1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to 
1.3 	identify, seek to recover, and report on certain administrative costs for transferred 
1.4 	human services programs; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall identify all administrative costs 
1.8 	attributable to human services programs within the scope of the transfer of services from 
1.9 	Becker, Mahnomen, and Clearwater Counties to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Indians.
1.10 	(b) The commissioner must seek to recover any administrative costs improperly 
1.11 	paid to Becker, Mahnomen, and Clearwater Counties after human services program 
1.12 	responsibilities were transferred to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Indians.
1.13 	(c) No later than January 5, 2015, the commissioner shall issue a report identifying 
1.14 	the amount of administrative costs identified in paragraph (a) and efforts to recover 
1.15 	improper payments from the counties to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
1.16 	the committees in the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over human 
1.17 	services policy and finance.

1.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.19 	$750,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.20 	commissioner of human services for a grant to White Earth Financial Services to offset 
1.21 	costs due to the transfer of human services program responsibilities from Becker, 
1.22 	Mahnomen, and Clearwater Counties to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Indians. This is 
1.23 	a onetime appropriation.