Relating to human services

ARTICLE 1 - HUMAN SERVICES

Modifying the review process for children in voluntary placement for severe emotional disturbance; modifying admission criteria for children to an acute care hospital; modifying the time period requirement for emergency admission level of care determination for inpatient residential treatment screening; requiring county payment for Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) and public assistance recipients cremation under certain conditions; specifying criteria for eligible service costs claimed by residential services facilities located in the state; specifying services provided in facilities located in bordering states are eligible for reimbursement on a fee-for-service basis and are not covered under prepaid health plans; eliminating the requirement for family services collaborative to continue base level of expenditures for families and children from other states, federal, county or other funding sources; removing the requirement for commissioner to revise certain rules relating to family and group foster care and requiring commissioner of human services (DHS) to relieve foster care providers of certain requirements; requiring county payment for Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) and public assistance recipients cremation under certain conditions

ARTICLE 2 - HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION

Requiring commissioner of health to accept independent audits; modifying nursing homes requirements for incontinent residents and specifying regulations for changing positions of nursing home residents unable to change positions and allowing comprehensive assessment and care plan governance; defining medication reminder; modifying standards for supervision of home care services; providing for home health aide qualifications; providing for day training and habilitation or supported employment services programs, providing for programs with three-year accreditation, providing for investigations of alleged maltreatment of minors or vulnerable adults, requiring commissioner to submit a request to commission of rehabilitation facilities to expand accreditation survey; modifying health care student information provided by school districts and charter schools and human services department health care programs outreach renewal notice requirements; modifying certain duties of commissioner of human services relating to renewal notice requirements for medical assistance enrollees through Minnesota health care programs outreach; allowing municipalities to provide employee and dependent health benefits through negotiated contributions to self-funded multiemployer health and welfare funds; repealing a certain rule
(Ch. 174, 2009)