1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; appropriating money for 
  1.3             prekindergarten through grade 12 education, including 
  1.4             general education, education excellence, special 
  1.5             programs, and facilities and technology; early 
  1.6             childhood and family education, including prevention 
  1.7             and self-sufficiency and lifelong learning; and health 
  1.8             and human services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 
  1.9             Supplement, section 123B.54; Laws 2003, First Special 
  1.10            Session chapter 9, article 1, section 53, subdivisions 
  1.11            2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12; Laws 2003, First Special Session 
  1.12            chapter 9, article 2, section 55, subdivisions 2, 3, 
  1.13            4, 5, 7, 9, 12; Laws 2003, First Special Session 
  1.14            chapter 9, article 3, section 20, subdivisions 4, 5, 
  1.15            6, 7, 8, 9; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 
  1.16            9, article 4, section 31, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 
  1.17            2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 5, 
  1.18            section 35, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2003, First 
  1.19            Special Session chapter 9, article 7, section 11, 
  1.20            subdivision 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session 
  1.21            chapter 9, article 8, section 7, subdivisions 2, 5; 
  1.22            Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 9, 
  1.23            section 9, subdivision 2; Laws 2003, First Special 
  1.24            Session chapter 14, article 13C, sections 1; 2, 
  1.25            subdivisions 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11; 10, subdivisions 1, 2. 
  1.26  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.27                             ARTICLE 1
  1.28             PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION
  1.29                       A.  GENERAL EDUCATION
  1.30     Section 1.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  1.31  article 1, section 53, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.32     Subd. 2.  [GENERAL EDUCATION AID.] For general education 
  1.33  aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4: 
  1.34       $4,764,384,000 $4,726,466,000     .....     2004
  1.35       $5,090,303,000 $5,026,983,000     .....     2005
  2.1      The 2004 appropriation includes $857,432,000 $860,552,000 
  2.2   for 2003 and $3,906,952,000 $3,865,914,000 for 2004. 
  2.3      The 2005 appropriation includes 
  2.4   $1,009,856,000 $1,009,822,000 for 2004 
  2.5   and $4,080,447,000 $4,017,161,000 for 2005.  
  2.6      Sec. 2.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  2.7   article 1, section 53, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.8      Subd. 3.  [REFERENDUM TAX BASE REPLACEMENT AID.] For 
  2.9   referendum tax base replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.10  section 126C.17, subdivision 7a: 
  2.11       $ 7,841,000 $8,096,000     .....     2004 
  2.12       $ 8,543,000 $8,596,000     .....     2005 
  2.13     The 2004 appropriation includes $1,419,000 for 2003 and 
  2.14  $6,422,000 $6,677,000 for 2004.  
  2.15     The 2005 appropriation includes $1,605,000 $1,669,000 for 
  2.16  2004 and $6,938,000 $6,927,000 for 2005. 
  2.17     Sec. 3.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  2.18  article 1, section 53, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.19     Subd. 5.  [ABATEMENT REVENUE.] For abatement aid under 
  2.20  Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.49:  
  2.21       $2,680,000 $2,436,000     .....     2004 
  2.22       $2,937,000 $1,559,000     .....     2005 
  2.23     The 2004 appropriation includes $472,000 for 2003 and 
  2.24  $2,208,000 $1,964,000 for 2004.  
  2.25     The 2005 appropriation includes $551,000 $491,000 for 2004 
  2.26  and $2,386,000 $1,068,000 for 2005.  
  2.27     Sec. 4.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  2.28  article 1, section 53, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  2.29     Subd. 6.  [CONSOLIDATION TRANSITION.] For districts 
  2.30  consolidating under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.485: 
  2.31       $207,000 $ 35,000     .....     2004 
  2.32       $607,000 $145,000     .....     2005 
  2.33     The 2004 appropriation includes $35,000 for 2003 and 
  2.34  $172,000 $0 for 2004. 
  2.35     The 2005 appropriation includes $42,000 $0 for 2004 and 
  2.36  $565,000 $145,000 for 2005. 
  3.1      Sec. 5.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  3.2   article 1, section 53, subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
  3.3      Subd. 11.  [NONPUBLIC PUPIL AID.] For nonpublic pupil 
  3.4   education aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 
  3.5   123B.43 and 123B.87: 
  3.6        $14,626,000 $14,411,000     .....     2004 
  3.7        $15,594,000 $15,072,000     .....     2005 
  3.8      The 2004 appropriation includes $2,715,000 for 2003 and 
  3.9   $11,911,000 $11,696,000 for 2004. 
  3.10     The 2005 appropriation includes $2,977,000 $2,923,000 for 
  3.11  2004 and $12,617,000 $12,149,000 for 2005. 
  3.12     Sec. 6.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  3.13  article 1, section 53, subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
  3.14     Subd. 12.  [NONPUBLIC PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.] For nonpublic 
  3.15  pupil transportation aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  3.16  123B.92, subdivision 9: 
  3.17       $21,477,000 $20,471,000     .....     2004 
  3.18       $21,982,000 $21,421,000     .....     2005 
  3.19     The 2004 appropriation includes $3,990,000 for 2003 and 
  3.20  $17,487,000 $16,481,000 for 2004. 
  3.21     The 2005 appropriation includes $4,371,000 $4,120,000 for 
  3.22  2004 and $17,611,000 $17,301,000 for 2005. 
  3.23                      B.  EDUCATION EXCELLENCE
  3.24     Sec. 7.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  3.25  article 2, section 55, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.26     Subd. 2.  [CHARTER SCHOOL BUILDING LEASE AID.] For building 
  3.27  lease aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 
  3.28  4: 
  3.29       $17,140,000 $16,753,000     .....     2004 
  3.30       $21,018,000 $21,347,000     .....     2005 
  3.31     The 2004 appropriation includes $2,524,000 for 2003 and 
  3.32  $14,616,000 $14,229,000 for 2004. 
  3.33     The 2005 appropriation includes $3,654,000 $3,557,000 for 
  3.34  2004 and $17,364,000 $17,790,000 for 2005.  
  3.35     Sec. 8.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  3.36  article 2, section 55, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  4.1      Subd. 3.  [CHARTER SCHOOL STARTUP AID.] For charter school 
  4.2   startup cost aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.11: 
  4.3        $824,000 $844,000     .....     2004 
  4.4        $151,000 $156,000     .....     2005 
  4.5      The 2004 appropriation includes $220,000 for 2003 and 
  4.6   $604,000 $624,000 for 2004.  
  4.7      The 2005 appropriation includes $151,000 $156,000 for 2004 
  4.8   and $0 for 2005. 
  4.9      Sec. 9.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  4.10  article 2, section 55, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  4.11     Subd. 4.  [CHARTER SCHOOL INTEGRATION GRANTS.] For grants 
  4.12  to charter schools to promote integration and desegregation 
  4.13  under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 6, 
  4.14  paragraph (e): 
  4.15       $8,000 $7,000     .....     2004 
  4.16     This appropriation includes $8,000 $7,000 for 2003 and $0 
  4.17  for 2004. 
  4.18     Sec. 10.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  4.19  article 2, section 55, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  4.20     Subd. 5.  [INTEGRATION AID.] For integration aid under 
  4.21  Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.86, subdivision 5: 
  4.22       $56,869,000 $55,911,000     .....     2004 
  4.23       $56,092,000 $55,893,000     .....     2005 
  4.24     The 2004 appropriation includes $8,428,000 for 2003 and 
  4.25  $48,441,000 $47,483,000 for 2004. 
  4.26     The 2005 appropriation includes $12,110,000 $11,870,000 for 
  4.27  2004 and $43,982,000 $44,023,000 for 2005.  
  4.28     Sec. 11.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  4.29  article 2, section 55, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  4.30     Subd. 7.  [MAGNET SCHOOL STARTUP AID.] For magnet school 
  4.31  startup aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.88: 
  4.32       $ 37,000     .....     2004 
  4.33       $454,000 $ 40,000     .....     2005 
  4.34     The 2004 appropriation includes $37,000 for 2003 and $0 for 
  4.35  2004.  
  4.36     The 2005 appropriation includes $0 for 2004 and $437,000 
  5.1   $40,000 for 2005. 
  5.2      Sec. 12.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  5.3   article 2, section 55, subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  5.4      Subd. 9.  [SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE.] For American Indian 
  5.5   success for the future grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  5.6   124D.81: 
  5.7        $2,073,000 $2,061,000     .....     2004
  5.8        $2,137,000     .....     2005
  5.9      The 2004 appropriation includes $363,000 $351,000 for 2003 
  5.10  and $1,710,000 for 2004. 
  5.11     The 2005 appropriation includes $427,000 for 2004 and 
  5.12  $1,710,000 for 2005. 
  5.13     Sec. 13.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  5.14  article 2, section 55, subdivision 12, is amended to read:  
  5.15     Subd. 12.  [TRIBAL CONTRACT SCHOOLS.] For tribal contract 
  5.16  school aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.83: 
  5.17       $2,135,000 $1,617,000     .....     2004
  5.18       $2,336,000 $2,185,000     .....     2005
  5.19     The 2004 appropriation includes $285,000 for 2003 and 
  5.20  $1,850,000 $1,332,000 for 2004. 
  5.21     The 2005 appropriation includes $462,000 $333,000 for 2004 
  5.22  and $1,874,000 $1,852,000 for 2005. 
  5.23                        C.  SPECIAL PROGRAMS
  5.24     Sec. 14.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  5.25  article 3, section 20, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  5.26     Subd. 4.  [AID FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.] For aid 
  5.27  under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 3, for 
  5.28  children with disabilities placed in residential facilities 
  5.29  within the district boundaries for whom no district of residence 
  5.30  can be determined: 
  5.31       $2,177,000 $2,311,000     .....     2004 
  5.32       $2,244,000 $2,550,000     .....     2005 
  5.33     If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the 
  5.34  appropriation for the other year is available.  
  5.35     Sec. 15.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  5.36  article 3, section 20, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  6.1      Subd. 5.  [TRAVEL FOR HOME-BASED SERVICES.] For aid for 
  6.2   teacher travel for home-based services under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.3   section 125A.75, subdivision 1: 
  6.4        $220,000 $173,000     .....     2004 
  6.5        $261,000 $178,000     .....     2005 
  6.6      The 2004 appropriation includes $34,000 for 2003 and 
  6.7   $186,000 $139,000 for 2004. 
  6.8      The 2005 appropriation includes $46,000 $34,000 for 2004 
  6.9   and $215,000 $144,000 for 2005. 
  6.10     Sec. 16.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  6.11  article 3, section 20, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  6.12     Subd. 6.  [SPECIAL EDUCATION; EXCESS COSTS.] For excess 
  6.13  cost aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 
  6.14  7: 
  6.15       $92,606,000 $92,605,000     .....     2004 
  6.16       $92,984,000 $92,799,000     .....     2005 
  6.17     The 2004 appropriation includes $41,754,000 for 2003 and 
  6.18  $50,852,000 $50,851,000 for 2004. 
  6.19     The 2005 appropriation includes $41,215,000 $41,216,000 for 
  6.20  2004 and $51,769,000 $51,583,000 for 2005.  
  6.21     Sec. 17.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  6.22  article 3, section 20, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  6.23     Subd. 7.  [LITIGATION COSTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.] For 
  6.24  paying the costs a district incurs under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.25  section 125A.75, subdivision 8: 
  6.26       $346,000 $201,000     .....     2004 
  6.27       $ 17,000 $150,000     .....     2005 
  6.28     Sec. 18.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  6.29  article 3, section 20, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  6.30     Subd. 8.  [TRANSITION FOR DISABLED STUDENTS.] For aid for 
  6.31  transition programs for children with disabilities under 
  6.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.454: 
  6.33       $8,625,000 $8,570,000     .....     2004 
  6.34       $8,867,000 $8,760,000     .....     2005 
  6.35     The 2004 appropriation includes $1,516,000 for 2003 and 
  6.36  $7,109,000 $7,054,000 for 2004.  
  7.1      The 2005 appropriation includes $1,777,000 $1,763,000 for 
  7.2   2004 and $7,090,000 $6,997,000 for 2005.  
  7.3      Sec. 19.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  7.4   article 3, section 20, subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  7.5      Subd. 9.  [COURT-PLACED SPECIAL EDUCATION REVENUE.] For 
  7.6   reimbursing serving school districts for unreimbursed eligible 
  7.7   expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
  7.8   school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.9   section 125A.79, subdivision 4: 
  7.10       $152,000 $36,000     .....     2004 
  7.11       $160,000 $61,000     .....     2005 
  7.12                   D.  FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
  7.13     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 
  7.14  123B.54, is amended to read: 
  7.15     123B.54 [DEBT SERVICE APPROPRIATION.] 
  7.16     (a) $25,987,000 $28,367,000 in fiscal year 2002, 
  7.17  $29,941,000 2006 and $25,560,000 in fiscal year 2003, 
  7.18  $40,075,000 in fiscal year 2004, and $39,774,000 in fiscal years 
  7.19  2005 2007 and later are appropriated from the general fund to 
  7.20  the commissioner of education for payment of debt service 
  7.21  equalization aid under section 123B.53.  
  7.22     (b) The appropriations in paragraph (a) must be reduced by 
  7.23  the amount of any money specifically appropriated for the same 
  7.24  purpose in any year from any state fund. 
  7.25     Sec. 21.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  7.26  article 4, section 31, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  7.27     Subd. 2.  [HEALTH AND SAFETY REVENUE.] For health and 
  7.28  safety aid according to Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, 
  7.29  subdivision 5: 
  7.30       $7,839,000 $5,356,000     .....     2004 
  7.31       $6,068,000 $1,920,000     .....     2005 
  7.32     The 2004 appropriation includes $1,516,000 for 2003 and 
  7.33  $6,323,000 $3,840,000 for 2004. 
  7.34     The 2005 appropriation includes $1,580,000 $960,000 for 
  7.35  2004 and $4,488,000 $960,000 for 2005. 
  7.36     Sec. 22.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  8.1   article 4, section 31, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  8.2      Subd. 3.  [DEBT SERVICE EQUALIZATION.] For debt service aid 
  8.3   according to Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6: 
  8.4        $34,500,000 $35,598,000     .....     2004 
  8.5        $37,575,000 $31,220,000     .....     2005 
  8.6      The 2004 appropriation includes $5,586,000 for 2003 and 
  8.7   $28,914,000 $30,012,000 for 2004. 
  8.8      The 2005 appropriation includes $7,228,000 $7,503,000 for 
  8.9   2004 and $30,347,000 $23,717,000 for 2005. 
  8.10          E.  NUTRITION, SCHOOL ACCOUNTING, OTHER PROGRAMS
  8.11     Sec. 23.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  8.12  article 5, section 35, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  8.13     Subd. 2.  [SCHOOL LUNCH.] (a) For school lunch aid 
  8.14  according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, and Code of 
  8.15  Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:  
  8.16       $7,800,000 $7,650,000     .....     2004 
  8.17       $7,950,000 $7,760,000     .....     2005 
  8.18     Sec. 24.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  8.19  article 5, section 35, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  8.20     Subd. 3.  [TRADITIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST; KINDERGARTEN 
  8.21  MILK.] For traditional school breakfast aid and kindergarten 
  8.22  milk under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.1158 and 124D.118: 
  8.23       $3,088,000 $4,382,000     .....     2004 
  8.24       $3,217,000 $4,460,000     .....     2005 
  8.25                 F.  EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY SUPPORT
  8.26     Sec. 25.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  8.27  article 7, section 11, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  8.28     Subd. 3.  [EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION AID.] For early 
  8.29  childhood family education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.30  124D.135: 
  8.31       $19,675,000 $19,079,000     .....     2004 
  8.32       $15,129,000 $14,407,000     .....     2005 
  8.33     The 2004 appropriation includes $3,239,000 for 2003 and 
  8.34  $16,436,000 $15,840,000 for 2004.  
  8.35     The 2005 appropriation includes $4,109,000 $3,959,000 for 
  8.36  2004 and $11,020,000 $10,448,000 for 2005.  
  9.1                            G.  PREVENTION
  9.2      Sec. 26.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  9.3   article 8, section 7, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  9.4      Subd. 2.  [COMMUNITY EDUCATION AID.] For community 
  9.5   education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.20: 
  9.6        $5,495,000 $5,351,000     .....     2004 
  9.7        $3,406,000 $3,137,000     .....     2005 
  9.8      The 2004 appropriation includes $956,000 for 2003 and 
  9.9   $4,539,000 $4,395,000 for 2004.  
  9.10     The 2005 appropriation includes $1,134,000 $1,098,000 for 
  9.11  2004 and $2,272,000 $2,039,000 for 2005.  
  9.12     Sec. 27.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  9.13  article 8, section 7, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  9.14     Subd. 5.  [SCHOOL-AGE CARE REVENUE.] For extended day care 
  9.15  aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.22: 
  9.16       $41,000 $40,000     .....     2004 
  9.17       $22,000 $24,000     .....     2005
  9.18     The 2004 appropriation includes $14,000 for 2003 and 
  9.19  $27,000 $26,000 for 2004. 
  9.20     The 2005 appropriation includes $6,000 for 2004 and $16,000 
  9.21  $18,000 for 2005. 
  9.22             H.  SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING
  9.23     Sec. 28.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, 
  9.24  article 9, section 9, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  9.25     Subd. 2.  [ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AID.] For adult basic 
  9.26  education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.52, in 
  9.27  fiscal year 2004 and Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.531, in 
  9.28  fiscal year 2005:  
  9.29       $33,153,000 $33,014,000     .....     2004 
  9.30       $35,823,000 $35,808,000     .....     2005 
  9.31     The 2004 appropriation includes $5,905,000 $5,827,000 for 
  9.32  2003 and $27,248,000 $27,187,000 for 2004.  
  9.33     The 2005 appropriation includes $6,811,000 $6,796,000 for 
  9.34  2004 and $29,012,000 for 2005.  
  9.35     Sec. 29.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  9.36     Sections 1 to 28 are effective the day following final 
 10.1   enactment. 
 10.2                              ARTICLE 2
 10.3          A.  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS
 10.4      Section 1.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 10.5   article 13C, section 1, is amended to read: 
 10.6   Section 1.  [HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS FORECAST 
 10.7   ADJUSTMENTS.] 
 10.8      The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 10.9   appropriated from the general fund, or any other fund named, to 
 10.10  the agencies and for the purposes specified in the sections of 
 10.11  this article, to be available for the fiscal years indicated for 
 10.12  each purpose.  The figures "2004" and "2005" where used in this 
 10.13  article, mean that the appropriation or appropriations listed 
 10.14  under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
 10.15  2004, or June 30, 2005, respectively.  Where a dollar amount 
 10.16  appears in parentheses, it means a reduction of an appropriation.
 10.17                          SUMMARY BY FUND
 10.18                                                       BIENNIAL
 10.19                             2004          2005           TOTAL
 10.20  General            $3,765,212,000 $3,727,319,000 $7,492,531,000
 10.21                     $3,500,860,000 $3,746,520,000 $7,247,380,000
 10.22  State Government
 10.23  Special Revenue        45,337,000     45,104,000     90,441,000
 10.24  Health Care 
 10.25  Access                294,090,000    308,525,000    602,615,000
 10.26                        280,060,000    308,609,000    588,669,000
 10.27  Federal TANF          261,552,000    270,364,000    531,916,000
 10.28                        276,425,000    276,363,000    552,788,000
 10.29  Lottery Prize 
 10.30  Fund                    1,556,000      1,556,000      3,112,000
 10.31  Special Revenue         3,340,000      3,340,000      6,680,000
 10.32  TOTAL              $4,371,087,000 $4,356,208,000 $8,727,295,000
 10.33                     $4,107,578,000 $4,381,492,000 $8,489,070,000
 10.34                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
 10.35                                         Available for the Year 
 10.36                                             Ending June 30 
 10.37                                            2004         2005 
 10.38     Sec. 2.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 10.39  article 13C, section 2, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 10.40  Subdivision 1.  Total
 11.1   Appropriation                     $4,111,558,000 $4,110,496,000
 11.2                                     $3,848,049,000 $4,135,780,000
 11.3                 Summary by Fund
 11.4   General           3,566,163,000 3,541,854,000
 11.5                     3,301,811,000 3,561,055,000
 11.6   State Government 
 11.7   Special Revenue         534,000       534,000
 11.8   Health Care
 11.9   Access              287,753,000   302,188,000
 11.10                      273,723,000   302,272,000
 11.11  Federal TANF        255,552,000   264,364,000
 11.12                      270,425,000   270,363,000
 11.13  Lottery Cash
 11.14  Flow                  1,556,000     1,556,000
 11.15  [FEDERAL CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION.] 
 11.16  (a) Any additional Federal Medicaid 
 11.17  funds made available under title IV of 
 11.18  the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief 
 11.19  Reconciliation Act of 2003 are 
 11.20  appropriated to the commissioner of 
 11.21  human services for use in the state's 
 11.22  medical assistance and MinnesotaCare 
 11.23  programs.  The commissioners of human 
 11.24  services and finance shall report to 
 11.25  the legislative advisory committee on 
 11.26  the additional federal Medicaid 
 11.27  matching funds that will be available 
 11.28  to the state. 
 11.29  (b) Contingent upon Because of the 
 11.30  availability of these funds, the 
 11.31  following policies shall become 
 11.32  effective and necessary funds are 
 11.33  appropriated for those purposes: 
 11.34  (1) medical assistance and 
 11.35  MinnesotaCare eligibility and local 
 11.36  financial participation changes 
 11.37  provided for in this act may be 
 11.38  implemented prior to September 2, 2003, 
 11.39  or may be delayed as necessary to 
 11.40  maximize the use of federal funds 
 11.41  received under title IV of the Jobs and 
 11.42  Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
 11.43  2003; 
 11.44  (2) the aggregate cap on the services 
 11.45  identified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 11.46  section 256L.035, paragraph (a), clause 
 11.47  (3), shall be increased from $2,000 to 
 11.48  $5,000.  This increase shall expire at 
 11.49  the end of fiscal year 2007.  Funds may 
 11.50  be transferred from the general fund to 
 11.51  the health care access fund as 
 11.52  necessary to implement this provision; 
 11.53  and 
 11.54  (3) the following payment shifts shall 
 11.55  not be implemented: 
 12.1   (i) MFIP payment shift found in 
 12.2   subdivision 11; 
 12.3   (ii) the county payment shift found in 
 12.4   subdivision 1; and 
 12.5   (iii) the delay in medical assistance 
 12.6   and general assistance medical care 
 12.7   fee-for-service payments found in 
 12.8   subdivision 6. 
 12.9   (c) Notwithstanding section 14, 
 12.10  paragraphs (a) and (b) shall expire 
 12.11  June 30, 2007. 
 12.12  [RECEIPTS FOR SYSTEMS PROJECTS.] 
 12.13  Appropriations and federal receipts for 
 12.14  information system projects for MAXIS, 
 12.15  PRISM, MMIS, and SSIS must be deposited 
 12.16  in the state system account authorized 
 12.17  in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.18  256.014.  Money appropriated for 
 12.19  computer projects approved by the 
 12.20  Minnesota office of technology, funded 
 12.21  by the legislature, and approved by the 
 12.22  commissioner of finance may be 
 12.23  transferred from one project to another 
 12.24  and from development to operations as 
 12.25  the commissioner of human services 
 12.26  considers necessary.  Any unexpended 
 12.27  balance in the appropriation for these 
 12.28  projects does not cancel but is 
 12.29  available for ongoing development and 
 12.30  operations. 
 12.31  [GIFTS.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 12.32  Statutes, chapter 7, the commissioner 
 12.33  may accept on behalf of the state 
 12.34  additional funding from sources other 
 12.35  than state funds for the purpose of 
 12.36  financing the cost of assistance 
 12.37  program grants or nongrant 
 12.38  administration.  All additional funding 
 12.39  is appropriated to the commissioner for 
 12.40  use as designated by the grantor of 
 12.41  funding. 
 12.42  [SYSTEMS CONTINUITY.] In the event of 
 12.43  disruption of technical systems or 
 12.44  computer operations, the commissioner 
 12.45  may use available grant appropriations 
 12.46  to ensure continuity of payments for 
 12.47  maintaining the health, safety, and 
 12.48  well-being of clients served by 
 12.49  programs administered by the department 
 12.50  of human services.  Grant funds must be 
 12.51  used in a manner consistent with the 
 12.52  original intent of the appropriation. 
 12.53  [NONFEDERAL SHARE TRANSFERS.] The 
 12.54  nonfederal share of activities for 
 12.55  which federal administrative 
 12.56  reimbursement is appropriated to the 
 12.57  commissioner may be transferred to the 
 12.58  special revenue fund. 
 12.59  [TANF FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO OTHER 
 12.60  ENTITIES.] Any expenditures from the 
 12.61  TANF block grant shall be expended in 
 12.62  accordance with the requirements and 
 12.63  limitations of part A of title IV of 
 13.1   the Social Security Act, as amended, 
 13.2   and any other applicable federal 
 13.3   requirement or limitation.  Prior to 
 13.4   any expenditure of these funds, the 
 13.5   commissioner shall assure that funds 
 13.6   are expended in compliance with the 
 13.7   requirements and limitations of federal 
 13.8   law and that any reporting requirements 
 13.9   of federal law are met.  It shall be 
 13.10  the responsibility of any entity to 
 13.11  which these funds are appropriated to 
 13.12  implement a memorandum of understanding 
 13.13  with the commissioner that provides the 
 13.14  necessary assurance of compliance prior 
 13.15  to any expenditure of funds.  The 
 13.16  commissioner shall receipt TANF funds 
 13.17  appropriated to other state agencies 
 13.18  and coordinate all related interagency 
 13.19  accounting transactions necessary to 
 13.20  implement these appropriations.  
 13.21  Unexpended TANF funds appropriated to 
 13.22  any state, local, or nonprofit entity 
 13.23  cancel at the end of the state fiscal 
 13.24  year unless appropriating language 
 13.25  permits otherwise. 
 13.26  [TANF FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER 
 13.27  FEDERAL GRANTS.] The commissioner must 
 13.28  authorize transfers from TANF to other 
 13.29  federal block grants so that funds are 
 13.30  available to meet the annual 
 13.31  expenditure needs as appropriated.  
 13.32  Transfers may be authorized prior to 
 13.33  the expenditure year with the agreement 
 13.34  of the receiving entity.  Transferred 
 13.35  funds must be expended in the year for 
 13.36  which the funds were appropriated 
 13.37  unless appropriation language permits 
 13.38  otherwise.  In accelerating transfer 
 13.39  authorizations, the commissioner must 
 13.40  aim to preserve the future potential 
 13.41  transfer capacity from TANF to other 
 13.42  block grants. 
 13.43  [TANF MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.] (a) In 
 13.44  order to meet the basic maintenance of 
 13.45  effort (MOE) requirements of the TANF 
 13.46  block grant specified under Code of 
 13.47  Federal Regulations, title 45, section 
 13.48  263.1, the commissioner may only report 
 13.49  nonfederal money expended for allowable 
 13.50  activities listed in the following 
 13.51  clauses as TANF/MOE expenditures: 
 13.52  (1) MFIP cash, diversionary work 
 13.53  program, and food assistance benefits 
 13.54  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J; 
 13.55  (2) the child care assistance programs 
 13.56  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 13.57  119B.03 and 119B.05, and county child 
 13.58  care administrative costs under 
 13.59  Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.15; 
 13.60  (3) state and county MFIP 
 13.61  administrative costs under Minnesota 
 13.62  Statutes, chapters 256J and 256K; 
 13.63  (4) state, county, and tribal MFIP 
 13.64  employment services under Minnesota 
 13.65  Statutes, chapters 256J and 256K; 
 14.1   (5) expenditures made on behalf of 
 14.2   noncitizen MFIP recipients who qualify 
 14.3   for the medical assistance without 
 14.4   federal financial participation program 
 14.5   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 14.6   256B.06, subdivision 4, paragraphs (d), 
 14.7   (e), and (j); and 
 14.8   (6) qualifying working family credit 
 14.9   expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.10  section 290.0671. 
 14.11  (b) The commissioner shall ensure that 
 14.12  sufficient qualified nonfederal 
 14.13  expenditures are made each year to meet 
 14.14  the state's TANF/MOE requirements.  For 
 14.15  the activities listed in paragraph (a), 
 14.16  clauses (2) to (6), the commissioner 
 14.17  may only report expenditures that are 
 14.18  excluded from the definition of 
 14.19  assistance under Code of Federal 
 14.20  Regulations, title 45, section 260.31. 
 14.21  (c) By August 31 of each year, the 
 14.22  commissioner shall make a preliminary 
 14.23  calculation to determine the likelihood 
 14.24  that the state will meet its annual 
 14.25  federal work participation requirement 
 14.26  under Code of Federal Regulations, 
 14.27  title 45, sections 261.21 and 261.23, 
 14.28  after adjustment for any caseload 
 14.29  reduction credit under Code of Federal 
 14.30  Regulations, title 45, section 261.41.  
 14.31  If the commissioner determines that the 
 14.32  state will meet its federal work 
 14.33  participation rate for the federal 
 14.34  fiscal year ending that September, the 
 14.35  commissioner may reduce the expenditure 
 14.36  under paragraph (a), clause (1), to the 
 14.37  extent allowed under Code of Federal 
 14.38  Regulations, title 45, section 
 14.39  263.1(a)(2). 
 14.40  (d) For fiscal years beginning with 
 14.41  state fiscal year 2003, the 
 14.42  commissioner shall assure that the 
 14.43  maintenance of effort used by the 
 14.44  commissioner of finance for the 
 14.45  February and November forecasts 
 14.46  required under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.47  section 16A.103, contains expenditures 
 14.48  under paragraph (a), clause (1), equal 
 14.49  to at least 25 percent of the total 
 14.50  required under Code of Federal 
 14.51  Regulations, title 45, section 263.1. 
 14.52  (e) If nonfederal expenditures for the 
 14.53  programs and purposes listed in 
 14.54  paragraph (a) are insufficient to meet 
 14.55  the state's TANF/MOE requirements, the 
 14.56  commissioner shall recommend additional 
 14.57  allowable sources of nonfederal 
 14.58  expenditures to the legislature, if the 
 14.59  legislature is or will be in session to 
 14.60  take action to specify additional 
 14.61  sources of nonfederal expenditures for 
 14.62  TANF/MOE before a federal penalty is 
 14.63  imposed.  The commissioner shall 
 14.64  otherwise provide notice to the 
 14.65  legislative commission on planning and 
 14.66  fiscal policy under paragraph (g). 
 15.1   (f) If the commissioner uses authority 
 15.2   granted under section 11, or similar 
 15.3   authority granted by a subsequent 
 15.4   legislature, to meet the state's 
 15.5   TANF/MOE requirement in a reporting 
 15.6   period, the commissioner shall inform 
 15.7   the chairs of the appropriate 
 15.8   legislative committees about all 
 15.9   transfers made under that authority for 
 15.10  this purpose. 
 15.11  (g) If the commissioner determines that 
 15.12  nonfederal expenditures under paragraph 
 15.13  (a) are insufficient to meet TANF/MOE 
 15.14  expenditure requirements, and if the 
 15.15  legislature is not or will not be in 
 15.16  session to take timely action to avoid 
 15.17  a federal penalty, the commissioner may 
 15.18  report nonfederal expenditures from 
 15.19  other allowable sources as TANF/MOE 
 15.20  expenditures after the requirements of 
 15.21  this paragraph are met.  The 
 15.22  commissioner may report nonfederal 
 15.23  expenditures in addition to those 
 15.24  specified under paragraph (a) as 
 15.25  nonfederal TANF/MOE expenditures, but 
 15.26  only ten days after the commissioner of 
 15.27  finance has first submitted the 
 15.28  commissioner's recommendations for 
 15.29  additional allowable sources of 
 15.30  nonfederal TANF/MOE expenditures to the 
 15.31  members of the legislative commission 
 15.32  on planning and fiscal policy for their 
 15.33  review. 
 15.34  (h) The commissioner of finance shall 
 15.35  not incorporate any changes in federal 
 15.36  TANF expenditures or nonfederal 
 15.37  expenditures for TANF/MOE that may 
 15.38  result from reporting additional 
 15.39  allowable sources of nonfederal 
 15.40  TANF/MOE expenditures under the interim 
 15.41  procedures in paragraph (g) into the 
 15.42  February or November forecasts required 
 15.43  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.44  16A.103, unless the commissioner of 
 15.45  finance has approved the additional 
 15.46  sources of expenditures under paragraph 
 15.47  (g). 
 15.48  (i) Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.49  256.011, subdivision 3, which requires 
 15.50  that federal grants or aids secured or 
 15.51  obtained under that subdivision be used 
 15.52  to reduce any direct appropriations 
 15.53  provided by law, do not apply if the 
 15.54  grants or aids are federal TANF funds. 
 15.55  (j) Notwithstanding section 14, 
 15.56  paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (6), and 
 15.57  paragraphs (b) to (j) expire June 30, 
 15.58  2007. 
 15.59  [WORKING FAMILY CREDIT EXPENDITURES AS 
 15.60  TANF MOE.] The commissioner may claim 
 15.61  as TANF maintenance of effort up to the 
 15.62  following amounts of working family 
 15.63  credit expenditures for the following 
 15.64  fiscal years: 
 15.65  (1) fiscal year 2004, $7,013,000; 
 16.1   (2) fiscal year 2005, $25,133,000; 
 16.2   (3) fiscal year 2006, $6,942,000; and 
 16.3   (4) fiscal year 2007, $6,707,000. 
 16.4   [FISCAL YEAR 2003 APPROPRIATIONS 
 16.5   CARRYFORWARD.] Effective the day 
 16.6   following final enactment, 
 16.7   notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.8   section 16A.28, or any other law to the 
 16.9   contrary, state agencies and 
 16.10  constitutional offices may carry 
 16.11  forward unexpended and unencumbered 
 16.12  nongrant operating balances from fiscal 
 16.13  year 2003 general fund appropriations 
 16.14  into fiscal year 2004 to offset general 
 16.15  budget reductions. 
 16.16  [TRANSFER OF GRANT BALANCES.] Effective 
 16.17  the day following final enactment, the 
 16.18  commissioner of human services, with 
 16.19  the approval of the commissioner of 
 16.20  finance and after notification of the 
 16.21  chair of the senate health, human 
 16.22  services and corrections budget 
 16.23  division and the chair of the house of 
 16.24  representatives health and human 
 16.25  services finance committee, may 
 16.26  transfer unencumbered appropriation 
 16.27  balances for the biennium ending June 
 16.28  30, 2003, in fiscal year 2003 among the 
 16.29  MFIP, MFIP child care assistance under 
 16.30  Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.05, 
 16.31  general assistance, general assistance 
 16.32  medical care, medical assistance, 
 16.33  Minnesota supplemental aid, and group 
 16.34  residential housing programs, and the 
 16.35  entitlement portion of the chemical 
 16.36  dependency consolidated treatment fund, 
 16.37  and between fiscal years of the 
 16.38  biennium. 
 16.39  [TANF APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION.] 
 16.40  Notwithstanding the provisions of Laws 
 16.41  2000, chapter 488, article 1, section 
 16.42  16, any prior appropriations of TANF 
 16.43  funds to the department of trade and 
 16.44  economic development or to the job 
 16.45  skills partnership board or any 
 16.46  transfers of TANF funds from another 
 16.47  agency to the department of trade and 
 16.48  economic development or to the job 
 16.49  skills partnership board are not 
 16.50  available until expended, and if 
 16.51  unobligated as of June 30, 2003, these 
 16.52  appropriations or transfers shall 
 16.53  cancel to the TANF fund. 
 16.54  [SHIFT COUNTY PAYMENT.] The 
 16.55  commissioner shall make up to 100 
 16.56  percent of the calendar year 2005 
 16.57  payments to counties for developmental 
 16.58  disabilities semi-independent living 
 16.59  services grants, developmental 
 16.60  disabilities family support grants, and 
 16.61  adult mental health grants from fiscal 
 16.62  year 2006 appropriations.  This is a 
 16.63  onetime payment shift.  Calendar year 
 16.64  2006 and future payments for these 
 16.65  grants are not affected by this shift.  
 17.1   This provision expires June 30, 2006. 
 17.2   [CAPITATION RATE INCREASE.] Of the 
 17.3   health care access fund appropriations 
 17.4   to the University of Minnesota in the 
 17.5   higher education omnibus appropriation 
 17.6   bill, $2,157,000 in fiscal year 2004 
 17.7   and $2,157,000 in fiscal year 2005 are 
 17.8   to be used to increase the capitation 
 17.9   payments under Minnesota Statutes, 
 17.10  section 256B.69.  Notwithstanding the 
 17.11  provisions of section 14, this 
 17.12  provision shall not expire. 
 17.13     Sec. 3.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 17.14  article 13C, section 2, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 17.15  Subd. 3.  Revenue and Pass-Through 
 17.16  Federal TANF         55,855,000    53,315,000
 17.17                       56,643,000    57,275,000
 17.18  [TANF TRANSFER TO SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK 
 17.19  GRANT.] $3,137,000 in fiscal year 2005 
 17.20  is appropriated to the commissioner for 
 17.21  the purposes of providing services for 
 17.22  families with children whose incomes 
 17.23  are at or below 200 percent of the 
 17.24  federal poverty guidelines.  The 
 17.25  commissioner shall authorize a 
 17.26  sufficient transfer of funds from the 
 17.27  state's federal TANF block grant to the 
 17.28  state's federal social services block 
 17.29  grant to meet this appropriation.  The 
 17.30  funds shall be distributed to counties 
 17.31  for the children and community services 
 17.32  grant according to the formula for the 
 17.33  state appropriations in Minnesota 
 17.34  Statutes, chapter 256M. 
 17.35  [TANF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND 
 17.36  FISCAL YEAR 2007 REFINANCING.] 
 17.37  $12,692,000 $6,692,000 in fiscal year 
 17.38  2006 and $9,192,000 $3,192,000 in 
 17.39  fiscal year 2007 in TANF funds are 
 17.40  available to the commissioner to 
 17.41  replace general funds in the amount 
 17.42  of $12,692,000 $6,692,000 in fiscal 
 17.43  year 2006 and $9,192,000 $3,192,000 in 
 17.44  fiscal year 2007 in expenditures that 
 17.45  may be counted toward TANF maintenance 
 17.46  of effort requirements or as an 
 17.47  allowable TANF expenditure. 
 17.48  [ADJUSTMENTS IN TANF TRANSFER TO CHILD 
 17.49  CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND.] Transfers 
 17.50  of TANF to the child care development 
 17.51  fund for the purposes of MFIP child 
 17.52  care assistance shall be reduced by 
 17.53  $116,000 in fiscal year 2004 and shall 
 17.54  be increased by $1,976,000 in fiscal 
 17.55  year 2005. 
 17.56     Sec. 4.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 17.57  article 13C, section 2, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 17.58  Subd. 6.  Basic Health Care Grants 
 18.1                 Summary by Fund
 18.2   General           1,499,941,000 1,533,016,000
 18.3                     1,290,454,000 1,475,996,000
 18.4   Health Care Access  268,151,000   282,605,000
 18.5                       254,121,000   282,689,000
 18.6   [UPDATING FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES.] 
 18.7   Annual updates to the federal poverty 
 18.8   guidelines are effective each July 1, 
 18.9   following publication by the United 
 18.10  States Department of Health and Human 
 18.11  Services for health care programs under 
 18.12  Minnesota Statutes, chapters 256, 256B, 
 18.13  256D, and 256L. 
 18.14  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 18.15  appropriation for each purpose are as 
 18.16  follows: 
 18.17  (a) MinnesotaCare Grants 
 18.18  Health Care Access 267,401,000   281,855,000
 18.19                     253,371,000   281,939,000
 18.20  [MINNESOTACARE FEDERAL RECEIPTS.] 
 18.21  Receipts received as a result of 
 18.22  federal participation pertaining to 
 18.23  administrative costs of the Minnesota 
 18.24  health care reform waiver shall be 
 18.25  deposited as nondedicated revenue in 
 18.26  the health care access fund.  Receipts 
 18.27  received as a result of federal 
 18.28  participation pertaining to grants 
 18.29  shall be deposited in the federal fund 
 18.30  and shall offset health care access 
 18.31  funds for payments to providers. 
 18.32  [MINNESOTACARE FUNDING.] The 
 18.33  commissioner may expend money 
 18.34  appropriated from the health care 
 18.35  access fund for MinnesotaCare in either 
 18.36  fiscal year of the biennium. 
 18.37  (b) MA Basic Health Care Grants - 
 18.38  Families and Children 
 18.39  General             568,254,000   582,161,000
 18.40                      427,769,000   489,545,000
 18.41  [SERVICES TO PREGNANT WOMEN.] The 
 18.42  commissioner shall use available 
 18.43  federal money for the State-Children's 
 18.44  Health Insurance Program for medical 
 18.45  assistance services provided to 
 18.46  pregnant women who are not otherwise 
 18.47  eligible for federal financial 
 18.48  participation beginning in fiscal year 
 18.49  2003.  This federal money shall be 
 18.50  deposited in the federal fund and shall 
 18.51  offset general funds for payments to 
 18.52  providers.  Notwithstanding section 14, 
 18.53  this paragraph shall not expire. 
 18.54  [MANAGED CARE RATE INCREASE.] (a) 
 18.55  Effective January 1, 2004, the 
 19.1   commissioner of human services shall 
 19.2   increase the total payments to managed 
 19.3   care plans under Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.4   section 256B.69, by an amount equal to 
 19.5   the cost increases to the managed care 
 19.6   plans from by the elimination of: (1) 
 19.7   the exemption from the taxes imposed 
 19.8   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 19.9   297I.05, subdivision 5, for premiums 
 19.10  paid by the state for medical 
 19.11  assistance, general assistance medical 
 19.12  care, and the MinnesotaCare program; 
 19.13  and (2) the exemption of gross revenues 
 19.14  subject to the taxes imposed under 
 19.15  Minnesota Statutes, sections 295.50 to 
 19.16  295.57, for payments paid by the state 
 19.17  for services provided under medical 
 19.18  assistance, general assistance medical 
 19.19  care, and the MinnesotaCare program.  
 19.20  Any increase based on clause (2) must 
 19.21  be reflected in provider rates paid by 
 19.22  the managed care plan unless the 
 19.23  managed care plan is a staff model 
 19.24  health plan company. 
 19.25  (b) The commissioner of human services 
 19.26  shall increase by two percent the 
 19.27  fee-for-service payments under medical 
 19.28  assistance, general assistance medical 
 19.29  care, and the MinnesotaCare program for 
 19.30  services subject to the hospital, 
 19.31  surgical center, or health care 
 19.32  provider taxes under Minnesota 
 19.33  Statutes, sections 295.50 to 295.57, 
 19.34  effective for services rendered on or 
 19.35  after January 1, 2004.  
 19.36  (c) The commissioner of finance shall 
 19.37  transfer from the health care access 
 19.38  fund to the general fund the following 
 19.39  amounts in the fiscal years indicated:  
 19.40  2004, $16,587,000; 2005, $46,322,000; 
 19.41  2006, $49,413,000; and 2007, 
 19.42  $52,659,000. 
 19.43  (d) For fiscal years after 2007, the 
 19.44  commissioner of finance shall transfer 
 19.45  from the health care access fund to the 
 19.46  general fund an amount equal to the 
 19.47  revenue collected by the commissioner 
 19.48  of revenue on the following:  
 19.49  (1) gross revenues received by 
 19.50  hospitals, surgical centers, and health 
 19.51  care providers as payments for services 
 19.52  provided under medical assistance, 
 19.53  general assistance medical care, and 
 19.54  the MinnesotaCare program, including 
 19.55  payments received directly from the 
 19.56  state or from a prepaid plan, under 
 19.57  Minnesota Statutes, sections 295.50 to 
 19.58  295.57; and 
 19.59  (2) premiums paid by the state under 
 19.60  medical assistance, general assistance 
 19.61  medical care, and the MinnesotaCare 
 19.62  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.63  section 297I.05, subdivision 5.  
 19.64  The commissioner of finance shall 
 19.65  monitor and adjust if necessary the 
 20.1   amount transferred each fiscal year 
 20.2   from the health care access fund to the 
 20.3   general fund to ensure that the amount 
 20.4   transferred equals the tax revenue 
 20.5   collected for the items described in 
 20.6   clauses (1) and (2) for that fiscal 
 20.7   year. 
 20.8   (e) Notwithstanding section 14, these 
 20.9   provisions shall not expire. 
 20.10  (c) MA Basic Health Care Grants - Elderly 
 20.11  and Disabled 
 20.12  General             695,421,000   741,605,000
 20.13                      610,518,000   743,858,000
 20.14  [DELAY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
 20.15  FEE-FOR-SERVICE - ACUTE CARE.] The 
 20.16  following payments in fiscal year 2005 
 20.17  from the Medicaid Management 
 20.18  Information System that would otherwise 
 20.19  have been made to providers for medical 
 20.20  assistance and general assistance 
 20.21  medical care services shall be delayed 
 20.22  and included in the first payment in 
 20.23  fiscal year 2006: 
 20.24  (1) for hospitals, the last two 
 20.25  payments; and 
 20.26  (2) for nonhospital providers, the last 
 20.27  payment. 
 20.28  This payment delay shall not include 
 20.29  payments to skilled nursing facilities, 
 20.30  intermediate care facilities for mental 
 20.31  retardation, prepaid health plans, home 
 20.32  health agencies, personal care nursing 
 20.33  providers, and providers of only waiver 
 20.34  services.  The provisions of Minnesota 
 20.35  Statutes, section 16A.124, shall not 
 20.36  apply to these delayed payments.  
 20.37  Notwithstanding section 14, this 
 20.38  provision shall not expire. 
 20.39  [DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING SERVICES.] 
 20.40  If, after making reasonable efforts, 
 20.41  the service provider for mental health 
 20.42  services to persons who are deaf or 
 20.43  hearing impaired is not able to earn 
 20.44  $227,000 through participation in 
 20.45  medical assistance intensive 
 20.46  rehabilitation services in fiscal year 
 20.47  2005, the commissioner shall transfer 
 20.48  $227,000 minus medical assistance 
 20.49  earnings achieved by the grantee to 
 20.50  deaf and hard-of-hearing grants to 
 20.51  enable the provider to continue 
 20.52  providing services to eligible persons. 
 20.53  (d) General Assistance Medical Care 
 20.54  Grants 
 20.55  General             223,960,000   196,617,000
 20.56                      239,861,000   229,960,000
 20.57  (e) Health Care Grants - Other 
 20.58  Assistance 
 21.1   General               3,067,000     3,407,000
 21.2   Health Care Access      750,000       750,000
 21.3   [MINNESOTA PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEDICATED 
 21.4   FUND.] Of the general fund 
 21.5   appropriation, $284,000 in fiscal year 
 21.6   2005 is appropriated to the 
 21.7   commissioner for the prescription drug 
 21.8   dedicated fund established under the 
 21.9   prescription drug discount program. 
 21.10  [DENTAL ACCESS GRANTS CARRYOVER 
 21.11  AUTHORITY.] Any unspent portion of the 
 21.12  appropriation from the health care 
 21.13  access fund in fiscal years 2002 and 
 21.14  2003 for dental access grants under 
 21.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.53, 
 21.16  shall not cancel but shall be allowed 
 21.17  to carry forward to be spent in the 
 21.18  biennium beginning July 1, 2003, for 
 21.19  these purposes. 
 21.20  [STOP-LOSS FUND ACCOUNT.] The 
 21.21  appropriation to the purchasing 
 21.22  alliance stop-loss fund account 
 21.23  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.24  section 256.956, subdivision 2, for 
 21.25  fiscal years 2004 and 2005 shall only 
 21.26  be available for claim reimbursements 
 21.27  for qualifying enrollees who are 
 21.28  members of purchasing alliances that 
 21.29  meet the requirements described under 
 21.30  Minnesota Statutes, section 256.956, 
 21.31  subdivision 1, paragraph (f), clauses 
 21.32  (1), (2), and (3). 
 21.33  (f) Prescription Drug Program 
 21.34  General               9,239,000     9,226,000
 21.35  [PRESCRIPTION DRUG ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.] 
 21.36  Of the general fund appropriation, 
 21.37  $702,000 in fiscal year 2004 and 
 21.38  $887,000 in fiscal year 2005 are for 
 21.39  the commissioner to establish and 
 21.40  administer the prescription drug 
 21.41  assistance program through the 
 21.42  Minnesota board on aging. 
 21.43  [REBATE REVENUE RECAPTURE.] Any funds 
 21.44  received by the state from a drug 
 21.45  manufacturer due to errors in the 
 21.46  pharmaceutical pricing used by the 
 21.47  manufacturer in determining the 
 21.48  prescription drug rebate are 
 21.49  appropriated to the commissioner to 
 21.50  augment funding of the prescription 
 21.51  drug program established in Minnesota 
 21.52  Statutes, section 256.955. 
 21.53     Sec. 5.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 21.54  article 13C, section 2, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 21.55  Subd. 7.  Health Care Management 
 21.56                Summary by Fund
 21.57  General              24,845,000    26,199,000
 22.1                        24,834,000
 22.2   Health Care Access   14,522,000    14,533,000
 22.3   The amounts that may be spent from this 
 22.4   appropriation for each purpose are as 
 22.5   follows: 
 22.6   (a) Health Care Policy Administration 
 22.7   General               5,523,000     7,223,000
 22.8   Health Care Access    1,066,000     1,200,000
 22.9   [PAYMENT CODE STUDY.] Of this 
 22.10  appropriation, $345,000 each year is 
 22.11  for a study to determine the 
 22.12  appropriateness of eliminating 
 22.13  reimbursement for certain payment codes 
 22.14  under medical assistance, general 
 22.15  assistance medical care, or 
 22.16  MinnesotaCare.  As part of the study, 
 22.17  the commissioner shall also examine 
 22.18  covered services under the Minnesota 
 22.19  health care programs and make 
 22.20  recommendations on possible 
 22.21  modification of the services covered 
 22.22  under the program.  The commissioner 
 22.23  shall report to the legislature by 
 22.24  January 15, 2005, with an analysis of 
 22.25  the feasibility of this approach, a 
 22.26  list of codes, if any, to be eliminated 
 22.27  from the payment system, and estimates 
 22.28  of savings to be obtained from this 
 22.29  approach. 
 22.30  [TRANSFERS FROM HEALTH CARE ACCESS 
 22.31  FUND.] (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 22.32  Statutes, section 295.581, to the 
 22.33  extent available resources in the 
 22.34  health care access fund exceed 
 22.35  expenditures in that fund during fiscal 
 22.36  years 2005 to 2007, the excess annual 
 22.37  funds shall be transferred from the 
 22.38  health care access fund to the general 
 22.39  fund on June 30 of fiscal years 2005, 
 22.40  2006, and 2007.  These transfers shall 
 22.41  not be reduced to accommodate 
 22.42  MinnesotaCare expansions.  The 
 22.43  estimated amounts to be transferred are:
 22.44  (1) in fiscal year 2005, $192,442,000; 
 22.45  (2) in fiscal year 2006, $52,943,000; 
 22.46  and 
 22.47  (3) in fiscal year 2007, $59,105,000. 
 22.48  These estimates shall be updated with 
 22.49  each forecast, but in no case shall the 
 22.50  transfers exceed the amounts listed in 
 22.51  clauses (1) to (3). 
 22.52  (b) The commissioner shall limit 
 22.53  transfers under paragraph (a) in order 
 22.54  to avoid implementation of Minnesota 
 22.55  Statutes, section 256L.02, subdivision 
 22.56  3, paragraph (b). 
 22.57  (c) For fiscal years 2004 to 2007, 
 22.58  MinnesotaCare shall be a forecasted 
 23.1   program and, if necessary, the 
 23.2   commissioner shall reduce transfers 
 23.3   under paragraph (a) to meet forecasted 
 23.4   expenditures. 
 23.5   (d) The department of human services in 
 23.6   recommending its 2007-2008 budget shall 
 23.7   consider the repayment of the amount 
 23.8   transferred in fiscal years 2006 and 
 23.9   2007 from the health care access fund 
 23.10  to the general fund to the health care 
 23.11  access fund. 
 23.12  (e) Notwithstanding section 14, this 
 23.13  section is in effect until June 30, 
 23.14  2007. 
 23.15  [MINNESOTACARE OUTREACH REIMBURSEMENT.] 
 23.16  Federal administrative reimbursement 
 23.17  resulting from MinnesotaCare outreach 
 23.18  is appropriated to the commissioner for 
 23.19  this activity. 
 23.20  [MINNESOTA SENIOR HEALTH OPTIONS 
 23.21  REIMBURSEMENT.] Federal administrative 
 23.22  reimbursement resulting from the 
 23.23  Minnesota senior health options project 
 23.24  is appropriated to the commissioner for 
 23.25  this activity. 
 23.26  [UTILIZATION REVIEW.] Federal 
 23.27  administrative reimbursement resulting 
 23.28  from prior authorization and inpatient 
 23.29  admission certification by a 
 23.30  professional review organization shall 
 23.31  be dedicated to the commissioner for 
 23.32  these purposes.  A portion of these 
 23.33  funds must be used for activities to 
 23.34  decrease unnecessary pharmaceutical 
 23.35  costs in medical assistance. 
 23.36  (b) Health Care Operations 
 23.37  General              19,322,000    18,976,000
 23.38                       19,311,000
 23.39  Health Care Access   13,456,000    13,333,000
 23.40  [PREPAID MEDICAL PROGRAMS.] For all 
 23.41  counties in which the PMAP program has 
 23.42  been operating for 12 or more months, 
 23.43  state funding for the nonfederal share 
 23.44  of prepaid medical assistance program 
 23.45  administration costs for county managed 
 23.46  care advocacy and enrollment operations 
 23.47  is eliminated.  State funding will 
 23.48  continue for these activities for 
 23.49  counties and tribes establishing new 
 23.50  PMAP programs for a maximum of 16 
 23.51  months (four months prior to beginning 
 23.52  PMAP enrollment and through the first 
 23.53  12 months of their PMAP program 
 23.54  operation).  Those counties operating 
 23.55  PMAP programs for less than 12 months 
 23.56  can continue to receive state funding 
 23.57  for advocacy and enrollment activities 
 23.58  through their first year of operation. 
 23.59     Sec. 6.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 24.1   article 13C, section 2, subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 24.2   Subd. 9.  Continuing Care Grants 
 24.3                 Summary by Fund
 24.4   General           1,504,933,000 1,490,958,000
 24.5                     1,448,029,000 1,567,392,000
 24.6   Lottery Prize Fund    1,408,000     1,408,000
 24.7   The amounts that may be spent from this 
 24.8   appropriation for each purpose are as 
 24.9   follows: 
 24.10  (a) Community Social Services
 24.11  General                 496,000       371,000
 24.12  (b) Aging and Adult Service Grant 
 24.13  General              12,998,000    13,951,000
 24.14  [LONG-TERM CARE PROGRAM REDUCTIONS.] 
 24.15  For the biennium ending June 30, 2005, 
 24.16  state funding for the following state 
 24.17  long-term care programs is reduced by 
 24.18  15 percent from the level of state 
 24.19  funding provided on June 30, 2003:  
 24.20  SAIL project grants under Minnesota 
 24.21  Statutes, section 256B.0917; senior 
 24.22  nutrition programs under Minnesota 
 24.23  Statutes, section 256.9752; foster 
 24.24  grandparents program under Minnesota 
 24.25  Statutes, section 256.976; retired 
 24.26  senior volunteer program under 
 24.27  Minnesota Statutes, section 256.9753; 
 24.28  and the senior companion program under 
 24.29  Minnesota Statutes, section 256.977. 
 24.30  (c) Deaf and Hard-of-hearing 
 24.31  Service Grants 
 24.32  General               1,719,000     1,490,000
 24.33  (d) Mental Health Grants 
 24.34  General              53,479,000    34,690,000
 24.35                                     46,551,000
 24.36  Lottery Prize Fund    1,408,000     1,408,000
 24.37  [RESTRUCTURING OF ADULT MENTAL HEALTH 
 24.38  SERVICES.] The commissioner may make 
 24.39  transfers that do not increase the 
 24.40  state share of costs to effectively 
 24.41  implement the restructuring of adult 
 24.42  mental health services.  
 24.43  [COMPULSIVE GAMBLING.] Of the 
 24.44  appropriation from the lottery prize 
 24.45  fund, $250,000 each year is for the 
 24.46  following purposes: 
 24.47  (1) $100,000 each year is for a grant 
 24.48  to the Southeast Asian Problem Gambling 
 24.49  Consortium.  The consortium must 
 24.50  provide statewide compulsive gambling 
 24.51  prevention and treatment services for 
 25.1   Lao, Hmong, Vietnamese, and Cambodian 
 25.2   families, adults, and adolescents.  The 
 25.3   appropriation in this clause shall not 
 25.4   become part of base level funding for 
 25.5   the biennium beginning July 1, 2005.  
 25.6   Any unencumbered balance of the 
 25.7   appropriation in the first year does 
 25.8   not cancel but is available for the 
 25.9   second year; and 
 25.10  (2) $150,000 each year is for a grant 
 25.11  to a compulsive gambling council 
 25.12  located in St. Louis county.  The 
 25.13  gambling council must provide a 
 25.14  statewide compulsive gambling 
 25.15  prevention and education project for 
 25.16  adolescents.  Any unencumbered balance 
 25.17  of the appropriation in the first year 
 25.18  of the biennium does not cancel but is 
 25.19  available for the second year. 
 25.20  (e) Community Support Grants 
 25.21                        12,523,000   9,093,000
 25.22                                    12,024,000
 25.23  [CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING STUDY.] 
 25.24  The commissioner of human services, in 
 25.25  consultation with the commissioner of 
 25.26  economic security, the centers for 
 25.27  independent living, and consumer 
 25.28  representatives, shall study the 
 25.29  financing of the centers for 
 25.30  independent living authorized under 
 25.31  Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.11, 
 25.32  and make recommendations on options to 
 25.33  maximize federal financial 
 25.34  participation.  Study components shall 
 25.35  include: 
 25.36  (1) the demographics of individuals 
 25.37  served by the centers for independent 
 25.38  living; 
 25.39  (2) the range of services the centers 
 25.40  for independent living provide to these 
 25.41  individuals; 
 25.42  (3) other publicly funded services 
 25.43  received by individuals supported by 
 25.44  the centers; and 
 25.45  (4) strategies for maximizing federal 
 25.46  financial participation for eligible 
 25.47  activities carried out by centers for 
 25.48  independent living. 
 25.49  The commissioner shall report with 
 25.50  fiscal and programmatic recommendations 
 25.51  to the chairs of the appropriate house 
 25.52  of representatives and senate finance 
 25.53  and policy committees by January 15, 
 25.54  2004. 
 25.55  (f) Medical Assistance Long-Term 
 25.56  Care Waivers and Home Care Grants 
 25.57  General              659,211,000  718,665,000
 25.58                       624,631,000  748,189,000
 26.1   [RATE AND ALLOCATION DECREASES FOR 
 26.2   CONTINUING CARE PROGRAMS.] 
 26.3   Notwithstanding any law or rule to the 
 26.4   contrary, the commissioner of human 
 26.5   services shall decrease reimbursement 
 26.6   rates or reduce allocations to assure 
 26.7   the necessary reductions in state 
 26.8   spending for the providers or programs 
 26.9   listed in paragraphs (a) to (d).  The 
 26.10  decreases are effective for services 
 26.11  rendered on or after July 1, 2003. 
 26.12  (a) Effective July 1, 2003, the 
 26.13  commissioner shall reduce payment rates 
 26.14  for services and individual or service 
 26.15  limits by one percent.  The rate 
 26.16  decreases described in this section 
 26.17  must be applied to: 
 26.18  (1) home and community-based waivered 
 26.19  services for the elderly under 
 26.20  Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0915; 
 26.21  (2) day training and habilitation 
 26.22  services for adults with mental 
 26.23  retardation or related conditions under 
 26.24  Minnesota Statutes, sections 252.40 to 
 26.25  252.46; 
 26.26  (3) the group residential housing 
 26.27  supplementary service rate under 
 26.28  Minnesota Statutes, section 256I.05, 
 26.29  subdivision 1a; 
 26.30  (4) chemical dependency residential and 
 26.31  nonresidential service rates under 
 26.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 245B.03; 
 26.33  (5) consumer support grants under 
 26.34  Minnesota Statutes, section 256.476; 
 26.35  and 
 26.36  (6) home and community-based services 
 26.37  for alternative care services under 
 26.38  Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0913. 
 26.39  (b) The commissioner shall reduce 
 26.40  allocations made available to county 
 26.41  agencies for home and community-based 
 26.42  waivered services to assure a 
 26.43  one-percent reduction in state spending 
 26.44  for services rendered on or after July 
 26.45  1, 2003.  The commissioner shall apply 
 26.46  the allocation decreases described in 
 26.47  this section to: 
 26.48  (1) persons with mental retardation or 
 26.49  related conditions under Minnesota 
 26.50  Statutes, section 256B.501; 
 26.51  (2) waivered services under community 
 26.52  alternatives for disabled individuals 
 26.53  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 26.54  256B.49; 
 26.55  (3) community alternative care waivered 
 26.56  services under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.57  section 256B.49; and 
 26.58  (4) traumatic brain injury waivered 
 26.59  services under Minnesota Statutes, 
 27.1   section 256B.49. 
 27.2   County agencies will be responsible for 
 27.3   100 percent of any spending in excess 
 27.4   of the allocation made by the 
 27.5   commissioner.  Nothing in this section 
 27.6   shall be construed as reducing the 
 27.7   county's responsibility to offer and 
 27.8   make available feasible home and 
 27.9   community-based options to eligible 
 27.10  waiver recipients within the resources 
 27.11  allocated to them for that purpose. 
 27.12  (c) The commissioner shall reduce deaf 
 27.13  and hard-of-hearing grants by one 
 27.14  percent on July 1, 2003. 
 27.15  (d) Effective July 1, 2003, the 
 27.16  commissioner shall reduce payment rates 
 27.17  for each facility reimbursed under 
 27.18  Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.5012, 
 27.19  by decreasing the total operating 
 27.20  payment rate for intermediate care 
 27.21  facilities for the mentally retarded by 
 27.22  one percent.  For each facility, the 
 27.23  commissioner shall multiply the 
 27.24  adjustment by the total payment rate, 
 27.25  excluding the property-related payment 
 27.26  rate, in effect on June 30, 2003.  A 
 27.27  facility whose payment rates are 
 27.28  governed by closure agreements, 
 27.29  receivership agreements, or Minnesota 
 27.30  Rules, part 9553.0075, is not subject 
 27.31  to an adjustment otherwise taken under 
 27.32  this subdivision. 
 27.33  Notwithstanding section 14, these 
 27.34  adjustments shall not expire. 
 27.35  [REDUCE GROWTH IN MR/RC WAIVER.] The 
 27.36  commissioner shall reduce the growth in 
 27.37  the MR/RC waiver by not allocating the 
 27.38  300 additional diversion allocations 
 27.39  that are included in the February 2003 
 27.40  forecast for the fiscal years that 
 27.41  begin on July 1, 2003, and July 1, 2004.
 27.42  [MANAGE THE GROWTH IN THE TBI WAIVER.] 
 27.43  During the fiscal years beginning on 
 27.44  July 1, 2003, and July 1, 2004, the 
 27.45  commissioner shall allocate money for 
 27.46  home and community-based programs 
 27.47  covered under Minnesota Statutes, 
 27.48  section 256B.49, to assure a reduction 
 27.49  in state spending that is equivalent to 
 27.50  limiting the caseload growth of the TBI 
 27.51  waiver to 150 in each year of the 
 27.52  biennium.  Priorities for the 
 27.53  allocation of funds shall be for 
 27.54  individuals anticipated to be 
 27.55  discharged from institutional settings 
 27.56  or who are at imminent risk of a 
 27.57  placement in an institutional setting. 
 27.58  [TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT FOR HOME CARE 
 27.59  RECIPIENTS.] Implementation of the 
 27.60  targeted case management benefit for 
 27.61  home care recipients, according to 
 27.62  Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0621, 
 27.63  subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10, 
 27.64  will be delayed until July 1, 2005. 
 28.1   [COMMON SERVICE MENU.] Implementation 
 28.2   of the common service menu option 
 28.3   within the home and community-based 
 28.4   waivers, according to Minnesota 
 28.5   Statutes, section 256B.49, subdivision 
 28.6   16, will be delayed until July 1, 2005. 
 28.7   [LIMITATION ON COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES 
 28.8   FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS CASELOAD 
 28.9   GROWTH.] For the biennium ending June 
 28.10  30, 2005, the commissioner shall limit 
 28.11  the allocations made available in the 
 28.12  community alternatives for disabled 
 28.13  individuals waiver program in order not 
 28.14  to exceed average caseload growth of 95 
 28.15  per month from June 2003 program 
 28.16  levels, plus any additional 
 28.17  legislatively authorized program 
 28.18  growth.  The commissioner shall 
 28.19  allocate available resources to achieve 
 28.20  the following outcomes: 
 28.21  (1) the establishment of feasible and 
 28.22  viable alternatives for persons in 
 28.23  institutional or hospital settings to 
 28.24  relocate to home and community-based 
 28.25  settings; 
 28.26  (2) the availability of timely 
 28.27  assistance to persons at imminent risk 
 28.28  of institutional or hospital placement 
 28.29  or whose health and safety is at 
 28.30  immediate risk; and 
 28.31  (3) the maximum provision of essential 
 28.32  community supports to eligible persons 
 28.33  in need of and waiting for home and 
 28.34  community-based service alternatives.  
 28.35  The commissioner may reallocate 
 28.36  resources from one county or region to 
 28.37  another if available funding in that 
 28.38  county or region is not likely to be 
 28.39  spent and the reallocation is necessary 
 28.40  to achieve the outcomes specified in 
 28.41  this paragraph. 
 28.42  (g) Medical Assistance Long-term 
 28.43  Care Facilities Grants 
 28.44  General             543,999,000   514,483,000
 28.45                      513,763,000   536,321,000
 28.46  (h) Alternative Care Grants 
 28.47  General              75,206,000    66,351,000
 28.48  [ALTERNATIVE CARE TRANSFER.] Any money 
 28.49  allocated to the alternative care 
 28.50  program that is not spent for the 
 28.51  purposes indicated does not cancel but 
 28.52  shall be transferred to the medical 
 28.53  assistance account. 
 28.54  [ALTERNATIVE CARE APPROPRIATION.] The 
 28.55  commissioner may expend the money 
 28.56  appropriated for the alternative care 
 28.57  program for that purpose in either year 
 28.58  of the biennium. 
 28.59  [ALTERNATIVE CARE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
 29.1   CHANGES TO FEES AND ELIGIBILITY.] 
 29.2   Changes to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 29.3   256B.0913, subdivision 4, paragraph 
 29.4   (d), and subdivision 12, are effective 
 29.5   July 1, 2003, for all persons found 
 29.6   eligible for the alternative care 
 29.7   program on or after July 1, 2003.  All 
 29.8   recipients of alternative care funding 
 29.9   as of June 30, 2003, shall be subject 
 29.10  to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 29.11  256B.0913, subdivision 4, paragraph 
 29.12  (d), and subdivision 12, on the annual 
 29.13  reassessment and review of their 
 29.14  eligibility after July 1, 2003, but no 
 29.15  later than January 1, 2004. 
 29.16  (i) Group Residential Housing Grants 
 29.17  General              94,996,000    80,472,000
 29.18                       94,547,000    81,055,000
 29.19  [GROUP RESIDENTIAL HOUSING COSTS 
 29.20  REFINANCED.] (1) Effective July 1, 
 29.21  2004, the commissioner shall increase 
 29.22  the home and community-based service 
 29.23  rates and county allocations provided 
 29.24  to programs for persons with 
 29.25  disabilities established under section 
 29.26  1915(c) of the Social Security Act to 
 29.27  the extent that these programs will be 
 29.28  paying for the costs above the rate 
 29.29  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
 29.30  section 256I.05, subdivision 1. 
 29.31  (2) For persons in receipt of services 
 29.32  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 29.33  256B.0915, who reside in licensed adult 
 29.34  foster care beds for which a 
 29.35  supplemental room and board payment was 
 29.36  being made under Minnesota Statutes, 
 29.37  section 256I.05, subdivision 1, 
 29.38  counties may request an exception to 
 29.39  the individual caps specified in 
 29.40  Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0915, 
 29.41  subdivision 3, paragraph (b), not to 
 29.42  exceed the difference between the 
 29.43  individual cap and the client's monthly 
 29.44  service expenditures plus the amount of 
 29.45  the supplemental room and board rate.  
 29.46  The county must submit a request to 
 29.47  exceed the individual cap to the 
 29.48  commissioner for approval. 
 29.49  (j) Chemical Dependency
 29.50  Entitlement Grants 
 29.51  General              49,251,000    50,337,000
 29.52                       57,612,000    60,034,000
 29.53  (k) Chemical Dependency Nonentitlement 
 29.54  Grants 
 29.55  General               1,055,000     1,055,000
 29.56     Sec. 7.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 29.57  article 13C, section 2, subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 29.58  Subd. 11.  Economic Support Grants 
 30.1                 Summary by Fund
 30.2   General             122,647,000   117,198,000
 30.3                       124,697,000   116,985,000
 30.4   Federal TANF        199,009,000   207,224,000
 30.5                       213,094,000   209,264,000
 30.6   The amounts that may be spent from this 
 30.7   appropriation for each purpose are as 
 30.8   follows: 
 30.9   (a) Minnesota Family Investment Program 
 30.10  General              59,922,000   39,375,000
 30.11                       53,818,000   43,942,000
 30.12  Federal TANF        106,535,000   110,543,000
 30.13                      114,370,000   106,583,000
 30.14  (b) Work Grants 
 30.15  General                 666,000    14,678,000
 30.16                        8,666,000     8,678,000
 30.17  Federal TANF         92,474,000    96,681,000
 30.18                       98,474,000   102,681,000
 30.19  [MFIP SUPPORT SERVICES COUNTY AND 
 30.20  TRIBAL ALLOCATION.] When determining 
 30.21  the funds available for the 
 30.22  consolidated MFIP support services 
 30.23  grant in the 18-month period ending 
 30.24  December 31, 2004, the commissioner 
 30.25  shall apportion the funds appropriated 
 30.26  for fiscal year 2005 in such manner as 
 30.27  necessary to provide $14,000,000 more 
 30.28  to counties and tribes for the period 
 30.29  ending December 31, 2004, than would 
 30.30  have been available had the funds been 
 30.31  evenly divided within the fiscal year 
 30.32  between the period before December 31, 
 30.33  2004, and the period after December 31, 
 30.34  2004. 
 30.35  For allocations for the calendar years 
 30.36  starting January 1, 2005, the 
 30.37  commissioner shall apportion the funds 
 30.38  appropriated for each fiscal year in 
 30.39  such manner as necessary to provide 
 30.40  $14,000,000 more to counties and tribes 
 30.41  for the period ending December 31 of 
 30.42  that year than would have been 
 30.43  available had the funds been evenly 
 30.44  divided within the fiscal year between 
 30.45  the period before December 31 and the 
 30.46  period after December 31. 
 30.47  (c) Economic Support Grants - Other 
 30.48  Assistance 
 30.49  General               3,358,000     3,463,000
 30.50  [SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.] Of the general 
 30.51  fund appropriation, $500,000 each year 
 31.1   is to provide services to families who 
 31.2   are participating in the supportive 
 31.3   housing and managed care pilot project 
 31.4   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 31.5   256K.25.  This appropriation shall not 
 31.6   become part of base level funding for 
 31.7   the biennium beginning July 1, 2007. 
 31.8   (d) Child Support Enforcement Grants 
 31.9   General               3,571,000     3,503,000
 31.10  (e) General Assistance Grants
 31.11  General              24,901,000    24,732,000
 31.12                       26,329,000    26,909,000
 31.13  [GENERAL ASSISTANCE STANDARD.] The 
 31.14  commissioner shall set the monthly 
 31.15  standard of assistance for general 
 31.16  assistance units consisting of an adult 
 31.17  recipient who is childless and 
 31.18  unmarried or living apart from parents 
 31.19  or a legal guardian at $203.  The 
 31.20  commissioner may reduce this amount 
 31.21  according to Laws 1997, chapter 85, 
 31.22  article 3, section 54. 
 31.23  [EMERGENCY GENERAL ASSISTANCE.] The 
 31.24  amount appropriated for emergency 
 31.25  general assistance funds is limited to 
 31.26  no more than $7,889,812 in each fiscal 
 31.27  year of 2004 and 2005.  Funds to 
 31.28  counties shall be allocated by the 
 31.29  commissioner using the allocation 
 31.30  method specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 31.31  section 256D.06. 
 31.32  (f) Minnesota Supplemental Aid Grants 
 31.33  General              30,229,000    31,447,000
 31.34                       28,955,000    30,490,000
 31.35  [EMERGENCY MINNESOTA SUPPLEMENTAL AID 
 31.36  FUNDS.] The amount appropriated for 
 31.37  emergency Minnesota supplemental aid 
 31.38  funds is limited to no more than 
 31.39  $1,138,707 in fiscal year 2004 and 
 31.40  $1,017,000 in fiscal year 2005.  Funds 
 31.41  to counties shall be allocated by the 
 31.42  commissioner using the allocation 
 31.43  method specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 31.44  section 256D.46. 
 31.45     Sec. 8.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 31.46  article 13C, section 10, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 31.47  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 31.48  Appropriation                     $  107,829,000 $   92,649,000
 31.49                Summary by Fund
 31.50  General             104,489,000    89,309,000
 31.51                      102,881,000    94,424,000
 31.52  State Special 
 31.53  Revenue               3,340,000     3,340,000 
 32.1      Sec. 9.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, 
 32.2   article 13C, section 10, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 32.3   Subd. 2.  Child Care 
 32.4   [BASIC SLIDING FEE CHILD CARE.] Of this 
 32.5   appropriation, $27,628,000 in fiscal 
 32.6   year 2004 and $18,771,000 in fiscal 
 32.7   year 2005 are for child care assistance 
 32.8   according to Minnesota Statutes, 
 32.9   section 119B.03.  These appropriations 
 32.10  are available to be spent either year.  
 32.11  The fiscal years 2006 and 2007 general 
 32.12  fund base for basic sliding fee child 
 32.13  care is $30,312,000 each year. 
 32.14  [MFIP CHILD CARE.] Of this 
 32.15  appropriation, $69,543,000 $67,935,000 
 32.16  in fiscal year 2004 
 32.17  and $63,720,000 $68,635,000 in fiscal 
 32.18  year 2005 are for MFIP child care. 
 32.19  [CHILD CARE PROGRAM INTEGRITY.] Of this 
 32.20  appropriation, $425,000 in fiscal year 
 32.21  2004, and $376,000 in fiscal year 2005 
 32.22  are for the administrative costs of 
 32.23  program integrity and fraud prevention 
 32.24  for child care assistance under 
 32.25  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B. 
 32.26  [CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT.] Of this 
 32.27  appropriation, $1,115,000 in fiscal 
 32.28  year 2004, and $1,164,000 in fiscal 
 32.29  year 2005 are for child care 
 32.30  development grants according to 
 32.31  Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.21. 
 32.32     Sec. 10.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 32.33     Sections 1 to 9 are effective the day following final 
 32.34  enactment, unless a different effective date is specified.