ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) – House Speaker Melissa Hortman has announced the appointment of Representative Jennifer Schultz of Duluth as chair of the House Human Services Finance & Policy Committee.
The committee will be charged with investing in and strengthening services for people with disabilities, child protection, programs for older Minnesotans, food support, economic help for struggling families, assistance for those experiencing mental illness and substance abuse, and more.
Schultz currently chairs the House Long Term Care Division. Outside the Legislature, she is a professor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth in the Department of Economics and is Director of the Health Care Management Program.
The 2021 Minnesota legislative session convenes on January 5.
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