All Chemical Dependency Legislation - Minnesota
SF1627 - Mahnomen county group residential housing provider supplemental service payment rate
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for a group residential supplemental service rate for a group residential housing facility in Mahnomen county providing care to homeless, disabled, chemically dependent and mentally ill individuals (rt) Comment on Bill SF2507 - Native American juvenile treatment center bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of corrections and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to construct a Native American juvenile treatment center on or near the White Earth Reservation (me) 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) SF2971 - Blue Earth county nonprofit organization family substances abuse treatment services appropriation
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for a grant to a nonprofit organization providing family substance abuse treatment services in Blue Earth county (je) SF0034 - Hennepin and Ramsey counties group residential housing rate modification
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Modifying group residential housing rates for certain facilities serving chemically dependant males in Hennepin and Ramsey counties (me) SF1424 - Leech Lake youth treatment center planning grant appropriation
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) SF2431 - Ah Gwah Ching regional treatment center campus demolition bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for the demolition of buildings and infrastructure and the redevelopment and reuse of the Ah Gwah Ching regional treatment center campus (me) SF2652 - Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) drug testing requirement for eligibility requirement
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) applicants to pass a drug test at the time of application for assistance; requiring current participants to pass a drug test at the next time of eligibility recertification as a condition of continued eligibility, requiring participant payment of test costs (rt) SF3117 - Substance abuse treatment effectiveness annual report requirement
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to issue an annual report to the legislature on the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment (me) 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) SF1742 - West central multicounty regional chemical dependency treatment facility and correctional center bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Author added Ingebrigtsen Bill Text Appropriating money the commissioner of human services and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for predesign of a multicounty regional chemical dependency treatment facility and correctional center in west central Minnesota; requiring the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of corrections to report to the legislature by a certain date on the need for and viability of the facility (me) SF2928 - Law enforcement vehicle recordings pretrial transcript prerequisite elimination
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Eliminating the requirement for a pretrial written transcript filing for driving while impaired (DWI) videotape, audiotape or electronic evidence admission at trial (rt) SF0888 - Health and human services appropriations; Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange; MinnesotaCare II
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Relating to state government ARTICLE 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 [...] show full description SF0860 - Interstate contracts for chemical and mental health services examiners authorization
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to human services; authorizing examiners for residents admitted to facilities in bordering states under interstate contracts for chemical or mental health services (ra) Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of education for a grant to the libre academy sober school for certain unreimbursed educational costs (me) Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to appropriations ARTICLE 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Providing for a summary of appropriations; providing for the department of human services forecast adjustment; reducing appropriations for children and economic assistance grants, basic health care grants and continuing care grants ARTICLE 2 - PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION A. GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying appropriations for general education aid, referendum tax base replacement aid, enrollment options transportation, abatement revenue, consolidation transition, nonpublic pupil education aid and nonpublic pupil transportation B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Modifying appropriations for charter school building lease aid, charter school startup cost aid, integration aid, interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants and tribal contract school aid C. SPECIAL PROGRAMS show full description SF0164 - Stearns and St. Louis counties group residential housing facility supplementary payment rate modification
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Relating to human services; modifying the group residential housing (GRH) supplementary payment rate for certain facilities in Stearns and St. Louis counties serving chemically dependent persons (je) SF1010 - Augsburg college chemically dependent students academic program grant appropriation
Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the office of higher education for a grant to Augsburg college for the Step Up program for chemically dependent students educational opportunities (rt) Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of corrections in consultation with the commissioner of human services to award grants to county boards for reentry pilot projects to promote public safety, prevent recidivism and promote successful integration into the community by providing services to individuals confined in jails and county regional jails identified as having mental illness, traumatic brain injury, chemical dependency or homeless; specifying application procedures and program components; appropriating money to the commissioner of corrections to administer the grant program, the commissioner of human services to fund discharge planning for offenders with mental illness and to the supreme court to develop and implement standards for mental health courts (ra) SF2727 - Controlled substance offenses minimum fines disbursement to juvenile substance abuse court programs
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing controlled substance offenses minimum fine disbursements to juvenile substance abuse court intervention programs, specifying juvenile court program qualifying requirements (rt) Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying public pension plans data classification; defining terms, classifying pension plan medical and substance abuse data as private and allowing data sharing with medical advisers for eligibility determination purposes; repealing a provision relating to data disclosure by statewide pension plans and teachers retirement fund association (TRA) data for the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth (rt) Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the tax on alcoholic beverages (liquor) and creating a county alcohol and chemical dependency costs account for deposit of the proceeds; appropriating money in the account to the commissioner of corrections for county probation services grants and to the commissioner of human services and health for certain chemical dependency treatment and assessment services; expanding the definition of chemical dependency services and modifying the allocation and authorized uses of chemical dependency funds; providing for the distribution of funds to the commissioner of human services for certain tiered treatment services and for grants to counties for treatment support and detoxification services, to the commissioner of health for grants to local community health boards to provide health assessments and supportive services to children and vulnerable adults subjected to health risks at methamphetamine manufacture sites and to [...] show full description 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 [...] show full description 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: 03/05/2007 - 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) SF1830 - Medical laboratory science professionals licensure requirements and board of medical laboratory science creation
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) SF0250 - Chemical dependency treatment funds allocation county match requirement reduction
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) SF0310 - Tetrahydrocannabinol and alcohol use by pregnant women mandatory reporting requirement; civil commitment chemically dependent pregnant women early intervention treatment
Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Gen Ord: Stricken & returned to author Bill Text 1E Relating to health; expanding the definition of chemically dependent person; authorizing courts to order early intervention treatment for pregnant women found chemically dependent; requiring mandatory reporting of use of tetrahydrocannabinol and alcohol by pregnant women; repealing a provision relating to the reporting of prenatal exposure to alcohol abuse (me) SF0583 - Essential community provider designation modification
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to accept an application for designation as an essential community provider until a certain date from a nonprofit county mental health services center certified as a medical assistance (MA) provider of behavioral health services and wrap around eligibility support services to an underserved population with chemical dependency and serious mental illness (rt) SF1025 - Mental health provisions modification; children's mental health grants
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 show full description SF1725 - Alcohol health impact fund creation and fee imposition; controlled substances violations provisions modifications; chemical use assessment imposition and fee; prostitution assessment and treatment
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Creating an alcohol health impact fund and imposing an alcohol health impact fee on distilled spirits, wines, cider, miniatures and fermented malt beverages; requiring the commissioners of public safety, corrections and human services to certify to the commissioner of finance costs attributable to alcohol and controlled substance use and net tax collection; defining emergency and homeless shelter zones for purpose of controlled substance sales crimes prosecution expansion; including school bus stops within the definition of school zone; expanding driving while impaired (DWI) nonfelony violations mandatory penalties conditions; requiring chemical use assessments to be conducted as early as possible after arrest; authorizing jurisdictional courts to order chemical use assessments; requiring the commissioner of human services to adopt criteria to be used for prostitution assessment and treatment during presentence investigation;[...] show full description SF3448 - Hospitals chemical use assessments for emergency room patients county contract authority
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to human services; authorizing counties to contract with hospitals to provide chemical use assessments for emergency room patients under certain conditions (je) SF0571 - St. Louis county group residential housing rate modification
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying group residential housing supplemental rates for certain facilities serving chemically dependant persons in St. Louis county (rt) 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) SF3049 - Children's mental health providers required to develop a plan for and comply with requirements on the use of restrictive procedures and chemical use assessments modified.
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/25/05 Bill Text Children's mental health providers required to develop a plan for and comply with requirements on the use of restrictive procedures and chemical use assessments modified. SF3563 - Continuing care provisions changes made, licensing fines and senior nutrition appropriations clarified.
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/15/08 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 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 [...] show full description SF3189 - Juvenile driver's license reinstatement fee imposed after revocation.
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/08/08 Bill Text Juvenile driver's license reinstatement fee imposed after revocation. SF0322 - Civil commitment early intervention services expanded, and definition of chemically dependent person expanded relating to pregnant women.
Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Governor's action Approval 05/14/07 Bill Text Civil commitment early intervention services expanded, and definition of chemically dependent person expanded relating to pregnant women. SF3213 - Health care and continuing care miscellaneous provisions amended, and technical changes made.
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: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for an aggressive initiative against impaired driving and chemical dependency; expanding the authority of the court to order persons convicted of driving while impaired (under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance) or arrested for another DWI related offense to submit to the level of care recommended in chemical use assessments; expanding chemical use assessment and report requirements to defendants convicted of certain violent crimes and modifying report content requirements; requiring chemical use assessments used by the commissioner of public safety in decisions relating to reinstatement of drivers licenses to meet certain standards; providing for the timing of the assessments; authorizing the court to order an assessment based on the belief of the existence of a chemical dependency problem; clarifying the definition of American Indian under chemical dependency treatment provisions; reducing county show full description Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF829] Bill Text 2E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for public safety and corrections initiatives ARTICLE 1 - PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for emergency management, criminal apprehension, cooperative investigation of cross jurisdictional criminal activity, laboratory activities, DWI lab analysis, forensic scientists, fire marshal, alcohol and gambling enforcement, office of justice programs, gang and drug task force, victim notification system, squad car cameras, peace officer overtime, youth intervention programs, crime victim support grant, sexual violence, domestic violence, administration costs, 911 emergency services/ARMER, public safety answering points, medical resource communication centers, ARMER debt service, improvements, interoperability planning, state backbone operating costs and public [...] show full description SF3547 - DWI motor vehicle forfeiture family or household member definition modification
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the definition of family or household member for DWI motor vehicle forfeiture purposes (je) SF0371 - Chemical dependency treatment fund services eligibility expansion
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Expanding eligibility to certain persons for chemical dependency fund services (rt) SF1584 - Sober houses task force creation; tenant rights and remedies waiver prohibition
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: 01/18/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing privileged communication for persons attending twelve step support group meetings conducted for the purpose of arresting chemical addiction; prohibiting examination in court (rt) SF0490 - Crow Wing county group residential housing provider supplementary payment rate and bed moratorium exemption
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring negotiation of a supplementary group residential housing (GRH) payment rate for a certain provider in Crow Wing county serving chemically dependent clientele (me) Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Governor's action Veto Ch. 58 05/08/07 Bill Text Omnibus health and human services finance bill. Latest Action: 04/30/2007 - Received from Senate Bill Text Human services technical changes provided. HF0829 - Omnibus public safety finance bill appropriating money for the courts, public safety, corrections, and other agencies; imposing criminal and civil penalties; and regulating DWI and driving provisions.
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Secretary of State Ch. 54 05/07/07 Bill Text HF 829 FIFTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus public safety finance bill appropriating money for the courts, public safety, corrections, and other agencies; imposing criminal and civil penalties; and regulating DWI and driving provisions. ARTICLE 1: APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Summary of appropriations provided. Section 2: Public safety appropriations language provided. Section 3: Supreme Court appropriations language provided. Section 4: Court of Appeals appropriations language provided. Section 5: Trial Courts appropriations language provided. Section 6: Tax Court appropriation language provided. Section 7: Uniform Laws Commission appropriation language provided. Section 8: Board on Judicial Standards appropriation language provided. Section 9: Board of Public Defense appropriation language provided. Section 10: Public Safety [...] show full description HF4023 - Health, human services, and education forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Received from House Bill Text Health, human services, and education forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated. |




























