Judge Lipman's ALJ Report and Chief Judge Krause's Chief ALJ Report on the DHS SIRS rules are available. DHS must take corrective action and re-submit the rules to the Chief Administrative Law Judge prior to adopting the rules.
General Information
The Minnesota Department of Human Services has proposed amendments to its rules governing the Surveillance and Integrity Review Section (SIRS) as found in Minnesota Rules, chapter 9505. On October 31, 2007, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Eric L. Lipman conducted a public hearing on these proposed rules. Following the hearing, a 20-calendar day comment period closed on November 20, 2007. A five-business day rebuttal period closes on Thursday, November 29, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. The post-hearing comments received by the public, as well as the responses submitted by the Department, are posted below.
The ALJ's report will be posted here upon completion
Agency Information
For copies of the proposed rules, the Statement of Need and Reasonableness submitted by the Department of Human Resources, and other information relating to the proposed rules, visit the DHS website for SIRS Rulemaking.
Public Comments
Comments received outside of the public hearings have been scanned for public review [and are posted below]. The documents are in PDF format. Replies to these comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 29, 2007. These are "received by" deadlines, and commentators are urged to consider that when sending their comments and replies.
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period are set out below.
Last Updated - January 7, 2008