3E Relating to state mandates

ARTICLE 1 - EDUCATION

Removing and simplifying certain primary (pre-K-12) education mandates,
removing certain information requirements for state reporting, modifying certain notice to county attorneys, the teacher preparation time requirement, staff development revenue, permitting revenue and expenditure budget summary publication, increasing the maximum expenditure amounts for commissioner of education consultation requirement for construction or remodeling and review and comment, removing the charter school length of school year requirement, increasing the population qualification requirement for community education director hiring, clarifying special education assistive technology device, repealing compulsory attendance fact-finding and mediation, board adopted days of instruction, student evaluations to board, district periodic report, biennial
evaluation of assessment program, uniform forms for state examinations, reports of dangerous weapon incidents in school zones, requirements for assessment professionals, schools mentoring schools regional sites, the administrators academy and transportation aid entitlement district reports

ARTICLE 2 - HUMAN SERVICES

Exempting certain group residential facilities licensed by commissioner of human services from department of health food, beverage and lodging establishment regulations; modifying department of human services day treatment time block requirements and removing the requirement for children's day treatment services inclusion as an integrated set of education, therapy and family interventions and removing an availability requirement; 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; removing a medical assistance (MA) requirement for provider entity certification for noncounty entities; clarifying the MA provider entity review and update requirement; removing certain mental health practitioner MA reimbursement requirements; modifying MA children's therapeutic service delivery criteria for day treatment programs; 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; modifying the child protection caseworker definition; 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

ARTICLE 3 - HEALTH CARE

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; allowing municipalities to provide employee and dependent health benefits through negotiated contributions to self-funded multiemployer health and welfare funds

ARTICLE 4 - PUBLIC SAFETY

Removing from felony level criminal presentence investigations a reporting requirement for controlled substance adverse social and economic effects on neighborhoods

ARTICLE 5 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Authorizing local government units (town, county, city) to submit group
applications for administrative rule or state procedural law waiver or temporary exemption; providing a procedure for rules requiring local implementation and effective date determination; requiring parties to agree to costs for ballot questions and exempting office of administrative hearings from costs; authorizing use of credit or debit cards for motor vehicle registration renewal and transaction fees and allowing collection of a surcharge; increasing minimum amount for municipal construction codes and licensing cumulative fees reporting for certain years; allowing towns to require bonds for persons employing fence viewers; authorizing towns to prohibit further burials in an abandoned cemetery; increasing county boards small claims minimum amounts for publication requirement; removing appeal to district court for county officers; modifying and removing provisions limiting the practice of law by deputy sheriffs and coroners modifying county auditor, treasurer, recorder and sheriff salary guidelines, uniform municipal contracting law and construction bid guidelines and applicability; modifying a local government policy requirement for out-of-state travel record development and review; updating metropolitan government comprehensive plan requirements to include Anoka and Dakota counties; requiring records retention task force of Minnesota clerks and finance officers association in conjunction with Minnesota historical society to conduct a study to review permanent retention schedules applicable to local body records; repealing regional counties facilities groups, county auditor minimum salary requirements, county treasurer salary schedule, county recorder and abstracter and sheriff maximum and minimum salaries requirement

ARTICLE 6 - TAXES

Abolishing property tax levy limits; eliminating truth-in-taxation hearing
requirements and temporarily suspending advertising requirements; requiring taxing authorities to announce the time and place of scheduled meetings at which budget and levies will be discussed and at which the public may speak and requiring newspaper publication; modifying certain school board notification requirements for expenditure budgets; modifying publication correction requirements; increasing the property tax amount for unpaid real estate taxes installment payments; modifying local government commissioner of revenue reporting requirements, repealing certain joint public hearing requirements
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