2002 Minnesota Statutes

     477A.0123 Reimbursement of county for certain 
  out-of-home placement. 

    Subdivision 1.    Aid payments.  (a) In calendar year 
 2004 and thereafter, the commissioner of revenue shall reimburse 
 each county for a portion of the nonfederal share of the cost of 
 out-of-home placement provided the commissioner of human 
 services, in consultation with the commissioner of corrections, 
 certifies to the commissioner of revenue that accurate data is 
 available to make the aid determination under this section.  The 
 amount of reimbursement is a percent of the county's average 
 nonfederal share of the cost for out-of-home placement for the 
 most recent three calendar years for which data is available.  
 The commissioner shall pay the aid under the schedule used for 
 local government aid payments under section 477A.015. 

    (b) For aids payable in calendar year 2004, the percent of 
 reimbursement in paragraph (a) shall be equal to the maximum 
 percentage possible, up to 30 percent, that does not cause the 
 payment to any county in the seven county metropolitan area to 
 exceed the difference between (1) the amount of aid calculated 
 for the county in calendar year 2004 under section 273.1398, 
 subdivision 2, including any addition determined under section 
 477A.07, and (2) the amount of any aid reductions for the state 
 takeover of courts contained in Laws 2001, First Special Session 
 chapter 5, article 5.  For aids payable in 2005 and thereafter, 
 the percent of reimbursement under paragraph (a) shall be equal 
 to the percent of reimbursement determined for calendar year 
 2004, adjusted so that the total payments under this section do 
 not exceed the appropriation under section 477A.03, subdivision 
 2, paragraph (e). 

    (c) For purposes of this section, "out-of-home placement" 
 means the placement of a child in a child caring institution or 
 shelter licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9545.0905 to 
 9545.1125, in a group home licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 
 9545.1400 to 9545.1480, in family foster care or group family 
 foster care licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9545.0010 to 
 9545.0260, or a correctional facility pursuant to a court order 
 under which a county social services agency or a county 
 correctional agency has been assigned responsibility for the 
 placement. 

    Subd. 2.    Determination of nonfederal share of costs.  
 (a) By January 1, 2002, each county shall report the following 
 information to the commissioners of human services and 
 corrections, the separate amounts paid out of its social service 
 agency budget and its corrections budget for out-of-home 
 placement in calendar years 1998, 1999, and 2000, along with the 
 number of case days associated with the expenditures from each 
 budget.  By March 15, 2002, the commissioner of human services, 
 in consultation with the commissioner of corrections, shall 
 certify to the commissioner of revenue and to the legislative 
 committees responsible for local government aids and out-of-home 
 placement funding, whether the data reported under this 
 subdivision accurately reflects total expenditures by counties 
 for out-of-home placement costs. 

    (b) By January 1 of calendar year 2003 and thereafter, each 
 county shall report to the commissioners of human services and 
 corrections the separate amounts paid out of its social service 
 agency budget and its corrections budget for out-of-home 
 placement in the calendar year two years before the current 
 calendar year along with the number of case days associated with 
 the expenditures from each budget. 

    (c) Until either the commissioner of human services or 
 corrections develops another mechanism for collecting and 
 verifying data on out-of-home placements, and the legislature 
 authorizes the use of that data, the data collected under this 
 subdivision shall be used to calculate payments under 
 subdivision 1.  The commissioner of human services shall certify 
 the information to the commissioner of revenue by July 1 of the 
 year prior to the aid payment. 

    HIST: 1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 11; 2002 c 377 art 6 s 10