1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; eliminating the application 
  1.3             deadline for essential community provider status; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 62Q.19, 
  1.5             subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 62Q.19, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION.] (a) Any provider may apply to the 
  1.10  commissioner for designation as an essential community provider 
  1.11  by submitting an application form developed by the 
  1.12  commissioner.  Applications must be accepted within two years 
  1.13  after the effective date of the rules adopted by the 
  1.14  commissioner to implement this section. 
  1.15     (b) Each application submitted must be accompanied by an 
  1.16  application fee in an amount determined by the commissioner.  
  1.17  The fee shall be no more than what is needed to cover the 
  1.18  administrative costs of processing the application. 
  1.19     (c) The name, address, contact person, and the date by 
  1.20  which the commissioner's decision is expected to be made shall 
  1.21  be classified as public data under section 13.41.  All other 
  1.22  information contained in the application form shall be 
  1.23  classified as private data under section 13.41 until the 
  1.24  application has been approved, approved as modified, or denied 
  1.25  by the commissioner.  Once the decision has been made, all 
  2.1   information shall be classified as public data unless the 
  2.2   applicant designates and the commissioner determines that the 
  2.3   information contains trade secret information. 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.5      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.