All Disadvantaged Legislation - Minnesota
SF2888 - School districts health care program outreach requirements repeal
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Repealing the requirement for school districts to provide information to students on the availability of health care coverage through Minnesota health care programs outreach (je) Comment on Bill SF3346 - Special transportation services medical assistance reimbursement rate increases
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Increasing the maximum reimbursement rates for special transportation services under medical assistance (MA) (je) SF3347 - Brokers and coordinators dispatching medical transportation services prohibition
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting the commissioner of human services from using brokers or coordinators for dispatching nonemergency or emergency medical transportation services and disbursements of volunteer and recipient mileage and parking reimbursements under medical assistance (MA) (je) Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a child care advisory task force for reviewing child care assistance laws, rules and policies and to remove barriers facing families applying for and receiving child care assistance, specifying membership and duties; requiring recommendations to the legislature by a certain date; sunset provision (ra) SF3668 - Homeless program providers consistency standards and guidelines requirements
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to the housing finance agency (HFA); requiring providers or organizations receiving homeless program state funding to impose certain consistent homeless programs standards on clients and requiring consistency in program guidelines; requiring the interagency task force on homelessness in consultation with the Minnesota coalition for the homeless, homeless advocates, certain homeless or formerly homeless people, representatives of public or private providers of emergency shelter, transitional, supportive and permanent affordable housing, representatives of homeless youth serving agencies and youth outreach programs and interested members of the public to establish certain standards; requiring agency and departments to implement the standards by a certain date (je) SF1358 - Workforce development employment and training services pilot project grant appropriation
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to Workforce Development, Inc. for a pilot project to provide demand driven employment and training services to welfare recipients and other economically disadvantaged populations in Mower, Freeborn, Dodge and Steele counties (je) SF1691 - Nursing and intermediate care facilities and community services providers medical assistance payment rate increases; income tax rate modifications; long term payment rate account
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to human services; providing a medical assistance (MA) rate increase for nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for persons with mental retardation or related conditions (ICF/MR) and certain home and community based waivered services providers; modifying the income tax rate schedule; providing for inflation adjustment of the brackets; creating the long term care payment rate account; appropriating money to commissioner of human services from the long term care payment rate account to fund long term care provider rate increases (je) SF1915 - Low income rental property participation in crime free multihousing program for reduced property class rate
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to property taxes; requiring certain low income rental housing to participate in the crime free multihousing program offered through the city police or county sheriff in order to receive a reduced property tax class 4d rate; specifying certain certification, compliance and notification requirements (je) SF2854 - Early childhood family education (ECFE) collaboration incentives and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing early childhood family education program (ECFE) incentives to programs successfully reaching out to at risk (high risk) children and demonstrating collaboration with other ECFE programs and organizations serving at risk children, specifying a percentage, appropriating money to the commissioner of education for collaboration incentives (rt) SF3184 - Delivered fuel residential heating customers cold weather protection
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring delivered heating fuel vendors to offer certain residential heating fuel customers monthly payment agreements (cold weather protection) during certain months, specifying requirements (rt) SF1595 - Duluth nursing facility medical assistance payment rate increase
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing payment rates for nursing facilities in the city of Duluth (rt) Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Referred to Taxes Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of revenue to make grants to nonprofit organizations to coordinate and aid low income taxpayer assistance services (rt) SF1763 - Child, foster care and adult day care license disqualification set aside prohibition
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Prohibiting the commissioner of human services from setting aside the disqualification of any individual in connection with a license to provide child care, foster care for children and foster care or day care for adults (me) SF1585 - Medical assistance payment rate increase for dental services; revenue paid by dental providers into the health care access fund report requirement
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Author added Olson, M. Bill Text Increasing medical assistance payments for dental services provided to children; requiring commissioners of human services and revenue to determine amount of revenue deposited into the health care access fund and report to the legislature by a certain date (me) SF3501 - County out of home placement aid
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to taxation; providing for additional county program aid to meet the cost of out of home placement programs (me) SF0829 - Independent school district #138, North Branch; all day kindergarten program appropriation
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Establishing an all day kindergarten pilot project in independent school district #138, North Branch for underperforming students, requiring school district targeted intervention program development and student assessment; appropriating money to the commissioner of education (rt) SF3053 - School districts health care program outreach requirements repeal
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Repealing the requirement for school districts to provide information to students on the availability of health care coverage through Minnesota health care programs outreach (rt) SF0508 - Rice county nursing facilities as metro for medical assistance reimbursement rate determination
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Designating certain nursing facilities in Rice county as metro for medical assistance (MA) reimbursement rates determination purposes (rt) Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to civil actions; providing for district court civil actions for neglect, abuse, injury, endangerment or exploitation of vulnerable or incapacitated adults; defining terms; extending liability to misuse of assets and real and personal property, allowing interested persons to file actions in district or probate court; specifying exclusion for adults dependent on religious healing methods; specifying statute of limitations and remedies; criminal conviction preclusion for subsequent denial of criminal conviction (rt) SF3478 - Goodhue county nursing facilities metro designation for medical assistance reimbursement rate determination
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Designating certain nursing facilities in Goodhue county as metro for medical assistance (MA) reimbursement rates determination purposes (je) Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the Ramsey county workforce investment board for development of the building lives program (rt) SF1551 - Ramsey county juvenile detention alternatives initiative appropriation
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the Ramsey county community corrections department to conduct a pilot program designed to examine and address disproportionate minority contact and juvenile detention alternatives in the county juvenile justice system (rt) SF1068 - Propane prepurchasing funding for low income home energy assistance program
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of commerce for the prepurchasing of propane as a part of the low income home energy assistance program (me) SF1034 - Duluth nursing facility medical assistance payment rate increase
Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing payment rates for a certain low cost nursing facility in the city of Duluth (je) Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to human services, including incidental nursing services under the medicaid waiver for elderly services, defining incidental nursing services; authorizing case managers to authorize additional elderly waiver services under certain conditions; requiring the commissioner of human services to increase the reimbursement rate limits by a certain percent; requiring the commissioner to present a report to the legislature on the waiver for elderly services by a certain date (me) SF1690 - Health care access fund purpose clarification; MinnesotaCare provider tax contingent reduction; health care access funds transfers elimination
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to health; clarifying the purpose of the health care access fund to finance affordable health care services for low income residents and families; prohibiting money in the health care access fund from being used to replace existing spending on subsidized health care programs; providing for a contingent reduction in the MinnesotaCare provider tax upon determination of the commissioner of finance consultation with the commissioner of revenue; eliminating certain transfers from the health care access fund (ra) SF2209 - Human services program integrity improvements; MFIP and child care assistance provisions modifications
Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text 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 [...] show full description SF2867 - Grave markers and memorial monuments bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for grants for grave markers or memorial monuments for unmarked graves of deceased residents of state hospitals or regional treatment centers (me) Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to child protection; requiring court findings regarding independent living goals for certain children in an out-of-home placement (me) SF0824 - Property tax classification for low income rental property application extension
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Extending the application of 4d property classification for low income rental property (ra) SF2283 - Revisor's bill
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text 1E Revisor's bill; correcting miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results and technical errors relating to fiduciary transactions power of attorney forms; correcting section number references to a law relating to an appropriation from the forest management investment account, making a technical correction to a certain prior appropriation to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR); making certain technical corrections to the omnibus energy, natural resources, energy and commerce appropriations bill; modifying a certain provision relating to the review of heating and cooling systems in state funded buildings; modifying a certain provision permitting the return of certain unused drugs and medical devices from county jails; clarify the availability of an appropriation for the agricultural best management practices loan program; changing the date for the commissioner of agriculture to [...] show full description SF1908 - Hospital charity care, bad debt and community benefit reporting requirements
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring hospitals to establish written policies on charity care policies, requiring policy public posting, requiring hospitals to identify uninsured patients and assist in the application process to Minnesota health care programs; requiring hospitals to submit certain information to nonprofit reporting organizations or to the commissioner of health on charity care and bad debt; requiring hospitals to report community benefit amounts to the Minnesota hospital association (rt) Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing certain homeless management information system (HMIS) data requirements for organizations providing homeless services; prohibiting the withholding of state funding under certain conditions (je) SF2311 - Supportive housing for long term homeless bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of the housing finance agency (HFA) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for loans and grants for publicly owned permanent rental housing for long term homeless (ra) SF0143 - Nursing facilities PERA costs of reimbursement determination and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Relating to human services; providing a method to determine costs reimbursement for nursing facilities participating in the public employee retirement association (PERA); requiring the commissioner of human services to determine the portion of the payment rate by using a certain formula; appropriating money to the commissioner for payment of PERA costs (je) Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to transfer funds from the community service grant program for the living-at-home/block nurse grant programs currently operating without base funding (je) Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Eliminating restrictions to health insurance coverage for children under MinnesotaCare (rt) SF0079 - MinnesotaCare program covered health services for single adults and households without children eligibility provisions modifications
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing eligibility for covered health services under the MinnesotaCare program for single adults and households without children; increasing the inpatient hospital benefit limit; repealing the limited benefit set (je) Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (DHS) for the long term homeless services (rt) Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating additional money to the commissioner of human services for foodshelf programs (je) SF2187 - Critical access dental providers reimbursement rate increase and additional staff hiring
Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the reimbursement rate for critical access dental providers; requiring the commissioner of human services to hire additional staff to assist in administration of the critical access dental program (je) SF2737 - Mental health rehabilitation workers qualifications modifications
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Author added Rummel Bill Text Relating to human services; modifying qualifications for mental heatlh rehabilitation workers (je) 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) SF3524 - Home and community based waiver services for persons with disabilities wheelchair accommodation requirement and waiver amendment
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to human services; modifying home and community based waiver services for persons with disabilities allowable expenses provisions to include certain home modifications to accommodate wheelchairs; requiring the commissioner of human services to submit a waiver amendment to the centers for medicare and medicaid services (je) SF0205 - MinnesotaCare program income definition veterans aid and attendance benefits exclusion
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Excluding veterans aid and attendance benefits from the definition of income under the MinnesotaCare program (je) Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of public safety to establish a grant program connecting people experiencing homelessness to housing and services to reduce recidivism and promote stronger communities; specifying procedures for awarding grants to recipients; specifying project design elements; requiring an annual report to the commissioner; appropriating money to the commissioner for the program (me) Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to the Minnesota alliance of boys and girls clubs to administer a statewide project of youth job skills development, match requirement (me) Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to public defense; updating and clarifying certain public defense provisions; eliminating the defendant representation copayment requirement; making certain technical changes; eliminating state public defender right to decline to represent indigent petitioners in postconviction remedy cases; requiring the state public defender to supervise the public defender system and allowing the state public defender to assist districts, appointed counsel and organizations; providing for the appointment of a chief appellate public defender by the board of public defense, specifying term limit and qualifications; requiring compensation to be set by the board; prohibiting chief public defenders from engaging in the general practice of law; requiring county payment of advisory and standby counsel, allowing chief appellate public defenders to use certain transcripts of testimony in certain situations; clarifying appointed [...] show full description SF0570 - Medical assistance nonemergency medical transportation competitive bidding modifications
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Authorizing the commissioner of human services to engage in competitive bidding for medical assistance (MA) nonemergency medical transportation level of need determinations and disbursements, prohibiting the commissioner from utilizing volume purchases through competitive bidding and negotiation for special transportation services; requiring health care professional determination of level of need nonemergency medical transportation; extending covered services transportation costs to skilled nursing facility residents; specifying special transportation provider route directives; modifying reimbursement rates (je) Latest Action: 03/31/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF1004 Bill Text 2E Regulating predatory lending practices; defining "fully indexed rate;" providing certain additional requirements for residential mortgage originators and servicers to discourage predatory lending including determining reasonable ability to pay; prohibiting the practice of churning; requiring lenders to inform borrowers of additional money due for taxes and insurance; modifying the definition of lender fee; implementing certain requirements for residential mortgage brokers relating to the relationship with borrowers; applying the duty of agency between a mortgage broker and a borrower under certain conditions (me) 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: 04/27/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of human services to provide notice prior to removal of a prescription drug used by a percentage of the fee for service medical assistance (MA) recipients from the drug formulary due to failure of manufacturer to sign rebate agreements (je) SF1387 - Medical assistance coverage eligibility suspension for incarcerated individuals
Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text 2E Requiring individuals enrolled in medical assistance (MA) and charged with a crime and incarcerated for a certain amount of time to have eligibility suspended at the time of incarceration and reinstated upon release (me) (je) SF2857 - Hennepin county opportunity center development bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (DHS) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to Hennepin county for site acquisition, design and development of the opportunity center to prove a one stop site for the homeless and people at risk of homelessness to secure housing (rt) SF3278 - Human services department finger imaging system for public assistance programs recipients
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of human services to establish a finger imaging system for public assistance applicants, including minors, as a condition for eligibility for public assistance; specifying duties and authority of the commissioner; providing for suspected fraud and penalties; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date and annually thereafter (rt) SF1015 - Lead hazard reduction provisions modification; medical assistance coverage for children with elevated blood lead levels screening services; blood lead testing methods study
Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text 2E Relating to children's environmental health; modifying the definitions of eligible organization and commissioner under the lead abatement program and adjusting the grants administration process; modifying commissioner of health criteria for evaluating grant applications; expanding medical assistance (MA) coverage to include lead risk assessments provided by assessors licensed by the commissioner of health for children with certain blood lead levels, including environmental investigations to determine the source of lead exposure, specifying certain payment requirements; requiring the commissioner of health in consultation with the commissioner of human services, cities of the first class, health care providers and other interested parties to conduct a study to evaluate blood lead testing methods used to confirm elevated blood lead status, requiring recommendations and a report to the legislature by a certain date; [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for the youthbuild program (rt) SF0855 - Medical assistance coverage for psychological consultation
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to human services; modifying medical assistance (MA) coverage to include consultations with psychologists; modifying the critical access mental health services rate increase to include psychologists (je) SF1567 - Health care provisions modifications; MinnesotaCare II option; Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - HEALTH INSURANCE Allowing public assistance data to be shared for MinnesotaCare enrollment and premium collection purposes; authorizing the commissioner of human services to receive federal matching money made available through the medical assistance (MA) program for managed care oversight contracted through vendors; modifying certain medical assistance (MA) eligibility requirements for children under a certain age; requiring commissioner to develop and implement a physician directed care coordination program for certain medical assistance recipients; requiring commissioner to refer MinnesotaCare applicants and enrollees to the Minnesota health insurance exchange, specifying certain exchange of private data requirements; modifying certain MinnesotaCare eligibility requirements for families with children; modifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to availability [...] show full description SF1434 - Medical assistance prepayment demonstration project quality of care impact statement requirement
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring commissioner of human services to develop and issue a quality of care impact statement to include any resulting reduction in the quality of care and quantity of count safety net services for disabled persons, any resulting county employee job losses, a comparison of the qualifications and experience of existing county case managers versus contracted vendors, a cost benefit analysis showing the costs and projected savings of a prepaid medical plan in comparison to fee paid services and any conflicts of interest prior to contracting for basic health care services to persons with disabilities for medical assistance (MA) coverage purposes; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date on the initial results of implementation of contracts and overall assessment of the impact on quality of care; modifying stakeholder group membership requirements (me) SF2324 - Minnesota Health Act
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Commerce and Consumer Protection Bill Text 1E Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS "Minnesota Health Act"; establishing the Minnesota health plan to provide residents all medically necessary health care services; specifying health plan requirements; defining certain terms; providing for ethics and conflict of interest; requiring certain data sharing ARTICLE 2 - ELIGIBILITY Providing for eligibility to all state residents; requiring the Minnesota health board to establish a procedure to enroll residents and provide enrollees with appropriate identification, allowing health care coverage for residents temporarily residing out of state, visitors, nonresident persons working in the state and retiree benefits; providing for presumptive eligibility ARTICLE 3 - BENEFITS Authorizing eligible persons to receive services under the Minnesota health plan from any licensed participating providers; prohibiting [...] show full description SF3151 - School district high academic achievement plan development requirement; student academic achievement improvements advisory task force
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Bill Text 1E Requiring school districts experiencing disparities in academic achievement to develop a plan to significantly improve academic achievement using concrete measures to eliminate differences in academic achievement; requiring plan submission to the commissioner of education by a certain date; creating an advisory task force on improving students academic achievement to review plans submitted to the commissioner of education and submit a proposal for improving student academic achievem |
