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Dear Neighbors,

A big thank you to everyone who made Apple Valley's Memorial Day event at the VFW a success. It was a solemn day honoring the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifce; may their memory forever be a blessing.

Apple Valley VFW
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*Community Coffee Hours in June*

I?ll be kicking off our summer series of community coffee hours this Saturday, June 1st at Dunn Bros in Apple Valley (15265 Galaxie Ave.) at 9:00 a.m. I?ll provide highlights of our work and give an update on the progress DFLers have made for Minnesota and Apple Valley.






Community Coffee Hour

If you can?t make this one, I?ll be hosting another community conversation at the Galaxie Library on Saturday, June 15th at 9:30 a.m.?

Bierman community event




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*Biennium Recap*

Last year the Legislature passed our major two-year budget bills, and this year the House built on that progress by passing small supplemental budgets alongside more substantial policy changes in major committee areas. Working alongside the Governor and our Senate counterparts, we reached final agreements on all major budget bills.?

You can find nonpartisan summaries about the final agreements here: Transportation, Labor and Housing [ [link removed] ], Energy and Agriculture [ [link removed] ], Public Safety and Judiciary [ [link removed] ], Commerce and Cannabis [ [link removed] ], Jobs and Economic Development [ [link removed] ], Environment and Natural Resources [ [link removed] ], K-12 Education [ [link removed] ], Higher Education [ [link removed] ], Human Services [ [link removed] ], Health [ [link removed] ], and Elections [ [link removed] ].?

We also passed a gun violence prevention bill [ [link removed] ] that includes tougher penalties for straw purchasers and a ban on binary triggers, a bill [ [link removed] ] that will increase wages for rideshare drivers while keeping companies operating in Minnesota, a health occupational licensure and scoping bill [ [link removed] ], legislation improving our child welfare services [ [link removed] ] and addressing racial disparities, and a tenants? rights package [ [link removed] ].?

These are all great bills, and as the vice chair of the Health Finance Committee, I?m especially proud of these successful measures we got across the finish line:?


* Insurance prior authorization reforms so Minnesotans can get the care when they need it;


* Prohibiting restrictions on many chronic condition requirements, pediatric meds for terminal patients, suboxone for outpatient treatment;


* Medicaid and Medicare coverage of prosthetic and orthotic devices;


* HMO conversion and regulation provisions;


* School-linked mental health services grants;


* Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servercio funding for certified community behavioral health clinics;


* Evaluation study of the state?s future health care needs and capacity; originating in the Governors Healthcare Task Force;


* Value-based and outcome-based purchasing of cell or gene therapy treatments for rare disease treatment: such as Sickle Cell, Cystic Fibrosis, certain Cancer treatments.

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*Keep in Touch*

The legislative session may be over, but the work continues. Please continue to contact me anytime at [email protected] or 651-296-5066 with questions and ideas. I value your input! You?re welcome to follow me for additional updates on my Facebook page [ [link removed] ].

Thank you for the honor of representing our Apple Valley neighbors at the State Capitol.

Sincerely,

Robert Bierman
State Representative?






































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