Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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)


Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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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: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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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)

Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Modifying group residential housing rates for certain facilities serving
chemically dependant males in Hennepin and Ramsey counties
(me)

Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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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)

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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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)

Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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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: 03/19/2007 - Author added Ingebrigtsen

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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)

Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Eliminating the requirement for a pretrial written transcript filing for driving
while impaired (DWI) videotape, audiotape or electronic evidence admission at
trial
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance

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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 [...]

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

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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

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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

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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

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Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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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)

Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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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)

Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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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

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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 [...]

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

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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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Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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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

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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

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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: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to human services; gradually reducing the county match requirement for
the allocation of chemical dependency treatment funds
(rt)

Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Gen Ord: Stricken & returned to author

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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)


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

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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)




Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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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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Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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;[...]

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Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to human services; authorizing counties to contract with hospitals to
provide chemical use assessments for emergency room patients under certain
conditions
(je)

Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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Providing an appropriation to Ramsey county for the mothers first program to
discourage pregnant women from illegal drug and alcohol use
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Finance

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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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Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/08/08

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Juvenile driver's license reinstatement fee imposed after revocation.

Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Governor's action Approval 05/14/07

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Civil commitment early intervention services expanded, and definition of
chemically dependent person expanded relating to pregnant women.

Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF829]

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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 [...]

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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the definition of family or household member for DWI motor vehicle
forfeiture purposes
(je)

Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Expanding eligibility to certain persons for chemical dependency fund services
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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

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Establishing privileged communication for persons attending twelve step support
group meetings conducted for the purpose of arresting chemical addiction;
prohibiting examination in court
(rt)

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 - Secretary of State Ch. 54 05/07/07

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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 [...]

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