STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-SEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE
MINUTES
Representative Abeler, Chair of the Health and Human Services Finance Committee, called the meeting to order at 1:04 P.M. on February 8, 2012, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
ABELER, Jim, Chair
KIFFMEYER, Mary, Vice Chair
ANDERSON, Diane
FRANSON, Mary
FRITZ, Patti
GOTTWALT, Steve
HAMILTON, Rod
HOSCH, Larry
HUNTLEY, Thomas
LAINE, Carolyn
LANNING, Morrie
LIEBLING, Tina
LOHMER, Kathy
LOEFFLER, Diane
MACK, Tara
MCDONALD, Joe
MCELFATRICK, Carolyn
MURPHY, Erin
SCHOMACKER, Joe
SLAWIK, Nora
No members were excused.
Chair Abeler called the meeting to order at 1:04 P.M.
A quorum was not present.
Mary Manning, Director of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division, MN Department of Health, presented the Alzheimer Report Progress Update.
Chair Abeler officially called the meeting to order at 1:07 P.M.
A quorum was present.
Representative McElfatrick moved that the minutes from the committee meeting on January 31, 2012, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Darcy Miner, Director, Compliance Monitoring Division, MN Department of Health, presented the Nursing Home Regulation Relief Progress Update.
Bob Held, Nursing Facility Rates and Policy Division, MN Department of Human Services, presented the Nursing Facility Pilot Project Update.
Scott Leitz, Assistant Commissioner, Health Care, MN Department of Human Services, and Mike Pinske, President of the R-80 Medical Transportation Coalition, presented the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Report.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:16 P.M.
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REP. JIM ABELER, CHAIR
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Andy Leer
Committee Legislative Assistant