1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing for rate increases for direct support services 
1.3 	providers; appropriating money for training of direct support services providers.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RATE INCREASE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDERS 
1.6 	WORKFORCE NEGOTIATIONS. 
1.7 	(a) If the labor agreement between the state of Minnesota and the Service Employees 
1.8 	International Union Healthcare Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.54, is 
1.9 	approved pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.855 and 179A.22, the commissioner 
1.10 	of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, individual budgets, grants, or 
1.11 	allocations by 1.53 percent for services provided on or after July 1, 2015, and by an 
1.12 	additional 0.2 percent for services provided on or after July 1, 2016, to implement the 
1.13 	minimum hourly wage and paid time off provisions of that agreement.
1.14 	(b) The rate changes described in this section apply to direct support services 
1.15 	provided through a covered program, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0711, 
1.16 	subdivision 1.

1.17 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; TRAINING OF DIRECT SUPPORT SERVICES 
1.18 	PROVIDERS.
 1.19 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.20 	commissioner of human services for training of individual providers of direct support 
1.21 	services as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0711, subdivision 1. These 
1.22 	appropriations are added to the base. These appropriations are not available until the labor 
1.23 	agreement between the state of Minnesota and the Service Employees International Union 
2.1 	Healthcare Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.54, is approved pursuant to 
2.2 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.855 and 179A.22.