Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: HF0074

hf74SECOND ENGROSSMENTState government finance bill appropriating money and
reducing +appropriations for education, health, human services, corrections,
economic +development, transportation, environmental, and other purposes.ARTICLE
1: EDUCATION FINANCESection 1: Education appropriations and reductions
summarized.Sec. 2: Department of Children, Families, and Learning reductions
+detailed.Sec. 3: Perpich center for arts education reduction provided.Sec.
4-6: Reserve account limit calculation procedure modified and +detailed,
effective date provided.Sec. 7: Waiver procedures for reserve account surplus
established.Sec. 8: Adult basic education program sliding fee schedule
allowed.Sec. 9: State total adult basic education aid modified.Sec. 10: Adult
basic education aid guarantee modified.Sec. 11: School districts in statutory
operating debt levy reduction+ exemption provided.Sec. 12: Effective
date.ARTICLE 2: HIGHER EDUCATIONSection 1: Higher education appropriations and
reductions detailed.Sec. 2: Higher education services office reduction
summarized.Sec. 3: Board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and
+universities appropriation changes detailed.Sec. 4: Board of regents of the
university of Minnesota total +appropriation changes detailed.Sec. 5: SELF loan
reserve fund transfer provided.Sec. 6: Effective date.ARTICLE 3: HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICESSection 1: Health and human services reductions summarized.Sec.
2: Commissioner of human services total appropriation +reductions detailed and
summary by fund provided.Sec. 3: Commissioner of health total appropriation
reductions +detailed and summary by fund provided.Sec. 4: Emergency medical
services board reduction summarized.Sec. 5: Council on disability reduction
summarized.Sec. 6: Ombudsman for mental health and mental retardation reduction
summarized.Sec. 7: Ombudsman for families reduction summarized.Sec. 8:
Veterans homes board reduction summarized.Sec. 9: Children, Families, and
Learning reduction summarized.Sec. 10: "Federal poverty guidelines" definition
provided.Sec. 11: General eligibility requirements for all applicants for
+child care assistance income guidelines modified.Sec. 12: Sliding fee range
limits eliminated.Sec. 13: Conforming changes to section 11.Sec. 14: Parental
contribution to child medical assistance services +increased.Sec. 15: Nursing
home license surcharge increased.Sec. 16: Fee-for-service admissions made to
hospitals for inpatient +services reduced.Sec. 17: Medical assistance income
and assets guidelines modified.Sec. 18: Conforming change.Sec. 19: Medical
assistance eligibility for children guidelines +specified.Sec. 20: Citizenship
requirements for determining medical assistance eligibility modified.Sec. 21:
Technical changes.Sec. 22: Prescription drug coverage cost estimation
procedures and +maximum allowable costs established.Sec. 23: Co-payment
(copayment, copay, co-pay) for prescription +drugs guidelines established.Sec.
24: Medical assistance eligibility guidelines modified relating+ to increased
employment.Sec. 25: Conforming changes relating to increased child or spousal
+support.Sec. 26: Portion of nonfederal share of medical assistance cost to +be
paid by certain counties transfer dates modified.Sec. 27: Intergovernmental
transfers increase designated to be paid +to the general fund.Sec. 28:
Fee-for-service total payment made to hospitals reduced.Sec. 29: County nursing
home payment adjustments detailed.Sec. 30: Nursing home rate increases
effective in fiscal year 2003 +detailed.Sec. 31: Fee-for-service total payment
made to hospitals reduced.Sec. 32: "Transitional standard" definition
modified.Sec. 33: General citizenship requirements relating to MFIP
+eligibility modified.Sec. 34: Emergency financial assistance availability
modified.Sec. 35: Education or training plan approval guidelines modified.Sec.
36: Clarifications relating to changes in section 35 provided.Sec. 37:
MinnesotaCare enrollment guidelines modified.Sec. 38: Total asset limitations
relating to MinnesotaCare program +modified.Sec. 39: Ineligibility guidelines
for MFIP modified.Sec. 40: Child care service grants reduced for 2003 and
2004.Sec. 41: Effective date modified.Sec. 42: Child care assistance parent
fee schedule modified.Sec. 43: Commissioner of human services recommendation to
propose +revisions to food benefit standards relating to citizenship status
provided.Sec. 44: Repealer.Sec. 45: Effective date.ARTICLE 4: ENVIRONMENT AND
AGRICULTURESection 1: Environment and natural resources appropriations and
+reductions summarized, summary by fund provided.Sec. 2: Pollution control
agency reduction summarized.Sec. 3: Office of environmental assistance
reduction summarized.Sec. 4: Zoological board reduction summarized.Sec. 5:
Natural resources reduction summarized.Sec. 6: Board of water and soil
resources reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Transfer and appropriation reduction
summarized.Sec. 8: Revenue deposit detailed.Sec. 9: Date modified.Sec. 10:
Cigarette tax and use credit to general fund provided.Sec. 11: Effective
date.ARTICLE 5: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSection 1: Economic development reductions
detailed.Sec. 2: Trade and economic development reduction summarized.Sec. 3:
Minnesota Technology, Inc., reduction summarized.Sec. 4: Economic security
reduction summarized.Sec. 5: Housing finance agency reduction summarized.Sec.
6: Commerce reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Labor and industry reduction
summarized.Sec. 8: Bureau of mediation services reduction summarized.Sec. 9:
Minnesota historical society reduction summarized.Sec. 10: Council on black
Minnesotans reduction summarized.Sec. 11: Council on chicano-latino affairs
reduction summarized.Sec. 12: Council on asian-pacific minnesotans reduction
summarized.Sec. 13: Indian affairs council reduction summarized.Sec. 14: Board
of the arts reduction summarized.Sec. 15: Humanities commission reduction
summarized.Sec. 16: Special compensation fund transfer provided.Sec. 17:
Minnesota minerals 21st century fund transfer to general +fund provided.Sec. 18:
Effective date.ARTICLE 6: TRANSPORTATIONSection 1: Transportation and other
agency appropriation reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Transportation summary by
fund provided.Sec. 3: Metropolitan council transit reduction summarized.Sec. 4:
Public safety base reductions detailed.Sec. 5: Bond sale expense appropriation
provided.Sec. 6: Bond sale authorization provided.Sec. 7: Sale of state
airplane required.Sec. 8: Driver license station closures prohibited..Sec. 9:
Effective date.ARTICLE 7: CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONSSection 1: Criminal
Justice appropriations and reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Supreme court
reduction summarized.Sec. 3: Court of appeals reduction summarized.Sec. 4:
District courts reduction summarized.Sec. 5: Uniform laws commission reduction
summarized.Sec. 6: Human rights reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Board of public
defense reduction summarized.Sec. 8: Corrections reduction summarized.Sec. 9:
Public safety reduction summarized.Sec. 10: Ombudsman for corrections reduction
summarized.Sec. 11: Sentencing guidelines commission reduction summarized.Sec.
12: Board of private detective and protective agent services +reduction
summarized.Sec. 13: Public safety officer's benefit account unspent funds
+prevented from transferring to the general fund.Sec. 14: Public safety
officer's benefit payment procedures +clarified.Sec. 15: Officer or firefighter
disabled in line of duty +circumstances specified.Sec. 16: Public employer
reimbursement procedures detailed.Sec. 17: Public employer reimbursement for
firefighter health +insurance coverage appropriation detailed.Sec. 18: Board of
peace officer standards and training reduction +summarized.Sec. 19: Office of
ombudsman for Minnesota state department of +corrections abolished.Sec. 20:
File and data transfer procedure provided.Sec. 21: Repealer.Sec. 22: Effective
date.ARTICLE 8: STATE GOVERNMENT REDUCTIONSSection 1: State government
reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Legislature reduction summarized.Sec. 3:
Secretary of state reduction summarized.Sec. 4: Governor's office reduction
summarized.Sec. 5: State auditor reduction summarized.Sec. 6: Attorney general
reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Office of strategic and long-range planning
reduction +summarized.Sec. 8: Administration reduction summarized.Sec. 9:
Finance reduction summarized.Sec. 10: Employee relations reduction
summarized.Sec. 11: Revenue reduction summarized.Sec. 12: Amateur sports
commission reduction summarized.Sec. 13: Military affairs reduction
summarized.Sec. 14: Veterans affairs reduction summarized.Sec. 15: Campaign
finance and public disclosure board reduction +summarized.Sec. 16: Investment
board reduction summarized.Sec. 17: Lawful gambling control board reduction
summarized.Sec. 18: Minnesota racing commission reduction summarized.Sec. 19:
Unspent balance of appropriation transfer for Korean War +veterans' memorial
cancelled.Sec. 20: Reductions to base clarified.Sec. 21: Effective
date.ARTICLE 9: TAXESSection 1: Capital equipment and building materials
refund interest computation procedure modified.Sec. 2: Interest calculation
procedure modified.ARTICLE 10: CAPITAL PROJECT CANCELLATIONSSection 1: Capital
project cancellation reporting procedure +established.Sec. 2: Port development
assistance grants unencumbered balance +cancelled.Sec. 3: Youth enrichment
grants unencumbered balance cancelled.Sec. 4: Bureau of criminal apprehension
office and laboratory +appropriation balance cancelled.Sec. 5: Public
facilities authority and WIF unencumbered balances +cancelled.Sec. 6: Trade and
economic development redevelopment grants +unencumbered balances cancelled.Sec.
7: Effective date.ARTICLE 11: STATE GOVERNMENT LANGUAGESection 1:
Commissioner allowed to require direct deposit for all +state employees.Sec. 2:
Technical.Sec. 3: Appropriation to operate a central duplication and printing
+service cancelled.Sec. 4: Central mailing system not required.Sec. 5:
Contracting agency duties modified.Sec. 6-7: Professional or technical services
contracting procedures +modified.Sec. 8: Technical.Sec. 9: Technical.Sec. 10:
Employer records technical statutory reference removed.Sec. 11: Salary savings
evaluation required by specified appointing authorities.Sec. 12: Reduction of
appropriations for grants and contracts for +transmission of legislative
activities prohibited.Sec. 13: Repealer.Sec. 14: Effective date.ARTICLE 12:
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENTSection 1: Agriculture and rural development
reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Commissioner of agriculture reduction
summarized.Sec. 3: Board of animal health reduction summarized.Sec. 4:
Agricultural utilization research institute reduction +summarized.Sec. 5:
Effective date.AE