless state law comes into compliance with federal Medicaid changes (PDF)
Transforming Minnesota’s human services system (PDF) April 2026
Transforming Minnesota’s human services system (PDF) April 2026
Responding to federal Medicaid changes and uncertainty (PDF) April 2026
Responding to federal Medicaid changes and uncertainty (PDF) April 2026
Comprehensive reform package will improve program integrity, from program design to post-payment analytics (PDF) April 2026
Strengthening behavioral health for people leaving incarceration and for people experiencing psychosis (PDF) April 2026
Legislative session fact sheets archive
2025 legislative session fact sheets
Protecting public dollars in human services programs (PDF) October 2025
Protecting public dollars in human services programs (PDF) October 2025
Human Services budget aims to stop fraud, strengthen program integrity and reduce spending growth (PDF) March 2025
Human Services budget aims to stop fraud, strengthen program integrity and reduce spending growth (PDF) March 2025Strengthening oversight of autism programs (PDF) March 2025
Improving support and program integrity for substance use disorder treatment programs (PDF) March 2025
Improving support and program integrity for substance use disorder treatment programs (PDF) March 2025
Reducing growth to preserve access to disability services (PDF) March 2025
Reducing growth to preserve access to disability services (PDF) March 2025
Continuing access to care via audio-only telehealth services (PDF) March 2025
Continuing access to care via audio-only telehealth services (PDF) March 2025
Continuing oversight, capturing prescription drug savings (PDF) March 2025
Continuing oversight, capturing prescription drug savings (PDF) March 20252023 and 2024 legislative session fact sheets
2023 session fact sheets
- Human services: Major investments and transformations (PDF) August 2023
- Child care: Improving access, support for providers, worker compensation (PDF) August 2023
- Child welfare: Supporting the well-being of Minnesota children (PDF) August 2023
- Working families: Stabilizing budgets, supporting access to food (PDF) August 2023
- Long-term care services and workforce: Recruiting and retaining workers (PDF) August 2023
- Housing justice: Taking critical steps forward (PDF) August 2023
- Behavioral health care: Strengthening equity and access (PDF) August 2023
- Health care: Removing barriers, improving equity and access to coverage (PDF) August 2023
- Agency effectiveness: Sustaining and strengthening services (PDF) August 2023
- Service delivery: Stabilizing and strengthening IT systems (PDF) August 2023
- Direct Care and Treatment: Stabilizing, upgrading, becoming a new agency (PDF) August 2023