1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; authorizing cities to operate preventive health 
1.3 	services programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 15.46.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 15.46, is amended to read:
1.6 	15.46 PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR STATE ~~AND~~, COUNTY, 
1.7 	AND CITY EMPLOYEES.
1.8 	The commissioner of the Department of Employee Relations may establish and 
1.9 	operate a program of preventive health services for state employees and shall provide the 
1.10 	staff, equipment, and facilities necessary to do so. The commissioner shall develop these 
1.11 	services in accordance with the accepted practices of and standards for occupational 
1.12 	preventive health services in the state of Minnesota. Specific services must be directed 
1.13 	to the work environment and to the health of the employee in relation to the job. The 
1.14 	commissioner shall cooperate with the Department of Health as well as other private and 
1.15 	public community agencies providing health, safety, employment, and welfare services. A 
1.16 	county or a statutory or home rule charter city may establish and operate a program of 
1.17 	preventive health and employee recognition services for ~~county~~ its employees and may 
1.18 	provide necessary staff, equipment, and facilities and may expend funds as necessary 
1.19 	to achieve the objectives of the program.