Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: HF1832

hf1832 THIRD ENGROSSMENT Omnibus health and human services appropriations bill.
ARTICLE 1 HEALTH DEPARTMENT Section 1: Rules variance application fee increased.
Sec. 2: Federal agencies exempted from fees. Sec. 3: Well notification fees
increased. Sec. 4: Property owner permit fees increased. Sec. 5: Well disclosure
fees increased. Sec. 6: Well contractor's license application fee increased.
Sec. 7: Well contractor's license fee increased. Sec. 8: Well contractor's
license renewal application fee increased. Sec. 9: License renewal late fee
established. Sec. 10: Well boring contractor's license application fee
increased. Sec. 11: Well boring contractor's license fee increased. Sec. 12:
Renewal well boring contractor's license application fee established. Sec. 13:
License renewal late fee established. Sec. 14: Elevator shaft contractor's
license application fee increased. Sec. 15: Elevator shaft contractor's license
fee increased. Sec. 16: Elevator shaft contractor's license renewal fee
increased. Sec. 17: License renewal late fee established. Sec. 18: Monitoring
well contractor registration application fee increased. Sec. 19: Renewal
application fee for a monitoring well contractor's registration established.
Sec. 20: Late renewal fee established. Sec. 21: Drilling machine registration
fee increased. Sec. 22: Modification to immunization schedule procedures and
authorization provided. Sec. 23: Modification to immunization schedule
procedures and authorization provided. Sec. 24: Agreement dates modified. Sec.
25: Radioactive material license required, fees established. Sec. 26: Hospital,
nursing home, and outpatient surgical center licensing fees increased. Sec. 27:
Rural hospital capital improvement grant criteria established. Sec. 28: Vital
records surcharge expiration date eliminated. Sec. 29: Hospital charity care aid
purpose and definitions provided, and charity care reporting procedures
established. Sec. 30: Water test fees increased and established. Sec. 31: Home
care recipient rights clarified. Sec. 32: Various terms defined. Sec. 33:
Abortion regulations established. Sec. 34: Publication of anti-abortion
statistics and information by department of health required. Sec. 35: Procedures
for required abortion in case of medical emergency provided. Sec. 36: Civil
remedies for unlawful abortion procedures provided, privacy protected, attorney
fee liability established. Sec. 37: Sections found to be unconstitutional
declared to be severable and balance remains effective. Sec. 38: Duties of
advisory task force modified. Sec. 39: Community health board allocation
provided. Sec. 40: Block grant money use for prepregnancy family planning
services prohibited. Sec. 41: Statutory reference changed. Sec. 42:
Effectiveness report concerning AIDS prevention grants required and format
provided. Sec. 43: Prepregnancy family planning service grant purposes
established. Sec. 44: Definition of family planning modified to disallow
abortions. Sec. 45: Teen pregnancy prevention goals provided and program
detailed. Sec. 46: Community clinic grant program established and detailed. Sec.
47: Health disparity elimination project detailed. Sec. 48: Child abuse
prevention grant deadline date provided. Sec. 49: Expiration date provided. Sec.
50: Home visiting grant program expiration dates provided. Sec. 51: Expiration
date provided. Sec. 52: Family home visiting program purpose established and
details provided. Sec. 53: License and establishment fees for food and beverage
establishments modified. Sec. 54: Exemptions for home schools provided. Sec. 55:
Establishment fees for transition period provided. Sec. 56: Repealer.ARTICLE 2
HEALTH CARESection 1: Commissioner of human services duties modified to include
federal drug rebate program administration. Sec. 2: Statutory references
changed. Sec. 3: Purchasing alliance stop-loss fund related definitions
provided, account created, reimbursement provided, and details provided. Sec. 4:
Retired dentist program detailed. Sec. 5: Hospital surcharge not considered
allowable cost for rate setting purposes. Sec. 6: Operating payment rates
determination procedure modified. Sec. 7: Greater Minnesota payment adjustment
detailed. Sec. 8: American Indian services contract detailed. Sec. 9: AFDC rules
for eligible families modified. Sec. 10: Income determination procedures
provided. Sec. 11: Asset limitations clarified. Sec. 12: Income determination
poverty guidelines established. Sec. 13: AFDC income standard increased. Sec.
14: Sliding fee scale implemented and details provided. Sec. 15: Breast or
cervical cancer patient treatment procedures provided. Sec. 16: Expiration date
eliminated. Sec. 17: Autistic children intervention behavior therapy coverage
and purpose provided. Sec. 18: Committee member reimbursements provided,
pharmacy dispensing fees established, and exceptions clarified. Sec. 19: Drug
utilization review board reimbursement provided. Sec. 20: Language updated and
mileage reimbursement modified. Sec. 21: Ambulance service payment established.
Sec. 22: Medical service access coverage detailed. Sec. 23: Health center and
rural health clinic payment procedures established. Sec. 24: MinnesotaCare
payments included in Indian Health services facilities. Sec. 25: References to
PRWORA removed. Sec. 26: Increased child or spousal support start date modified.
Sec. 27: Assistance for persons needing breast or cervical cancer treatment
eligibility requirements established. Sec. 28: Intergovernmental transfers and
related payments detailed. Sec. 29: Limitation of choice clarified to include
persons eligible for medical assistance. Sec. 30: Prospective per capita payment
rate limits established. Sec. 31: Pro rata capitation rate adjustment provided,
revenue usage regulations established. Sec. 32: Dental services demonstration
project established. Sec. 33: Medicare outpatient payment system rates replaced.
Sec. 34: Payment rates for dental x-rays for children, dental services, and
utilization clarified. Sec. 35: Study to determine whether assistance for family
planning is cost-effective initiated. Sec. 36: General assistance medical care
eligibility requirements modified. Sec. 37: General assistance medical care
service payment rate limits clarified. Sec. 38: Discontinuation of MFIP
assistance to receive medical assistance prohibited. Sec. 39: Medical assistance
removed from notification requirements. Sec. 40: Participants for medical
assistance no longer treated as MFIP recipients. Sec. 41: Commissioner's duties
relating to premium payment deadlines modified. Sec. 42:
Commissioner-established rate limits clarified. Sec. 43: Indian health service
facilities coverage detailed. Sec. 44: MinnesotaCare reform modified to change
"children" to "families with children." Sec. 45: Report of household gifts and
eligibility reviews no longer required. Sec. 46: Senior citizen program study
reporting date extended. Sec. 47: New premium schedule notice provided. Sec. 48:
Medication therapy management pilot program established. Sec. 49: State health
care program providers regulations simplified. Sec. 50: Repealer.ARTICLE 3
CONTINUING CARE AND HOME CARESection 1: Statutory reference changed. Sec. 2:
Residential program payment rate adjustment modified and cost recovery detailed.
Sec. 3: Restrictions on county eligibility for a guaranteed floor removed. Sec.
4: Funds in the chemical dependency reserve account in excess of those needed to
meet obligations for services cancelled to the general fund. Sec. 5: Increases
to chemical dependency vendors limited. Sec. 6: Income standards for persons
eligible for chemical dependency fund services in terms of the 1997 federal
poverty guidelines specified. Sec. 7: Chemical dependency service rates for
American Indians improved. Sec. 8: Case management service grants to people with
HIV or AIDS provided. Sec. 9: Consumer support grant program purpose and goals
clarified. Sec. 10: Definition of "supports" modified. Sec. 11: Grant
application eligibility criteria clarified. Sec. 12: "Alternative care program"
eliminated from support grant descriptions. Sec. 13: "Alternative care" removed
from reimbursement descriptions. Sec. 14: Commissioner no longer allowed to
apply for federal waivers. Sec. 15: Private duty nursing regulations clarified.
Sec. 16: Personal care services changed to "personal care assistant services."
Sec. 17: Personal care "assistant" specified. Sec. 18: Case management service
payment eligible residency time periods increased. Sec. 19: Terms relating to
targeted case management defined. Sec. 20: Relocation targeted case management
eligibility requirements provided. Sec. 21: Relocation targeted case management
provider qualifications provided. Sec. 22: Home care targeted case management
provider qualifications established. Sec. 23: Services eligible for medical
assistance reimbursement provided. Sec. 24: Case manager time line regulations
established. Sec. 25: Targeted case management delivery evaluation initiated.
Sec. 26: Face-to-face and contact information documented. Sec. 27: Targeted case
management payment rate regulations and provisions established. Sec. 28:
"Activities of daily living" defined. Term "toileting" established. Various
related terms defined and or clarified. Sec. 29: Personal care changed to
personal care "assistant." Sec. 30: Personal care assistant services eligible
for payment provided. Sec. 31: Payment limitations for nurse visits modified.
Sec. 32: Hospice eliminated from list of ineligible services. Sec. 33: Shared
personal care assistant services regulations clarified. Sec. 34: Fiscal agent
option renamed the fiscal intermediary option and language revised. Sec. 35:
"Nonwaivered" changed to "regular." Sec. 36: Consumer directed home care
demonstration project created and detailed. Sec. 37: Telehomecare regulations
established. Sec. 38: Occupational and physical regulations and coverage
regulations established. Sec. 39: Private duty nursing hardship criteria
provided. Sec. 40: Personal care assistant service quality assurance plan
created. Sec. 41: Preadmission screening of individuals under 65 required. Sec.
42: Expenditure forecast reduction prevented. Sec. 43: Consumer-directed
community support services availability increased. Sec. 44: Annual commissioner
report date modified. Sec. 45: Legal representative participation exception
modified. Sec. 46: "approved vendors" redefined as "counties, private
individuals, and agencies enrolled as providers," and eligible individuals given
a choice of case management providers. Sec. 47: Federal waivers for persons with
mental retardation and related conditions ensured. Sec. 48: Traumatic brain
injury program duties no longer include approving waiver eligibility. Sec. 49:
Three-year quality assurance pilot project is no longer a pilot project. Sec.
50: Region 10 quality assurance commission expiration date modified. Sec. 51:
Quality assurance project expansion feasibility examination initiated. Sec. 52:
Language updated. Sec. 53: Language updated. Sec. 54: Commissioner of health not
responsible for waiver application. Sec. 55: Federal waivers detailed. Sec. 56:
Alternative quality assurance system evaluation initiated. Sec. 57: Notification
procedures concerning the quality assurance alternative licensing system
established. Sec. 58: Language updated. Sec. 59: Commissioner authorized to
apply for home and community-based service waivers, purpose and procedures
provided. Sec. 60: Informed choice regulations established. Sec. 61: Case
management regulations for waiver recipients created. Sec. 62: Recipient
assessment procedures provided. Sec. 63: Individualized service plan
requirements established. Sec. 64: Services and supports for community-based
waivers provided. Sec. 65: Maximum cost for services and supports ensured. Sec.
66: Approved vendor reimbursement provided. Sec. 67: Health and welfare
protected. Sec. 68: Traumatic brain injury includes individuals with acquired or
degenerative diseases. Sec. 69: Alternative integrated long-term care provisions
modified to include persons with disabilities. Sec. 70: "Institution" defined.
Sec. 71: "Shelter costs" defined. Sec. 72: "Shelter needy" defined, standards of
assistance expanded. Sec. 73: Supplementary rate for certain facilities
increased. Sec. 74: Respite care pilot project for family adult foster care
providers established. Sec. 75: Day training and habilitation task force
membership expanded to include commissioner of human services. Sec. 76: Task
force required to make recommendations to the commissioner regarding pilot
project implementation. Sec. 77: Individualized payment rate structure detailed.
Sec. 78: County board responsibilities provided. Sec. 79: Vendors with lowest
rates in the state identified. Sec. 80: Amendments to state Medicaid plan
sought. Sec. 81: Semi-independent living services study initiated. Sec. 82:
Spousal income waiver request authorized. Sec. 83: Program options for certain
persons with developmental disabilities provided. Sec. 84: Necessary federal
approval requested. Sec. 85: Federal waiver requests initiated. Sec. 86:
Repealer.ARTICLE 4 CONSUMER INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY-BASED
CARESection 1: Bed distribution study expanded and critical access sites
created. Sec. 2: Home-sharing program grants established. Sec. 3: Senior
consumer information assistance service established. Sec. 4: "Community," "older
adult services," and "older adult" defined, community services grant program
created. Sec. 5: Long-term care consultation services purpose and goal provided.
Sec. 6: "Long term care consultation services" and "Minnesota health care
programs" defined. Sec. 7: Long-term care consultation team established. Sec. 8:
Community-based living assessment and support planning procedures established.
Sec. 9: Transition assistance provided to persons in a nursing facility. Sec.
10: Preadmission screening activities related to nursing facility admissions
required. Sec. 11: Federal screening requirement exemptions and emergency
admissions detailed. Sec. 12: Screening requirements provided. Sec. 13: Language
updated. Sec. 14: Long term care consultation service payment procedures and
regulations provided. Sec. 15: Certified nursing facility reimbursements
provided and regulations modified. Sec. 16: Alternative care program purpose
clarified. Sec. 17: Service eligibility requirements modified and language
updated. Sec. 18: Nonmedical assistance recipient criteria modified. Sec. 19:
Alternative care covered services list expanded, language setting maximum
payment rates for foster care services, assisted living services, and
residential care services modified, and governing procedures for cash payments
under the alternative care program placed in the subdivision language. Sec. 20:
Alternative care program lead agency contracting with American Indian tribes
authorized. Sec. 21: Language relating to ensuring health and safety of
individual clients clarified. Sec. 22: Documentation verifying alternative care
availability not required. Sec. 23: Certain contracting provisions for providers
eliminated. Sec. 24: Alternative care appropriation formula modified. Sec. 25:
Deadlines for targeted funding extended and determination criteria modified.
Sec. 26: Client premiums required and criteria established. Sec. 27: Technical
changes provided relating to county biennial plan. Sec. 28: Reimbursement
adjustments changed to "payment" adjustments, statewide maximum service limits
provided. Sec. 29: Commissioner's duties relating to elderly waiver modified.
Sec. 30: Case, rate, payment, and forecasting limits provided. Sec. 31: Language
updated. Sec. 32: Language updated. Sec. 33: Medical assistance pilot project on
senior services established and purpose provided. Sec. 34: Service access study
initiated. Sec. 35: Respite care report initiated. Sec. 36: Repealer.ARTICLE 5
LONG-TERM CARE REFORM AND REIMBURSEMENTSection 1: Resident reimbursement
classifications established, terms defined, and details provided. Sec. 2:
Moratorium on licensure of new nursing home projects that exceed ,000,000
dollars enacted. Sec. 3: "Technology" defined. Sec. 4: Language updated to
reflect changes made in Section 2. Sec. 5: Wilkin county nursing home bed
replacement project initiated, beds provided for physically handicapped
individuals, and Anoka county bed transfer authorized. Sec. 6: "Technology"
added to section language. Sec. 7: Proposal review criteria modified Sec. 8:
Various terms defined. Sec. 9: Resident relocation notification required. Sec.
10: Planning process agency requirements established and relocation plan
provided. Sec. 11: Licensee requirements established, interdisciplinary team
created, and resident lists required. Sec. 12: Resident and physician
notification required. Sec. 13: Resident relocation procedures provided. Sec.
14: Relocation reports required. Sec. 15: Local agency requirements established
relating to relocation. Sec. 16: Nursing home reimbursement funding provided.
Sec. 17: Definitions relating to transition planning grants provided, grant
allocation procedures established, grant program evaluation required. Sec. 18:
Alternative nursing home survey process and schedules established, survey
intervals regulated, and compliance history used as a criteria for identifying
survey cycles. Sec. 19: Long-term grant care program established, eligibility
requirements provided, and grant awarding procedures provided. Sec. 20:
Long-term care quality profiles developed and implemented. Sec. 21: Statutory
reference changed. Sec. 22: Facility reimbursement payment rate regulations
during first 90 days provided. Sec. 23: Nursing facility rates increased. Sec.
24: Low-rate metropolitan area nursing facilities rates increased. Sec. 25: Rate
floor for nursing facilities outside metropolitan area provided. Sec. 26: Raw
food cost adjustment excluded. Sec. 27: Nursing facility alternate rate
regulations modified. Sec. 28: Facility rate increase effective dates provided.
Sec. 29: Facility rate increase effective dates provided. Sec. 30: Anoka county
nursing facility rate increase authorized. Sec. 31: Facilities under contract
with commissioner exception to moratorium removed. Sec. 32: Case mix system for
nursing facilities implemented. Sec. 33: Terms relating to nursing facility
voluntary closures and planning and development defined, planning and
development procedures established, application request program initiated,
application review criteria provided. Sec. 34: ICF MR rate increase effective
dates provided. Sec. 35: "Caesarian" replaced with "cesarean." Sec. 36: State
share of medical assistance reimbursement funding authorized. Sec. 37:
Expiration date extended. Sec. 38: New nursing facility reimbursement system
developed and implemented. Sec. 39: Subacute care facility licensure standards
report required. Sec. 40: Regulatory flexibility standards established. Sec. 41:
Facility closure report required. Sec. 42: Nursing assistant and home aide
regulations provided. Sec. 43: Reporting requirement evaluation required. Sec.
44: Nursing facility multiple sclerosis pilot project required. Sec. 45: Minimum
staffing standards report required. Sec. 46: Repealer.ARTICLE 6 WORK
FORCESection 1: Grants for nursing facilities and home care providers provided.
Sec. 2: Health care and long-term care careers promoted. Sec. 3: Language
updated and deadline extended. Sec. 4: "Resident assistant" definition modified.
Sec. 5: Language clarified. Sec. 6: Language clarified. Sec. 7: Temporary permit
application criteria modified.ARTICLE 7 REGULATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL NURSING
SERVICES AGENCIESSection 1: Terms relating to supplemental nursing services
agencies defined and scope provided. Sec. 2: Supplemental nursing services
agency registration required. Sec. 3: Nursing services registration requirements
provided. Sec. 4: Complaint system established. Sec. 5: Maximum charge
regulations established. Sec. 6: Collected fees appropriated, and background
studies provided for. Sec. 7: Supplemental nursing services agency use report
required.ARTICLE 8 LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCESection 1: Application provision
relating to policies issued after January established. Sec. 2: Premium and
premium increase regulations provided. Sec. 3: Nonforfeiture benefits
established. Sec. 4: "Exceptional increase" defined. Sec. 5: "Incidental"
defined. Sec. 6: "Qualified actuary" defined. Sec. 7: "Similar policy forms"
defined. Sec. 8: Certain information required to be submitted to the
commissioner. Sec. 9: Rating practice disclosure required. Sec. 10: Minimum loss
ratio applicability standards modified. Sec. 11: Premium rate schedule increases
regulated. Sec. 12: Nonforfeiture benefit requirements established. Sec. 13:
Long-term care insurance promoted. Sec. 14: Terms relating to long-term care
partnerships defined, medical assistance eligibility criteria established, and
federal approval procedures provided.ARTICLE 9 MENTAL HEALTH AND CIVIL
COMMITMENTSection 1: Suicide prevention public health goals and prevention plan
established. Sec. 2: Definition of "day treatment services" modified. Sec. 3:
Definition of mental health professional in psychology clarified. Sec. 4:
"Significant impairment in functioning" defined. Sec. 5: Definition of "day
treatment services" modified. Sec. 6: Definition of mental health professional
in psychology clarified. Sec. 7: Statutory references updated. Sec. 8:
Appropriate setting to receive mental health services established. Sec. 9:
Treatment screening procedures and restrictions provided. Sec. 10: Eligibility
criteria for individuals to receive help for severe emotional disturbances
modified. Sec. 11: Crisis housing assistance program purpose clarified. Sec. 12:
Statutory reference added, commissioner's ability to selectively contract with
hospitals removed. Sec. 13: Continuing care program for persons with mental
illness established. Sec. 14: Adult rehabilitative mental health services
related terms defined, eligibility criteria provided, provider entity standards
established, and program detailed. Sec. 15: Adult mental health crisis response
service program scope provided, related terms defined, provider entity standards
established, and program detailed. Sec. 16: Indian health services payment for
mental health case management procedures provided, language relating to tribal
agencies added. Sec. 17: County grant refusal appeal process provided. Sec. 18:
Mental health provider travel time benefit detailed. Sec. 19: Mental health
service reimbursement authorized. Sec. 20: Inclusion of suicide statistics on
crime reports prohibited. Sec. 21: Continuing care benefit program establishment
notification provided. Sec. 22: Study on length of stay for Medicare-eligible
persons initiated. Sec. 23: Payment system for adult residential services grants
developed.ARTICLE 10 ASSISTANCE PROGRAMSSection 1: Immigration status
verification reporting obligations removed. Sec. 2: Minnesota food assistance
program establishment date modified. Sec. 3: State program for use of state
money established. Sec. 4: Language clarified. Sec. 5: Language clarified. Sec.
6: Application form submission procedures established. Sec. 7: Applicant
screening process purpose and procedure provided. Sec. 8: Referral and service
determination interview format provided. Sec. 9: Eligibility regulations after
disqualification for noncompliance established. Sec. 10: Dates relating to MFIP
exit level modified. Sec. 11: Assistance levels for persons convicted of drug
offenses modified. Sec. 12: Notification regulations provided. Sec. 13:
Statutory reference modified. Sec. 14: MFIP case review procedures established.
Sec. 15: Hardship extension eligibility criteria provided. Sec. 16: County duty
to provide MFIP caregiver orientation exceptions provided. Sec. 17: Consequences
for participants not complying with program requirements detailed. Sec. 18: Dual
sanction rules clarified. Sec. 19: Sanction status after disqualification
detailed. Sec. 20: MFIP eligibility criteria modified. Sec. 21: Local service
unit plan clarified. Sec. 22: Individual and caregiver replaced with the term
"participant." Sec. 23: Notification of intent to sanction format clarified.
Sec. 24: Case management service continuation authorized. Sec. 25-26: Minimum
allocation assured for participants not eligible for MFIP but whose income is
below 120 percent of the federal guidelines. Sec. 27: Assistance provided for
certain persons no longer eligible for MFIP. Sec. 28: County performance
management report contents modified. Sec. 29: Supportive housing and managed
care pilot project not established in two counties. Sec. 30: County eligibility
criteria expanded. Sec. 31: Participant eligibility criteria modified. Sec. 32:
Redirection of funds to the pilot project authorized. Sec. 33: Assessment of
feasibility of financing pilot project to be included on report. Sec. 34: Duties
of commissioner of economic security expanded. Sec. 35: Date changed. Sec. 36:
Report on assessment of county performance required. Sec. 37: Repealer.ARTICLE
11 DHS LICENSINGSection 1: Informing license holder of maltreatment problems
authorized and related notification procedures established. Sec. 2: Supplemental
nursing service personnel added to background study regulations. Sec. 3:
Disqualification procedures and provisions removed from maltreatment language
and new procedures detailed. Sec. 4: Exceptions clarified. Sec. 5: Agencies to
be informed of reason for subject's disqualification. Sec. 6: Individuals
determined to have maltreated a child authorized to request reconsideration and
subsequent procedures detailed. Sec. 7: Scope of contested maltreatment cases
summarized. Sec. 8: Disqualification criteria for individuals charged with
maltreatment provided and consequences detailed. Sec. 9: Application denial
criteria clarified. Sec. 10: Fines removed from regulations relating to
correction orders; conditional licenses provided. Sec. 11: Sanction regulations,
license suspension, license revocations, and related situations detailed. Sec.
12: Appeal hearing conduct and procedures clarified. Sec. 13: Authority
delegation to agencies provided. Sec. 14: Sanction possibilities clarified. Sec.
15: Statutory references updated. Sec. 16: Standards of evidence for
maltreatment and disqualification hearings established. Sec. 17: Statutory
references updated. Sec. 18: Certain facilities added to those which are held
accountable for maltreatment violations by the commissioner. Sec. 19: Department
of human services made responsible for assessing or investigating allegations of
maltreatment. Sec. 20: Commissioner's duties in instances of neglect or abuse
modified. Sec. 21: Individuals who have been determined to have maltreated a
child authorized to request reconsideration of the determination and
disqualification. Related procedures detailed. Sec. 22: Information supply by
reporter how maltreatment relates to disqualification criteria authorized. Sec.
23: Reconsideration request deadlines established and hearing procedures further
detailed. Reconsideration request format provided. Sec. 24: Definition of
"neglect" modified. Sec. 25: Federal law change request or waiver duties
provided. Sec. 26: Federal waiver requirements detailed.ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUSSection 1: Pools at family day care centers not considered public
pools. Sec. 2-3: Criminal history background check application fees deposited
into special revenue fund. Sec. 4: Regulations concerning swimming pools owned
by family day care centers established. Sec. 5: Funds transferred from the
shared services account into the general fund. Sec. 6: "Guardianship service
providers" defined. Sec. 7: Definition of "comprehensive evaluation" modified.
Sec. 8: "Case manager" definition modified. Sec. 9: Duties of commissioner
relating to filming of state wards modified. Sec. 10: Ward and conservatee
social adjustment and progress review required. Sec. 11: Petition regulations
not applied to petitions to remove a public guardian. Sec. 12: Mental health
retardation board not eligible to receive fees and paid mileage costs. Sec. 13:
Sunset date extended for disability council. Sec. 14: Public guardianship
alternatives funds provided. Sec. 15: Study on automatic defibrillators
initiated. Sec. 16: Repealer.ARTICLE 13 APPROPRIATIONSSection 1: Health and
human services appropriations provided. Sec. 2: Appropriations to commissioner
of human services summarized by fund. Sec. 3: Appropriations to commissioner of
health summarized by fund. Sec. 4: Appropriations to Veterans nursing home board
summarized by fund. Sec. 5: Appropriations to health-related boards summarized
by fund. Sec. 6: Appropriations to emergency medical services board summarized
by fund. Sec. 7: Council on disability money appropriated. Sec. 8: Ombudsman for
mental health and mental retardation provided. Sec. 9: Ombudsman for families
provided. Sec. 10: Transfers relating to grants and administration detailed.
Sec. 11: Indirect costs not to fund programs authorized. Sec. 12: Carryover
limitation provided. Sec. 13: Uncodified language sunset provided. Sec. 14:
Project labor wages provided.AE