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FIFTY-FIRST MEETING

2009-2010 Regular Session - Friday, March 5, 2010

MINUTES


MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STATE OF MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION FIFTY-FIRST MEETING


HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE DIVISION
Thomas E. Huntley, Chair


Chair Thomas Huntley began the fifty-first meeting of the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division at 9:16 a.m. on Friday, March 5, 2010, in Room 400S of the State Office Building. A quorum was not present. The clerk noted the roll:

Members Present:
Huntley, Thomas, Chair
Bunn, Julie
Fritz, Patti
Kiffmeyer, Mary
Liebling, Tina
Murphy, Erin
Ruud, Maria
Thissen, Paul

Members Excused:
Abeler, Jim, Vice Chair
Anzelc, Tom
Hayden, Jeff
Hosch, Larry
Otremba, Mary Ellen
Peppin, Joyce
Peterson, Sandra
Scalze, Bev
Slawik, Nora
Thao, Cy

Members Absent:
Brod, Laura
Dean, Matt
Emmer, Tom
Gottwalt, Steve

Conclusion of testimony on the Governor’s Department of Human Services Supplemental Budget Recommendations:

Jim Carlson, Director of Public Policy, Child Care Works, Minneapolis

Dr. David Gesko, Dental Director and Senior Vice President; and Robert Freeman, Health Partners

Ed Eide, Executive Director, Mental Health Association

Dr. Michael Belzer, Chief Medical Officer; and Michael Harristhal, Vice President, Hennepin County Medical Center

Sue Abderholden, NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)

Patricia Coldwell on behalf of Toni Carter, Ramsey County Commissioner, for the Association of Minnesota Counties


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Judith Brumfield, Deputy Director of Human Services, Scott County, for Minnesota Association of County Social Service Agencies (MACSSA)

At 10:20 a.m. Representative Ruud assumed the gavel and testimony continued:

Dr. Courtney Jordan, University of Minnesota, State Health Improvement Program (SHIP)

Deb Konechne, Welfare Rights Committee and MN Coalition for People’s Bailout

Lynne Megan, on behalf of Minnesota Habilitation Coalition and MnDACA (Minnesota Day Activity Center Association)

David Hancox, Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Independent Living

Peter Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Minnesota Home Care Association

Scott Leitz, Director of Child Health Policy and Advocacy, Children’s Hospitals and Clinic

Susan Wingert, Chief Executive Officer; and Dr. Roy Maynard, Medical Director, Pediatric Home Service

Ron Brand, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs, Inc.


The Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:56 a.m.


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Thomas E. Huntley, Chair


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Jan Horner, Committee Legislative Assistant
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Continuation of public testimony on the Governor's Supplemental Budget