Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: HF2699

hf2699FIFTH ENGROSSMENTOmnibus health and human services, agriculture,
environment and natural resources, criminal justice, economic development, and
state government appropriations bill.ARTICLE 1 JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATIONSSection 1: economic development appropriations summary provided.
Sec. 2: trade and economic development appropriation s provided for labor force
assessment grants, catalyst grants for expanding Internet access, and the
tourism loan account. Sec. 3: e-Business Institute appropriation provided. Sec.
4: homeless prevention and assistance program appropriation provided. Sec. 5:
board of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape, landscape
architecture, and interior design enforcement activities appropriation provided.
Sec. 6: board of boxing appropriation provided. Sec. 7: department of economic
security appropriation provided for Youthbuild, alien labor certification,
displaced homemaker programs, and summer youth development programs. Sec. 8:
rehabilitation advisory council for the blind service limit clarified. Sec. 9:
previous commerce department appropriation reduced. Sec. 10: Minnesota
historical society salary adjustments appropriation provided. Sec. 11:
department of finance appropriation provided to study salaries and benefits of
Minnesota historical society. Sec. 12: department of labor and industry
workplace services division appropriation provided. Sec. 13: Judy Garland museum
matching grant provided. Sec. 14: Upper Red Lake business loan program
availability date specified. Sec. 15: Advantage Minnesota grant availability
specified. Sec. 16: job skills partnership board, pathway program, and health
care and human services worker training and retention program appropriations
availability extended Sec. 17: workforce center location ten-year plan required.
Sec. 18: wage credit related to food services employment provisions clarified.
Sec. 19: Hennepin Paper Company in Morrison county exemption from additional
benefits requirements provided. Sec. 20: Evtac Mining Company in St. Louis
county exemption from additional benefits requirements provided. Sec. 21:
effective date.ARTICLE 2 JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY PROVISIONS Sec. 1:
specified direct contracting authorized for jobs skills partnership board. Sec.
2: managing general agent license terms and fees same as for licensed insurance
agents. Sec. 3: 18(b)(2) filings renewal procedures specified. Sec. 4: 18(b)(2)
filing fees and expenses provisions modified. Sec. 5: rural policy and
development center board membership diversity addressed. Sec. 6: nonprofit
educational center definition provided. Sec. 7: distance-work grants provided.
Sec. 8: Minnesota state colleges and universities (MNSCU) board of trustees
equity investments authorized. Sec. 9: professional boxing matches regulated.
Sec. 10: child labor law violation fines increased. Sec. 11: rights of next of
kin upon death of an employee provided under occupational health and safety
provisions. Sec. 12: in the case of the death of an employee, a copy of the
citation and penalty assessment required to be mailed to the next of kin. Sec.
13-14: in the case of the death of an employee, employer penalty provisions
modified. Sec. 15: extending the deadline for renewable energy production
incentive payments to certain qualified hydroelectric facilities. Sec. 16: alien
labor certification performance standards provided. Sec. 17: social security
disability benefit deduction from reemployment insurance provision clarified.
Sec. 18: youth employment education and training grants limit increased to
eligible organizations. Sec. 19: worker adjustment services plans cost
limitations support services allocation increased. Sec. 20: architect,
professional engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, geoscience
professional, and certified interior designer licensure and renewal fees
increased. Sec. 21: electrical inspection fee schedule provided and fees
increased. Sec. 22: money order defined for the purposes of unclaimed property
provisions. Sec. 23: money order dormancy charge authorized. Sec. 24: intangible
property defined for the purposes of miscellaneous personal property held for
another person under the unclaimed property provisions. Sec. 25: previous
effective date provision modified. Sec. 26: commissioner of health required to
assume responsibilities regarding boxing regulations. Sec. 27: child labor
standards act information provided to employers. Sec. 28: revisor instruction.
Sec. 29: repealer. ARTICLE 3 ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND AGRICULTURE
Sec. 1: environment and natural resources appropriations summary provided. Sec.
2: pollution control agency appropriated money. Sec. 3: board of water and soil
resources appropriated money for wetland replacement and agricultural land
set-aside. Sec. 4: department of natural resources appropriated money for Mille
Lacs treaty litigation and wildfire response; and snowmobile trail grooming
equipment reimbursement authorized.. Sec. 5: department of agriculture
appropriations provided for meat inspection, woody crops cooperatives, Center
for Farm Financial Management software and training, agricultural water quality
program, farm advocates program, Minnesota growth pilot program, and
organizations participating in the farm wrap network and rural help network; and
dairy producers board appropriation cancelled. Sec. 6: board of animal health
appropriation provided for continued efforts to control pseudorabies in swine.
Sec. 7: Minnesota resources local initiatives grants program appropriated money.
Sec. 8: aquatic farming license fee reduced. Sec. 9: livestock definition
expanded to include buffalo. Sec. 10: agricultural chemical response and
reimbursement fund payments expanded to include percentages of increased
corrective action costs. Sec. 11: ethanol development payment provisions
modified. Sec. 12: rural finance authority general loan eligibility modified.
Sec. 13: rural finance authority restructured loan eligibility modified Sec. 14:
rural finance authority beginning farmer loan program modified. Sec. 15: rural
finance authority loan restructuring program modified. Sec. 16: rural finance
authority seller-sponsored program modified. Sec. 17: rural finance authority
agricultural improvement loan program modified. Sec. 18: rural finance authority
livestock expansion loan program participation modified. Sec. 19: rural finance
authority agroforestry loan program established. Sec. 20: Big Bog recreation
area in Beltrami county established. Sec. 21: Red River state recreation area
established in Polk county. Sec. 22: Mills Town riding and hiking trail
established. Sec. 23-25: Fort Snelling lease provisions modified. Sec. 26: game
and fish fund revenue crediting conforming change provided. Sec. 27: drainage
authority powers use of external sources of funding clarified. Sec. 28:
pollution control agency citation authority provisions modified related to
storage tank and truck violations. Sec. 29: specified Minnesota state lottery
ticket in lieu tax proceeds deposited in the heritage enhancement account in the
game and fish fund; the natural resources fund to be spent for state parks and
trails, Minnesota zoo, Como park zoo, and Duluth zoo; and other revenue use
requirements provided. Sec. 30: existing resource recovery facilities authorized
to reclaim and dispose of mixed municipal solid waste to full extents and
permits required. Sec. 31: county leased lakeshore lot deeds for sale or
exchange exemption from well disclosure, well sealing, and individual sewage
treatment system disclosure requirements provided. Sec. 32: Rice Creek West
Regional trail restrooms, signs and amenities funded. Sec. 33: previous
pollution control agency protection of the water appropriations provisions
modified resulting in amount transferred from the general PCA fund for continued
malformed frog research. Sec. 34: previous board of water and soil resources
appropriations provisions modified for the purpose of funding the LeSueur River
bank stabilization project. Sec. 35: ethanol development account payment limit
increased. Sec. 36: hybrid tree management funding transferred to the
agricultural fund. Sec. 37: agricultural storage tank removal reimbursement
provided. Sec. 38: small gasoline storage tank removal reimbursement provided.
Sec. 39: Minneapolis lease of golf course and polo grounds at Fort Snelling
liquor license operations clarified. Sec. 40: agricultural land, board, short
rotation woody crops, and windbreak defined. Sec. 41: agricultural land
set-aside program eligibility terms specified. Sec. 42: agricultural land
set-aside program payments determined. Sec. 43: agricultural land set-aside
program administration specified. Sec. 44: repealer. Sec. 45: effective
date.ARTICLE 4 APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 1: criminal justice appropriations summary
provided. Sec. 2: supreme court appropriated money. Sec. 3: court of appeals
appropriated money. Sec. 4: district courts appropriated money. Sec. 5:
department of public safety appropriated money for driver and vehicle services,
emergency management, criminal apprehension, law enforcement and community
grants, and drug policy and violence prevention. Sec. 6: center for crime victim
services appropriated money. Sec. 7: department of corrections appropriated
money. Sec. 8: previous auto theft prevention board appropriation modified. Sec.
9: sentencing guidelines commission appropriated money. Sec. 10: Minnesota
safety council appropriated money. Sec. 11: University of Minnesota appropriated
money. Sec. 12: previous law enforcement computer controlled driving simulator
eliminated. Sec. 13: previous automobile theft prevention board appropriation
reduced. Sec. 14: previous corrections ombudsman appropriations provisions
modified. Sec. 15: previous crime victim ombudsman appropriations provisions
modified.ARTICLE 5 COURTS Sec. 1: petty traffic misdemeanor maximum fine
increased. Sec. 2: misdemeanor maximum fine increased. Sec. 3: petty misdemeanor
maximum fine increased. Sec. 4-5: misdemeanor maximum fine increased. Sec. 6:
petty misdemeanor maximum fine increased. Sec. 7: petty misdemeanor ordinance
violations maximum fine increased. Sec. 8: misdemeanor ordinance violations
maximum fine increased. Sec. 9: automated victim notification system financial
assistance provided. Sec. 10: court security training program development and
implementation required. Sec. 11: effective dates. ARTICLE 6 PUBLIC SAFETY Sec.
1: automobile theft prevention surcharge transferred to the commissioner of
public safety, and surcharge applicability defined. Sec. 2: automobile theft
prevention board administrative costs provision repealed. Sec. 3: pedestrian
rights in absence of a traffic signal modified. Sec. 4: pedestrian crossing
between intersections modified. Sec. 5: local road authority pedestrian safety
crossings provided. Sec. 6: juvenile prostitution law enforcement and officer
training grants established. Sec. 7: automobile theft prevention program
established in the department of public safety and annual report required. Sec.
8: capitol complex security oversight committee established. Sec. 9: crosswalk
safety awareness program continued. Sec. 10: Ramsey county attorney s office and
St. Paul city attorney s office joint domestic abuse prosecution unit developed
through a pilot project, and report required. Sec. 11: domestic violence shelter
study provided. Sec. 12: instruction to the revisor. Sec. 13: repealer. Sec. 14:
effective dates. ARTICLE 7 CORRECTIONS Sec. 1: per diem costs of incarceration
calculated for use in financial reporting and report required. Sec. 2: Minnesota
correctional facility Red Wing and female juvenile confinement charges to
counties and per diem calculation modified. Sec. 3: juvenile residential
treatment grants to counties authorized and report required. Sec. 4: Minnesota
correctional facility Red Wing admissions modified, admissions criteria to
remain the same, and commissioner considerations prescribed. Sec. 5:
commissioner of corrections duties regarding costs for confinement of juveniles
modified. Sec. 6: commissioner of corrections housing of juvenile delinquents
and offenders required to be consistent with federal and state law. Sec. 7:
placement of juvenile offenders at MCF Red Wing determinations prescribed and
report required for out-of-state placements. Sec. 8: commissioner of corrections
mandatory commitments specified, definitions provided, and alternative placement
report required. Sec. 9: legislative intent provided. Sec. 10: state juvenile
correctional system studied. Sec. 11: per diem charges to counties for
incarcerated juveniles report required. Sec. 12: central Minnesota regional jail
joint powers group land conveyance authorized.ARTICLE 8 - APPROPRIATIONSSection
1: health and human services appropriations summary provided. Sec. 2: human
services appropriations provided for children s grants, basic health care
grants, state-operated services, continuing care and community support grants,
continuing care and community support management, economic support grants, and
economic support management. Sec. 3: health appropriations provided for health
systems and special populations, health protection. Sec. 4: health-related
boards appropriations provided, including board of psychology. Sec. 5: carryover
limitation provided. Sec. 6: uncodified language sunset provided.. Sec. 7:
effective dates. ARTICLE 9 HEALTH CARE Sec. 1: Beltrami county existing
nonfederal hospital addition construction project restricted. Sec. 2: St. Louis
county, Minneapolis, and Mille Lacs county nursing facilities authorized. Sec.
3: licensed and certified nursing facilities bed layaway status authorized. Sec.
4: marriage and family therapist medical assistance reimbursement prohibition
repealed. Sec. 5: Olmsted county licensing exemption provided. Sec. 6:
prescription drug program rebate agreements clarified. Sec. 7: senior citizen
drug program renamed prescription drug program. Sec. 8: qualified individual
definition provided relating to the prescription drug program. Sec. 9-10:
prescription drug program eligibility requirements provided. Sec. 11:
prescription drug program information made available at organizations serving
persons with disabilities. Sec. 12-13: conforming changes. Sec. 14: congregate
housing services projects renamed on-site coordination (OSC) services projects,
and conforming changes provided. Sec. 15: qualified Medicare beneficiaries
eligibility clarified. Sec. 16: mental health professional definition provided.
Sec. 17: medical assistance reimbursement of case management services federally
approved methods accepted. Sec. 18: nursing facility total replacement
definition and requirements clarified. Sec. 19: nursing facility rate increases
provisions modified. Sec. 20: facility rate increases effective July 1, 2000
provided. Sec. 21: bed layaway and delicensure requirements provided. Sec. 22:
facility rate increases effective July 1, 2000 provided. Sec. 23: ICF MR rate
increases beginning October 1, 1999 and October , 2000 provided. Sec. 24:
prospective reimbursement rates nongeographically based risk adjusted rates
exception provided. Sec. 25: medical education and research fund provisions
modified. Sec. 26: medical assistance and general assistance prepayment
demonstration project payment modification provisions modified relating to
services provided in June. Sec. 27: availability of private insurance
notification modified under MinnesotaCare provisions. Sec. 28: Senior drug
program named changed to prescription drug program. Sec. 29: previous provider
rate increase revenue required to be used to increase employee salaries. Sec.
30: repealer. Sec. 31: employer-based health insurance matching funds
requirements determined for dependent children of low-income families, and
report required. Sec. 32: prescription drug patient assistance and cost savings
programs information strategy developed. Sec. 33: day training and habilitation
task force extended and report required. Sec. 34: family adult foster care
provider respite care authorized. Sec. 35: medical education distribution
formula study group convened. Sec. 36: revisor instruction. Sec. 37:
inconsistent amendments prevalence stated.ARTICLE 10 HUMAN SERVICES Sec. 1:
income definition modified for the purposes of human services child care
programs. Sec. 2: systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program
use required to verify immigration status of applicants for human services
assistance and report required. Sec. 3: aid to families with dependent children
(AFDC) and Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) recovery of assistance
monies county retention rates modified. Sec. 4: child support and maintenance
distribution specified for individuals receiving AFDC or MFIP. Sec. 5: Minnesota
food assistance program sunset delayed for legal noncitizens. Sec. 6:
appropriated state money for and federal temporary aid for needy families (TANF)
money usage expanded. Sec. 7: MFIP unearned income definition modified to
include child support and maintenance payments.. Sec. 8: MFIP income exclusion
provided for consumer support grant funds, and home and community-based waiver
services program resources and services for disabled household members. Sec. 9:
all undocumented persons applying for MFIP required to be reported to the
Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) and federal law conformity
required. Sec. 10: MFIP monthly income test provisions modified relating to
child and spousal support. Sec. 11: MFIP prospective budgeting child support
income provision eliminated. Sec. 12: MFIP assistance payment recalculation due
to a significant change in gross income provisions modified relating to
forwarding of child support. Sec. 13: MFIP unearned income modification delayed.
Sec. 14: good cause exemptions for not attending MFIP orientation modified
relating to caregivers. Sec. 15: diversionary assistance eligibility
requirements modified. Sec. 16: employment and training services MFIP work
activity defined and preemployment activities provisions modified. Sec. 17: MFIP
employment and training participation requirements for all cases provided. Sec.
18: MFIP employment and training local services unit plan requirements
specified. Sec. 19-20: MFIP job search support plan requirements modified and
English as a second language (ESL) class approval as a work activity provided.
Sec. 21: MFIP caregiver employment and training services exemption provided.
Sec. 22: local intervention grants for self-sufficiency provided. Sec. 23:
grants for nontraditional career assistance and training programs provided. Sec.
24: child only TANF program membership clarified. Sec. 25: supportive housing
and managed care pilot project established. Sec. 26: grants for nontraditional
career assistance and training programs provided. Sec. 27: at-risk youth
out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention program established. Sec. 28: eligibility
sunset delay provided for general assistance, general assistance medical care,
and group residential housing program recipients. Sec. 29: pilot projects for
MFIP eligible families authorized. Sec. 30: reports on SAVE program
implementation required. Sec. 31: report on effect of eligibility sunset delay
of GA, GAMC, and GRH recipients required. Sec. 32: repealer.ARTICLE 11 TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS Sec. 1: health care provider uniform billing standards compliance
technical corrections provided. Sec. 2: school district medical assistance
program eligibility technical corrections provided. Sec. 3: school district
funding technical corrections provided related to special needs funding and
medical assistance payments. Sec. 4: tobacco use prevention and local public
health endowment fund sunset provided. Sec. 5: tobacco use prevention and local
public health endowment fund audit provisions clarified. Sec. 6: tobacco use
prevention and local public health endowment fund use provisions clarified. Sec.
7: home and community-based waiver services programs for persons with mental
retardation and related conditions waiting list reduction provisions clarified.
Sec. 8: general assistance medical care services provisions technical
corrections provided. Sec. 9: previous community dental clinics appropriations
provisions technical corrections provided. Sec. 10: previous MinnesotaCare
eligibility requirements effective date provided. Sec. 11: repealer. ARTICLE 12
STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 1: state government appropriations summary
provided. Sec. 2: secretary of state appropriated money. Sec. 3: office of
strategic and long-range planning appropriation provided. Sec. 4: administration
department previous appropriation clarified. Sec. 5: campaign finance and
disclosure board appropriated money. Sec. 6: employee relations department
appropriated money. Sec. 7: gambling control board appropriated money. Sec. 8:
Minneapolis employees retirement fund previous appropriations reduced. Sec.
9-11: state government revenue and expenditures forecast variables, expenditure
data, revenue data, and economic review provisions clarified. Sec. 12: general
fund cash advance interest provisions modified. Sec. 13: state agencies,
Minnesota state colleges and universities board of trustees, and University of
Minnesota required to maintain data on state-owned facilities in order to
receive capital funding. Sec. 14: commissioner of administration required to
report to legislative committee chairs amount and purpose of internal service or
enterprise fund account transfers. Sec. 15: intertechnologies and general
services revolving fund reimbursement rates required to be reported to
legislative committee chairs. Sec. 16: interfund loans amount and purpose
reported to legislative committee chairs. Sec. 17: executive agency information
systems project risk assessment required prior to spending and legislative
report required. Sec. 18: Minneapolis employees retirement fund (MERF) quarterly
payment requirement removed. Sec. 19: previous office of strategic and
long-range planning appropriations provisions expanded to include a grant to
Mankato for completion of the Mankato area growth management and planning study.
Sec. 20: previous public broadcasting appropriation use clarified and
legislative Internet broadcasts authorized. Sec. 21: previous information and
management services appropriations provisions modified to remove a grant to
Mankato for completion of the Mankato area growth management and planning study,
and separate technology initiatives budget book with inventory required. Sec.
22: previous veterans affairs appropriations provisions expanded to include
county veterans services offices efficiency improvement grants. Sec. 23:
repealer clarified. Sec. 24: base adjustments prohibited. Sec. 25: repealer.
Sec. 26: effective date.ARTICLE 13 MINNESOTA COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ASSOCIATION
Sec. 1: Minnesota workers' compensation assigned risk plan surplus utilization
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