STATE OF MINNESOTA NINTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES POLICY AND OVERSIGHT
Chair, Representative Paul Thissen
MINUTES
Representative Paul Thissen, Chair of the Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Committee, called the meeting to order at 3:20 P.M. on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
THISSEN, Paul (Chair)
LIEBLING, Tina (Vice-Chair)
ABELER, Jim
BROD, Laura
BUNN, Julie
EMMER, Tom
FRITZ, Patti
GARDNER, Paul
GOTTWALT, Steve
HAYDEN, Jeff
HUNTLEY, Tom
KELLY, Tim
LAINE, Carolyn
LOEFFLER, Diane
MACK, Tara
MURPHY, Erin
NORTON, Kim
RUUD, Maria
TORKELSON, Paul
Members excused:
THAO, Cy
A quorum was present.
Representative Murphy moved that the minutes of January 29, 2009 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF250 (Knuth) Children protected from toxic chemicals in products
Representative Murphy moved that HF250 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
Representative Murphy moved the
H0250A2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Knuth described HF250, as amended.
Providing testimony on the bill:
Kathleen Schuler, MPH, Healthy Legacy
John Peterson Myers, Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences
Heidi Niziolek, Parent
Kathleen Roberts, American Chemistry Council
Chair Thissen laid the bill, as amended, on the table.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 P.M.
Rep. Paul Thissen, CHAIR
Urszula Gryska
Committee Legislative Assistant