1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; establishing a new state agency consolidating the 
1.3 	Department of Human Services and Department of Health licensing, background 
1.4 	studies, and oversight functions.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, BACKGROUND STUDIES, AND 
1.7 	OVERSIGHT.
 1.8 	(a) It is the goal of the legislature to consolidate into one new state agency the licensing, 
1.9 	background study, and related oversight functions currently in the Department of Human 
1.10 	Services and Department of Health, including the Office of Inspector General, the Minnesota 
1.11 	Adult Abuse Reporting Center (MAARC), and the Office of Health Facility Complaints 
1.12 	(OHFC).
1.13 	(b) The commissioners of human services and health shall work with the revisor of 
1.14 	statutes to draft legislation establishing the new state agency, and provide the legislation to 
1.15 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives 
1.16 	committees with jurisdiction over health and human services by December 15, 2018, with 
1.17 	the goal of the new state agency to begin operations on July 1, 2019.