1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring the commissioner of
1.3 	human services to fund the University of Minnesota's U
1.4 	special kids program; eliminating the expiration date
1.5 	for section 256B.075; appropriating money; amending
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.075, subdivision
1.7 	2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.8 	256B.075, subdivision 5.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.075,
1.11 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.12 		Subd. 2.Fee-for-service.  (a) The commissioner shall
1.13 	develop and implement a disease management program for medical
1.14 	assistance and general assistance medical care recipients who
1.15 	are not enrolled in the prepaid medical assistance or prepaid
1.16 	general assistance medical care programs and who are receiving
1.17 	services on a fee-for-service basis.  The commissioner may
1.18 	contract with an outside organization to provide these services.
1.19 	(b) The commissioner shall seek any federal approval
1.20 	necessary to implement this section and to obtain federal
1.21 	matching funds.
1.22 	(c) The commissioner shall develop and implement a pilot
1.23 	intensive care management program for medical assistance
1.24 	children with complex and chronic medical issues who are not
1.25 	able to participate in the metro-based U special kids program
1.26 	due to geographic distance.

1.27 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.1 	$300,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal
2.2 	year 2006 to the commissioner of human services to fund the U
2.3 	special kids program to comply with section 256B.075,
2.4 	subdivision 2, paragraph (c).

2.5 	Sec. 3. REPEALER.
 2.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.075, subdivision 5,
2.7 	is repealed.