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Introduced
03/15/2023
03/15/2023
In Committee
05/19/2023
05/19/2023
Crossed Over
04/18/2023
04/18/2023
Passed
05/23/2023
05/23/2023
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/24/2023
05/24/2023
Introduced Session
93rd Legislature 2023-2024
Bill Summary
A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions governing disability services, aging services, health care, behavioral health, substance use disorder, the Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program, human services licensing, and direct care and treatment; establishing the Department of Direct Care and Treatment; making technical and conforming changes; establishing certain grants; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 4.046, subdivisions 6, 7; 15.01; 15.06, subdivision 1; 43A.08, subdivision 1a; 179A.54, by adding a subdivision; 241.021, subdivision 1; 241.31, subdivision 5; 241.415; 245.037; 245.91, subdivision 4; 245A.03, subdivision 7; 245A.04, subdivision 7; 245A.07, by adding subdivisions; 245A.10, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 245A.11, subdivisions 7, 7a; 245A.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9; 245D.03, subdivision 1; 245G.02, subdivision 2; 245G.08, subdivision 3; 245G.09, subdivision 3; 245G.22, subdivision 15, as amended if enacted; 246.54, subdivisions 1a, 1b; 252.27, subdivision 2a; 252.50, subdivision 2; 253B.10, subdivision 1; 254B.01, by adding a subdivision; 254B.05, subdivisions 1, 5; 256.01, subdivision 19; 256.042, subdivisions 1, 2; 256.043, subdivisions 3, 3a; 256.975, subdivision 6; 256.9754; 256B.04, by adding a subdivision; 256B.056, subdivision 3; 256B.057, subdivision 9; 256B.0625, subdivisions 17, 17a, 17b, 18h, 22, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0638, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0659, subdivisions 1, 12, 19, 24, by adding a subdivision; 256B.073, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0759, subdivision 2; 256B.0911, subdivision 13; 256B.0913, subdivisions 4, 5; 256B.0917, subdivision 1b; 256B.092, subdivision 1a; 256B.0949, subdivision 15; 256B.14, subdivision 2; 256B.49, subdivision 13; 256B.4905, subdivision 4a; 256B.4911, by adding a subdivision; 256B.4912, by adding subdivisions; 256B.4914, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8, 9, 10, 10a, 10c, 12, 14, by adding subdivisions; 256B.5012, by adding subdivisions; 256B.766; 256B.85, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 256B.851, subdivisions 3, 5, 6; 256D.425, subdivision 1; 256I.05, by adding subdivisions; 256M.42; 256R.17, subdivision 2; 256R.25; 256R.47; 256R.53, by adding a subdivision; 256S.15, subdivision 2; 256S.18, by adding a subdivision; 256S.19, subdivision 3; 256S.21; 256S.2101, subdivision 1; 256S.211; 256S.212; 256S.213; 256S.214; 256S.215, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; 268.19, subdivision 1; Laws 2019, chapter 63, article 3, section 1, as amended; Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 12, section 5, as amended; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 16, section 28, as amended; article 17, sections 8; 16; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121A; 245; 245A; 245D; 252; 254B; 256; 256B; 256I; 256R; 1 SF2934 REVISOR DTT S2934-4 4th Engrossment 325F; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 246C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 245G.05, subdivision 2; 245G.06, subdivision 2; 246.18, subdivisions 2, 2a; 256B.0759, subdivision 6; 256B.0917, subdivisions 1a, 6, 7a, 13; 256B.4914, subdivisions 6b, 9a; 256S.19, subdivision 4; 256S.2101, subdivision 2.
AI Summary
This bill proposes several key changes to the provision of human services in Minnesota:
1. It establishes the Department of Direct Care and Treatment, which will take over the operation of state-run mental health and substance use disorder treatment facilities, as well as other direct care services currently administered by the Department of Human Services.
2. It expands access to supportive housing, caregiver respite services, and home and community-based services for older adults and people with disabilities. This includes increasing funding for grants and rate adjustments for these services.
3. It makes changes to the Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program, including allowing the commissioner more discretion in disenrolling or requiring quality improvement for providers whose prescribing practices fall outside community standards.
4. It establishes new grant programs to support the substance use disorder treatment provider workforce, including start-up and capacity-building grants for new withdrawal management programs and safe recovery sites.
5. It imposes new requirements for sober homes, including maintaining a supply of opioid antagonists and following certain operating standards.
6. It increases reimbursement rates for certain home and community-based services, including home health, early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention, and disability waiver services.
The bill aims to strengthen the state's continuum of care for behavioral health and long-term services and supports, with a focus on expanding access, improving quality, and supporting the direct care workforce.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Government Affairs
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Secretary of State, Filed (on 05/24/2023)
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