1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to claims against the state; providing for settlement of certain claims; 
1.3 	appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
 1.6 	The amounts in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of corrections in fiscal year 2012 for full and final payment under Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes, sections 3.738 and 3.739, of claims against the state for losses suffered while 
1.9 	incarcerated in a state correctional facility or for injuries suffered by and medical services 
1.10 	provided to persons injured while performing community service or sentence-to-service 
1.11 	work for correctional purposes or while incarcerated in a state correctional facility. This 
1.12 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2012.
1.13 	(a) For sentence-to-service and community work service claims under $500 and 
1.14 	other claims already paid by the department, $3,472.27.
1.15 	(b) For payment to MCF-Rush City, as reimbursement for paying Walter S. Rudd for 
1.16 	the cost of custom orthotic inserts for his shoes to replace those inadvertently disposed of 
1.17 	by staff while he was incarcerated at MCF-Rush City, $350.
1.18 	(c) For payment to Mario A. Burciaga for permanent injuries to his right hand 
1.19 	suffered while performing sentence-to-service work in Rice County and to refund his 
1.20 	filing fee, $3,755, and for payment to medical providers for treatment of Mr. Burciaga, 
1.21 	$8,653.99.
1.22 	(d) For payment to medical providers for treatment of Natalie C. Clark, who was 
1.23 	injured while performing sentence-to-service work in Hennepin County, $1,403.18.
2.1 	(e) For payment to medical providers for treatment of Mary L. Hatcher, who was 
2.2 	injured while performing sentence-to-service work in Olmsted County, $1,035.34.
2.3 	(f) For payment to medical providers for treatment of Shawn M. Norring, who was 
2.4 	injured while performing sentence-to-service work in Aitkin County, $3,675.10.
2.5 	(g) For payment to medical providers for treatment of Aaron W. Osten, for 
2.6 	permanent injuries to his left forearm suffered while performing assigned duties at 
2.7 	MCF-Faribault, $3,375.
2.8 	(h) For payment to medical providers for treatment of Christopher A. Pearson, who 
2.9 	was injured while performing sentence-to-service work in Isanti County, $1,139.74.
2.10 	(i) For payment to medical providers for treatment of Michael J. Proell, who was 
2.11 	injured while performing sentence-to-service work in Todd County, $1,039.85.
2.12 	(j) For payment to medical providers for treatment of Anthony T. Reller, who was 
2.13 	injured while performing sentence-to-service work in Carlton County, $1,901.17.
2.14 	(k) For payment to S.B., a minor, for permanent injuries to his left foot suffered 
2.15 	while performing sentence-to-service work in Hennepin County, $3,000, and for payment 
2.16 	to medical providers for treatment of S.B., $1,009.83.
2.17 	(l) For payment to Nicholas Tobin, for permanent injuries to his left hand suffered 
2.18 	while performing assigned duties at MCF-Faribault, $4,875.
2.19 	(m) For payment to Deleon C. Walker, for permanent injuries to his left hand suffered 
2.20 	while performing assigned duties while incarcerated at MCF-Moose Lake, $11,050.
2.21 	(n) For payment to Nancy Wescott, for permanent injuries suffered while performing 
2.22 	sentence-to-service work in Watonwan County and to reimburse her for medical expenses 
2.23 	she already paid, $1,550.41, and for payment to medical providers for treatment of Ms. 
2.24 	Wescott, $8,397.41.

2.25 	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.
 2.26 	$1,123 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue in 
2.27 	fiscal year 2011 for full and final payment of the claim by Renee S. Johnson, of Brooklyn 
2.28 	Park, Minnesota, for the amount of an expired property tax refund check she failed to cash 
2.29 	for medical reasons and to refund her filing fee.

2.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.