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Friday, March 23, 2007

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Friday, March 23, 2007
Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1865 (Poppe) Common carrier railroad employee rules required, money appropriated.
HF1339 (Poppe) State government record retention provisiion deleted.
SF1350 (Eastlund) School board special election petition requirements clarified. (Added to agenda)
HF1010 (Hilstrom) Gang and Drug Oversight Council statewide coordinator added to the law enforcement retirement fund. (Removed from the agenda)
HF1873 (Bunn) Health care cost containment goals annual report required, health care transformation task force established. (Added to agenda)
HF1981 (Norton) Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force expiration date removed. (Added to agenda)
HF1283 (Nelson) Independent contractor exemption certificates required, penalties provided, notice to the commissioners of revenue and employment and economic development authorized.
HF1896 (Winkler) Legislative Commission on Terror and Disaster Preparedness established, money appropriated.
HF754 (Mullery) Plumbers license provisions modified, and restricted plumbers license provided.
HF1183 (Loeffler) Community forest management and forest and shade tree pest control provided, money appropriated.
HF1016 (Hansen) Forest pest control measures provided, approved firewood required on land administered by the commissioner of natural resources, sale and distribution of firewood regulated.
HF1021 (Dill) Lake Superior commercial fishing provisions modified.
HF2135 (Loeffler) Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission provisions modified.
HF1586 (Tschumper) Statewide health plan purchasing pool study group established. (Removed from the agenda)
HF2252 (Davnie) Sustainable growth working group established, money appropriated.
HF1663 (Moe) Wild rice; genetically-engineered organisms regulated provisions modified, and study required.
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 8:00 AM

Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
House Research Overview of the Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division report has been rescheduled for March 26 at 10:30 a.m.
Chair: Rep. Sheldon Johnson
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2107 (Masin) Telecommunications goals provided, and broadband policy director and advisory board established.
HFXXXX (Johnson) Statewide cable franchising. (Continued from March 16)
Draft copies of this legislation are available outside 578 State Office Building.
Those interested in testifying on this legislation, please contact Elizabeth Emerson, Committee Administrator, at (651) 296-7175 or elizabeth.emerson@house.mn.
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 9:00 AM

Public Safety and Civil Justice

Time Changed Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1053 (Olin) Making it a felony to commit theft of a computer that has identity information in its memory about the owner or any other person;
HF1119 (Dill) Modifying definitions; providing for and modifying certain fees; modifying provisions for taking animals causing damage; modifying license and stamp provisions; modifying certain possession and taking restrictions; providing for an apprentice hunter validation; providing criminal and civil penalties
HF1609 (Clark) Protecting certain employee statements from employer retaliation; establishing complaint procedures; establishing investigative jurisdiction for the commissioner of labor and industry; creating civil penalties;
HF584 (Mullery) Omnibus Crime Bill; Increasing penalties for metal theft. *Continued discussion, if necessary, of amendments from Thursday night.*
HF1225 (Olin) Omnibus Real Property Bill; Modifying the limitation on actions for damages based on services or construction to improve real property for certain actions.
HF2290 (Sailer) A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; providing penalties for gaining improper access to medical records;

Copies of these bills will be available Thursday March 22 outside of Room 367, State Office Building.
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 10:00 AM

Health and Human Services

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2159 (Abeler) Care coordination for children with high-cost mental health conditions provided through the U special kids program, and money appropriated.
HF2182 (Loeffler) Human Services advisory committee established to simplify program administration, and studies and reports required.
HF2184 (Liebling) Medical education and research cost distribution formula modified.
HF1855 (Huntley) Uncompensated care
HF1656 (Thissen) has been removed from the agenda
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 11:30 AM

Floor Session

Location: House Chamber
Agenda:
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 12:30 PM

E-12 Education

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Calros Mariani
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
SF13 (Greiling) Special education; President and Congress memorialized, by resolution, to carry through on their pledge to fund 40 percent of special education costs.
HF258 (Greiling) No Child Left Behind; Congress memorialized, by resolution, to offer greater flexibility to states and fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act as part of its reauthorization.
HF1319 (Tillberry) Regional center for the visual arts pilot program established, and money appropriated.
HF2008 (Clark) American Indian tribal contributions integrated into student learning and teacher preparation and licensing requirements, and committees on American Indian education programs established.
HF1694 (Davnie) Teacher training to integrate learning technologies into K-12 classrooms provided, and money appropriated.
HF1853 (Benson) Reading instruction clarified to require supporting children with dyslexia and related language disorders.
HF2148 (Clark) Minneapolis schools fragrance-free pilot project created.
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 12:30 PM

Energy Finance and Policy Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Bill Hilty
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1517 (Gunther) Commission Serving Deal and Hard-of-Hearing People funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2218 (Slocum) Utility proceedings intervenors compensation conditions and procedures specified.
Added to the agenda HF2278 (Welti) Propane prepurchase program established, and consumer protections provided to delivered-fuel customers.
HF1624 (Hausman) St. Paul Port Authority; qualified emissions-reduction project recovery costs provided.
HF2067 (Hornstein) Linden Hills Power and Light community digester and neighborhood district heating and cooling demonstration project grant provided, and money appropriated.
Added to the agenda HF2306 (Hilty) Requiring Public Utilities Commission to initiate proceeding regarding interconnection of distributed generation facilities.
Added to the agenda HF2137 (Sailer) Petroleum inspection fee use for weatherization assistance authorized.
Added to the agenda FHXXXX (Peterson, A.) A grant for a study of multi-fuel ethanol plant permitting.
HF1455 (Morrow) Rural renewable energy initiatives provided, and money appropriated.

HF2175 (Kalin) removed from the agenda
Chair: Rep. Karen Clark
Location: 500S State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1206 (Kelliher) Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act adopted.
HF1301 (Moe) Residents right of first refusal established when a manufactured home park is being sold
HF1621 (Bunn) Environmental health tracking and biomonitoring program established, and money appropriated.
HF1997 (Tschumper) Carcinogenic and endocrine-disrupting pesticides and nervous system toxin pesticides registration and review of public health risks provided
HF1809 (Dominguez) Safety net health care providers grants provided, unreimbursed health care costs grants required, and money appropriated.
HF2161 (Cornish) Methamphetamine treatment programs funding provided, and money appropriated
HF2258 (Clark) Arsenic health risk level standard required
HF1623 (Clark) Dental care for children access pilot program established, and money appropriated
SF357 (Clark) City and county property transfers to nonprofit organizations
HFXXXX Report on radiation emissions (informational only)
HFXXXX HomeLine services (informational only)
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 2:15 PM
Time Note: or immediately after session

Health and Human Services

Time Changed Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2178 (Thissen) Long-term care programs funding restored, services expanded, new grant programs established, statewide priority created to enhance the mobility of older adults, studies required, tax credit established, and money appropriated.
HF1991 (Loeffler) Human Services technical changes provided; and child care, chemical and mental health, child welfare, public assistance, continuing care, and health care provisions modified.
HF1998 (Loeffler) Continuing care provisions, data practices, long-term care provisions, and other Human Services provisions modified.
HF1296 (Laine) Doula services health insurance coverage required, medical assistance coverage provided, and doula presence upon request added to the patient bill of rights.
HF1576 (Fritz) Quality of care impact statement required prior to contracting for basic health care services to persons with disabilities.
HF1656 (Thissen) Jewelry products containing lead manufacture and sale regulated.
HF2090 (Ward) Backflow prevention in recreational camping areas requirements limited.
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 3:00 PM

Transportation Finance Division

Location Changed
Chair: Rep. Bernie Lieder
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Mark-up of Omnibus Transportation Policy Bill