Minnesota Rural Health
Anual Conference
Duluth, MN June 23-24, 2008

Representative Tom Huntley, Duluth MN
Committees:Finance; Health and Human Services; Health Care and Human Services Finance Division (Chair); Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division; Ways and Means.

Representative Paul Thissen, Minnepolis
Committees: Biosciences and Emerging Technology; Finance; Health and Human Services (Chair); Health Care and Human Services Finance Division; Rules and Legislative Administration; Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Division

Representative Mary Ellen Otremba, Little Falls MN
Committees: Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs (Chair); Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division; Finance; Health and Human Services; Health Care and Human Services Finance Division; Mental Health Division; Veterans Affairs Division.

Assistant Commissioner, Scott Leitz
MN Department of Health

Facilitator, Dr. Jack Geller, President, MN Rural Health Association
Department Head, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dept., University of Minnesota, Crookston

Conference Presentations:
Health Care Reform
Tom Huntley, Representative

Transformative Health Care Reform in Minnesota
Scott Leitz,Assistant Commissioner