We worked on four bills today. The main bill was H.F. 1233, the Health & Human Service Omnibus Finance Bill and that took about nine hours of discussion. The vote was 70 yeas and 64 nays. It does give a 3 % raise to staff in nursing homes and a 2 % raise to long-term care givers, their first increase in four years. These are the people that take of our elderly and disabled, and the salaries are fairly minimal, even though we entrust our most vulnerable citizens to their care.
Another bill was H.F. 779 and this is the bill that sets up the rules for the Minnesota Health Exchange.