Bill Text: MN HF311 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Human services supplemental contracts authorized.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-02 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform [HF311 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF311-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; authorizing supplemental contracts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256.0112, by adding a subdivision.1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256.0112, is amended by adding a
1.6subdivision to read:
1.7 Subd. 9. Contracting for performance. In addition to the agreements in
1.8subdivision 8, a local agency may negotiate a supplemental agreement to a contract
1.9executed between a lead agency and an approved vendor under subdivision 6 for the
1.10purposes of contracting for specific performance. The supplemental agreement may
1.11augment the lead contract requirements and rates for services authorized by that local
1.12agency only. The additional provisions must be negotiated with the vendor and designed
1.13to encourage successful, timely, and cost-effective outcomes for clients, and may establish
1.14incentive payments, penalties, performance-related reporting requirements, and similar
1.15conditions. The per diem rate allowed under this subdivision must not be less than the rate
1.16established in the lead county contract. Nothing in the supplemental agreement between a
1.17local agency and an approved vendor binds the lead agency or other local agencies to the
1.18terms and the conditions of the supplemental agreement.
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256.0112, is amended by adding a
1.6subdivision to read:
1.7 Subd. 9. Contracting for performance. In addition to the agreements in
1.8subdivision 8, a local agency may negotiate a supplemental agreement to a contract
1.9executed between a lead agency and an approved vendor under subdivision 6 for the
1.10purposes of contracting for specific performance. The supplemental agreement may
1.11augment the lead contract requirements and rates for services authorized by that local
1.12agency only. The additional provisions must be negotiated with the vendor and designed
1.13to encourage successful, timely, and cost-effective outcomes for clients, and may establish
1.14incentive payments, penalties, performance-related reporting requirements, and similar
1.15conditions. The per diem rate allowed under this subdivision must not be less than the rate
1.16established in the lead county contract. Nothing in the supplemental agreement between a
1.17local agency and an approved vendor binds the lead agency or other local agencies to the
1.18terms and the conditions of the supplemental agreement.
