1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government finance; providing federal stimulus oversight 
1.3 	funding for certain state agencies; conforming Minnesota law to the requirements 
1.4 	necessary to receive federal stimulus money for medical assistance; modifying 
1.5 	Hennepin County's 2009 nonfederal share of medical assistance costs to 
1.6 	comply with federal requirements to receive enhanced FMAP; creating a fiscal 
1.7 	stabilization account in the federal fund; appropriating money.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.10 	The amount shown in this section summarizes direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.11 	in this act.

1.12							2009
	
1.13	General
					$
	1,084,000

1.14	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.15 	The sums shown in the column marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.16 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the general 
1.17 	fund. The figure "2009" used in this act means that the appropriations listed under it are 
1.18 	available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.

1.19				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.20				Available for the Year
	
1.21				Ending June 30
	
1.22							2009

1.23	Sec. 3. FINANCE
 			$
	700,000
	
2.1 	Federal Stimulus Money Reporting and 
2.2 	Oversight
2.3 	This appropriation is to provide for staff, 
2.4 	computers, professional and technical 
2.5 	services, and other operating expenses 
2.6 	necessary to comply with the reporting, 
2.7 	monitoring, and financial control and 
2.8 	transparency requirements of the American 
2.9 	Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 
2.10 	of 2009. This appropriation may be used to 
2.11 	cover costs incurred by other state agencies 
2.12 	and financial partners working in cooperation 
2.13 	with the commissioner of finance to comply 
2.14 	with the ARRA transparency requirements, 
2.15 	including local units of government, 
2.16 	higher education institutions, and nonprofit 
2.17 	organizations. This appropriation must not 
2.18 	be used to support the costs of administering 
2.19 	specific programs funded by the ARRA. This 
2.20 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
2.21 	until June 30, 2011.

2.22	Sec. 4. STATE AUDITOR
 			$
	384,000
	
2.23 	Federal Stimulus Money Reporting and 
2.24 	Oversight
2.25 	This appropriation is to provide temporary 
2.26 	funding for staff, computers, and other 
2.27 	operating expenses necessary to conduct 
2.28 	special investigations and other oversight 
2.29 	related to ensuring compliance with the 
2.30 	reporting, monitoring, and financial control 
2.31 	and transparency requirements of the 
2.32 	American Recovery and Reinvestment 
2.33 	Act (ARRA) of 2009. This is a onetime 
2.34 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
2.35 	2011.

3.1 	Sec. 5. HUMAN SERVICES.
 3.2 		Subdivision 1.Local share payment modification required for ARRA 
3.3 	compliance.  Effective retroactively from October 1, 2008, through  June 30, 2009, the 
3.4 	state shall reduce Hennepin County's monthly contribution to the nonfederal share of 
3.5 	medical assistance costs to the percentage required on September 1, 2008, to meet federal 
3.6 	requirements for enhanced federal match under the American Reinvestment and Recovery 
3.7 	Act of 2009. Notwithstanding the requirements of Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
3.8 	256B.19, subdivision 1c, paragraph (d), for the period beginning October 1, 2008, to 
3.9 	June 30, 2009, Hennepin County's monthly payment under that provision is reduced to 
3.10 	$434,688.
3.11 		Subd. 2.Capitation payments. Effective retroactively from October 1, 2008, 
3.12 	through December 31, 2010, the commissioner of human services shall increase capitation 
3.13 	payments made to the Metropolitan Health Plan under Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
3.14 	256B.19, subdivision 1c, paragraph (c), by $6,800,000. The increased amount includes 
3.15 	federal matching money.

3.16 	Sec. 6. FISCAL STABILIZATION ACCOUNT.
 3.17 	The fiscal stabilization account is created in the federal fund. All money received 
3.18 	by the state under title XIV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 
3.19 	Public Law 111-5, division A, must be credited to the fiscal stabilization account. Money 
3.20 	in the account must not be spent except pursuant to a direct appropriation by law. When 
3.21 	all money credited and to be credited to the account from the American Recovery and 
3.22 	Reinvestment Act of 2009 has been spent, the commissioner of finance shall close the 
3.23 	account.

3.24 	Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.25 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.