<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>for certain programs and grants; appropriating money for various state agencies; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>changing certain health, human services, and safety-related provisions;amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 16B.61, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>by adding a subdivision; 103I.101, subdivision 6; 103I.208, subdivisions 1, 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>103I.235, subdivision 1; 144.123; 144.125; 144.2215, subdivision 1; 144.9502, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 3; 144.9504, subdivision 2; 144.9507, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>144.9512; 144E.101, subdivision 6; 144E.127; 144E.35, subdivision 1; 145A.17; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>156.001, by adding a subdivision; 156.02, subdivisions 1, 2; 156.04; 156.072, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision 2; 156.073; 156.12, subdivisions 2, 4, 6; 156.15, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>2; 156.16, subdivisions 3, 10; 156.18, subdivisions 1, 2; 156.19; 198.075; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>256B.0625, subdivision 14, by adding a subdivision; 256K.45, by adding <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>a subdivision; 462A.21, subdivision 8b; 462A.33, subdivision 3; 469.021; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 3, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; 156; 325; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>325E; repealing Laws 2004, chapter 288, article 6, section 27.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>in this article.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">24,725,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">24,225,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">48,950,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">750,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">750,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,500,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 25,475,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">24,975,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,450,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>HUMAN SERVICES</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 25,475,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">24,975,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 24,725,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">24,225,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">750,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">750,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>Of this amount, $750,000 the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>and $750,000 the second year are onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>appropriations from the state's federal TANF <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>block grant under Title I of Public Law <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>104-193. If the appropriation in either year <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>is insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>year is available.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Other Children and Economic </b><br/>
<b>Assistance Grants</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>Homeless and Runaway Youth. $3,500,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>in the first year and $3,500,000 in the second <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>year are for the Runaway and Homeless <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>Youth Act under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>256K.45. Funds shall be spent in each area <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>of the continuum of care to ensure that <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>programs are meeting the greatest need. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>base is decreased by $2,000,000 each year in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>Transitional Housing and Emergency <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>Services.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>(1) $750,000 each year from the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>TANF fund is for transitional housing <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>programs under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>256E.33. The TANF appropriations <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>are onetime. The general fund base for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>transitional housing is increased by $422,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>each year for the fiscal 2010-2011 biennium. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>Up to ten percent of this appropriation may <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>be used for housing and services which <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>extend beyond 24 months. $300,000 in each <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>year of this amount is for grants for safe <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>housing pilot projects for battered women <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>and families in Anoka County, Houston <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>County, and Beltrami County; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>(2) $527,000 each year is added to the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>base for emergency services grants under <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>Laws 1997, chapter 162, article 3, section <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>7. The base for emergency services grants <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>is decreased each year by $300,000 in fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>year 2010 and fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>Foodshelf Programs. $575,000 each year <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>is added to the base for foodshelf programs <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.34. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>The base is decreased by $250,000 each year <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>in fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>Long-term Homeless Services. $2,440,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>each year is added to the base for the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>long-term homeless services under <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 256K.26. The <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>base is decreased by $1,000,000 each year in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>Minnesota Community Action Grants. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>$1,500,000 each year is added to the base for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>the purposes of Minnesota community action <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>grants under Minnesota Statutes, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>256E.30 to 256E.32. The base is reduced by <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>$500,000 each year in fiscal year 2010 and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>Tenant Hotline Services Program. $50,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>each year is added to the base for a grant to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>HOME Line for the tenant hotline services <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>program. This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var><br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Children and Economic Assistance </b><br/>
<b>Administration</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256K.45, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Funding.</b> Any funds appropriated for this section may be expended <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>on programs described under subdivisions 3 to 5, technical assistance, and capacity <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>building. In addition, up to five percent of funds appropriated may be used for program <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>administration and up to eight percent of funds appropriated may be used for the purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>of monitoring and evaluating runaway and homeless youth programs receiving funding <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>under this section. Funding shall be directed to meet the greatest need, with a significant <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>share of the funding focused on homeless youth providers in greater Minnesota.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>    Sec. 5. <b>DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>    (a) The commissioner of human services shall offer a request for proposals to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>identify a research and evaluation firm with experience working with:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>    (1) homeless youth providers;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>    (2) data; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>    (3) the topics of housing, homelessness, and a continuum of care for youth.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>    (b) The research and evaluation firm identified under paragraph (a) shall monitor and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>evaluate the programs receiving funding under Minnesota Statutes, section 256K.45.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b> SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>    The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>in this article.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 80,917,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 75,503,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">156,240,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var><br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government Special <br/>
Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 26,542,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 27,333,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 53,875,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,648,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,718,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,366,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,350,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">23,350,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental Fund<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">300,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">300,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 122,757,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 118,854,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 241,611,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>    Sec. 2. <b>DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>    The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 122,757,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 118,854,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 80,917,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 75,503,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var><br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br/>
Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 26,542,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 27,333,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,648,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,718,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,350,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,000,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental Fund<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">300,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">300,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var><br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Community and Family Health </b><br/>
<b>Promotion</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">46,324,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">46,060,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.36"></a><var>5.36</var><br/>
<a id="pl.5.37"></a><var>5.37</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br/>
Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">468,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">471,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,602,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,625,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,667,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,002,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>TANF Appropriations. (a) $3,579,000 of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>the TANF funds is appropriated in each year <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>of the biennium to the commissioner for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>home visiting and nutritional services listed <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.882, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>subdivision 7, clauses (6) and (7). Funding <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>shall be distributed to community health <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>boards based on Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>145A.131, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>(b) $5,088,000 in the first year and $5,423,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>in the second year are appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>commissioner of health for the family home <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>visiting grant program. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>shall distribute funds to community health <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>boards using a formula developed in <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>conjunction with the state Community <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>Health Services Advisory Committee. The <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>commissioner may use five percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>funds appropriated in each fiscal year to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>conduct the ongoing evaluations required <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.17, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>subdivision 7, and may use ten percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>the funds appropriated each fiscal year to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>provide training and technical assistance as <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>required under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>145A.17, subdivisions 4 and 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>TANF Carryforward. Any unexpended <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>balance of the TANF appropriation in the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>first year of the biennium does not cancel but <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>is available for the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>Loan Forgiveness. $605,000 the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>and $775,000 the second year and thereafter <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>are for the loan forgiveness program under <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501. This <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>funding is in addition to the loan forgiveness <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>program base.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>MN ENABL. Base level funding for the MN <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>ENABL program, under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>section 145.9255, is reduced by $220,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>each year of the biennium beginning July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>Positive Alternatives. Base level funding for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>the positive abortion alternatives program, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.4235, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>is reduced by $1,400,000 each year of the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>biennium beginning July 1, 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>$900,000 each year is added to the base for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. On July 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>each fiscal year, the portion of the general <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>fund appropriation to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>health for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>administration and grants shall be transferred <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>to a statewide organization that focuses <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>solely on prevention of and intervention with <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>fetal alcohol spectrum disorder as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>(1) on July 1, 2007, $2,090,000; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>(2) on July 2, 2008, and annually thereafter, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>$2,090,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>(b) The money shall be used for prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>and intervention services and programs, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>including, but not limited to, community <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>grants, professional education, public <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>awareness, and diagnosis. The organization <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>may retain $60,000 of the transferred money <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>for administrative costs. The organization <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>shall report to the commissioner annually <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>by January 15 on the services and programs <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>funded by the appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>Deaf or Hearing Loss Support. $100,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>for the first year and $100,000 for the second <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>year is for the purpose of providing family <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>support and assistance to families with <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>children who are deaf or have a hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>loss. The family support provided must <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>include direct parent-to-parent assistance and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>information on communication, educational, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>and medical options. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>may contract with a nonprofit organization <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>that has the ability to provide these services <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>throughout the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>$200,000 is appropriated in the first year for <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>the heart disease and stroke prevention unit <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>of the Department of Health to fund data <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>collection and other activities to improve <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>cardiovascular health and reduce the burden <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>of heart disease and stroke in Minnesota. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>Family Planning Grants. $1,000,000 each <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>year is for family planning grants under <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 145.925.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>Bright Smiles Pilot Project. (a) $384,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>in the first year and $50,000 in the second <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>year is to fund a grant for the Bright Smiles <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>pilot project.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>(b) Of these amounts, $50,000 each year is to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>fund a dental health coordinator position.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>(c) The commissioner of health shall <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>establish a pilot project to fund a Bright <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>Smiles program designed to increase access <br/>
<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>to oral health care for low-income and <br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>immigrant children, ages birth to five <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>years, and their families and to build the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>knowledge and ability of parents to care <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>for the oral health of their children. Under <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>this pilot project, a Bright Smiles program <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>shall serve the medically underserved areas <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>in Minneapolis and the Bemidji area, as <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>determined by the commissioner of health.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>(d) A grant shall be used to fund costs related <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>to improving oral health outreach, education, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>screening, and access to care for families <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>with children, ages birth to five years.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>(e) Grant applicants shall submit to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>the commissioner a written plan that <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>demonstrates the ability to provide the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>following:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>(1) new programs or continued expansion <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>of current access programs that have <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>demonstrated success in providing dental <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>services in underserved areas of Minneapolis <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>and the Bemidji area;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>(2) programs for screening children entering <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>the Minneapolis and the Bemidji area public <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>school systems and facilitating access to care <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>for their families;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>(3) programs testing new models of care <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>that are sensitive to cultural needs of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>recipients;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>(4) programs creating new educational <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>campaigns that inform individuals of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>importance of good oral health and the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>link between dental diseases, overall health <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>status, and success in school; and<br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>(5) programs testing new delivery models <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>by creating partnerships between local early <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>childhood and school-age education and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>community clinic dental providers.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>(f) Qualified applicants are partnerships <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>among early childhood experts, Minneapolis <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>or Bemidji area public schools, and nonprofit <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>clinics that are established to provide health <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>services to low-income patients, provide <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>preventive and dental care services, and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>utilize a sliding-scale fee or other method of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>providing charity care that ensures that no <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>person is denied services because of inability <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>to pay.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>(g) Applicants shall submit to the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>commissioner an application and supporting <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>documentation, in the form and manner <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>specified by the commissioner. Applicants <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>must be able to provide culturally appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>outreach, screenings, and access to dental <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>care for children, ages birth to five years, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>their parents, and pregnant women most at <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>risk of poor oral health due to lack of access <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>to dental care. Applicants must also meet the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>following criteria:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>(1) have the potential to successfully increase <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>access to families with children, ages birth <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>to five years;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>(2) incorporate quality program evaluation;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>(3) maximize use of grant funds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>(4) have experience in providing services to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>the target populations of this program.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>(h) The commissioner shall evaluate the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>effectiveness of this pilot program on the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>oral health of children and their families and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>report to the house of representatives and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>public health policy and finance by January <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>1, 2009, with recommendations as to how to <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>develop programs throughout Minnesota that <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>provide education and access to oral health <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>care for low-income and immigrant children.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>Suicide prevention programs. $600,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>each year is to fund the suicide prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>program and to administer the grants for <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>institutions of higher education in the state <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>of Minnesota to coordinate implementation <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>of youth suicide early intervention and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>prevention strategies. The base for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>years 2010 and 2011 is reduced by $300,000.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Policy Quality and Compliance</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">24,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">SGSR<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">94,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">188,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">HCAF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">46,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">93,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Health Protection</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,393,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">13,269,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br/>
Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">25,980,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">26,674,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">300,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">300,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. Of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>the general fund appropriation to the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>commissioner, $4,088,000 in fiscal year 2008 <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>is for preparation, planning, and response <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>to a pandemic influenza outbreak. This <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>appropriation is available until June 30, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>Base funding for the 2010-2011 biennium is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>$0 each fiscal year.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>Environmental Health Tracking and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>Biomonitoring. (a) $700,000 in each <br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>year is to the Department of Health for <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>the environmental health tracking and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>biomonitoring program. The base for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 is increased <br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>by $300,000 each year.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>(b) $300,000 each year is from the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>environmental fund to the Pollution Control <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>Agency for transfer to the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>of Health for the health tracking and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>biomonitoring program. The base for the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>environmental fund is $0 in fiscal year 2010 <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>and after.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>AIDS Prevention Initiative Focusing <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>on African-born Residents. $300,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>2008 is for an AIDS prevention initiative <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>focusing on African-born residents. This <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>appropriation is a onetime appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>and shall not become part of the base-level <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>funding for the 2008-2009 biennium.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>The commissioner of health shall award <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>grants in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>section 
<statute_ref>145.924</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), for a public <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>education and awareness campaign targeting <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>communities of African-born Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>residents. The grants shall be designed to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>promote knowledge and understanding about <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>HIV and to increase knowledge in order <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>to eliminate and reduce the risk for HIV <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>infection; to encourage screening and testing <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>for HIV; and to link individuals to public <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>health and health care resources. The grants <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>must be awarded to collaborative efforts that <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>bring together nonprofit community-based <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>groups with demonstrated experience in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>addressing the public health, health care, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>and social service needs of African-born <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>communities.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>Water Level Standard for Atrazine. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>$200,000 in 2008 is for a study relating to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>atrazine health risk limit standards under <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 144.355. This is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>Arsenic Health Risk Standard. $920,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>the first year and $461,000 in the second year <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>is to fund the study relating to arsenic health <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>risk standards, under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>section 144.967.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>Lindane and Bisphenol-A Studies. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>$114,000 in the first year is for the Lindane <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>committee and the study of bisphenol-A, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 325.72. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>Decabromodiphenyl Ether Study. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>$118,000 in the first year is for transfer to the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>commissioner of the pollution control agency <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>for the study of decabromodiphenyl ether <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 325E.387. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>Radiation Study. $45,000 in the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>from the general fund and $15,000 in the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>first year from the state government special <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>revenue fund are for the radiation study in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>section 60. This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>Lead Abatement. $1,500,000 each year is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>for changes in lead abatement requirements. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>A portion of this amount may be used to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>reimburse local governments for costs of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>implementing the new requirements.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>Water Treatment. $40,000 in the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>is for water treatment.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>Environmental Justice Mapping. $137,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>in the first year and $53,000 in the second <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>year is for environmental justice mapping.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>HIV Information. $80,000 each year <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>is to fund a community-based nonprofit <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>organization with demonstrated capacity to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>operate a statewide HIV information and <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>referral service using telephone, Internet, and <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>other appropriate technologies.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>Lead Hazard Reduction. $250,000 is <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>appropriated in the first year of the biennium <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>for a grant to a nonprofit organization <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>operating the CLEARCorps to conduct a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>pilot project to determine the incidence of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>lead hazards in pre-1978 rental property. <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>Minnesota Birth Defects Information <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>System. $750,000 each year is to maintain <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>the birth defects information system that was <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>established by Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>144.2215.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Minority and Multicultural Health</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,042,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,052,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,421,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,421,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>TANF Appropriations. (a) $2,421,000 of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>the TANF funds is appropriated in each year <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>of the biennium to the commissioner for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>home visiting and nutritional services listed <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.882, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>subdivision 7, clauses (6) and (7). Funding <br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>shall be distributed to tribal governments <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>based on Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>145A.14, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>(b) $262,000 in the first year and $577,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>in the second year are appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>to the commissioner of health for the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>family home visiting grant program. The <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>commissioner shall distribute funds to tribal <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>governments using a formula developed in <br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>conjunction with tribal governments. The <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>commissioner may use five percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>funds appropriated in each fiscal year to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>conduct the ongoing evaluations required <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.17, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>subdivision 7, and may use ten percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>the funds appropriated each fiscal year to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>provide training and technical assistance as <br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>required under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>145A.17, subdivisions 4 and 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>TANF Carryforward. Any unexpended <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>balance of the TANF appropriation in the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>first year of the biennium does not cancel but <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>is available for the second year.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Administrative Support Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 11,047,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 11,197,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>Disease Surveillance. $2,000,000 each fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>year is for redesigning and implementing <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>coordinated and modern disease surveillance <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>systems for the department. Base level <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>funding for the 2012-2013 biennium will be <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>$600,000 each fiscal year for maintaining <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>and operating the systems.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var><br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>VETERANS NURSING HOMES </b><br/>
<b>BOARD</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">44,124,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">46,244,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>Repair and Betterment. Of this <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>appropriation, $4,000,000 in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>2008 and $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>are to be used for repair, maintenance, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>rehabilitation, and betterment activities at <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>facilities statewide.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>Base Adjustment. The general fund base is <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>decreased by $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2010 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>HEALTH-RELATED BOARDS</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var><br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation; State </b><br/>
<b>Government Special Revenue Fund</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">14,654,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">14,527,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>The commissioner of finance shall not permit <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>the allotment, encumbrance, or expenditure <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>of money appropriated in this section in <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>excess of the anticipated biennial revenues <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>or accumulated surplus revenues from fees <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>collected by the boards.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Board of Chiropractic Examiners</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">450,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">447,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Board of Dentistry</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">987,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,009,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var><br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Board of Dietetic and Nutrition </b><br/>
<b>Practice</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">103,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">119,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>Base Adjustment. Of this appropriation in <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>fiscal year 2009, $14,000 is onetime.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Board of Marriage and Family </b><br/>
<b>Therapy</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">134,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">154,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>Base Adjustment. Of this appropriation in <br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>fiscal year 2009, $17,000 is onetime.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Board of Medical Practice</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,120,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,674,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Board of Nursing</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,985,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,146,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var><br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Board of Nursing Home </b><br/>
<b>Administrators</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">633,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">647,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>Administrative Services Unit. Of this <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>appropriation, $430,000 in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>2008 and $439,000 in fiscal year 2009 are <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>for the administrative services unit. The <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>administrative services unit may receive <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>and expend reimbursements for services <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>performed by other agencies.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 9.<b>Board of Optometry</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">98,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">114,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>Base Adjustment. Of this appropriation in <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>fiscal year 2009, $13,000 is onetime.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 10.<b>Board of Pharmacy</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,375,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,442,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>Base Adjustment. Of this appropriation in <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>fiscal year 2009, $29,000 is onetime.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 11.<b>Board of Physical Therapy</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">306,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">295,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 12.<b>Board of Podiatry</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">54,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">63,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>Base Adjustment. Of this appropriation in <br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>fiscal year 2009, $7,000 is onetime.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 13.<b>Board of Psychology</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">788,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">806,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 14.<b>Board of Social Work</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">997,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,022,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 15.<b>Board of Veterinary Medicine</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">230,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">195,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var><br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 16.<b>Board of Behavioral Health and </b><br/>
<b>Therapy</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">394,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">394,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var><br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES </b><br/>
<b>BOARD</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,710,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,745,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,023,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,041,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var><br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br/>
Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">687,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">704,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>Regional Emergency Medical Services <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>Programs. $400,000 each year is for <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>regional emergency medical services <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>programs, to be distributed equally to the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>eight emergency medical service regions. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>This amount shall be added to the base <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>funding. Notwithstanding Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>Statutes, section 144E.50, 100 percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>the appropriation shall be passed on to the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>emergency medical service regions.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>Health Professional Services Program. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>$687,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $704,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>fiscal year 2009 from the state government <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>special revenue fund are for the health <br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>professional services program.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 7. <b>COUNCIL ON DISABILITY</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">582,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">590,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>Options Too. (a) $75,000 for the first <br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>year and $75,000 for the second year are <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>to continue the work of the Options Too <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>disability services interagency work group <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>established under Laws 2005, First Special <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>Session chapter 4, article 7, section 57. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>Funds shall be used to monitor and assist the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>work group and the Options Too Steering <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>Committee in the implementation of the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>recommendations in the Options Too report <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>dated February 15, 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>(b) For purposes of this section, the Options <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>Too Steering Committee shall consist of the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>following members:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>(1) a representative from the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>Housing Finance Agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>(2) a representative from the Minnesota State <br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>Council on Disability; <br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>(3) a representative from the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>Veterans Affairs;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>(4) a representative from the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>Transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(5) a representative from the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>Human Services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>(6) representatives from interested <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>stakeholders including counties, local <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>public housing authorities, the Metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>Council, disability service providers, and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>disability advocacy organizations who are <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>appointed by the Minnesota State Council on <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>Disability for two-year terms.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>(c) Notwithstanding Laws 2005, First Special <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>Session chapter 4, article 7, section 57, the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>interagency work group shall be administered <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>the Minnesota State Council on Disability, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>Department of Human Services, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>Department of Transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>(d) The Options Too Steering Committee <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>shall report to the chairs of the health <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>and human services policy and finance <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>committees of the senate and house of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>representatives by October 15, 2007, and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>October 15, 2008, on the continued progress <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>of the work group towards implementing the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>recommendations in the Options Too report <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>dated February 15, 2007.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var><br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var><br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 8. <b>OMBUDSMAN FOR MENTAL </b><br/>
<b>HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL </b><br/>
<b>DISABILITIES</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,567,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,621,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 9. <b>OMBUDSMAN FOR FAMILIES</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">251,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">257,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.3806, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>    Subd. 21. <b>Birth defects registry system.</b> Data on individuals collected by the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>birth defects registry system are private data on individuals and classified pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>section 144.2215.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.61, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>    Subd. 3b. <b>Window fall prevention device code.</b> The commissioner of labor and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>industry shall adopt rules for window fall prevention devices as part of the state Building <br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>Code. Window fall prevention devices include, but are not limited to, safety screens, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>hardware, guards, and other devices that comply with the standards established by the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>commissioner of labor and industry. The rules must require compliance with standards <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>for window fall prevention devices developed by ASTM International, contained in the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>International Building Code as the model language with amendments deemed necessary to <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>coordinate with the other adopted building codes in Minnesota. The rules must establish a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>scope that includes the applicable building occupancies, and the types, locations, and sizes <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>of windows that will require the installation of fall devices. The rules will be effective July <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>1, 2009. The commissioner shall report to the legislature on the status of the rulemaking <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>on or before February 15, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103I.101, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Fees for variances.</b> The commissioner shall charge a nonrefundable <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>application fee of $175 $215 to cover the administrative cost of processing a request for a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>variance or modification of rules adopted by the commissioner under this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103I.208, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Well notification fee.</b> The well notification fee to be paid by a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>property owner is:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>    (1) for a new water supply well, $175 $215, which includes the state core function <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>fee;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>    (2) for a well sealing, $35 $50 for each well, which includes the state core function <br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>fee, except that for monitoring wells constructed on a single property, having depths <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>within a 25 foot range, and sealed within 48 hours of start of construction, a single fee of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>$35 $50; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>    (3) for construction of a dewatering well, $175 $215, which includes the state core <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>function fee, for each dewatering well except a dewatering project comprising five or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>more dewatering wells shall be assessed a single fee of $875 $1,075 for the dewatering <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>wells recorded on the notification.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103I.208, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Permit fee.</b> The permit fee to be paid by a property owner is:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>    (1) for a water supply well that is not in use under a maintenance permit, $150 $175 <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>annually;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>    (2) for construction of a monitoring well, $175 $215, which includes the state <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>core function fee;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>    (3) for a monitoring well that is unsealed under a maintenance permit, $150 $175 <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>annually;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>    (4) for monitoring wells used as a leak detection device at a single motor fuel retail <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>outlet, a single petroleum bulk storage site excluding tank farms, or a single agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>chemical facility site, the construction permit fee is $175 $215, which includes the state <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>core function fee, per site regardless of the number of wells constructed on the site, and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>the annual fee for a maintenance permit for unsealed monitoring wells is $150 $175 per <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>site regardless of the number of monitoring wells located on site;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>    (5) for a groundwater thermal exchange device, in addition to the notification fee for <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>water supply wells, $175 $215, which includes the state core function fee;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>    (6) for a vertical heat exchanger, $175 $215;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>    (7) for a dewatering well that is unsealed under a maintenance permit, $150 $175 <br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>annually for each dewatering well, except a dewatering project comprising more than five <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>dewatering wells shall be issued a single permit for $750 $875 annually for dewatering <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>wells recorded on the permit; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>    (8) for an elevator boring, $175 $215 for each boring.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103I.235, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Disclosure of wells to buyer.</b> (a) Before signing an agreement to <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>sell or transfer real property, the seller must disclose in writing to the buyer information <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>about the status and location of all known wells on the property, by delivering to the buyer <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>either a statement by the seller that the seller does not know of any wells on the property, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>or a disclosure statement indicating the legal description and county, and a map drawn <br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>from available information showing the location of each well to the extent practicable. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>In the disclosure statement, the seller must indicate, for each well, whether the well is in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>use, not in use, or sealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>    (b) At the time of closing of the sale, the disclosure statement information, name and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>mailing address of the buyer, and the quartile, section, township, and range in which each <br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>well is located must be provided on a well disclosure certificate signed by the seller or a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>person authorized to act on behalf of the seller.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>    (c) A well disclosure certificate need not be provided if the seller does not know <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>of any wells on the property and the deed or other instrument of conveyance contains <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>the statement: "The Seller certifies that the Seller does not know of any wells on the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>described real property."<br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>    (d) If a deed is given pursuant to a contract for deed, the well disclosure certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>required by this subdivision shall be signed by the buyer or a person authorized to act on <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>behalf of the buyer. If the buyer knows of no wells on the property, a well disclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>certificate is not required if the following statement appears on the deed followed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>signature of the grantee or, if there is more than one grantee, the signature of at least one <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>of the grantees: "The Grantee certifies that the Grantee does not know of any wells on the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>described real property." The statement and signature of the grantee may be on the front <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>or back of the deed or on an attached sheet and an acknowledgment of the statement by <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>the grantee is not required for the deed to be recordable.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>    (e) This subdivision does not apply to the sale, exchange, or transfer of real property:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>    (1) that consists solely of a sale or transfer of severed mineral interests; or<br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>    (2) that consists of an individual condominium unit as described in chapters 515 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>and 515B.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>    (f) For an area owned in common under chapter 515 or 515B the association or other <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>responsible person must report to the commissioner by July 1, 1992, the location and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>status of all wells in the common area. The association or other responsible person must <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>notify the commissioner within 30 days of any change in the reported status of wells.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>    (g) For real property sold by the state under section 
         <statute_ref>92.67</statute_ref>, the lessee at the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>the sale is responsible for compliance with this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>    (h) If the seller fails to provide a required well disclosure certificate, the buyer, or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>a person authorized to act on behalf of the buyer, may sign a well disclosure certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>based on the information provided on the disclosure statement required by this section <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>or based on other available information.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>    (i) A county recorder or registrar of titles may not record a deed or other instrument <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>of conveyance dated after October 31, 1990, for which a certificate of value is required <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>272.115</statute_ref>, or any deed or other instrument of conveyance dated after October <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>31, 1990, from a governmental body exempt from the payment of state deed tax, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>the deed or other instrument of conveyance contains the statement made in accordance <br/>
<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>with paragraph (c) or (d) or is accompanied by the well disclosure certificate containing all <br/>
<a id="pl.22.36"></a><var>22.36</var>the information required by paragraph (b) or (d). The county recorder or registrar of titles <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>must not accept a certificate unless it contains all the required information. The county <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>recorder or registrar of titles shall note on each deed or other instrument of conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>accompanied by a well disclosure certificate that the well disclosure certificate was <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>received. The notation must include the statement "No wells on property" if the disclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>certificate states there are no wells on the property. The well disclosure certificate shall not <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>be filed or recorded in the records maintained by the county recorder or registrar of titles. <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>After noting "No wells on property" on the deed or other instrument of conveyance, the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>county recorder or registrar of titles shall destroy or return to the buyer the well disclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>certificate. The county recorder or registrar of titles shall collect from the buyer or the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>person seeking to record a deed or other instrument of conveyance, a fee of $40 $45 <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>for receipt of a completed well disclosure certificate. By the tenth day of each month, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>the county recorder or registrar of titles shall transmit the well disclosure certificates <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>to the commissioner of health. By the tenth day after the end of each calendar quarter, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>the county recorder or registrar of titles shall transmit to the commissioner of health <br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>$32.50 $37.50 of the fee for each well disclosure certificate received during the quarter. <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>The commissioner shall maintain the well disclosure certificate for at least six years. The <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>commissioner may store the certificate as an electronic image. A copy of that image <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>shall be as valid as the original.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>    (j) No new well disclosure certificate is required under this subdivision if the buyer <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>or seller, or a person authorized to act on behalf of the buyer or seller, certifies on the deed <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>or other instrument of conveyance that the status and number of wells on the property <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>have not changed since the last previously filed well disclosure certificate. The following <br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>statement, if followed by the signature of the person making the statement, is sufficient <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>to comply with the certification requirement of this paragraph: "I am familiar with the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>property described in this instrument and I certify that the status and number of wells on <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>the described real property have not changed since the last previously filed well disclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>certificate." The certification and signature may be on the front or back of the deed or on <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>an attached sheet and an acknowledgment of the statement is not required for the deed or <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>other instrument of conveyance to be recordable.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>    (k) The commissioner in consultation with county recorders shall prescribe the form <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>for a well disclosure certificate and provide well disclosure certificate forms to county <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>recorders and registrars of titles and other interested persons.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>    (l) Failure to comply with a requirement of this subdivision does not impair:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>    (1) the validity of a deed or other instrument of conveyance as between the parties <br/>
<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>to the deed or instrument or as to any other person who otherwise would be bound by <br/>
<a id="pl.23.36"></a><var>23.36</var>the deed or instrument; or<br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>    (2) the record, as notice, of any deed or other instrument of conveyance accepted for <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>filing or recording contrary to the provisions of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.123, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var><b>144.123 FEES FOR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var><b>EXCEPTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Who must pay.</b> Except for the limitation contained in this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>the commissioner of health shall charge a handling fee for each specimen submitted to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>the Department of Health for analysis for diagnostic purposes by any hospital, private <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>laboratory, private clinic, or physician. No fee shall be charged to any entity which <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>receives direct or indirect financial assistance from state or federal funds administered by <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>the Department of Health, including any public health department, nonprofit community <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>clinic, venereal sexually transmitted disease clinic, family planning clinic, or similar <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>entity. No fee will be charged for any biological materials submitted to the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>of Health as a requirement of Minnesota Rules, part 4605.7040, or for those biological <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>materials requested by the department to gather information for disease prevention or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>control purposes. The commissioner of health may establish by rule other exceptions to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>the handling fee as may be necessary to gather information for epidemiologic purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>protect the public's health. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in <br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>the state treasury and credited to the state government special revenue fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Rules for</b><b> Fee amounts.</b> The commissioner of health shall promulgate <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>rules, in accordance with chapter 14, which shall specify the amount of the charge a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>handling fee prescribed in subdivision 1. The fee shall approximate the costs to the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>department of handling specimens including reporting, postage, specimen kit preparation, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>and overhead costs. The fee prescribed in subdivision 1 shall be $15 $25 per specimen <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>until the commissioner promulgates rules pursuant to this subdivision.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.125, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var><b>144.125 TESTS OF INFANTS FOR HERITABLE AND CONGENITAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var><b>DISORDERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Duty to perform testing.</b> It is the duty of (1) the administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for infants 28 days or less <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>of age, (2) the person required in pursuance of the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>144.215</statute_ref>, to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>register the birth of a child, or (3) the nurse midwife or midwife in attendance at the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>birth, to arrange to have administered to every infant or child in its care tests for heritable <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>and congenital disorders according to subdivision 2 and rules prescribed by the state <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>commissioner of health. Testing and the recording and reporting of test results shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>performed at the times and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner of health. The <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>commissioner shall charge laboratory service fees a fee so that the total of fees collected <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>will approximate the costs of conducting the tests and implementing and maintaining <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>a system to follow-up infants with heritable or congenital disorders. The laboratory <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>service fee is $61 $101 per specimen. Costs associated with capital expenditures and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>the development of new procedures may be prorated over a three-year period when <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>calculating the amount of the fees. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Determination of tests to be administered.</b> The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>periodically revise the list of tests to be administered for determining the presence of a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>heritable or congenital disorder. Revisions to the list shall reflect advances in medical <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>science, new and improved testing methods, or other factors that will improve the public <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>health. In determining whether a test must be administered, the commissioner shall take <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>into consideration the adequacy of laboratory analytical methods to detect the heritable <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>or congenital disorder, the ability to treat or prevent medical conditions caused by the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>heritable or congenital disorder, and the severity of the medical conditions caused by the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>heritable or congenital disorder. The list of tests to be performed may be revised if the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>changes are recommended by the advisory committee established under section 
         <statute_ref>144.1255</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>approved by the commissioner, and published in the State Register. The revision is <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>exempt from the rulemaking requirements in chapter 14, and sections 
         <statute_ref>14.385</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>do not apply. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Objection of parents to test.</b> Persons with a duty to perform testing under <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>subdivision 1 shall advise parents of infants (1) that the blood or tissue samples used to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>perform testing thereunder as well as the results of such testing may be retained by the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>Department of Health, (2) the benefit of retaining the blood or tissue sample, and (3) that <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>the following options are available to them with respect to the testing: (i) to decline to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>have the tests, or (ii) to elect to have the tests but to require that all blood samples and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>records of test results be destroyed within 24 months of the testing. If the parents of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>an infant object in writing to testing for heritable and congenital disorders or elect to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>require that blood samples and test results be destroyed, the objection or election shall <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>be recorded on a form that is signed by a parent or legal guardian and made part of the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>infant's medical record. A written objection exempts an infant from the requirements of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>this section and section 
         <statute_ref>144.128</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.2215, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> Within the limits of available appropriations, the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>commissioner of health shall establish and maintain an information system containing data <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>on the cause, treatment, prevention, and cure of major birth defects. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>shall consult with representatives and experts in epidemiology, medicine, insurance, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>health maintenance organizations, genetics, consumers, and voluntary organizations in <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>developing the system and may phase in the implementation of the system. After the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>parents have provided informed consent under section 144.2216, subdivision 4, the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>commissioner shall offer the parents with their informed consent a visit by a trained health <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>care worker to interview the parents about:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>    (1) all previous home addresses, occupations, and places of work including from <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>childhood;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>    (2) the time and place of any military service; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>    (3) known occasions or sites of toxic exposures.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>    Sec. 19. <b>[144.355] WATER LEVEL STANDARD FOR ATRAZINE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>    (a) The Department of Health in consultation with the Pollution Control Agency <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>shall set atrazine drinking water standards for the health risk limit in private wells and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>the maximum contaminant level in public water systems at three ppb to comply with the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>federal standard determined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>    (b) By December 31, 2007, the Department of Health in consultation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>Pollution Control Agency shall use current scientific evidence to set the drinking <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>water standards for the health risk limit of atrazine in private wells and the maximum <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>contaminant level of atrazine in public water systems at a level not to exceed one ppb <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>to reflect the requirements in section 144.0751 to adequately protect the health of a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>developing fetus, infant, and child which requires a higher level of care due to fetal, infant, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>and child development.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.9502, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Reports of blood lead analysis required.</b> (a) Every hospital, medical <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>clinic, medical laboratory, other facility, or individual performing blood lead analysis <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>shall report the results after the analysis of each specimen analyzed, for both capillary <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>and venous specimens, and epidemiologic information required in this section to the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>commissioner of health, within the time frames set forth in clauses (1) and (2):<br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>    (1) within two working days by telephone, fax, or electronic transmission, with <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>written or electronic confirmation within one month, for a venous blood lead level equal to <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>or greater than 15 ten micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood; or<br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>    (2) within one month in writing or by electronic transmission, for any capillary <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>result or for a venous blood lead level less than 15 ten micrograms of lead per deciliter of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>whole blood.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>    (b) If a blood lead analysis is performed outside of Minnesota and the facility <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>performing the analysis does not report the blood lead analysis results and epidemiological <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>information required in this section to the commissioner, the provider who collected the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>blood specimen must satisfy the reporting requirements of this section. For purposes of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>this section, "provider" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>62D.02, subdivision 9</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>    (c) The commissioner shall coordinate with hospitals, medical clinics, medical <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>laboratories, and other facilities performing blood lead analysis to develop a universal <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>reporting form and mechanism.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.9504, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Lead risk assessment.</b> (a) An assessing agency shall conduct a lead risk <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>assessment of a residence according to the venous blood lead level and time frame set <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>forth in clauses (1) to (4) for purposes of secondary prevention:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>    (1) within 48 hours of a child or pregnant female in the residence being identified to <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>the agency as having a venous blood lead level equal to or greater than 60 45 micrograms <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>of lead per deciliter of whole blood;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>    (2) within five working days of a child or pregnant female in the residence being <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>identified to the agency as having a venous blood lead level equal to or greater than 45 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>    (3) within ten working days of a child in the residence being identified to the agency <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>as having a venous blood lead level equal to or greater than 15 ten micrograms of lead <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>per deciliter of whole blood; or<br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>    (4) within ten working days of a pregnant female in the residence being identified to <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>the agency as having a venous blood lead level equal to or greater than ten micrograms of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>lead per deciliter of whole blood.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>    (b) Within the limits of available local, state, and federal appropriations, an assessing <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>agency may also conduct a lead risk assessment for children with any elevated blood <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>lead level.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>    (c) In a building with two or more dwelling units, an assessing agency shall assess <br/>
<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>the individual unit in which the conditions of this section are met and shall inspect all <br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>common areas accessible to a child. If a child visits one or more other sites such as another <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>residence, or a residential or commercial child care facility, playground, or school, the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>assessing agency shall also inspect the other sites. The assessing agency shall have one <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>additional day added to the time frame set forth in this subdivision to complete the lead <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>risk assessment for each additional site.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>    (d) Within the limits of appropriations, the assessing agency shall identify the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>known addresses for the previous 12 months of the child or pregnant female with venous <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>blood lead levels of at least 15 ten micrograms per deciliter for the child or at least ten <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>micrograms per deciliter for the pregnant female; notify the property owners, landlords, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>and tenants at those addresses that an elevated blood lead level was found in a person <br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>who resided at the property; and give them primary prevention information. Within the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>limits of appropriations, the assessing agency may perform a risk assessment and issue <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>corrective orders in the properties, if it is likely that the previous address contributed to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>the child's or pregnant female's blood lead level. The assessing agency shall provide the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>notice required by this subdivision without identifying the child or pregnant female with <br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>the elevated blood lead level. The assessing agency is not required to obtain the consent of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>the child's parent or guardian or the consent of the pregnant female for purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>subdivision. This information shall be classified as private data on individuals as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 12</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>    (e) The assessing agency shall conduct the lead risk assessment according to rules <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>adopted by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>144.9508</statute_ref>. An assessing agency shall have <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>lead risk assessments performed by lead risk assessors licensed by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>according to rules adopted under section 
         <statute_ref>144.9508</statute_ref>. If a property owner refuses to allow <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>a lead risk assessment, the assessing agency shall begin legal proceedings to gain entry <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>to the property and the time frame for conducting a lead risk assessment set forth in this <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>subdivision no longer applies. A lead risk assessor or assessing agency may observe the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>performance of lead hazard reduction in progress and shall enforce the provisions of this <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>section under section 
         <statute_ref>144.9509</statute_ref>. Deteriorated painted surfaces, bare soil, and dust must be <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>tested with appropriate analytical equipment to determine the lead content, except that <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>deteriorated painted surfaces or bare soil need not be tested if the property owner agrees to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>engage in lead hazard reduction on those surfaces. The lead content of drinking water <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>must be measured if another probable source of lead exposure is not identified. Within a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>standard metropolitan statistical area, an assessing agency may order lead hazard reduction <br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>of bare soil without measuring the lead content of the bare soil if the property is in a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>census tract in which soil sampling has been performed according to rules established by <br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>the commissioner and at least 25 percent of the soil samples contain lead concentrations <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>above the standard in section 
         <statute_ref>144.9508</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>    (f) Each assessing agency shall establish an administrative appeal procedure which <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>allows a property owner to contest the nature and conditions of any lead order issued by <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>the assessing agency. Assessing agencies must consider appeals that propose lower cost <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>methods that make the residence lead safe. The commissioner shall use the authority and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>appeal procedure granted under sections 
         <statute_ref>144.989</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.993</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>    (g) Sections 
         <statute_ref>144.9501</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.9509</statute_ref> neither authorize nor prohibit an assessing agency <br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>from charging a property owner for the cost of a lead risk assessment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.9507, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Medical assistance.</b> Medical assistance reimbursement for lead risk <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>assessment services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 49, shall not be used to replace <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>or decrease existing state or local funding for lead services and lead-related activities.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.9512, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var><b>144.9512 LEAD ABATEMENT PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in section 
         <statute_ref>144.9501</statute_ref> and in this <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>subdivision apply to this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>    (b) "Eligible organization" means a lead contractor, city, board of health, community <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>health department, community action agency as defined in section 
<statute_ref>256E.30</statute_ref>, or community <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>development corporation.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>    (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health, or the commissioner of the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>Minnesota Housing Finance Agency as authorized by section 
<statute_ref>462A.05, subdivision 15c</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Grants; administration.</b> Within the limits of the available appropriation, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>the commissioner must develop a swab team services program which may shall make <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>demonstration and training grants to eligible organizations a nonprofit organization <br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>currently operating the CLEARCorps lead hazard reduction project to train workers to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>provide swab team services and swab team services for residential property. Grants may <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>be awarded to nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance and training to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>ensure quality and consistency within the statewide program. Grants must be awarded to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>help ensure full-time employment to workers providing swab team services and must be <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>awarded for a two-year period.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>    Grants awarded under this section must be made in consultation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency and representatives of neighborhood <br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>groups from areas at high risk for toxic lead exposure, a labor organization, the lead <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>coalition, community action agencies, and the legal aid society. The consulting team must <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>review grant applications and recommend awards to eligible organizations that meet <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>requirements for receiving a grant under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Applicants.</b> (a) Interested eligible organizations may apply to the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>commissioner for grants under this section. Two or more eligible organizations may <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>jointly apply for a grant. Priority shall be given to community action agencies in greater <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>Minnesota and to either community action agencies or neighborhood based nonprofit <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>organizations in cities of the first class. Of the total annual appropriation, 12.5 percent may <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>be used for administrative purposes. The commissioner may deviate from this percentage <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>if a grantee can justify the need for a larger administrative allowance. Of this amount, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>up to five percent may be used by the commissioner for state administrative purposes. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>Applications must provide information requested by the commissioner, including at least <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>the information required to assess the factors listed in paragraph (d).<br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>    (b) The commissioner must consult with boards of health to provide swab team <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>services for purposes of secondary prevention. The priority for swab teams created <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>by grants to eligible organizations under this section must be work assigned by the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>commissioner of health, or by a board of health if so designated by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>health, to provide secondary prevention swab team services to fulfill the requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>of section 
<statute_ref>144.9504, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, in response to a lead order. Swab teams assigned <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>work under this section by the commissioner, that are not engaged daily in fulfilling the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>requirements of section 
<statute_ref>144.9504, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, must deliver swab team services in <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>response to elevated blood lead levels as defined in section 
<statute_ref>144.9501, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>where lead orders were not issued, and for purposes of primary prevention in census <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>tracts known to be in areas at high risk for toxic lead exposure as described in section <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var><statute_ref>144.9503, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>    (c) Any additional money must be used for grants to establish swab teams for <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>primary prevention under section 
<statute_ref>144.9503</statute_ref>, in census tracts in areas at high risk for toxic <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>lead exposure as determined under section 
<statute_ref>144.9503, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>    (d) In evaluating grant applications, the commissioner must consider the following <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>criteria:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>    (1) the use of lead contractors and lead workers for residential swab team services;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>    (2) the participation of neighborhood groups and individuals, as swab team workers, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>in areas at high risk for toxic lead exposure;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>    (3) plans for the provision of swab team services for primary and secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.30.36"></a><var>30.36</var>prevention as required under subdivision 4;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>    (4) plans for supervision, training, career development, and postprogram placement <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>of swab team members;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>    (5) plans for resident and property owner education on lead safety;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>    (6) plans for distributing cleaning supplies to area residents and educating residents <br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>and property owners on cleaning techniques;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>    (7) sources of other funding and cost estimates for training, lead inspections, swab <br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>team services, equipment, monitoring, testing, and administration;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>    (8) measures of program effectiveness;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>    (9) coordination of program activities with other federal, state, and local public <br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>health, job training, apprenticeship, and housing renovation programs including programs <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>under sections 
<statute_ref>116L.86</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>116L.881</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>    (10) prior experience in providing swab team services.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Lead supervisor or certified firm</b><b> Eligible grant activities</b><b>.</b> (a) Eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>organizations and lead supervisors or certified firms may participate in the swab team <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>program. An eligible organization The nonprofit receiving a grant under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>must assure ensure that all participating lead supervisors or certified firms are licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>and that all swab team workers are certified by the Department of Health under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>144.9505
         </statute_ref>. Eligible organizations and lead supervisors or certified firms may distinguish <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>between interior and exterior services in assigning duties and The nonprofit organization <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>may participate in the program by: <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>    (1) providing on-the-job training for swab team workers;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>    (2) providing swab team services to meet the requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>144.9503, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>144.9504, subdivision 6</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>    (3) providing a removal and replacement component using skilled craft workers <br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>under subdivision 7 lead hazard reduction to meet the requirements of section 144.9501, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>subdivision 17;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>    (4) providing lead testing according to subdivision 8;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>    (5) (4) providing lead dust cleaning supplies cleanup equipment and materials, as <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>described in section 
         <statute_ref>144.9507 144.9503, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, paragraph (c) 1, to residents; or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>    (6) (5) having a swab team worker instruct residents and property owners on <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>appropriate lead control techniques, including the lead-safe directives developed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>commissioner of health.;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>    (6) conducting blood lead testing events including screening children and pregnant <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>women according to Department of Health screening guidelines;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>    (7) performing case management services according to Department of Health case <br/>
<a id="pl.31.36"></a><var>31.36</var>management guidelines; or<br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>    (8) conducting mandated risk assessments under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>144.9504, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>    (b) Participating lead supervisors or certified firms must:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>    (1) demonstrate proof of workers' compensation and general liability insurance <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>coverage;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>    (2) be knowledgeable about lead abatement requirements established by the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Occupational Safety and Health <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>Administration and lead hazard reduction requirements and lead-safe directives of the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>commissioner of health;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>    (3) demonstrate experience with on-the-job training programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>    (4) demonstrate an ability to recruit employees from areas at high risk for toxic <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>lead exposure; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>    (5) demonstrate experience in working with low-income clients.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Swab team workers.</b> Each worker engaged in swab team services <br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>established under this section must have blood lead concentrations below 15 micrograms <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>of lead per deciliter of whole blood as determined by a baseline blood lead screening. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>Any The nonprofit organization receiving a grant under this section is responsible for lead <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>screening and must assure ensure that all swab team workers meet the standards established <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>in this subdivision. Grantees The nonprofit organization must use appropriate workplace <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>procedures including following the lead-safe directives developed by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>health to reduce risk of elevated blood lead levels. Grantees The nonprofit organization <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>and participating contractors must report all employee blood lead levels that exceed 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood to the commissioner of health.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>    Subd. 6. <b>On-the-job training component.</b> (a) Programs established under this <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>section must provide on-the-job training for swab team workers.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>    (b) Swab team workers must receive monetary compensation equal to the prevailing <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>wage as defined in section 
<statute_ref>177.42, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, for comparable jobs in the licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>contractor's principal business. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Removal and replacement component.</b> (a) Within the limits of the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>available appropriation and if a need is identified by a lead inspector, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>may establish a component for removal and replacement of deteriorated paint in residential <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>properties according to the following criteria:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>    (1) components within a residence must have both deteriorated lead-based paint and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>substrate damage beyond repair or rotting wooden framework to be eligible for removal <br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>and replacement;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>    (2) all removal and replacement must be done using least-cost methods and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>following lead-safe directives;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>    (3) whenever windows and doors or other components covered with deteriorated <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>lead-based paint have sound substrate or are not rotting, those components should be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>repaired, sent out for stripping, planed down to remove deteriorated lead-based paint, or <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>covered with protective guards instead of being replaced, provided that such an activity is <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>the least-cost method of providing the swab team service;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>    (4) removal and replacement or repair must be done by lead contractors using skilled <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>craft workers or trained swab team members; and<br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>    (5) all craft work that requires a state license must be supervised by a person with <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>a state license in the craft work being supervised. The grant recipient may contract for <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>this supervision.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>    (b) The program design must:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>    (1) identify the need for on-the-job training of swab team workers to be removal and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>replacement workers; and<br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>    (2) describe plans to involve appropriate groups in designing methods to meet the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>need for training swab team workers.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Testing and evaluation.</b> (a) Testing of the environment is not necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>by swab teams whose work is assigned by the commissioner of health or a designated <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>board of health under section 
<statute_ref>144.9504</statute_ref>. The commissioner of health or designated board <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>of health must share the analytical testing data collected on each residence for purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>of secondary prevention under section 
<statute_ref>144.9504</statute_ref> with the swab team workers in order to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>provide constructive feedback on their work and to the commissioner for the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>set forth in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>    (b) For purposes of primary prevention evaluation, the following samples must be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>collected: pretesting and posttesting of one noncarpeted floor dust lead sample and a <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>notation of the extent and location of bare soil and of deteriorated lead-based paint. The <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>analytical testing data collected on each residence for purposes of primary prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>under section 
<statute_ref>144.9503</statute_ref> must be shared with the swab team workers in order to provide <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>constructive feedback on their work and to the commissioner for the purposes set forth in <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>    (c) The commissioner of health must establish a program to collect appropriate data <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>as required under paragraphs (a) and (b), in order to conduct an ongoing evaluation of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>swab team services for primary and secondary prevention. Within the limits of available <br/>
<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>appropriations, the commissioner of health must conduct on up to 1,000 residences which <br/>
<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>have received primary or secondary prevention swab team services, a postremediation <br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>evaluation, on at least a quarterly basis for a period of at least two years for each residence. <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>The evaluation must note the condition of the paint within the residence, the extent of bare <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>soil on the grounds, and collect and analyze one noncarpeted floor dust lead sample. <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>The data collected must be evaluated to determine the efficacy of providing swab team <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>services as a method of reducing lead exposure in young children. In evaluating this data, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>the commissioner of health must consider city size, community location, historic traffic <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>flow, soil lead level of the property by area or census tract, distance to industrial point <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>sources that emit lead, season of the year, age of the housing, age and number of children <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>living at the residence, the presence of pets that move in and out of the residence, and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>other relevant factors as the commissioner of health may determine.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Program benefits.</b> As a condition of providing swab team services under <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>this section, an the nonprofit organization may require a property owner to not increase <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>rents on a property solely as a result of a substantial improvement made with public <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>funds under the programs in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Requirements of </b><b>organizations receiving grants</b><b> the nonprofit </b><br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var><b>organization</b><b>.</b> An eligible The nonprofit organization that is awarded a training and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>demonstration grant under this section must prepare and submit a quarterly progress report <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>to the commissioner beginning three months after receipt of the grant.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>    Sec. 24. <b>[144.966] EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var><b>ACT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) "Child" means a person 18 years of age or younger.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>    (b) "False positive rate" means the proportion of infants identified as having a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>significant hearing loss by the screening process who are ultimately found to not have a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>significant hearing loss.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>    (c) "False negative rate" means the proportion of infants not identified as having <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>a significant hearing loss by the screening process who are ultimately found to have a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>significant hearing loss.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>    (d) "Hearing screening test" means automated auditory brain stem response, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>otoacoustic emissions, or another appropriate screening test approved by the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>of Health.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>    (e) "Hospital" means a birthing health care facility or birthing center licensed in <br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>this state that provides obstetrical services.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>    (f) "Infant" means a child who is not a newborn and has not attained the age of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>one year.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>    (g) "Newborn" means an infant 28 days old or younger.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>    (h) "Parent" means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, guardian, or <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>custodian of a newborn or infant.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee.</b> (a) The <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>commissioner of health shall appoint a Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>to advise and assist the Department of Health and the Department of Education in:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>    (1) developing protocols and timelines for screening, rescreening, and diagnostic <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>audiological assessment and early medical, audiological, and educational intervention <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>services for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>    (2) designing protocols for tracking children from birth through age three that may <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>have passed newborn screening but are at risk for delayed or late onset of permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>hearing loss;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>    (3) designing a technical assistance program to support facilities implementing the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>screening program and facilities conducting rescreening and diagnostic audiological <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>assessment;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>    (4) designing implementation and evaluation of a system of follow-up and tracking; <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>    (5) evaluating program outcomes to increase effectiveness and efficiency and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>culturally appropriate services for children with a confirmed hearing loss and their families.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>    (b) Membership of the committee shall include at least one member from each of the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>following groups with no less than two of the members being deaf or hard-of-hearing:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>    (1) a representative from a consumer organization representing culturally deaf <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>persons;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>    (2) a parent with a child with hearing loss representing a parent organization;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>    (3) a consumer from an organization representing oral communication options;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>    (4) a consumer from an organization representing cued speech communication <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>options;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>    (5) an audiologist who has experience in evaluation and intervention of infants <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>and young children;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>    (6) a speech-language pathologist who has experience in evaluation and intervention <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>of infants and young children;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>    (7) two primary care providers who have experience in the care of infants and young <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>children, one of which shall be a pediatrician;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>    (8) a representative from the early hearing detection intervention teams;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>    (9) a representative from the Department of Education resource center for the deaf <br/>
<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>and hard-of-hearing or their designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>    (10) a representative of the Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and Hard of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>Hearing People;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>    (11) a representative from the Department of Human Services Deaf and Hard of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>Hearing Services Division;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>    (12) one or more of the Part C coordinators from the Department of Education, the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>Department of Health, or the Department of Human Services or their designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>    (13) the Department of Health early hearing detection and intervention coordinator;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>    (14) two birth hospital representatives from one rural and one urban hospital;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>    (15) a pediatric geneticist;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>    (16) an otolaryngologist;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>    (17) a representative from the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee under <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>this subdivision; and<br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>    (18) a representative of the Department of Education regional low-incidence <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>facilitators.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>    The Department of Health member shall chair the first meeting of the committee. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>At the first meeting, the committee shall elect a chairperson from its membership. The <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson, at least four times a year. The <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>committee shall adopt written bylaws to govern its activities. The Department of Health <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>shall provide technical and administrative support services as required by the committee. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>These services shall include technical support from individuals qualified to administer <br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>infant hearing screening, rescreening, and diagnostic audiological assessments.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>    Members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their service, but <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred as a result of their duties as members of the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>committee.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Newborn and infant hearing screening programs.</b> All hospitals shall <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>establish a Universal Newborn Hearing and Infant Screening (UNHS) program. Each <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>UNHS program shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>    (1) in advance of any hearing screening testing, provide to the newborn's or infant's <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>parents information concerning the nature of the screening procedure, applicable costs of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>the screening procedure, the potential risks and effects of hearing loss, and the benefits of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>early detection and intervention;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>    (2) comply with parental consent under section 144.125, subdivision 3;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>    (3) develop policies and procedures for screening and rescreening based on <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>Department of Health recommendations;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>    (4) provide appropriate training and monitoring of individuals responsible for <br/>
<a id="pl.36.36"></a><var>36.36</var>performing hearing screening tests as recommended by the Department of Health;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    (5) test the newborn's hearing prior to discharge, or, if the newborn is expected to <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>remain in the hospital for a prolonged period, testing shall be performed prior to three <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>months of age, or when medically feasible;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>    (6) develop and implement procedures for documenting the results of all hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>screening tests;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>    (7) inform the baby's parents or parent, primary care physician, and the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>of Health according to recommendations of the Department of Health of the results of the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>hearing screening test or rescreening if conducted, or if the newborn or infant was not <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>successfully tested. The hospital that discharges the baby to home is responsible for <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>the screening; and<br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>    (8) collect performance data specified by the Department of Health. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Notification and information.</b> (a) Notification to the parents, primary <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>care provider, and Department of Health shall occur prior to discharge or no later than ten <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>days following the date of testing. Notification shall include information recommended by <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>the Department of Health.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>    (b) A physician, nurse, midwife, or other health professional attending a birth outside <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>a hospital or institution shall provide information, orally and in writing, as established by <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>the Department of Health, to parents regarding places where the parents may have their <br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>infants' hearing screened and the importance of such screening.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>    (c) The professional conducting the diagnostic procedure to confirm the hearing loss <br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>must report the results to the parents, primary care provider, and Department of Health <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>according to the Department of Health recommendations.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Oversight responsibility.</b> The Department of Health shall exercise <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>oversight responsibility for UNHS programs, including establishing a performance data <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>set and reviewing performance data collected by each hospital.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Civil and criminal immunity and penalties.</b> (a) No physician or hospital <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>shall be civilly or criminally liable for failure to conduct hearing screening testing.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>    (b) No physician, midwife, nurse, other health professional, or hospital acting in <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>compliance with this section shall be civilly or criminally liable for any acts conforming <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>with this section, including furnishing information required according to this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Laboratory service fees.</b> The commissioner shall charge laboratory <br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>service fees according to section 16A.1285 so that the total of fees collected will <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>approximate the costs of implementing and maintaining a system to follow up infants, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>provide technical assistance, a tracking system, data management, and evaluation.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>    Sec. 25. <b>[144.967] ARSENIC HEALTH RISK STANDARD.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Arsenic health risk standard established.</b> The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>health in cooperation with the commissioners of agriculture and the Pollution Control <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>Agency responsible for monitoring land and water cleanup and soil contamination <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>information shall determine a health risk standard for human exposure to arsenic. The <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>commissioner of health shall ensure that the established arsenic health risk standard is <br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>included in all information provided to the public.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Information.</b> The commissioner of health, in consultation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>commissioners of agriculture and the Pollution Control Agency with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>soil and water contamination, shall establish a central information source available to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>the public to provide accurate information on arsenic soil and water contamination in <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>residential areas.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Testing for arsenic.</b> (a) The commissioner of health shall ensure access <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>to medical testing for arsenical pesticide exposure to persons living within one mile of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>the CMC Heartland Lite Yard Superfund site who are not covered by health insurance or <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>medical assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>    (b) Through an agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>the commissioner shall ensure soil testing is available to households within one mile of the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>CMC Heartland Lite Yard Superfund site at no cost to the residents.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Evaluation.</b> The commissioner of health shall evaluate the cumulative <br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>health impact burdens of environmental toxins in the residential communities impacted by <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>arsenic-contaminated soil from the CMC Heartland Lite Yard Superfund site. The first <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>priority shall be to evaluate health burdens to those communities experiencing health <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>disparities as documented by the Minority and Multicultural Health Division of the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>Minnesota Department of Health.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>    Sec. 26. <b>[144.995] DEFINITIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>    (a) For purposes of sections 144.995 to 144.998, the terms in this section have <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>the meanings given.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>    (b) "Advisory panel" means the Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>Advisory Panel established under section 144.998.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>    (c) "Biomonitoring" means the process by which chemicals and their metabolites are <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>identified and measured within a biospecimen.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>    (d) "Biospecimen" means a sample of human fluid, serum, or tissue that is reasonably <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>available as a medium to measure the presence and concentration of chemicals or their <br/>
<a id="pl.38.35"></a><var>38.35</var>metabolites in a human body.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>    (e) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Health.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>    (f) "Community" means geographically or nongeographically-based populations <br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>that may participate in the biomonitoring program. A "nongeographical community" <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>includes, but is not limited to, populations that may share a common chemical exposure <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>through similar occupations, populations experiencing a common health outcome that <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>may be linked to chemical exposures, or populations that may experience similar chemical <br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>exposures because of comparable consumption, lifestyle, product use, or subpopulations <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>that share ethnicity, age, or gender.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>    (g) "Department" means the Department of Health.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>    (h) "Designated chemicals" means those chemicals that are known to, or strongly <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>suspected of, adversely impacting human health or development, based upon scientific, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>peer-reviewed animal, human, or in vitro studies, and baseline human exposure data, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>and consists of chemical families or metabolites that are included in the federal Centers <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>for Disease Control and Prevention studies that are known collectively as the National <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>Reports on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals program and any substances <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>specified under section 144.998, subdivision 3, clause (6).<br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>    (i) "Environmental hazard" means a chemical, metal, or other substance for which <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>scientific, peer-reviewed studies of humans, animals, or cells have demonstrated that the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>chemical is known or reasonably anticipated to adversely impact human health.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>    (j) "Environmental health tracking" means collection, integration, analysis, and <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>dissemination of data on human exposures to  chemicals in the environment and on <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>diseases potentially caused or aggravated by those chemicals.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>    Sec. 27. <b>[144.996] ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRACKING; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var><b>BIOMONITORING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Environmental health tracking.</b> In cooperation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, the commissioner shall establish an <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>environmental health tracking program to:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>    (1) coordinate data collection activities with the Pollution Control Agency, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>Department of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, and any other relevant state agency <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>and work to promote the sharing of and access to health and environmental databases <br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>in order to develop an environmental health tracking system for Minnesota, consistent <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>with applicable data practices laws;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>    (2) facilitate the dissemination of public health tracking data to the public and <br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>researchers in accessible format and provide technical assistance on interpreting the data;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>    (3) develop written data sharing agreements with the Minnesota Pollution Control <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>Agency, Department of Agriculture, and other relevant state agencies and organizations, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>and develop additional procedures as needed to protect individual privacy;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>    (4) develop a strategic plan that includes a mission statement, the identification of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>core priorities for research and epidemiologic surveillance, the identification of internal <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>and external stakeholders, and a work plan describing future program development;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>    (5) organize, analyze, and interpret available data, in order to:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>    (i) characterize statewide and localized trends and geographic patterns of prevalence <br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>and incidence of chronic diseases, including, but not limited to, cancer, respiratory <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>diseases, reproductive problems, birth defects, neurologic diseases, and developmental <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>disorders;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>    (ii) recommend to the commissioner methods to improve data collection on <br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>statewide population rates of chronic diseases and the occurrence of environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>hazards and exposures;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>    (iii) characterize statewide and localized trends and geographic patterns in the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>occurrence of environmental hazards and exposures;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>    (iv) assess the level of correlation with disease rate data and indicators of exposure <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>such as biomonitoring data, and other health and environmental data;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>    (v) incorporate newly collected and existing health tracking and biomonitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>data into efforts to identify communities with elevated rates of chronic disease, higher <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>likelihood of exposure to environmental pollutants, or both;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>    (vi) analyze occurrence of environmental hazards, exposures, and diseases with <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>relation to socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>    (vii) develop and implement targeted plans to conduct more intensive health tracking <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>and biomonitoring among communities;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>    (viii) work with the Pollution Control Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>other relevant state agency personnel and organizations to develop, implement, and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>evaluate preventive measures to reduce elevated rates of diseases and exposures identified <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>through activities performed under sections 144.995 to 144.998; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>    (ix) provide baseline data and present descriptive information relevant to policy <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>formation that are consistent with existing goals of the department; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>    (6) submit a biennial report to the legislature by January 15, beginning January <br/>
<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>15, 2009, on the status of environmental health tracking activities and related research <br/>
<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>programs, and making recommendations regarding the continuation and improvement of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.35"></a><var>40.35</var>the programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.36"></a><var>40.36</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Biomonitoring.</b> The commissioner shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    (1) conduct biomonitoring of communities on a voluntary  basis by collecting and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>analyzing biospecimens, as appropriate, to assess environmental exposures to designated <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>chemicals;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>    (2) conduct biomonitoring of pregnant women and minors on a voluntary basis, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>when scientifically appropriate; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>    (3) communicate findings to the public, and plan ensuing stages of biomonitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>and disease tracking work to further develop and refine the integrated analysis;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>    (4) share analytical results with the advisory panel and work with the panel <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>to interpret results, communicate findings to the public, and plan ensuing stages of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>biomonitoring work; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>    (5) submit a biennial report to the legislature by January 15, beginning January <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>15, 2009, on the status of the biomonitoring program and any recommendations for <br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>improvement.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Health data.</b> Data collected under the biomonitoring program are health <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>data under section 13.3805.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>    Sec. 28. <b>[144.997] BIOMONITORING PILOT PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Pilot program.</b> With advice from the advisory panel, the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>commissioner shall develop a biomonitoring pilot program. The program shall collect <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>one biospecimen from each of the voluntary participants. The biospecimen selected must <br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>be the biospecimen that most accurately represents body concentration of the chemical <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>of interest. Each biospecimen from the voluntary participants must be analyzed for one <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>type or class of related chemicals or metals, based on recommendations from the advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>panel. The panel shall determine the chemical or class of chemicals that community <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>members were most likely exposed to. The program shall collect and assess biospecimens <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>in accordance with the following: <br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>    (1) 30 voluntary participants from each of three communities that the advisory panel <br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>identifies as likely to have been exposed to a designated chemical; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>    (2) 100 voluntary participants from each of two communities: (i) that the advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>panel identifies as likely to have been exposed to arsenic and (ii) that the advisory panel <br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>identifies as likely to have been exposed to mercury; and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>    (3) 100 voluntary participants from each of two communities that the advisory panel <br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>identifies as likely to have been exposed to perfluorinated chemicals.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Base program.</b> Following the conclusion of the pilot program and within <br/>
<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>the appropriations available, the program shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>    (1) collect and assess biospecimens from at least as many voluntary participants and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>communities as identified in subdivision 1, clause (1); and<br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>    (2) work with the advisory panel to assess the usefulness of continuing biomonitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>among members of communities assessed during the initial phase of the program, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>and to identify other communities and other designated chemicals to be assessed via <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>biomonitoring.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Participation.</b> (a) Participation in the biomonitoring program by providing <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>biospecimens is voluntary and requires written, informed consent. Minors may participate <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>in the program if a written consent is signed by the minor's parent or legal guardian. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>The written consent must include the information required to be provided under this <br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>subdivision to all voluntary participants.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>    (b) All participants shall be evaluated for the presence of the designated chemical <br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>of interest as a component of the biomonitoring process. Participants shall be provided <br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>with information and fact sheets about the program's activities and its findings. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>Individual participants shall, if requested, receive their complete results. Any results <br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>provided to participants shall be subject to the Department of Health Institutional <br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>Review Board protocols and guidelines. When either physiological or chemical data <br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>obtained from a participant indicate a significant known health risk, program staff <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>experienced in communicating biomonitoring results shall consult with the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>and recommend follow-up steps, as appropriate. Program administrators shall receive <br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>training in administering the program in an ethical, culturally sensitive, participatory, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>and community-based manner.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Program guidelines.</b> (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>advisory panel, shall develop:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>    (1) protocols or program guidelines that address the science and practice of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>biomonitoring to be utilized and procedures for changing those protocols to incorporate <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>new and more accurate or efficient technologies as they become available. The protocols <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>shall be developed utilizing a peer-review process in a manner that is participatory and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>community-based in design, implementation, and evaluation;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>    (2) guidelines for ensuring the privacy of information; informed consent; follow-up <br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>counseling and support; and communicating findings to participants, communities, and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>the general public. The informed consent used for the program must meet the informed <br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>consent protocols developed by the National Institutes of Health;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>    (3) educational and outreach materials that are culturally appropriate for <br/>
<a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var>dissemination to program participants and communities. Priority shall be given to the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.36"></a><var>42.36</var>development of materials specifically designed to ensure that parents are informed about <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>all of the benefits of breastfeeding so that the program does not result in an unjustified fear <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>of toxins in breast milk, which might inadvertently lead parents to avoid breastfeeding. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>The materials shall communicate relevant scientific findings; data on the accumulation <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>of pollutants to community health; and the required responses by local, state, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>governmental entities in regulating toxicant exposures;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>    (4) a training program that is culturally sensitive specifically for health care <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>providers, health educators, and other program administrators; <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>    (5) a designation process for state and private laboratories that are qualified to <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>analyze biospecimens and report the findings; and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>    (6) a method for informing affected communities and local governments representing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>those communities concerning biomonitoring activities and for receiving comments from <br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>citizens concerning those activities.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>    (b) The commissioner may enter into contractual agreements with health clinics, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>community-based organizations, or experts in a particular field to perform any of the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>activities described under this section.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>    Sec. 29. <b>[144.998] ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRACKING AND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var><b>BIOMONITORING ADVISORY PANEL.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The commissioner shall establish the Environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Advisory Panel. The commissioner shall appoint, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>from the panel's membership, a chair. The panel shall meet as often as it deems necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>but, at a minimum, on a quarterly basis. Members of the panel shall serve without <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses incurred <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>through performance of their duties. Members appointed under this subdivision are <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>appointed for a three-year term and may be reappointed.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Members.</b> The commissioner shall appoint eight members who have <br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>backgrounds or training in designing, implementing, and interpreting health tracking and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>biomonitoring studies or in related fields of science, including epidemiology, biostatistics, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>environmental health, laboratory sciences, occupational health, industrial hygiene, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>toxicology, and public health, including:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>    (1) two scientists who represent nongovernmental organizations with a focus on <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>environmental health, environmental justice, children's health, or on specific chronic <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>diseases; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>    (2) one scientist who is a representative of the University of Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>    In addition, the commissioner shall appoint one member representing each of the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>following departments or divisions: the department's health promotion and chronic disease <br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>division, the Pollution Control Agency, and the Department of Agriculture.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Duties.</b> The advisory panel shall make recommendations to the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>commissioner and the legislature on:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>    (1) priorities for health tracking;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>    (2) priorities for biomonitoring that are based on sound science and practice, and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>that will advance the state of public health in Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>    (3) specific chronic diseases to study under the environmental health tracking system;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>    (4) specific environmental pollutant exposures to study under the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>health tracking system;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>    (5) specific communities and geographic areas on which to focus environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>health tracking and biomonitoring efforts;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>    (6) specific chemicals and metals to study under the biomonitoring program that <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>meet the following criteria:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>    (i) the degree of potential exposure to the public or specific subgroups, including, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>but not limited to, occupational;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>    (ii) the likelihood of a chemical being a carcinogen or toxicant based on <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>peer-reviewed health data, the chemical structure, or the toxicology of chemically related <br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>compounds;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>    (iii) the limits of laboratory detection for the chemical, including the ability to detect <br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>the chemical at low enough levels that could be expected in the general population;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>    (iv) exposure or potential exposure to the public or specific subgroups;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    (v) the known or suspected health effects resulting from the same level of exposure <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>based on peer-reviewed scientific studies;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>    (vi) the need to assess the efficacy of public health actions to reduce exposure to a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>chemical;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>    (vii) the availability of a biomonitoring analytical method with adequate accuracy, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>precision, sensitivity, specificity, and speed;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>    (viii) the availability of adequate biospecimen samples; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>    (ix) other criteria that the panel may agree to; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>    (7) other aspects of the design, implementation, and evaluation of the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>health tracking and biomonitoring system, including, but not limited to:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>    (i) identifying possible community partners and sources of additional public or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>private funding;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.36"></a><var>44.36</var>    (ii) developing outreach and educational methods and materials; and<br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>    (iii) disseminating environmental health tracking and biomonitoring findings to <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>the public.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Liability.</b> No member of the panel shall be held civilly or criminally liable <br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>for an act or omission by that person if the act or omission was in good faith and within <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>the scope of the member's responsibilities under sections 144.995 to 144.998.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144E.101, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Basic life support.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (e), a basic life <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>support ambulance shall be staffed by at least two ambulance service personnel, at least <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>one of which must be an EMT, who provide a level of care so as to ensure that:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>    (1) life-threatening situations and potentially serious injuries are recognized;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>    (2) patients are protected from additional hazards;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>    (3) basic treatment to reduce the seriousness of emergency situations is administered; <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>    (4) patients are transported to an appropriate medical facility for treatment.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>    (b) A basic life support service shall provide basic airway management.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>    (c) By January 1, 2001, a basic life support service shall provide automatic <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>defibrillation, as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>144E.103, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b). <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>    (d) A basic life support service licensee's medical director may authorize the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>ambulance service personnel to carry and to use medical antishock trousers and to perform <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>intravenous infusion if the ambulance service personnel have been properly trained.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>    (e) Upon application from an ambulance service that includes evidence <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>demonstrating hardship, the board may grant a temporary variance from the staff <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>requirements in paragraph (a) and may authorize a basic life support ambulance to be <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>staffed by one EMT and one first responder. The variance shall apply to basic life support <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>ambulances operated by the ambulance service for up to one year from the date of the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>variance's issuance until the ambulance service renews its license. When a variance <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>expires, an ambulance service may apply for a new variance under this paragraph. For <br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>purposes of this paragraph, "ambulance service" means either an ambulance service whose <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>primary service area is located outside the metropolitan counties listed in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, and outside the cities of Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>Cloud; or an ambulance service based in a community with a population of less than 1,000. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144E.127, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var><b>144E.127 INTERHOSPITAL</b><b>; INTERFACILITY</b><b> TRANSFER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Interhospital transfers.</b> When transporting a patient from one <br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>licensed hospital to another, a licensee may substitute for one of the required ambulance <br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>service personnel, a physician, a registered nurse, or physician's assistant who has been <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>trained to use the equipment in the ambulance and is knowledgeable of the licensee's <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>ambulance service protocols.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Interfacility transfers.</b> In an interfacility transport, a licensee whose <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>primary service area is located outside the metropolitan counties listed in section 473.121, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>subdivision 4, and outside the cities of Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St. <br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>Cloud; or an ambulance service based in a community with a population of less than 1,000, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>may substitute one EMT with a registered first responder if an EMT or EMT-paramedic, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>physician, registered nurse, or physician's assistant is in the patient compartment. If using <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>a physician, registered nurse, or physician's assistant as the sole provider in the patient <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>compartment, the individual must be trained to use the equipment in the ambulance and be <br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>knowledgeable of the ambulance service protocols.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144E.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Repayment for volunteer training.</b> Any political subdivision, or <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>nonprofit hospital or nonprofit corporation operating A licensed ambulance service shall <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>be reimbursed by the board for the necessary expense of the initial training of a volunteer <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>ambulance attendant upon successful completion by the attendant of a basic emergency <br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>care course, or a continuing education course for basic emergency care, or both, which has <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>been approved by the board, pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>144E.285</statute_ref>. Reimbursement may include <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>tuition, transportation, food, lodging, hourly payment for the time spent in the training <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>course, and other necessary expenditures, except that in no instance shall a volunteer <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>ambulance attendant be reimbursed more than $450 $600 for successful completion of a <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>basic course, and $225 $275 for successful completion of a continuing education course. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 145A.17, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var><b>145A.17 FAMILY HOME VISITING PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; goals.</b> The commissioner shall establish a program <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>to fund family home visiting programs designed to foster a healthy beginning for children <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>in families at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines beginnings, improve <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>pregnancy outcomes, promote school readiness, prevent child abuse and neglect, reduce <br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>juvenile delinquency, promote positive parenting and resiliency in children, and promote <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>family health and economic self-sufficiency for children and families. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>shall promote partnerships, collaboration, and multidisciplinary visiting done by teams of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>professionals and paraprofessionals from the fields of public health nursing, social work, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>and early childhood education. A program funded under this section must serve families <br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, and other families determined <br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>to be at risk, including but not limited to being at risk for child abuse, child neglect, or <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>juvenile delinquency. Programs must give priority for services to families considered to <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>be in need of services, including but not limited to begin prenatally whenever possible and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>must be targeted to families with:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>    (1) adolescent parents;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>    (2) a history of alcohol or other drug abuse;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>    (3) a history of child abuse, domestic abuse, or other types of violence;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>    (4) a history of domestic abuse, rape, or other forms of victimization;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>    (5) reduced cognitive functioning;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>    (6) a lack of knowledge of child growth and development stages;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>    (7) low resiliency to adversities and environmental stresses; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>    (8) insufficient financial resources to meet family needs;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>    (9) a history of homelessness;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>    (10) a risk of long-term welfare dependence or family instability due to employment <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>barriers; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>    (11) other risk factors as determined by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Requirements for programs; process.</b> (a) Before a community health <br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>board or tribal government may receive an allocation under subdivision 2, a community <br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>health board or tribal government must submit a proposal to the commissioner that <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>includes identification, based on a community assessment, of the populations at or below <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines that will be served and the other populations <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>that will be served. Each program that receives funds must Community health boards <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>and tribal governments that receive funding under this section must submit a plan to <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>the commissioner describing a multidisciplinary approach to targeted home visiting for <br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>families. The plan must be submitted on forms provided by the commissioner. At a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>minimum, the plan must include the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>    (1) a description of outreach strategies to families prenatally or at birth;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>    (2) provisions for the seamless delivery of health, safety, and early learning services; <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>    (3) methods to promote continuity of services when families move within the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>    (4) a description of the community demographics;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>    (5) a plan for meeting outcome measures; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>    (6) a proposed work plan that includes:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.36"></a><var>47.36</var>    (i) coordination to ensure nonduplication of services for children and families;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>    (ii) a description of the strategies to ensure that children and families at greatest risk <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>receive appropriate services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>    (iii) collaboration with multidisciplinary partners including public health, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>ECFE, Head Start, community health workers, social workers, community home <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>visiting programs, school districts, and other relevant partners. Letters of intent from <br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>multidisciplinary partners must be submitted with the plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>    (b) Each program that receives funds must accomplish the following program <br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>requirements:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>    (1) use either a broad community-based or selective community-based strategy to <br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>provide preventive and early intervention home visiting services;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>    (2) offer a home visit by a trained home visitor. If a home visit is accepted, the first <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>home visit must occur prenatally or as soon after birth as possible and must include a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>public health nursing assessment by a public health nurse;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>    (3) offer, at a minimum, information on infant care, child growth and development, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>positive parenting, preventing diseases, preventing exposure to environmental hazards, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>and support services available in the community;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>    (4) provide information on and referrals to health care services, if needed, including <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>information on and assistance in applying for health care coverage for which the child or <br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>family may be eligible; and provide information on preventive services, developmental <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>assessments, and the availability of public assistance programs as appropriate;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>    (5) provide youth development programs when appropriate;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>    (6) recruit home visitors who will represent, to the extent possible, the races, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>cultures, and languages spoken by families that may be served;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>    (7) train and supervise home visitors in accordance with the requirements established <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>under subdivision 4;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>    (8) maximize resources and minimize duplication by coordinating activities or <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>contracting with local social and human services organizations, education organizations, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>and other appropriate governmental entities and community-based organizations and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>agencies; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>    (9) utilize appropriate racial and ethnic approaches to providing home visiting <br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>    (10) connect eligible families, as needed, to additional resources available in the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>community, including, but not limited to, early care and education programs, health or <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>mental health services, family literacy programs, employment agencies, social services, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>and child care resources and referral agencies.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>    (c) When available, programs that receive funds under this section must offer or <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>provide the family with a referral to center-based or group meetings that meet at least <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>once per month for those families identified with additional needs. The meetings must <br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>focus on further enhancing the information, activities, and skill-building addressed during <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>home visitation; offering opportunities for parents to meet with and support each other; <br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>and offering infants and toddlers a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>socialization and supervised play with qualified teachers.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>    (b) (d) Funds available under this section shall not be used for medical services. The <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>commissioner shall establish an administrative cost limit for recipients of funds. The <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>outcome measures established under subdivision 6 must be specified to recipients of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>funds at the time the funds are distributed.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>    (c) (e) Data collected on individuals served by the home visiting programs must <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>remain confidential and must not be disclosed by providers of home visiting services <br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>without a specific informed written consent that identifies disclosures to be made. <br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>Upon request, agencies providing home visiting services must provide recipients with <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>information on disclosures, including the names of entities and individuals receiving the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>information and the general purpose of the disclosure. Prospective and current recipients <br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>of home visiting services must be told and informed in writing that written consent for <br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>disclosure of data is not required for access to home visiting services.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Training.</b> The commissioner shall establish training requirements for <br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>home visitors and minimum requirements for supervision by a public health nurse. The <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>requirements for nurses must be consistent with chapter 148. The commissioner must <br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>provide training for home visitors. Training must include child development, positive <br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>parenting techniques, screening and referrals for child abuse and neglect, and diverse <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>cultural practices in child rearing and family systems the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>    (1) effective relationships for engaging and retaining families and ensuring family <br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>health, safety, and early learning;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>    (2) effective methods of implementing parent education, conducting home visiting, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>and promoting quality early childhood development;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>    (3) early childhood development from birth to age five;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>    (4) diverse cultural practices in child rearing and family systems;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>    (5) recruiting, supervising, and retaining qualified staff;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>    (6) increasing services for underserved populations; and <br/>
<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>    (7) relevant issues related to child welfare and protective services, with information <br/>
<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>provided being consistent with state child welfare agency training.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Technical assistance.</b> The commissioner shall provide administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>and technical assistance to each program, including assistance in data collection and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>other activities related to conducting short- and long-term evaluations of the programs <br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>as required under subdivision 7. The commissioner may request research and evaluation <br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>support from the University of Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Outcome </b><b>and performance </b><b>measures.</b> The commissioner shall establish <br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>outcomes measures to determine the impact of family home visiting programs funded <br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>under this section on the following areas:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>    (1) appropriate utilization of preventive health care;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>    (2) rates of substantiated child abuse and neglect;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>    (3) rates of unintentional child injuries;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>    (4) rates of children who are screened and who pass early childhood screening; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>    (5) rates of children accessing early care and educational services;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>    (6) program retention rates;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    (7) number of home visits provided compared to the number of home visits planned;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>    (8) participant satisfaction;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>    (9) rates of at-risk populations reached; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>    (10) any additional qualitative goals and quantitative measures established by the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Evaluation.</b> Using the qualitative goals and quantitative outcome and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>performance measures established under subdivisions 1 and 6, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>conduct ongoing evaluations of the programs funded under this section. Community <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>health boards and tribal governments shall cooperate with the commissioner in the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>evaluations and shall provide the commissioner with the information necessary to conduct <br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>the evaluations. As part of the ongoing evaluations, the commissioner shall rate the impact <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>of the programs on the outcome measures listed in subdivision 6, and shall periodically <br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>determine whether home visiting programs are the best way to achieve the qualitative <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>goals established under subdivisions 1 and 6. If the commissioner determines that home <br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>visiting programs are not the best way to achieve these goals, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>provide the legislature with alternative methods for achieving them.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Report.</b> By January 15, 2002, and January 15 of each even-numbered <br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>year thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature on the family <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>home visiting programs funded under this section and on the results of the evaluations <br/>
<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>conducted under subdivision 7.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>    Subd. 9. <b>No supplanting of existing funds.</b> Funding available under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>may be used only to supplement, not to replace, nonstate funds being used for home <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>visiting services as of July 1, 2001.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.001, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>    Subd. 10a. <b>Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var><b>PAVE certificate.</b> A "Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence" <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>or "PAVE" certificate is issued by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>indicating that the holder has demonstrated knowledge and skill equivalent to that <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>possessed by a graduate of an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>    Sec. 35. <b>[156.015] FEES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Verification of licensure.</b> The board may charge a fee of $25 per <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>license verification to a licensee for verification of licensure status provided to other <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>veterinary licensing boards.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Continuing education review.</b> The board may charge a fee of $50 per <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>submission to a sponsor for review and approval of individual continuing education <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>seminars, courses, wet labs, and lectures. This fee does not apply to continuing education <br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>sponsors that already meet the criteria for preapproval under Minnesota Rules, part <br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>9100.1000, subpart 3, item A.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>License application.</b> Application for a license to practice veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>medicine in this state shall be made in writing to the Board of Veterinary Medicine upon a <br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>form furnished by the board, accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant is at <br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>least 18 years of age, is of good moral character, and has one of the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>    (1) a diploma conferring the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine, or an <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>equivalent degree, from an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>    (2) an ECFVG or PAVE certificate; or<br/>
<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>    (3) a certificate from the dean of an accredited or approved college of veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>medicine stating that the applicant is a student in good standing expecting to be graduated <br/>
<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>at the completion of the current academic year of the college in which the applicant is <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>enrolled.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>    The application shall contain the information and material required by subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>2 and any other information that the board may, in its sound judgment, require. The <br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>application shall be filed with the board at least 60 days before the date of the examination. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>If the board deems it advisable, it may require that such application be verified by the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>oath of the applicant.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Required with application.</b> Every application shall contain the following <br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>information and material:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>    (1) the application fee set by the board in the form of a check or money order payable <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>to the board, which fee is not returnable in the event permission to take the examination <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>is denied for good cause;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>    (2) a copy of a diploma from an accredited or approved college of veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>medicine or a certificate from the dean or secretary of an accredited or approved college of <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>veterinary medicine showing the time spent in the school and the date when the applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>was duly and regularly graduated or will duly and regularly graduate or verification of <br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>ECFVG or PAVE certification;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>    (3) affidavits of at least two veterinarians and three adults who are not related to <br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>the applicant setting forth how long a time, when, and under what circumstances they <br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>have known the applicant, and any other facts as may be proper to enable the board to <br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>determine the qualifications of the applicant; and<br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>    (4) if the applicant has served in the armed forces, a copy of discharge papers.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.04, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var><b>156.04 BOARD TO ISSUE LICENSE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>    The Board of Veterinary Medicine shall issue to every applicant who has successfully <br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>passed the required examination, who has received a diploma conferring the degree of <br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>doctor of veterinary medicine or an equivalent degree from an accredited or approved <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>college of veterinary medicine or an ECFVG or PAVE certificate, and who shall have been <br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>adjudged to be duly qualified to practice veterinary medicine, a license to practice.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.072, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Required with application.</b> Such doctor of veterinary medicine shall <br/>
<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>accompany the application by the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>    (1) a copy of a diploma from an accredited or approved college of veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>medicine or certification from the dean, registrar, or secretary of an accredited or approved <br/>
<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>college of veterinary medicine attesting to the applicant's graduation from an accredited <br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>or approved college of veterinary medicine, or a certificate of satisfactory completion of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>the ECFVG or PAVE program.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>    (2) affidavits of two licensed practicing doctors of veterinary medicine residing in <br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>the United States or Canadian licensing jurisdiction in which the applicant is currently <br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>practicing, attesting that they are well acquainted with the applicant, that the applicant is a <br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>person of good moral character, and has been actively engaged in practicing or teaching in <br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>such jurisdiction for the period above prescribed;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>    (3) a certificate from the regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the conduct of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>practice of veterinary medicine that such applicant is in good standing and is not the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>subject of disciplinary action or pending disciplinary action;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>    (4) a certificate from all other jurisdictions in which the applicant holds a currently <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>active license or held a license within the past ten years, stating that the applicant is and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>was in good standing and has not been subject to disciplinary action;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>    (5) in lieu of clauses (3) and (4), certification from the Veterinary Information <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>Verification Agency that the applicant's licensure is in good standing;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>    (6) a fee as set by the board in form of check or money order payable to the board, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>no part of which shall be refunded should the application be denied;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>    (7) score reports on previously taken national examinations in veterinary medicine, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>certified by the Veterinary Information Verification Agency; and<br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>    (8) if requesting waiver of examination, provide evidence of meeting licensure <br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>requirements in the state of the applicant's original licensure that were substantially equal <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>to the requirements for licensure in Minnesota in existence at that time.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.073, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var><b>156.073 TEMPORARY PERMIT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>    The board may issue without examination a temporary permit to practice veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>medicine in this state to a person who has submitted an application approved by the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>board for license pending examination, and holds a doctor of veterinary medicine degree <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>or an equivalent degree from an approved or accredited college of veterinary medicine <br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>or an ECFVG or PAVE certification. The temporary permit shall expire the day after <br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>publication of the notice of results of the first examination given after the permit is <br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>issued. No temporary permit may be issued to any applicant who has previously failed <br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>the national examination and is currently not licensed in any licensing jurisdiction of the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>United States or Canada or to any person whose license has been revoked or suspended <br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>or who is currently subject to a disciplinary order in any licensing jurisdiction of the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>United States or Canada.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Authorized activities.</b> No provision of this chapter shall be construed to <br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>prohibit:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>    (a) a person from rendering necessary gratuitous assistance in the treatment of any <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>animal when the assistance does not amount to prescribing, testing for, or diagnosing, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>operating, or vaccinating and when the attendance of a licensed veterinarian cannot be <br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>procured;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>    (b) a person who is a regular student in an accredited or approved college of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>veterinary medicine from performing duties or actions assigned by instructors or <br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>preceptors or working under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>    (c) a veterinarian regularly licensed in another jurisdiction from consulting with a <br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>licensed veterinarian in this state;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>    (d) the owner of an animal and the owner's regular employee from caring for and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>administering to the animal belonging to the owner, except where the ownership of the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>animal was transferred for purposes of circumventing this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>    (e) veterinarians who are in compliance with subdivision 6 and who are employed by <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>the University of Minnesota from performing their duties with the College of Veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>Medicine, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural Extension <br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>Service, Medical School, School of Public Health, or other unit within the university; or <br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>a person from lecturing or giving instructions or demonstrations at the university or in <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>connection with a continuing education course or seminar to veterinarians or pathologists <br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>    (f) any person from selling or applying any pesticide, insecticide or herbicide;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>    (g) any person from engaging in bona fide scientific research or investigations which <br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>reasonably requires experimentation involving animals;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>    (h) any employee of a licensed veterinarian from performing duties other than <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>diagnosis, prescription or surgical correction under the direction and supervision of the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>veterinarian, who shall be responsible for the performance of the employee;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>    (i) a graduate of a foreign college of veterinary medicine from working under the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>direct personal instruction, control, or supervision of a veterinarian faculty member of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota in order to complete the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>requirements necessary to obtain an ECFVG or PAVE certificate.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.12, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Titles.</b> It is unlawful for a person who has not received a professional <br/>
<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>degree from an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine, or ECFVG or PAVE <br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>certification, to use any of the following titles or designations: Veterinary, veterinarian, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>animal doctor, animal surgeon, animal dentist, animal chiropractor, animal acupuncturist, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>or any other title, designation, word, letter, abbreviation, sign, card, or device tending to <br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>indicate that the person is qualified to practice veterinary medicine.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.12, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Faculty licensure.</b> (a) Veterinary Medical Center clinicians at the College <br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, who are engaged in the practice of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>veterinary medicine as defined in subdivision 1 and who treat animals owned by clients of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>the Veterinary Medical Center must possess the same license required by other veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>practitioners in the state of Minnesota except for persons covered by paragraphs (b) and (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>    (b) A specialty practitioner in a hard-to-fill faculty position who has been employed <br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, for five years or <br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>more prior to 2003 or is specialty board certified by the American Veterinary Medical <br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>Association or the European Board of Veterinary Specialization may be granted a specialty <br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>faculty Veterinary Medical Center clinician license which will allow the licensee to <br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>practice veterinary medicine in the state of Minnesota in the specialty area of the licensee's <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>training and only within the scope of employment at the Veterinary Medical Center.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>    (c) A specialty practitioner in a hard-to-fill faculty position at the College of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, who has graduated from a board-approved <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>foreign veterinary school may be granted a temporary faculty Veterinary Medical Center <br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>clinician license. The temporary faculty Veterinary Medical Center clinician license <br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>expires in two years and allows the licensee to practice veterinary medicine as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>in subdivision 1 and treat animals owned by clients of the Veterinary Medical Center. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>The temporary faculty Veterinary Medical Center clinician license allows the licensee to <br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>practice veterinary medicine in the state of Minnesota in the specialty area of the licensee's <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>training and only within the scope of employment at the Veterinary Medical Center while <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>under the direct supervision of a veterinarian currently licensed and actively practicing <br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>veterinary medicine in Minnesota, as defined in section 156.04. The direct supervising <br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>veterinarian shall not have any current or past conditions, restrictions, or probationary <br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>status imposed on the veterinarian's license by the board within the past five years. The <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>holder of a temporary faculty Veterinary Medical Center clinician license who is enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>in a PhD program may apply for up to two additional consecutive two-year extensions <br/>
<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>of an expiring temporary faculty Veterinary Medical Center clinician license. Any other <br/>
<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>holder of a temporary faculty Veterinary Medical Center clinician license may apply for <br/>
<a id="pl.55.35"></a><var>55.35</var>one two-year extension of the expiring temporary faculty Veterinary Medical Center <br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>clinician license. Temporary faculty Veterinary Medical Center clinician licenses that are <br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>allowed to expire may not be renewed. The board shall grant an extension to a licensee <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>who demonstrates suitable progress toward completing the requirements of their academic <br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>program, specialty board certification, or full licensure in Minnesota by a graduate of a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>foreign veterinary college.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>    (d) Temporary and specialty faculty Veterinary Medical Center clinician licensees <br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>must abide by all the laws governing the practice of veterinary medicine in the state <br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>of Minnesota and are subject to the same disciplinary action as any other veterinarian <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>licensed in the state of Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>    (e) The fee for a license issued under this subdivision is the same as for a regular <br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>license to practice veterinary medicine in Minnesota. License payment deadlines, late <br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>payment fees, and other license requirements are also the same as for regular licenses.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Service.</b> Service of an order under this section is effective if the order is <br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>served on the person or counsel of record personally or by certified United States mail to <br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>the most recent address provided to the board for the person or counsel of record.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.16, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Dispensing.</b> "Dispensing" means distribution of veterinary prescription <br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>drugs or over-the-counter drugs for extra-label use or human drugs for extra-label use by a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>person licensed as a pharmacist by the Board of Pharmacy or a person licensed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>Board of Veterinary Medicine.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.16, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Prescription.</b> "Prescription" means an order from a veterinarian to a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>pharmacist or another veterinarian authorizing the dispensing of a veterinary prescription <br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>drug drugs, human drugs for extra-label use, or over-the counter drugs for extra-label use <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>to a client for use on or in a patient.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Prescription.</b> (a) A person may not dispense a veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>prescription drug to a client without a prescription or other veterinary authorization. A <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>person may not make extra-label use of an animal or human drug for an animal without a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>prescription from a veterinarian. A veterinarian or the veterinarian's authorized employee <br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>may dispense a veterinary prescription drug to drugs, human drugs for extra-label use, or <br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>an over-the-counter drug for extra-label use by a client or oversee the extra-label use of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>a veterinary drug directly by a client without a separate written prescription, providing <br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>there is documentation of the prescription in the medical record and there is an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The prescribing veterinarian must monitor the use <br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>of veterinary prescription drugs, human drugs for extra-label use, or over-the-counter <br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>drugs for extra-label use by a client.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>    (b) A veterinarian may dispense prescription veterinary drugs and prescribe and <br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>dispense extra-label use drugs to a client without personally examining the animal if <br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>a bona fide veterinarian-client-patient relationship exists and in the judgment of the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>veterinarian the client has sufficient knowledge to use the drugs properly.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>    (c) A veterinarian may issue a prescription or other veterinary authorization by oral or <br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>written communication to the dispenser, or by computer connection. If the communication <br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>is oral, the veterinarian must enter it into the patient's record. The dispenser must record <br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>the veterinarian's prescription or other veterinary authorization within 72 hours.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>    (d) A prescription or other veterinary authorization must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>    (1) the name, address, and, if written, the signature of the prescriber;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>    (2) the name and address of the client;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>    (3) identification of the species for which the drug is prescribed or ordered;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>    (4) the name, strength, and quantity of the drug;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>    (5) the date of issue;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>    (6) directions for use; and<br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>    (7) withdrawal time., if applicable; and<br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>    (8) number of authorized refills.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>    (e) A veterinarian may, in the course of professional practice and an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>veterinarian-client-patient relationship, prepare medicaments that combine drugs approved <br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>by the United States Food and Drug Administration and other legally obtained ingredients <br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>with appropriate vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>    (f) A veterinarian or a bona fide employee of a veterinarian may dispense veterinary <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>prescription drugs to a person on the basis of a prescription issued by a licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>veterinarian. The provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>    (g) This section does not limit the authority of the Minnesota Racing Commission to <br/>
<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>regulate veterinarians providing services at a licensed racetrack.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Label of dispensed veterinary drugs.</b> (a) A veterinarian or the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.35"></a><var>57.35</var>veterinarian's authorized agent or employee dispensing a veterinary prescription drug <br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>or prescribing the extra-label use of an over-the-counter drug, an over-the-counter drug <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>for extra-label use, or a human drug for extra-label use must provide written information <br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>which includes the name and address of the veterinarian, date of filling, species of patient, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>name or names of drug, strength of drug or drugs, directions for use, withdrawal time, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>and cautionary statements, if any, appropriate for the drug.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>    (b) If the veterinary drug has been prepared, mixed, formulated, or packaged by the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>dispenser, all of the information required in paragraph (a) must be provided on a label <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>affixed to the container.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>    (c) If the veterinary drug is in the manufacturer's original package, the information <br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>required in paragraph (a) must be supplied in writing but need not be affixed to the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>container. Information required in paragraph (a) that is provided by the manufacturer on <br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>the original package does not need to be repeated in the separate written information. <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>Written information required by this paragraph may be written on the sales invoice.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.19, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var><b>156.19 EXTRA-LABEL USE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>    A person, other than a veterinarian or a person working under the control an <br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>employee of a veterinarian, must not make extra-label use of a veterinary drug in or <br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>on a food-producing animal, unless permitted by the prescription of a veterinarian. A <br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>veterinarian may prescribe the extra-label use of a veterinary drug if:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>    (1) the veterinarian makes a careful medical diagnosis within the context of a valid <br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>veterinarian-client-patient relationship;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>    (2) the veterinarian determines that there is no marketed drug specifically labeled to <br/>
<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>treat the condition diagnosed, or that drug therapy as recommended by the labeling has, in <br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>the judgment of the attending veterinarian, been found to be clinically ineffective;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>    (3) the veterinarian recommends procedures to ensure that the identity of the treated <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>animal will be carefully maintained; and<br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>    (4) the veterinarian prescribes a significantly extended time period for drug <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>withdrawal before marketing meat, milk, or eggs.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>    (5) the veterinarian has met the criteria established in Code of Federal Regulations, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>title 21, part 530, which define the extra-label use of medication in or on animals.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>    Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 198.075, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var><b>198.075 MINNESOTA VETERANS HOME EMPLOYEES; EXCLUDED </b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var><b>FROM COMMISSARY PRIVILEGES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>    Except as provided in this section, no commissary privileges including food, laundry <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>service, janitorial service, and household supplies shall be furnished to any employee of <br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>the Minnesota veterans homes. An employee of the Minnesota veterans homes who works <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>a second shift that is consecutive with a regularly scheduled shift may be allowed one free <br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>meal at the veterans home on the day of that extra shift.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.0625, subdivision 14, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Diagnostic, screening, and preventive services.</b> (a) Medical assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>covers diagnostic, screening, and preventive services.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>    (b) "Preventive services" include services related to pregnancy, including:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>    (1) services for those conditions which may complicate a pregnancy and which may <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>be available to a pregnant woman determined to be at risk of poor pregnancy outcome;<br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>    (2) prenatal HIV risk assessment, education, counseling, and testing; and<br/>
<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>    (3) alcohol abuse assessment, education, and counseling on the effects of alcohol <br/>
<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>usage while pregnant. Preventive services available to a woman at risk of poor pregnancy <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>outcome may differ in an amount, duration, or scope from those available to other <br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>individuals eligible for medical assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>    (c) "Screening services" include, but are not limited to, blood lead tests. Screening <br/>
<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>services also include, for children with blood lead levels equal to or greater than five <br/>
<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood, environmental investigations to <br/>
<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>determine the source of lead exposure. Reimbursement is limited to a health professional's <br/>
<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>time and activities during an on-site investigation of a child's home or primary residence.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>    Subd. 49. <b>Lead risk assessments.</b> (a) Effective October 1, 2007, or six months after <br/>
<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>federal approval, whichever is later, medical assistance covers lead risk assessments <br/>
<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>provided by a lead risk assessor who is licensed by the commissioner of health under <br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>section 144.9505 and employed by an assessing agency as defined in section 144.9501. <br/>
<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>Medical assistance covers a onetime on-site investigation of a recipient's home or primary <br/>
<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>residence to determine the existence of lead so long as the recipient is under the age <br/>
<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>of 21 and has a venous blood lead level specified in section 144.9504, subdivision 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>    (b) Medical assistance reimbursement covers the lead risk assessor's time to <br/>
<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>complete the following activities:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>    (1) gathering samples;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>    (2) interviewing family members;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>    (3) gathering data, including meter readings; and<br/>
<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>    (4) providing a report with the results of the investigation and options for reducing <br/>
<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>lead-based paint hazards.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>    Medical assistance coverage of lead risk assessment does not include testing of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>environmental substances such as water, paint, or soil or any other laboratory services. <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>Medical assistance coverage of lead risk assessments is not included in the capitated <br/>
<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>services for children enrolled in health plans through the prepaid medical assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>program and the MinnesotaCare program.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>    (c) Payment for lead risk assessment must be cost-based and must meet the criteria <br/>
<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>for federal financial participation under the Medicaid program. The rate must be based <br/>
<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>on allowable expenditures from cost information gathered. Under section 144.9507, <br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>subdivision 5, federal medical assistance funds may not replace existing funding for <br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>lead-related activities. The nonfederal share of costs for services provided under this <br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>subdivision must be from state or local funds and is the responsibility of the agency <br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>providing the risk assessment. Eligible expenditures for the nonfederal share of costs may <br/>
<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>not be made from federal funds or funds used to match other federal funds. Any federal <br/>
<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>disallowances are the responsibility of the agency providing risk assessment services.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>    Sec. 53. <b>[325.172] BISPHENOL-A IN PRODUCTS FOR CHILDREN.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>    Subdivision. 1. <b>Bisphenol-A and phthalates committee.</b> The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>health shall create a committee under the direction of the environmental health division of <br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>the Department of Health to study the scientific literature and make recommendations to <br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>the legislature on the health impact of bisphenol-A and phthalates on children in products <br/>
<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>intended for use by young children, including, but not limited to, toys, pacifiers, baby <br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>bottles, and teethers, and report back by January 15, 2008. The committee shall also <br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>identify least harmful alternatives. Of the seven committee members at least one shall be a <br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>representative of the Department of Health, one shall be a representative of environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>health sciences research, one shall be a representative of the Minnesota Nurses <br/>
<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>Association, one shall be a representative of environmental health consumer advocates, <br/>
<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>one shall be a member of a children's product manufacturer's association, and one shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>a representative of the University of Minnesota, chemical plastics research department.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the following terms have <br/>
<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>the meanings given them:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>    (a) "Toy" means all products designed or intended by the manufacturer to be used by <br/>
<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>children when they play.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>    (b) "Child care article" means all products designed or intended by the manufacturer <br/>
<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>to facilitate sleep, relaxation, or the feeding of children or to help children with sucking or <br/>
<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>teething.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>    Sec. 54. <b>[325E.385] PRODUCTS CONTAINING POLYBROMINATED </b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var><b>DIPHENYL ETHER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of sections 325E.386 to 325E.388, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>the terms in this section have the meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Commercial decabromodiphenyl ether.</b> "Commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>decabromodiphenyl ether" means the chemical mixture of decabromodiphenyl ether, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>including associated polybrominated diphenyl ether impurities not intentionally added.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Commissioner.</b> "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution <br/>
<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>Control Agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Manufacturer.</b> "Manufacturer" means any person, firm, association, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, or joint venture that produces <br/>
<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>a product containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers or an importer or domestic <br/>
<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>distributor of a noncomestible product containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDE's.</b> "Polybrominated diphenyl <br/>
<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>ethers" or "PBDE's" means chemical forms that consist of diphenyl ethers bound with <br/>
<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>bromine atoms. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers include, but are not limited to, the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>three primary forms of the commercial mixtures known as pentabromodiphenyl ether, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>octabromodiphenyl ether, and decabromodiphenyl ether.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Retailer.</b> "Retailer" means a person who offers a product for sale at retail <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>through any means, including, but not limited to, remote offerings such as sales outlets, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>catalogs, or the Internet, but does not include a sale that is a wholesale transaction with a <br/>
<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>distributor or a retailer.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Used product.</b> "Used product" means any product that has been previously <br/>
<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>owned, purchased, or sold in commerce. Used product does not include any product <br/>
<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>manufactured after January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>    Sec. 55. <b>[325E.386] PRODUCTS CONTAINING CERTAIN </b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var><b>POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS BANNED; EXEMPTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Penta- and octabromodiphenyl ethers.</b> Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>subdivision 3, beginning January 1, 2008, a person may not manufacture, process, or <br/>
<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>distribute in commerce a product or flame-retardant part of a product containing more <br/>
<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>than one-tenth of one percent of pentabromodiphenyl ether or octabromodiphenyl ether <br/>
<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>by mass.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Exemptions.</b> The following products containing polybrominated diphenyl <br/>
<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>ethers are exempt from subdivision 1:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>    (1) the sale or distribution of any used transportation vehicle with component parts <br/>
<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>    (2) the sale or distribution of any used transportation vehicle parts or new <br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>transportation vehicle parts manufactured before January 1, 2008, that contain <br/>
<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>polybrominated diphenyl ethers;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>    (3) the manufacture, sale, repair, distribution, maintenance, refurbishment, or <br/>
<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>modification of equipment containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers and used primarily <br/>
<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>for military or federally funded space program applications. This exemption does not <br/>
<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>cover consumer-based goods with broad applicability;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>    (4) the sale or distribution by a business, charity, public entity, or private party of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>any used product containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>    (5) the manufacture, sale, or distribution of new carpet cushion made from recycled <br/>
<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>foam containing more than one-tenth of one percent penta polybrominated diphenyl <br/>
<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>ether; or<br/>
<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>    (6) medical devices.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>    In-state retailers in possession of products on January 1, 2008, that are banned for <br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>sale under subdivision 1 may exhaust their stock through sales to the public. Nothing in <br/>
<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>this section restricts the ability of a manufacturer, importer, or distributor  from transporting <br/>
<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>products containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers through the state,  or storing such <br/>
<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>products in the state for later distribution outside the state.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.56.0"></a><a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>    Sec. 56. <b>[325E.387] REVIEW OF DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Commissioner duties.</b> The commissioner in consultation <br/>
<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>with the commissioners of health and public safety shall review uses of commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>decabromodiphenyl ether, availability of technically feasible and safer alternatives, fire <br/>
<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>safety and any evidence regarding the potential harm to public health and the environment <br/>
<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>posed by commercial decabromodiphenyl ether and the alternatives. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>must consult with key stakeholders. The commissioner must also review the findings from <br/>
<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>similar state and federal agencies and must report their findings and recommendations to <br/>
<a id="pl.62.34"></a><var>62.34</var>the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than January 15, 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>State procurement.</b> By January 1, 2008, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>administration shall make available for purchase and use by all state agencies only <br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>equipment, supplies, and other products that do not contain polybrominated diphenyl <br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>ethers, unless exempted under section 325E.386, subdivision 2.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.57.0"></a><a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>    Sec. 57. <b>[325E.388] PENALTIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>    A manufacturer who violates sections 325E.386 to 325E.388 is subject to a <br/>
<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation in the case of a first offense. A <br/>
<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>manufacturer is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each repeat offense. <br/>
<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>Penalties collected under this section must be used by the commissioner to implement <br/>
<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>and enforce this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.58.0"></a><a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>    Sec. 58. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 3, subdivision 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var><br/>
<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Community and Family Health </b><br/>
<b>Improvement</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Summary by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">40,413,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">40,382,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var><br/>
<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br/>
                  		Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">141,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">128,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,510,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,516,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,000,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>Family Planning Base Reduction. Base <br/>
<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>level funding for the family planning <br/>
<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>special projects grant program is reduced <br/>
<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>by $1,877,000 each year of the biennium <br/>
<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>beginning July 1, 2007, provided that <br/>
<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>this reduction shall only take place <br/>
<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>upon full implementation of the family <br/>
<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>planning project section of the 1115 waiver. <br/>
<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var><statute_ref>145.925</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall give priority <br/>
<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>to community health care clinics providing <br/>
<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>family planning services that either serve a <br/>
<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>high number of women who do not qualify <br/>
<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>for medical assistance or are unable to <br/>
<a id="pl.63.35"></a><var>63.35</var>participate in the medical assistance program <br/>
<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>as a medical assistance provider when <br/>
<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>allocating the remaining appropriations. <br/>
<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>Notwithstanding section 15, this paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>shall not expire.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>Shaken Baby Video. Of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>government special revenue fund <br/>
<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>appropriation, $13,000 in 2006 is <br/>
<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>appropriated to the commissioner of health <br/>
<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>to provide a video to hospitals on shaken <br/>
<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>baby syndrome. The commissioner of health <br/>
<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>shall assess a fee to hospitals to cover the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>cost of the approved shaken baby video and <br/>
<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>the revenue received is to be deposited in the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>state government special revenue fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.59.0"></a><a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>    Sec. 59. <b>FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MAPPING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>    The commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commissioner of the Pollution <br/>
<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>Control Agency, shall apply for federal funding to renew and expand the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>environmental justice mapping capacity in order to promote public health tracking. The <br/>
<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>commissioner shall coordinate the project with the Pollution Control Agency and the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>Department of Agriculture in order to explore possible links between environmental health <br/>
<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>and toxic exposures and to help create a system for environmental public health tracking. <br/>
<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>The commissioner shall also make recommendations to the legislature for additional <br/>
<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>sources of funding within the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.60.0"></a><a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>    Sec. 60. <b>LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>    The legislature hereby finds that hearing loss occurs in newborn infants more <br/>
<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>frequently than any other health condition for which newborn infant screening is required. <br/>
<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>Early detection of hearing loss in a child and early intervention and treatment has been <br/>
<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>demonstrated to be highly effective in facilitating a child's healthy development in a <br/>
<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>manner consistent with the child's age, language acquisition, and cognitive ability. <br/>
<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>Without early hearing detection and intervention, children with hearing loss experience <br/>
<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>serious delays in language acquisition and social and cognitive development. With <br/>
<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>appropriate testing and identification of newborn infants, hearing loss screening will <br/>
<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>facilitate early intervention and treatment and will serve the public purpose of promoting <br/>
<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>the healthy development of children.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>    For these reasons, the legislature hereby determines that it is beneficial and in the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>best interests of the development of the children of the state of Minnesota that newborn <br/>
<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>infants' hearing be screened.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.61.0"></a><a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>    Sec. 61. <b>INFORMATION SHARING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>    By August 1, 2007, the commissioner of health, the Pollution Control Agency, the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>commissioner of agriculture, and the University of Minnesota are requested to jointly <br/>
<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>develop and sign a memorandum of understanding declaring their intent to share new <br/>
<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>and existing environmental hazard, exposure, and health outcome data, consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>applicable data practices laws, and to cooperate and communicate effectively to ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>sufficient clarity and understanding of the data between these organizations.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.62.0"></a><a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>    Sec. 62. <b>COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH REPORT; ROUTINE RADIATION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var><b>EMISSIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>    The commissioner of health, within the limits of available appropriations, in <br/>
<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>cooperation with the utilities that own the Monticello and Prairie Island nuclear plants, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>shall issue a report detailing where routine radiation releases go and the health impacts of <br/>
<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>the radiation emissions on affected communities. By April 1, 2008, the report must be <br/>
<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>distributed to house and senate committees having jurisdiction over public health and to <br/>
<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>all communities that are part of the emergency response planning.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.63.0"></a><a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>    Sec. 63. <b>FRAGRANCE-FREE SCHOOLS EDUCATION PILOT PROJECT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose.</b> Recognizing that scented products may trigger asthma or <br/>
<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>chemical sensitivity reactions in students and school staff, which can contribute to learning <br/>
<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>and breathing problems, the commissioner of health shall develop a fragrance-free schools <br/>
<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>education pilot project.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Education.</b> The commissioner of health, in collaboration with the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>commissioner of education and the Minneapolis Board of Education, shall establish a <br/>
<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>working group composed of at least three students, two teachers, one school administrator, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>and one member of the Minneapolis Board of Education to recommend an education <br/>
<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>campaign in Minneapolis public schools to inform students and parents about the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>potentially harmful effects of the use of fragrance products on sensitive students and <br/>
<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>school personnel in Minneapolis schools. The commissioner shall report findings to the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>legislature by February 1, 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.64.0"></a><a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>    Sec. 64. <b>LINDANE COMMITTEE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>    The commissioner of health shall create a committee of stakeholders, including <br/>
<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>at least one environmental health research scientist and at least one parent consumer <br/>
<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>advocate, to review the scientific literature and make recommendations to the legislature <br/>
<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>on the health impact of Lindane on children and report back by January 15, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.65.0"></a><a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>    Sec. 65. <b>MEDICAL ASSISTANCE COVERAGE FOR ARSENIC TESTING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>    The commissioner of human services shall ensure that testing for arsenic under <br/>
<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>section 1, subdivision 3, is covered under medical assistance.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.66.0"></a><a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>    Sec. 66. <b>BLOOD LEAD TESTING STUDY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>    The commissioner of health, in consultation with the Department of Human <br/>
<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>Services; cities of the first class; health care providers; and other interested parties shall <br/>
<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>conduct a study to evaluate blood lead testing methods used to confirm elevated blood <br/>
<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>lead status. The study shall examine and/or develop:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>    (1) the false positive rate of capillary tests for children less than 72 months old;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>    (2) current protocols for conducting capillary testing, including filter paper <br/>
<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>methodology;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>    (3) existing guidelines and regulations from other states and federal agencies <br/>
<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>regarding lead testing;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>    (4) recommendations regarding the use of capillary tests to initiate environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>investigations and case management, including number and timing of tests and fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>implications for state and local lead programs; and<br/>
<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>    (5) recommendations regarding reducing the state mandatory intervention to ten <br/>
<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>micrograms of lead per deciliter of whole blood.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>    The commissioner shall submit the results of the study and any recommendations, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>including any necessary legislative changes, to the legislature by February 15, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.67.0"></a><a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>    Sec. 67. <b>WINDOW SAFETY EDUCATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>    The commissioner of health shall create in the department's current educational <br/>
<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>safety program a component targeted at parents and caregivers of young children to <br/>
<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>provide awareness of the need to take precautions to prevent children from falling <br/>
<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>through open windows. The commissioner of health shall consult with representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>of the residential building industry, the window products industry, the child safety <br/>
<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>advocacy community, and the Department of Labor and Industry to create the window <br/>
<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>safety program component. The program must include the gathering of data about <br/>
<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>falls from windows that result in severe injury in order to measure the effectiveness of <br/>
<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>the safety program. The commissioner of health may consult with other child safety <br/>
<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>advocacy groups, experts, and interested parties in the development and implementation <br/>
<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>of the window safety program. The commissioner of health shall prepare and submit <br/>
<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>a final report on the window safety program to the legislature by March 1, 2011. The <br/>
<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>commissioner shall prepare and submit a yearly progress report to the legislature by <br/>
<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>March 1 of each year beginning in 2008 until the submission of the final report. The <br/>
<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>final report must include a summary of the safety program, the impact of the program on <br/>
<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>children falling from windows, and any recommendations for further study or action.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.68.0"></a><a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>    Sec. 68. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>    The revisor of statutes shall change the range reference "144.9501 to 144.9509" <br/>
<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>to "144.9501 to 144.9512" wherever the reference appears in Minnesota Statutes and <br/>
<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>Minnesota Rules.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.69.0"></a><a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>    Sec. 69. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>Laws 2004, chapter 288, article 6, section 27, is repealed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>    The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br/>
<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>in this article.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 67,896,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 49,040,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">116,936,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,075,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,075,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,150,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 70,971,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 52,115,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">123,086,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>HOUSING.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>    The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>agencies and for the purposes specified. The appropriations are from the general fund, or <br/>
<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The <br/>
<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>figures "2008" and "2009" used in this act mean that the appropriations listed under them <br/>
<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or June 30, 2009, respectively. "The <br/>
<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal year 2009. "The biennium" is <br/>
<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, are <br/>
<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 70,971,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 52,115,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 67,896,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"> 49,040,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,075,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,075,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>This appropriation is for transfer to the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>housing development fund. The amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>that may be spent from this appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>for certain programs are specified in the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>following subdivisions. Except as otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>indicated, this transfer is part of the agency's <br/>
<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>permanent budget base.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>Of this amount, $3,075,000 the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>and $3,075,000 the second year are onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>appropriations from the state's federal TANF <br/>
<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>block grant under Title I of Public Law <br/>
<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>Number 104-193 to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>human services, to reimburse the housing <br/>
<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>development fund for assistance under <br/>
<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>the programs for families receiving TANF <br/>
<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>assistance under the MFIP program. The <br/>
<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>commissioner of human services shall make <br/>
<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>monthly reimbursements to the housing <br/>
<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>development fund. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>of human services shall not make any <br/>
<a id="pl.68.34"></a><var>68.34</var>reimbursement which the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.68.35"></a><var>68.35</var>determines would be subject to a penalty <br/>
<a id="pl.68.36"></a><var>68.36</var>under Code of Federal Regulations, section <br/>
<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>262.1. If the appropriation in either year is <br/>
<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>year is available.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var><br/>
<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Economic Development and Housing </b><br/>
<b>Challenge</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>(a) $21,308,000 the first year and $9,622,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>the second year are for the economic <br/>
<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>development and housing challenge program <br/>
<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.33, <br/>
<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>for housing that:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>(i) conserves energy and utilizes sustainable, <br/>
<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>healthy building materials;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>(ii) preserves sensitive natural areas and <br/>
<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>open spaces and minimizes the need for new <br/>
<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>infrastructure; <br/>
<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>(iii) is accessible to jobs and services through <br/>
<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>integration with transportation or transit <br/>
<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>systems; and<br/>
<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>(iv) expands the mix of housing choices in <br/>
<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>a community by diversifying the levels of <br/>
<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>housing affordability. <br/>
<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>The agency may fund demonstration projects <br/>
<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>that have unique approaches to achieving the <br/>
<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>housing described above. <br/>
<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>(b) The base is reduced by $3,407,000 each <br/>
<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>year in fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Housing Trust Fund</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>$15,195,000 the first year and $11,945,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>the second year are for the housing trust fund <br/>
<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>account created under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>section 462A.201, for the purposes of that <br/>
<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>section. Of this amount, $1,500,000 the first <br/>
<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>year and $1,500,000 in the second year is a <br/>
<a id="pl.69.34"></a><var>69.34</var>onetime appropriation from the state's federal <br/>
<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>TANF block grant. The base is reduced by <br/>
<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>$3,390,000 each year in fiscal year 2010 and <br/>
<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var><br/>
<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Bridges Rental Assistance for </b><br/>
<b>Mentally Ill</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>$3,400,000 the first year and $3,400,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>the second year are for a rental housing <br/>
<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>assistance program for persons with a mental <br/>
<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>illness or families with an adult member with <br/>
<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>a mental illness under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>section 462A.2097.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Family Homeless Prevention</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>$7,565,000 the first year and $7,565,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>the second year are for family homeless <br/>
<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>prevention and assistance programs under <br/>
<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.204. Of <br/>
<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>this amount, $1,575,000 in the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>and $1,575,000 in the second year is a <br/>
<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>onetime appropriation from the state's federal <br/>
<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>TANF block grant. The base is reduced by <br/>
<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>$3,800,000 each year in fiscal year 2010 and <br/>
<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Home Ownership Assistance Fund</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>$1,885,000 the first year and $1,885,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>the second year are for the home ownership <br/>
<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>assistance program under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>Statutes, section 462A.21, subdivision 8. <br/>
<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>The base is reduced by $1,000,000 each year <br/>
<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>in fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Affordable Rental Investment Fund</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>$11,496,000 the first year and $8,996,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>the second year are for the affordable rental <br/>
<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>investment fund program under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.70.34"></a><var>70.34</var>Statutes, section 462A.21, subdivision 8b. <br/>
<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>Of this amount, $2,500,000 the first year is a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>This appropriation is to finance the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>acquisition, rehabilitation, and debt <br/>
<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>restructuring of federally assisted rental <br/>
<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>property and for making equity take-out loans <br/>
<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.05, <br/>
<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>subdivision 39. The owner of the federally <br/>
<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>assisted rental property must agree to <br/>
<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>participate in the applicable federally assisted <br/>
<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>housing program and to extend any existing <br/>
<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>low-income affordability restrictions on the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>housing for the maximum term permitted. <br/>
<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>The owner must also enter into an agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>that gives local units of government, <br/>
<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>housing and redevelopment authorities, <br/>
<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>and nonprofit housing organizations the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>right of first refusal if the rental property <br/>
<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>is offered for sale. Priority must be given <br/>
<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>among comparable federally assisted rental <br/>
<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>properties to properties with the longest <br/>
<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>remaining term under an agreement for <br/>
<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>federal rental assistance. Priority must also <br/>
<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>be given among comparable rental housing <br/>
<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>developments to developments that are or <br/>
<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>will be owned by local government units, a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>housing and redevelopment authority, or a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>nonprofit housing organization.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>This appropriation may also be used to <br/>
<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>finance the acquisition, rehabilitation, and <br/>
<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>debt restructuring of existing supportive <br/>
<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>housing properties. For purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>subdivision, "supportive housing" means <br/>
<a id="pl.71.34"></a><var>71.34</var>affordable rental housing with links to <br/>
<a id="pl.71.35"></a><var>71.35</var>services necessary for individuals, youth, and <br/>
<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>families with children to maintain housing <br/>
<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>stability.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>Of this amount, $2,500,000 is appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>for the purposes of financing the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>rehabilitation and operating costs to preserve <br/>
<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>public housing. For purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>subdivision, "public housing" is housing for <br/>
<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>low-income persons and households financed <br/>
<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>by the federal government and owned and <br/>
<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>operated by public housing authorities and <br/>
<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>agencies. Eligible public housing authorities <br/>
<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>must have a public housing assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>system rating of standard or above. Priority <br/>
<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>among comparable proposals must be given <br/>
<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>to proposals that maximize federal or local <br/>
<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>resources to finance the capital and operating <br/>
<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>costs.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var><br/>
<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Housing Rehabilitation and </b><br/>
<b>Accessibility</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>$5,657,000 the first year and $4,287,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>second year are for the housing rehabilitation <br/>
<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>and accessibility program under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>Statutes, section 462A.05, subdivisions 14a <br/>
<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>and 15a. The base is reduced by $629,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>each year in fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 9.<b>Urban Indian Housing Program</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>$187,000 in the first year and $187,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>the second year are for the urban Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>housing program under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>section 462A.07, subdivision 15. The base is <br/>
<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>reduced by $52,000 each year in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>2010 and fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.72.34"></a><var>72.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 10.<b>Tribal Indian Housing Program</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>$1,683,000 in the first year and $1,683,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>in the second year are for the tribal Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>housing program under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>section 462A.07, subdivision 14. The base is <br/>
<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>reduced by $468,000 each year in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>2010 and fiscal year 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var><br/>
<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 11.<b>Home Ownership Education, </b><br/>
<b>Counseling, and Training</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>$2,135,000 the first year and $2,135,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>the second year are appropriated for the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>home ownership education, counseling, and <br/>
<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>training program under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>section 462A.209. The base is reduced by <br/>
<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>$1,460,000 each year in fiscal year 2010 and <br/>
<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>fiscal year 2011. Of this amount, $....... the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>first year is for:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>(1) foreclosure prevention and assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>activities in communities that have mortgage <br/>
<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>foreclosure rates that exceed the statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>average foreclosure rate for the most recent <br/>
<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>quarter for which data is available; and<br/>
<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>(2) home buyer education and counseling <br/>
<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>activities by organizations that have <br/>
<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>experience working with emerging markets <br/>
<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>or partner with organizations with experience <br/>
<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>working with emerging markets and that have <br/>
<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>demonstrated a commitment to increasing the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>homeownership rate of emerging markets.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 12.<b>Capacity Building Grants</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>$820,000 for the biennium is for capacity <br/>
<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>building grants under Minnesota Statutes <br/>
<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>section 462A.21, subdivision 3b, to be used <br/>
<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>for continuum of care planning in greater <br/>
<a id="pl.73.34"></a><var>73.34</var>Minnesota. This appropriation is the agency's <br/>
<a id="pl.73.35"></a><var>73.35</var>base budget for this program.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 13.<b>Grant for Hennepin County.</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>$50,000 is a onetime appropriation in the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>first year for a grant to Hennepin County <br/>
<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>for collaboration with the Center for Urban <br/>
<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>and Regional Affairs at the University <br/>
<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>of Minnesota for the development of a <br/>
<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>predictive, data-driven model that can be <br/>
<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>used to identify at-risk properties in order to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>target resources to prevent foreclosure.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 462A.21, subdivision 8b, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>    Subd. 8b. <b>Family rental housing.</b> It may establish a family rental housing <br/>
<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>assistance program to provide loans or direct rental subsidies for housing for families <br/>
<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>with incomes of up to 80 percent of state median income, or to provide grants for the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>operating cost of public housing. Priority must be given to those developments with <br/>
<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>resident families with the lowest income. The development may be financed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>agency or other public or private lenders. Direct rental subsidies must be administered by <br/>
<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>the agency for the benefit of eligible families. Financial assistance provided under this <br/>
<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>subdivision to recipients of aid to families with dependent children must be in the form <br/>
<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>of vendor payments whenever possible. Loans, grants, and direct rental subsidies under <br/>
<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>this subdivision may be made only with specific appropriations by the legislature. The <br/>
<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>limitations on eligible mortgagors contained in section 
         <statute_ref>462A.03, subdivision 13</statute_ref>, do not <br/>
<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>apply to loans for the rehabilitation of existing housing under this subdivision. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 462A.33, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Contribution requirement.</b> Fifty percent of the funds appropriated for <br/>
<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>this section must be used for challenge grants or loans which meet the requirements of this <br/>
<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>subdivision for housing proposals with financial or in-kind contributions from nonstate <br/>
<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>resources that reduce the need for deferred loan or grant funds from state resources. These <br/>
<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>Challenge grants or loans must be used for economically viable homeownership or rental <br/>
<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>housing proposals that:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>    (1) include a financial or in-kind contribution from an area employer and either a unit <br/>
<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>of local government or a private philanthropic, religious, or charitable organization; and<br/>
<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>    (2) address the housing needs of the local work force.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>    Among comparable proposals, preference must be given to proposals that include <br/>
<a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>contributions from nonstate resources for the greatest portion of the total development <br/>
<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>cost. Comparable proposals with contributions from local units of government or private <br/>
<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>philanthropic, religious, or charitable organizations must be given preference in awarding <br/>
<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>grants or loans.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>    For the purpose of this subdivision, an employer a contribution may consist partially <br/>
<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>or wholly of the premium paid for federal housing tax credits.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>    Preference for grants and loans shall also be given to comparable proposals that <br/>
<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>include a financial or in-kind contribution from a unit of local government, an area <br/>
<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>employer, and a private philanthropic, religious, or charitable organization.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.021, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var><b>469.021 PREFERENCES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>    As between applicants equally in need and eligible for occupancy of a dwelling <br/>
<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>and at the rent involved, preference shall be given to disabled veterans, persons with <br/>
<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>disabilities, and families of service persons who died in service and to families of veterans. <br/>
<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>In admitting families of low income to dwelling accommodations in any housing project an <br/>
<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>authority shall, as far as is reasonably practicable, give consideration to applications from <br/>
<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>families to which aid for dependent children is payable receiving assistance under chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>256J, and to resident families to whom public assistance or supplemental security income <br/>
<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>for the aged, blind, and disabled is payable, when those families are otherwise eligible.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>    Sec. 7. <b>MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE REDUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>    The commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, in consultation with <br/>
<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>the commissioner of commerce, the attorney general, the Minnesota Mortgage Bankers' <br/>
<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>Association, Legal Services of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association <br/>
<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>shall evaluate the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 580.04 and 580.041, to <br/>
<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>determine if corrective actions could be taken by the 2008 legislature to reduce mortgage <br/>
<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>foreclosures in the state.<br/>