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SF 1042 Senate Long Description

E Relating to human services; requiring the commissioners of health + and human services to biennially report to the legislature on the status of the+ full range of long term care services for the elderly, specifying certain +report content requirements; making certain technical corrections in certain+ human services licensing and MinnesotaCare provisions; modifying and +clarifying a certain provision providing for the assignment of medical assistance +(MA) benefits to medical support and third party payments; authorizing the commissioner to suspend or terminate vendor participation in medical +care programs without providing advance notice and the opportunity for +hearing upon vendor exclusion from participation in medicare, specifying certain +subsequent notice requirements; moving a certain improperly placed provision +relating to medical assistance reimbursement for mental health services; removing+ a certain provision relating to the assignment of benefits under general +assistance medical care (GAMC) and the effect on benefits paid under automobile +accident and private health care coverage; requiring petitions alleging a +child to be in need of protection or services to state the efforts of the +responsible social services agency to finalize a plan for permanent placement; repealing+ the senior drug discount program, a certain reporting requirement of the commissioners of health and human services on long term care for the +elderly, a certain requirement for the commissioner of human services to monitor+ and analyze the distribution of older adult services and another annual +reporting requirement of the commissioner on the cost of increasing the income +standard, provider rates under medical assistance based on inflation and +certain rules regulating certain services for older adults (ra, ja)