1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying provisions related to continuing care, 
1.3 	health care, MNsure, Health Department, chemical and mental health, children 
1.4 	and families, health-related licensing, human services forecast adjustments, 
1.5 	health and human services appropriations, state government appropriations, state 
1.6 	government, and public safety; making technical changes; adjusting rates for 
1.7 	nursing facilities in border cities; limiting appropriations and transfers to MNsure; 
1.8 	amending provisions relating to abortion; creating licenses relating to orthotics 
1.9 	and genetic counselors; modifying barber licenses; modifying fees; canceling 
1.10 	part of the senate carryforward account to the general fund; requiring savings 
1.11 	from reducing salaries in the executive branch, instituting a hiring freeze, and 
1.12 	limiting nonessential travel and advertising; requiring receipts from examinations 
1.13 	by the state auditor be credited to the general fund; transferring funds in the 
1.14 	state auditor enterprise fund to the general fund; suspending the public subsidy 
1.15 	program for state elections to the end of fiscal year 2017; requiring the legislative 
1.16 	auditor to participate in preparing fiscal notes, revenue estimates, and local 
1.17 	impact notes; requiring county payments and political subdivision payments 
1.18 	for state auditor costs be deposited in the general fund; requiring a centralized 
1.19 	tracking list of agency projects over $100,000; limiting fee or fine increases; 
1.20 	requiring disclosure to the legislative auditor on potential federal penalties for the 
1.21 	purchase or sale of state bonds; requiring legislature be notified of certain costs in 
1.22 	state construction projects; requiring approval for certain state building projects; 
1.23 	requiring termination of state grant agreement if recipient is convicted of a 
1.24 	criminal offense related to the grant agreement; prohibiting fees for general fund 
1.25 	grant administration; requiring audit of delegated authority; adding a provision 
1.26 	for targeted group business; limiting number of full-time employees; changing 
1.27 	provisions in the Veterans Preference Act; changing a provision for the IRRRB; 
1.28 	changing payments from the manufactured home relocation trust fund; requiring 
1.29 	a public hearing if a proposed interim ordinance deals with housing; modifying 
1.30 	health insurance provisions related to school districts and certain self-insurance 
1.31 	pools; requiring reports; designating parking ramp financing; establishing 
1.32 	Legislative Surrogacy Commission; requiring a study; increasing fine for certain 
1.33 	traffic violations around school buses; enhancing penalties and establishing 
1.34 	minimum fines for repeat violations of driving without a license; allowing 
1.35 	alcohol use by sensory testing services; extending funding for avian influenza 
1.36 	and agricultural emergency response; authorizing commissioner of corrections to 
1.37 	negotiate for facility to house offenders; increasing maximum sentence for felony 
1.38 	assault motivated by bias; prohibiting the use of unmanned vehicles near public 
1.39 	safety helicopters; providing for a fund transfer from the correctional industries 
2.1 	revolving fund to the general fund; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating 
2.2 	money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 3.3005, subdivisions 3, 3b, 
2.3 	4, 5, 6, by adding subdivisions; 3.971, by adding a subdivision; 3.98; 3.987, 
2.4 	subdivision 1; 6.56, subdivision 2; 6.581, subdivision 4; 16A.103, by adding 
2.5 	a subdivision; 16A.1283; 16B.335, subdivision 1; 16C.03, subdivision 16; 
2.6 	16C.16, subdivision 5; 16E.0466; 16E.21, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 
2.7 	62J.495, subdivision 4; 62J.496, subdivision 1; 62V.04, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 
2.8 	62V.05, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 62V.11, by adding a subdivision; 
2.9 	119B.13, subdivision 1; 144.05, by adding a subdivision; 144.293, subdivision 
2.10 	2; 144A.071, subdivisions 4c, 4d; 144A.073, subdivisions 13, 14, by adding a 
2.11 	subdivision; 144A.471, subdivision 9; 144A.611, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a 
2.12 	subdivision; 144A.75, subdivisions 5, 6, 8, by adding a subdivision; 145.4716, 
2.13 	subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 145.882, subdivisions 2, 3, 7; 145.925, 
2.14 	subdivisions 1, 1a, by adding subdivisions; 149A.50, subdivision 2; 154.001, 
2.15 	subdivision 2; 154.002; 154.01; 154.02; 154.04; 154.05; 154.065, subdivisions 2, 
2.16 	4; 154.07; 154.08; 154.09; 154.10, subdivision 2; 154.11, subdivision 1; 154.14; 
2.17 	154.15; 154.161, subdivision 7; 154.162; 154.19; 154.21; 154.24; 154.25; 
2.18 	157.15, subdivision 14; 169.444, subdivision 2; 171.24; 197.455, subdivision 
2.19 	1; 243.166, subdivision 1b; 245.99, subdivision 2; 254B.03, subdivision 4; 
2.20 	254B.04, subdivision 2a; 254B.06, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 
2.21 	256.01, by adding a subdivision; 256B.042, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0621, 
2.22 	subdivision 10; 256B.0625, by adding subdivisions; 256B.0644; 256B.0924, by 
2.23 	adding a subdivision; 256B.15, subdivisions 1a, 2, by adding a subdivision; 
2.24 	256D.051, subdivision 6b; 256L.02, by adding a subdivision; 298.22, subdivision 
2.25 	1; 299A.41, subdivision 3; 327.14, subdivision 8; 327C.03, subdivision 6; 
2.26 	327C.095, subdivisions 12, 13; 353.01, subdivision 43; 462.355, subdivision 
2.27 	4; 471.6161, subdivision 8; 471.617, subdivision 2; 471.895, subdivision 1; 
2.28 	518.175, subdivision 5; 518A.34; 518A.36; 609.3241; 626.558, subdivisions 
2.29 	1, 2, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 
2.30 	6.481, subdivision 6; 16C.073, subdivision 2; 62V.03, subdivision 2; 144A.75, 
2.31 	subdivision 13; 145.4131, subdivision 1; 149A.92, subdivision 1; 154.003; 
2.32 	154.11, subdivision 3; 154.161, subdivision 4; 197.46; 245.735, subdivisions 3, 
2.33 	4; 256B.059, subdivision 5; 256B.0625, subdivisions 17a, 18a, 20; 256B.431, 
2.34 	subdivision 36; 256B.441, subdivisions 13, 53, 66; 256B.76, subdivisions 
2.35 	2, 4; 256B.766; 518A.26, subdivision 14; 518A.39, subdivision 2; 609.324, 
2.36 	subdivision 1; Laws 2015, chapter 65, article 1, section 18; Laws 2015, chapter 
2.37 	71, article 1, section 125; article 14, sections 2, subdivision 5, as amended; 4, 
2.38 	subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 10, 11; 9; Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 1, section 11, 
2.39 	subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 
2.40 	16A; 16B; 16C; 43A; 45; 62V; 144; 145; 148; 245A; 254B; 256B; 325E; 518A; 
2.41 	609; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapters 147F; 
2.42 	153B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 3.886; 6.581, subdivision 1; 
2.43 	62V.01; 62V.02; 62V.03, subdivisions 1, 3; 62V.04; 62V.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 
2.44 	3, 4, 5, 9, 10; 62V.06; 62V.07; 62V.08; 62V.09; 62V.10; 62V.11, subdivisions 
2.45 	1, 2, 4; 144.058; 145.925, subdivision 2; 149A.92, subdivision 11; 154.03; 
2.46 	154.06; 154.11, subdivision 2; 154.12; 179A.50; 179A.51; 179A.52; 179A.53; 
2.47 	Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 62V.03, subdivision 2; 62V.05, 
2.48 	subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 11; 62V.051; Minnesota Rules, parts 7700.0010; 7700.0020; 
2.49 	7700.0030; 7700.0040; 7700.0050; 7700.0060; 7700.0070; 7700.0080; 
2.50 	7700.0090; 7700.0100; 7700.0101; 7700.0105.
2.51 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

3.1 	ARTICLE 1
3.2 	CONTINUING CARE

3.3 	Section 1. [62V.055] ADDITIONAL NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.
3.4 	The board, in consultation with the commissioner of human services, shall include in 
3.5 	the combined application for medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, and qualified health plan 
3.6 	coverage available through the MNsure portal, information and notice on the following: 
3.7 	(1) that when an applicant submits the combined application, eligibility for 
3.8 	subsidized coverage will be determined in the following order:
3.9 	(i) medical assistance;
3.10 	(ii) MinnesotaCare;
3.11 	(iii) advanced premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies; and
3.12 	(iv) qualified health plan coverage without a subsidy;
3.13 	(2) persons eligible for medical assistance are not eligible for MinnesotaCare, and 
3.14 	persons eligible for medical assistance or MinnesotaCare are not eligible for advanced 
3.15 	premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies; and
3.16 	(3) if a person enrolls in medical assistance, the state may claim repayment for the 
3.17 	cost of medical care or premiums paid for that care from the person's estate.

3.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.071, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:
3.19 		Subd. 4c.Exceptions for replacement beds after June 30, 2003. (a) The 
3.20 	commissioner of health, in coordination with the commissioner of human services, may 
3.21 	approve the renovation, replacement, upgrading, or relocation of a nursing home or 
3.22 	boarding care home, under the following conditions:
3.23 	(1) to license and certify an 80-bed city-owned facility in Nicollet County to be 
3.24 	constructed on the site of a new city-owned hospital to replace an existing 85-bed facility 
3.25 	attached to a hospital that is also being replaced. The threshold allowed for this project 
3.26 	under section 144A.073 shall be the maximum amount available to pay the additional 
3.27 	medical assistance costs of the new facility;
3.28 	(2) to license and certify 29 beds to be added to an existing 69-bed facility in St. 
3.29 	Louis County, provided that the 29 beds must be transferred from active or layaway status 
3.30 	at an existing facility in St. Louis County that had 235 beds on April 1, 2003.
3.31 	The licensed capacity at the 235-bed facility must be reduced to 206 beds, but the payment 
3.32 	rate at that facility shall not be adjusted as a result of this transfer. The operating payment 
3.33 	rate of the facility adding beds after completion of this project shall be the same as it was 
4.1 	on the day prior to the day the beds are licensed and certified. This project shall not 
4.2 	proceed unless it is approved and financed under the provisions of section 144A.073;
4.3 	(3) to license and certify a new 60-bed facility in Austin, provided that: (i) 45 of 
4.4 	the new beds are transferred from a 45-bed facility in Austin under common ownership 
4.5 	that is closed and 15 of the new beds are transferred from a 182-bed facility in Albert Lea 
4.6 	under common ownership; (ii) the commissioner of human services is authorized by the 
4.7 	2004 legislature to negotiate budget-neutral planned nursing facility closures; and (iii) 
4.8 	money is available from planned closures of facilities under common ownership to make 
4.9 	implementation of this clause budget-neutral to the state. The bed capacity of the Albert 
4.10 	Lea facility shall be reduced to 167 beds following the transfer. Of the 60 beds at the 
4.11 	new facility, 20 beds shall be used for a special care unit for persons with Alzheimer's 
4.12 	disease or related dementias;
4.13 	(4) to license and certify up to 80 beds transferred from an existing state-owned 
4.14 	nursing facility in Cass County to a new facility located on the grounds of the 
4.15 	Ah-Gwah-Ching campus. The operating cost payment rates for the new facility shall be 
4.16 	determined based on the interim and settle-up payment provisions of Minnesota Rules, 
4.17 	part 9549.0057, and the reimbursement provisions of section 256B.431. The property 
4.18 	payment rate for the first three years of operation shall be $35 per day. For subsequent 
4.19 	years, the property payment rate of $35 per day shall be adjusted for inflation as provided 
4.20 	in section 256B.434, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), as long as the facility has a contract 
4.21 	under section 256B.434;
4.22 	(5) to initiate a pilot program to license and certify up to 80 beds transferred from 
4.23 	an existing county-owned nursing facility in Steele County relocated to the site of a new 
4.24 	acute care facility as part of the county's Communities for a Lifetime comprehensive plan 
4.25 	to create innovative responses to the aging of its population. Upon relocation to the new 
4.26 	site, the nursing facility shall delicense 28 beds. The property payment rate for the first 
4.27 	three years of operation of external fixed costs for the new facility shall be increased by an 
4.28 	amount as calculated according to items (i) to (v):
4.29 	(i) compute the estimated decrease in medical assistance residents served by the 
4.30 	nursing facility by multiplying the decrease in licensed beds by the historical percentage 
4.31 	of medical assistance resident days;
4.32 	(ii) compute the annual savings to the medical assistance program from the 
4.33 	delicensure of 28 beds by multiplying the anticipated decrease in medical assistance 
4.34 	residents, determined in item (i), by the existing facility's weighted average payment rate 
4.35 	multiplied by 365;
5.1 	(iii) compute the anticipated annual costs for community-based services by 
5.2 	multiplying the anticipated decrease in medical assistance residents served by the nursing 
5.3 	facility, determined in item (i), by the average monthly elderly waiver service costs for 
5.4 	individuals in Steele County multiplied by 12;
5.5 	(iv) subtract the amount in item (iii) from the amount in item (ii); and
5.6 	(v) divide the amount in item (iv) by an amount equal to the relocated nursing 
5.7 	facility's occupancy factor under section 256B.431, subdivision 3f, paragraph (c), 
5.8 	multiplied by the historical percentage of medical assistance resident days.; and
5.9 	For subsequent years, the adjusted property payment rate shall be adjusted for 
5.10 	inflation as provided in section 256B.434, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), as long as the 
5.11 	facility has a contract under section 256B.434; and
5.12 	(6) to consolidate and relocate nursing facility beds to a new site in Goodhue County 
5.13 	and to integrate these services with other community-based programs and services under a 
5.14 	communities for a lifetime pilot program and comprehensive plan to create innovative 
5.15 	responses to the aging of its population. Eighty beds in the city of Red Wing shall be 
5.16 	transferred from the downsizing and relocation of an existing 84-bed, hospital-owned 
5.17 	nursing facility and the entire closure or downsizing of beds from a 65-bed nonprofit 
5.18 	nursing facility in the community resulting in the delicensure of 69 beds in the two 
5.19 	existing facilities Two nursing facilities, one for 84 beds and one for 65 beds, in the city of 
5.20 	Red Wing licensed on July 1, 2015, shall be consolidated into a newly renovated 64-bed 
5.21 	nursing facility resulting in the delicensure of 85 beds. Notwithstanding the carryforward 
5.22 	of the approval authority in section 144A.073, subdivision 11, the funding approved in 
5.23 	April 2009 by the commissioner of health for a project in Goodhue County shall not carry 
5.24 	forward. The closure of the 69 85 beds shall not be eligible for a planned closure rate 
5.25 	adjustment under section 256B.437. The construction project permitted in this clause shall 
5.26 	not be eligible for a threshold project rate adjustment under section 256B.434, subdivision 
5.27 	4f. The property payment rate for the first three years of operation ofexternal fixed costs for 
5.28 	the new facility shall be increased by an amount as calculated according to items (i) to (vi):
5.29 	(i) compute the estimated decrease in medical assistance residents served by both 
5.30 	nursing facilities by multiplying the difference between the occupied beds of the two 
5.31 	nursing facilities for the reporting year ending September 30, 2009, and the projected 
5.32 	occupancy of the facility at 95 percent occupancy by the historical percentage of medical 
5.33 	assistance resident days;
5.34 	(ii) compute the annual savings to the medical assistance program from the 
5.35 	delicensure by multiplying the anticipated decrease in the medical assistance residents, 
6.1 	determined in item (i), by the hospital-owned nursing facility weighted average payment 
6.2 	rate multiplied by 365;
6.3 	(iii) compute the anticipated annual costs for community-based services by 
6.4 	multiplying the anticipated decrease in medical assistance residents served by the 
6.5 	facilities, determined in item (i), by the average monthly elderly waiver service costs for 
6.6 	individuals in Goodhue County multiplied by 12;
6.7 	(iv) subtract the amount in item (iii) from the amount in item (ii);
6.8 	(v) multiply the amount in item (iv) by 48.5 57.2 percent; and
6.9 	(vi) divide the difference of the amount in item (iv) and the amount in item (v) by an 
6.10 	amount equal to the relocated nursing facility's occupancy factor under section 256B.431, 
6.11 	subdivision 3f, paragraph (c), multiplied by the historical percentage of medical assistance 
6.12 	resident days.
6.13 	For subsequent years, the adjusted property payment rate shall be adjusted for 
6.14 	inflation as provided in section 256B.434, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), as long as the 
6.15 	facility has a contract under section 256B.434.
6.16 	(b) Projects approved under this subdivision shall be treated in a manner equivalent 
6.17 	to projects approved under subdivision 4a.

6.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for rate years beginning on or after 
6.19 	January 1, 2017, except that the amendment to paragraph (a), clause (6), transferring the 
6.20 	rate adjustment in items (i) to (vi) from the property payment rate to the payment rate for 
6.21 	external fixed costs, is effective for rate years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, or 
6.22 	upon completion of the closure and new construction authorized in paragraph (a), clause 
6.23 	(6), whichever is later. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor 
6.24 	of statutes when the section is effective.

6.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.071, subdivision 4d, is amended to read:
6.26 		Subd. 4d.Consolidation of nursing facilities. (a) The commissioner of health, 
6.27 	in consultation with the commissioner of human services, may approve a request for 
6.28 	consolidation of nursing facilities which includes the closure of one or more facilities 
6.29 	and the upgrading of the physical plant of the remaining nursing facility or facilities, 
6.30 	the costs of which exceed the threshold project limit under subdivision 2, clause (a). 
6.31 	The commissioners shall consider the criteria in this section, section 144A.073, and 
6.32 	section 256B.437, in approving or rejecting a consolidation proposal. In the event the 
6.33 	commissioners approve the request, the commissioner of human services shall calculate a 
6.34 	property an external fixed costs rate adjustment according to clauses (1) to (3):
7.1 	(1) the closure of beds shall not be eligible for a planned closure rate adjustment 
7.2 	under section 256B.437, subdivision 6;
7.3 	(2) the construction project permitted in this clause shall not be eligible for a 
7.4 	threshold project rate adjustment under section 256B.434, subdivision 4f, or a moratorium 
7.5 	exception adjustment under section 144A.073; and
7.6 	(3) the property payment rate for external fixed costs for a remaining facility or 
7.7 	facilities shall be increased by an amount equal to 65 percent of the projected net cost 
7.8 	savings to the state calculated in paragraph (b), divided by the state's medical assistance 
7.9 	percentage of medical assistance dollars, and then divided by estimated medical assistance 
7.10 	resident days, as determined in paragraph (c), of the remaining nursing facility or facilities 
7.11 	in the request in this paragraph. The rate adjustment is effective on the later of the first 
7.12 	day of the month following completion of the construction upgrades in the consolidation 
7.13 	plan or the first day of the month following the complete closure of a facility designated 
7.14 	for closure in the consolidation plan. If more than one facility is receiving upgrades in 
7.15 	the consolidation plan, each facility's date of construction completion must be evaluated 
7.16 	separately.
7.17 	(b) For purposes of calculating the net cost savings to the state, the commissioner 
7.18 	shall consider clauses (1) to (7):
7.19 	(1) the annual savings from estimated medical assistance payments from the net 
7.20 	number of beds closed taking into consideration only beds that are in active service on the 
7.21 	date of the request and that have been in active service for at least three years;
7.22 	(2) the estimated annual cost of increased case load of individuals receiving services 
7.23 	under the elderly waiver;
7.24 	(3) the estimated annual cost of elderly waiver recipients receiving support under 
7.25 	group residential housing;
7.26 	(4) the estimated annual cost of increased case load of individuals receiving services 
7.27 	under the alternative care program;
7.28 	(5) the annual loss of license surcharge payments on closed beds;
7.29 	(6) the savings from not paying planned closure rate adjustments that the facilities 
7.30 	would otherwise be eligible for under section 256B.437; and
7.31 	(7) the savings from not paying property external fixed costs payment rate 
7.32 	adjustments from submission of renovation costs that would otherwise be eligible as 
7.33 	threshold projects under section 256B.434, subdivision 4f.
7.34 	(c) For purposes of the calculation in paragraph (a), clause (3), the estimated medical 
7.35 	assistance resident days of the remaining facility or facilities shall be computed assuming 
7.36 	95 percent occupancy multiplied by the historical percentage of medical assistance 
8.1 	resident days of the remaining facility or facilities, as reported on the facility's or facilities' 
8.2 	most recent nursing facility statistical and cost report filed before the plan of closure 
8.3 	is submitted, multiplied by 365.
8.4 	(d) For purposes of net cost of savings to the state in paragraph (b), the average 
8.5 	occupancy percentages will be those reported on the facility's or facilities' most recent 
8.6 	nursing facility statistical and cost report filed before the plan of closure is submitted, and 
8.7 	the average payment rates shall be calculated based on the approved payment rates in 
8.8 	effect at the time the consolidation request is submitted.
8.9 	(e) To qualify for the property external fixed costs payment rate adjustment under 
8.10 	this provision subdivision, the closing facilities shall:
8.11 	(1) submit an application for closure according to section 256B.437, subdivision 
8.12 	3; and
8.13 	(2) follow the resident relocation provisions of section 144A.161.
8.14 	(f) The county or counties in which a facility or facilities are closed under this 
8.15 	subdivision shall not be eligible for designation as a hardship area under section 144A.071, 
8.16 	subdivision 3, for five years from the date of the approval of the proposed consolidation. 
8.17 	The applicant shall notify the county of this limitation and the county shall acknowledge 
8.18 	this in a letter of support.

8.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for rate years beginning on or after 
8.20 	January 1, 2017.

8.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.073, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
8.22 		Subd. 13.Moratorium exception funding. In fiscal year 2013, the commissioner 
8.23 	of health may approve moratorium exception projects under this section for which the 
8.24 	full annualized state share of medical assistance costs does not exceed $1,000,000 plus 
8.25 	any carryover of previous appropriations for this purpose.

8.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.073, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
8.27 		Subd. 14.Moratorium exception funding. In fiscal year 2015, the commissioner 
8.28 	of health may approve moratorium exception projects under this section for which the 
8.29 	full annualized state share of medical assistance costs does not exceed $1,000,000 plus 
8.30 	any carryover of previous appropriations for this purpose.

8.31 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.073, is amended by adding a 
8.32 	subdivision to read:
9.1 		Subd. 15.Moratorium exception funding. In fiscal year 2017, the commissioner 
9.2 	may approve moratorium exception projects under this section for which the full 
9.3 	annualized state share of medical assistance costs does not exceed $1,000,000 plus any 
9.4 	carryover of previous appropriations for this purpose.

9.5 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.611, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.6 		Subdivision 1.Nursing homes and certified boarding care homes. The actual 
9.7 	costs of tuition and textbooks and reasonable expenses for the competency evaluation 
9.8 	or the nursing assistant training program and competency evaluation approved under 
9.9 	section 144A.61, which are paid to nursing assistants or adult training programs pursuant 
9.10 	to subdivision subdivisions 2 and 4, are a reimbursable expense for nursing homes 
9.11 	and certified boarding care homes under the provisions of chapter 256B and the rules 
9.12 	promulgated thereunder section 256B.431, subdivision 36.

9.13 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.611, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.14 		Subd. 2.Nursing assistants Reimbursement for training program and 
9.15 	competency evaluation costs. A nursing assistant who has completed an approved 
9.16 	competency evaluation or an approved training program and competency evaluation 
9.17 	shall be reimbursed by the nursing home or certified boarding care home for actual costs 
9.18 	of tuition and textbooks and reasonable expenses for the competency evaluation or the 
9.19 	training program and competency evaluation 90 days after the date of employment, or 
9.20 	upon completion of the approved training program, whichever is later.

9.21 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.611, is amended by adding a 
9.22 	subdivision to read:
9.23 		Subd. 4.Reimbursement for adult basic education components. (a) Nursing 
9.24 	facilities and certified boarding care homes shall provide reimbursement for costs related 
9.25 	to additional adult basic education components of an approved nursing assistant training 
9.26 	program, to:
9.27 	(1) an adult training program that provided an approved nursing assistant training 
9.28 	program to an employee of the nursing facility or boarding care home; or
9.29 	(2) a nursing assistant who is an employee of the nursing facility or boarding care 
9.30 	home and completed an approved nursing assistant training program provided by an 
9.31 	adult training program.
9.32 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, adult basic education components of a nursing 
9.33 	assistant training program must include the following, if needed: training in mathematics, 
10.1 	vocabulary, literacy skills, workplace skills, resume writing, and job interview skills. 
10.2 	Reimbursement provided under this subdivision shall not exceed 30 percent of the cost of 
10.3 	tuition, textbooks, and competency evaluation.
10.4 	(c) An adult training program is prohibited from billing program students, nursing 
10.5 	facilities, or certified boarding care homes for costs under this subdivision until the 
10.6 	program student has been employed by the nursing facility as a certified nursing assistant 
10.7 	for at least 90 days.

10.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for costs incurred on or after October 
10.9 	1, 2016.

10.10 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.042, is amended by adding a 
10.11 	subdivision to read:
10.12 		Subd. 1a.Additional notice to applicants. An application for medical assistance 
10.13 	must include a statement, prominently displayed, that if any person on the application 
10.14 	enrolls in medical assistance, the state may claim repayment for the cost of medical care 
10.15 	or premiums paid for care from that person's estate.

10.16 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.059, subdivision 5, 
10.17 	is amended to read:
10.18 		Subd. 5.Asset availability. (a) At the time of initial determination of eligibility for 
10.19 	medical assistance benefits following the first continuous period of institutionalization on 
10.20 	or after October 1, 1989, assets considered available to the institutionalized spouse shall 
10.21 	be the total value of all assets in which either spouse has an ownership interest, reduced by 
10.22 	the following amount for the community spouse:
10.23 	(1) prior to July 1, 1994, the greater of:
10.24 	(i) $14,148;
10.25 	(ii) the lesser of the spousal share or $70,740; or
10.26 	(iii) the amount required by court order to be paid to the community spouse;
10.27 	(2) for persons whose date of initial determination of eligibility for medical 
10.28 	assistance following their first continuous period of institutionalization occurs on or after 
10.29 	July 1, 1994, the greater of:
10.30 	(i) $20,000;
10.31 	(ii) the lesser of the spousal share or $70,740; or
10.32 	(iii) the amount required by court order to be paid to the community spouse.
11.1 	The value of assets transferred for the sole benefit of the community spouse under section 
11.2 	256B.0595, subdivision 4, in combination with other assets available to the community 
11.3 	spouse under this section, cannot exceed the limit for the community spouse asset 
11.4 	allowance determined under subdivision 3 or 4. Assets that exceed this allowance shall 
11.5 	be considered available to the institutionalized spouse. If the community spouse asset 
11.6 	allowance has been increased under subdivision 4, then the assets considered available to 
11.7 	the institutionalized spouse under this subdivision shall be further reduced by the value of 
11.8 	additional amounts allowed under subdivision 4.
11.9 	(b) An institutionalized spouse may be found eligible for medical assistance even 
11.10 	though assets in excess of the allowable amount are found to be available under paragraph 
11.11 	(a) if the assets are owned jointly or individually by the community spouse, and the 
11.12 	institutionalized spouse cannot use those assets to pay for the cost of care without the 
11.13 	consent of the community spouse, and if: 
11.14 	(i) the institutionalized spouse assigns to the commissioner the right to support from 
11.15 	the community spouse under section 256B.14, subdivision 3; 
11.16 	(ii) the institutionalized spouse lacks the ability to execute an assignment due to a 
11.17 	physical or mental impairment; or 
11.18 	(iii) the denial of eligibility would cause an imminent threat to the institutionalized 
11.19 	spouse's health and well-being.; or
11.20 	(iv) the assets in excess of the amount under paragraph (a) are assets owned by the 
11.21 	community spouse, and the denial of eligibility would cause an undue hardship to the 
11.22 	family due to the loss of retirement funds for the community spouse or funds protected for 
11.23 	the postsecondary education of a child under age 25. For purposes of this clause, only 
11.24 	retirement assets held by the community spouse in a tax-deferred retirement account, 
11.25 	including a defined benefit plan, defined contribution plan, an employer-sponsored 
11.26 	individual retirement arrangement, or individually purchased individual retirement 
11.27 	arrangement are protected, and are only protected until the community spouse is eligible to 
11.28 	withdraw retirement funds from any or all accounts without penalty. For purposes of this 
11.29 	clause, only funds in a plan designated under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code 
11.30 	on behalf of a child of either or both spouses who is under the age of 25 are protected. 
11.31 	There shall not be an assignment of spousal support to the commissioner or a cause of 
11.32 	action against the individual's spouse under section 256B.14, subdivision 3, for the funds 
11.33 	in the protected retirement and college savings accounts.
11.34 	(c) After the month in which the institutionalized spouse is determined eligible for 
11.35 	medical assistance, during the continuous period of institutionalization, no assets of the 
12.1 	community spouse are considered available to the institutionalized spouse, unless the 
12.2 	institutionalized spouse has been found eligible under paragraph (b).
12.3 	(d) Assets determined to be available to the institutionalized spouse under this 
12.4 	section must be used for the health care or personal needs of the institutionalized spouse.
12.5 	(e) For purposes of this section, assets do not include assets excluded under the 
12.6 	Supplemental Security Income program.

12.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2016.

12.8 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.15, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
12.9 		Subd. 1a.Estates subject to claims. (a) If a person receives any medical assistance 
12.10 	hereunder, on the person's death, if single, or on the death of the survivor of a married 
12.11 	couple, either or both of whom received medical assistance, or as otherwise provided 
12.12 	for in this section, the total amount paid for medical assistance rendered for the person 
12.13 	and spouse shall be filed as a claim against the estate of the person or the estate of the 
12.14 	surviving spouse in the court having jurisdiction to probate the estate or to issue a decree 
12.15 	of descent according to sections 525.31 to 525.313.
12.16 	(b) For the purposes of this section, the person's estate must consist of:
12.17 	(1) the person's probate estate;
12.18 	(2) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in real property the 
12.19 	person owned as a life tenant or as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship at the time of 
12.20 	the person's death;
12.21 	(3) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in securities the person 
12.22 	owned in beneficiary form as provided under sections 524.6-301 to 524.6-311 at the time 
12.23 	of the person's death, to the extent the interests or proceeds of those interests become part 
12.24 	of the probate estate under section 524.6-307;
12.25 	(4) all of the person's interests in joint accounts, multiple-party accounts, and 
12.26 	pay-on-death accounts, brokerage accounts, investment accounts, or the proceeds of 
12.27 	those accounts, as provided under sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214 at the time of the 
12.28 	person's death to the extent the interests become part of the probate estate under section 
12.29 	524.6-207; and
12.30 	(5) assets conveyed to a survivor, heir, or assign of the person through survivorship, 
12.31 	living trust, or other arrangements.
12.32 	(c) For the purpose of this section and recovery in a surviving spouse's estate for 
12.33 	medical assistance paid for a predeceased spouse, the estate must consist of all of the legal 
12.34 	title and interests the deceased individual's predeceased spouse had in jointly owned or 
12.35 	marital property at the time of the spouse's death, as defined in subdivision 2b, and the 
13.1 	proceeds of those interests, that passed to the deceased individual or another individual, a 
13.2 	survivor, an heir, or an assign of the predeceased spouse through a joint tenancy, tenancy 
13.3 	in common, survivorship, life estate, living trust, or other arrangement. A deceased 
13.4 	recipient who, at death, owned the property jointly with the surviving spouse shall have 
13.5 	an interest in the entire property.
13.6 	(d) For the purpose of recovery in a single person's estate or the estate of a survivor 
13.7 	of a married couple, "other arrangement" includes any other means by which title to all or 
13.8 	any part of the jointly owned or marital property or interest passed from the predeceased 
13.9 	spouse to another including, but not limited to, transfers between spouses which are 
13.10 	permitted, prohibited, or penalized for purposes of medical assistance.
13.11 	(e) A claim shall be filed if medical assistance was rendered for either or both 
13.12 	persons under one of the following circumstances:
13.13 	(1) the person was over 55 years of age, and received services under this chapter 
13.14 	prior to January 1, 2014;
13.15 	(2) the person resided in a medical institution for six months or longer, received 
13.16 	services under this chapter, and, at the time of institutionalization or application for 
13.17 	medical assistance, whichever is later, the person could not have reasonably been expected 
13.18 	to be discharged and returned home, as certified in writing by the person's treating 
13.19 	physician. For purposes of this section only, a "medical institution" means a skilled 
13.20 	nursing facility, intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with 
13.21 	developmental disabilities, nursing facility, or inpatient hospital; or
13.22 	(3) the person received general assistance medical care services under chapter 
13.23 	256D.; or
13.24 	(4) the person was 55 years of age or older and received medical assistance 
13.25 	services on or after January 1, 2014, that consisted of nursing facility services, home and 
13.26 	community-based services, or related hospital and prescription drug benefits.
13.27 	(f) The claim shall be considered an expense of the last illness of the decedent for 
13.28 	the purpose of section 524.3-805. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a 
13.29 	state or county agency with a claim under this section must be a creditor under section 
13.30 	524.6-307. Any statute of limitations that purports to limit any county agency or the state 
13.31 	agency, or both, to recover for medical assistance granted hereunder shall not apply to any 
13.32 	claim made hereunder for reimbursement for any medical assistance granted hereunder. 
13.33 	Notice of the claim shall be given to all heirs and devisees of the decedent, and to other 
13.34 	persons with an ownership interest in the real property owned by the decedent at the time 
13.35 	of the decedent's death, whose identity can be ascertained with reasonable diligence. The 
13.36 	notice must include procedures and instructions for making an application for a hardship 
14.1 	waiver under subdivision 5; time frames for submitting an application and determination; 
14.2 	and information regarding appeal rights and procedures. Counties are entitled to one-half 
14.3 	of the nonfederal share of medical assistance collections from estates that are directly 
14.4 	attributable to county effort. Counties are entitled to ten percent of the collections for 
14.5 	alternative care directly attributable to county effort.

14.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon federal approval and applies 
14.7 	retroactively to services rendered on or after January 1, 2014.

14.8 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.15, is amended by adding a 
14.9 	subdivision to read:
14.10 		Subd. 1l.Amending notices or liens arising out of notice. (a) State agencies must 
14.11 	amend notices of potential claims and liens arising from the notices, if the notice was filed 
14.12 	after January 1, 2014, for medical assistance services rendered on or after January 1, 2014, 
14.13 	to a recipient who at the time services were rendered was 55 years of age or older and who 
14.14 	was not institutionalized as described in subdivision 1a, paragraph (e).
14.15 	(b) The notices identified in paragraph (a) must be amended by removing the 
14.16 	amount of medical assistance rendered that did not consist of nursing facility services, 
14.17 	home and community-based services, as defined in subdivision 1a and related hospital 
14.18 	and prescription drug services.

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

14.20 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
14.21 		Subd. 2.Limitations on claims. (a) For services rendered prior to January 1, 2014, 
14.22 	the claim shall include only the total amount of medical assistance rendered after age 55 or 
14.23 	during a period of institutionalization described in subdivision 1a, paragraph (e), and the 
14.24 	total amount of general assistance medical care rendered, and shall not include interest. 
14.25 	(b) For services rendered on or after January 1, 2014, the claim shall include only:
14.26 	(1) the amount of medical assistance rendered to recipients 55 years of age or older 
14.27 	and that consisted of nursing facility services, home and community-based services, and 
14.28 	related hospital and prescription drug services; and
14.29 	(2) the total amount of medical assistance rendered during a period of 
14.30 	institutionalization described in subdivision 1a, paragraph (e).
14.31 	The claim shall not include interest. For the purposes of this section, "home and 
14.32 	community-based services" has the same meaning it has when used in United States Code, 
14.33 	title 42, section 1396p, subsection (b), paragraph (1), subparagraph (B), clause (i).
15.1 	(c) Claims that have been allowed but not paid shall bear interest according to 
15.2 	section 524.3-806, paragraph (d). A claim against the estate of a surviving spouse who did 
15.3 	not receive medical assistance, for medical assistance rendered for the predeceased spouse, 
15.4 	shall be payable from the full value of all of the predeceased spouse's assets and interests 
15.5 	which are part of the surviving spouse's estate under subdivisions 1a and 2b. Recovery of 
15.6 	medical assistance expenses in the nonrecipient surviving spouse's estate is limited to the 
15.7 	value of the assets of the estate that were marital property or jointly owned property at any 
15.8 	time during the marriage. The claim is not payable from the value of assets or proceeds of 
15.9 	assets in the estate attributable to a predeceased spouse whom the individual married after 
15.10 	the death of the predeceased recipient spouse for whom the claim is filed or from assets 
15.11 	and the proceeds of assets in the estate which the nonrecipient decedent spouse acquired 
15.12 	with assets which were not marital property or jointly owned property after the death of 
15.13 	the predeceased recipient spouse. Claims for alternative care shall be net of all premiums 
15.14 	paid under section 256B.0913, subdivision 12, on or after July 1, 2003, and shall be 
15.15 	limited to services provided on or after July 1, 2003. Claims against marital property shall 
15.16 	be limited to claims against recipients who died on or after July 1, 2009.

15.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon federal approval and applies to 
15.18 	services rendered on or after January 1, 2014.

15.19 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.431, subdivision 36, 
15.20 	is amended to read:
15.21 		Subd. 36.Employee scholarship costs and training in English as a second 
15.22 	language. (a) For the period between July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2003, the commissioner 
15.23 	shall provide to each nursing facility reimbursed under this section, section 256B.434, 
15.24 	or any other section, a scholarship per diem of 25 cents to the total operating payment 
15.25 	rate. For the 27-month period beginning October 1, 2015, through December 31, 2017, 
15.26 	the commissioner shall allow a scholarship per diem of up to 25 cents for each nursing 
15.27 	facility with no scholarship per diem that is requesting a scholarship per diem to be added 
15.28 	to the external fixed payment rate to be used:
15.29 	(1) for employee scholarships that satisfy the following requirements:
15.30 	(i) scholarships are available to all employees who work an average of at least 
15.31 	ten hours per week at the facility except the administrator, and to reimburse student 
15.32 	loan expenses for newly hired and recently graduated registered nurses and licensed 
15.33 	practical nurses, and training expenses for nursing assistants as definedspecified in section 
15.34 	144A.611, subdivision subdivisions 2 and 4, who are newly hired and have graduated 
15.35 	within the last 12 months; and
16.1 	(ii) the course of study is expected to lead to career advancement with the facility or 
16.2 	in long-term care, including medical care interpreter services and social work; and
16.3 	(2) to provide job-related training in English as a second language.
16.4 	(b) All facilities may annually request a rate adjustment under this subdivision by 
16.5 	submitting information to the commissioner on a schedule and in a form supplied by the 
16.6 	commissioner. The commissioner shall allow a scholarship payment rate equal to the 
16.7 	reported and allowable costs divided by resident days.
16.8 	(c) In calculating the per diem under paragraph (b), the commissioner shall allow 
16.9 	costs related to tuition, direct educational expenses, and reasonable costs as defined by the 
16.10 	commissioner for child care costs and transportation expenses related to direct educational 
16.11 	expenses.
16.12 	(d) The rate increase under this subdivision is an optional rate add-on that the facility 
16.13 	must request from the commissioner in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. The 
16.14 	rate increase must be used for scholarships as specified in this subdivision.
16.15 	(e) For instances in which a rate adjustment will be 15 cents or greater, nursing 
16.16 	facilities that close beds during a rate year may request to have their scholarship 
16.17 	adjustment under paragraph (b) recalculated by the commissioner for the remainder of the 
16.18 	rate year to reflect the reduction in resident days compared to the cost report year.

16.19 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.441, subdivision 13, 
16.20 	is amended to read:
16.21 		Subd. 13.External fixed costs. "External fixed costs" means costs related to the 
16.22 	nursing home surcharge under section 256.9657, subdivision 1; licensure fees under 
16.23 	section 144.122; family advisory council fee under section 144A.33; scholarships under 
16.24 	section 256B.431, subdivision 36; planned closure rate adjustments under section 
16.25 	256B.437; consolidation rate adjustments under section 144A.071, subdivisions 4c, 
16.26 	paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6), and 4d; single bed room incentives under section 
16.27 	256B.431, subdivision 42; property taxes, assessments, and payments in lieu of taxes; 
16.28 	employer health insurance costs; quality improvement incentive payment rate adjustments 
16.29 	under subdivision 46c; performance-based incentive payments under subdivision 46d; 
16.30 	special dietary needs under subdivision 51b; and PERA.

16.31 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.441, subdivision 53, 
16.32 	is amended to read:
16.33 		Subd. 53.Calculation of payment rate for external fixed costs. The commissioner 
16.34 	shall calculate a payment rate for external fixed costs.
17.1 	(a) For a facility licensed as a nursing home, the portion related to section 256.9657 
17.2 	shall be equal to $8.86. For a facility licensed as both a nursing home and a boarding care 
17.3 	home, the portion related to section 256.9657 shall be equal to $8.86 multiplied by the 
17.4 	result of its number of nursing home beds divided by its total number of licensed beds.
17.5 	(b) The portion related to the licensure fee under section 144.122, paragraph (d), 
17.6 	shall be the amount of the fee divided by actual resident days.
17.7 	(c) The portion related to development and education of resident and family advisory 
17.8 	councils under section 144A.33 shall be $5 divided by 365.
17.9 	(d) The portion related to scholarships shall be determined under section 256B.431, 
17.10 	subdivision 36.
17.11 	(e) The portion related to planned closure rate adjustments shall be as determined 
17.12 	under section 256B.437, subdivision 6, and Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.436.
17.13 	(f) The portion related to consolidation rate adjustments shall be as determined under 
17.14 	section 144A.071, subdivisions 4c, paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6), and 4d.
17.15 	(f) (g) The single bed room incentives shall be as determined under section 
17.16 	256B.431, subdivision 42.
17.17 	(g) (h) The portions related to real estate taxes, special assessments, and payments 
17.18 	made in lieu of real estate taxes directly identified or allocated to the nursing facility shall 
17.19 	be the actual amounts divided by actual resident days.
17.20 	(h) (i) The portion related to employer health insurance costs shall be the allowable 
17.21 	costs divided by resident days.
17.22 	(i) (j) The portion related to the Public Employees Retirement Association shall 
17.23 	be actual costs divided by resident days.
17.24 	(j) (k) The portion related to quality improvement incentive payment rate 
17.25 	adjustments shall be as determined under subdivision 46c.
17.26 	(k) (l) The portion related to performance-based incentive payments shall be as 
17.27 	determined under subdivision 46d.
17.28 	(l) (m) The portion related to special dietary needs shall be the per diem amount 
17.29 	determined under subdivision 51b.
17.30 	(m) (n) The payment rate for external fixed costs shall be the sum of the amounts in 
17.31 	paragraphs (a) to (l) (m).

17.32 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.441, subdivision 66, 
17.33 	is amended to read:
17.34 		Subd. 66.Nursing facilities in border cities. (a) Rate increases under this section 
17.35 	for a facility located in Breckenridge are effective for the rate year beginning January 1, 
18.1 	2016, and annually thereafter,. Rate increases under this section for a facility located in 
18.2 	Moorhead are effective for the rate year beginning January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter.
18.3 	(b) Operating payment rates of a nonprofit nursing facility that exists on January 
18.4 	1, 2015, is located anywhere within the boundaries of the city cities of Breckenridge or 
18.5 	Moorhead, and is reimbursed under this section, section 256B.431, or section 256B.434, 
18.6 	shall be adjusted to be equal to the median RUG's rates, including comparable rate 
18.7 	components as determined by the commissioner, for the equivalent RUG's weight of the 
18.8 	nonprofit nursing facility or facilities located in an adjacent city in another state and in 
18.9 	cities contiguous to the adjacent city. The commissioner must make the comparison 
18.10 	required under this subdivision on October 1 of each year. The adjustment under this 
18.11 	subdivision applies to the rates effective on the following January 1.
18.12 	(c) The Minnesota facility's operating payment rate with a weight of 1.0 shall be 
18.13 	computed by dividing the adjacent city's nursing facilities median operating payment rate 
18.14 	with a weight of 1.02 by 1.02. If the adjustments under this subdivision result in a rate that 
18.15 	exceeds the limits in subdivisions 50 and 51 in a given rate year, the facility's rate shall 
18.16 	not be subject to those limits for that rate year. If a facility's rate is increased under this 
18.17 	subdivision, the facility is not subject to the total care-related limit in subdivision 50 and is 
18.18 	not limited to the other operating price established in subdivision 51. This subdivision 
18.19 	shall apply only if it results in a higher operating payment rate than would otherwise be 
18.20 	determined under this section, section 256B.431, or section 256B.434.

18.21 	Sec. 19. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PILOT PROJECT; DAKOTA COUNTY.
 18.22 	(a) Within available appropriations, the commissioner of human services shall 
18.23 	request, by October 1, 2016, necessary federal authority from the Centers for Medicare 
18.24 	and Medicaid Services to implement a community-based employment services pilot 
18.25 	project in Dakota County. The pilot project must be available to people who are receiving 
18.26 	services through home and community-based waivers authorized under Minnesota 
18.27 	Statutes, sections 256B.092 and 256B.49, using a rate methodology consistent with the 
18.28 	principles under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.4914.
18.29 	(b) Dakota County shall be:
18.30 	(1) responsible for any portion of the state match of waiver expenses above the 
18.31 	established disability waiver rates under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.4914; and 
18.32 	(2) allocated resources for supportive employment services incurred by the use of 
18.33 	employment exploration services, employment development services, and employment 
18.34 	support services in Dakota County for Dakota County residents.
19.1 	(c) The pilot project must provide the following employment services to people 
19.2 	receiving services through the home and community-based services waivers authorized 
19.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 256B.092 and 256B.49:
19.4 	(1) "employment exploration services" defined as community-based orientation 
19.5 	services that introduce a person to competitive employment opportunities in their 
19.6 	community through individualized educational activities, learning opportunities, work 
19.7 	experiences, and support services that result in the person making an informed decision 
19.8 	about working in competitively paying jobs in community businesses;
19.9 	(2) "employment development services" defined as individualized services that 
19.10 	actively support a person to achieve paid employment in his or her community by assisting 
19.11 	the person with finding paid employment, becoming self-employed, or establishing 
19.12 	microenterprise businesses in the community; and 
19.13 	(3) "employment support services" defined as individualized services and supports 
19.14 	that assist people with maintaining competitive, integrated employment by providing a 
19.15 	broad range of training, coaching, and support strategies that not only assist individuals 
19.16 	and work groups employed in paid job positions, but also support people working in 
19.17 	self-employment opportunities and microenterprise businesses with all aspects of effective 
19.18 	business operations. Employment support services must be provided in integrated 
19.19 	community settings.
19.20 	(d) The commissioner of human services shall consult with Dakota County on 
19.21 	this pilot project and report the results of the project to the chairs and ranking minority 
19.22 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over human services policy and 
19.23 	finance by January 15, 2019.

19.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016, or upon federal 
19.25 	approval, whichever is later, and expires on January 15, 2019. The commissioner of 
19.26 	human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval is obtained.

19.27 	Sec. 20. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 19.28 	The revisor of statutes, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, 
19.29 	shall change the cross-references in Minnesota Rules, chapters 2960, 9503, and 9525, 
19.30 	resulting from the repealer adopted in rules found at 40 State Register 179. The revisor 
19.31 	may make technical and other necessary changes to sentence structure to preserve the 
19.32 	meaning of the text.

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

20.1 	ARTICLE 2
20.2 	HEALTH CARE

20.3 	Section 1. [256B.0562] IMPROVED OVERSIGHT OF MNSURE ELIGIBILITY 
20.4 	DETERMINATIONS.
20.5 		Subdivision 1.Implementation of OLA findings. (a) The commissioner shall 
20.6 	ensure that medical assistance and MinnesotaCare eligibility determinations through the 
20.7 	MNsure information technology system and through agency eligibility determination 
20.8 	systems fully implement the recommendations made by the Office of the Legislative 
20.9 	Auditor (OLA) in Report 14-22 -- Oversight of MNsure Eligibility Determinations 
20.10 	for Public Health Care Programs and Report 16-02 Oversight of MNsure Eligibility 
20.11 	Determinations for Public Health Care Programs -- Internal Controls and Compliance Audit.
20.12 	(b) The commissioner may contract with a vendor to provide technical assistance to 
20.13 	the commissioner in fully implementing the OLA report findings.
20.14 	(c) The commissioner shall coordinate implementation of this section with the 
20.15 	periodic data matching required under section 256B.0561.
20.16 	(d) The commissioner shall implement this section using existing resources.
20.17 		Subd. 2.Duties of the commissioner. (a) In fully implementing the OLA report 
20.18 	recommendations, the commissioner shall:
20.19 	(1) adequately verify that persons enrolled in public health care programs through 
20.20 	MNsure are eligible for those programs;
20.21 	(2) provide adequate controls to ensure the accurate and complete transfer of 
20.22 	recipient data from MNsure to the Department of Human Services' medical payment 
20.23 	system, and to detect whether Office of MN.IT Services staff inappropriately access 
20.24 	recipients' personal information;
20.25 	(3) provide county human service eligibility workers with sufficient training on 
20.26 	MNsure;
20.27 	(4) reverify that medical assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees who enroll through 
20.28 	MNsure remain eligible for the program within the required time frames established 
20.29 	in federal and state laws;
20.30 	(5) establish an effective process to resolve discrepancies with Social Security 
20.31 	numbers, citizenship or immigration status, or household income that MNsure identifies 
20.32 	as needing further verification;
20.33 	(6) eliminate payment of medical assistance and MinnesotaCare benefits for 
20.34 	recipients whose income exceeds federal and state program limits;
20.35 	(7) verify household size and member relationships when determining eligibility;
21.1 	(8) ensure that applicants and recipients are enrolled in the correct public health 
21.2 	care program;
21.3 	(9) eliminate payment of benefits for MinnesotaCare recipients who are also 
21.4 	enrolled in Medicare;
21.5 	(10) verify that newborns turning age one remain eligible for medical assistance;
21.6 	(11) correct MinnesotaCare billing errors, ensure that enrollees pay their premiums, 
21.7 	and terminate coverage for failure to pay premiums; and
21.8 	(12) take all other steps necessary to fully implement the recommendations.
21.9 	(b) The commissioner shall implement the OLA recommendations for medical 
21.10 	assistance and MinnesotaCare applications and renewals submitted on or after July 1, 2016. 
21.11 	The commissioner shall present quarterly reports to the OLA and the chairs and ranking 
21.12 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human 
21.13 	services policy and finance, beginning October 1, 2016, and each quarter thereafter. The 
21.14 	quarterly report submitted October 1, 2016, must include a timetable for fully implementing 
21.15 	the OLA recommendations. Each quarterly report must include information on:
21.16 	(1) progress in implementing the OLA recommendations;
21.17 	(2) the number of medical assistance and MinnesotaCare applicants and enrollees 
21.18 	whose eligibility status was affected by implementation of the OLA recommendations, 
21.19 	reported quarterly, beginning with the July 1, 2016 through September 30, 2016 calendar 
21.20 	quarter; and
21.21 	(3) savings to the state from implementing the OLA recommendations.
21.22 		Subd. 3.Office of Legislative Auditor. The legislative auditor shall review each 
21.23 	quarterly report submitted by the commissioner of human services under subdivision 2 
21.24 	for accuracy and shall review compliance by the Department of Human Services with the 
21.25 	OLA report recommendations.  The legislative auditor shall notify the chairs and ranking 
21.26 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human 
21.27 	services policy and finance on whether or not these requirements are met.
21.28 		Subd. 4.Special revenue account; use of savings. (a) A medical assistance audit 
21.29 	special revenue account is established in the general fund. The commissioner shall 
21.30 	deposit into this account: (1) all savings achieved from implementing this section for 
21.31 	applications and renewals submitted on or after July 1, 2016; (2) all savings achieved 
21.32 	from implementation of periodic data matching under section 256B.0561 that are 
21.33 	above the forecasted savings for that initiative; and (3) all state savings resulting from 
21.34 	implementation of the vendor contract under section 256B.0563, minus any payments to 
21.35 	the vendor made under the terms of the revenue sharing agreement.
22.1 	(b) Once the medical assistance audit special revenue account fund balance has 
22.2 	reached a sufficient level, the commissioner shall provide a onetime, five percent increase 
22.3 	in medical assistance payment rates for intermediate care facilities for persons with 
22.4 	developmental disabilities and the long-term care and community-based providers listed 
22.5 	in Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 27, section 75, paragraph (b). The increase shall be 
22.6 	limited to a 12-month period.
22.7 	(c) Any further expenditures from the medical assistance audit special revenue 
22.8 	account are subject to legislative authorization.

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

22.10 	Sec. 2. [256B.0563] ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION.
22.11 		Subdivision 1.Verification required; vendor contract. (a) The commissioner shall 
22.12 	ensure that medical assistance and MinnesotaCare eligibility determinations through the 
22.13 	MNsure information technology system and through agency eligibility determination 
22.14 	systems include the computerized verification of income, residency, identity, and, when 
22.15 	applicable, assets.
22.16 	(b) The commissioner shall contract with a vendor to verify the eligibility of all 
22.17 	persons enrolled in medical assistance and MinnesotaCare during a specified audit period. 
22.18 	This contract shall be exempt from sections 16C.08, subdivision 2, clause (1); 16C.09, 
22.19 	paragraph (a), clause (1); 43A.047, paragraph (a), and any other law to the contrary.
22.20 	(c) The contract must require the vendor to comply with enrollee data privacy 
22.21 	requirements and to use encryption to safeguard enrollee identity. The contract must also 
22.22 	provide penalties for vendor noncompliance.
22.23 	(d) The contract must include a revenue sharing agreement, under which vendor 
22.24 	compensation is limited to a portion of any savings to the state resulting from the vendor's 
22.25 	implementation of eligibility verification initiatives under this section.
22.26 	(e) The commissioner shall use existing resources to fund any agency administrative 
22.27 	and technology-related costs incurred as a result of implementing this section.
22.28 		Subd. 2.Verification process; vendor duties. (a) The verification process 
22.29 	implemented by the vendor must include, but is not limited to, data matches of the 
22.30 	name, date of birth, address, and Social Security number of each medical assistance and 
22.31 	MinnesotaCare enrollee against relevant information in federal and state data sources, 
22.32 	including the federal data hub established under the Affordable Care Act. In designing the 
22.33 	verification process, the vendor, to the extent feasible, shall incorporate procedures that are 
22.34 	compatible and coordinated with, and build upon or improve, existing procedures used by 
22.35 	the MNsure information technology system and agency eligibility determination systems.
23.1 	(b) The vendor, upon preliminary determination that an enrollee is eligible or 
23.2 	ineligible, shall notify the commissioner. Within 20 business days of this notification, the 
23.3 	commissioner shall accept the preliminary determination or reject it with a stated reason. 
23.4 	The commissioner shall retain final authority over eligibility determinations. The vendor 
23.5 	shall keep a record of all preliminary determinations of ineligibility communicated to 
23.6 	the commissioner.
23.7 	(c) The vendor shall recommend to the commissioner an eligibility verification 
23.8 	process that will allow ongoing verification of enrollee eligibility under the MNsure 
23.9 	information technology system and agency eligibility determination systems.
23.10 	(d) The commissioner and the vendor, following the conclusion of the initial 
23.11 	contract period, shall jointly submit an eligibility verification audit report to the chairs 
23.12 	and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health 
23.13 	and human services policy and finance. The report shall include, but is not limited to, 
23.14 	information, in the form of unidentified summary data, on preliminary determinations 
23.15 	of eligibility or ineligibility communicated by the vendor; the actions taken on those 
23.16 	preliminary determinations by the commissioner; and the commissioner's reasons for 
23.17 	rejecting preliminary determinations by the vendor. The report must also include the 
23.18 	recommendations for ongoing verification of enrollee eligibility required under paragraph 
23.19 	(c).
23.20 	(e) An eligibility verification vendor contract shall be awarded for an initial one-year 
23.21 	period. The commissioner shall renew the contract for up to three additional one-year 
23.22 	periods and require additional eligibility verification audits, if the commissioner or the 
23.23 	legislative auditor determines that the MNsure information technology system and agency 
23.24 	eligibility determination systems cannot effectively verify the eligibility of medical 
23.25 	assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees.

23.26 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17a, 
23.27 	is amended to read:
23.28 		Subd. 17a.Payment for ambulance services. (a) Medical assistance covers 
23.29 	ambulance services. Providers shall bill ambulance services according to Medicare 
23.30 	criteria. Nonemergency ambulance services shall not be paid as emergencies. Effective 
23.31 	for services rendered on or after July 1, 2001, medical assistance payments for ambulance 
23.32 	services shall be paid at the Medicare reimbursement rate or at the medical assistance 
23.33 	payment rate in effect on July 1, 2000, whichever is greater.
23.34 	(b) Effective for services provided on or after July 1, 2016, medical assistance 
23.35 	payment rates for ambulance services identified in this paragraph are increased by five 
24.1 	percent. Capitation payments made to managed care plans and county-based purchasing 
24.2 	plans for ambulance services provided on or after January 1, 2017, shall be adjusted to 
24.3 	reflect this rate increase. The increased rate described in this paragraph applies to:
24.4 	(1) an ambulance service provider whose base of operations, as defined in section 
24.5 	144E.10, is located outside the metropolitan counties listed in section 473.121, subdivision 
24.6 	4, and outside the cities of Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, St. Cloud, and Rochester; or
24.7 	(2) an ambulance service provider whose base of operations, as defined in section 
24.8 	144E.10, is located within a municipality with a population of less than 1,000.

24.9 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a 
24.10 	subdivision to read:
24.11 		Subd. 60a.Community emergency medical technician services. (a) Medical 
24.12 	assistance covers services provided by a community emergency medical technician 
24.13 	(CEMT) who is certified under section 144E.275, subdivision 7, when the services are 
24.14 	provided in accordance with this subdivision.
24.15 	(b) A CEMT may provide a posthospital discharge visit when ordered by a treating 
24.16 	physician. The posthospital discharge visit includes:
24.17 	(1) verbal or visual reminders of discharge orders;
24.18 	(2) recording and reporting of vital signs to the patient's primary care provider;
24.19 	(3) medication access confirmation;
24.20 	(4) food access confirmation; and
24.21 	(5) identification of home hazards.
24.22 	(c) Individuals who have repeat ambulance calls due to falls, have been discharged 
24.23 	from a nursing home, or have been identified by their primary care provider as at risk 
24.24 	for nursing home placement may receive a safety evaluation visit from a CEMT when 
24.25 	ordered by a primary care provider in accordance with the individual's care plan. A safety 
24.26 	evaluation visit includes:
24.27 	(1) medication access confirmation;
24.28 	(2) food access confirmation; and
24.29 	(3) identification of home hazards.
24.30 	(d) A CEMT shall be paid at $9.75 per 15-minute increment. A safety evaluation visit 
24.31 	may not be billed for the same day as a posthospital discharge visit for the same recipient.

24.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2017, or upon federal 
24.33 	approval, whichever is later.

25.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0644, is amended to read:
25.2 	256B.0644 REIMBURSEMENT UNDER OTHER STATE HEALTH CARE 
25.3 	PROGRAMS.
25.4 	(a) A vendor of medical care, as defined in section 256B.02, subdivision 7, and a 
25.5 	health maintenance organization, as defined in chapter 62D, must participate as a provider 
25.6 	or contractor in the medical assistance program and MinnesotaCare as a condition of 
25.7 	participating as a provider in health insurance plans and programs or contractor for state 
25.8 	employees established under section 43A.18, the public employees insurance program 
25.9 	under section 43A.316, for health insurance plans offered to local statutory or home 
25.10 	rule charter city, county, and school district employees, the workers' compensation 
25.11 	system under section 176.135, and insurance plans provided through the Minnesota 
25.12 	Comprehensive Health Association under sections 62E.01 to 62E.19. The limitations 
25.13 	on insurance plans offered to local government employees shall not be applicable in 
25.14 	geographic areas where provider participation is limited by managed care contracts 
25.15 	with the Department of Human Services. This section does not apply to dental service 
25.16 	providers providing dental services outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
25.17 	(b) For providers other than health maintenance organizations, participation in the 
25.18 	medical assistance program means that:
25.19 	(1) the provider accepts new medical assistance and MinnesotaCare patients;
25.20 	(2) for providers other than dental service providers, at least 20 percent of the 
25.21 	provider's patients are covered by medical assistance and MinnesotaCare as their primary 
25.22 	source of coverage; or
25.23 	(3) for dental service providers providing dental services in the seven-county 
25.24 	metropolitan area, at least ten percent of the provider's patients are covered by medical 
25.25 	assistance and MinnesotaCare as their primary source of coverage, or the provider accepts 
25.26 	new medical assistance and MinnesotaCare patients who are children with special health 
25.27 	care needs. For purposes of this section, "children with special health care needs" means 
25.28 	children up to age 18 who: (i) require health and related services beyond that required 
25.29 	by children generally; and (ii) have or are at risk for a chronic physical, developmental, 
25.30 	behavioral, or emotional condition, including: bleeding and coagulation disorders; 
25.31 	immunodeficiency disorders; cancer; endocrinopathy; developmental disabilities; 
25.32 	epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and other neurological diseases; visual impairment or deafness; 
25.33 	Down syndrome and other genetic disorders; autism; fetal alcohol syndrome; and other 
25.34 	conditions designated by the commissioner after consultation with representatives of 
25.35 	pediatric dental providers and consumers.
26.1 	(c) Patients seen on a volunteer basis by the provider at a location other than 
26.2 	the provider's usual place of practice may be considered in meeting the participation 
26.3 	requirement in this section. The commissioner shall establish participation requirements 
26.4 	for health maintenance organizations. The commissioner shall provide lists of participating 
26.5 	medical assistance providers on a quarterly basis to the commissioner of management and 
26.6 	budget, the commissioner of labor and industry, and the commissioner of commerce. Each 
26.7 	of the commissioners shall develop and implement procedures to exclude as participating 
26.8 	providers in the program or programs under their jurisdiction those providers who do 
26.9 	not participate in the medical assistance program. The commissioner of management 
26.10 	and budget shall implement this section through contracts with participating health and 
26.11 	dental carriers.
26.12 	(d) A volunteer dentist who has signed a volunteer agreement under section 
26.13 	256B.0625, subdivision 9a, shall not be considered to be participating in medical 
26.14 	assistance or MinnesotaCare for the purpose of this section.

26.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.76, subdivision 2, is 
26.16 	amended to read:
26.17 		Subd. 2.Dental reimbursement.  (a) Effective for services rendered on or after 
26.18 	October 1, 1992, the commissioner shall make payments for dental services as follows:
26.19 	(1) dental services shall be paid at the lower of (i) submitted charges, or (ii) 25 
26.20 	percent above the rate in effect on June 30, 1992; and
26.21 	(2) dental rates shall be converted from the 50th percentile of 1982 to the 50th 
26.22 	percentile of 1989, less the percent in aggregate necessary to equal the above increases.
26.23 	(b) Beginning October 1, 1999, the payment for tooth sealants and fluoride treatments 
26.24 	shall be the lower of (1) submitted charge, or (2) 80 percent of median 1997 charges.
26.25 	(c) Effective for services rendered on or after January 1, 2000, payment rates for 
26.26 	dental services shall be increased by three percent over the rates in effect on December 
26.27 	31, 1999.
26.28 	(d) Effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2002, payment for 
26.29 	diagnostic examinations and dental x-rays provided to children under age 21 shall be the 
26.30 	lower of (1) the submitted charge, or (2) 85 percent of median 1999 charges.
26.31 	(e) The increases listed in paragraphs (b) and (c) shall be implemented January 1, 
26.32 	2000, for managed care.
26.33 	(f) Effective for dental services rendered on or after October 1, 2010, by a 
26.34 	state-operated dental clinic, payment shall be paid on a reasonable cost basis that is based 
26.35 	on the Medicare principles of reimbursement. This payment shall be effective for services 
27.1 	rendered on or after January 1, 2011, to recipients enrolled in managed care plans or 
27.2 	county-based purchasing plans.
27.3 	(g) Beginning in fiscal year 2011, if the payments to state-operated dental clinics 
27.4 	in paragraph (f), including state and federal shares, are less than $1,850,000 per fiscal 
27.5 	year, a supplemental state payment equal to the difference between the total payments 
27.6 	in paragraph (f) and $1,850,000 shall be paid from the general fund to state-operated 
27.7 	services for the operation of the dental clinics.
27.8 	(h) If the cost-based payment system for state-operated dental clinics described in 
27.9 	paragraph (f) does not receive federal approval, then state-operated dental clinics shall be 
27.10 	designated as critical access dental providers under subdivision 4, paragraph (b), and shall 
27.11 	receive the critical access dental reimbursement rate as described under subdivision 4, 
27.12 	paragraph (a).
27.13 	(i) Effective for services rendered on or after September 1, 2011, through June 30, 
27.14 	2013, payment rates for dental services shall be reduced by three percent. This reduction 
27.15 	does not apply to state-operated dental clinics in paragraph (f).
27.16 	(j) Effective for services rendered on or after January 1, 2014, payment rates for 
27.17 	dental services shall be increased by five percent from the rates in effect on December 
27.18 	31, 2013. This increase does not apply to state-operated dental clinics in paragraph (f), 
27.19 	federally qualified health centers, rural health centers, and Indian health services. Effective 
27.20 	January 1, 2014, payments made to managed care plans and county-based purchasing 
27.21 	plans under sections 256B.69, 256B.692, and 256L.12 shall reflect the payment increase 
27.22 	described in this paragraph.
27.23 	(k) Effective for services rendered on or after July 1, 2015, through December 
27.24 	31, 2016, the commissioner shall increase payment rates for services furnished by 
27.25 	dental providers located outside of the seven-county metropolitan area by the maximum 
27.26 	percentage possible above the rates in effect on June 30, 2015, while remaining within 
27.27 	the limits of funding appropriated for this purpose. This increase does not apply to 
27.28 	state-operated dental clinics in paragraph (f), federally qualified health centers, rural health 
27.29 	centers, and Indian health services. Effective January 1, 2016, through December 31, 
27.30 	2016, payments to managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans under sections 
27.31 	256B.69 and 256B.692 shall reflect the payment increase described in this paragraph. The 
27.32 	commissioner shall require managed care and county-based purchasing plans to pass on 
27.33 	the full amount of the increase, in the form of higher payment rates to dental providers 
27.34 	located outside of the seven-county metropolitan area.
27.35 	(l) Effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2017, the commissioner 
27.36 	shall increase payment rates by 9.65 percent above the rates in effect on June 30, 2015, 
28.1 	for dental services provided outside of the seven-county metropolitan area. This increase 
28.2 	does not apply to state-operated dental clinics in paragraph (f), federally qualified health 
28.3 	centers, rural health centers, or Indian health services. Effective January 1, 2017, 
28.4 	payments to managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans under sections 
28.5 	256B.69 and 256B.692 shall reflect the payment increase described in this paragraph.

28.6 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.76, subdivision 4, is 
28.7 	amended to read:
28.8 		Subd. 4.Critical access dental providers.  (a) Effective for dental services rendered 
28.9 	on or after January 1, 2002, The commissioner shall increase reimbursements to dentists 
28.10 	and dental clinics deemed by the commissioner to be critical access dental providers. For 
28.11 	dental services rendered on or after July 1, 2007 2016, the commissioner shall increase 
28.12 	reimbursement by 35 36 percent above the reimbursement rate that would otherwise 
28.13 	be paid to the critical access dental provider, except as specified under paragraph (b).
28.14 	For dental services rendered on or after July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall increase 
28.15 	reimbursement by 37 percent above the reimbursement rate that would otherwise be 
28.16 	paid to the critical access dental provider, except as specified in paragraph (b). The 
28.17 	commissioner shall pay the managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans in 
28.18 	amounts sufficient to reflect increased reimbursements to critical access dental providers 
28.19 	as approved by the commissioner.
28.20 	(b) For dental services rendered on or after July 1, 2016, by a dental clinic or dental 
28.21 	group that meets the critical access dental provider designation under paragraph (d), 
28.22 	clause (4), and is owned and operated by a health maintenance organization licensed under 
28.23 	chapter 62D, the commissioner shall increase reimbursement by 35 percent above the 
28.24 	reimbursement rate that would otherwise be paid to the critical access provider.
28.25 	(b)(c) Critical access dental payments made under paragraph (a) or (b) for dental 
28.26 	services provided by a critical access dental provider to an enrollee of a managed care plan 
28.27 	or county-based purchasing plan must not reflect any capitated payments or cost-based 
28.28 	payments from the managed care plan or county-based purchasing plan. The managed 
28.29 	care plan or county-based purchasing plan must base the additional critical access dental 
28.30 	payment on the amount that would have been paid for that service had the dental provider 
28.31 	been paid according to the managed care plan or county-based purchasing plan's fee 
28.32 	schedule that applies to dental providers that are not paid under a capitated payment 
28.33 	or cost-based payment.
28.34 	(d) The commissioner shall designate the following dentists and dental clinics as 
28.35 	critical access dental providers:
29.1 	(1) nonprofit community clinics that:
29.2 	(i) have nonprofit status in accordance with chapter 317A;
29.3 	(ii) have tax exempt status in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, section 
29.4 	501(c)(3);
29.5 	(iii) are established to provide oral health services to patients who are low income, 
29.6 	uninsured, have special needs, and are underserved;
29.7 	(iv) have professional staff familiar with the cultural background of the clinic's 
29.8 	patients;
29.9 	(v) charge for services on a sliding fee scale designed to provide assistance to 
29.10 	low-income patients based on current poverty income guidelines and family size;
29.11 	(vi) do not restrict access or services because of a patient's financial limitations 
29.12 	or public assistance status; and
29.13 	(vii) have free care available as needed;
29.14 	(2) federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and public health clinics;
29.15 	(3) city or county hospital-based dental clinics owned and operated hospital-based 
29.16 	dental clinics by a city, county, or former state hospital as defined in section 62Q.19, 
29.17 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (4);
29.18 	(4) a dental clinic or dental group owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation in 
29.19 	accordance with chapter 317A with more than 10,000 patient encounters per year with 
29.20 	patients who are uninsured or covered by medical assistance or MinnesotaCare;
29.21 	(5) a dental clinic owned and operated by the University of Minnesota or the 
29.22 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system; and
29.23 	(6) private practicing dentists if:
29.24 	(i) the dentist's office is located within a health professional shortage area as defined 
29.25 	under Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, part 5, and United States Code, title 42, 
29.26 	section 254E;
29.27 	(ii) more the seven-county metropolitan area and more than 50 percent of the 
29.28 	dentist's patient encounters per year are with patients who are uninsured or covered by 
29.29 	medical assistance or MinnesotaCare; and or
29.30 	(iii) the level of service provided by the dentist is critical to maintaining adequate 
29.31 	levels of patient access within the service area in which the dentist operates.
29.32 	(ii) the dentist's office is located outside the seven-county metropolitan area and 
29.33 	more than 25 percent of the dentist's patient encounters per year are with patients who are 
29.34 	uninsured or covered by medical assistance or MinnesotaCare.

30.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.766, is amended to read:
30.2 	256B.766 REIMBURSEMENT FOR BASIC CARE SERVICES.
30.3 	(a) Effective for services provided on or after July 1, 2009, total payments for basic 
30.4 	care services, shall be reduced by three percent, except that for the period July 1, 2009, 
30.5 	through June 30, 2011, total payments shall be reduced by 4.5 percent for the medical 
30.6 	assistance and general assistance medical care programs, prior to third-party liability and 
30.7 	spenddown calculation. Effective July 1, 2010, the commissioner shall classify physical 
30.8 	therapy services, occupational therapy services, and speech-language pathology and 
30.9 	related services as basic care services. The reduction in this paragraph shall apply to 
30.10 	physical therapy services, occupational therapy services, and speech-language pathology 
30.11 	and related services provided on or after July 1, 2010.
30.12 	(b) Payments made to managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans shall 
30.13 	be reduced for services provided on or after October 1, 2009, to reflect the reduction 
30.14 	effective July 1, 2009, and payments made to the plans shall be reduced effective October 
30.15 	1, 2010, to reflect the reduction effective July 1, 2010.
30.16 	(c) Effective for services provided on or after September 1, 2011, through June 30, 
30.17 	2013, total payments for outpatient hospital facility fees shall be reduced by five percent 
30.18 	from the rates in effect on August 31, 2011.
30.19 	(d) Effective for services provided on or after September 1, 2011, through June 
30.20 	30, 2013, total payments for ambulatory surgery centers facility fees, medical supplies 
30.21 	and durable medical equipment not subject to a volume purchase contract, prosthetics 
30.22 	and orthotics, renal dialysis services, laboratory services, public health nursing services, 
30.23 	physical therapy services, occupational therapy services, speech therapy services, 
30.24 	eyeglasses not subject to a volume purchase contract, hearing aids not subject to a volume 
30.25 	purchase contract, and anesthesia services shall be reduced by three percent from the 
30.26 	rates in effect on August 31, 2011.
30.27 	(e) Effective for services provided on or after September 1, 2014, payments 
30.28 	for ambulatory surgery centers facility fees, hospice services, renal dialysis services, 
30.29 	laboratory services, public health nursing services, eyeglasses not subject to a volume 
30.30 	purchase contract, and hearing aids not subject to a volume purchase contract shall be 
30.31 	increased by three percent and payments for outpatient hospital facility fees shall be 
30.32 	increased by three percent. Payments made to managed care plans and county-based 
30.33 	purchasing plans shall not be adjusted to reflect payments under this paragraph.
30.34 	(f) Payments for medical supplies and durable medical equipment not subject to a 
30.35 	volume purchase contract, and prosthetics and orthotics, provided on or after July 1, 2014, 
30.36 	through June 30, 2015, shall be decreased by .33 percent. Payments for medical supplies 
31.1 	and durable medical equipment not subject to a volume purchase contract, and prosthetics 
31.2 	and orthotics, provided on or after July 1, 2015, shall be increased by three percent from 
31.3 	the rates as determined under paragraph (i).
31.4 	(g) Effective for services provided on or after July 1, 2015, payments for outpatient 
31.5 	hospital facility fees, medical supplies and durable medical equipment not subject to a 
31.6 	volume purchase contract, prosthetics and orthotics, and laboratory services to a hospital 
31.7 	meeting the criteria specified in section 62Q.19, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (4), 
31.8 	shall be increased by 90 percent from the rates in effect on June 30, 2015. Payments made 
31.9 	to managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans shall not be adjusted to reflect 
31.10 	payments under this paragraph.
31.11 	(h) This section does not apply to physician and professional services, inpatient 
31.12 	hospital services, family planning services, mental health services, dental services, 
31.13 	prescription drugs, medical transportation, federally qualified health centers, rural health 
31.14 	centers, Indian health services, and Medicare cost-sharing.
31.15 	(i) Effective July 1, 2015, the medical assistance payment rate for durable medical 
31.16 	equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, or supplies shall be restored to the January 1, 2008, 
31.17 	medical assistance fee schedule, updated to include subsequent rate increases in the 
31.18 	Medicare and medical assistance fee schedules, and including following categories of 
31.19 	durable medical equipment shall be individually priced items for the following categories: 
31.20 	enteral nutrition and supplies, customized and other specialized tracheostomy tubes and 
31.21 	supplies, electric patient lifts, and durable medical equipment repair and service. This 
31.22 	paragraph does not apply to medical supplies and durable medical equipment subject to 
31.23 	a volume purchase contract, products subject to the preferred diabetic testing supply 
31.24 	program, and items provided to dually eligible recipients when Medicare is the primary 
31.25 	payer for the item. The commissioner shall not apply any medical assistance rate 
31.26 	reductions to durable medical equipment as a result of Medicare competitive bidding.
31.27 	(j) Effective July 1, 2015, medical assistance payment rates for durable medical 
31.28 	equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, or supplies shall be increased as follows:
31.29 	(1) payment rates for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, or supplies 
31.30 	that were subject to the Medicare 2008 competitive bid shall be increased by 9.5 percent; 
31.31 	and
31.32 	(2) payment rates for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, or supplies 
31.33 	on the medical assistance fee schedule, whether or not subject to the Medicare 2008 
31.34 	competitive bid, shall be increased by 2.94 percent, with this increase being applied after 
31.35 	calculation of any increased payment rate under clause (1).
32.1 	This paragraph does not apply to medical supplies and durable medical equipment subject 
32.2 	to a volume purchase contract, products subject to the preferred diabetic testing supply 
32.3 	program, items provided to dually eligible recipients when Medicare is the primary payer 
32.4 	for the item, and individually priced items identified in paragraph (i). Payments made to 
32.5 	managed care plans and county-based purchasing plans shall not be adjusted to reflect the 
32.6 	rate increases in this paragraph.

32.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2015.

32.8 	Sec. 9. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.
 32.9 		Subdivision 1.Use of funds. Funding for state-sponsored health programs shall not 
32.10 	be used for funding abortions, except to the extent necessary for continued participation in 
32.11 	a federal program. This subdivision applies only to state-sponsored health programs that 
32.12 	are administered by the commissioner of human services. For purposes of this section, 
32.13 	abortion has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.343, subdivision 3.
32.14 		Subd. 2.Severability. If any one or more provision, section, subdivision, sentence, 
32.15 	clause, phrase, or word of this section or the application of it to any person or circumstance 
32.16 	is found to be unconstitutional, it is declared to be severable and the balance of this section 
32.17 	shall remain effective notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The legislature intends 
32.18 	that it would have passed this section, and each provision, section, subdivision, sentence, 
32.19 	clause, phrase, or word irrespective of the fact that any one provision, section, subdivision, 
32.20 	sentence, clause, phrase, or word is declared unconstitutional.

32.21 	ARTICLE 3
32.22 	MNSURE

32.23 	Section 1. [45.0131] LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT REQUIRED.
32.24 		Subdivision 1.Agency agreements. The commissioner of commerce shall not 
32.25 	enter into or renew any interagency agreement or service level agreement with a value of 
32.26 	more than $100,000 a year, or related agreements with a cumulative value of more than 
32.27 	$100,000 a year, with a state department, state agency, or the Office of MN.IT Services, 
32.28 	unless the specific agreement is authorized by enactment of a new law. If an agreement, 
32.29 	including an agreement in effect as of the effective date of this section, does not have a 
32.30 	specific expiration date, the agreement shall expire two years from the effective date of 
32.31 	this section or the effective date of the agreement, whichever is later, unless the specific 
32.32 	agreement is authorized by enactment of a new law.
33.1 		Subd. 2.Transfers. Notwithstanding section 16A.285, the commissioner shall not 
33.2 	transfer appropriations and funds in amounts over $100,000 across agency accounts or 
33.3 	programs, unless the specific transfer is authorized by enactment of a new law.
33.4 		Subd. 3.Definitions. For purposes of this section, "state department" has the 
33.5 	meaning provided in section 15.01, and "state agency" has the meaning provided in 
33.6 	section 15.012.

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

33.8 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 62V.03, subdivision 2, is 
33.9 	amended to read:
33.10 		Subd. 2.Application of other law. (a) MNsure must be reviewed by the legislative 
33.11 	auditor under section 3.971. The legislative auditor shall audit the books, accounts, and 
33.12 	affairs of MNsure once each year or less frequently as the legislative auditor's funds and 
33.13 	personnel permit. Upon the audit of the financial accounts and affairs of MNsure, MNsure 
33.14 	is liable to the state for the total cost and expenses of the audit, including the salaries paid 
33.15 	to the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination. The legislative 
33.16 	auditor may bill MNsure either monthly or at the completion of the audit. All collections 
33.17 	received for the audits must be deposited in the general fund and are appropriated to 
33.18 	the legislative auditor. Pursuant to section 3.97, subdivision 3a, the Legislative Audit 
33.19 	Commission is requested to direct the legislative auditor to report by March 1, 2014, to 
33.20 	the legislature on any duplication of services that occurs within state government as a 
33.21 	result of the creation of MNsure. The legislative auditor may make recommendations on 
33.22 	consolidating or eliminating any services deemed duplicative. The board shall reimburse 
33.23 	the legislative auditor for any costs incurred in the creation of this report.
33.24 	(b) Board members of MNsure are subject to sections 10A.07 and 10A.09. Board 
33.25 	members and the personnel of MNsure are subject to section 10A.071.
33.26 	(c) All meetings of the board and of the Minnesota Eligibility System Executive 
33.27 	Steering Committee established under section 62V.056 shall comply with the open 
33.28 	meeting law in chapter 13D.
33.29 	(d) The board and the Web site are exempt from chapter 60K. Any employee of 
33.30 	MNsure who sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance to individuals or small employers must 
33.31 	be licensed as an insurance producer under chapter 60K.
33.32 	(e) Section 3.3005 applies to any federal funds received by MNsure.
33.33 	(f) A MNsure decision that requires a vote of the board, other than a decision that 
33.34 	applies only to hiring of employees or other internal management of MNsure, is an 
33.35 	"administrative action" under section 10A.01, subdivision 2.

34.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
34.2 		Subd. 2.Appointment. (a) Board membership of MNsure consists of the following:
34.3 	(1) three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of both the 
34.4 	senate and the house of representatives acting separately in accordance with paragraph (d), 
34.5 	with one member representing the interests of individual consumers eligible for individual 
34.6 	market coverage, one member representing individual consumers eligible for public health 
34.7 	care program coverage, and one member representing small employers. Members are 
34.8 	appointed to serve four-year terms following the initial staggered-term lot determination;
34.9 	(2) three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of both the 
34.10 	senate and the house of representatives acting separately in accordance with paragraph (d) 
34.11 	who have demonstrated expertise, leadership, and innovation in the following areas: one 
34.12 	member representing the areas of health administration, health care finance, health plan 
34.13 	purchasing, and health care delivery systems; one member representing the areas of public 
34.14 	health, health disparities, public health care programs, and the uninsured; and one member 
34.15 	representing health policy issues related to the small group and individual markets. 
34.16 	Members are appointed to serve four-year terms following the initial staggered-term lot 
34.17 	determination; and
34.18 	(3) the commissioner of human services or a designee one member representing the 
34.19 	interests of the general public, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of 
34.20 	both the senate and the house of representatives acting in accordance with paragraph (d). 
34.21 	A member appointed under this clause shall serve a four-year term.
34.22 	(b) Section 15.0597 shall apply to all appointments, except for the commissioner.
34.23 	(c) The governor shall make appointments to the board that are consistent with 
34.24 	federal law and regulations regarding its composition and structure. All board members 
34.25 	appointed by the governor must be legal residents of Minnesota.
34.26 	(d) Upon appointment by the governor, a board member shall exercise duties of 
34.27 	office immediately. If both the house of representatives and the senate vote not to confirm 
34.28 	an appointment, the appointment terminates on the day following the vote not to confirm 
34.29 	in the second body to vote.
34.30 	(e) Initial appointments shall be made by April 30, 2013.
34.31 	(f) One of the six members appointed under paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), must 
34.32 	have experience in representing the needs of vulnerable populations and persons with 
34.33 	disabilities.
34.34 	(g) Membership on the board must include representation from outside the 
34.35 	seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.

35.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
35.2 		Subd. 3.Terms. (a) Board members may serve no more than two consecutive 
35.3 	terms, except for the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, who shall serve 
35.4 	until replaced by the governor.
35.5 	(b) A board member may resign at any time by giving written notice to the board.
35.6 	(c) The appointed members under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), 
35.7 	shall have an initial term of two, three, or four years, determined by lot by the secretary of 
35.8 	state.

35.9 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
35.10 		Subd. 4.Conflicts of interest. (a) Within one year prior to or at any time during 
35.11 	their appointed term, board members appointed under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), 
35.12 	clauses (1) and (2), shall not be employed by, be a member of the board of directors of, or 
35.13 	otherwise be a representative of a health carrier, institutional health care provider or other 
35.14 	entity providing health care, navigator, insurance producer, or other entity in the business 
35.15 	of selling items or services of significant value to or through MNsure. For purposes of this 
35.16 	paragraph, "health care provider or entity" does not include an academic institution.
35.17 	(b) Board members must recuse themselves from discussion of and voting on an 
35.18 	official matter if the board member has a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest means 
35.19 	an association including a financial or personal association that has the potential to bias or 
35.20 	have the appearance of biasing a board member's decisions in matters related to MNsure 
35.21 	or the conduct of activities under this chapter.
35.22 	(c) No board member shall have a spouse who is an executive of a health carrier.
35.23 	(d) No member of the board may currently serve as a lobbyist, as defined under 
35.24 	section 10A.01, subdivision 21.

35.25 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
35.26 		Subd. 2.Operations funding. (a) Prior to January 1, 2015, MNsure shall retain or 
35.27 	collect up to 1.5 percent of total premiums for individual and small group market health 
35.28 	plans and dental plans sold through MNsure to fund the cash reserves of MNsure, but 
35.29 	the amount collected shall not exceed a dollar amount equal to 25 percent of the funds 
35.30 	collected under section 62E.11, subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012.
35.31 	(b) Beginning January 1, 2015, MNsure shall retain or collect up to 3.5 percent of 
35.32 	total premiums for individual and small group market health plans and dental plans sold 
35.33 	through MNsure to fund the operations of MNsure, but the amount collected shall not 
36.1 	exceed a dollar amount equal to 50 percent of the funds collected under section 62E.11, 
36.2 	subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012.
36.3 	(c) Beginning January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016, MNsure shall retain or 
36.4 	collect up to 3.5 percent of total premiums for individual and small group market health 
36.5 	plans and dental plans sold through MNsure to fund the operations of MNsure, but the 
36.6 	amount collected may never exceed a dollar amount greater than 100 percent of the funds 
36.7 	collected under section 62E.11, subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012.
36.8 	(d) For fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the commissioner of management and budget is 
36.9 	authorized to provide cash flow assistance of up to $20,000,000 from the special revenue 
36.10 	fund or the statutory general fund under section 16A.671, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), 
36.11 	to MNsure. Any funds provided under this paragraph shall be repaid, with interest, by 
36.12 	June 30, 2015.
36.13 	(b) Beginning January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017, MNsure shall retain or 
36.14 	collect up to 1.75 percent of total premiums for individual and small group market health 
36.15 	plans and dental plans sold through MNsure to fund the operation of MNsure.
36.16 	(c) If an independent third party makes the certification specified in this paragraph, 
36.17 	MNsure shall retain or collect up to 1.75 percent of total premiums for individual and small 
36.18 	group market health plans and dental plans sold through MNsure to fund the operations of 
36.19 	MNsure. This paragraph applies to a calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2018, 
36.20 	if in the previous calendar year the independent third party certified that MNsure met all 
36.21 	of the following operational and technological benchmarks for the previous calendar year:
36.22 	(1) on a daily basis, MNsure successfully transferred to health carriers data in the 
36.23 	EDI 834 format that were complete and accurate according to industry standards and that 
36.24 	allowed the health carrier to enroll the consumer in the qualified health plan chosen by 
36.25 	the consumer;
36.26 	(2) MNsure automatically processed enrollment renewals in qualified health plans 
36.27 	and in public health care programs;
36.28 	(3) MNsure automatically processed invoices for and payments of MinnesotaCare 
36.29 	premiums;
36.30 	(4) MNsure provided self-service functionality for account changes and changes 
36.31 	necessitated by qualifying life events, including adding or removing household members, 
36.32 	making changes to address or income, canceling coverage, and accessing online proof of 
36.33 	coverage forms required by federal law;
36.34 	(5) MNsure transmitted 1095-A forms to enrollees by January 31 each year, or 
36.35 	earlier if required by federal law; and
37.1 	(6) MNsure call center response and resolution times met or exceeded industry 
37.2 	standards.
37.3 	(d) Beginning January 1, 2018, for any calendar year for which the independent 
37.4 	third party did not make the certification specified in paragraph (c) for the previous 
37.5 	calendar year, MNsure shall retain or collect up to 1.5 percent of total premiums for 
37.6 	individual and small group market health plans and dental plans sold through MNsure to 
37.7 	fund the operation of MNsure.
37.8 	(e) Funding for the operations of MNsure shall cover any compensation provided to 
37.9 	navigators participating in the navigator program.
37.10 	(f) The amount collected by MNsure in a calendar year under this subdivision shall 
37.11 	not exceed a dollar amount greater than 60 percent of the funds collected under section 
37.12 	62E.11, subdivision 6, for calendar year 2012.

37.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

37.14 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.05, is amended by adding a subdivision 
37.15 	to read:
37.16 		Subd. 4a.Processing qualifying life events and changes in circumstances.
 37.17 	(a) The MNsure board and the commissioner of human services shall jointly develop 
37.18 	procedures to require qualifying life events and changes in circumstances, reported by 
37.19 	persons enrolled through the Minnesota eligibility technology system in a public health 
37.20 	care program or a qualified health plan, to be processed within 30 days of receiving a report 
37.21 	of a qualifying life event or change in circumstances. The procedures must be developed 
37.22 	and implemented no later than September 1, 2016. The commissioner shall communicate 
37.23 	these procedures to county staff in a timely manner and shall provide guidance and 
37.24 	training as necessary to assist county staff in complying with this subdivision.
37.25 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a qualifying life event or change in 
37.26 	circumstances that must be processed within 30 days includes the following:
37.27 	(1) a change of address;
37.28 	(2) a change in enrollment in a federally recognized tribe;
37.29 	(3) a change of a dependent through birth, adoption, foster care, or a child support 
37.30 	order;
37.31 	(4) a change in circumstances resulting in eligibility changes for advanced premium 
37.32 	tax credits or cost-sharing reductions;
37.33 	(5) a change in employer-sponsored insurance resulting in eligibility changes for 
37.34 	advanced premium tax credits or cost-sharing reductions;
37.35 	(6) loss of a dependent due to death or divorce;
38.1 	(7) an achievement of citizenship, status as a United States national, or lawfully 
38.2 	present status;
38.3 	(8) loss of health care coverage;
38.4 	(9) marriage;
38.5 	(10) being a victim of domestic abuse or spousal abandonment;
38.6 	(11) a MNsure mistake related to enrollment, disenrollment, or failure to enroll 
38.7 	in a qualified health plan;
38.8 	(12) a violation of a material provision of a qualified health plan contract; and
38.9 	(13) other life events or changes in circumstances specified by the commissioner or 
38.10 	the MNsure board.

38.11 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.05, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.12 	to read:
38.13 		Subd. 12.Legislative enactment required. (a) The MNsure board shall not enter 
38.14 	into or renew any interagency agreement or service level agreement with a value of 
38.15 	more than $100,000 a year, or related agreements with a cumulative value of more than 
38.16 	$100,000 a year, with a state department, state agency, or the Office of MN.IT Services, 
38.17 	unless the specific agreement is authorized by enactment of a new law. If an agreement, 
38.18 	including an agreement in effect as of the effective date of this subdivision, does not have 
38.19 	an expiration date, the agreement shall expire two years from the effective date of this 
38.20 	subdivision or the effective date of the agreement, whichever is later, unless the specific 
38.21 	agreement is authorized by enactment of a new law.
38.22 	(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.285, the board shall not transfer appropriations and 
38.23 	funds in amounts over $100,000 across agency accounts or programs unless the specific 
38.24 	transfer is authorized by enactment of a new law.
38.25 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "state department" has the meaning provided in 
38.26 	section 15.01, and "state agency" has the meaning provided in section 15.012.

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

38.28 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.05, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.29 	to read:
38.30 		Subd. 13.Limitation on appropriations and transfers. Notwithstanding any other 
38.31 	law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2016, no money in or from the general fund, health 
38.32 	care access fund, or any other state fund or account, may be: (1) appropriated or made 
38.33 	available to MNsure; or (2) transferred or otherwise provided to MNsure by any other 
39.1 	state agency or entity of state government, unless the appropriation, transfer, or transaction 
39.2 	is specifically authorized through the enactment of a new law.

39.3 	Sec. 10. [62V.056] MINNESOTA ELIGIBILITY SYSTEM EXECUTIVE 
39.4 	STEERING COMMITTEE.
39.5 		Subdivision 1. Definition; Minnesota eligibility system.  For purposes of this 
39.6 	section, "Minnesota eligibility system" means the system that supports eligibility 
39.7 	determinations using a modified adjusted gross income methodology for medical 
39.8 	assistance under section 256B.056, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), clause (1); 
39.9 	MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L; and qualified health plan enrollment under section 
39.10 	62V.05, subdivision 5, paragraph (c).
39.11 		Subd. 2. Establishment; committee membership. The Minnesota Eligibility 
39.12 	System Executive Steering Committee is established to govern and administer the 
39.13 	Minnesota eligibility system. The steering committee shall be composed of one member 
39.14 	appointed by the commissioner of human services, one member appointed by the 
39.15 	board, one member appointed jointly by the Association of Minnesota Counties and 
39.16 	the Minnesota Inter-County Association, and one nonvoting member appointed by the 
39.17 	commissioner of MN.IT services who shall serve as the committee chairperson. Steering 
39.18 	committee costs must be paid from the budgets of the Department of Human Services, the 
39.19 	Office of MN.IT Services, and MNsure.
39.20 		Subd. 3.Duties.  (a) The Minnesota Eligibility System Executive Steering 
39.21 	Committee shall establish an overall governance structure for the Minnesota eligibility 
39.22 	system and shall be responsible for the overall governance of the system, including setting 
39.23 	system goals and priorities, allocating the system's resources, making major system 
39.24 	decisions, and tracking total funding and expenditures for the system from all sources. 
39.25 	The steering committee shall also report to the Legislative Oversight Committee on a 
39.26 	quarterly basis on Minnesota eligibility system funding and expenditures, including 
39.27 	amounts received in the most recent quarter by funding source and expenditures made in 
39.28 	the most recent quarter by funding source.
39.29 	(b) The steering committee shall adopt bylaws, policies, and interagency agreements 
39.30 	necessary to administer the Minnesota eligibility system.
39.31 	(c) In making decisions, the steering committee shall give particular attention to the 
39.32 	parts of the system with the largest enrollments and the greatest risks.
39.33 		Subd. 4. Meetings.  (a) All meetings of the steering committee must:
39.34 	(1) be held in the State Office Building; and
40.1 	(2) whenever possible, be available on the legislature's Web site for live streaming 
40.2 	and downloading over the Internet.
40.3 	(b) The steering committee must:
40.4 	(1) as part of every steering committee meeting, provide the opportunity for oral 
40.5 	and written public testimony and comments on steering committee governance of the 
40.6 	Minnesota eligibility system; and
40.7 	(2) provide documents under discussion or review by the steering committee to be 
40.8 	electronically posted on the legislature's Web site. Documents must be provided and 
40.9 	posted prior to the meeting at which the documents are scheduled for review or discussion.
40.10 	(c) All votes of the steering committee must be recorded, with each member's vote 
40.11 	identified.
40.12 		Subd. 5.Administrative structure.  The Office of MN.IT Services shall 
40.13 	be responsible for the design, build, maintenance, operation, and upgrade of the 
40.14 	information technology for the Minnesota eligibility system. The office shall carry out its 
40.15 	responsibilities under the governance of the steering committee, this section, and chapter 
40.16 	16E.

40.17 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62V.11, is amended by adding a subdivision 
40.18 	to read:
40.19 		Subd. 5. Review of Minnesota eligibility system funding and expenditures.  The 
40.20 	committee shall review quarterly reports submitted by the Minnesota Eligibility System 
40.21 	Executive Steering Committee under section 62V.055, subdivision 3, regarding Minnesota 
40.22 	eligibility system funding and expenditures.

40.23 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.05, is amended by adding a subdivision 
40.24 	to read:
40.25 		Subd. 6.Legislative enactment required. (a) The commissioner of health shall not 
40.26 	enter into or renew any interagency agreement or service level agreement with a value of 
40.27 	more than $100,000 a year, or related agreements with a cumulative value of more than 
40.28 	$100,000 a year, with a state department, state agency, or the Office of MN.IT Services, 
40.29 	unless the specific agreement is authorized by enactment of a new law. If an agreement, 
40.30 	including an agreement in effect as of the effective date of this subdivision, does not have 
40.31 	an expiration date, the agreement shall expire two years from the effective date of this 
40.32 	subdivision or the effective date of the agreement, whichever is later, unless the specific 
40.33 	agreement is authorized by enactment of a new law.
41.1 	(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.285, the commissioner shall not transfer 
41.2 	appropriations and funds in amounts over $100,000 across agency accounts or programs 
41.3 	unless the specific transfer is authorized by enactment of a new law.
41.4 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "state department" has the meaning provided in 
41.5 	section 15.01, and "state agency" has the meaning provided in section 15.012.

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

41.7 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
41.8 	to read:
41.9 		Subd. 41.Legislative enactment required. (a) The commissioner of human 
41.10 	services shall not enter into or renew any interagency agreement or service level agreement 
41.11 	with a value of more than $100,000 a year, or related agreements with a cumulative value 
41.12 	of more than $100,000 a year, with a state department, state agency, or the Office of 
41.13 	MN.IT Services, unless the specific agreement is authorized by enactment of a new law. If 
41.14 	an agreement, including an agreement in effect as of the effective date of this subdivision, 
41.15 	does not have an expiration date, the agreement shall expire two years from the effective 
41.16 	date of this subdivision or the effective date of the agreement, whichever is later, unless 
41.17 	the specific agreement is authorized by enactment of a new law.
41.18 	(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.285, the commissioner shall not transfer 
41.19 	appropriations and funds in amounts over $100,000 across agency accounts or programs 
41.20 	unless the specific transfer is authorized by enactment of a new law.
41.21 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "state department" has the meaning provided in 
41.22 	section 15.01, and "state agency" has the meaning provided in section 15.012.

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

41.24 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256L.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
41.25 	to read:
41.26 		Subd. 7.Federal waiver. The commissioner shall apply for an innovation waiver 
41.27 	under section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, or any other applicable federal waiver, to 
41.28 	allow persons eligible for MinnesotaCare the option of declining MinnesotaCare coverage 
41.29 	and instead accessing advanced premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions through 
41.30 	the purchase of qualified health plans through MNsure or outside of MNsure directly from 
41.31 	health plan companies. The commissioner shall submit this federal waiver request within 
41.32 	nine months of the effective date of this subdivision. The commissioner shall coordinate 
41.33 	this waiver request with the waiver request required by Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 12, 
42.1 	section 8. The commissioner shall submit a draft waiver proposal to the MNsure board and 
42.2 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
42.3 	over health and human services policy and finance at least 30 days before submitting a final 
42.4 	waiver proposal to the federal government. The commissioner shall notify the board and 
42.5 	the chairs and ranking minority members of any federal decision or action related to the 
42.6 	proposal. If federal approval is granted, the commissioner shall submit to the legislature 
42.7 	draft legislation and fiscal estimates necessary to implement the approved proposal.

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

42.9 	Sec. 15. FEDERAL-STATE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION AND 
42.10 	ENROLLMENT SYSTEM FOR INSURANCE AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS.
 42.11 		Subdivision 1.Waiver request. (a) The commissioner of human services, in 
42.12 	consultation with the MNsure board, commissioner of commerce, and commissioner 
42.13 	of health, shall apply for an innovation waiver under section 1332 of the Affordable 
42.14 	Care Act, or any other applicable federal waiver, to establish and operate a federal-state 
42.15 	eligibility determination and enrollment system for state insurance affordability programs 
42.16 	for coverage beginning January 1, 2018. The federal-state eligibility determination and 
42.17 	enrollment system shall take the place of MNsure established under Minnesota Statutes, 
42.18 	chapter 62V. Under the federal-state eligibility determination and enrollment system:
42.19 	(1) eligibility determinations and enrollment for persons applying for or renewing 
42.20 	coverage under medical assistance and MinnesotaCare shall be conducted by the 
42.21 	commissioner of human services; and
42.22 	(2) enrollment in qualified health plans and eligibility determinations for any 
42.23 	applicable advanced premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions shall be conducted 
42.24 	by the federally facilitated marketplace.
42.25 	(b) For purposes of this section, "state insurance affordability programs" means 
42.26 	medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, and qualified health plan coverage with any applicable 
42.27 	advanced premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions.
42.28 	(c) The federal-state eligibility determination and enrollment system must 
42.29 	incorporate an asset test for adults without children who qualify for medical assistance 
42.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.055, subdivision 15, or MinnesotaCare under 
42.31 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256L, under which a household of two or more persons must 
42.32 	not own more than $20,000 in total net assets and a household of one person must not 
42.33 	own more than $10,000 in total net assets.
43.1 		Subd. 2.Requirements of waiver application. In designing the federal-state 
43.2 	eligibility determination and enrollment system and developing the waiver application, 
43.3 	the commissioner shall:
43.4 	(1) seek to incorporate, where appropriate and cost-effective, elements of 
43.5 	the MNsure eligibility determination system and eligibility determination systems 
43.6 	administered by the commissioner of human services;
43.7 	(2) coordinate the waiver request with the waiver requests required by Minnesota 
43.8 	Statutes, section 256L.02, subdivision 7, if enacted, and with the waiver request required 
43.9 	by Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 12, section 8;
43.10 	(3) regularly consult with stakeholder groups, including but not limited to 
43.11 	representatives of state and county agencies, health care providers, health plan companies, 
43.12 	brokers, and consumers; and
43.13 	(4) seek all available federal grants and funds for state planning and development 
43.14 	costs.
43.15 		Subd. 3.Vendor contract; use of existing resources. The commissioner of 
43.16 	human services, in consultation with the chief information officer of MN.IT, may contract 
43.17 	with a vendor to provide technical assistance in developing the waiver request. The 
43.18 	commissioner shall develop the waiver request and enter into any contract for technical 
43.19 	assistance using existing resources.
43.20 		Subd. 4.Reports to legislative committees. The commissioner of human services 
43.21 	shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
43.22 	jurisdiction over commerce and health and human services policy and finance by January 
43.23 	1, 2017, on progress in seeking the waiver required by this section, and shall notify these 
43.24 	chairs and ranking minority members of any federal decision related to the waiver request.

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

43.26 	Sec. 16. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 43.27 	The revisor of statutes shall change cross-references to sections in Minnesota 
43.28 	Statutes and Minnesota Rules that are repealed in this article when appropriate. The 
43.29 	revisor may make technical and other necessary changes to sentence structure to preserve 
43.30 	the meaning of the text.

43.31 	Sec. 17.  REPEALER.
 43.32 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 62V.01; 62V.02; 62V.03, subdivisions 1 and 3; 
43.33 	62V.04; 62V.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10; 62V.06; 62V.07; 62V.08; 62V.09; 
43.34 	62V.10; and 62V.11, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4, are repealed.
44.1 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 62V.03, subdivision 2; 62V.05, 
44.2 	subdivisions 6, 7, 8, and 11; and 62V.051, are repealed.
44.3 	(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7700.0010; 7700.0020; 7700.0030; 7700.0040; 
44.4 	7700.0050; 7700.0060; 7700.0070; 7700.0080; 7700.0090; 7700.0100; 7700.0101; and 
44.5 	7700.0105, are repealed.

44.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon approval of the waiver request 
44.7 	to establish and operate a federal-state eligibility determination and enrollment system, or 
44.8 	January 1, 2018, whichever is later. The commissioner of human services shall notify the 
44.9 	revisor of statutes when the waiver request is approved.

44.10 	ARTICLE 4
44.11 	HEALTH DEPARTMENT

44.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.495, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.13 		Subd. 4.Coordination with national HIT activities. (a) The commissioner, 
44.14 	in consultation with the e-Health Advisory Committee, shall update the statewide 
44.15 	implementation plan required under subdivision 2 and released June 2008, to be consistent 
44.16 	with the updated Federal HIT Strategic Plan released by the Office of the National 
44.17 	Coordinator in accordance with section 3001 of the HITECH Act. The statewide plan 
44.18 	shall meet the requirements for a plan required under section 3013 of the HITECH Act.
44.19 	(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the e-Health Advisory Committee, 
44.20 	shall work to ensure coordination between state, regional, and national efforts to support 
44.21 	and accelerate efforts to effectively use health information technology to improve the 
44.22 	quality and coordination of health care and the continuity of patient care among health 
44.23 	care providers, to reduce medical errors, to improve population health, to reduce health 
44.24 	disparities, and to reduce chronic disease. The commissioner's coordination efforts shall 
44.25 	include but not be limited to:
44.26 	(1) assisting in the development and support of health information technology 
44.27 	regional extension centers established under section 3012(c) of the HITECH Act to 
44.28 	provide technical assistance and disseminate best practices; and
44.29 	(2) providing supplemental information to the best practices gathered by regional 
44.30 	centers to ensure that the information is relayed in a meaningful way to the Minnesota 
44.31 	health care community;
44.32 	(3) providing financial and technical support to Minnesota health care providers to 
44.33 	encourage implementation of admission, discharge, and transfer alerts and care summary 
44.34 	document exchange transactions, and to evaluate the impact of health information 
45.1 	technology on cost and quality of care. Communications about available financial and 
45.2 	technical support shall include clear information about the interoperable electronic health 
45.3 	record requirements in subdivision 1, including a separate statement in boldface type 
45.4 	clarifying the exceptions to those requirements;
45.5 	(4) providing educational resources and technical assistance to health care providers 
45.6 	and patients related to state and national privacy, security, and consent laws governing 
45.7 	clinical health information, including the requirements of sections 144.291 to 144.298. In 
45.8 	carrying out these activities, the commissioner's technical assistance does not constitute 
45.9 	legal advice; and
45.10 	(5) assessing Minnesota's legal, financial, and regulatory framework for health 
45.11 	information exchange, including the requirements of sections 144.291 to 144.298, and 
45.12 	making recommendations for modifications that would strengthen the ability of Minnesota 
45.13 	health care providers to securely exchange data in compliance with patient preferences 
45.14 	and in a way that is efficient and financially sustainable.
45.15 	(c) The commissioner, in consultation with the e-Health Advisory Committee, shall 
45.16 	monitor national activity related to health information technology and shall coordinate 
45.17 	statewide input on policy development. The commissioner shall coordinate statewide 
45.18 	responses to proposed federal health information technology regulations in order to ensure 
45.19 	that the needs of the Minnesota health care community are adequately and efficiently 
45.20 	addressed in the proposed regulations. The commissioner's responses may include, but 
45.21 	are not limited to:
45.22 	(1) reviewing and evaluating any standard, implementation specification, or 
45.23 	certification criteria proposed by the national HIT standards committee;
45.24 	(2) reviewing and evaluating policy proposed by the national HIT policy committee 
45.25 	relating to the implementation of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure;
45.26 	(3) monitoring and responding to activity related to the development of quality 
45.27 	measures and other measures as required by section 4101 of the HITECH Act. Any 
45.28 	response related to quality measures shall consider and address the quality efforts required 
45.29 	under chapter 62U; and
45.30 	(4) monitoring and responding to national activity related to privacy, security, and 
45.31 	data stewardship of electronic health information and individually identifiable health 
45.32 	information.
45.33 	(d) To the extent that the state is either required or allowed to apply, or designate an 
45.34 	entity to apply for or carry out activities and programs under section 3013 of the HITECH 
45.35 	Act, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the e-Health Advisory Committee 
45.36 	and the commissioner of human services, shall be the lead applicant or sole designating 
46.1 	authority. The commissioner shall make such designations consistent with the goals and 
46.2 	objectives of sections 62J.495 to 62J.497 and 62J.50 to 62J.61.
46.3 	(e) The commissioner of human services shall apply for funding necessary to 
46.4 	administer the incentive payments to providers authorized under title IV of the American 
46.5 	Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
46.6 	(f) The commissioner shall include in the report to the legislature information on the 
46.7 	activities of this subdivision and provide recommendations on any relevant policy changes 
46.8 	that should be considered in Minnesota.

46.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.496, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
46.10 		Subdivision 1.Account establishment. (a) An account is established to:
46.11 	(1) finance the purchase of certified electronic health records or qualified electronic 
46.12 	health records as defined in section 62J.495, subdivision 1a;
46.13 	(2) enhance the utilization of electronic health record technology, which may include 
46.14 	costs associated with upgrading the technology to meet the criteria necessary to be a 
46.15 	certified electronic health record or a qualified electronic health record;
46.16 	(3) train personnel in the use of electronic health record technology; and
46.17 	(4) improve the secure electronic exchange of health information.
46.18 	(b) Amounts deposited in the account, including any grant funds obtained through 
46.19 	federal or other sources, loan repayments, and interest earned on the amounts shall 
46.20 	be used only for awarding loans or loan guarantees, as a source of reserve and security 
46.21 	for leveraged loans, for activities authorized in section 62J.495, subdivision 4, or for 
46.22 	the administration of the account.
46.23 	(c) The commissioner may accept contributions to the account from private sector 
46.24 	entities subject to the following provisions:
46.25 	(1) the contributing entity may not specify the recipient or recipients of any loan 
46.26 	issued under this subdivision;
46.27 	(2) the commissioner shall make public the identity of any private contributor to the 
46.28 	loan fund, as well as the amount of the contribution provided;
46.29 	(3) the commissioner may issue letters of commendation or make other awards that 
46.30 	have no financial value to any such entity; and
46.31 	(4) a contributing entity may not specify that the recipient or recipients of any loan 
46.32 	use specific products or services, nor may the contributing entity imply that a contribution 
46.33 	is an endorsement of any specific product or service.
47.1 	(d) The commissioner may use the loan funds to reimburse private sector entities 
47.2 	for any contribution made to the loan fund. Reimbursement to private entities may not 
47.3 	exceed the principle amount contributed to the loan fund.
47.4 	(e) The commissioner may use funds deposited in the account to guarantee, or 
47.5 	purchase insurance for, a local obligation if the guarantee or purchase would improve 
47.6 	credit market access or reduce the interest rate applicable to the obligation involved.
47.7 	(f) The commissioner may use funds deposited in the account as a source of revenue 
47.8 	or security for the payment of principal and interest on revenue or general obligation 
47.9 	bonds issued by the state if the proceeds of the sale of the bonds will be deposited into 
47.10 	the loan fund.
47.11 	(h) The commissioner shall not award new loans or loan guarantees after July 1, 2016.

47.12 	Sec. 3. [144.1912] GREATER MINNESOTA FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY 
47.13 	GRANT PROGRAM.
47.14 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
47.15 	have the meanings given.
47.16 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
47.17 	(c) "Eligible family medicine residency program" means a program that meets the 
47.18 	following criteria:
47.19 	(1) is located in Minnesota outside the seven-county metropolitan area as defined in 
47.20 	section 473.121, subdivision 4;
47.21 	(2) is accredited as a family medicine residency program or is a candidate for 
47.22 	accreditation;
47.23 	(3) is focused on the education and training of family medicine physicians to serve 
47.24 	communities outside the metropolitan area; and
47.25 	(4) demonstrates that over the most recent three years, at least 25 percent of its 
47.26 	graduates practice in Minnesota communities outside the metropolitan area.
47.27 		Subd. 2.Program administration. (a) The commissioner shall award family 
47.28 	medicine residency grants to existing, eligible, not-for-profit  family medicine residency 
47.29 	programs to support current and new residency positions. Funds shall be allocated first to 
47.30 	proposed new family medicine residency positions, and remaining funds shall be allocated 
47.31 	proportionally based on the number of existing residents in eligible programs. The 
47.32 	commissioner may fund a new residency position for up to three years.
47.33 	(b) Grant funds awarded may only be spent to cover the costs of:
47.34 	(1) establishing, maintaining, or expanding training for family medicine residents;
47.35 	(2) recruitment, training, and retention of residents and faculty;
48.1 	(3) travel and lodging for residents; and
48.2 	(4) faculty, resident, and preceptor salaries.
48.3 	(c) Grant funds shall not be used to supplant any other government or private funds 
48.4 	available for these purposes.
48.5 		Subd. 3.Applications. Eligible family medicine residency programs seeking a 
48.6 	grant must apply to the commissioner. The application must include objectives, a related 
48.7 	work plan and budget, a description of the number of new and existing residency positions 
48.8 	that will be supported using grant funds, and additional information the commissioner 
48.9 	determines to be necessary. The commissioner shall determine whether applications are 
48.10 	complete and responsive and may require revisions or additional information before 
48.11 	awarding a grant.
48.12 		Subd. 4.Program oversight. The commissioner may require and collect from 
48.13 	family medicine residency programs receiving grants any information necessary to 
48.14 	administer and evaluate the program.

48.15 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.293, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
48.16 		Subd. 2.Patient consent to release of records. (a) A provider, or a person who 
48.17 	receives health records from a provider, may not release a patient's health records to a 
48.18 	person without:
48.19 	(1) a signed and dated consent from the patient or the patient's legally authorized 
48.20 	representative authorizing the release;
48.21 	(2) specific authorization in law; or
48.22 	(3) a representation from a provider that holds a signed and dated consent from the 
48.23 	patient authorizing the release.
48.24 	(b) Any consent form signed by a patient must include an option to indicate "yes" or 
48.25 	"no" to individual items for which the provider is requesting consent. The provider may not 
48.26 	condition the patient's receipt of treatment on the patient's willingness to release records.

48.27 	Sec. 5. [144.7011] PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE REPORTING.
48.28 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions 
48.29 	apply.
48.30 	(b) "Available discount" means any reduction in the usual and customary price 
48.31 	offered for a 30-day supply of a prescription drug to individuals in Minnesota regardless 
48.32 	of their health insurance coverage.
49.1 	(c) "Retail pharmacy" means any pharmacy licensed under section 151.19, and in 
49.2 	the community/outpatient category under Minnesota Rules, part 6800.0350, that has a 
49.3 	physical presence in Minnesota.
49.4 	(d) "Retail price" means the price maintained by pharmacies as the usual and 
49.5 	customary price offered for a 30-day supply to individuals in Minnesota regardless of 
49.6 	the individual's health insurance coverage.
49.7 		Subd. 2.Prescription drug price information reporting. By July 1, 2017, the 
49.8 	commissioner of health shall establish an interactive Web site that allows retail pharmacies, 
49.9 	on a voluntary basis, to list retail prices and available discounts for one or more of the 150 
49.10 	most commonly dispensed prescription drugs in Minnesota. The Web site must report the 
49.11 	retail prices for prescription drugs by participating pharmacy and any time period restriction 
49.12 	on an available discount. The Web site must allow consumers to search for prescription 
49.13 	drug retail prices by drug name and class, by available discount level, and by city, county, 
49.14 	and zip code. The commissioner shall consult annually with the commissioner of human 
49.15 	services to determine the list of the 150 most commonly filled prescription drugs, based on 
49.16 	prescription drug utilization in the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs.
49.17 		Subd. 3.Pharmacy duties. Beginning on June 1, 2017, and on a monthly basis 
49.18 	thereafter, all participating retail pharmacies shall submit retail prices and available 
49.19 	discounts to the commissioner using a form developed by the commissioner. A 
49.20 	retail pharmacy may opt out of the reporting system at any time, but shall notify the 
49.21 	commissioner at least 60 days prior to opting out.
49.22 		Subd. 4.External vendors. In carrying out the duties of this section, the 
49.23 	commissioner may contract with an outside vendor for collection of data from pharmacies, 
49.24 	and may also contract with an outside vendor for development and hosting of the 
49.25 	interactive application, if this contract complies with the requirements of section 16E.016, 
49.26 	paragraph (c).

49.27 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.471, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
49.28 		Subd. 9.Exclusions from home care licensure. The following are excluded from 
49.29 	home care licensure and are not required to provide the home care bill of rights:
49.30 	(1) an individual or business entity providing only coordination of home care that 
49.31 	includes one or more of the following:
49.32 	(i) determination of whether a client needs home care services, or assisting a client 
49.33 	in determining what services are needed;
49.34 	(ii) referral of clients to a home care provider;
49.35 	(iii) administration of payments for home care services; or
50.1 	(iv) administration of a health care home established under section 256B.0751;
50.2 	(2) an individual who is not an employee of a licensed home care provider if the 
50.3 	individual:
50.4 	(i) only provides services as an independent contractor to one or more licensed 
50.5 	home care providers;
50.6 	(ii) provides no services under direct agreements or contracts with clients; and
50.7 	(iii) is contractually bound to perform services in compliance with the contracting 
50.8 	home care provider's policies and service plans;
50.9 	(3) a business that provides staff to home care providers, such as a temporary 
50.10 	employment agency, if the business:
50.11 	(i) only provides staff under contract to licensed or exempt providers;
50.12 	(ii) provides no services under direct agreements with clients; and
50.13 	(iii) is contractually bound to perform services under the contracting home care 
50.14 	provider's direction and supervision;
50.15 	(4) any home care services conducted by and for the adherents of any recognized 
50.16 	church or religious denomination for its members through spiritual means, or by prayer 
50.17 	for healing;
50.18 	(5) an individual who only provides home care services to a relative;
50.19 	(6) an individual not connected with a home care provider that provides assistance 
50.20 	with basic home care needs if the assistance is provided primarily as a contribution and 
50.21 	not as a business;
50.22 	(7) an individual not connected with a home care provider that shares housing with 
50.23 	and provides primarily housekeeping or homemaking services to an elderly or disabled 
50.24 	person in return for free or reduced-cost housing;
50.25 	(8) an individual or provider providing home-delivered meal services;
50.26 	(9) an individual providing senior companion services and other older American 
50.27 	volunteer programs (OAVP) established under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
50.28 	1973, United States Code, title 42, chapter 66;
50.29 	(10) an employee of a nursing home or home care provider licensed under this 
50.30 	chapter or an employee of a boarding care home licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56
50.31 	who responds to occasional emergency calls from individuals residing in a residential 
50.32 	setting that is attached to or located on property contiguous to the nursing home or,
50.33 	boarding care home, or location where home care services are also provided;
50.34 	(11) an employee of a nursing home or home care provider licensed under this 
50.35 	chapter or an employee of a boarding care home licensed under sections 144.50 to 
50.36 	144.56 who provides occasional minor services free of charge to individuals residing in 
51.1 	a residential setting that is attached to or located on property contiguous to the nursing 
51.2 	home, boarding care home, or location where home care services are also provided, for the 
51.3 	occasional minor services provided free of charge;
51.4 	(11) (12) a member of a professional corporation organized under chapter 319B that 
51.5 	does not regularly offer or provide home care services as defined in section 144A.43, 
51.6 	subdivision 3;
51.7 	(12) (13) the following organizations established to provide medical or surgical 
51.8 	services that do not regularly offer or provide home care services as defined in section 
51.9 	144A.43, subdivision 3: a business trust organized under sections 318.01 to 318.04, 
51.10 	a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 317A, a partnership organized under 
51.11 	chapter 323, or any other entity determined by the commissioner;
51.12 	(13) (14) an individual or agency that provides medical supplies or durable medical 
51.13 	equipment, except when the provision of supplies or equipment is accompanied by a 
51.14 	home care service;
51.15 	(14) (15) a physician licensed under chapter 147;
51.16 	(15) (16) an individual who provides home care services to a person with a 
51.17 	developmental disability who lives in a place of residence with a family, foster family, or 
51.18 	primary caregiver;
51.19 	(16) (17) a business that only provides services that are primarily instructional and 
51.20 	not medical services or health-related support services;
51.21 	(17) (18) an individual who performs basic home care services for no more than 
51.22 	14 hours each calendar week to no more than one client;
51.23 	(18) (19) an individual or business licensed as hospice as defined in sections 144A.75
51.24 	to 144A.755 who is not providing home care services independent of hospice service;
51.25 	(19) (20) activities conducted by the commissioner of health or a community health 
51.26 	board as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5, including communicable disease 
51.27 	investigations or testing; or
51.28 	(20) (21) administering or monitoring a prescribed therapy necessary to control or 
51.29 	prevent a communicable disease, or the monitoring of an individual's compliance with a 
51.30 	health directive as defined in section 144.4172, subdivision 6.

51.31 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
51.32 		Subd. 5.Hospice provider. "Hospice provider" means an individual, organization, 
51.33 	association, corporation, unit of government, or other entity that is regularly engaged 
51.34 	in the delivery, directly or by contractual arrangement, of hospice services for a fee to 
51.35 	terminally ill hospice patients. A hospice must provide all core services.

52.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
52.2 		Subd. 6.Hospice patient. "Hospice patient" means an individual who has been 
52.3 	diagnosed as terminally ill, with a probable life expectancy of under one year, aswhose 
52.4 	illness has been documented by the individual's attending physician and hospice medical 
52.5 	director, who alone or, when unable, through the individual's family has voluntarily 
52.6 	consented to and received admission to a hospice provider, and who:
52.7 	(1) has been diagnosed as terminally ill, with a probable life expectancy of under 
52.8 	one year; or
52.9 	(2) is 21 years of age or younger; has been diagnosed with a chronic, complex, and 
52.10 	life-threatening illness contributing to a shortened life expectancy; and is not expected 
52.11 	to survive to adulthood.

52.12 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
52.13 		Subd. 8.Hospice services; hospice care. "Hospice services" or "hospice care" 
52.14 	means palliative and supportive care and other services provided by an interdisciplinary 
52.15 	team under the direction of an identifiable hospice administration to terminally ill hospice 
52.16 	patients and their families to meet the physical, nutritional, emotional, social, spiritual, 
52.17 	and special needs experienced during the final stages of illness, dying, and bereavement, 
52.18 	or during a chronic, complex, and life-threatening illness contributing to a shortened life 
52.19 	expectancy for hospice patients who meet the criteria in subdivision 6, clause (2). These 
52.20 	services are provided through a centrally coordinated program that ensures continuity and 
52.21 	consistency of home and inpatient care that is provided directly or through an agreement.

52.22 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 144A.75, subdivision 13, 
52.23 	is amended to read:
52.24 		Subd. 13.Residential hospice facility. (a) "Residential hospice facility" means a 
52.25 	facility that resembles a single-family home modified to address life safety, accessibility, 
52.26 	and care needs, located in a residential area that directly provides 24-hour residential 
52.27 	and support services in a home-like setting for hospice patients as an integral part of the 
52.28 	continuum of home care provided by a hospice and that houses:
52.29 	(1) no more than eight hospice patients; or
52.30 	(2) at least nine and no more than 12 hospice patients with the approval of the local 
52.31 	governing authority, notwithstanding section 462.357, subdivision 8.
52.32 	(b) Residential hospice facility also means a facility that directly provides 24-hour 
52.33 	residential and support services for hospice patients and that:
52.34 	(1) houses no more than 21 hospice patients;
53.1 	(2) meets hospice certification regulations adopted pursuant to title XVIII of the 
53.2 	federal Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1395, et seq.; and
53.3 	(3) is located on St. Anthony Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was licensed as a 
53.4 	40-bed non-Medicare certified nursing home as of January 1, 2015.

53.5 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.75, is amended by adding a 
53.6 	subdivision to read:
53.7 		Subd. 13a.Respite care. "Respite care" means short-term care in an inpatient 
53.8 	facility, such as a residential hospice facility, when necessary to relieve the hospice 
53.9 	patient's family or other persons caring for the patient. Respite care may be provided on 
53.10 	an occasional basis.

53.11 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 145.4131, subdivision 1, 
53.12 	is amended to read:
53.13 		Subdivision 1.Forms. (a) Within 90 days of July 1, 1998, the commissioner shall 
53.14 	prepare a reporting form for use by physicians or facilities performing abortions. A copy 
53.15 	of this section shall be attached to the form. A physician or facility performing an abortion 
53.16 	shall obtain a form from the commissioner.
53.17 	(b) The form shall require the following information:
53.18 	(1) the number of abortions performed by the physician in the previous calendar 
53.19 	year, reported by month;
53.20 	(2) the method used for each abortion;
53.21 	(3) the approximate gestational age expressed in one of the following increments:
53.22 	(i) less than nine weeks;
53.23 	(ii) nine to ten weeks;
53.24 	(iii) 11 to 12 weeks;
53.25 	(iv) 13 to 15 weeks;
53.26 	(v) 16 to 20 weeks;
53.27 	(vi) 21 to 24 weeks;
53.28 	(vii) 25 to 30 weeks;
53.29 	(viii) 31 to 36 weeks; or
53.30 	(ix) 37 weeks to term;
53.31 	(4) the age of the woman at the time the abortion was performed;
53.32 	(5) the specific reason for the abortion, including, but not limited to, the following:
53.33 	(i) the pregnancy was a result of rape;
53.34 	(ii) the pregnancy was a result of incest;
54.1 	(iii) economic reasons;
54.2 	(iv) the woman does not want children at this time;
54.3 	(v) the woman's emotional health is at stake;
54.4 	(vi) the woman's physical health is at stake;
54.5 	(vii) the woman will suffer substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily 
54.6 	function if the pregnancy continues;
54.7 	(viii) the pregnancy resulted in fetal anomalies; or
54.8 	(ix) unknown or the woman refused to answer;
54.9 	(6) the number of prior induced abortions;
54.10 	(7) the number of prior spontaneous abortions;
54.11 	(8) whether the abortion was paid for by:
54.12 	(i) private coverage;
54.13 	(ii) public assistance health coverage; or
54.14 	(iii) self-pay;
54.15 	(9) whether coverage was under:
54.16 	(i) a fee-for-service plan;
54.17 	(ii) a capitated private plan; or
54.18 	(iii) other;
54.19 	(10) complications, if any, for each abortion and for the aftermath of each abortion. 
54.20 	Space for a description of any complications shall be available on the form;
54.21 	(11) the medical specialty of the physician performing the abortion; and
54.22 	(12) if the abortion was performed via telemedicine, the facility code for the patient 
54.23 	and the facility code for the physician; and
54.24 	(12) (13) whether the abortion resulted in a born alive infant, as defined in section 
54.25 	145.423, subdivision 4, and:
54.26 	(i) any medical actions taken to preserve the life of the born alive infant;
54.27 	(ii) whether the born alive infant survived; and
54.28 	(iii) the status of the born alive infant, should the infant survive, if known.

54.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2017.

54.30 	Sec. 13. [145.417] LICENSURE OF CERTAIN FACILITIES THAT PERFORM 
54.31 	ABORTIONS.
54.32 		Subdivision 1.License required for facilities that perform ten or more abortions 
54.33 	per month. (a) A clinic, health center, or other facility in which the pregnancies of ten or 
54.34 	more women known to be pregnant are willfully terminated or aborted each month shall 
54.35 	be licensed by the commissioner of health and, notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 
55.1 	4675.0100, subparts 8 and 9, subject to the licensure requirements provided in Minnesota 
55.2 	Rules, chapter 4675. The commissioner shall not require a facility licensed as a hospital or 
55.3 	as an outpatient surgical center, pursuant to sections 144.50 to 144.56, to obtain a separate 
55.4 	license under this section, but may subject these facilities to inspections and investigations 
55.5 	as permitted under subdivision 2.
55.6 	(b) The commissioner of health, the attorney general, an appropriate county attorney, 
55.7 	or a woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed 
55.8 	at an unlicensed facility may seek an injunction in district court against the continued 
55.9 	operation of the facility. Proceedings for securing an injunction may be brought by the 
55.10 	attorney general or by the appropriate county attorney.
55.11 	(c) Sanctions provided in this subdivision do not restrict other available sanctions.
55.12 		Subd. 2.Inspections; no notice required. No more than two times per year, 
55.13 	the commissioner of health shall perform routine and comprehensive inspections and 
55.14 	investigations of facilities described under subdivision 1. Every clinic, health center, 
55.15 	or other facility described under subdivision 1, and any other premises proposed to be 
55.16 	conducted as a facility by an applicant for a license, shall be open at all reasonable times 
55.17 	to inspection authorized in writing by the commissioner of health. No notice need be 
55.18 	given to any person prior to any inspection.
55.19 		Subd. 3.Licensure fee. (a) The annual license fee for facilities required to be 
55.20 	licensed under this section is $3,712.
55.21 	(b) Fees shall be collected and deposited according to section 144.122.
55.22 		Subd. 4.Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew. The commissioner of 
55.23 	health may refuse to grant or renew, or may suspend or revoke a license on any of the 
55.24 	following grounds:
55.25 	(1) violation of any of the provisions of this section or Minnesota Rules, chapter 4675;
55.26 	(2) permitting, aiding, or abetting the commission of any illegal act in the facility;
55.27 	(3) conduct or practices detrimental to the welfare of the patient;
55.28 	(4) obtaining or attempting to obtain a license by fraud or misrepresentation; or
55.29 	(5) if there is a pattern of conduct that involves one or more physicians in the 
55.30 	facility who have a financial or economic interest in the facility, as defined in section 
55.31 	144.6521, subdivision 3, and who have not provided notice and disclosure of the financial 
55.32 	or economic interest as required by section 144.6521.
55.33 		Subd. 5.Hearing. Prior to any suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew a license, 
55.34 	the licensee shall be entitled to notice and a hearing as provided by sections 14.57 to 
55.35 	14.69. At each hearing, the commissioner of health shall have the burden of establishing 
55.36 	that a violation described in subdivision 4 has occurred. If a license is revoked, suspended, 
56.1 	or not renewed, a new application for a license may be considered by the commissioner if 
56.2 	the conditions upon which revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew was based have 
56.3 	been corrected and evidence of this fact has been satisfactorily furnished. A new license 
56.4 	may be granted after proper inspection has been made and all provisions of this section 
56.5 	and Minnesota Rules, chapter 4675, have been complied with and a recommendation 
56.6 	for licensure has been made by the commissioner or by an inspector as an agent of the 
56.7 	commissioner.
56.8 		Subd. 6.Severability. If any one or more provision, section, subdivision, sentence, 
56.9 	clause, phrase, or word of this section or the application of it to any person or circumstance 
56.10 	is found to be unconstitutional, it is declared to be severable and the balance of this section 
56.11 	shall remain effective notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The legislature intends 
56.12 	that it would have passed this section, and each provision, section, subdivision, sentence, 
56.13 	clause, phrase, or word, regardless of the fact that any one provision, section, subdivision, 
56.14 	sentence, clause, phrase, or word is declared unconstitutional.

56.15 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.4716, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.16 		Subd. 2.Duties of director. The director of child sex trafficking prevention is 
56.17 	responsible for the following:
56.18 	(1) developing and providing comprehensive training on sexual exploitation of 
56.19 	youth for social service professionals, medical professionals, public health workers, and 
56.20 	criminal justice professionals;
56.21 	(2) collecting, organizing, maintaining, and disseminating information on sexual 
56.22 	exploitation and services across the state, including maintaining a list of resources on the 
56.23 	Department of Health Web site;
56.24 	(3) monitoring and applying for federal funding for antitrafficking efforts that may 
56.25 	benefit victims in the state;
56.26 	(4) managing grant programs established under sections 145.4716 to 145.4718
56.27 	and 609.3241, paragraph (c), clause (3);
56.28 	(5) managing the request for proposals for grants for comprehensive services, 
56.29 	including trauma-informed, culturally specific services;
56.30 	(6) identifying best practices in serving sexually exploited youth, as defined in 
56.31 	section 260C.007, subdivision 31;
56.32 	(7) providing oversight of and technical support to regional navigators pursuant to 
56.33 	section 145.4717;
56.34 	(8) conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the statewide program for safe harbor 
56.35 	of sexually exploited youth; and
57.1 	(9) developing a policy consistent with the requirements of chapter 13 for sharing 
57.2 	data related to sexually exploited youth, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 31, 
57.3 	among regional navigators and community-based advocates.

57.4 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.4716, is amended by adding a 
57.5 	subdivision to read:
57.6 		Subd. 3.Youth eligible for services. Youth 24 years of age or younger shall be 
57.7 	eligible for all services, support, and programs provided under this section and section 
57.8 	145.4717, and all shelter, housing beds, and services provided by the commissioner of 
57.9 	human services to sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of sexual exploitation.

57.10 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.882, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
57.11 		Subd. 2.Allocation to commissioner of health. (a) Beginning January 1, 1986, 
57.12 	up to one-third of the total maternal and child health block grant money may be retained 
57.13 	by the commissioner of health to:
57.14 	(1) meet federal maternal and child block grant requirements of a statewide needs 
57.15 	assessment every five years and prepare the annual federal block grant application and 
57.16 	report;
57.17 	(2) collect and disseminate statewide data on the health status of mothers and 
57.18 	children within one year of the end of the year;
57.19 	(3) provide technical assistance to community health boards in meeting statewide 
57.20 	outcomes;
57.21 	(4) evaluate the impact of maternal and child health activities on the health status 
57.22 	of mothers and children;
57.23 	(5) provide services to children under age 16 receiving benefits under title XVI 
57.24 	of the Social Security Act; and
57.25 	(6) perform other maternal and child health activities listed in section 145.88 and as 
57.26 	deemed necessary by the commissioner.
57.27 	(b) Any money under this subdivision used by the commissioner for grants for the 
57.28 	provision of prepregnancy family planning services must be distributed under section 
57.29 	145.925.

57.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

57.31 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.882, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
57.32 		Subd. 3.Allocation to community health boards. (a) The maternal and child 
57.33 	health block grant money remaining after distributions made under subdivision 2 and 
58.1 	used for services other than prepregnancy family planning services must be allocated 
58.2 	according to the formula in section 145A.131, subdivision 2, for distribution to community 
58.3 	health boards. Maternal and child health block grant money used for the provision of 
58.4 	prepregnancy family planning services must be distributed under section 145.925.
58.5 	(b) A community health board that receives funding under this section shall provide 
58.6 	at least a 50 percent match for funds received under United States Code, title 42, sections 
58.7 	701 to 709. Eligible funds must be used to meet match requirements. Eligible funds 
58.8 	include funds from local property taxes, reimbursements from third parties, fees, other 
58.9 	funds, donations, nonfederal grants, or state funds received under the local public health 
58.10 	grant defined in section 145A.131, that are used for maternal and child health activities as 
58.11 	described in subdivision 7.

58.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

58.13 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.882, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
58.14 		Subd. 7.Use of block grant money. Maternal and child health block grant money 
58.15 	allocated to a community health board under this section must be used for qualified 
58.16 	programs for high risk and low-income individuals. Block grant money allocated under 
58.17 	this section or for family planning services under section 145.925 must be used for 
58.18 	programs that:
58.19 	(1) specifically address the highest risk populations, particularly low-income and 
58.20 	minority groups with a high rate of infant mortality and children with low birth weight, 
58.21 	by providing services, including prepregnancy family planning services, calculated 
58.22 	to produce measurable decreases in infant mortality rates, instances of children with 
58.23 	low birth weight, and medical complications associated with pregnancy and childbirth, 
58.24 	including infant mortality, low birth rates, and medical complications arising from 
58.25 	chemical abuse by a mother during pregnancy;
58.26 	(2) specifically target pregnant women whose age, medical condition, maternal 
58.27 	history, or chemical abuse substantially increases the likelihood of complications 
58.28 	associated with pregnancy and childbirth or the birth of a child with an illness, disability, 
58.29 	or special medical needs;
58.30 	(3) specifically address the health needs of young children who have or are likely 
58.31 	to have a chronic disease or disability or special medical needs, including physical, 
58.32 	neurological, emotional, and developmental problems that arise from chemical abuse 
58.33 	by a mother during pregnancy;
58.34 	(4) provide family planning and preventive medical care for specifically identified 
58.35 	target populations, such as minority and low-income teenagers, in a manner calculated to 
59.1 	decrease the occurrence of inappropriate pregnancy and minimize the risk of complications 
59.2 	associated with pregnancy and childbirth;
59.3 	(5) specifically address the frequency and severity of childhood and adolescent 
59.4 	health issues, including injuries in high risk target populations by providing services 
59.5 	calculated to produce measurable decreases in mortality and morbidity;
59.6 	(6) specifically address preventing child abuse and neglect, reducing juvenile 
59.7 	delinquency, promoting positive parenting and resiliency in children, and promoting 
59.8 	family health and economic sufficiency through public health nurse home visits under 
59.9 	section 145A.17; or
59.10 	(7) specifically address nutritional issues of women, infants, and young children 
59.11 	through WIC clinic services.

59.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

59.13 	Sec. 19. [145.908] GRANT PROGRAM; SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR 
59.14 	PRE- AND POSTPARTUM MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS.
59.15 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. Within the limits of federal funds 
59.16 	available specifically for this purpose, the commissioner of health shall establish a grant 
59.17 	program to provide culturally competent programs to screen and treat pregnant women 
59.18 	and women who have given birth in the preceding 12 months for pre- and postpartum 
59.19 	mood and anxiety disorders. Organizations may use grant funds to establish new screening 
59.20 	or treatment programs, or expand or maintain existing screening or treatment programs. In 
59.21 	establishing the grant program, the commissioner shall prioritize expanding or enhancing 
59.22 	screening for pre- and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders in primary care settings. 
59.23 	The commissioner shall determine the types of organizations eligible for grants.
59.24 		Subd. 2.Allowable uses of funds. Grant funds awarded by the commissioner 
59.25 	under this section:
59.26 	(1) must be used to provide health care providers with appropriate training 
59.27 	and relevant resources on screening, treatment, follow-up support, and links to 
59.28 	community-based resources for pre- and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders; and
59.29 	(2) may be used to:
59.30 	(i) enable health care providers to provide or receive psychiatric consultations to 
59.31 	treat eligible women for pre- and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders;
59.32 	(ii) conduct a public awareness campaign;
59.33 	(iii) fund startup costs for telephone lines, Web sites, and other resources to collect 
59.34 	and disseminate information about screening and treatment for pre- and postpartum mood 
59.35 	and anxiety disorders; or
60.1 	(iv) establish connections between community-based resources.
60.2 		Subd. 3.Federal funds. The commissioner shall apply for any available grant funds 
60.3 	from the federal Department of Health and Human Services for this program.

60.4 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
60.5 		Subdivision 1.Eligible organizations; Purpose. The commissioner of health may
60.6 	shall  make special grants to cities, counties, groups of cities or counties, or nonprofit 
60.7 	corporations to provide prepregnancy family planning services.

60.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

60.9 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.925, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
60.10 		Subd. 1a.Family planning services; defined Definitions. (a) For purposes of this 
60.11 	section, the following terms have the meanings given them.
60.12 	(b) "Community health board" has the meaning given in section 145A.02, 
60.13 	subdivision 5.
60.14 	(c) "Family planning" means voluntary action by individuals to prevent or aid 
60.15 	conception.
60.16 	(d) "Family planning services" means counseling by trained personnel regarding 
60.17 	family planning; distribution of information relating to family planning,; referral to 
60.18 	licensed physicians or local health agencies for consultation, examination, medical 
60.19 	treatment, genetic counseling, and prescriptions for the purpose of family planning; and 
60.20 	the distribution of family planning products, such as charts, thermometers, drugs, medical 
60.21 	preparations, and contraceptive devices. For purposes of sections 145A.01 to 145A.14, 
60.22 	family planning shall mean voluntary action by individuals to prevent or aid conception 
60.23 	but does not include the performance, or make referrals for encouragement of voluntary 
60.24 	termination of pregnancy.
60.25 	(e) "Federally qualified health center" has the meaning given in section 145.9269, 
60.26 	subdivision 1.
60.27 	(f) "Hospital" means a facility licensed as a hospital under section 144.55.
60.28 	(g) "Public health clinic" means a health clinic operated by one or more local units 
60.29 	of government or community health boards or by the University of Minnesota and that 
60.30 	has as a primary focus the provision of primary and preventive health care services and 
60.31 	immunizations.
60.32 	(h) "Rural health clinic" means a rural health clinic as defined in United States Code, 
60.33 	title 42, section 1395x(aa)(2) that is certified according to Code of Federal Regulations, 
60.34 	title 42, part 491, subpart A.

61.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

61.2 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.925, is amended by adding a subdivision 
61.3 	to read:
61.4 		Subd. 1b.Commissioner to apply for federal Title X funds. For each federal Title 
61.5 	X grant fund cycle, the commissioner shall apply to the federal Department of Health and 
61.6 	Human Services for grant funds under Title X of the federal Public Health Service Act, 
61.7 	United States Code, title 42, sections 300 to 300a-6.

61.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with the federal 2018 
61.9 	application deadline for Title X grant funds.

61.10 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.925, is amended by adding a subdivision 
61.11 	to read:
61.12 		Subd. 1c.State and federal funds distributed according to this section. The 
61.13 	commissioner shall distribute the following funds according to subdivision 1d:
61.14 	(1) federal Title X funds received by the commissioner according to an application 
61.15 	submitted under subdivision 1b;
61.16 	(2) funds appropriated from the general fund and the federal TANF fund for 
61.17 	purposes of grants under this section; and
61.18 	(3) maternal and child health block grant funds used for prepregnancy family 
61.19 	planning services.

61.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

61.21 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.925, is amended by adding a subdivision 
61.22 	to read:
61.23 		Subd. 1d.Distribution; eligible entities. The commissioner shall distribute the 
61.24 	funds specified in subdivision 1c to public entities, including community health boards and 
61.25 	public health clinics, that apply to the commissioner for funds to provide family planning 
61.26 	services according to procedures established by the commissioner. If any funds remain 
61.27 	after the commissioner fulfills all approved grant requests from public entities for the grant 
61.28 	period, the commissioner may distribute the remaining funds to nonpublic entities that:
61.29 	(1) are hospitals, federally qualified health centers, or rural health clinics;
61.30 	(2) provide comprehensive primary and preventive health care services in addition 
61.31 	to family planning services; and
62.1 	(3) apply to the commissioner for funds to provide family planning services 
62.2 	according to procedures established by the commissioner.

62.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

62.4 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.925, is amended by adding a subdivision 
62.5 	to read:
62.6 		Subd. 1e.Subgrants from public entities. (a) A public entity that receives funds 
62.7 	from the commissioner under subdivision 1d may distribute some or all of the funds as 
62.8 	subgrants to other public or private entities to provide family planning services. Except as 
62.9 	provided in paragraph (b), an entity is not eligible for a subgrant under this subdivision if 
62.10 	the entity provides abortion services or has an affiliate that provides abortion services.
62.11 	(b) An entity that provides abortion services or has an affiliate that provides abortion 
62.12 	services is eligible for a subgrant under this subdivision if the entity or affiliate provides 
62.13 	abortion services solely when the abortion is directly and medically necessary to save the 
62.14 	life of the woman, provided a physician signs a certification stating the direct and medical 
62.15 	necessity of the abortion.

62.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

62.17 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.925, is amended by adding a subdivision 
62.18 	to read:
62.19 		Subd. 10.Reporting and publication of grant and subgrant recipients. At least 
62.20 	once every grant cycle, a public entity that distributes funds under subdivision 1e shall 
62.21 	provide the commissioner of health with a list of the entities that received subgrants to 
62.22 	provide family planning services and the amount of each subgrant. At least once every 
62.23 	grant cycle, the commissioner of health shall publish on the department's Web site a list of 
62.24 	all the entities that received funds as a grant from the commissioner under subdivision 1d 
62.25 	or a subgrant from a public entity under subdivision 1e, and the amount of the grant or 
62.26 	subgrant received by each entity.

62.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017.

62.28 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 149A.50, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
62.29 		Subd. 2.Requirements for funeral establishment. A funeral establishment 
62.30 	licensed under this section must:
62.31 	(1) contain a comply with preparation and embalming room requirements as 
62.32 	described in section 149A.92;
63.1 	(2) contain office space for making arrangements; and
63.2 	(3) comply with applicable local and state building codes, zoning laws, and 
63.3 	ordinances.

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

63.5 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 149A.92, subdivision 1, is 
63.6 	amended to read:
63.7 		Subdivision 1.Establishment update. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 11, a 
63.8 	funeral establishment with other establishment locations that uses one preparation and 
63.9 	embalming room for all establishment locations has until July 1, 2017, to bring the other 
63.10 	establishment locations that are not used for preparation or embalming into compliance 
63.11 	with this section so long as the preparation and embalming room that is used complies 
63.12 	with the minimum standards in this section.
63.13 	(b) At the time that ownership of a funeral establishment changes, the physical 
63.14 	location of the establishment changes, or the building housing the funeral establishment or 
63.15 	business space of the establishment is remodeled the existing preparation and embalming 
63.16 	room must be brought into compliance with the minimum standards in this section and in 
63.17 	accordance with subdivision 11.
63.18 	(a) Any room used by a funeral establishment for preparation and embalming must 
63.19 	comply with the minimum standards of this section. A funeral establishment where no 
63.20 	preparation and embalming is performed, but which conducts viewings, visitations, and 
63.21 	services, or which holds human remains while awaiting final disposition, need not comply 
63.22 	with the minimum standards of this section.
63.23 	(b) Each funeral establishment must have a preparation and embalming room that 
63.24 	complies with the minimum standards of this section, except that a funeral establishment 
63.25 	that operates branch locations need only have one compliant preparation and embalming 
63.26 	room for all locations.

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

63.28 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 157.15, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
63.29 		Subd. 14.Special event food stand. "Special event food stand" means a food and 
63.30 	beverage service establishment which is used in conjunction with celebrations and special 
63.31 	events, and which operates no more than three times annually for no more than ten total 
63.32 	days within the applicable license period.

64.1 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 327.14, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
64.2 		Subd. 8.Recreational camping area. "Recreational camping area" means any area, 
64.3 	whether privately or publicly owned, used on a daily, nightly, weekly, or longer basis for 
64.4 	the accommodation of five or more tents or recreational camping vehicles free of charge 
64.5 	or for compensation. "Recreational camping area" excludes:
64.6 	(1) children's camps;
64.7 	(2) industrial camps;
64.8 	(3) migrant labor camps, as defined in Minnesota Statutes and state commissioner 
64.9 	of health rules;
64.10 	(4) United States Forest Service camps;
64.11 	(5) state forest service camps;
64.12 	(6) state wildlife management areas or state-owned public access areas which are 
64.13 	restricted in use to picnicking and boat landing; and
64.14 	(7) temporary holding areas for self-contained recreational camping vehicles 
64.15 	created by and adjacent to motor sports facilities, if the chief law enforcement officer of 
64.16 	an affected jurisdiction determines that it is in the interest of public safety to provide a 
64.17 	temporary holding area; and
64.18 	(8) a privately owned area used for camping no more than once a year and for no 
64.19 	longer than seven consecutive days by members of a private club where the members pay 
64.20 	annual dues to belong to the club.

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

64.22 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.3241, is amended to read:
64.23 	609.3241 PENALTY ASSESSMENT AUTHORIZED.
64.24 	(a) When a court sentences an adult convicted of violating section 609.322 or 
64.25 	609.324, while acting other than as a prostitute, the court shall impose an assessment of 
64.26 	not less than $500 and not more than $750 for a violation of section 609.324, subdivision 
64.27 	2, or a misdemeanor violation of section 609.324, subdivision 3; otherwise the court shall 
64.28 	impose an assessment of not less than $750 and not more than $1,000. The assessment 
64.29 	shall be distributed as provided in paragraph (c) and is in addition to the surcharge 
64.30 	required by section 357.021, subdivision 6.
64.31 	(b) The court may not waive payment of the minimum assessment required by 
64.32 	this section. If the defendant qualifies for the services of a public defender or the court 
64.33 	finds on the record that the convicted person is indigent or that immediate payment of 
64.34 	the assessment would create undue hardship for the convicted person or that person's 
65.1 	immediate family, the court may reduce the amount of the minimum assessment to not 
65.2 	less than $100. The court also may authorize payment of the assessment in installments.
65.3 	(c) The assessment collected under paragraph (a) must be distributed as follows:
65.4 	(1) 40 percent of the assessment shall be forwarded to the political subdivision that 
65.5 	employs the arresting officer for use in enforcement, training, and education activities 
65.6 	related to combating sexual exploitation of youth, or if the arresting officer is an employee 
65.7 	of the state, this portion shall be forwarded to the commissioner of public safety for those 
65.8 	purposes identified in clause (3);
65.9 	(2) 20 percent of the assessment shall be forwarded to the prosecuting agency that 
65.10 	handled the case for use in training and education activities relating to combating sexual 
65.11 	exploitation activities of youth; and
65.12 	(3) 40 percent of the assessment must be forwarded to the commissioner of public 
65.13 	safety health to be deposited in the safe harbor for youth account in the special revenue 
65.14 	fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for distribution to crime victims services 
65.15 	organizations that provide services to sexually exploited youth, as defined in section 
65.16 	260C.007, subdivision 31.
65.17 	(d) A safe harbor for youth account is established as a special account in the state 
65.18 	treasury.

65.19 	Sec. 32. EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR DESIGNATION AS A CRITICAL 
65.20 	ACCESS HOSPITAL.
 65.21 	(a) The commissioner of health is encouraged to contact Minnesota's federal elected 
65.22 	officials and pursue all necessary changes to the Medicare rural hospital flexibility 
65.23 	program established in United States Code, title 42, section 1395i-4 to expand the number 
65.24 	of rural hospitals that are eligible for designation as a critical access hospital. In the 
65.25 	request for program changes, the commissioner shall seek authority to designate any 
65.26 	hospital that applies for designation as a critical access hospital if the hospital:
65.27 	(1) is located in a Minnesota county that is a rural area as defined in United States 
65.28 	Code, title 42, section 1395ww(d)(2)(D). A hospital is not required to be located 35 miles 
65.29 	from another hospital, or 15 miles from another hospital if located in mountainous terrain 
65.30 	or in an area with only secondary roads; and
65.31 	(2) is licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 and is certified to participate in the 
65.32 	Medicare program.
65.33 	(b) The commissioner shall determine other eligibility criteria for which program 
65.34 	changes should be requested, in order to expand eligibility for designation as a critical 
65.35 	access hospital to the greatest number of rural hospitals in the state. The commissioner 
66.1 	shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
66.2 	with jurisdiction over health care finance and policy by January 1, 2017, on the status of 
66.3 	the request for program changes.

66.4 	Sec. 33.  REPEALER.
 66.5 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 149A.92, subdivision 11, is repealed the day 
66.6 	following final enactment.
66.7 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.925, subdivision 2, is repealed effective 
66.8 	July 1, 2017.

66.9 	ARTICLE 5
66.10 	CHEMICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

66.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245.735, subdivision 3, 
66.12 	is amended to read:
66.13 		Subd. 3.Reform projects Certified community behavioral health clinics. (a) The 
66.14 	commissioner shall establish standards for a state certification of clinics as process for 
66.15 	certified community behavioral health clinics, in accordance (CCBHCs) to be eligible for 
66.16 	the prospective payment system in paragraph (f). Entities that choose to be CCBHCs must:
66.17 	(1) comply with the CCBHC criteria published on or before September 1, 2015, by 
66.18 	the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Certification standards 
66.19 	established by the commissioner shall require that:;
66.20 	(1) (2) employ or contract for clinic staff who have backgrounds in diverse 
66.21 	disciplines, include including licensed mental health professionals, and staff who are 
66.22 	culturally and linguistically trained to serve the needs of the clinic's patient population;
66.23 	(2) (3) ensure that clinic services are available and accessible to patients of all ages 
66.24 	and genders and that crisis management services are available 24 hours per day;
66.25 	(3) (4) establish fees for clinic services are established for non-medical assistance 
66.26 	patients using a sliding fee scale and that ensures that services to patients are not denied 
66.27 	or limited due to a patient's inability to pay for services;
66.28 	(4) clinics provide coordination of care across settings and providers to ensure  
66.29 	seamless transitions for patients across the full spectrum of health services, including 
66.30 	acute, chronic, and behavioral needs. Care coordination may be accomplished through 
66.31 	partnerships or formal contracts with federally qualified health centers, inpatient 
66.32 	psychiatric facilities, substance use and detoxification facilities, community-based mental 
66.33 	health providers, and other community services, supports, and providers including 
66.34 	schools, child welfare agencies, juvenile and criminal justice agencies, Indian Health 
67.1 	Services clinics, tribally licensed health care and mental health facilities, urban Indian 
67.2 	health clinics, Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, outpatient clinics, drop-in 
67.3 	centers, acute care hospitals, and hospital outpatient clinics;
67.4 	(5) comply with quality assurance reporting requirements and other reporting 
67.5 	requirements, including any required reporting of encounter data, clinical outcomes data, 
67.6 	and quality data;
67.7 	(5) services provided by clinics include (6) provide crisis mental health services, 
67.8 	withdrawal management services, emergency crisis intervention services, and stabilization 
67.9 	services; screening, assessment, and diagnosis services, including risk assessments and 
67.10 	level of care determinations; patient-centered treatment planning; outpatient mental 
67.11 	health and substance use services; targeted case management; psychiatric rehabilitation 
67.12 	services; peer support and counselor services and family support services; and intensive 
67.13 	community-based mental health services, including mental health services for members of 
67.14 	the armed forces and veterans; and
67.15 	(6) clinics comply with quality assurance reporting requirements and other reporting 
67.16 	requirements, including any required reporting of encounter data, clinical outcomes data, 
67.17 	and quality data.
67.18 	(7) provide coordination of care across settings and providers to ensure seamless 
67.19 	transitions for patients across the full spectrum of health services, including acute, chronic, 
67.20 	and behavioral needs. Care coordination may be accomplished through partnerships 
67.21 	or formal contracts with:
67.22 	(i) counties, health plans, pharmacists, pharmacies, rural health clinics, federally 
67.23 	qualified health centers, inpatient psychiatric facilities, substance use and detoxification 
67.24 	facilities, and community-based mental health providers; and
67.25 	(ii) other community services, supports, and providers including schools, child 
67.26 	welfare agencies, juvenile and criminal justice agencies, Indian Health Services clinics, 
67.27 	tribally licensed health care and mental health facilities, urban Indian health clinics, 
67.28 	Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, outpatient clinics, drop-in centers, acute 
67.29 	care hospitals, and hospital outpatient clinics;
67.30 	(8) be certified as mental health clinics under section 245.69, subdivision 2;
67.31 	(9) comply with standards relating to integrated treatment for co-occurring mental 
67.32 	illness and substance use disorders in adults or children under Minnesota Rules, chapter 
67.33 	9533;
67.34 	(10) comply with standards relating to mental health services in Minnesota Rules, 
67.35 	parts 9505.0370 to 9505.0372;
68.1 	(11) be licensed to provide chemical dependency treatment under Minnesota Rules, 
68.2 	parts 9530.6405 to 9530.6505;
68.3 	(12) be certified to provide children's therapeutic services and supports under 
68.4 	section 256B.0943;
68.5 	(13) be certified to provide adult rehabilitative mental health services under section 
68.6 	256B.0623;
68.7 	(14) be enrolled to provide mental health crisis response services under section 
68.8 	256B.0624;
68.9 	(15) be enrolled to provide mental health targeted case management under section 
68.10 	256B.0625, subdivision 20;
68.11 	(16) comply with standards relating to mental health case management in Minnesota 
68.12 	Rules, parts 9520.0900 to 9520.0926; and
68.13 	(17) provide services that comply with the evidence-based practices described in 
68.14 	paragraph (e).
68.15 	(b) If an entity is unable to provide one or more of the services listed in paragraph 
68.16 	(a), clauses (6) to (17), the commissioner may certify the entity as a CCBHC, if the entity 
68.17 	has a current contract with another entity that has the required authority to provide that 
68.18 	service and that meets federal CCBHC criteria as a designated collaborating organization, 
68.19 	or, to the extent allowed by the federal CCBHC criteria, the commissioner may approve a 
68.20 	referral arrangement. The CCBHC must meet federal requirements regarding the type and 
68.21 	scope of services to be provided directly by the CCBHC.
68.22 	(c) Notwithstanding other law that requires a county contract or other form of county 
68.23 	approval for certain services listed in paragraph (a), clause (6), a clinic that otherwise 
68.24 	meets CCBHC requirements may receive the prospective payment under paragraph (f) 
68.25 	for those services without a county contract or county approval. There is no county 
68.26 	share when medical assistance pays the CCBHC prospective payment. As part of the 
68.27 	certification process in paragraph (a), the commissioner shall require a letter of support 
68.28 	from the CCBHC's host county confirming that the CCBHC and the counties it serves 
68.29 	have an ongoing relationship to facilitate access and continuity of care, especially for 
68.30 	individuals who are uninsured or who may go on and off medical assistance.
68.31 	(d) In situations where the standards in paragraph (a) or other applicable standards 
68.32 	conflict or address similar issues in duplicative or incompatible ways, the commissioner 
68.33 	may grant variances to state requirements as long as the variances do not conflict with 
68.34 	federal requirements. In situations where standards overlap, the commissioner may decide 
68.35 	to substitute all or a part of a licensure or certification that is substantially the same as 
69.1 	another licensure or certification. The commissioner shall consult with stakeholders, as 
69.2 	described in subdivision 4, before granting variances under this provision.
69.3 	(e) The commissioner shall issue a list of required and recommended evidence-based 
69.4 	practices to be delivered by CCBHCs. The commissioner may update the list to reflect 
69.5 	advances in outcomes research and medical services for persons living with mental 
69.6 	illnesses or substance use disorders. The commissioner shall take into consideration the 
69.7 	adequacy of evidence to support the efficacy of the practice, the quality of workforce 
69.8 	available, and the current availability of the practice in the state. At least 30 days before 
69.9 	issuing the initial list and any revisions, the commissioner shall provide stakeholders 
69.10 	with an opportunity to comment.
69.11 	(b) (f) The commissioner shall establish standards and methodologies for a 
69.12 	prospective payment system for medical assistance payments for mental health services 
69.13 	delivered by certified community behavioral health clinics, in accordance with guidance 
69.14 	issued on or before September 1, 2015, by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
69.15 	Services. During the operation of the demonstration project, payments shall comply with 
69.16 	federal requirements for a 90 percent an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage. 
69.17 	The commissioner may include quality bonus payments in the prospective payment 
69.18 	system based on federal criteria and on a clinic's provision of the evidence-based practices 
69.19 	in paragraph (e). The prospective payments system does not apply to MinnesotaCare. 
69.20 	Implementation of the prospective payment system is effective July 1, 2017, or upon 
69.21 	federal approval, whichever is later.
69.22 	(g) The commissioner shall seek federal approval to continue federal financial 
69.23 	participation in payment for CCBHC services after the federal demonstration period 
69.24 	ends for clinics that were certified as CCBHCs during the demonstration period and 
69.25 	that continue to meet the CCBHC certification standards in paragraph (a). Payment 
69.26 	for CCBHC services shall cease effective July 1, 2019, if continued federal financial 
69.27 	participation for the payment of CCBHC services cannot be obtained.
69.28 	(h) To the extent allowed by federal law, the commissioner may limit the number of 
69.29 	certified clinics so that the projected claims for certified clinics will not exceed the funds 
69.30 	budgeted for this purpose. The commissioner shall give preference to clinics that:
69.31 	(1) are located in both rural and urban areas, with at least one in each, as defined 
69.32 	by federal criteria;
69.33 	(2) provide a comprehensive range of services and evidence-based practices for all 
69.34 	age groups, with services being fully coordinated and integrated; and
69.35 	(3) enhance the state's ability to meet the federal priorities to be selected as a 
69.36 	CCBHC demonstration state.
70.1 	(i) The commissioner shall recertify CCBHCs at least every three years. The 
70.2 	commissioner shall establish a process for decertification and shall require corrective 
70.3 	action, medical assistance repayment, or decertification of a CCBHC that no longer 
70.4 	meets the requirements in this section or that fails to meet the standards provided by the 
70.5 	commissioner in the application and certification process.

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

70.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245.735, subdivision 4, is 
70.8 	amended to read:
70.9 		Subd. 4.Public participation. In developing the projects and implementing 
70.10 	certified community behavioral health clinics under subdivision 3, the commissioner shall 
70.11 	consult, collaborate, and partner with stakeholders, including but not limited to mental 
70.12 	health providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, advocacy organizations, 
70.13 	licensed mental health professionals, counties, tribes, hospitals, other health care 
70.14 	providers, and Minnesota public health care program enrollees who receive mental health 
70.15 	services and their families.

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

70.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.99, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
70.18 		Subd. 2.Rental assistance. The program shall pay up to 90 days of housing 
70.19 	assistance for persons with a serious and persistent mental illness who require inpatient or 
70.20 	residential care for stabilization. The commissioner of human services may extend the 
70.21 	length of assistance on a case-by-case basis.

70.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 254B.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
70.23 		Subd. 4.Division of costs. (a) Except for services provided by a county under 
70.24 	section 254B.09, subdivision 1, or services provided under section 256B.69 or 256D.03, 
70.25 	subdivision 4, paragraph (b), the county shall, out of local money, pay the state for 22.95 
70.26 	percent of the cost of chemical dependency services, including those services provided to 
70.27 	persons eligible for medical assistance under chapter 256B and general assistance medical 
70.28 	care under chapter 256D. Counties may use the indigent hospitalization levy for treatment 
70.29 	and hospital payments made under this section. 22.95 percent of any state collections from 
70.30 	private or third-party pay, less 15 percent for the cost of payment and collections, must be 
70.31 	distributed to the county that paid for a portion of the treatment under this section.
71.1 	(b) For fiscal year 2017 only, the county percent of cost of chemical dependency 
71.2 	services shall be reduced from 22.95 percent to 15 percent.

71.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

71.4 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 254B.04, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
71.5 		Subd. 2a.Eligibility for treatment in residential settings. Notwithstanding 
71.6 	provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 9530.6622, subparts 5 and 6, related to an assessor's 
71.7 	discretion in making placements to residential treatment settings, a person eligible for 
71.8 	services under this section must score at level 4 on assessment dimensions related to 
71.9 	relapse, continued use, or recovery environment in order to be assigned to services with a 
71.10 	room and board component reimbursed under this section. Whether a treatment facility 
71.11 	has been designated an institution for mental diseases under United States Code, title 42, 
71.12 	section 1396d, shall not be a factor in making placements.

71.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

71.14 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 254B.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.15 		Subd. 2.Allocation of collections. (a) The commissioner shall allocate all federal 
71.16 	financial participation collections to a special revenue account. The commissioner shall 
71.17 	allocate 77.05 percent of patient payments and third-party payments to the special revenue 
71.18 	account and 22.95 percent to the county financially responsible for the patient.
71.19 	(b) For fiscal year 2017 only, the commissioner's allocation to the special revenue 
71.20 	account shall be increased from 77.05 percent to 85 percent and the county financial 
71.21 	responsibility shall be reduced from 22.95 percent to 15 percent.

71.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

71.23 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 254B.06, is amended by adding a subdivision 
71.24 	to read:
71.25 		Subd. 4.Reimbursement for institutions for mental diseases. The commissioner 
71.26 	shall not deny reimbursement to a program designated as an institution for mental diseases 
71.27 	under United States Code, title 42, section 1396d, due to a reduction in federal financial 
71.28 	participation and the addition of new residential beds.

71.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

72.1 	Sec. 8. [254B.15] PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT FOR PREGNANT AND 
72.2 	POSTPARTUM WOMEN WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
72.3 		Subdivision 1.Pilot projects established. (a) Within the limits of federal funds 
72.4 	available specifically for this purpose, the commissioner of human services shall establish 
72.5 	pilot projects to provide substance use disorder treatment and services to pregnant and 
72.6 	postpartum women with a primary diagnosis of substance use disorder, including opioid 
72.7 	use disorder. Pilot projects funded under this section must:
72.8 	(1) promote flexible uses of funds to provide treatment and services to pregnant and 
72.9 	postpartum women with substance use disorders;
72.10 	(2) fund family-based treatment and services for pregnant and postpartum women 
72.11 	with substance use disorders;
72.12 	(3) identify gaps in services along the continuum of care that are provided to 
72.13 	pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders; and
72.14 	(4) encourage new approaches to service delivery and service delivery models.
72.15 	(b) A pilot project funded under this section must provide at least a portion of its 
72.16 	treatment and services to women who receive services on an outpatient basis.
72.17 		Subd. 2.Federal funds. The commissioner shall apply for any available grant funds 
72.18 	from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for these pilot projects.

72.19 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0621, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
72.20 		Subd. 10.Payment rates. The commissioner shall set payment rates for targeted 
72.21 	case management under this subdivision. Case managers may bill according to the 
72.22 	following criteria:
72.23 	(1) for relocation targeted case management, case managers may bill for direct case 
72.24 	management activities, including face-to-face and, telephone contacts, and interactive 
72.25 	video contact in accordance with section 256B.0924, subdivision 4a, in the lesser of:
72.26 	(i) 180 days preceding an eligible recipient's discharge from an institution; or
72.27 	(ii) the limits and conditions which apply to federal Medicaid funding for this service;
72.28 	(2) for home care targeted case management, case managers may bill for direct case 
72.29 	management activities, including face-to-face and telephone contacts; and
72.30 	(3) billings for targeted case management services under this subdivision shall not 
72.31 	duplicate payments made under other program authorities for the same purpose.

72.32 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 20, 
72.33 	is amended to read:
73.1 		Subd. 20.Mental health case management. (a) To the extent authorized by rule 
73.2 	of the state agency, medical assistance covers case management services to persons with 
73.3 	serious and persistent mental illness and children with severe emotional disturbance. 
73.4 	Services provided under this section must meet the relevant standards in sections 245.461 
73.5 	to 245.4887, the Comprehensive Adult and Children's Mental Health Acts, Minnesota 
73.6 	Rules, parts 9520.0900 to 9520.0926, and 9505.0322, excluding subpart 10.
73.7 	(b) Entities meeting program standards set out in rules governing family community 
73.8 	support services as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 17, are eligible for medical 
73.9 	assistance reimbursement for case management services for children with severe 
73.10 	emotional disturbance when these services meet the program standards in Minnesota 
73.11 	Rules, parts 9520.0900 to 9520.0926 and 9505.0322, excluding subparts 6 and 10.
73.12 	(c) Medical assistance and MinnesotaCare payment for mental health case 
73.13 	management shall be made on a monthly basis. In order to receive payment for an eligible 
73.14 	child, the provider must document at least a face-to-face contact with the child, the child's 
73.15 	parents, or the child's legal representative. To receive payment for an eligible adult, the 
73.16 	provider must document:
73.17 	(1) at least a face-to-face contact with the adult or the adult's legal representative or a 
73.18 	contact by interactive video that meets the requirements of subdivision 20b; or
73.19 	(2) at least a telephone contact with the adult or the adult's legal representative 
73.20 	and document a face-to-face contact or a contact by interactive video that meets the 
73.21 	requirements of subdivision 20b with the adult or the adult's legal representative within 
73.22 	the preceding two months.
73.23 	(d) Payment for mental health case management provided by county or state staff 
73.24 	shall be based on the monthly rate methodology under section 256B.094, subdivision 6, 
73.25 	paragraph (b), with separate rates calculated for child welfare and mental health, and 
73.26 	within mental health, separate rates for children and adults.
73.27 	(e) Payment for mental health case management provided by Indian health services 
73.28 	or by agencies operated by Indian tribes may be made according to this section or other 
73.29 	relevant federally approved rate setting methodology.
73.30 	(f) Payment for mental health case management provided by vendors who contract 
73.31 	with a county or Indian tribe shall be based on a monthly rate negotiated by the host county 
73.32 	or tribe. The negotiated rate must not exceed the rate charged by the vendor for the same 
73.33 	service to other payers. If the service is provided by a team of contracted vendors, the 
73.34 	county or tribe may negotiate a team rate with a vendor who is a member of the team. The 
73.35 	team shall determine how to distribute the rate among its members. No reimbursement 
74.1 	received by contracted vendors shall be returned to the county or tribe, except to reimburse 
74.2 	the county or tribe for advance funding provided by the county or tribe to the vendor.
74.3 	(g) If the service is provided by a team which includes contracted vendors, tribal 
74.4 	staff, and county or state staff, the costs for county or state staff participation in the team 
74.5 	shall be included in the rate for county-provided services. In this case, the contracted 
74.6 	vendor, the tribal agency, and the county may each receive separate payment for services 
74.7 	provided by each entity in the same month. In order to prevent duplication of services, 
74.8 	each entity must document, in the recipient's file, the need for team case management and 
74.9 	a description of the roles of the team members.
74.10 	(h) Notwithstanding section 256B.19, subdivision 1, the nonfederal share of costs 
74.11 	for mental health case management shall be provided by the recipient's county of 
74.12 	responsibility, as defined in sections 256G.01 to 256G.12, from sources other than federal 
74.13 	funds or funds used to match other federal funds. If the service is provided by a tribal 
74.14 	agency, the nonfederal share, if any, shall be provided by the recipient's tribe. When this 
74.15 	service is paid by the state without a federal share through fee-for-service, 50 percent of 
74.16 	the cost shall be provided by the recipient's county of responsibility.
74.17 	(i) Notwithstanding any administrative rule to the contrary, prepaid medical 
74.18 	assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare include mental health case 
74.19 	management. When the service is provided through prepaid capitation, the nonfederal 
74.20 	share is paid by the state and the county pays no share.
74.21 	(j) The commissioner may suspend, reduce, or terminate the reimbursement to a 
74.22 	provider that does not meet the reporting or other requirements of this section. The county 
74.23 	of responsibility, as defined in sections 256G.01 to 256G.12, or, if applicable, the tribal 
74.24 	agency, is responsible for any federal disallowances. The county or tribe may share this 
74.25 	responsibility with its contracted vendors.
74.26 	(k) The commissioner shall set aside a portion of the federal funds earned for county 
74.27 	expenditures under this section to repay the special revenue maximization account under 
74.28 	section 256.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (o). The repayment is limited to:
74.29 	(1) the costs of developing and implementing this section; and
74.30 	(2) programming the information systems.
74.31 	(l) Payments to counties and tribal agencies for case management expenditures 
74.32 	under this section shall only be made from federal earnings from services provided 
74.33 	under this section. When this service is paid by the state without a federal share through 
74.34 	fee-for-service, 50 percent of the cost shall be provided by the state. Payments to 
74.35 	county-contracted vendors shall include the federal earnings, the state share, and the 
74.36 	county share.
75.1 	(m) Case management services under this subdivision do not include therapy, 
75.2 	treatment, legal, or outreach services.
75.3 	(n) If the recipient is a resident of a nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or 
75.4 	hospital, and the recipient's institutional care is paid by medical assistance, payment for 
75.5 	case management services under this subdivision is limited to the lesser of:
75.6 	(1) the last 180 days of the recipient's residency in that facility and may not exceed 
75.7 	more than six months in a calendar year; or
75.8 	(2) the limits and conditions which apply to federal Medicaid funding for this service.
75.9 	(o) Payment for case management services under this subdivision shall not duplicate 
75.10 	payments made under other program authorities for the same purpose.
75.11 	(p) If the recipient is receiving care in a hospital, nursing facility, or a residential 
75.12 	setting licensed under chapter 245A or 245D that is staffed 24 hours per day, seven 
75.13 	days per week, mental health targeted case management services must actively support 
75.14 	identification of community alternatives and discharge planning for the recipient.

75.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a 
75.16 	subdivision to read:
75.17 		Subd. 20b.Mental health targeted case management through interactive video.
 75.18 	(a) Subject to federal approval, contact made for targeted case management by interactive 
75.19 	video shall be eligible for payment under section 256B.0924, subdivision 6, if:
75.20 	(1) the person receiving targeted case management services is residing in:
75.21 	(i) a hospital;
75.22 	(ii) a nursing facility; or
75.23 	(iii) a residential setting licensed under chapter 245A or 245D, or a boarding and 
75.24 	lodging establishment or a lodging establishment that provides supportive services or 
75.25 	health supervision services according to section 157.17, that is staffed 24 hours per day, 
75.26 	seven days per week;
75.27 	(2) interactive video is in the best interests of the person and is deemed appropriate 
75.28 	by the person receiving targeted case management or the person's legal guardian, the case 
75.29 	management provider, and the provider operating the setting where the person is residing;
75.30 	(3) the use of interactive video is approved as part of the person's written personal 
75.31 	service or case plan taking into consideration the person's vulnerability and active personal 
75.32 	relationships; and
75.33 	(4) interactive video is used for up to, but not more than, 50 percent of the minimum 
75.34 	required face-to-face contacts.
76.1 	(b) The person receiving targeted case management or the person's legal guardian 
76.2 	has the right to choose and consent to the use of interactive video under this subdivision 
76.3 	and has the right to refuse the use of interactive video at any time.
76.4 	(c) The commissioner shall establish criteria that a targeted case management 
76.5 	provider must attest to in order to demonstrate the safety or efficacy of delivering the service 
76.6 	via interactive video. The attestation may include that the case management provider has:
76.7 	(1) written policies and procedures specific to interactive video services that are 
76.8 	regularly reviewed and updated;
76.9 	(2) policies and procedures that adequately address client safety before, during, and 
76.10 	after the interactive video services are rendered;
76.11 	(3) established protocols addressing how and when to discontinue interactive video 
76.12 	services; and
76.13 	(4) established a quality assurance process related to interactive video services.
76.14 	(d) As a condition of payment, the targeted case management provider must 
76.15 	document the following for each occurrence of targeted case management provided by 
76.16 	interactive video:
76.17 	(1) the time the service began and the time the service ended, including an a.m. and 
76.18 	p.m. designation;
76.19 	(2) the basis for determining that interactive video is an appropriate and effective 
76.20 	means for delivering the service to the person receiving case management services;
76.21 	(3) the mode of transmission of the interactive video services and records evidencing 
76.22 	that a particular mode of transmission was utilized;
76.23 	(4) the location of the originating site and the distant site; and
76.24 	(5) compliance with the criteria attested to by the targeted case management provider 
76.25 	as provided in paragraph (c).

76.26 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0924, is amended by adding a 
76.27 	subdivision to read:
76.28 		Subd. 4a.Targeted case management through interactive video. (a) Subject to 
76.29 	federal approval, contact made for targeted case management by interactive video shall be 
76.30 	eligible for payment under subdivision 6 if:
76.31 	(1) the person receiving targeted case management services is residing in:
76.32 	(i) a hospital;
76.33 	(ii) a nursing facility;
76.34 	(iii) a residential setting licensed under chapter 245A or 245D, or a boarding and 
76.35 	lodging establishment or a lodging establishment that provides supportive services or 
77.1 	health supervision services according to section 157.17, that is staffed 24 hours per day, 
77.2 	seven days per week;
77.3 	(2) interactive video is in the best interests of the person and is deemed appropriate 
77.4 	by the person receiving targeted case management or the person's legal guardian, the case 
77.5 	management provider, and the provider operating the setting where the person is residing;
77.6 	(3) the use of interactive video is approved as part of the person's written personal 
77.7 	service or case plan; and
77.8 	(4) interactive video is used for up to, but not more than, 50 percent of the minimum 
77.9 	required face-to-face contacts.
77.10 	(b) The person receiving targeted case management or the person's legal guardian 
77.11 	has the right to choose and consent to the use of interactive video under this subdivision 
77.12 	and has the right to refuse the use of interactive video at any time.
77.13 	(c) The commissioner shall establish criteria that a targeted case management 
77.14 	provider must attest to in order to demonstrate the safety or efficacy of delivering the service 
77.15 	via interactive video. The attestation may include that the case management provider has:
77.16 	(1) written policies and procedures specific to interactive video services that are 
77.17 	regularly reviewed and updated;
77.18 	(2) policies and procedures that adequately address client safety before, during, and 
77.19 	after the interactive video services are rendered;
77.20 	(3) established protocols addressing how and when to discontinue interactive video 
77.21 	services; and
77.22 	(4) established a quality assurance process related to interactive video services.
77.23 	(d) As a condition of payment, the targeted case management provider must 
77.24 	document the following for each occurrence of targeted case management provided by 
77.25 	interactive video:
77.26 	(1) the time the service began and the time the service ended, including an a.m. and 
77.27 	p.m. designation;
77.28 	(2) the basis for determining that interactive video is an appropriate and effective 
77.29 	means for delivering the service to the person receiving case management services;
77.30 	(3) the mode of transmission of the interactive video services and records evidencing 
77.31 	that a particular mode of transmission was utilized;
77.32 	(4) the location of the originating site and the distant site; and
77.33 	(5) compliance with the criteria attested to by the targeted case management provider 
77.34 	as provided in paragraph (c).

77.35 	Sec. 13. COMMISSIONER DUTY TO SEEK FEDERAL APPROVAL.
 78.1 	The commissioner of human services shall seek federal approval that is necessary 
78.2 	to implement Minnesota Statutes, sections 256B.0621, subdivision 10, and 256B.0625, 
78.3 	subdivision 20, for interactive video contact.

78.4 	Sec. 14. RURAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
 78.5 	(a) Children's mental health collaboratives under Minnesota Statutes, section 
78.6 	245.493, are eligible to apply for grant funding under this section. The commissioner shall 
78.7 	solicit proposals and select the proposal that best meets the requirements under paragraph 
78.8 	(c). Only one demonstration project may be funded under this section.
78.9 	(b) The demonstration project must:
78.10 	(1) support youth served to achieve, within their potential, their personal goals 
78.11 	in employment, education, living situation, personal effectiveness, and community life 
78.12 	functioning;
78.13 	(2) build on and streamline transition services by identifying rural youth ages 15 to 
78.14 	25 currently in the mental health system or with emerging mental health conditions;
78.15 	(3) provide individualized motivational coaching;
78.16 	(4) build needed social supports;
78.17 	(5) demonstrate how services can be enhanced for youth to successfully navigate the 
78.18 	complexities associated with their unique needs;
78.19 	(6) utilize all available funding streams;
78.20 	(7) evaluate the effectiveness of the project; and
78.21 	(8) compare differences in outcomes and costs to youth without previous access 
78.22 	to this project.
78.23 	(c) The commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
78.24 	the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over mental health 
78.25 	issues on the status and outcomes of the demonstration project by January 15, 2019. The 
78.26 	children's mental health collaboratives administering the demonstration project shall 
78.27 	collect and report outcome data, per guidelines approved by the commissioner, to support 
78.28 	the development of this report.

78.29 	ARTICLE 6
78.30 	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

78.31 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 119B.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.32 		Subdivision 1.Subsidy restrictions. (a) Beginning February 3, 2014, the maximum 
78.33 	rate paid for child care assistance in any county or county price cluster under the child 
78.34 	care fund shall be the greater of the 25th percentile of the 2011 child care provider rate 
79.1 	survey or the maximum rate effective November 28, 2011. For a child care provider 
79.2 	located inside the boundaries of a city located in two or more counties, the maximum rate 
79.3 	paid for child care assistance shall be equal to the maximum rate paid in the county with 
79.4 	the highest maximum reimbursement rates or the provider's charge, whichever is less. The 
79.5 	commissioner may: (1) assign a county with no reported provider prices to a similar price 
79.6 	cluster; and (2) consider county level access when determining final price clusters.
79.7 	(b) A rate which includes a special needs rate paid under subdivision 3 may be in 
79.8 	excess of the maximum rate allowed under this subdivision.
79.9 	(c) The department shall monitor the effect of this paragraph on provider rates. The 
79.10 	county shall pay the provider's full charges for every child in care up to the maximum 
79.11 	established. The commissioner shall determine the maximum rate for each type of care 
79.12 	on an hourly, full-day, and weekly basis, including special needs and disability care. The 
79.13 	maximum payment to a provider for one day of care must not exceed the daily rate. The 
79.14 	maximum payment to a provider for one week of care must not exceed the weekly rate.
79.15 	(d) Child care providers receiving reimbursement under this chapter must not be 
79.16 	paid activity fees or an additional amount above the maximum rates for care provided 
79.17 	during nonstandard hours for families receiving assistance.
79.18 	(e) When the provider charge is greater than the maximum provider rate allowed, 
79.19 	the parent is responsible for payment of the difference in the rates in addition to any 
79.20 	family co-payment fee.
79.21 	(f) All maximum provider rates changes shall be implemented on the Monday 
79.22 	following the effective date of the maximum provider rate.
79.23 	(g) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3400.0130, subpart 7, maximum 
79.24 	registration fees in effect on January 1, 2013, shall remain in effect.

79.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 11, 2017.

79.26 	Sec. 2. [245A.043] ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; INFORMATION.
79.27 	(a) The commissioner, in consultation with child care providers, shall conduct a 
79.28 	feasibility study regarding the development of a single, easily accessible Web site that 
79.29 	complies with the requirements contained in the federal reauthorization of the federal 
79.30 	Child Care Development Fund. In conducting the study, the commissioner shall review 
79.31 	current child care licensing processes and regulations in order to determine methods by 
79.32 	which the commissioner can streamline processes for current and prospective child care 
79.33 	providers including but not limited to applications for licensure, license renewals, and 
79.34 	provider record keeping. As part of this review, the commissioner must evaluate the 
80.1 	feasibility of developing an online system that would allow child care providers and 
80.2 	prospective child care providers to:
80.3 	(1) access a guide on how to start a child care business;
80.4 	(2) access all applicable statutes, administrative rules, and agency policies and 
80.5 	procedures, including training requirements;
80.6 	(3) access up-to-date contact information for state and county agency licensing staff;
80.7 	(4) access information on the availability of grant programs and other resources 
80.8 	for providers; 
80.9 	(5) use an online reimbursement tool for payment under the child care assistance 
80.10 	programs; and
80.11 	(6) submit a single electronic application and license renewal, including all 
80.12 	supporting documentation required by the commissioner, information related to child 
80.13 	care assistance program registration, and application for rating in the quality rating and 
80.14 	improvement system.
80.15 	(b) Within the available appropriation for the feasibility study, the commissioner 
80.16 	must evaluate each of the six issues listed in paragraph (a).
80.17 	(c) The commissioner shall submit the feasibility study to the chairs and ranking 
80.18 	minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction 
80.19 	over child care by September 30, 2016.

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

80.21 	Sec. 3. [245A.055] NOTIFICATION TO PROVIDER.
80.22 	(a) When the county employee responsible for family child care and group family 
80.23 	child care licensing conducts a licensing inspection or conducts a home visit, the employee 
80.24 	must provide, prior to departure from the residence or facility, a written notification to 
80.25 	the licensee of any potential licensing violations noted. The notification must include 
80.26 	the condition that constitutes the violation, the action that must be taken to correct the 
80.27 	condition, and the time allowed to correct the violation. 
80.28 	(b) Providing this notification to the licensee does not relieve the county employee 
80.29 	from notifying the commissioner of the violation as required by statute and administrative 
80.30 	rule.

80.31 	Sec. 4. [245A.23] POSITIVE SUPPORT STRATEGIES.
80.32 	(a) The commissioner of human services, in conjunction with licensed programs that 
80.33 	provide group family day care and family day care under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502, 
80.34 	and child care centers licensed under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9503, must review and 
81.1 	evaluate the applicability of Minnesota Rules, chapter 9544, the positive support strategies 
81.2 	and restrictive interventions rules, to child care programs. The commissioner must 
81.3 	consider the undue hardship, including increased cost and reduction in child care services, 
81.4 	experienced by child care providers and child care centers as a result of the application 
81.5 	of Minnesota Rules, chapter 9544. The commissioner must determine which rules must 
81.6 	apply to each type of program, to what extent each rule must apply, and consider granting 
81.7 	variances to the requirements to programs that submit a request for a variance. The 
81.8 	commissioner must complete this review and evaluation process of the applicability of 
81.9 	Minnesota Rules, chapter 9544, to child care programs no later than December 31, 2016. 
81.10 	Within available appropriations, the commissioner must submit a written plan to modify 
81.11 	application of rules for child care programs to the house of representatives and senate 
81.12 	committees with jurisdiction over child care no later than January 15, 2017.
81.13 	(b) Until the commissioner has completed the review and evaluation process and 
81.14 	submitted a written plan to the legislature required under paragraph (a), programs licensed 
81.15 	as family day care and group family day care facilities under Minnesota Rules, chapter 
81.16 	9502, and programs licensed as child care centers under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9503, 
81.17 	are exempt from the following rules:
81.18 	(1) Minnesota Rules, part 9544.0040, functional behavior assessment, unless the 
81.19 	child has a case manager under section 256B.092, subdivision 1a, paragraph (e); and
81.20 	(2) Minnesota Rules, part 9544.0090, staff qualifications and training.

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

81.22 	Sec. 5. [245A.55] TRAINING FOR COUNTY LICENSING STAFF ON FAMILY 
81.23 	CHILD CARE AND GROUP FAMILY CHILD CARE REQUIREMENTS; 
81.24 	SUPERVISION.
81.25 	(a) Within the first two months of employment, county staff who license and inspect 
81.26 	family child care and group family child care programs must complete at least eight hours 
81.27 	of training on state statutes, administrative rules, and department policies related to the 
81.28 	licensing and regulation of family child care and group family child care programs. The 
81.29 	department must develop the training curriculum to ensure that all county staff who perform 
81.30 	licensing and inspection functions receive uniform training. This training must include:
81.31 	(1) explicit instructions that county staff who license and perform inspections 
81.32 	must apply only state statutes, administrative rules, and Department of Human Services 
81.33 	policies in the performance of their duties. Training must reinforce that county staff are 
81.34 	prohibited from imposing standards or requirements that are not imposed by statute, rule, 
81.35 	or approved state policy;
82.1 	(2) the rights of license holders, including their grievance and appeal rights. This 
82.2 	training must include information on the responsibility of the county staff to inform license 
82.3 	holders of their rights, including grievance and appeal rights; and
82.4 	(3) the procedure for county staff to seek clarification from the Department of 
82.5 	Human Services prior to issuing a correction order or other notice of violation to a license 
82.6 	holder if there is a dispute between the license holder and the county licensor regarding 
82.7 	the applicability of a statute or rule to the alleged violation.
82.8 	(b) To ensure consistency among all licensing staff, the commissioner must develop 
82.9 	a procedure by which the department will implement increased training and oversight of 
82.10 	county staff who perform licensing functions related to family child care licensing. This 
82.11 	procedure must ensure that the commissioner conducts at least biennial reviews of county 
82.12 	licensing performance.
82.13 	(c) Each calendar year, county agency staff who license and regulate family child 
82.14 	care providers and group family child care providers and their supervisors must receive 
82.15 	notice from the commissioner on new laws enacted or adopted in the previous 12-month 
82.16 	period relating to family child care providers and group family child care providers. The 
82.17 	commissioner shall provide the notices each year to include information on new laws and 
82.18 	disseminate the notices to county agencies.

82.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256D.051, subdivision 6b, is amended to read:
82.20 		Subd. 6b.Federal reimbursement. (a) Federal financial participation from 
82.21 	the United States Department of Agriculture for food stamp employment and training 
82.22 	expenditures that are eligible for reimbursement through the food stamp employment and 
82.23 	training program are dedicated funds and are annually appropriated to the commissioner 
82.24 	of human services for the operation of the food stamp employment and training program. 
82.25 	(b) The appropriation must be used for skill attainment through employment, 
82.26 	training, and support services for food stamp participants. By February 15, 2017, the 
82.27 	commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
82.28 	committees having jurisdiction over the food stamp program on the progress of securing 
82.29 	additional federal reimbursement dollars under this program.
82.30 	(c) Federal financial participation for the nonstate portion of food stamp employment 
82.31 	and training costs must be paid to the county agency or service provider that incurred 
82.32 	the costs.

82.33 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.175, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
83.1 		Subd. 5.Modification of parenting plan or order for parenting time. (a) If 
83.2 	a parenting plan or an order granting parenting time cannot be used to determine the 
83.3 	number of overnights or overnight equivalents the child has with each parent, the court 
83.4 	shall modify the parenting plan or order granting parenting time so that the number of 
83.5 	overnights or overnight equivalents the child has with each parent can be determined. For 
83.6 	purposes of this section, "overnight equivalents" has the meaning provided in section 
83.7 	518A.36, subdivision 1.
83.8 	(b) If modification would serve the best interests of the child, the court shall modify 
83.9 	the decision-making provisions of a parenting plan or an order granting or denying 
83.10 	parenting time, if the modification would not change the child's primary residence. 
83.11 	Consideration of a child's best interest includes a child's changing developmental needs.
83.12 	(b) (c) Except as provided in section 631.52, the court may not restrict parenting 
83.13 	time unless it finds that:
83.14 	(1) parenting time is likely to endanger the child's physical or emotional health or 
83.15 	impair the child's emotional development; or
83.16 	(2) the parent has chronically and unreasonably failed to comply with court-ordered 
83.17 	parenting time.
83.18 	A modification of parenting time which increases a parent's percentage of parenting time 
83.19 	to an amount that is between 45.1 to 54.9 percent parenting time is not a restriction of 
83.20 	the other parent's parenting time.
83.21 	(c) (d) If a parent makes specific allegations that parenting time by the other 
83.22 	parent places the parent or child in danger of harm, the court shall hold a hearing at 
83.23 	the earliest possible time to determine the need to modify the order granting parenting 
83.24 	time. Consistent with subdivision 1a, the court may require a third party, including the 
83.25 	local social services agency, to supervise the parenting time or may restrict a parent's 
83.26 	parenting time if necessary to protect the other parent or child from harm. If there is an 
83.27 	existing order for protection governing the parties, the court shall consider the use of an 
83.28 	independent, neutral exchange location for parenting time.

83.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2018.

83.30 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 518A.26, subdivision 14, is 
83.31 	amended to read:
83.32 		Subd. 14.Obligor. "Obligor" means a person obligated to pay maintenance or 
83.33 	support. For purposes of ordering medical support under section 518A.41, a parent who 
83.34 	has primary physical custody of a child may be an obligor subject to a payment agreement 
84.1 	under section 518A.69. If a parent has more than 55 percent court-ordered parenting time, 
84.2 	there is a rebuttable presumption that the parent shall have a zero-dollar basic support 
84.3 	obligation. A party seeking to overcome this presumption must show, and the court must 
84.4 	consider, the following:
84.5 	(1) a significant income disparity, which may include potential income determined 
84.6 	under section 518A.32;
84.7 	(2) the benefit and detriment to the child and the ability of each parent to meet 
84.8 	the needs of the child; and
84.9 	(3) whether the application of the presumption would have an unjust or inappropriate 
84.10 	result.
84.11 	The presumption of a zero-dollar basic support obligation does not eliminate that parent's 
84.12 	obligation to pay child support arrears pursuant to section 518A.60.

84.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2018.

84.14 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518A.34, is amended to read:
84.15 	518A.34 COMPUTATION OF CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.
84.16 	(a) To determine the presumptive child support obligation of a parent, the court shall 
84.17 	follow the procedure set forth in this section.
84.18 	(b) To determine the obligor's basic support obligation, the court shall:
84.19 	(1) determine the gross income of each parent under section 518A.29;
84.20 	(2) calculate the parental income for determining child support (PICS) of each 
84.21 	parent, by subtracting from the gross income the credit, if any, for each parent's nonjoint 
84.22 	children under section 518A.33;
84.23 	(3) determine the percentage contribution of each parent to the combined PICS by 
84.24 	dividing the combined PICS into each parent's PICS;
84.25 	(4) determine the combined basic support obligation by application of the guidelines 
84.26 	in section 518A.35;
84.27 	(5) determine the obligor'seach parent's share of the combined basic support 
84.28 	obligation by multiplying the percentage figure from clause (3) by the combined basic 
84.29 	support obligation in clause (4); and
84.30 	(6) determine the parenting expense adjustment, if any, as apply the parenting 
84.31 	expense adjustment formula  provided in section 518A.36, and adjust the obligor's basic 
84.32 	support obligation accordingly to determine the obligor's basic support obligation. If the 
84.33 	parenting time of the parties is presumed equal, section 518A.36, subdivision 3, applies 
85.1 	to the calculation of the basic support obligation and a determination of which parent 
85.2 	is the obligor.
85.3 	(c)  If the parents have split custody of the joint children, child support shall be 
85.4 	calculated for each joint child as follows:
85.5 	(1) the court shall determine each parent's basic support obligation under paragraph 
85.6 	(b) and shall include the amount of each parent's obligation in the court order. If the basic 
85.7 	support calculation results in each parent owing support to the other, the court shall offset 
85.8 	the higher basic support obligation with the lower basic support obligation to determine 
85.9 	the amount to be paid by the parent with the higher obligation to the parent with the 
85.10 	lower obligation. For the purpose of the cost-of-living adjustment required under section 
85.11 	518A.75, the adjustment must be based on each parent's basic support obligation prior to 
85.12 	offset. For the purposes of this paragraph, "split custody" means that there are two or more 
85.13 	joint children and each parent has at least one joint child more than 50 percent of the time;
85.14 	(2) if each parent pays all child care expenses for at least one joint child, the court 
85.15 	shall calculate child care support for each joint child as provided in section 518A.40. The 
85.16 	court shall determine each parent's child care support obligation and include the amount of 
85.17 	each parent's obligation in the court order. If the child care support calculation results in 
85.18 	each parent owing support to the other, the court shall offset the higher child care support 
85.19 	obligation with the lower child care support obligation to determine the amount to be paid 
85.20 	by the parent with the higher obligation to the parent with the lower obligation; and
85.21 	(3) if each parent pays all medical or dental insurance expenses for at least one 
85.22 	joint child, medical support shall be calculated for each joint child as provided in section 
85.23 	518A.41. The court shall determine each parent's medical support obligation and include 
85.24 	the amount of each parent's obligation in the court order. If the medical support calculation 
85.25 	results in each parent owing support to the other, the court shall offset the higher medical 
85.26 	support obligation with the lower medical support obligation to determine the amount to 
85.27 	be paid by the parent with the higher obligation to the parent with the lower obligation. 
85.28 	Unreimbursed and uninsured medical expenses are not included in the presumptive amount 
85.29 	of support owed by a parent and are calculated and collected as provided in section 518A.41.
85.30 	(d) The court shall determine the child care support obligation for the obligor 
85.31 	as provided in section 518A.40.
85.32 	(d) (e) The court shall determine the medical support obligation for each parent as 
85.33 	provided in section 518A.41. Unreimbursed and uninsured medical expenses are not 
85.34 	included in the presumptive amount of support owed by a parent and are calculated and 
85.35 	collected as described in section 518A.41.
86.1 	(e) (f) The court shall determine each parent's total child support obligation by 
86.2 	adding together each parent's basic support, child care support, and health care coverage 
86.3 	obligations as provided in this section.
86.4 	(f) (g) If Social Security benefits or veterans' benefits are received by one parent as a 
86.5 	representative payee for a joint child based on the other parent's eligibility, the court shall 
86.6 	subtract the amount of benefits from the other parent's net child support obligation, if any.
86.7 	(g) (h) The final child support order shall separately designate the amount owed for 
86.8 	basic support, child care support, and medical support. If applicable, the court shall use 
86.9 	the self-support adjustment and minimum support adjustment under section 518A.42 to 
86.10 	determine the obligor's child support obligation.

86.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2018.

86.12 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518A.36, is amended to read:
86.13 	518A.36 PARENTING EXPENSE ADJUSTMENT.
86.14 		Subdivision 1.General. (a) The parenting expense adjustment under this section 
86.15 	reflects the presumption that while exercising parenting time, a parent is responsible 
86.16 	for and incurs costs of caring for the child, including, but not limited to, food, clothing, 
86.17 	transportation, recreation, and household expenses. Every child support order shall specify 
86.18 	the percentage of parenting time granted to or presumed for each parent. For purposes 
86.19 	of this section, the percentage of parenting time means the percentage of time a child is 
86.20 	scheduled to spend with the parent during a calendar year according to a court order 
86.21 	averaged over a two-year period. Parenting time includes time with the child whether it is 
86.22 	designated as visitation, physical custody, or parenting time. The percentage of parenting 
86.23 	time may be determined by calculating the number of overnights or overnight equivalents
86.24 	that a child parent spends with a parent, or child pursuant to a court order. For purposes of 
86.25 	this section, overnight equivalents are calculated by using a method other than overnights 
86.26 	if the parent has significant time periods on separate days where the child is in the parent's 
86.27 	physical custody and under the direct care of the parent but does not stay overnight. The 
86.28 	court may consider the age of the child in determining whether a child is with a parent 
86.29 	for a significant period of time.
86.30 	(b) If there is not a court order awarding parenting time, the court shall determine 
86.31 	the child support award without consideration of the parenting expense adjustment. If a 
86.32 	parenting time order is subsequently issued or is issued in the same proceeding, then the 
86.33 	child support order shall include application of the parenting expense adjustment.
87.1 		Subd. 2.Calculation of parenting expense adjustment. The obligor is entitled to 
87.2 	a parenting expense adjustment calculated as provided in this subdivision. The court shall:
87.3 	(1) find the adjustment percentage corresponding to the percentage of parenting 
87.4 	time allowed to the obligor below:

87.5
87.6		Percentage Range of Parenting 
Time
	Adjustment Percentage
	
87.7	(i)
	less than 10 percent
	no adjustment
	
87.8	(ii)
	10 percent to 45 percent
	12 percent
	
87.9	(iii)
	45.1 percent to 50 percent
	presume parenting time is equal
	
87.10 	(2) multiply the adjustment percentage by the obligor's basic child support obligation 
87.11 	to arrive at the parenting expense adjustment; and
87.12 	(3) subtract the parenting expense adjustment from the obligor's basic child support 
87.13 	obligation. The result is the obligor's basic support obligation after parenting expense 
87.14 	adjustment.
87.15 	(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:
87.16 	(1) "parent A" means the parent with whom the child or children will spend the least 
87.17 	number of overnights under the court order; and
87.18 	(2) "parent B" means the parent with whom the child or children will spend the 
87.19 	greatest number of overnights under the court order.
87.20 	(b) The court shall apply the following formula to determine which parent is the 
87.21 	obligor and calculate the basic support obligation:
87.22 	(1) raise to the power of three the approximate number of annual overnights the child 
87.23 	or children will likely spend with parent A;
87.24 	(2) raise to the power of three the approximate number of annual overnights the child 
87.25 	or children will likely spend with parent B;
87.26 	(3) multiply the result of clause (1) times parent B's share of the combined basic 
87.27 	support obligation as determined in section 518A.34, paragraph (b), clause (5);
87.28 	(4) multiply the result of clause (2) times parent A's share of the combined basic 
87.29 	support obligation as determined in section 518A.34, paragraph (b), clause (5);
87.30 	(5) subtract the result of clause (4) from the result of clause (3); and
87.31 	(6) divide the result of clause (5) by the sum of clauses (1) and (2).
87.32 	(c) If the result is a negative number, parent A is the obligor, the negative number 
87.33 	becomes its positive equivalent, and the result is the basic support obligation. If the result 
87.34 	is a positive number, parent B is the obligor and the result is the basic support obligation.
87.35 		Subd. 3.Calculation of basic support when parenting time presumed is equal.
 87.36 	(a) If the parenting time is equal and the parental incomes for determining child support of 
88.1 	the parents also are equal, no basic support shall be paid unless the court determines that 
88.2 	the expenses for the child are not equally shared.
88.3 	(b) If the parenting time is equal but the parents' parental incomes for determining 
88.4 	child support are not equal, the parent having the greater parental income for determining 
88.5 	child support shall be obligated for basic child support, calculated as follows:
88.6 	(1) multiply the combined basic support calculated under section 518A.34 by 0.75;
88.7 	(2) prorate the amount under clause (1) between the parents based on each parent's 
88.8 	proportionate share of the combined PICS; and
88.9 	(3) subtract the lower amount from the higher amount.
88.10 	The resulting figure is the obligation after parenting expense adjustment for the 
88.11 	parent with the greater parental income for determining child support.

88.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2018.

88.13 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 518A.39, subdivision 2, is 
88.14 	amended to read:
88.15 		Subd. 2.Modification. (a) The terms of an order respecting maintenance or support 
88.16 	may be modified upon a showing of one or more of the following, any of which makes 
88.17 	the terms unreasonable and unfair: (1) substantially increased or decreased gross income 
88.18 	of an obligor or obligee; (2) substantially increased or decreased need of an obligor or 
88.19 	obligee or the child or children that are the subject of these proceedings; (3) receipt of 
88.20 	assistance under the AFDC program formerly codified under sections 256.72 to 256.87 
88.21 	or 256B.01 to 256B.40, or chapter 256J or 256K; (4) a change in the cost of living for 
88.22 	either party as measured by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics; (5) extraordinary 
88.23 	medical expenses of the child not provided for under section 518A.41; (6) a change in 
88.24 	the availability of appropriate health care coverage or a substantial increase or decrease 
88.25 	in health care coverage costs; (7) the addition of work-related or education-related child 
88.26 	care expenses of the obligee or a substantial increase or decrease in existing work-related 
88.27 	or education-related child care expenses; or (8) upon the emancipation of the child, as 
88.28 	provided in subdivision 5.
88.29 	(b) It is presumed that there has been a substantial change in circumstances under 
88.30 	paragraph (a) and the terms of a current support order shall be rebuttably presumed to be 
88.31 	unreasonable and unfair if:
88.32 	(1) the application of the child support guidelines in section 518A.35, to the current 
88.33 	circumstances of the parties results in a calculated court order that is at least 20 percent 
88.34 	and at least $75 per month higher or lower than the current support order or, if the current 
89.1 	support order is less than $75, it results in a calculated court order that is at least 20 
89.2 	percent per month higher or lower;
89.3 	(2) the medical support provisions of the order established under section 518A.41 
89.4 	are not enforceable by the public authority or the obligee;
89.5 	(3) health coverage ordered under section 518A.41 is not available to the child for 
89.6 	whom the order is established by the parent ordered to provide;
89.7 	(4) the existing support obligation is in the form of a statement of percentage and not 
89.8 	a specific dollar amount;
89.9 	(5) the gross income of an obligor or obligee has decreased by at least 20 percent 
89.10 	through no fault or choice of the party; or
89.11 	(6) a deviation was granted based on the factor in section 518A.43, subdivision 1, 
89.12 	clause (4), and the child no longer resides in a foreign country or the factor is otherwise no 
89.13 	longer applicable.
89.14 	(c) A child support order is not presumptively modifiable solely because an obligor 
89.15 	or obligee becomes responsible for the support of an additional nonjoint child, which is 
89.16 	born after an existing order. Section 518A.33 shall be considered if other grounds are 
89.17 	alleged which allow a modification of support.
89.18 	(d) If child support was established by applying a parenting expense adjustment 
89.19 	or presumed equal parenting time calculation under previously existing child support 
89.20 	guidelines and there is no parenting plan or order from which overnights or overnight 
89.21 	equivalents can be determined, there is a rebuttable presumption that the established 
89.22 	adjustment or calculation shall continue after modification so long as the modification is 
89.23 	not based on a change in parenting time. In determining an obligation under previously 
89.24 	existing child support guidelines, it is presumed that the court shall:
89.25 	(1) if a 12 percent parenting expense adjustment was applied, multiply the obligor's 
89.26 	share of the combined basic support obligation calculated under section 518A.34, 
89.27 	paragraph (b), clause (5), by 0.88; or
89.28 	(2) if the parenting time was presumed equal but the parents' parental incomes for 
89.29 	determining child support were not equal:
89.30 	(i) multiply the combined basic support obligation under section 518A.34, paragraph 
89.31 	(b), clause (5), by 0.075;
89.32 	(ii) prorate the amount under item (i) between the parents based on each parent's 
89.33 	proportionate share of the combined PICS; and
89.34 	(iii) subtract the lower amount from the higher amount.
89.35 	(e) On a motion for modification of maintenance, including a motion for the 
89.36 	extension of the duration of a maintenance award, the court shall apply, in addition to all 
90.1 	other relevant factors, the factors for an award of maintenance under section 518.552 that 
90.2 	exist at the time of the motion. On a motion for modification of support, the court:
90.3 	(1) shall apply section 518A.35, and shall not consider the financial circumstances of 
90.4 	each party's spouse, if any; and
90.5 	(2) shall not consider compensation received by a party for employment in excess of 
90.6 	a 40-hour work week, provided that the party demonstrates, and the court finds, that:
90.7 	(i) the excess employment began after entry of the existing support order;
90.8 	(ii) the excess employment is voluntary and not a condition of employment;
90.9 	(iii) the excess employment is in the nature of additional, part-time employment, or 
90.10 	overtime employment compensable by the hour or fractions of an hour;
90.11 	(iv) the party's compensation structure has not been changed for the purpose of 
90.12 	affecting a support or maintenance obligation;
90.13 	(v) in the case of an obligor, current child support payments are at least equal to the 
90.14 	guidelines amount based on income not excluded under this clause; and
90.15 	(vi) in the case of an obligor who is in arrears in child support payments to the 
90.16 	obligee, any net income from excess employment must be used to pay the arrearages 
90.17 	until the arrearages are paid in full.
90.18 	(e) (f) A modification of support or maintenance, including interest that accrued 
90.19 	pursuant to section 548.091, may be made retroactive only with respect to any period 
90.20 	during which the petitioning party has pending a motion for modification but only from 
90.21 	the date of service of notice of the motion on the responding party and on the public 
90.22 	authority if public assistance is being furnished or the county attorney is the attorney of 
90.23 	record, unless the court adopts an alternative effective date under paragraph (l). The 
90.24 	court's adoption of an alternative effective date under paragraph (l) shall not be considered 
90.25 	a retroactive modification of maintenance or support.
90.26 	(f) (g) Except for an award of the right of occupancy of the homestead, provided 
90.27 	in section 518.63, all divisions of real and personal property provided by section 518.58 
90.28 	shall be final, and may be revoked or modified only where the court finds the existence 
90.29 	of conditions that justify reopening a judgment under the laws of this state, including 
90.30 	motions under section 518.145, subdivision 2. The court may impose a lien or charge on 
90.31 	the divided property at any time while the property, or subsequently acquired property, is 
90.32 	owned by the parties or either of them, for the payment of maintenance or support money, 
90.33 	or may sequester the property as is provided by section 518A.71.
90.34 	(g) (h) The court need not hold an evidentiary hearing on a motion for modification 
90.35 	of maintenance or support.
91.1 	(h) (i) Sections 518.14 and 518A.735 shall govern the award of attorney fees for 
91.2 	motions brought under this subdivision.
91.3 	(i) (j) Except as expressly provided, an enactment, amendment, or repeal of law does 
91.4 	not constitute a substantial change in the circumstances for purposes of modifying a 
91.5 	child support order.
91.6 	(j) MS 2006 [Expired]
91.7 	(k) On the first modification under the income shares method of calculation
91.8 	following implementation of amended child support guidelines, the modification of basic 
91.9 	support may be limited if the amount of the full variance would create hardship for either 
91.10 	the obligor or the obligee.
91.11 	(l) The court may select an alternative effective date for a maintenance or support 
91.12 	order if the parties enter into a binding agreement for an alternative effective date.

91.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2018.

91.14 	Sec. 12. [518A.79] CHILD SUPPORT TASK FORCE.
91.15 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; purpose. There is established the Child Support 
91.16 	Task Force for the Department of Human Services. The purpose of the task force is to 
91.17 	advise the commissioner of human services on matters relevant to maintaining effective 
91.18 	and efficient child support guidelines that will best serve the children of Minnesota and 
91.19 	take into account the changing dynamics of families.
91.20 		Subd. 2.Members.  (a) The task force must consist of:
91.21 	(1) two members of the house of representatives, one appointed by the speaker of the 
91.22 	house and one appointed by the minority leader;
91.23 	(2) two members of the senate, one appointed by the majority leader and one 
91.24 	appointed by the minority leader;
91.25 	(3) one representative from the Minnesota County Attorneys Association;
91.26 	(4) one staff member from the Department of Human Services Child Support 
91.27 	Division;
91.28 	(5) one representative from a tribe with an approved IV-D program appointed by 
91.29 	resolution of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council;
91.30 	(6) one representative from the Minnesota Family Support Recovery Council;
91.31 	(7) one child support magistrate, family court referee, or one district court judge or 
91.32 	retired judge with experience in child support matters, appointed by the chief justice of 
91.33 	the Supreme Court;
92.1 	(8) four parents, at least two of whom represent diverse cultural and social 
92.2 	communities, appointed by the commissioner with equal representation between custodial 
92.3 	and noncustodial parents;
92.4 	(9) one representative from the Minnesota Legal Services Coalition; and
92.5 	(10) one representative from the Family Law Section of the Minnesota Bar 
92.6 	Association.
92.7 	(b) Section 15.059 governs the Child Support Task Force. 
92.8 	(c) Members of the task force shall be compensated as provided in section 15.059, 
92.9 	subdivision 3.
92.10 		Subd. 3.Organization. (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall 
92.11 	convene the first meeting of the task force.
92.12 	(b) The members of the task force shall annually elect a chair and other officers 
92.13 	as the members deem necessary.
92.14 	(c) The task force shall meet at least three times per year, with one meeting devoted 
92.15 	to collecting input from the public.
92.16 		Subd. 4.Staff. The commissioner shall provide support staff, office space, and 
92.17 	administrative services for the task force.
92.18 		Subd. 5.Duties of the task force. (a) General duties of the task force include, but 
92.19 	are not limited to:
92.20 	(1) serving in an advisory capacity to the commissioner of human services;
92.21 	(2) reviewing the effects of implementing the parenting expense adjustment enacted 
92.22 	by the 2016 legislature; 
92.23 	(3) at least every four years, preparing for and advising the commissioner on the 
92.24 	development of the quadrennial review report;
92.25 	(4) collecting and studying information and data relating to child support awards; and
92.26 	(5) conducting a comprehensive review of child support guidelines, economic 
92.27 	conditions, and other matters relevant to maintaining effective and efficient child support 
92.28 	guidelines.
92.29 	(b) The task force must review, address, and make recommendations on the 
92.30 	following priority issues: 
92.31 	(1) the self-support reserve for custodial and noncustodial parents;
92.32 	(2) simultaneous child support orders;
92.33 	(3) obligors who are subject to child support orders in multiple counties;
92.34 	(4) parents with multiple families;
92.35 	(5) non-nuclear families, such as grandparents, relatives, and foster parents who 
92.36 	are caretakers of children; 
93.1 	(6) standards to apply for modifications; and
93.2 	(7) updating section 518A.35, subdivision 2, the guideline for basic support.
93.3 		Subd. 6.Consultation. The chair of the task force must consult with the Cultural 
93.4 	and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council at least annually on the issues under 
93.5 	consideration by the task force.
93.6 		Subd. 7.Report and recommendations. Beginning February 15, 2018, and 
93.7 	biennially thereafter, if the task force is extended by the legislature, the commissioner 
93.8 	shall prepare and submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of 
93.9 	the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over child support matters a 
93.10 	report that summarizes the activities of the task force, issues identified by the task force, 
93.11 	methods taken to address the issues, and recommendations for legislative action, if needed.
93.12 		Subd. 8.Expiration. The task force expires June 30, 2019, unless extended by 
93.13 	the legislature.

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

93.15 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.558, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
93.16 		Subdivision 1.Establishment of team. A county shall establish a multidisciplinary 
93.17 	child protection team that may include, but not be limited to, the director of the local 
93.18 	welfare agency or designees, the county attorney or designees, the county sheriff or 
93.19 	designees, representatives of health and education, representatives of mental health or 
93.20 	other appropriate human service or community-based agencies, and parent groups. As 
93.21 	used in this section, a "community-based agency" may include, but is not limited to, 
93.22 	schools, social service agencies, family service and mental health collaboratives, children's 
93.23 	advocacy centers, early childhood and family education programs, Head Start, or other 
93.24 	agencies serving children and families. A member of the team must be designated as the 
93.25 	lead person of the team responsible for the planning process to develop standards for its 
93.26 	activities with battered women's and domestic abuse programs and services.

93.27 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.558, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
93.28 		Subd. 2.Duties of team. A multidisciplinary child protection team may provide 
93.29 	public and professional education, develop resources for prevention, intervention, and 
93.30 	treatment, and provide case consultation to the local welfare agency or other interested 
93.31 	community-based agencies. The community-based agencies may request case consultation 
93.32 	from the multidisciplinary child protection team regarding a child or family for whom the 
93.33 	community-based agency is providing services. As used in this section, "case consultation" 
93.34 	means a case review process in which recommendations are made concerning services to 
94.1 	be provided to the identified children and family. Case consultation may be performed by 
94.2 	a committee or subcommittee of members representing human services, including mental 
94.3 	health and chemical dependency; law enforcement, including probation and parole; the 
94.4 	county attorney; a children's advocacy center; health care; education; community-based 
94.5 	agencies and other necessary agencies; and persons directly involved in an individual case 
94.6 	as designated by other members performing case consultation.

94.7 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.558, is amended by adding a subdivision 
94.8 	to read:
94.9 		Subd. 4.Children's advocacy center; definition. (a) For purposes of this section, 
94.10 	"children's advocacy center" means an organization, using a multidisciplinary team 
94.11 	approach, whose primary purpose is to provide children who have been the victims of 
94.12 	abuse and their nonoffending family members with:
94.13 	(1) support and advocacy;
94.14 	(2) specialized medical evaluation;
94.15 	(3) trauma-focused mental health services; and
94.16 	(4) forensic interviews.
94.17 	(b) Children's advocacy centers provide multidisciplinary case review and the 
94.18 	tracking and monitoring of case progress.

94.19 	Sec. 16. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 1, section 125, is amended to read:
94.20 	Sec. 125. LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE; CHILD PROTECTION.
 94.21 	(a) A legislative task force is created to:
94.22 	(1) review the efforts being made to implement the recommendations of the 
94.23 	Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children, including a review of the roles and 
94.24 	functions of the Office of Ombudsperson for Families;
94.25 	(2) expand the efforts into related areas of the child welfare system;
94.26 	(3) work with the commissioner of human services and community partners to 
94.27 	establish and evaluate child protection grants to address disparities in child welfare 
94.28 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 256E.28; and
94.29 	(4) identify additional areas within the child welfare system that need to be addressed 
94.30 	by the legislature;
94.31 	(5) review and recommend alternatives to law enforcement responding to a 
94.32 	maltreatment report by removing the child, and evaluate situations in which it may 
94.33 	be appropriate for a social worker or other child protection worker to remove the child 
94.34 	from the home; and
95.1 	(6) clarify the definition of "substantial child endangerment," and provide language 
95.2 	in bill form by January 1, 2017.
95.3 	(b) Members of the legislative task force shall include:
95.4 	(1) the four legislators who served as members of the Governor's Task Force on 
95.5 	the Protection of Children;
95.6 	(2) two four members from the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, 
95.7 	one two from the majority party and one two from the minority party; and
95.8 	(3) two (2) four members from the senate, including two members appointed by the 
95.9 	senate majority leader, one from the majority party and one from the minority party two 
95.10 	members appointed by the senate minority leader.
95.11 	Members of the task force shall serve a term that expires on December 31 of the 
95.12 	even-numbered year following the year they are appointed. The speaker and the majority 
95.13 	leader shall each appoint a chair and vice-chair from the membership of the task force. 
95.14 	The gavelchair shall rotate after each meeting, and the house of representatives shall 
95.15 	assume the leadership of the task force first. The task force must meet at least quarterly.
95.16 	(c) The task force may provide oversight and monitoring of:
95.17 	(1) the efforts by the Department of Human Services, counties, and tribes to 
95.18 	implement laws related to child protection;
95.19 	(2) efforts by the Department of Human Services, counties, and tribes to implement 
95.20 	the recommendations of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children;
95.21 	(3) efforts by agencies, including but not limited to the Minnesota Department 
95.22 	of Education, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, the Minnesota Department of 
95.23 	Corrections, and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, to work with the Department 
95.24 	of Human Services to assure safety and well-being for children at risk of harm or children 
95.25 	in the child welfare system; and
95.26 	(4) efforts by the Department of Human Services, other agencies, counties, and 
95.27 	tribes to implement best practices to ensure every child is protected from maltreatment 
95.28 	and neglect and to ensure every child has the opportunity for healthy development.
95.29 	(d) The task force, in cooperation with the commissioner of human services, 
95.30 	shall issue a an annual report to the legislature and governor by February 1, 2016. The 
95.31 	report must contain information on the progress toward implementation of changes to 
95.32 	the child protection system, recommendations for additional legislative changes and 
95.33 	procedures affecting child protection and child welfare, and funding needs to implement 
95.34 	recommended changes.
95.35 	(e) The task force shall convene upon the effective date of this section and shall 
95.36 	continue until the last day of the 2016 legislative session.
96.1 	(e) This section expires December 31, 2020.

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

96.3 	Sec. 17. CHILD CARE PROVIDER LIAISON AND ADVOCATE.
 96.4 	The commissioner of human services must designate a full-time employee of 
96.5 	the department to serve as a child care provider liaison and advocate. The child care 
96.6 	provider liaison and advocate must be responsive to requests from providers by providing 
96.7 	information or assistance in obtaining or renewing licenses, meeting state regulatory 
96.8 	requirements, or resolving disputes with state agencies or other political subdivisions.

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

96.10 	Sec. 18. LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON CHILD CARE.
 96.11 		Subdivision 1.Creation. A legislative task force on child care is created to review 
96.12 	the loss of child care providers in the state, assess affordability issues for providers and 
96.13 	parents, and identify areas that need to be addressed by the legislature.
96.14 		Subd. 2.Membership. Task force members shall include:
96.15 	(1) four members from the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the 
96.16 	house, two from the majority party and two from the minority party; and
96.17 	(2) four members from the senate appointed by the majority leader, two from the 
96.18 	majority party and two from the minority party.
96.19 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The task force may:
96.20 	(1) evaluate factors that contribute to child care costs for providers and families;
96.21 	(2) assess the child care provider shortage in greater Minnesota;
96.22 	(3) review the current preservice and in-service training requirements for family 
96.23 	child care providers and child care center staff. The review shall include training required 
96.24 	for licensure, including staff credentialing for child care center staff positions and the ways 
96.25 	in which the training aligns with Minnesota's Career Lattice and Minnesota's Knowledge 
96.26 	and Competency Framework for Early Childhood and School-Aged Care Practitioners;
96.27 	(4) review the availability of training that is in place to meet the training needs of 
96.28 	providers, including the content of the training, cost, and delivery methods;
96.29 	(5) consider creation of a board of child care to be responsible for all matters related 
96.30 	to licensing of child care providers, both in-home and center-based programs, and to 
96.31 	employ an advocate for child care providers;
96.32 	(6) review the process of issuing and resolving correction orders issued to child 
96.33 	care providers;
97.1 	(7) consider uniform training requirements for county employees and their 
97.2 	supervisors who perform duties related to licensing;
97.3 	(8) review progress being made by the commissioner of human services to streamline 
97.4 	paperwork and reduce redundancies for child care providers; 
97.5 	(9) review the time it takes for the department to provide child care assistance 
97.6 	program reimbursement to providers; and
97.7 	(10) consider options for conducting exit interviews with providers who leave the 
97.8 	child care field or choose not to be relicensed.
97.9 	(b) Task force members may receive input from the commissioners of human 
97.10 	services and economic development, providers, and stakeholders to review all action items.
97.11 		Subd. 4.Recommendations and report. The task force, in cooperation with the 
97.12 	commissioner of human services, shall issue a report to the legislature and governor by 
97.13 	December 31, 2016. The report must contain summary information obtained during 
97.14 	the task force meetings and recommendations for additional legislative changes and 
97.15 	procedures affecting child care.

97.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
97.17 	and sunsets on December 31, 2016.

97.18 	Sec. 19. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONERS; INCOME AND ASSET 
97.19 	EXCLUSION.
 97.20 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall not count payments made to families 
97.21 	by the income and child development in the first three years of life demonstration 
97.22 	project as income or assets for purposes of determining or redetermining eligibility for 
97.23 	child care assistance programs under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B; the Minnesota 
97.24 	family investment program, work benefit program, or diversionary work program under 
97.25 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J, during the duration of the demonstration.
97.26 	(b) The commissioner of human services shall not count payments made to families 
97.27 	by the income and child development in the first three years of life demonstration project 
97.28 	as income for purposes of determining or redetermining eligibility for medical assistance 
97.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B, and MinnesotaCare under Minnesota Statutes, 
97.30 	chapter 256L.
97.31 	(c) For the purposes of this section, "income and child development in the first 
97.32 	three years of life demonstration project" means a demonstration project funded by the 
97.33 	United States Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health to 
97.34 	evaluate whether the unconditional cash payments have a causal effect on the cognitive, 
97.35 	socioemotional, and brain development of infants and toddlers.
98.1 	(d) This section shall only be implemented if Minnesota is chosen as a site for 
98.2 	the child development in the first three years of life demonstration project, and expires 
98.3 	January 1, 2022.
98.4 	(e) The commissioner of human services shall provide a report to the chairs and 
98.5 	ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over human 
98.6 	services issues by January 1, 2023, informing the legislature on the progress and outcomes 
98.7 	of the demonstration under this section.

98.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (b) is effective August 16, 2016, or upon federal 
98.9 	approval, whichever is later.

98.10 	Sec. 20. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 98.11 	The revisor of statutes, in consultation with the commissioner of human services; 
98.12 	the Office of Senate Counsel, Research, and Fiscal Analysis; and House Research, shall 
98.13 	recodify the Maltreatment of Minors Act, Minnesota Statutes, section 626.556, and 
98.14 	related statutes in order to create internal consistency, eliminate redundant language, 
98.15 	separate provisions governing investigations of maltreatment in institutions, and otherwise 
98.16 	reorganize the statutes to facilitate interpretation and application of the law. The 
98.17 	recodification must be drafted in bill form for introduction in the 2017 session.

98.18 	Sec. 21.  REPEALER; HANDS OFF CHILD CARE.
 98.19 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 179A.50; 179A.51; 179A.52; and 179A.53, are 
98.20 	repealed.

98.21 	ARTICLE 7
98.22 	HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING
98.23 	GENETIC COUNSELORS

98.24 	Section 1. [147F.01] DEFINITIONS.
98.25 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. For purposes of sections 147F.01 to 147F.17, the 
98.26 	terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
98.27 		Subd. 2.ABGC. "ABGC" means the American Board of Genetic Counseling, a 
98.28 	national agency for certification and recertification of genetic counselors, or its successor 
98.29 	organization or equivalent.
98.30 		Subd. 3.ABMG. "ABMG" means the American Board of Medical Genetics, 
98.31 	a national agency for certification and recertification of genetic counselors, medical 
98.32 	geneticists, and Ph.D. geneticists, or its successor organization.
99.1 		Subd. 4.ACGC. "ACGC" means the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling, 
99.2 	a specialized program accreditation board for educational training programs granting 
99.3 	master's degrees or higher in genetic counseling, or its successor organization.
99.4 		Subd. 5.Board. "Board" means the Board of Medical Practice.
99.5 		Subd. 6.Eligible status. "Eligible status" means an applicant who has met the 
99.6 	requirements and received approval from the ABGC to sit for the certification examination.
99.7 		Subd. 7.Genetic counseling. "Genetic counseling" means the provision of services 
99.8 	described in section 147F.03 to help clients and their families understand the medical, 
99.9 	psychological, and familial implications of genetic contributions to a disease or medical 
99.10 	condition.
99.11 		Subd. 8.Genetic counselor. "Genetic counselor" means an individual licensed 
99.12 	under sections 147F.01 to 147F.17 to engage in the practice of genetic counseling.
99.13 		Subd. 9.Licensed physician. "Licensed physician" means an individual who is 
99.14 	licensed to practice medicine under chapter 147.
99.15 		Subd. 10.NSGC. "NSGC" means the National Society of Genetic Counselors, a 
99.16 	professional membership association for genetic counselors that approves continuing 
99.17 	education programs.
99.18 		Subd. 11.Qualified supervisor. "Qualified supervisor" means any person who is 
99.19 	licensed under sections 147F.01 to 147F.17 as a genetic counselor or a physician licensed 
99.20 	under chapter 147 to practice medicine in Minnesota.
99.21 		Subd. 12.Supervisee. "Supervisee" means a genetic counselor with a provisional 
99.22 	license.
99.23 		Subd. 13.Supervision. "Supervision" means an assessment of the work of the 
99.24 	supervisee, including regular meetings and file review, by a qualified supervisor according 
99.25 	to the supervision contract. Supervision does not require the qualified supervisor to be 
99.26 	present while the supervisee provides services.

99.27 	Sec. 2. [147F.03] SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
99.28 	The practice of genetic counseling by a licensed genetic counselor includes the 
99.29 	following services:
99.30 	(1) obtaining and interpreting individual and family medical and developmental 
99.31 	histories;
99.32 	(2) determining the mode of inheritance and the risk of transmitting genetic 
99.33 	conditions and birth defects;
99.34 	(3) discussing the inheritance, features, natural history, means of diagnosis, and 
99.35 	management of conditions with clients;
100.1 	(4) identifying, coordinating, ordering, and explaining the clinical implications of 
100.2 	genetic laboratory tests and other laboratory studies;
100.3 	(5) assessing psychosocial factors, including social, educational, and cultural issues;
100.4 	(6) providing client-centered counseling and anticipatory guidance to the client or 
100.5 	family based on their responses to the condition, risk of occurrence, or risk of recurrence;
100.6 	(7) facilitating informed decision-making about testing and management;
100.7 	(8) identifying and using community resources that provide medical, educational, 
100.8 	financial, and psychosocial support and advocacy; and
100.9 	(9) providing accurate written medical, genetic, and counseling information for 
100.10 	families and health care professionals.

100.11 	Sec. 3. [147F.05] UNLICENSED PRACTICE PROHIBITED; PROTECTED 
100.12 	TITLES AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE.
100.13 		Subdivision 1.Protected titles. No individual may use the title "genetic counselor," 
100.14 	"licensed genetic counselor," "gene counselor," "genetic consultant," "genetic assistant," 
100.15 	"genetic associate," or any words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying 
100.16 	that the individual is eligible for licensure by the state as a genetic counselor unless the 
100.17 	individual has been licensed as a genetic counselor according to sections 147F.01 to 
100.18 	147F.17.
100.19 		Subd. 2.Unlicensed practice prohibited. Effective January 1, 2018, no individual 
100.20 	may practice genetic counseling unless the individual is licensed as a genetic counselor 
100.21 	sections 147F.01 to 147F.17 except as otherwise provided under sections 147F.01 to 
100.22 	147F.17.
100.23 		Subd. 3.Other practitioners. (a) Nothing in sections 147F.01 to 147F.17 shall be 
100.24 	construed to prohibit or restrict the practice of any profession or occupation licensed 
100.25 	or registered by the state by an individual duly licensed or registered to practice the 
100.26 	profession or occupation or to perform any act that falls within the scope of practice 
100.27 	of the profession or occupation. 
100.28 	(b) Nothing in sections 147F.01 to 147F.17 shall be construed to require a license 
100.29 	under sections 147F.01 to 147F.17 for:
100.30 	(1) an individual employed as a genetic counselor by the federal government or a 
100.31 	federal agency if the individual is providing services under the direction and control of 
100.32 	the employer;
100.33 	(2) a student or intern, having graduated within the past six months, or currently 
100.34 	enrolled in an ACGC-accredited genetic counseling educational program providing 
100.35 	genetic counseling services that are an integral part of the student's or intern's course 
101.1 	of study, are performed under the direct supervision of a licensed genetic counselor or 
101.2 	physician who is on duty in the assigned patient care area, and the student is identified by 
101.3 	the title "genetic counseling intern"; 
101.4 	(3) a visiting ABGC- or ABMG-certified genetic counselor working as a consultant 
101.5 	in this state who permanently resides outside of the state, or the occasional use of services 
101.6 	from organizations from outside of the state that employ ABGC- or ABMG-certified 
101.7 	genetic counselors. This is limited to practicing for 30 days total within one calendar year. 
101.8 	Certified genetic counselors from outside of the state working as a consultant in this state 
101.9 	must be licensed in their state of residence if that credential is available; or
101.10 	(4) an individual who is licensed to practice medicine under chapter 147.
101.11 		Subd. 4.Sanctions. An individual who violates this section is guilty of a 
101.12 	misdemeanor and shall be subject to sanctions or actions according to section 214.11.

101.13 	Sec. 4. [147F.07] LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.
101.14 		Subdivision 1.General requirements for licensure. To be eligible for licensure, an 
101.15 	applicant, with the exception of those seeking licensure by reciprocity under subdivision 
101.16 	2, must submit to the board:
101.17 	(1) a completed application on forms provided by the board along with all fees 
101.18 	required under section 147F.17. The applicant must include:
101.19 	(i) the applicant's name, Social Security number, home address and telephone 
101.20 	number, and business address and telephone number if currently employed;
101.21 	(ii) the name and location of the genetic counseling or medical program the applicant 
101.22 	completed;
101.23 	(iii) a list of degrees received from other educational institutions;
101.24 	(iv) a description of the applicant's professional training;
101.25 	(v) a list of registrations, certifications, and licenses held in other jurisdictions;
101.26 	(vi) a description of any other jurisdiction's refusal to credential the applicant;
101.27 	(vii) a description of all professional disciplinary actions initiated against the 
101.28 	applicant in any jurisdiction; and
101.29 	(viii) any history of drug or alcohol abuse, and any misdemeanor or felony conviction;
101.30 	(2) evidence of graduation from an education program accredited by the ACGC or 
101.31 	its predecessor or successor organization;
101.32 	(3) a verified copy of a valid and current certification issued by the ABGC or ABMG 
101.33 	as a certified genetic counselor, or by the ABMG as a certified medical geneticist;
102.1 	(4) additional information as requested by the board, including any additional 
102.2 	information necessary to ensure that the applicant is able to practice with reasonable skill 
102.3 	and safety to the public;
102.4 	(5) a signed statement verifying that the information in the application is true and 
102.5 	correct to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief; and
102.6 	(6) a signed waiver authorizing the board to obtain access to the applicant's records 
102.7 	in this or any other state in which the applicant completed an educational program or 
102.8 	engaged in the practice of genetic counseling.
102.9 		Subd. 2.Licensure by reciprocity. To be eligible for licensure by reciprocity, 
102.10 	the applicant must hold a current genetic counselor or medical geneticist registration 
102.11 	or license in another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States, 
102.12 	whose standards for registration or licensure are at least equivalent to those of Minnesota, 
102.13 	and must:
102.14 	(1) submit the application materials and fees as required by subdivision 1, clauses 
102.15 	(1), (2), and (4) to (6);
102.16 	(2) provide a verified copy from the appropriate government body of a current 
102.17 	registration or license for the practice of genetic counseling in another jurisdiction that has 
102.18 	initial registration or licensing requirements equivalent to or higher than the requirements 
102.19 	in subdivision 1; and
102.20 	(3) provide letters of verification from the appropriate government body in each 
102.21 	jurisdiction in which the applicant holds a registration or license. Each letter must state 
102.22 	the applicant's name, date of birth, registration or license number, date of issuance, a 
102.23 	statement regarding disciplinary actions, if any, taken against the applicant, and the terms 
102.24 	under which the registration or license was issued.
102.25 		Subd. 3.Licensure by equivalency. (a) The board may grant a license to an 
102.26 	individual who does not meet the certification requirements in subdivision 1 but who 
102.27 	has been employed as a genetic counselor for a minimum of ten years and provides the 
102.28 	following documentation to the board no later than February 1, 2018:
102.29 	(1) proof of a master's or higher degree in genetics or related field of study from an 
102.30 	accredited educational institution;
102.31 	(2) proof that the individual has never failed the ABGC or ABMG certification 
102.32 	examination;
102.33 	(3) three letters of recommendation, with at least one from an individual eligible for 
102.34 	licensure under sections 147F.01 to 147F.17, and at least one from an individual certified 
102.35 	as a genetic counselor by the ABGC or ABMG or an individual certified as a medical 
102.36 	geneticist by the ABMG. An individual who submits a letter of recommendation must 
103.1 	have worked with the applicant in an employment setting during the past ten years and 
103.2 	must attest to the applicant's competency; and 
103.3 	(4) documentation of the completion of 100 hours of NSGC-approved continuing 
103.4 	education credits within the past five years.
103.5 	(b) This subdivision expires February 1, 2018.
103.6 		Subd. 4.License expiration. A genetic counselor license shall be valid for one 
103.7 	year from the date of issuance.
103.8 		Subd. 5.License renewal. To be eligible for license renewal, a licensed genetic 
103.9 	counselor must submit to the board:
103.10 	(1) a renewal application on a form provided by the board;
103.11 	(2) the renewal fee required under section 147F.17;
103.12 	(3) evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirements in section 
103.13 	147F.11; and
103.14 	(4) any additional information requested by the board.

103.15 	Sec. 5. [147F.09] BOARD ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSURE.
103.16 	(a) The board shall act on each application for licensure according to paragraphs 
103.17 	(b) to (d).
103.18 	(b) The board shall determine if the applicant meets the requirements for licensure 
103.19 	under section 147F.07. The board may investigate information provided by an applicant to 
103.20 	determine whether the information is accurate and complete.
103.21 	(c) The board shall notify each applicant in writing of action taken on the application, 
103.22 	the grounds for denying licensure if a license is denied, and the applicant's right to review 
103.23 	the board's decision under paragraph (d).
103.24 	(d) Applicants denied licensure may make a written request to the board, within 30 
103.25 	days of the board's notice, to appear before the advisory council and for the advisory 
103.26 	council to review the board's decision to deny the applicant's license. After reviewing the 
103.27 	denial, the advisory council shall make a recommendation to the board as to whether 
103.28 	the denial shall be affirmed. Each applicant is allowed only one request for review per 
103.29 	licensure period.

103.30 	Sec. 6. [147F.11] CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.
103.31 	(a) A licensed genetic counselor must complete a minimum of 25 hours of NSGC- 
103.32 	or ABMG-approved continuing education units every two years. If a licensee's renewal 
103.33 	term is prorated to be more or less than one year, the required number of continuing 
103.34 	education units is prorated proportionately.
104.1 	(b) The board may grant a variance to the continuing education requirements 
104.2 	specified in this section if a licensee demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that the 
104.3 	licensee is unable to complete the required number of educational units during the renewal 
104.4 	term. The board may allow the licensee to complete the required number of continuing 
104.5 	education units within a time frame specified by the board. In no case shall the board 
104.6 	allow the licensee to complete less than the required number of continuing education units.

104.7 	Sec. 7. [147F.13] DISCIPLINE; REPORTING.
104.8 	For purposes of sections 147F.01 to 147F.17, licensed genetic counselors and 
104.9 	applicants are subject to sections 147.091 to 147.162.

104.10 	Sec. 8. [147F.15] LICENSED GENETIC COUNSELOR ADVISORY COUNCIL.
104.11 		Subdivision 1.Membership. The board shall appoint a five-member Licensed 
104.12 	Genetic Counselor Advisory Council. One member must be a licensed physician with 
104.13 	experience in genetics, three members must be licensed genetic counselors, and one 
104.14 	member must be a public member.
104.15 		Subd. 2.Organization. The advisory council shall be organized and administered 
104.16 	as provided in section 15.059.
104.17 		Subd. 3.Duties. The advisory council shall:
104.18 	(1) advise the board regarding standards for licensed genetic counselors;
104.19 	(2) provide for distribution of information regarding licensed genetic counselor 
104.20 	practice standards;
104.21 	(3) advise the board on enforcement of sections 147F.01 to 147F.17;
104.22 	(4) review applications and recommend granting or denying licensure or license 
104.23 	renewal;
104.24 	(5) advise the board on issues related to receiving and investigating complaints, 
104.25 	conducting hearings, and imposing disciplinary action in relation to complaints against 
104.26 	licensed genetic counselors; and
104.27 	(6) perform other duties authorized for advisory councils by chapter 214, as directed 
104.28 	by the board.
104.29 		Subd. 4.Expiration. Notwithstanding section 15.059, the advisory council does 
104.30 	not expire.

104.31 	Sec. 9. [147F.17] FEES.
104.32 		Subdivision 1.Fees. Fees are as follows:
104.33 	(1) license application fee, $200;
105.1 	(2) initial licensure and annual renewal, $150;
105.2 	(3) provisional license fee, $150; and
105.3 	(4) late fee, $75.
105.4 		Subd. 2.Proration of fees. The board may prorate the initial license fee. All 
105.5 	licensees are required to pay the full fee upon license renewal.
105.6 		Subd. 3.Penalty for late renewals. An application for registration renewal 
105.7 	submitted after the deadline must be accompanied by a late fee in addition to the required 
105.8 	fees. 
105.9 		Subd. 4.Nonrefundable fees. All fees are nonrefundable.
105.10 		Subd. 5.Deposit. Fees collected by the board under this section shall be deposited 
105.11 	in the state government special revenue fund.
105.12 	SPOKEN LANGUAGE HEALTH CARE INTERPRETER

105.13 	Sec. 10. [148.9981] DEFINITIONS.
105.14 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 
105.15 	148.9981 to 148.9987.
105.16 		Subd. 2.Advisory council. "Advisory council" means the Spoken Language Health 
105.17 	Care Interpreter Advisory Council established in section 148.9986.
105.18 		Subd. 3.Code of ethics. "Code of ethics" means the National Code of Ethics for 
105.19 	Interpreters in Health Care, as published by the National Council on Interpreting in Health 
105.20 	Care or its successor, or the International Medical Interpreters Association or its successor.
105.21 		Subd. 4.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
105.22 		Subd. 5.Common languages. "Common languages" mean the ten most frequent 
105.23 	languages without regard to dialect in Minnesota for which interpreters are listed on 
105.24 	the registry.
105.25 		Subd. 6.Interpreting standards of practice. "Interpreting standards of practice" 
105.26 	means the interpreting standards of practice in health care as published by the National 
105.27 	Council on Interpreting in Health Care or its successor, or the International Medical 
105.28 	Interpreters Association or its successor.
105.29 		Subd. 7.Registry. "Registry" means a database of spoken language health 
105.30 	care interpreters in Minnesota who have met the qualifications described under section 
105.31 	148.9982, subdivision 2, 3, 4, or 5, which shall be maintained by the commissioner of 
105.32 	health.
105.33 		Subd. 8.Remote interpretation. "Remote interpretation" means providing spoken 
105.34 	language interpreting services via a telephone or by video conferencing.
106.1 		Subd. 9.Spoken language health care interpreter or interpreter. "Spoken 
106.2 	language health care interpreter" or "interpreter" means an individual who receives 
106.3 	compensation or other remuneration for providing spoken language interpreter services for 
106.4 	patients with limited English proficiency within a medical setting either by face-to-face 
106.5 	interpretation or remote interpretation.
106.6 		Subd. 10.Spoken language interpreting services. "Spoken language interpreting 
106.7 	services" means the conversion of one spoken language into another by an interpreter for 
106.8 	the purpose of facilitating communication between a patient and a health care provider 
106.9 	who do not share a common spoken language.

106.10 	Sec. 11. [148.9982] REGISTRY.
106.11 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) By July 1, 2017, the commissioner of health 
106.12 	shall establish and maintain a registry for spoken language health care interpreters. The 
106.13 	registry shall contain four separate tiers based on different qualification standards for 
106.14 	education and training.
106.15 	(b) An individual who wants to be listed on the registry must submit an application 
106.16 	to the commissioner on a form provided by the commissioner along with all applicable 
106.17 	fees required under section 148.9987. The form must include the applicant's name; Social 
106.18 	Security number; business address and telephone number, or home address and telephone 
106.19 	number if the applicant has a home office; the applicant's employer or the agencies with 
106.20 	which the applicant is affiliated; the employer's or agencies' addresses and telephone 
106.21 	numbers; and the languages the applicant is qualified to interpret.
106.22 	(c) Upon receipt of the application, the commissioner shall determine if the applicant 
106.23 	meets the requirements for the applicable registry tier. The commissioner may request 
106.24 	further information from the applicant if the information provided is not complete or 
106.25 	accurate. The commissioner shall notify the applicant of action taken on the application, 
106.26 	and if the application is denied, the grounds for denying the application.
106.27 	(d) If the commissioner denies an application, the applicant may apply for a lower 
106.28 	tier or may reapply for the same tier at a later date. If an applicant applies for a different 
106.29 	tier or reapplies for the same tier, the applicant must submit with the new application the 
106.30 	applicable fees under section 148.9987.
106.31 	(e) Applicants who qualify for different tiers for different languages shall only be 
106.32 	required to complete one application and submit with the application the fee associated 
106.33 	with the highest tier for which the applicant is applying.
107.1 	(f) The commissioner may request, as deemed necessary, additional information 
107.2 	from an applicant to determine or verify qualifications or collect information to manage 
107.3 	the registry or monitor the field of health care interpreting.
107.4 		Subd. 2.Tier 1 requirements. The commissioner shall include on the tier 1 registry 
107.5 	an applicant who meets the following requirements:
107.6 	(1) is at least 18 years of age;
107.7 	(2) passes an examination approved by the commissioner on basic medical 
107.8 	terminology in English;
107.9 	(3) passes an examination approved by the commissioner on interpreter ethics and 
107.10 	standards of practice; and
107.11 	(4) affirms by signature, including electronic signature, that the applicant has read 
107.12 	the code of ethics and interpreting standards of practice identified on the registry Web 
107.13 	site and agrees to abide by them.
107.14 		Subd. 3.Tier 2 requirements. The commissioner shall include on the tier 2 registry 
107.15 	an applicant who meets the requirements for tier 1 described under subdivision 2 and who:
107.16 	(1) effective July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, provides proof of successfully 
107.17 	completing a training program for medical interpreters approved by the commissioner that 
107.18 	is, at a minimum, 40 hours in length; or
107.19 	(2) effective July 1, 2018, provides proof of successfully completing a training 
107.20 	program for medical interpreters approved by the commissioner that is equal in length to 
107.21 	the number of hours required by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters 
107.22 	(CCHI) or National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) or their successors. 
107.23 	If the number of hours required by CCHI or its successor and the number of hours required 
107.24 	by the NCIHC or its successor differ, the number of hours required to qualify for the 
107.25 	registry shall be the greater of the two. A training program of 40 hours or more approved 
107.26 	by the commissioner and completed prior to July 1, 2017, may count toward the number 
107.27 	of hours required.
107.28 		Subd. 4.Tier 3 requirements. The commissioner shall include on the tier 3 registry 
107.29 	an applicant who meets the requirements for tier 1 described under subdivision 2 and who:
107.30 	(1) has a national certification in health care interpreting that does not include a 
107.31 	performance examination from a certifying organization approved by the commissioner; or
107.32 	(2) provides proof of successfully completing an interpreting certification program 
107.33 	from an accredited United States academic institution approved by the commissioner 
107.34 	that is, at a minimum, 18 semester credits.
108.1 		Subd. 5.Tier 4 requirements. (a) The commissioner shall include on the tier 4 
108.2 	registry an applicant who meets the requirements for tier 1 described under subdivision 2 
108.3 	and who:
108.4 	(1) has a national certification from a certifying organization approved by the 
108.5 	commissioner in health care interpreting that includes a performance examination in the 
108.6 	non-English language in which the interpreter is registering to interpret; or
108.7 	(2)(i) has an associate's degree or higher in interpreting from an accredited United 
108.8 	States academic institution. The degree and institution must be approved by the 
108.9 	commissioner and the degree must include a minimum of three semester credits in medical 
108.10 	terminology or medical interpreting; and
108.11 	(ii) has achieved a score of "advanced mid" or higher on the American Council on 
108.12 	the Teaching of Foreign Languages Oral Proficiency Interview in a non-English language 
108.13 	in which the interpreter is registering to interpret.
108.14 	(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the advisory council, may approve 
108.15 	alternative means of meeting oral proficiency requirements for tier 4 for languages 
108.16 	in which the American Council of Teaching of Foreign Languages Oral Proficiency 
108.17 	Interview is not available.
108.18 	(c) The commissioner, in consultation with the advisory council, may approve a 
108.19 	degree from an educational institution from a foreign country as meeting the associate's 
108.20 	degree requirement in paragraph (a), clause (2). The commissioner may assess the 
108.21 	applicant a fee to cover the cost of foreign credential evaluation services approved by 
108.22 	the commissioner, in consultation with the advisory council, and any additional steps 
108.23 	necessary to process the application. Any assessed fee must be paid by the interpreter 
108.24 	before the interpreter will be registered.
108.25 		Subd. 6.Change of name and address. Registered spoken language health 
108.26 	care interpreters who change their name, address, or e-mail address must inform the 
108.27 	commissioner in writing of the change within 30 days. All notices or other correspondence 
108.28 	mailed to the interpreter's address or e-mail address on file with the commissioner shall 
108.29 	be considered as having been received by the interpreter.
108.30 		Subd. 7.Data. Section 13.41 applies to government data of the commissioner 
108.31 	on applicants and registered interpreters.

108.32 	Sec. 12. [148.9983] RENEWAL.
108.33 		Subdivision 1.Registry period. Listing on the registry is valid for a one-year 
108.34 	period. To renew inclusion on the registry, an interpreter must submit:
108.35 	(1) a renewal application on a form provided by the commissioner;
109.1 	(2) a continuing education report on a form provided by the commissioner as 
109.2 	specified under section 148.9985; and
109.3 	(3) the required fees under section 148.9987.
109.4 		Subd. 2.Notice. (a) Sixty days before the registry expiration date, the commissioner 
109.5 	shall send out a renewal notice to the spoken language health care interpreter's last known 
109.6 	address or e-mail address on file with the commissioner. The notice must include an 
109.7 	application for renewal and the amount of the fee required for renewal. If the interpreter 
109.8 	does not receive the renewal notice, the interpreter is still required to meet the deadline for 
109.9 	renewal to qualify for continuous inclusion on the registry.
109.10 	(b) An application for renewal must be received by the commissioner or postmarked 
109.11 	at least 30 calendar days before the registry expiration date.
109.12 		Subd. 3.Late fee. A renewal application submitted after the renewal deadline 
109.13 	date must include the late fee specified in section 148.9987. Fees for late renewal shall 
109.14 	not be prorated.
109.15 		Subd. 4.Lapse in renewal. An interpreter whose registry listing has been expired 
109.16 	for a period of one year or longer must submit a new application to be listed on the registry 
109.17 	instead of a renewal application.

109.18 	Sec. 13. [148.9984] DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS; OVERSIGHT OF 
109.19 	COMPLAINTS.
109.20 		Subdivision 1.Prohibited conduct. (a) The following conduct is prohibited and is 
109.21 	grounds for disciplinary or corrective action:
109.22 	(1) failure to provide spoken language interpreting services consistent with the 
109.23 	code of ethics and interpreting standards of practice, or performance of the interpretation 
109.24 	in an incompetent or negligent manner;
109.25 	(2) conviction of a crime, including a finding or verdict of guilt, an admission of 
109.26 	guilt, or a no-contest plea, in any court in Minnesota or any other jurisdiction in the United 
109.27 	States, demonstrably related to engaging in spoken language health care interpreter 
109.28 	services. Conviction includes a conviction for an offense which, if committed in this 
109.29 	state, would be deemed a felony;
109.30 	(3) conviction of violating any state or federal law, rule, or regulation that directly 
109.31 	relates to the practice of spoken language health care interpreters;
109.32 	(4) adjudication as mentally incompetent or as a person who is dangerous to self 
109.33 	or adjudication pursuant to chapter 253B as chemically dependent, developmentally 
109.34 	disabled, mentally ill and dangerous to the public, or as a sexual psychopathic personality 
109.35 	or sexually dangerous person;
110.1 	(5) violation or failure to comply with an order issued by the commissioner;
110.2 	(6) obtaining money, property, services, or business from a client through the use of 
110.3 	undue influence, excessive pressure, harassment, duress, deception, or fraud;
110.4 	(7) revocation of the interpreter's national certification as a result of disciplinary 
110.5 	action brought by the national certifying body;
110.6 	(8) failure to perform services with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety due to the 
110.7 	use of alcohol or drugs or other physical or mental impairment;
110.8 	(9) engaging in conduct likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public;
110.9 	(10) demonstrating a willful or careless disregard for the health, welfare, or safety 
110.10 	of a client;
110.11 	(11) failure to cooperate with the commissioner or advisory council in an 
110.12 	investigation or to provide information in response to a request from the commissioner 
110.13 	or advisory council; 
110.14 	(12) aiding or abetting another person in violating any provision of sections 
110.15 	148.9981 to 148.9987; and
110.16 	(13) release or disclosure of a health record in violation of sections 144.291 to 
110.17 	144.298.
110.18 	(b) In disciplinary actions alleging a violation of paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), or 
110.19 	(4), a copy of the judgment or proceeding under seal of the court administrator, or of the 
110.20 	administrative agency that entered the same, is admissible into evidence without further 
110.21 	authentication and constitutes prima facie evidence of its contents.
110.22 		Subd. 2.Complaints. The commissioner may initiate an investigation upon 
110.23 	receiving a complaint or other oral or written communication that alleges or implies 
110.24 	a violation of subdivision 1. In the receipt, investigation, and hearing of a complaint 
110.25 	that alleges or implies a violation of subdivision 1, the commissioner shall follow the 
110.26 	procedures in section 214.10.
110.27 		Subd. 3.Disciplinary actions. If the commissioner finds that an interpreter who 
110.28 	is listed on the registry has violated any provision of sections 148.9981 to 148.9987, the 
110.29 	commissioner may take any one or more of the following actions:
110.30 	(1) remove the interpreter from the registry;
110.31 	(2) impose limitations or conditions on the interpreter's practice, impose 
110.32 	rehabilitation requirements, or require practice under supervision; or
110.33 	(3) censure or reprimand the interpreter.
110.34 		Subd. 4.Reinstatement requirements after disciplinary action. Interpreters 
110.35 	who have been removed from the registry may request and provide justification for 
110.36 	reinstatement. The requirements of sections 148.9981 to 148.9987 for registry renewal 
111.1 	and any other conditions imposed by the commissioner must be met before the interpreter 
111.2 	may be reinstated on the registry.

111.3 	Sec. 14. [148.9985] CONTINUING EDUCATION.
111.4 		Subdivision 1.Course approval. The advisory council shall approve continuing 
111.5 	education courses and training. A course that has not been approved by the advisory 
111.6 	council may be submitted, but may be disapproved by the commissioner. If the course 
111.7 	is disapproved, it shall not count toward the continuing education requirement. The 
111.8 	interpreter must complete the following hours of continuing education during each 
111.9 	one-year registry period:
111.10 	(1) for tier 2 interpreters, a minimum of four contact hours of continuing education;
111.11 	(2) for tier 3 interpreters, a minimum of six contact hours of continuing education; and
111.12 	(3) for tier 4 interpreters, a minimum of eight contact hours of continuing education.
111.13 	Contact hours shall be prorated for interpreters who are assigned a registry cycle of 
111.14 	less than one year.
111.15 		Subd. 2.Continuing education verification. Each spoken language health care 
111.16 	interpreter shall submit with a renewal application a continuing education report on a form 
111.17 	provided by the commissioner that indicates that the interpreter has met the continuing 
111.18 	education requirements of this section. The form shall include the following information:
111.19 	(1) the title of the continuing education activity;
111.20 	(2) a brief description of the activity;
111.21 	(3) the sponsor, presenter, or author;
111.22 	(4) the location and attendance dates;
111.23 	(5) the number of contact hours; and 
111.24 	(6) the interpreter's notarized affirmation that the information is true and correct.
111.25 		Subd. 3.Audit. The commissioner or advisory council may audit a percentage of 
111.26 	the continuing education reports based on a random selection.

111.27 	Sec. 15. [148.9986] SPOKEN LANGUAGE HEALTH CARE INTERPRETER 
111.28 	ADVISORY COUNCIL.
111.29 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner shall appoint 12 members to a 
111.30 	Spoken Language Health Care Interpreter Advisory Council consisting of the following 
111.31 	members:
111.32 	(1) three members who are interpreters listed on the roster prior to July 1, 2017, or 
111.33 	on the registry after July 1, 2017, and who are Minnesota residents. Of these members, 
111.34 	each must be an interpreter for a different language; at least one must have a national 
112.1 	certification credential; and at least one must have been listed on the roster prior to July 1, 
112.2 	2017, or on the registry after July 1, 2017, as an interpreter in a language other than the 
112.3 	common languages and must have completed a training program for medical interpreters 
112.4 	approved by the commissioner that is, at a minimum, 40 hours in length;
112.5 	(2) three members representing limited English proficient (LEP) individuals, of 
112.6 	these members, two must represent LEP individuals who are proficient in a common 
112.7 	language and one must represent LEP individuals who are proficient in a language that is 
112.8 	not one of the common languages;
112.9 	(3) one member representing a health plan company;
112.10 	(4) one member representing a Minnesota health system who is not an interpreter;
112.11 	(5) one member representing an interpreter agency;
112.12 	(6) one member representing an interpreter training program or postsecondary 
112.13 	educational institution program providing interpreter courses or skills assessment;
112.14 	(7) one member who is affiliated with a Minnesota-based or Minnesota chapter of a 
112.15 	national or international organization representing interpreters; and
112.16 	(8) one member who is a licensed direct care health provider.
112.17 		Subd. 2.Organization. The advisory council shall be organized and administered 
112.18 	under section 15.059.
112.19 		Subd. 3.Duties. The advisory council shall:
112.20 	(1) advise the commissioner on issues relating to interpreting skills, ethics, and 
112.21 	standards of practice, including reviewing and recommending changes to the examinations 
112.22 	identified in section 148.9982, subdivision 2, on basic medical terminology in English 
112.23 	and interpreter ethics and interpreter standards of practice;
112.24 	(2) advise the commissioner on recommended changes to accepted spoken language 
112.25 	health care interpreter qualifications, including degree and training programs and 
112.26 	performance examinations;
112.27 	(3) address barriers for interpreters to gain access to the registry, including barriers 
112.28 	to interpreters of uncommon languages and interpreters in rural areas;
112.29 	(4) advise the commissioner on methods for identifying gaps in interpreter services in 
112.30 	rural areas and make recommendations to address interpreter training and funding needs;
112.31 	(5) inform the commissioner on emerging issues in the spoken language health 
112.32 	care interpreter field;
112.33 	(6) advise the commissioner on training and continuing education programs;
112.34 	(7) provide for distribution of information regarding interpreter standards and 
112.35 	resources to help interpreters qualify for higher registry tier levels;
113.1 	(8) make recommendations for necessary statutory changes to Minnesota interpreter 
113.2 	law;
113.3 	(9) compare the annual cost of administering the registry and the annual total 
113.4 	collection of registration fees and advise the commissioner, if necessary, to recommend an 
113.5 	adjustment to the registration fees;
113.6 	(10) identify barriers to meeting tier requirements and make recommendations to the 
113.7 	commissioner for addressing these barriers;
113.8 	(11) identify and make recommendations to the commissioner for Web distribution 
113.9 	of patient and provider education materials on working with an interpreter and on reporting 
113.10 	interpreter behavior as identified in section 148.9984; and
113.11 	(12) review and update as necessary the process for determining common languages.

113.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

113.13 	Sec. 16. [148.9987] FEES.
113.14 		Subdivision 1.Fees. (a) The initial and renewal application fees for interpreters 
113.15 	listed on the registry shall be established by the commissioner not to exceed $90.
113.16 	(b) The renewal late fee for the registry shall be established by the commissioner 
113.17 	not to exceed $30.
113.18 	(c) If the commissioner must translate a document to verify whether a foreign degree 
113.19 	qualifies for registration for tier 4, the commissioner may assess a fee equal to the actual 
113.20 	cost of translation and additional effort necessary to process the application.
113.21 		Subd. 2.Nonrefundable fees. The fees in this section are nonrefundable.
113.22 		Subd. 3.Deposit. Fees received under sections 148.9981 to 148.9987 shall be 
113.23 	deposited in the state government special revenue fund.

113.24 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 18a, 
113.25 	is amended to read:
113.26 		Subd. 18a.Access to medical services. (a) Medical assistance reimbursement for 
113.27 	meals for persons traveling to receive medical care may not exceed $5.50 for breakfast, 
113.28 	$6.50 for lunch, or $8 for dinner.
113.29 	(b) Medical assistance reimbursement for lodging for persons traveling to receive 
113.30 	medical care may not exceed $50 per day unless prior authorized by the local agency.
113.31 	(c) Regardless of the number of employees that an enrolled health care provider may 
113.32 	have, medical assistance covers sign and oral spoken language health care interpreter 
113.33 	services when provided by an enrolled health care provider during the course of providing 
113.34 	a direct, person-to-person covered health care service to an enrolled recipient with limited 
114.1 	English proficiency or who has a hearing loss and uses interpreting services. Coverage 
114.2 	for face-to-face oral language spoken language health care interpreter services shall be 
114.3 	provided only if the oral language spoken language health care interpreter used by the 
114.4 	enrolled health care provider is listed in on the registry or roster established under section 
114.5 	144.058 or the registry established under sections 148.9981 to 148.9987. Beginning July 
114.6 	1, 2018, coverage for spoken language health care interpreter services shall be provided 
114.7 	only if the spoken language health care interpreter used by the enrolled health care 
114.8 	provider is listed on the registry established under sections 148.9981 to 148.9987.

114.9 	Sec. 18. STRATIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM 
114.10 	FOR SPOKEN LANGUAGE HEALTH CARE INTERPRETERS.
 114.11 	(a) The commissioner of human services, in consultation with the commissioner 
114.12 	of health, the Spoken Language Health Care Interpreter Advisory Council established 
114.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 148.9986, and representatives from the interpreting 
114.14 	stakeholder community at large, shall study and make recommendations for creating a 
114.15 	tiered reimbursement system for the Minnesota public health care programs for spoken 
114.16 	language health care interpreters based on the different tiers of the spoken language health 
114.17 	care interpreters registry established by the commissioner of health under Minnesota 
114.18 	Statutes, sections 148.9981 to 148.9987.
114.19 	(b) The commissioner of human services shall submit the proposed reimbursement 
114.20 	system, including the fiscal costs for the proposed system to the chairs and ranking 
114.21 	minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction 
114.22 	over health and human services policy and finance by January 15, 2017.
114.23 	(c) The commissioner of health, in consultation with the Spoken Language Health 
114.24 	Care Interpreter Advisory Council, shall review the fees established under Minnesota 
114.25 	Statutes, section 148.9987, and make recommendations based on the results of the 
114.26 	study and recommendations under paragraph (a) whether the fees are established at an 
114.27 	appropriate level, including whether specific fees should be established for each tier of the 
114.28 	registry instead of one uniform fee for all tiers. The total fees collected must be sufficient 
114.29 	to recover the costs of the spoken language health care registry. If the commissioner 
114.30 	recommends different fees for the tier, the commissioner shall submit the proposed fees to 
114.31 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
114.32 	over health and human services policy and finance by January 15, 2018.

114.33 	Sec. 19. INITIAL SPOKEN LANGUAGE HEALTH CARE ADVISORY 
114.34 	COUNCIL MEETING.
 115.1 	The commissioner of health shall convene the first meeting of the Spoken Language 
115.2 	Health Care Advisory Council by October 1, 2016.

115.3 	Sec. 20. SPOKEN LANGUAGE HEALTH CARE INTERPRETER REGISTRY 
115.4 	FEES.
 115.5 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 148.9987, paragraph (a), the initial and 
115.6 	renewal fees for interpreters listed on the spoken language health care registry shall be $50 
115.7 	between the period of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, and shall be $70 between the 
115.8 	period of July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2019, the fees shall be 
115.9 	in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 148.9987.

115.10 	Sec. 21.  REPEALER.
 115.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.058, is repealed effective July 1, 2018.
115.12 	MINNESOTA ORTHOTIST, PROSTHETIST, AND PEDORTHIST 
115.13 	PRACTICE ACT

115.14 	Sec. 22. [153B.10] SHORT TITLE.
115.15 	Chapter 153B may be cited as the "Minnesota Orthotist, Prosthetist, and Pedorthist 
115.16 	Practice Act."

115.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

115.18 	Sec. 23. [153B.15] DEFINITIONS.
115.19 		Subdivision 1.Application. For purposes of this act, the following words have 
115.20 	the meanings given.
115.21 		Subd. 2.Advisory council. "Advisory council" means the Orthotics, Prosthetics, 
115.22 	and Pedorthics Advisory Council established under section 153B.25.
115.23 		Subd. 3.Board. "Board" means the Board of Podiatric Medicine.
115.24 		Subd. 4.Custom-fabricated device. "Custom-fabricated device" means an orthosis, 
115.25 	prosthesis, or pedorthic device for use by a patient that is fabricated to comprehensive 
115.26 	measurements or a mold or patient model in accordance with a prescription and which 
115.27 	requires on-site or in-person clinical and technical judgment in its design, fabrication, 
115.28 	and fitting.
115.29 		Subd. 5.Licensed orthotic-prosthetic assistant. "Licensed orthotic-prosthetic 
115.30 	assistant" or "assistant" means a person, licensed by the board, who is educated and 
115.31 	trained to participate in comprehensive orthotic and prosthetic care while under the 
116.1 	supervision of a licensed orthotist or licensed prosthetist. Assistants may perform orthotic 
116.2 	and prosthetic procedures and related tasks in the management of patient care. The 
116.3 	assistant may fabricate, repair, and maintain orthoses and prostheses. The use of the title 
116.4 	"orthotic-prosthetic assistant" or representations to the public is limited to a person who is 
116.5 	licensed under this chapter as an orthotic-prosthetic assistant.
116.6 		Subd. 6.Licensed orthotic fitter. "Licensed orthotic fitter" or "fitter" means a 
116.7 	person licensed by the board who is educated and trained in providing certain orthoses, 
116.8 	and is trained to conduct patient assessments, formulate treatment plans, implement 
116.9 	treatment plans, perform follow-up, and practice management pursuant to a prescription. 
116.10 	An orthotic fitter must be competent to fit certain custom-fitted, prefabricated, and 
116.11 	off-the-shelf orthoses as follows:
116.12 	(1) cervical orthoses, except those used to treat an unstable cervical condition;
116.13 	(2) prefabricated orthoses for the upper and lower extremities, except those used in: 
116.14 	(i) the initial or acute treatment of long bone fractures and dislocations;
116.15 	(ii) therapeutic shoes and inserts needed as a result of diabetes; and
116.16 	(iii) functional electrical stimulation orthoses;
116.17 	(3) prefabricated spinal orthoses, except those used in the treatment of scoliosis or 
116.18 	unstable spinal conditions, including halo cervical orthoses; and
116.19 	(4) trusses.
116.20 	The use of the title "orthotic fitter" or representations to the public is limited to a person 
116.21 	who is licensed under this chapter as an orthotic fitter.
116.22 		Subd. 7.Licensed orthotist. "Licensed orthotist" means a person licensed by 
116.23 	the board who is educated and trained to practice orthotics, which includes managing 
116.24 	comprehensive orthotic patient care pursuant to a prescription. The use of the title 
116.25 	"orthotist" or representations to the public is limited to a person who is licensed under 
116.26 	this chapter as an orthotist.
116.27 		Subd. 8.Licensed pedorthist. "Licensed pedorthist" means a person licensed by 
116.28 	the board who is educated and trained to manage comprehensive pedorthic patient care 
116.29 	and who performs patient assessments, formulates and implements treatment plans, and 
116.30 	performs follow-up and practice management pursuant to a prescription. A pedorthist may 
116.31 	fit, fabricate, adjust, or modify devices within the scope of the pedorthist's education and 
116.32 	training. Use of the title "pedorthist" or representations to the public is limited to a person 
116.33 	who is licensed under this chapter as a pedorthist.
116.34 		Subd. 9.Licensed prosthetist. "Licensed prosthetist" means a person licensed by 
116.35 	the board who is educated and trained to manage comprehensive prosthetic patient care, 
116.36 	and who performs patient assessments, formulates and implements treatment plans, and 
117.1 	performs follow-up and practice management pursuant to a prescription. Use of the title 
117.2 	"prosthetist" or representations to the public is limited to a person who is licensed under 
117.3 	this chapter as a prosthetist.
117.4 		Subd. 10.Licensed prosthetist orthotist. "Licensed prosthetist orthotist" means a 
117.5 	person licensed by the board who is educated and trained to manage comprehensive 
117.6 	prosthetic and orthotic patient care, and who performs patient assessments, formulates and 
117.7 	implements treatment plans, and performs follow-up and practice management pursuant to 
117.8 	a prescription. Use of the title "prosthetist orthotist" or representations to the public is 
117.9 	limited to a person who is licensed under this chapter as a prosthetist orthotist.
117.10 		Subd. 11.NCOPE. "NCOPE" means National Commission on Orthotic and 
117.11 	Prosthetic Education, an accreditation program that ensures educational institutions and 
117.12 	residency programs meet the minimum standards of quality to prepare individuals to enter 
117.13 	the orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic professions.
117.14 		Subd. 12.Orthosis. "Orthosis" means an external device that is custom-fabricated 
117.15 	or custom-fitted to a specific patient based on the patient's unique physical condition and 
117.16 	is applied to a part of the body to help correct a deformity, provide support and protection, 
117.17 	restrict motion, improve function, or relieve symptoms of a disease, syndrome, injury, or 
117.18 	postoperative condition.
117.19 		Subd. 13.Orthotics. "Orthotics" means the science and practice of evaluating, 
117.20 	measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing an orthosis 
117.21 	pursuant to a prescription. The practice of orthotics includes providing the initial training 
117.22 	necessary for fitting an orthotic device for the support, correction, or alleviation of 
117.23 	neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity.
117.24 		Subd. 14.Over-the-counter. "Over-the-counter" means a prefabricated, 
117.25 	mass-produced item that is prepackaged, requires no professional advice or judgment in 
117.26 	size selection or use, and is currently available at retail stores without a prescription. 
117.27 	Over-the-counter items are not regulated by this act.
117.28 		Subd. 15.Off-the-shelf. "Off-the-shelf" means a prefabricated device sized or 
117.29 	modified for the patient's use pursuant to a prescription and which requires changes to be 
117.30 	made by a qualified practitioner to achieve an individual fit, such as requiring the item 
117.31 	to be trimmed, bent, or molded with or without heat, or requiring any other alterations 
117.32 	beyond self adjustment.
117.33 		Subd. 16.Pedorthic device. "Pedorthic device" means below-the-ankle partial 
117.34 	foot prostheses for transmetatarsal and more distal amputations, foot orthoses, and 
117.35 	subtalar-control foot orthoses to control the range of motion of the subtalar joint. 
117.36 	A prescription is required for any pedorthic device, modification, or prefabricated 
118.1 	below-the-knee orthosis addressing a medical condition that originates at the ankle or 
118.2 	below. Pedorthic devices do not include nontherapeutic inlays or footwear regardless 
118.3 	of method of manufacture; unmodified, nontherapeutic over-the-counter shoes; or 
118.4 	prefabricated foot care products.
118.5 		Subd. 17.Pedorthics. "Pedorthics" means the science and practice of evaluating, 
118.6 	measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing a pedorthic 
118.7 	device pursuant to a prescription for the correction or alleviation of neuromuscular or 
118.8 	musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity. The practice of pedorthics 
118.9 	includes providing patient care and services pursuant to a prescription to prevent or 
118.10 	ameliorate painful or disabling conditions of the foot and ankle.
118.11 		Subd. 18.Prescription. "Prescription" means an order deemed medically necessary 
118.12 	by a physician, podiatric physician, osteopathic physician, or a licensed health care 
118.13 	provider who has authority in this state to prescribe orthotic and prosthetic devices, 
118.14 	supplies, and services.
118.15 		Subd. 19.Prosthesis. "Prosthesis" means a custom-designed, fabricated, fitted, or 
118.16 	modified device to treat partial or total limb loss for purposes of restoring physiological 
118.17 	function or cosmesis. Prosthesis does not include artificial eyes, ears, fingers, or toes; 
118.18 	dental appliances; external breast prosthesis; or cosmetic devices that do not have a 
118.19 	significant impact on the musculoskeletal functions of the body.
118.20 		Subd. 20.Prosthetics. "Prosthetics" means the science and practice of evaluating, 
118.21 	measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, or servicing a prosthesis 
118.22 	pursuant to a prescription. It includes providing the initial training necessary to fit a 
118.23 	prosthesis in order to replace external parts of a human body lost due to amputation, 
118.24 	congenital deformities, or absence.
118.25 		Subd. 21.Resident. "Resident" means a person who has completed a 
118.26 	NCOPE-approved education program in orthotics or prosthetics and is receiving clinical 
118.27 	training in a residency accredited by NCOPE.
118.28 		Subd. 22.Residency. "Residency" means a minimum of an NCOPE-approved 
118.29 	program to acquire practical clinical training in orthotics and prosthetics in a patient 
118.30 	care setting.
118.31 		Subd. 23.Supervisor. "Supervisor" means the licensed orthotist, prosthetist, or 
118.32 	pedorthist who oversees and is responsible for the delivery of appropriate, effective, 
118.33 	ethical, and safe orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic patient care.

118.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

118.35 	Sec. 24. [153B.20] EXCEPTIONS.
119.1 	Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit:
119.2 	(1) a physician, osteopathic physician, or podiatric physician licensed by the state of 
119.3 	Minnesota from providing services within the physician's scope of practice;
119.4 	(2) a professional regulated in this state, including but not limited to physical 
119.5 	therapists and occupational therapists, from providing services within the professional's 
119.6 	scope of practice;
119.7 	(3) the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics by a person who is employed 
119.8 	by the federal government or any bureau, division, or agency of the federal government 
119.9 	while in the discharge of the employee's official duties;
119.10 	(4) the practice of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics by:
119.11 	(i) a student enrolled in an accredited or approved orthotics, prosthetics, or 
119.12 	pedorthics education program who is performing activities required by the program;
119.13 	(ii) a resident enrolled in an NCOPE-accredited residency program; or
119.14 	(iii) a person working in a qualified, supervised work experience or internship who 
119.15 	is obtaining the clinical experience necessary for licensure under this chapter; or
119.16 	(5) an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist orthotist, pedorthist, assistant, or fitter who is 
119.17 	licensed in another state or territory of the United States or in another country that has 
119.18 	equivalent licensure requirements as approved by the board from providing services within 
119.19 	the professional's scope of practice subject to this paragraph, if the individual is qualified 
119.20 	and has applied for licensure under this chapter. The individual shall be allowed to practice 
119.21 	for no longer than six months following the filing of the application for licensure, unless 
119.22 	the individual withdraws the application for licensure or the board denies the license.

119.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

119.24 	Sec. 25. [153B.25] ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS, AND PEDORTHICS 
119.25 	ADVISORY COUNCIL.
119.26 		Subdivision 1.Creation; membership. (a) There is established an Orthotics, 
119.27 	Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Advisory Council which shall consist of seven voting members 
119.28 	appointed by the board. Five members shall be licensed and practicing orthotists, 
119.29 	prosthetists, or pedorthists. Each profession shall be represented on the advisory council. 
119.30 	One member shall be a Minnesota-licensed doctor of podiatric medicine who is also a 
119.31 	member of the Board of Podiatric Medicine, and one member shall be a public member.
119.32 	(b) The council shall be organized and administered under section 15.059.
119.33 		Subd. 2.Duties. The advisory council shall:
119.34 	(1) advise the board on enforcement of the provisions contained in this chapter;
120.1 	(2) review reports of investigations or complaints relating to individuals and make 
120.2 	recommendations to the board as to whether a license should be denied or disciplinary 
120.3 	action taken against an individual;
120.4 	(3) advise the board regarding standards for licensure of professionals under this 
120.5 	chapter; and
120.6 	(4) perform other duties authorized for advisory councils by chapter 214, as directed 
120.7 	by the board.
120.8 		Subd. 3.Chair. The council must elect a chair from among its members.
120.9 		Subd. 4.Administrative provisions. The Board of Podiatric Medicine must 
120.10 	provide meeting space and administrative services for the council.

120.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

120.12 	Sec. 26. [153B.30] LICENSURE.
120.13 		Subdivision 1.Application. An application for a license shall be submitted to the 
120.14 	board in the format required by the board and shall be accompanied by the required fee, 
120.15 	which is nonrefundable.
120.16 		Subd. 2.Qualifications. (a) To be eligible for licensure as an orthotist, prosthetist, 
120.17 	or prosthetist orthotist, an applicant shall meet orthotist, prosthetist, or prosthetist orthotist 
120.18 	certification requirements of either the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, 
120.19 	Prosthetics, and Pedorthics or the Board of Certification/Accreditation requirements in 
120.20 	effect at the time of the individual's application for licensure and be in good standing 
120.21 	with the certifying board.
120.22 	(b) To be eligible for licensure as a pedorthist, an applicant shall meet the pedorthist 
120.23 	certification requirements of either the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, 
120.24 	Prosthetics, and Pedorthics or the Board of Certification/Accreditation that are in effect 
120.25 	at the time of the individual's application for licensure and be in good standing with 
120.26 	the certifying board.
120.27 	(c) To be eligible for licensure as an orthotic or prosthetic assistant, an applicant shall 
120.28 	meet the orthotic or prosthetic assistant certification requirements of the American Board 
120.29 	for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics that are in effect at the time of 
120.30 	the individual's application for licensure and be in good standing with the certifying board.
120.31 	(d) To be eligible for licensure as an orthotic fitter, an applicant shall meet the 
120.32 	orthotic fitter certification requirements of either the American Board for Certification in 
120.33 	Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics or the Board of Certification/Accreditation that are 
120.34 	in effect at the time of the individual's application for licensure and be in good standing 
120.35 	with the certifying board.
121.1 		Subd. 3.License term. A license to practice is valid for a term of up to 24 months 
121.2 	beginning on January 1 or commencing after initially fulfilling the license requirements 
121.3 	and ending on December 31 of the following year.

121.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

121.5 	Sec. 27. [153B.35] EMPLOYMENT BY AN ACCREDITED FACILITY; SCOPE 
121.6 	OF PRACTICE.
121.7 	A licensed orthotist, prosthetist, pedorthist, assistant, or orthotic fitter may provide 
121.8 	limited, supervised patient care services beyond their licensed scope of practice if all of 
121.9 	the following conditions are met:
121.10 	(1) the licensee is employed by a patient care facility that is accredited by a national 
121.11 	accrediting organization in orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics;
121.12 	(2) written objective criteria are documented by the accredited facility to describe 
121.13 	the knowledge and skills required by the licensee to demonstrate competency to provide 
121.14 	additional specific and limited patient care services that are outside the licensee's scope of 
121.15 	practice;
121.16 	(3) the licensee provides patient care only at the direction of a supervisor who is 
121.17 	licensed as an orthotist, pedorthist, or prosthetist who is employed by the facility to provide 
121.18 	the specific patient care or services that are outside the licensee's scope of practice; and
121.19 	(4) the supervised patient care occurs in compliance with facility accreditation 
121.20 	standards.

121.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

121.22 	Sec. 28. [153B.40] CONTINUING EDUCATION.
121.23 		Subdivision 1.Requirement. Each licensee shall obtain the number of continuing 
121.24 	education hours required by the certifying board to maintain certification status pursuant 
121.25 	to the specific license category.
121.26 		Subd. 2.Proof of attendance. A licensee must submit to the board proof of 
121.27 	attendance at approved continuing education programs during the license renewal period 
121.28 	in which it was attended in the form of a certificate, statement of continuing education 
121.29 	credits from the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics 
121.30 	or the Board of Certification/Accreditation, descriptive receipt, or affidavit. The board 
121.31 	may conduct random audits.
121.32 		Subd. 3.Extension of continuing education requirements. For good cause, a 
121.33 	licensee may apply to the board for a six-month extension of the deadline for obtaining 
122.1 	the required number of continuing education credits. No more than two consecutive 
122.2 	extensions may be granted. For purposes of this subdivision, "good cause" includes 
122.3 	unforeseen hardships such as illness, family emergency, or military call-up.

122.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

122.5 	Sec. 29. [153B.45] LICENSE RENEWAL.
122.6 		Subdivision 1.Submission of license renewal application. A licensee must submit 
122.7 	to the board a license renewal application on a form provided by the board together with 
122.8 	the license renewal fee. The completed form must be postmarked no later than January 1 
122.9 	in the year of renewal. The form must be signed by the licensee in the place provided for 
122.10 	the renewal applicant's signature, include evidence of participation in approved continuing 
122.11 	education programs, and any other information as the board may reasonably require.
122.12 		Subd. 2.Renewal application postmarked after January 1. A renewal application 
122.13 	postmarked after January 1 in the renewal year shall be returned to the licensee for addition 
122.14 	of the late renewal fee. A license renewal application postmarked after January 1 in the 
122.15 	renewal year is not complete until the late renewal fee has been received by the board.
122.16 		Subd. 3.Failure to submit renewal application. (a) At any time after January 1 of 
122.17 	the applicable renewal year, the board shall send notice to a licensee who has failed to 
122.18 	apply for license renewal. The notice shall be mailed to the licensee at the last address on 
122.19 	file with the board and shall include the following information:
122.20 	(1) that the licensee has failed to submit application for license renewal;
122.21 	(2) the amount of renewal and late fees;
122.22 	(3) information about continuing education that must be submitted in order for 
122.23 	the license to be renewed;
122.24 	(4) that the licensee must respond within 30 calendar days after the notice was sent 
122.25 	by the board; and
122.26 	(5) that the licensee may voluntarily terminate the license by notifying the board 
122.27 	or may apply for license renewal by sending the board a completed renewal application, 
122.28 	license renewal and late fees, and evidence of compliance with continuing education 
122.29 	requirements.
122.30 	(b) Failure by the licensee to notify the board of the licensee's intent to voluntarily 
122.31 	terminate the license or to submit a license renewal application shall result in expiration 
122.32 	of the license and termination of the right to practice. The expiration of the license and 
122.33 	termination of the right to practice shall not be considered disciplinary action against the 
122.34 	licensee.
122.35 	(c) A license that has been expired under this subdivision may be reinstated.

123.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

123.2 	Sec. 30. [153B.50] NAME AND ADDRESS CHANGE.
123.3 	(a) A licensee who has changed names must notify the board in writing within 90 
123.4 	days and request a revised license. The board may require official documentation of the 
123.5 	legal name change.
123.6 	(b) A licensee must maintain with the board a correct mailing address to receive 
123.7 	board communications and notices. A licensee who has changed addresses must notify the 
123.8 	board in writing within 90 days. Mailing a notice by United States mail to a licensee's last 
123.9 	known mailing address constitutes valid mailing.

123.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

123.11 	Sec. 31. [153B.55] INACTIVE STATUS.
123.12 	(a) A licensee who notifies the board in the format required by the board may elect 
123.13 	to place the licensee's credential on inactive status and shall be excused from payment 
123.14 	of renewal fees until the licensee notifies the board in the format required by the board 
123.15 	of the licensee's plan to return to practice.
123.16 	(b) A person requesting restoration from inactive status shall be required to pay the 
123.17 	current renewal fee and comply with section 153B.45.
123.18 	(c) A person whose license has been placed on inactive status shall not practice in 
123.19 	this state.

123.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

123.21 	Sec. 32. [153B.60] LICENSE LAPSE DUE TO MILITARY SERVICE.
123.22 	A licensee whose license has expired while on active duty in the armed forces of the 
123.23 	United States, with the National Guard while called into service or training, or while in 
123.24 	training or education preliminary to induction into military service may have the licensee's 
123.25 	license renewed or restored without paying a late fee or license restoration fee if the licensee 
123.26 	provides verification to the board within two years of the termination of service obligation.

123.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

123.28 	Sec. 33. [153B.65] ENDORSEMENT.
123.29 	The board may license, without examination and on payment of the required fee, 
123.30 	an applicant who is an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist orthotist, pedorthist, assistant, or 
123.31 	fitter who is certified by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, 
124.1 	and Pedorthics or a national certification organization with educational, experiential, and 
124.2 	testing standards equal to or higher than the licensing requirements in Minnesota.

124.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

124.4 	Sec. 34. [153B.70] GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
124.5 	(a) The board may refuse to issue or renew a license, revoke or suspend a license, or 
124.6 	place on probation or reprimand a licensee for one or any combination of the following:
124.7 	(1) making a material misstatement in furnishing information to the board;
124.8 	(2) violating or intentionally disregarding the requirements of this chapter;
124.9 	(3) conviction of a crime, including a finding or verdict of guilt, an admission of 
124.10 	guilt, or a no-contest plea, in this state or elsewhere, reasonably related to the practice 
124.11 	of the profession. Conviction, as used in this clause, includes a conviction of an offense 
124.12 	which, if committed in this state, would be deemed a felony, gross misdemeanor, or 
124.13 	misdemeanor, without regard to its designation elsewhere, or a criminal proceeding where 
124.14 	a finding or verdict of guilty is made or returned but the adjudication of guilt is either 
124.15 	withheld or not entered;
124.16 	(4) making a misrepresentation in order to obtain or renew a license;
124.17 	(5) displaying a pattern of practice or other behavior that demonstrates incapacity or 
124.18 	incompetence to practice;
124.19 	(6) aiding or assisting another person in violating the provisions of this chapter;
124.20 	(7) failing to provide information within 60 days in response to a written request from 
124.21 	the board, including documentation of completion of continuing education requirements;
124.22 	(8) engaging in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct;
124.23 	(9) engaging in conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public;
124.24 	(10) inability to practice due to habitual intoxication, addiction to drugs, or mental 
124.25 	or physical illness;
124.26 	(11) being disciplined by another state or territory of the United States, the federal 
124.27 	government, a national certification organization, or foreign nation, if at least one of the 
124.28 	grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially equivalent to one of the grounds 
124.29 	in this section;
124.30 	(12) directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from a person, firm, corporation, 
124.31 	partnership, or association a fee, commission, rebate, or other form of compensation for 
124.32 	professional services not actually or personally rendered;
124.33 	(13) incurring a finding by the board that the licensee, after the licensee has been 
124.34 	placed on probationary status, has violated the conditions of the probation;
124.35 	(14) abandoning a patient or client;
125.1 	(15) willfully making or filing false records or reports in the course of the licensee's 
125.2 	practice including, but not limited to, false records or reports filed with state or federal 
125.3 	agencies;
125.4 	(16) willfully failing to report child maltreatment as required under the Maltreatment 
125.5 	of Minors Act, section 626.556; or
125.6 	(17) soliciting professional services using false or misleading advertising.
125.7 	(b) A license to practice is automatically suspended if (1) a guardian of a licensee is 
125.8 	appointed by order of a court pursuant to sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-502, for reasons 
125.9 	other than the minority of the licensee, or (2) the licensee is committed by order of a court 
125.10 	pursuant to chapter 253B. The license remains suspended until the licensee is restored to 
125.11 	capacity by a court and, upon petition by the licensee, the suspension is terminated by the 
125.12 	board after a hearing. The licensee may be reinstated to practice, either with or without 
125.13 	restrictions, by demonstrating clear and convincing evidence of rehabilitation. The 
125.14 	regulated person is not required to prove rehabilitation if the subsequent court decision 
125.15 	overturns previous court findings of public risk.
125.16 	(c) If the board has probable cause to believe that a licensee or applicant has violated 
125.17 	paragraph (a), clause (10), it may direct the person to submit to a mental or physical 
125.18 	examination. For the purpose of this section, every person is deemed to have consented to 
125.19 	submit to a mental or physical examination when directed in writing by the board and to 
125.20 	have waived all objections to the admissibility of the examining physician's testimony or 
125.21 	examination report on the grounds that the testimony or report constitutes a privileged 
125.22 	communication. Failure of a regulated person to submit to an examination when directed 
125.23 	constitutes an admission of the allegations against the person, unless the failure was due to 
125.24 	circumstances beyond the person's control, in which case a default and final order may be 
125.25 	entered without the taking of testimony or presentation of evidence. A regulated person 
125.26 	affected under this paragraph shall at reasonable intervals be given an opportunity to 
125.27 	demonstrate that the person can resume the competent practice of the regulated profession 
125.28 	with reasonable skill and safety to the public. In any proceeding under this paragraph, 
125.29 	neither the record of proceedings nor the orders entered by the board shall be used against 
125.30 	a regulated person in any other proceeding.
125.31 	(d) In addition to ordering a physical or mental examination, the board may, 
125.32 	notwithstanding section 13.384 or 144.293, or any other law limiting access to medical or 
125.33 	other health data, obtain medical data and health records relating to a licensee or applicant 
125.34 	without the person's or applicant's consent if the board has probable cause to believe that a 
125.35 	licensee is subject to paragraph (a), clause (10). The medical data may be requested 
125.36 	from a provider as defined in section 144.291, subdivision 2, paragraph (i), an insurance 
126.1 	company, or a government agency, including the Department of Human Services. A 
126.2 	provider, insurance company, or government agency shall comply with any written request 
126.3 	of the board under this subdivision and is not liable in any action for damages for releasing 
126.4 	the data requested by the board if the data are released pursuant to a written request under 
126.5 	this subdivision, unless the information is false and the provider giving the information 
126.6 	knew, or had reason to know, the information was false. Information obtained under this 
126.7 	subdivision is private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02.
126.8 	(e) If the board issues an order of immediate suspension of a license, a hearing must 
126.9 	be held within 30 days of the suspension and completed without delay.

126.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

126.11 	Sec. 35. [153B.75] INVESTIGATION; NOTICE AND HEARINGS.
126.12 	The board has the authority to investigate alleged violations of this chapter, conduct 
126.13 	hearings, and impose corrective or disciplinary action as provided in section 214.103.

126.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

126.15 	Sec. 36. [153B.80] UNLICENSED PRACTICE.
126.16 		Subdivision 1.License required. Effective January 1, 2018, no individual shall 
126.17 	practice as an orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist orthotist, pedorthist, orthotic or prosthetic 
126.18 	assistant, or orthotic fitter, unless the individual holds a valid license issued by the board 
126.19 	under this chapter, except as permitted under section 153B.20 or 153B.35.
126.20 		Subd. 2.Designation. No individual shall represent themselves to the public as 
126.21 	a licensed orthotist, prosthetist, prosthetist orthotist, pedorthist, orthotic or prosthetic 
126.22 	assistant, or an orthotic fitter, unless the individual is licensed under this chapter.
126.23 		Subd. 3.Penalties. Any individual who violates this section is guilty of a 
126.24 	misdemeanor. The board shall have the authority to seek a cease and desist order against 
126.25 	any individual who is engaged in the unlicensed practice of a profession regulated by the 
126.26 	board under this chapter.

126.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

126.28 	Sec. 37. [153B.85] FEES.
126.29 	(a) The application fee for initial licensure shall not exceed $600.
126.30 	(b) The biennial renewal fee for a license to practice as an orthotist, prosthetist, 
126.31 	prosthetist orthotist, or pedorthist shall not exceed $600.
127.1 	(c) The biennial renewal fee for a license to practice as an assistant or a fitter shall 
127.2 	not exceed $300.
127.3 	(d) For the first renewal period following initial licensure, the renewal fee is the fee 
127.4 	specified in paragraph (b) or (c), prorated to the nearest dollar that is represented by the 
127.5 	ratio of the number of days the license is held in the initial licensure period to 730 days.
127.6 	(e) The fee for license restoration shall not exceed $600.
127.7 	(f) The fee for late license renewal is the license renewal fee in effect at the time of 
127.8 	renewal plus $100.
127.9 	(g) The fee for license verification shall not exceed $30.
127.10 	(h) The fee to obtain a list of licensees shall not exceed $25.
127.11 	(i) No fee may be refunded for any reason.

127.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

127.13 	Sec. 38. FIRST APPOINTMENTS, FIRST MEETING, AND FIRST CHAIR OF 
127.14 	THE ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS, AND PEDORTHICS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
 127.15 	The Board of Podiatric Medicine shall make its first appointments authorized 
127.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 153B.25, to the Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics 
127.17 	Advisory Council, by September 1, 2016. The board shall designate four of its first 
127.18 	appointees to serve terms that are coterminous with the governor. The chair of the Board 
127.19 	of Podiatric Medicine or the chair's designee shall convene the first meeting of the council 
127.20 	by November 1, 2016. The council must elect a chair from among its members at the first 
127.21 	meeting of the council.

127.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.

127.23 	ARTICLE 8
127.24 	HUMAN SERVICES FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS

127.25	Section 1. HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATION.
 	
127.26 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or, if shown 
127.27 	in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 13, 
127.28 	from the general fund or any fund named to the Department of Human Services for the 
127.29 	purposes specified in this article, to be available for the fiscal year indicated for each 
127.30 	purpose. The figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the appropriations 
127.31 	listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, 
127.32 	respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal year 2017. 
127.33 	"The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

128.1				APPROPRIATIONS
	
128.2				Available for the Year
	
128.3				Ending June 30
	
128.4					2016
		2017

128.5
128.6	Sec. 2. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN 
SERVICES

128.7	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	(615,912,000)
	$
	(518,891,000)

128.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
128.9		2016
	2017
	
128.10	General Fund
	(307,806,000)
	(246,029,000)
	
128.11
128.12	Health Care Access 
Fund
	(289,770,000)
	(277,101,000)
	
128.13	Federal TANF
	(18,336,000)
	4,239,000

128.14	Subd. 2.Forecasted Programs

128.15	(a) MFIP/DWP

128.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
128.17	General Fund
	9,833,000
	(8,799,000)
	
128.18	Federal TANF
	(20,225,000)
	4,212,000

128.19	(b) MFIP Child Care Assistance
		(23,094,000)
		(7,760,000)

128.20	(c) General Assistance
		(2,120,000)
		(1,078,000)

128.21	(d) Minnesota Supplemental Aid
		(1,613,000)
		(1,650,000)

128.22	(e) Group Residential Housing
		(8,101,000)
		(7,954,000)

128.23	(f) Northstar Care for Children
		2,231,000
		4,496,000

128.24	(g) MinnesotaCare
		(227,821,000)
		(230,027,000)
	
128.25 	These appropriations are from the health care 
128.26 	access fund.

128.27	(h) Medical Assistance

128.28	Appropriations by Fund
	
128.29	General Fund
	(294,773,000)
	(243,700,000)
	
128.30
128.31	Health Care Access 
Fund
	(61,949,000)
	(47,074,000)

128.32	(i) Alternative Care Program
		-0-
		-0-

128.33	(j) CCDTF Entitlements
		9,831,000
		20,416,000

129.1	Subd. 3.Technical Activities
 		1,889,000
		27,000
	
129.2 	These appropriations are from the federal 
129.3 	TANF fund.

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

129.5 	ARTICLE 9
129.6 	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS

129.7	Section 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
129.8 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or, if shown 
129.9 	in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, to 
129.10 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
129.11 	general fund or other named fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each 
129.12 	purpose. The figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the addition to or 
129.13 	subtraction from the appropriation listed under them is available for the fiscal year ending 
129.14 	June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, respectively. Supplemental appropriations and reductions 
129.15 	to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, are effective the day following 
129.16 	final enactment unless a different effective date is explicit.

129.17				APPROPRIATIONS
	
129.18				Available for the Year
	
129.19				Ending June 30
	
129.20					2016
		2017

129.21
129.22	Sec. 2. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN 
SERVICES

129.23	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation 		
-0-
		(9,626,000)

129.24	Appropriations by Fund
	
129.25		2016
	2017
	
129.26	General
	-0-	
(2,355,000)
	
129.27
129.28	State Government 
Special Revenue
	-0-	
25,000
	
129.29	Health Care Access
	-0-
	(7,296,000)
	
129.30	Federal TANF
	-0-
	-0-

129.31	Subd. 2.Central Office Operations

129.32	(a) Operations
		-0-
		(11,179,000)
	
130.1 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
130.2 	reduced by $12,026,000 in fiscal year 2018 
130.3 	and $12,028,000 in fiscal year 2019.

130.4	(b) Children and Families
		-0-		
-0-

130.5	(c) Health Care

130.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
130.7	General
	-0-
	162,000
	
130.8
130.9	State Government 
Special Revenue 
	-0-
	25,000
	
130.10	Health Care Access
	-0-
	(4,239,000)
	
130.11 	Spoken Language Health Care 
130.12 	Interpreters. $25,000 in fiscal year 2017 
130.13 	from the state government special revenue 
130.14 	fund is for the commissioner of human 
130.15 	services to study and submit a proposed 
130.16 	stratified medical assistance reimbursement 
130.17 	system for spoken language health care 
130.18 	interpreters.
130.19 	Waiver to Allow MinnesotaCare-Eligible 
130.20 	Persons to Purchase Coverage Through 
130.21 	Qualified Health Plans. $213,000 in fiscal 
130.22 	year 2017 from the health care access fund is 
130.23 	for the commissioner to request a waiver to 
130.24 	allow persons eligible for MinnesotaCare to 
130.25 	instead purchase coverage from a qualified 
130.26 	health plan and access advanced premium 
130.27 	tax credits and cost-sharing reductions. This 
130.28 	is a onetime appropriation.
130.29 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
130.30 	increased by $142,000 in fiscal years 2018 
130.31 	and 2019. The health care access fund base 
130.32 	is reduced by $4,112,000 in fiscal years 2018 
130.33 	and 2019. 

130.34	(d) Continuing Care
		-0-
		201,000
	
131.1 	Long-Term Care Simulation Model. (a) 
131.2 	$200,000 in fiscal year 2017 is for the 
131.3 	commissioner of human services to develop a 
131.4 	Minnesota-specific long-term care financing 
131.5 	microsimulation model. This is a onetime 
131.6 	appropriation. The commissioner shall 
131.7 	ensure that the model:
131.8 	(1) predicts the needs and future utilization 
131.9 	of long-term care services and supports for 
131.10 	Minnesotans based on demographic and 
131.11 	economic factors; and
131.12 	(2) estimates the costs of care under various 
131.13 	funding scenarios, including voluntary 
131.14 	programs, to determine the impact of 
131.15 	various financing options on state funds, 
131.16 	out-of-pocket expenses, Medicare, and other 
131.17 	insurance and financing products.
131.18 	(b) The commissioner shall use the 
131.19 	appropriation in paragraph (a) to create and 
131.20 	implement the model to:
131.21 	(1) predict the cost of long-term care under 
131.22 	various public and private financing options, 
131.23 	including voluntary programs; and
131.24 	(2) determine the most appropriate options 
131.25 	for the state. 
131.26 	(c) The commissioner shall report by January 
131.27 	15, 2018, to the chairs and ranking minority 
131.28 	members of the legislative committees and 
131.29 	divisions with jurisdiction over health and 
131.30 	human services policy and finance on the 
131.31 	development of the long-term care simulation 
131.32 	model.
132.1 	(d) Notwithstanding any contrary provision 
132.2 	in this article, paragraphs (a) to (c) expire 
132.3 	January 15, 2018.
132.4 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
132.5 	increased by $2,000 in fiscal year 2018 and 
132.6 	$4,000 in fiscal year 2019.

132.7	(e) Community Supports
		-0-
		74,000
	
132.8 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
132.9 	is increased by $543,000 in fiscal year 2018 
132.10 	and $503,000 in fiscal year 2019.

132.11	Subd. 3.Forecasted Programs

132.12	(a) MFIP/DWP

132.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
132.14	General
		-0-
	
132.15	Federal TANF
		-0-

132.16	(b) MFIP Child Care Assistance
		-0-		
-0-

132.17	(c) General Assistance
		-0-		
-0-

132.18	(d) MN Supplemental Assistance
		-0-		
-0-

132.19	(e) Group Residential Housing
		-0-
		-0-

132.20	(f) Northstar Care for Children
		-0-
		-0-

132.21	(g) MinnesotaCare
		-0-
		58,000
	
132.22 	These appropriations are from the health care 
132.23 	access fund.

132.24	(h) Medical Assistance

132.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
132.26	General
	-0-
	252,000
	
132.27	Health Care Access
	-0-
	-0-

132.28	(i) Alternative Care
		-0-
		-0-

132.29	(j) CD Treatment Fund
		-0-
		3,792,000
	
132.30 	Transfer. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
132.31 	Statutes, section 254B.06, subdivision 1, the 
133.1 	commissioner shall transfer up to $2,000,000, 
133.2 	if available, in fiscal year 2017 only, from the 
133.3 	consolidated chemical dependency treatment 
133.4 	fund administrative account in the special 
133.5 	revenue fund to the general fund.

133.6	Subd. 4.Grant Programs

133.7	(a) Support Services Grants
		-0-
		-0-

133.8	(b) BSF Child Care Assistance Grants
		-0-
		-0-
	
133.9 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
133.10 	is increased by $174,000 in fiscal year 2018 
133.11 	and $232,000 in fiscal year 2019.

133.12	(c) Child Care Development Grants
		-0-
		-0-

133.13	(d) Child Support Enforcement Grants
		-0-		
-0- 

133.14	(e) Children's Services Grants
		-0-
		-0-

133.15	(f) Children and Community Service Grants		
-0-		
1,400,000
	
133.16 	White Earth Band of Ojibwe Human 
133.17 	Services Initiative Project. $1,400,000 
133.18 	in fiscal year 2017 is for a grant to the 
133.19 	White Earth Band of Ojibwe for the direct 
133.20 	implementation and administrative costs of 
133.21 	the White Earth Human Services Initiative 
133.22 	Project authorized under Laws 2011, First 
133.23 	Special Session chapter 9, article 9, section 
133.24 	18. This is a onetime appropriation.

133.25	(g) Children and Economic Support Grants
		-0-
		934,000
	
133.26 	Safe Harbor. $934,000 in fiscal year 2017 
133.27 	from the general fund is for emergency shelter 
133.28 	and transitional and long-term housing beds 
133.29 	for sexually exploited youth and youth at 
133.30 	risk of sexual exploitation, and for statewide 
133.31 	youth outreach workers to connect sexually 
133.32 	exploited youth with shelter and services.

133.33	(h) Health Care Grants

134.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
134.2	General
	-0-
	-0-
	
134.3	Health Care Access
	-0-
	(3,115,000)
	
134.4 	Base Adjustment. The health care access 
134.5 	fund base is reduced by $3,115,000 in fiscal 
134.6 	years 2018 and 2019.

134.7	(i) Other Long-Term Care Grants
		-0-
		-0-

134.8	(j) Aging and Adult Services Grants
		-0-
		40,000
	
134.9 	Advanced In-Home Activity Monitoring 
134.10 	Systems. $40,000 in fiscal year 2017 from the 
134.11 	general fund is for a grant to a local research 
134.12 	organization with expertise in identifying 
134.13 	current and potential support systems and 
134.14 	examining the capacity of those systems to 
134.15 	meet the needs of the growing population of 
134.16 	elderly persons, to conduct a comprehensive 
134.17 	assessment of current literature, past 
134.18 	research, and an environmental scan of the 
134.19 	field related to advanced in-home activity 
134.20 	monitoring systems for elderly persons. 
134.21 	The commissioner must report the results 
134.22 	of the assessment by January 15, 2017, to 
134.23 	the legislative committees and divisions with 
134.24 	jurisdiction over health and human services 
134.25 	policy and finance.
134.26 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base 
134.27 	is increased by $40,000 in fiscal years 2018 
134.28 	and 2019.

134.29	(k) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants
		-0-
		-0-

134.30	(l) Disabilities Grants
		-0-
		-0-

134.31	(m) Adult Mental Health Grants
		-0-
		394,000
	
134.32 	Mental Health Pilot Project. $394,000 
134.33 	in fiscal year 2017 from the general fund 
134.34 	is for a grant to the Zumbro Valley Health 
135.1 	Center. The grant shall be used to continue a 
135.2 	pilot project to test an integrated behavioral 
135.3 	health care coordination model. The grant 
135.4 	recipient must report measurable outcomes 
135.5 	to the commissioner of human services by 
135.6 	December 1, 2018. This appropriation does 
135.7 	not expire and is available through June 30, 
135.8 	2018.

135.9	(n) Child Mental Health Grants
		-0-
		600,000
	
135.10 	Children's Mental Health Collaboratives.
135.11 	$600,000 in fiscal year 2017 from the general 
135.12 	fund is for a children's mental health grant 
135.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4889, 
135.14 	for a rural demonstration project to assist 
135.15 	transition-aged youth and young adults 
135.16 	with emotional behavioral disturbance or 
135.17 	mental illnesses in making a successful 
135.18 	transition into adulthood. This is a onetime 
135.19 	appropriation.

135.20
135.21	(o) Chemical Dependency Treatment Support 
Grants
		-0-		
975,000
	
135.22 	Peer Specialists. $800,000 in fiscal year 
135.23 	2017 from the general fund is for grants 
135.24 	to recovery community organizations to 
135.25 	train, hire, and supervise peer specialists 
135.26 	to work with underserved populations as 
135.27 	part of the continuum of care for substance 
135.28 	use disorders. Recovery community 
135.29 	organizations located in Rochester, 
135.30 	Moorhead, and the Twin Cities metropolitan 
135.31 	area are eligible to receive grant funds.
135.32 	Recovery Community Organizations.
135.33 	$175,000 in fiscal year 2017 from the 
135.34 	general fund is for a grant to recovery 
135.35 	community organizations to create and 
136.1 	implement a public relations campaign 
136.2 	specific to reducing the stigma associated 
136.3 	with substance use disorders. Recovery 
136.4 	community organizations located in 
136.5 	Rochester, Moorhead, and the Twin Cities 
136.6 	metropolitan area are eligible to receive grant 
136.7 	funds.
136.8 	Base Adjustment. The general fund base is 
136.9 	increased by $800,000 in fiscal years 2018 
136.10 	and 2019.

136.11	Subd. 5.DCT State-Operated Services

136.12
136.13	(a) DCT State-Operated Services Mental 
Health
		-0-
		-0-

136.14
136.15	(b) DCT State-Operated Services Enterprise 
Services
		-0-
		-0-

136.16
136.17	(c) DCT State-Operated Services Minnesota 
Security Hospital
		-0-
		-0-

136.18
136.19	Subd. 6.DCT Minnesota Sex Offender 
Program
 		-0-
		-0-

136.20	Subd. 7.Technical Activities
 		-0-
		-0-

136.21	Sec. 3. COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH

136.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$	
8,328,000

136.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
136.24		2016
	2017
	
136.25	General
	-0-	
523,000
	
136.26	Health Care Access
	-0-	
7,411,000
	
136.27
136.28	State Government 
Special Revenue
	-0-	
362,000
	
136.29 	The appropriation modifications for each 
136.30 	purpose are shown in subdivisions 2 and 3.

136.31	Subd. 2.Health Improvement

136.32	Appropriations by Fund
	
136.33	General
	-0-	
523,000
	
136.34	Health Care Access
	-0-	
7,411,000
	
137.1 	Greater Minnesota Family Medicine 
137.2 	Residency Grant Program. $3,705,000 
137.3 	in fiscal year 2017 from the health care 
137.4 	access fund is for the commissioner of health 
137.5 	to award grants for the greater Minnesota 
137.6 	family medicine residency grant program.
137.7 	Medical Education. $3,706,000 in fiscal 
137.8 	year 2017 from the health care access fund 
137.9 	is for the medical education program under 
137.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 62J.692.
137.11 	Reporting on Health Care Costs and 
137.12 	Volume. $174,000 in fiscal year 2017 from 
137.13 	the general fund is for the commissioner of 
137.14 	health to expand public reporting on average 
137.15 	cost and volume information for those health 
137.16 	care procedures, tests, and services that 
137.17 	the commissioner determines most impact 
137.18 	quality of care and patient outcomes. This 
137.19 	funding does not cancel and is available 
137.20 	through June 30, 2019. The commissioner 
137.21 	shall identify these procedures, tests, and 
137.22 	services through an analysis of commercial 
137.23 	health plan and government health program 
137.24 	data sources for services provided in 
137.25 	Minnesota and border communities, and by 
137.26 	consulting with stakeholder groups. The 
137.27 	expanded reporting must be derived from 
137.28 	existing data sources and must not require 
137.29 	new data collection by providers. The 
137.30 	expanded reporting must be at the medical 
137.31 	group level and must include the average 
137.32 	payment amount and volume for:
137.33 	(1) select specialty-based physician 
137.34 	procedures;
138.1 	(2) select outpatient facility-based 
138.2 	procedures;
138.3 	(3) select physician and outpatient 
138.4 	facility-based tests;
138.5 	(4) select non-physician professional and 
138.6 	outpatient facility services, such as physical 
138.7 	therapy, occupational therapy, home care, 
138.8 	and durable medical equipment; and
138.9 	(5) other episode-based or bundled services.
138.10 	The expanded reporting must be implemented 
138.11 	by July 1, 2019. The commissioner may 
138.12 	contract with an external vendor to identify 
138.13 	the procedures, tests, and services, and to 
138.14 	report cost and volume information for these 
138.15 	procedures, tests, and services.
138.16 	Family Planning. $28,000 in fiscal year 
138.17 	2017 from the general fund is for costs 
138.18 	related to amendments to Minnesota Statutes, 
138.19 	section 145.925.
138.20 	Base Adjustments. The general fund base is 
138.21 	increased by $2,267,000 in fiscal year 2018 
138.22 	and $2,472,000 in fiscal year 2019. The 
138.23 	health care access fund base is increased 
138.24 	by $7,085,000 in fiscal year 2018 and 
138.25 	$7,074,000 in fiscal year 2019.

138.26	Subd. 3.Health Protection
 		-0-		
394,000
	
138.27 	These appropriations are from the state 
138.28 	government special revenue fund.
138.29 	Spoken Language Health Care Interpreter 
138.30 	Registry. $357,000 in fiscal year 2017 
138.31 	from the state government special revenue 
138.32 	fund is for the spoken language health care 
138.33 	interpreter registry. This amount includes 
139.1 	$280,000 for onetime start-up costs for the 
139.2 	registry that is available until June 30, 2019.
139.3 	Licensure of Certain Facilities That 
139.4 	Perform Abortions. $32,000 in fiscal year 
139.5 	2017 from the state government special 
139.6 	revenue fund is for licensing activities under 
139.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 145.417.

139.8	Sec. 4. HEALTH-RELATED BOARDS

139.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$	
97,000
	
139.10 	This appropriation is from the state 
139.11 	government special revenue fund.

139.12	Subd. 2. Board of Medical Practice
 		-0-
		22,000

139.13	Subd. 3.Board of Podiatric Medicine
 		-0-
		75,000

139.14	Sec. 5. EMS REGULATORY BOARD
 	$
	70,000
	$
	55,000
	
139.15 	EMS Technology. Of these appropriations:
139.16 	(1) $34,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
139.17 	$34,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for annual 
139.18 	support, maintenance, and hosting of the 
139.19 	comprehensive electronic licensing and 
139.20 	agency operations software solution;
139.21 	(2) $21,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $21,000 
139.22 	in fiscal year 2017 are for annual support, 
139.23 	maintenance, and housing of the MNSTAR 
139.24 	prehospital patient care report database; and
139.25 	(3) $15,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for the 
139.26 	board to purchase four 800-megahertz 
139.27 	handheld radios to be used by field staff to 
139.28 	meet board responsibilities for emergency 
139.29 	communications during a regional or 
139.30 	statewide emergency.
139.31 	This provision is effective the day following 
139.32 	final enactment.

140.1
140.2
140.3	Sec. 6. OMBUDSMAN FOR MENTAL 
HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL 
DISABILITIES
 	$
	-0-
	$
	250,000
	
140.4 	These funds are for two positions for the 
140.5 	Jensen Settlement and Minnesota's Olmstead 
140.6 	Plan System Division, for oversight and 
140.7 	systematic monitoring for the Jensen and 
140.8 	Olmstead implementation plans and to fulfill 
140.9 	the duties as a consultant to the court and all 
140.10 	parties, as appointed by the federal court.

140.11 	Sec. 7. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended by 
140.12 	Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 6, section 1, is amended to read:

140.13	Subd. 5.Grant Programs
 					
140.14 	The amounts that may be spent from this 
140.15 	appropriation for each purpose are as follows:

140.16	(a) Support Services Grants

140.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
140.18	General
	13,133,000
	8,715,000
	
140.19	Federal TANF
	96,311,000
	96,311,000

140.20
140.21	(b) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance 
Grants
		48,439,000
		51,559,000
	
140.22 	Basic Sliding Fee Waiting List Allocation. 
140.23 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
140.24 	119B.03, $5,413,000 in fiscal year 2016 is to 
140.25 	reduce the basic sliding fee program waiting 
140.26 	list as follows:
140.27 	(1) The calendar year 2016 allocation shall 
140.28 	be increased to serve families on the waiting 
140.29 	list. To receive funds appropriated for this 
140.30 	purpose, a county must have:
140.31 	(i) a waiting list in the most recent published 
140.32 	waiting list month; 
141.1 	(ii) an average of at least ten families on the 
141.2 	most recent six months of published waiting 
141.3 	list; and 
141.4 	(iii) total expenditures in calendar year 
141.5 	2014 that met or exceeded 80 percent of the 
141.6 	county's available final allocation.
141.7 	(2) Funds shall be distributed proportionately 
141.8 	based on the average of the most recent six 
141.9 	months of published waiting lists to counties 
141.10 	that meet the criteria in clause (1).
141.11 	(3) Allocations in calendar years 2017 
141.12 	and beyond shall be calculated using the 
141.13 	allocation formula in Minnesota Statutes, 
141.14 	section 119B.03.
141.15 	(4) The guaranteed floor for calendar year 
141.16 	2017 shall be based on the revised calendar 
141.17 	year 2016 allocation. 
141.18 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
141.19 	base is increased by $810,000 in fiscal year 
141.20 	2018 and increased by $821,000 in fiscal 
141.21 	year 2019.

141.22	(c) Child Care Development Grants
		1,737,000
		1,737,000

141.23	(d) Child Support Enforcement Grants
		50,000
		50,000

141.24	(e) Children's Services Grants

141.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
141.26	General
	39,015,000
	38,665,000
	
141.27	Federal TANF
	140,000
	140,000
	
141.28 	Safe Place for Newborns. $350,000 from 
141.29 	the general fund in fiscal year 2016 is to 
141.30 	distribute information on the Safe Place 
141.31 	for Newborns law in Minnesota to increase 
141.32 	public awareness of the law. This is a 
141.33 	onetime appropriation.
142.1 	Child Protection. $23,350,000 in fiscal 
142.2 	year 2016 and $23,350,000 in fiscal year 
142.3 	2017 are to address child protection staffing 
142.4 	and services under Minnesota Statutes, 
142.5 	section 256M.41. $1,650,000 in fiscal year 
142.6 	2016 and $1,650,000 in fiscal year 2017 
142.7 	are for child protection grants to address 
142.8 	child welfare disparities under Minnesota 
142.9 	Statutes, section 256E.28. Of the fiscal 
142.10 	year 2017 appropriation to address child 
142.11 	protection staffing and services in 2017 only, 
142.12 	$1,600,000 is for a grant to the White Earth 
142.13 	Band of Ojibwe for purposes of delivering 
142.14 	child welfare services.
142.15 	Title IV-E Adoption Assistance. Additional 
142.16 	federal reimbursement to the state as a result 
142.17 	of the Fostering Connections to Success 
142.18 	and Increasing Adoptions Act's expanded 
142.19 	eligibility for title IV-E adoption assistance 
142.20 	is appropriated to the commissioner 
142.21 	for postadoption services, including a 
142.22 	parent-to-parent support network. 
142.23 	Adoption Assistance Incentive Grants. 
142.24 	Federal funds available during fiscal years 
142.25 	2016 and 2017 for adoption incentive 
142.26 	grants are appropriated to the commissioner 
142.27 	for postadoption services, including a 
142.28 	parent-to-parent support network.

142.29	(f) Children and Community Service Grants
		56,301,000
		56,301,000

142.30	(g) Children and Economic Support Grants
		26,778,000
		26,966,000
	
142.31 	Mobile Food Shelf Grants. (a) $1,000,000 
142.32 	in fiscal year 2016 and $1,000,000 in 
142.33 	fiscal year 2017 are for a grant to Hunger 
142.34 	Solutions. This is a onetime appropriation 
142.35 	and is available until June 30, 2017.
143.1 	(b) Hunger Solutions shall award grants of 
143.2 	up to $75,000 on a competitive basis. Grant 
143.3 	applications must include:
143.4 	(1) the location of the project;
143.5 	(2) a description of the mobile program, 
143.6 	including size and scope;
143.7 	(3) evidence regarding the unserved or 
143.8 	underserved nature of the community in 
143.9 	which the project is to be located;
143.10 	(4) evidence of community support for the 
143.11 	project;
143.12 	(5) the total cost of the project;
143.13 	(6) the amount of the grant request and how 
143.14 	funds will be used;
143.15 	(7) sources of funding or in-kind 
143.16 	contributions for the project that will 
143.17 	supplement any grant award; 
143.18 	(8) a commitment to mobile programs by the 
143.19 	applicant and an ongoing commitment to 
143.20 	maintain the mobile program; and
143.21 	(9) any additional information requested by 
143.22 	Hunger Solutions.
143.23 	(c) Priority may be given to applicants who:
143.24 	(1) serve underserved areas;
143.25 	(2) create a new or expand an existing mobile 
143.26 	program;
143.27 	(3) serve areas where a high amount of need 
143.28 	is identified;
143.29 	(4) provide evidence of strong support for the 
143.30 	project from citizens and other institutions in 
143.31 	the community;
144.1 	(5) leverage funding for the project from 
144.2 	other private and public sources; and
144.3 	(6) commit to maintaining the program on a 
144.4 	multilayer basis.
144.5 	Homeless Youth Act. At least $500,000 of 
144.6 	the appropriation for the Homeless Youth 
144.7 	Act must be awarded to providers in greater 
144.8 	Minnesota, with at least 25 percent of this 
144.9 	amount for new applicant providers. The 
144.10 	commissioner shall provide outreach and 
144.11 	technical assistance to greater Minnesota 
144.12 	providers and new providers to encourage 
144.13 	responding to the request for proposals.
144.14 	Stearns County Veterans Housing. 
144.15 	$85,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $85,000 
144.16 	in fiscal year 2017 are for a grant to 
144.17 	Stearns County to provide administrative 
144.18 	funding in support of a service provider 
144.19 	serving veterans in Stearns County. The 
144.20 	administrative funding grant may be used to 
144.21 	support group residential housing services, 
144.22 	corrections-related services, veteran services, 
144.23 	and other social services related to the service 
144.24 	provider serving veterans in Stearns County.
144.25 	Safe Harbor. $800,000 in fiscal year 2016 
144.26 	and $800,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from 
144.27 	the general fund for emergency shelter and 
144.28 	transitional and long-term housing beds for 
144.29 	sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of 
144.30 	sexual exploitation. Of this appropriation, 
144.31 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $150,000 in 
144.32 	fiscal year 2017 are from the general fund for 
144.33 	statewide youth outreach workers connecting 
144.34 	sexually exploited youth and youth at risk of 
144.35 	sexual exploitation with shelter and services.
145.1 	Minnesota Food Assistance Program. 
145.2 	Unexpended funds for the Minnesota food 
145.3 	assistance program for fiscal year 2016 do 
145.4 	not cancel but are available for this purpose 
145.5 	in fiscal year 2017. 
145.6 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
145.7 	base is decreased by $816,000 in fiscal year 
145.8 	2018 and is decreased by $606,000 in fiscal 
145.9 	year 2019.

145.10	(h) Health Care Grants

145.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
145.12	General
	536,000
	2,482,000
	
145.13	Health Care Access
	3,341,000
	3,465,000
	
145.14 	Grants for Periodic Data Matching for 
145.15 	Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare. 
145.16 	Of the general fund appropriation, $26,000 
145.17 	in fiscal year 2016 and $1,276,000 in fiscal 
145.18 	year 2017 are for grants to counties for 
145.19 	costs related to periodic data matching 
145.20 	for medical assistance and MinnesotaCare 
145.21 	recipients under Minnesota Statutes, 
145.22 	section 256B.0561. The commissioner 
145.23 	must distribute these grants to counties in 
145.24 	proportion to each county's number of cases 
145.25 	in the prior year in the affected programs.
145.26 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
145.27 	base is increased by $1,637,000 in fiscal year 
145.28 	2018 and increased by $1,229,000 in fiscal 
145.29 	year 2019.

145.30	(i) Other Long-Term Care Grants
		1,551,000
		3,069,000
	
145.31 	Transition Populations. $1,551,000 in fiscal 
145.32 	year 2016 and $1,725,000 in fiscal year 2017 
145.33 	are for home and community-based services 
145.34 	transition grants to assist in providing home 
145.35 	and community-based services and treatment 
146.1 	for transition populations under Minnesota 
146.2 	Statutes, section 256.478.
146.3 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
146.4 	base is increased by $156,000 in fiscal year 
146.5 	2018 and by $581,000 in fiscal year 2019.

146.6	(j) Aging and Adult Services Grants
		28,463,000
		28,162,000
	
146.7 	Dementia Grants. $750,000 in fiscal year 
146.8 	2016 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2017 
146.9 	are for the Minnesota Board on Aging for 
146.10 	regional and local dementia grants authorized 
146.11 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 256.975, 
146.12 	subdivision 11.

146.13	(k) Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Grants
		2,225,000
		2,375,000
	
146.14 	Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard-of-Hearing 
146.15 	Grants. $350,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
146.16 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for deaf 
146.17 	and hard-of-hearing grants. The funds 
146.18 	must be used to increase the number of 
146.19 	deafblind Minnesotans receiving services 
146.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 256C.261, 
146.21 	and to provide linguistically and culturally 
146.22 	appropriate mental health services to children 
146.23 	who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. 
146.24 	This is a onetime appropriation.
146.25 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
146.26 	base is decreased by $500,000 in fiscal year 
146.27 	2018 and by $500,000 in fiscal year 2019.

146.28	(l) Disabilities Grants
		20,820,000
		20,858,000
	
146.29 	State Quality Council. $573,000 in fiscal 
146.30 	year 2016 and $600,000 in fiscal year 
146.31 	2017 are for the State Quality Council to 
146.32 	provide technical assistance and monitoring 
146.33 	of person-centered outcomes related to 
146.34 	inclusive community living and employment. 
147.1 	The funding must be used by the State 
147.2 	Quality Council to assure a statewide plan 
147.3 	for systems change in person-centered 
147.4 	planning that will achieve desired outcomes 
147.5 	including increased integrated employment 
147.6 	and community living.

147.7	(m) Adult Mental Health Grants

147.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
147.9	General
	69,992,000
	71,244,000
	
147.10	Health Care Access
	1,575,000
	2,473,000
	
147.11	Lottery Prize
	1,733,000
	1,733,000
	
147.12 	Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal 
147.13 	year's appropriation for adult mental health 
147.14 	grants may be used to fund allocations in that 
147.15 	portion of the fiscal year ending December 
147.16 	31.
147.17 	Culturally Specific Mental Health 
147.18 	Services. $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for 
147.19 	grants to nonprofit organizations to provide 
147.20 	resources and referrals for culturally specific 
147.21 	mental health services to Southeast Asian 
147.22 	veterans born before 1965 who do not qualify 
147.23 	for services available to veterans formally 
147.24 	discharged from the United States armed 
147.25 	forces.
147.26 	Problem Gambling. $225,000 in fiscal year 
147.27 	2016 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2017 are 
147.28 	from the lottery prize fund for a grant to the 
147.29 	state affiliate recognized by the National 
147.30 	Council on Problem Gambling. The affiliate 
147.31 	must provide services to increase public 
147.32 	awareness of problem gambling, education, 
147.33 	and training for individuals and organizations 
147.34 	providing effective treatment services to 
148.1 	problem gamblers and their families, and 
148.2 	research related to problem gambling.
148.3 	Sustainability Grants. $2,125,000 in fiscal 
148.4 	year 2016 and $2,125,000 in fiscal year 2017 
148.5 	are for sustainability grants under Minnesota 
148.6 	Statutes, section 256B.0622, subdivision 11.
148.7 	Beltrami County Mental Health Services 
148.8 	Grant. $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
148.9 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 are from the 
148.10 	general fund for a grant to Beltrami County 
148.11 	to fund the planning and development of 
148.12 	a comprehensive mental health services 
148.13 	program under article 2, section 41, 
148.14 	Comprehensive Mental Health Program 
148.15 	in Beltrami County. This is a onetime 
148.16 	appropriation.
148.17 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
148.18 	base is increased by $723,000 in fiscal year 
148.19 	2018 and by $723,000 in fiscal year 2019. 
148.20 	The health care access fund base is decreased 
148.21 	by $1,723,000 in fiscal year 2018 and by 
148.22 	$1,723,000 in fiscal year 2019.

148.23	(n) Child Mental Health Grants
		23,386,000
		24,313,000
	
148.24 	Services and Supports for First Episode 
148.25 	Psychosis. $177,000 in fiscal year 2017 is 
148.26 	for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
148.27 	245.4889, to mental health providers to pilot 
148.28 	evidence-based interventions for youth at risk 
148.29 	of developing or experiencing a first episode 
148.30 	of psychosis and for a public awareness 
148.31 	campaign on the signs and symptoms of 
148.32 	psychosis. The base for these grants is 
148.33 	$236,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $301,000 in 
148.34 	fiscal year 2019.
149.1 	Adverse Childhood Experiences. The base 
149.2 	for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
149.3 	245.4889, to children's mental health and 
149.4 	family services collaboratives for adverse 
149.5 	childhood experiences (ACEs) training 
149.6 	grants and for an interactive Web site 
149.7 	connection to support ACEs in Minnesota is 
149.8 	$363,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $363,000 in 
149.9 	fiscal year 2019.
149.10 	Funding Usage. Up to 75 percent of a fiscal 
149.11 	year's appropriation for child mental health 
149.12 	grants may be used to fund allocations in that 
149.13 	portion of the fiscal year ending December 
149.14 	31.
149.15 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
149.16 	base is increased by $422,000 in fiscal year 
149.17 	2018 and is increased by $487,000 in fiscal 
149.18 	year 2019.

149.19
149.20	(o) Chemical Dependency Treatment Support 
Grants
		1,561,000
		1,561,000
	
149.21 	Chemical Dependency Prevention. 
149.22 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $150,000 
149.23 	in fiscal year 2017 are for grants to 
149.24 	nonprofit organizations to provide chemical 
149.25 	dependency prevention programs in 
149.26 	secondary schools. When making grants, the 
149.27 	commissioner must consider the expertise, 
149.28 	prior experience, and outcomes achieved 
149.29 	by applicants that have provided prevention 
149.30 	programming in secondary education 
149.31 	environments. An applicant for the grant 
149.32 	funds must provide verification to the 
149.33 	commissioner that the applicant has available 
149.34 	and will contribute sufficient funds to match 
149.35 	the grant given by the commissioner. This is 
149.36 	a onetime appropriation.
150.1 	Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Grants. $250,000 
150.2 	in fiscal year 2016 and $250,000 in fiscal year 
150.3 	2017 are for grants to be administered by the 
150.4 	Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol 
150.5 	Syndrome to provide comprehensive, 
150.6 	gender-specific services to pregnant and 
150.7 	parenting women suspected of or known 
150.8 	to use or abuse alcohol or other drugs. 
150.9 	This appropriation is for grants to no fewer 
150.10 	than three eligible recipients. Minnesota 
150.11 	Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 
150.12 	must report to the commissioner of human 
150.13 	services annually by January 15 on the 
150.14 	grants funded by this appropriation. The 
150.15 	report must include measurable outcomes for 
150.16 	the previous year, including the number of 
150.17 	pregnant women served and the number of 
150.18 	toxic-free babies born.
150.19 	Base Level Adjustment. The general fund 
150.20 	base is decreased by $150,000 in fiscal year 
150.21 	2018 and by $150,000 in fiscal year 2019.

150.22 	Sec. 8. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 4, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

150.23
150.24	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	19,707,000
19,902,000
	$
	19,597,000
19,852,000
	
150.25 	This appropriation is from the state 
150.26 	government special revenue fund. The 
150.27 	amounts that may be spent for each purpose 
150.28 	are specified in the following subdivisions.

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

150.30 	Sec. 9. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 4, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

150.31
150.32	Subd. 3.Board of Dentistry
 		2,192,000
1,342,000
		2,206,000
1,342,000
	
151.1 	This appropriation includes $864,000 in fiscal 
151.2 	year 2016 and $878,000 in fiscal year 2017 
151.3 	for the health professional services program.

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

151.5 	Sec. 10. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 4, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

151.6
151.7	Subd. 5.Board of Marriage and Family 
Therapy
 		234,000
274,000
		237,000
287,000

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

151.9 	Sec. 11. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 4, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

151.10
151.11	Subd. 10.Board of Pharmacy
 		2,847,000
2,962,000
		2,888,000
3,033,000

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

151.13 	Sec. 12. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 4, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

151.14
151.15	Subd. 11.Board of Physical Therapy
 		354,000
1,244,000
		359,000
1,283,000
	
151.16 	Health Professional Services Program. Of 
151.17 	this appropriation, $850,000 in fiscal year 
151.18 	2016 and $864,000 in fiscal year 2017 from 
151.19 	the state government special revenue fund are 
151.20 	for the health professional services program.

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

151.22 	Sec. 13. Laws 2015, chapter 71, article 14, section 9, is amended to read:

151.23
151.24	Sec. 9. COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCE
 	$
	210,000
-0-
	$
	213,000
-0-
	
151.25 	The commissioner of commerce shall 
151.26 	develop a proposal to allow individuals 
151.27 	to purchase qualified health plans outside 
151.28 	of MNsure directly from health plan 
151.29 	companies and to allow eligible individuals 
151.30 	to receive advanced premium tax credits and 
152.1 	cost-sharing reductions when purchasing 
152.2 	qualified health plans outside of MNsure.

152.3 	Sec. 14. EXPIRATION OF UNCODIFIED LANGUAGE.
 152.4 	All uncodified language contained in this article expires on June 30, 2017, unless a 
152.5 	different expiration date is explicit.

152.6 	Sec. 15. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 152.7 	This article is effective the day following final enactment.

152.8 	ARTICLE 10
152.9 	STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

152.10	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS
 	
152.11 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or subtracted 
152.12 	from the appropriations in Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 1, to the agencies and for the 
152.13 	purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, or another 
152.14 	named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures 
152.15 	"2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the addition to the appropriation listed 
152.16 	under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, 
152.17 	respectively.

152.18				APPROPRIATIONS
	
152.19				Available for the Year
	
152.20				Ending June 30
	
152.21					2016
		2017

152.22	Sec. 2. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	-0-
	$
	185,000
	
152.23 	$3,140,000 from the senate carryforward 
152.24 	account cancels to the general fund on July 
152.25 	1, 2016.
152.26 	$440,000 from the Legislative Coordinating 
152.27 	Commission carryforward account cancels to 
152.28 	the general fund on July 1, 2016.
152.29 	$318,000 is appropriated to the Office of the 
152.30 	Legislative Auditor for new duties related 
152.31 	to fiscal notes, revenue estimates, and local 
152.32 	impact notes.
153.1 	The appropriation to the Legislative 
153.2 	Coordinating Commission for the fiscal 
153.3 	year ending June 30, 2017, is reduced by 
153.4 	$133,000.

153.5	Sec. 3. STATE AUDITOR
 	$
	-0-
	$
	6,951,000

153.6	Sec. 4. MN.IT SERVICES
 	$
	-0-
	$
	500,000
	
153.7 	This appropriation is for a study of enhanced 
153.8 	cybersecurity across state government. This 
153.9 	is a onetime appropriation.

153.10	Sec. 5. ADMINISTRATION
 	$
	-0-
	$
	148,000
	
153.11 	This appropriation is for continued 
153.12 	implementation of the state's Olmstead plan.

153.13
153.14	Sec. 6. MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND 
BUDGET
 	$
	-0-
	$
	(318,000)
	
153.15 	To the extent possible, the appropriation 
153.16 	reduction in this section must be 
153.17 	implemented through savings achieved in 
153.18 	not administering the fiscal note process.

153.19	Sec. 7. REVENUE
 					
153.20 	$1,000,000 of money previously appropriated 
153.21 	to the department for fiscal year 2017 must 
153.22 	be used for efforts to identify and reject 
153.23 	attempted tax refund fraud.

153.24	Sec. 8. HUMAN RIGHTS
 	$
	-0-
	$
	180,000
	
153.25 	$180,000 is appropriated for a St. Cloud 
153.26 	office. This amount is added to the base 
153.27 	appropriation, for purposes of the St. Cloud 
153.28 	office.
153.29 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, 
153.30 	federal funds received by the Department of 
154.1 	Human Rights during the biennium ending 
154.2 	June 30, 2017, must be deposited in the 
154.3 	state general fund, to the extent permitted 
154.4 	by agreements with the federal government. 
154.5 	If agreements with the federal government 
154.6 	do not permit federal funds received by the 
154.7 	department to be deposited in the state general 
154.8 	fund, the general fund appropriation to the 
154.9 	department for the biennium ending June 30, 
154.10 	2017, is reduced by the amount of the federal 
154.11 	funds received during the biennium.

154.12	Sec. 9. VETERANS AFFAIRS
 	$
	-0-
	$
	500,000
	
154.13 	$100,000 is for a grant to Eagle's Healing Nest 
154.14 	for assisting veterans who are reintegrating 
154.15 	back into civilian and family life.
154.16 	$300,000 is for the state soldiers assistance 
154.17 	fund, for housing assistance and health 
154.18 	assistance to veterans.
154.19 	$100,000 is to support nonprofit organizations 
154.20 	in providing rent subsidies for housing for 
154.21 	veterans and their families at the Cottages 
154.22 	of Anoka.
154.23 	The appropriations in this section are 
154.24 	onetime.

154.25	Sec. 10. MILITARY AFFAIRS
 	$
	1,562,000
	$
	248,000
	
154.26 	This appropriation is for security 
154.27 	improvements at National Guard facilities. 
154.28 	Any unencumbered balance remaining at the 
154.29 	end of the first year does not cancel, but is 
154.30 	available for the second year of the biennium.

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

154.32	Sec. 11. PUBLIC SAFETY
 	$
	-0-
	$
	260,000
	
155.1 	$260,000 is appropriated for payment of 
155.2 	public safety officer survivor benefits. This 
155.3 	is added to the appropriation in Laws 2015, 
155.4 	chapter 75, article 1, section 5, subdivision 
155.5 	2, paragraph (b).

155.6 	Sec. 12. SAVINGS; APPROPRIATION REDUCTION FOR EXECUTIVE 
155.7 	AGENCIES.
 155.8 	(a) The commissioner of management and budget must reduce general fund 
155.9 	appropriations to executive agencies, including constitutional offices for agency operations 
155.10 	for the biennium ending June 30, 2017, by $6,519,000. The Minnesota State Colleges 
155.11 	and Universities system is not an executive agency for purposes of this section. The 
155.12 	commissioner must not reduce appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
155.13 	Military Affairs, Human Services, Corrections, or Public Safety. To the greatest extent 
155.14 	possible, these reductions must come from savings provided by the cost-savings measures 
155.15 	contained in this article, including:
155.16 	(1) reductions in salaries of commissioners and deputy and assistant commissioners;
155.17 	(2) hiring freeze; and
155.18 	(3) reductions in agency expenditures on nonessential travel and advertising.
155.19 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must report to the chairs 
155.20 	and ranking minority members of the senate Finance Committee and the house of 
155.21 	representatives Ways and Means and Finance Committees regarding the amount of 
155.22 	reductions in spending by each agency under this section.
155.23 	(c) Reductions made in fiscal year 2017 must be reflected as reductions in agency 
155.24 	base budgets for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

155.25 	Sec. 13. HIRING FREEZE.
 155.26 		Subdivision 1.Application of freeze. A state employer may not hire any permanent 
155.27 	or temporary employees before July 1, 2017. For purposes of this section, "state employer" 
155.28 	means state elected officials, departments, boards, agencies, commissions, offices, and 
155.29 	other hiring entities in the executive and legislative branches of state government, as those 
155.30 	branches are defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.02. State employer does not 
155.31 	include the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
155.32 		Subd. 2.Freeze exceptions. (a) Subdivision 1 does not apply to:
155.33 	(1) a student in a work-study position; or
155.34 	(2) a position that is necessary to perform essential government services.
156.1 	(b) A determination under paragraph (a), clause (2), must be made by the speaker 
156.2 	of the house with respect to house employees, the chair of the Committee on Rules 
156.3 	and Administration with respect to senate employees, and the Legislative Coordinating 
156.4 	Commission with respect to its employees, by a constitutional officer with respect to 
156.5 	employees of the constitutional office, and by the governor with respect to any other 
156.6 	employee covered by this section. Exceptions granted under paragraph (a), clause (2), 
156.7 	must be reported monthly by the entity granting the exception. The reports must be 
156.8 	published on the entity's Web site, and copies must be provided to the chairs of the house 
156.9 	of representatives Ways and Means and senate finance committees and to the Legislative 
156.10 	Reference Library.

156.11 	Sec. 14. NO NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL.
 156.12 	During the biennium ending June 30, 2017, state funds may not be used to pay 
156.13 	for nonessential travel for employees of executive agencies. The governor must report 
156.14 	any travel monthly on the governor's Web site, and by providing copies to the chairs 
156.15 	of the house of representatives Ways and Means and senate finance committees and to 
156.16 	the Legislative Reference Library.

156.17 	Sec. 15. LIMIT ON EXPENDITURES FOR ADVERTISING.
 156.18 	During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, an executive branch agency's spending 
156.19 	on advertising and promotions may not exceed 90 percent of the amount the agency 
156.20 	spent on advertising and promotions during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016. The 
156.21 	commissioner of management and budget must ensure compliance with this limit, and 
156.22 	may issue guidelines and policies to executive agencies. The commissioner may forbid 
156.23 	an agency from engaging in advertising as the commissioner determines is necessary to 
156.24 	ensure compliance with this section. This section does not apply to the Minnesota Lottery 
156.25 	or Explore Minnesota Tourism. Spending during the biennium ending June 30, 2017, on 
156.26 	advertising relating to a declared emergency, an emergency, or a disaster, as those terms 
156.27 	are defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 12.03, is excluded for purposes of this section.

156.28 	Sec. 16. EXECUTIVE AGENCY MANAGERS.
 156.29 	The salaries for the heads of all departments or agencies listed in Minnesota 
156.30 	Statutes, section 15.06, subdivision 1, are reduced by five percent. The salaries for 
156.31 	all deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners of agencies listed in Minnesota 
156.32 	Statutes, section 15.06, subdivision 1, are reduced by five percent. The commissioner 
156.33 	of management and budget must reduce the number of deputy commissioner and 
157.1 	assistant commissioner positions in agencies listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15.06, 
157.2 	subdivision 1, by five percent.

157.3 	Sec. 17. TRANSITION; STATE AUDITOR ENTERPRISE FUND.
 157.4 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, receipts from examinations conducted by 
157.5 	the state auditor must be credited to the general fund beginning July 1, 2016. Amounts in 
157.6 	the state auditor enterprise fund are transferred to the general fund on July 1, 2016.

157.7 	Sec. 18. PUBLIC SUBSIDY PROGRAM SUSPENDED.
 157.8 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the public subsidy program for state 
157.9 	elections does not apply for the remainder of the biennium ending June 30, 2017. During 
157.10 	this period:
157.11 	(1) no appropriations or transfers shall be made from the general fund to the state 
157.12 	elections campaign account;
157.13 	(2) no public subsidy payments shall be made from the state elections campaign 
157.14 	account for any general or special election; and
157.15 	(3) any written agreements made by a candidate as a condition of receiving a 
157.16 	payment are not effective for that election.
157.17 	Amounts designated on income tax and property tax refund returns filed after the effective 
157.18 	date of this section and before June 30, 2017, are not effective and remain in the general 
157.19 	fund.

157.20 	ARTICLE 11
157.21 	STATE GOVERNMENT

157.22 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.3005, is amended by adding a 
157.23 	subdivision to read:
157.24 		Subd. 1a.Application. This section applies to the expenditure of all federal money 
157.25 	whether that federal money is appropriated under section 4.07 or another section, unless 
157.26 	that federal money is specifically excluded from the requirements of this section.

157.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.3005, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
157.28 		Subd. 3.State match. If a request to spend federal money is included in the 
157.29 	governor's budget or spending the money is authorized by law but the amount of federal 
157.30 	money received that has been awarded requires a state match greater than that the amount 
157.31 	that was included in the budget request or authorized by law, the amount federal funds 
158.1 	that have been awarded that requires require an additional state match may be allotted for 
158.2 	expenditure after the requirements of subdivision 5 or 6 are met.

158.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.3005, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
158.4 		Subd. 3b.Increase in amount. If a request to spend federal money is included in a 
158.5 	governor's budget request and approved according to subdivision 2 or 5 and the amount 
158.6 	of money awarded and available to be expended increases after the request is made and 
158.7 	authorized, the additional amount may be allotted for expenditure after a revised request is 
158.8 	submitted according to subdivision 2, or the requirements of subdivision 5 or 6 are met.

158.9 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.3005, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
158.10 		Subd. 4.Interim procedures; urgencies. If federal money becomes available 
158.11 	is awarded to the state for expenditure after the deadline in subdivision 2 or while the 
158.12 	legislature is not in session, and the availability of money from that source or for that 
158.13 	purpose or in that fiscal year could not reasonably have been anticipated and included in 
158.14 	the governor's budget request, and an urgency requires that all or part of the money be 
158.15 	allotted encumbered or expended before the legislature reconvenes or prior to the end of 
158.16 	the 20-day period specified in subdivision 2, it may be allotted to a state agency after the 
158.17 	requirements of subdivision 5 are met. Legislative Advisory Commission has reviewed 
158.18 	the request. If the members of the commission make a positive recommendation or no 
158.19 	recommendation, or if the commission has not reviewed the request within ten days after 
158.20 	the date the request was submitted, the commissioner may approve the request and the 
158.21 	federal money may be allotted for expenditure. If the commission makes a negative 
158.22 	recommendation or a recommendation for further review on a request within ten days after 
158.23 	the date the request was submitted, the commissioner shall not approve the expenditure of 
158.24 	the federal money. If a request to expend federal money submitted under this subdivision 
158.25 	receives a negative recommendation or a recommendation for further review, the request 
158.26 	may be submitted again under subdivision 2 or 6. For the purposes of this subdivision, a 
158.27 	recommendation of the commission must be made at a meeting of the commission unless 
158.28 	a written recommendation is signed by all members entitled to vote on the item. For the 
158.29 	purposes of this subdivision, an urgency means: (1) the expenditure of the federal funds 
158.30 	would prevent imminent harm to life or property; or (2) failure to encumber or spend the 
158.31 	federal funds before the expiration of the earliest time provided under this subdivision 
158.32 	would clearly result in a loss of the federal funds.

158.33 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.3005, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
159.1 		Subd. 5.Legislative Advisory Commission review. Federal money that  is awarded 
159.2 	and becomes available under subdivision 3, 3a, or 3b, or 4 may be allotted after the 
159.3 	commissioner of management and budget has submitted the request to the members of 
159.4 	the Legislative Advisory Commission for their review and recommendation for further 
159.5 	review. If a recommendation is not made within ten days, no further review by the 
159.6 	Legislative Advisory Commission is required, and the commissioner shall approve or 
159.7 	disapprove the request. If a recommendation by any member is for further review the 
159.8 	governor shall submit the request to the Legislative Advisory Commission for its review 
159.9 	and recommendation. Failure or refusal of the commission to make a recommendation 
159.10 	promptly is a negative recommendation. If a member of the commission makes a negative 
159.11 	recommendation or requests further review on a request within 20 days after the date 
159.12 	the request was submitted, the commissioner shall not approve the expenditure of that 
159.13 	federal money. If a request to expend federal money submitted under this subdivision 
159.14 	receives a negative recommendation or a request for further review, the request may be 
159.15 	submitted again under subdivision 2. If the members of a commission make a positive 
159.16 	recommendation or no recommendation, the commissioner may approve the request and 
159.17 	the federal money may be allotted for expenditure.

159.18 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.3005, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
159.19 		Subd. 6.Interim procedures; nonurgencies. If federal money is awarded and 
159.20 	becomes available to the state for expenditure after the deadline in subdivision 2 or while 
159.21 	the legislature is not in session, and subdivision 4 does not apply, a request to expend the 
159.22 	that federal money may be submitted by the commissioner of management and budget to 
159.23 	members of the Legislative Advisory Commission for their review and recommendation. 
159.24 	This request must be submitted by the later of October 1 of any year or 100 days before the 
159.25 	start of the next legislative session. If any member of the commission makes a negative 
159.26 	recommendation or a recommendation for further review on a request by October 20 of 
159.27 	the same year during the 20-day period beginning the day the commissioner submits 
159.28 	the request, the commissioner shall not approve expenditure of that federal money. If a 
159.29 	request to expend federal money submitted under this subdivision receives a negative 
159.30 	recommendation or a recommendation for further review, the commissioner shall not 
159.31 	approve the request until the request may be submitted again under subdivision 2. If the 
159.32 	members of the commission make a positive recommendation or no recommendation, the 
159.33 	commissioner shall may approve or disapprove the request and the federal money may be 
159.34 	allotted for expenditure.

160.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.3005, is amended by adding a subdivision 
160.2 	to read:
160.3 		Subd. 9.Withdrawal. The commissioner of management and budget may, with 
160.4 	written notice, withdraw any request to spend federal money under this section. The 
160.5 	commissioner of an agency requesting to expend federal money under this section may, 
160.6 	with written notice, withdraw any request to spend federal money under this section that 
160.7 	was submitted by the commissioner's agency.

160.8 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.971, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
160.9 	read:
160.10 		Subd. 8a.Fiscal notes and revenue estimates. The legislative auditor shall 
160.11 	participate in the fiscal note and revenue estimate process in the manner described in 
160.12 	section 3.98. Authority of the legislative auditor and duties of employees and entities 
160.13 	under section 3.978, subdivision 2, apply to the legislative auditor's work on fiscal notes 
160.14 	and revenue estimates.

160.15 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.98, is amended to read:
160.16 	3.98 FISCAL NOTES AND REVENUE ESTIMATES.
160.17 		Subdivision 1.Preparation. The head or chief administrative officer of each 
160.18 	department or agency of the state government, including the Supreme Court, shall prepare 
160.19 	a fiscal note at the request of the chair of the standing committee to which a bill has been 
160.20 	referred, or the chair of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee, or the 
160.21 	chair of the senate Committee on Finance.
160.22 	For purposes of this subdivision, "Supreme Court" includes all agencies, committees, 
160.23 	and commissions supervised or appointed by the state Supreme Court or the state court 
160.24 	administrator. (a) The chair of the standing committee to which a bill has been referred, 
160.25 	the chair of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee, and the chair 
160.26 	of the senate Finance Committee may request a fiscal note. The chair of the house of 
160.27 	representatives or senate Tax Committee may request a revenue estimate. A request for a 
160.28 	fiscal note or revenue estimate must be filed with the legislative auditor.
160.29 	(b) Upon receiving a request for a fiscal note or revenue estimate, the legislative 
160.30 	auditor shall request appropriate agencies, offices, boards, or commissions in the executive, 
160.31 	judicial, or legislative branch to provide the legislative auditor with an analysis of the 
160.32 	financial and personnel impacts of the bill. The analysis must include a clear statement 
160.33 	of the assumptions used in the analysis and the extent to which alternative assumptions 
160.34 	were considered. Agencies, offices, boards, or commissions shall, after receiving a request 
161.1 	from the legislative auditor, submit the analysis in the time and manner requested by the 
161.2 	auditor. The legislative auditor may require agencies, offices, boards, or commissions to 
161.3 	use the fiscal note tracking system developed and maintained by the commissioner of 
161.4 	management and budget for submitting fiscal note information and analysis.
161.5 	(c) The legislative auditor shall review the analysis submitted by agencies, offices, 
161.6 	boards, or commissions and assess the reasonableness of the analysis, particularly the 
161.7 	reasonableness of the assumptions used in the analysis. The auditor may require agencies, 
161.8 	offices, boards, or commissions to resubmit their analysis under new assumptions or 
161.9 	calculation parameters as defined by the auditor.
161.10 	(d) When the legislative auditor accepts the final analysis from all relevant agencies, 
161.11 	offices, boards, or commissions, the legislative auditor shall deliver the completed 
161.12 	fiscal note or revenue estimate. The note or estimate must contain the final analysis 
161.13 	and assumptions submitted to the legislative auditor by agencies, offices, boards, or 
161.14 	commissions, and a statement by the legislative auditor as to whether the legislative 
161.15 	auditor agrees with the final analysis and assumptions. The auditor must state the 
161.16 	reasons for any disagreements and may offer alternative analysis and assumptions for 
161.17 	consideration by the legislature. If the legislative auditor deems these disagreements 
161.18 	sufficiently large, the legislative auditor may submit an unofficial "unapproved" fiscal note 
161.19 	to the legislature for public consideration of both the analysis of the agencies, offices, 
161.20 	boards, or commissions, and of the legislative auditor.
161.21 		Subd. 2.Contents. (a) The A fiscal note, where possible, shall:
161.22 	(1) cite the effect in dollar amounts;
161.23 	(2) cite the statutory provisions affected;
161.24 	(3) estimate the increase or decrease in revenues or expenditures;
161.25 	(4) include the costs which may be absorbed without additional funds;
161.26 	(5) include the assumptions used in determining the cost estimates; and
161.27 	(6) specify any long-range implication.
161.28 	(b) The A revenue estimate must estimate the effect of a bill on state tax revenues.
161.29 	(c) A fiscal note or revenue estimate may comment on technical or mechanical 
161.30 	defects in the bill but shall express no opinions concerning the merits of the proposal.
161.31 		Subd. 3.Distribution. A copy of the a fiscal note shall be delivered to the chair 
161.32 	of the Ways and Means Committee of the house of representatives, the chair of the 
161.33 	Finance Committee of the senate, the chair of the standing committee to which the bill 
161.34 	has been referred, to the chief author of the bill and to the commissioner of management 
161.35 	and budget. A copy of a revenue estimate shall be delivered to the chairs of the house 
162.1 	of representatives and senate tax committees, to the chief author of the bill, and to the 
162.2 	commissioner of revenue.
162.3 		Subd. 4.Uniform procedure. The commissioner of management and budget 
162.4 	legislative auditor shall prescribe a uniform procedure to govern the departments and 
162.5 	agencies of the state in complying with the requirements of this section.
162.6 		Subd. 5.Tracking system. The commissioner of management and budget shall 
162.7 	provide the legislative auditor with manuals and other documentation requested by the 
162.8 	auditor for the fiscal note tracking system that is maintained by the commissioner.

162.9 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.987, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
162.10 		Subdivision 1.Local impact notes. The commissioner of management and budget 
162.11 	legislative auditor shall coordinate the development of a local impact note for any proposed 
162.12 	legislation introduced after June 30, 1997, upon request of the chair or the ranking minority 
162.13 	member of either legislative Tax, Finance, or Ways and Means Committee. Upon receipt 
162.14 	of a request to prepare a local impact note, the commissioner auditor must notify the 
162.15 	authors of the proposed legislation that the request has been made. The local impact note 
162.16 	must be made available to the public upon request. If the action is among the exceptions 
162.17 	listed in section 3.988, a local impact note need not be requested nor prepared. The 
162.18 	commissioner auditor shall make a reasonable and timely estimate of the local fiscal impact 
162.19 	on each type of political subdivision that would result from the proposed legislation. The 
162.20 	commissioner of management and budget auditor may require any political subdivision or 
162.21 	the commissioner of an administrative agency of the state to supply in a timely manner 
162.22 	any information determined to be necessary to determine local fiscal impact. The political 
162.23 	subdivision, its representative association, or commissioner shall convey the requested 
162.24 	information to the commissioner of management and budget auditor with a signed 
162.25 	statement to the effect that the information is accurate and complete to the best of its ability. 
162.26 	The political subdivision, its representative association, or commissioner, when requested, 
162.27 	shall update its determination of local fiscal impact based on actual cost or revenue figures, 
162.28 	improved estimates, or both. Upon completion of the note, the commissioner auditor must 
162.29 	provide a copy to the authors of the proposed legislation and to the chair and ranking 
162.30 	minority member of each committee to which the proposed legislation is referred.

162.31 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 6.481, subdivision 6, is 
162.32 	amended to read:
162.33 		Subd. 6.Payments to state auditor. A county audited by the state auditor must 
162.34 	pay the state auditor for the costs and expenses of the audit. If the state auditor makes 
163.1 	additional examinations of a county whose audit is performed by a CPA firm, the county 
163.2 	must pay the auditor for the cost of these examinations. Payments must be deposited in 
163.3 	the state auditor enterprise general fund.

163.4 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 6.56, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
163.5 		Subd. 2.Billings by state auditor. Upon the examination of the books, records, 
163.6 	accounts, and affairs of any political subdivision, as provided by law, such political 
163.7 	subdivision shall be liable to the state for the total cost and expenses of such examination, 
163.8 	including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making such 
163.9 	examination. The state auditor may bill such political subdivision periodically for service 
163.10 	rendered and the officials responsible for approving and paying claims are authorized to 
163.11 	pay said bill promptly. Said payments shall be without prejudice to any defense against 
163.12 	said claims that may exist or be asserted. The state auditor enterprisegeneral fund shall be 
163.13 	credited with all collections made for any such examinations, including interest payments 
163.14 	made pursuant to subdivision 3.

163.15 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 6.581, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
163.16 		Subd. 4.Reports to legislature. At least 30 days before implementing increased 
163.17 	charges for examinations, the state auditor must report the proposed increases to the 
163.18 	chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the house of representatives 
163.19 	and the senate with jurisdiction over the budget of the state auditor. By January 15 of 
163.20 	each odd-numbered year, the state auditor must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
163.21 	members of the legislative committees and divisions with primary jurisdiction over the 
163.22 	budget of the state auditor a summary of the state auditor enterprise fund anticipated 
163.23 	revenues, and expenditures  related to examinations for the biennium ending June 30 
163.24 	of that year. The report must also include for the biennium the number of full-time 
163.25 	equivalents paid by the fund in the audit practice division, any audit rate changes stated as 
163.26 	a percentage, the number of audit reports issued, and the number of counties audited.

163.27 	Sec. 14. [16A.0565] CENTRALIZED TRACKING LIST OF AGENCY 
163.28 	PROJECTS.
163.29 		Subdivision 1.Centralized tracking. The commissioner must maintain a 
163.30 	centralized tracking list of new agency projects estimated to cost more than $100,000 that 
163.31 	are paid for from the general fund.
163.32 		Subd. 2.New agency project. (a) For purposes of this section a "new agency 
163.33 	project" means:
164.1 	(1) any new agency program or activity with more than $100,000 in funding from 
164.2 	the general fund; and
164.3 	(2) any preexisting agency program or activity with an increase of $100,000 or more 
164.4 	above the base level in general fund support. 
164.5 	(b) For purposes of this section, a new agency project does not include:
164.6 	(1) general aid programs for units of local government, or entitlement programs 
164.7 	providing assistance to individuals; or
164.8 	(2) a new program or activity or increase in a program or activity that is mandated 
164.9 	by law.
164.10 		Subd. 3.Transparency requirements. The centralized tracking list maintained by 
164.11 	the commissioner must report the following for each new agency project:
164.12 	(1) the name of the agency and title of the project;
164.13 	(2) a brief description of the project and its purposes;
164.14 	(3) the extent to which the project has been implemented; and
164.15 	(4) the amount of money that has been spent on the project.
164.16 		Subd. 4.Timing and reporting. The commissioner must display the information 
164.17 	required by subdivision 3 on the department's Web site. The list shall be maintained in a 
164.18 	widely available and common document format such as a spreadsheet that does not require 
164.19 	any new costs to develop. The commissioner must report this information to the chairs of 
164.20 	the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and senate Finance Committee 
164.21 	quarterly, and must update the information on the Web site at least quarterly.

164.22 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.103, is amended by adding a 
164.23 	subdivision to read:
164.24 		Subd. 1h.Revenue uncertainty information. The commissioner shall report 
164.25 	to the legislature within 14 days of a forecast  under subdivision 1 on uncertainty in 
164.26 	Minnesota's general fund revenue projections. The report shall present information on: (1) 
164.27 	the estimated range of forecast error for revenues; and (2) the data and methods used to 
164.28 	construct those measurements.

164.29 	Sec. 16. [16A.104] FEDERAL FUNDS REPORT.
164.30 	The commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
164.31 	house of representatives Ways and Means and senate Finance Committee  on receipt of 
164.32 	federal funds by the state. The report must be submitted with the governor's detailed 
164.33 	operating budget in accordance with section 16A.11, subdivision 1, in an odd-numbered 
164.34 	year and within ten days prior to the start of the regular session in accordance with section 
165.1 	3.3005, subdivision 2, in an even-numbered year. The report must include the total amount 
165.2 	of federal funds received by the state in the fiscal year ending the prior June 30 and the 
165.3 	total amount of federal funds anticipated to be received by the state in the current fiscal 
165.4 	year. For each category of federal funding, the report must list:
165.5 	(1) the name of the federal grant or federal funding source, the federal agency 
165.6 	providing the funding, a federal identification number, and a brief description of the 
165.7 	purpose of the federal funding;
165.8 	(2) the amount of federal funding the state received through that grant or source in 
165.9 	the fiscal year ending the prior June 30 and the total amount of federal funds anticipated to 
165.10 	be received by the state in the current fiscal year;
165.11 	(3) if there is a federal maintenance-of-effort requirement associated with the funding;
165.12 	(4) the number of full-time equivalent state employees needed to implement the 
165.13 	federal funding; and
165.14 	(5) the amount of state funds spent, as a match or otherwise, in conjunction with 
165.15 	receipt of the federal funding in the fiscal year ending the prior June 30, and the amount of 
165.16 	state funds anticipated to be spent in the current fiscal year.

165.17 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.1283, is amended to read:
165.18 	16A.1283 LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR FEES.
165.19 	(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an executive branch state agency may 
165.20 	not impose a new fee or increase an existing fee unless the new fee or increase is approved 
165.21 	by law.  An agency must not propose a fee or fine increase of more than ten percent 
165.22 	in a biennium over the same fee or fine in law at the start of the same biennium. For 
165.23 	purposes of this section, a fee is any charge for goods, services, regulation, or licensure, 
165.24 	and, notwithstanding paragraph (b), clause (3), includes charges for admission to or for 
165.25 	use of public facilities owned by the state.
165.26 	(b) This section does not apply to:
165.27 	(1) charges billed within or between state agencies, or billed to federal agencies;
165.28 	(2) the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system;
165.29 	(3) charges for goods and services provided for the direct and primary use of a 
165.30 	private individual, business, or other entity;
165.31 	(4) charges that authorize use of state-owned lands and minerals administered by 
165.32 	the commissioner of natural resources by the issuance of leases, easements, cooperative 
165.33 	farming agreements, and land and water crossing licenses and charges for sales of 
165.34 	state-owned lands administered by the commissioner of natural resources; or
165.35 	(5) state park fees and charges established by commissioner's order.
166.1 	(c) An executive branch agency may reduce a fee that was set by rule before July 
166.2 	1, 2001, without legislative approval. Chapter 14 does not apply to fee reductions under 
166.3 	this paragraph.

166.4 	Sec. 18. [16A.6415] FEDERAL PENALTIES RELATING TO PURCHASE OR 
166.5 	SALE OF STATE BONDS.
166.6 	(a) The commissioner must disclose to the legislative auditor any situation that the 
166.7 	commissioner believes potentially could subject the state or a state agency to payment of a 
166.8 	penalty to the federal government in connection with the purchase or sale of bonds issued 
166.9 	by the state. This disclosure must be made within ten days of the commissioner learning 
166.10 	of the situation that has potential to subject the state to a federal penalty.
166.11 	(b) Payment of a penalty to the federal government in connection with the purchase 
166.12 	or sale of state bonds issued by the state must be made from funds appropriated for general 
166.13 	operations of the department. If the commissioner determines that it is not feasible to pay 
166.14 	the penalty from these funds, the commissioner may seek approval under the process in 
166.15 	section 3.30 for use of contingent account appropriations.
166.16 	(c) The commissioner must disclose to the legislative auditor and to the chairs and 
166.17 	ranking minority members of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee, 
166.18 	senate Finance Committee, and house of representatives and senate committees with 
166.19 	jurisdiction over capital investment the payment of a penalty by the commissioner or a 
166.20 	state agency to the federal government in connection with the purchase or sale of bonds 
166.21 	issued by the state. A disclosure under this paragraph must be made within ten days of the 
166.22 	commissioner or a state agency paying the penalty.

166.23 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16B.335, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
166.24 		Subdivision 1.Construction and major remodeling. (a) The commissioner, or 
166.25 	any other recipient to whom an appropriation is made to acquire or better public lands 
166.26 	or buildings or other public improvements of a capital nature, must not prepare final 
166.27 	plans and specifications for any construction, major remodeling, or land acquisition in 
166.28 	anticipation of which the appropriation was made until the agency that will use the 
166.29 	project has presented the program plan and cost estimates for all elements necessary to 
166.30 	complete the project to the chair of the senate Finance Committee and the chair of the 
166.31 	house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and the chairs have made their 
166.32 	recommendations, and the chair and ranking minority member of the senate Capital 
166.33 	Investment Committee and the chair and ranking minority member of the house of 
166.34 	representatives Capital Investment Committee are notified. "Construction or major 
167.1 	remodeling" means construction of a new building, a substantial addition to an existing 
167.2 	building, or a substantial change to the interior configuration of an existing building. The 
167.3 	presentation must note any significant changes in the work that will be done, or in its cost, 
167.4 	since the appropriation for the project was enacted or from the predesign submittal. The 
167.5 	program plans and estimates must be presented for review at least two weeks before a 
167.6 	recommendation is needed. The recommendations are advisory only. Failure or refusal to 
167.7 	make a recommendation is considered a negative recommendation. 
167.8 	(b) The chairs and ranking minority members of the senate Finance and Capital 
167.9 	Investment Committees and, the house of representatives Capital Investment and Ways 
167.10 	and Means Committees, and the house of representatives and senate budget committees or 
167.11 	divisions with jurisdiction over the agency that will use the project must also be notified 
167.12 	whenever there is a substantial change in a construction or major remodeling project, or in 
167.13 	its cost. This notice must include the nature and reason for the change, and the anticipated 
167.14 	cost of the change. The notice must be given no later than ten days after signing a change 
167.15 	order or other document authorizing a change in the project, or if there is not a change 
167.16 	order or other document, no later than ten days after the project owner becomes aware of a 
167.17 	substantial change in the project or its cost.
167.18 	(b) (c) Capital projects exempt from the requirements of this subdivisionin 
167.19 	paragraph (a) to seek recommendations before preparing final plans and specifications 
167.20 	include demolition or decommissioning of state assets, hazardous material projects, utility 
167.21 	infrastructure projects, environmental testing, parking lots, parking structures, park and 
167.22 	ride facilities, bus rapid transit stations, light rail lines, passenger rail projects, exterior 
167.23 	lighting, fencing, highway rest areas, truck stations, storage facilities not consisting 
167.24 	primarily of offices or heated work areas, roads, bridges, trails, pathways, campgrounds, 
167.25 	athletic fields, dams, floodwater retention systems, water access sites, harbors, sewer 
167.26 	separation projects, water and wastewater facilities, port development projects for which 
167.27 	the commissioner of transportation has entered into an assistance agreement under section 
167.28 	457A.04, ice centers, a local government project with a construction cost of less than 
167.29 	$1,500,000, or any other capital project with a construction cost of less than $750,000. 
167.30 	The requirements in paragraph (b) to give notice of changes applies to these projects.

167.31 	Sec. 20. [16B.336] NEW STATE BUILDINGS.
167.32 	Any requirement for legislative approval of construction of a state building may be 
167.33 	fulfilled only by approval of the entire legislature in a bill enacted into law, and may not be 
167.34 	fulfilled by approval of one or more committees of the legislature.

168.1 	Sec. 21. [16B.991] TERMINATION OF GRANT.
168.2 	Each grant agreement subject to sections 16B.97 and 16B.98 must provide that 
168.3 	the agreement will immediately be terminated if the recipient is convicted of a criminal 
168.4 	offense relating to a state grant agreement.

168.5 	Sec. 22. [16B.992] NO FEES FOR GENERAL FUND GRANT 
168.6 	ADMINISTRATION.
168.7 	An agency may not charge a recipient of a grant from the general fund a fee and 
168.8 	may not deduct money from the grant to pay administrative expenses incurred by the 
168.9 	agency in administering the grant.

168.10 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16C.03, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
168.11 		Subd. 16.Delegation of duties. (a) The commissioner may delegate duties imposed 
168.12 	by this chapter to the head of an agency and to any subordinate of the agency head. At 
168.13 	least once every three years the commissioner must audit use of authority under this 
168.14 	chapter by each employee whom the commissioner has delegated duties.
168.15 	(b) The commissioner must develop guidelines for agencies and employees to whom 
168.16 	authority is delegated under this chapter that protect state legal interests. These guidelines 
168.17 	may provide for review by the commissioner when a specific contract has potential to put 
168.18 	the state's legal interests at risk.

168.19 	Sec. 24. [16C.067] CONFLICT-FREE MINERALS.
168.20 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
168.21 	have the meanings given them.
168.22 	(b) "Conflict mineral" means a mineral or mineral derivative determined under 
168.23 	federal law to be financing human conflict. Conflict mineral includes columbite-tantalite 
168.24 	(coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or derivatives of those minerals.
168.25 	(c) "Noncompliant person" means a person:
168.26 	(1) who is required to disclose under federal law information relating to conflict 
168.27 	minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or its neighboring 
168.28 	countries; and
168.29 	(2) for whom the disclosure is not filed, is considered under federal law to be an 
168.30 	unreliable determination, or contains false information.
168.31 		Subd. 2.Prohibition.  No commissioner, head, or chief administrative officer of an 
168.32 	agency may knowingly procure goods or services from a noncompliant person.
169.1 		Subd. 3.Notice. In any solicitation for goods or services, a commissioner, head, 
169.2 	or chief administrative officer of an agency shall provide notice of the requirements of 
169.3 	this section.

169.4 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 16C.073, subdivision 2, is 
169.5 	amended to read:
169.6 		Subd. 2.Purchases. (a) Whenever practicable, a public entity shall:
169.7 	(1) purchase uncoated copy paper, office paper, and printing paper;
169.8 	(2) purchase recycled content copy paper with at least 30 percent postconsumer 
169.9 	material by weight and purchase printing and office paper with at least ten percent 
169.10 	postconsumer material by weight;
169.11 	(3) purchase copy, office, and printing paper which has not been dyed with colors, 
169.12 	excluding pastel colors;
169.13 	(4) purchase recycled content copy, office, and printing paper that is manufactured 
169.14 	using little or no chlorine bleach or chlorine derivatives;
169.15 	(5) use reusable binding materials or staples and bind documents by methods that do 
169.16 	not use glue;
169.17 	(6) use soy-based inks;
169.18 	(7) purchase printer or duplication cartridges that:
169.19 	(i) have ten percent postconsumer material; or
169.20 	(ii) are purchased as remanufactured; or
169.21 	(iii) are backed by a vendor-offered program that will take back the printer cartridges 
169.22 	after their useful life, ensure that the cartridge is recycled, and comply with the definition 
169.23 	of recycling in section 115A.03, subdivision 25b;
169.24 	(7) (8) produce reports, publications, and periodicals that are readily recyclable; and
169.25 	(8) (9) purchase paper which has been made on a paper machine located in Minnesota.
169.26 	(b) Paragraph (a), clause (1), does not apply to coated paper that is made with at 
169.27 	least 50 percent postconsumer material.
169.28 	(c) A public entity shall print documents on both sides of the paper where commonly 
169.29 	accepted publishing practices allow.

169.30 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16C.16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
169.31 		Subd. 5.Designation of targeted groups. (a) The commissioner of administration 
169.32 	shall periodically designate businesses that are majority owned and operated by women, 
169.33 	persons with a substantial physical disability, or specific minorities as targeted group 
169.34 	businesses within purchasing categories as determined by the commissioner. A group 
170.1 	may be targeted within a purchasing category if the commissioner determines there is a 
170.2 	statistical disparity between the percentage of purchasing from businesses owned by 
170.3 	group members and the representation of businesses owned by group members among all 
170.4 	businesses in the state in the purchasing category.
170.5 	(b) In addition to designations under paragraph (a),: (1) an individual business may 
170.6 	be included as a targeted group business if the commissioner determines that inclusion is 
170.7 	necessary to remedy discrimination against the owner based on race, gender, or disability 
170.8 	in attempting to operate a business that would provide goods or services to public 
170.9 	agencies; and (2) an individual business must be included as a targeted group business if 
170.10 	the business agrees that its workforce will be composed of at least 40 percent minority 
170.11 	persons or veterans, and that this agreement will be expressed as a condition of any 
170.12 	contract between the state and the business.
170.13 	(c) The designations of purchasing categories and businesses under paragraphs 
170.14 	(a) and (b) are not rules for purposes of chapter 14, and are not subject to rulemaking 
170.15 	procedures of that chapter.

170.16 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.0466, is amended to read:
170.17 	16E.0466 STATE AGENCY TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.
170.18 	(a) Every state agency with an information or telecommunications project must 
170.19 	consult with the Office of MN.IT Services to determine the information technology cost 
170.20 	of the project. Upon agreement between the commissioner of a particular agency and 
170.21 	the chief information officer, the agency must transfer the information technology cost 
170.22 	portion of the project to the Office of MN.IT Services. Service level agreements must 
170.23 	document all project-related transfers under this section. Those agencies specified in 
170.24 	section 16E.016, paragraph (d), are exempt from the requirements of this section.
170.25 	(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.28, subdivision 3, any unexpended operating 
170.26 	balance appropriated to a state agency may be transferred to the information and 
170.27 	telecommunications technology systems and services account for the information 
170.28 	technology cost of a specific project, subject to the review of the Legislative Advisory 
170.29 	Commission, under section 16E.21, subdivision 3.

170.30 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
170.31 		Subd. 2.Charges. Upon agreement of the participating agency, the Office of 
170.32 	MN.IT Services may collect a charge or receive a fund transfer under section 16E.0466 
170.33 	for purchases of information and telecommunications technology systems and services 
170.34 	by state agencies and other governmental entities through state contracts for purposes 
171.1 	described in subdivision 1. Charges collected under this section must be credited to the 
171.2 	information and telecommunications technology systems and services account.

171.3 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.21, is amended by adding a subdivision 
171.4 	to read:
171.5 		Subd. 3.Legislative Advisory Commission review. (a) No funds may be 
171.6 	transferred to the information and telecommunications technology systems and services 
171.7 	account under subdivision 2 or section 16E.0466 until the commissioner of management 
171.8 	and budget has submitted the proposed transfer to the members of the Legislative 
171.9 	Advisory Commission for review and recommendation. If the commission makes a 
171.10 	positive recommendation or no recommendation, or if the commission has not reviewed 
171.11 	the request within 20 days after the date the request to transfer funds was submitted, 
171.12 	the commissioner of management and budget may approve the request to transfer the 
171.13 	funds. If the commission recommends further review of a request to transfer funds, the 
171.14 	commissioner shall provide additional information to the commission. If the commission 
171.15 	makes a negative recommendation on the request within ten days of receiving further 
171.16 	information, the commissioner shall not approve the fund transfer. If the commission 
171.17 	makes a positive recommendation or no recommendation within ten days of receiving 
171.18 	further information, the commissioner may approve the fund transfer.
171.19 	(b) A recommendation of the commission must be made at a meeting of the 
171.20 	commission unless a written recommendation is signed by all members entitled to vote on 
171.21 	the item as specified in section 3.30, subdivision 2. A recommendation of the commission 
171.22 	must be made by a majority of the commission.

171.23 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.21, is amended by adding a subdivision 
171.24 	to read:
171.25 		Subd. 4.Lapse. Any portion of any receipt credited to the information and 
171.26 	telecommunications technology systems and services account from a fund transfer under 
171.27 	subdivision 2 that remains unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the fiscal year 
171.28 	four years after the funds were received in the account shall lapse to the fund from which 
171.29 	the receipt was transferred.

171.30 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.21, is amended by adding a subdivision 
171.31 	to read:
171.32 		Subd. 5.Report. The chief information officer shall report by September 15 of 
171.33 	each odd-numbered year to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
172.1 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the Office of MN.IT Services regarding 
172.2 	the receipts credited to the account. The report must include a description of projects 
172.3 	funded through the information and telecommunications technology systems and services 
172.4 	account and each project's current status.

172.5 	Sec. 32. [43A.035] LIMIT ON NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT 
172.6 	EMPLOYEES.
172.7 	The total number of full-time equivalent employees employed in all executive 
172.8 	branch agencies may not exceed 31,691. As provided in article 1, section 13, an executive 
172.9 	branch agency may not hire a new employee during the biennium ending June 30, 2017, 
172.10 	except as authorized in article 10, section 13. Any reductions in staff should prioritize 
172.11 	protecting client-facing health care workers, corrections officers, public safety workers, 
172.12 	and mental health workers. As a means of achieving compliance with this requirement, 
172.13 	the commissioner may authorize an agency to provide an early retirement incentive to an 
172.14 	executive branch employee, under which the state will continue to make the employer 
172.15 	contribution for health insurance after the employee has terminated state service. The 
172.16 	commissioner must prescribe eligibility requirements and the maximum duration of the 
172.17 	payments. For purposes of this section, an "executive agency" does not include the 
172.18 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities or statewide pension plans.

172.19 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.001, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
172.20 		Subd. 2.Board of Barber Examiners. (a) A Board of Barber Examiners is 
172.21 	established to consist of three four barber members and one public member, as defined in 
172.22 	section 214.02, appointed by the governor.
172.23 	(b) The barber members shall be persons who have practiced as registered barbers in 
172.24 	this state for at least five years immediately prior to their appointment; shall be graduates 
172.25 	from the 12th grade of a high school or have equivalent education, and shall have 
172.26 	knowledge of the matters to be taught in registered barber schools, as set forth in section 
172.27 	154.07. One of the barber members shall be a member of, or recommended by, a union of 
172.28 	journeymen barbers that has existed at least two years, and one barber member shall be a 
172.29 	member of, or recommended by, a professional organization of barbers.

172.30 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.002, is amended to read:
172.31 	154.002 OFFICERS; COMPENSATION; FEES; EXPENSES.
172.32 	The Board of Barber Examiners shall annually elect a chair and secretary. It shall 
172.33 	adopt and use a common seal for the authentication of its orders and records. The board 
173.1 	shall appoint an executive secretary or enter into an interagency agreement to procure the 
173.2 	services of an executive secretary. The executive secretary shall not be a member of the 
173.3 	board and shall be in the unclassified civil service. The position of executive secretary 
173.4 	may be a part-time position.
173.5 	The executive secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings of the board. The 
173.6 	expenses of administering this chapter shall be paid from the appropriations made to 
173.7 	the Board of Barber Examiners.
173.8 	Each member of the board shall take the oath provided by law for public officers.
173.9 	A majority of the board, in meeting assembled, may perform and exercise all the 
173.10 	duties and powers devolving upon the board.
173.11 	The members of the board shall receive compensation, as provided in section 
173.12 	214.09, for each day spent on board activities, but not to exceed 20 days in any calendar 
173.13 	month nor 100 days in any calendar year.
173.14 	The board shall have authority to employ such inspectors, clerks, deputies, and other 
173.15 	assistants as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

173.16 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 154.003, is amended to read:
173.17 	154.003 FEES.
173.18 	(a) The fees collected, as required in this chapter, chapter 214, and the rules of the 
173.19 	board, shall be paid to the board. The board shall deposit the fees in the general fund 
173.20 	in the state treasury.
173.21 	(b) The board shall charge the following fees:
173.22 	(1) examination and certificate, registered barber, $85;
173.23 	(2) retake of written examination, registered barber, $10;
173.24 	(3) examination and certificate, apprentice, $80;
173.25 	(4) retake of written examination, apprentice, $10;
173.26 	(5) (3) examination and certificate, instructor, $180;
173.27 	(6) (4) certificate, instructor, $65;
173.28 	(7) (5) temporary teacher or apprentice permit, $80;
173.29 	(8) (6) temporary registered barber, military, $85;
173.30 	(9) (7) temporary barber instructor, military, $180;
173.31 	(10) temporary apprentice barber, military, $80;
173.32 	(11) (8) renewal of registration, registered barber, $80;
173.33 	(12) renewal of registration, apprentice, $70;
173.34 	(13) (9) renewal of registration, instructor, $80;
173.35 	(14) (10) renewal of temporary teacher permit, $65;
174.1 	(15) (11) student permit, $45;
174.2 	(16) (12) renewal of student permit, $25;
174.3 	(17) (13) initial shop registration, $85;
174.4 	(18) (14) initial school registration, $1,030;
174.5 	(19) (15) renewal shop registration, $85;
174.6 	(20) (16) renewal school registration, $280;
174.7 	(21) (17) restoration of registered barber registration, $95;
174.8 	(22) restoration of apprentice registration, $90;
174.9 	(23) (18) restoration of shop registration, $105;
174.10 	(24) (19) change of ownership or location, $55;
174.11 	(25) (20) duplicate registration, $40;
174.12 	(26) (21) home study course, $75;
174.13 	(27) (22) letter of registration verification, $25; and
174.14 	(28) (23) reinspection, $100.

174.15 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.01, is amended to read:
174.16 	154.01 REGISTRATION MANDATORY.
174.17 	(a) The registration of the practice of barbering serves the public health and safety of 
174.18 	the people of the state of Minnesota by ensuring that individuals seeking to practice the 
174.19 	profession of barbering are appropriately trained in the use of the chemicals, tools, and 
174.20 	implements of barbering and demonstrate the skills necessary to conduct barber services 
174.21 	in a safe, sanitary, and appropriate environment required for infection control.
174.22 	(a) (b) No person shall practice, offer to practice, or attempt to practice barbering 
174.23 	without a current certificate of registration as a registered barber, issued pursuant to 
174.24 	provisions of sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 
174.25 	154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26154.28 by the Board of Barber Examiners.
174.26 	(b) No person shall serve, offer to serve, or attempt to serve as an apprentice under a 
174.27 	registered barber without a current certificate of registration as a registered apprentice or 
174.28 	temporary apprentice permit issued pursuant to provisions of sections 154.001, 154.002, 
174.29 	154.003, 154.01 to 154.161, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 by the Board of 
174.30 	Barber Examiners. The registered apprentice shall, prior to or immediately upon issuance 
174.31 	of the apprentice's certificate of registration, and immediately after changing employment, 
174.32 	advise the board of the name, address, and certificate number of the registered barber 
174.33 	under whom the registered apprentice is working.
174.34 	(c) A registered barber must only provide barbering services in a registered barber 
174.35 	shop or barber school, unless prior authorization is given by the board.
175.1 	(c) (d) No person shall operate a barber shop unless it is at all times under the direct 
175.2 	supervision and management of a registered barber and the owner or operator of the barber 
175.3 	shop possesses a current shop registration card, issued to the barber shop establishment 
175.4 	address, under sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 
175.5 	154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28 by the Board of Barber Examiners.
175.6 	(d) (e) No person shall serve, offer to serve, or attempt to serve as an instructor 
175.7 	of barbering without a current certificate of registration as a registered instructor of 
175.8 	barbering or a temporary permit as an instructor of barbering, as provided for the board 
175.9 	by rule, issued under sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 
175.10 	154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28 by the Board of Barber Examiners. Barber 
175.11 	instruction must be provided in registered barber schools only.
175.12 	(e) (f) No person shall operate a barber school unless the owner or operator possesses 
175.13 	a current certificate of registration as a barber school, issued under sections 154.001, 
175.14 	154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 
175.15 	154.28 by the Board of Barber Examiners.

175.16 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.02, is amended to read:
175.17 	154.02 WHAT CONSTITUTES BARBERING DEFINITIONS.
175.18 		Subdivision 1.What constitutes barbering. Any one or any combination of the 
175.19 	following practices when done upon the head, face, and neck for cosmetic purposes and 
175.20 	not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments and when done for payment 
175.21 	directly or indirectly or without payment for the public generally constitutes the practice 
175.22 	of barbering within the meaning of sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 
175.23 	154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26154.28: to shave the face or neck, trim 
175.24 	the beard, clean, condition, cut or bob, color, shape, or straighten the hair of any person 
175.25 	of either sex for compensation or other reward received by the person performing such 
175.26 	service or any other person; to give facial and scalp massage or treatments with oils, 
175.27 	creams, lotions, or other preparations either by hand or mechanical appliances; to singe, 
175.28 	shampoo the hair, or apply hair tonics; or to apply cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, 
175.29 	powders, oils, clays, or lotions to hair, scalp, face, or neck.
175.30 		Subd. 2.Barber school. A "barber school" is a place that holds a registration as a 
175.31 	barber school in which barbering, as defined in subdivision 1, is practiced by registered 
175.32 	student barbers under the direction of registered barber instructors for the purpose of 
175.33 	learning and teaching barber skills.
176.1 		Subd. 3.Barber shop. A "barber shop" is a place other than a barber school that 
176.2 	holds a registration as a barber shop under this chapter in which barbering, as defined in 
176.3 	subdivision 1, is practiced.
176.4 		Subd. 4.Certificate of registration. A "certificate of registration" means the 
176.5 	certificate issued to an individual, barber shop, or barber school that is in compliance 
176.6 	with the requirements of sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.162, 154.19 
176.7 	to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.28.
176.8 		Subd. 5.Designated registered barber. The "designated registered barber" is a 
176.9 	registered barber designated as the manager of a barber shop.
176.10 		Subd. 6.Registered barber. A "registered barber" is an individual who, for 
176.11 	compensation, performs the personal services as defined in subdivision 1, in compliance 
176.12 	with this chapter.

176.13 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.04, is amended to read:
176.14 	154.04 PERSONS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
176.15 	The following persons are exempt from the provisions of sections 154.001, 154.002, 
176.16 	154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28 while 
176.17 	in the proper discharge of their professional duties:
176.18 	(1) persons authorized by the law of this state to practice medicine, surgery, 
176.19 	osteopathy, and chiropractic;
176.20 	(2) commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States armed services;
176.21 	(3) registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nursing aides performing 
176.22 	services under the direction and supervision of a licensed physician or licensed registered 
176.23 	nurse, provided, however, that no additional compensation shall be paid for such service 
176.24 	and patients who are so attended shall not be charged for barbering;
176.25 	(4) licensed cosmetologists, when providing cosmetology services as defined 
176.26 	in section 155A.23, subdivision 3, provided, however, that cosmetologists shall not 
176.27 	hold themselves out as barbers or, except in the case of nail technicians, practice their 
176.28 	occupation in a barber shop; and
176.29 	(5) persons who perform barbering services for charitable purposes in nursing 
176.30 	homes, shelters, missions, individual homes, or other similar facilities, provided, however, 
176.31 	that no direct or indirect compensation is received for the services, and that persons who 
176.32 	receive barbering services are not charged for the services.

177.1 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.05, is amended to read:
177.2 	154.05 WHO MAY RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION AS A 
177.3 	REGISTERED BARBER.
177.4 	(a) A person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration as a registered barber 
177.5 	if the person:
177.6 	(1) who is qualified under the provisions of section 154.06 has successfully 
177.7 	completed ten grades of education;
177.8 	(2) who has practiced as a registered apprentice for a period of 12 months under the 
177.9 	immediate personal supervision of a registered barber; and (2) has successfully completed 
177.10 	1,500 hours of study in a board-approved barber school; and
177.11 	(3) who has passed an examination conducted by the board to determine fitness to 
177.12 	practice barbering
177.13 	(3) has passed an examination conducted by the board to determine fitness to 
177.14 	practice barbering.
177.15 	An apprentice (b) A first-time applicant for a certificate of registration to practice as a 
177.16 	registered barber who fails to pass the comprehensive examination conducted by the board 
177.17 	and who fails to pass a onetime retake of the written examination, shall continue to practice 
177.18 	as an apprentice for complete an additional 300 500 hours of barber education before being 
177.19 	eligible to retake the comprehensive examination as many times as necessary to pass.

177.20 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.065, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
177.21 		Subd. 2.Qualifications. A person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration 
177.22 	as an instructor of barbering who:
177.23 	(1) is a graduate of an approved high school, or its equivalent, as determined by 
177.24 	examination by the Department of Education;
177.25 	(2) has successfully completed vocational instructor training from a board-approved 
177.26 	program or accredited college or university program that includes the following courses or 
177.27 	their equivalents as determined by the board:
177.28 	(i) introduction to career and technical education training;
177.29 	(ii) philosophy and practice of career and technical education;
177.30 	(iii) course development for career and technical education;
177.31 	(iv) instructional methods for career and technical education; and
177.32 	(v) human relations;
177.33 	(3) is currently a registered barber and has at least three years experience as 
177.34 	a registered barber in this state, or its equivalent in another state or jurisdiction as 
177.35 	determined by the board; and
178.1 	(4) has passed an examination conducted by the board to determine fitness to 
178.2 	instruct in barbering.

178.3 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.065, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
178.4 		Subd. 4.Examinations. Examinations under this section shall be held not to exceed 
178.5 	twice a year at times and at a place or places to be determined by the board. In case of 
178.6 	an emergency, there being no registered instructor of barbering available, a temporary 
178.7 	certificate as an instructor of barbering, valid only until the results of the next examination 
178.8 	are released, may be issued upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe.

178.9 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.07, is amended to read:
178.10 	154.07 BARBER SCHOOLS; REQUIREMENTS.
178.11 		Subdivision 1.Admission requirements; course of instruction. No barber school 
178.12 	shall be approved by the board unless it requires, as a prerequisite to admission, ten grades 
178.13 	of an approved school or its equivalent, as determined by educational transcript, high 
178.14 	school diploma, high school equivalency certificate, or an examination conducted by the 
178.15 	commissioner of education, which shall issue a certificate that the student has passed the 
178.16 	required examination, and unless it requires, as a prerequisite to graduation, a course of 
178.17 	instruction of at least 1,500 hours, of not more than eight ten hours of schooling in any 
178.18 	one working day. The course of instruction must include the following subjects: scientific 
178.19 	fundamentals for barbering; hygiene; practical study of the hair, skin, muscles, and 
178.20 	nerves; structure of the head, face, and neck; elementary chemistry relating to sanitation; 
178.21 	disinfection; sterilization and antiseptics; diseases of the skin, hair, and glands; massaging 
178.22 	and manipulating the muscles of the face and neck; haircutting; shaving; trimming the 
178.23 	beard; bleaching, tinting and dyeing the hair; and the chemical waving and straightening 
178.24 	of hair.
178.25 		Subd. 3.Costs. It is permissible for barber schools to make a reasonable charge for 
178.26 	materials used and services rendered by students for work done in the schools by students.
178.27 		Subd. 3a.Number of instructors. There must be one registered instructor of 
178.28 	barbering for every 17 20 students or minor fraction in excess of 17 in attendance at the 
178.29 	same time. Instruction must not be performed by persons not possessing a certificate of 
178.30 	registration as an instructor of barbering or a temporary permit as an instructor of barbering.
178.31 		Subd. 4.Building requirements. Each barber school must be conducted and 
178.32 	operated in one building, or in connecting buildings, and a barber school must not have 
178.33 	any department or branch in a building completely separated or removed from the 
178.34 	remainder of the barber school.
179.1 		Subd. 5.Owner's requirements. Any person may own and operate a barber school 
179.2 	if the person has had six years' continuous experience as a barber, provided the person first 
179.3 	secures from the board an annual certificate of registration as a barber school, keeps it 
179.4 	prominently displayed, and before commencing business:
179.5 	(1) files with the secretary of state a bond to the state approved by the attorney 
179.6 	general in the sum of $25,000, conditioned upon the faithful compliance of the barber 
179.7 	school with sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 
179.8 	154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28, and to pay all judgments that may be obtained 
179.9 	against the school, or the owners thereof, on account of fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit 
179.10 	practiced by them or their agents; and
179.11 	(2) keeps prominently displayed on the exterior a substantial sign indicating that the 
179.12 	establishment is a barber school.
179.13 		Subd. 5a.Student permits. All barber schools upon receiving students shall 
179.14 	immediately apply to the board for student permits upon forms for that purpose furnished 
179.15 	by the board.
179.16 		Subd. 5b.Designated operator. All barber schools shall be operated by a barber 
179.17 	with no less than six years of continuous experience as a registered barber in this state or 
179.18 	another state or jurisdiction as determined by the board. When a person who owns a barber 
179.19 	school does not meet the requirements of this section to operate a barber school, the owner 
179.20 	shall notify the board in writing and under oath of the identity of the person designated to 
179.21 	operate the barber school and shall notify the board of any change of operator by telephone 
179.22 	within 24 hours of such change, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, and 
179.23 	shall notify the board in writing and under oath within 72 hours of such change.
179.24 		Subd. 6.Operation by technical college or state institution. A public technical 
179.25 	college or a state institution may operate a barber school provided it has in its employment 
179.26 	a qualified instructor holding a current certificate of registration as a barber instructor and 
179.27 	provided that it secures from the board an annual certificate of registration and does so in 
179.28 	accordance with sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161154.162, 154.19
179.29 	to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26154.28 and the rules of the board for barber schools but 
179.30 	without the requirement to file a performance bond with the secretary of state.

179.31 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.08, is amended to read:
179.32 	154.08 APPLICATION; FEE.
179.33 	Each applicant for an examination shall:
180.1 	(1) make application to the Board of Barber Examiners on blank forms prepared and 
180.2 	furnished by it, the application to contain proof under the applicant's oath of the particular 
180.3 	qualifications and identity of the applicant;
180.4 	(2) provide all documentation required in support of the application;
180.5 	(3) pay to the board the required fee; and
180.6 	(4) present a government-issued photo identification as proof of identity upon 
180.7 	acceptance of the notarized application and present a corresponding government-issued 
180.8 	photo identification when the applicant appears for examination.

180.9 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.09, is amended to read:
180.10 	154.09 EXAMINATIONS, CONDUCT AND SCOPE.
180.11 	The board shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of registration 
180.12 	to practice as registered barbers and apprentices not more than six times each year, at 
180.13 	such time and place as the board may determine. Additional written examinations may 
180.14 	be scheduled by the board and conducted by board staff as designated by the board. The 
180.15 	proprietor of a barber school must file an affidavit with the board of hours completed by 
180.16 	students applying to take the apprentice registered barber examination. Students must 
180.17 	complete 1,500 hours the full 1,500-hour curriculum in a barber school approved by the 
180.18 	board within the past four years to be eligible for examination. Barber students who have 
180.19 	completed barber school more than four years prior to application, that have not obtained 
180.20 	a barber registration, license, or certificate in any jurisdiction must complete an additional 
180.21 	500 hours of barber school education to be eligible for the registered barber examination. 
180.22 	Registered barbers that fail to renew their registration for four or more years are required 
180.23 	to take the registered barber examination to reinstate the registration.
180.24 	The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as barbers and 
180.25 	apprentices shall include a practical demonstration and a written and oral test. The 
180.26 	examination must cover the subjects usually taught in barber schools registered with the 
180.27 	board, including applicable state statute and rule.

180.28 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
180.29 		Subd. 2.Certificates of registration; fees. When the provisions of this chapter 
180.30 	have been complied with, the board shall issue a certificate of registration as a registered 
180.31 	barber, as a registered apprentice, as a registered instructor of barbering, or as a registered 
180.32 	barber school, a temporary apprentice permit, a temporary permit as an instructor of 
180.33 	barbering, or a barber shop registration card upon payment of the required fee. Certificates 
180.34 	of registration, temporary permits, and shop registration cards are not transferable.

181.1 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
181.2 		Subdivision 1.Examination of nonresidents. (a) A person who meets all of 
181.3 	the requirements for barber registration in sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01
181.4 	to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28 and either has a 
181.5 	currently active license, certificate of registration, or an equivalent as a practicing barber 
181.6 	or instructor of barbering as verified from another state or, if presenting foreign country 
181.7 	credentials as verified by a board-approved professional credential evaluation provider, 
181.8 	which in the discretion of the board has substantially the same requirements for registering 
181.9 	barbers and instructors of barbering as required by sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 
181.10 	154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 or can prove by sworn 
181.11 	affidavits practice as a barber or instructor of barbering in another state or country for at 
181.12 	least five years immediately prior to making application in this state, 154.28 shall, upon 
181.13 	payment of the required fee, be issued a certificate of registration without examination.
181.14 	(b) Individuals without a current documented license, certificate of registration, or 
181.15 	equivalent, as verified in paragraph (a), must have a minimum of 1,500 hours of barber 
181.16 	education as verified by the barber school attended in the other state or if presenting foreign 
181.17 	country education as verified by a board-approved professional credential evaluation 
181.18 	provider, completed within the previous four years, which, in the discretion of the board, 
181.19 	has substantially the same requirements as required in sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 
181.20 	154.01 to 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.28 will be eligible for examination.
181.21 	(c) Individuals unable to meet the requirements in paragraph (a) or (b) shall be 
181.22 	subject to all the requirements of section 154.05.

181.23 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 154.11, subdivision 3, is 
181.24 	amended to read:
181.25 		Subd. 3.Temporary military permits. (a) In accordance with section 197.4552, 
181.26 	the board shall issue a temporary:
181.27 	(1) permit for apprentice barbers;
181.28 	(2) (1) certificate for registered barbers; and
181.29 	(3) (2) certificate for registered barber instructors.
181.30 	(b) Fees for temporary military permits and certificates of registration under this 
181.31 	subdivision are listed under section 154.003.
181.32 	(c) Permits or certificates of registration issued under this subdivision are valid 
181.33 	for one year from the date of issuance, after which the individual must complete a full 
181.34 	application as required by section 197.4552.

182.1 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.14, is amended to read:
182.2 	154.14 CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION AND TEMPORARY PERMITS 
182.3 	TO BE DISPLAYED.
182.4 	Every holder of a certificate of registration as a registered barber or registered 
182.5 	apprentice or temporary apprentice permit shall display the certificate or permit, with a 
182.6 	photograph of the certificate or permit holder that meets the same standards as required for 
182.7 	a United States passport, in a conspicuous place adjacent to or near the chair where work 
182.8 	is performed. Every holder of a certificate of registration as an instructor of barbering or 
182.9 	a temporary permit as an instructor of barbering shall display the certificate or permit, 
182.10 	with a photograph of the certificate or permit holder that meets the same standards as 
182.11 	required for a United States passport, in a conspicuous place within the barber school that 
182.12 	is accessible to the public. Every holder of a certificate of registration as a barber school 
182.13 	and of a barber shop registration card shall display it in a conspicuous place within the 
182.14 	establishment that is accessible to the public.

182.15 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.15, is amended to read:
182.16 	154.15 CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION MUST BE RENEWED 
182.17 	ANNUALLY.
182.18 		Subdivision 1.Annual renewal required. All registered barbers, registered 
182.19 	apprentices, and registered instructors of barbering who continue in active practice or 
182.20 	service shall, on or before December 31 each year, renew their certificates of registration 
182.21 	for the following year and pay the required fee. Every certificate of registration which 
182.22 	has not been renewed during the month of December in any year shall expire on the 31st 
182.23 	day of December in that year. All shop registration cards shall be renewed on or before 
182.24 	June 30 of each year upon payment of the required fee. All certificates of registration as 
182.25 	a barber school shall be renewed on or before December 31 of each year upon payment 
182.26 	of the required fee.
182.27 		Subd. 2.Effect of failure to renew. A registered barber or a registered apprentice 
182.28 	who has not renewed a certificate of registration may be reinstated within four years of 
182.29 	such failure to renew without examination upon the payment of the required restoration 
182.30 	fee for each year the certificate is lapsed. A registered instructor of barbering who has not 
182.31 	renewed a certificate of registration may be reinstated within four years of such failure to 
182.32 	renew without examination upon payment of the required restoration fee for each year 
182.33 	the certificate is lapsed. All registered barbers and registered apprentices who allow their 
182.34 	certificates of registration to lapse for more than four years shall be required to reexamine 
182.35 	before being issued a certificate of registration. All registered instructors of barbering who 
183.1 	allow their certificates of registration to lapse for more than four years shall be required 
183.2 	to reexamine before being issued a certificate of registration. A barber shop owner who 
183.3 	has not renewed the barber shop certificate for more than one year may reinstate the 
183.4 	barber shop registration upon payment of the restoration fee for each year the shop card 
183.5 	was lapsed. If lapsed or unregistered status is discovered by the barber inspector during 
183.6 	inspection, penalties under section 154.162 shall apply.

183.7 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 154.161, subdivision 4, is 
183.8 	amended to read:
183.9 		Subd. 4.Registration actions. (a) With respect to a person who is a holder of or 
183.10 	applicant for registration or a shop registration card under sections 154.001, 154.002, 
183.11 	154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28, the 
183.12 	board may by order deny, refuse to renew, suspend, temporarily suspend, or revoke the 
183.13 	application, certificate of registration, or shop registration card, censure or reprimand the 
183.14 	person, refuse to permit the person to sit for examination, or refuse to release the person's 
183.15 	examination grades, if the board finds that such an order is in the public interest and that, 
183.16 	based on a preponderance of the evidence presented, the person has:
183.17 	(1) violated a statute, rule, or order that the board has adopted or issued or is 
183.18 	empowered to enforce;
183.19 	(2) engaged in conduct or acts that are fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest, whether 
183.20 	or not the conduct or acts relate to the practice of barbering, if the fraudulent, deceptive, or 
183.21 	dishonest conduct or acts reflect adversely on the person's ability or fitness to engage in 
183.22 	the practice of barbering;
183.23 	(3) engaged in conduct or acts that constitute malpractice, are negligent, demonstrate 
183.24 	incompetence, or are otherwise in violation of the standards in the rules of the board, 
183.25 	where the conduct or acts relate to the practice of barbering;
183.26 	(4) employed fraud or deception in obtaining a certificate of registration, shop 
183.27 	registration card, renewal, or reinstatement, or in passing all or a portion of the examination;
183.28 	(5) had a certificate of registration or shop registration card, right to examine, or 
183.29 	other similar authority revoked in another jurisdiction;
183.30 	(6) failed to meet any requirement for issuance or renewal of the person's certificate 
183.31 	of registration or shop registration card;
183.32 	(7) practiced as a barber while having an infectious or contagious disease;
183.33 	(8) advertised by means of false or deceptive statements;
183.34 	(9) demonstrated intoxication or indulgence in the use of drugs, including but not 
183.35 	limited to narcotics as defined in section 152.01 or in United States Code, title 26, section 
184.1 	4731, barbiturates, amphetamines, benzedrine, dexedrine, or other sedatives, depressants, 
184.2 	stimulants, or tranquilizers;
184.3 	(10) demonstrated unprofessional conduct or practice;
184.4 	(11) permitted an employee or other person under the person's supervision or 
184.5 	control to practice as a registered barber, registered apprentice, or registered instructor 
184.6 	of barbering unless that person has (i) a current certificate of registration as a registered 
184.7 	barber, registered apprentice, or registered instructor of barbering, (ii) a temporary 
184.8 	apprentice permit, or (iii) a temporary permit as an instructor of barbering;
184.9 	(12) practices, offered to practice, or attempted to practice by misrepresentation;
184.10 	(13) failed to display a certificate of registration as required by section 154.14;
184.11 	(14) used any room or place of barbering that is also used for any other purpose, or 
184.12 	used any room or place of barbering that violates the board's rules governing sanitation;
184.13 	(15) in the case of a barber, apprentice, or other person working in or in charge of 
184.14 	any barber shop, or any person in a barber school engaging in the practice of barbering, 
184.15 	failed to use separate and clean towels for each customer or patron, or to discard and 
184.16 	launder each towel after being used once;
184.17 	(16) in the case of a barber or other person in charge of any barber shop or barber 
184.18 	school, (i) failed to supply in a sanitary manner clean hot and cold water in quantities 
184.19 	necessary to conduct the shop or barbering service for the school, (ii) failed to have water 
184.20 	and sewer connections from the shop or barber school with municipal water and sewer 
184.21 	systems where they are available for use, or (iii) failed or refused to maintain a receptacle 
184.22 	for hot water of a capacity of at least five gallons;
184.23 	(17) refused to permit the board to make an inspection permitted or required by 
184.24 	sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 
184.25 	154.24 to 154.26 154.28, or failed to provide the board or the attorney general on behalf 
184.26 	of the board with any documents or records they request;
184.27 	(18) failed promptly to renew a certificate of registration or shop registration card 
184.28 	when remaining in practice, pay the required fee, or issue a worthless check;
184.29 	(19) failed to supervise a registered apprentice or temporary apprentice, or permitted 
184.30 	the practice of barbering by a person not registered with the board or not holding a 
184.31 	temporary permit;
184.32 	(20) refused to serve a customer because of race, color, creed, religion, disability, 
184.33 	national origin, or sex;
184.34 	(21) failed to comply with a provision of sections 136A.82 to 136A.834, or a 
184.35 	provision of another chapter that relates to barber schools; or
185.1 	(22) with respect to temporary suspension orders, has committed an act, engaged in 
185.2 	conduct, or committed practices that the board, or complaint committee if authorized by the 
185.3 	board, has determined may result or may have resulted in an immediate threat to the public.
185.4 	(b) In lieu of or in addition to any remedy under paragraph (a), the board may 
185.5 	as a condition of continued registration, termination of suspension, reinstatement of 
185.6 	registration, examination, or release of examination results, require that the person:
185.7 	(1) submit to a quality review of the person's ability, skills, or quality of work, 
185.8 	conducted in a manner and by a person or entity that the board determines; or
185.9 	(2) complete to the board's satisfaction continuing education as the board requires.
185.10 	(c) Service of an order under this subdivision is effective if the order is served 
185.11 	personally on, or is served by certified mail to the most recent address provided to the 
185.12 	board by the certificate holder, applicant, or counsel of record. The order must state the 
185.13 	reason for the entry of the order.
185.14 	(d) Except as provided in subdivision 5, paragraph (c), all hearings under this 
185.15 	subdivision must be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

185.16 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.161, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
185.17 		Subd. 7.Reinstatement. The board may reinstate a suspended, revoked, or 
185.18 	surrendered certificate of registration or shop registration card, on petition of the former 
185.19 	or suspended registrant. The board may in its sole discretion place any conditions on 
185.20 	reinstatement of a suspended, revoked, or surrendered certificate of registration or shop 
185.21 	registration card that it finds appropriate and necessary to ensure that the purposes of 
185.22 	sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 
185.23 	154.24 to 154.26 154.28 are met. No certificate of registration or shop registration card 
185.24 	may be reinstated until the former registrant has completed at least one-half of the 
185.25 	suspension period.

185.26 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.162, is amended to read:
185.27 	154.162 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.
185.28 	The board shall impose and collect the following penalties:
185.29 	(1) missing or lapsed shop registration discovered upon inspection; penalty imposed 
185.30 	on shop owner: up to $500;
185.31 	(2) unregistered apprentice or registered barber, first occurrence discovered upon 
185.32 	inspection; penalty imposed on shop owner and unlicensed or unregistered individual: 
185.33 	up to $500; and
186.1 	(3) unregistered apprentice or registered barber, second occurrence discovered upon 
186.2 	inspection; penalty imposed on shop owner and unlicensed or unregistered individual: 
186.3 	up to $1,000.

186.4 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.19, is amended to read:
186.5 	154.19 VIOLATIONS.
186.6 	Each of the following constitutes a misdemeanor:
186.7 	(1) The violation of any of the provisions of section 154.01;
186.8 	(2) Permitting any person in one's employ, supervision, or control to practice as a 
186.9 	registered barber or registered apprentice unless that person has a certificate of registration 
186.10 	as a registered barber or registered apprentice;
186.11 	(3) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate of registration for money other 
186.12 	than the required fee, or any other thing of value, or by fraudulent misrepresentation;
186.13 	(4) Practicing or attempting to practice by fraudulent misrepresentation;
186.14 	(5) The willful failure to display a certificate of registration as required by section 
186.15 	154.14;
186.16 	(6) The use of any room or place for barbering which is also used for residential or 
186.17 	business purposes, except the sale of hair tonics, lotions, creams, cutlery, toilet articles, 
186.18 	cigars, tobacco, candies in original package, and such commodities as are used and sold in 
186.19 	barber shops, and except that shoeshining and an agency for the reception and delivery of 
186.20 	laundry, or either, may be conducted in a barber shop without the same being construed 
186.21 	as a violation of this section, unless a substantial partition of ceiling height separates the 
186.22 	portion used for residential or business purposes, and where a barber shop is situated in a 
186.23 	residence, poolroom, confectionery, store, restaurant, garage, clothing store, liquor store, 
186.24 	hardware store, or soft drink parlor, there must be an outside entrance leading into the 
186.25 	barber shop independent of any entrance leading into such business establishment, except 
186.26 	that this provision as to an outside entrance shall not apply to barber shops in operation 
186.27 	at the time of the passage of this section and except that a barber shop and beauty parlor 
186.28 	cosmetology salon may be operated in conjunction, without the same being separated by 
186.29 	partition of ceiling height;
186.30 	(7) The failure or refusal of any barber or other person in charge of any barber shop, 
186.31 	or any person in barber schools or colleges doing barber service work, to use separate 
186.32 	and clean towels for each customer or patron, or to discard and launder each towel after 
186.33 	once being used;
186.34 	(8) The failure or refusal by any barber or other person in charge of any barber shop 
186.35 	or barber school or barber college to supply clean hot and cold water in such quantities as 
187.1 	may be necessary to conduct such shop, or the barbering service of such school or college, 
187.2 	in a sanitary manner, or the failure or refusal of any such person to have water and sewer 
187.3 	connections from such shop, or barber school or college, with municipal water and sewer 
187.4 	systems where the latter are available for use, or the failure or refusal of any such person 
187.5 	to maintain a receptacle for hot water of a capacity of not less than five gallons;
187.6 	(9) For the purposes of this section, barbers, students, apprentices, or the proprietor 
187.7 	or manager of a barber shop, or barber school or barber college, shall be responsible for all 
187.8 	violations of the sanitary sanitation and disinfection provisions of this section, and. If any 
187.9 	barber workstation in any barber shop, or barber school or barber college, upon inspection, 
187.10 	shall be found to be in an unsanitary condition, the person making such inspection shall 
187.11 	immediately issue an order to place the barber shop, or barber school, or barber college, in 
187.12 	a sanitary condition, in a manner and within a time satisfactory to the Board of Barber 
187.13 	Examiners, and for the failure to comply with such order the board shall immediately file a 
187.14 	complaint for the arrest of the persons upon whom the order was issued, and any registered 
187.15 	barber who shall fail to comply with the rules adopted by the Board of Barber Examiners, 
187.16 	with the approval of the state commissioner of health, or the violation or commission of 
187.17 	any of the offenses described in this section and section 154.161, subdivision 4, paragraph 
187.18 	(a), clauses (1), (3), and (4) to (12), shall be fined not less than $10 or imprisoned for ten 
187.19 	days and not more than $100 or imprisoned for 90 days.

187.20 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.21, is amended to read:
187.21 	154.21 PERJURY.
187.22 	The willful making of any false statement as to a material matter in any oath or 
187.23 	affidavit which is required by the provisions of sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 
187.24 	154.01 to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28 is perjury 
187.25 	and punishable as such.

187.26 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.24, is amended to read:
187.27 	154.24 RULES.
187.28 	The Board of Barber Examiners shall have authority to make reasonable rules for the 
187.29 	administration of the provisions of sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.161 
187.30 	154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28 and prescribe sanitary sanitation 
187.31 	and disinfection requirements for barber shops and barber schools, subject to the approval 
187.32 	of the state commissioner of health. Any member of the board, or its agents or assistants, 
187.33 	shall have authority to enter upon and to inspect any barber shop or barber school at any 
187.34 	time during business hours. A copy of the rules adopted by the board shall be furnished by 
188.1 	it to the owner or manager of each barber shop or barber school and such copy shall be 
188.2 	posted in a conspicuous place in such barber shop or barber school.
188.3 	The board shall keep a record of its proceedings relating to the issuance, refusal, 
188.4 	renewal, suspension, and revocation of certificates of registration. This record shall 
188.5 	contain the name, place of business, and residence of each registered barber and registered 
188.6 	apprentice, and the date and number of the certificate of registration. This record shall be 
188.7 	open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

188.8 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 154.25, is amended to read:
188.9 	154.25 NOT TO SERVE CERTAIN PERSONS.
188.10 	No person practicing the occupation of a barber in any barber shop, barber school, or 
188.11 	college in this state shall knowingly serve a person afflicted, in a dangerous or infectious 
188.12 	state of the disease, with erysipelas, eczema, impetigo, sycosis, or any other contagious or 
188.13 	infectious disease. Any person so afflicted is hereby prohibited from being served in any 
188.14 	barber shop, barber school, or college in this state. Any violation of this section shall be 
188.15 	considered a misdemeanor as provided for in sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01
188.16 	to 154.161 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.26 154.28.

188.17 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 197.455, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
188.18 		Subdivision 1.Application. (a) This section shall govern preference of a veteran 
188.19 	under the civil service laws, charter provisions, ordinances, rules or regulations of a 
188.20 	county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, school district, or other municipality 
188.21 	or political subdivision of this state. Any provision in a law, charter, ordinance, rule or 
188.22 	regulation contrary to the applicable provisions of this section is void to the extent of 
188.23 	such inconsistency.
188.24 	(b) Sections 197.46 to 197.481 also apply to a veteran who is an incumbent in a 
188.25 	classified appointment in the state civil service and has completed the probationary period 
188.26 	for that position, as defined under section 43A.16. In matters of dismissal from such a 
188.27 	position, a qualified veteran has the irrevocable option of using the procedures described 
188.28 	in sections 197.46 to 197.481, or the procedures provided in the collective bargaining 
188.29 	agreement applicable to the person, but not both. For a qualified veteran electing to use 
188.30 	the procedures of sections 197.46 to 197.481, the matters governed by those sections must 
188.31 	not be considered grievances under a collective bargaining agreement, and if a veteran 
188.32 	elects to appeal the dispute through those sections, the veteran is precluded from making 
188.33 	an appeal under the grievance procedure of the collective bargaining agreement.
189.1 	(c) A county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, school district, or other 
189.2 	municipality or political subdivision may require a veteran to complete an initial hiring 
189.3 	probationary period, as defined under section 43A.16. In matters of dismissal, a veteran 
189.4 	employed by a county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, school district, or other 
189.5 	municipality or political subdivision is entitled to the same rights and legal protections 
189.6 	that state employees receive under paragraph (b).

189.7 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 197.46, is amended to read:
189.8 	197.46 VETERANS PREFERENCE ACT; REMOVAL FORBIDDEN; RIGHT 
189.9 	OF MANDAMUS.
189.10 	(a) Any person whose rights may be in any way prejudiced contrary to any of the 
189.11 	provisions of this section, shall be is entitled to a writ of mandamus to remedy the wrong. 
189.12 	After any initial hiring probationary period expires, no person holding a position  either in 
189.13 	the state civil service or by appointment or employment in the several counties any county, 
189.14 	cities home rule charter or statutory city, towns town, school districts and alldistrict, or 
189.15 	any other political subdivisions subdivision in the state, who is a veteran separated from 
189.16 	the military service under honorable conditions, shall be removed from such the position 
189.17 	or employment except for incompetency or misconduct shown after a hearing, upon 
189.18 	due notice, upon stated charges, in writing.
189.19 	(b) Any veteran who has been notified of the intent to discharge the veteran from an 
189.20 	appointed position or employment pursuant to this section shall be notified in writing of 
189.21 	such the intent to discharge and of the veteran's right to request a hearing within 60 30
189.22 	days of receipt of the notice of intent to discharge. The failure of a veteran to request a 
189.23 	hearing within the provided 60-day 30-day period shall constitute constitutes a waiver 
189.24 	of the right to a hearing. Such The failure shall also waive waives all other available 
189.25 	legal remedies for reinstatement.
189.26 	Request for a hearing concerning such a discharge shall be made in writing and 
189.27 	submitted by mail or personal service to the employment office of the concerned employer 
189.28 	or other appropriate office or person. If the veteran requests a hearing under this section, 
189.29 	such the written request must also contain the veteran's election to be heard by a civil 
189.30 	service board or commission, a merit authority, or a three-person panelan arbitrator 
189.31 	as defined in paragraph (c). If the veteran fails to identify the veteran's election, the 
189.32 	governmental subdivision may select the hearing body.
189.33 	(c) In all governmental subdivisions having an established civil service board or 
189.34 	commission, or merit system authority, suchthe veteran may elect to have the hearing for 
189.35 	removal or discharge shall be held before such the civil service board or commission or 
190.1 	merit system authority, or before an arbitrator as specified in this paragraph. Where no 
190.2 	such civil service board or commission or merit system authority exists, suchthe hearing 
190.3 	shall be held by a board of three persons appointed as follows: one by the governmental 
190.4 	subdivision, one by the veteran, and the third by the two so selected an arbitrator. In cases 
190.5 	where a hearing will be held by an arbitrator, the employer shall request from the Bureau 
190.6 	of Mediation Services a list of seven persons to serve as an arbitrator. The employer 
190.7 	shall strike the first name from the list and the parties shall alternately strike names from 
190.8 	the list until the name of one arbitrator remains. After receiving each of the employer's 
190.9 	elections to strike a person from the list, the veteran has 48 hours to strike a person from 
190.10 	the list.  The person remaining after the striking procedure must be the arbitrator. Upon the 
190.11 	selection of the arbitrator, the employer shall notify the designated arbitrator and request 
190.12 	available dates to hold the hearing. In the event that the hearing is authorized to be held 
190.13 	before a three-person board an arbitrator, the governmental subdivision's notice of intent 
190.14 	to discharge shall state that the veteran must respond within 60 30 days of receipt of the 
190.15 	notice of intent to discharge., and provide in writing to the governmental subdivision the 
190.16 	name, United States mailing address, and telephone number of the veteran's selected 
190.17 	representative for the three-person board. The failure of a veteran to submit the name, 
190.18 	address, and telephone number of the veteran's selected representative to the governmental 
190.19 	subdivision by mail or by personal service within the provided notice's 60-day period, shall 
190.20 	constitute a waiver of the veteran's right to the hearing and all other legal remedies available 
190.21 	for reinstatement of the veteran's employment position. In the event the two persons 
190.22 	selected by the veteran and governmental subdivision do not appoint the third person within 
190.23 	ten days after the appointment of the last of the two, then the judge of the district court of 
190.24 	the county wherein the proceeding is pending, or if there be more than one judge in said 
190.25 	county then any judge in chambers, shall have jurisdiction to appoint, and  Upon application 
190.26 	of either or both of the two so selected shall appoint, the third person to the board and the 
190.27 	person so appointed by the judge with the two first selected shall constitute the board.
190.28 	(d) Either the veteran or the governmental subdivision may appeal from the decision 
190.29 	of the board hearing body upon the charges to the district court by causing written notice 
190.30 	of appeal, stating the grounds thereof of the appeal, to be served upon the other party 
190.31 	within 15 days after notice of the decision and by filing the original notice of appeal 
190.32 	with proof of service thereof in the office of the court administrator of the district court 
190.33 	within ten days after service thereof. Nothing in section 197.455 or this section shall be 
190.34 	construed to apply to the position of private secretary, superintendent of schools, or one 
190.35 	chief deputy of any elected official or head of a department, or to any person holding a 
190.36 	strictly confidential relation to the appointing officer. Nothing in this section shall be 
191.1 	construed to apply to the position of teacher. The burden of establishing such relationship 
191.2 	shall be upon the appointing officer in all proceedings and actions relating thereto.
191.3 	(e) For disputes heard by a civil service board, commission or merit system 
191.4 	authority, or an arbitrator, the political governmental subdivisions shall bear all costs 
191.5 	associated with the hearing but not including attorney fees for attorneys representing the 
191.6 	veteran. For disputes heard by a three-person panel, all parties shall bear equally all costs 
191.7 	associated with the hearing, but not including attorney fees for attorneys representing the 
191.8 	veteran. If the veteran prevails in a dispute heard by a civil service board or a three-person 
191.9 	panel, commission or merit system authority, or an arbitrator and the hearing reverses all 
191.10 	aspects of the level of the alleged incompetency or misconduct requiring  discharge, the 
191.11 	governmental subdivision shall pay the veteran's reasonable attorney fees.
191.12 	(f) All officers, boards, commissions, and employees shall conform to, comply with, 
191.13 	and aid in all proper ways in carrying into effect the provisions of section 197.455 and this 
191.14 	section notwithstanding any laws, charter provisions, ordinances or rules to the contrary. 
191.15 	Any willful violation of such sections by officers, officials, or employees is a misdemeanor.

191.16 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
191.17 		Subdivision 1.The Office of the Commissioner of Iron Range resources 
191.18 	and rehabilitation. (a) The Office of the Commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
191.19 	rehabilitation is created as an agency in the executive branch of state government. The 
191.20 	governor shall appoint the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation under 
191.21 	section 15.06.
191.22 	(b) The commissioner may hold other positions or appointments that are not 
191.23 	incompatible with duties as commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. The 
191.24 	commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner. All expenses of the commissioner, 
191.25 	including the payment of staff and other assistance as may be necessary, must be paid 
191.26 	out of the amounts appropriated by section 298.28 or otherwise made available by law 
191.27 	to the commissioner. Notwithstanding chapters 16A, 16B, and 16C, the commissioner 
191.28 	may utilize contracting options available under section 471.345 when the commissioner 
191.29 	determines it is in the best interest of the agency. The agency is not subject to sections 
191.30 	16E.016 and 16C.05.
191.31 	(c) When the commissioner determines that distress and unemployment exists or 
191.32 	may exist in the future in any county by reason of the removal of natural resources or 
191.33 	a possibly limited use of natural resources in the future and any resulting decrease in 
191.34 	employment, the commissioner may use whatever amounts of the appropriation made to 
191.35 	the commissioner of revenue in section 298.28 that are determined to be necessary and 
192.1 	proper in the development of the remaining resources of the county and in the vocational 
192.2 	training and rehabilitation of its residents, except that the amount needed to cover cost 
192.3 	overruns awarded to a contractor by an arbitrator in relation to a contract awarded by 
192.4 	the commissioner or in effect after July 1, 1985, is appropriated from the general fund. 
192.5 	For the purposes of this section, "development of remaining resources" includes, but is 
192.6 	not limited to, the promotion of tourism.

192.7 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.41, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
192.8 		Subd. 3.Killed in the line of duty. "Killed in the line of duty" does not include 
192.9 	deaths from natural causes, except as provided in this subdivision. In the case of a peace
192.10 	public safety officer, "killed in the line of duty" includes the death of an a public safety
192.11 	officer caused by accidental means while the peacepublic safety officer is acting in the 
192.12 	course and scope of duties as a peacepublic safety officer. Killed in the line of duty also 
192.13 	means if a public safety officer dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart attack, 
192.14 	stroke, or vascular rupture, that officer shall be presumed to have died as the direct and 
192.15 	proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty if:
192.16 	(1) that officer, while on duty:
192.17 	(i) engaged in a situation, and that engagement involved nonroutine stressful or 
192.18 	strenuous physical law enforcement, fire suppression, rescue, hazardous material response, 
192.19 	emergency medical services, prison security, disaster relief, or other emergency response 
192.20 	activity; or
192.21 	(ii) participated in a training exercise, and that participation involved nonroutine 
192.22 	stressful or strenuous physical activity;
192.23 	(2) that officer died as a result of a heart attack, stroke, or vascular rupture suffered:
192.24 	(i) while engaging or participating under clause (1);
192.25 	(ii) while still on duty after engaging or participating under clause (1); or 
192.26 	(iii) not later than 24 hours after engaging or participating under clause (1); and 
192.27 	(3) the presumption is not overcome by competent medical evidence to the contrary.

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

192.29 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 327C.03, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
192.30 		Subd. 6.Payment to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund.
 192.31 	In the event a park owner has been assessed under section 327C.095, subdivision 12, 
192.32 	paragraph (c), the park owner may collect the $12 $15 annual payment required by section 
192.33 	327C.095, subdivision 12, for participation in the relocation trust fund, as a lump sum or, 
192.34 	along with monthly lot rent, a fee of no more than $1 $1.25 per month to cover the cost of 
193.1 	participating in the relocation trust fund. The $1 $1.25 fee must be separately itemized 
193.2 	and clearly labeled "Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund."

193.3 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 327C.095, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
193.4 		Subd. 12.Payment to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund.
 193.5 	(a) If a manufactured home owner is required to move due to the conversion of all or a 
193.6 	portion of a manufactured home park to another use, the closure of a park, or cessation of 
193.7 	use of the land as a manufactured home park, the manufactured park owner shall, upon 
193.8 	the change in use, pay to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the 
193.9 	Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund under section 462A.35, the lesser 
193.10 	amount of the actual costs of moving or purchasing the manufactured home approved 
193.11 	by the neutral third party and paid by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency under 
193.12 	subdivision 13, paragraph (a) or (e), or $3,250 for each single section manufactured 
193.13 	home, and $6,000 for each multisection manufactured home, for which a manufactured 
193.14 	home owner has made application for payment of relocation costs under subdivision 13, 
193.15 	paragraph (c). The manufactured home park owner shall make payments required under 
193.16 	this section to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund within 60 days of 
193.17 	receipt of invoice from the neutral third party.
193.18 	(b) A manufactured home park owner is not required to make the payment prescribed 
193.19 	under paragraph (a), nor is a manufactured home owner entitled to compensation under 
193.20 	subdivision 13, paragraph (a) or (e), if:
193.21 	(1) the manufactured home park owner relocates the manufactured home owner to 
193.22 	another space in the manufactured home park or to another manufactured home park at 
193.23 	the park owner's expense;
193.24 	(2) the manufactured home owner is vacating the premises and has informed the 
193.25 	manufactured home park owner or manager of this prior to the mailing date of the closure 
193.26 	statement under subdivision 1;
193.27 	(3) a manufactured home owner has abandoned the manufactured home, or the 
193.28 	manufactured home owner is not current on the monthly lot rental, personal property taxes;
193.29 	(4) the manufactured home owner has a pending eviction action for nonpayment of 
193.30 	lot rental amount under section 327C.09, which was filed against the manufactured home 
193.31 	owner prior to the mailing date of the closure statement under subdivision 1, and the writ 
193.32 	of recovery has been ordered by the district court;
193.33 	(5) the conversion of all or a portion of a manufactured home park to another use, 
193.34 	the closure of a park, or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured home park is the 
194.1 	result of a taking or exercise of the power of eminent domain by a governmental entity 
194.2 	or public utility; or
194.3 	(6) the owner of the manufactured home is not a resident of the manufactured home 
194.4 	park, as defined in section 327C.01, subdivision 9, or the owner of the manufactured home 
194.5 	is a resident, but came to reside in the manufactured home park after the mailing date of 
194.6 	the closure statement under subdivision 1.
194.7 	(c) If the unencumbered fund balance in the manufactured home relocation trust 
194.8 	fund is less than $1,000,000 as of June 30 of each year, the commissioner of management 
194.9 	and budget shall assess each manufactured home park owner by mail the total amount 
194.10 	of $12 $15 for each licensed lot in their park, payable on or before September 15 of that 
194.11 	year. The commissioner of management and budget shall deposit any payments in the 
194.12 	Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund. On or before July 15 of each year, 
194.13 	the commissioner of management and budget shall prepare and distribute to park owners a 
194.14 	letter explaining whether funds are being collected for that year, information about the 
194.15 	collection, an invoice for all licensed lots, and a sample form for the park owners to collect 
194.16 	information on which park residents have been accounted for. If assessed under this 
194.17 	paragraph, the park owner may recoup the cost of the $12 $15 assessment as a lump sum 
194.18 	or as a monthly fee of no more than $1 $1.25 collected from park residents together with 
194.19 	monthly lot rent as provided in section 327C.03, subdivision 6. Park owners may adjust 
194.20 	payment for lots in their park that are vacant or otherwise not eligible for contribution to 
194.21 	the trust fund under section 327C.095, subdivision 12, paragraph (b), and deduct from the 
194.22 	assessment accordingly.
194.23 	(d) This subdivision and subdivision 13, paragraph (c), clause (5), are enforceable by 
194.24 	the neutral third party, on behalf of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, or by action 
194.25 	in a court of appropriate jurisdiction. The court may award a prevailing party reasonable 
194.26 	attorney fees, court costs, and disbursements.

194.27 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 327C.095, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
194.28 		Subd. 13.Change in use, relocation expenses; payments by park owner. (a) 
194.29 	If a manufactured home owner is required to relocate due to the conversion of all or a 
194.30 	portion of a manufactured home park to another use, the closure of a manufactured home 
194.31 	park, or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured home park under subdivision 1, 
194.32 	and the manufactured home owner complies with the requirements of this section, the 
194.33 	manufactured home owner is entitled to payment from the Minnesota manufactured home 
194.34 	relocation trust fund equal to the manufactured home owner's actual relocation costs for 
194.35 	relocating the manufactured home to a new location within a 25-mile radius of the park 
195.1 	that is being closed, up to a maximum of $4,000 $7,000 for a single-section and $8,000 
195.2 	$12,500 for a multisection manufactured home. The actual relocation costs must include 
195.3 	the reasonable cost of taking down, moving, and setting up the manufactured home, 
195.4 	including equipment rental, utility connection and disconnection charges, minor repairs, 
195.5 	modifications necessary for transportation of the home, necessary moving permits and 
195.6 	insurance, moving costs for any appurtenances, which meet applicable local, state, and 
195.7 	federal building and construction codes.
195.8 	(b) A manufactured home owner is not entitled to compensation under paragraph (a) 
195.9 	if the manufactured home park owner is not required to make a payment to the Minnesota 
195.10 	manufactured home relocation trust fund under subdivision 12, paragraph (b).
195.11 	(c) Except as provided in paragraph (e), in order to obtain payment from the 
195.12 	Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund, the manufactured home owner shall 
195.13 	submit to the neutral third party and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, with a copy 
195.14 	to the park owner, an application for payment, which includes:
195.15 	(1) a copy of the closure statement under subdivision 1;
195.16 	(2) a copy of the contract with a moving or towing contractor, which includes the 
195.17 	relocation costs for relocating the manufactured home;
195.18 	(3) a statement with supporting materials of any additional relocation costs as 
195.19 	outlined in subdivision 1;
195.20 	(4) a statement certifying that none of the exceptions to receipt of compensation 
195.21 	under subdivision 12, paragraph (b), apply to the manufactured home owner;
195.22 	(5) a statement from the manufactured park owner that the lot rental is current 
195.23 	and that the annual $12 $15 payments to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation 
195.24 	trust fund have been paid when due; and
195.25 	(6) a statement from the county where the manufactured home is located certifying 
195.26 	that personal property taxes for the manufactured home are paid through the end of that year.
195.27 	(d) If the neutral third party has acted reasonably and does not approve or deny 
195.28 	payment within 45 days after receipt of the information set forth in paragraph (c), the 
195.29 	payment is deemed approved. Upon approval and request by the neutral third party, 
195.30 	the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall issue two checks in equal amount for 50 
195.31 	percent of the contract price payable to the mover and towing contractor for relocating 
195.32 	the manufactured home in the amount of the actual relocation cost, plus a check to the 
195.33 	home owner for additional certified costs associated with third-party vendors, that were 
195.34 	necessary in relocating the manufactured home. The moving or towing contractor shall 
195.35 	receive 50 percent upon execution of the contract and 50 percent upon completion of 
195.36 	the relocation and approval by the manufactured home owner. The moving or towing 
196.1 	contractor may not apply the funds to any other purpose other than relocation of the 
196.2 	manufactured home as provided in the contract. A copy of the approval must be forwarded 
196.3 	by the neutral third party to the park owner with an invoice for payment of the amount 
196.4 	specified in subdivision 12, paragraph (a).
196.5 	(e) In lieu of collecting a relocation payment from the Minnesota manufactured 
196.6 	home relocation trust fund under paragraph (a), the manufactured home owner may collect 
196.7 	an amount from the fund after reasonable efforts to relocate the manufactured home 
196.8 	have failed due to the age or condition of the manufactured home, or because there are 
196.9 	no manufactured home parks willing or able to accept the manufactured home within a 
196.10 	25-mile radius. A manufactured home owner may tender title of the manufactured home in 
196.11 	the manufactured home park to the manufactured home park owner, and collect an amount 
196.12 	to be determined by an independent appraisal. The appraiser must be agreed to by both 
196.13 	the manufactured home park owner and the manufactured home owner. If the appraised 
196.14 	market value cannot be determined, the tax market value, averaged over a period of five 
196.15 	years, can be used as a substitute. The maximum amount that may be reimbursed under 
196.16 	the fund is a maximum of $5,000 $8,000 for a single-section and $9,000 $14,500 for a 
196.17 	multisection manufactured home. The minimum amount that may be reimbursed under the 
196.18 	fund is $2,000 for a single section and $4,000 for a multisection manufactured home. The 
196.19 	manufactured home owner shall deliver to the manufactured home park owner the current 
196.20 	certificate of title to the manufactured home duly endorsed by the owner of record, and 
196.21 	valid releases of all liens shown on the certificate of title, and a statement from the county 
196.22 	where the manufactured home is located evidencing that the personal property taxes have 
196.23 	been paid. The manufactured home owner's application for funds under this paragraph 
196.24 	must include a document certifying that the manufactured home cannot be relocated, that 
196.25 	the lot rental is current, that the annual $12 $15 payments to the Minnesota manufactured 
196.26 	home relocation trust fund have been paid when due, that the manufactured home owner 
196.27 	has chosen to tender title under this section, and that the park owner agrees to make a 
196.28 	payment to the commissioner of management and budget in the amount established in 
196.29 	subdivision 12, paragraph (a), less any documented costs submitted to the neutral third 
196.30 	party, required for demolition and removal of the home, and any debris or refuse left on the 
196.31 	lot, not to exceed $1,000. The manufactured home owner must also provide a copy of the 
196.32 	certificate of title endorsed by the owner of record, and certify to the neutral third party, 
196.33 	with a copy to the park owner, that none of the exceptions to receipt of compensation under 
196.34 	subdivision 12, paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (6), apply to the manufactured home owner, 
196.35 	and that the home owner will vacate the home within 60 days after receipt of payment or the 
196.36 	date of park closure, whichever is earlier, provided that the monthly lot rent is kept current.
197.1 	(f) The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency must make a determination of the 
197.2 	amount of payment a manufactured home owner would have been entitled to under a local 
197.3 	ordinance in effect on May 26, 2007. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the manufactured 
197.4 	home owner's compensation for relocation costs from the fund under section 462A.35, is 
197.5 	the greater of the amount provided under this subdivision, or the amount under the local 
197.6 	ordinance in effect on May 26, 2007, that is applicable to the manufactured home owner. 
197.7 	Nothing in this paragraph is intended to increase the liability of the park owner.
197.8 	(g) Neither the neutral third party nor the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall 
197.9 	be liable to any person for recovery if the funds in the Minnesota manufactured home 
197.10 	relocation trust fund are insufficient to pay the amounts claimed. The Minnesota Housing 
197.11 	Finance Agency shall keep a record of the time and date of its approval of payment to a 
197.12 	claimant.
197.13 	(h) The agency shall report to the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and 
197.14 	house of representatives Ways and Means Committee by January 15 of each year on 
197.15 	the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund, including the account balance, 
197.16 	payments to claimants, the amount of any advances to the fund, the amount of any 
197.17 	insufficiencies encountered during the previous calendar year, and any administrative 
197.18 	charges or expenses deducted from the trust fund balance. If sufficient funds become 
197.19 	available, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall pay the manufactured home 
197.20 	owner whose unpaid claim is the earliest by time and date of approval.

197.21 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 353.01, subdivision 43, is amended to read:
197.22 		Subd. 43.Line of duty death. "Line of duty death" means:
197.23 	(1) a death that occurs while performing or as a direct result of performing normal or 
197.24 	less frequent duties which are specific to protecting the property and personal safety of 
197.25 	others and that present inherent dangers that are specific to the positions covered by the 
197.26 	public employees police and fire plan.; or
197.27 	(2) a death determined by the commissioner of public safety to meet the requirements 
197.28 	of section 299A.41, subdivision 3.

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

197.30 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 462.355, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
197.31 		Subd. 4.Interim ordinance. (a) If a municipality is conducting studies or has 
197.32 	authorized a study to be conducted or has held or has scheduled a hearing for the purpose 
197.33 	of considering adoption or amendment of a comprehensive plan or official controls 
197.34 	as defined in section 462.352, subdivision 15, or if new territory for which plans or 
198.1 	controls have not been adopted is annexed to a municipality, the governing body of the 
198.2 	municipality may adopt an interim ordinance applicable to all or part of its jurisdiction for 
198.3 	the purpose of protecting the planning process and the health, safety and welfare of its 
198.4 	citizens. The interim ordinance may regulate, restrict, or prohibit any use, development, 
198.5 	or subdivision within the jurisdiction or a portion thereof for a period not to exceed one 
198.6 	year from the date it is effective.
198.7 	(b) If a proposed interim ordinance purports to regulate, restrict, or prohibit activities 
198.8 	relating to livestock production, a public hearing must be held following a ten-day notice 
198.9 	given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality before 
198.10 	the interim ordinance takes effect.
198.11 	(c) If a proposed interim ordinance by a statutory or home rule charter city purports 
198.12 	to regulate, restrict, or prohibit activities relating to housing, a public hearing must be held 
198.13 	following a ten-day notice given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in 
198.14 	the municipality before the interim ordinance takes effect.
198.15 	(d) The period of an interim ordinance applicable to an area that is affected by 
198.16 	a city's master plan for a municipal airport may be extended for such additional periods 
198.17 	as the municipality may deem appropriate, not exceeding a total additional period of 18 
198.18 	months. In all other cases, no interim ordinance may halt, delay, or impede a subdivision 
198.19 	that has been given preliminary approval, nor may any interim ordinance extend the 
198.20 	time deadline for agency action set forth in section 15.99 with respect to any application 
198.21 	filed prior to the effective date of the interim ordinance. The governing body of the 
198.22 	municipality may extend the interim ordinance after a public hearing and written findings 
198.23 	have been adopted based upon one or more of the conditions in clause (1), (2), or (3). 
198.24 	The public hearing must be held at least 15 days but not more than 30 days before the 
198.25 	expiration of the interim ordinance, and notice of the hearing must be published at least 
198.26 	ten days before the hearing. The interim ordinance may be extended for the following 
198.27 	conditions and durations, but, except as provided in clause (3), an interim ordinance may 
198.28 	not be extended more than an additional 18 months:
198.29 	(1) up to an additional 120 days following the receipt of the final approval or review 
198.30 	by a federal, state, or metropolitan agency when the approval is required by law and the 
198.31 	review or approval has not been completed and received by the municipality at least 30 
198.32 	days before the expiration of the interim ordinance;
198.33 	(2) up to an additional 120 days following the completion of any other process 
198.34 	required by a state statute, federal law, or court order, when the process is not completed at 
198.35 	least 30 days before the expiration of the interim ordinance; or
199.1 	(3) up to an additional one year if the municipality has not adopted a comprehensive 
199.2 	plan under this section at the time the interim ordinance is enacted.

199.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for interim ordinances proposed on 
199.4 	or after August 1, 2016.

199.5 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 471.6161, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
199.6 		Subd. 8.School districts; group health insurance coverage. (a) Any entity 
199.7 	providing group health insurance coverage to a school district must provide the school 
199.8 	district with school district-specific nonidentifiable aggregate claims records for the most 
199.9 	recent 24 months within 30 days of the request.
199.10 	(b) School districts shall request proposals for group health insurance coverage as 
199.11 	provided in subdivision 2 from a minimum of three potential sources of coverage. One of 
199.12 	these requests must go to an administrator governed by chapter 43A. Entities referenced 
199.13 	in subdivision 1 must respond to requests for proposals received directly from a school 
199.14 	district. School districts that are self-insured must also follow these provisions, except 
199.15 	as provided in paragraph (f). School districts must make requests for proposals at least 
199.16 	150 days prior to the expiration of the existing contract but not more frequently than once 
199.17 	every 24 months. The request for proposals must include the most recently available 
199.18 	24 months of nonidentifiable aggregate claims data. The request for proposals must be 
199.19 	publicly released at or prior to its release to potential sources of coverage.
199.20 	(c) School district contracts for group health insurance must not be longer than two 
199.21 	five years unless the exclusive representative of the largest employment group and the 
199.22 	school district agree otherwise, except that contracts for group health insurance negotiated 
199.23 	in connection with a service cooperative, governed by section 123A.21, must not be 
199.24 	longer than four years.
199.25 	(d) All initial proposals shall be sealed upon receipt until they are all opened no less 
199.26 	than 90 days prior to the plan's renewal date in the presence of up to three representatives 
199.27 	selected by the exclusive representative of the largest group of employees. Section 13.591, 
199.28 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b), applies to data in the proposals. The representatives of 
199.29 	the exclusive representative must maintain the data according to this classification and 
199.30 	are subject to the remedies and penalties under sections 13.08 and 13.09 for a violation 
199.31 	of this requirement.
199.32 	(e) A school district, in consultation with the same representatives referenced in 
199.33 	paragraph (d), may continue to negotiate with any entity that submitted a proposal under 
199.34 	paragraph (d) in order to reduce costs or improve services under the proposal. Following 
199.35 	the negotiations any entity that submitted an initial proposal may submit a final proposal 
200.1 	incorporating the negotiations, which is due no less than 75 days prior to the plan's 
200.2 	renewal date. All the final proposals submitted must be opened at the same time in the 
200.3 	presence of up to three representatives selected by the exclusive representative of the 
200.4 	largest group of employees. Notwithstanding section 13.591, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), 
200.5 	following the opening of the final proposals, all the proposals, including any made under 
200.6 	paragraph (d), and other data submitted in connection with the proposals are public data. 
200.7 	The school district may choose from any of the initial or final proposals without further 
200.8 	negotiations and in accordance with subdivision 5, but not sooner than 15 days after 
200.9 	the proposals become public data.
200.10 	(f) School districts that are self-insured shall follow all of the requirements of this 
200.11 	section, except that:
200.12 	(1) their requests for proposals may be for third-party administrator services, where 
200.13 	applicable;
200.14 	(2) these requests for proposals must be from a minimum of three different sources, 
200.15 	which may include both entities referenced in subdivision 1 and providers of third-party 
200.16 	administrator services;
200.17 	(3) for purposes of fulfilling the requirement to request a proposal for group 
200.18 	insurance coverage from an administrator governed by chapter 43A, self-insured districts 
200.19 	are not required to include in the request for proposal the coverage to be provided;
200.20 	(4) a district that is self-insured on or before the date of enactment, or that is 
200.21 	self-insured with more than 1,000 insured lives, or a district in which the school board 
200.22 	adopted a motion on or before May 14, 2014, to approve a self-insured health care plan 
200.23 	to be effective July 1, 2014, may, but need not, request a proposal from an administrator 
200.24 	governed by chapter 43A;
200.25 	(5) (3)  requests for proposals must be sent to providers no less than 90 days prior to 
200.26 	the expiration of the existing contract; and
200.27 	(6) (4) proposals must be submitted at least 60 days prior to the plan's renewal date 
200.28 	and all proposals shall be opened at the same time and in the presence of the exclusive 
200.29 	representative, where applicable.
200.30 	(g) Nothing in this section shall restrict the authority granted to school district boards 
200.31 	of education by section 471.59, except that districts will not be considered self-insured for 
200.32 	purposes of this subdivision solely through participation in a joint powers arrangement.
200.33 	(h) An entity providing group health insurance to a school district under a multiyear 
200.34 	contract must give notice of any rate or plan design changes applicable under the contract 
200.35 	at least 90 days before the effective date of any change. The notice must be given to the 
200.36 	school district and to the exclusive representatives of employees.
201.1 	(i) The exclusive representative of the largest group of employees shall comply 
201.2 	with this subdivision and must not exercise any of their abilities under section 43A.316, 
201.3 	subdivision 5, notwithstanding anything contained in that section, or any other law to the 
201.4 	contrary.

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

201.6 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 471.617, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
201.7 		Subd. 2.Jointly. Any two or more statutory or home rule charter cities, counties, 
201.8 	school districts, or instrumentalities thereof which together have more than 100 employees 
201.9 	may jointly self-insure for any employee health benefits including long-term disability, but 
201.10 	not for employee life benefits, subject to the same requirements as an individual self-insurer 
201.11 	under subdivision 1. Self-insurance pools under this section are subject to section 62L.045. 
201.12 	A self-insurance pool established and operated by one or more service cooperatives 
201.13 	governed by section 123A.21 to provide coverage described in this subdivision qualifies 
201.14 	under this subdivision, but the individual school district members of such a pool shall not 
201.15 	be considered to be self-insured for purposes of section 471.6161, subdivision 8, paragraph 
201.16 	(f). The commissioner of commerce may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 14, providing 
201.17 	standards or guidelines for the operation and administration of self-insurance pools.

201.18 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 471.895, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
201.19 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
201.20 	section.
201.21 	(b) "Gift" has the meaning given it in section 10A.071, subdivision 1.
201.22 	(c) "Interested person" means a person or a representative of a person or association 
201.23 	that has a direct financial interest in a decision that a local official is authorized to make.
201.24 	(d) "Local official" means:
201.25 	(1) an elected or appointed official of a county or city or of an agency, authority, 
201.26 	or instrumentality of a county or city; and
201.27 	(2) an elected or appointed member of a school board, a school superintendent, a 
201.28 	school principal, or a district school officer of any independent school district; and
201.29 	(3) anyone serving as an elected board member pursuant to section 123A.21, 
201.30 	subdivision 4.; and
201.31 	(4) an elected or appointed member of the board of a local or statewide organization 
201.32 	that is an exclusive representative of a Minnesota public employee.

201.33 	Sec. 69. Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

202.1	Subd. 4.Fiscal Agent
 		12,957,000
		11,737,000
	
202.2 	The appropriations under this section are to 
202.3 	the commissioner of administration for the 
202.4 	purposes specified.
202.5 	In-Lieu of Rent. $8,158,000 the first year 
202.6 	and $8,158,000 the second year are for 
202.7 	space costs of the legislature and veterans 
202.8 	organizations, ceremonial space, and 
202.9 	statutorily free space. In-lieu of rent may be 
202.10 	used for rent loss and relocation expenses 
202.11 	related to the Capitol restoration in the fiscal 
202.12 	year 2014-2015 biennium and fiscal year 
202.13 	2016-2017 biennium. 
202.14 	Relocation Expenses. $1,380,000 the first 
202.15 	year and $960,000 the second year are for 
202.16 	rent loss and relocation expenses related 
202.17 	to the Capitol renovation project. This is a 
202.18 	onetime appropriation.
202.19 	Public Broadcasting. (a) $1,550,000 the 
202.20 	first year and $1,550,000 the second year are 
202.21 	for matching grants for public television.
202.22 	(b) $550,000 the first year and $250,000 
202.23 	the second year are for public television 
202.24 	equipment grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
202.25 	section 129D.13.
202.26 	(c) The commissioner of administration 
202.27 	must consider the recommendations of the 
202.28 	Minnesota Public Television Association 
202.29 	before allocating the amount appropriated 
202.30 	in paragraphs (a) and (b) for equipment or 
202.31 	matching grants.
202.32 	(d) $592,000 the first year and $392,000 the 
202.33 	second year are for community service grants 
202.34 	to public educational radio stations. This 
203.1 	appropriation may be used to disseminate 
203.2 	emergency information in foreign languages.
203.3 	(e) $167,000 the first year and $117,000 
203.4 	the second year are for equipment grants 
203.5 	to public educational radio stations. This 
203.6 	appropriation may be used for the repair, 
203.7 	rental, and purchase of equipment including 
203.8 	equipment under $500.
203.9 	(f) $560,000 the first year and $310,000 
203.10 	the second year are for equipment grants 
203.11 	to Minnesota Public Radio, Inc., including 
203.12 	upgrades to Minnesota's Emergency Alert 
203.13 	and AMBER Alert Systems.
203.14 	(g) The appropriations in paragraphs (d), 
203.15 	(e), and (f), may not be used for indirect 
203.16 	costs claimed by an institution or governing 
203.17 	body. The commissioner of administration 
203.18 	must consider the recommendations of 
203.19 	the Minnesota Public Educational Radio 
203.20 	Stations before awarding grants under 
203.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14, using 
203.22 	the appropriations in paragraphs (d), and (e), 
203.23 	and (f). No grantee is eligible for a grant of 
203.24 	the appropriations in paragraphs (d) and (e) 
203.25 	unless they are a member of the Association 
203.26 	of Minnesota Public Educational Radio 
203.27 	Stations on or before July 1, 2015.
203.28 	(h) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
203.29 	the first year for grants to public television or 
203.30 	radio stations does not cancel and is available 
203.31 	for the second year.

203.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2015.

203.33 	Sec. 70. REPORT ON STATE EMPLOYEE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL 
203.34 	EXPENSES.
 204.1 	The commissioner of management and budget shall audit state employee out-of-state 
204.2 	travel expenses incurred between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2016. The audit shall identify 
204.3 	the amount spent on nonessential travel. For purposes of this section, travel is nonessential 
204.4 	unless it is necessary to protect the safety or other essential interests of the citizens of the 
204.5 	state. The commissioner of management and budget shall report to the chairs and ranking 
204.6 	minority members of the legislative committees in the house of representatives and senate 
204.7 	with jurisdiction over state employees by February 17, 2017. The commissioner must use 
204.8 	the department's existing budget to fund the audit.

204.9 	Sec. 71. STATE AUDITOR REPORT.
 204.10 	The state auditor must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
204.11 	house of representatives and senate finance committees with jurisdiction over the Office 
204.12 	of the State Auditor by January 15, 2017. The report must include a strategic plan to 
204.13 	ensure that all local governments receive adequate oversight from the Office of the State 
204.14 	Auditor. In preparing this strategic plan, the state auditor must assess what types of audits 
204.15 	performed by the Office of the State Auditor are the most effective mechanisms for 
204.16 	ensuring that public funds have been used appropriately, what types of audit work can be 
204.17 	performed efficiently by certified public accounting (CPA) firms, and what is the most 
204.18 	effective deployment of audit resources available to the Office of the State Auditor. The 
204.19 	report must also evaluate the continuing importance of the reports, other than financial 
204.20 	audits, that the Office of the State Auditor produces on a regular basis.

204.21 	Sec. 72. PARKING RAMP FINANCING.
 204.22 	The debt service on the design and construction costs allocated to the parking garage 
204.23 	located on the block bounded by Sherburne Avenue on the north, Park Street on the west, 
204.24 	University Avenue on the south, and North Capitol Boulevard on the east must be paid 
204.25 	for exclusively by fees charged to persons parking in that parking garage. No fees may 
204.26 	be charged to members of the public parking in spaces designated for persons with a 
204.27 	disability parking certificate.

204.28 	Sec. 73. REPORT ON MNSURE COSTS TO COUNTIES.
 204.29 	The state auditor must report to the legislature by January 15, 2017, on costs 
204.30 	incurred by Minnesota counties related to eligibility determinations and related enrollment 
204.31 	activities for medical assistance enrollees and MinnesotaCare enrollees that are due to 
204.32 	implementing the Minnesota Eligibility Technology System administered by MNsure.

205.1 	Sec. 74. LEGISLATIVE SURROGACY COMMISSION.
 205.2 		Subdivision 1.Membership. The Legislative Commission on Surrogacy shall 
205.3 	consist of 15 members, appointed as follows:
205.4 	(1) three members of the senate appointed by the senate majority leader;
205.5 	(2) three members of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader;
205.6 	(3) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the 
205.7 	house;
205.8 	(4) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the house of 
205.9 	representatives minority leader;
205.10 	(5) the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's designee;
205.11 	(6) the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee; and
205.12 	(7) a family court referee appointed by the chief justice of the state Supreme Court.
205.13 	Appointments must be made by June 1, 2016.
205.14 		Subd. 2.Chair. The commission shall elect a chair from among its members.
205.15 		Subd. 3.Meetings. The ranking majority member of the commission who is 
205.16 	appointed by the senate majority leader shall convene the first meeting by July 1, 2016. 
205.17 	The commission shall have at least six meetings but may not have more than ten meetings.
205.18 		Subd. 4.Conflict of interest. A commission member may not participate in or 
205.19 	vote on a decision of the commission in which the member has either a direct or indirect 
205.20 	personal financial interest. A witness at a public meeting of the commission must disclose 
205.21 	any financial conflict of interest.
205.22 		Subd. 5.Duties. The commission shall develop recommendations on public policy 
205.23 	and laws regarding surrogacy. To develop the recommendations, the commission shall 
205.24 	study surrogacy through public hearings, research, and deliberation. Topics for study 
205.25 	include, but are not limited to:
205.26 	(1) potential health and psychological effects and benefits on women who serve 
205.27 	as surrogates;
205.28 	(2) potential health and psychological effects and benefits on children born of 
205.29 	surrogates;
205.30 	(3) business practices of the fertility industry, including attorneys, brokers, and 
205.31 	clinics;
205.32 	(4) considerations related to different forms of surrogacy;
205.33 	(5) considerations related to the potential exploitation of women in surrogacy 
205.34 	arrangements;
205.35 	(6) contract law implications when a surrogacy contract is breached;
206.1 	(7) potential conflicts with statutes governing private adoption and termination 
206.2 	of parental rights;
206.3 	(8) potential for legal conflicts related to third-party reproduction, including conflicts 
206.4 	between or amongst the surrogate mother, the intended parents, the child, insurance 
206.5 	companies, and medical professionals;
206.6 	(9) public policy determinations of other jurisdictions with regard to surrogacy; and
206.7 	(10) information to be provided to a child born of a surrogate about the child's 
206.8 	biological and gestational parents.
206.9 		Subd. 6.Reporting. The commission must submit a report including its 
206.10 	recommendations and may draft legislation to implement its recommendations to 
206.11 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary 
206.12 	jurisdiction over health and judiciary in the house of representatives and senate by 
206.13 	December 15, 2016. On topics where the commission fails to reach consensus, a majority 
206.14 	and minority report shall be issued.
206.15 		Subd. 7.Staffing. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide staffing 
206.16 	and administrative support to the commission.
206.17 		Subd. 8.Expiration. The commission expires the day after submitting the report 
206.18 	required under subdivision 6.

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

206.20 	Sec. 75. LCPFP STUDY OF JOINT BUDGET TARGET PROCESS; TIMING.
 206.21 	The Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy shall study and make 
206.22 	recommendations to the legislature by January 15, 2017, on the process and timing for 
206.23 	the legislature to establish joint budget targets. In preparing its recommendations, the 
206.24 	commission must take public testimony.

206.25 	Sec. 76. RULEMAKING.
 206.26 	The Board of Barber Examiners may use expedited rulemaking procedures under 
206.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.389, to amend Minnesota Rules, chapter 2100, to conform 
206.28 	with sections 33 to 56 and 77 to 78.

206.29 	Sec. 77. TRANSITIONING APPRENTICE BARBERS TO REGISTERED 
206.30 	BARBERS.
 206.31 	An apprentice barber practicing on August 1, 2016, is eligible to apply for registered 
206.32 	barber status. An apprentice barber must take the registered barber examination to become 
207.1 	a registered barber. All apprentice barber registrations will be discontinued on December 
207.2 	31, 2017.

207.3 	Sec. 78.  REPEALER.
 207.4 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 6.581, subdivision 1, is repealed.
207.5 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.886, is repealed.
207.6 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 154.03; 154.06; 154.11, subdivision 2; and 
207.7 	154.12, are repealed.

207.8 	Sec. 79. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 207.9 	Sections 33 to 56, 76 to 77, and 78, paragraph (c), are effective August 1, 2016.

207.10 	ARTICLE 12
207.11 	PUBLIC SAFETY

207.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.444, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
207.13 		Subd. 2.Violations by drivers; penalties. (a) A person who fails to stop a vehicle 
207.14 	or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, is guilty 
207.15 	of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $300 $500.
207.16 	(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person fails to stop a motor 
207.17 	vehicle or to keep it stopped, as required in subdivision 1, or who violates subdivision 1a, 
207.18 	and commits either or both of the following acts:
207.19 	(1) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle on the right-hand, 
207.20 	passenger-door side of the bus; or
207.21 	(2) passes or attempts to pass the school bus in a motor vehicle when a school child is 
207.22 	outside of and on the street or highway used by the school bus or on the adjacent sidewalk.

207.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to 
207.24 	violations committed on and after that date.

207.25 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 171.24, is amended to read:
207.26 	171.24 VIOLATIONS; DRIVING WITHOUT VALID LICENSE.
207.27 		Subdivision 1.Driving after suspension; misdemeanor. Except as otherwise 
207.28 	provided in subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if:
207.29 	(1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been suspended;
207.30 	(2) the person has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the suspension; 
207.31 	and
208.1 	(3) the person disobeys the order by operating in this state any motor vehicle, the 
208.2 	operation of which requires a driver's license, while the person's license or privilege 
208.3 	is suspended.
208.4 		Subd. 2.Driving after revocation; misdemeanor. Except as otherwise provided 
208.5 	in subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if:
208.6 	(1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been revoked;
208.7 	(2) the person has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the revocation; 
208.8 	and
208.9 	(3) the person disobeys the order by operating in this state any motor vehicle, the 
208.10 	operation of which requires a driver's license, while the person's license or privilege is 
208.11 	revoked.
208.12 		Subd. 3.Driving after cancellation; misdemeanor. Except as otherwise provided 
208.13 	in subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if:
208.14 	(1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been canceled;
208.15 	(2) the person has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the 
208.16 	cancellation; and
208.17 	(3) the person disobeys the order by operating in this state any motor vehicle, the 
208.18 	operation of which requires a driver's license, while the person's license or privilege is 
208.19 	canceled.
208.20 		Subd. 4.Driving after disqualification; misdemeanor. Except as otherwise 
208.21 	provided in subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person:
208.22 	(1) has been disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license or been denied 
208.23 	the privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle;
208.24 	(2) has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the disqualification; and
208.25 	(3) disobeys the order by operating in this state a commercial motor vehicle while 
208.26 	the person is disqualified to hold the license or privilege.
208.27 		Subd. 5.Gross misdemeanor violations. (a) A person is guilty of a gross 
208.28 	misdemeanor if:
208.29 	(1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been canceled or denied 
208.30 	under section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10);
208.31 	(2) the person has been given notice of or reasonably should know of the cancellation 
208.32 	or denial; and
208.33 	(3) the person disobeys the order by operating in this state any motor vehicle, the 
208.34 	operation of which requires a driver's license, while the person's license or privilege is 
208.35 	canceled or denied.
209.1 	(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates this section and 
209.2 	causes a collision resulting in substantial bodily harm or death to another.
209.3 	(c) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and is subject to the minimum penalty 
209.4 	under subdivision 5a, paragraph (b), if the person violates this section within ten years of 
209.5 	the first of two prior convictions under this section.
209.6 		Subd. 5a.Minimum penalties. (a) A person who is convicted under this section 
209.7 	a second time must, at a minimum, be sentenced to pay a fine of at least $750. This 
209.8 	paragraph does not apply to penalties under subdivision 5, paragraph (c).
209.9 	(b) A person who is convicted under this section a third or subsequent time must, at 
209.10 	a minimum, be sentenced to pay a fine of at least $1,500.
209.11 	(c) The court may order a person to perform community work service in lieu of all or 
209.12 	a portion of the minimum fine required under this subdivision if the court makes specific 
209.13 	findings on the record that the convicted person is indigent or that payment of the fine 
209.14 	would create undue hardship for the convicted person or that person's immediate family.
209.15 		Subd. 6.Responsibility for prosecution. (a) The attorney in the jurisdiction 
209.16 	in which the violation occurred who is responsible for prosecution of misdemeanor 
209.17 	violations of this section is also responsible for prosecution of gross misdemeanor 
209.18 	violations of this section.
209.19 	(b) Nothing in this section or section 609.035 or 609.04 shall limit the power of the 
209.20 	state to prosecute or punish a person for conduct that constitutes any other crime under 
209.21 	any other law of this state.
209.22 		Subd. 7.Sufficiency of notice. (a) Notice of revocation, suspension, cancellation, 
209.23 	or disqualification is sufficient if personally served, or if mailed by first class mail to the 
209.24 	person's last known address or to the address listed on the person's driver's license. Notice 
209.25 	is also sufficient if the person was informed that revocation, suspension, cancellation, or 
209.26 	disqualification would be imposed upon a condition occurring or failing to occur, and 
209.27 	where the condition has in fact occurred or failed to occur.
209.28 	(b) It is not a defense that a person failed to file a change of address with the post 
209.29 	office, or failed to notify the Department of Public Safety of a change of name or address 
209.30 	as required under section 171.11.
209.31 		Subd. 8.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "substantial bodily harm" has 
209.32 	the meaning given in section 609.02, subdivision 7a.

209.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to 
209.34 	offenses committed on or after that date.

209.35 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 243.166, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
210.1 		Subd. 1b.Registration required. (a) A person shall register under this section if:
210.2 	(1) the person was charged with or petitioned for a felony violation of or attempt to 
210.3 	violate, or aiding, abetting, or conspiracy to commit, any of the following, and convicted 
210.4 	of or adjudicated delinquent for that offense or another offense arising out of the same 
210.5 	set of circumstances:
210.6 	(i) murder under section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (2);
210.7 	(ii) kidnapping under section 609.25;
210.8 	(iii) criminal sexual conduct under section 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 
210.9 	609.3451, subdivision 3; or 609.3453; or
210.10 	(iv) indecent exposure under section 617.23, subdivision 3;
210.11 	(2) the person was charged with or petitioned for a violation of, or attempt to 
210.12 	violate, or aiding, abetting, or conspiring to commit criminal abuse in violation of section 
210.13 	609.2325, subdivision 1, paragraph (b); false imprisonment in violation of section 
210.14 	609.255, subdivision 2; solicitation, inducement, or promotion of the prostitution of a 
210.15 	minor or engaging in the sex trafficking of a minor in violation of section 609.322; a 
210.16 	prostitution offense involving a minor under the age of 13 years in violation of section 
210.17 	609.324, subdivision 1, paragraph (a); soliciting a minor to engage in sexual conduct in 
210.18 	violation of section 609.352, subdivision 2 or 2a, clause (1); using a minor in a sexual 
210.19 	performance in violation of section 617.246; or possessing pornographic work involving a 
210.20 	minor in violation of section 617.247, and convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for that 
210.21 	offense or another offense arising out of the same set of circumstances;
210.22 	(3) the person was sentenced as a patterned sex offender under section 609.3455, 
210.23 	subdivision 3a; or
210.24 	(4) the person was charged with or petitioned for, including pursuant to a court 
210.25 	martial, violating a law of the United States, including the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 
210.26 	similar to the offenses described in clause (1), (2), or (3), and convicted of or adjudicated 
210.27 	delinquent for that offense or another offense arising out of the same set of circumstances.
210.28 	(b) A person also shall register under this section if:
210.29 	(1) the person was charged with or petitioned for an offense in another state that 
210.30 	would be a violation of a law described in paragraph (a) if committed in this state and 
210.31 	convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for that offense or another offense arising out 
210.32 	of the same set of circumstances;
210.33 	(2) the person enters this state to reside, work, or attend school, or enters this state 
210.34 	and remains for 14 days or longer; and
210.35 	(3) ten years have not elapsed since the person was released from confinement 
210.36 	or, if the person was not confined, since the person was convicted of or adjudicated 
211.1 	delinquent for the offense that triggers registration, unless the person is subject to a longer 
211.2 	registration period under the laws of another state in which the person has been convicted 
211.3 	or adjudicated, or is subject to lifetime registration.
211.4 	If a person described in this paragraph is subject to a longer registration period 
211.5 	in another state or is subject to lifetime registration, the person shall register for that 
211.6 	time period regardless of when the person was released from confinement, convicted, or 
211.7 	adjudicated delinquent.
211.8 	(c) A person also shall register under this section if the person was committed 
211.9 	pursuant to a court commitment order under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 253B.185, 
211.10 	chapter 253D, Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 526.10, or a similar law of another state 
211.11 	or the United States, regardless of whether the person was convicted of any offense.
211.12 	(d) A person also shall register under this section if:
211.13 	(1) the person was charged with or petitioned for a felony violation or attempt to 
211.14 	violate any of the offenses listed in paragraph (a), clause (1), or a similar law of another 
211.15 	state or the United States, or the person was charged with or petitioned for a violation of 
211.16 	any of the offenses listed in paragraph (a), clause (2), or a similar law of another state or 
211.17 	the United States;
211.18 	(2) the person was found not guilty by reason of mental illness or mental deficiency 
211.19 	after a trial for that offense, or found guilty but mentally ill after a trial for that offense, in 
211.20 	states with a guilty but mentally ill verdict; and
211.21 	(3) the person was committed pursuant to a court commitment order under section 
211.22 	253B.18 or a similar law of another state or the United States.

211.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to crimes 
211.24 	committed on or after that date.

211.25 	Sec. 4. [325E.041] SENSORY TESTING RESEARCH.
211.26 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
211.27 	the meanings given:
211.28 	(1) "sensory testing firm" means a business that tests consumer reaction to physical 
211.29 	aspects of products for a third-party client;
211.30 	(2) "trained sensory assessors" means members of the public at least 21 years of age 
211.31 	selected by sensory testing firms and trained for a minimum of one hour to test products;
211.32 	(3) "sensory testing facility" means a facility specifically designed as a controlled 
211.33 	environment for testing; and
211.34 	(4) "department" means the Department of Public Safety.
212.1 		Subd. 2.Allowed activities. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a sensory 
212.2 	testing firm may possess and may purchase alcohol at retail or wholesale, and may allow 
212.3 	consumption of that alcohol, by trained sensory assessors for testing purposes at their 
212.4 	facility, provided that:
212.5 	(1) the firm must comply with section 340A.409 and all other state laws that do not 
212.6 	conflict with this section;
212.7 	(2) firms choosing to serve alcohol must be licensed by the department, which may 
212.8 	assess a fee sufficient to cover costs; and
212.9 	(3) records of testing protocols must be retained by the firm for at least one year.

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

212.11 	Sec. 5. [609.2233] FELONY ASSAULT MOTIVATED BY BIAS; INCREASED 
212.12 	STATUTORY MAXIMUM SENTENCE.
212.13 	A person who violates section 609.221, 609.222, or 609.223 because of the victim's 
212.14 	or another person's actual or perceived race, color, sex, sexual orientation, disability as 
212.15 	defined in section 363A.03, age, or national origin is subject to a statutory maximum 
212.16 	penalty of 25 percent longer than the maximum penalty otherwise applicable.

212.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to crimes 
212.18 	committed on or after that date.

212.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 609.324, subdivision 1, is 
212.20 	amended to read:
212.21 		Subdivision 1.Engaging in, hiring, or agreeing to hire minor to engage in 
212.22 	prostitution; penalties. (a) Whoever intentionally does any of the following may be 
212.23 	sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not 
212.24 	more than $40,000, or both:
212.25 	(1) engages in prostitution with an individual under the age of 13 years; or
212.26 	(2) hires or offers or agrees to hire an individual under the age of 13 years to engage 
212.27 	in sexual penetration or sexual contact; or
212.28 	(3) hires or offers or agrees to hire an individual who the actor reasonably believes 
212.29 	to be under the age of 13 years to engage in sexual penetration or sexual contact.
212.30 	(b) Whoever intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to 
212.31 	imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
212.32 	$20,000, or both:
213.1 	(1) engages in prostitution with an individual under the age of 16 years but at least 
213.2 	13 years; or
213.3 	(2) hires or offers or agrees to hire an individual under the age of 16 years but at 
213.4 	least 13 years to engage in sexual penetration or sexual contact; or
213.5 	(3) hires or offers or agrees to hire an individual who the actor reasonably believes 
213.6 	to be under the age of 16 years but at least 13 years to engage in sexual penetration or 
213.7 	sexual contact.
213.8 	(c) Whoever intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to 
213.9 	imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
213.10 	$10,000, or both:
213.11 	(1) engages in prostitution with an individual under the age of 18 years but at least 
213.12 	16 years;
213.13 	(2) hires or offers or agrees to hire an individual under the age of 18 years but at 
213.14 	least 16 years to engage in sexual penetration or sexual contact; or
213.15 	(3) hires or offers or agrees to hire an individual who the actor reasonably believes 
213.16 	to be under the age of 18 years but at least 16 years to engage in sexual penetration or 
213.17 	sexual contact.

213.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2016, and applies to crimes 
213.19 	committed on or after that date.

213.20 	Sec. 7. [609.5001] INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY HELICOPTERS; 
213.21 	UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.
213.22 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms in this 
213.23 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
213.24 	(b) "Public safety helicopter" is a helicopter operated by a law enforcement agency, 
213.25 	fire department, or emergency medical service provider.
213.26 	(c) "Unmanned aerial vehicle" means a powered, aerial vehicle that:
213.27 	(1) does not carry a human operator;
213.28 	(2) can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely;
213.29 	(3) uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift;
213.30 	(4) can be expendable or recoverable; and
213.31 	(5) can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.
213.32 		Subd. 2.Crime. Whoever knowingly operates an unmanned aerial vehicle within 
213.33 	one mile of a public safety helicopter during operations is guilty of a crime and shall 
213.34 	be punished as provided in subdivision 3.
213.35 		Subd. 3.Penalty. (a) A person who violates subdivision 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
214.1 	(b) A person who violates subdivision 2 a second or subsequent time is guilty of a 
214.2 	gross misdemeanor.
214.3 		Subd. 4.Exception. This section does not apply to an unmanned aerial vehicle 
214.4 	operated by a law enforcement agency, fire department, or emergency medical service 
214.5 	provider if:
214.6 	(1) the law enforcement agency, fire department, or emergency medical service 
214.7 	provider operating the unmanned aerial vehicle establishes radio communications with 
214.8 	the pilot of the public safety helicopter;
214.9 	(2) the pilot of the public safety helicopter (i) determines dual operation is safe 
214.10 	and does not pose a threat to the public safety helicopter's mission, and (ii) notifies the 
214.11 	law enforcement agency, fire department, or emergency medical service provider that 
214.12 	operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle is authorized;
214.13 	(3) the unmanned aerial vehicle operates no closer than 500 feet from the public 
214.14 	safety helicopter and the identified landing zone; and
214.15 	(4) operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle within the landing zone area does not 
214.16 	begin until after the law enforcement agency, fire department, or emergency medical 
214.17 	service provider has received authorization from the pilot of the public safety helicopter.

214.18 	Sec. 8. Laws 2015, chapter 65, article 1, section 18, is amended to read:

214.19
214.20
214.21	Sec. 18. AVIAN INFLUENZA AND 
AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE.
 					
214.22 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
214.23 	12.221, subdivision 6, for fiscal years 
214.24 	2016 and 2017 through June 30, 2019,
214.25 	only, the disaster contingency account, 
214.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221, 
214.27 	subdivision 6, may be used to pay for 
214.28 	costs of eligible avian influenza emergency 
214.29 	response activities for avian influenza and 
214.30 	any agricultural emergency. By January 15, 
214.31 	2018, and again by January 15, 2020, the 
214.32 	commissioner of management and budget 
214.33 	must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
214.34 	members of the senate Finance Committee 
214.35 	and the house of representatives Committee 
215.1 	on Ways and Means on any amount used 
215.2 	for avian influenza the purposes authorized
215.3 	under this section.

215.4 	Sec. 9. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY CONTRACT.
 215.5 	The commissioner, in order to address bed capacity shortfalls, shall attempt to 
215.6 	complete negotiations by January 1, 2017, of a contract to operate and purchase or lease to 
215.7 	own an existing prison facility with a capacity of at least 1,500 beds located in Appleton, 
215.8 	Minnesota. The contract negotiated under this section must be reviewed and approved by 
215.9 	the legislature before its final execution.

215.10 	Sec. 10. TRANSFER; APPROPRIATION.
 215.11 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 241.27, the commissioner of 
215.12 	management and budget shall transfer $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 from the Minnesota 
215.13 	correctional industries revolving fund to the general fund. This is a onetime transfer.