HF 3790

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/19/2024 04:57pm

A bill for an act
relating to veterans affairs; requiring reporting on grants issued by the commissioner
of veterans affairs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
197.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [197.62] GRANTEE EVALUATIONS.
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new text begin (a) Beginning January 15, 2025, and each year thereafter, the commissioner of veterans
affairs must submit a report on organizations that received grants from the agency in the
preceding fiscal year to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
committees with jurisdiction over veterans affairs policy and finance.
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new text begin (b) The report required under paragraph (a) must include the following information from
each grant recipient:
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new text begin (1) a summary of the purpose of the grant;
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new text begin (2) the grant amount provided to the grantee;
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new text begin (3) the amount of previous grants issued by the commissioner to the grantee;
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new text begin (4) the amount of other state and federal grants received by the grantee in the most recent
fiscal year;
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new text begin (5) the number of veterans and active service members served by the grantee;
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new text begin (6) the number of family members of veterans and active service members served by
the grantee;
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new text begin (7) the number of veterans and veteran family members who successfully completed
the grantee's programming and the criteria used to determine successful completion of the
program; and
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new text begin (8) the organization's charitable giving ratio.
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new text begin (c) If a grantee used grant money to provide services to any veterans or veteran family
members who reside outside of Minnesota, the grantee must list the states where the
non-Minnesota participants reside and an explanation of why grant money was used to
provide services to non-Minnesota residents.
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new text begin (d) The commissioner is not required to provide information in response to paragraph
(b), clause (7), for a grantee that does not offer programming that requires completion or
that cannot be measured by objective standards.
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