SF0285 Sponsored by Jim Vickerman
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading

Bill Text
Redefining the base appropriation for extended employment services for persons
with mental illness
(rt)

SF1627 Sponsored by Rod Skoe
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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SF1826 Sponsored by Betsy L. Wergin
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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)

SF1424 Sponsored by Gen Olson
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)

SF2303 Sponsored by Gen Olson
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)

SF0983 Sponsored by Mee Moua
Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

Bill Text
TICLE 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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SF3030 Sponsored by Kathy Sheran
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight

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)

SF3797 Sponsored by John Marty
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)

SF1412 Sponsored by Tom Saxhaug
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)

Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance

Bill Text
TICLE 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 [...]

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SF2323 Sponsored by Kathy Sheran
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)

SF2301 Sponsored by Jim Vickerman
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)

SF1452 Sponsored by Kathy Sheran
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)

SF2734 Sponsored by Kathy Sheran
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)

SF0855 Sponsored by James P. Metzen
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

Bill Text

SF0888 Sponsored by Julie A. Rosen
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance

Bill Text
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,[...]

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SF1395 Sponsored by Ray Vandeveer
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)

SF2066 Sponsored by Ann Lynch
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)

SF2067 Sponsored by Ann Lynch
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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SF1066 Sponsored by Tony Lourey
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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SF1067 Sponsored by Tony Lourey
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Business, Industry and Jobs

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)

SF2774 Sponsored by Dick Day
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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)

SF3376 Sponsored by Jim Vickerman
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)

SF1701 Sponsored by Don Betzold
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended

Bill Text
1E "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 [...]

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SF0148 Sponsored by John Marty
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

Bill Text
TICLE 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 [...]

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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 Text
Modifying 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 [...]

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SF0964 Sponsored by Kathy Sheran
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)

SF1055 Sponsored by David H. Senjem
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)

SF1500 Sponsored by Mee Moua
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)

SF1731 Sponsored by David H. Senjem
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)

SF2372 Sponsored by Julie A. Rosen
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)

SF3511 Sponsored by Julie A. Rosen
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)

SF0250 Sponsored by Julie A. Rosen
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)

SF0515 Sponsored by John Marty
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)

SF0559 Sponsored by John Marty
Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

Bill Text
TICLE 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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SF0612 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance

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)

SF1025 Sponsored by Julie A. Rosen
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

Bill Text
2E 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

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SF1961 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
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)

SF2004 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
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)

SF3168 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF3222]

Bill Text
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 [...]

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SF3259 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
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)

SF3333 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
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)

SF3049 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/25/05

Bill Text
3E 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

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SF3166 Sponsored by Neva Walker
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.

SF3862 Sponsored by Charles W. Wiger
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)

SF3225 Sponsored by Neva Walker
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.

SF2919 Sponsored by Steve Simon
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.

SF3563 Sponsored by Cy Thao
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.

SF2790 Sponsored by Mee Moua
Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Finance

Bill Text
2E 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 [...]

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SF0846 Sponsored by Loren Solberg
Latest Action: 05/04/2007 - Governor's action Approval 05/02/07

Bill Text
State agencies deficiency funding provided, and money appropriated.

SF3213 Sponsored by Larry Hosch
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)

SF2068 Sponsored by Cy Thao
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.

SF3284 Sponsored by Kathy Sheran
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)

SF0371 Sponsored by Julie A. Rosen
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

Bill Text

SF0826 Sponsored by Kathy Sheran
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

Bill Text
Relating to state contracts; providing for a vendor preference for vendors with
mental health benefits
(ra)

SF1891 Sponsored by Kathy Sheran
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)

SF3753 Sponsored by D. Scott Dibble
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)

SF1541 Sponsored by Jim Vickerman
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)

SF2171 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Governor's action Veto Ch. 58 05/08/07

Bill Text
TICLE 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 [...]

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SF2203 Sponsored by Paul Thissen
Latest Action: 04/30/2007 - Received from Senate

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Human services technical changes provided.

HF1200 Sponsored by Scott Kranz
Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Secretary of State Ch. 13 04/02/07

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RST 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.

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HF3222 Sponsored by Linda Berglin
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything

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TICLE 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 [...]

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SF1336 Sponsored by Neva Walker
Latest Action: 04/23/2007 - Calendar: Third reading Passed

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Independently licensed mental health professionals authorized to deliver service
to inmates.

HF2996 Sponsored by Michael Paymar
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 299 05/12/08

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URTH 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.[...]

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Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Author added Dibble

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SF1499 Sponsored by Tom Tillberry
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Governor's action Approval 03/20/07

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Students authorized to participate in high school league-sponsored activities
after completing licensed treatment programs.