STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTIETH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
MINUTES
Representative Paul Thissen, Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 2:40 P.M. on, Thursday, March 15, 2007 in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
THISSEN, Paul (Chair)
FRITZ, Patti(Vice-Chair)
ABELER, Jim
ANDERSON, Bruce
BROD, Laura
BUNN, Julie
EMMER, Tom
FINSTAD, Brad
GOTTWALT, Steve
HAMILTON, Rod
HUNTLEY, Tom
LIEBLING, Tina
LOEFFLER, Diane
MURPHY, Erin
NORTON, Kim
OTREMBA, Mary Ellen
RUUD, Maria
THAO, Cy
TSCHUMPER, Ken
WALKER, Neva
A quorum was present.
Chair Thissen moved that the following bills be re-referred to the Committee on Finance but without further recommendation.
HF368 (Peterson) A bill for an act relating to health; eliminating the statewide hospitality fee
HF369 (Peterson) A bill for an act relating to health; eliminating the statewide hospitality fee
HF450 (Peterson) A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing a planned closure rate adjustment for a nursing facility in Big Stone County
HF586 (Bly) A bill for an act relating to human services; designating certain nursing facilities in Rice County as metro for purposes of determining reimbursement rates
HF781 (Loeffler) A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing the licensure of two intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to replace one larger facility
HF1583 (Nelson) A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing the licensure of four intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to replace one larger facility; establishing a transition period rate; establishing the payment rate for the new facilities
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Rep. Walker moved that HF601 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
HF601 (Walker) A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a crisis nursery grant program; appropriating money
Providing testimony in support of the bill:
Kate Hanson, Rice County Crisis Nursery
Leslie Vinson, Pillsbury Crisis Nursery
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Rep. Walker renewed her motion that HF601 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Thissen moved that HF1290 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
HF1290 (Slawik) A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a child safety system
and child safety fund; requiring reports; appropriating money
Chair Thissen moved the
A07-0290 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Providing testimony in support of the bill:
Nancy Schouweiler, Dakota County Commissioner
Judith Brumfield, Assistant Director, Scott County
Deborah Schlick, Affirmative Options
Vice Chair Fritz assumed the gavel at 3:22 P.M.
Chair Thissen assumed the gavel at 3:27 P.M.
Rep. Emmer moved to amend
A07-0290 as follows:
Page 6, line 4, delete "American Indian" and insert "Native American"
THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Rep. Finstad moved to amend
A07-0290 as follows:
Page 1, delete Section 1
A division was requested.
On a vote of 6 AYES and 10 NAYS THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Vice Chair Fritz assumed the gavel at 3:40 P.M.
Vice Chair Fritz renewed the motion that HF1290, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Thissen assumed the gavel at 3:45 P.M.
Rep. Otremba moved that HF1406 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
HF1406 (Otremba) A bill for an act relating to child care; exempting preschool programs operated by schools from child care licensure
Rep. Otremba moved the
H1406DE1 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Otremba moved to amend
H1406DE1 as follows:
Page 1, line 11, after "an" delete "early childhood" and insert "pre-kindergarten"
Page 1, line 11, after "teacher" insert period and delete rest of the sentence
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
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Providing testimony in support of the bill:
Peter Knoll, Catholic Conference
Linda Kiser, Catholic Education Ministry, St. Cloud, MN
Rep. Liebling moved to amend H1406DE1 as follows:
Page 1, line 7, delete "7" and insert "no more than 10"
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Loeffler moved to amend
H1406DE1 as follows:
Page 2, line 1, before "school" insert "non public"
Page 2, line 1, after "school" insert ", church, or religious organization"
Page 2, line 1, delete "as defined in section 120A.22, subdivision 4"
Page 2, line 3, after semicolon, insert "(6) noresidential programs primarily for children that provide care or supervision for periods of less than three hours a day while the child's parent or legal guardian is in the same building as the nonresidential program or present within another building that is directly contiguous to the building in which the nonresidential program is located;"
HF1406, as amended, was laid on the table.
Rep. Walker moved that HF1169 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
HF1169 (Walker) A bill for an act relating to human services; changing child welfare provisions
Rep. Finstad assumed the gavel at 4:05 P.M.
Providing testimony in support of the bill:
Erin Sullivan Sutton, Department of Human Services
Andrew Small, Bluedog Paulsen & Small
George Goggleye, Chair, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Leo Vos, Director, Mille Lacs County Family Services
Rep. Walker moved the
H1169A2 amendment with the following change:
Page 4, line 27, after "share" insert "not public"
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Walker moved the
H1169A3 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Walker renewed her motion that HF1169, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Rep. Finstad announced a recess at 4:50 P.M.
Vice Chair Fritz reconvened the meeting at 6:37 P.M. in room 118 of the Capitol.
Vice Chair Fritz moved that HF1444 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the General Register.
HF1444 (Bigham) Health risk limits established for perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane
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sulfonate and perfluorobutanoic acid.
Vice Chair Fritz moved the
A07-0330 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Providing testimony on the bill:
John Linc Stine, Director, Environmental Health, MN Department of Health
Fardin Oliaei, Citizen
Dr. Larry Zobel, MD, Medical Director, 3M
Vice Chair Fritz renewed her motion that HF1444, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Rep. Otremba requested to take HF1406, as amended, off the table for consideration.
Lynn Aves, House Research, summarized the changes made to the bill earlier.
Rep. Otremba moved the
H1406DE2 amendment with the following change:
Page 1, line 5, after "a" insert "non public"
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Liebling moved to amend the
H1406DE2 amendment as follows:
Page 1, line 11, after "teacher" insert period and delete rest of sentence
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Otremba renewed her motion that HF1406, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Thissen moved that HF1726 be taken off the table for consideration.
HF1276 (Thissen) Health Records Act adopted
Chair Thissen moved the
H1726A5 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Thissen moved the
H1726A4 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Providing testimony on the bill:
Jim Golden, Director, Health Policy Division, Department of Health
Rep. Anderson requested a roll call vote on the bill.
Rep. Abeler moved the
H1726A1 amendment with the following change:
Page 1, delete lines 3 and 4
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Thissen requested to have HF1726, as amended, laid on the table.
Rep. Bunn moved that HF1621 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
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HF1621 (Bunn) Environmental health tracking and biomonitoring program established.
Rep. Bunn moved to amend HF1621 as follows:
Page 4, line 12, after "groups" insert ": 1"
Page 4, line 13, delete "or" and insert "and 1 that the advisory panel identifies as being likey to have been exposed to"
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Providing testimony in support of the bill:
Samuel C. Yamin, Public Health Scientist, MN Center for Env. Advocacy
Dr. Bruce Alexander, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Providing testimony in opposition to the bill:
Sarah Brozena, American Chemistry Council
Twila Brase, Citizens Council on Health Care
Rep. Brod moved to amend HF1621 as follows:
Page 4, line 13, before "mercury" insert "ethyl and methyl"
A division was requested. On a vote of 5 AYES and 8 NAYS THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Additional testimony provided by:
John Linc Stine, Director, Environmental Health, MN Department of Health
Rep. Bunn renewed her motion that HF1621, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Rep. Anderson requested a roll call vote.
The results were as follows:
AYES NAYS EXCUSED
ABELER, Jim ANDERSON, Bruce THISSEN, Paul
BUNN, Julie BROD, Laura EMMER, Tom
FRITZ, Patti GOTTWALT, Steve FINSTAD, Brad
HUNTLEY, Tom HAMILTON, Rod
LIEBLING, Tina WALKER, Neva
LOEFFLER, Diane
MURPHY, Erin
NORTON, Kim
OTREMBA, Mary Ellen
RUUD, Maria
THAO, Cy
TSCHUMPER, Ken
On a vote of 12 AYES and 3 NAYS THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Rep. Murphy moved that HF1577 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
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HF1577 (Lesch) Human services licensing and policy provisions modified.
Rep. Murphy moved the
H1577A3 amendment with the following change:
Page 1, Subd. 2, delete new language
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Murphy moved the
H1577A2 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Providing testimony on the bill:
Jerry Kerber, Department of Human Services
Laura Plummer Zrust, Department of Human Services
Chad Dunkley, Minnesota Childcare Association
Rep. Murphy renewed her motion that HF1577, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Vice Chair Fritz moved that HF1622 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
HF1622 (Clark) Lead-containing children's items sale prohibited, and paint retailers requirements established.
Vice Chair Fritz moved to amend HF1622 as follows:
Page 1, line 8, delete the line
Page 1, line 11, delete "0.0" and insert "0.1"
THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Providing testimony on the bill:
Sam Walseth
Buzz Anderson
Michael Gale, Fashion Jewelry Trade Association
Bob Tennessen
Deann Moss
Rep. Thao assumed the gavel at 10:25 P.M.
Rep. Abeler moved to amend HF1622 as follows:
Page 1, line 12, delete "person shall" and insert "wholesaler nor retailer shall purchase for resale,"
Rep. Abeler withdrew the amendment.
Rep. Thao renewed the motion that HF1622, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HFXXXX (Bunn) creation of a health risk advisory committee, appropriating funds for PFBA study, appropriating funds for scientific panel to set PFBA standards
Rep. Bunn provided information on the proposed bill.
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The meeting was adjourned at 10:40 P.M.
Rep. Paul Thissen, CHAIR
Urszula Gryska
Committee Legislative Assistant