Bill Text: MN SF2004 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Human services grant programs prior appropriation modification

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-22 - Secretary of State Chapter 156 04/11/14 [SF2004 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2004-Engrossed.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to human services; modifying appropriations to the commissioner of
1.3human services for grant programs;amending Laws 2013, chapter 108, article
1.414, section 2, subdivision 6, as amended.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, section 2, subdivision 6, as amended by
1.7Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 25, is amended to read:
1.8
Subd. 6.Grant Programs
1.9The amounts that may be spent from this
1.10appropriation for each purpose are as follows:
1.11
(a) Support Services Grants
1.12
Appropriations by Fund
1.13
General
8,915,000
13,333,000
1.14
Federal TANF
94,611,000
94,611,000
1.15Paid Work Experience. $2,168,000
1.16each year in fiscal years 2015 and 2016
1.17is from the general fund for paid work
1.18experience for long-term MFIP recipients.
1.19Paid work includes full and partial wage
1.20subsidies and other related services such as
1.21job development, marketing, preworksite
1.22training, job coaching, and postplacement
1.23services. These are onetime appropriations.
2.1Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do not
2.2cancel, but are available to the commissioner
2.3for this purpose in fiscal year 2016.
2.4Work Study Funding for MFIP
2.5Participants. $250,000 each year in fiscal
2.6years 2015 and 2016 is from the general fund
2.7to pilot work study jobs for MFIP recipients
2.8in approved postsecondary education
2.9programs. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.10Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do
2.11not cancel, but are available for this purpose
2.12in fiscal year 2016.
2.13Local Strategies to Reduce Disparities.
2.14$2,000,000 each year in fiscal years 2015
2.15and 2016 is from the general fund for
2.16local projects that focus on services for
2.17subgroups within the MFIP caseload
2.18who are experiencing poor employment
2.19outcomes. These are onetime appropriations.
2.20Unexpended funds for fiscal year 2015 do not
2.21cancel, but are available to the commissioner
2.22for this purpose in fiscal year 2016.
2.23Home Visiting Collaborations for MFIP
2.24Teen Parents. $200,000 per year in fiscal
2.25years 2014 and 2015 is from the general fund
2.26and $200,000 in fiscal year 2016 is from the
2.27federal TANF fund for technical assistance
2.28and training to support local collaborations
2.29that provide home visiting services for
2.30MFIP teen parents. The general fund
2.31appropriation is onetime. The federal TANF
2.32fund appropriation is added to the base.
2.33Performance Bonus Funds for Counties.
2.34The TANF fund base is increased by
2.35$1,500,000 each year in fiscal years 2016
3.1and 2017. The commissioner must allocate
3.2this amount each year to counties that exceed
3.3their expected range of performance on the
3.4annualized three-year self-support index
3.5as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
3.6256J.751, subdivision 2 , clause (6). This is a
3.7permanent base adjustment. Notwithstanding
3.8any contrary provisions in this article, this
3.9provision expires June 30, 2016.
3.10Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
3.11decreased by $200,000 in fiscal year 2016
3.12and $4,618,000 in fiscal year 2017. The
3.13TANF fund base is increased by $1,700,000
3.14in fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
3.15
3.16
(b) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance
Grants
36,836,000
42,318,000
3.17Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
3.18increased by $3,778,000 in fiscal year 2016
3.19and by $3,849,000 in fiscal year 2017.
3.20
(c) Child Care Development Grants
1,612,000
1,737,000
3.21
(d) Child Support Enforcement Grants
50,000
50,000
3.22Federal Child Support Demonstration
3.23Grants. Federal administrative
3.24reimbursement resulting from the federal
3.25child support grant expenditures authorized
3.26under United States Code, title 42, section
3.271315, is appropriated to the commissioner
3.28for this activity.
3.29
(e) Children's Services Grants
3.30
Appropriations by Fund
3.31
General
49,760,000
52,961,000
3.32
Federal TANF
140,000
140,000
3.33Adoption Assistance and Relative Custody
3.34Assistance. $37,453,000 $36,456,000
4.1 in fiscal year 2014 and $37,453,000
4.2 $36,855,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for the
4.3adoption assistance and relative custody
4.4assistance programs. The commissioner
4.5shall determine with the commissioner of
4.6Minnesota Management and Budget the
4.7appropriation for Northstar Care for Children
4.8effective January 1, 2015. The commissioner
4.9may transfer appropriations for adoption
4.10assistance, relative custody assistance, and
4.11Northstar Care for Children between fiscal
4.12years and among programs to adjust for
4.13transfers across the programs.
4.14Title IV-E Adoption Assistance. Additional
4.15federal reimbursements to the state as a result
4.16of the Fostering Connections to Success
4.17and Increasing Adoptions Act's expanded
4.18eligibility for Title IV-E adoption assistance
4.19are appropriated for postadoption services,
4.20including a parent-to-parent support network.
4.21Privatized Adoption Grants. Federal
4.22reimbursement for privatized adoption grant
4.23and foster care recruitment grant expenditures
4.24is appropriated to the commissioner for
4.25adoption grants and foster care and adoption
4.26administrative purposes.
4.27Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants.
4.28Federal funds available during fiscal years
4.292014 and 2015 for adoption incentive grants
4.30are appropriated for postadoption services,
4.31including a parent-to-parent support network.
4.32Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
4.33increased by $5,913,000 in fiscal year 2016
4.34and by $10,297,000 in fiscal year 2017.
4.35
(f) Child and Community Service Grants
53,301,000
53,301,000
5.1
(g) Child and Economic Support Grants
21,047,000
20,848,000
5.2Minnesota Food Assistance Program.
5.3Unexpended funds for the Minnesota food
5.4assistance program for fiscal year 2014 do
5.5not cancel but are available for this purpose
5.6in fiscal year 2015.
5.7Transitional Housing. $250,000 each year
5.8is for the transitional housing programs under
5.9Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.33.
5.10Emergency Services. $250,000 each year
5.11is for emergency services grants under
5.12Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.36.
5.13Family Assets for Independence. $250,000
5.14each year is for the Family Assets for
5.15Independence Minnesota program. This
5.16appropriation is available in either year of the
5.17biennium and may be transferred between
5.18fiscal years.
5.19Food Shelf Programs. $375,000 in fiscal
5.20year 2014 and $375,000 in fiscal year
5.212015 are for food shelf programs under
5.22Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.34. If the
5.23appropriation for either year is insufficient,
5.24the appropriation for the other year is
5.25available for it. Notwithstanding Minnesota
5.26Statutes, section 256E.34, subdivision 4, no
5.27portion of this appropriation may be used
5.28by Hunger Solutions for its administrative
5.29expenses, including but not limited to rent
5.30and salaries.
5.31Homeless Youth Act. $2,000,000 in fiscal
5.32year 2014 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2015
5.33is for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section
5.34256K.45 .
6.1Safe Harbor Shelter and Housing.
6.2$500,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $500,000 in
6.3fiscal year 2015 is for a safe harbor shelter
6.4and housing fund for housing and supportive
6.5services for youth who are sexually exploited.
6.6High-risk adults. $200,000 in fiscal
6.7year 2014 is for a grant to the nonprofit
6.8organization selected to administer the
6.9demonstration project for high-risk adults
6.10under Laws 2007, chapter 54, article 1,
6.11section 19, in order to complete the project.
6.12This is a onetime appropriation.
6.13
(h) Health Care Grants
6.14
Appropriations by Fund
6.15
General
190,000
190,000
6.16
Health Care Access
190,000
190,000
6.17Emergency Medical Assistance Referral
6.18and Assistance Grants. (a) The
6.19commissioner of human services shall
6.20award grants to nonprofit programs that
6.21provide immigration legal services based
6.22on indigency to provide legal services for
6.23immigration assistance to individuals with
6.24emergency medical conditions or complex
6.25and chronic health conditions who are not
6.26currently eligible for medical assistance
6.27or other public health care programs, but
6.28who may meet eligibility requirements with
6.29immigration assistance.
6.30(b) The grantees, in collaboration with
6.31hospitals and safety net providers, shall
6.32provide referral assistance to connect
6.33individuals identified in paragraph (a) with
6.34alternative resources and services to assist in
6.35meeting their health care needs. $100,000
7.1is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 and
7.2$100,000 in fiscal year 2015. This is a
7.3onetime appropriation.
7.4Base Adjustment. The general fund is
7.5decreased by $100,000 in fiscal year 2016
7.6and $100,000 in fiscal year 2017.
7.7
(i) Aging and Adult Services Grants
14,827,000
15,010,000
7.8Base Adjustment. The general fund is
7.9increased by $1,150,000 in fiscal year 2016
7.10and $1,151,000 in fiscal year 2017.
7.11Community Service Development
7.12Grants and Community Services Grants.
7.13Community service development grants and
7.14community services grants are reduced by
7.15$1,150,000 each year. This is a onetime
7.16reduction.
7.17
(j) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants
1,771,000
1,785,000
7.18
(k) Disabilities Grants
18,605,000
18,823,000
7.19Advocating Change Together. $310,000 in
7.20fiscal year 2014 is for a grant to Advocating
7.21Change Together (ACT) to maintain and
7.22promote services for persons with intellectual
7.23and developmental disabilities throughout
7.24the state. This appropriation is onetime. Of
7.25this appropriation:
7.26(1) $120,000 is for direct costs associated
7.27with the delivery and evaluation of
7.28peer-to-peer training programs administered
7.29throughout the state, focusing on education,
7.30employment, housing, transportation, and
7.31voting;
7.32(2) $100,000 is for delivery of statewide
7.33conferences focusing on leadership and
8.1skill development within the disability
8.2community; and
8.3(3) $90,000 is for administrative and general
8.4operating costs associated with managing
8.5or maintaining facilities, program delivery,
8.6staff, and technology.
8.7Base Adjustment. The general fund base
8.8is increased by $535,000 in fiscal year 2016
8.9and by $709,000 in fiscal year 2017.
8.10
(l) Adult Mental Health Grants
8.11
Appropriations by Fund
8.12
General
71,199,000
69,530,000
8.13
Health Care Access
750,000
750,000
8.14
Lottery Prize
1,733,000
1,733,000
8.15Compulsive Gambling Treatment. Of the
8.16general fund appropriation, $602,000 in
8.17fiscal year 2014 and $747,000 in fiscal year
8.182015 are for compulsive gambling treatment
8.19under Minnesota Statutes, section 297E.02,
8.20subdivision 3
, paragraph (c).
8.21Problem Gambling. $225,000 in fiscal year
8.222014 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2015 is
8.23appropriated from the lottery prize fund for a
8.24grant to the state affiliate recognized by the
8.25National Council on Problem Gambling. The
8.26affiliate must provide services to increase
8.27public awareness of problem gambling,
8.28education and training for individuals and
8.29organizations providing effective treatment
8.30services to problem gamblers and their
8.31families, and research relating to problem
8.32gambling.
8.33Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal
8.34year's appropriations for adult mental health
8.35grants may be used to fund allocations in that
9.1portion of the fiscal year ending December
9.231.
9.3Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
9.4decreased by $4,427,000 in fiscal years 2016
9.5and 2017.
9.6Mental Health Pilot Project. $230,000
9.7each year is for a grant to the Zumbro
9.8Valley Mental Health Center. The grant
9.9shall be used to implement a pilot project
9.10to test an integrated behavioral health care
9.11coordination model. The grant recipient must
9.12report measurable outcomes and savings
9.13to the commissioner of human services
9.14by January 15, 2016. This is a onetime
9.15appropriation.
9.16High-risk adults. $200,000 in fiscal
9.17year 2014 is for a grant to the nonprofit
9.18organization selected to administer the
9.19demonstration project for high-risk adults
9.20under Laws 2007, chapter 54, article 1,
9.21section 19, in order to complete the project.
9.22This is a onetime appropriation.
9.23
(m) Child Mental Health Grants
18,246,000
20,636,000
9.24Text Message Suicide Prevention
9.25Program. $625,000 in fiscal year 2014 and
9.26$625,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for a grant
9.27to a nonprofit organization to establish and
9.28implement a statewide text message suicide
9.29prevention program. The program shall
9.30implement a suicide prevention counseling
9.31text line designed to use text messaging to
9.32connect with crisis counselors and to obtain
9.33emergency information and referrals to
9.34local resources in the local community. The
9.35program shall include training within schools
10.1and communities to encourage the use of the
10.2program.
10.3Mental Health First Aid Training. $22,000
10.4in fiscal year 2014 and $23,000 in fiscal
10.5year 2015 is to train teachers, social service
10.6personnel, law enforcement, and others who
10.7come into contact with children with mental
10.8illnesses, in children and adolescents mental
10.9health first aid training.
10.10Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal
10.11year's appropriation for child mental health
10.12grants may be used to fund allocations in that
10.13portion of the fiscal year ending December
10.1431.
10.15
(n) CD Treatment Support Grants
1,816,000
1,816,000
10.16SBIRT Training. (1) $300,000 each year is
10.17for grants to train primary care clinicians to
10.18provide substance abuse brief intervention
10.19and referral to treatment (SBIRT). This is a
10.20onetime appropriation. The commissioner of
10.21human services shall apply to SAMHSA for
10.22an SBIRT professional training grant.
10.23(2) If the commissioner of human services
10.24receives a grant under clause (1) funds
10.25appropriated under this clause, equal to
10.26the grant amount, up to the available
10.27appropriation, shall be transferred to the
10.28Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol
10.29Syndrome (MOFAS). MOFAS must use
10.30the funds for grants. Grant recipients must
10.31be selected from communities that are
10.32not currently served by federal Substance
10.33Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block
10.34Grant funds. Grant money must be used to
10.35reduce the rates of fetal alcohol syndrome
11.1and fetal alcohol effects, and the number of
11.2drug-exposed infants. Grant money may be
11.3used for prevention and intervention services
11.4and programs, including, but not limited to,
11.5community grants, professional eduction,
11.6public awareness, and diagnosis.
11.7Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Grant. $180,000
11.8each year from the general fund is for a
11.9grant to the Minnesota Organization on Fetal
11.10Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS) to support
11.11nonprofit Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
11.12(FASD) outreach prevention programs
11.13in Olmsted County. This is a onetime
11.14appropriation.
11.15Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
11.16decreased by $480,000 in fiscal year 2016
11.17and $480,000 in fiscal year 2017.
11.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2013.
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