SF 2054

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; changing the chemical
dependency allocation; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 254B.02, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 254B.02,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Reserve account.

The commissioner shall
allocate money from the reserve account to counties that, during
the current fiscal year, have met or exceeded the base level of
expenditures for eligible chemical dependency services from
local money. The commissioner shall establish the base level
for fiscal year 1988 as the amount of local money used for
eligible services in calendar year 1986. In later years, the
base level must be increased in the same proportion as state
appropriations to implement Laws 1986, chapter 394, sections 8
to 20, are increased new text begin , except the county expenditure under
subdivision 2 shall not exceed 55 percent of the total
allocation for fiscal year 2005; 50 percent in fiscal year 2006;
45 percent in fiscal year 2007; and 40 percent in fiscal year
2008. Thereafter the expenditure shall decrease by five percent
each fiscal year until the maximum county match is 15 percent new text end .
The base level must be decreased if the fund balance from which
allocations are made under section 254B.02, subdivision 1, is
decreased in later years. The local match rate for the reserve
account is the same rate as applied to the initial allocation.
Reserve account payments must not be included when calculating
the county adjustments made according to subdivision 2. For
counties providing medical assistance or general assistance
medical care through managed care plans on January 1, 1996, the
base year is fiscal year 1995. For counties beginning provision
of managed care after January 1, 1996, the base year is the most
recent fiscal year before enrollment in managed care begins.
For counties providing managed care, the base level will be
increased or decreased in proportion to changes in the fund
balance from which allocations are made under subdivision 2, but
will be additionally increased or decreased in proportion to the
change in county adjusted population made in subdivision 1,
paragraphs (b) and (c). Effective July 1, 2001, at the end of
each biennium, any funds deposited in the reserve account funds
in excess of those needed to meet obligations incurred under
this section and sections 254B.06 and 254B.09 shall cancel to
the general fund.