HF 2794

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 11:32pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for grants to local
governments for senior housing with services; authorizing the sale and issuance
of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin SENIOR HOUSING WITH SERVICES FACILITY GRANTS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin (a) $50,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
proceeds fund to the commissioner of health for grants to local units of government
to renovate and replace publicly owned nursing facilities, to renovate publicly owned
nursing facilities to be housing-with-services, and to develop new publicly owned
housing-with-services sites.
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new text begin (b) Local units of government may apply to the commissioner of health for grants
in the manner specified by the commissioner. The application must specify the project
type, cost, implementation schedule, and the ownership structure of the facility or site
that will be the beneficiary of the grant.
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new text begin (c) The commissioner must establish a review panel that includes representatives
of the Department of Health, Department of Human Services, providers, consumers,
and experts on long-term care. The review panel must recommend to the commissioner
which projects should receive grants. In making recommendations, the review panel
shall give advantage to projects which replace outdated nursing facility physical plants,
enhance resident privacy and make use of technology to improve resident quality of care
and quality of life, add services in geographic areas where those services are not currently
available, and which would not be likely to occur without this funding mechanism. The
review panel is subject to Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13 and 13D. The review panel
members serve without compensation. The commissioner must provide meeting space
and administrative support to the panel.
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new text begin (d) A facility funded under this program is not eligible for a property rate increase
under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.431.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $50,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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