1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the board of government innovation and 
  1.3             cooperation; extending an exemption for an Itasca 
  1.4             county chemical dependency demonstration project; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 465.797, 
  1.6             subdivision 5a. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, 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, 2001 2004.  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, 2003 2004.