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Bill Text Redefining the base appropriation for extended employment services for persons with mental illness (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading
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Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to study and make recommendations to the legislature by a certain date on a financing structure to cover housing and services for programs providing residential adolescent treatment; specifying county, insurance and parental contributions as considerations for financial eligibility determination (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to provide a planning grant to address local and culturally relevant alcohol and drug treatment for American Indian youth and to develop a plan for a family based youth treatment center in the Leech lake area; requiring a volunteer board and specifying board membership and plan requirements; appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (rt) | | Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring prior approval by the commissioner of commerce before the use of evidence based underwriting standards based upon life insurance applicants having received mental health care (me) | | Also tagged in: Boards, Cities and Towns-Specific, Commerce Department, Commissions, Corrections and Corrections Department, Councils, Crimes and Criminals, Data Practices and Privacy, Employment and Economic Development Department, Federal Government, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, Legislature, Retirement, Revisor of Statutes, State Government-Administrative Procedures, State Government-Departments and Agencies Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill TextTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Making miscellaneous technical corrections and removing obsolete and redundant references to statutes and other laws relating to legislative audits, government data practices, criminal justice data, state fair liquor sales, a road name, sewage treatment replacement systems, the legislative commission on waste management, battery management pilot projects, mixed municipal solid waste incinerators, the workforce development council, the national board of medical examiners, limited market value, office of enterprise technology and enterprise technology revolving fund, constables, fiduciaries, the crime victim and witness advisory council, unlicensed mental health practitioners and the office of unlicensed mental health practice, city of Worthington general election date, cigarette and tobacco products tax and liquor excise tax effective dates; providing a revisor instruction to update [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
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Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of human services to convene and staff a work group to determine the feasibility and cost of establishing a single statewide toll-free (toll free) telephone number for mental health crisis calls (ra) | | Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text A resolution apologizing on behalf of citizens of the state to all persons with mental illness and developmental and other disabilities wrongly committed to state institutions (ra) | | Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Appropriating money to state court administrator for the state share of costs of precommitment detention of persons under the civil commitment law (me) | | Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Author added Rummel
Bill Text Relating to human services; modifying qualifications for mental heatlh rehabilitation workers (je) | | Also tagged in: Administration Department, Appropriations, Boards, Commerce Department, Commissions, Economic Development, Employment and Economic Development Department, Health and Health Department, Historic Sites and Historical Societies, Housing and Housing Finance Agency, Labor, Employment, and Labor and Industry Department, Manufactured and Mobile Homes, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Public Safety Department, Revisor of Statutes, State Government-Finance Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance
Bill TextTICLE 1 - JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for remediation, business and community and workforce development, unemployment insurance and state funded administration, to the commissioner of commerce for workers compensation, financial examinations, the petroleum tank release cleanup board, administrative services, market assurance, energy and telecommunications, renewable development grants and renewable energy research, to the housing finance agency (HFA) for the economic development and housing challenge, housing trust fund, rental assistance for the mentally ill, family homeless prevention, home ownership assistance and affordable rental investment funds, housing rehabilitation and accessibility, home ownership education, counseling and training and capacity building grants, for explore Minnesota tourism, to the [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Regulating sober houses; defining sober houses under treatment for alcohol and drug use, housing and zoning and landlord tenant statutory provisions for regulatory purposes, requiring counseling services and alternative living arrangement notice for residents, restricting residence to persons with chemical dependency and requiring certain financial interest disclosure to prospective residents; prohibiting landlord waiver of tenant rights, specifying attorney general prosecutorial authority; creating a sober house working group, requiring membership to include the commissioners of human services, health and public safety departments and the housing finance agency (HFA) director (rt) | | Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Appropriating money to the board of directors of the veterans homes and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to establish a veterans facility in Kandiyohi county to provide veterans geriatric supervised living and soldiers and veterans mental health services (ra) | | Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance
Bill Text Authorizing a regional children's mental health initiative pilot project to improve children's mental health service coordination, communication and processes in Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley, Waseca and Watonwan counties; specifying goals, director council governance, regional children's mental health initiative team membership, authority and evaluation requirements; requiring reports to the legislature by certain dates; appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (rt) | | Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Relating to civil commitments; modifying the cost of care for certain persons being petitioned to be civilly committed; permitting certain individuals facing civil commitment as sexually dangerous persons or sexual psychopathic personalities to choose to be confined temporarily in correctional facilities while the petition is being adjudicated; allowing county attorneys to obtain access to certain data involving civil commitment cases under certain conditions (me) | | Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance
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Bill TextTICLE 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 | | Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Expanding the health professional education loan forgiveness program to include midlevel pediatric psychiatry or mental health professionals and nurses practicing in hospital pediatric psychiatric units; appropriating money to the commissioner of health (rt) | | Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services (DHS) to fund a pilot project to measure the impact of children's mental health needs on Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) participants ability to obtain and retain employment; specifying MFIP provider and agency proposal requirements, program components and evaluation and work activity; appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (rt) | | Latest Action: 04/13/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance
Bill Text 1E Establishing licensure requirements for licensed professional clinical counselors (LPCC), specifying general and supervision requirements; specifying procedures for conversion from licensed professional counselor (LPC) to licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC); modifying the definitions of mental health professional and qualified professional to include a licensed professional clinical counselor (rt) | | Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Committee report: To pass
Bill Text Modifying fees for licensed professional counselors (LPC) and alcohol and drug counselors by the board of behavioral health and therapy; establishing fees for licensed professional clinical counselors (LPCC) (je) | | Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Expanding the scope of practice for psychologists; permitting psychologists to discuss prescription or non prescription drugs with clients (me) | | Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
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Bill Text 1E Relating to health care facilities; requiring employers providing services to persons with mental illness or severe emotional disturbance to provide direct care staff and supervisors training in violence prevention and violence reduction, requiring certain documentation of training, documentation availability to employees, OSHA adherence, accident and injury reduction program establishment and collective bargaining representative communication (me) | | Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring the supreme court to establish a task force to develop and implement minimum mental health courts statewide standards to increase public safety, specifying membership, requiring a legislative report, appropriating money to the supreme court (rt) | | Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading
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Bill Text Appropriating money to commissioner of veterans affairs for a hotline to refer soldiers and veterans to counseling services and to increase counseling services for veterans in areas of the state having a high concentration of veterans; requiring the commissioner and the adjutant general of the national guard to report to the legislature regarding the psychological status and needs of returning soldiers (me) | | Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to fund special projects to provide employment support to certain people with mental illness; appropriating money to the commissioner to fund special projects focused on providing employment support and for the extended employment serious mental illness program (ra) | | Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Author added Clark
Bill Text Relating to public safety; requiring initial screening for certain defendants in criminal cases for posttraumatic stress disorder; providing for an in-depth screening under certain conditions; permitting the prosecutor and defense attorney to independently evaluate the screenings; requiring the court to consider the screening report and independent evaluations; requiring the reporting of screening data by each judicial district to the state court administrator; requiring the state court administrator to report to the legislature on the received data; requiring the commissioner of veterans affairs publish an informational pamphlet regarding screening and make it available to veterans (me) | | Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended
Bill Text1E "Minnesota Health Records Act"; defining certain terms; specifying certain patients rights regarding access of a patient to patients health records; requiring a provider to provide patients a written notice concerning practices and rights with respect to health records, specifying certain duties of the commissioner of health relating to the development of notice requirements, specifying certain cost requirements, authorizing providers to withhold health records from patients under certain conditions; providing for release or disclosure of health records under certain conditions, specifying certain consent requirements and exceptions; specifying certain conditions for the disclosure of health records relating to mental health by a provider, limitations; permitting a provider or group purchaser to send patient identifying information and information about the location of the patient's health records to a record locator [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Children-Child Abuse and Neglect, Children-Child Care and Facilities, Colleges and Universities, Corrections and Corrections Department, Councils, Counties, Courts, Crimes and Criminals, Disadvantaged, Education and Education Department, Education-Higher, Employment and Economic Development Department, Health and Health Department, Human Services and Human Services Department, Legal Proceedings Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance
Bill TextTICLE 1 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE Requiring the commissioner of public safety to create a grant process for crisis intervention team training for local police and sheriff departments; specifying consultation and training requirements; requiring sheriffs and local corrections to use a mental health screening tool approved by the commissioner of corrections in consultation with the commissioner of human services and local correction staff to identify persons with mental illness; providing for a county jail reentry project to promote public safety, prevent recidivism and promote successful reintegration of individuals identified as having mental illness into the community, specifying grant application and program components; requiring the commissioner of corrections to develop a fair, firm and consistent protocol for inmates to have an opportunity to be released from disciplinary confinement in a timely matter; appropriating [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Creating a mental health professional graduate education loan forgiveness program; authorizing the commissioner human services to make grants to nonprofit organizations for culturally competent mental health services, requiring the commissioner to appoint a task force to develop criteria for services; appropriating money to the commissiner of human services for culturally competent mental health services grants development and implementation (rt) | | Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring child foster care providers licensed by the commissioner of human services (DHS) to complete a certain amount of mental health disorders training prior to licensure (rt) | | Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill TextModifying and expanding mental health services funding provisions for medical assistance (MA) coverage, general assistance medical care (GAMC) and MinnesotaCare; increasing rates for children's therapeutic services and support services; defining family psychoeducation; modifying diagnostic assessment reimbursement rates; including rehabilitative mental health services in family psychoeducation, coordination and care management and collateral contacts; modifying payments for mental health services, mental health provider travel time and mental health telemedicine; adding intensive mental health outpatient treatment, care management, collateral contracts and mental health services dual eligible clients as covered services; modifying provisions relating to children's therapeutic services and supports; including providers of individual and group skills training, individual and group psychotherapy, diagnostic assessments [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Alcoholic Beverages, Appropriations, Chemical Dependency, Children and Minors, Counties-Specific, Education and Education Department, Family, Health and Health Department, Human Services and Human Services Department, Native Americans, University of Minnesota Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (DHS) for grants to programs at the university of Minnesota, Meeker McLeod Sibley community and the American Indian family center to reduce fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance
Bill Text 1E Modifying certain parental contribution requirements for the cost of services for children with developmental disabilities (me) | | Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Health, Housing and Family Security
Bill Text Requiring health plans covering medical services and inpatient hospitalization to provide coverage for mental health services; repealing a certain provision relating to benefits for ambulatory mental health services (je) | | Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of corrections to establish a high risk adult demonstration project to apply best practices to improve and promote the recovery and success of high risk adults frequently using costly public services; specifying scope and eligibility of certain high risk adults with substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration and homelessness histories; specifying enrollment, payment, reporting and independent evaluation requirements; appropriating money to the commissioner of corrections for the grants (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of health for grants to existing methamphetamine treatment programs in Faribault, Martin, Olmsted and Anoka counties (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Establishing a licensure system for medical laboratory science professionals; defining terms and laboratory employment positions, specifying exceptions to regulation; creating the board of medical laboratory science, prescribing membership, member qualifications, terms, officers, bylaws and an executive director; specifying board duties and licensure requirements; providing transition for experienced and employed medical laboratory science professionals; specifying licensure standards for laboratory positions; requiring the board to adopt rules providing reciprocity; providing for licensure application, renewal, grounds for disciplinary action, temporary license suspension, mental and physical or chemical dependency examination or evaluation and medical data access, professional cooperation, immunity and fees; specifying requirements for initial board of medical laboratory science (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Health, Housing and Family Security
Bill Text Requiring health insurance plans and medical assistance (MA) to provide coverage for neuropsychological testing for children and minors diagnosed with cancer, prohibiting health plan special restrictions imposition (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Modifying the department of human services (DHS) requirement for licensed professional clinical counseling by requiring mental health professionals to be licensed professional clinical counselors, making conforming amendments (rt) | | Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Relating to human services; gradually reducing the county match requirement for the allocation of chemical dependency treatment funds (rt) | | Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance
Bill Text 1E Authorizing and providing for the commissioner of human services to establish a mental health certified peer specialist program model to provide nonclinical peer support counseling by certified peer specialists; requiring the commissioner to develop a process to certify peer support specialist programs and to develop a training and certification process for certified peer specialists (ra) | | Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance
Bill TextTICLE 1 - SELF-SUFFICIENTY PROVISIONS Establishing family stabilization services under the Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) to serve families failing to make significant progress within MFIP due to certain barriers to employment and to stabilize and improve the lives of families at risk of long term welfare dependency; specifying certain eligibility requirements for MFIP or diversionary work program (DWP) participants; prohibiting the commissioner of human services from moving programs or activities funded with MFIP or temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) funds to other funding sources without legislative approval; requiring participation in family stabilization services by all caregivers; requiring county agencies to provide the services through a case management model, requiring the assignment of case managers to participating families within a certain number of days after receipt of MFIP [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading
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Bill Text Authorizing the commissioner of human services (DHS) to license a certain number of level B intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF/MR) to replace a Minneapolis level A facility not accessible to persons with disabilities; requiring the new facilities to be located in Hennepin county, specifying a payment rate (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance
Bill Text2E Relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of administration to reserve a portion of janitorial contracts for rehabilitation programs and extended employment providers; modifying alcohol and drug counselor licensure exception provisions; establishing mental health service delivery and finance reform, specifying certain duties of the commissioner of human services relating to design and implementation of reforms, requiring report to the legislature by a certain date, specifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to projects for coordination of care, specifying certain payment requirements for Medicaid service providers; modifying certain duties of county boards relating to mental health services; authorizing and providing for children's mental health grants; modifying mental health case management and rates, specifying certain exceptions; adding intensive mental health outpatient treatment under show full description | | Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to contract with the U special kids program to provide care coordination for medical assistance (MA) enrollees who are children with high cost medical conditions; requiring commissioner to create a referral system; specifying qualifying level of medical expenses; providing for coordination of all nonmedical case management services to children required to receive care coordination; providing for statewide availability of care coordination; requiring the U special kids program to establish and operate an advance practice nurse telephone triage system; requiring the commissioner to design, develop and maintain an information management web accessible application; requiring commissioner to monitor program outcomes for quality coordination of care and financial savings; appropriating money to commissioner of human services (me) | | Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to contract with the U special kids program to provide care coordination for medical assistance (MA) enrollees who are children with high cost mental health conditions and behavioral problems and to perform certain duties; specifying certain referral requirements; providing for a qualifying level for medical and mental health expenses; specifying certain case management duties of the U special kids program and providing for reimbursement; authorizing the program to contract for statewide availability of care coordination services; specifying certain monitoring and evaluation requirements by the commissioner; requiring report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner (je) | | Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Compensation and Salaries, Corrections and Corrections Department, Counties, Courts, Crimes and Criminals, Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses, Data Practices and Privacy, Disabilities and Access, Disadvantaged, Drugs and Medicine, Health and Health Department, Human Services and Human Services Department, Immigrants and Aliens, Insurance-Health, Nursing Homes and Care Facilities Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF3222]
Bill TextTICLE 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 | | Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance
Bill Text 1E Allowing sex offender treatment participants committed to the commissioner of corrections for incarceration and eligible for supervised release to elect to remain confined in a state correctional facility, specifying a process for election to continue confinement, specifying confinement terms, providing for no right to treatment and authorizing the commissioner of corrections to charge the county of financial responsibility for the costs of confinement; providing for petitions for a reduction in custody of persons committee as mentally ill and dangerous, providing for appeal (ra) | | Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Relating to human services; exempting individuals diagnosed with a mental illness meeting certain requirements from personal liability for cost of care (me) | | Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Providing an appropriation to Ramsey county for the mothers first program to discourage pregnant women from illegal drug and alcohol use (rt) | | Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of education for a program in underserved counties designed to ensure school readiness for children from birth to kindergarten at risk of or diagnosed with mental illness or developmental delays due to fetal alcohol or drug exposure, child neglect or abuse (ra) | | Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/25/05
Bill Text3E Relating to children's mental health; requiring providers of mental health services for children, including certain emergency, family community, day treatment, therapeutic support of foster care, professional home based family treatment and mental health crisis services, to develop a plan for and comply with requirements before using a restrictive procedure with a child; specifying certain restrictive procedure plan filing and availability requirements; defining certain terms; requiring parental consent and notification; specifying certain prohibitive actions and procedures; specifying administrative review requirements of restrictive procedures; requiring training for staff; specifying certain requirements for a school or school district certified to provide full year round therapeutic services and supports benefit and uses restrictive procedures; specifying certain annual report reporting requirements; authorizing show full description | | Also tagged in: Adoption, Children and Minors, Children-Child Abuse and Neglect, Children-Child Care and Facilities, Children-Custody and Support, Courts, Crimes and Criminals, Data Practices and Privacy, Disabilities and Access, Family, Federal Government, Health and Health Department, Human Services and Human Services Department, Interstate Compacts and Agreements, Native Americans, Popular Names Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill
Bill Text Child welfare provisions amended, new Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children adopted, old compact repealed, child and adult adoptions and voluntary foster care regulated, and targeted case management services provided. | | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Author added Sheran
Bill Text Creating a task force to be convened by the commissioner of health to study workplace violence against staff in mental health care facilities, requiring task force legislative recommendations, prescribing membership (rt) | | Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/24/08
Bill Text Medical Review Subcommittee and ombudsman authorized to gather data about deceased clients. | | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Veto message laid on table
Bill Text Hearing time requirements modified and clarified, prehearing discharge exception provided for commitment petitions involving mentally ill or sexually dangerous persons. | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Chemical Dependency, Disabilities and Access, Disadvantaged, Employment and Economic Development Department, Family, Gambling, Human Services and Human Services Department, Licenses, Native Americans, Nursing Homes and Care Facilities, Senior Citizens Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill
Bill Text Continuing care provisions changes made, licensing fines and senior nutrition appropriations clarified. | | Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Finance
Bill Text2E Relating to corrections; authorizing deferral of judgment for certain first time drug offenses under certain conditions; requiring the commissioners of corrections and employment and economic development (DEED) to develop and maintain a formal marketing plan to attract private sector business and industries for inmate employment through MINNCOR industries; modifying certain evidence of rehabilitation requirements; clarifying certain licensing exceptions; authorizing petitions for certificate of good conduct by adjudicated persons, providing for filing fee, petition contents and service, proposed order, hearing, eligibility, certificate issuance and effect, bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) record, revocation, limited effect and crime for misuse; requiring crime victim certificate of good conduct notification; requiring the commissioner of corrections to perform an internal review of department guidelines for [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Courts, Elections, Federal Government, Finance Department, Legal Proceedings, Legislature, Metropolitan Area, Public Safety Department, State Agencies and Departments, State Government-Finance, Taxation, Transportation and Transportation Department Latest Action: 05/04/2007 - Governor's action Approval 05/02/07
Bill Text State agencies deficiency funding provided, and money appropriated. | | Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/08/08
Bill Text Health care and continuing care miscellaneous provisions amended, and technical changes made. | | Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Exempting a certain psychiatric hospital construction project in the city of Woodbury from the hospital construction moratorium (je) | | Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Author added Koering
Bill Text Foreign trained professional counselors licensure requirements established, and professional counselors added as a professional service. | | Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Relating to human services; modifying the medical assistance (MA) drug formulary committee membership and requiring vacancy notice and posting by the commissioner of human services on the web site, limiting term of service; requiring meeting notices and drugs to be considered to be posted on the web site prior to a meeting; modifying mental illness prescription prior authorization requirements (rt) | | Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance
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Bill Text Relating to state contracts; providing for a vendor preference for vendors with mental health benefits (ra) | | Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Establishing community initiatives to cover the uninsured and underinsured population, requiring the commissioner of human services to provide grants and authorize up to a maximum number of partnerships, specifying community partnership grant eligibility, requiring community partnership initial proposal submission and specifying proposal requirements, requiring proposal actuarial, financial and clinical expert evaluation, specifying proposal preference factors, specifying initiative requirements to include affordable health care services to uninsured and underinsured persons with certain diseases, chronic illness and mental illness, specifying commissioner of human services grant allotment and specifying community cost responsibility; appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Authorizing the commissioner of human services to work with Hennepin county to establish a mental health fatality review team pilot project, specifying purpose, defining certain terms, prescribing membership; establishing a procedure relating to record disclosure; requiring Hennepin county to select cases for review, granting immunity from civil and criminal liability to members of the team; requiring the ombudsman for mental health to evaluate pilot project by a certain date; requiring the review team to issue reports to the legislature by certain dates; appropriating money to Hennepin county (me) | | Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Creating a sober house task force, specifying membership, defining sober house, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date on the question of sober houses regulation; subjecting sober houses to housing statutory and local regulations; including sober houses under the definition of landlord; prohibiting landlord waiver of tenant rights and remedies; providing for attorney general enforcement (rt) | | Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading
Bill Text Relating to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of combat veterans; providing for legislative findings and intent; requiring court hearings to determine PTSD; authorizing the court to order mental health assessments; permitting the court to order the defendant into a supervised alternative living program based on assessment; specifying county obligation to provide mental health treatment services to the extent of available resources; requiring consideration of needs of defendants; allowing defendants put on probation to earn sentence credits; providing preference to treatment programs with a history of successfully treating combat veterans (me) | | Also tagged in: Adoption, Appropriations, Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Chemical Dependency, Children and Minors, Children-Child Care and Facilities, Compensation and Salaries, Counties, Counties-Specific, Disabilities and Access, Disadvantaged, Family, Health and Health Department, Hospitals and Health Facilities, Human Services and Human Services Department, Insurance-Health Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Governor's action Veto Ch. 58 05/08/07
Bill TextTICLE 1 - CHILD WELFARE POLICY Modifying child welfare provisions; expanding certain duties of the commissioner of human services (DHS) to include children under the guardianship of a tribe in the state recognized by the secretary of interior; modifying certain adoption requirements for older children under the guardianship of the commissioner, prohibiting refusal by a child to refuse or waive the efforts of an agent to recruit, identify and place the child in an adoptive home or sign a document relieving county social services agencies of all recruitment efforts on behalf of the child; modifying certain provisions relating to referrals for postplacement assessment; modifying certain court findings provisions; modifying certain adoption assistance eligibility criteria; eliminating certain reasons for deferral of the listing of a child with the state adoption exchange; modifying the duty of the juvenile court [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administration Department, Chemical Dependency, Children and Minors, Counties, Counties-Human Services, Disadvantaged, Drugs and Medicine, Family, Health and Health Department, Hospitals and Health Facilities, Human Services and Human Services Department, Insurance-Health, Native Americans, Nursing Homes and Care Facilities, Senior Citizens Latest Action: 04/30/2007 - Received from Senate
Bill Text Human services technical changes provided. | | Also tagged in: Boards, Cities and Towns-Specific, Commerce Department, Commissions, Corrections and Corrections Department, Councils, Crimes and Criminals, Data Practices and Privacy, Employment and Economic Development Department, Federal Government, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, Legislature, Retirement, Revisor of Statutes, State Government-Administrative Procedures, State Government-Departments and Agencies Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Secretary of State Ch. 13 04/02/07
Bill TextRST ENGROSSMENT Revisor's bill correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete references; and making technical corrections. ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1: Membership; terms; meetings; compensation; powers language modified. Section 2: Beneficiary and survivor data language modified. Section 3: Discharge and dismissal records language provided. Section 4: Liquor prohibited language added. Section 5: Gooseberry Falls State Park language modified. Section 6: Local standards language modified. Section 7: Report on facility development language modified. Section 8: Collection and management programs language added. Section 9: Permits; agency report language modified. Section 10: Members language modified. Section 11: United States or Canadian medical school graduates language modified. show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Children and Minors, Compensation and Salaries, Corrections and Corrections Department, Counties, Courts, Crimes and Criminals, Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses, Data Practices and Privacy, Disabilities and Access, Disadvantaged, Drugs and Medicine, Health and Health Department, Human Services and Human Services Department, Immigrants and Aliens, Insurance-Health Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything
Bill TextTICLE 1 - HEALTH CARE SERVICES Requiring the commissioner of human services in consultation with the health services policy committee to develop and provide to the legislature by a certain date a methodology and any draft legislation necessary to allow for the release of summary data on claims and utilization for medical assistance (MA), general assistance medical care (GAMC) and MinnesotaCare enrollees at no charge to the university of Minnesota medical school, the Mayo medical school, the Northwestern health sciences university, the institute for clinical systems improvement and other research institutions to conduct analyses of health care outcomes and treatment effectiveness; modifying certain eligibility requirements relating to homestead exclusions for individuals residing in a long term care facility; providing home equity limits for medical assistance (MA) payment of long term care services; modifying [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/23/2007 - Calendar: Third reading Passed
Bill Text Independently licensed mental health professionals authorized to deliver service to inmates. | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Committees, Controlled Substances, Corrections and Corrections Department, Courts, Crimes and Criminals, Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses, Data Practices and Privacy, Hazardous Substances, Holidays, Legal Proceedings, Omnibus, Police and Peace Officers, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Public Safety Department, Recreation and Amusement Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 299 05/12/08
Bill TextURTH ENGROSSMENT Sexual offender provisions modified relating to confinement, data access, registration requirements, commitment hearings, MINNCOR marketing plan, parole, payments and fees, district courts, controlled substances, and joint physical custody. Section 1: Civil commitment of sexual offenders language provided. Section 2: Internet access language modified. Section 3: Marketing plan language provided. Section 4: Fingerprints of inmates, parolees, and probationers from other states language modified. Section 5: Annual report language modified. Section 6: Registration procedure when person lacks primary address language modified. Section 7: Contents of registration language modified. Section 8: When required language modified. Section 9: Restriction language modified. Section 10: Exception language provided.[...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Author added Dibble
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Bill Text Students authorized to participate in high school league-sponsored activities after completing licensed treatment programs. | |
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