Signed by Governor Tim Walz

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes an omnibus human services policy bill in Minnesota.

Highlights:

• Establishes an omnibus human services policy bill in Minnesota that does the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. ):

• Penalizing illegal kickbacks in the Child Care Assistance Program, aligning enforcement with state theft laws, and prohibiting duplicative billing practices in Human Services Department programs;

• Prohibiting an assisted living facility from requiring a resident or potential resident to sign a contract containing a provision for binding arbitration as a condition of admission to, or as a requirement for, continued care at a facility;

• Expanding services parents are allowed to provide under consumer-directed community supports to include certain personal assistance services to a minor child while temporarily out of state;

• Exempting intensive residential treatment services and residential crisis stabilization residents from certain rights in the Health Care Bill of Rights;

• Require promotion of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline;

• Repealing Minnesota rules governing Medical Assistance payments for clinic services;

• Excluding weekends and holidays from the mental health diagnostic assessment 10-day timeline;

• Requiring training about a program’s drug and alcohol policy before a person has direct contact with persons served by the program;

• Specifying that co-payments, coinsurance, and deductibles do not apply to mobile crisis intervention; and

• Adding financial management services, community first services and supports, unlicensed home and community-based organizations, and consumer-directed community supports organizations for purposes of limited set-asides.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 17).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes an omnibus human services policy bill in Minnesota.

Highlights:

• Establishes an omnibus human services policy bill in Minnesota that does the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. ):

• Penalizing illegal kickbacks in the Child Care Assistance Program, aligning enforcement with state theft laws, and prohibiting duplicative billing practices in Human Services Department programs;

• Prohibiting an assisted living facility from requiring a resident or potential resident to sign a contract containing a provision for binding arbitration as a condition of admission to, or as a requirement for, continued care at a facility;

• Expanding services parents are allowed to provide under consumer-directed community supports to include certain personal assistance services to a minor child while temporarily out of state;

• Exempting intensive residential treatment services and residential crisis stabilization residents from certain rights in the Health Care Bill of Rights;

• Require promotion of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline;

• Repealing Minnesota rules governing Medical Assistance payments for clinic services;

• Excluding weekends and holidays from the mental health diagnostic assessment 10-day timeline;

• Requiring training about a program’s drug and alcohol policy before a person has direct contact with persons served by the program;

• Specifying that co-payments, coinsurance, and deductibles do not apply to mobile crisis intervention; and

• Adding financial management services, community first services and supports, unlicensed home and community-based organizations, and consumer-directed community supports organizations for purposes of limited set-asides.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 17).

Full Bill Text