1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring commissioner of health to submit requests 
1.3 	for federal funds for review; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.074.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.074, is amended to read:
1.6 	144.074 FUNDS RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES.
1.7 	(a) The state commissioner of health may receive and accept money, property, or services 
1.8 	from any person, agency, or other source for any public health purpose within the scope of 
1.9 	statutory authority. All money so received is annually appropriated for those purposes in 
1.10 	the manner and subject to the provisions of law applicable to appropriations of state funds.
1.11 	(b) Notwithstanding sections 3.3005 and 4.07, before submitting a request for federal 
1.12 	funds, the commissioner must submit a summary of a proposed federal funds request to the 
1.13 	legislature. The summary must include information about the purpose of the requested 
1.14 	federal funds, the history of federal funds provided for the same purpose, the total amount 
1.15 	of requested federal funds, the extent to which there is a requirement for the state to match 
1.16 	the federal funds, the number of existing or new staff that will be supported by the federal 
1.17 	funds, whether the federal funds request is ongoing or onetime, and whether any state 
1.18 	commitment of funds or personnel will be required when the proposed request for federal 
1.19 	funds expires.
1.20 	(c) The Legislative Advisory Commission, under section 3.30, subdivision 2, shall review 
1.21 	and make a recommendation on the federal funds request under paragraph (b). If the 
1.22 	Legislative Advisory Commission makes a negative recommendation or a request for more 
2.1 	information during the 20-day period beginning the day the commissioner submits the 
2.2 	request, the commissioner shall not submit the request for federal funds. If the Legislative 
2.3 	Advisory Commission makes a positive recommendation or no recommendation during the 
2.4 	20-day period beginning the day the commissioner submits the request or after receiving 
2.5 	more information, the commissioner may submit the request for federal funds. A 
2.6 	recommendation of the commission must be made at a meeting of the commission unless 
2.7 	a written recommendation is signed by a majority of all members entitled to vote on the 
2.8 	federal funds request.
2.9 	(d) A request for federal funds approved under this section is subject to review under 
2.10 	section 3.3005.