Jeff Backer

Jeff Backer R

State Representative
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
3 Neutral 3 Total

Biography

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On Record (48)

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Health care; technical corrections made.
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Health care; technical corrections made.
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Hospital construction moratorium repealed.
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Medical assistance capitation payment withhold related to verification of coverage established.
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Mobile crisis grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Property taxes; qualified relatives for special agricultural homestead expanded.
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Definition for covered insulin provided for the insulin safety net program and manufacturer registration fee.
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Vehicle platoon pilot project authorized for certain roads in Wilkin County and Grant County, and report required.
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Exception to the hospital construction moratorium provided.
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Supplemental rate to housing support providers in Otter Tail County provided.
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State-funded medical assistance and MinnesotaCare provided for inmates of county jails.
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Redpath impoundment flood hazard mitigation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Human services forecast adjustments provided, and money appropriated.
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Licensed ambulance services aid provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
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Medical assistance capitation payment withhold related to verification of coverage established.
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Provider taxes contingent reduction provisions modified.
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Commissioner of health governing fees provision modified.
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Radon detection or mitigation licensure of firms provisions modified.
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Lake Alice water quality improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Medical assistance coverage of audio-only telehealth extended.
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Composition apportionment of legislative districts changed, conforming statutory changes made, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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Traverse County; new county courthouse funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Hospital payment rates modified.
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Breckenridge community center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Reimbursement rates for long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services provided by diagnostic testing facilities raised.
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Service animal support allowed in schools.
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Grant funding provided to purchase or upgrade radios and related equipment, and money appropriated.
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Emergency mental health services modified; co-payments, coinsurance, and deductibles for mobile crisis intervention eliminated; and money appropriated.
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Ambulance services medical assistance payment rates increase provided.
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Rural EMS uncompensated care pool payment program established, and money appropriated.
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Statewide public safety radio communication system equipment grant program established, and money appropriated.
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Reimbursement requirements for ambulance attendant education costs modified, and money appropriated.
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Ambulance service training and staffing grant program established, and money appropriated.
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Parent or legal guardian required to be present for vaccine administration to a minor.
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State agency authority to submit a public option waiver application to the federal government repealed, and appropriation reduced.
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Parent allowed to request one free certified birth record per child.
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Issuing fees for hunting and fishing licenses increased.
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Establishment of vaccine requirements prohibited, and exceptions provided.
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Statute of limitations for medical malpractice decreased, collection of judgment against personal income or assets limited, and damages for medical malpractice claims limited.
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Board of Executives for Long Term Services and Supports fees modified.
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Express state of application to the county-administered rural medical assistance (CARMA) program required for a medical assistance modification to apply to the CARMA program, and estimate of local fiscal impacts to counties or groups of counties administering CARMA required.
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Express statement of application to county-based purchasing for a medical assistance modification required to apply to county-based purchasing, and estimates of local fiscal impacts to counties or groups of counties administering a county-based purchasing plan.
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County-administered rural medical assistance program established; payment, coverage, and eligibility requirements for the CARMA program established; and commissioner of human services directed to seek federal waivers.
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Health policy bill.
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Human services inspector general, home and community-based licensing, behavioral health licensing, backgrounds studies provisions, corrections reconsiderations, anti-kickback laws, and judges personal data protection provisions modified.
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Community engagement requirements established for the medical assistance program.
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Depredation compensation payments funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Female sports team participation restricted to the female sex.
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Pet shops prohibited from selling cats and dogs.
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State employee group insurance program utilization review pilot program established, and reports required.
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Burnsville; Elmstrand Finseth Ruge Heroes Memorial Bridge designated.
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Teachers Retirement Association; age lowered from 62 to 60 for the enhanced early retirement reduction, and postretirement adjustment delay clarified.
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CentraCare residency programs at Rice Memorial Hospital and St. Cloud Hospital funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Permissible out-of-state billing for certain disability waiver services clarified.
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Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly service delivery system implemented.
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Central service technician requirements established.
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Pens that contain lead exempted from prohibition on manufacturing and selling lead-containing products.
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Prohibitions of certain PFAS-containing firefighting foam at airport hangars delayed.
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Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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Requirements for speech language pathology assistants clarified.
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Parent allowed to opt their child out of a face covering requirement.
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Advanced practice registered nurse postgraduate collaborative practice requirements removed.
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Licensure requirements for dental hygienists amended.
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Individual pricing of phototherapy lights required, and technical changes made.
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Children's museums grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Voting system testing improved.
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Conservation officers required to coordinate investigation and enforcement activity with sheriffs.
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Conservation officers prohibited from conducting searches or seizures without a warrant or court order, and receipts to be provided to persons from whom property is seized required.
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Museums and education centers grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Elderly waiver rates and nursing facility reimbursement rates modified.
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Use of nonopioid directives authorized, and immunity for certain acts or failures to act established.
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Training requirements modified for mandatory reporters.
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Roadside signage for automatic external defibrillators for qualifying locations authorized.
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Clay County; nonsecure juvenile detention facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Minnesota Paid Leave Law repealed, and unspent money in the family medical leave account returned to the general fund.
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Health care worker platforms required to register with the commissioner of health, and money appropriated.
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Environment and natural resources trust fund appropriations allocated, prior appropriations modified, grant programs established, report required, and money appropriated.
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Commissioner of human services required to establish a directed pharmacy dispensing payment to improve and maintain access to pharmaceutical services, and money appropriated.
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Opioid prevention and education funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Optometrists prescribing and administering drugs limitations modified.
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Medical assistance coverage of psychiatric collaborative care model services provided, and money appropriated.
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Prohibition on American Indian mascots modified, and money appropriated.
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Protection to children and vulnerable adults from exposure to fentanyl provided, and criminal penalties for violation imposed.
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Certain retired law enforcement officers permitted to carry firearms in schools.
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Legislative approval required for adoption of rules.
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Commissioner of commerce required to request the continuation of a state innovation waiver, and money transferred from the general fund to the premium security plan account.
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A resolution memorializing Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to impose fiscal constraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for …
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Single administrative structure and delivery system pilot program established.
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Community care hub grant established, and money appropriated.
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Weather forecasting gap-filing radar data funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Wellness in the Woods grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Two-year income tax holiday established for certain emergency responders.
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Licensure for massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy established, fees established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.
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Information collected and scope of background check conducted expanded for noncitizen permit to carry applicants.
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Trapping provisions modified.
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Otter Tail County; youth transitional facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
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Imposition and allocation of certain taxes amended, and retail delivery fee repealed.
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Physician assistant collaborative agreement requirements modified.
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Mortuary science internship requirements modified.
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Requirements modified for reciprocal licensure to practice mortuary science.
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Off-highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and electric-assisted bicycles exempted from prohibitions on PFAS in certain juvenile products.
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Women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes grant program established, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated.
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Born alive infant provisions modified.
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Whistleblower definitions provided, and whistleblower protections for public employees modified.
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Supermajority approval by each house of the legislature required to extend a peacetime emergency beyond 14 days.
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Education savings accounts established, and rules required.
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Sales and use tax exemption for certain baby products expanded.
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Minnesota Personal Protection Act amended, lifetime permits to carry handguns created, and application fee reduced.
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Temporary moratorium on certain light rail transit expenditures established.
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Duty to retreat before using reasonable force in defense of self or others eliminated.
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Minnesota Paid Leave Law implementation delayed by one year.
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State-funded payments to undocumented noncitizens prohibited, and undocumented noncitizens provided to be ineligible for MinnesotaCare and North Star Promise scholarship program.
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Fraud reporting required when a state employee has reason to suspect fraud, and grants management requirements strengthened.
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Crime of disruption of worship services established.
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Gambling; prize and ticket limits modified.
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Metropolitan Council abolished, duties transferred to commissioners of administration and natural resources, transportation and transit-related functions transferred to Department of Transportation, metropolitan area sanitary sewer district created, and money appropriated.
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Commissioner of human services required to establish a minimum per diem rate for a specified psychiatric residential treatment facility, Clay County facility funding provided, facility start-up and capacity-building grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
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Medical assistance rate adjustments established for physician professional services, residential service rates increased, and statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services required.
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Driver's license road skills examination appointment requirements and website information amended, third-party testing programs and third-party testers authorized to conduct behind-the-wheel road tests for class D drivers' licenses, requirements and criteria specified, audits required, and appeals of decisions made by …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat eliminated in certain cases, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights extended to …
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Immigration law enforcement noncooperation ordinances and policies prohibited, use of immigration-related data provided, and county attorneys required to notify federal immigration authorities when an undocumented person is arrested for a crime of violence.
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Student and staff safety measures required to be included in each school district's long-term facilities maintenance school facility plan, school security systems grants created, report required, and money appropriated.
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Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified; electric utility requirements relating to energy, solar, or carbon-free standards delayed under certain conditions; and sales tax exemption for residential heating fuels and electricity expanded.
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Public safety; various provisions modified relating to data held by law enforcement agencies; agency bail or bond notice; sex trafficking minimum sentences; reason for dismissing charges; liability and vicarious liability; assaulting a police officer penalty; penalties increased for obstructing trunk …
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Read Act modified, appropriations cancelled; education innovation provisions modified; P-TECH approval process modified; Office of Achievement and Innovation established in the Department of Education; equity, diversity, and inclusion appropriation modified; school performance reporting system established; fund transfers for fiscal years …
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Imposition and allocation of certain taxes modified, tax analysis required, transportation funding impacts analysis required, retail delivery fee repealed, unlimited Social Security subtraction provided, previous appropriation and transfer modified, reports required, money transferred, and money appropriated.
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