General Information
The proposed rule amendments by the Minnesota Department of Health regarding newborn screening were presented at a hearing held on January 23, 2007, before Administrative Law Judge Barbara Neilson. Judge Neilson will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules in late March. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information in the rulemaking proceeding.
As part of the rulemaking process, the testimony and some of the exhibits from the January 23, 2007 hearing, together with comments and replies submitted after the hearing will be considered in assessing the rules for need and reasonablness. A twenty-calendar-day period was set for the receipt of comments regarding the proposed rules. The initial deadline for the submission of written comments on the newborn screening rules is 4:30 p.m. on February 12, 2007.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, State law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments which were submitted. Additional or new evidence may not be submitted during this five-day reply period. The five-day reply period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on February 20, 2007. Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Neilson concerning the proposed rules at:
Barbara L. Neilson
Administrative Law Judge
100 Washington Ave. S., Suite 1700
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2138
Barbara.Neilson@state.mn.us
Fax: 612-349-2665
Reconsideration Requested
Chief Administrative Law Judge Raymond Krause has issued his Reconsideration Order in response to the Department of Health's Request for Reconsideration .
Reconsideration Requested
The Department of Health has filed a Request for Reconsideration of Finding 67 of Judge Neilson's ALJ Report. The Department noted that all other defects found in the rules have been accepted and proposed corrections have been included in the filing. Chief Administrative Law Judge Raymond Krause will determine whether the Finding in the ALJ Report will be reconsidered.
ALJ Report Issued
The ALJ Report has been issued in the Newborn Screening Rulemaking. For more information about the Department of Health or these rules, visit the agency's website.
Agency Information
A number of useful documents, including the proposed rule amendments and the agency's Statement of Need and Reasonableness (SONAR) are available on the Department's Newborn Screening rulemaking page. Those documents are in PDF format.
Public Exhibits
Scanned versions of some of the exhibits in this matter are provided through the links below. Procedural documents have not been scanned.
Public Comments
Comments received outside of the public hearings have been combined into batched documents for public review [and are posted below]. The public comment period ends on February 12, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. Replies to these comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on February 20, 2007. These are "received by" deadlines, and commentators are urged to consider that when sending their comments and replies.
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period are set out below.
Last Updated - July 5, 2007