ALJ Report Issued
Judge Sheehy's ALJ Report has been issued in the Proposed Rules of the Department of Human Services Chemical Dependency Rules.
General Information
The Minnesota Department of Human Services' proposed rules relating to chemical dependency treatment licensing and funding (Minnesota Rules, Chapters 2960 and 9530) have been assigned to Judge Sheehy. Judge Sheehy will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules in late March. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information in connection with the rulemaking proceeding.
As part of the rulemaking process, hearing was held on February 1, 2008, in Saint Paul. During the hearing, a twenty-calendar-day period was set for the receipt of written comments regarding the proposed rules. The initial deadline for the submission of written comments in the rulemaking proceeding is 4:30 p.m. on February 21, 2008.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, state law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments which were submitted. Additional or new evidence may not be submitted during this five-day reply period. The five-day reply period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on February 28, 2008.
Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Sheehy concerning the proposed rules. Her address is as follows:
Kathleen D. Sheehy
Administrative Law Judge
600 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64620
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620
rulecomments@state.mn.us
Fax: 651-361-7936
Agency Information
For copies of the proposed rules, the Statement of Need and Reasonableness submitted by the Department of Human Services, and other information relating to the proposed rules, visit the DHS website for the Chemical Dependency Rules.
Hearing Exhibits
Scanned versions of some of the exhibits in this matter are provided through the links below. Procedural documents have not been scanned.
Public Comments
Comments received outside of the public hearings are combined into batched documents for public review [and are posted below]. The public comment period ends on 4:30 p.m. on February 21, 2008. Replies to these comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on February 28, 2008. 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 - April 7, 2008