Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: HF2486

hf2486 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Omnibus jobs and economic development finance bill.
ARTICLE 1 APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Economic development money appropriations
summary provided. Sec. 2: Trade and economic development money appropriations
summary provided, and individual fund summaries detailed. Environmental,
Minnesota Trade Office, workforce development, office of tourism, and special
revenue funds all summarized. Sec. 3: Minnesota Technology, Inc. account fund
transfer provided. Sec. 4: Economic security and rehabilitation appropriations
summaries provided, and State Services for the Blind money appropriated. Sec. 5:
Housing finance agency appropriations summary provided; challenge, rental
assistance for mentally ill, family homeless prevention, home ownership
education, housing trust fund, affordable rental investment fund, urban and
tribal Indian housing, housing accessibility, and rental housing programs all
detailed. Sec. 6: Commerce appropriations summary provided. Sec. 7: Board of
accountancy fee money appropriated. Sec. 8: Board of architecture, engineering,
land surveying, landscape architecture, and interior design money appropriated.
Sec. 9: Board of barber examiners money appropriated. Sec. 10: Labor and
industry appropriations summary provided; worker's compensation included. Sec.
11: Bureau of mediation services money appropriated. Sec. 12: Worker's
compensation court of appeals money appropriated. Sec. 13: Public utilities
money appropriated. Sec. 14: Minnesota historical society appropriations summary
provided. Sec. 15: Council on Black Minnesotans money appropriated. Sec. 16:
Council on Chicano-Latino affairs money appropriated. Sec. 17: Council on
Asian-Pacific Minnesotans money appropriated. Sec. 18: Indian Affairs council
money appropriated. Sec. 19: Federal fund approval provided.ARTICLE 2 POLICY
PROVISIONSSection 1: Department of jobs, economic development, and trade
designated as department of the state government, other departments removed.
Sec. 2: Purpose of Minnesota Investment fund clarified. Sec. 3: Minnesota job
skills partnership board membership criteria clarified. Sec. 4: Job skills
training removed as a member qualification. Sec. 5: Appointed member term limits
restricted. Sec. 6: Terms relating to state dislocated worker program defined,
grants provided, allocation and use of funds detailed, reports required, and
administrative costs clarified. Sec. 7: Loan repayment program for rural
teachers in science, math, and related fields established and eligibility
requirements provided. Sec. 8: Language updated. Sec. 9: Job search firm annual
registration fee eliminated. Sec. 10: Employment agency license application
surety bond criteria modified. Sec. 11-14: "Search firm" eliminated from
language referring to employment agencies. Sec. 15: Regulations prohibiting
division of money received from employer eliminated. Sec. 16-18: Term "search
firm" eliminated. Sec. 19: Employment agency license violations modified. Sec.
20: "Anaerobic digester system" defined. Sec. 21: Renewable energy production
incentive-related terms defined, appropriations clarified, eligibility window
provided, and payment amounts detailed. Sec. 22: Special assessment effective
dates provided. Sec. 23: Special assessment fund disbursement procedures
clarified. Sec. 24: Waiver effective date provided. Sec. 25: Termination
effective date provided. Sec. 26: Pilot civil service effective date provided.
Sec. 27: Department of jobs, economic development, and trade responsibilities
provided. Sec. 28: Workforce transition team head appointment procedure and
duties provided. Sec. 29: "Career tracking" defined. Sec. 30: Responsibilities
transferred to the department of commerce. Sec. 31: Contingency account created.
Sec. 32: Funds transferred to the contingency account. Sec. 33: Minnesota
workers' compensation risk plan surplus transfer assigned. Sec. 34: Low-income
workers training pilot project created. Sec. 35: Workforce enhancement fee
provided. Sec. 36: Unemployment insurance technology initiative purpose provided
and account created. Sec. 37: Sunset date for section 35 provided. Sec. 38:
Little Elk Heritage Preserve importance statement provided. Sec. 39: Little Elk
Heritage Preserve designated as a historical site. Sec. 40: Anoka city library
fund transferred to Anoka county historical society. Sec. 41: Board of
accountancy fee approved. Sec. 42: Electronic reporting format provided. Sec.
43: Repealer. Sec. 44: Effective date.ARTICLE 3 -- HOUSING PROGRAM AND TECHNICAL
CHANGESSection 1: "Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Law of 1971" designation
provided. Sec. 2-4: Language relating to certain section numbers replaced with
"this chapter." Sec. 5: "Metropolitan area" definition clarified. Sec. 6:
Language relating to certain section numbers replaced with "this chapter." Sec.
7: Rehabilitation loan requirement waiver conditions provided. Sec. 8: Loan
repayment waiver conditions restricted. Sec. 9-15: Language relating to certain
section numbers replaced with "this chapter." Sec. 16: "Metropolitan area"
definition eliminated from section. Sec. 17-18: Language relating to certain
section numbers replaced with "this chapter." Sec. 19: Aggregation of investment
earnings authorized. Sec. 20: Manufactured home park redevelopment program
established and duties provided. Sec. 21-25: References to "metropolitan area"
definition eliminated. Sec. 26: Language relating to rental housing clarified.
Sec. 27: Language relating to certain section numbers replaced with "this
chapter." Sec. 28: Appropriation language clarified. Sec. 29: Family
stabilization demonstration project expenditures authorized. Sec. 30: Disaster
relief contingency fund establishment authorized. Sec. 31: Manufactured home
park redevelopment expenditures authorized. Sec. 32: References to "metropolitan
area" definition eliminated. Sec. 33: Language relating to certain section
numbers replaced with "this chapter." Sec. 34: References to "metropolitan area"
definition eliminated. Sec. 35: Economic support grants detailed. Sec.36:
Manufactured home park redevelopment report required. Sec. 37: Repealer.ARTICLE
4 HOUSING PROGRAM CONSOLIDATIONSection 1: Low-income housing operation cost
grants provided and eligibility criteria modified. Sec. 2: Housing trust fund
account report frequency and format modified. Sec. 3: "Home ownership assistance
program" replaced with "home ownership education, counseling, and training
program," definitions and eligibility requirements modified, and regulations
detailed. Sec. 4: Economic development and housing challenge program
expenditures authorized. Sec. 5: Economic development and housing challenge
program duties modified, and gap financing defined. Sec. 6: Challenge grant
recipient preferences eliminated. Sec. 7: Contribution requirement for challenge
grants provided. Sec. 8: Challenge grants income limits provided. Sec. 9:
Eligible mortgagors return limitations established. Sec. 10: Repealer.ARTICLE 5
CONSISTENT REGULATION OF MANAGED CARE PLANSSection 1: Definitions provided. Sec.
2: Managed care plan applicability and scope details and relevancy provided.
Sec. 3: Managed care plan application approval criteria established. Sec. 4:
Managed care plan application format and requirements established. Sec. 5:
Managed care plan coverage requirements established and exceptions provided.
Sec. 6: Dispute resolution and utilization review procedures provided. Sec. 7:
Health plan company proof of coverage required. Sec. 8: Information distribution
to health care plan enrollees required. Sec. 9: Health plan company compliancy
regulated. Sec. 10: Enforcement duties assigned. Sec. 11: Managed care plan
responsibility delegation procedures established. Sec. 12: Benefit subrogation
allowed and coordination required. Sec. 13: Terms relating to performance
improvement and quality assessment defined, health plan requirements
established, audit procedures detailed, and reporting and disclosure regulations
provided. Sec. 14: Network adequacy related terms defined and standards
established for health plan networks. Sec. 15: Provider contract format and
requirements established. Sec. 16: Uniform enrollee cost-sharing copayment
regulations established and deductible amounts provided. Out-of-pocket and
lifetime benefit maximums regulated, and exceptions provided. Sec. 17: Repealer.
Sec. 18: Effective date.ARTICLE 6 RELATED AND CONFORMING CHANGES IN MANAGED CARE
RESOLUTIONSection 1: "Commissioners" replaced with "commissioner" and
coordination of loss ratio reports as a duty of commissioner eliminated. Sec. 2:
"Subscriber contract" replaced with "individual health plan." Sec. 3: "Insurer"
replaced with "health plan company." Sec. 4: "Commissioner of health" replaced
with "commissioner of commerce." Sec. 5: Maximum copayment and annual deductible
amounts modified. Sec. 6: Enforcement of HMO false representation violations by
commissioner of health eliminated. Sec. 7: HMO certificate of authority
suspension conditions modified. Sec. 8: Commissioner of health replaced with
commissioner of commerce. Sec. 9: Language updated. Sec. 10-16: Commissioners of
health replaced with commissioner of commerce. Sec. 17: Definition of
"commissioner" modified. Sec. 18: Language updated. Sec. 19-28: Commissioner of
health replaced with commissioner of commerce. Sec. 29: "Commissioner of human
services" specified. Sec. 30: "Health plan" references changed to "managed care
plan" references and action plan contents and format modified. Sec. 31-34:
Commissioners of health replaced with commissioner of commerce. Sec. 35: Duties
of commissioner of health restricted. Sec. 36: Commissioner of health specified.
Sec. 37: Commissioner of health duty to insure compliance with disclosure
regulations eliminated. Sec. 38: Commissioner of health eliminated from rate
approval duties. Sec. 39: Commissioner of health replaced with commissioner of
commerce. Sec. 40: Managed care plans included in application regulations. Sec.
41: Commissioner of health replaced with commissioner of commerce. Sec. 42:
Commissioner of health replaced with commissioner of commerce. Sec. 43: Format
for notice to enrollees modified. Sec. 44: Managed care plans included in
recordkeeping and reporting regulations. Sec. 45: Commissioner of health duties
eliminated regarding right to external review. Sec. 46-47: Commissioner of
health replaced with commissioner of commerce. Sec. 48: Language updated. Sec.
49-53: Commissioner of health replaced with commissioner of commerce. Sec. 54:
Regulatory authority transfer authorized. Sec. 55: Revisor instructions. Sec.
56: Study and report required on premium cost, subscriber liability, and health
outcomes under different types of health plan regulations by the state. Sec. 57:
Repealer. Sec. 58: Effective date. ARTICLE 7 MINIMUM BENEFITS CONFORMITYSection
1-5: Group health "maintenance contract" replaced with "plan." Sec. 6: Managed
care plans provided as an exception. Sec. 7: Group health "maintenance contract"
replaced with "plan." Sec. 8: Managed care plans provided as an exception. Sec.
9-11: Group health "maintenance contract" replaced with "plan." Sec. 12:
"Insurer" replaced with "health carrier." Sec. 13-17: Statute references
removed. Sec. 18: Repealer. Sec. 19: Effective date. ARTICLE 8 PUBLIC SERVICE
CONSOLIDATONSection 1: Rights, powers, responsibilities, and duties of
department of public service transferred to department of commerce. Sec. 2-70:
Statutory references to department of public service eliminated and all duties
transferred to department of commerce. Language updated. Sec. 71: Light capacity
scale inspection in grocery stores and retail food establishments required. Sec.
72-75: Statutory references to department of public service eliminated and all
duties transferred to department of commerce. Language updated. Sec. 76:
Repealer. Sec. 77: Revisor instructions. Sec. 78: Effective date.ARTICLE 9
ELECTRICAL ACT AMENDMENTSSection 1: "Electrical contractor" definition modified.
Sec. 2: "Personal supervision" definition modified to replace licensed
"electrician" with licensed "person." Sec. 3: "Demarcation" defined. Sec. 4:
"Residential dwelling" defined. Sec. 5: "Power limited technician" defined. Sec.
6: "Technology circuits or systems" defined. Sec. 7: Composition of board of
electricity modified. Sec. 8-10: Language updated. Sec. 11: Technology circuit
wiring and installation regulations established. Sec. 12: "Personal supervision"
definition modified to replace licensed "electrician" with licensed "person" and
regulations concerning supervision established. Sec. 13-16: Language relating to
electrical contractors updated. Sec. 17: License application format and
examination fees modified. Sec. 18: "Power limited technican" added to list of
occupations requiring a license. Sec. 19: Language updated. Sec. 20: License
exemptions modified and established. Sec. 21: Exemptions for telephone companies
and their employees eliminated. Sec. 22: "System" replaced with "company." Sec.
23: "Technology circuits" included in safety standards regulations. Sec. 24:
"Technology circuits or systems" definition incorporated. Sec. 25: Language
updated. Sec. 26: Inspection procedures modified. Sec. 27: Language updated.
Sec. 28: Power limited contractor term lengths established. Sec. 29: Revisor
instructions. Sec. 30: Repealer.AE