SF 2066

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/16/2017 09:38am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; increasing payment rates for direct support services;
appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin RATE INCREASE FOR SELF-DIRECTED WORKFORCE
NEGOTIATIONS.
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new text begin (a) The commissioner of human services shall:
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new text begin (1) increase reimbursement rates, grants, or allocations by 3.09 percent for services
provided on or after July 1, 2017;
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new text begin (2) increase reimbursement rates, grants, or allocations by 0.1 percent for services
provided on or after July 1, 2018; and
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new text begin (3) increase the reimbursement rates, grants, or allocations by an additional ten percent
for services provided on or after July 1, 2018, for service recipients with complex needs,
defined as recipients with eligibility for 12 or more hours of personal care assistance services
per day according to Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0652.
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new text begin (b) The rate changes described in this section apply to direct support services provided
through a covered program, as defined by Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0711, subdivision
1, paragraph (b).
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective if the labor agreement between the state
and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Minnesota according to
Laws 2013, chapter 128, article 2, is ratified by the legislature. The commissioner of human
services shall notify the revisor of statutes when ratification occurs.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; PROVIDERS OF DIRECT CARE SERVICES.
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new text begin (a) $375,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $375,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of human services for the registry of individual
providers of direct support services as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0711,
subdivision 1, paragraph (c).
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new text begin (b) $400,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $400,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of human services for training and orientation of
individual providers of direct support services as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). This is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation
is not available until the labor agreement between the state of Minnesota and the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes,
section 179A.54, is implemented under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.855 and 179A.22.
The funding is available in either year of the biennium and is available until June 30, 2021.
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new text begin (c) $2,750,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of human services for training of individual providers of direct support
services as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).
Of this amount, $2,500,000 shall only be used for stipends of $500 for up to 5,000 individual
providers who have completed designated voluntary trainings. Up to $250,000 may be used
by the grantee for grant administration. This appropriation is not available until the labor
agreement between the state of Minnesota and the SEIU Healthcare Minnesota under
Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.54, is implemented under Minnesota Statutes, sections
3.855 and 179A.22. If made available, this appropriation is onetime and is available until
June 30, 2021.
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new text begin (d) $....... in fiscal year 2018 and $....... in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of human services for purposes of the rate increase for
direct support services provided through a covered program, as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective if the labor agreement between the state
and SEIU Healthcare Minnesota according to Laws 2013, chapter 128, article 2, is ratified
by the legislature. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes
when ratification occurs.
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