STATE OF MINNESOTA FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
COMMITTEES ON HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES POLICY AND OVERSIGHT
AND
HEALTH, HOUSING AND FAMILY SECURITY
Chairs, Representative Paul Thissen, Senator John Marty
MINUTES
Representative Paul Thissen, Chair of the Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Committee, started the meeting at 8:45 A.M. on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 in Room 500N 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
CLARK, Karen
FRITZ, Patti
GOTTWALT, Steve
HAYDEN, Jeff
HOSCH, Larry
KALIN, Jeremy
KELLIHER, Margaret
KIFFMEYER, Mary
LAINE, Carolyn
MURPHY, Erin
OTREMBA, Mary Ellen
SAILER, Brita
MARTY, John (Chair)
CLARK, Tarryl
Members excused:
BUNN, Julie
BERGLIN, Linda
DOLL, John
EMMER, Tom
ERICKSON ROPES, Sharon
GARDNER, Paul
FISCHBACH, Michelle
HUNTLEY, Tom
HANN, David
KELLY, Tim
HIGGINS, Linda
LOEFFLER, Diane
JOHNSON, Debbie
MACK, Tara
KOERING, Paul
NORTON, Kim
LOUREY, Tony
RUUD, Maria
LYNCH, Ann
THAO, Cy
PRETTNER SOLON, Yvonne
TORKELSON, Paul
TORRES RAY, Patricia
Update on the H1N1 novel influenza virus
John Stine, Assistant Commissioner, Health Protection, Minnesota Department of Health
Kristen Ehresmann, RN, MPH, Division Director, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control, Minnesota Department of Health
Renee Frauendienst, Public Health Division Director, Stearns County
Patricia Stinchfield, RN, MS, CPNP, Director, Infectious Disease/Infection Control, The Children's Immunization Project, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 A.M.
Rep. Paul Thissen, CHAIR
Urszula Gryska
Committee Legislative Assistant