Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: HF3976

HF 3976

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Health care program provisions changed, funding
provided and money appropriated.

ARTICLE 1 -- CONTINUING CARE

Section 1:
Targeted case management; definitions language is provided.

Section 2: Eligible
services language is modified.

Section 3: Payment rates language is
modified.

Section 4: Mental health case management language is
modified.

Section 5: Housing access grants language is provided.

Section 6:
Targeted case management service activities language is modified.

Section 7:
Payment for targeted case management language is modified.

Section 8: Portion
of nonfederal share to be paid by certain counties language is
modified.

Section 9: County nursing home payment adjustments language is
modified.

Section 10: Nursing facility rate increases beginning October 1,
2007, and October 1, 2008 language is modified.

Section 11: Service delivery
language is modified.

Section 12: Standard of assistance for persons eligible
for medical assistance waivers or at risk of placement in a group residential
housing facility language is modified.

Section 13: Special needs language is
modified.

ARTICLE 2 -- AGENCY MANAGEMENT

Section 1: Managed care plans
language is provided.

Section 2: Automation and coordination for state health
care programs language is provided.

Section 3: Managed care contracts language
is modified.

Section 4: Administrative expenses language is provided.

Section
5: Treatment of investment earnings language is provided.

Section 6:
Administrative expense reporting language is provided.

Section 7: Reporting of
subcontracts and provider payment rates language is provided.

Section 8: Duties
of commissioner of health language is modified.

Section 9: Expenditure of
revenues language is provided.

Section 10: Rate setting; performance withholds
language is modified.

Section 11: Report on financial management of health care
programs language is provided.

Section 12: Health plan and county-based
purchasing plan requirements language is provided.

Section 13: Ombudsman for
managed care study language is provided.

Section 14: Reporting managed care
performance data language is provided.

Section 15: Public dental coverage
program study language is provided.

Section 16: Work group; targeted case
management language is provided.

ARTICLE 3 -- CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES

Section 1: Definitions language is modified.

Section 2: Assignment of
support and maintenance rights language is modified.

Section 3: Distribution of
child support language is modified.

Section 4: Existing assignments language is
modified.

Section 5: Work participation food benefits language is modified.


Section 6: Payment to public agency language is modified.

Section 7: Payor of
funds responsibilities language is modified.

Section 8: Effective date language
is modified.

Section 9: Total Appropriation language is modified.

Section 10:
Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 4 -- HEALTH CARE

Section 1: Operating
payment rates language is modified.

Section 2: Increases in medical assistance
inpatient payments; conditions language is modified.

Section 3: Program
established language is modified.

Section 4: Medical assistance eligibility
language is modified.

Section 5: Co-payments language is modified.

Section 6:
Collection language is modified.

Section 7: Federal payments language is
provided.
Subdivision 1. Payments at actual cost.
Subdivision 2. Loss of federal
financial participation.

Section 8: Payments reported by governmental entities
language is modified.

Section 9: Managed care contracts language is modified.


Section 10: Rate setting; performance withholds language is modified.

Section
11: Federal approval for increased disproportionate share hospital payments
language is provided.

Section 12: Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 5 --
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS

Section 1: Health and human services
appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Human services language is
provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Agency
Management
Subdivision 3. Revenue and Pass-Through Revenue
Expenditures
Subdivision 4. Children and Economic Assistance Grants
Subdivision
4a. Children and Economic Assistance Management
Subdivision 5. Basic Health Care
Grants
Subdivision 6. Health Care Management
Subdivision 7. Continuing Care
Grants
Subdivision 8. State-Operated Services

Section 3. Health
Department

ARTICLE 6 -- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FORECAST CHANGES

Section 1.
Summary of appropriations; Department of Human Services forecast adjustment
language is provided.

Section 2: Commissioner of Human Services language is
provided.

ARTICLE 7 -- APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS

Section 1: Duplicate
appropriations language is provided.

SNA 4/3/08