HF 3224

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to human services; establishing planning and 
  1.3             development regions for coordinating services for the 
  1.4             disabled and elderly; requiring the commissioner to 
  1.5             present recommendations on benevolence funding; 
  1.6             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.7             chapter 256B. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [256B.77] [LOCALLY BASED SERVICES FOR 
  1.10  DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, PHYSICALLY DISABLED, AND ELDERLY 
  1.11  PERSONS.] 
  1.12     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
  1.13  REGIONS.] (a) In order to ensure grassroot community assessment 
  1.14  of need for services, the commissioner shall establish by March 
  1.15  1, 1997, designated planning and development regions.  Each 
  1.16  region shall be responsible for demographic analysis of the 
  1.17  needs of all persons with disabilities, including elderly 
  1.18  persons, within the region. 
  1.19     (b) The commissioner shall require applications for 
  1.20  regional designation to be submitted by January 1, 1997.  
  1.21  Applications shall be considered from existing planning regions, 
  1.22  regional mental health boards, consortiums of counties, or 
  1.23  individual counties, representing a minimum of 200,000 persons, 
  1.24  or as approved by the commissioner to ensure that all counties 
  1.25  of the state are adequately represented. 
  1.26     (c) Upon request, the commissioner shall provide technical 
  2.1   assistance to all applicants. 
  2.2      (d) The commissioner shall establish reporting requirements 
  2.3   for population studies of the disabled and elderly to be 
  2.4   conducted by planning regions by March 1, 1997. 
  2.5      Subd. 2.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF CATCHMENT AREAS.] (a) By July 
  2.6   1, 1998, the commissioner shall designate a minimum of three 
  2.7   catchment areas and present recommendations to the legislature 
  2.8   for the provision of those services for persons with 
  2.9   disabilities and the elderly not provided within each catchment 
  2.10  area by the planning and development regions within the 
  2.11  catchment area. 
  2.12     (b) The commissioner shall convene an advisory committee of 
  2.13  representatives of stakeholder groups to assist in the 
  2.14  development of recommendations. 
  2.15     Subd. 3.  [MANAGED CARE CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE 
  2.16  PROVIDERS.] (a) The commissioner shall approve contracts with 
  2.17  managed care organizations, as defined in section 62Q.01, 
  2.18  subdivision 5, for the provision of services for the 
  2.19  developmentally and physically disabled, and elderly persons, 
  2.20  only as provided in this section. 
  2.21     (b) The commissioner shall not contract with a managed care 
  2.22  organization except as a means of providing services to specific 
  2.23  populations of disabled and elderly persons determined to be 
  2.24  underserved within the catchment area by a planning and 
  2.25  development region within the catchment area. 
  2.26     Subd. 4.  [PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
  2.27  COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CARE.] (a) Each planning and 
  2.28  development region shall be responsible for coordinating and 
  2.29  managing all services for the disabled and elderly provided in 
  2.30  the region, except for those services currently directly 
  2.31  provided by the commissioner or governed by tribal laws. 
  2.32     (b) Planning and development regions may contract with 
  2.33  managed care organizations only as part of an overall plan for 
  2.34  services within the region. 
  2.35     Subd. 5.  [BENEVOLENCE FUNDING OF SERVICES FOR DISABLED AND 
  2.36  ELDERLY.] (a) The commissioner shall regularly review all 
  3.1   legislative proposals which pertain to the funding of services 
  3.2   for the developmentally disabled and elderly, and as necessary 
  3.3   shall present recommendations to the legislature to ensure a 
  3.4   continuity of incentive for benevolence funding and 
  3.5   establishment of nonprofit services for the disabled and elderly.
  3.6      (b) The commissioner shall establish guidelines for 
  3.7   planning and development regions to include planning and 
  3.8   development assistance for benevolence funding of facilities and 
  3.9   programs.