<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to human services; modifying TANF maintenance of effort programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>amending Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 19, section 3, subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 19, section 3, subdivision 1, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>read:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1. <b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>5,294,627,000 </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$ </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>5,695,458,000 </b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2008 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2009 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,614,727,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,940,293,000 <br />
                  		4,931,459,000  <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">549,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">565,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">426,628,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">492,759,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal TANF <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">250,537,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">260,051,000 <br />
                  		268,885,000  <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Lottery Prize Fund <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,185,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,790,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivisions. <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var><b>Receipts for Systems Projects.</b> <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>Appropriations and federal receipts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>information system projects for MAXIS, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>PRISM, MMIS, and SSIS must be deposited <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>in the state system account authorized in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>256.014</statute_ref>. Money <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>appropriated for computer projects approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>by the Minnesota Office of Enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>Technology, funded by the legislature, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>approved by the commissioner of finance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>may be transferred from one project to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>another and from development to operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>as the commissioner of human services <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>considers necessary. Any unexpended <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>balance in the appropriation for these <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>projects does not cancel but is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>ongoing development and operations. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><b>Pay for Performance.</b> (a) Of the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>fund appropriation, $272,000 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>is available to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>human services only under the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>circumstances: <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(1) $272,000 shall be made available by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>commissioner of finance on January 1, 2009, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>only after notification by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>of human services to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>finance and to the chairs of the relevant house <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>of representatives and senate finance and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>policy committees that the average number <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>of days from the receipt of a MinnesotaCare <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>application at the state processing unit until <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>the initial eligibility determination of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>application was 30 days or less during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>period October 1, 2007, to September 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>2008. Applications transferred from counties <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>to the state processing unit are excluded from <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>this calculation; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>(2) $272,000 shall be made available by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>commissioner of finance on January 1, 2009, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>only after notification by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>of human services to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>finance and to the chairs of the relevant <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>house of representatives and senate finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>and policy committees that the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>initiated a separate treatment program for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>persons in the Minnesota sex offenders <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>program who are between the ages of 18 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>25 by January 1, 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>(b) Regardless of whether these <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>appropriations are made available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>the commissioner of human services, they <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>shall be part of base level funding for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>biennium beginning July 1, 2009. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var><b>Purchasing Alliance Fund Transfer.</b> <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>On September 1, 2007, any remaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>balance in the purchasing alliance stop-loss <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>fund account established under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>256.956</statute_ref>, shall transfer to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>the general fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var><b>Nonfederal Share Transfers.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>nonfederal share of activities for which <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>federal administrative reimbursement is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>appropriated to the commissioner may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>transferred to the special revenue fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var><b>TANF Maintenance of Effort.</b> (a) In order <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>to meet the basic MOE requirements of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>TANF block grant specified under Code <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>of Federal Regulations, title 45, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>263.1, the commissioner may only report <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>nonfederal money expended for allowable <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>activities listed in the following clauses as <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>TANF/MOE expenditures: <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>(1) MFIP cash, diversionary work program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>and food assistance benefits under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>Statutes, chapter 256J; <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(2) the child care assistance programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>119B.03</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>and 
         <statute_ref>119B.05</statute_ref>, and county child care <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>administrative costs under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>119B.15</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>(3) state and county MFIP administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>costs under Minnesota Statutes, chapters <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>256J and 256K; <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>(4) state, county, and tribal MFIP <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>employment services under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>Statutes, chapters 256J and 256K; <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>(5) expenditures made on behalf of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>noncitizen MFIP recipients who qualify <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>for the medical assistance without federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>financial participation program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>256B.06, <br />
            		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, paragraphs (d), (e), and (j); <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>(6) qualifying working family credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>section 
         <statute_ref>290.0671</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(b) The commissioner shall ensure that <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>sufficient qualified nonfederal expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>are made each year to meet the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>TANF/MOE requirements. For the activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>listed in paragraph (a), clauses (2) to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>(6), the commissioner may only report <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>expenditures that are excluded from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>definition of assistance under Code of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>Federal Regulations, title 45, section 
         <statute_ref>260.31</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>(c) The commissioner shall ensure that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>MOE used by the commissioner of finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>for the February and November forecasts <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>required under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>16A.103
         </statute_ref>, contains expenditures under <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>paragraph (a), clause (1), equal to at least 16 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>percent of the total required under Code of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>Federal Regulations, title 45, section 263.1. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>(d) For the federal fiscal year beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>October 1, 2007, the commissioner may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>claim an amount of TANF/MOE in excess of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>the 75 percent standard in Code of Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>Regulations, title 45, section 263.1(a)(2), <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>except:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>(1) to the extent necessary to meet the 80 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>percent standard under Code of Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>Regulations, title 45, section 263.1(a)(1), <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>if it is determined by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>that the state will not meet the TANF work <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>participation target rate for the current year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>(2) to provide any additional amounts under <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>264.5, that relate to replacement of TANF <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>funds due to the operation of TANF penalties; <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>(3) to provide any additional amounts that <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>may contribute to avoiding or reducing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>TANF work participation penalties through <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>the operation of the excess MOE provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>of Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>section 261.43(a)(2); and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>(4) for the purposes of clauses (1) to (3), <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>the commissioner may supplement the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>MOE claim with working family credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>expenditures to the extent such expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>or other qualified expenditures are otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>available after considering the expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>allowed in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>(e) If allowable by the federal Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>Family Assistance, the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>claim excess MOE with respect to federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to the extent <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>that working family credit expenditures are <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>otherwise available to supplement the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>MOE claim for those years after considering <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>the expenditures allowed in this subdivision. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>If other qualified expenditures are <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>available, the commissioner may use those <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>expenditures as excess MOE and shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>report those expenditures to the chairs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>the senate and house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>Finance Committees, the senate Health and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>Human Services Budget Division, and house <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>of representatives Health Care and Human <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>Services Finance Division by April 15, 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>(f)  Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>256.011, <br />
            		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, which requires that federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>grants or aids secured or obtained under that <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>subdivision be used to reduce any direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>appropriations provided by law, does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>apply if the grants or aids are federal TANF <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>(e) (g) Notwithstanding any contrary <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>provision in this article, this rider expires <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>June 30, 2011. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var><b>Working Family Credit Expenditures as </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var><b>TANF/MOE.</b> The commissioner may claim <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>as TANF/MOE up to $6,707,000 per year <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>for fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2011. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>Notwithstanding any contrary provision in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>this article, this rider expires June 30, 2011. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var><b>Additional Working Family Credit </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var><b>Expenditures to be Claimed for </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var><b>TANF/MOE.</b> In addition to the amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>provided in this section, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>may count the following amounts of working <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>family credit expenditure as TANF/MOE: <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>(1) fiscal year 2008, $11,097,000; <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>(2) fiscal year 2009, $25,401,000; <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>(3) fiscal year 2010, $20,398,000; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>(4) fiscal year 2011, $19,841,000. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>Notwithstanding any contrary provision in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>this article, this rider expires June 30, 2011. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var><b>Capitation Rate Increase.</b> Of the health care <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>access fund appropriations to the University <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>of Minnesota in the higher education <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>omnibus appropriation bill, $2,157,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>fiscal year 2008 and $2,157,000 in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>2009 are to be used to increase the capitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>payments under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>256B.69
         </statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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