Tag: Kristin Bahner

Rep. Kristin Bahner (HD34B) Update: January 22, 2021


Welcome back to session, much is new this year including many more opportunities for citizens to participate and view online hearings on a variety of topics.

This year I have the privilege to serve as the Vice Chair to the Human Services Committee. I will continue to work on the Health Services Committee as well. Both allow me the ability to exercise my keen interest in issues around access to affordable healthcare and prescription drugs and making healthcare work to provide better outcomes and preventative care for families. My passion is always on finding ways to strive toward the economic and physical health of our families. All too often, these issues need a good dose of common sense.

I will also serve on the Redistricting Committee this year and look forward to the hard work ahead to create fair and equitable outcomes for all Minnesotans across the state. Finally I will be on the State Government and Elections Committee. Some of you may recall I served as Vice Chair on Elections last year and continue to be a strong advocate for access to the vote and fair electoral process reforms. Work on the committee also allows me to continue my work on governmental reforms and technology, cyber and privacy concerns. 

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Rep. Kristin Bahner Update: December 28, 2020

Dear Neighbors,

I hope this finds you and your family well. These are tough times and we are all tired. Like many of you with loved ones serving as first responders, healthcare professionals and those in long term care, it has been a long winding road of worry and heartache. With a vaccine on the horizon there is a ray of hope as the first doses reach Minnesota.

With this news, some of us have been blessed with relief that we still have loved ones with us, relief that we were spared the pain so many families have had to endure that were not so fortunate, relief that the ache to hug our loved ones like so many families will soon be over. It feels as if a weight has lifted, a heavy burden for so many families in my community. I feel a weighty responsibility to them all.

I remain immensely grateful to the incredible staff caring for our loved ones all these months. I have unwavering gratitude for the doctors, nurses, and staff in our hospitals and clinics, the researchers who develop the vaccine, health department workers coordinating its distribution, and the workers driving this sunshine to all the facilities that make this possible.

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Rep. Bahner reflects on 1st year in Legislature

Wow, I get to work here’

With one year under her belt, Rep. Kristin Bahner (DFL-Maple Grove) of District 34B takes some time to reflect back on her first year in Minnesota congress and what she hopes to accomplish during this next legislative session.

“I am one of those passionate folks who, I think, I probably believed that I always would serve,” Rep. Bahner said.

She said she went down the path of Information Technology for 20 years, but did not see where the path to serve politically was.

View the complete August 15 article by Alicia Miller on The Press & News website here.

Tuesday at 11: News conference announcing new comprehensive plan to make prescription drugs affordable and accessible for Minnesotans

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA – On Tuesday, March 26 at 11 a.m. in Capitol Room B971, DFL lawmakers and the parents of Alec Smith are announcing a new comprehensive plan to make prescription drugs affordable and accessible for all Minnesotans. Alec died in 2017 at age 26 because he could not afford to pay the $1,300 cost of his insulin prescription.

This is an opportunity for reporters to learn about DFL lawmakers’ new plan (scope extends beyond insulin), listen to Minnesotans talk about the plan’s impact on their lives, and ask questions.

Who:

  • Nicole Smith-Holt and James Holt, Jr. (parents of Alec Smith)
  • Majority Leader Ryan Winkler
  • Rep. Michael Howard
  • Rep. Laurie Halverson
  • Rep. John Lesch
  • Rep. Kelly Morrison (physician)
  • Rep. Alice Mann (physician)
  • Rep. Hunter Cantrell
  • Rep. Kristin Bahner

When:  Tuesday, March 26 at 11 a.m.

Where:  Capitol Room B971

Legislators and advocates rally to support “great start” bills

SAINT PAUL, Minn.—Today at the Capitol, a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators, joined by advocates for health care, mental health, and early childhood, announced support for prenatal care and home visiting proposals, initiatives that would improve the wellbeing of parents and children at the beginning of life. The announcement immediately followed a legislative hearing on the home visiting proposal.

“Prenatal care and home visiting services are part of a broader legislative effort to help make sure that every child gets a great start in life,” said Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL—St. Paul), chair of the House Early Childhood Finance & Policy Division. “The House, Senate, and Governor are all prioritizing early care and learning. This is the session to do right by the youngest Minnesotans.”

While Minnesota leads the nation in many aspects of health care, too many African-American and American Indian women die from pregnancy-related causes. Black and Native women are three to four times more likely to die during pregnancy compared to their white counterparts, and their infants are more than twice as likely to die as white infants. Rep. Kelly Morrison (DFL—Deephaven) and Sen. Jim Abeler (R—Anoka) have introduced companion bills, HF 909and SF 855, to expand access and utilization of prenatal care and decrease racial and ethnic disparities. Continue reading “Legislators and advocates rally to support “great start” bills”