STEP 1 | CALL or EMAIL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES

To find who represents you- Click HERE 

EVERY Call and Email helps.

Sample phone script: Hi, my name is __________. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist from ____________ and I am calling/email asking you to support SF1402 and HF1005 in a state budget bill. Funding this bill start to address a huge rate disparity for Marriage and Family Therapy Services. Right now Family Therapy is reimbursed at apx $70 an hour, where Individual Therapy is reimbursed at apx. $130 per hour. These bills would ensure Marriage and Family Therapists are compensated more for their work with couples and families, which increases access to quality mental health services for Minnesota families.

Click HERE to view a sample letter you can send 


Your voice will have the MOST IMPACT if you live or work in areas that are represented by the following individuals:

Priority Reps in the MN House 

Health Finance Committee Members:

Chair: Rep. Backer
Minority Lead: Rep. Bierman
Vice Chair: Rep. Nadeau
Rep. Reyer
Rep. Bahner
Rep. Carroll
Rep. Dippel
Rep. Elkins
Rep. Franson
Rep. Gillman
Rep. Hemmingsen-Jaeger
Rep. Huot
Rep. Keeler
Rep. Knudsen
Rep. Liebling
Rep. Mahamoud
Rep. Perryman
Rep. Pursell
Rep. Repinski
Rep. Schomacker
Rep. Van Binsbergen
Rep. Zeleznikar

Priority Reps in the MN Senate 

Health & Human Services Committee Members:

DFL Co-Chair: Sen. Melissa Wiklund
DFL Vice Chair: Sen. Alice Mann
GOP Co-Chair: Sen. Paul Utke
Sen. Jim Abeler
Sen. Liz Boldon
Sen. John Hoffman
Sen. Robert Kupec
Sen. Bill Lieske
Sen. Lindsey Port

STEP 2 | FOLLOW OUR BILLS

MAMFT members can follow legislation that we are advocating for in state government. While we will do our best to inform you of when MAMFT is testifying in support of legislation, the process sometimes moves quickly with very little notice. 

Our top legislative bills we are testifying in support of, and our legal advocacy firm are following include: SF1402, HF1005. As of 2/26, SF1402 cleared the first major hurdle, when it narrowly passed in the MN Senate Heath and Human Services Committee!

You can sign up for tracking this legislation on the Minnesota State Legislature website at My Bills https://www.leg.mn.gov/mybills/. Create a login easily and track as many bills as you'd like as they move through committees, legislative bodies and are signed by the Governor. This will require you to check it on your own, the application does not send updates when bills move from various points in the process.

STEP 3 | JOIN US FOR KEY EVENTS AT THE CAPITOL

MAMFT will send out notices as we can to encourage our membership to join us in supporting legislation at various points in the process at House and Senate hearings. As the legislative process can move swiftly with very little notice, we will do our best to organize as a group and share with the MAMFT membership when important updates are happening. We are hoping to have membership opportunities for us to band together and show up at key moments in the legislative process.