STATE OF MINNESOTA FOURTIETH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE
MINUTES
Representative Kiffmeyer, Vice Chair of the Health and Human Services Finance Committee, called the meeting to order at 12:34 P.M. on February 15, 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.
Representative Kiffmeyer called the meeting to order at 12:34 P.M.
A quorum was not present.
Representative Kiffmeyer officially called the meeting to order at 12:35 P.M.
A quorum was present.
Representative Hamilton moved that the minutes from the committee meeting on February 9, 2012, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Liebling moved that the minutes from the committee meeting on February 14, 2012, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
David Etzwiler, Executive Director, Decade of Discovery, Aaron Friedman, M.D., Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Jeanette Ziegenfuss, Ph.D., Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, testified on the Mayo and University of Minnesota Biotechnology and Genomics Partnership.
Jean Wood, Aging and Adult Services Division Director, David Godfrey, State Medicaid Director, and Idil Abdull, Parent of Autistic Child, testified on the MN Waiver Update.
Chair Abeler assumed the gavel at 1:13 P.M.
Mike Rothman, Commissioner, MN Department of Commerce, April Todd-Malmlov, Exchange Director, MN Department of Commerce, testified on the MN Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force Recommendations.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:17 P.M.
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REP. JIM ABELER, CHAIR
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Andy Leer
Committee Legislative Assistant