REGISTER

REGISTER

South Dakota Legislative Research Council
Volume 26 Monday, 8:00 a.m., March 27, 2000

A COPY OF EACH REGISTER IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

NOTICES OF PROPOSED RULES: (The date in parentheses is the date the rules were filed in the Legislative Research Council)

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES: (March 21, 2000) is proposing rules relating to hospital services, optometry services, and transportation services paid by the department. The rules will update and clarify existing rules, institute form and style changes, and will increase rates for certain Medicaid providers and services. The general authority for these rules, as cited by the department, is SDCL 28-6-1.

A public hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2000, at 1:15 p.m., in Conference Room 1, Kneip Office Building, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre, South Dakota. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from and written comments sent to Jill Wellhouse, Administrative Rules, Department of Social Services, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre, South Dakota 57501. Ms. Wellhouse may be contacted by telephone at (605) 773-3305. Material sent by mail must reach the department by April 24, 2000, to be considered. This hearing is being held in a physically accessible place. Persons who have special needs for which the department can make arrangements are asked to call (605) 773-3305 at least forty-eight hours before the hearing.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS: STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: (March 22, 2000) intends to adopt rules to adjust fees or clarify criteria for certain services, update terms for the Deadwood Preservation Fund, clarify procedures for preservation of government records, and clarify procedures regarding the historical preservation loan and grant fund. The general authority for these rules, as cited by the department, is SDCL 1-18-31.2, 1-18C-12, 1-19A-5, 1-19A-13.5, 1-19A-29, 1-20-21.1,42-7B-4, 42-7B-5, and 42-7B-46.

A public hearing will be held at the Cultural Heritage Center, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, South Dakota, on April 14, 2000, at 8:35 a.m. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from and written comments sent to the South Dakota State Historical Society, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2217, and must be received by April 13, 2000, to be considered. This hearing is being held in a physically accessible place. Persons who have special needs for which the department can make arrangements are asked to call (605) 773-3458 at least forty-eight hours before the hearing.

FILINGS IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE:

Administrative Rules: None

Note: A copy of the rules may be obtained directly from the above agencies. Write to the agency at the address given under "Notices of Proposed Rules." There is no charge for proposed rules. The following agencies have permission from the Interim Rules Review Committee to charge for adopted rules: the Division of Insurance, the Cosmetology Commission, the State Board of Examiners in Optometry, the State Plumbing Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Department of Social Services, the State Electrical Commission, the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy, the Real Estate Commission, the Gaming Commission, the Department of Commerce and Regulation for commercial driver licensing, the Department of Labor for Article 47:03, and the Department of Revenue.

REMINDER OF HEARINGS SCHEDULED

3-27-2000	Social Services	Rules relating to Intermediate Care for the Mentally Retarded or Developmentally Disabled Program and the Home and Community- Based Services Program; 26 SDR 117.
3-31-2000	Agriculture	Create a farm operating loan program and allow Value Added Finance Authority to set net worth requirement; 26 SDR 107 and 109.
4-3-2000	Social Services	Recovery of Medicaid benefits, limits on attorney fees; 26 SDR 119.
4-6-2000	Game, Fish and Parks	Camping permits and fees, park entrance license fees, public water zoning, Custer State Park bighorn sheep and anterless elk season, Custer State Park license restrictions, license applications for archery antelope and archery deer, including special hunting season, elk hunting season, mountain goat hunting season, Black Hills bighorn sheep hunting season, license form and fees, muzzleloading deer hunting season, repeal certain state game refuges, amend pheasant, grouse and gray partridge hunting seasons; 26 SDR 123.
4-7-2000	Commerce and Regulation: Division of Insurance	Reduce credit life and health insurance rates; 26 SDR 119.
4 12-2000	Commerce and Regulation: State Banking Commission	Trust company record retention, delete a subsection; 26 SDR 119.
4-12-2000	Social Services	Hospital, optometry, and transportation services paid by department; 26 SDR 127.
4-14-2000	Education and Cultural Affairs: State Historical Society	Fees and criteria for certain services, terms of Deadwood Preservation Fund, procedures for preservation of government records, historical preservation loan and grant fund; 26 SDR 127.
4-27-2000	Board of Nursing	Update licensing procedures, expand tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel, scope of practice for LPNs; 26 SDR 123.

Rules Review Committee Meetings

The next meeting of the Interim Rules Review Committee will be held Wednesday, April 19, 2000, in Legislative Conference Rooms 1 and 2 of the State Capitol, Pierre, starting at 9:00 a.m. The committee chair has set the following tentative meeting schedule for the 2000 interim: June 7, July 11, August 16, September 12, October 18, November 14, and December 12. Agencies whose rules have had a public hearing are asked to have a representative present at the meeting to give background information on their rules.

Each agency is requested to provide the LRC with eight copies of the most recent draft of its rules two days before the meeting.

The South Dakota Register, ISSN 0191-1104, is published by the South Dakota Legislative Research Council pursuant to SDCL 1-26A-1. Subscriptions to Volume 26 are $20. Make checks payable to "State of South Dakota" and mail to the Legislative Research Council, State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070. Information from the Register is available free of charge on the Internet at http://www.state.sd.us/state/legis/lrc.htm.