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Preventive Health Policy Division

EIGHTH MEETING MINUTES

2021-2022 Regular Session - Wednesday, March 10, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

PREVENTIVE HEALTH POLICY DIVISION
EIGHTH MEETING MINUTES

Representative Freiberg, Chair of the Preventive Health Policy Division, called the remote meeting to order at 10:30 am on Wednesday, March 10th, 2021, pursuant to House rule 10.01.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
FREIBERG
BIERMAN
GRUENHAGEN
ACOMB
AGBAJE
AKLAND
CARLSON
FRANSON
HEINTZEMAN
MORRISON
PRYOR

A quorum was present.

Representative Pryor moved that the minutes from the meeting on March 3rd, 2021 be approved. MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Freiberg moved HF1721 to the Health Finance and Policy Committee.

HF 1721 (Schultz): Tobacco product definition amended to include electronic delivery devices, cigarette and tobacco product excise tax increased, special revenue fund tobacco prevention and cessation account established, and money appropriated.

Representative Freiberg moved HF1721A1 (Schultz). THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Jen Schultz presented the bill.

Testifiers:
Richard Marianos
Mike Smith, Granite City Jobbing
Thomas Briant
David Beahrs, Jonathan Robert Fielding Company
Michael Madden, MD
Kellie Janssen
Bethlehem Yewhalawork, Program Specialist, NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center
Elizabeth Heimer, Specialist, Public Policy and Advocacy at the American Lung Association
Eric Li, Minnesota Youth Council
Caitlin DeVos, Cancer Action Network Volunteer, American Cancer Society
Dr. Mark Steffen, Chief Medical Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Representative Freiberg renewed his motion to re-refer HF1721, as amended, to the Health Finance and Policy Committee.

The clerk noted the roll.

AYE

FREIBERG
BIERMAN
ACOMB
AGBAJE
CARLSON
MORRISON
PRYOR

NAY

GRUENHAGEN
AKLAND
FRANSON
HEINTZEMAN

THE MOTION PREVAILS. HF1721, as amended, was re-referred to the Health Finance and Policy Committee.

Representative Freiberg moved HF1307 in front of the committee to be heard informationally.

HF 1307 (Edelson): Healthy children’s meal requirements established at restaurants to be implemented on a phased-in basis, and enforcement provided.

Representative Heather Edelson presented the bill.

Testifiers:
Lucas Sjostrom, Minnesota Milk Producers Association
Dr. Sofi Ali, Family Medicine Physician
Laura Perdue, RDN
Tim Wilkin, President, Minnesota Beverage Association
Kenn Rockler

The meeting was adjourned at 12:00pm.

More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF1307 (Edelson) - Healthy children's meal requirements established at restaurants to be implemented on a phased-in basis, and enforcement provided.
  • HF1721 (Schultz) - Tobacco product definition amended to include electronic delivery devices, cigarette and tobacco product excise tax increased, special revenue fund tobacco prevention and cessation account established, and money appropriated.
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01:55 - HF1721 (Schultz) Tobacco product definition amended to include electronic delivery devices, cigarette and tobacco product excise tax increased, special revenue fund tobacco prevention and cessation account established, and money appropriated.
58:40 - HF1307 (Edelson) Healthy children's meal requirements established at restaurants to be implemented on a phased-in basis, and enforcement provided (informational only).
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.

HF1721 (Schultz) - Tobacco product definition amended to include electronic delivery devices, cigarette and tobacco product excise tax increased, special revenue fund tobacco prevention and cessation account established, and money appropriated.

HF1307 (Edelson) - Healthy children's meal requirements established at restaurants to be implemented on a phased-in basis, and enforcement provided.
***HF 1307 will be informational only. No formal action will be taken.***


*Agenda items may be added or removed. Bills may be taken in any order*

If you would like to sign up to testify via zoom, please email Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn by 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Public Testimony will be limited to two minutes per person within available committee time. If there is not enough time, members of the public will be asked to submit their testimony in writing.

Members of the public, organizations, and stakeholders are always welcome to submit written testimony in lieu of testifying via zoom. Please email your testimony as an attached MS Word Document or PDF file with OCR to Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn. Written testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours following the hearing. Written testimony received by 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 9, 2021 will be part of the “virtual committee packet.”

This remote meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 which can be found here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice. If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.