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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Managed care ombudsman provision modified and Medicare special needs plans
modified.

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Medicare special needs plans modified.

Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Author added Tillberry

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Living-at-home/block nurse program base funding provided and community service
grant program funds transferred.

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Author added Doty

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Medicare special needs plans modified.

Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment

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HF 3955

FOURTH ENGROSSMENT

I-35W bridge collapse survivor payments regulated, community-based care for
older adults promoted through the establishment of a community consortium
demonstration project, account established, and evaluation required.

Section 1: Public assistance language provided.

Section 2: 2008 H.F. No. 2553, Section 5, Subdivision 3, if enacted, is amended
to read language modified.

Section 3: Older adult services community consortiums language provided.
Subdivision 1: Establishment
Subdivision 2: Goals
Subdivision 3: Priority for other grants
Subdivision 4: Federal approval
Subdivision 5: State waivers
Subdivision 6: Quality measures
Subdivision 7: Community consortium financing
Subdivision 8: Evaluation and report

SNA 5/17/08

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Finance

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Shelter needy individuals support provided, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Physical activity costs allowed to be covered under home and community-based
waivers.

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Finger imaging system established to identify applicants for and recipients of
public assistance programs, and penalties imposed.

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Referred by Chair to Health Care and Human Services Finance Division

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Home disability modification expenses allowed for home and community-based
waiver programs.

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Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing the commissioner of human services to negotiate with medical
assistance (MA) eligible nursing facilities to provide additional special needs
services and allowing negotiation for adjustment to the operating cost payment
rate; modifying the nursing facility short stay reimbursement rate; increasing
nursing facility operating payment rates under the alternative payment
demonstration project; modifying case mix indices for nursing facility
reimbursement under medical assistance; specifying new nursing facility rebase
rates and an additional nursing facility quality add on percent
(me)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Repealing the requirement for school districts to provide information to
students on the availability of health care coverage through Minnesota health
care programs outreach
(je)

Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to marriage; establishing a marriage dissolution prevention process for
couples with minor children, specifying required content of a dissolution
prevention notice; establishing length of prevention period, exception for
uncontested dissolutions; providing for notice forms and the option to file a
copy of the notice with district court; requiring certain couples having
participated in the marriage dissolution process to seek counseling before being
granted a marriage dissolution, specifying certain exceptions; requiring
application for federal grant to support counseling
(me)

Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Adjusting medical assistance operating payment rates for low payment rate
nursing facilities; requiring the commissioner of human services to determine
the value for an operating payment by using a certain formula; appropriating
money to the commissioner for the rate adjustments
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance

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Increasing the maximum reimbursement rates for special transportation
services under medical assistance (MA)
(je)

Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting the commissioner of human services from using brokers or
coordinators for dispatching nonemergency or emergency medical transportation
services and disbursements of volunteer and recipient mileage and parking
reimbursements under medical assistance (MA)
(je)

Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the age qualification for adult foster care and family adult day
services under department of human services licensing requirements
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to human services; modifying adult foster care and family adult day
services provisions; reducing age requirements; requiring the commissioner of
human services to seek federal approval to include family adult day services as
an allowable service under all Medicare approved home and community based
service waiver plans
(me)

Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight

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1E Requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a child care
advisory task force for reviewing child care assistance laws, rules and policies
and to remove barriers facing families applying for and receiving child care
assistance, specifying membership and duties; requiring recommendations to the
legislature by a certain date; sunset provision
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying certain requirements relating to the reduction of risk of sudden
infant death syndrome (SIDS) for child care providers licensed by the
commissioner of human services, requiring doctor documentation for alternative
sleeping position in place of sleeping on the back of the infant
(je)