Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee (J)

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Date	Location	Agenda	Public Comments	Minutes
04/03/2008 8:00 AM Adjourned	Room 22	Call to order Approval of minutes from last meeting Discussion and review of proposed Health and Human Services FY 2009 Appropriations Subcommittee Bill Adjournment	Comments
04/01/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Review of the FY 2009 HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Bill Discussion Adjournment	Comments
03/31/2008 12:00 PM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of minutes from previous meeting Review of FY 2009 budget Adjournment	Comments
03/24/2008 11:00 AM Cancelled	Room 116	This meeting has been CANCELLED.	Comments
03/20/2008 10:00 AM Cancelled	Room 116	This meeting has been CANCELLED.	Comments
03/12/2008 10:00 AM Cancelled	Room 116	This meeting has been CANCELLED.	Comments
02/28/2008 10:00 AM Cancelled	Room 116	This meeting has been CANCELLED.	Comments
02/27/2008 10:00 AM Cancelled	Room 116	This meeting has been CANCELLED.	Comments
02/26/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of minutes from the February 21 meeting Chairperson of the Veterans Affairs Commission--Steve Mulcahy Adjourn Caucus Time Available	Comments
02/21/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of minutes from February 20 meeting Sylvia Piper, Iowa Protection and Advocacy Steve Mulcahy, Chairperson, Iowa Commission of Veterans Affairs Adjourn	Comments
02/20/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Discussion of the I-Smile Program with: -Dr. Bob Russell, Public Health Dental Director -Eugene Gessow, Medicaid Director Discussion of the Medicaid Program with: -Kevin Concannon, DHS Director -Eugene Gessow, Medicaid Director Adjourn	Comments
02/14/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of minutes from February 13 meeting Medicaid Waiver Discussion: Dr. Ethel Faust Eugene Gessow, DHS John Mc Cauley, Department of Elder Affairs Dialogue with: Anthony Carroll, American Association of Retired Persons--Iowa Mark Hansen, Iowa Association of Agencies on Aging Chairperson of Veterans Affairs Commission--Steve Mulcahy	Comments
02/13/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes from February 12 Panel for Child Welfare: Charlotte McCulluogh--McCullough and Associates Anne Gruenewald--Four Oaks Brock Wolff--Orchard Place Jean McAleer--Francis Lauer Mary Nelson --Department of Human Services Adjournment Thursday: Medicaid Waivers Department of Elder Affairs Chairperson of Veterans Affairs Commission	Comments
02/12/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of minutes from February 7th meeting Mary O'Brien, Visiting Nurse Services Des Moines Collaborative Health Projects: Ted Boesen, Iowa-Nebraska Primary Care Association	Comments
02/07/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Discussion of the I-Smile Program with Dr. Bob Russell, Public Health Dental Director Discussion of the IowaCare Program with: -Mikki Stier, Senior Vice President, Broadlawns -Dr. Stacey Cyphert, University of Iowa College of Medicine -Eugene Gessow, Medicaid Director Adjourn	Comments
02/06/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Round table discussion on the State Children's Health Insurance Program with: -Carrie Fitzgerald, Child and Family Policy Center -Anita Smith Department of Human Services -Susan Salter, Chair of the hawk-i board Discussion of the Medicaid program with Eugene Gessow, Medicaid Director Adjourn	Comments
02/05/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of minutes from the January 31 meeting Cancer Funding: Dr. George Weiner, University of Iowa Public Health Redesign: -Tom Newton, Director, Department of Public Health -Larry Barker, Scott County Public Health -Julie Schilling, Lee County Public Health -Cheryl Jones, Chairperson, State Board of Health Child Health Specialty Clinics: Cheryl Jones, University of Iowa	Comments
01/31/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of minutes from January 30 meeting Tobacco prevention and control new funding: Dr. Squier, University of Iowa Cultural Competency Funding: Ben Khan, Employee and Family Resources Dept. of Public Health new finding: Tom Newton, Director Substance Abuse new funding: Art Schut, Mid-Eastern Council on Chemical Abuse Adjournment	Comments
01/30/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of Minutes Mental Health Discussion continued from January 29, with: Dr Allen Parks, Division of Mental Health and Dis- ability Services, Department of Human Services Craig Wood, Linn County Tom Tibbitts, Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge Dan Strellner, Abbe Center for Community Mental Health, Cedar Rapids Cindy Kaestner, Abbe Center for Community Mental Health, Cedar Rapids John Winkelman, Howard Center, Sac City Adjourn	Comments
01/29/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Presentation by Dr. Allen Parks, Division of Mental Health and Disability Services, on the Mental Health Redesign Round table discussion on the Mental Health Redesign with -Dr. Parks -Lynn Ferrell (Polk county) -Margaret Stout (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) -Carl Smith (Chair Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Commission) -Deb Eckerman (Iowa State Association of Counties Adjourn	Comments
01/24/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes from January 23 meeting Continuation of FY 2009 Governor?s Recommendations by LSA/DOM/Governor?s Staff FY 2008 Juvenile Detention Funding: Jeff Lindeman and Peg Pangborn, Linn County Adjournment	Comments
01/23/2008 10:00 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Opening Remarks ? Co-Chairpersons Senator Hatch and Representative Foege Member discussion Review of FY 2009 Governor?s Recommendations: -Governor?s Staff -Department of Management Staff -Legislative Services Agency Staff Adjournment	Comments
03/29/2007 12:00 PM Adjourned	Room 22	A join Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee meeting will be held in Room 22.	Comments
03/13/2007 9:30 AM	Room 116	*****THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED*****	Comments
03/07/2007 11:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Discussion of FY 2008 Budget Other Business Adjournment	Comments
03/01/2007 9:30 AM Cancelled	Room 116	This meeting has been CANCELLED.	Comments
02/28/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Child Welfare/Shelter Care -First Lady Mari Culver Public Health Redesign -Tom Newton, Department of Public Health -Denise Coder, Cass County Memorial Hospital and Home Care/Hospice -Lawrence Barker, Scott County Health Department Child Health Issues -Cheryll Jones, Ottumwa Child Health Specialty Clinics Easter Seals Representative on ?Rural Solutions? (invited) Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/22/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Child Welfare Issues Mary Nelson, DHS Jeff Lindeman, Linn County Youth Services Tom Lazio, American Home Finding Association, Ottumwa Jim Ernst, Four Oaks, Cedar Rapids Brad Klug, Rabiner Treatment Center, Ft. Dodge, and Past President, Coalition for Family and Children Services Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/21/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Interim Director Mary Jones, Department of Public Health Art Schut, Mid-Eastern Council on Chemical Abuse Child Care Health Issues Dr. David Carlyle, Iowa Academy of Family Practitioners Veterans, Part II Director Patrick Palmersheim, Department of Veterans Affairs Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/20/2007 10:15 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Field Operations within the Department of Human Services Jim Krogman, DHS Field Services Tom Bouska, DHS Eldora State Training School and Toledo Juvenile Home Al Jensen, Superintendent, Eldora Deb Hanus, Superintendent, Toledo Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/15/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Discussion of Mental Health Issues -Dr. Allen Parks, Division Administrator, DHS -Dr. Carl Smith, Chairperson, Mental Retardation, Mental Illness, Developmental Disabilities, and Brain Injury Commission. -John Winkelman, Director, Howard Center Inc., Sac City -Patrick Smith, Director, Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health, Decorah -Lynn Ferrell, Polk County CPC (invited) -Iowa State Association of Counties -Linn Adams, Hardin County CPC -Jill Eaton, Marshall County CPC -Irene Blair, Webster County CPC Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/14/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) Program -Anita Smith, Department of Human Services Case Management -Jennifer Vermeer, DHS -Julie McMahon, Department of Public Health -Greg Anliker, Department of Elder Affairs Aging Services -Dan Strellner, Abbe, Inc., Cedar Rapids -Substitute Decision Maker - Deanna Clingan-Fischer, DEA -Ombudsman Program - Tonya Amos, DEA Veterans -Dan Steen, Commandant, Iowa Veterans Home -Steve Mulchay, Chairperson, Veterans Commission -John Derner, American Legion -Don Roepke, Iowa Veterans Council. Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/13/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Medicaid Discussion -Gene Gessow and Jennifer Vermeer, Department of Human Services (DHS) Nursing Facility Rebasing -Gene Gessow and Jennifer Vermeer, DHS -Steve Ackerson, Iowa Health Care Association -Dana Petrowsky, Iowa Homes and Services for the Aging Elderly Case Management -Gene Gessow and Jennifer Vermeer, DHS -Julie McMahon, Department of Public Health Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/08/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Committee Discussion and Vote on Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Businesses and Families Bill Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/07/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Discussion of Division I of Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill-Health Care Commission John Aschenbrenner, President, Insurance and Financial Services, Principal Financial Group Dave Roederer, Iowa Chamber Alliance Janet Griffin, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Representative, United Health Care Sabra Rosena, Iowa Health Systems Bob Skow, Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa Paula Dierenfeld, Federation of Iowa Insurers Ted Williams, African American Business Coalition David Lind, National Federation of Independent Business and Iowa Association of Business and Industry Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/06/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Completion of Division VI of Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill-Mental Health Parity Margaret Stout, NAMI of Iowa Discussion of Division X-Uncompensated Care Dr. Pete Damiano, University of Iowa Dr. David Johnson, University of Iowa Discussion of Division IV of Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill-Prescription Drug Retail Price Disclosure Dr. Thomas Temple, Iowa Pharmacy Association Discussion of Division III of Bill-Dental Home Larry Carl, Iowa Dental Association Nancy Adrianse, Iowa Dental Hygienists' Association Dr. Pete Domiano, University of Iowa College of Den- tistry Dicussion of Division II of Bill-Medicaid and IowaCare Dr. Stacey Cyphert-University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Mikki Steir, Broadlawns Medical Center Greg Boattenhamer, Iowa Hospital Association Discussion of Division XI of Bill Dr. Frank Chaloupke, University of Illinois Other Business Adjournment	Comments
02/01/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of Minutes Dr. George Weiner, University of Iowa, Cancer Care Consortium Discussion of Division X of Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill - Uncompensated Care Deductions -Karla McHenry, Iowa Medical Society Discussion of Division VIII of Bill - Safety Net Providers -Ted Boesen, Iowa-Nebraska Primary Care Association -Mary Rose Corrigan, Dubuque Community Health Center Discussion of Division V - Assisted Living Property Taxes -Steve Ackerson, Iowa Health Care Association -Lisa Uhlenkamp, Iowa Health Care Association Discussion of Division VI - Mental Health Parity -Jack Holveck and Gima Shelley, Consumer Advocate -Brock Wolff, Orchard Place -Representative, Iowa Substance Abuse Providers Association -Margaret Stout, National Association for the Mentally Ill Iowa -Paula Dierenfeld, Federation of Iowa Insurers -Representative, Coalition for Family and Children Services Other Business Adjournment	Comments
01/31/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Discussion of Division XI of Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill - Tobacco Tax Increase -Dr. John Lowe, University of Iowa -Lyn Peck, President, Just Eliminate Lies (JEL) -Anthony Menendez, Former President, JEL -Anthony Carroll, AARP -Leta Wall, AARP Volunteer -Mackenzie Lowry, Youth Advocate Discussion of Division X of Bill - Children's Healthy Development -Dr. Charles Bruner, Child and Family Policy Center -Dr. Al Healy, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics -Dr. Michael Artman, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics -Dr. Jerry Gruba, Heartland Area Education Association Other Business Adjournment	Comments
01/30/2007 3:00 PM Cancelled	Room 116	This meeting has been CANCELLED.	Comments
01/25/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Discussion of Division VI of Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill-Mental Health Parity Susan Voss, Insurance Commission, Department of Com- merce Discussion of Division VII of Bill-Uncompensated Care Reporting Ann Wiebers, Department of Human Services Discussion of Division VIII of Bill-Iowa Collaborative Safety Net Provider Network Julie McMahon, Department of Public Health Discussion of Division IX of Bill-Children's Healthy Development Initiative Julie McMahon, Department of Public Health Shanell Wagler, Department of Management, Iowa Com- munity Empowerment Julie Curry, Department of Education Discussion of Division X of Bill-Uncompensated Care Tax Deduction and Care Registration Gene Gessow or Jennifer Vermeer, Department of Human Services David Casey and Jim McNulty, Department of Revenue Discussion of Division XI of Bill-Cigarette Tax Increase Shawn Snyder, Fiscal Services Division, Legislative Services Agency David Casey and Jim McNulty, Department of Revenue Dr. Christopher Squire, Chairperson, Iowa Tobacco Use and Prevention Commission Other Business Adjournment Reminder: There is a public hearing scheduled for Monday January 29 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 116 of the State Capitol. The Legislative Information Office can be contacted at 281- 5129 to testify. Please bring three copies of your testimony. The Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill can be accessed at http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Isadocs/SC_MaterialsDist/2007/ SDSLL006.PDF	Comments
01/24/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to Order Approval of Minutes Discussion of Division III-Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesess Bill-Dental Home for Children Program Dr. Bob Russell, Department of Public Health Jennifer Vermeer, Department of Human Services (DHS) Discussion of Division IV of Bill-Prescription Drug Retail Price Disclosure Julie McMahon, Department of Public Health (DPH) Terry Witkowski, DPH, Iowa Board of Pharmacy Discussion of Division V of Bill-Personal Needs Allowance, Property Tax Reclassification, and Reduction of Waiver Waiting Lists Ann Wiebers and Gene Gessow, DHS Interim Director Mark Haverland, Department of Elder Affairs Other Business Adjournment Reminder: There is a public hearing scheduled for Monday January 29, at 7 PM in Room 116, State Capitol. The Legislative Information Office can be contacted at 281-5129 to testify. Please bring three copies of your testimony. The Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill can be accessed on the web at: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Isadocs/SC_MaterialsDist/2007/SDSLL006.PDF	Comments
01/23/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of Minutes Discussion of Division I of Comprehensive and Affordable Health Care for Families and Businesses Bill-Interim Commission on Affordable Health Care Susan Voss, Insurance Commissioner, Department of Com- merce Kevin Concannon, Director, Department of Human Services (DHS) Julie McMahon, Department of Public Health Discussion of Division II of Bill-Various Medicaid and IowaCare Provisions Gene Gessow and Jennifer Vermeer, Iowa Medicaid Enter- prise, DHS Anita Smith and Ann Wiebers, hawk-i Program, DHS and Susan Salter, President, hawk-i Board Other Business Adjournment	Comments
01/18/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Call to order Approval of minutes Policy Concepts for Primary Health Care in Iowa-Dr. Bery Engebretsen, Primary Healthcare, Inc. Review of Affordable Health Care for Small Businesses and Families Act-Chairpersons Hatch and Foege Other Business Adjournment	Comments
01/17/2007 9:30 AM Adjourned	Room 116	Agenda: Introductions Approval of Rules Presentation by Dr. Kala Ladenheim, Program Director, Forum for State Health Policy Leadership at NCSL Presentation by Dr. Jeanne Lambrew, associate professor of health policy, George Washington University Senator Jack Hatch and Representative Ro Foege, co-chairmen	Comments

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