Relating to state government

ARTICLE 1 - HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (DHS) for information system projects and systems continuity, management and operations, revenue and pass through expenditures, children and economic assistance, MFIP/DWP and support services, various child care, adoption assistance, children and community services, general assistance (GA) and emergency general assistance, Minnesota supplemental and emergency supplemental aids, group residential, children and economic assistance, basic health care, MinnesotaCare, general assistance medical care (GAMC) and other health care, continuing care, alternative care, medical assistance (MA), mental health, deaf and hard of hearing, various chemical dependency and continuing care grants, targeted case management temporary funding, medical assistance (MA), physician directed care coordination, health care policy administration, senior health options reimbursement, utilization review and mental health, sex offender, security hospital and METO services; requiring the commissioner to expend TANF funds according to federal regulations and allowing working family credit expenditures to be claimed for TANF maintenance of effort (MOE), appropriating money from TANF funds to the commissioner for the Minnesota family investment plan (MFIP) for child care; increasing dental access grants prepayment demonstration project capitation payments; authorizing gift acceptance, certain transfers and transferring certain amounts from the health care access fund to the general fund; canceling a TANF prior appropriation; providing for certain general fund base adjustments, food stamps bonus award spending authority, child support payment center, financial institution data match and payment, MinnesotaCare federal receipts and funding, new nursing facility reimbursement system delay, long term care consultation funding increase and transition to new licensure; appropriating money for (DHS) administrative, financial and operations expenses; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for community and family health promotion, TANF, MN ENABL, loan forgiveness, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FAS), policy, quality and compliance, health care access survey, MERC, health information technology, health insurance exchange, health protection, pandemic influenza preparedness, minority and multicultural health, TANF and disease surveillance; appropriating money to the veterans nursing homes board for repair and betterment, to the health related and emergency medical services boards, to the council on disability and to the ombudsmen for mental health and developmental disabilities and families; authorizing certain (DHS) transfers; prohibiting use of indirect cost allocations to fund programs; sunsetting uncodified language

ARTICLE 2 - CHILD CARE

Modifying child care programs financial eligibility and rates provisions; authorizing and providing for school readiness service agreements (SRSA) and funding

ARTICLE 3 - CHILDREN AND FAMILY

Modifying child care programs eligibility to include Minnesota family investment plan (MFIP) applicants; expanding commissioner of human services (DHS) powers to include program assistance recipient verification at recertification; modifying DHS MFIP administration to include and add certain federal regulation and standards; modifying MFIP expenditures treatment, county application assistance requirements and procedures, eligibility recertification, case review, hardship extensions, sanctions, work activity definition, employment and training county duties, employment plan requirements, English as a second language (ESL) requirements, performance based funding and county quarterly comparison reporting; requiring MFIP specialized employment and providing for community service work experience employment and injury protection; making conforming amendments; repealing MFIP provisions relating to ineligibility for state funded programs, hardship extensions, sanctions, community work experience and injury protection for work experience participants

ARTICLE 4 - LICENSING

Modifying department of human services unlicensed emergency relative placement (foster care) county and private agencies licensing responsibilities, background study requirements, disqualifications, reconsiderations and commissioner notice; establishing adoption background study requirements and child foster care and tribal organizations background studies, modifying adoption home study requirements

ARTICLE 5 - HEALTH CARE

Modifying authorized health care access fund transfers, certain medical assistance (MA) reimbursements and MA and MinnesotaCare dental provider payments; removing the sunset for the council on disability

ARTICLE 6 - CONTINUING CARE

Modifying human services licensing provisions and services for developmental disabilities; modifying certain definitions, applicability, consumer protection, staffing, service and management standards and family support program under services for developmental disabilities, consumer information and assistance senior linkage requirements; modifying MA covered services, long term care consultation services, medicaid waiver for elderly services, nursing facility alternative payment demonstration project, quality profiles requirements and value based reimbursement, intermediate care facility for mental retardation (ICF/MR) payment rates, general assistance (GA) covered services; providing a single grant program for deaf blind persons services; requiring the commissioner of human services to conduct a study of housing with services establishments and home care providers to assess spend down impact on public expenditures; requiring the commissioner to increase community service provider reimbursement rates or limits by a certain percentage, specifying purpose

ARTICLE 7 - HEALTH INSURANCE

Modifying commissioner of human services powers, certain medical assistance (MA) eligibility and covered services and certain MinnesotaCare eligibility and commissioner powers and duties; establishing a new MinnesotaCare sliding fee scale premium schedule for children

ARTICLE 8 - MENTAL HEALTH

Modifying alcohol and drug counselor licensure exception provisions; requiring and providing for the commissioner of human services (DHS) to undertake mental health service delivery and finance reform; clarifying county board responsibility and liability under children¿s mental health act and public institutions provisions; providing for children¿s mental health grants, medical assistance (MA) coverage of intensive mental health outpatient treatment (dialectical behavioral therapy or DBT) and MA coverage of mental health case management; modifying MA covered services, children¿s therapeutic services and supports, children with severe emotional disturbance payment rates, dental access grants prepayment demonstration project, critical access mental health rate increase special payments, general assistance (GA), MinnesotaCare mental health care responsibilities and compulsive gambling assessment provisions; specifying instructions to the revisor of statues; repealing a certain agency rule

ARTICLE 9 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Allowing public assistance data to be shared for MinnesotaCare enrollment and premium collection purposes; "Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange"; providing for greater individual choice of health insurance products, specifying organization, operation and requirements, requiring referral of all MinnesotaCare applicants, assigning responsibility for MinnesotaCare premiums collection; modifying Minnesota comprehensive health insurance (MCHA) provisions, medical education full time equivalent (FTE) enrollment and funds distribution, diagnostic laboratory services, infant test for heritable and congenital disorders, interconnected electronic health record grants, housing with services registration, audiologist examination, occupational therapists licensure, hearing instrument dispensing and well fees, hearing instrument dispensing requirements; requiring grants for projects increasing mental health access for underserved populations; establishing mortuary science fees and increasing a certain filing fee; establishing MinnesotaCare II to subsidize private market health plans purchase for MinnesotaCare eligible children; providing a MinnesotaCare premium reduction for children and adults meeting preventive care goals; repealing a certain agency rule; repealing a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder appropriation transfer
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