1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring authorization before implementing, 
1.3 	relocating, or closing an enterprise activity;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	section 246.0136, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 246.0136, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Planning for enterprise activities. The commissioner of human 
1.9 	services is directed to study and make recommendations to the legislature on establishing, 
1.10 	relocating, or closing enterprise activities within state-operated services. Before 
1.11 	implementing, relocating, or closing an enterprise activity, the commissioner must obtain 
1.12 	statutory authorization for its implementation, except that the commissioner has authority 
1.13 	to implement enterprise activities for adult mental health, adolescent services, and to 
1.14 	establish a public group practice without statutory authorization relocation, or closing. 
1.15 	Enterprise activities are defined as the range of services, which are delivered by state 
1.16 	employees, needed by people with disabilities and are fully funded by public or private 
1.17 	third-party health insurance or other revenue sources available to clients that provide 
1.18 	reimbursement for the services provided. Enterprise activities within state-operated 
1.19 	services shall specialize in caring for vulnerable people for whom no other providers are 
1.20 	available or for whom state-operated services may be the provider selected by the payer. 
1.21 	In subsequent biennia after an enterprise activity is established within a state-operated 
1.22 	service, the base state appropriation for that state-operated service shall be reduced 
1.23 	proportionate to the size of the enterprise activity.