HF 2655

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/19/2014 12:35pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying appropriations to the commissioner of
human services for grant programs; amending Laws 2013, chapter 108, article
14, section 2, subdivision 6.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, section 2, subdivision 6, is amended to
read:

Subd. 6. Grant Programs

The amounts that may be spent from this
appropriation for each purpose are as follows:

(a) Support Services Grants

Appropriations by Fund
General	8,915,000	13,333,000
Federal TANF	94,611,000	94,611,000

Paid Work Experience. $2,168,000
each year in fiscal years 2015 and 2016
is from the general fund for paid work
experience for long-term MFIP recipients.
Paid work includes full and partial wage
subsidies and other related services such as
job development, marketing, preworksite
training, job coaching, and postplacement
services. These are onetime appropriations.
Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do not
cancel, but are available to the commissioner
for this purpose in fiscal year 2016.

Work Study Funding for MFIP
Participants. $250,000 each year in fiscal
years 2015 and 2016 is from the general fund
to pilot work study jobs for MFIP recipients
in approved postsecondary education
programs. This is a onetime appropriation.
Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do
not cancel, but are available for this purpose
in fiscal year 2016.

Local Strategies to Reduce Disparities.
$2,000,000 each year in fiscal years 2015
and 2016 is from the general fund for
local projects that focus on services for
subgroups within the MFIP caseload
who are experiencing poor employment
outcomes. These are onetime appropriations.
Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do not
cancel, but are available to the commissioner
for this purpose in fiscal year 2016.

Home Visiting Collaborations for MFIP
Teen Parents. $200,000 per year in fiscal
years 2014 and 2015 is from the general fund
and $200,000 in fiscal year 2016 is from the
federal TANF fund for technical assistance
and training to support local collaborations
that provide home visiting services for
MFIP teen parents. The general fund
appropriation is onetime. The federal TANF
fund appropriation is added to the base.

Performance Bonus Funds for Counties.
The TANF fund base is increased by
$1,500,000 each year in fiscal years 2016
and 2017. The commissioner must allocate
this amount each year to counties that exceed
their expected range of performance on the
annualized three-year self-support index
as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
256J.751, subdivision 2, clause (6). This is a
permanent base adjustment. Notwithstanding
any contrary provisions in this article, this
provision expires June 30, 2016.

Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
decreased by $200,000 in fiscal year 2016
and $4,618,000 in fiscal year 2017. The
TANF fund base is increased by $1,700,000
in fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

(b) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance Grants

36,836,000

42,318,000

Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
increased by $3,778,000 in fiscal year 2016
and by $3,849,000 in fiscal year 2017.

(c) Child Care Development Grants

1,612,000

1,737,000

(d) Child Support Enforcement Grants

50,000

50,000

Federal Child Support Demonstration
Grants. Federal administrative
reimbursement resulting from the federal
child support grant expenditures authorized
under United States Code, title 42, section
1315, is appropriated to the commissioner
for this activity.

(e) Children's Services Grants

Appropriations by Fund
General	49,760,000	52,961,000
Federal TANF	140,000	140,000

Adoption Assistance and Relative Custody
Assistance. deleted text begin $37,453,000 deleted text end new text begin $36,456,000
new text end in fiscal year 2014 and deleted text begin $37,453,000
deleted text end new text begin $36,855,000 new text end in fiscal year 2015 is for the
adoption assistance and relative custody
assistance programs. The commissioner
shall determine with the commissioner of
Minnesota Management and Budget the
appropriation for Northstar Care for Children
effective January 1, 2015. The commissioner
may transfer appropriations for adoption
assistance, relative custody assistance, and
Northstar Care for Children between fiscal
years and among programs to adjust for
transfers across the programs.

Title IV-E Adoption Assistance. Additional
federal reimbursements to the state as a result
of the Fostering Connections to Success
and Increasing Adoptions Act's expanded
eligibility for Title IV-E adoption assistance
are appropriated for postadoption services,
including a parent-to-parent support network.

Privatized Adoption Grants. Federal
reimbursement for privatized adoption grant
and foster care recruitment grant expenditures
is appropriated to the commissioner for
adoption grants and foster care and adoption
administrative purposes.

Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants.
Federal funds available during fiscal years
2014 and 2015 for adoption incentive grants
are appropriated for postadoption services,
including a parent-to-parent support network.

Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
increased by $5,913,000 in fiscal year 2016
and by $10,297,000 in fiscal year 2017.

(f) Child and Community Service Grants

53,301,000

53,301,000

(g) Child and Economic Support Grants

21,047,000

20,848,000

Minnesota Food Assistance Program.
Unexpended funds for the Minnesota food
assistance program for fiscal year 2014 do
not cancel but are available for this purpose
in fiscal year 2015.

Transitional Housing. $250,000 each year
is for the transitional housing programs under
Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.33.

Emergency Services. $250,000 each year
is for emergency services grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.36.

Family Assets for Independence. $250,000
each year is for the Family Assets for
Independence Minnesota program. This
appropriation is available in either year of the
biennium and may be transferred between
fiscal years.

Food Shelf Programs. $375,000 in fiscal
year 2014 and $375,000 in fiscal year
2015 are for food shelf programs under
Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.34. If the
appropriation for either year is insufficient,
the appropriation for the other year is
available for it. Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 256E.34, subdivision 4, no
portion of this appropriation may be used
by Hunger Solutions for its administrative
expenses, including but not limited to rent
and salaries.

Homeless Youth Act. $2,000,000 in fiscal
year 2014 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2015
is for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section
256K.45.

Safe Harbor Shelter and Housing.
$500,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $500,000 in
fiscal year 2015 is for a safe harbor shelter
and housing fund for housing and supportive
services for youth who are sexually exploited.

new text begin new text begin High-Risk Adults. new text end $200,000 in fiscal
year 2014 is for a grant to the nonprofit
organization selected to administer the
demonstration project for high-risk adults
under Laws 2007, chapter 54, article 1,
section 19, in order to complete the project.
This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

(h) Health Care Grants

Appropriations by Fund
General	190,000	190,000
Health Care Access	190,000	190,000

Emergency Medical Assistance Referral
and Assistance Grants. (a) The
commissioner of human services shall
award grants to nonprofit programs that
provide immigration legal services based
on indigency to provide legal services for
immigration assistance to individuals with
emergency medical conditions or complex
and chronic health conditions who are not
currently eligible for medical assistance
or other public health care programs, but
who may meet eligibility requirements with
immigration assistance.

(b) The grantees, in collaboration with
hospitals and safety net providers, shall
provide referral assistance to connect
individuals identified in paragraph (a) with
alternative resources and services to assist in
meeting their health care needs. $100,000
is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 and
$100,000 in fiscal year 2015. This is a
onetime appropriation.

Base Adjustment. The general fund is
decreased by $100,000 in fiscal year 2016
and $100,000 in fiscal year 2017.

(i) Aging and Adult Services Grants

14,827,000

15,010,000

Base Adjustment. The general fund is
increased by $1,150,000 in fiscal year 2016
and $1,151,000 in fiscal year 2017.

Community Service Development
Grants and Community Services Grants.
Community service development grants and
community services grants are reduced by
$1,150,000 each year. This is a onetime
reduction.

(j) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants

1,771,000

1,785,000

(k) Disabilities Grants

18,605,000

18,823,000

Advocating Change Together. $310,000 in
fiscal year 2014 is for a grant to Advocating
Change Together (ACT) to maintain and
promote services for persons with intellectual
and developmental disabilities throughout
the state. This appropriation is onetime. Of
this appropriation:

(1) $120,000 is for direct costs associated
with the delivery and evaluation of
peer-to-peer training programs administered
throughout the state, focusing on education,
employment, housing, transportation, and
voting;

(2) $100,000 is for delivery of statewide
conferences focusing on leadership and
skill development within the disability
community; and

(3) $90,000 is for administrative and general
operating costs associated with managing
or maintaining facilities, program delivery,
staff, and technology.

Base Adjustment. The general fund base
is increased by $535,000 in fiscal year 2016
and by $709,000 in fiscal year 2017.

(l) Adult Mental Health Grants

Appropriations by Fund
General	71,199,000	69,530,000
Health Care Access	750,000	750,000
Lottery Prize	1,733,000	1,733,000

Problem Gambling. $225,000 in fiscal year
2014 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2015 is
appropriated from the lottery prize fund for a
grant to the state affiliate recognized by the
National Council on Problem Gambling. The
affiliate must provide services to increase
public awareness of problem gambling,
education and training for individuals and
organizations providing effective treatment
services to problem gamblers and their
families, and research relating to problem
gambling.

Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal
year's appropriations for adult mental health
grants may be used to fund allocations in that
portion of the fiscal year ending December
31.

Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
decreased by $4,427,000 in fiscal years 2016
and 2017.

Mental Health Pilot Project. $230,000
each year is for a grant to the Zumbro
Valley Mental Health Center. The grant
shall be used to implement a pilot project
to test an integrated behavioral health care
coordination model. The grant recipient must
report measurable outcomes and savings
to the commissioner of human services
by January 15, 2016. This is a onetime
appropriation.

deleted text begin High-risk adults. $200,000 in fiscal
year 2014 is for a grant to the nonprofit
organization selected to administer the
demonstration project for high-risk adults
under Laws 2007, chapter 54, article 1,
section 19, in order to complete the project.
This is a onetime appropriation.
deleted text end

(m) Child Mental Health Grants

18,246,000

20,636,000

Text Message Suicide Prevention
Program. $625,000 in fiscal year 2014 and
$625,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for a grant
to a nonprofit organization to establish and
implement a statewide text message suicide
prevention program. The program shall
implement a suicide prevention counseling
text line designed to use text messaging to
connect with crisis counselors and to obtain
emergency information and referrals to
local resources in the local community. The
program shall include training within schools
and communities to encourage the use of the
program.

Mental Health First Aid Training. $22,000
in fiscal year 2014 and $23,000 in fiscal
year 2015 is to train teachers, social service
personnel, law enforcement, and others who
come into contact with children with mental
illnesses, in children and adolescents mental
health first aid training.

Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal
year's appropriation for child mental health
grants may be used to fund allocations in that
portion of the fiscal year ending December
31.

(n) CD Treatment Support Grants

1,816,000

1,816,000

SBIRT Training. (1) $300,000 each year is
for grants to train primary care clinicians to
provide substance abuse brief intervention
and referral to treatment (SBIRT). This is a
onetime appropriation. The commissioner of
human services shall apply to SAMHSA for
an SBIRT professional training grant.

(2) If the commissioner of human services
receives a grant under clause (1) funds
appropriated under this clause, equal to
the grant amount, up to the available
appropriation, shall be transferred to the
Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome (MOFAS). MOFAS must use
the funds for grants. Grant recipients must
be selected from communities that are
not currently served by federal Substance
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block
Grant funds. Grant money must be used to
reduce the rates of fetal alcohol syndrome
and fetal alcohol effects, and the number of
drug-exposed infants. Grant money may be
used for prevention and intervention services
and programs, including, but not limited to,
community grants, professional eduction,
public awareness, and diagnosis.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Grant. $180,000
each year from the general fund is for a
grant to the Minnesota Organization on Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS) to support
nonprofit Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(FASD) outreach prevention programs
in Olmsted County. This is a onetime
appropriation.

Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
decreased by $480,000 in fiscal year 2016
and $480,000 in fiscal year 2017.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2013.
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