Minnesota Session Laws - 2003, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 72-H.F.No. 1095 
                  An act relating to human services; extending the 
                  deadline for commencing construction for previously 
                  approved moratorium projects; providing for expired 
                  and canceled proposals; amending Minnesota Statutes 
                  2002, section 144A.073, by adding subdivisions. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144A.073, is 
        amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
           Subd. 10.  [EXTENSION OF APPROVAL OF MORATORIUM EXCEPTION.] 
        Notwithstanding subdivision 3, the commissioner of health shall 
        extend project approval for an additional 18 months for any 
        proposed exception to the nursing home licensure and 
        certification moratorium if the proposal was approved under this 
        section between July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2003. 
           Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144A.073, is 
        amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
           Subd. 11.  [FUNDING FROM EXPIRED AND CANCELED PROPOSALS.] 
        The commissioner shall monitor the status of projects approved 
        under this section to identify, in consultation with each 
        facility with an approved project, if projects will be canceled 
        or will expire.  For projects that have been canceled or have 
        expired, if originally approved after June 30, 2001, the 
        commissioner's approval authority for the estimated annual state 
        cost to medical assistance shall carry forward and shall be 
        available for the issuance of a new moratorium round later in 
        that fiscal year or in either of the following two fiscal years. 
           Presented to the governor May 19, 2003 
           Signed by the governor May 22, 2003, 7:50 p.m.