Tuesday, February 9 2010 8:30 a.m. - (live) Senate Finance Committee Agenda: General assistance medical care (GAMC) program and MinnesotaCare provisions modifications; mental health urgent care and psychiatric consultation services establishment; Minnesota comprehensive health association assessment modification; appropriation. 10:30 a.m. - (live) Senate Floor Session Agenda: SF 2360 - Capital Improvements Bill 1 p.m. - (live or delayed following Senate Floor Session) House Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division Agenda: Unemployment Insurance: (1) Recipient problems; (2) Department of Unemployment and Economic Development response; unemployment insurance figures and procedures. 2:45 p.m. - (live) House Capital Investment Finance Division Agenda: HF2590 (Hausman) Appropriation and bond authorization for capital investment projects procedures clarified; HF2700 (Hausman) Omnibus bonding bill; capital improvement funding provided, new programs established and existing programs modified, previous appropriations canceled and modified, bonds issued, and money appropriated. 4:30 p.m. - (live) House Environment Policy and Oversight Committee Agenda: HF1217 (Gardner) Product stewardship program required to be operated by drug producers to collect and dispose of unwanted drugs, civil penalties provided, and account created. The nationwide digital television transition's impact on legislative television broadcasting: • For viewers using over-the-air antennas, legislative television broadcasts will be available on the digital Minnesota Channel. • For cable subscribers, legislative television broadcasts will be available on the digital Minnesota Channel. 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SENATE WEBCAST ( www.senate.mn/media ): 8:30 a.m. - (live) Senate Finance Committee Agenda: General assistance medical care (GAMC) program and MinnesotaCare provisions modifications; mental health urgent care and psychiatric consultation services establishment; Minnesota comprehensive health association assessment modification; appropriation. 10:30 a.m. - (live) Senate Floor Session Agenda: Capital Improvements Bill 12:30 p.m. - (live) Senate Higher Education Budget and Policy Division Agenda: OLA Report: MnSCU Central Office - Joel Alter OHE: College-going Rates of Minnesota High School Students and Fall 2009 Enrollment - Mark Misukanis and Alexandra Djurovich 3:00 p.m. - (live) Senate Committee on Agriculture and Veterans Agenda: Minnesota Department of Military Affairs Brief; Major General Larry Shellito, Colonel Eric Ahlness. Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs Reports; Higher Education Veterans Program, 2010 Construction Project Priority Listing, Minnesota Veterans Home Siting, Veterans Cemetery Siting and Medicare Funding at Minnesota Veterans Homes. • Legislative television programming is produced and created by the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. • ************************************************************************ The Minnesota Legislature provides statewide, over-the-air broadcasting of legislative television coverage live from the Minnesota State Capitol. Coverage is provided Monday-Friday during legislative sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with extended evening and weekend coverage available for debates on high-profile issues. This coverage is broadcast on the digital Minnesota Channel, which is carried by the six public television stations around the state. All programming broadcast on the Minnesota Channel is closed-captioned. STATEWIDE ON THE DIGITAL MINNESOTA CHANNEL • Twin Cities Public Television - tpt digital channel 2-2 - Comcast cable channel 202 in Minneapolis - Comcast cable channel 243 in St. Paul - Mediacom cable channel 102 (in some areas) - Charter cable channel 396 - DirectTV (coming soon) • WDSE-Duluth - WDSE digital channel 8-4 - Charter cable channel 396 • Pioneer Public Television-Appleton - KWCM digital channel 10-3 (west central Minnesota) - KSMN digital channel 20-3 (southwestern Minnesota) • KSMQ-Austin - KSMQ digital channel 15-4 • Lakeland Public Television-Bemidji - KAWE digital channel 9-6 (Bemidji area) - KAWB digital channel 22-6 (Brainerd Lakes area) - Paul Bunyan cable channel 334 • Prairie Public-Fargo/Moorhead - KCGE digital channel 16-3 (Crookston/East Grand Forks area) - KFME digital channel 13-3 (Moorhead/Fergus Falls area) • Other Digital Cable Channels Alexandria - Channel 396 Austin - Channel 396 Brainerd - Channel 396 Buffalo - Channel 396 Eagle Lake - Channel 133 Ellendale - Channel 133 Faribault - Channel 133 Lake Crystal - Channel 133 Little Falls - Channel 396 Lowry - Channel 396 Mankato - Channel 133 Minnesota Lake - Channel 84 New Richland - Channel 133 North Mankato - Channel 133 Owatonna - Channel 396 Rochester - Channel 396 St. Clair - Channel 133 St. Cloud - Channel 396