1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; establishing a statewide self-advocacy network for 
1.3 	persons with disabilities; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SELF-ADVOCACY NETWORK FOR PERSONS WITH 
1.6 	DISABILITIES; APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	(a) $95,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2013 to the 
1.8 	commissioner of human services to establish and maintain a statewide self-advocacy 
1.9 	network for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
1.10 	(b) The self-advocacy network must focus on ensuring that persons with disabilities 
1.11 	are:
1.12 	(1) informed of and educated about their legal rights in the areas of education, 
1.13 	employment, housing, transportation, and voting; and
1.14 	(2) educated and trained to self-advocate for their rights under law.
1.15 	(c) Self-advocacy network activities under this section include but are not limited to:
1.16 	(1) education and training, including preemployment and workplace skills;
1.17 	(2) establishment and maintenance of a communication and information exchange 
1.18 	system for self-advocacy groups; and
1.19 	(3) financial and technical assistance to self-advocacy groups.