1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the board of government innovation and 
  1.3             cooperation; extending exemptions from enforcement of 
  1.4             law granted by the board during calendar years 1996 
  1.5             and 1998; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  1.6             465.797, subdivision 5a. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 465.797, 
  1.9   subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 5a.  [EXEMPTIONS GRANTED.] Notwithstanding 
  1.11  subdivision 5, exemptions from enforcement of law granted by the 
  1.12  board during calendar year 1995 remain in effect until June 30, 
  1.13  1999.  An exemption granted by the board for Itasca county 
  1.14  during calendar year 1996 allowing the county to implement a 
  1.15  demonstration project to determine the feasibility of using a 
  1.16  managed care model for financing chemical dependency treatment 
  1.17  services remains in effect until June 30, 1999 2001.  An 
  1.18  exemption granted by the board for Dakota, Ramsey, and 
  1.19  Washington counties during calendar year 1998 allowing the 
  1.20  counties to forego preadmission screenings for all applicants 
  1.21  for admission to a Medicaid certified nursing facility if the 
  1.22  individual is being released from an in-patient hospital into a 
  1.23  nursing facility and a physician certifies that the stay in the 
  1.24  nursing facility is expected to be 30 days' duration or less, 
  1.25  remains in effect until June 30, 2003.  This subdivision expires 
  1.26  June 30, 1999 2003.