1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying the requirements for a report on payment 
1.3 	methodologies for long-term care assessments and support planning; amending 
1.4 	Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 52.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 52, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 	Sec. 52. RANDOM MOMENT TIME STUDY EVALUATION REQUIRED.
 1.9 	The commissioner of human services shall implement administrative efficiencies and 
1.10 	evaluate the random moment time study methodology for reimbursement of costs associated 
1.11 	with county duties required under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0911. The evaluation 
1.12 	must determine whether random moment is efficient and effective in supporting functions 
1.13 	of assessment and support planning and the purpose under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.14 	256B.0911, subdivision 1. The commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking 
1.15 	minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction 
1.16 	over health and human services by January 15, 2019. The report must include at least one 
1.17 	option for a flat-rate payment methodology for long-term care consultation assessment and 
1.18 	support planning services, draft legislation to implement the flat-rate options, a fiscal analysis 
1.19 	of the flat-rate options, and a policy analysis of the flat-rate options, including the 
1.20 	commissioner's rationale for supporting or opposing the option that is, in the commissioner's 
1.21 	opinion, the best of the flat-rate options.