1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; developing and implementing an 
  1.3             interagency dispute procedure affecting children with 
  1.4             disabilities ages 3 through 21; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1998, section 125A.10. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 125A.10, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      125A.10 [COORDINATING INTERAGENCY SERVICES.] 
  1.10     (a) If at the time of initial referral for an educational 
  1.11  assessment, or a reassessment, the district determines that a 
  1.12  child with disabilities who is age 3 through 21 may be eligible 
  1.13  for interagency services, the district may request that the 
  1.14  county of residence provide a representative to the initial 
  1.15  assessment or reassessment team meeting or the first individual 
  1.16  education plan team meeting following the assessment or 
  1.17  reassessment.  The district may request to have a county 
  1.18  representative attend other individual education plan team 
  1.19  meetings when it is necessary to facilitate coordination between 
  1.20  district and county provided services.  Upon request from a 
  1.21  district, the resident county shall provide a representative to 
  1.22  assist the individual education plan team in determining the 
  1.23  child's eligibility for existing health, mental health, or other 
  1.24  support services administered or provided by the county.  The 
  1.25  individual education plan team and the county representative 
  2.1   must develop an interagency plan of care for an eligible child 
  2.2   and the child's family to coordinate services required under the 
  2.3   child's individual education plan with county services.  The 
  2.4   interagency plan of care must include appropriate family 
  2.5   information with the consent of the family, a description of how 
  2.6   services will be coordinated between the district and county, a 
  2.7   description of service coordinator responsibilities and 
  2.8   services, and a description of activities for obtaining 
  2.9   third-party payment for eligible services, including medical 
  2.10  assistance payments. 
  2.11     (b) The commissioners of the departments of children, 
  2.12  families, and learning and health and human services, after 
  2.13  consulting with the state interagency committee under section 
  2.14  125A.023, subdivision 4, must use the procedure under section 
  2.15  125A.45 as a model to develop and implement an interagency 
  2.16  dispute procedure for resolving disputes between a district and 
  2.17  a county regarding services under this section. 
  2.18     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.19     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment so 
  2.20  that the commissioners of the departments of children, families, 
  2.21  and learning and health and human services implement the 
  2.22  alternative dispute procedure under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  2.23  125A.10, paragraph (b), by January 1, 2000.