Minnesota Rules: Amendments & Additions

• Volume 21, issues #41-47 (issues #1-40 cumulative appeared in issue #40)...1664

Proposed Rules

• Agricultural Development Bond Beginning Farmer Loan Program...1666

Adopted Rules

• Infection control by the Boards of Chiropractic Examiners, Dentistry, Medical Practice, Nursing, and Podiatric Medicine...1668

• Repeal of rules on postsecondary review program...1669

Executive Orders

• Executive Order # 97-15: Providing for the establishment of a Governor’s Recovery and Redevelopment Planning Council...1670

Official Notices

• Continuing education task force schedule...1671

• Vacancies and positions available on advisory committees for Minnesota Resource Centers: blind/visually impaired and deaf/hard of hearing...1671

• Meeting May 19, 1997 of the nominating committee...1672

• Comments sought on planned rules for employment and training service providers...1672

• Availability of (1) Preliminary “Bone Densitometry as a Screening Tool for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women” evaluation report; (2) solicitation of written comments; (3) solicitation of public testimony; and
  Availability of (1) Preliminary “Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing for Pregnant Women” evaluation report; (2) solicitation of written comments; (3) solicitation of public testimony; and
  Solicitation of public testimony on preliminary “Universal Newborn Hearing Testing” evaluation report...1673
• Public meeting June 20, 1997 on the Minn. Health Dept. application to the federal Dept of Health and Human Services for federal year 1998 maternal and child health services block grant funding...1676

• Hearing on bond issues for single family mortgage bond program...1676

• State plan to design and implement the federal block for family cash assistance...1677

• Meeting May 23, 1997 of the board’s administrative committee...1685

• Prevailing wage certifications for commercial construction projects...1686

• Public hearing June 26, 1997 on facilities plan for Blue Lake Thickening/Dewatering Facility...1687

• Proposed update of the permanent list of priorities among releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants...1687

• Meeting May 22, 1997 of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Auto Theft Prevention Program...1688

• Comments sought for planned rules for the competitive provision of local telephone service, including issues related to universal service, regulatory treatment of competitive local exchange carriers, service quality, and emergency service...1689

• Meeting June 6, 1997 of the board of trustees...1703

• Public review and comment on the draft State Transportation Improvement Program for state fiscal years 1998-99-2000...1703

State Grants and Loans

• Grant available for education coordination activities as part of the Job Training and Partnership Act...1704

• Proposals sought to provide conference planning for the Children’s Justice Act annual Time for Effective Action on Maltreatment of Minors (TEAM) Conference...1704

• Grant availability for auto theft prevention program for government and community organizations...1705

Professional, Technical & Consulting Contracts

• Proposals sought for plumbing and replacement of roof drains, sewer and water mains at St. Cloud Correctional Facility...1705

• Proposals sought for design and development of an interactive web site...1708

• Art Instruction services sought for the Stillwater, St. Cloud and Shakopee correctional facilities...1708
• Dietetic services sought for Red Wing Correctional Facility...1709
• Employee physical exams sought for Lino Lakes Correctional Facility...1709
• Higher education services sought for Stillwater, Lino Lakes, and Shakopee correctional facilities...1709

• Drama therapist sought for Moose Lake Regional Authority...1710
• General practitioner to perform medical services sought for Moose Lake Regional Authority...1711
• Services of a Protestant chaplain, nurse practitioner, and a consultant registered nurse sought for Willmar Regional Treatment Center...1712

Non-State Public Bids, Contracts & Grants

• Proposals sought to review the city’s department of fire and safety services...1713

• Proposals sought for design of sign system for the research center...1713

• Proposals sought for design/build team for new University Dance Center...1713

Commodity, Service and Construction contracts are published in a bulletin, the State Register Contracts Supplement, published Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Award results are available from the Materials Management Helpline 612/296-2600.

Professional, Technical and Consulting contract awards are published monthly in an Awards Report.

Individual copies and subscriptions for both publications are available through Minnesota’s Bookstore, ( 2) 297-3000 or 1-800-657-3757.

Department of Agriculture

Proposed Permanent Rules Relating to Agricultural Development Bond Beginning Farmer Loan Program

Notice of Intent to Adopt a Rule Without a Public Hearing

Proposed Amendments to Rules Governing Agricultural Development Bond Beginning Farmer Loan Program, Minnesota Rules 1650.0511 and 1650.0531.

1650.0511 DEFINITIONS.

• A. has not at any time had any direct or indirect ownership interest in agricultural farmland that is 15 30 percent or more of the median size farm in the county where located or that had a market value at any time in excess of $125,000 unless the farm was disposed of while the individual was insolvent and code section 108 applied to indebtedness with respect to the farm; and
• B. has not received other similar tax-exempt financing in any state in an amount that, together with the current loan, exceeds $250,000.

1650.0531 OPERATION OF PROGRAM.

Health Licensing Boards

Adopted Permanent Rules Relating to Infection Control by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the Board of Dentistry, the Board of Medical Practice, the Board of Nursing, and the Board of Podiatric Medicine

6950.1000 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

6950.1010 DEFINITIONS.

6950.1020 COMPLIANCE WITH INFECTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS.

6950.1030 COMPLIANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.

6950.1040 EXPOSURE INCIDENTS.

6950.1050 COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

6950.1060 GENERAL CONTROLS.

6950.1090 UNCONFINED LESIONS. [Withdrawn at 21 SR 1311]

Higher Education Services Office

Adopted Repeal of Rules on Postsecondary Review Program

Executive Orders

Office of the Governor

Executive Order #97-15: Providing for the Establishment of a Governor’s Recovery and Redevelopment Planning Council

1. The Governor’s Council on Recovery Planning and Redevelopment shall be established.
2. Council membership shall be composed of 13 persons, who shall include:
   
   • The leader of each major party caucus from the Senate and House of representatives or their designees;
   • A mayor from a city in the Red River Valley;
   • A mayor from a city in the Minnesota River Valley;
   • A county commissioner from a county in the Red River Valley;
   • A county commissioner from a county in the Minnesota River Valley;
   • A state agency commissioner or representative from the executive branch; and
   • Four private sector members.
3. The governor shall appoint the agency representative and private sector members. The governor shall select the four local officials from separate recommendations made by each of the four city and county groups.
4. The governor shall select the chair from among the council members.
5. The purpose of the council is to facilitate long-range local flood recovery planning, planning implementation, and related redevelopment and reinvestment strategies. It is also among the council’s duties to serve as an intermediary between state and federal planners, technicians and funders, and local planners and implementers. In so doing, the council shall consider information provided by the Red River Basin Board and the Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers Board.
6. In carrying out its duties for redevelopment coordination, the council shall endeavor to:
   
   • Attract private investment;
   • Encourage economic development;
   • Identify and prioritize infrastructure needs;
   • Address housing needs;
   • Facilitate technical assistance to local governments and businesses; and
   • Leverage federal, state, and private resources.
7. The Department of Commerce shall provide staff and other administrative support to the council to carry out its duties. The council may request assistance from other state or local agencies, organizations, and individuals in carrying out its duties.

Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design

Notice of Continuing Education Task Force Schedule

Department of Children, Families and Learning

Notice of Vacancy and Positions Available on Advisory Committees for Minnesota Resource Centers: Blind/Visually Impaired and Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association

Notice of Meeting of the Nominating Committee

Department of Economic Security

Notice of Request for Comments on Planned Adption of Rules Governing Employment and Training Service Providers, Minnesota Rules 3301

Steve Erbes
Minnesota Department of Economic Security
Workforce Preparation Branch
390 North Robert Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
612/297-4841
E-mail: steve.erbes@state.mn.us
FAX: 612/297-5820

Department of Health

Minnesota Health Care Commission

Health Technology Advisory Committee

Notice of: 1) Availability of Preliminary “Bone Densitometry as a Screening Tool for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women” Evaluation Report; 2) Solicitation of Written Comments; 3) Solicitation of Public Testimony

Notice of: 1) Availability of Preliminary “Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing for Pregnant Women” Evaluation Report; 2) Solicitation of Written Comments; 3) Solicitation of Public Testimony

Notice of: 1) Solicitation of Public Testimony on preliminary “Universal Newborn Hearing Testing” Evaluation Report

Dorie Fallen
HTAC
121 East 7th Place, Suite 450
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
Fax: 612/282-5628

Capitol View Conference Center
70 West County Road B-2
Little Canada, MN 55117

Dorie Fallen
HTAC
121 East 7th Place, Suite 450
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
Phone : 612/282-6374
Fax: 612/282-5628

• that women consult with their health care providers to determine their risk of developing osteoporosis.
• that all health care providers be educated about the prevention of and risk factors for osteoporosis.
• that all women in Minnesota be educated on the prevention of and risk factors for
• teoporosis.
• that all health care providers be educated on the benefits and limitations of using bone densitometry in postmenopausal women.
• that the benefit of using bone densitometry to aid in women’s compliance with HRT treatment be studied.
• that a cost effectiveness study using quality adjusted life years as the measure of effectiveness be undertaken.
• that copies of this report be disseminated to family practice physicians, rheumatologists, endocrinologists, geriatric professionals, obstetricians/ gynecologists, internists and consumer groups.

• Prevent HIV transmission to newborns
• Prolong life and improve the quality of maternal life by prompt HIV identification
• Reduce risk of HIV transmission to others

1. Providers of health care should routinely discuss the importance of HIV testing for all pregnant women and routinely offer to test pregnant women for HIV on a voluntary basis. Women should retain the right to refuse an HIV test if they choose.
   
   Discussion: HIV is a significant health concern for mothers, their children, and society as a whole. While there are groups of pregnant women at higher risk for HIV infection, targeting HIV testing only to those considered high risk will miss an estimated 40% or more of HIV infected women, and may stigmatize or discriminate against those tested. Rates of transmission of HIV from mother to baby can be reduced by early identification of pregnant women with HIV, and treatment of the mother during pregnancy. Three testing interventions to reduce transmission of HIV from mothers to infants have been identified from the literature: routine counseling and voluntary testing of pregnant women; mandatory testing of pregnant women; and mandatory testing of newborns. At this time, issues of adverse health impacts when waiting to test only newborns, as well as questions of cost-effectiveness, patient rights, practicality, and community acceptability of mandatory testing must be addressed in more detail before considering universal, mandatory testing of babies or pregnant women for HIV.
2. Any testing program aimed at preventing the mother-to-infant transmission of HIV must be linked to adequate follow-up care and services for HIV positive mothers and their babies, including post-test counseling of women who test postive for HIV, and the most appropriate available therapy.
   
   Discussion: Results of the protocol 076 study have shown that an effective treatment exists to reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to baby. More pregnant women are likely to participate in, and benefit from, testing programs if they understand there is treatment to reduce the transmission of HIV to their baby, and if they know they will have access to the treatment.
3. Individuals who counsel pregnant women should be: appropriately trained; sensitive to cultural differences or special circumstances among those they counsel; and provide information that allows women to understand the importance of an HIV test for their health and the health of their babies.
   
   Discussion: The manner in which individuals discuss HIV with pregnant women, and the information they provide, can make a significant difference in whether the woman chooses to be tested and complies with treatment.

Department of Health

Bureau of Health Delivery Systems

Public Meeting Regarding the Minnesota Department of Health Application to the Federal Department of Health and Human Services for Federal Fiscal Year 1998 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Funding

Dr. Ronald Campbell, Section Manager
Maternal and Child Health
Minnesota Department of Health
717 S.E. Delaware Street
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440-9441
(612) 623-5539

Housing Finance Agency

Notice of Hearing on Bond Issues for Single Family Mortgage Bond Program

Department of Human Services

Assistance Payments Division

State Plan to Design and Implement the Federal Block for Family Cash Assistance

1. I. Outline how Minnesota intends to conduct a program designed to serve all political subdivisions (not necessarily in the same manner), that provides assistance to needy families with (or expecting) children and provides parents with job preparation, work and support services to enable them to leave the program and become self-sufficient.
   
   The enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 allows Minnesota to continue on the path of welfare reform that began in 1994 with the implementation of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP). MFIP has proven to be one of the most effective efforts in the country at moving long-term welfare recipients into work. From this pilot project, Minnesota has modified and expanded the program to a statewide Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP-S). Work is the path to supporting a family. The statewide Minnesota Family Investment Program will move more families to work and self-sufficiency. Minnesota’s welfare reform program begins 7/1/97 with some changes. The complete MFIP-S implementation and conversion period is 1/98 through 3/98.
   
   MFIP-S expects, rewards and supports work. While parents will be expected to work, families will be better off because they can keep some public assistance as an income supplement as they work their way off the program. MFIP-S encourages employment through simplified work incentives, and personal responsibility by expecting families to actively pursue support for their family.
   
   The MFIP-S program supports working families. State funding will be substantially increased so that all families moving from welfare to work will have access to subsidized child care. Working families, trying to avoid welfare, will have access to child care subsidies through the Basic Sliding Fee child care program. Aggressive child support efforts have doubled the amount of state collected support over the past five years. Health care is key component of welfare reform and working families not on family cash assistance have access to MinnesotaCare. To date, approximately 4,000 fewer Minnesota families have to rely on welfare for medical benefits, saving taxpayers $2.1 million each month in welfare and associated health care costs. These programs help Minnesotans to leave or stay off welfare.
   
   
2. II. Outline how Minnesota requires parents/caretakers receiving assistance under the program to engage in work upon State determination or once the parent/caretaker has received assistance for 24 months (whether or not consecutive), whichever is earlier. Outline how Minnesota will ensure that parents and caretakers receiving assistance under the program engage in work activities consistent with mandatory work requirements of section 407 of the Act.
   
   The overall MFIP-S goal for work and self-sufficiency of the MFIP-S program is to put all participant families on the most direct path to unsubsidized employment. Parents who are not exempt from work are expected to begin work within six months. Counties have the option of requiring work sooner.
   
   MFIP-S will move families to work and self-sufficiency through a combination of required work activities including work search, employment plans, and work incentives with transitional medical and child care supports. Work activity requirements will be enforced by sanctions consisting of vendor payment of grant and grant reductions.
   
   Services will be provided to participants to motivate and enable them to obtain employment. Services available for inclusion in participants’ employment plans will include, but not be limited to: job readiness assessment, job readiness assistance, job clubs, job counseling, job coaching, job skills training, work experience, subsidized employment, on-the-job training, educational programs, and post-employment follow-up services. The Department of Human Services will operate with an interagency agreement with the Department of Economic Security to provide employment and training services and technical assistance.
   
   Minor caregivers under the age of 20 who have not received a high school diploma or its equivalent will be required to engage in appropriate educational programs, and will be provided with child care and supportive services to enable successful participation.
   
   Bilingual employment and training services and work literacy language programs will be available for those lacking English proficiency, although lack of proficiency in English will not necessarily be presumed to be a barrier to employment.
   
   Currently employed workers will be protected from displacement of job assignments through this program by a requirement for advance notification of and written concurrence of appropriate exclusive collective bargaining representatives to ensure that no job assignment results in:
   • Termination, layoff, or reduction of work hours for current employees,
   • Infringement of promotional opportunities of current employees,
   • Impairment of existing contract for services or collective bargaining agreements, or
   • Filling an established unfilled position vacancy, except for on-the-job training.
   Participants may not work in temporary public service jobs for public employers for more that 67 working days or 536 hours, whichever is greater. (After such time they would become public employees under state law.) Hours worked in such jobs must be reported to appropriate bargaining unit representatives upon written request.
   
   Within broad parameters requiring initial assessments, orientation, and job search, county agencies may develop a particular set of services for participants that best fit the economic conditions of the area and the needs of their participant populations.
   
   
3. III. Outline the reasonable steps the State deems necessary to restrict the use and disclosure of information about individuals and families receiving assistance under the program attributable to funds provided by the Federal Government.
   
   Data on welfare recipients is classified as private and may not be disclosed persuant to Minnesota Statute, Chapter 13. Access to Minnesota’s computer system, MAXIS, is defined by a security role that is attached to a person’s ID and access to information is defined and limited by the person’s job responsibilities. A personal log-on ID cannot be issued until a state developed orientation course is presented by state staff or their designee. The orientation includes a review of data privacy and ethics as they pertain to client information.
   
   Data on welfare recipients is classified as private and may not be disclosed persuant to Minnesota Statute, Chapter 13. Access to Minnesota’s computer system, MAXIS, is defined by a security role that is attached to a person’s ID and access to information is defined and limited by the person’s job responsibilities. A personal log-on ID cannot be issued until a state developed orientation course is presented by state staff or their designee. The orientation includes a review of data privacy and ethics as they pertain to client information.
   
   Printed reports distributed by the State are reviewed individually to ensure data provided are appropriate for the recipient of the report.
4. Outline the State goals and actions taken to prevent and reduce incidence of out-of- wedlock pregnancies with special emphasis on teen pregnancies and the numerical goals for reducing the illegitimacy ratio of the State (as defined in section 403(a)(2)(B)) for calendar years 1996 through 2005.
   
   One of Minnesota’s primary goals is to promote attitudes and behaviors that reduce the number of adolescents who become pregnant and the number of unintended pregnancies within the state. In partnership with local communities this is accomplished through a comprehensive approach that includes educational activities, media campaigns and subsidized pre-pregnancy family planning activities.
   
   One of the approaches, MN ENBL (Education Now and Babies Later), Minnesota Statutes 145.9255 and 145.9256, is a teen pregnancy prevention program that utilizes a multifaceted approach to help adolescents to postpone sexual involvement. The program targets adolescents, ages 12 - 14. Components include community organization which involves parents, school personnel and community organizations in activities that support and reinforce the message postponing sexual involvement; youth education curriculum which helps youth examine sources of pressures to be sexually active and helps them practice refusal skills; and a media campaign which promotes and reinforces the message of postponing sexual involvement. This is a multi-faceted approach including education, community involvement and media aimed to assist young adolescents to postpone sexual involvement.
   
   Establishing numerical goals for reducing the illegitimacy ratio of the State (as defined in section 403(a)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act) for calendar years 1996 through 2005 will be accomplished by a work group led by the Minnesota Department of Health and will include staff from the Department of Human Services and other interested groups.
5. Outline how the State will conduct a program designed to reach State and local law enforcement officials, the education system and relevant counseling services, that provides education and training on the problem of statutory rape, so that teenage pregnancy prevention programs may be expanded in scope to include men.
   
   The Children’s Justice Task Force is a statewide program that deals with child abuse. The Task Force includes law enforcement officials, county attorneys and state and county child protection staff. Minnesota Sex Crimes Investigators is a group of law enforcement officials that investigate sex crimes in Minnesota. This group also works to enhance the education of the local community and works toward cooperation between the local community, state and federal agencies, and the law enforcement officials.

1. I. Indicate whether Minnesota wi ll treat families moving to the State from another State differently from other families on the program. Minnesota will have different regulations for families moving to this State from another State. With the exception of cases that would suffer unusual hardship, as defined by law, applicants for MFIP-S who have moved to this State from another State will be ineligible for family cash assistance for the first thirty days the family lives in Minnesota.
   
   When a family moves to Minnesota from another State and meets all eligibility criteria including the 30 day residence requirement, the family will receive assistance at a payment standard which is the lower of either the level the family was or would have been eligible for in the State of immediate prior residence, or MFIP-S. The lesser grant will be in effect until the family has lived in Minnesota for twelve consecutive months. (Minnesota Statutes, Sections 256J.12 and 256J.43)
2. II. Indicate whether the State intends to provide assistance under TANF to individuals who are not citizens of the United States, and if so, provide an overview of such assistance.
   
   The State intends to continue to provide assistance under MFIP-S to individuals who are legal non-citizens and who are eligible for assistance in accordance with the provisions of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program in effect prior to August 22, 1996. Assistance to legal non-citizens not eligible for federal assistance as specified under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, will be funded with State dollars. With the exception of the citizenship criteria, the program has the same eligibility criteria as the MFIP-S program.
3. III. Outline the objective criteria for the delivery of benefits and the determination of eligibility and equitable treatment, including an explanation of how the State will provide opportunities for recipients who have been adversely affected to be heard in a State administrative appeal process.
   
   An applicant must meet the eligibility requirements specified in Minnesota State law before receiving services or temporary assistance (Minnesota Statutes 256J.01 to 256J.76). All requirements under Section 408 of the Social Security Act as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 are included in State law. Assistance is provided equitably to all recipients in accordance with State law and amended waivers.
   
   The MFIP-S program is an anti-poverty approach that replaces the AFDC, Food Stamp and Family General Assistance programs with one program that has uniform rules and procedures. Diversionary assistance will be available once every 36 months to help families with one-time short term emergencies to avoid applying for MFIP-S. Emergency assistance will be available once within a 12 month period to help families with emergency needs. Eligible applicants who are not diverted from MFIP-S must attend an orientation and have an initial assessment completed.
   
   MFIP-S eliminates basis of eligibility tests, such as the 100-hour rule requirement for two parent families. The asset limit is $1,000 for applicants and for on-going recipients. Vehicles are excluded up to $4,650 in fair market value. Effective 1/1/98, the asset limit will be $2,000 for applicants and $5,000 for recipients. The value limit of vehicles will be $7,500. There are State-wide payment standards based on the number of eligible persons in the assistance unit.
   
   Caregivers who fail without good cause to comply with work requirements within the specified period of time will have the cash grant reduced and vendor paid. (Minnesota Statutes, Section 256J.46)
   
   There will be a 60 month lifetime limit on assistance. Exclusions from this limit are provided in certain situations, such as domestic violence households. Victims and potential victims of domestic violence will be deferred for up to one year from participation in the usual work activities under the conditions specified in a “safety plan” which is reviewed and may be approved quarterly.
   
   Persons convicted of a drug offense after July 1, 1997 may receive cash assistance if they comply with conditions set forth in Minnesota Statutes, Section 256J.26.
   
   Transitional child care is available for up to one year after assistance ends and after that period there is access to subsidies through the Basic Sliding Fee child care program. MFIP-S recipients will be covered by Medical Assistance and will receive up to twelve months of transitional Medical Assistance when cash assistance ends.
   
   Applicants and recipients will be notified of their rights, and the process to follow to secure a fair hearing in writing. When an applicant is denied services or a recipient disagrees with a county agency decision, the applicant or recipient may submit a request for a hearing to the county agency or directly to the Department of Human Services, Appeals Office. A state human services referee will conduct a hearing in person at the county office or by telephone. Decisions will be issued by the Commissioner within 90 days of the request for a hearing. Under certain conditions, a recipient may continue to receive benefits pending an appeal decision. Reasonable expenses incurred by a recipient because of the appeal are reimbursed upon request. (Minnesota Statute, Section 256.045, Administrative and Judicial Review of Human Services Matters).
4. IV. Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, unless the chief executive officer of the State opts out of this provision, the State shall require a parent or caretaker receiving TANF assistance for two months is not exempt from work requirements and is not engaged in work is to participate in community service employment with the minimum hours per week determined by the State.
   
   Minnesota has opted out of the provision that requires parents and caretakers who have received TANF assistance for two months and who are not working, to participate in community service employment.

1. The State will supervise the program under part A in all political subdivisions. The Department of Human Services is the agency responsible for supervising the program and Minnesota Counties are the agencies responsible for administering the program;
2. Local governments and private sector organizations:
   1. Have been consulted regarding the plan and design of welfare services in the State so that services are provided in a manner appropriate to local populations; and
   2. Will have at least 45 days to submit comments on the plan and the design of such services;
3. During the fiscal year, the State will operate a Child Support Enforcement program under the State plan approved under part D of the Social Security Act;
4. During the fiscal year, the State will operate a Foster Care and Adoption Assistance program in accordance with part E of the Social Security Act, and that the State will take all necessary actions to ensure that children receiving assistance are eligible for medical assistance;
5. Each member of an Indian tribe, who is domiciled in the State and is not eligible for assistance under a Tribal Family Assistance Plan approved under Section 412, will be assured equitable access to assistance under the State program funded under this part attributable to funds provided by the Federal Government;
6. The state has established and is enforcing standards and procedures to ensure against program fraud and abuse, including standards and procedures concerning nepotism, conflicts of interest among individuals responsible for the administration and supervision of the State program, kickbacks, and the use of political patronage;
7. The state will make a summary of the State plan available to the public; and
8. The state of Minnesota has established and is enforcing standards and procedures to:
   1. Screen and identify individuals receiving assistance under this part with a history of domestic violence while maintaining the confidentiality of such individuals;
   2. Refer such individuals to counseling and supportive services; and
   3. Waive, pursuant to a determination of good cause, other program requirements such as, time limits for up to one year, for individuals receiving assistance, residency requirements, and child support cooperation requirements, in cases where compliance with such requirements would make it more difficult for individuals receiving assistance under this part to escape domestic violence or unfairly penalize such who are or have been victimized by such violence, or individuals who are at risk of further domestic violence as long as the individual agrees to develop and participate in a safety plan.

1. Payments to Agency Administering the TANF Program Payments for the TANF program will be made to the organization managing the AFDC/JOBS programs as of August 22, 1996, unless the State indicates that the TANF administering agency is changed. If a change is made, describe the name, address and EIN number of the new organization.
2. State Payments for TANF Program
   
   Section 405 requires that grants must be paid to States in quarterly installments, based on State estimates. The State’s estimate for each quarter of the fiscal year by percentage is: For Fiscal Year 1998 and Future Years

   1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter
   25%	25%	25%	25%

   For fiscal year 1997, the amount indicated below is the percentage of TANF funds requested for only those quarters in which Minnesota plans to operate the program.

   1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter
   -	-	-	25%

1. MFIP-S: goals and strategy
   
   The focus of MFIP-S is employment. The purpose of MFIP-S is to achieve two impacts through employment by a parent: reduction of dependency and reduction of poverty. MFIP-S is designed to maximize such impact within available resources. Emphasis is placed on ensuring that the program has an effective application to each case situation and is customized to the realities of the situation.
   
   To achieve maximum impact in each case situation, to address both immediate and long term objectives, and to achieve reduction of both dependency and poverty, an individualized plan for each case is required. Therefore, no a priori limits on the activity encompassed by that plan are made. In most cases, planned activity reflects immediate work or steps toward work, i.e. job search. In other cases the most direct path to employment requires that other activity take place before employment becomes a realistic prospect. Such activity may focus on skill development and/or barrier removal and includes a broad range of specific activity. In yet other cases, completing an educational objective will be assessed as having the best potential to maximize impact.
   
   To maximize impact within the entire population and to conserve resources for the deliberate and careful planning in each case, MFIP-S does exempt some situations from this intense employment agenda and the work requirement.

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   ^* MFIP-S will be implemented and will operate in all jurisdictions of the state. In four rural counties and in four urban counties a portion of the case load will be involved through June 1998 in conclusion of the evaluation of MFIP. See part II of the waiver discussion. In another setting, Carver and Clay counties, some features of MFIP-S will be modified by the “Work First” demonstration. To the extent these deviations from MFIP-S are considered separate “programs”, as opposed to a lack of uniformity permissible under the PRWOR Act, the waiver provisions authorizing the deviations supersede the PRWOR Act. Furthermore, Section 103 at 415(d) allows continuation of “1 or more individual waivers”.
   
   The efficacy of this strategy has been affirmed by the 18-month impact evaluation done by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC). When examining the key target population, long term urban cases, MDRC found 52.1% of MFIP cases to be employed after 18 months, a 39% increase over the control group rate of 37.6%. Furthermore, less than 44% of MFIP cases were living in poverty after 18 months compared to over 60% of the control group.
2. Federal waivers
   
   Many individual waivers were granted by ACF on August 16, 1996 to enable state-wide MFIP, i.e. MFIP-S.
   
   The subsequent passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (“PRWOR Act”) has had a profound effect on this construction. The AFDC policy prescriptions and federal funding requirements which prevailed at the time the MFIP-S waivers were granted and which were the basis for identification of needed waivers and the articulation of terms & conditions have ceased to exist. The new TANF block grant provides a state considerably greater policy discretion and makes moot administrative concerns, e.g. federal fiscal neutrality, that had shaped the construction of the MFIP-S waivers and the statement of terms & conditions.
   
   Thus, much of the original construction to authorize MFIP-S is moot or altered. Minnesota sees no need to continue many waivers. However, several waivers are central to the strategy that is MFIP and continue to define an approach that is inconsistent with provisions of federal law. Thus, Minnesota will continue these waivers.

1. Waivers: “402(a)(7),(8) and (18): Determination of eligibility”
   
   The discretion provided to the state by the PRWOR Act eliminates the need for these waivers.
   
   
2. Waivers: “Section 402(a): Amount of Payments”
   
   Given discretion had under the PRWOR Act, the state no longer needs this waiver for authority to use a two-tiered assistance standard and to use the disregards of earned income found in MFIP.
   
   
3. Waiver: “402(a)(41): Assistance to Children of Unemployed Parents”
   
   Elimination from federal law of the construct of “unemployed parent” and associated tests of “the 100 hour rule” and “quarters of work” eliminates need for this waiver.
   
   
4. Waiver: “Section 402 (a) (17): Lump Sum Payments”
   
   The absence of any prescription in current federal law regarding consideration of lump sum payments eliminates need for this waiver.
   
   
5. Waiver: “Section 402(a)(21): Participation in a Strike”
   
   The absence of any prescription in federal law eliminates need for this waiver.
   
   
6. Waiver: “Section 402(a)(22): Overpayments”
   
   The absence of any prescription in federal law eliminates need for this waiver. Minnesota also has changed the MFIP-S policy from the approach for which waiver authority was sought.
   
   
7. Waiver: “Section 402(a)(13): Monthly reporting and Budgeting”
   
   The demise of AFDC and prescriptive policies regarding recipient reporting and budgetary procedures eliminates the need for this waiver.
   
   
8. Waiver: “Section 402 (g)(1)(A): Transitional Child Care”
   
   
   This waiver had affirmed that the state could provide transitional child care upon an exit from MFIP due to increased income in the same manner as an exit from AFDC. Given the flexibility in the PRWOR Act, this waiver is no longer required as authority for this policy.
   
   
9. Waiver: “Section 402(a)(19)(G): Sanctions”
   
   The sanction policy in MFIP-S will conform to provisions in the PRWOR Act. Therefore, this waiver is not required.

• MFIP-S does not limit activity that counts toward participation to those activities identified in TANF.
• MFIP-S exempts certain situations which define cases that would be excluded from the population that is subject to participation and inclusion in the denominator for purposes of calculating the work participation rate.

1. Waiver: “Section 402 (a)(19)(A),(E), and (F): Work and training activities” (Hereinafter, the “Work Activities” waivers)
   
   These Work Activities waivers are inconsistent with the following provisions of the PRWOR Act.
   1. Sec. 103, § 407 (c)(1)(A)
      
      Minnesota does not see an inconsistency between the MFIP-S waivers and (weekly) time standards. Definition of intensity of effort is needed to accord meaning to expectations placed on participants, and the MFIP-R demonstration (upon which MFIP-S is based) has clear standards for level of effort. Furthermore, the weekly time standards in MFIP-R, while not identical to the standards in TANF, are quite similar in construction and value. So, Minnesota does not find the modest differences that exist to represent a fundamental inconsistency, and Minnesota will accept the TANF standards for weekly activity level. It is only the provision that 20 hours per week must be represented by the cited activities that is inconsistent with the “Work Activities” waivers. Under the waiver any activity that leads to employment does count, and this construction is essential to maintaining MFIP-S’s ability to apply to the reality of each situation.
      
      
   2. Sec. 103, § 407 (c)(1)(B)(I)
      
      Here also, Minnesota does not see an inconsistency between the MFIP-S waivers and (weekly) time standards. It is only the provision that 30 hours per week must be represented by the cited activities that is inconsistent with the “Work Activities” waiver. Under the waiver any activity that leads to employment does count, and this construction is essential to maintaining MFIP-S’s ability to apply to the reality of each situation.
      
      
   3. Sec. 103, § 407 (c)(1)(B)(ii)
      
      Here again, Minnesota does not see an inconsistency between the MFIP-S waivers and (weekly) time standards. It is only the provision that 20 hours per week must be represented by the cited activities that is inconsistent with the “Work Activities” waiver. Under the waiver any activity that leads to employment does count, and this construction is essential to maintaining MFIP-S’s ability to apply to the reality of each situation
      
      
   4. Sec. 103, § 407 (d)
      
      This section defines work activities. Under the “Work Activities” waiver activity related to work is not restricted to the items cited. Therefore, these provisions are inconsistent with the waiver.
      
      
   5. Sec. 103, @Sec. 407 (c)(2)(D)
      
      This provision restricts vocational educational training to 20% of families for purposes of determining participation rates. Under the “Work Activities” waiver, no such limitation exists.
2. Waiver: “Section 402 (a)(19)(A): Job Search Activities” (Hereinafter, the “Job Search” waivers).
   
   These Job Search waivers are inconsistent with the following provision of the PRWOR Act.
   1. Sec. 103, § 407 (c)(2)(A)(I)
      
      This provision restricts consideration of job search as a work activity to a total of six weeks. Under the “Job Search” waiver, job search can extend for a longer period.
      
      
3. Waiver: “ Section 402 (a)(19)(A),(B),(C),and (D): Employment Services and Employability Plan”, which alludes to section 2.10 of the Terms & Conditions, which in turn, recognizes the exemptions contained in MFIP-S. (Hereafter, the “Employment Services” waivers)
   
   These Employment Services waivers are inconsistent with the following provisions of the PRWOR Act.
   
   
   1. Sec. 103, § 402 (a)(1)(A)(ii)
      
      This provision holds that a parent or caretaker be engaged in work by the 24th month of assistance. While MFIP-S will require that a parent be engaged in work much earlier than the 24 month benchmark, exemptions to this requirement exist, as authorized by the “Employment Services” waiver.
   2. Sec. 103, § 407 (b)(1)(A) and (B)
   
   The construction that the denominator is composed of all families is inconsistent with the “Employment Services” waiver exempting certain families from participation.
   
   
4. Waiver: “Section 402 (a) (1) and 402 (a) (19)(A): Statewideness”
   
   These waivers may be inconsistent with the following provision of the PRWOR Act.
   
   1. Section 103, § 402(a)(1)(A)(I)
      
      While this section clearly authorizes great variability in practice across a state, as Minnesota does intend to continue other waiver projects (the original MFIP demonstration, the MFIP-R demonstration and the Work First demonstration) it seems prudent to continue the waivers to the extent that they would be needed as authority for continuation of the cited demonstrations.

Part Two. Continuation and completion of the MFIP demonstration projects, i.e. the MFIP evaluation and the MFIP-R evaluation

1. Sec. 103, § 402 (a)(1)(A)(i) requires that a state “(C)onduct a program, designed to serve all political subdivisions in the State (not necessarily in a uniform manner)....” In the three urban MFIP counties, most cases are not participants in the field trials. In the four rural counties, most of the case load is affected by the continuing demonstration. To the extent these deviations from state-wide MFIP-S are considered a separate program as opposed to a lack of uniformity permissible under the PRWOR Act, the waivers authorizing MFIP and MFIP-R are inconsistent with the new law.
2. To ensure the integrity of the evaluation and in fairness to members of the control groups (who receive AFDC) it is necessary to not change the demonstration in its concluding period by introducing the effects of a time limit on assistance. It is considered essential that months spent in the demonstration from July 1997 through June 1998 not count against the 60 month time limit. The imposition of time limits is inconsistent with preservation of the integrity of the evaluation.

1. The package of waivers received March 31, 1994 expressly authorized the program policies and the experimental operations that continue to operate in these counties. These policies did not include a case life time limit, either in the treatment program or the programs applied to the control groups.
   
   In the case of MFIP-S, i.e. the program Minnesota will implement as its state-wide TANF program, the policies authorized by the state-wide waiver do not include a time limit. Yet, Minnesota is not claiming an inconsistency with this provision of TANF and will be incorporating a 60 month time limit in MFIP-S.
   
   In the case of the field trials of MFIP, however, Minnesota is obligated to cite the inconsistency between the absence of a time limit in the waiver package authorizing the field trials and the TANF program. Evaluation considerations require that this position be taken. The entire purpose of the 3/31/94 MFIP waivers was to achieve an evaluation. Now, as the demonstration draws toward the conclusion of operations, it would be imprudent to distort and render ambiguous the evaluation by changing a key policy variable. Minnesota and the federal government have invested years of effort and funds in this demonstration. The yield on this investment is considerable and requires another twelve months of perseverance.
   
   The significance of the matter is not gauged by the number of cases involved (which are few) nor by the time required to complete a baseline for the three year impact evaluation (an additional year). The significance is obtaining important instruction, realizing a yield on past investment, and practicing good government.
   
   
2. An alternative exists which would have cost the federal government.
   
   In considering the application of its pool of federal TANF funds and state funds, Minnesota could have siphoned state funds from this pool in order to fund the final months of the field trials without involvement of TANF funds. By so doing child support collections among field trial cases would have been retained by the state. The federal government would not have received the portion of such collections that would be the federal share were TANF funding involved.
   
   
3. The TANF title, at Sec. 415 (d) expresses support and encouragement for continuation of waivers and the evaluation enabled by such waivers.
   
   In the case of the MFIP field trials, almost all effort involved lies in the past. All that remains is to continue operations for a brief period in order to yield the evaluation .
   

   Part Three. Other demonstrations:

   • continuation of “Work FIRST”
   • termination of “AFDC Barrier Removal”

State Board of Investment

Notice of Meeting of the Board’s Administrative Committee

Department of Labor and Industry

Labor Standards Division

Notice of Prevailing Wage Certifications for Commercial Construction Projects

Metropolitan Council

Environmental Services

Pollution Control Agency

Ground Water and Solid Waste Division

Department of Agriculture

Agronomy & Plant Protection Division

Notice of Proposed Update of the Permanent List of Priorities Among Releases or Threatened Releases of Hazardous Substances or Pollutants or Contaminants

Department of Public Safety

Minnesota Auto Theft Prevention Program Notice of Meeting of the Board of Directors

Public Utilities Commission

1. define procedures for competitive entry and exit;
2. require the provision of equal access and interconnection with the company’s network and other features, functions and services which the commission considers necessary to promote fair and reasonable competition;
3. require unbundling of network services and functions to at least the level required by existing federal standards;
4. prescribe, if necessary, methods of reciprocal compensation between telephone companies;
5. provide for local telephone number portability;
6. prescribe appropriate regulatory standards for new local telephone service providers, that facilitate and support the development of competitive services;
7. protect against cross-subsidization, unfair competition, and other practices harmful to promoting fair and reasonable competition;
8. prescribe methods for the preservation of universal and affordable local telephone services;
9. prescribe standards for quality of service;
10. provide for the continued provision of local emergency telephone services (911) under chapter 403; and
11. protect residential and commercial customers from unauthorized changes in service providers in a competitively neutral manner.

• the service quality standards proposed by the Minnesota Department of Public Service in Docket No. P-999/R-95-53 on November 22, 1996, and attached hereto FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY, and
• the federal order implementing the universal service provisions of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued Report and Order FCC 97-157 on May 8, 1997, in FCC Docket No. 96-45. The order may be obtained from the FCC’s internet site at http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/universal_service/welcome.html. The Minnesota Commission seeks comment on A) the benefits of using the federal universal service funding rules as a basis for developing its state universal service rules, B) whether the Minnesota Commission should defer action on matters that the FCC postponed for later resolution, C) how the Minnesota Commission should address matters that the FCC delegated to the states, and D) other matters that commentors wish to bring to the Minnesota Commission’s attention.

[7810.0020] SCOPE

[7810.0030] STATUTORY AUTHORITY

7810.0100 DEFINITIONS

1. the conductor or conductors and supporting or containing structures extending between customer stations and central offices, or between central offices whether they be in the same or different communities;
2. the conductors and circuit apparatus associated with a particular communication channel;
3. any communication channel between two points.

7810.0400 RETENTION OF RECORDS

7810.0500 DATA TO BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSION

7810.0600 REPORT TO COMMISSION CONCERNING DISRUPTION OF SERVICE

7810.0900 LOCATION OF RECORDS

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

[7810.0950] ANNUAL NOTIFICATION OF SUBSCRIBER RIGHTS

1. A description of the complaint-handling procedures available through the local exchange company and the commission. Such notice shall clearly state the means by which a complaint can be made to the company and shall advise the subscriber, that if after contacting the company the subscriber remains dissatisfied, he or she may contact the commission. The notice shall also specify the then-current address and local/toll-free numbers of the commission’s consumer affairs office.
2. A description of the subscriber’s rights regarding payment of bills, disconnection of service, privacy rights, deposit provisions, payment provisions and allocation, low-income assistance, and hearing impaired programs.
3. A summary of the service quality standards, and the remedies available to retail customers for failure to meet those standards.

7810.1100 COMPLAINT PROCEDURES

7810.1200 RECORD OF COMPLAINT

[7810.1300] REPORTING COMPLAINTS TO THE COMMISSION

1. the total number of resolved and unresolved complaints from all retail customers by class of service and type of complaint;
2. the total number of lines in each class of service and the total number of lines increased during the past year; and
3. the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of personnel designated and authorized to receive and respond to the requests and directives of the Public Utilities Commission regarding customer inquiries, service requests, and complaints. The telephone utility or IXC shall keep this information current and if changes occur, the utility must inform the commission immediately of these changes.

CUSTOMER BILLING; DEPOSIT AND GUARANTEE REQUIREMENTS

7810.1400 CUSTOMER BILLING

7810.1500 DEPOSIT AND GUARANTEE REQUIREMENTS

1. A customer, who within the last 12 months has not had service disconnected for nonpayment of a bill and has not been liable for disconnection of service for nonpayment of a bill, and the bill is not in dispute, shall be deemed to have established good credit.
2. A telephone utility or IXC shall not require a deposit or a guarantee of payment based upon income, home ownership, residential location, employment tenure, nature of occupation, race, color, creed, sex, marital status, age, national origin, or any other criteria which does not bear a reasonable relationship to the assurance of payment or which is not authorized by this chapter.
3. No telephone utility or IXC shall use any credit reports other than those reflecting the purchase of utility services to determine the adequacy of a customer’s credit history without the permission in writing of the customer. Any credit history so used shall be mailed to the customer in order to provide the customer an opportunity to review the data. Refusal of a customer to permit use of a credit rating or credit service other than that of a telephone utility shall not affect the determination by the telephone utility as to that customer’s credit history, and the customer shall be informed of that fact by the telephone utility or IXC.

7810.1600 DEPOSIT

7810.1700 GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT

DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE

7810.1800 DISCONNECTION OF LOCAL SERVICE WITH NOTICE; PERMISSIBLE REASONS

1. for failure of the customer to pay the telephone utility’s own bill for local telephone service;
2. for failure of the customer to meet the telephone utility’s deposit and credit requirements for local service;
3. for failure of the customer to make proper application for service;
4. for customer’s violation of any of the telephone utility’s rules on file with the commission;
5. for failure of the customer to provide the telephone utility reasonable access to its equipment and property;
6. for customer’s breach of the contract for service between the telephone utility and the customer;
7. for a failure of the customer to furnish such reasonable service, equipment, and/or rights-of-way necessary to serve said customer as shall have been specified by the telephone utility as a condition of obtaining service; or
8. when necessary for the telephone utility to comply with any order or request of any governmental authority having jurisdiction.

[7810.1850] DISCONNECTION OF LOCAL SERVICE WITHOUT NOTICE; PERMISSIBLE REASONS

1. in the event of tampering with the telephone utility’s equipment;
2. in the event of a condition determined to be hazardous to the customer, to other customers of the telephone utility, to the telephone utility’s equipment, the public, or to employees of the telephone utility; or
3. in the event of a customer’s use of equipment in suc h a manner as to adversely affect the telephone utility’s equipment or the utility’s service to others.

[7810.1900] NON PERMISSIBLE REASONS TO DISCONNECT LOCAL SERVICE

1. failure to pay for interexchange service.
2. delinquency in payment for services rendered to a previous customer who occupied the premises;
3. failure to pay for equipment or service not approved by the commission as an integral part of the telephone utility service; or
4. failure to pay for a bill to correct a previous under-billing for local service due to an inaccurate meter or billing error if the customer agrees to payment over a reasonable period of time. Failure to pay for business service at a different location and a different telephone number shall not constitute permissible reasons for disconnection of residence service or vice versa.

[7810.1950] DISCONNECTION OF INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE WITH NOTICE; PERMISSIBLE REASONS

1. for failure of the customer to pay the telephone utility’s own bill for interexchange telephone service;
2. for failure of the customer to meet the telephone utility’s deposit and credit requirements for interexchange service;
3. for failure of the customer to make proper application for service;
4. for customer’s violation of any of the telephone utility’s rules on file with the commission;
5. for failure of the customer to provide the telephone utility reasonable access to its equipment and property;
6. for customer’s breach of the contract for service between the telephone utility and the customer;
7. for a failure of the customer to furnish such reasonable service, equipment, and/or rights-of-way necessary to serve said customer as shall have been specified by the telephone utility as a condition of obtaining service; or
8. when necessary for the telephone utility to comply with any order or request of any governmental authority having jurisdiction.

[7810.2000] DISCONNECTION OF INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE WITHOUT NOTICE; PERMISSIBLE REASONS

1. in the event of tampering with the utility’s equipment;
2. in the event of a condition determined to be hazardous to the customer, to other customers of the utility, to the utility’s equipment, the public, or to employees of the utility; or
3. in the event of a customer’s use of equipment in such a manner as to adversely affect the utility’s equipment or the utility’s service to others.

[7810.2050] NON PERMISSIBLE REASONS TO DISCONNECT INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE

1. delinquency in payment for services rendered to a previous customer who occupied the premises;
2. failure to pay for equipment or service not approved by the commission as an integral part of the utility service; or
3. failure to pay for a bill to correct a previous underbilling for interexchange service due to an inaccurate meter or billing error if the customer agrees to payment over a reasonable period of time. Failure to pay for business service at a different location and a different telephone number shall not constitute permissible reasons for disconnection of residence service or vice versa.

7810.2100 MANNER OF DISCONNECTION

7810.2200 RECONNECTION OF SERVICE

7810.2300 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS

7810.2400 BILL DISPUTES

7810.2600 UTILITY WAIVER OF RIGHT TO DISCONNECT AND EMERGENCY STATUS BY CUSTOMER

7810.2700 NO OBLIGATION TO SUSPEND DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE UNLESS CURRENT BILLS PAID BY CUSTOMER

7810.3900 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

7810.4000 CONSTRUCTION WORK NEAR UTILITY FACILITIES

METERING, INSPECTIONS AND TESTING 7810.4100 ACCESS TO TEST FACILITIES

7810.4200 METER AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT

[7810.4270] METER READING RECORDS

[7810.4280] BILLING RECORDING EQUIPMENT

7810.4300 ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS

7810.4400 INITIAL TEST

7810.4500 AS-FOUND TESTS

7810.4600 ROUTINE TESTS

7810.4700 TEST RECORDS

7810.4800 CUSTOMER REQUEST FOR TESTING AND REVIEW

7810.4900 ADEQUACY OF SERVICE

7810.5000 UTILITY OBLIGATIONS

MINIMUM SERVICE LEVELS [7810.5010]

[7810.5020] TROUBLE REPORT RATES

1. Appropriate identification of the customer;
2. Identification of the service(s) affected;
3. The time, date, and nature of the report;
4. The action taken to clear the trouble report or satisfy the complaint; and
5. The date and time of trouble clearance or other disposition.

[7810.5030] SERVICE CENTER ACCESS

[7810.5040] INSTALLATION STANDARDS

[7810.5050] INSTALLATION - CUSTOMER REMEDIES

[7810.5060] HELD ORDERS

[7810.5070] REPAIR STANDARDS

7810.5100 TELEPHONE OPERATORS

7810.5300 DIAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS

1. Dial tone within three seconds on at least 98 percent of telephone calls. Dial tone delays of more than 2.6 percent of calls on a continuing basis indicates a need for investigative or corrective action.
2. Complete dialing of called numbers on at least 97 percent of telephone calls without encountering an all-trunks busy condition within the central office.

7810.5400 INTEROFFICE TRUNKS

7810.5500 TRANSMISSION REQUIREMENTS

7810.5600 MINIMUM TRANSMISSION OBJECTIVES

7810.6000 PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Teachers Retirement Association

Department of Transportation

Transportation Research and Investment Management Division

Office of Investment Management

District 1 - Duluth, 1123 Mesaba Avenue, Duluth, MN 55811;
District 2 - Bemidji, Box 490, Bemidji, MN 56601;
District 3 - Brainerd, 1991 Industrial Park Road, Baxter, MN 56401;
District 4 - Detroit Lakes, P.O. Box 666, 1000 W. Hwy. 10, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502;
District 6 - Rochester, Box 6177, 2900 48th Street N.W., Rochester, MN 55903-6177;
District 7 - Mankato, P.O. Box 4039, Mankato, MN 56001;
District 8 - Willmar, P.O. Box 768, 2505 Transportation Road, Willmar, MN 56201;
Metro Division - Water’s Edge Building, 1500 W. Co. Rd B2, Roseville, MN 55113-3174; or the Office of Investment Management, Room 211, Mail Stop 440, 395 John Ireland Boulevard, St. Paul, MN 55155.

Office of Investment Management
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Room 211 - Mail Stop 440
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: (612) 296-8521
Fax: (612) 296-3019

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Mn/SCU)

Academic Affairs

Grants Available for Education Coordination Activities as Part of the Job Training and Partnership Act

Department of Human Services

Family and Children’s Services Division

Request for Proposals to Provide Conference Planning for the Children’s Justice Act Annual Time for Effective Action on Maltreatment of Minors (hereinafter TEAM) Conference

Department of Human Services
Family and Children’s Services
444 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-3832
(612) 296-0813

Department of Public Safety

Minnesota Auto Theft Prevention Program

Notice of Grant Availability to Government and Community Organizations for Auto Theft Prevention

Department of Administration

State Designer Selection Board

Request for Proposals for Department of Corrections Project

John D. Retzer, Executive Secretary
State Designer Selection Board
Department of Administration
50 Sherburne Avenue, Room G-10
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-3000
(612) 297-1640

1. Six (6) copies of the proposal will be required plus one additional unbound copy in black and white for micro fiche purposes only.^*
2. All data must be on 8½” x 11” sheets, soft bound. No more than 20 printed faces will be allowed (see the following bullet points for clarification).
   • Any letters directed to the Board shall be bound into the proposal and all pages will be counted as printed face(s). It is not necessary to do a cover letter to John Retzer.
   • Blank dividers (with printed tab headings only) are not counted as faces.
   • Front and back covers of proposals are not counted as faces.
   • None of the statutory, mandatory, or optional information, except as required in 3) below, shall appear on the dividers or covers.
3. The front cover of the proposal must be clearly labeled with the project number, as listed in 7) below, together with the designer’s firm name, address, telephone number, **fax number, and the name of the contact person. The back cover shall remain blank.
4. Brief Proposal Summary: All proposals shall begin with a summary which includes only the following items:
   1. Name of firm and its legal status;
   2. Names of the persons responsible for the management, design, and production of each major element of the work, including consultants, as well as Minnesota registration numbers for all (e.g. architects, civil/electrical/mechanical/structural engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors, and geotechnical);
   3. The proposal shall contain a statement indicating that the consultants listed have been contacted and have agreed to be a part of the design team;
   4. A commitment to enter the work promptly, if selected, by engaging the consultants and assigning the persons named in 4 b) above, along with adequate staff to meet the requirements of work;
   5. A list of State and University of Minnesota current and past projects and studies awarded to the prime firms(s) submitting this proposal during the four years immediately preceding the date of this request for proposal. For the purposes of this list, awarded” shall mean you have been selected for a given project regardless of the status of the contract.
      
      The prime firm(s) shall list and total all fees associated with these projects and studies whether or not the fees have been received or are anticipated. In addition, the prime firm(s) shall indicate the amount of fees listed which were paid directly to engineers or other specialty consultants employed on the projects and studies listed pursuant to the above.
      
      
   6. In accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 1981 Supplement, Section 363.073; for all contracts estimated to be in excess of $50,000, all responders having more than 20 full-time employees anywhere in the United States at any time during the previous 12 months, must have an affirmative action plan approved by the Commissioner of Human Rights before a proposal may be submitted; therefore, the proposal shall include one of the following:
      1. A copy of your firm’s current certificate of compliance issued by the Commissioner of Human Rights; or
      2. A statement certifying that the firm has a current certificate of compliance issued by the Commissioner of Human Rights; or
      3. A statement certifying that the firm has not had a cumulative total of more than 20 full-time employees at any time during the previous 12 months, anywhere in the United States. Any questions regarding this topic may be directed to the Department of Human Rights, (612) 296-5663 Phone & (612) 296-9042 Fax.
5. Additional Mandatory Proposal Contents:
   1. A section containing graphic material (e.g. photos, plans, drawings, etc.) as evidence of the firm’s qualifications for the work. The graphic material must be identified. It must be work in which the personnel listed in 4 b) above have had significant participation and their roles must be clearly described. It must be noted if the personnel were, at the time of the work, employed by other than their present firms.
   2. Expanded resumes showing qualification of individuals, listed in 4(b) above, administering or
   3. oducing the major elements of the work, including consultants. Identify roles that such persons played in projects which are relevant to the project at hand.
   4. A discussion of the firm’s understanding of and approach to the project.
   5. A listing of relevant past projects.
6. Design firms wishing to have their proposals returned after the Board’s review, must follow one of the following procedures:
   1. Enclose a self-addressed stamped postal card with the proposals. Design firms will be notified when material is ready to be picked up. Design firms will have two weeks to pick up their proposals, after which time the proposals will be discarded; or
   2. Enclose a self-addressed stamped mailing envelope with the proposal s. When the Board has completed its review, proposals will be returned using this envelope.

PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS & OUTLINE:

PROJECT 2-97

Department of Corrections
MCF-St. Cloud, E Cell Block
Engineering Services-Plumbing Modifications
St. Cloud, Minnesota

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

REQUIRED CONSULTANT SERVICES:

PROJECT SCHEDULE:

INFORMATIONAL MEETING/SITE VISIT:

PROJECT CONTACT:

James B. Zellmer, Director
Institution Support Services
Minnesota Department of Corrections
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108-5219
Phone: (612) 642-0247
Fax: (612) 603-0150

STATE DESIGNER BOARD SCHEDULE:

Minnesota State Arts Board

Public Notice of Request for Proposals for Design and Development of an Interactive Web Site

Department of Corrections

Request for Proposal for Art Instruction Services at the Stillwater, St. Cloud, and Shakopee Correctional Facilities

Mr. Roger Knudson
Education Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Corrections
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200
St. Paul, MN 55108-5219
Telephone: 612-642-0244
email: rknudson@smtp-co.doc.state.mn.us

Department of Corrections

Minnesota Correctional Facility - Red Wing

Notice of Availability of Contract for Dietetic Services

Maureen Kees, Business Office
Minnesota Correctional Facility - Red Wing
1079 Highway 292
Red Wing, Minnesota 55066
Telephone: (612) 388-7154

Department of Corrections

Minnesota Correctional Facility - Lino Lakes

Notice of Availability of Professional/Technical Service Contracts for Employee Physical Exams

Department of Corrections

Request for Proposal for Higher Education Services at Stillwater, Lino Lakes, and Shakopee Correctional Facilities

Mr. Roger Knudson
Education Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Corrections
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200
St. Paul, MN 55108-5219
Telephone: 612-642-0244
email: rknudson@smtp-co.doc.state.mn.us

Department of Human Services

Moose Lake Regional Authority

Notice of Request for Proposals for a Drama Therapist

1. Nature of Contract
   
   The drama therapist will facilitate drama therapy sessions with residents participating in the sex offender treatment program, as an adjunct to the core treatment program. He/she will consult with staff concerning the integration of role-play techniques in the group modules of the core treatment program. The drama therapist will consult with staff concerning treatment plans for individual treatment participants.
   
   
2. Goal and Objectives The goals for the drama therapist are as follows:
   1. with the Phase II residents, the drama therapist will facilitate combining cognitive and affective sensitizing to discrete offense cues, and will also facilitate affective investigations of Family of Origin issues.
   2. with the Phase III and IV residents, the drama therapist will facilitate the experiential connection between personal victimization and victimizing, and also expand on the experiential component of Victim Empathy groups.
   3. through consultation with the drama therapist, staff will increase their skill in using roleplays during daily group sessions.
3. Contractor’s Duties
   
   Drama therapist will facilitate drama therapy sessions with residents participating in the sex offender treatment program, and an adjunct to the core treatment program.
   
   Therapist will consult with staff concerning the integration of role-play techniques in the group modules of the core treatment program.
   
   The drama therapist will consult with staff concerning treatment plans for individual treatment participants.
   
   
4. Submission of Proposals
   
   All proposals must be sent to and received by:
   

   Moose Lake Regional State Operated Services
   Frank R. Milczark
   Chief Executive Officer
   1111 Hwy. 73
   Moose Lake, MN 55767

   
   not later than 12:00 PM, June 2, 1997.
   
   Late proposals will not be accepted. Submit six copies of proposals. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed mailing envelope or package with the responder’s name and address clearly written on the outside, and with evidence of the responder’s compliance with the Human Rights Act attached to the envelope or package. Each copy of the proposal must be signed in ink, with original signature by an authorized member of the firm. Prices and terms of the proposal must be valid for the length of the proposal.
   
   
5. Amount of Contract
   
   The estimated amount of contract is $21,450.00.
   
   
6. Proposal Contents
   
   Documentation needed of education and experience.
   
   
7. Evaluation
   
   All proposals received by the deadline specified in Section V. will be evaluated by representatives of the Department of Human Services. A personal interview may be part of the evaluation process.
   
   
8. Department Contacts
   
   Prospective responders who have any questions regarding this Request for Proposals may call or write:
   

   Moose Lake Regional State Operated Services
   Anita Schlank
   1111 Hwy. 73
   Moose Lake, MN 55767
   (218) 485-5300

   
   

Department of Human Services

Moose Lake Regional State Operated Services

Notice of Request for Proposals for a General Practitioner to Perform Medical Services

1. Nature of Contract
   
   General medical care.
   
   
2. Goal and Objectives
   
   Provide history and physical exam, diagnosis and on-going medical care treatment.
   
   
3. Contractor’s Duties
   
   1. Review on a yearly basis, the unit Medical Services Plan and Health Monitoring Plan and make appropriate recommendations for approval and/or changes to the Moose Lake Regional State Operated Services Medical Director.
   2. Monthly case conference and case review with Liberalis Women’s Program staff as appropriate.
   3. As needed, pre-admission consultation for medically fragile clients.
   4. Quarterly, one (1) hour inservice training for Liberalis Women’s Program staff related to appropriate medical care for the addicted female client.
   
   
4. Submission of Proposals
   
   All proposals must be sent to and received by:
   

   Moose Lake Regional State Operated Services
   Frank R. Milczark
   Chief Executive Officer
   1111 Hwy. 73
   Moose Lake, MN 55767

   
   not later than 12:00 PM, June 2, 1997.
   
   Late proposals will not be accepted. Submit six copies of proposals. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed mailing envelope or package with the responder’s name and address clearly written on the outside. Each copy of the proposal must be signed in ink, with original signature by an authorized member of the firm. Prices and terms of the proposal must be valid for the length of the proposal.
   
   
5. Amount of Contract
   
   The estimated amount of contract is $27,284.40 per year.
   
   
6. Proposal Contents
   
   1. Resume’ with prospective contractor’s educational and professional background required.
   2. Proof of valid and unlimited license to practice medicine in Minnesota in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 147.
   3. Submit proof of registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
   4. Submit proof of professional liability insurance coverage.
   5. Submit proof of board certification in Internal Medicine.
   
   
7. Evaluation
   
   All proposals received by the deadline specified in Section V. will be evaluated by representatives of the Department of Human Services. A personal interview may be part of the evaluation process.
   
   
8. Department Contacts
   
   Prospective responders who have any questions regarding this Request for Proposals may call or write:
   

   Moose Lake Regional State Operated Services
   Gregory Peterson, M.D.
   1111 Hwy. 73
   Moose Lake, MN 55767
   (218) 485-5300

   
   

Department of Human Services

Willmar Regional Treatment Center

Notification of Request for Proposal for a Protestant Chaplain, a Nurse Practitioner, and a Consultant Registered Nurse

1. Services of a Protestant Chaplain to conduct services and other ministries to Mentally Ill, Developmentally Disabled and Chemically Dependent patients. Services will be required approximately 20-40 hours weekly.
2. Services of a Nurse Practitioner to provide health assessments and management consultation for the patients of Willmar Regional Treatment Center and medical staff. Services will be provided approximately 36 hours weekly.
3. Services of Consultant Registered Nurse to provide consultation and training to staff and Developmentally Disabled clients at the Redwood Falls SOCS in Redwood Falls, MN. Services will be provided approximately 49 hours monthly.

Mr. Stephen Grams
Business Manager
Willmar Regional Treatment Center
Box 1128
Willmar, MN 56201

Non-State Public Bids, Contracts & Grants

City of St. Paul

Notice of Request for Proposals to Review City of Saint Paul Department of Fire and Safety Services (RFP-18887-6)

Division of Contract and Analysis Services
Attn: Linda J. Camp, Manager
City Hall/Courthouse - Room 280
15 West Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55102

Minnesota Historical Society

Notice of Request for Proposals for Design of Sign System for the Research Center

University of Minnesota

University Dance Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Notice of Request for Proposals for Design/Build Team for New University Dance Center

• Performance Studio (50’ x 82’ x 15’ high minimum) 4,100 asf
• Rehearsal Studios (2 each @ 33’ x 58’ x 15’ minimum) 3,828 asf
• Green Room/Classroom (40 students) 750 asf
• Faculty Offices

  Four @ 95 asf/each 380 asf
  Three @ 110 asf/each 330 asf

• Main Office 300 asf
• Lounge (near Entry & Rehearsal Studios) 170 asf
• Women’s Locker Room 400 asf
• Men’s Locker Room 160 asf
• Department Storage 150 asf

• Total 10,568 asf

Facilities Management - Reception Desk
University of Minnesota
Donhowe Building, Suite 400
319 - 15th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-1082

Denis Larson
Facilities Management/Purchasing Department
University of Minnesota
400 Donhowe Building
319 15th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-1082

Anna McDonagh
Facilities Management/Zone 2
Room 57 Management and Economics
271 - 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-1082
Phone: (612) 624-8268/Fax: (612) 625-6681

Denis Larson
Facilities Management/Purchasing
400 Donhowe Building
319 - 15th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-1082
Phone: (612) 625-5554/Fax: (612) 624-5796

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