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TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING

2007-2008 Regular Session - Tuesday, June 26, 2007

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSING AND FAMILY SECURITY

MINUTES


Senator John Marty, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Housing, and Family Security along with Representative Patti Fritz, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Health and Human Services, called the meeting to order at 1:15 P.M. on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 in Room 15 of the Capitol.

The Committee Administrator noted the roll.

House Committee Members present:

FRITZ, Patti(Vice-Chair)
BROD, Laura
BUNN, Julie
EMMER, Tom
HUNTLEY, Tom
LIEBLING, Tina
LOEFFLER, Diane
MURPHY, Erin
NORTON, Kim
OTREMBA, Mary Ellen
RUUD, Maria
TSCHUMPER, Ken
WALKER, Neva


House Committee Members excused:

THISSEN, Paul (Chair)
ANDERSON, Bruce
ABELER, Jim
FINSTAD, Brad
GOTTWALT, Steve
HAMILTON, Rod
THAO, Cy

Other House Members present:

ANZELC, Tom
CLARK, Karen
HORNSTEIN, Frank
LAINE, Carole
MCFARLANE, Carol
PETERSON, Neil
PETERSON, Sandra
RUKAVINA, Tom
SERTICH, Tony
SLAWIK, Nora
SOLBERG, Loren

A quorum was present.

Testifying on behalf of the Department of Health regarding the Department's delay in releasing information on increased mesothelioma deaths on the Iron Range:
Dianne Mandernach, Commissioner
Dr. Alan Bender, Program Manager, Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology
Mary Manning, Director, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease

Testifying on behalf of the Office of Governor Tim Pawlenty regarding the Department's delay in releasing information on increased mesothelioma deaths on the Iron Range:
Carolyn Jones, health policy liaison

Additional testimony regarding the Department's delay in releasing information on increased mesothelioma deaths on the Iron Range:
Robert Bassing, miner
Stan Daniels, United Steel Workers
Marc Pocrnich
Dr. Ian Greaves, University of Minnesota
Susan Vento

The meeting was adjourned at 5:32 P.M.


Rep. Patti Fritz, VICE-CHAIR




Jennifer McNertney
Committee Administrator
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