SF 4055

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/06/2020 09:14am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; appropriating money for tribal and county
reimbursement of costs for federal funds incorrectly claimed.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASE
PAYMENTS.
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new text begin $8,812,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the general fund to the commissioner
of human services to reimburse counties for the value of the commissioner's estimate of the
statewide county share of costs for which federal funds were claimed, but were not eligible
for federal funding for substance use disorder services provided in institutions for mental
disease, for claims paid between January 1, 2014, and June 30, 2019. The commissioner of
human services shall allocate this appropriation between counties in proportion to each
county's estimated county share versus the estimated statewide county share. Prior to payment
of the allocated amount to a county, the county must pay in full any unpaid consolidated
chemical dependency treatment fund invoiced county share. This is a onetime appropriation.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; GRANTS TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
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new text begin $28,908,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the general fund to the commissioner
of human services for grants to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and White Earth Band of
Chippewa to repay overpayments for medication assisted treatment services between fiscal
year 2014 and fiscal year 2019. The grant to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe shall be
$14,666,000 and the grant to the White Earth Band of Chippewa shall be $14,242,000. This
is a onetime appropriation.
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