1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; appropriating money for grants to certain day training 
1.3 	and habilitation providers.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; DAY TRAINING AND HABILITATION 
1.6 	DISABILITY WAIVER RATE SYSTEM TRANSITION GRANTS.
 1.7 	(a) $....... in fiscal year 2020 and $....... in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the 
1.8 	general fund to the commissioner of human services for annual grants to day training and 
1.9 	habilitation providers that are projected to receive a reduction of revenue for disability 
1.10 	waiver services upon the full implementation of Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.4914, as 
1.11 	determined by the commissioner of human services.
1.12 	(b) In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a day training and habilitation 
1.13 	disability waiver provider must:
1.14 	(1) serve at least 100 waiver service participants;
1.15 	(2) be projected to receive a reduction in annual revenue during the first year of full 
1.16 	implementation of disability waiver rate system framework rates under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.17 	section 256B.4914, of at least 15 percent and at least $300,000 compared to the annual 
1.18 	disability waiver service revenue the provider received during the last full year during which 
1.19 	banded rates under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.4913, subdivision 4a, were effective; 
1.20 	and
1.21 	(3) agree to develop, submit, and implement a sustainability plan as provided in paragraph 
1.22 	(c).
2.1 	(c) A recipient of a grant under this section must develop a sustainability plan in 
2.2 	partnership with the commissioner of human services. The sustainability plan must include:
2.3 	(1) a review of all the provider's costs and an assessment of whether the provider is 
2.4 	implementing available cost-control options appropriately;
2.5 	(2) a review of all the provider's revenue and an assessment of whether the provider is 
2.6 	leveraging available resources appropriately; and
2.7 	(3) a practical strategy for closing the funding gap described in paragraph (b), clause 
2.8 	(2).
2.9 	(d) The commissioner of human services shall provide technical assistance and financial 
2.10 	management advice to grant recipients as they develop and implement their sustainability 
2.11 	plans.
2.12 	(e) In order to be eligible for an annual grant renewal, a grant recipient must demonstrate 
2.13 	to the commissioner of human services that it made a good faith effort to close the revenue 
2.14 	gap described in paragraph (b), clause (2).
2.15 	(f) The base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2022 and $....... in fiscal year 
2.16 	2023. This is not an ongoing appropriation. The commissioner of management and budget 
2.17 	shall not include a base amount for this appropriation in fiscal year 2024.
2.18 	(g) This section expires June 30, 2023.