Bill Text: MN SF2093 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Omnibus health and human services finance bill
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-05 - General Orders: Stricken and laid on table [SF2093 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2093-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Omnibus health and human services finance bill
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-05 - General Orders: Stricken and laid on table [SF2093 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2093-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; providing a supplementary rate for a certain group
1.3residential housing provider; modifying the general assistance program;
1.4modifying early childhood learning and child protection facilities;amending
1.5Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 256D.06, subdivision 1b; 256E.37, subdivision
1.61; 256I.05, subdivision 1e.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256D.06, subdivision 1b, is amended to
1.9read:
1.10 Subd. 1b. Earned income savings account. In addition to the $50 disregard
1.11required under subdivision 1, the county agency shall disregard an additional earned
1.12income up to a maximum of$150 $500 per month for: (1) persons residing in facilities
1.13licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0500 to 9520.0690 and 9530.2500 to
1.149530.4000, and for whom discharge and work are part of a treatment plan; (2) persons
1.15living in supervised apartments with services funded under Minnesota Rules, parts
1.169535.0100 to 9535.1600, and for whom discharge and work are part of a treatment plan;
1.17and (3) persons residing in group residential housing, as that term is defined in section
1.18256I.03, subdivision 3
, for whom the county agency has approved a discharge plan
1.19which includes work. The additional amount disregarded must be placed in a separate
1.20savings account by the eligible individual, to be used upon discharge from the residential
1.21facility into the community. For individuals residing in a chemical dependency program
1.22licensed under Minnesota Rules, part 9530.4100, subpart 22, item D, withdrawals from
1.23the savings account require the signature of the individual and for those individuals with
1.24an authorized representative payee, the signature of the payee. A maximum of$1,000
1.25$2,000, including interest, of the money in the savings account must be excluded from
2.1the resource limits established by section256D.08, subdivision 1 , clause (1). Amounts in
2.2that account in excess of$1,000 $2,000 must be applied to the resident's cost of care. If
2.3excluded money is removed from the savings account by the eligible individual at any
2.4time before the individual is discharged from the facility into the community, the money is
2.5income to the individual in the month of receipt and a resource in subsequent months. If
2.6an eligible individual moves from a community facility to an inpatient hospital setting,
2.7the separate savings account is an excluded asset for up to 18 months. During that time,
2.8amounts that accumulate in excess of the$1,000 $2,000 savings limit must be applied to
2.9the patient's cost of care. If the patient continues to be hospitalized at the conclusion of the
2.1018-month period, the entire account must be applied to the patient's cost of care.
2.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256E.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.12 Subdivision 1. Grant authority. The commissioner may make grants to state
2.13agencies and political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for early childhood
2.14programs, crisis nurseries, or parenting time centers. The following requirements apply:
2.15 (1) The facilities must be owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may
2.16be leased under section16A.695 to organizations that operate the programs. The
2.17commissioner must prescribe the terms and conditions of the leases.
2.18 (2) A grant for an individual facility must not exceed $500,000 for each program
2.19that is housed in the facility, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for a facility that houses
2.20three programs or more. Programs include Head Start, School Readiness, Early Childhood
2.21Family Education, licensed child care, and other early childhood intervention programs.
2.22 (3) State appropriations must be matched on a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds.
2.23The matching requirement must apply program wide and not to individual grants.
2.24(4) Grants are limited to facilities located in counties not included in the definition
2.25under section 473.121, subdivision 4.
2.26 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256I.05, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:
2.27 Subd. 1e. Supplementary rate for certain facilities. (a) Notwithstanding the
2.28provisions of subdivisions 1a and 1c, beginning July 1, 2005, a county agency shall
2.29negotiate a supplementary rate in addition to the rate specified in subdivision 1, not to
2.30exceed $700 per month, including any legislatively authorized inflationary adjustments,
2.31for a group residential housing provider that:
2.32(1) is located in Hennepin County and has had a group residential housing contract
2.33with the county since June 1996;
3.1(2) operates in three separate locations a 75-bed facility, a 50-bed facility, and a
3.226-bed facility; and
3.3(3) serves a chemically dependent clientele, providing 24 hours per day supervision
3.4and limiting a resident's maximum length of stay to 13 months out of a consecutive
3.524-month period.
3.6(b) Notwithstanding subdivisions 1a and 1c, beginning July 1, 2013, a county
3.7agency shall negotiate a supplementary rate in addition to the rate specified in subdivision
3.81, not to exceed $700 per month, including any legislatively authorized inflationary
3.9adjustments, for the group residential provider described under paragraph (a), not to
3.10exceed an additional 175 beds.
1.3residential housing provider; modifying the general assistance program;
1.4modifying early childhood learning and child protection facilities;amending
1.5Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 256D.06, subdivision 1b; 256E.37, subdivision
1.61; 256I.05, subdivision 1e.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256D.06, subdivision 1b, is amended to
1.9read:
1.10 Subd. 1b. Earned income savings account. In addition to the $50 disregard
1.11required under subdivision 1, the county agency shall disregard an additional earned
1.12income up to a maximum of
1.13licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0500 to 9520.0690 and 9530.2500 to
1.149530.4000, and for whom discharge and work are part of a treatment plan; (2) persons
1.15living in supervised apartments with services funded under Minnesota Rules, parts
1.169535.0100 to 9535.1600, and for whom discharge and work are part of a treatment plan;
1.17and (3) persons residing in group residential housing, as that term is defined in section
1.19which includes work. The additional amount disregarded must be placed in a separate
1.20savings account by the eligible individual, to be used upon discharge from the residential
1.21facility into the community. For individuals residing in a chemical dependency program
1.22licensed under Minnesota Rules, part 9530.4100, subpart 22, item D, withdrawals from
1.23the savings account require the signature of the individual and for those individuals with
1.24an authorized representative payee, the signature of the payee. A maximum of
1.25$2,000, including interest, of the money in the savings account must be excluded from
2.1the resource limits established by section
2.2that account in excess of
2.3excluded money is removed from the savings account by the eligible individual at any
2.4time before the individual is discharged from the facility into the community, the money is
2.5income to the individual in the month of receipt and a resource in subsequent months. If
2.6an eligible individual moves from a community facility to an inpatient hospital setting,
2.7the separate savings account is an excluded asset for up to 18 months. During that time,
2.8amounts that accumulate in excess of the
2.9the patient's cost of care. If the patient continues to be hospitalized at the conclusion of the
2.1018-month period, the entire account must be applied to the patient's cost of care.
2.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256E.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.12 Subdivision 1. Grant authority. The commissioner may make grants to state
2.13agencies and political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for early childhood
2.14programs, crisis nurseries, or parenting time centers. The following requirements apply:
2.15 (1) The facilities must be owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may
2.16be leased under section
2.17commissioner must prescribe the terms and conditions of the leases.
2.18 (2) A grant for an individual facility must not exceed $500,000 for each program
2.19that is housed in the facility, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for a facility that houses
2.20three programs or more. Programs include Head Start, School Readiness, Early Childhood
2.21Family Education, licensed child care, and other early childhood intervention programs.
2.22 (3) State appropriations must be matched on a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds.
2.23The matching requirement must apply program wide and not to individual grants.
2.24(4) Grants are limited to facilities located in counties not included in the definition
2.25under section 473.121, subdivision 4.
2.26 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256I.05, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:
2.27 Subd. 1e. Supplementary rate for certain facilities. (a) Notwithstanding the
2.28provisions of subdivisions 1a and 1c, beginning July 1, 2005, a county agency shall
2.29negotiate a supplementary rate in addition to the rate specified in subdivision 1, not to
2.30exceed $700 per month, including any legislatively authorized inflationary adjustments,
2.31for a group residential housing provider that:
2.32(1) is located in Hennepin County and has had a group residential housing contract
2.33with the county since June 1996;
3.1(2) operates in three separate locations a 75-bed facility, a 50-bed facility, and a
3.226-bed facility; and
3.3(3) serves a chemically dependent clientele, providing 24 hours per day supervision
3.4and limiting a resident's maximum length of stay to 13 months out of a consecutive
3.524-month period.
3.6(b) Notwithstanding subdivisions 1a and 1c, beginning July 1, 2013, a county
3.7agency shall negotiate a supplementary rate in addition to the rate specified in subdivision
3.81, not to exceed $700 per month, including any legislatively authorized inflationary
3.9adjustments, for the group residential provider described under paragraph (a), not to
3.10exceed an additional 175 beds.
