Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF1720

3E Relating to human services, modifying certain provisions relating to children
and family services and health and continuing care programs

ARTICLE 1 -
CHILDREN'S AND FAMILY SERVICES

Making certain technical modifications;
providing for the classification of data on individuals receiving services under
certain community action and foodshelf programs administered by the department
of human services, transferring the classifications from the department of
education; modifying a certain household income eligibility requirement for
child care assistance; increasing the transitional standard and the food portion
under the Minnesota family investment program; eliminating a certain requirement
under MFIP for exemption of participants with children under a certain age from
the requirement to participate in employment services and the requirement for
the commissioner of human services to include cases exempt from the employment
and training service component in quarterly reports to counties; modifying the
definition of family unit and defining caregiver under the diversionary work
program; requiring counties to screen and applicants to apply for other
benefits; further restricting a certain exemption to the requirement for DWP
participation; modifying the MFIP disqualification period for noncompliance with
DWP
requirements; modifying the determination of DWP overpayments and
underpayment; modifying the use of federal funds received by the commissioner
for visitation and access programs; specifying certain term change, codification
or recodification and renumbering instructions to the revisor of
statutes

ARTICLE 2 - HEALTH CARE AND CONTINUING CARE

Specifying the effect of
rate changes under medical assistance (MA), general assistance (GA) and
MinnesotaCare on volume purchase contract payments; requiring the commissioner
of human services to annually adjust income standards or limits under medical
assistance, general assistance medical care (GAMC) and MinnesotaCare by the
annual update of the federal poverty guidelines; eliminating certain
restrictions on medical assistance coverage for organ and tissue transplants;
modifying certain provisions providing for payment for long
term care
consultation services relating to county accountability; modifying the required
use of the county waiting list of persons with developmental disabilities;
clarifying the exclusion from child welfare targeted case management services
payments of certain information and referral services; requiring children's
therapeutic services and supports (CTSS) certified provider entities providing
day treatment programs to meet certain conditions and modifying the requirement
for provider entities to employ clinical supervisors for mental health
behavioral aides; eliminating the requirement for certain rules of the
commissioner to be in accord with the community social services act (CSSA);
eliminating dependent siblings from the definition of family with children under
the MinnesotaCare program; requiring county social service agencies to maintain
private data on individuals under the child maltreatment reporting act without
the necessity to prepare investigative memoranda; repealing a certain purpose
statement under department of education programs relating to improving the well
being of children and families, the abused child program, a certain advisory
council, the child care services grants statewide advisory task force, a certain
commissioner state and county systems reporting requirement, a certain final
order requirement in the child care services fair hearing process, the organ and
tissue transplants advisory committee and certain responsibilities of the
commissioner and a certain law requiring a commissioner consumer price index
report

ARTICLE 3 - MISCELLANEOUS

Eliminating certain references to the adult
and children's mental health
components of the community social services plan
under the adult and children's mental health acts and certain other references
to the CSSA under certain provisions regulating county and private agencies
performing licensing functions, commissioner of human services allocation of day
training and habilitation expenditure payments, human services matters
administrative and judicial review, unitary residence and financial
responsibility program coverage and multidisciplinary adult protection team
duties under the vulnerable adult maltreatment reporting act; requiring the
inclusion of continuous quality improvement goals under local system needs
planning for intermediate care facilities for persons with mental retardation
and related conditions (ICF/MR); correcting a certain date under certain
community service plan requirements;
specifying certain change instructions to
the revisor of statutes; repealing
certain provisions relating to the allocation
of certain federal mental health
services funds, certain social services
reporting requirements of the
commissioner and the county community social
service plan for alternative
response programs for child protection assessments
or investigations under the child maltreatment reporting act
(ra, ja)