Title: Amends and Updates Several State Human Service Policies
Signed by Governor Tim Walz
Title: Amends and Updates Several State Human Service Policies
Title: Amends and Updates Several State Human Service Policies
Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that amends and updates several state human service policies in Minnesota.
Amends and updates several state human service policies in Minnesota, including, but not limited to (Sec. 1-5):
Guarantees that individuals with disabilities get to stay in their communities while they live in group homes by exempting certain facilities;
Updates on deaf and hard-of-hearing statutes;
Increased transparency in nursing home-related party transactions;
Modifications on behavioral health licensing and eligibility;
Ensuring opioid treatment programs are responsive to workforce shortages and the availability of counselors; and
Modifications on sober home requirements so all residents can use medications for opioid use disorders and co-occurring mental health diagnoses.
Repeals and phases out the special minimum wage for persons with disabilities which since 1938, authorized qualified employers to pay these workers less than the applicable minimum wage (Sec. 1-5).
Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 6).
Title: Amends and Updates Several State Human Service Policies
Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends and updates several state human service policies in Minnesota.
Amends and updates several state human service policies in Minnesota, including, but not limited to (Sec. 1-5):
Guarantees that individuals with disabilities get to stay in their communities while they live in group homes by exempting certain facilities;
Updates on deaf and hard-of-hearing statutes;
Increased transparency in nursing home-related party transactions;
Modifications on behavioral health licensing and eligibility;
Ensuring opioid treatment programs are responsive to workforce shortages and the availability of counselors; and
Modifications on sober home requirements so all residents can use medications for opioid use disorders and co-occurring mental health diagnoses.
Repeals and phases out the special minimum wage for persons with disabilities which since 1938, authorized qualified employers to pay these workers less than the applicable minimum wage (Sec. 1-5).
Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 6).
Title: Amends and Updates Several State Human Service Policies
Title: Amends and Updates Several State Human Service Policies