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MINUTES OF THE
HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
ROOM W125, WEST OFFICE BUILDING, STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX

February 2, 2007

MEMBERS PRESENT:    Rep. Paul Ray, Chair
                Rep. Ronda R. Menlove, Vice Chair
                Rep. D. Gregg Buxton
                Rep. John Dougall
                Rep. Wayne A. Harper
                Rep. David Litvack
                Rep. Phil Riesen
                Rep. Stephen E. Sandstrom

STAFF PRESENT:        Mark Andrews, Policy Analyst
                Sylvia Newton, House Secretary

Note:    A list of visitors and copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes.


Rep. Ray called the meeting to order at 7:40 a.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Riesen moved to approve the minutes of the January 30, 2007 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Buxton and Rep. Litvack absent for the vote.


S.B. 92    Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Sen. L. Hillyard)

Sen. Hillyard presented S.B. 92 to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Riesen moved to pass S.B. 92 out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Buxton absent for the vote.


H.B. 137    Pain Medication Management and Education (Rep. B. Daw)

Rep. Daw presented H.B. 137 to the committee. He provided a handout to committee members.

Spoke in favor of the bill:    Dr. David Sundwall, Executive Director, Dept. of Health (handout)                         Sherrie Hayashi, Director, Labor Commission
                        Tom Bingham, president, Utah Manufacturers' Association
                        Dennis Lloyd, general counsel, Workers Compensation Fund
                        Mackenzie Lamb, citizen




MOTION:    Rep. Dougall moved to amend the bill as follows:

1.    Page 2, Lines 36 through 41 :    

             36          This bill appropriates to the Utah Department of Health for this two-year program
{   :

             37          .       } $250,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2007-08 only and $250,000 from
             38      the General Fund for fiscal year 2008-09
{   only; and

             39          .    $250,000 from the Workplace Safety Account created in Section 34A-2-701 for
             40      fiscal year 2007-08 only and $250,000 from the Workplace Safety Account for
             41      fiscal year 2008-09 only   } .

2.    Page 4, Lines 91 through 95 :    

             91          (1) $250,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2007-08 only
  ;       and

  (2)       $250,000 from

             92      the General Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 only
{   ; and

             93          (2) $250,000 from the Workplace Safety Account created in Section 34A-2-701 for
             94      fiscal year 2007-08 only and $250,000 from the Workplace Safety Account for fiscal year
             95      2008-09 only   } .

The motion to amend the bill passed unanimously with Rep. Buxton absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Harper moved to pass the amended bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Buxton absent for the vote.


H.B. 139    Parental Consent to Abortion Amendments (Rep. K. Gibson)

H.B. 139 was not heard.


H.B. 272    Prohibition Relating to Fees on Foster Homes for the Use of Emergency Services (Rep. W. Harper)

Rep. Harper presented H.B. 272


Spoke to the bill:    Chip Dawson, City of South Jordan

Spoke in favor of the bill:    Dallis Pierson, CEO, Utah Foster Care


MOTION:    Rep. Dougall moved to pass H.B. 272 out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Buxton, Rep. Sandstrom, and Rep. Menlove absent for the vote.

The committee sauntered from approximately 8:10 to 8:20 a.m.


H.B. 328    Child Protection and Parental Rights Amendments (Rep. W. Harper)

Rep. Harper presented H.B. 328 to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Harper moved to amend the bill as follows:

1.    Page 16, Lines 487 through 488 :    

             487          (a) requiring the child to be present at the postadjudication hearing would be
             488      detrimental to the child
  , or impractical       ; or


2.    Page 17, Lines 500 through 503 :    

             500          (b) Subsection (4)(a) does not apply if the court determines that:
             501          (i) it would be detrimental to the child
  or impractical       to comply with Subsection (4)(a); or

             502          (ii) the child is not sufficiently mature to articulate the child's wishes in relation to the
             503      hearing.

The motion to amend the bill passed unanimously with Rep. Buxton, Rep. Sandstrom, and Rep. Menlove absent for the vote.

Spoke in favor of the bill:    Duane Betournay, Deputy Director, Division of Child and Family Services.

MOTION:    Rep. Litvack moved to pass amended H.B. 328 out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Buxton, Rep. Sandstrom, and Rep. Menlove absent for the vote.

H.B. 249    Budget Priority for In-home and Community Based Long-term Care (Rep. E. Hutchings)

MOTION:    Rep. Dougall moved to delete in title and body H.B. 249 and replace it with
        1st Substitute H.B. 249. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Buxton, Rep. Sandstrom, and Rep. Menlove absent for the vote.

Rep. Hutchings presented 1st Substitute H.B. 249 to the committee.

Spoke in favor of the bill:    Karmen Sanone, Salt Lake County Aging Services

Rep. Dougall declared a conflict of interest.

MOTION:    Rep. Harper moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 249 out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Sandstrom and Rep. Menlove absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Harper moved to place 1st Substitute H.B. 249 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Sandstrom and Rep. Menlove absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Buxton moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Sandstrom and Rep. Menlove absent for the vote.

Rep. Ray adjourned the meeting at 8:38 a.m.




                        __________________
                        Rep. Paul Ray
                        Committee Chair