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

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Relating to taxation; providing for additional county program aid to meet the
cost of out of home placement programs
(me)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance

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1E Authorizing the commissioner of health to award a demonstration project grant
to a community based health care initiative to develop and operate a community
based health care coverage program to operate within Carlton, Cook, Lake, and
St. Louis counties; removing references to federal grant program approval
requirements; extending the report date requirements; extending the sunset
provision; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for the
demonstration grant
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to human services ARTICLE 1 - PROGRAM INTEGRITY Making program integrity improvements and expanding certain duties of the department of human services; modifying the subpoena authority; authorizing the department of labor and industry to allow the department of human services and county agencies direct access and data matching on workers compensation claims information; modifying public assistance overpayments and declarations ARTICLE 2 - MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM Expanding Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) income exclusions to include cash payments to individuals enrolled for full time services as a volunteer under AmeriCorps programs; modifying referral information requirements for diversionary work program (DWP) employment services ARTICLE 3 - CHILD CARE Expanding certain private data disclosure requirements on individuals to include [...]

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

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Increasing reimbursement rates for nursing facilities in Olmsted County
(me)

Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing certain homeless management information system (HMIS) data
requirements for organizations providing homeless services; prohibiting the
withholding of state funding under certain conditions
(je)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Committee report: To pass

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Authorizing certain state hospitals and institutions for persons who are
mentally ill and developmentally disabled and county social service agencies
providing child and vulnerable adult protection services to operate vehicles
exempt from payment of registration tax and fees and without the required
identification on the sides of the vehicle; regulating display of vehicle
license plates; requiring vehicles displaying tax exempt plates to have vehicle
identification markings
(je)

Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Authorizing the commissioner of human services to approve a planned medical
assistance (MA) closure rate adjustment for a Big Stone county nursing facility
in Clinton for a facility in Graceville
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Relating to human services; modifying adult foster care licensing requirements
(me)

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

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Providing additional medical assistance (MA) operating payment rate adjustments
for nursing facilities and community-based long-term care providers effective
after phase-in of rebased operating cost payments rates; clarifying allowable
uses; requiring a signed bargaining agent letter of acceptance for rate
adjustments
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Revising requirements and procedures for county based purchasing for state health care programs including general assistance medical care, medical assistance (MA) prepayment program and other prepaid health care programs in counties administered by the commissioner of human services; modifying dispute mediation panel membership requirements; specifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to contractual disputes; expanding the authority of county boards to elect to purchase or provide health care services on behalf of persons eligible for MinnesotaCare and other prepaid health care programs; clarifying certain duties of the commissioner of health relating to county based purchasing for state health care programs; modifying and expanding single plan management care contract requirements to include any county establishing the county based purchasing entity under certain conditions; purchasing arrangements for certain

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Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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2E Relating to human services; providing long term care rate adjustments for nursing facility operating costs under the alternative payment demonstration system; requiring the commissioner of human services to provide certain nursing facilities and ICF/MR facilities a health insurance per diem to the total operating payment rate for employee purchases of private sector health insurance coverage, limitation, specifying certain reporting requirements; prohibiting the commissioner from rebasing nursing facility payment rates without specific authority; increasing the total operating payment rate for ICF/MR facilities; modifying certain MinnesotaCare eligibility requirements relating to employer subsidized insurance; modifying certain prior provider rate increases and use requirements; requiring the commissioner to provide a rate adjustment for employee health insurance costs for the providers of the services, specifying [...]

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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the commissioner of human services in consultation with counties and
child advocacy organizations to issue a mandated report to the legislature with
a proposal for how to begin funding services to children in need of protection
with new state revenues by a certain date; appropriating money to the
commissioner of human services for distribution in the form of grants to
counties and tribes
(ra)

Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Committee report: To pass as amended

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3E Revising requirements and procedures for county-based purchasing for state
health care programs; modifying dispute resolution mediation panel membership
requirements; requiring the commissioner of human services (DHS) to assign
eligible individuals under the medical assistance (MA) prepayment demonstration
project in the absence of a specific managed care plan choice to the county
based purchasing health plan in Olmsted, Winona, Houston, Fillmore and Mower
counties under condition of county residency; clarifying certain duties of the
commissioner of health relating to county based purchasing for single-health
plan managed care contracts; modifying certain reporting requirements; requiring
certain conforming statutory changes by the revisor of statutes
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing county boards for counties located within an urban area to provide
for a choice of county based purchasing plans for state health care programs;
modifying the commissioner of human services authority
(me)

Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Placing nursing facilities in Meeker county into a different geographic group
for medical assistance (MA) operating costs reimbursement purposes
(me)

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Requiring the commissioner of human services to conduct ongoing inspections of
child care centers and family day care programs at least annually; requiring the
commissioner to work with counties to develop a funding allocation to provide
recourse to the counties to implement the annual licensing review; requiring the
commissioner in consultation with the commissioners of health and education and
the counties to develop and present recommendation to the legislature by a
certain date for legally unlicensed child care providers receiving child care
assistance funds to receive a onetime home visit to receive information on
health and safety and school readiness
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Author added Rummel

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Modifying the state child care assistance reimbursement rate by requiring the
commissioner of human services (DHS) to determine maximum rate on a half day
basis
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Reducing the annual county license fees to a family or group family child care applicant for background studies and licensing inspections under the human services licensing act; specifying certain adult foster care, family adult day services and child foster care background study duties by the commissioner of human services; requiring the commissioner to conduct a background study at the time of reapplication for a family child care license and to conduct a background study of an individual newly affiliated with a family care license holder; requiring county agencies to collect family child care background information and forward the information to the commissioner; requiring the commissioner to implement a system for the electronic transmission of family child care background study results to county agencies for studies conducted by the commissioner; eliminating family child care homes from the background studies [...]

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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: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to Indian child welfare; requiring local welfare agencies upon a report
of maltreatment of a child residing on a reservation to request appropriate
reservation authorities investigate; authorizing local welfare agencies
investigation under certain conditions
(me)

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

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Relating to child protection costs of care provisions; excluding income of
certain age children employed as part of an independent living plan
transitioning from foster care and cost of care reimbursement to counties
requirements
(me)

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

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services for allocation to
counties and tribes for supported work for Minnesota family investment program
(MFIP) participants, specifying eligibility of counties and tribes;
appropriating money to the commissioner of human services for allocation to
community action agencies for auto repairs, auto loans and auto purchase grants
to eligible participants
(me)

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

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Clarifying the eligibility for the Minnesota family investment program (MFIP)
consolidated fund, prohibiting a county or tribe from imposing a residency
requirement on families, exception
(me)

Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Author added Erickson Ropes

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Requiring the commissioner of human services to approve county based purchasing
health plan proposals for Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis
counties; specifying eligibility requirements
(me)

Latest Action: 04/30/2007 - Received from Senate

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Human services advisory committee established to simplify program
administration, and studies and reports required.

Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Returned from House

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State health care program management improved, managed care contracting
modified, county-based purchasing modified, reports required, and money
appropriated.

Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - House conferees Thissen; Mullery; Smith

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Death deed conveyance of interests in real property by transfer provision
provided, acknowledgments made in a representative capacity clarified,
registered land application clarified, obsolete language eliminated and
technical changes made.

Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/24/08

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Disabled children human services eligibility redetermination notice required.

Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Received from Senate

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Nursing facility operating cost payment rate rebase phase-in modified

Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - HF substituted on General Orders HF3380

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1E Requiring the commissioner of human services to assign eligible individuals
under the medical assistance (MA) prepayment demonstration project in the
absence of a specific managed care plan choice to the county based purchasing
health plan in Olmsted, Winona, Houston, Fillmore and Mower counties under
condition of county residency; requiring the commissioner of human services to
submit to Olmsted county by a certain date an itemized statement of costs
incurred by the department for computer system implementation purposes and
appropriating money to the commissioner of human services
(je)

Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - House rule 4.20, interim disposition of bills, returned to Health and Human Services

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Radiation therapy facility construction limitations expiration date removed, and
two-year moratorium on construction in certain counties provided.

Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to human services; requiring counties providing health care services
through a county based purchasing plan to reinvest the savings into health care
programs
(me)

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

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Relating to human services; authorizing county agency access to the statewide
supervision system and the national crime information center database for
background checks for adult foster care, family adult day services and family
child care services
(je)

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

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Relating to human servcies; modifying certain family eligibility participant requirements for child care assistance under the Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) program; modifying the definition of participant; modifying certain property limitations requirements for vehicles; specifying ineligibility of certain legal noncitizens for MFIP programs; modifying county agency recertification requirements; modifying certain employment services assessments requirements; modifying postsecondary education or training approval requirements; eliminating family stabilization services from allowable expenditures of the MFIP consolidated fund; modifying diversionary work program (DWP) eligibility requirements; repealing a prior repealer relating to MFIP grant treatment of supplemental security income; repealing certain provisions relating to family stabilization services, the work participation bonus, and the Workforce U [...]

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

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Modifying medical assistance (MA) rebased nursing home (facility) operating cost
payment rates phase-in by requiring calculation using the statistical and cost
report filed by each nursing facility
(rt)

Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment

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HF 2748

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Rural health cooperative established, requirements revised for county-based
purchasing for state health care programs, and money appropriated.

Section 1: Rural Health Cooperative Contract Oversight language provided.
Subdivision 1. Review and approval; monitoring.
Subdivision 2. Applications.
Subdivision 3. Application fee.
Subdivision 4. Appropriation.

Section 2: Limitation of choice language modified.

Section 3: Statement of costs; appropriation language provided.

SNA 5/20/08

Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything

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HF 3222 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT Health care service provisions amended, managed care contract provision changed, HMO renewal fee increased, sex offender program provisions changed, MFIP work activity changed, report required, and money appropriated. ARTICLE 1 -- HEALTH CARE Section 1: Child with a disability language modified. Section 2: Rules language modified. Section 3: Home care aide tasks language provided. Section 4: Policy for notification of disposition options language provided. Section 5: Graduates of nonaccredited dental programs language provided. Section 6: Fee adjustment language provided. Section 7: Statewide health information exchange language provided. Section 8: Persons detained by law language modified. Section 9: Homestead exclusion for persons residing in a long-term care facility language modified.[...]

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Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything

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HF 3420 SECOND ENGROSSMENT County registrars procedures and fees revised, death deed transfer provided, representative capacity acknowledgments clarified, registered land application clarified, Uniform Probate Code modified, and foreclosure provisions modified. ARTICLE 1 -- REGISTRAR OF TITLES Section 1: Standard documents language modified. Section 2: Recording language modified. ARTICLE 2 -- TRANSFER ON DEATH DEEDS Section 1: Estates of specific persons receiving medical assistance language modified. Section 2: Estates of persons receiving medical assistance and survived by others language modified. Section 3: Conveyances, taxes paid before recording language modified. Section 4: Exemptions language modified. Section 5: Transfer on death deeds language provided. Subdivision 1. Definitions. Subdivision 2. Effect [...]

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Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Comm rpt: Rule 45-amend, sub Gen Ord SF3031

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HF 3380

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

State health care county-based purchasing program requirements revised, and
money appropriated.

Section 1: Limitation of choice language modified.

Section 2: Statement of costs; appropriation language provided.

SNA 5/7/08