1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; designating use of funds 
  1.3             for regional treatment centers; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1994, sections 246.18, subdivision 4, and by 
  1.5             adding a subdivision; 246.23, subdivision 2; 246.56, 
  1.6             by adding a subdivision; and 254B.05, subdivision 4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 246.18, 
  1.9   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [COLLECTIONS DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND.] 
  1.11  Except as provided in subdivisions 2 ~~and~~, 5, and 6, all receipts 
  1.12  from collection efforts for the regional treatment centers, 
  1.13  state nursing homes, and other state facilities as defined in 
  1.14  section 246.50, subdivision 3, must be deposited in the general 
  1.15  fund.  The commissioner shall ensure that the departmental 
  1.16  financial reporting systems and internal accounting procedures 
  1.17  comply with federal standards for reimbursement for program and 
  1.18  administrative expenditures and fulfill the purpose of this 
  1.19  paragraph. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 246.18, is 
  1.21  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.22     Subd. 6.  [COLLECTIONS DEDICATED.] Except for 
  1.23  state-operated programs and services funded through a direct 
  1.24  appropriation from the legislature, money received within the 
  1.25  regional treatment center system for the following 
  1.26  state-operated services is dedicated to the commissioner for the 
  2.1   provision of those services: 
  2.2      (1) community-based residential and day training and 
  2.3   habilitation services for mentally retarded persons; 
  2.4      (2) community health clinic services; 
  2.5      (3) accredited hospital outpatient department services; 
  2.6      (4) certified rehabilitation agency and rehabilitation 
  2.7   hospital services; or 
  2.8      (5) community-based transitional support services for 
  2.9   adults with serious and persistent mental illness. 
  2.10  These funds must be deposited in the state treasury in a 
  2.11  revolving account and funds in the revolving account are 
  2.12  appropriated to the commissioner to operate the services 
  2.13  authorized, and any unexpended balances do not cancel but are 
  2.14  available until spent. 
  2.15     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 246.23, 
  2.16  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.17     Subd. 2.  [CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT.] The commissioner 
  2.18  shall maintain a regionally based, state-administered system of 
  2.19  chemical dependency programs.  Counties may refer individuals 
  2.20  who are eligible for services under chapter 254B to the chemical 
  2.21  dependency units in the regional treatment centers.  A 15 
  2.22  percent county share of the per diem cost of treatment is 
  2.23  required for individuals served within the treatment capacity 
  2.24  funded by direct legislative appropriation.  By July 1, 1991, 
  2.25  the commissioner shall establish criteria for admission to the 
  2.26  chemical dependency units that will maximize federal and private 
  2.27  funding sources, fully utilize the regional treatment center 
  2.28  capacity, and make state-funded treatment capacity available to 
  2.29  counties on an equitable basis.  The admission criteria may be 
  2.30  adopted without rulemaking.  Existing rules governing placements 
  2.31  under chapters 254A and 254B do not apply to admissions to the 
  2.32  capacity funded by direct appropriation.  Private and 
  2.33  third-party collections and payments are appropriated to the 
  2.34  commissioner for the operation of the chemical dependency 
  2.35  units.  In addition to the chemical dependency treatment 
  2.36  capacity funded by direct legislative appropriation, the 
  3.1   regional treatment centers may provide treatment to additional 
  3.2   individuals whose treatment is paid for out of the chemical 
  3.3   dependency consolidated treatment fund under chapter 254B, in 
  3.4   which case placement rules adopted under chapter 254B apply~~,~~; to 
  3.5   those individuals who are ineligible but committed for treatment 
  3.6   under chapter 253B as provided in section 254B.05, subdivision 
  3.7   4; or to individuals covered through other nonstate payment 
  3.8   sources.  
  3.9      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 246.56, is 
  3.10  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.11     Subd. 3.  The commissioner of human services is not 
  3.12  required to include indirect costs as defined in section 16A.127 
  3.13  in work activity contracts for patients of the regional 
  3.14  treatment centers, and is not required to reimburse the general 
  3.15  fund for indirect costs related to work activity programs. 
  3.16     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 254B.05, 
  3.17  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  3.18     Subd. 4.  [REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTERS.] Regional treatment 
  3.19  center chemical dependency treatment units are eligible 
  3.20  vendors.  The commissioner may expand the capacity of chemical 
  3.21  dependency treatment units beyond the capacity funded by direct 
  3.22  legislative appropriation to serve individuals who are referred 
  3.23  for treatment by counties and whose treatment will be paid for 
  3.24  with a county's allocation under section 254B.02 or other 
  3.25  funding sources.  Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 
  3.26  254B.03 to 254B.041, payment for any person committed by a 
  3.27  county to a regional treatment center under chapter 253B for 
  3.28  chemical dependency treatment and determined to be ineligible 
  3.29  under the chemical dependency consolidated treatment fund, shall 
  3.30  become the responsibility of the county.