MINUTES
MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STATE OF MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION TWELFTH MEETING
HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE DIVISION
Thomas E. Huntley, Chair
Chair Thomas Huntley began the twelfth meeting of the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division at 1:07 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Room 200 of the State Office Building. A quorum was not present.
Dr. Read Sulik, Assistant Commissioner, Chemical/Mental Health and State Operated Services, Department of Human Services (DHS), gave an overview of change items in the governor’s budget recommendations as follows:
Continuing care grants
Children’s mental health residential treatment
Reform payment method for chemical dependency providers
John Zakelj, Budget & Legislative Manager, Chemical & Mental Health Services, and Carol Falkowski, Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, DHS, also responded to questions of members.
At 1:17 p.m. a quorum was present and Chair Huntley formally called the twelfth meeting to order. The
clerk noted the roll:
Members Present:
Huntley, Thomas, Chair
Abeler, Jim, Vice Chair
Anzelc, Tom
Brod, Laura
Bunn, Julie
Dean, Matt
Emmer, Tom
Fritz, Patti
Gottwalt, Steve
Hayden, Jeff
Hosch, Larry
Kiffmeyer, Mary
Liebling, Tina
Murphy, Erin
Otremba, Mary Ellen
Peppin, Joyce
Peterson, Sandra
Ruud, Maria
Scalze, Bev
Slawik, Nora
Thao, Cy
Thissen, Paul
Representative Hosch moved approval of the February 11 and February 12, 2009, minutes. The motion prevailed.
(Continued): Reform payment method for chemical dependency providers
Delay new mental health services
Eliminate chemical dependency grants
Mental health inpatient ratable reduction
Sue Aberholden, Executive Director, NAMI Minnesota and Kathleen Kelso, Director of Public Policy, Mental Health Association of Minnesota, gave an overview of the mental health system in Minnesota and the effects of the governor’s budget recommendations.
Gordon Alexander, President, University of Minnesota Medical Center/Fairview, along with Kathy Knight, testified on the unintended consequences of some of the governor’s recommendations.
The Chair adjourned the meeting at 2:31 p.m.
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Thomas E. Huntley, Chair
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Jan Horner, Committee Legislative Assistant