Economic Affairs Meeting Materials

Full Committee Meeting Schedule

• August 28, 2012
• June 11-12, 2012
• April 20, 2012
  
• January 19-20, 2012
  
• October 5-6, 2011
  
• August 23-24, 2011
  
• June 3, 2011
  

Subcommittee Meeting Schedule

• March 23, 2012 - Click here for more information
• June 12, 2012

June 11-12, 2012

• Agenda -- Listen / Watch June 11, Listen / Watch June 12
• Minutes (see previous meeting)
• Primary Health Care Map 1, 2, 3
• Medical Licensing Concerns - background & report from 4/2012
• HB 525 Licensing Board Reviews - Board Questions - Tally
  -- Board of Psychologists Background, Survey Comments
  -- Draft Report
• HJR 33 Related Panel -- Insurer response to health reforms
  -- Draft Report
• Agency Monitoring:
  -- position papers vs. rules
  -- administrative attachment
• State Auditor review of Montana State Fund actuarial report
• HB 142 Reviews of Reports, Bill Draft
• Presumptive Illness for Firefighters
• Rule Review
  

April 20, 2012

• Agenda -- Minutes -- Listen/Watch
• HB 525 Licensing Board Reviews - Board Questions - Tally
  -- Electrical Board Background, Survey Responses
  -- Board of Professional Engineers/Professional Land Surveyors
  ----PE/PLS Background, Survey Responses
  -- Board of Plumbers Background, Survey Responses
  -- Review of Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers
  
• SJR 15 Study: Commodity Bonding
• Agency Monitoring
  -- State Auditor's Office Background, Reports 1, 2, 3, 4
  __ Handout (2 slides require Windows Media Player)
  -- Board of Horseracing Update, Legal Opinion
  -- Building Codes Bureau, DLI Budgets 1, 2, 3
  -- Medical Licensing Concerns, Board response
• HB 142 Reviews:
  -- Advisory Council: Continuing Education-Insurance Licensees
  -- Advisory Council on Risk Management Activities
  
• Rule Review

January 19-20, 2012

• Agenda
• Minutes Index. Audio: Jan. 19 Listen/Watch Jan. 20 Listen/Watch
• Rule Review; Jan. 19 Minutes; Jan. 20 Minutes
• Workers' Compensation Discussions on Safety - State Info 1, 2
  -- Report on State Agencies, Legal Opinion on Credits, Charts
  -- Response from Montana State Fund sent 2/8, Chart
• Workers' Compensation HB 334 Review - Marsh report
• HB 525 Licensing Board Reviews - Board Questions - Tally
  -- Board of Nursing Background, Partial Survey Responses
  -- Board of Public Accountants Background, Survey Responses
  -- Board of Outfitters Background, Survey Responses
  -- Board of Optometry Background, Survey Responses
  -- Further Review: Boards of Dentistry, Funeral Service
  ----Dentists: Dental Assn. letters 1 &2
  ----Denturist 1 & 2 emails
  ----Dental Hygienists letters 1, 2, 3, 4, and packet
  ---- Funeral Service: briefing paper; complaint email
  -- Unlicensed Practice Panel - Giese, Kimmet
• Volunteer Firefighter - Work Comp Briefing Paper
• HB 142 Reviews - Noxious Weed Management Adv. Cncil
  -- Noxious Weed Seed Free Forage Advisory Council
  -- Organic Commodity Advisory Council
• Agency Monitoring - Employment Relations Division handout

October 5-6, 2011

• Agenda: Oct. 5 - Listen/Watch. Oct. 6 - Listen/Watch. Timeline.
• Final Work Plan. October Minutes.
• Rule Review
• Rail Service Competition Council briefing paper
• HB 525 Licensing Board Reviews - Board Questions
  -- Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers, Survey Summary
  -- Board of Nursing Home Administrators, Survey Summary
  -- Board of Medical Examiners, Survey Summary
  -- Board of Funeral Service, Survey Summary. Comments 1, 2, 3
  -- Public Comment on Licensing Boards - Kimmet
• HJR 33 Health Insurance Exchange
  -- News Release from State Auditor on Stakeholder Meetings
  -- Information on State Partnership Options from DHHS
• Monitoring Activities
  Agriculture Development Council Briefing Paper
  
  Governor's Office of Economic Development presentation, report
  
  Department of Labor and Industry Briefing Paper
  -- Workers' Compensation Updates: HB 334, Utilization-Treatment
  -- Workforce Services:
  ---- Apprenticeship Report, CSG Info, Job Service Map
  -- Unemployment Insurance:
  ---- Types, Q&A slides, Q&A, UI Trust Fund, Reimbursable Update
  -- Board of Personnel Appeals Briefing Paper
  
  Department of Commerce Briefing Paper, Small Biz Credit Initiative
  -- Board of Investments Report, Briefing Paper, 10-5 Report
  -- Tourism Advisory Council Briefing Paper
  -- Economic Development Advisory Council Paper, Report
  

August 23-24, 2011

• Agenda -- August 23 - Listen/Watch -- August 24 - Listen/Watch
• Draft Minutes
• Revised Work Plan
• HJR 33 Health Insurance Exchange and Health Reform
  -- Request to Federal Health Officials on Exchange - Response
  -- Questions, Options for Montana Approach
  -- Sample Eligibility Pathway for Medicaid/Insurance Exchange
  -- Memo on Executive Order Not Being Feasible
  -- Medicaid Eligibility Groups
  -- Memo on Montana Insurance Rate Review
  
• HB 525 Licensing Board Reviews - Board Questions
  -- Board of Pharmacy, Response, Survey Summary
  -- Board of Dentistry, Response, Survey Summary, Comments 1, 2, 3
  -- Board of Chiropractors, Response, Survey Summary
  -- Board of Veterinary Medicine, Response, Survey Summary
  -- Public Comment on Licensing Boards - Pyburn

• Department of Agriculture Briefing Paper
  -- Noxious Weed Summit Advisory Council
  -- Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council
• Department of Livestock Briefing Paper, DSA map
  -- Board of Horseracing
  -- Board of Milk Control
  -- Livestock Loss Board
  

June 3, 2011

• Agenda -- Minutes -- Listen/Watch
• Draft Work Plan, Addendum
• HB 525 Licensing Board Study Study Plan, Budget Brief, Budgets
• HJR 33 Health Insurance Exchange Study Plan, State Stats
• SJR 15 Agriculture Commodities Study Plan
  * Review of Other States' Commodity Funds
  * Chart Comparing Key Commodity Fund Factors
• State Auditor's Office Health Insurance Exchange Review
• Business Standards Division Review: Licensing Boards, HB 525 plan
• Montana State Fund Handouts: HB 334 Impacts, Review, Summary
• Montana University System Handout - part of public comment