STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTHIETH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REFORM COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Gottwalt, Chair, of the Health and Human Services Reform Committee, called the meeting to order at 2:32 P.M. on February 21, 2012, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
GOTTWALT, Steve, Chair
MACK, Tara, Vice Chair
ALLEN, Susan
ABELER, Jim
BARRETT, Bob
BENSON, Mike
FRANSON, Mary
FRITZ, Patti
GRUENHAGEN, Glenn
HOSCH, Larry
HUNTLEY, Thomas
KIFFMEYER, Mary
LIEBLING, Tina
LOHMER, Kathy
MCDONALD, Joe
MCELFATRICK, Carolyn
MORAN, Rena
MURPHY, Erin
NORTON, Kim
PETERSON, Sondra
QUAM, Duane
Representative Gottwalt began the meeting at 2:32 P.M. A quorum was not present.
Representative Mack assumed the gavel at 2:37 PM.
Representative Mack called the meeting officially to order at 2:37 P.M. A quorum was present.
Representative McDonald moved the minutes of January 15, 2012 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
A presentation of the Office of Legislative Auditor's evaluation report on Child Protection Screeningm was given by:
Jim Nobles, Legislative Auditor, Office of the Legislative Auditor
Carrie Meyerhoff, Evaluation Manager, Office of the Legislative Auditor
Erin Sullivan Sutton, Assistant Commissioner, MN Department of Human Services
Julie Ring, Legislative Coordinator and Health & Human ServicesPolicyAnalyst,Association of MN Counties
Stacy Hennen, Grant County Human Services Director, MN Association of
County Social Service Administrators
Richard Gehrman, Executive Director, Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota
Charles Dixon, Youth Support Specialist, YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis
Denise Graves, Guardian ad Litem & Hennepin County Citizen's Review Panel
Andrea Simonett, Program Director, Catholic Charities of St. Paul & Minneapolis
& Hope Street Homeless Youth Programs
Kurt Laughinghouse, Safe Passage Minnesota
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 PM.
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Representative Steve Gottwalt, Chair
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Shirley Koderick, Committee Legislative Assistant