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A bill for an act
relating to BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.1ARTICLE 15
1.2REFORM 2020 CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS

1.3
Section 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS.
1.4The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the
1.5agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the
1.6general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated
1.7for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that the
1.8appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, or
1.9June 30, 2015, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is fiscal
1.10year 2015. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015.
1.11
APPROPRIATIONS
1.12
Available for the Year
1.13
Ending June 30
1.14
2014
2015

1.15
1.16
Sec. 2. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN
SERVICES
1.17
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
97,000
449,000
1.18
Subd. 2.Central Office
1.19The amounts that may be spent from this
1.20appropriation for each purpose are as follows:
1.21
(a) Operations
3,968,000
11,197,000
1.22Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
1.23decreased by $11,056,000 in fiscal year 2016
1.24and $11,056,000 in fiscal year 2017.
1.25
(b) Continuing Care
2,334,000
2,556,000
1.26Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
1.27decreased by $2,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
1.28by $27,000,000 in fiscal year 2017.
1.29
(c) Group Residential Housing
(1,166,000)
(8,602,000)
1.30
(d) Medical Assistance
(2,647,000)
(2,627,000)
1.31
(e) Alternative Care
(7,386,000)
(6,851,000)
1.32
(f) Child and Community Service Grants
3,000,000
3,000,000
2.1
(g) Aging and Adult Services Grants
1,430,000
1,237,000
2.2Gaps Analysis. In fiscal year 2014, and
2.3in each even-numbered year thereafter,
2.4$435,000 is appropriated to conduct an
2.5analysis of gaps in long-term care services
2.6under Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.351.
2.7This is a biennial appropriation. The base is
2.8increased by $435,000 in fiscal year 2016.
2.9Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in
2.10this article, this provision does not expire.
2.11Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
2.12increased by $597,000 in fiscal year 2016,
2.13and by $100,000 in fiscal year 2017.
2.14
(h) Disabilities Grants
(564,000)
(539,000)
2.15Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
2.16increased by $25,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
2.17by $25,000 in fiscal year 2017.

2.18    Sec. 3. FEDERAL APPROVAL.
2.19(a) The implementation of this article is contingent on federal approval.
2.20(b) Upon full or partial approval of the waiver application, the commissioner shall
2.21develop a plan for implementing the provisions in this article that received federal
2.22approval as well as any that do not require federal approval. The plan must:
2.23(1) include fiscal estimates for the 2014-2015 and 2016-2017 biennia;
2.24(2) include the contingent systems modernization appropriation, which cannot
2.25exceed $14,297,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2015; and
2.26(3) include spending estimates that, with federal administrative reimbursement, do
2.27not exceed the department's net general fund appropriations for the 2014-2015 biennium.
2.28(c) Upon approval by the commissioner of management and budget, the department
2.29may implement the plan.
2.30(d) The commissioner may follow this plan and implement parts of Reform 2020
2.31consistent with federal law if federal approval is denied, received incrementally, or
2.32significantly delayed.
3.1(e) The commissioner must notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the
3.2legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services funding of the
3.3plan. The plan must be made publicly available online.