STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES POLICY
Chair, Representative Tina Liebling
MINUTES
Representative Liebling, Chair of Committee on Health and Human Services Policy, called the meeting to order at 2:22 pm, March 11, 2014 in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Liebling, Chair
Moran, Vice Chair
Mack, Lead
Abeler
Albright
Allen
Benson, J.
Franson
Fritz
Gruenhagen
Huntley
Johnson
Loeffler
Lohmer
Morgan
Mullery
Schoen
Schomacker
Ward, JoAnn
Zerwas
No members were absent. A quorum was present.
Representative Benson moved the minutes from February 28, March 4, and March 5 of 2014. Motion prevailed. Minutes adopted.
Chair Liebling moved that HF2446 (Simonson) be recommended to be re-referred to the Judiciary Finance and Policy Committee.
Chair Liebling moved the
H2446A2 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
The following individuals testified:
Cody Wiborg, Minnesota Board of Pharmacy
Chair Liebling renewed her motion that HF2446 be recommended to be re-referred as amended to the Judiciary Finance and Policy Committee. Motion prevailed.
Chair Liebling moved that HF2320 (Laine) be recommended to be re-referred to the Health and Human Services Finance Committee.
Chair Liebling moved the
H2320A1 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
The following individuals testified:
Sue Abderholden, National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI)
Chair Liebling renewed her motion that HF2320 be recommended to be re-referred as amended to the Health and Human Services Finance Committee. Motion prevailed.
Representative Loeffler moved HF2169 (Loeffler). Representative Loeffler moved the H2169A1 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
The following individuals testified:
Sue Abderholden, NAMI
Barb Turner, ARRM
HF2169 (Loeffler) was laid over for possible inclusion in the Health and Human Services Policy Omnibus Bill.
Representative Moran moved that HF2361 (Moran) be recommended to be re-referred to the Government Operations Committee.
Representative Moran presented information on HF2361 and the following individuals testified:
Yende Anderson, Council on Black Minnesotans
Chair Liebling moved the
H2361A3 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
Representative Loeffler moved the
H2361A4 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
The following individuals testified:
Twila Brase, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom
Representative Moran renewed her motion that HF2361 be recommended to be re-referred as amended to the Government Operations Committee. Motion prevailed.
Representative Allen moved that HF2248 (Allen) be recommended to be re-referred to the Health and Human Services Finance Committee.
Representative Allen moved the
H2248A1 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
Representative Allen presented information on HF2248 and the following individuals testified:
Jeff Bauer, The Family Partnership
Representative Allen renewed her motion that HF2248 be recommended to be re-referred as amended to the Health and Human Services Finance Committee. Motion prevailed.
Representative Allen presented information on HF2410 (Allen) to be laid over for possible inclusion in the Health and Human Services Policy Omnibus Bill. Dave Hartford, Chemical and Mental Health Division, Department of Human Services provided additional information on HF2410.
HF2410 was laid over for possible inclusion in the Health and Human Services Policy Omnibus Bill.
The committee recessed at 3:48 pm.
The committee reconvened at 6:21pm in room 10 of the State Office Building.
Chair Liebling moved that HF2472 (Dorholt) be recommended to be re-referred to the Health and Human Services Finance Committee.
Chair Liebling moved the H2472 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
Representative Dorholt presented information on HF2472 and the following individuals testified:
Sue Abderholden, NAMI
Grace Tangjerd Schmitt
Chair Liebling renewed her motion that HF2472 be recommended to be re-referred as amended to the Health and Human Services Finance Committee. Motion prevailed.
At 6:33 Representative Benson assumed the gavel.
Representative Liebling moved that HF1898 (Liebling) be recommended to be re-referred to the State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs Committee.
Representative Liebling moved the
H1898DE2 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
Representative Abeler moved the
H1898A1 and incorporated the following oral amendments to the H1898A1 amendment as follows:
On line 1.15 after the word “paragraph” delete the “f” in parenthesis and insert an “e”. Line 1.21 delete “2011” and insert “2014”. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
Representative Liebling presented information on HF1898 and the following individuals testified:
Marshall Schragg, Board of Dentistry
Monica Feider, Health Professional Services Program
Julia Donnelly, Minnesota Nurses Association
Cody Wiborg, Minnesota Board of Pharmacy
Representative Liebling renewed her motion that HF1898 (Liebling) be recommended to be re-referred as amended to the State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs Committee. Motion prevailed.
Representative Loeffler moved that HF1867 (Loeffler) be recommended to be re-referred to the Government Operations Committee.
Representative Loeffler moved the
H1867A1 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
Representative Loeffler moved the
H1867A2 amendment. Motion prevailed. Amendment adopted.
Representative Loeffler renewed her motion that HF1867 (Loeffler) be recommended to be re-referred as amended to the Government Operations Committee. Motion prevailed.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:29 pm.
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Representative Tina Liebling, Chair
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Lynn Sando, Committee Legislative Assistant