1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3579 as follows:
Page 3, after line 9, insert:
1.3    "Sec. 2. Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 19, section 3, subdivision 8, is amended to
1.4read:

1.5

Subd. 8. Continuing Care Grants

1.6The amounts that may be spent from the
1.7appropriation for each purpose are as follows:

1.8

(a) Aging and Adult Services Grants

1.9

General

14,357,000

14,727,000

1.10Information and Assistance
1.11Reimbursement. Federal administrative
1.12reimbursement obtained from information
1.13and assistance services provided by the
1.14Senior LinkAge Line to people who are
1.15identified as eligible for medical assistance
1.16is appropriated to the commissioner for this
1.17activity.
1.18Senior Companion Program. Of this
1.19appropriation, $42,000 each year is for the
1.20senior companion program under Minnesota
1.21Statutes, section 256.977.
1.22Volunteer Senior Citizens. Of this
1.23appropriation, $42,000 each year is for the
1.24volunteer programs for retired senior citizens
1.25under Minnesota Statutes, section 256.9753.
2.1Foster Grandparent Program. Of this
2.2appropriation, $41,000 each year is for the
2.3foster grandparent program in Minnesota
2.4Statutes, section 256.976.
2.5Senior Nutrition. Of this appropriation,
2.6$125,000 each year is for the senior nutrition
2.7programs under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.8256.9752 . The commissioner shall give
2.9priority to increase services to: (1) persons
2.10facing language or cultural barriers, (2)
2.11persons with special diets, (3) persons
2.12living in isolated rural areas, and (4) other
2.13hard-to-serve populations maintaining home
2.14delivery and congregate dining services
2.15existing on July 1, 2007.
2.16Base Adjustment. The general fund base
2.17is $14,774,000 in fiscal year 2010 and
2.18$14,899,000 in fiscal year 2011.

2.19

(b) Alternative Care Grants

2.20

General

49,858,000

51,758,000

2.21Alternative Care Transfer. Any money
2.22allocated to the alternative care program that
2.23is not spent for the purposes indicated does
2.24not cancel but is transferred to the medical
2.25assistance account.
2.26Base Adjustment. The general fund
2.27base is $52,120,000 in fiscal year 2010
2.28and $52,277,000 in fiscal year 2011 for
2.29alternative care grants.

2.30 2.31

(c) Medical Assistance Grants - Long-Term Care Facilities

2.32

General

496,920,000

499,556,000

2.33Long-Term Care Consultation Funding
2.34Increase. For the rate year beginning
3.1October 1, 2008, the county long-term
3.2care consultation allocations in Minnesota
3.3Statutes, section 256B.0911, subdivision
3.46 , must be increased based on the number
3.5of transitional long-term care consultation
3.6visits projected by the commissioner in
3.7each county. For the rate year beginning
3.8October 1, 2009, final allocations must be
3.9determined based on the average between
3.10the actual number of transitional long-term
3.11care visits that were conducted in the prior
3.1212-month period and the projected number
3.13of consultations that will be provided in
3.14the rate year beginning October 1, 2009.
3.15Notwithstanding any contrary provision in
3.16this article, this paragraph expires June 30,
3.172010.
3.18Nursing Facility Sprinkler Systems. Of
3.19the general fund appropriation, $2,500,000
3.20the first year is to reimburse the costs of
3.21nursing facility sprinkler systems under
3.22Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.434,
3.23subdivision 4 , paragraph (e). Any portion of
3.24this appropriation not spent in the first year
3.25shall not cancel but shall be available for the
3.26second year.
3.27Nursing Home Moratorium Exceptions.
3.28During fiscal year 2008, the commissioner of
3.29health may approve moratorium exception
3.30projects under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.31144A.073 , for which the full annualized
3.32state share of medical assistance costs does
3.33not exceed $3,000,000. During fiscal year
3.342009, the commissioner of health may
3.35approve moratorium exception projects
3.36under Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.073,
4.1for which the full annualized state share of
4.2medical assistance costs does not exceed
4.3$3,000,000 less the amount approved during
4.4the first year. Priority shall be given to
4.5proposals that entail:
4.6(1) complete building replacement in
4.7conjunction with reductions in the number of
4.8beds in a county, with greater weight given
4.9to projects in counties with a greater than
4.10average number of beds per 1,000 elderly;
4.11(2) technology improvements;
4.12(3) improvements in life safety;
4.13(4) construction of nursing facilities that are
4.14part of senior services campuses; and
4.15(5) improvements in the work environment.

4.16 4.17

(d) Medical Assistance Grants - Long-Term Care Waivers and Home Care Grants

4.18

General

957,020,000

1,075,074,000

4.19County CADI allocation adjustment.
4.20(1) The commissioner shall adjust 2007
4.21home and community-based allocations
4.22under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.49,
4.23to qualifying counties that transferred
4.24persons to the community alternatives for
4.25disabled individuals (CADI) waiver program
4.26under Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 20,
4.27section 35. The adjustment shall reflect
4.28the amount that county-authorized funding
4.29for CADI waiver services exceeded the
4.30allowable amount as shown in the Medicaid
4.31Management Information System (MMIS)
4.32on March 1, 2007.
4.33(2) A county that may qualify under
4.34paragraph (1) shall apply to the commissioner
5.1by June 10, 2007. Following a review of the
5.2county request and the MMIS documentation,
5.3the commissioner shall adjust the county
5.4allocation, as appropriate, by June 25, 2007.
5.5(3) The amounts provided to a county under
5.6this section shall become part of the county's
5.7base level state allocation for the CADI
5.8waiver for the biennium beginning July 1,
5.92007.
5.10(4) This rider is effective the day following
5.11final enactment.

5.12

(e) Mental Health Grants

5.13	Appropriations by Fund
5.14	General	59,632,000	62,217,000
5.15	Health Care Access	750,000	750,000
5.16	Lottery Prize	1,933,000	1,633,000

5.17Mental Health Crisis Services. Of the
5.18general fund appropriation, $2,528,000 in
5.19fiscal year 2008 and $3,278,000 in fiscal
5.20year 2009 are for statewide funding of adult
5.21mental health crisis services. Providers must
5.22utilize all available funding streams.
5.23Adult Mental Health Evidence-Based
5.24and Best Practices. Of the general fund
5.25appropriation, $375,000 in fiscal year 2008
5.26and $750,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for
5.27adult mental health evidence-based and
5.28best practices including, but not limited
5.29to, Assertive Community Treatment and
5.30Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment
5.31services. The commissioner shall require
5.32grantees to utilize all available third-party
5.33reimbursement sources as a condition of
5.34using state grant funds.
6.1Culturally Specific Mental Health
6.2Treatment Grants. Of the general fund
6.3appropriation, $75,000 in fiscal year 2008
6.4and $300,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for adult
6.5mental health grants to support increased
6.6availability of mental health services for
6.7persons from cultural and ethnic minorities
6.8within the state. The commissioner shall use
6.9at least 20 percent of these funds to help
6.10members of cultural and ethnic minority
6.11communities to become qualified mental
6.12health professionals and practitioners. The
6.13commissioner shall assist grantees to meet
6.14third-party credentialing requirements
6.15and require them to utilize all available
6.16third-party reimbursement sources as a
6.17condition of using state grant funds.
6.18Mental Health Services for Adults with
6.19Special Treatment Needs. Of the general
6.20fund appropriation, $50,000 in fiscal year
6.212008 and $200,000 in fiscal year 2009 are
6.22for adult mental health grants to support
6.23increased availability of mental health
6.24services for adults with special treatment
6.25needs. These adults shall include, but not
6.26be limited to: victims of trauma, including
6.27persons subjected to abuse or neglect,
6.28veterans and their families, and refugee
6.29populations; person's with complex treatment
6.30needs, such as eating disorders; and those
6.31with low incidence disorders.
6.32Supportive Housing Services for Adults
6.33with Mental Illness. Of the general fund
6.34appropriation, $1,750,000 in fiscal year
6.352008 and $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2009 are
6.36for adult mental health grants to support
7.1increased availability of a range of housing
7.2options with supports for persons with
7.3serious mental illness.
7.4National Council on Problem Gambling.
7.5(1) Of the appropriation from the lottery prize
7.6fund, $225,000 each year is for a grant to
7.7the state affiliate recognized by the National
7.8Council on Problem Gambling. The affiliate
7.9must provide services to increase public
7.10awareness of problem gambling, education,
7.11and training for individuals and organizations
7.12providing effective treatment services to
7.13problem gamblers and their families, and
7.14research relating to problem gambling. These
7.15services must be complementary to and not
7.16duplicative of the services provided through
7.17the problem gambling program administered
7.18by the commissioner of human services. This
7.19grant does not prevent the commissioner
7.20from regular monitoring and oversight of the
7.21grant or the ability to reallocate the funds to
7.22other services within the problem gambling
7.23program for nonperformance of duties by
7.24the grantee.
7.25(2) Of this appropriation, $100,000 in
7.26fiscal year 2008 and $100,000 in fiscal year
7.272009 are contingent on the contribution
7.28of nonstate matching funds. Matching
7.29funds may be either cash or qualifying
7.30in-kind contributions. The commissioner of
7.31finance may disburse the state portion of the
7.32matching funds in increments of $25,000
7.33upon receipt of a commitment for an equal
7.34amount of matching nonstate funds. The
7.35general fund base shall be $100,000 in fiscal
7.36year 2010 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2011.
8.1(3) Of the lottery prize fund appropriation,
8.2$100,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for a grant
8.3or grants to be awarded competitively
8.4to develop programs and services for
8.5problem gambling treatment, prevention,
8.6and education in immigrant communities.
8.7This appropriation is available until June
8.830, 2009, at which time the project must
8.9be completed and final products delivered,
8.10unless an earlier completion date is specified
8.11in the work program.
8.12Compulsive Gambling. Of the lottery prize
8.13fund appropriation, $300,000 in fiscal year
8.142008 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2009 are for
8.15purposes of compulsive gambling education,
8.16assessment, and treatment under Minnesota
8.17Statutes, section 245.98.
8.18Compulsive Gambling Study. Of the lottery
8.19prize fund appropriation, $100,000 in fiscal
8.20year 2008 is to continue the study currently
8.21being done on compulsive gambling
8.22treatment effectiveness and long-term effects
8.23of gambling.
8.24Base Adjustment. The general fund base
8.25is $59,460,000 in each of fiscal years 2010
8.26and 2011.
8.27Base Adjustment. The lottery prize fund
8.28base is $1,508,000 in each of fiscal years
8.292010 and 2011.

8.30

(f) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants

8.31

General

1,730,000

1,964,000

8.32Hearing Loss Mentors. Of the general
8.33fund appropriation, $40,000 each year is to
8.34provide mentors who have a hearing loss
9.1to parents of newly identified infants and
9.2children with hearing loss.
9.3Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
9.4$1,968,000 in each of fiscal years 2010 and
9.52011.

9.6

(g) Chemical Dependency Entitlement Grants

9.7

General

78,225,000

88,138,000

9.8 9.9

(h) Chemical Dependency Nonentitlement Grants

9.10	General	1,655,000	1,805,000
9.11	TANF	150,000	150,000

9.12Methamphetamine Abuse Grants. Of the
9.13general fund appropriation, $175,000 in the
9.14first year and $375,000 in the second year
9.15are for grants to existing programs that treat
9.16methamphetamine abuse, and the abuse
9.17of other substances in Carlton, Faribault,
9.18Martin, Olmsted, and Anoka Counties, that
9.19received grant funds under Laws 2005,
9.20chapter 136, article 1, section 9, subdivision
9.216. The commissioner shall administer the
9.22grants to programs that the commissioner
9.23deems successful, and may discontinue
9.24grants to programs after an evaluation of
9.25the program and a determination by the
9.26commissioner that the program should no
9.27longer receive funds. This appropriation
9.28shall not become part of base level funding.
9.29Native American Juvenile Treatment
9.30Center. Of the general fund appropriation,
9.31$50,000 is to conduct a feasibility study
9.32of and to predesign a Native American
9.33juvenile treatment center on or near the
9.34White Earth Reservation. The facility must
9.35house and treat Native American juveniles
10.1and provide culturally specific programming
10.2to juveniles placed in the treatment center.
10.3The commissioner of human services may
10.4contract with parties who have experience
10.5in the design and construction of juvenile
10.6treatment centers to assist in the feasibility
10.7study and predesign. On or before January
10.815, 2008, the commissioner shall present
10.9the results of the feasibility study and the
10.10predesign of the facility to the chairs of house
10.11of representatives and senate committees
10.12having jurisdiction over human services
10.13finance, public safety finance, and capital
10.14investment.
10.15Leech Lake Youth Treatment Center. Of
10.16the general fund appropriation, $75,000 each
10.17year are for a grant to the Leech Lake Youth
10.18Treatment Center project partners, in order
10.19to pay the salaries and other directly related
10.20costs associated with the development of this
10.21project. This is a onetime appropriation.
10.22Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
10.23$1,055,000 in each of fiscal years 2010 and
10.242011.

10.25

(i) Other Continuing Care Grants

10.26

General

21,409,000

16,983,000

10.27Repayment. Of the general fund
10.28appropriation, $4,302,000 the first year
10.29is to repay the amount of overspending
10.30in the waiver program for persons with
10.31developmental disabilities incurred by
10.32Fillmore, Steele, and St. Louis Counties
10.33in calendar years 2004 and 2005. * (The
10.34preceding text beginning "Repayment. Of
11.1the general fund" was indicated as vetoed by
11.2the governor.)
11.3Department of Employment and Economic
11.4Development Transfer. For fiscal year 2008,
11.5the commissioner of finance shall transfer
11.6$200,000 from the methamphetamine
11.7abatement loan fund to the commissioner
11.8of human services for methamphetamine
11.9treatment programs.
11.10Disability Linkage Line. Of the general
11.11fund appropriation, $469,000 in fiscal year
11.122008 and $626,000 in fiscal year 2009 are to
11.13establish and maintain the disability linkage
11.14line.
11.15Base Adjustment. The general fund base
11.16is $17,103,000 in fiscal year 2010 and
11.17$17,141,000 in fiscal year 2011 for other
11.18continuing care grants."
11.19Renumber the sections in sequence
11.20Amend the title as follows:
11.21Page 1, line 2, after the second semicolon, insert "clarifying senior nutrition
11.22appropriations;"
11.23Correct the title numbers accordingly