All Committees Legislation - Minnesota
SF2724 - Biodiesel fuel provisions modifications; tiered biodiesel content goal requirements; B20 panel establishment
Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to motor fuels; modifying the definition of biodiesel fuel and increasing the minimum content of biodiesel fuel in diesel fuel, specifying biodiesel content goals; establishing a panel composed of the commissioners of agriculture, commerce and pollution control agency (PCA) and specifying duties, clarifying minimum content exceptions; requiring the commissioner of agriculture to issue a report annually by a certain date to the legislature regarding the implementation of biodiesel minimum content requirements; requiring the commissioners of finance, commerce and the PCA to develop and submit to the legislature a proposal for eliminating redundant fuel inspections and dedicating petroleum inspection fee revenue to the weights and measures division of the department of commerce; requiring the commissioners of agriculture and commerce to consider and provide recommendations to maximize the performance of biodiesel show full description Comment on Bill SF3871 - Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided including general education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, state agencies, and sefl-sufficiency and lifelong learning.
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided including general education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, state agencies, and sefl-sufficiency and lifelong learning. SF2013 - Higher education office and department of education merger joint legislative committee study
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Creating a joint legislative committee to assess an office of higher education merger into the department of education, specifying committee membership requirements (rt) Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for general legislative and administrative expenses ARTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the legislature for general operations and for health care access, to the constitutional officers, to the campaign finance and public disclosure board, to the investment board, to the office of enterprise technology, to the office of administrative hearings, to the commissioner of administration for state facilities, state and community and administrative management services, for matching grants for public television, to the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) board, to the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, to the commissioner of employee relations (DOER), to the commissioner of revenue for tax system and accounts receivable [...] show full description SF2914 - Foreclosure data practices requirements; statewide foreclosure data collection and reporting system study
Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - HF substituted on Calendar HF3516 Bill Text 3E Relating to data practices; providing for certain data practices relating to foreclosure; defining transaction agent; specifying certain foreclosure data content requirements for notice of pendency, notice of sale and the certificate of sale; requiring the secretary of state to convene a statewide foreclosure data collection working group to study, develop and implement an electronic system for the submission, collection, entry, retrieval, management and assessment of statewide foreclosure data; specifying certain membership requirements; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; sunset provision (ra) SF0243 - Human papilloma virus vaccination requirement for female children
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to health; requiring female children to receive the human papilloma virus vaccination at all schools and child care facilities; requiring certain disclosures and immunization statements; requiring the commissioner of health to develop education materials in consultation with the immunization practice advisory committee; requiring the commissioner to adopt rules (me) Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Creating the construction management education program; creating the construction management education account administered by the department of labor and industry, increasing the state building code surcharge, requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to establish the construction management education account advisory committee to maintain and increase the quality and availability of education programs for the construction industry; authorizing the committee to award grants to qualified postsecondary educational institutions and organizations; requiring annual reports to the commissioner (rt) SF1752 - Diagnostic imaging services advisory committee and health plan companies moratorium on diagnostic imaging services notification programs
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting health plan companies from requiring prior authorization, notification or consultation including through existing programs for diagnostic imaging services; requiring the commissioner of health to establish a diagnostic imaging services advisory committee, specifying certain committee duties and membership requirements; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date (je) SF0383 - Universal health care system; constitutional amendment for right to affordable, comprehensive health care
Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for a universal health care system to provide affordable access to high quality medical care; stating certain legislative assumptions relating to health care objectives; requiring the commissioner of health to establish a temporary working group to design a universal health care system for the state and to propose legislation for submission to the legislature by a certain date, specifying working group membership representation requirements and certain requirements for the proposed legislation; specifying certain principles for a universal health care system; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XIII providing for the right of state residents to a basic set of essential, effective health care servies (rt) SF1575 - Election campaign finance and public disclosure requirements modifications; internet campaign reporting and public subsidy payment study work group
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying certain election campaign finance and public disclosure requirements; reducing the time limit for first registrations of political or principal campaign committees, political funds or party units; regulating coordinated electioneering communication contributions and expenditures, defining electioneering communication and specifying certain reporting requirements; requiring reporting of independent expenditures in excess of certain amounts, time limits; establishing a work group to study the feasibility of creating an online campaign finance reporting and public subsidy payment system and report to the legislature by a certain date, specifying certain work group membership requirements and requiring the board and the department of revenue to provide staff resources to the work group (je) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text 1E Creating the council on indigenous language, providing for membership appointment from the native American tribes and Indian communities, specifying organization, duties and meeting schedule, requiring the council to collaborate with the departments of education and human services and the office of higher education to develop a multitiered system for native speaker board of teaching certification for teaching purposes, requiring the council to work for an indigenous language institute development for curriculum standards, permitting the council to contract, regulating appropriations to the council, requiring the initial meeting to be convened by a facilitator designated by the Minnesota Dakota/Ojibwe language revitalization alliance (DOLRA), appropriating money to the council, office of higher education and the commissioners of human services and education (rt) SF1956 - Minneapolis public schools fragrance free schools pilot project
Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Health, Housing and Family Security Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of health in collaboration with the commissioner of education and the Minneapolis board of education to create a working group to recommend an education campaign in Minneapolis public schools to inform students and parents about the potentially harmful effects of the use of fragrance products in schools (ra) Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Taxes Bill Text 1E Modifying the requirements for legislative committees receiving local impact notes; expanding the distribution of local impact notes in legislative committees (me) SF2811 - Permanent school fund lands management authority modifications; advisory committee reporting requirements modifications
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 3E Expanding the authority of the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) relating to managing certain school trust fund lands, specifying certain duties and reporting requirements; modifying certain duties of the permanent school fund advisory committee; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; specifying the permanency of the advisory committee (ra) SF2084 - Community based energy development projects and renewable energy provisions modifications; green pricing programs regulation; wind easement limitations
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to energy; modifying provisions relating to community based energy development projects, modifying the community based energy development tariff to reflect renewable energy technologies, restricting wind energy single ownership, modifying the definition of community based energy development (C-BED) project and the tariff rate, updating C-BED project priorities, placing negotiation conditions on utilities intending to own or contract with independent power producers without C-BED projects; authorizing municipal power agencies and cooperatives to offer members a certain community energy partnership opportunity; authorizing public utilities to construct, own and operate generation facilities to fulfill renewable energy objectives, requiring renewable energy plan filings with the public utilities commission (PUC) and requiring PUC approval; authorizing utilities to petition the PUC to approve rate schedules providing [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the Minnesota historical society in cooperation with Explore Minnesota tourism to establish and coordinate a Minnesota River Valley study group to promote the historic, scenic and natural features of the Minnesota River Valley area; requiring report to the legislature by a certain date (je) Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of health in consultation with the commissioners of commerce, human services and employee relations to convene a work group to study the provision of interpreter services to patients in medical and dental care settings, specifying membership; requiring the work group to develop certain findings and recommendations, evaluate other models and report to the legislature by a certain date (me) Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying pharmacy dispensing fees for multiple source drugs; authorizing commissioner of human services to increase dispensing fees to certain pharmacists considered critical access pharmacy providers; setting a reimbursement limit; adjusting payments to health companies to account for the reimbursement; requiring the pharmacy payment reform advisory committee to monitor the impact of the pharmacy dispensing service changes and report to the legislature by a certain date (me) SF2257 - Health information technology and infrastructure advisory committee duties modifications
Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Expanding duties of the health information technology and infrastructure advisory committee to include making recommendations encouraging the use of innovative health care applications using information technology and systems to improve patient care and reduce the cost of care (je) SF2124 - Sober housing study
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to convene a work group to study ways to regulate sober housing; specifying work group membership requirements; requiring a work group report to the legislature by a certain date, specifying certain report content requirements (je) Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to insurance; requiring the commissioner of public safety and the office of enterprise technology to develop in consultation with the advisory committee an electronic recording of vehicle insurance and present to the legislature by a certain date a written proposal to create, implement and administer an electronic database system to provide monitoring of the insurance status of each motor vehicle required by law to be insured; specifying goals and features of the database system; creating the advisory committee on electronic recoding of vehicle insurance (ra) SF0827 - Health plan companies sign and LEP language interpreter services coverage requirement; interpreter services work group establishment
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text 4E Requiring health plan companies to provide language interpreter services to deaf and hard of hearing enrollees and for enrollees with limited English proficiency (LEP) in order to facilitate covered health care services by a provider, reimbursement exceptions; requiring the commissioner of health in consultation with the commissioners of commerce, human services and employee relations to convene a work group to study the provision of interpreter services to patients in medical and dental care settings, specifying membership; establishing a deadline for appointments to the work group; requiring the work group to develop certain findings and recommendations, evaluate other models and report to the legislature by a certain date; providing for expiration of the work group (sunset provision) (je) Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to gambling; modifying the definitions of gambling equipment and promotional ticket; authorizing the gambling control board to impose civil penalties for organizations exceeding certain expense limitations; authorizing organizations authorized to conduct bingo to loan bingo hard cards and other devices to another organization authorized to conduct bingo; authorizing the board to summarily suspend the license of a gambling manager failing to receive required training; modifying requirements for the training of gambling managers; making certain technical changes; prohibiting the board from imposing an annual limit of the value of raffle prizes awarded by licensed organizations, limit; requiring the board to convene a public advisory committee to review operational and regulatory procedures, accounting functions, tax structure and recent trends in lawful purpose contributions and allowable expenses and report to the show full description Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring the state court administrator to conduct a study and make recommendations to the legislature by a certain date regarding issues related to conservatorships and guardianships; specifying certain membership requirements (je) Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the state court administrator to make a grant to a mediation center for dispute resolution affiliated with a law school for the purpose of conducting a study to survey and assess the current use of alternative dispute resolution in the state compared to other states and to make recommendations for the development and implementation of a plan to advance the appropriate use of alternative dispute resolutions in courts, schools, neighborhoods, businesses, state and local government agencies, health care settings, criminal and juvenile justice systems and other areas of society; specifying certain working group consultation and membership requirements; requiring report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the supreme court for the study grant (je) SF3167 - E-charging service; fingerprinting requirement; criminal and juvenile justice information policy group task force members per diem
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to public safety; requiring fingerprinting of adults and juveniles admitted to jails or detention facilities; requiring submission of finger and thumb prints to the bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) prior to acceptance of a plea of guilty or not guilty; establishing an e-charging service operated by BCA to provide communication and workflow tools for law enforcement, prosecutors and courts to use during the process of charging a person with a crime; classifying credentialing data held by government entities; authorizing certain data sharing; specifying procedures for reasoning to data requests; providing per diem for criminal and juvenile justice information policy group task force members (me) SF1661 - Disability council Options Too disability services interagency work group appropriation
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the state council on disability to continue the work of the Options Too disability services interagency work group to support activities to help people with disabilities relocate from nursing facilities to community settings; specifying certain membership requirements for the Options Too steering committee; requiring the interagency work group to be administered by the housing finance agency, the state council on disability and the department of transportation; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date (je) SF1796 - Cervical cancer prevention and human papilloma virus vaccine study
Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Author added Erickson Ropes Bill Text Requiring commissioner of health to implement certain recommendations from the cervical cancer prevention plan; requiring the commissioner to continue the cervical cancer elimination study; requiring the commissioner to conduct a study with the Minnesota immunization practices advisory committee on the human papilloma virus vaccine; requiring the commissioner to submit a report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring commissioner to develop and make available educational materials in consultation with the advisory committee regarding the human papilloma virus and cervical cancer (me) SF1304 - McLeod and Meeker counties Greenleaf, Cedar and Sioux Lakes area conservation district study and plan development appropriation
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the mid MN development commission in consultation with the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to develop a conservation district plan to include a provision for a strategic multiple partnership approach to protect and manage natural resources, recreational opportunities and private agricultural production with the Greenleaf, Cedar and Sioux Lakes area of McLeod and Meeker counties; requiring the appointment of an advisory committee; requiring the commissioner to complete a draft outline and scope of study for the plan and community outreach and report to the legislature by a certain date (ra) SF1111 - Metropolitan area transportation provisions modifications; transportation advisory board membership modification
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to metropolitan area transportation; modifying the membership of the transportation advisory board, transition provision; modifying certain periodic evaluation requirements of the metropolitan area transportation system performance; modifying and clarifying certain special transportation service provisions relating to metropolitan council objectives, reporting requirements, transportation accessibility advisory committee membership requirements, eligibility application and verification requirements and imposing a penalty for fraudulent certification, and modifying certain duties of the council; repealing a provision relating to transportation policy (je) Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to the environment; providing for legislative findings regarding greenhouse gas reductions; requiring the environmental quality board (EQB) to inventory all funds available to achieve greenhouse gas reduction goals; establishing the greenhouse gas reduction working group, specifying composition, prescribing powers and purpose, establishing goals and strategies to be employed to reach greenhouse reduction goals; requiring the working group to report results of the study to the legislature by a certain date (me) SF3431 - Statewide public safety radio system financing technical correction
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Correcting the name of the entity responsible for the approval of the statewide public safety radio system from the public safety radio system planning committee to the statewide radio board (me) SF0944 - Teacher education and compensation helps (TEACH) program; early childhood professional development training
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to child care; expanding child care services grants provisions; establishing the teacher education and compensation helps (TEACH) program to provide tuition scholarships, education incentives and early childhood teacher retention program to provide retention incentives to early care and education providers, specifying program components, requiring an advisory committee; requiring the commissioner of human services to implement a redesigned early childhood and school age professional development training system; specifying system minimum features; appropriating money to the commissioner of human services for the programs (rt) SF1904 - Educational accountability office appropriation; school performance report cards requirements modifications and advisory group formation
Latest Action: 04/13/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring funding for the office of educational accountability through the board of regents of the university of Minnesota; modifying school performance report cards requirements by removing a commissioner of education school designation identification requirement and a school district appeal option and adding a reporting requirement; requiring the director of the independent office of educational accountability to convene and chair an advisory group of measurement experts to consider and recommend how to structure school performance data and report cards, specifying advisory group responsibilities and membership; appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for the office of educational accountability (me) SF3472 - Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators budget preparation incorporation; legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy government accountability subcommittee creation
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to state government; incorporating Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators in budget preparation; requiring the legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy (LCPFP) to form a subcommittee on government accountability to review certain recommendations from the commissioners of finance and administration; modifying certain budget preparation requirements relating to performance measures for change items; requiring the sesquicentennial commission to solicit input and suggestions from communities throughout the state during the sesquicentennial celebration regarding the selection and use of Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators; requiring the commissioner of finance to convene a working group for Minnesota Milestones to assist in the preparation of recommendations for the required Minnesota Milestones report, sunset provision (ra) SF1560 - Terrestrial and geologic carbon sequestration assessments and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to conduct a study assessing potential capacity for carbon sequestration in state terrestrial systems, specifying study requirements, requiring the study be coordinated by the Minnesota terrestrial carbon sequestration initiative, specifying task force membership, authorizing the university to contract with another party; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring the Minnesota geological survey to conduct a study assessing the potential capacity for geologic carbon sequestration in the state midcontinent rift system, specifying study requirements, instructing the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) in consultation with the Minnesota geological survey, to contract for a study to estimate the properties of the midcontinent rift system; requiring consultation with the Minnesota mineral coordinating committee; requiring the commissioner [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Relating to game and fish; establishing a walleye fishing stamp for the purpose of increasing walleye stocking and stamp collecting; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to appoint a subcommittee to review the walleye stamp and address funding issues; requiring revenue from the walleye stamp to be credited to the walleye stamp account; providing for a walleye stamp validation fee (me) SF2991 - Transportation construction projects estimates disclosure requirements modifications; design build transportation project provisions modifications; technical review committee members compensation requirement
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to transportation; modifying provisions relating to disclosure of construction project cost estimates and proposal scoring; modifying certain design build transportation project provisions; requiring compensation for certain technical review committee members; modifying provisions relating to design build requests for proposals, scoring, project awards and protests; requiring disclosure of reasons for change in stipulated fee; requiring rejection of nonresponsive proposals by the technical review committee; repealing a certain provision relating to design build award alternative process for certain contracts (je) SF0279 - Criminal and juvenile justice information policy group automatic sealing of arrest records study; collateral sanctions committee establishment, study and report requirements
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 2E Relating to public safety; establishing a collateral sanctions committee to study collateral sanctions of adult convictions and juvenile adjudications and make recommendations to the legislature, requiring the sentencing guidelines commission to provide technical and research assistance to the committee with the assistance of the commissioners of public safety and corrections, specifying membership, providing for expenses; specifying committee study and report requirements; requiring the criminal and juvenile justice information policy group to study the automatic sealing of arrest records for persons not subsequently convicted of offenses related to the arrest, requiring the policy group to address issues related to implementation under certain specified framework, specifying certain consultation requirements, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner of public [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Establishing a environmental health tracking and biomonitoring program; requiring the commissioner of health to coordinate data collection activities with the Minnesota pollution control agency (PCA), department of agriculture, university of Minnesota and other relevant state agencies to promote sharing and access to health and environmental databases in order to develop an environmental health tracking system consistent with data practices laws, specifying commissioner duties, requiring the department of health to conduct biomonitoring and share results with certain groups; providing for a biomonitoring pilot program; directing the commissioner to consult with certain organizations to specify chemicals and metals to be analyzed under the pilot program; requiring the commissioners of health, PCA, agriculture and the university of Minnesota to jointly develop a memorandum for information sharing; appropriating money [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 2E "Universal Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Act"; specifying legislative findings and purpose; defining certain terms; requiring the commissioner of health to establish a newborn hearing screening advisory committee to advise the commissioner of health and education, specifying membership; requiring all hospitals to establish a universal newborn hearing and infant screening (UNHS) program as a condition of licensure, specifying duties, notification and information requirements; requiring commissioner of health to exercise oversight responsibility for UNHS programs; providing for immunity from civil and criminal liability and penalties; sunset provision (me) SF2165 - Workers compensation temporary total disability benefits, retraining and medical services relative value fee schedule provisions modifications; pay for performance advisory group
Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to workers compensation; modifying the compensation schedule for injury producing temporary total disability; increasing the maximum weekly compensation amount; modifying certain retraining and medical services relative value fee schedule provisions; creating the pay for performance advisory group to study and make recommendations regarding best practice standards and pay for performance standards for medical care designed to achieve cost savings to offset the costs associated with increased benefits; specifying certain membership requirements; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to adopt rules for the performance standards; sunset provision (je) SF3843 - Drug manufacturers and distributors gift ban to physicians and formulary committee members and payments to practitioners disclosure
Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to health; requiring each pharmaceutical manufacturer, wholesale drug distributor, medical supply or device manufacturer to file with the commissioner of health an annual report identifying all payments, honoraria, reimbursement or other compensation paid to practitioners or sponsors of a medical conference, professional meeting or other educational program during the proceeding year, specifying the report format; prohibiting practitioners and drug formulary committee members from accepting gifts from pharmaceutical (drug) manufacturers and distributors and medical supply or device manufacturers and distributors; modifying the definition of gift (me) SF0714 - Controlled substances prescription electronic reporting program
Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 2E Requiring the board of pharmacy to establish an electronic system for reporting on dispensed controlled substances prescriptions; specifying reporting requirements of dispensers; requiring the board to develop and maintain a database of reported data, providing for access to reporting system data and the use of the data by certain permissible users; providing for disciplinary action for failure to submit data to the board; requiring the board to evaluate the reporting program and report to the legislature by a certain date; authorizing the board to apply for federal grants and other nonstate funds; prohibiting the board from increasing license fees of pharmacists or pharmacies to fund the system (je) Latest Action: 05/04/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF1078 Bill Text 1E Relating to health; modifying the hospital public interest review requirements; defining community benefit and community care; modifying the alternative approval process; requiring the commissioner of health to appoint an advisory committee, specifying minimum legislative appointees; requiring commissioner to monitor the implementation of exceptions until completion of the construction project to ensure the project continues in the public interest; requiring the commissioner to report annually on the community benefit, community care amounts and state program underfunding (je) SF1963 - Health care cost containment provisions modifications; medical expenditure review committee; health care transformation task force; health care payment system reform; community collaborative pilot project grants
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Author added Saltzman Bill Text Relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to submit annual reports on health care cost containment goals to the legislature; establishing a medical expenditure review advisory committee to act as a consumer voice in the review of major spending commitments, specifying certain membership requirements and duties; establishing a health care transformation task force, specifying certain duties and membership requirements, requiring the development of a statewide action plan for transforming the health care system to improve affordability, quality and access and requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; specifying a date for the goal of universal health care coverage; requiring written hospital charity care policies, requiring the commissioner to adopt rules establishing standardized debt collection practices for hospitals; modifying performance payments for certain medical groups; requiring the show full description SF2742 - Registered nurse staffing for patient safety hospital standards and requirements
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Author added Dibble Bill Text Requiring all licensed hospitals to adopt and implement by a certain date staffing plans specifying direct care registered nurse (RN) patient ratios for each hospital unit for purposes of patient safety; specifying considerations, assignment limits and adjustments; requiring licensed hospitals to establish RN staffing for patient safety committees by a certain date, providing for staffing levels posting and commissioner of health enforcement; providing for adverse health event reporting relating staffing levels and nursing sensitive quality outcomes; requiring the commissioner of health on consultation with hospitals, the board of nursing and the Minnesota nurses association to study how nursing care should be identified and reimbursed in hospital cost reports (rt) SF3488 - Outdoor heritage fund and Lessard heritage enhancement council creation
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Committee report: To pass Bill Text 1E Establishing the outdoor heritage fund and creating the forest fragmentation and consolidation account and the conservation partners account within the fund, providing for allocation of expenditures; creating the Lessard-Heritage enhancement council, specifying membership requirements, requiring the governor to appoint an outdoor heritage fund citizen selection committee and specifying certain duties of the committee; requiring the council to adopt a strategic plan; specifying council duties and administration; providing for open meetings (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. Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing the outdoor heritage fund in the Minnesota constitution, article XI, section 15, requiring all money earned to be credited to the fund, requiring a legislative and citizen committee to make recommendations to the legislature regarding appropriations for habitat, forest defragmentation and conservation (rt) SF2511 - Health Care Peer Review Committee reestablished relating to quality of care and treatment of offenders, and Minnesota Breeders fund advisory committees reestablished.
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/30/08 Bill Text Health Care Peer Review Committee reestablished relating to quality of care and treatment of offenders, and Minnesota Breeders fund advisory committees reestablished. SF3225 - Medical Review Subcommittee and ombudsman authorized to gather data about deceased clients.
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. SF3238 - Precinct caucus dates political party establishment; campaign materials deaf captioning requirement
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - HF substituted |
