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FIFTY-THIRD MEETING

2007-2008 Regular Session - Wednesday, March 19, 2008

MINUTES


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STATE OF MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION FIFTY-THIRD MEETING


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



Chair Huntley began the fifty-third meeting on March 19, 2008, at 4:06 p.m. in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building. A quorum was present. The clerk noted the roll:

Members Present:

Huntley, Chair
Hosch, Co-chair
Abeler
Anderson, B.
Brod
Bunn
Dean
Erickson
Fritz
Gottwalt
Liebling
Loeffler
Murphy, E.
Otremba
Peppin
Peterson, S.
Ruud
Slawik
Thao
Thissen
Walker

Announcements by the Chair regarding the upcoming hearing on the Supplemental Budget bill.

HF 3901 (Fritz) Steele County; Nursing home bed moratorium exception provided.

Rep. Fritz moved HF 3901 be recommended to pass and returned to the Committee on Finance and further moved the H3901DE1 amendment. The motion prevailed. The amendment was adopted.

Rep. Fritz offered an oral amendment:

p. 2, line 2.30, delete "annual" and insert "monthly"
p. 2, line 2.31, after "County" before the semi-colon insert "multiplied by 12"
p. 2, line 2.33, before "nursing" insert "relocated"

The Chair moved adoption of the three oral amendments. The motion prevailed.

Testifying on behalf of the bill:

Tom Shea, Steele County Commissioner, Owatonna
Kelly Harder, Steele County Human Services Director, Owatonna
Kevin Rymanowski, Chief Financial Officer, Benedictine Health System, Steele
County

Representative Fritz renewed her motion HF 3901, as amended, be recommended to pass and returned to the Committee on Finance. The motion prevailed.

HF 3147 (Fritz) Working group created to study access to emergency mental health services.
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Rep. Fritz moved HF 3147 be recommended to pass and returned to the Committee on Finance. Testifying in favor of the bill:

Sue Aberholden, Executive Director, NAMI Minnesota

Rep. Fritz renewed her motion that HF 3147 be recommended to pass and rereferred to the Committee on Finance. The motion prevailed.

HF 3955 (Thissen) Community-based care promoted for older adults through establishment of a community consortium, and coverage provided for costs associated with physical activities for home and community-based waiver programs for persons with disabilities.

Rep. Thissen moved HF 3955 be recommended to pass and returned to the Committee on Finance and further moved to delete sections 1 and 2. The motion prevailed.

Rep. Thissen moved adoption of the H3955A-3 amendment. Following discussion, the motion prevailed.

Rep. Liebling moved adoption of the A08-1446 amendment. Testifying:

Barbara Brandt, Minnesota Home Care Association

Rep. Fritz renewed the motion to adopt the A08-1446 amendment. The motion prevailed.

Rep. Thissen renewed his motion that HF 3955, as amended, be recommended to pass and returned to the Committee on Finance. The motion prevailed.

HF 3636 (Hosch) Nursing facility operating cost payment rate rebase phase-in modified

Rep. Hosch moved HF 3636 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill and explained the bill. He further moved adoption of the H3636A2 amendment. The motion prevailed.

Rep. Liebling moved adoption of the A08-1445 amendment. Following discussion, the motion did not prevail.

Rep. Brod moved adoption of and explained the H3636A-1 amendment. The motion did not prevail.

Representative Hosch renewed his motion that HF 3636, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill. The motion prevailed.

Representative Thissen moved approval of the March 18, 2008 minutes. The motion prevailed.

Chair Huntley adjourned the meeting at 5:03 p.m.


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Thomas E. Huntley, Chair


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Jan Horner, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..

HF3901 (Fritz) Steele County; Nursing home bed moratorium exception provided.
HF3147 (Fritz) Working group created to study access to emergency mental health services.
HF3955 (Thissen) Community-based care promoted for older adults through establishment of a community consortiums, and coverage provided for costs associated with physical activities for home and community-based waiver programs for persons with disabilities.
HF3636 (Hosch) Modifying the phase-in of rebased nursing facility operating cost payment rates.

HF2493 (Clark) has been removed from the agenda