1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; creating a hospital
1.3 	disproportionate population adjustment; designating
1.4 	certified public expenditures; increasing the
1.5 	surcharges on criminal and traffic offenders; amending
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 256.969, by adding a
1.7 	subdivision; 357.021, subdivisions 6, 7; proposing
1.8 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256.969, is
1.11 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.12 		Subd. 9c.Additional disproportionate population
1.13 	adjustments. (a) The adjustment under this subdivision shall be
1.14 	paid in addition to all other disproportionate population
1.15 	adjustments provided by law to a hospital, excluding regional
1.16 	treatment centers and facilities of the federal Indian Health
1.17 	Service, with more than 250 medical assistance admissions in
1.18 	2002.  The adjustment must be determined as follows:
1.19 	(1) for a hospital with a medical assistance inpatient
1.20 	utilization rate in excess of 20 percent, the adjustment must be
1.21 	determined by multiplying the total of the operating and
1.22 	property payment rates by 30 percent; and 
1.23 	(2) for a hospital with a medical assistance inpatient
1.24 	utilization rate less than or equal to 20 percent, the
1.25 	adjustment must be determined by multiplying the total of the
1.26 	operating and property payment rates by nine percent.
1.27 	(b) The federal share of the adjustments under paragraph
2.1 	(a), clause (1), and the adjustments under paragraph (a), clause
2.2 	(2), shall be paid annually on July 1 for services to be
2.3 	rendered in the fiscal year beginning on that day, based on
2.4 	services rendered in the previous calendar year.

2.5 	Sec. 2. [256B.199] CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.
2.6 		Subdivision 1.Expenditures to be certified. The
2.7 	following expenditures shall be certified by the nonstate
2.8 	entities listed annually on July 1 as the nonfederal share of
2.9 	the adjustments under section 256.969, subdivision 9c, paragraph
2.10 	(a), clause (1):
2.11 	(1) Hennepin County, $9,514,284;
2.12 	(2) Ramsey County, $3,220,921;
2.13 	(3) University of Minnesota, $4,716,921;
2.14 	(4) Douglas County, $174,407; and 
2.15 	(5) Rice County Hospital District, $126,928.
2.16 		Subd. 2.Adjustments permitted. (a) The commissioner may
2.17 	adjust the certified amounts under subdivision 1 and the
2.18 	payments under section 256.969, subdivision 9c, paragraph (a),
2.19 	clause (1), based on the commissioner's determination of
2.20 	Medicare upper payment limits, hospital-specific charge limits,
2.21 	and hospital-specific limitations on disproportionate share
2.22 	payments.  Any adjustments must be made on a proportional
2.23 	basis.  The commissioner may make these adjustments only after
2.24 	consultation with the nonstate entities identified in
2.25 	subdivision 1.
2.26 	(b) The ratio of disproportionate population adjustments
2.27 	specified in section 256.969, subdivision 9c, paragraph (a),
2.28 	clause (1), to the certification amounts specified in
2.29 	subdivision 1 shall not be reduced.  The commissioner may adjust
2.30 	payments under section 256.969, subdivision 9c, paragraph (a),
2.31 	clause (1), and certification amounts under subdivision 1 in
2.32 	order to access the maximum disproportionate population
2.33 	adjustments available under federal law.
2.34 	(c) Each nonstate entity listed in paragraph (a) shall
2.35 	report and certify expenditures eligible to be certified as
2.36 	public expenditures for the purposes of this subdivision in a
3.1 	manner prescribed by the commissioner.

3.2 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 357.021,
3.3 	subdivision 6, is amended to read:
3.4 		Subd. 6.Surcharges on criminal and traffic offenders.
 3.5 	(a) The court shall impose and the court administrator shall
3.6 	collect a $60 $70 surcharge on every person convicted of any
3.7 	felony, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor, or petty misdemeanor
3.8 	offense, other than a violation of a law or ordinance relating
3.9 	to vehicle parking, for which there shall be a $3 surcharge.  In
3.10 	the Second Judicial District, the court shall impose, and the
3.11 	court administrator shall collect, an additional $1 surcharge on
3.12 	every person convicted of any felony, gross misdemeanor, or
3.13 	petty misdemeanor offense, other than a violation of a law or
3.14 	ordinance relating to vehicle parking, if the Ramsey County
3.15 	Board of Commissioners authorizes the $1 surcharge.  The
3.16 	surcharge shall be imposed whether or not the person is
3.17 	sentenced to imprisonment or the sentence is stayed.
3.18 	(b) If the court fails to impose a surcharge as required by
3.19 	this subdivision, the court administrator shall show the
3.20 	imposition of the surcharge, collect the surcharge and correct
3.21 	the record.
3.22 	(c) The court may not waive payment of the surcharge
3.23 	required under this subdivision.  Upon a showing of indigency or
3.24 	undue hardship upon the convicted person or the convicted
3.25 	person's immediate family, the sentencing court may authorize
3.26 	payment of the surcharge in installments.
3.27 	(d) The court administrator or other entity collecting a
3.28 	surcharge shall forward it to the commissioner of finance.
3.29 	(e) If the convicted person is sentenced to imprisonment
3.30 	and has not paid the surcharge before the term of imprisonment
3.31 	begins, the chief executive officer of the correctional facility
3.32 	in which the convicted person is incarcerated shall collect the
3.33 	surcharge from any earnings the inmate accrues from work
3.34 	performed in the facility or while on conditional release.  The
3.35 	chief executive officer shall forward the amount collected to
3.36 	the commissioner of finance.

4.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 357.021,
4.2 	subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.3 		Subd. 7.Disbursement of surcharges by commissioner of
4.4 	finance.  (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and
4.5 	(d), the commissioner of finance shall disburse surcharges
4.6 	received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2,
4.7 	as follows:
4.8 	(1) one percent shall be credited to the game and fish fund
4.9 	to provide peace officer training for employees of the
4.10 	Department of Natural Resources who are licensed under sections
4.11 	626.84 to 626.863, and who possess peace officer authority for
4.12 	the purpose of enforcing game and fish laws;
4.13 	(2) 39 percent shall be credited to the peace officers
4.14 	training account in the special revenue fund; and
4.15 	(3) 60 percent shall be credited to the general fund.
4.16 	(b) The commissioner of finance shall credit $3 of each
4.17 	surcharge received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065,
4.18 	subdivision 2, to the general fund.
4.19 	(c) In addition to any amounts credited under paragraph
4.20 	(a), the commissioner of finance shall credit $32 $42 of each
4.21 	surcharge received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065,
4.22 	subdivision 2, and the $3 parking surcharge, to the general fund.
4.23 	(d) If the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorizes
4.24 	imposition of the additional $1 surcharge provided for in
4.25 	subdivision 6, paragraph (a), the court administrator in the
4.26 	Second Judicial District shall withhold $1 from each surcharge
4.27 	collected under subdivision 6.  The court administrator must use
4.28 	the withheld funds solely to fund the petty misdemeanor
4.29 	diversion program administered by the Ramsey County Violations
4.30 	Bureau.  The court administrator must transfer any unencumbered
4.31 	portion of the funds received under this subdivision to the
4.32 	commissioner of finance for distribution according to paragraphs
4.33 	(a) to (c).