P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P DiSanto
P Foster
P Jensen (Phil)
P Rusch
P Solano
P Steinhauer, Vice-Chair
P Soholt, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Senator Deb Soholt, Chair.
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Moved by: Solano
Second by: Foster
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Appointment of M. Gregory DeSautel, to the position of Secretary of Social Services
Presented by: Melissa Klemann, Office of the Governor
Proponent: M. Gregory DeSautel, Secretary, Department of Social Services
MOTION: SENATE ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENT OF M. GREGORY
DESAUTEL OF LINCOLN COUNTY, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Moved by: Rusch
Second by: Jensen (Phil)
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: DiSanto, Foster, Jensen (Phil), Rusch, Solano, Steinhauer, Soholt
HB 1124: require health care facilities that perform mammography to inform mammography patients
on breast density.
Presented by: Representative Taffy Howard (Handout(s): #1, #2)
Proponents: JoAnn Pushkin, self, New York (telephone testimony)
Dean Krogman, State Medical Association of South Dakota
Tim Rave, South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations
Jennifer Stalley, South Dakota Nurses Association
MOTION: DO PASS HB 1124
Moved by: Solano
Second by: Jensen (Phil)
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (6-0-1-0)
Voting Yes: Foster, Jensen (Phil), Rusch, Solano, Steinhauer, Soholt
Excused: DiSanto
MOTION: PLACE HB 1124 ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved by: Solano
Second by: Steinhauer
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 158: make an appropriation for increased reimbursement for care of residents of nursing facilities
and assisted living facilities.
Presented by: Representative Steven McCleerey
Proponents: Senator Susan Wismer
Mark B. Deak, South Dakota Health Care Association
Laura Wilson, self, Marion (telephone testimony)
Tim Rave, South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations
Tim Dougherty, Avera Heallth
Opponents: Lara Williams, Bureau of Finance and Management
MOTION: REFER SB 158 TO JOINT COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Moved by: Solano
Second by: Jensen (Phil)
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (5-2-0-0)
Voting Yes: DiSanto, Jensen (Phil), Solano, Steinhauer, Soholt
Voting No: Foster, Rusch
MOTION: ADJOURN
Moved by: Jensen (Phil)
Second by: Solano
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
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