Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 1/31/2023

Bills

Committee Members

Sen. Melissa Wiklund

Senate, 51, DFL, sen.melissa.wiklund@senate.mn, 651-297-8061

(Heard as: Wicklund )

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Sen. Alice Mann

Senate, 50, DFL, sen.alice.mann@senate.mn, 651-296-6238

(Heard as: Freeman Mann )

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00:40:58,900
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Sen. Paul Utke

Senate, 5, R, sen.paul.utke@senate.mn, 651-296-9651

(Heard as: Utkey )

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Sen. Jim Abeler

Senate, 35, R, sen.jim.abeler@senate.mn, 651-296-3733

(Heard as: Abeler Abel Ebeler Abler )

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01:02:11,680

Sen. Liz Boldon

Senate, 25, DFL, sen.liz.boldon@senate.mn, 651-296-3903

(Heard as: Bolden )

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Sen. John Hoffman

Senate, 34, DFL, sen.john.hoffman@senate.mn, 651-296-4154

(Heard as: Hoffman )

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Sen. Robert Kupec

Senate, 4, DFL, sen.robert.kupec@senate.mn, 651-296-3205

Sen. Bill Lieske

Senate, 58, R, sen.bill.lieske@senate.mn, 651-296-5019

Sen. Kelly Morrison

Senate, 45, DFL, sen.kelly.morrison@senate.mn, 651-296-9261

(Heard as: Morrison )

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Noteworthy Content:

00:01:40,880 - a state whose culture matched our personal values and which has been our home for the past 40 plus years.

00:10:04,820 - Embarking on becoming an anti-racist multicultural organization and learning to co-create our work with community.

00:30:55,500 - have already shared with you that I am a physician sociologist and health services health equity researcher

00:33:12,480 - I had noticed that there was academic tracking by race I will never

00:35:19,560 - health care in this country varies by race which we much change

00:40:26,380 - training to reduce health inequities the YWCA had posters about eliminating

00:40:33,100 - racism and I frequently heard conversations about racial inequities on public radio

00:40:44,440 - advancing health equity report

00:40:50,040 - discussion of structural racism and made me a fan of MDH

00:41:33,340 - MDH as an assistant commissioner for health equity in early 2022 and I know

00:42:18,160 - that's why it's so important that we not let those inequities persist

00:54:00,900 - for the importance to address health inequities not only for individuals but

00:54:53,060 - know in the in the lens of inequities I get that and work on that all day and

00:55:28,620 - when you had inequities on to it you take the garden variety and then like

00:59:15,960 - department with public health and visitation and all the equity stuff and

01:02:34,820 - on you know closing those gaps of inequities and sort of the constellation of your experience

01:05:42,840 - all Minnesotans especially addressing the inequities that we

01:05:52,540 - taking specific action to address these inequities so I look forward to working with you on on that