1.1.................... moves to amend H. F. No. 196 as follows:
1.2Page 11, delete section 8 and insert:

1.3    "Sec. 8. RESPITE CARE.
1.4    (a) The commissioner of human services shall allocate amounts for respite care
1.5funding to counties based on population. Counties shall be reimbursed for the costs of
1.6respite care for families with a child who has a severe emotional disturbance. Total
1.7reimbursement shall not exceed the county's allocation. Any funds not used by a county,
1.8may be reallocated to other counties.
1.9    (b) Funds allocated under paragraph (a) may be used for day, night, overnight, and
1.10summer or vacation respite care. Funds may be used for in-home or out-of-home respite
1.11care.
1.12    (c) Up to 25 percent of the funds allocated under paragraph (a) in the first year may
1.13be used to recruit, train, and support respite care providers.
1.14    (d) The commissioner shall convene a work group composed of stakeholders to
1.15determine:
1.16    (1) how funds in subsequent years may be used;
1.17    (2) how funds shall be disbursed to counties;
1.18    (3) who is eligible to provide respite care;
1.19    (4) how families access respite care:
1.20    (5) how respite care rates will be established; and
1.21    (6) what outcome data will be collected.
1.22The work group shall also examine how to use existing tools to determine difficulty of
1.23care rates."
1.24Page 17, line 23, delete "and"
1.25Page 17, line 25, delete the period and insert "; and"
1.26Page 17, after line 25, insert:
1.27    "(6) provide culturally specific support services."
2.1Page 20, line 8, delete "fourth judicial district" and insert "Hennepin County
2.2Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee"
2.3Page 20, line 10, delete "district" and insert "fourth judicial district"
2.4Page 20, line 12, delete "closed to any" and insert "no longer subject to any possible"
2.5Page 21, line 1, delete "chief judge" and insert "Hennepin County Criminal Justice
2.6Coordinating Committee"
2.7Page 22, line 1, after "proceeding" insert "and are not discoverable"
2.8Page 22, line 3, delete "Members" and insert "Except for the unauthorized disclosure
2.9of data, members"
2.10Page 22, line 6, delete "fourth judicial district" and insert "Hennepin County
2.11Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee"
2.12Page 22, line 16, after "board," insert "the Hennepin County Criminal Justice
2.13Coordinating Committee,"
2.14Page 23, after line 19, insert:

2.15    "Sec. 12. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS; RULES.
2.16    (a) The commissioner of the employment of economic development under
2.17rulemaking authority granted in section 116J.035, shall develop rules to implement
2.18incentive payments to providers that place individuals in jobs that allow them to become
2.19economically self-sufficient.
2.20    (b) The commissioner of the employment and economic development under
2.21rulemaking authority granted in section 116J.035, shall develop rules to implement
2.22incentive payments for providers that place individuals in jobs that provide benefits."
2.23Page 23, after line 27, insert:
2.24    "(c) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 are
2.25appropriated to the commissioner of the employment and economic development to
2.26supplement funds paid for wage incentive for community employment established in
2.27Minnesota Rules, section 3300.2045."
2.28Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.29Amend the title accordingly