Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Disabilities and Access' in Minnesota

TICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain school district levy recognition; modifying general education levy aid; reducing general education aid to cooperative member school districts failing to meet federal special education maintenance of effort; allowing referendum market value to determine district state aid adjustment abatement; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the specific enrollment options in nonresident districts ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Requiring charter and nonpublic schools to transfer student records to student school of residence, requiring inclusion of form disciplinary actions in records transfer; requiring school district to adopt gifted and talented students acceleration policies and procedures; modifying secondary students state graduation test (academic standard) requirements, highly qualified teacher definition for purposes of the [...]

show full description

TICLE 1 - HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (DHS) for information system projects and systems continuity, management and operations, revenue and pass through expenditures, children and economic assistance, MFIP/DWP and support services, various child care, adoption assistance, children and community services, general assistance (GA) and emergency general assistance, Minnesota supplemental and emergency supplemental aids, group residential, children and economic assistance, basic health care, MinnesotaCare, general assistance medical care (GAMC) and other health care, continuing care, alternative care, medical assistance (MA), mental health, deaf and hard of hearing, various chemical dependency and continuing care grants, targeted case management temporary funding, medical assistance (MA), physician directed care coordination, health care policy administration,[...]

show full description

2E Relating to human services; authorizing the expansion of the quality assurance system to include programs for persons with disabilities and older adults; extending the expiration date; developing a statewide quality assurance and improvement system for Minnesotans receiving disability services; instructing the commissioner of human services to consult with a specified stakeholder group on the implementation of the state quality management, assurance and improvement system; requiring the commissioner to consult with a stakeholder group on the development and implementation of state quality management, assurance and improvement system, requiring an annual survey of service recipients to determine the effectiveness and quality of disability services; requiring the commissioner to improve the system of incident reporting; requiring the commissioner to provide a biennial report to the legislature; appropriating money [...]

show full description

TICLE 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Providing for a summary of appropriations; providing for the department of human services forecast adjustment; reducing appropriations for children and economic assistance grants, basic health care grants and continuing care grants ARTICLE 2 - PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION A. GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying appropriations for general education aid, referendum tax base replacement aid, enrollment options transportation, abatement revenue, consolidation transition, nonpublic pupil education aid and nonpublic pupil transportation B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Modifying appropriations for charter school building lease aid, charter school startup cost aid, integration aid, interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants and tribal contract school aid C. SPECIAL PROGRAMS Modifying appropriations [...]

show full description

TICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying the alternative teacher compensation revenue formula, charter school general education revenue formula, learning year program calendar options, area learning center (ALC) service requirements; permitting district and charter school grade level acceleration instructional programming; requiring charter schools and area learning centers to inform students and parents of learning year option; setting the limited English proficiency (LEP) allowance; modifying the average daily membership number of pupil units, learning year pupil units, basic revenue, extended time revenue, LEP concentration allowance, operating capital levy, transportation sparsity revenue allowance, equity revenue, district equity gap and index, transition revenue and equity allowance, basic alternative teacher compensation aid, charter school payments and certain abatement and aid adjustments; changing the [...]

show full description

1E Establishing a self directed supports option under medical assistance (MA); including self directed supports under covered services; defining self directed supports option; determining self directed supports eligibility and relationship to the eligibility to other services; clarifying covered and noncovered services under the self directed supports option; specifying certain assessment, plan and budget requirements; requiring commissioner of human services to establish quality assurance and risk management techniques; requiring participants to choose a fiscal support entity, specifying requirements of an eligible fiscal support entity; requiring the commissioner to consult with a consumer directed services stakeholder group for advice on policy, implementation and aspects of consumer and self-directed services providers; modifying and expanding the special needs supplemental aid standards under general assistance (GA);[...]

show full description

Relating to health; modifying the application and renewal provisions procedures for essential community provider status, setting the application fee; requiring health plan companies to cover interpreter services; requiring the commissioner of health to award grants to community clinics, federally qualified heal centers, community mental health centers, community dental clinics and nonprofit organizations provide public health nursing services to uninsured patients to improve the implementation and use of certain interoperable electronic health records; requiring the commissioner of human services to reimburse providers for administration of the influenza vaccine; requiring the commissioner to award grants to federally qualified heal centers, community clinics, community mental health centers, other safety net clinics and hospitals to provide information on the importance of maintaining insurance coverage and how to obtain [...]

show full description

TICLE 1 - HEALTH CARE Authorizing licensed physicians, advanced practice nurses and licensed psychologists to make a diagnosis and determination of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for the purpose of identifying a child with a disability and eligible for and in need of special education instruction and services; requiring the commissioner of health to modify regulations for home care service providers to include certain home care aide tasks; "Grieving Parents Act", requiring hospitals, clinics and medical facilities having custody of a fetus following a miscarriage to provide written notification to the mother of the right to arrange for the burial or cremation of the fetus; permitting graduates of nonaccredited dental programs completing a clinical licensure examination and meeting certain applicant requirements to be granted a limited general dentist license [...]

show full description

Relating to workers compensation; increasing the temporary total disability payment and lengthening the time period of payment eligibility; lengthening the time period of eligibility for payment of temporary total or temporary partial compensation; modifying relative value fee schedule conversion factors, authorizing the commissioner of labor and industry to update relative value table; modifying the medical fee review employer limitation of liability, specifying employer liability for treatment, articles and supplies provided by hospitals located within eleven county metropolitan area and outside the metropolitan area, defining metropolitan area to include Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington and Wright counties; permitting department assigned workers compensation identification numbers to be substituted for social security numbers; repealing a workers compensation [...]

show full description

Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government; appropriating money to the environmental and natural resources trust, the state land and water conservation account (LAWCON), the legislative citizen commission on Minnesota resources (LCCMR) for administrative expenses and for contract administration, for forest legacy conservation easements, Minnesota habitat corridors partnership phase IV, metro conservation corridors phase III, prairie stewardship assistance for private landowners, state park and trail acquisition, metropolitan regional park system land acquisition, nonmetropolitan regional parks and natural and scenic area acquisitions, LAWCON federal reimbursements, biological control of European buckthorn and garlic mustard, neutralization of reed canary grass root exudates, for local water management matching challenge grants, protection of rare and unique rock outcrop wetlands, land retirement

show full description