1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legislative enactments; making miscellaneous technical corrections to 
1.3 	laws and statutes; correcting erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references; 
1.4 	removing redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2018, sections 5.001, subdivision 1a; 10A.022, subdivision 3b; 10A.08, 
1.6 	subdivision 3; 10A.173; 10A.177; 13.7191, subdivision 19; 13.7905, by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision; 15B.36, subdivision 8; 16A.28, subdivision 3; 16D.11, subdivision 
1.8 	3; 16E.03, subdivisions 9, 10; 28A.08, subdivision 3; 28A.151, subdivision 5; 
1.9 	47.58, subdivision 7; 60A.11, subdivision 10; 62D.02, subdivision 12; 79.251, 
1.10 	subdivision 2a; 84D.11, subdivision 1; 84D.14; 97A.055, subdivision 2; 97B.621, 
1.11 	subdivision 2; 97C.505, subdivision 2; 103B.201; 103B.255, subdivision 3; 
1.12 	103C.321, subdivision 2; 103C.625; 103D.641; 103E.202, subdivision 2; 103H.151, 
1.13 	subdivision 4; 122A.31, subdivision 2; 123B.42, subdivision 3; 126C.48, 
1.14 	subdivision 8; 127A.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 136A.1276, subdivision 1; 144.441, 
1.15 	subdivision 1; 144.55, subdivision 2; 144A.04, subdivision 7; 144A.073, 
1.16 	subdivision 1; 145.365, subdivision 4; 146A.09, subdivision 7; 146B.02, subdivision 
1.17 	8; 147.111, subdivision 10; 147E.01, subdivision 3; 148.6402, subdivisions 14, 
1.18 	16; 148.6420, subdivision 1; 148.6443, subdivision 2; 148.6448, subdivision 1; 
1.19 	148.7802, subdivision 3; 148F.11, subdivision 1; 150A.25, subdivision 1; 151.21, 
1.20 	subdivision 8; 155A.30, subdivision 12; 168.33, subdivision 8a; 169.81, subdivision 
1.21 	3; 169.86, subdivision 5; 171.05, subdivision 2a; 176.102, subdivision 2; 214.072; 
1.22 	214.073; 245A.065; 245A.07, subdivision 3; 245A.22, subdivision 4; 245D.22, 
1.23 	subdivision 2; 252A.01, subdivision 1; 253D.27, subdivision 3; 254B.04, 
1.24 	subdivision 1; 254B.05, subdivision 5; 254B.13, subdivision 2a; 256B.0659, 
1.25 	subdivision 11; 256B.0755, subdivision 4; 256B.15, subdivision 1k; 256B.49, 
1.26 	subdivision 26; 256B.4914, subdivisions 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 256D.051, subdivision 
1.27 	6b; 256I.01; 256J.95, subdivision 17; 256N.02, subdivision 10; 256N.23, 
1.28 	subdivision 11; 256N.26, subdivisions 4, 8, 9; 260.011, subdivision 1; 260B.198, 
1.29 	subdivision 1; 260C.139, subdivisions 1, 3; 270B.12, subdivision 7; 289A.18, 
1.30 	subdivision 2a; 290.06, subdivision 2h; 290.0674, subdivision 1; 290.0677, 
1.31 	subdivision 1; 290.0684, subdivision 1; 290A.03, subdivisions 8, 12; 290A.19; 
1.32 	297A.68, subdivision 9; 297F.08, subdivision 8; 298.296, subdivision 2; 299L.09, 
1.33 	subdivision 1; 309.515, subdivision 1; 319B.02, subdivision 3; 321.1116, 
1.34 	subdivision 2; 326B.986, subdivision 8; 349.12, subdivision 25; 352.22, subdivision 
1.35 	8; 352D.02, subdivision 3; 352D.04, subdivision 2; 353.37; 353.6511, subdivision 
1.36 	7; 353.6512, subdivision 7; 353G.01, subdivision 8b; 354.46, subdivision 6; 354.50, 
1.37 	subdivision 4; 354A.35, subdivision 2; 354B.20, subdivision 10; 356.65, subdivision 
1.38 	2; 360.0752, subdivision 5; 383D.41, subdivision 11; 473.4052, subdivision 2; 
2.1 	473.517, subdivision 3; 475.55, subdivision 7; 501C.0105; 576.25, subdivision 5; 
2.2 	604A.11, subdivision 1; 626.556, subdivisions 2, 3e; 626.557, subdivision 4; 
2.3 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 13.411, subdivision 2; 116J.8737, 
2.4 	subdivision 10; 127A.05, subdivision 6; 148.6402, subdivisions 11, 12, 17, 24, 
2.5 	26; 148E.0555; 148E.0556; 148E.0557; 161.36, subdivision 7; 174.37; 609B.105; 
2.6 	Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 11, section 16; Minnesota Rules, part 2782.0100.
2.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.8 	ARTICLE 1
2.9 	MISCELLANEOUS

2.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 5.001, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
2.11 		Subd. 1a.Attempt to provide notice. "Attempt to provide notice," "attempting to provide 
2.12 	notice," or "attempted to provide notice" as used in sections 303.17, subdivisions 2, 3, and 
2.13 	4; 321.0809; 321.0906; 322B.935, subdivision 3; and 323A.1004, means that the secretary 
2.14 	of state has sent notice by mail or transmitted an e-mail to the e-mail address provided by 
2.15 	the business entity.

2.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.022, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
2.17 		Subd. 3b.Matter under staff review resolved; no violation. The executive director 
2.18 	must close a matter under staff review when the staff review establishes that no violation 
2.19 	of campaign finance laws has occurred. The executive director must report the closure of 
2.20 	the matter to the board at a meeting closed to the public and must send notice of the closure 
2.21 	to the respondent.

2.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.23 		Subd. 3.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions have the 
2.24 	meanings given.
2.25 	(b) "Fee" means any compensation or other consideration for services performed or for 
2.26 	future services.
2.27 	(c) "Initial appearance at a hearing" means the first appearance by a public official 
2.28 	representing a client for a fee at a hearing on a single subject. Subsequent appearances at 
2.29 	continuations of the same hearing are not initial appearances.

3.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.173, is amended to read:
3.2 	10A.173 NONCAMPAIGN DISBURSEMENTS.
3.3 		Subdivision 1.Services for a constituent. (a) The cost of services for a constituent 
3.4 	performed from the beginning of the term of office to adjournment sine die of the legislature 
3.5 	in the election year for the office held are noncampaign disbursements. Half One-half of 
3.6 	the cost of services for a constituent performed from adjournment sine die to 60 days after 
3.7 	adjournment sine die are noncampaign disbursements.
3.8 	(b) During the periods provided in paragraph (a), a candidate's committee may claim 
3.9 	the following expenses as a noncampaign disbursement for services for a constituent under 
3.10 	section 10A.01, subdivision 26, paragraph (a), clause (6):
3.11 	(1) the cost of a charter bus to transport constituents to an educational day held at the 
3.12 	State Capitol during a legislative session;
3.13 	(2) the cost of hiring an intern that is directly attributable to the intern's provision of 
3.14 	services for constituents;
3.15 	(3) the cost of congratulatory letters sent to the office holder's constituents that include 
3.16 	information about government services available to the recipient or how the recipient can 
3.17 	register to vote;
3.18 	(4) the cost of food or beverages consumed by a constituent during a meeting with the 
3.19 	office holder, in compliance with section 211B.13;
3.20 	(5) the cost of food and beverages consumed by the candidate or volunteers when the 
3.21 	candidate or volunteers are distributing communications that qualify as services to a 
3.22 	constituent; and
3.23 	(6) the cost of printing and distributing a review of legislative action and issues to the 
3.24 	office holder's constituents if the distribution occurs prior to the sine die adjournment of 
3.25 	the legislature.
3.26 	If the review of legislative action described in clause (6) is distributed after the legislature 
3.27 	adjourns sine die, the printing and distribution costs must be prorated between noncampaign 
3.28 	disbursements and campaign expenditures as described in paragraph (a), even if the printing 
3.29 	occurred prior to adjournment.
3.30 	(c) A communication prepared as a service for a constituent must include the disclaimer 
3.31 	required by section 211B.04 when the communication is disseminated after adjournment 
3.32 	sine die of the legislature in the election year for the office held.
4.1 		Subd. 2.Food and beverages while campaigning. A candidate's committee may not 
4.2 	claim the cost of food and beverages consumed by the candidate and volunteers when the 
4.3 	candidate and volunteers are campaigning outside of the candidate's district, unless the 
4.4 	committee intends to terminate and complies with section 10A.27, subdivision 9, paragraph 
4.5 	(b), as noncampaign disbursements under section 10A.01, subdivision 26, paragraph (a), 
4.6 	clause (7).
4.7 		Subd. 3.Food and beverages; legislative duties. (a) A candidate's committee may 
4.8 	claim the expense of food and beverages consumed by other legislators or legislative staff 
4.9 	at a reception or meeting as a noncampaign disbursement under section 10A.01, subdivision 
4.10 	26, paragraph (a), clause (8).
4.11 	(b) Except as provided by paragraph (a), a candidate's committee may not claim the 
4.12 	expense of food and beverages consumed by individuals other than the legislator at a 
4.13 	reception or meeting as a noncampaign disbursement under section 10A.01, subdivision 
4.14 	26, paragraph (a), clause (8).
4.15 		Subd. 4.Expenses for serving in public office. (a) A candidate's committee may claim 
4.16 	the following expenses as noncampaign disbursements for expenses for serving in public 
4.17 	office under section 10A.01, subdivision 26, paragraph (a), clause (10):
4.18 	(1) the cost of transportation, lodging, meals, and other expenses necessary to attend 
4.19 	meetings and conferences when the reason that the candidate attends the event is to assist 
4.20 	the candidate in performing the duties of the office held and the candidate would not attend 
4.21 	the event if the candidate were not an office holder;
4.22 	(2) the cost of traveling to the State Capitol for scheduled legislative committee meetings 
4.23 	and regular and special legislative sessions when those costs are not reimbursed by another 
4.24 	source; and
4.25 	(3) the cost of meals for legislative staff while the staff member is engaged in performing 
4.26 	legislative work for the candidate.
4.27 	(b) A candidate's committee may not claim the following expenses as noncampaign 
4.28 	disbursements for expenses for serving in public office under section 10A.01, subdivision 
4.29 	26, paragraph (a), clause (10):
4.30 	(1) the cost of membership fees and dues necessary to belong to organizations located 
4.31 	in the office holder's district;
4.32 	(2) costs incurred for transportation, lodging, and other expenses for trips taken outside 
4.33 	of the office holder's district for the purpose of relationship building; and
5.1 	(3) costs incurred for transportation, lodging, and other expenses by an individual 
5.2 	accompanying an office holder on a trip unless the office holder is a person with a disability, 
5.3 	as defined in section 363A.03, subdivision 12, and the accompanying individual is providing 
5.4 	services that are made necessary by the disability.
5.5 	Clause (3) does not require a committee to allocate a travel expense between an office holder 
5.6 	and an individual accompanying the office holder on a trip when the presence of the 
5.7 	accompanying individual does not increase the amount of the expense.

5.8 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 10A.177, is amended to read:
5.9 	10A.177 NONCOORDINATED EXPENDITURES.
5.10 	Any of the following actions, taken alone, do not establish that an expenditure made by 
5.11 	the spender is coordinated with the candidate:
5.12 	(1) a candidate asks a spender not to make any expenditure to support the candidate or 
5.13 	oppose the candidate's opponent;
5.14 	(2) a candidate provides to a spender names of potential donors, as long as the spender 
5.15 	does not state or suggest to the candidate that funds received from use of the donor list will 
5.16 	be used for independent expenditures to benefit the candidate;
5.17 	(3) an expenditure uses a photograph, video, or audio recording obtained from a publicly 
5.18 	available source or public event;
5.19 	(4) an expenditure uses information obtained from a biography, position paper, press 
5.20 	release, or similar material about the candidate from a publicly available source or public 
5.21 	event;
5.22 	(5) the spender contributes to the candidate, makes an in-kind donation to the candidate, 
5.23 	or endorses the candidate;
5.24 	(6) an expenditure includes a hyperlink to the candidate's website or social media page;
5.25 	(7) an expenditure appears in a news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through 
5.26 	the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical 
5.27 	publication;
5.28 	(8) the spender discusses the candidate's position on a legislative or policy matter with 
5.29 	the candidate. This paragraph clause includes the sending, completion, and return of a survey 
5.30 	conducted by the spender to determine whether to endorse the candidate; or
6.1 	(9) the spender invites the candidate to appear before the spender's members, employees, 
6.2 	or shareholders, including the candidate's participation in the event, unless the event promotes 
6.3 	the election of the candidate or the defeat of the candidate's opponent, or the candidate 
6.4 	requests or accepts campaign contributions at the event.

6.5 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 13.7191, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
6.6 		Subd. 19.Nationwide Mortgage Multistate Licensing System and 
6.7 	Registry. Information and materials provided to the Nationwide Mortgage Multistate
6.8 	Licensing System and Registry or shared with state and regulatory officials with mortgage 
6.9 	industry oversight authority are governed by section 58A.14.

6.10 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 13.7905, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
6.11 	read:
6.12 		Subd. 7.Workers' compensation modernization program. Certain documents filed 
6.13 	with or issued by the Department of Labor and Industry or the Office of Administrative 
6.14 	Hearings related to the workers' compensation modernization program are classified under 
6.15 	section 176.2611.

6.16 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 15B.36, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
6.17 		Subd. 8.Gifts; grants; donations. The committee may accept gifts and grants, which 
6.18 	are accepted on behalf of the state and constitute donations to the state. Funds received 
6.19 	under this paragraph subdivision are appropriated to the commissioner of administration 
6.20 	for purposes of the committee.

6.21 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
6.22 		Subd. 3.Lapse. Any portion of any appropriation not carried forward and remaining 
6.23 	unexpended and unencumbered at the close of a fiscal year lapses to the fund from which 
6.24 	it was originally appropriated. Except as provided in section 15.76, Any appropriation 
6.25 	amounts not carried forward and remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of 
6.26 	a biennium lapse to the fund from which the appropriation was made.

6.27 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16D.11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
6.28 		Subd. 3.Cancellation. Collection costs imposed under subdivision 1 shall be canceled 
6.29 	and subtracted from the amount due if:
7.1 	(1) the debtor's household income as defined in section 290A.03, subdivision 5, excluding 
7.2 	the exemption subtractions in subdivision 3, paragraph (3) (c), of that section, for the 12 
7.3 	months preceding the date of referral is less than twice the annual federal poverty guideline 
7.4 	under United States Code, title 42, section 9902, subsection (2);
7.5 	(2) within 60 days after the first contact with the debtor by the commissioner or collection 
7.6 	agency, the debtor establishes reasonable cause for the failure to pay the debt prior to referral 
7.7 	of the debt to the commissioner;
7.8 	(3) a good faith dispute as to the legitimacy or the amount of the debt is made, and 
7.9 	payment is remitted or a payment agreement is entered into within 30 days after resolution 
7.10 	of the dispute;
7.11 	(4) good faith litigation occurs and the debtor's position is substantially justified, and if 
7.12 	the debtor does not totally prevail, the debt is paid or a payment agreement is entered into 
7.13 	within 30 days after the judgment becomes final and nonappealable; or
7.14 	(5) collection costs have been added by the referring agency and are included in the 
7.15 	amount of the referred debt.

7.16 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16E.03, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
7.17 		Subd. 9.Accessibility standards. (a) The chief information officer shall develop 
7.18 	accessibility standards applicable to technology, software, and hardware procurement, with 
7.19 	the exception of infrastructure hardware. The standards shall not impose an undue burden 
7.20 	on the state.
7.21 	(b) The chief information officer shall require state agencies to adhere to the standards 
7.22 	developed under this subdivision unless an exception is approved pursuant to subdivision 
7.23 	10. Except as provided in paragraph (c), the standards developed under this section must 
7.24 	incorporate section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, United States Code, title 29, section 794d, 
7.25 	as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220, August 7, 
7.26 	1998, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, 2.0. The chief information officer 
7.27 	must review subsequent revisions to section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and to the Web 
7.28 	Content Accessibility Guidelines and may incorporate the revisions in the accessibility 
7.29 	standards.
7.30 	(c) If the chief information officer, in consultation with the advisory committee 
7.31 	established under Laws 2009, chapter 131, section 12, determines that any standard developed 
7.32 	under this subdivision poses an undue burden to the state, the chief information officer may 
8.1 	modify the burdensome standard, provided written findings and rationale are made explaining 
8.2 	the deviation.

8.3 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16E.03, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
8.4 		Subd. 10.Exceptions to accessibility standards. Exceptions to the standards may be 
8.5 	granted by the chief information officer based upon a request by an agency made in 
8.6 	accordance with the thresholds and process established under Laws 2009, chapter 131, 
8.7 	section 12, subdivision 2.

8.8 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 28A.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.9 		Subd. 3.Fees effective July 1, 2003.
 
8.10					Penalties
	
8.118.12
8.13		Type of food handler
		License Fee 
Effective 
July 1, 2003
	Late 
Renewal
	No
License
	
8.14	1.
	Retail food handler
					
8.15
8.16
8.17
8.18
8.19		(a) Having gross sales of only prepackaged 
nonperishable food of less than $15,000 for 
the immediately previous license or fiscal 
year and filing a statement with the 
commissioner
		$ 50
	$ 17
	$ 33
	
8.20
8.21
8.22
8.23
8.24		(b) Having under $15,000 gross sales or 
service including food preparation or having 
$15,000 to $50,000 gross sales or service 
for the immediately previous license or 
fiscal year
		$ 77
	$ 25
	$ 51
	
8.25
8.26
8.27		(c) Having $50,001 to $250,000 gross sales 
or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$155
	$ 51
	$102
	
8.28
8.29
8.30		(d) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$276
	$ 91
	$182
	
8.31
8.32
8.33		(e) Having $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$799
	$264
	$527
	
8.34
8.35
8.36		(f) Having $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$1,162
	$383
	$767
	
8.37
8.38
8.39		(g) Having $10,000,001 to $15,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,376
	$454
	$908
	
8.40
8.41
8.42		(h) Having $15,000,001 to $20,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,607
	$530
	$1,061
	
9.1
9.2
9.3		(i) Having $20,000,001 to $25,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,847
	$610
	$1,219
	
9.4
9.5
9.6		(j) Having over $25,000,001 gross sales or 
service for the immediately previous license 
or fiscal year
		$2,001
	$660
	$1,321
	
9.7	2.
	Wholesale food handler
					
9.8
9.99.10
		(a) Having gross sales or service of less than 
$25,000 for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$ 57
	$ 19
	$ 38
	
9.11
9.12
9.13		(b) Having $25,001 to $250,000 gross sales 
or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$284
	$ 94
	$187
	
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17		(c) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 gross 
sales or service from a mobile unit without 
a separate food facility for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$444
	$147
	$293
	
9.18
9.19
9.20
9.21		(d) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 gross 
sales or service not covered under paragraph 
(c) for the immediately previous license or 
fiscal year
		$590
	$195
	$389
	
9.22
9.23
9.24		(e) Having $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$769
	$254
	$508
	
9.25
9.26
9.27		(f) Having $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$920
	$304
	$607
	
9.28
9.29
9.30		(g) Having $10,000,001 to $15,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$990
	$327
	$653
	
9.31
9.32
9.33		(h) Having $15,000,001 to $20,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,156
	$381
	$763
	
9.34
9.35
9.36		(i) Having $20,000,001 to $25,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,329
	$439
	$877
	
9.37
9.38
9.39		(j) Having over $25,000,001 or more gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$1,502
	$496
	$991
	
9.40	3.
	Food broker
		$150
	$ 50
	$ 99
	
9.41	4.
	Wholesale food processor or manufacturer
					
9.42
9.43
9.44		(a) Having gross sales or service of less than 
$125,000 for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$169
	$ 56
	$112
	
9.45
9.46
9.47		(b) Having $125,001 to $250,000 gross sales 
or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$392
	$129
	$259
	
10.1
10.2
10.3		(c) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$590
	$195
	$389
	
10.4
10.5
10.6		(d) Having $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$769
	$254
	$508
	
10.7
10.8
10.9		(e) Having $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$920
	$304
	$607
	
10.10
10.11
10.12		(f) Having $10,000,001 to $15,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,377
	$454
	$909
	
10.13
10.14
10.15		(g) Having $15,000,001 to $20,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,608
	$531
	$1,061
	
10.16
10.17
10.18		(h) Having $20,000,001 to $25,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,849
	$610
	$1,220
	
10.19
10.20
10.21		(i) Having $25,000,001 to $50,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$2,090
	$690
	$1,379
	
10.22
10.23
10.24		(j) Having $50,000,001 to $100,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$2,330
	$769
	$1,538
	
10.25
10.26
10.27		(k) Having $100,000,000 or more gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$2,571
	$848
	$1,697
	
10.2810.29
10.30	5.
	Wholesale food processor of meat or poultry 
products under supervision of the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture
					
10.31
10.32
10.33		(a) Having gross sales or service of less than 
$125,000 for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$112
	$ 37
	$ 74
	
10.34
10.35
10.36		(b) Having $125,001 to $250,000 gross sales 
or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$214
	$ 71
	$141
	
10.37
10.38
10.39		(c) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$333
	$110
	$220
	
10.40
10.41
10.42		(d) Having $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$425
	$140
	$281
	
10.43
10.44
10.45		(e) Having $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$521
	$172
	$344
	
10.46
10.47
10.48		(f) Having over $10,000,001 to $15,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$765
	$252
	$505
	
11.1
11.2
11.3		(g) Having $15,000,001 to $20,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$893
	$295
	$589
	
11.4
11.5
11.6		(h) Having $20,000,001 to $25,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,027
	$339
	$678
	
11.7
11.8
11.9		(i) Having $25,000,001 to $50,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,161
	$383
	$766
	
11.10
11.11
11.12		(j) Having $50,000,001 to $100,000,000 
gross sales or service for the immediately 
previous license or fiscal year
		$1,295
	$427
	$855
	
11.13
11.14
11.15		(k) Having $100,000,001 or more gross 
sales or service for the immediately previous 
license or fiscal year
		$1,428
	$471
	$942
	
11.1611.17	6.
	Wholesale food processor or manufacturer 
operating only at the State Fair
		$125
	$ 40
	$ 50
	
11.1811.19
11.20	7.
	Wholesale food manufacturer having the 
permission of the commissioner to use the 
name Minnesota Farmstead cheese
		$ 30
	$ 10
	$ 15
	
11.2111.22
11.23	8.
	Wholesale food manufacturer processing 
less than 700,000 pounds per year of raw 
milk
		$ 30
	$ 10
	$ 15
	
11.2411.25
11.26
11.27
11.28	9.
	A milk marketing organization without 
facilities for processing or manufacturing 
that purchases milk from milk producers for 
delivery to a licensed wholesale food 
processor or manufacturer
		$ 50
	$ 15
	$ 25

11.29 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 28A.151, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
11.30 		Subd. 5.Food safety and equipment standards. Any person conducting food product 
11.31 	sampling or food product demonstrations shall meet the same food safety and equipment 
11.32 	standards that are required of a special event food stand in Minnesota Rules 2015, part parts
11.33 	4626.1855, items B to O, Q, and R; and Minnesota Rules 2015, part4626.0330.

11.34 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 47.58, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
11.35 		Subd. 7.Loan closing. The lender may require the borrower to pay no more than actual 
11.36 	closing costs incurred in connection with the making, closing, disbursing or extending of a 
11.37 	reverse mortgage loan. A reverse mortgage loan agreement or extension agreement may 
11.38 	provide for deferral of payment of any portion of actual closing costs. Deferred closing 
11.39 	costs shall be added to the outstanding loan balance as provided in subdivision 1, clause
11.40 	paragraph (e). Unless the agreement provides for deferral, actual closing costs shall be paid 
11.41 	by the borrower at the time of signing the agreement.
12.1 	Upon signing a reverse mortgage loan agreement or extension agreement the lender 
12.2 	shall furnish to the borrower:
12.3 	(a) A schedule showing the projected pattern of the outstanding loan balance over the 
12.4 	period of the agreement;
12.5 	(b) A statement indicating in detail the charges and fees the borrower has paid or is 
12.6 	obligated to pay to the lender or to any other person in connection with the loan; and
12.7 	(c) Any other information required by state or federal law.

12.8 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 60A.11, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
12.9 		Subd. 10.Definitions. The following terms have the meanings assigned in this subdivision 
12.10 	for purposes of this section:
12.11 	(a) "Adequate evidence" means a written confirmation, advice, or other verification 
12.12 	issued by a depository, issuer, or custodian bank which shows that the investment is held 
12.13 	for the company;
12.14 	(b) "Adequate security" means a letter of credit qualifying under subdivision 11, 
12.15 	paragraph (f), cash, or the pledge of an investment authorized by any subdivision of this 
12.16 	section;
12.17 	(c) "Admitted assets," for purposes of computing percentage limitations on particular 
12.18 	types of investments, means the assets as shown by the company's annual statement, required 
12.19 	by section 60A.13, as of the December 31 immediately preceding the date the company 
12.20 	acquires the investment;
12.21 	(d) "Clearing corporation" means The Depository Trust Company or any other clearing 
12.22 	agency registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities 
12.23 	Exchange Act of 1934, section 17A, Euro-clear Clearance System Limited and CEDEL 
12.24 	S.A., and, with the approval of the commissioner, any other clearing corporation as defined 
12.25 	in section 336.8-102;
12.26 	(e) "Control" has the meaning assigned to that term in, and must be determined in 
12.27 	accordance with, section 60D.15, subdivision 4;
12.28 	(f) "Custodian bank" means a bank or trust company or a branch of a bank or trust 
12.29 	company that is acting as custodian and is supervised and examined by state or federal 
12.30 	authority having supervision over the bank or trust company or with respect to a company's 
12.31 	foreign investments only by the regulatory authority having supervision over banks or trust 
12.32 	companies in the jurisdiction in which the bank, trust company, or branch is located, and 
13.1 	any banking institutions qualifying as an "Eligible Foreign Custodian" under the Code of 
13.2 	Federal Regulations, section 270.17f-5, adopted under section 17(f) of the Investment 
13.3 	Company Act of 1940, and specifically including Euro-clear Clearance System Limited 
13.4 	and CEDEL S.A., acting as custodians;
13.5 	(g) "Evergreen clause" means a provision that automatically renews a letter of credit for 
13.6 	a time certain if the issuer of the letter of credit fails to affirmatively signify its intention to 
13.7 	nonrenew upon expiration;
13.8 	(h) "Government obligations" means direct obligations for the payment of money, or 
13.9 	obligations for the payment of money to the extent guaranteed as to the payment of principal 
13.10 	and interest by any governmental issuer where the obligations are payable from ad valorem 
13.11 	taxes or guaranteed by the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the issuer and are not 
13.12 	secured solely by special assessments for local improvements;
13.13 	(i) "Noninvestment grade obligations" means obligations which, at the time of acquisition, 
13.14 	were rated below Baa/BBB or the equivalent by a securities rating agency or which, at the 
13.15 	time of acquisition, were not in one of the two highest categories established by the Securities 
13.16 	Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners;
13.17 	(j) "Issuer" means the corporation, business trust, governmental unit, partnership, 
13.18 	association, individual, or other entity which issues or on behalf of which is issued any form 
13.19 	of obligation;
13.20 	(k) "Licensed real estate appraiser" means a person who develops and communicates 
13.21 	real estate appraisals and who holds a current, valid license under chapter 82B or a 
13.22 	substantially similar licensing requirement in another jurisdiction;
13.23 	(l) "Member bank" means a national bank, state bank or trust company which is a member 
13.24 	of the Federal Reserve System;
13.25 	(m) "National securities exchange" means an exchange registered under section 6 of the 
13.26 	Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or an exchange regulated under the laws of the Dominion 
13.27 	of Canada;
13.28 	(n) "NASDAQ" means the reporting system for securities meeting the definition of 
13.29 	National Market System security as provided under Part I to Schedule D of the National 
13.30 	Association of Securities Dealers Incorporated bylaws;
13.31 	(o) "Obligations" include bonds, notes, debentures, transportation equipment certificates, 
13.32 	repurchase agreements, bank certificates of deposit, time deposits, bankers' acceptances, 
13.33 	and other obligations for the payment of money not in default as to payments of principal 
14.1 	and interest on the date of investment, whether constituting general obligations of the issuer 
14.2 	or payable only out of certain revenues or certain funds pledged or otherwise dedicated for 
14.3 	payment. Leases are considered obligations if the lease is assigned for the benefit of the 
14.4 	company and is nonterminable by the lessee or lessees thereunder upon foreclosure of any 
14.5 	lien upon the leased property, and rental payments are sufficient to amortize the investment 
14.6 	over the primary lease term;
14.7 	(p) "Qualified assets" means the sum of (1) all investments qualified in accordance with 
14.8 	this section other than investments in affiliates and subsidiaries, (2) investments in obligations 
14.9 	of affiliates as defined in section 60D.15, subdivision 2, secured by real or personal property 
14.10 	sufficient to qualify the investment under subdivision 19 or 23, (3) qualified investments 
14.11 	in subsidiaries, as defined in section 60D.15, subdivision 9, on a consolidated basis with 
14.12 	the insurance company without allowance for goodwill or other intangible value, and (4) 
14.13 	cash on hand and on deposit, agent's balances or uncollected premiums not due more than 
14.14 	90 days, assets held pursuant to section 60A.12, subdivision 2, investment income due and 
14.15 	accrued, funds due or on deposit or recoverable on loss payments under contracts of 
14.16 	reinsurance entered into pursuant to section 60A.09, premium bills and notes receivable, 
14.17 	federal income taxes recoverable, and equities and deposits in pools and associations;
14.18 	(q) "Qualified net earnings" means that the net earnings of the issuer after elimination 
14.19 	of extraordinary nonrecurring items of income and expense and before income taxes and 
14.20 	fixed charges over the five immediately preceding completed fiscal years, or its period of 
14.21 	existence if less than five years, has averaged not less than 1-1/4 times its average annual 
14.22 	fixed charges applicable to the period;
14.23 	(r) "Replicated investment position" means the statement value of the position reported 
14.24 	under the heading "Replicated (Synthetic) Asset" on Schedule DB, Part F, of the annual 
14.25 	statement of the insurer, or any successor provision;
14.26 	(s) "Replication transaction" means a derivative transaction that is intended to replicate 
14.27 	the performance of one or more assets that an insurer is authorized to acquire under this 
14.28 	section. A derivative transaction that either is authorized by subdivision 18, clause (5), or 
14.29 	by subdivision 24, or is entered into as a hedging transaction shall not be considered a 
14.30 	replication transaction;
14.31 	(t) "Required liabilities" means the sum of (1) total liabilities as required to be reported 
14.32 	in the company's most recent annual report to the commissioner of commerce of this state, 
14.33 	(2) for companies operating under the stock plan, the minimum paid-up capital and surplus 
14.34 	required to be maintained pursuant to section 60A.07, subdivision 5a, (3) for companies 
15.1 	operating under the mutual or reciprocal plan, the minimum amount of surplus required to 
15.2 	be maintained pursuant to section 60A.07, subdivision 5b, and (4) the amount, if any, by 
15.3 	which the company's loss and loss adjustment expense reserves exceed 350 percent of its 
15.4 	surplus as it pertains to policyholders as of the same date. The commissioner may waive 
15.5 	the requirement in clause (4) unless the company's written premiums exceed 300 percent 
15.6 	of its surplus as it pertains to policyholders as of the same date. In addition to the required 
15.7 	amounts pursuant to clauses (1) to (4), the commissioner may require that the amount of 
15.8 	any apparent reserve deficiency that may be revealed by one-to-five-year loss and loss 
15.9 	adjustment expense development analysis for the five years reported in the company's most 
15.10 	recent annual statement to the commissioner be added to required liabilities;
15.11 	(u) "Revenue obligations" means obligations for the payment of money by a governmental 
15.12 	issuer where the obligations are payable from revenues, earnings, or special assessments 
15.13 	on properties benefited by local improvements of the issuer which are specifically pledged 
15.14 	therefor;
15.15 	(v) "Security" has the meaning given in section 5 of the Security Act of 1933 and 
15.16 	specifically includes, but is not limited to, stocks, stock equivalents, warrants, rights, options, 
15.17 	obligations, American Depository Receipts (ADR's), repurchase agreements, and reverse 
15.18 	repurchase agreements; and
15.19 	(w) "Unrestricted surplus" means the amount by which qualified assets exceed 110 
15.20 	percent of required liabilities.

15.21 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 62D.02, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
15.22 		Subd. 12.Participating entity. "Participating entity" means any of the following persons, 
15.23 	providers, companies, or other organizations with which the health maintenance organization 
15.24 	has contracts or other agreements:
15.25 	(1) a health care facility licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56, a nursing home 
15.26 	licensed under sections 144A.02 to 144A.11, and any other health care facility otherwise 
15.27 	licensed under the laws of this state or registered with the commissioner of health;
15.28 	(2) a health care professional licensed under health-related licensing boards, as defined 
15.29 	in section 214.01, subdivision 2, and any other health care professional otherwise licensed 
15.30 	under the laws of this state or registered with the commissioner of health;
15.31 	(3) a group, professional corporation, or other organization which provides the services 
15.32 	of individuals or entities identified in clause (2), including but not limited to a medical 
16.1 	clinic, a medical group, a home health care agency, an urgent care center, and an emergent 
16.2 	care center;
16.3 	(4) any person or organization providing administrative, financial, or management 
16.4 	services to the health maintenance organization if the total payment for all services exceeds 
16.5 	three percent of the gross revenues of the health maintenance organization.
16.6 	"Participating entity" does not include (i) another health maintenance organization with 
16.7 	which a health maintenance organization has made contractual arrangements or (ii) any 
16.8 	entity with which a health maintenance organization has contracted primarily in order to 
16.9 	purchase or lease equipment or space or (iii) employees of the health maintenance 
16.10 	organization or (iv) employees of any participating entity identified in clause (3).

16.11 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 79.251, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
16.12 		Subd. 2a.Assigned risk rating plan. (a) Employers insured through the assigned risk 
16.13 	plan are subject to paragraphs (b) and (c).
16.14 	(b) Classifications must be assigned according to a uniform classification system approved 
16.15 	by the commissioner.
16.16 	(c) Rates must be modified according to an experience rating plan approved by the 
16.17 	commissioner. Any experience rating plan is subject to Minnesota Rules, parts 2700.2800
16.18 	2705.2800 and 2700.2900 2705.2900.

16.19 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.20 		Subdivision 1.Prohibited invasive species. (a) The commissioner may issue a permit 
16.21 	for the propagation, possession, importation, purchase, or transport of a prohibited invasive 
16.22 	species for the purposes of disposal, decontamination, control, research, or education.
16.23 	(b) The commissioner may issue a permit as provided under section 84D.108, subdivision 
16.24 	2a, to a service provider to allow water-related equipment to be placed back into the same 
16.25 	body of water after being seasonally stored, serviced, or repaired by the service provider. 
16.26 	This paragraph expires December 1, 2018.

16.27 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.14, is amended to read:
16.28 	84D.14 EXEMPTIONS.
16.29 	This chapter does not apply to:
17.1 	(1) pathogens and terrestrial arthropods regulated under sections 18G.01 to 18G.15
17.2 	18G.14; or
17.3 	(2) mammals and birds defined by statute as livestock.

17.4 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.5 		Subd. 2.Receipts. The commissioner of management and budget shall credit to the 
17.6 	game and fish fund all money received under the game and fish laws and all income from 
17.7 	state lands acquired by purchase or gift for game or fish purposes, including receipts from:
17.8 	(1) licenses and permits issued;
17.9 	(2) fines and forfeited bail;
17.10 	(3) sales of contraband, wild animals, and other property under the control of the division, 
17.11 	except as provided in section 97A.225, subdivision 8, clause (2);
17.12 	(4) fees from advanced education courses for hunters and trappers;
17.13 	(5) reimbursements of expenditures by the division;
17.14 	(6) contributions to the division; and
17.15 	(7) revenue credited to the game and fish fund under section 297A.94, paragraph (e)
17.16 	(h), clause (1).

17.17 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.621, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.18 		Subd. 2.Treeing raccoons. Notwithstanding subdivision 1 and section 97B.005, 
17.19 	subdivision 1, a person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons without killing or capturing 
17.20 	the raccoons during the closed season and a license is not required.

17.21 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.505, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.22 		Subd. 2.Continuous open season. The open season for taking minnows is continuous, 
17.23 	except as provided in subdivisions subdivision 3 and 4.

17.24 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.201, is amended to read:
17.25 	103B.201 METROPOLITAN WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; PURPOSE.
17.26 	The purposes of the water management programs required by sections 103B.205 to 
17.27 	103B.255 are to:
18.1 	(1) protect, preserve, and use natural surface water and groundwater storage and retention 
18.2 	systems;
18.3 	(2) minimize public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality 
18.4 	problems;
18.5 	(3) identify and plan for means to effectively protect and improve surface water and 
18.6 	groundwater quality;
18.7 	(4) establish more uniform local policies and official controls for surface water and 
18.8 	groundwater management;
18.9 	(5) prevent erosion of soil into surface water systems;
18.10 	(6) promote groundwater recharge;
18.11 	(7) protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and
18.12 	(8) secure the other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water 
18.13 	and groundwater.

18.14 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.255, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
18.15 		Subd. 3.Local coordination. To assure ensure the coordination of efforts of all units 
18.16 	of government during the preparation and implementation of watershed and groundwater 
18.17 	plans, the county shall conduct meetings with local units of government and watershed 
18.18 	management organizations and may enter into agreements with local units of government 
18.19 	and watershed management organizations establishing the responsibilities during the 
18.20 	preparation and implementation of the water plans.

18.21 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103C.321, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.22 		Subd. 2.Employees. The district board may employ technical experts and other officers, 
18.23 	agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as they the board may require. The 
18.24 	supervisors shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.

18.25 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103C.625, is amended to read:
18.26 	103C.625 STATUS OF DISCONTINUED PROJECT.
18.27 	If a project is discontinued after action on it has begun under section 103C.605, the 
18.28 	project shall have the same status as if the action had not begun. The recommendation report 
18.29 	of the district board on the project shall continue to be subject to amendment, a new petition 
19.1 	for further action may be made at any time as provided in section 103C.605, and further 
19.2 	proceedings may be conducted.

19.3 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103D.641, is amended to read:
19.4 	103D.641 WORK WITHOUT BID.
19.5 	If the managers find that the estimated cost of repair, including all fees and costs incurred 
19.6 	for proceedings relating to it, is less than $25,000, it the managers may have the work done 
19.7 	by contract without advertising for bids.

19.8 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103E.202, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
19.9 		Subd. 2.Signatures on petition. (a) A petition must be signed by a requisite number 
19.10 	of owners of 40-acre tracts or government lots and property that the drainage project 
19.11 	described in the petition passes over, or by the property owners of the required percentage 
19.12 	of the property area determined by the total and percentage of area of 40-acre tracts or 
19.13 	government lots that the proposed drainage project passes over, excluding areas in and 
19.14 	holders of easements for utilities and roads. A petition may be signed by the commissioner 
19.15 	of transportation or by a political subdivision if the property is in their the jurisdiction of 
19.16 	the commissioner or political subdivision and is passed over by the proposed drainage 
19.17 	project.
19.18 	(b) Each separate parcel of property counts as one signature but the petition must be 
19.19 	signed by all owners of the parcel to count as a signature. The signature of each entity 
19.20 	regardless of the number of parcels of property owned counts as one signature on the petition.
19.21 	(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a petition for an improvement of an outlet.

19.22 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103H.151, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
19.23 		Subd. 4.Evaluation. The commissioners of agriculture and the Pollution Control Agency 
19.24 	shall, through field audits and other appropriate means, monitor the use and effectiveness 
19.25 	of best management practices developed and promoted under this section. The information 
19.26 	collected must be submitted to the Environmental Quality Board, which must include the 
19.27 	information in the report required in section 103A.43, paragraph (d).

19.28 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.31, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
19.29 		Subd. 2.Oral or cued speech transliterators. (a) In addition to any other requirements 
19.30 	that a school district establishes, any person employed to provide oral transliterating or cued 
20.1 	speech transliterating services on a full-time or part-time basis for a school district after 
20.2 	July 1, 2000, must hold a current applicable transliterator certificate awarded by the national 
20.3 	certifying association or comparable state certification from the commissioner of education.
20.4 	(b) To provide oral or cued speech transliterator services on a full-time or part-time 
20.5 	basis, a person employed in a school district must comply with paragraph (a). The 
20.6 	commissioner shall grant a nonrenewable, two-year certificate to a school district on behalf 
20.7 	of a person who has not yet attained a current applicable transliterator certificate under 
20.8 	paragraph (a). A person for whom a nonrenewable, two-year certificate is issued must work 
20.9 	under the direction of a licensed teacher who is skilled in language development of 
20.10 	individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. A person for whom a nonrenewable, two-year 
20.11 	certificate is issued also must enroll in a state-approved training program and demonstrate 
20.12 	progress towards the certification required under paragraph (a) sufficient for the person to 
20.13 	be certified at the end of the two-year period.
20.14 	(c) Consistent with the requirements of this paragraph, a person holding a provisional 
20.15 	certificate may apply to the commissioner for one time-limited extension. The commissioner, 
20.16 	in consultation with the Commission Serving Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People of the Deaf, 
20.17 	DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing, must grant the person a time-limited extension of the 
20.18 	provisional certificate based on the following documentation:
20.19 	(1) letters of support from the person's mentor, a parent of a pupil the person serves, the 
20.20 	special education director of the district in which the person is employed, and a representative 
20.21 	from the regional service center of the deaf and hard-of-hearing;
20.22 	(2) records of the person's formal education, training, experience, and progress on the 
20.23 	person's education plan; and
20.24 	(3) an explanation of why the extension is needed.
20.25 	As a condition of receiving the extension, the person must comply with a plan and the 
20.26 	accompanying time line for meeting the requirements of this subdivision. A committee 
20.27 	composed of the deaf and hard-of-hearing state specialist, a representative of the Minnesota 
20.28 	Association of Deaf Citizens, a representative of the Minnesota Registry of Interpreters of 
20.29 	the Deaf, and other appropriate persons selected by the commissioner must develop the plan 
20.30 	and time line for the person receiving the extension.

20.31 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.42, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
20.32 		Subd. 3.Cost; limitation. (a) The cost per pupil of the textbooks, individualized 
20.33 	instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, 
21.1 	and standardized tests provided for in this section for each school year must not exceed the 
21.2 	statewide average expenditure per pupil, adjusted pursuant to clause paragraph (b), by the 
21.3 	Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools for textbooks, individualized 
21.4 	instructional materials and standardized tests as computed and established by the department 
21.5 	by February 1 of the preceding school year from the most recent public school year data 
21.6 	then available.
21.7 	(b) The cost computed in clause paragraph (a) shall be increased by an inflation 
21.8 	adjustment equal to the percent of increase in the formula allowance, pursuant to section 
21.9 	126C.10, subdivision 2, from the second preceding school year to the current school year. 
21.10 	Notwithstanding the amount of the formula allowance for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 in 
21.11 	section 126C.10, subdivision 2, the commissioner shall use the amount of the formula 
21.12 	allowance for the current year minus $414 in determining the inflation adjustment for fiscal 
21.13 	years 2015 and 2016.
21.14 	(c) The commissioner shall allot to the districts or intermediary service areas the total 
21.15 	cost for each school year of providing or loaning the textbooks, individualized instructional 
21.16 	or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized 
21.17 	tests for the pupils in each nonpublic school. The allotment shall not exceed the product of 
21.18 	the statewide average expenditure per pupil, according to clause paragraph (a), adjusted 
21.19 	pursuant to clause paragraph (b), multiplied by the number of nonpublic school pupils who 
21.20 	make requests pursuant to this section and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current 
21.21 	school year.

21.22 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.48, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
21.23 		Subd. 8.Taconite payment and other reductions. (1) Reductions in levies pursuant 
21.24 	to subdivision 1 must be made prior to the reductions in clause (2).
21.25 	(2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, districts that have revenue pursuant 
21.26 	to sections 298.018; 298.225; 298.24 to 298.28, except an amount distributed under sections 
21.27 	298.26; 298.28, subdivision 4, paragraphs (c), clause (ii), and (d); 298.34 to 298.39; 298.391
21.28 	to 298.396; 298.405; 477A.15; and any law imposing a tax upon severed mineral values 
21.29 	must reduce the levies authorized by this chapter and chapters 120B, 122A, 123A, 123B, 
21.30 	124A, 124D, 125A, and 127A, excluding the student achievement levy under section 
21.31 	126C.13, subdivision 3b, by 95 percent of the sum of the previous year's revenue specified 
21.32 	under this clause and the amount attributable to the same production year distributed to the 
21.33 	cities and townships within the school district under section 298.28, subdivision 2, paragraph 
21.34 	(c).
22.1 	(3) The amount of any voter approved referendum, facilities down payment, and debt 
22.2 	levies shall not be reduced by more than 50 percent under this subdivision, except that 
22.3 	payments under section 298.28, subdivision 7a, may reduce the debt service levy by more 
22.4 	than 50 percent. In administering this paragraph, the commissioner shall first reduce the 
22.5 	nonvoter approved levies of a district; then, if any payments, severed mineral value tax 
22.6 	revenue or recognized revenue under paragraph (2) remains, the commissioner shall reduce 
22.7 	any voter approved referendum levies authorized under section 126C.17; then, if any 
22.8 	payments, severed mineral value tax revenue or recognized revenue under paragraph (2) 
22.9 	remains, the commissioner shall reduce any voter approved facilities down payment levies 
22.10 	authorized under section 123B.63 and then, if any payments, severed mineral value tax 
22.11 	revenue or recognized revenue under paragraph (2) remains, the commissioner shall reduce 
22.12 	any voter approved debt levies.
22.13 	(4) Before computing the reduction pursuant to this subdivision of the long-term facilities 
22.14 	maintenance levy authorized by section 123B.595, the commissioner shall ascertain from 
22.15 	each affected school district the amount it proposes to levy. The reduction shall be computed 
22.16 	on the basis of the amount so ascertained.
22.17 	(5) To the extent the levy reduction calculated under paragraph (2) exceeds the limitation 
22.18 	in paragraph (3), an amount equal to the excess must be distributed from the school district's 
22.19 	distribution under sections 298.225, 298.28, and 477A.15 in the following year to the cities 
22.20 	and townships within the school district in the proportion that their taxable net tax capacity 
22.21 	within the school district bears to the taxable net tax capacity of the school district for 
22.22 	property taxes payable in the year prior to distribution. No city or township shall receive a 
22.23 	distribution greater than its levy for taxes payable in the year prior to distribution. The 
22.24 	commissioner of revenue shall certify the distributions of cities and towns under this 
22.25 	paragraph to the county auditor by September 30 of the year preceding distribution. The 
22.26 	county auditor shall reduce the proposed and final levies of cities and towns receiving 
22.27 	distributions by the amount of their distribution. Distributions to the cities and towns shall 
22.28 	be made at the times provided under section 298.27.

22.29 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.49, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
22.30 		Subd. 2.Abatements. Whenever by virtue of chapter 278, sections 270C.86, 375.192, 
22.31 	or otherwise, the net tax capacity or referendum market value of any district for any taxable 
22.32 	year is changed after the taxes for that year have been spread by the county auditor and the 
22.33 	local tax rate as determined by the county auditor based upon the original net tax capacity 
22.34 	is applied upon the changed net tax capacities, the county auditor shall, prior to February 
23.1 	1 of each year, certify to the commissioner of education the amount of any resulting net 
23.2 	revenue loss that accrued to the district during the preceding year. Each year, the 
23.3 	commissioner shall pay an abatement adjustment to the district in an amount calculated 
23.4 	according to the provisions of this subdivision. This amount shall be deducted from the 
23.5 	amount of the levy authorized by section 126C.46. The amount of the abatement adjustment 
23.6 	must be the product of:
23.7 	(1) the net revenue loss as certified by the county auditor, times
23.8 	(2) the ratio of:
23.9 	(i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year 
23.10 	according to the following:
23.11 	(A) section 123B.57, if the district received health and safety aid according to that section 
23.12 	for the second preceding year;
23.13 	(B) section 124D.20, if the district received aid for community education programs 
23.14 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
23.15 	(C) section 124D.135, subdivision 3, if the district received early childhood family 
23.16 	education aid according to section 124D.135 for the second preceding year;
23.17 	(D) section 126C.17, subdivision 6, if the district received referendum equalization aid 
23.18 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
23.19 	(E) section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, if the district received operating capital aid 
23.20 	according to section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, in the second preceding year;
23.21 	(F) section 126C.10, subdivision 29, if the district received equity aid according to 
23.22 	section 126C.10, subdivision 30, in the second preceding year;
23.23 	(G) section 126C.10, subdivision 32, if the district received transition aid according to 
23.24 	section 126C.10, subdivision 33, in the second preceding year;
23.25 	(H) section 123B.53, subdivision 5, if the district received debt service equalization aid 
23.26 	according to section 123B.53, subdivision 6, in the second preceding year;
23.27 	(I) section 123B.535, subdivision 4, if the district received natural disaster debt service 
23.28 	equalization aid according to section 123B.535, subdivision 5, in the second preceding year;
23.29 	(J) section 124D.22, subdivision 3, if the district received school-age care aid according 
23.30 	to section 124D.22, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year; and
24.1 	(K) section 123B.591, subdivision 3, if the district received deferred maintenance aid 
24.2 	according to section 123B.591, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year; and
24.3 	(L) (K) section 122A.415, subdivision 5, if the district received alternative teacher 
24.4 	compensation equalization aid according to section 122A.415, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), 
24.5 	in the second preceding year; to
24.6 	(ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy in the third preceding December, plus 
24.7 	or minus auditor's adjustments.

24.8 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.49, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
24.9 		Subd. 3.Excess tax increment. (a) If a return of excess tax increment is made to a 
24.10 	district pursuant to sections 469.176, subdivision 2, and 469.177, subdivision 9, or upon 
24.11 	decertification of a tax increment district, the school district's aid and levy limitations must 
24.12 	be adjusted for the fiscal year in which the excess tax increment is paid under the provisions 
24.13 	of this subdivision.
24.14 	(b) An amount must be subtracted from the district's aid for the current fiscal year equal 
24.15 	to the product of:
24.16 	(1) the amount of the payment of excess tax increment to the district, times
24.17 	(2) the ratio of:
24.18 	(i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy for the fiscal year in which the 
24.19 	excess tax increment is paid according to the following:
24.20 	(A) section 123B.57, if the district received health and safety aid according to that section 
24.21 	for the second preceding year;
24.22 	(B) section 124D.20, if the district received aid for community education programs 
24.23 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
24.24 	(C) section 124D.135, subdivision 3, if the district received early childhood family 
24.25 	education aid according to section 124D.135 for the second preceding year;
24.26 	(D) section 126C.17, subdivision 6, if the district received referendum equalization aid 
24.27 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
24.28 	(E) section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, if the district received operating capital aid 
24.29 	according to section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, in the second preceding year;
24.30 	(F) section 126C.10, subdivision 29, if the district received equity aid according to 
24.31 	section 126C.10, subdivision 30, in the second preceding year;
25.1 	(G) section 126C.10, subdivision 32, if the district received transition aid according to 
25.2 	section 126C.10, subdivision 33, in the second preceding year;
25.3 	(H) section 123B.53, subdivision 5, if the district received debt service equalization aid 
25.4 	according to section 123B.53, subdivision 6, in the second preceding year;
25.5 	(I) section 123B.535, subdivision 4, if the district received natural disaster debt service 
25.6 	equalization aid according to section 123B.535, subdivision 5, in the second preceding year;
25.7 	(J) section 124D.22, subdivision 3, if the district received school-age care aid according 
25.8 	to section 124D.22, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year; and
25.9 	(K) section 123B.591, subdivision 3, if the district received deferred maintenance aid 
25.10 	according to section 123B.591, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year; and
25.11 	(L) (K) section 122A.415, subdivision 5, if the district received alternative teacher 
25.12 	compensation equalization aid according to section 122A.415, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), 
25.13 	in the second preceding year; to
25.14 	(ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy for the fiscal year, plus or minus 
25.15 	auditor's adjustments.
25.16 	(c) An amount must be subtracted from the school district's levy limitation for the next 
25.17 	levy certified equal to the difference between:
25.18 	(1) the amount of the distribution of excess increment; and
25.19 	(2) the amount subtracted from aid pursuant to clause (a).
25.20 	If the aid and levy reductions required by this subdivision cannot be made to the aid for 
25.21 	the fiscal year specified or to the levy specified, the reductions must be made from aid for 
25.22 	subsequent fiscal years, and from subsequent levies. The school district must use the payment 
25.23 	of excess tax increment to replace the aid and levy revenue reduced under this subdivision.
25.24 	(d) This subdivision applies only to the total amount of excess increments received by 
25.25 	a district for a calendar year that exceeds $25,000.

25.26 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136A.1276, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.27 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
25.28 	the meanings given them.
25.29 	(b) "Alternative teacher preparation program" means an alternative teacher preparation 
25.30 	program under section 122A.245, subdivision 2 122A.2451, subdivision 5, or an experimental 
25.31 	teacher preparation program under section 122A.09, subdivision 10.
26.1 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education.
26.2 	(d) "Program" means a teacher preparation curriculum leading to specific licensure areas.
26.3 	(e) "Shortage area" means:
26.4 	(1) licensure fields and economic development regions reported by the commissioner 
26.5 	of education as experiencing a teacher shortage; and
26.6 	(2) economic development regions where there is a shortage of licensed teachers who 
26.7 	reflect the racial or ethnic diversity of students in the region.
26.8 	(f) "Unit" means an institution or defined subdivision of the institution that has primary 
26.9 	responsibility for overseeing and delivering teacher preparation programs.

26.10 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.441, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in sections 144.441 and 144.442, the following
26.12 	terms in this subdivision have the meanings given them.
26.13 	(b) "Person employed by a school or school district" means a person employed by a 
26.14 	school, school district, or by a service cooperative as a member of the instructional, 
26.15 	supervisory, or support staff including, but not limited to, superintendents, principals, 
26.16 	supervisors, teachers, librarians, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school 
26.17 	social workers, audiovisual directors or coordinators, recreation personnel, media generalists 
26.18 	or supervisors, speech therapists, athletic coaches, teachers' aids, clerical workers, custodians, 
26.19 	school bus drivers, and food service workers.
26.20 	(c) "Person enrolled in a school" means a person enrolled in grades kindergarten through 
26.21 	12 and a disabled child receiving special instruction and services in a school.
26.22 	(d) "School" includes any public elementary, middle, secondary, or vocational center 
26.23 	school as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, 13, and 17, or nonpublic school, 
26.24 	church, or religious organization in which a child is provided instruction in compliance with 
26.25 	sections 120A.22 and 120A.24.

26.26 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.55, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.27 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms in this 
26.28 	subdivision have the meanings given: them.
26.29 	(b) "Outpatient surgical center" or "center" means a freestanding facility organized for 
26.30 	the specific purpose of providing elective outpatient surgery for preexamined, prediagnosed, 
26.31 	low-risk patients. Admissions are limited to procedures that utilize general anesthesia or 
27.1 	conscious sedation and that do not require overnight inpatient care. An outpatient surgical 
27.2 	center is not organized to provide regular emergency medical services and does not include 
27.3 	a physician's or dentist's office or clinic for the practice of medicine, the practice of dentistry, 
27.4 	or the delivery of primary care.
27.5 	(c) "Approved accrediting organization" means any organization recognized as an 
27.6 	accreditation organization by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

27.7 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144A.04, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
27.8 		Subd. 7.Minimum nursing staff requirement. The minimum staffing standard for 
27.9 	nursing personnel in certified nursing homes is as follows: specified in this subdivision.
27.10 	(a) The minimum number of hours of nursing personnel to be provided in a nursing 
27.11 	home is the greater of two hours per resident per 24 hours or 0.95 hours per standardized 
27.12 	resident day. Upon transition to the 34 group, RUG-III resident classification system, the 
27.13 	0.95 hours per standardized resident day shall no longer apply.
27.14 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "hours of nursing personnel" means the paid, 
27.15 	on-duty, productive nursing hours of all nurses and nursing assistants, calculated on the 
27.16 	basis of any given 24-hour period. "Productive nursing hours" means all on-duty hours 
27.17 	during which nurses and nursing assistants are engaged in nursing duties. Examples of 
27.18 	nursing duties may be found in Minnesota Rules, part 4655.6400. Not included are vacations, 
27.19 	holidays, sick leave, in-service classroom training, or lunches. Also not included are the 
27.20 	nonproductive nursing hours of the in-service training director. In homes with more than 
27.21 	60 licensed beds, the hours of the director of nursing are excluded. "Standardized resident 
27.22 	day" means the sum of the number of residents in each case mix class multiplied by the 
27.23 	case mix weight for that resident class, as found in Minnesota Rules, part 9549.0059, subpart 
27.24 	2, calculated on the basis of a facility's census for any given day. For the purpose of 
27.25 	determining a facility's census, the commissioner of health shall exclude the resident days 
27.26 	claimed by the facility for resident therapeutic leave or bed hold days.
27.27 	(c) Calculation of nursing hours per standardized resident day is performed by dividing 
27.28 	total hours of nursing personnel for a given period by the total of standardized resident days 
27.29 	for that same period.
27.30 	(d) A nursing home that is issued a notice of noncompliance under section 144A.10, 
27.31 	subdivision 5, for a violation of this subdivision, shall be assessed a civil fine of $300 for 
27.32 	each day of noncompliance, subject to section 144A.10, subdivisions 7 and 8.

28.1 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144A.073, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
28.3 	meanings given them:
28.4 	(a) "Conversion" means the relocation of a nursing home bed from a nursing home to 
28.5 	an attached hospital.
28.6 	(b) "Relocation" means the movement of licensed nursing home beds or certified boarding 
28.7 	care beds as permitted under subdivision 4, clause (3), and subdivision 5.
28.8 	(c) "Renovation" means extensive remodeling of an existing facility with a total cost 
28.9 	exceeding ten percent of the appraised value of the facility or $200,000, whichever is less. 
28.10 	A renovation may include the replacement or upgrade of existing mechanical or electrical 
28.11 	systems.
28.12 	(d) "Replacement" means the construction of a complete new facility.
28.13 	(e) "Addition" means the construction of new space to an existing facility.
28.14 	(f) "Upgrading" means a change in the level of licensure of a bed from a boarding care 
28.15 	bed to a nursing home bed in a certified boarding care facility.
28.16 	(g) "Phased project" means a proposal that identifies construction occurring with more 
28.17 	than one distinct completion date. To be considered a distinct completion, each phase must 
28.18 	have construction that is ready for resident use, as determined by the commissioner, that is 
28.19 	not dependent on similar commissioner approval for future phases of construction. The 
28.20 	commissioner of human services shall only allow rate adjustments for construction projects 
28.21 	in phases if the proposal from a facility identifies construction in phases and each phase 
28.22 	can be approved for use independent of the other phases.

28.23 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 145.365, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
28.24 		Subd. 4.Penalty. Violation of subdivision 1 or 3 is a misdemeanor.

28.25 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 146A.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
28.26 		Subd. 7.Licensed or regulated practitioners. If a practitioner investigated under this 
28.27 	section is licensed or registered by the commissioner of health or a health-related licensing 
28.28 	board, is subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner under section 146A.01, subdivision 
28.29 	6, paragraph (a), clause (1), item (ii), and the commissioner determines that the practitioner 
28.30 	has violated any provision of this chapter, the commissioner, in addition to taking disciplinary 
28.31 	action under this section:
29.1 	(1) may, if the practitioner is licensed or regulated in another capacity by the 
29.2 	commissioner, take further disciplinary action against the practitioner in that capacity; or
29.3 	(2) shall, if the practitioner is licensed or registered in another capacity by a health-related 
29.4 	licensing board, report the commissioner's findings under this section, and may make a 
29.5 	nonbinding recommendation that the board take further action against the practitioner in 
29.6 	that capacity.

29.7 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 146B.02, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
29.8 		Subd. 8.Temporary event permit. (a) An applicant for a permit to hold a temporary 
29.9 	body art event shall submit an application to the commissioner. The application must be 
29.10 	received at least 14 days before the start of the event. The application must include the 
29.11 	specific days and hours of operation. An applicant issued a temporary event permit shall 
29.12 	comply with the requirements of this chapter.
29.13 	(b) Applications received less than 14 days prior to the start of the event may be processed 
29.14 	if the commissioner determines it is possible to conduct all required work, including an 
29.15 	inspection.
29.16 	(c) The temporary event permit must be prominently displayed in a public area at the 
29.17 	location.
29.18 	(d) The temporary event permit, if approved, is valid for the specified dates and hours 
29.19 	listed on the application. No temporary events permit shall be issued for longer than a 21-day 
29.20 	period, and may not be extended.
29.21 	(e) No individual who does not hold a current body art establishment license may be 
29.22 	issued a temporary event permit more than four times within the same calendar year.
29.23 	(f) No individual who has been disciplined for a serious violation of this chapter within 
29.24 	three years preceding the intended start date of a temporary event may be issued a license 
29.25 	for a temporary event. Violations that preclude issuance of a temporary event permit include 
29.26 	unlicensed practice; practice in an unlicensed location; any of the conditions listed in section 
29.27 	146B.05, subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (8), (12), or (13); 146B.08, subdivision 3, clauses 
29.28 	(4), (5), and (10) to (12); or any other violation that places the health or safety of a client 
29.29 	at risk.

30.1 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 147.111, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
30.2 		Subd. 10.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, Any person, health care facility, 
30.3 	business, or organization that fails to report as required under subdivisions 2 to 6 shall be 
30.4 	subject to civil penalties for failing to report as required by law.

30.5 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 147E.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
30.6 		Subd. 3.Approved naturopathic medical education program. "Approved naturopathic 
30.7 	medical education program" means a naturopathic medical education program in the United 
30.8 	States or Canada and that meets the requirements for accreditation by the Council on 
30.9 	Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME) or an equivalent federally recognized accrediting 
30.10 	body for the naturopathic medical profession recognized by the board. This program must 
30.11 	offer graduate-level full-time didactic and supervised clinical training leading to the degree 
30.12 	of Doctor of Naturopathy or Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine. The program must be an 
30.13 	institution, or part of an institution, of higher education that at the time the student completes 
30.14 	the program is:
30.15 	(1) either accredited or is a candidate for accreditation by a regional institution accrediting 
30.16 	agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education; or
30.17 	(2) a degree granting college or university that prior to the existence of CNME offered 
30.18 	a full-time structured curriculum in basic sciences and supervised patient care comprising 
30.19 	a doctoral naturopathic medical education that is at least 132 weeks in duration, must be 
30.20 	completed in at least 35 months, and is reputable and in good standing in the judgment of 
30.21 	the board.

30.22 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 148.6402, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
30.23 		Subd. 14.Occupational therapist. "Occupational therapist" means an individual who 
30.24 	meets the qualifications in sections 148.6401 to 148.6449 and is licensed by the commissioner
30.25 	board.

30.26 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 148.6402, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
30.27 		Subd. 16.Occupational therapy assistant. "Occupational therapy assistant" means an 
30.28 	individual who meets the qualifications for an occupational therapy assistant in sections 
30.29 	148.6401 to 148.6449 and is licensed by the commissioner board.

31.1 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 148.6420, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.2 		Subdivision 1.Applications for licensure. An applicant for licensure must:
31.3 	(1) submit a completed application for licensure on forms provided by the board and 
31.4 	must supply the information requested on the application, including:
31.5 	(i) the applicant's name, business address and business telephone number, business 
31.6 	setting, and daytime telephone number;
31.7 	(ii) the name and location of the occupational therapy program the applicant completed;
31.8 	(iii) a description of the applicant's education and training, including a list of degrees 
31.9 	received from educational institutions;
31.10 	(iv) the applicant's work history for the six years preceding the application, including 
31.11 	the number of hours worked;
31.12 	(v) a list of all credentials currently and previously held in Minnesota and other 
31.13 	jurisdictions;
31.14 	(vi) a description of any jurisdiction's refusal to credential the applicant;
31.15 	(vii) a description of all professional disciplinary actions initiated against the applicant 
31.16 	in any jurisdiction;
31.17 	(viii) information on any physical or mental condition or chemical dependency that 
31.18 	impairs the person's ability to engage in the practice of occupational therapy with reasonable 
31.19 	judgment or safety;
31.20 	(ix) a description of any misdemeanor or felony conviction that relates to honesty or to 
31.21 	the practice of occupational therapy; and
31.22 	(x) a description of any state or federal court order, including a conciliation court 
31.23 	judgment or a disciplinary order, related to the individual's occupational therapy practice; 
31.24 	and
31.25 	(xi) a statement indicating the physical agent modalities the applicant will use and 
31.26 	whether the applicant will use the modalities as an occupational therapist or an occupational 
31.27 	therapy assistant under direct supervision;
31.28 	(2) submit with the application all fees required by section 148.6445;
31.29 	(3) sign a statement that the information in the application is true and correct to the best 
31.30 	of the applicant's knowledge and belief;
32.1 	(4) sign a waiver authorizing the board to obtain access to the applicant's records in this 
32.2 	or any other state in which the applicant holds or previously held a credential for the practice 
32.3 	of an occupation, has completed an accredited occupational therapy education program, or 
32.4 	engaged in the practice of occupational therapy;
32.5 	(5) submit additional information as requested by the board; and
32.6 	(6) submit the additional information required for licensure by equivalency, licensure 
32.7 	by reciprocity, and temporary licensure as specified in sections 148.6408 to 148.6418.

32.8 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 148.6443, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
32.9 		Subd. 2.Standards for determining qualified continuing education activities. Except 
32.10 	as provided in subdivision 3, paragraph (f) (d), in order to qualify as a continuing education 
32.11 	activity, the activity must:
32.12 	(1) constitute an organized program of learning;
32.13 	(2) reasonably be expected to advance the knowledge and skills of the occupational 
32.14 	therapy practitioner;
32.15 	(3) pertain to subjects that directly relate to the practice of occupational therapy;
32.16 	(4) be conducted by a sponsor approved by the American Occupational Therapy 
32.17 	Association or by individuals who have education, training, and experience by reason of 
32.18 	which the individuals should be considered experts on the subject matter of the activity; 
32.19 	and
32.20 	(5) be presented by a sponsor who has a mechanism to verify participation and maintains 
32.21 	attendance records for three years.

32.22 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 148.6448, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
32.23 		Subdivision 1.Grounds for denial of licensure or discipline. The board may deny an 
32.24 	application for licensure, may approve licensure with conditions, or may discipline a licensee 
32.25 	using any disciplinary actions listed in subdivision 3 on proof that the individual has:
32.26 	(1) intentionally submitted false or misleading information to the board or the advisory 
32.27 	council;
32.28 	(2) failed, within 30 days, to provide information in response to a written request by the 
32.29 	board or advisory council;
33.1 	(3) performed services of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in 
33.2 	an incompetent manner or in a manner that falls below the community standard of care;
33.3 	(4) failed to satisfactorily perform occupational therapy services during a period of 
33.4 	temporary licensure;
33.5 	(5) violated sections 148.6401 to 148.6449;
33.6 	(6) failed to perform services with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety due to the use 
33.7 	of alcohol or drugs, or other physical or mental impairment;
33.8 	(7) been convicted of violating any state or federal law, rule, or regulation which directly 
33.9 	relates to the practice of occupational therapy;
33.10 	(8) aided or abetted another person in violating any provision of sections 148.6401 to 
33.11 	148.6449;
33.12 	(9) been disciplined for conduct in the practice of an occupation by the state of Minnesota, 
33.13 	another jurisdiction, or a national professional association, if any of the grounds for discipline 
33.14 	are the same or substantially equivalent to those in sections 148.6401 to 148.6449;
33.15 	(10) not cooperated with the board in an investigation conducted according to subdivision 
33.16 	2;
33.17 	(11) advertised in a manner that is false or misleading;
33.18 	(12) engaged in dishonest, unethical, or unprofessional conduct in connection with the 
33.19 	practice of occupational therapy that is likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public;
33.20 	(13) demonstrated a willful or careless disregard for the health, welfare, or safety of a 
33.21 	client;
33.22 	(14) performed medical diagnosis or provided treatment, other than occupational therapy, 
33.23 	without being licensed to do so under the laws of this state;
33.24 	(15) paid or promised to pay a commission or part of a fee to any person who contacts 
33.25 	the occupational therapist for consultation or sends patients to the occupational therapist 
33.26 	for treatment;
33.27 	(16) engaged in an incentive payment arrangement, other than that prohibited by clause 
33.28 	(15), that promotes occupational therapy overutilization, whereby the referring person or 
33.29 	person who controls the availability of occupational therapy services to a client profits 
33.30 	unreasonably as a result of client treatment;
34.1 	(17) engaged in abusive or fraudulent billing practices, including violations of federal 
34.2 	Medicare and Medicaid laws, Food and Drug Administration regulations, or state medical 
34.3 	assistance laws;
34.4 	(18) obtained money, property, or services from a consumer through the use of undue 
34.5 	influence, high pressure sales tactics, harassment, duress, deception, or fraud;
34.6 	(19) performed services for a client who had no possibility of benefiting from the services;
34.7 	(20) failed to refer a client for medical evaluation when appropriate or when a client 
34.8 	indicated symptoms associated with diseases that could be medically or surgically treated;
34.9 	(21) engaged in conduct with a client that is sexual or may reasonably be interpreted by 
34.10 	the client as sexual, or in any verbal behavior that is seductive or sexually demeaning to a 
34.11 	patient;
34.12 	(22) violated a federal or state court order, including a conciliation court judgment, or 
34.13 	a disciplinary order issued by the board, related to the person's occupational therapy practice; 
34.14 	or
34.15 	(23) any other just cause related to the practice of occupational therapy.

34.16 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 148.7802, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
34.17 		Subd. 3.Approved education program. "Approved education program" means an 
34.18 	education program offered by an accredited university, college, or other postsecondary 
34.19 	institution that, at the time the student completes the program, makes the student is eligible 
34.20 	to attain national certification as an athletic trainer from the Board of Certification for the 
34.21 	Athletic Trainer or its recognized successor.

34.22 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 148F.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.23 		Subdivision 1.Other professionals. (a) Nothing in this chapter prevents members of 
34.24 	other professions or occupations from performing functions for which they are qualified or 
34.25 	licensed. This exception includes, but is not limited to: licensed physicians; registered nurses; 
34.26 	licensed practical nurses; licensed psychologists and licensed psychological practitioners; 
34.27 	members of the clergy provided such services are provided within the scope of regular 
34.28 	ministries; American Indian medicine men and women; licensed attorneys; probation officers; 
34.29 	licensed marriage and family therapists; licensed social workers; social workers employed 
34.30 	by city, county, or state agencies; licensed professional counselors; licensed professional 
34.31 	clinical counselors; licensed school counselors; registered occupational therapists or 
34.32 	occupational therapy assistants; Upper Midwest Indian Council on Addictive Disorders 
35.1 	(UMICAD) certified counselors when providing services to Native American people; city, 
35.2 	county, or state employees when providing assessments or case management under Minnesota 
35.3 	Rules, chapter 9530; and individuals defined in section 256B.0623, subdivision 5, paragraph 
35.4 	(a), clauses (1) and (2), providing integrated dual diagnosis treatment in adult mental health 
35.5 	rehabilitative programs certified by the Department of Human Services under section 
35.6 	256B.0622 or 256B.0623.
35.7 	(b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits technicians and resident managers in programs 
35.8 	licensed by the Department of Human Services from discharging their duties as provided 
35.9 	in Minnesota Rules, chapter 9530.
35.10 	(c) Any person who is exempt from licensure under this section must not use a title 
35.11 	incorporating the words "alcohol and drug counselor" or "licensed alcohol and drug 
35.12 	counselor" or otherwise hold himself or herself out to the public by any title or description 
35.13 	stating or implying that he or she is engaged in the practice of alcohol and drug counseling, 
35.14 	or that he or she is licensed to engage in the practice of alcohol and drug counseling, unless 
35.15 	that person is also licensed as an alcohol and drug counselor. Persons engaged in the practice 
35.16 	of alcohol and drug counseling are not exempt from the board's jurisdiction solely by the 
35.17 	use of one of the titles in paragraph (a).

35.18 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 150A.25, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.19 		Subdivision 1.General. Beginning January 1, 2013, All dental laboratories physically 
35.20 	located in Minnesota must register with the Board of Dentistry.

35.21 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 151.21, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
35.22 		Subd. 8.List of excluded products. The Drug Formulary Committee established under 
35.23 	section 256B.0625, subdivision 13 13c, shall establish a list of drug products that are to be 
35.24 	excluded from this section. This list shall be updated on an annual basis and shall be provided 
35.25 	to the board for dissemination to pharmacists licensed in the state.

35.26 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 155A.30, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
35.27 		Subd. 12.Minnesota state authorization. A cosmetology school licensed or applying 
35.28 	for licensure under this section shall maintain recognition as an institution of postsecondary 
35.29 	study by meeting the following conditions, in addition to the provisions of Minnesota Rules, 
35.30 	partspart 2110.0310and 2110.0370:
35.31 	(1) the school must admit as regular students only those individuals who have a high 
35.32 	school diploma or a diploma based on passing commissioner of education-selected high 
36.1 	school equivalency tests or their equivalent, or who are beyond the age of compulsory 
36.2 	education as prescribed by section 120A.22; and
36.3 	(2) the school must be licensed by name and authorized by the Office of Higher Education 
36.4 	and the board to offer one or more training programs beyond the secondary level.

36.5 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 168.33, subdivision 8a, is amended to read:
36.6 		Subd. 8a.Electronic transmission. If the commissioner accepts electronic transmission 
36.7 	of a motor vehicle transfer and registration by a new or used motor vehicle dealer, a deputy 
36.8 	registrar who is equipped with electronic transmission technology and trained in its use 
36.9 	shall receive the filing fee provided for in subdivision 7 and review the transfer of each new 
36.10 	or used motor vehicle to determine its genuineness and regularity before issuance of a 
36.11 	certificate of title, and shall receive and retain the filing fee under subdivision 7, paragraph 
36.12 	(a), clause (ii) (2).

36.13 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.81, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.14 		Subd. 3.Length of vehicle combinations. (a) Statewide, except on the highways 
36.15 	identified under provisions in paragraph (c), no combination of vehicles may exceed a total 
36.16 	length of 75 feet.
36.17 	(b) However, the total length limitation does not apply to combinations of vehicles 
36.18 	transporting:
36.19 	(1) telephone poles, electric light and power poles, piling, or pole-length pulpwood; or
36.20 	(2) pipe or other objects by a public utility when required for emergency or repair of 
36.21 	public service facilities or when operated under special permits as provided in section 169.86.
36.22 	These combinations of vehicles must be equipped with sufficient clearance markers, or 
36.23 	lamps for night transportation, on both sides and upon the extreme ends of a projecting load 
36.24 	to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
36.25 	(c) The following combination of vehicles regularly engaged in the transportation of 
36.26 	commodities, property, or equipment may operate only on divided highways having four 
36.27 	or more lanes of travel, and on other highways as may be designated by the commissioner 
36.28 	of transportation subject to section 169.87, subdivision 1, and subject to the approval of the 
36.29 	authority having jurisdiction over the highway, for the purpose of providing reasonable 
36.30 	access between the divided highways of four or more lanes of travel and terminals, facilities 
36.31 	for food, fuel, repair, and rest, and points of loading and unloading for household goods 
36.32 	carriers, livestock carriers, or for the purpose of providing continuity of route:
37.1 	(1) a truck-tractor and semitrailer exceeding 75 feet in length;
37.2 	(2) a combination of vehicles including a truck-tractor and semitrailer drawing one 
37.3 	additional semitrailer which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly;
37.4 	(3) a combination of vehicles including a truck-tractor and semitrailer drawing one full 
37.5 	trailer;
37.6 	(4) a truck-tractor and semitrailer designed and used exclusively for the transportation 
37.7 	of motor vehicles or boats and exceeding an overall length of 75 feet including the load; 
37.8 	and
37.9 	(5) a truck or truck-tractor transporting similar vehicles by having the front axle of the 
37.10 	transported vehicle mounted onto the center or rear part of the preceding vehicle, defined 
37.11 	in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 390.5 and 393.5 as drive-away saddlemount 
37.12 	combinations or drive-away saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations, when the overall 
37.13 	length exceeds 75 feet but does not exceed 97 feet.
37.14 	(d) Vehicles operated under the provisions of this section must conform to the standards 
37.15 	for those vehicles prescribed by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal 
37.16 	Highway Administration, Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, as amended.
37.17 	(e) For purposes of this paragraph, "total length" means the overall length of the motor 
37.18 	vehicle including (1) bumpers and load; and (2) the length of any semitrailer, as defined in 
37.19 	section 168.002, subdivision 30, and any trailer, as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 
37.20 	35. The maximum allowable total length of a commercial vehicle combination is 55 feet 
37.21 	on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 from the intersection with marked Trunk 
37.22 	Highway 95 and Washington County State-Aid Highway 23 in Stillwater, to the Stillwater 
37.23 	lift bridge, located on marked Trunk Highway 36 over the St. Croix River in Stillwater. 
37.24 	This paragraph does not apply to emergency vehicles; motor vehicles while engaged in 
37.25 	work on the bridge or on the portion of highway described in this paragraph, including snow 
37.26 	and ice removal and flood control; a vehicle carrying an oversize permit issued under section 
37.27 	169.86, subdivision 5, paragraph (d); and vehicles on the Stillwater lift bridge.

37.28 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
37.29 		Subd. 5.Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with respect to 
37.30 	highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit issued. 
37.31 	The fee for an annual permit that expires by law on the date of the vehicle registration 
37.32 	expiration must be based on the proportion of the year that remains until the expiration date. 
37.33 	Unless otherwise specified, all fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation 
38.1 	must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for 
38.2 	those annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the 
38.3 	fees are:
38.4 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
38.5 	(b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on a specific 
38.6 	route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the same product, 
38.7 	weight, and dimension.
38.8 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive 
38.9 	months. Annual permits may be issued for:
38.10 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety or 
38.11 	well-being of the public;
38.12 	(2) motor vehicles that travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized under 
38.13 	subdivision 1a;
38.14 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 169.826, 
38.15 	subdivision 1a;
38.16 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
38.17 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
38.18 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat; and
38.19 	(7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section 
38.20 	169.862.
38.21 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 
38.22 	consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
38.23 	(1) mobile cranes;
38.24 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
38.25 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
38.26 	(4) implements of husbandry;
38.27 	(5) double-deck buses;
38.28 	(6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures, including, but not 
38.29 	limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts; and
39.1 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers 
39.2 	for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, the 
39.3 	permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer only 
39.4 	while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, 
39.5 	paragraph (c); and.
39.6 	(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in section 
39.7 	169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (e).
39.8 	(e) For vehicles that have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of sections 
39.9 	169.823 to 169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, this paragraph 
39.10 	applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), but only 
39.11 	when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in that paragraph, and then 
39.12 	the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance weight, in excess of the permitted 
39.13 	maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal to the product of the distance traveled 
39.14 	times the sum of the overweight axle group cost factors shown in the following chart:

39.15		Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
		
39.16	Weight (pounds)
		Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
	
39.17
39.1839.19
39.20
39.21	exceeding weight 
limitations on axles
		Two 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 8 feet 
or less
		Three 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 9 feet 
or less
		Four consecutive 
axles spaced within 
14 feet or less
	
39.22	0-2,000
		.12
		.05
		.04
	
39.23	2,001-4,000
		.14
		.06
		.05
	
39.24	4,001-6,000
		.18
		.07
		.06
	
39.25	6,001-8,000
		.21
		.09
		.07
	
39.26	8,001-10,000
		.26
		.10
		.08
	
39.27	10,001-12,000
		.30
		.12
		.09
	
39.2939.28
	12,001-14,000
		Not 
permitted
		.14
		.11
	
39.3139.30
	14,001-16,000
		Not 
permitted
		.17
		.12
	
39.3339.32
	16,001-18,000
		Not 
permitted
		.19
		.15
	
39.3539.34
	18,001-20,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.16
	
39.3739.36
	20,001-22,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.20
	
39.38 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The additional 
39.39 	cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
40.1 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile 
40.2 	fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed 
40.3 	in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance already 
40.4 	traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation loading 
40.5 	site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
40.6 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, 
40.7 	or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and supplies; 
40.8 	implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit are as 
40.9 	follows:

40.10	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
	Annual Permit Fee
	
40.11	90,000
	or less
	$200
	
40.12	90,001
	- 100,000
	$300
	
40.13	100,001
	- 110,000
	$400
	
40.14	110,001
	- 120,000
	$500
	
40.15	120,001
	- 130,000
	$600
	
40.16	130,001
	- 140,000
	$700
	
40.17	140,001
	- 145,000
	$800
	
40.18	145,001
	- 155,000
	$900
	
40.19 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 155,000 pounds the permit fee is determined 
40.20 	under paragraph (e).
40.21 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 169.80 by more 
40.22 	than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) when 
40.23 	the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 169.87 are in effect.
40.24 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for 
40.25 	refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on a 
40.26 	single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 169.828, 
40.27 	subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds 
40.28 	on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 pounds.
40.29 	(i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 169.8261. The fee under this paragraph 
40.30 	must be deposited as follows:
40.31 	(1) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund for 
40.32 	costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges; and
40.33 	(2) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in the bridge inspection 
40.34 	and signing account as provided under subdivision 5b.
41.1 	(j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating under 
41.2 	authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, clause (2).

41.3 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 171.05, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
41.4 		Subd. 2a.Permit for six months. (a) An applicant who has applied for and received an 
41.5 	instruction permit pursuant to subdivision 2 must possess the instruction permit for not less 
41.6 	than six months before qualifying for a driver's license.
41.7 	(b) [Expired]

41.8 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.102, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.9 		Subd. 2.Administrators. (a) The commissioner shall hire a director of rehabilitation 
41.10 	services in the classified service. The commissioner shall monitor and supervise rehabilitation 
41.11 	services, including, but not limited to, making determinations regarding the selection and 
41.12 	delivery of rehabilitation services and the criteria used to approve qualified rehabilitation 
41.13 	consultants and rehabilitation vendors. The commissioner may also make determinations 
41.14 	regarding fees for rehabilitation services and shall by rule establish a fee schedule or 
41.15 	otherwise limit fees charged by qualified rehabilitation consultants and vendors. The 
41.16 	commissioner shall annually review the fees and give notice of any adjustment in the State 
41.17 	Register. The commissioner may hire qualified personnel to assist in the commissioner's 
41.18 	duties under this section and may delegate the duties and performance.
41.19 	(b) On October 1, 2008, the maximum hourly rate for rehabilitation services under 
41.20 	Minnesota Rules, part 5220.1900, subpart 1c, is increased to $91, and the maximum hourly 
41.21 	rate for rehabilitation services under Minnesota Rules, part 5220.1900, subpart 1d, is 
41.22 	increased to $81. These increases are in lieu of the October 1, 2008, annual increase 
41.23 	authorized by Minnesota Rules, part 5220.1900, subpart 1b. The maximum hourly rate and 
41.24 	annual increase under Minnesota Rules, part 5220.1900, subpart 1e, and the hourly rate 
41.25 	reduction under Minnesota Rules, part 5220.1900, subpart 1f, are unchanged by this 
41.26 	paragraph.

41.27 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 214.072, is amended to read:
41.28 	214.072 HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING BOARDS; WEBSITE.
41.29 	(a) Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, and 
41.30 	the commissioner of health, as the regulator for occupational therapy practitioners,
41.31 	speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing instrument dispensers, are required 
42.1 	to post on its public website the name and business address of each regulated individual 
42.2 	who has:
42.3 	(1) a conviction of a felony or gross misdemeanor occurring on or after July 1, 2013, in 
42.4 	any state or jurisdiction;
42.5 	(2) a malpractice judgment occurring on or after July 1, 2013, against the regulated 
42.6 	individual in any state or jurisdiction. Information describing judgments shall be developed 
42.7 	by the boards and the commissioner, shall be stated in plain English, and shall ensure the 
42.8 	public understands the context of actions involving licensees; or
42.9 	(3) any disciplinary or corrective action or restriction of privileges taken against the 
42.10 	individual's license by the commissioner or a state licensing board in this state or in any 
42.11 	other state or jurisdiction. The website shall identify the basis for disciplinary action, the 
42.12 	type of disciplinary action taken, and whether the action was taken by the commissioner or 
42.13 	a licensing board in this or another state or the federal government. This clause shall not 
42.14 	include any action or restriction imposed through an agreement with a regulated individual 
42.15 	and the health professionals services program under sections 214.31 to 214.37.
42.16 	(b) The information described in this section shall be posted for new licensees issued a 
42.17 	license on or after July 1, 2013, and for current licensees upon license renewal occurring 
42.18 	on or after July 1, 2013.

42.19 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 214.073, is amended to read:
42.20 	214.073 HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING BOARDS; AUTHORITY.
42.21 	Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, and the 
42.22 	commissioner of health, as the regulator for occupational therapy practitioners,
42.23 	speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing instrument dispensers, shall require 
42.24 	an applicant on or after August 1, 2012, to provide the individual's primary business address 
42.25 	at the time of initial application and all subsequent renewals.

42.26 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245A.065, is amended to read:
42.27 	245A.065 CHILD CARE FIX-IT TICKET.
42.28 	(a) In lieu of a correction order under section 245A.06, the commissioner shall issue a 
42.29 	fix-it ticket to a family child care or child care center license holder if the commissioner 
42.30 	finds that:
43.1 	(1) the license holder has failed to comply with a requirement in this chapter or Minnesota 
43.2 	Rules, chapter 9502 or 9503, that the commissioner determines to be eligible for a fix-it 
43.3 	ticket;
43.4 	(2) the violation does not imminently endanger the health, safety, or rights of the persons 
43.5 	served by the program;
43.6 	(3) the license holder did not receive a fix-it ticket or correction order for the violation 
43.7 	at the license holder's last licensing inspection;
43.8 	(4) the violation can be corrected at the time of inspection or within 48 hours, excluding 
43.9 	Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; and
43.10 	(5) the license holder corrects the violation at the time of inspection or agrees to correct 
43.11 	the violation within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
43.12 	(b) The fix-it ticket must state:
43.13 	(1) the conditions that constitute a violation of the law or rule;
43.14 	(2) the specific law or rule violated; and
43.15 	(3) that the violation was corrected at the time of inspection or must be corrected within 
43.16 	48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
43.17 	(c) The commissioner shall not publicly publish a fix-it ticket on the department's website.
43.18 	(d) Within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, of receiving a fix-it 
43.19 	ticket, the license holder must correct the violation and within one week submit evidence 
43.20 	to the licensing agency that the violation was corrected.
43.21 	(e) If the violation is not corrected at the time of inspection or within 48 hours, excluding 
43.22 	Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, or the evidence submitted is insufficient to establish that 
43.23 	the license holder corrected the violation, the commissioner must issue a correction order 
43.24 	for the violation of Minnesota law or rule identified in the fix-it ticket according to section 
43.25 	245A.06.
43.26 	(f) The commissioner shall, following consultation with family child care license holders, 
43.27 	child care center license holders, and county agencies, issue a report by October 1, 2017, 
43.28 	that identifies the violations of this chapter and Minnesota Rules, chapters 9502 and 9503, 
43.29 	that are eligible for a fix-it ticket. The commissioner shall provide the report to county 
43.30 	agencies and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
43.31 	jurisdiction over child care, and shall post the report to the department's website.

44.1 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245A.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
44.2 		Subd. 3.License suspension, revocation, or fine. (a) The commissioner may suspend 
44.3 	or revoke a license, or impose a fine if:
44.4 	(1) a license holder fails to comply fully with applicable laws or rules;
44.5 	(2) a license holder, a controlling individual, or an individual living in the household 
44.6 	where the licensed services are provided or is otherwise subject to a background study has 
44.7 	a disqualification which has not been set aside under section 245C.22;
44.8 	(3) a license holder knowingly withholds relevant information from or gives false or 
44.9 	misleading information to the commissioner in connection with an application for a license, 
44.10 	in connection with the background study status of an individual, during an investigation, 
44.11 	or regarding compliance with applicable laws or rules; or
44.12 	(4) after July 1, 2012, and upon request by the commissioner, a license holder fails to 
44.13 	submit the information required of an applicant under section 245A.04, subdivision 1, 
44.14 	paragraph (f) or (g).
44.15 	A license holder who has had a license suspended, revoked, or has been ordered to pay 
44.16 	a fine must be given notice of the action by certified mail or personal service. If mailed, the 
44.17 	notice must be mailed to the address shown on the application or the last known address of 
44.18 	the license holder. The notice must state in plain language the reasons the license was 
44.19 	suspended or revoked, or a fine was ordered.
44.20 	(b) If the license was suspended or revoked, the notice must inform the license holder 
44.21 	of the right to a contested case hearing under chapter 14 and Minnesota Rules, parts 
44.22 	1400.8505 to 1400.8612. The license holder may appeal an order suspending or revoking 
44.23 	a license. The appeal of an order suspending or revoking a license must be made in writing 
44.24 	by certified mail or personal service. If mailed, the appeal must be postmarked and sent to 
44.25 	the commissioner within ten calendar days after the license holder receives notice that the 
44.26 	license has been suspended or revoked. If a request is made by personal service, it must be 
44.27 	received by the commissioner within ten calendar days after the license holder received the 
44.28 	order. Except as provided in subdivision 2a, paragraph (c), if a license holder submits a 
44.29 	timely appeal of an order suspending or revoking a license, the license holder may continue 
44.30 	to operate the program as provided in section 245A.04, subdivision 7, paragraphs (g) and 
44.31 	(h), until the commissioner issues a final order on the suspension or revocation.
44.32 	(c)(1) If the license holder was ordered to pay a fine, the notice must inform the license 
44.33 	holder of the responsibility for payment of fines and the right to a contested case hearing 
45.1 	under chapter 14 and Minnesota Rules, parts 1400.8505 to 1400.8612. The appeal of an 
45.2 	order to pay a fine must be made in writing by certified mail or personal service. If mailed, 
45.3 	the appeal must be postmarked and sent to the commissioner within ten calendar days after 
45.4 	the license holder receives notice that the fine has been ordered. If a request is made by 
45.5 	personal service, it must be received by the commissioner within ten calendar days after 
45.6 	the license holder received the order.
45.7 	(2) The license holder shall pay the fines assessed on or before the payment date specified. 
45.8 	If the license holder fails to fully comply with the order, the commissioner may issue a 
45.9 	second fine or suspend the license until the license holder complies. If the license holder 
45.10 	receives state funds, the state, county, or municipal agencies or departments responsible for 
45.11 	administering the funds shall withhold payments and recover any payments made while the 
45.12 	license is suspended for failure to pay a fine. A timely appeal shall stay payment of the fine 
45.13 	until the commissioner issues a final order.
45.14 	(3) A license holder shall promptly notify the commissioner of human services, in writing, 
45.15 	when a violation specified in the order to forfeit a fine is corrected. If upon reinspection the 
45.16 	commissioner determines that a violation has not been corrected as indicated by the order 
45.17 	to forfeit a fine, the commissioner may issue a second fine. The commissioner shall notify 
45.18 	the license holder by certified mail or personal service that a second fine has been assessed. 
45.19 	The license holder may appeal the second fine as provided under this subdivision.
45.20 	(4) Fines shall be assessed as follows:
45.21 	(i) the license holder shall forfeit $1,000 for each determination of maltreatment of a 
45.22 	child under section 626.556 or the maltreatment of a vulnerable adult under section 626.557 
45.23 	for which the license holder is determined responsible for the maltreatment under section 
45.24 	626.556, subdivision 10e, paragraph (i), or 626.557, subdivision 9c, paragraph (c);
45.25 	(ii) if the commissioner determines that a determination of maltreatment for which the 
45.26 	license holder is responsible is the result of maltreatment that meets the definition of serious 
45.27 	maltreatment as defined in section 245C.02, subdivision 18, the license holder shall forfeit 
45.28 	$5,000;
45.29 	(iii) for a program that operates out of the license holder's home and a program licensed 
45.30 	under Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0300 to 9502.0495 9502.0445, the fine assessed against 
45.31 	the license holder shall not exceed $1,000 for each determination of maltreatment;
45.32 	(iv) the license holder shall forfeit $200 for each occurrence of a violation of law or rule 
45.33 	governing matters of health, safety, or supervision, including but not limited to the provision 
46.1 	of adequate staff-to-child or adult ratios, and failure to comply with background study 
46.2 	requirements under chapter 245C; and
46.3 	(v) the license holder shall forfeit $100 for each occurrence of a violation of law or rule 
46.4 	other than those subject to a $5,000, $1,000, or $200 fine in items (i) to (iv).
46.5 	For purposes of this section, "occurrence" means each violation identified in the 
46.6 	commissioner's fine order. Fines assessed against a license holder that holds a license to 
46.7 	provide home and community-based services, as identified in section 245D.03, subdivision 
46.8 	1, and a community residential setting or day services facility license under chapter 245D
46.9 	where the services are provided, may be assessed against both licenses for the same 
46.10 	occurrence, but the combined amount of the fines shall not exceed the amount specified in 
46.11 	this clause for that occurrence.
46.12 	(5) When a fine has been assessed, the license holder may not avoid payment by closing, 
46.13 	selling, or otherwise transferring the licensed program to a third party. In such an event, the 
46.14 	license holder will be personally liable for payment. In the case of a corporation, each 
46.15 	controlling individual is personally and jointly liable for payment.
46.16 	(d) Except for background study violations involving the failure to comply with an order 
46.17 	to immediately remove an individual or an order to provide continuous, direct supervision, 
46.18 	the commissioner shall not issue a fine under paragraph (c) relating to a background study 
46.19 	violation to a license holder who self-corrects a background study violation before the 
46.20 	commissioner discovers the violation. A license holder who has previously exercised the 
46.21 	provisions of this paragraph to avoid a fine for a background study violation may not avoid 
46.22 	a fine for a subsequent background study violation unless at least 365 days have passed 
46.23 	since the license holder self-corrected the earlier background study violation.

46.24 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245A.22, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
46.25 		Subd. 4.Records. (a) The license holder shall maintain a record for each client.
46.26 	(a)(b) For each client the record maintained by the license holder shall document the 
46.27 	following:
46.28 	(1) admission information;
46.29 	(2) the independent living plan;
46.30 	(3) delivery of the services required of the license holder in the independent living plan;
46.31 	(4) the client's progress toward obtaining the objectives identified in the independent 
46.32 	living plan; and
47.1 	(5) a termination summary after service is terminated.
47.2 	(b) (c) If the license holder manages the client's money, the record maintained by the 
47.3 	license holder shall also include the following:
47.4 	(1) written permission from the client or the client's legal guardian to manage the client's 
47.5 	money;
47.6 	(2) the reasons the license holder is to manage the client's money; and
47.7 	(3) a complete record of the use of the client's money and reconciliation of the account.

47.8 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245D.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
47.9 		Subd. 2.Hazards and toxic substances. (a) The license holder must ensure that service 
47.10 	sites owned or leased by the license holder are free from hazards that would threaten the 
47.11 	health or safety of a person receiving services by ensuring the requirements in paragraphs 
47.12 	(a) (b) to (g) (h) are met.
47.13 	(a) (b) Chemicals, detergents, and other hazardous or toxic substances must not be stored 
47.14 	with food products or in any way that poses a hazard to persons receiving services.
47.15 	(b) (c) The license holder must install handrails and nonslip surfaces on interior and 
47.16 	exterior runways, stairways, and ramps according to the applicable building code.
47.17 	(c) (d) If there are elevators in the facility, the license holder must have elevators inspected 
47.18 	each year. The date of the inspection, any repairs needed, and the date the necessary repairs 
47.19 	were made must be documented.
47.20 	(d) (e) The license holder must keep stairways, ramps, and corridors free of obstructions.
47.21 	(e) (f) Outside property must be free from debris and safety hazards. Exterior stairs and 
47.22 	walkways must be kept free of ice and snow.
47.23 	(f) (g) Heating, ventilation, air conditioning units, and other hot surfaces and moving 
47.24 	parts of machinery must be shielded or enclosed.
47.25 	(g) (h) Use of dangerous items or equipment by persons served by the program must be 
47.26 	allowed in accordance with the person's coordinated service and support plan addendum or 
47.27 	the program abuse prevention plan, if not addressed in the coordinated service and support 
47.28 	plan addendum.

48.1 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 252A.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.2 		Subdivision 1.Policy. (a) It is the policy of the state of Minnesota to provide a 
48.3 	coordinated approach to the supervision, protection, and habilitation of its adult citizens 
48.4 	with a developmental disability. In furtherance of this policy, sections 252A.01 to 252A.21
48.5 	are enacted to authorize the commissioner of human services to:
48.6 	(1) supervise those adult citizens with a developmental disability who are unable to fully 
48.7 	provide for their own needs and for whom no qualified person is willing and able to seek 
48.8 	guardianship or conservatorship under sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-502; and
48.9 	(2) to protect adults with a developmental disability from violation of their human and 
48.10 	civil rights by assuring that they receive the full range of needed social, financial, residential, 
48.11 	and habilitative services to which they are lawfully entitled.
48.12 	(b) Public guardianship or conservatorship is the most restrictive form of guardianship 
48.13 	or conservatorship and should be imposed only when no other acceptable alternative is 
48.14 	available.

48.15 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 253D.27, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
48.16 		Subd. 3.Hearing. (a) The special review board shall hold a hearing on each petition 
48.17 	before issuing a recommendation and report under section 253D.30, subdivision 4. Fourteen 
48.18 	days before the hearing, the committing court, the county attorney of the county of 
48.19 	commitment, the county attorney of the county of financial responsibility, an interested 
48.20 	person, the petitioner and the petitioner's counsel, and the committed person and the 
48.21 	committed person's counsel must be given written notice by the commissioner of the time 
48.22 	and place of the hearing before the special review board. Only those entitled to statutory 
48.23 	notice of the hearing or those administratively required to attend may be present at the 
48.24 	hearing. The committed person may designate interested persons to receive notice by 
48.25 	providing the names and addresses to the commissioner at least 21 days before the hearing.
48.26 	(b) A person or agency receiving notice that submits documentary evidence to the special 
48.27 	review board before the hearing must also provide copies to the committed person, the 
48.28 	committed person's counsel, the county attorney of the county of commitment, and the 
48.29 	county attorney of the county of financial responsibility. The special review board must 
48.30 	consider any statements received from victims under section 253D.14.

49.1 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 254B.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
49.2 		Subdivision 1.Eligibility. (a) Persons eligible for benefits under Code of Federal 
49.3 	Regulations, title 25, part 20, and persons eligible for medical assistance benefits under 
49.4 	sections 256B.055, 256B.056, and 256B.057, subdivisions 1, 5, and 6, or who meet the 
49.5 	income standards of section 256B.056, subdivision 4, are entitled to chemical dependency 
49.6 	fund services. State money appropriated for this paragraph must be placed in a separate 
49.7 	account established for this purpose.
49.8 	(b) Persons with dependent children who are determined to be in need of chemical 
49.9 	dependency treatment pursuant to an assessment under section 626.556, subdivision 10, or 
49.10 	a case plan under section 260C.201, subdivision 6, or 260C.212, shall be assisted by the 
49.11 	local agency to access needed treatment services. Treatment services must be appropriate 
49.12 	for the individual or family, which may include long-term care treatment or treatment in a 
49.13 	facility that allows the dependent children to stay in the treatment facility. The county shall 
49.14 	pay for out-of-home placement costs, if applicable.

49.15 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 254B.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
49.16 		Subd. 5.Rate requirements. (a) The commissioner shall establish rates for substance 
49.17 	use disorder services and service enhancements funded under this chapter.
49.18 	(b) Eligible substance use disorder treatment services include:
49.19 	(1) outpatient treatment services that are licensed according to sections 245G.01 to 
49.20 	245G.17, or applicable tribal license;
49.21 	(2) on July 1, 2018, or upon federal approval, whichever is later, comprehensive 
49.22 	assessments provided according to sections 245.4863, paragraph (a), and 245G.05, and 
49.23 	Minnesota Rules, part 9530.6422;
49.24 	(3) on July 1, 2018, or upon federal approval, whichever is later, care coordination 
49.25 	services provided according to section 245G.07, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (6);
49.26 	(4) on July 1, 2018, or upon federal approval, whichever is later, peer recovery support 
49.27 	services provided according to section 245G.07, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5);
49.28 	(5) on July 1, 2019, or upon federal approval, whichever is later, withdrawal management 
49.29 	services provided according to chapter 245F;
49.30 	(6) medication-assisted therapy services that are licensed according to sections 245G.01
49.31 	to 245G.17 and 245G.22, or applicable tribal license;
50.1 	(7) medication-assisted therapy plus enhanced treatment services that meet the 
50.2 	requirements of clause (6) and provide nine hours of clinical services each week;
50.3 	(8) high, medium, and low intensity residential treatment services that are licensed 
50.4 	according to sections 245G.01 to 245G.17 and 245G.21 or applicable tribal license which 
50.5 	provide, respectively, 30, 15, and five hours of clinical services each week;
50.6 	(9) hospital-based treatment services that are licensed according to sections 245G.01 to 
50.7 	245G.17 or applicable tribal license and licensed as a hospital under sections 144.50 to 
50.8 	144.56;
50.9 	(10) adolescent treatment programs that are licensed as outpatient treatment programs 
50.10 	according to sections 245G.01 to 245G.18 or as residential treatment programs according 
50.11 	to Minnesota Rules, parts 2960.0010 to 2960.0220, and 2960.0430 to 2960.0490, or 
50.12 	applicable tribal license;
50.13 	(11) high-intensity residential treatment services that are licensed according to sections 
50.14 	245G.01 to 245G.17 and 245G.21 or applicable tribal license, which provide 30 hours of 
50.15 	clinical services each week provided by a state-operated vendor or to clients who have been 
50.16 	civilly committed to the commissioner, present the most complex and difficult care needs, 
50.17 	and are a potential threat to the community; and
50.18 	(12) room and board facilities that meet the requirements of subdivision 1a.
50.19 	(c) The commissioner shall establish higher rates for programs that meet the requirements 
50.20 	of paragraph (b) and one of the following additional requirements:
50.21 	(1) programs that serve parents with their children if the program:
50.22 	(i) provides on-site child care during the hours of treatment activity that:
50.23 	(A) is licensed under chapter 245A as a child care center under Minnesota Rules, chapter 
50.24 	9503; or
50.25 	(B) meets the licensure exclusion criteria of section 245A.03, subdivision 2, paragraph 
50.26 	(a), clause (6), and meets the requirements under section 245G.19, subdivision 4; or
50.27 	(ii) arranges for off-site child care during hours of treatment activity at a facility that is 
50.28 	licensed under chapter 245A as:
50.29 	(A) a child care center under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9503; or
50.30 	(B) a family child care home under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502;
51.1 	(2) culturally specific programs as defined in section 254B.01, subdivision 4a, or 
51.2 	programs or subprograms serving special populations, if the program or subprogram meets 
51.3 	the following requirements:
51.4 	(i) is designed to address the unique needs of individuals who share a common language, 
51.5 	racial, ethnic, or social background;
51.6 	(ii) is governed with significant input from individuals of that specific background; and
51.7 	(iii) employs individuals to provide individual or group therapy, at least 50 percent of 
51.8 	whom are of that specific background, except when the common social background of the 
51.9 	individuals served is a traumatic brain injury or cognitive disability and the program employs 
51.10 	treatment staff who have the necessary professional training, as approved by the 
51.11 	commissioner, to serve clients with the specific disabilities that the program is designed to 
51.12 	serve;
51.13 	(3) programs that offer medical services delivered by appropriately credentialed health 
51.14 	care staff in an amount equal to two hours per client per week if the medical needs of the 
51.15 	client and the nature and provision of any medical services provided are documented in the 
51.16 	client file; and
51.17 	(4) programs that offer services to individuals with co-occurring mental health and 
51.18 	chemical dependency problems if:
51.19 	(i) the program meets the co-occurring requirements in section 245G.20;
51.20 	(ii) 25 percent of the counseling staff are licensed mental health professionals, as defined 
51.21 	in section 245.462, subdivision 18, clauses (1) to (6), or are students or licensing candidates 
51.22 	under the supervision of a licensed alcohol and drug counselor supervisor and licensed 
51.23 	mental health professional, except that no more than 50 percent of the mental health staff 
51.24 	may be students or licensing candidates with time documented to be directly related to 
51.25 	provisions of co-occurring services;
51.26 	(iii) clients scoring positive on a standardized mental health screen receive a mental 
51.27 	health diagnostic assessment within ten days of admission;
51.28 	(iv) the program has standards for multidisciplinary case review that include a monthly 
51.29 	review for each client that, at a minimum, includes a licensed mental health professional 
51.30 	and licensed alcohol and drug counselor, and their involvement in the review is documented;
51.31 	(v) family education is offered that addresses mental health and substance abuse disorders 
51.32 	and the interaction between the two; and
52.1 	(vi) co-occurring counseling staff shall receive eight hours of co-occurring disorder 
52.2 	training annually.
52.3 	(d) In order to be eligible for a higher rate under paragraph (c), clause (1), a program 
52.4 	that provides arrangements for off-site child care must maintain current documentation at 
52.5 	the chemical dependency facility of the child care provider's current licensure to provide 
52.6 	child care services. Programs that provide child care according to paragraph (c), clause (1), 
52.7 	must be deemed in compliance with the licensing requirements in section 245G.19.
52.8 	(e) Adolescent residential programs that meet the requirements of Minnesota Rules, 
52.9 	parts 2960.0430 to 2960.0490 and 2960.0580 to 2960.0690, are exempt from the requirements 
52.10 	in paragraph (c), clause (4), items (i) to (iv).
52.11 	(f) Subject to federal approval, chemical dependency services that are otherwise covered 
52.12 	as direct face-to-face services may be provided via two-way interactive video. The use of 
52.13 	two-way interactive video must be medically appropriate to the condition and needs of the 
52.14 	person being served. Reimbursement shall be at the same rates and under the same conditions 
52.15 	that would otherwise apply to direct face-to-face services. The interactive video equipment 
52.16 	and connection must comply with Medicare standards in effect at the time the service is 
52.17 	provided.

52.18 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 254B.13, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
52.19 		Subd. 2a.Eligibility for navigator pilot program. (a) To be considered for participation 
52.20 	in a navigator pilot program, an individual must:
52.21 	(1) be a resident of a county with an approved navigator program;
52.22 	(2) be eligible for consolidated chemical dependency treatment fund services;
52.23 	(3) be a voluntary participant in the navigator program;
52.24 	(4) satisfy one of the following items:
52.25 	(i) have at least one severity rating of three or above in dimension four, five, or six in a 
52.26 	comprehensive assessment under section 245G.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), clauses (4) 
52.27 	to (6); or
52.28 	(ii) have at least one severity rating of two or above in dimension four, five, or six in a 
52.29 	comprehensive assessment under section 245G.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), clauses (4) 
52.30 	to (6), and be currently participating in a Rule 31 treatment program under chapter 245G 
52.31 	or be within 60 days following discharge after participation in a Rule 31 treatment program; 
52.32 	and
53.1 	(5) have had at least two treatment episodes in the past two years, not limited to episodes 
53.2 	reimbursed by the consolidated chemical dependency treatment funds. An admission to an 
53.3 	emergency room, a detoxification program, or a hospital may be substituted for one treatment 
53.4 	episode if it resulted from the individual's substance use disorder.
53.5 	(b) New eligibility criteria may be added as mutually agreed upon by the commissioner 
53.6 	and participating navigator programs.

53.7 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.0659, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
53.8 		Subd. 11.Personal care assistant; requirements. (a) A personal care assistant must 
53.9 	meet the following requirements:
53.10 	(1) be at least 18 years of age with the exception of persons who are 16 or 17 years of 
53.11 	age with these additional requirements:
53.12 	(i) supervision by a qualified professional every 60 days; and
53.13 	(ii) employment by only one personal care assistance provider agency responsible for 
53.14 	compliance with current labor laws;
53.15 	(2) be employed by a personal care assistance provider agency;
53.16 	(3) enroll with the department as a personal care assistant after clearing a background 
53.17 	study. Except as provided in subdivision 11a, before a personal care assistant provides 
53.18 	services, the personal care assistance provider agency must initiate a background study on 
53.19 	the personal care assistant under chapter 245C, and the personal care assistance provider 
53.20 	agency must have received a notice from the commissioner that the personal care assistant 
53.21 	is:
53.22 	(i) not disqualified under section 245C.14; or
53.23 	(ii) is disqualified, but the personal care assistant has received a set aside of the 
53.24 	disqualification under section 245C.22;
53.25 	(4) be able to effectively communicate with the recipient and personal care assistance 
53.26 	provider agency;
53.27 	(5) be able to provide covered personal care assistance services according to the recipient's 
53.28 	personal care assistance care plan, respond appropriately to recipient needs, and report 
53.29 	changes in the recipient's condition to the supervising qualified professional or physician;
53.30 	(6) not be a consumer of personal care assistance services;
54.1 	(7) maintain daily written records including, but not limited to, time sheets under 
54.2 	subdivision 12;
54.3 	(8) effective January 1, 2010, complete standardized training as determined by the 
54.4 	commissioner before completing enrollment. The training must be available in languages 
54.5 	other than English and to those who need accommodations due to disabilities. Personal care 
54.6 	assistant training must include successful completion of the following training components: 
54.7 	basic first aid, vulnerable adult, child maltreatment, OSHA universal precautions, basic 
54.8 	roles and responsibilities of personal care assistants including information about assistance 
54.9 	with lifting and transfers for recipients, emergency preparedness, orientation to positive 
54.10 	behavioral practices, fraud issues, and completion of time sheets. Upon completion of the 
54.11 	training components, the personal care assistant must demonstrate the competency to provide 
54.12 	assistance to recipients;
54.13 	(9) complete training and orientation on the needs of the recipient; and
54.14 	(10) be limited to providing and being paid for up to 275 hours per month of personal 
54.15 	care assistance services regardless of the number of recipients being served or the number 
54.16 	of personal care assistance provider agencies enrolled with. The number of hours worked 
54.17 	per day shall not be disallowed by the department unless in violation of the law.
54.18 	(b) A legal guardian may be a personal care assistant if the guardian is not being paid 
54.19 	for the guardian services and meets the criteria for personal care assistants in paragraph (a).
54.20 	(c) Persons who do not qualify as a personal care assistant include parents, stepparents, 
54.21 	and legal guardians of minors; spouses; paid legal guardians of adults; family foster care 
54.22 	providers, except as otherwise allowed in section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; and staff of 
54.23 	a residential setting.

54.24 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.0755, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
54.25 		Subd. 4.Payment system. (a) In developing a payment system for integrated health 
54.26 	partnerships, the commissioner shall establish a total cost of care benchmark or a risk/gain 
54.27 	sharing payment model to be paid for services provided to the recipients enrolled in an 
54.28 	integrated health partnership.
54.29 	(b) The payment system may include incentive payments to integrated health partnerships 
54.30 	that meet or exceed annual quality and performance targets realized through the coordination 
54.31 	of care.
54.32 	(c) An amount equal to the savings realized to the general fund as a result of the 
54.33 	demonstration project shall be transferred each fiscal year to the health care access fund.
55.1 	(d) The payment system shall include a population-based payment that supports care 
55.2 	coordination services for all enrollees served by the integrated health partnerships, and is 
55.3 	risk-adjusted to reflect varying levels of care coordination intensiveness for enrollees with 
55.4 	chronic conditions, limited English skills, cultural differences, who are homeless, or who 
55.5 	experience health disparities or other barriers to health care. The population-based payment 
55.6 	shall be a per member, per month payment paid at least on a quarterly basis. Integrated 
55.7 	health partnerships receiving this payment must continue to meet cost and quality metrics 
55.8 	under the program to maintain eligibility for the population-based payment. An integrated 
55.9 	health partnership is eligible to receive a payment under this paragraph even if the partnership 
55.10 	is not participating in a risk-based or gain-sharing payment model and regardless of the size 
55.11 	of the patient population served by the integrated health partnership. Any integrated health 
55.12 	partnership participant certified as a health care home under section 256B.0751 that agrees 
55.13 	to a payment method that includes population-based payments for care coordination is not 
55.14 	eligible to receive health care home payment or care coordination fee authorized under 
55.15 	section 62U.03 or 256B.0753, subdivision 1, or in-reach care coordination under section 
55.16 	256B.0625, subdivision 56, for any medical assistance or MinnesotaCare recipients enrolled 
55.17 	or attributed to the integrated health partnership under this demonstration.

55.18 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.15, subdivision 1k, is amended to read:
55.19 		Subd. 1k.Filing. Any notice, lien, release, or other document filed under subdivisions 
55.20 	1c to 1l 1k, and any lien, release of lien, or other documents relating to a lien filed under 
55.21 	subdivisions 1h, 1i, and 1j must be filed or recorded in the office of the county recorder or 
55.22 	registrar of titles, as appropriate, in the county where the affected real property is located. 
55.23 	Notwithstanding section 386.77, the state or county agency shall pay any applicable filing 
55.24 	fee. An attestation, certification, or acknowledgment is not required as a condition of filing. 
55.25 	If the property described in the filing is registered property, the registrar of titles shall record 
55.26 	the filing on the certificate of title for each parcel of property described in the filing. If the 
55.27 	property described in the filing is abstract property, the recorder shall file and index the 
55.28 	property in the county's grantor-grantee indexes and any tract indexes the county maintains 
55.29 	for each parcel of property described in the filing. The recorder or registrar of titles shall 
55.30 	return the filed document to the party filing it at no cost. If the party making the filing 
55.31 	provides a duplicate copy of the filing, the recorder or registrar of titles shall show the 
55.32 	recording or filing data on the copy and return it to the party at no extra cost.

56.1 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.49, subdivision 26, is amended to read:
56.2 		Subd. 26.Excess allocations. (a) Effective through June 30, 2018, county and tribal 
56.3 	agencies will be responsible for authorizations in excess of the annual allocation made by 
56.4 	the commissioner. In the event a county or tribal agency authorizes in excess of the allocation 
56.5 	made by the commissioner for a given allocation period, the county or tribal agency must 
56.6 	submit a corrective action plan to the commissioner for approval. The plan must state the 
56.7 	actions the agency will take to correct their overspending for the two years following the 
56.8 	period when the overspending occurred. The commissioner shall recoup funds spent in 
56.9 	excess of the allocation only in cases where statewide spending exceeds the appropriation 
56.10 	designated for the home and community-based services waivers. Nothing in this subdivision 
56.11 	shall be construed as reducing the county's responsibility to offer and make available feasible 
56.12 	home and community-based options to eligible waiver recipients within the resources 
56.13 	allocated to them for that purpose.
56.14 	(b) Effective July 1, 2018, county and tribal agencies will be responsible for spending 
56.15 	in excess of the annual allocation made by the commissioner. In the event a county or tribal 
56.16 	agency spends in excess of the allocation made by the commissioner for a given allocation 
56.17 	period, the county or tribal agency must submit a corrective action plan to the commissioner 
56.18 	for approval. The plan must state the actions the agency will take to correct its overspending 
56.19 	for the two years following the period when the overspending occurred. The commissioner 
56.20 	shall recoup funds spent in excess of the allocation only in cases when statewide spending 
56.21 	exceeds the appropriation designated for the home and community-based services waivers. 
56.22 	Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as reducing the county or tribe's responsibility 
56.23 	to offer and make available feasible home and community-based options to eligible waiver 
56.24 	recipients within the resources allocated to it for that purpose.

56.25 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256D.051, subdivision 6b, is amended to read:
56.26 		Subd. 6b.Federal reimbursement. (a) Federal financial participation from the United 
56.27 	States Department of Agriculture for food stamp employment and training expenditures 
56.28 	that are eligible for reimbursement through the food stamp employment and training program 
56.29 	are dedicated funds and are annually appropriated to the commissioner of human services 
56.30 	for the operation of the food stamp employment and training program.
56.31 	(b) The appropriation must be used for skill attainment through employment, training, 
56.32 	and support services for food stamp participants. By February 15, 2017, the commissioner 
56.33 	shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having 
57.1 	jurisdiction over the food stamp employment and training program on the progress of 
57.2 	securing additional federal reimbursement dollars under this program.
57.3 	(c) Federal financial participation for the nonstate portion of food stamp employment 
57.4 	and training costs must be paid to the county agency or service provider that incurred the 
57.5 	costs.

57.6 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256I.01, is amended to read:
57.7 	256I.01 CITATION.
57.8 	Sections 256I.01 to 256I.06 256I.09 shall be cited as the "Housing Support Act."

57.9 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256J.95, subdivision 17, is amended to read:
57.10 		Subd. 17.Good cause for not complying with requirements. A participant who fails 
57.11 	to comply with the requirements of the diversionary work program may claim good cause 
57.12 	for reasons listed in sections 256.741 and 256J.57, subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (13) (14). 
57.13 	The county shall not impose a disqualification if good cause exists.

57.14 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256N.02, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
57.15 		Subd. 10.Financially responsible agency. "Financially responsible agency" means the 
57.16 	agency that is financially responsible for a child. These agencies include both local social 
57.17 	service agencies under section 393.07 and tribal social service agencies authorized in section 
57.18 	256.01, subdivision 14b, as part of the American Indian Child Welfare Initiative, and 
57.19 	Minnesota tribes who assume financial responsibility of children from other states. Under 
57.20 	Northstar Care for Children, the agency that is financially responsible at the time of placement 
57.21 	for foster care continues to be responsible under section 256N.27 for the local share of any 
57.22 	maintenance payments, even after finalization of the adoption of or transfer of permanent 
57.23 	legal and physical custody of a child.

57.24 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256N.23, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
57.25 		Subd. 11.Assigning a child's adoption assistance to a court-appointed guardian or 
57.26 	custodian. (a) State-funded adoption assistance may be continued with the written consent 
57.27 	of the commissioner to an individual who is a guardian appointed by a court for the child 
57.28 	upon the death of both the adoptive parents in the case of a two-parent adoption, or the sole 
57.29 	adoptive parent in the case of a single-parent adoption, unless the child is under the custody 
57.30 	of a state agency.
58.1 	(b) Temporary assignment of adoption assistance may be approved by the commissioner 
58.2 	for a maximum of six consecutive months from the death of the adoptive parent or parents 
58.3 	under subdivision 9 and must adhere to the requirements and procedures prescribed by the 
58.4 	commissioner. If, within six months, the child has not been adopted by a person agreed 
58.5 	upon by the commissioner, or a court has not appointed a permanent legal guardian under 
58.6 	section 260C.325, 525.5-313 524.5-313, or similar law of another jurisdiction, the adoption 
58.7 	assistance must terminate.
58.8 	(c) Upon assignment of payments under this subdivision, assistance must be from funds 
58.9 	other than title IV-E.

58.10 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256N.26, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
58.11 		Subd. 4.Difficulty of care supplemental monthly rate. From January 1, 2015, to June 
58.12 	30, 2016, the supplemental difficulty of care monthly rate is determined by the following 
58.13 	schedule:

58.1458.15		Level A
	none (special rate under subdivision 7 
applies)
	
58.16		Level B
	none (basic under subdivision 3 only)
	
58.17		Level C
	$100 per month
	
58.18		Level D
	$200 per month
	
58.19		Level E
	$300 per month
	
58.20		Level F
	$400 per month
	
58.21		Level G
	$500 per month
	
58.22		Level H
	$600 per month
	
58.23		Level I
	$700 per month
	
58.24		Level J
	$800 per month
	
58.25		Level K
	$900 per month
	
58.26		Level L
	$1,000 per month
	
58.27		Level M
	$1,100 per month
	
58.28		Level N
	$1,200 per month
	
58.29		Level O
	$1,300 per month
	
58.30		Level P
	$1,400 per month
	
58.31		Level Q
	$1,500 per month
	
58.32 	A child assigned level A is not eligible for either the basic or supplemental difficulty of 
58.33 	care payment, while a child assigned level B is not eligible for the supplemental difficulty 
58.34 	of care payment but is eligible for the basic monthly rate under subdivision 3.

59.1 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256N.26, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
59.2 		Subd. 8.Daily rates. (a) The commissioner shall establish prorated daily rates to the 
59.3 	nearest cent for the monthly rates under subdivisions 3 to 7 6. Daily rates must be routinely 
59.4 	used when a partial month is involved for foster care, Northstar kinship assistance, or 
59.5 	adoption assistance.
59.6 	(b) A full month payment is permitted if a foster child is temporarily absent from the 
59.7 	foster home if the brief absence does not exceed 14 days and the child's placement continues 
59.8 	with the same caregiver.

59.9 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256N.26, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
59.10 		Subd. 9.Revision. By April 1, 2016, for fiscal year 2017, and by each succeeding April 
59.11 	1 for the subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner shall review and revise the rates under 
59.12 	subdivisions 3 to 7 6 based on the United States Department of Agriculture, Estimates of 
59.13 	the Cost of Raising a Child, published by the United States Department of Agriculture, 
59.14 	Agricultural Resources Service, Publication 1411. The revision shall be the average 
59.15 	percentage by which costs increase for the age ranges represented in the United States 
59.16 	Department of Agriculture, Estimates of the Cost of Raising a Child, except that in no 
59.17 	instance must the increase be more than three percent per annum. The monthly rates must 
59.18 	be revised to the nearest dollar and the daily rates to the nearest cent.

59.19 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 260.011, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.20 		Subdivision 1.Citation. Sections 260.011 to 260.91 260.92 may be cited as general 
59.21 	provisions of the Juvenile Court Act.

59.22 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 260B.198, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.23 		Subdivision 1.Court order, findings, remedies, treatment. (a) If the court finds that 
59.24 	the child is delinquent, it shall enter an order making any of the following dispositions of 
59.25 	the case which are deemed necessary to the rehabilitation of the child:
59.26 	(1) counsel the child or the parents, guardian, or custodian;
59.27 	(2) place the child under the supervision of a probation officer or other suitable person 
59.28 	in the child's own home under conditions prescribed by the court including reasonable rules 
59.29 	for the child's conduct and the conduct of the child's parents, guardian, or custodian, designed 
59.30 	for the physical, mental, and moral well-being and behavior of the child, or with the consent 
60.1 	of the commissioner of corrections, in a group foster care facility which is under the 
60.2 	management and supervision of said commissioner;
60.3 	(3) if the court determines that the child is a danger to self or others, subject to the 
60.4 	supervision of the court, transfer legal custody of the child to one of the following:
60.5 	(i) a child-placing agency; or
60.6 	(ii) the local social services agency; or
60.7 	(iii) a reputable individual of good moral character. No person may receive custody of 
60.8 	two or more unrelated children unless licensed as a residential facility pursuant to sections 
60.9 	245A.01 to 245A.16; or
60.10 	(iv) a county home school, if the county maintains a home school or enters into an 
60.11 	agreement with a county home school; or
60.12 	(v) a county probation officer for placement in a group foster home established under 
60.13 	the direction of the juvenile court and licensed pursuant to section 241.021;
60.14 	(4) transfer legal custody by commitment to the commissioner of corrections;
60.15 	(5) if the child is found to have violated a state or local law or ordinance which has 
60.16 	resulted in damage to the person or property of another, the court may order the child to 
60.17 	make reasonable restitution for such damage;
60.18 	(6) require the child to pay a fine of up to $1,000. The court shall order payment of the 
60.19 	fine in accordance with a time payment schedule which shall not impose an undue financial 
60.20 	hardship on the child;
60.21 	(7) if the child is in need of special treatment and care for reasons of physical or mental 
60.22 	health, the court may order the child's parent, guardian, or custodian to provide it. If the 
60.23 	parent, guardian, or custodian fails to provide this treatment or care, the court may order it 
60.24 	provided;
60.25 	(8) if the court believes that it is in the best interests of the child and of public safety 
60.26 	that the driver's license of the child be canceled until the child's 18th birthday, the court 
60.27 	may recommend to the commissioner of public safety the cancellation of the child's license 
60.28 	for any period up to the child's 18th birthday, and the commissioner is hereby authorized 
60.29 	to cancel such license without a hearing. At any time before the termination of the period 
60.30 	of cancellation, the court may, for good cause, recommend to the commissioner of public 
60.31 	safety that the child be authorized to apply for a new license, and the commissioner may so 
60.32 	authorize;
61.1 	(9) if the court believes that it is in the best interest of the child and of public safety that 
61.2 	the child is enrolled in school, the court may require the child to remain enrolled in a public 
61.3 	school until the child reaches the age of 18 or completes all requirements needed to graduate 
61.4 	from high school. Any child enrolled in a public school under this clause is subject to the 
61.5 	provisions of the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act in chapter 127;
61.6 	(10) if the child is petitioned and found by the court to have committed a controlled 
61.7 	substance offense under sections 152.021 to 152.027, the court shall determine whether the 
61.8 	child unlawfully possessed or sold the controlled substance while driving a motor vehicle. 
61.9 	If so, the court shall notify the commissioner of public safety of its determination and order 
61.10 	the commissioner to revoke the child's driver's license for the applicable time period specified 
61.11 	in section 152.0271. If the child does not have a driver's license or if the child's driver's 
61.12 	license is suspended or revoked at the time of the delinquency finding, the commissioner 
61.13 	shall, upon the child's application for driver's license issuance or reinstatement, delay the 
61.14 	issuance or reinstatement of the child's driver's license for the applicable time period specified 
61.15 	in section 152.0271. Upon receipt of the court's order, the commissioner is authorized to 
61.16 	take the licensing action without a hearing;
61.17 	(11) if the child is petitioned and found by the court to have committed or attempted to 
61.18 	commit an act in violation of section 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.3451; 
61.19 	609.746, subdivision 1; 609.79; or 617.23, or another offense arising out of a delinquency 
61.20 	petition based on one or more of those sections, the court shall order an independent 
61.21 	professional assessment of the child's need for sex offender treatment. An assessor providing 
61.22 	an assessment for the court must be experienced in the evaluation and treatment of juvenile 
61.23 	sex offenders. If the assessment indicates that the child is in need of and amenable to sex 
61.24 	offender treatment, the court shall include in its disposition order a requirement that the 
61.25 	child undergo treatment. Notwithstanding sections 13.384, 13.85, 144.291 to 144.298, 
61.26 	260B.171, or 626.556, the assessor has access to the following private or confidential data 
61.27 	on the child if access is relevant and necessary for the assessment:
61.28 	(i) medical data under section 13.384;
61.29 	(ii) corrections and detention data under section 13.85;
61.30 	(iii) health records under sections 144.291 to 144.298;
61.31 	(iv) juvenile court records under section 260B.171; and
61.32 	(v) local welfare agency records under section 626.556.
62.1 	Data disclosed under this clause may be used only for purposes of the assessment and 
62.2 	may not be further disclosed to any other person, except as authorized by law; or
62.3 	(12) if the child is found delinquent due to the commission of an offense that would be 
62.4 	a felony if committed by an adult, the court shall make a specific finding on the record 
62.5 	regarding the juvenile's mental health and chemical dependency treatment needs;.
62.6 	(13) (b) Any order for a disposition authorized under this section shall contain written 
62.7 	findings of fact to support the disposition ordered and shall also set forth in writing the 
62.8 	following information:
62.9 	(i) (1) why the best interests of the child are served by the disposition ordered; and
62.10 	(ii) (2) what alternative dispositions were considered by the court and why such 
62.11 	dispositions were not appropriate in the instant case. Item (i)Clause (1) does not apply to 
62.12 	a disposition under subdivision 1a.

62.13 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 260C.139, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
62.14 		Subdivision 1.Duty to attempt reunification, duty to search for relatives, and 
62.15 	preferences not applicable. A responsible social service agency with responsibility for a 
62.16 	child pursuant to subdivision 4 5 is not required to attempt to reunify the child with the 
62.17 	child's parents. Additionally, the agency is not required to search for relatives of the child 
62.18 	as a placement or permanency option under section 260C.221, or to implement other 
62.19 	placement requirements that give a preference to relatives if the agency does not have 
62.20 	information as to the identity of the child, the child's mother, or the child's father.

62.21 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 260C.139, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
62.22 		Subd. 3.Status of child. For purposes of proceedings under this chapter and adoption 
62.23 	proceedings, a newborn left at a safe place, pursuant to subdivision 3 4 and section 145.902, 
62.24 	is considered an abandoned child under section 626.556, subdivision 2, paragraph (o), clause 
62.25 	(2). The child is abandoned under sections 260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (1), and 260C.301, 
62.26 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1).

62.27 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 270B.12, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
62.28 		Subd. 7.State Lottery Division. (a) The commissioner of revenue may disclose to the 
62.29 	director of the State Lottery the amount of delinquent state taxes, or debt as defined in 
62.30 	section 270A.03, subdivision 5, of a winner of a lottery prize of $600 or more, to the extent 
62.31 	necessary to administer section 349A.08, subdivision 8.
63.1 	(b) The commissioner of revenue may disclose to the director of the State Lottery Division
63.2 	that a retailer owes $500 or more in delinquent taxes as defined in section 270C.72, to the 
63.3 	extent necessary to administer section 349A.06, subdivision 2.

63.4 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 289A.18, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
63.5 		Subd. 2a.Annual withholding returns; eligible employers. (a) An employer who 
63.6 	deducts and withholds an amount required to be withheld by section 290.92 may file an 
63.7 	annual return and make an annual payment of the amount required to be deducted and 
63.8 	withheld for that calendar year if the employer has received a notification under paragraph 
63.9 	(b). The ability to elect to file an annual return continues through the year following the 
63.10 	year where an employer is required to deduct and withhold more than $500.
63.11 	(b) The commissioner is authorized to determine which employers are eligible to file 
63.12 	an annual return and to notify employers who newly qualify to file an annual return because 
63.13 	the amount an employer is required to deduct and withhold for that calendar year is $500 
63.14 	or less based on the most recent period of four consecutive quarters for which the 
63.15 	commissioner has compiled data on that employer's withholding tax for that period. At the 
63.16 	time of notification, eligible employers may still decide to file returns and make deposits 
63.17 	quarterly. An employer who decides to file returns and make deposits quarterly is required 
63.18 	to make all returns and deposits required by this chapter and, notwithstanding paragraph 
63.19 	(a), is subject to all applicable penalties for failing to do so.
63.20 	(c) If, at the end of any calendar month other than the last month of the calendar year, 
63.21 	the aggregate amount of undeposited tax withheld by an employer who has elected to file 
63.22 	an annual return exceeds $500, the employer must deposit the aggregate amount with the 
63.23 	commissioner within 30 days of the end of the calendar month.
63.24 	(d) If an employer who has elected to file an annual return ceases to pay wages for which 
63.25 	withholding is required, the employer must file a final return and deposit any undeposited 
63.26 	tax within 30 days of the end of the calendar month following the month in which the 
63.27 	employer ceased paying wages.
63.28 	(e) An employer not subject to paragraph (c) or (d) who elects to file an annual return 
63.29 	must file the return and pay the tax not previously deposited before February 1 of the year 
63.30 	following the year in which the tax was withheld.
63.31 	(f) A notification to an employer regarding eligibility to file an annual return under 
63.32 	Minnesota Rules, part 8092.1400, is considered a notification under paragraph (a).

64.1 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290.06, subdivision 2h, is amended to read:
64.2 		Subd. 2h.Section 529 plan recapture. (a) For the purposes of this subdivision:
64.3 	(1) the definitions under section 290.0684 apply;
64.4 	(2) "account owner" means an individual who owns one or more qualified accounts;
64.5 	(3) "credit ratio" means the ratio of (i) two times the total amount of credits that an 
64.6 	account owner claimed under section 290.0684 for contributions to the account owner's 
64.7 	qualified accounts to (ii) the total contributions in all taxable years to the account owner's 
64.8 	qualified accounts; and
64.9 	(4) "qualified higher education expenses" has the meaning given in section 529 of the 
64.10 	Internal Revenue Code; and
64.11 	(4) (5) "subtraction ratio" means the ratio of (i) the total amount of subtractions that an 
64.12 	account owner claimed under section 290.0132, subdivision 23, for contributions to the 
64.13 	account owner's qualified accounts to (ii) the total contributions in all taxable years to the 
64.14 	account owner's qualified accounts.
64.15 	(b) If a distribution from a qualified account is used for a purpose other than to pay for 
64.16 	qualified higher education expenses, the account owner must pay an additional tax equal 
64.17 	to:
64.18 	(1) 50 percent of the product of the credit ratio and the amount of the distribution; plus
64.19 	(2) ten percent of the product of the subtraction ratio and the amount of the distribution.
64.20 	(c) The additional tax under this subdivision does not apply to any portion of a distribution 
64.21 	that is subject to the additional tax under section 529(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.

64.22 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290.0674, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.23 		Subdivision 1.Credit allowed. An individual is allowed a credit against the tax imposed 
64.24 	by this chapter in an amount equal to 75 percent of the amount paid for education-related 
64.25 	expenses for a qualifying child in kindergarten through grade 12. For purposes of this section, 
64.26 	"education-related expenses" means:
64.27 	(1) fees or tuition for instruction by an instructor under section 120A.22, subdivision 
64.28 	10, clause (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), or a member of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association, 
64.29 	and who is not a lineal ancestor or sibling of the dependent for instruction outside the regular 
64.30 	school day or school year, including tutoring, driver's education offered as part of school 
64.31 	curriculum, regardless of whether it is taken from a public or private entity or summer 
65.1 	camps, in grade or age appropriate curricula that supplement curricula and instruction 
65.2 	available during the regular school year, that assists a dependent to improve knowledge of 
65.3 	core curriculum areas or to expand knowledge and skills under the required academic 
65.4 	standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 1, and the elective standard world languages 
65.5 	standards under section 120B.022, subdivision 1, clause (2), and that do not include the 
65.6 	teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is to instill such 
65.7 	tenets, doctrines, or worship;
65.8 	(2) expenses for textbooks, including books and other instructional materials and 
65.9 	equipment purchased or leased for use in elementary and secondary schools in teaching 
65.10 	only those subjects legally and commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools 
65.11 	in this state. "Textbooks" does not include instructional books and materials used in the 
65.12 	teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is to instill such 
65.13 	tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it include books or materials for extracurricular 
65.14 	activities including sporting events, musical or dramatic events, speech activities, driver's 
65.15 	education, or similar programs;
65.16 	(3) a maximum expense of $200 per family for personal computer hardware, excluding 
65.17 	single purpose processors, and educational software that assists a dependent to improve 
65.18 	knowledge of core curriculum areas or to expand knowledge and skills under the required 
65.19 	academic standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 1, and the elective standard under 
65.20 	section 120B.022, subdivision 1, clause (2), purchased for use in the taxpayer's home and 
65.21 	not used in a trade or business regardless of whether the computer is required by the 
65.22 	dependent's school; and
65.23 	(4) the amount paid to others for transportation of a qualifying child attending an 
65.24 	elementary or secondary school situated in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, 
65.25 	or Wisconsin, wherein a resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's compulsory 
65.26 	attendance laws, which is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the provisions of 
65.27 	the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 363A. Amounts under this clause exclude any 
65.28 	expense the taxpayer incurred in using the taxpayer's or the qualifying child's vehicle.
65.29 	For purposes of this section, "qualifying child" has the meaning given in section 32(c)(3) 
65.30 	of the Internal Revenue Code.

65.31 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290.0677, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
65.32 		Subdivision 1.Credit allowed; current military service.  (a) An individual is allowed 
65.33 	a credit against the tax due under this chapter equal to $59 for each month or portion thereof 
66.1 	that the individual was in active military service in a designated area after September 11, 
66.2 	2001, and before January 1, 2009, while a Minnesota domiciliary.
66.3 	(b) An individual is allowed a credit against the tax due under this chapter equal to $120 
66.4 	for each month or portion thereof that the individual was in active military service in a 
66.5 	designated area after December 31, 2008, while a Minnesota domiciliary.
66.6 	(c) For active service performed after September 11, 2001, and before December 31, 
66.7 	2006, the individual may claim the credit in the taxable year beginning after December 31, 
66.8 	2005, and before January 1, 2007.
66.9 	(d) For active service performed after December 31, 2006, the individual may claim the 
66.10 	credit for the taxable year in which the active service was performed.
66.11 	(e) If an individual entitled to the credit died prior to January 1, 2006, the individual's 
66.12 	estate or heirs at law, if the individual's probate estate has closed or the estate was not 
66.13 	probated, may claim the credit.

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

66.15 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290.0684, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.16 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
66.17 	the meanings given them.
66.18 	(b) "Contribution" means the amount contributed to one or more qualified accounts 
66.19 	except that the amount:
66.20 	(1) is reduced by any withdrawals or distributions, other than transfers or rollovers to 
66.21 	another qualified account, from a qualified account during the taxable year; and
66.22 	(2) excludes the amount of any transfers or rollovers from a qualified account made 
66.23 	during the taxable year.
66.24 	(c) "Federal Adjusted gross income" has the meaning given under section 62(a) of the 
66.25 	Internal Revenue Code.
66.26 	(d) "Qualified account" means an account qualifying under section 529 of the Internal 
66.27 	Revenue Code.
66.28 	(e) "Qualified higher education expenses" has the meaning given in section 529 of the 
66.29 	Internal Revenue Code.

67.1 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290A.03, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
67.2 		Subd. 8.Claimant. (a) "Claimant" means a person, other than a dependent, as defined 
67.3 	under sections 151 and 152 of the Internal Revenue Code disregarding section 152(b)(3) 
67.4 	of the Internal Revenue Code, who filed a claim authorized by this chapter and who was a 
67.5 	resident of this state as provided in chapter 290 during the calendar year for which the claim 
67.6 	for relief was filed.
67.7 	(b) In the case of a claim relating to rent constituting property taxes, the claimant shall 
67.8 	have resided in a rented or leased unit on which ad valorem taxes or payments made in lieu 
67.9 	of ad valorem taxes, including payments of special assessments imposed in lieu of ad valorem 
67.10 	taxes, are payable at some time during the calendar year covered by the claim.
67.11 	(c) "Claimant" shall not include a resident of a nursing home, intermediate care facility, 
67.12 	long-term residential facility, or a facility that accepts housing support payments whose 
67.13 	rent constituting property taxes is paid pursuant to the Supplemental Security Income 
67.14 	program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, the Minnesota supplemental aid program 
67.15 	under sections 256D.35 to 256D.54, the medical assistance program pursuant to title XIX 
67.16 	of the Social Security Act, or the housing support program under chapter 256I.
67.17 	If only a portion of the rent constituting property taxes is paid by these programs, the 
67.18 	resident shall be a claimant for purposes of this chapter, but the refund calculated pursuant 
67.19 	to section 290A.04 shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is income as 
67.20 	defined in subdivision 3, paragraphs (a) and (b), reduced by the total amount of income 
67.21 	from the above sources other than vendor payments under the medical assistance program 
67.22 	and the denominator of which is income as defined in subdivision 3, paragraphs (a) and (b), 
67.23 	plus vendor payments under the medical assistance program, to determine the allowable 
67.24 	refund pursuant to this chapter.
67.25 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), if the claimant was a resident of the nursing home, 
67.26 	intermediate care facility, long-term residential facility, or facility for which the rent was 
67.27 	paid for the claimant by the housing support program for only a portion of the calendar year 
67.28 	covered by the claim, the claimant may compute rent constituting property taxes by 
67.29 	disregarding the rent constituting property taxes from the nursing home or facility and use 
67.30 	only that amount of rent constituting property taxes or property taxes payable relating to 
67.31 	that portion of the year when the claimant was not in the facility. The claimant's household 
67.32 	income is the income for the entire calendar year covered by the claim.
67.33 	(e) In the case of a claim for rent constituting property taxes of a part-year Minnesota 
67.34 	resident, the income and rental rent reflected in this computation shall be for the period of 
68.1 	Minnesota residency only. Any rental expenses paid which may be reflected in arriving at 
68.2 	federal adjusted gross income cannot be utilized for this computation. When two individuals 
68.3 	of a household are able to meet the qualifications for a claimant, they may determine among 
68.4 	them as to who the claimant shall be. If they are unable to agree, the matter shall be referred 
68.5 	to the commissioner of revenue whose decision shall be final. If a homestead property owner 
68.6 	was a part-year Minnesota resident, the income reflected in the computation made pursuant 
68.7 	to section 290A.04 shall be for the entire calendar year, including income not assignable to 
68.8 	Minnesota.
68.9 	(f) If a homestead is occupied by two or more renters, who are not husband and wife, 
68.10 	the rent shall be deemed to be paid equally by each, and separate claims shall be filed by 
68.11 	each. The income of each shall be each renter's household income for purposes of computing 
68.12 	the amount of credit to be allowed.

68.13 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290A.03, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
68.14 		Subd. 12.Gross rent. (a) "Gross rent" means rental rent paid for the right of occupancy, 
68.15 	at arm's length, of a homestead, exclusive of charges for any medical services furnished by 
68.16 	the landlord as a part of the rental agreement, whether expressly set out in the rental 
68.17 	agreement or not.
68.18 	(b) The gross rent of a resident of a nursing home or intermediate care facility is $350 
68.19 	per month. The gross rent of a resident of an adult foster care home is $550 per month. 
68.20 	Beginning for rent paid in 2002, the commissioner shall annually adjust for inflation the 
68.21 	gross rent amounts stated in this paragraph. The adjustment must be made in accordance 
68.22 	with section 1(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that for purposes of this paragraph 
68.23 	the percentage increase shall be determined from the year ending on June 30, 2001, to the 
68.24 	year ending on June 30 of the year in which the rent is paid. The commissioner shall round 
68.25 	the gross rents to the nearest $10 amount. If the amount ends in $5, the commissioner shall 
68.26 	round it up to the next $10 amount. The determination of the commissioner under this 
68.27 	paragraph is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.
68.28 	(c) If the landlord and tenant have not dealt with each other at arm's length and the 
68.29 	commissioner determines that the gross rent charged was excessive, the commissioner may 
68.30 	adjust the gross rent to a reasonable amount for purposes of this chapter.
68.31 	(d) Any amount paid by a claimant residing in property assessed pursuant to section 
68.32 	273.124, subdivision 3, 4, 5, or 6 for occupancy in that property shall be excluded from 
68.33 	gross rent for purposes of this chapter. However, property taxes imputed to the homestead 
68.34 	of the claimant or the dwelling unit occupied by the claimant that qualifies for homestead 
69.1 	treatment pursuant to section 273.124, subdivision 3, 4, 5, or 6 shall be included within the 
69.2 	term "property taxes payable" as defined in subdivision 13, notwithstanding the fact that 
69.3 	ownership is not in the name of the claimant.

69.4 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 290A.19, is amended to read:
69.5 	290A.19 OWNER OR MANAGING AGENT TO FURNISH RENT CERTIFICATE.
69.6 	(a) The owner or managing agent of any property for which rent is paid for occupancy 
69.7 	as a homestead must furnish a certificate of rent paid to a person who is a renter on December 
69.8 	31, in the form prescribed by the commissioner. If the renter moves before December 31, 
69.9 	the owner or managing agent may give the certificate to the renter at the time of moving, 
69.10 	or mail the certificate to the forwarding address if an address has been provided by the 
69.11 	renter. The certificate must be made available to the renter before February 1 of the year 
69.12 	following the year in which the rent was paid. The owner or managing agent must retain a 
69.13 	duplicate of each certificate or an equivalent record showing the same information for a 
69.14 	period of three years. The duplicate or other record must be made available to the 
69.15 	commissioner upon request.
69.16 	(b) The commissioner may require the owner or managing agent, through a simple 
69.17 	process, to furnish to the commissioner on or before March 1 a copy of each certificate of 
69.18 	rent paid furnished to a renter for rent paid in the prior year, in. The commissioner shall 
69.19 	prescribe the content, format, and manner prescribed by the commissionerof the form 
69.20 	pursuant to section 270C.30. Prior to implementation, the commissioner, after consulting 
69.21 	with representatives of owners or managing agents, shall develop an implementation and 
69.22 	administration plan for the requirements of this paragraph that attempts to minimize financial 
69.23 	burdens, administration and compliance costs, and takes into consideration existing systems 
69.24 	of owners and managing agents.
69.25 	(c) For the purposes of this section, "owner" includes a park owner as defined under 
69.26 	section 327C.01, subdivision 6, and "property" includes a lot as defined under section 
69.27 	327C.01, subdivision 3.

69.28 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 297A.68, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
69.29 		Subd. 9.Super Bowl admissions and related events. (a) The granting of the privilege 
69.30 	of admission to a world championship football game sponsored by the National Football 
69.31 	League and to related events sponsored by the National Football League or its affiliates, or 
69.32 	the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee, is exempt.
70.1 	(b) The sale of nonresidential parking by the National Football League for attendance 
70.2 	at a world championship football game sponsored by the National Football League and for 
70.3 	related events sponsored by the National Football League or its affiliates, or the Minnesota 
70.4 	Super Bowl Host Committee, is exempt. Purchases of nonresidential parking services by 
70.5 	the Super Bowl Host Committee are purchases made exempt for resale.
70.6 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision:
70.7 	(1) "related events sponsored by the National Football League or its affiliates" includes 
70.8 	but is not limited to preparatory advance visits, NFL Experience, NFL Tailgate, NFL On 
70.9 	Location, and NFL House; and
70.10 	(2) "affiliates" does not include National Football League teams.

70.11 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 297F.08, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
70.12 		Subd. 8.Sale of stamps. The commissioner may sell stamps on a credit basis under 
70.13 	conditions prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall sell the stamps at a 
70.14 	price which includes the tax after giving effect to the discount provided in subdivision 7.
70.15 	The commissioner shall recover the actual costs of the stamps from the distributor. The 
70.16 	commissioner shall annually establish the maximum amount of stamps that may be purchased 
70.17 	each month.

70.18 	Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 298.296, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
70.19 		Subd. 2.Expenditure of funds. (a) Before January 1, 2028, funds may be expended on 
70.20 	projects and for administration of the trust fund only from the net interest, earnings, and 
70.21 	dividends arising from the investment of the trust at any time, including net interest, earnings, 
70.22 	and dividends that have arisen prior to July 13, 1982, plus $10,000,000 made available for 
70.23 	use in fiscal year 1983, except that any amount required to be paid out of the trust fund to 
70.24 	provide the property tax relief specified in Laws 1977, chapter 423, article X, section 4, and 
70.25 	to make school bond payments and payments to recipients of taconite production tax proceeds 
70.26 	pursuant to section 298.225, may be taken from the corpus of the trust.
70.27 	(b) Additionally, an amount equal to 20 percent of the value of the corpus of the trust 
70.28 	on May 18, 2002, plus the amounts made available under section 298.28, subdivision 4, 
70.29 	and Laws 2002, chapter 377, article 8, section 17, may be expended on projects. The 
70.30 	commissioner may expend funds for projects under this paragraph only if:
70.31 	(1) the project is for the purposes established under section 298.292, subdivision 1, 
70.32 	clause (1) or (2); and
71.1 	(2) the commissioner has consulted with the advisory board.
71.2 	No money made available under this paragraph or paragraph (c) can be used for 
71.3 	administrative or operating expenses of the Department of Iron Range Resources and 
71.4 	Rehabilitation or expenses relating to any facilities owned or operated by the commissioner 
71.5 	on May 18, 2002.
71.6 	(c) The commissioner may spend amounts in addition to those authorized under 
71.7 	paragraphs (a) and (b) on projects described in section 298.292, subdivision 1, only after 
71.8 	consultation with the advisory board.
71.9 	(d) Annual administrative costs, not including detailed engineering expenses for the 
71.10 	projects, shall not exceed five percent of the net interest, dividends, and earnings arising 
71.11 	from the trust in the preceding fiscal year.
71.12 	(e) Principal and interest received in repayment of loans made pursuant to this section, 
71.13 	and earnings on other investments made under section 298.292, subdivision 2, paragraph 
71.14 	(a), clause (4), shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trust. These receipts 
71.15 	are appropriated to the board for the purposes of sections 298.291 to 298.297.
71.16 	(f) Additionally, notwithstanding section 298.293, the commissioner, after consultation 
71.17 	with the advisory board, may expend money from the corpus of the trust to purchase forest 
71.18 	lands within the taconite assistance area as provided in sections 298.22, subdivision 5a, and 
71.19 	298.292, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5).

71.20 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 299L.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
71.21 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section:
71.22 	(a) A "lottery service business" is a commercial enterprise that for a fee or commission 
71.23 	purchases lottery tickets on behalf of customers or subscribers.
71.24 	(b) "Division" means the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the 
71.25 	Department of Public Safety.
71.26 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety acting through the division.
71.27 	(d) (b) "Disqualifying offense" means any felony, gross misdemeanor, and any criminal 
71.28 	offense involving fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit.

72.1 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 309.515, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
72.2 		Subdivision 1.Registration and reporting exemption. Subject to the provisions of 
72.3 	subdivisions subdivision 2 and 3, sections 309.52 and 309.53 shall not apply to any of the 
72.4 	following:
72.5 	(a) Charitable organizations:
72.6 	(1) which did not receive total contributions in excess of $25,000, exclusive of the direct 
72.7 	cost of prizes given to the public by the charitable organization in connection with lawful 
72.8 	gambling conducted in compliance with chapter 349, from the public within or without this 
72.9 	state during the accounting year last ended, and
72.10 	(2) which do not plan to receive total contributions in excess of such amount from the 
72.11 	public within or without this state during any accounting year, and
72.12 	(3) whose functions and activities, including fund-raising, are performed wholly by 
72.13 	persons who are unpaid for their services, and
72.14 	(4) none of whose assets or income inure to the benefit of or are paid to any officer.
72.15 	For purposes of this chapter, a charitable organization shall be deemed to receive in 
72.16 	addition to contributions solicited from the public by it, the contributions solicited from the 
72.17 	public by any other person and transferred to it. Any organization constituted for a charitable 
72.18 	purpose receiving an allocation from a community chest, united fund or similar organization 
72.19 	shall be deemed to have solicited that allocation from the public.
72.20 	(b) A religious society or organization which is exempt from filing a federal annual 
72.21 	information return pursuant to Internal Revenue Code, section 6033(a)(2)(A)(i) and (iii), 
72.22 	and Internal Revenue Code, section 6033(a)(2)(C)(i).
72.23 	(c) Any educational institution which is under the general supervision of the commissioner 
72.24 	of education, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, or 
72.25 	the University of Minnesota or any educational institution which is accredited by the 
72.26 	University of Minnesota or the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary 
72.27 	Schools, or by any other national or regional accrediting association.
72.28 	(d) A fraternal, patriotic, social, educational, alumni, professional, trade or learned 
72.29 	society which limits solicitation of contributions to persons who have a right to vote as a 
72.30 	member. The term "member" shall not include those persons who are granted a membership 
72.31 	upon making a contribution as the result of a solicitation.
73.1 	(e) A charitable organization soliciting contributions for any person specified by name 
73.2 	at the time of the solicitation if all of the contributions received are transferred to the person 
73.3 	named with no restrictions on the person's expenditure of it and with no deductions 
73.4 	whatsoever.
73.5 	(f) A private foundation, as defined in section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
73.6 	1954, which did not solicit contributions from more than 100 persons during the accounting 
73.7 	year last ended.
73.8 	(g) An auctioneer licensed and bonded under chapter 330 who is conducting a live 
73.9 	auction who has no access to the proceeds of the auction is not subject to the registration 
73.10 	and reporting requirements of this chapter, and is not considered a professional fund-raiser 
73.11 	for the purposes of subdivision 2.

73.12 	Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 319B.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
73.13 		Subd. 3.Certificate of authority. "Certificate of authority" means:
73.14 	(1) with respect to a foreign firm that is a corporation, the certificate of authority required 
73.15 	under sections 303.01 to 303.24 and any notice filed under section 303.115 in connection 
73.16 	with that certificate; and
73.17 	(2) with respect to a foreign firm that is a limited liability company, the certificate of 
73.18 	authority referred to in sections 322C.802 to 322C.804 322C.0802 to 322C.0804 and any 
73.19 	notice filed in connection with that certificate.

73.20 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 321.1116, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
73.21 		Subd. 2.Amendment of plan or abandonment of domestication. Subject to any 
73.22 	contractual rights, after a domestication is approved, and at any time before articles of 
73.23 	domestication are filed with the secretary of state under section 321.1117, a domesticating 
73.24 	limited liability company partnership may amend the plan or abandon the domestication:
73.25 	(1) as provided in the plan; or
73.26 	(2) except as otherwise prohibited in the plan, by the same consent as was required to 
73.27 	approve the plan.

73.28 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.986, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
73.29 		Subd. 8.Certificate of competency. (a) The fee for issuance of the original certificate 
73.30 	of competency is $85 for inspectors who did not pay the national board examination fee 
73.31 	specified in subdivision 6, or $35 for inspectors who paid that examination fee. Each applicant 
74.1 	for a certificate of competency must complete an interview with the chief boiler inspector 
74.2 	before issuance of the certificate of competency.
74.3 	(b) All initial certificates of competency shall be effective for more than one calendar 
74.4 	year and shall expire on December 31 of the year after the year in which the application is 
74.5 	made.
74.6 	(c) All renewed certificates of competency shall be valid for two calendar years. The 
74.7 	fee for renewal of the state of Minnesota certificate of competency is $35 for one year or
74.8 	$70 for two years, and is due the day after the certificate expires.

74.9 	Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 349.12, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
74.10 		Subd. 25.Lawful purpose. (a) "Lawful purpose" means one or more of the following:
74.11 	(1) any expenditure by or contribution to a 501(c)(3) or festival organization, as defined 
74.12 	in subdivision 15c, provided that the organization and expenditure or contribution are in 
74.13 	conformity with standards prescribed by the board under section 349.154, which standards 
74.14 	must apply to both types of organizations in the same manner and to the same extent;
74.15 	(2) a contribution to or expenditure for goods and services for an individual or family 
74.16 	suffering from poverty, homelessness, or disability, which is used to relieve the effects of 
74.17 	that suffering;
74.18 	(3) a contribution to a program recognized by the Minnesota Department of Human 
74.19 	Services for the education, prevention, or treatment of problem gambling;
74.20 	(4) a contribution to or expenditure on a public or private nonprofit educational institution 
74.21 	registered with or accredited by this state or any other state;
74.22 	(5) a contribution to an individual, public or private nonprofit educational institution 
74.23 	registered with or accredited by this state or any other state, or to a scholarship fund of a 
74.24 	nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to award scholarships, for defraying the 
74.25 	cost of education to individuals where the funds are awarded through an open and fair 
74.26 	selection process;
74.27 	(6) activities by an organization or a government entity which recognize military service 
74.28 	to the United States, the state of Minnesota, or a community, subject to rules of the board, 
74.29 	provided that the rules must not include mileage reimbursements in the computation of the 
74.30 	per diem reimbursement limit and must impose no aggregate annual limit on the amount of 
74.31 	reasonable and necessary expenditures made to support:
75.1 	(i) members of a military marching or color guard unit for activities conducted within 
75.2 	the state;
75.3 	(ii) members of an organization solely for services performed by the members at funeral 
75.4 	services;
75.5 	(iii) members of military marching, color guard, or honor guard units may be reimbursed 
75.6 	for participating in color guard, honor guard, or marching unit events within the state or 
75.7 	states contiguous to Minnesota at a per participant rate of up to $50 per diem; or
75.8 	(iv) active military personnel and their immediate family members in need of support 
75.9 	services;
75.10 	(7) recreational, community, and athletic facilities and activities intended primarily for 
75.11 	persons under age 21, provided that such facilities and activities do not discriminate on the 
75.12 	basis of gender and the organization complies with section 349.154, subdivision 3a;
75.13 	(8) payment of local taxes authorized under this chapter, taxes imposed by the United 
75.14 	States on receipts from lawful gambling, the taxes imposed by section 297E.02, subdivisions 
75.15 	1, 5, and 6, and the tax imposed on unrelated business income by section 290.05, subdivision 
75.16 	3;
75.17 	(9) payment of real estate taxes and assessments on permitted gambling premises owned 
75.18 	by the licensed organization paying the taxes, or wholly leased by a licensed veterans 
75.19 	organization under a national charter recognized under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal 
75.20 	Revenue Code;
75.21 	(10) a contribution to the United States, this state or any of its political subdivisions, or 
75.22 	any agency or instrumentality thereof other than a direct contribution to a law enforcement 
75.23 	or prosecutorial agency;
75.24 	(11) a contribution to or expenditure by a nonprofit organization which is a church or 
75.25 	body of communicants gathered in common membership for mutual support and edification 
75.26 	in piety, worship, or religious observances;
75.27 	(12) an expenditure for citizen monitoring of surface water quality by individuals or 
75.28 	nongovernmental organizations that is consistent with section 115.06, subdivision 4, and 
75.29 	Minnesota Pollution Control Agency guidance on monitoring procedures, quality assurance 
75.30 	protocols, and data management, provided that the resulting data is submitted to the 
75.31 	Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for review and inclusion in the state water quality 
75.32 	database;
76.1 	(13) a contribution to or expenditure on projects or activities approved by the 
76.2 	commissioner of natural resources for:
76.3 	(i) wildlife management projects that benefit the public at large;
76.4 	(ii) grant-in-aid trail maintenance and grooming established under sections 84.83 and 
76.5 	84.927, and other trails open to public use, including purchase or lease of equipment for 
76.6 	this purpose; and
76.7 	(iii) supplies and materials for safety training and educational programs coordinated by 
76.8 	the Department of Natural Resources, including the Enforcement Division;
76.9 	(14) conducting nutritional programs, food shelves, and congregate dining programs 
76.10 	primarily for persons who are age 62 or older or disabled;
76.11 	(15) a contribution to a community arts organization, or an expenditure to sponsor arts 
76.12 	programs in the community, including but not limited to visual, literary, performing, or 
76.13 	musical arts;
76.14 	(16) an expenditure by a licensed fraternal organization or a licensed veterans organization 
76.15 	for payment of water, fuel for heating, electricity, and sewer costs for:
76.16 	(i) up to 100 percent for a building wholly owned or wholly leased by and used as the 
76.17 	primary headquarters of the licensed veteran or fraternal organization; or
76.18 	(ii) a proportional amount subject to approval by the director and based on the portion 
76.19 	of a building used as the primary headquarters of the licensed veteran or fraternal 
76.20 	organization;
76.21 	(17) expenditure by a licensed veterans organization of up to $5,000 in a calendar year 
76.22 	in net costs to the organization for meals and other membership events, limited to members 
76.23 	and spouses, held in recognition of military service. No more than $5,000 can be expended 
76.24 	in total per calendar year under this clause by all licensed veterans organizations sharing 
76.25 	the same veterans post home;
76.26 	(18) payment of fees authorized under this chapter imposed by the state of Minnesota 
76.27 	to conduct lawful gambling in Minnesota;
76.28 	(19) a contribution or expenditure to honor an individual's humanitarian service as 
76.29 	demonstrated through philanthropy or volunteerism to the United States, this state, or local 
76.30 	community;
77.1 	(20) a contribution by a licensed organization to another licensed organization with prior 
77.2 	board approval, with the contribution designated to be used for one or more of the following 
77.3 	lawful purposes under this section: clauses (1) to (7), (11) to (15), (19), and (25);
77.4 	(21) an expenditure that is a contribution to a parent organization, if the parent 
77.5 	organization: (i) has not provided to the contributing organization within one year of the 
77.6 	contribution any money, grants, property, or other thing of value, and (ii) has received prior 
77.7 	board approval for the contribution that will be used for a program that meets one or more 
77.8 	of the lawful purposes under subdivision 7a;
77.9 	(22) an expenditure for the repair, maintenance, or improvement of real property and 
77.10 	capital assets owned by an organization, or for the replacement of a capital asset that can 
77.11 	no longer be repaired, with a fiscal year limit of five percent of gross profits from the 
77.12 	previous fiscal year, with no carryforward of unused allowances. The fiscal year is July 1 
77.13 	through June 30. Total expenditures for the fiscal year may not exceed the limit unless the 
77.14 	board has specifically approved the expenditures that exceed the limit due to extenuating 
77.15 	circumstances beyond the organization's control. An expansion of a building or bar-related 
77.16 	expenditures are not allowed under this provision.
77.17 	(i) The expenditure must be related to the portion of the real property or capital asset 
77.18 	that must be made available for use free of any charge to other nonprofit organizations, 
77.19 	community groups, or service groups, and is used for the organization's primary mission or 
77.20 	headquarters.
77.21 	(ii) An expenditure may be made to bring an existing building that the organization owns 
77.22 	into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
77.23 	(iii) An organization may apply the amount that is allowed under item (ii) to the erection 
77.24 	or acquisition of a replacement building that is in compliance with the Americans with 
77.25 	Disabilities Act if the board has specifically approved the amount. The cost of the erection 
77.26 	or acquisition of a replacement building may not be made from gambling proceeds, except 
77.27 	for the portion allowed under this item;
77.28 	(23) an expenditure for the acquisition or improvement of a capital asset with a cost 
77.29 	greater than $2,000, excluding real property, that will be used exclusively for lawful purposes 
77.30 	under this section if the board has specifically approved the amount;
77.31 	(24) an expenditure for the acquisition, erection, improvement, or expansion of real 
77.32 	property, if the board has first specifically authorized the expenditure after finding that the 
77.33 	real property will be used exclusively for lawful purpose under this section;
78.1 	(25) an expenditure, including a mortgage payment or other debt service payment, for 
78.2 	the erection or acquisition of a comparable building to replace an organization-owned 
78.3 	building that was destroyed or made uninhabitable by fire or catastrophe or to replace an 
78.4 	organization-owned building that was taken or sold under an eminent domain proceeding. 
78.5 	The expenditure may be only for that part of the replacement cost not reimbursed by 
78.6 	insurance for the fire or catastrophe or compensation not received from a governmental unit 
78.7 	under the eminent domain proceeding, if the board has first specifically authorized the 
78.8 	expenditure; or
78.9 	(26) a contribution to a 501(c)(19) organization that does not have an organization license 
78.10 	under section 349.16 and is not affiliated with the contributing organization, and whose 
78.11 	owned or leased property is not a permitted premises under section 349.165. The 501(c)(19) 
78.12 	organization may only use the contribution for lawful purposes under this subdivision or 
78.13 	for the organization's primary mission. The 501(c)(19) organization may not use the 
78.14 	contribution for expansion of a building or for bar-related expenditures. A contribution may 
78.15 	not be made to a statewide organization representing a consortia of 501(c)(19) organizations.
78.16 	(b) Expenditures authorized by the board under paragraph (a), clauses (24) and (25), 
78.17 	must be 51 percent completed within two years of the date of board approval; otherwise the 
78.18 	organization must reapply to the board for approval of the project. "Fifty-one percent 
78.19 	completed" means that the work completed must represent at least 51 percent of the value 
78.20 	of the project as documented by the contractor or vendor.
78.21 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), "lawful purpose" does not include:
78.22 	(1) any expenditure made or incurred for the purpose of influencing the nomination or 
78.23 	election of a candidate for public office or for the purpose of promoting or defeating a ballot 
78.24 	question;
78.25 	(2) any activity intended to influence an election or a governmental decision-making 
78.26 	process;
78.27 	(3) a contribution to a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town by a licensed 
78.28 	organization with the knowledge that the governmental unit intends to use the contribution 
78.29 	for a pension or retirement fund; or
78.30 	(4) a contribution to a 501(c)(3) organization or other entity with the intent or effect of 
78.31 	not complying with lawful purpose restrictions or requirements.

79.1 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 352.22, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
79.2 		Subd. 8.Refund specifically limited. (a) If a former employee covered by the system 
79.3 	does not apply for refund within five years after the last deduction was taken from salary 
79.4 	for the retirement fund, and does not have enough service to qualify for a deferred annuity, 
79.5 	accumulated member and employer contributions must be credited to and become a part of 
79.6 	the retirement fund.
79.7 	(b) If the former employee returns to state service and becomes a state employee covered 
79.8 	by the system, the amount credited to the retirement fund, if more than $25, must be restored 
79.9 	to the individual account. If the amount credited to the fund is over $25 and the former 
79.10 	employee applies for refund or an annuity under section 352.72 or356.30 or 356.311, the 
79.11 	amount must be restored to the former employee's individual account and a refund made 
79.12 	or an annuity paid, whichever applies.

79.13 	Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 352D.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
79.14 		Subd. 3.Transfer to general employees retirement plan. (a) A person in the 
79.15 	unclassified program and referred to in subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clauses (2) to (4), (6) 
79.16 	to (14), and (16) to (18), may elect to terminate participation in the unclassified program 
79.17 	and be covered by the general state employees retirement plan if the person files an election 
79.18 	to transfer to the general state employees retirement plan with the executive director of the 
79.19 	Minnesota State Retirement System as provided in paragraph (b) and the person's current 
79.20 	employment or appointment:
79.21 	(1) began before July 1, 2010, and the person has at least ten years of covered 
79.22 	employment; or
79.23 	(2) began after June 30, 2010, and the person has no more than seven years of allowable 
79.24 	service in the unclassified program.
79.25 	(b) An election to transfer must be in writing, on a form provided by the executive 
79.26 	director, and delivered to the executive director:
79.27 	(1) for persons described in paragraph (a), clause (1), no later than one month following 
79.28 	the termination of covered employment; or
79.29 	(2) for persons described in paragraph (a), clause (2), by the earlier of (i) the end of the 
79.30 	month following the termination of employment in a position covered by the unclassified 
79.31 	program, and (ii) the last day of the seventh year of allowable service in the unclassified 
79.32 	program.
80.1 	For purposes of this chapter, an employee who does not file an election to transfer with 
80.2 	the executive director is deemed to have exercised the option to participate in the unclassified 
80.3 	program.
80.4 	(c) If the transfer election is made, the executive director shall redeem the employee's 
80.5 	total shares and credit to the employee's account in the general employees retirement plan 
80.6 	the amount of contributions that would have been credited had the employee been covered 
80.7 	by the general employees retirement plan during the employee's entire covered employment. 
80.8 	The balance of money redeemed and not credited to the employee's account must be 
80.9 	transferred to the general employees retirement plan, except that the executive director must 
80.10 	determine:
80.11 	(1) the employee contributions paid to the unclassified program; and
80.12 	(2) the employee contributions that would have been paid to the general employees 
80.13 	retirement plan for the comparable period, if the individual had been covered by that plan.
80.14 	If clause (1) is greater than clause (2), the difference must be refunded to the employee 
80.15 	as provided in section 352.22. If clause (2) is greater than clause (1), the difference must 
80.16 	be paid by the employee within six months of electing general employees retirement plan 
80.17 	coverage or before the effective date of the annuity, whichever is sooner.
80.18 	(d) An election under paragraph (b) this subdivision to transfer coverage to the general 
80.19 	employees retirement plan is irrevocable during any period of covered employment.
80.20 	(e) A person referenced in subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (1), (5), or (15), who is 
80.21 	credited with employee shares in the unclassified program is not permitted to terminate 
80.22 	participation in the unclassified program and be covered by the general employees retirement 
80.23 	plan.

80.24 	Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 352D.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
80.25 		Subd. 2.Contribution rates. (a) The money used to purchase shares under this section 
80.26 	is the employee and employer contributions provided in this subdivision.
80.27 	(b) The employee contribution is an amount equal to the percent of salary specified in 
80.28 	section 352.04, subdivision 2, or 352.045, subdivision 3a.
80.29 	(c) The employer contribution is an amount equal to the following percentage of salary:

80.30		from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019
	6 percent
	
80.31		after June 30, 2019
	6.25 percent
	
81.1 	(d) For members of the legislature, the contributions under this subdivision also must 
81.2 	be made on per diem payments received during a regular or special legislative session, but 
81.3 	may not be made on per diem payments received outside of a regular or special legislative 
81.4 	session, on the additional compensation attributable to a leadership position under section 
81.5 	3.099, subdivision 3, living expense payments under section 3.101, or special session living 
81.6 	expense payments under section 3.103.
81.7 	(e) For a judge who is a member of the unclassified plan under section 352D.02, 
81.8 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (16), the employee contribution rate is eight percent of 
81.9 	salary, and there is no employer contribution.
81.10 	(f) These contributions must be made in the manner provided in section 352.04, 
81.11 	subdivisions 4, 5, and 6.

81.12 	Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353.37, is amended to read:
81.13 	353.37 REEMPLOYMENT OF ANNUITANT.
81.14 		Subdivision 1.Salary maximums. (a) If a member who is receiving an annuity from a 
81.15 	retirement plan administered by the association is employed by (1) a governmental employer 
81.16 	in a nonelected position not required by law to be covered by a plan administered by the 
81.17 	Minnesota State Retirement System, the Teachers Retirement Association, or the St. Paul 
81.18 	Teachers Retirement Fund Association, or (2) by a labor organization that represents public 
81.19 	employees who are association members under this chapter, and the member's salary exceeds 
81.20 	the annual maximum salary defined in paragraph (b), the annuity shall be suspended under 
81.21 	subdivision 2 or reduced under subdivision 3, whichever results in the higher annuity amount.
81.22 	(b) The annual maximum salary means the annual maximum earnings allowable at the 
81.23 	member's age for the continued receipt of full benefit amounts monthly under the federal 
81.24 	Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program as set by the secretary of health and 
81.25 	human services under United States Code, title 42, section 403, in effect for the calendar 
81.26 	year. If the member has not yet reached the minimum age for the receipt of Social Security 
81.27 	benefits, the maximum salary means the annual maximum earnings allowable for the 
81.28 	minimum age for the receipt of Social Security benefits.
81.29 	(c) The provisions of paragraph (a) do not apply to the members of the general employees 
81.30 	plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association who were former members of MERF.
81.31 		Subd. 1b.Retirement age. For purposes of this section, "retirement age" means retirement 
81.32 	age as defined in United States Code, title 42, section 416(l).
82.1 		Subd. 2.Suspension of annuity. (a) The association shall suspend the annuity on the 
82.2 	first of the month after the month in which the salary of the reemployed annuitant described 
82.3 	in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), exceeds the maximums set in subdivision 1, paragraph (a)
82.4 	(b), based only on those months in which the annuitant is actually employed in nonelective 
82.5 	public service in a position covered under this chapter or employment with a labor 
82.6 	organization that represents public employees who are members of a retirement plan under 
82.7 	this chapter or chapter 353E.
82.8 	(b) An annuitant who is elected to public office after retirement may hold that office 
82.9 	and receive an annuity otherwise payable from a retirement plan administered by the 
82.10 	association.
82.11 		Subd. 3.Reduction of annuity. (a) The association shall reduce the amount of the 
82.12 	annuity of a person who has not reached the retirement age by one-half of the amount in 
82.13 	excess of the applicable reemployment income maximum maximums under subdivision 1, 
82.14 	paragraph (a) (b).
82.15 	(b) There is no reduction upon reemployment, regardless of income, for a person who 
82.16 	has reached the retirement age.
82.17 		Subd. 3a.Disposition of suspension or reduction amount. (a) The balance of the 
82.18 	annual retirement annuity after suspension or the amount of the retirement annuity reduction 
82.19 	must be handled or disposed of as provided in section 356.47.
82.20 	(b) If a reemployed annuitant whose annuity is suspended is having insurance premium 
82.21 	amounts withheld under section 356.87, subdivision 2, insurance premium amounts must 
82.22 	continue to be withheld and transferred from the suspended portion of the annuity. The 
82.23 	balance of the annual retirement annuity after cessation, after deduction of the insurance 
82.24 	premium amounts, must be treated as specified in paragraph (a).
82.25 		Subd. 4.Resumption of annuity. The association shall resume paying a full annuity to 
82.26 	the reemployed annuitant described in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), at the start of each 
82.27 	calendar year until the salary exceeds the maximums under subdivision 1, paragraph (a)
82.28 	(b), or on the first of the month following the termination of the employment which resulted 
82.29 	in the suspension of the annuity. The executive director may adopt policies regarding the 
82.30 	suspension and reduction of annuities under this section.
82.31 		Subd. 5.Effect on annuity. Except as provided under this section, public service 
82.32 	performed by an annuitant described in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), subsequent to retirement 
82.33 	from the general employees retirement plan, the public employees police and fire retirement 
82.34 	plan, or the local government correctional employees retirement plan does not increase or 
83.1 	decrease the amount of an annuity. The annuitant shall not make any further contributions 
83.2 	to a defined benefit plan administered by the association by reason of this subsequent public 
83.3 	service.
83.4 		Subd. 6.Treatment in certain divorce situations. Notwithstanding other subdivisions 
83.5 	of this section, if a reemployed annuitant whose annuity is suspended or reduced under this 
83.6 	section has a former spouse receiving a portion of the annuity under section 518.58, 
83.7 	subdivision 1, the portion payable to the former spouse must not be suspended or deferred.

83.8 	Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353.6511, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
83.9 		Subd. 7.Postretirement adjustments.  Effective January 1, 2012, service pensions and 
83.10 	survivor benefits in force are entitled to be recomputed with the number of units specified 
83.11 	in subdivision 2, subdivision 4, and subdivision 6. Optional annuities under Minnesota 
83.12 	Statutes 2010, section 423C.05, subdivision 8, also are entitled to be recomputed as the 
83.13 	actuarial equivalent of the service pensions and survivor benefits with the number of units 
83.14 	specified in subdivision 2, subdivision 4, and subdivision 6. Retirement annuities, service 
83.15 	pensions, disability benefits, and survivor benefits after December 31, 2015, are eligible 
83.16 	for postretirement adjustments under section 356.415, subdivision 1c. The unit value for 
83.17 	the calculation of a retirement annuity first payable after December 31, 2015, is the calendar 
83.18 	year 2015 unit value, plus any annual postretirement adjustment percentage amount payable 
83.19 	after December 31, 2015, under section 356.415, subdivision 1c, paragraph (a), clause (1), 
83.20 	or, when applicable, under section 356.415, subdivision 1c, paragraph (b), clause (1).

83.21 	Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353.6512, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
83.22 		Subd. 7.Postretirement adjustments. Retirement annuities, service pensions, disability 
83.23 	benefits, and survivor benefits after December 31, 2015, are eligible for postretirement 
83.24 	adjustments under section 356.415, subdivision 1c. The unit value for the calculation of a 
83.25 	retirement annuity first payable after December 31, 2015, is the calendar year 2015 unit 
83.26 	value, plus any annual postretirement adjustment percentage amount payable after December 
83.27 	31, 2015, under section 356.415, subdivision 1c, paragraph (a), clause (1), or, when 
83.28 	applicable, under section 356.415, subdivision 1c, paragraph (b), clause (1).

83.29 	Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353G.01, subdivision 8b, is amended to read:
83.30 		Subd. 8b.Monthly benefit retirement division. "Monthly benefit retirement division" 
83.31 	means the division of the plan governed by section 353G.113 353G.112.

84.1 	Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 354.46, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
84.2 		Subd. 6.Application. (a) A beneficiary designation and an application for benefits under 
84.3 	this section must be in writing on a form prescribed by the executive director.
84.4 	(b) Sections 354.55, subdivision 11, and 354.60 356.311 apply to a deferred annuity 
84.5 	payable under this section.
84.6 	(c) Unless otherwise specified, the annuity must be computed under section 354.44, 
84.7 	subdivision 2 or 6, whichever is applicable.
84.8 	(d) Each designated beneficiary eligible for a lifetime benefit under this subdivision may 
84.9 	apply for an annuity any time after the member's death. The benefit may not begin to accrue 
84.10 	more than six months before the date the application is filed with the executive director and 
84.11 	may not accrue before the member's death.

84.12 	Sec. 114. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 354.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
84.13 		Subd. 4.Repayment of refund. Any person who has received a refund from the Teachers 
84.14 	Retirement Association and who is a member of any public retirement fund referred to in 
84.15 	section 354.60 356.311 may repay such refund with interest to the Teachers Retirement 
84.16 	Association. Repayment of the refunds under the provisions of this subdivision will be in 
84.17 	accordance with all the provisions of this section.

84.18 	Sec. 115. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 354A.35, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
84.19 		Subd. 2.Death while eligible to retire; surviving spouse optional annuity. (a) The 
84.20 	surviving spouse of a vested coordinated member who dies prior to retirement may elect to 
84.21 	receive, instead of a refund with interest under subdivision 1, an annuity equal to the 100 
84.22 	percent joint and survivor annuity the member could have qualified for had the member 
84.23 	terminated service on the date of death. The surviving spouse eligible for a surviving spouse 
84.24 	benefit under this paragraph may apply for the annuity at any time after the date on which 
84.25 	the deceased employee would have attained the required age for retirement based on the 
84.26 	employee's allowable service. A surviving spouse eligible for surviving spouse benefits 
84.27 	under paragraph (b) or (c) may apply for an annuity at any time after the member's death. 
84.28 	The member's surviving spouse shall be paid a joint and survivor annuity under section 
84.29 	354A.32 and computed under section 354A.31.
84.30 	(b) If the member was under age 55 and has credit for at least 30 years of allowable 
84.31 	service on the date of death, the surviving spouse may elect to receive a 100 percent joint 
84.32 	and survivor annuity based on the age of the member and surviving spouse on the date of 
85.1 	death. The annuity is payable using the full early retirement reduction under section 354A.31, 
85.2 	subdivision 6, paragraph (b), to age 55 and one-half of the early retirement reduction from 
85.3 	age 55 to the age payment begins.
85.4 	(c) If a vested member of the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association was under 
85.5 	age 55 on the date of death but did not yet qualify for retirement, the surviving spouse may 
85.6 	elect to receive the 100 percent joint and survivor annuity based on the age of the member 
85.7 	and the survivor at the time of death. The annuity is payable using the full early retirement 
85.8 	reduction under section 354A.31, subdivision 6 or 7, to age 55 and one-half of the actuarial 
85.9 	equivalent reduction from age 55 to the date payment begins. The actuarial equivalent 
85.10 	reduction is calculated so that the reduced annuity is the actuarial equivalent of the annuity 
85.11 	that would be payable to the member if the member deferred receipt of the annuity and the 
85.12 	annuity amount were augmented at an annual rate of 2.5 percent compounded annually from 
85.13 	the day the annuity begins to accrue until the normal retirement age.
85.14 	(d) Sections 354A.37, subdivision 2, and 354A.39 356.311 apply to a deferred annuity 
85.15 	or surviving spouse benefit payable under this section. The benefits are payable for the life 
85.16 	of the surviving spouse, or upon expiration of the term certain benefit payment under 
85.17 	subdivision 2b.

85.18 	Sec. 116. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 354B.20, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
85.19 		Subd. 10.General state employees retirement plan. "General state employees retirement 
85.20 	plan" means the retirement plan administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System 
85.21 	and governed by sections 352.01 to 352.72352.27.

85.22 	Sec. 117. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 356.65, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
85.23 		Subd. 2.Disposition of abandoned amounts. Any unclaimed public pension fund 
85.24 	amounts existing in any public pension fund are presumed to be abandoned, but are not 
85.25 	subject to the provisions of sections 345.31 to 345.60. Unless the benefit plan of the public 
85.26 	pension fund specifically provides for a different disposition of unclaimed or abandoned 
85.27 	funds or amounts, any unclaimed public pension fund amounts cancel and must be credited 
85.28 	to the public pension fund. If the unclaimed public pension fund amount exceeds $25 and 
85.29 	the inactive or former member again becomes a member of the applicable public pension 
85.30 	plan or applies for a retirement annuity under section 3A.12, 352.72, 352B.30, 353.71, 
85.31 	354.60, or 356.30 or 356.311, whichever applies, the canceled amount must be restored to 
85.32 	the credit of the person.

86.1 	Sec. 118. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 360.0752, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
86.2 		Subd. 5.Evidence. Upon the trial of any prosecution arising out of acts alleged to have 
86.3 	been committed by any person arrested for operating or attempting to operate an aircraft in 
86.4 	violation of subdivision 2, the court may admit evidence of the presence or amount of 
86.5 	alcohol, controlled substances, or intoxicating substances in the person's blood, breath, or 
86.6 	urine as shown by an analysis of those items.
86.7 	Evidence of the refusal to take a test is admissible into evidence in a prosecution under 
86.8 	this section.
86.9 	If proven by a preponderance of the evidence, it shall be an affirmative defense to a 
86.10 	violation of subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), that the defendant consumed a sufficient 
86.11 	quantity of alcohol after the time of the violation and before the administration of the 
86.12 	evidentiary test to cause the defendant's alcohol concentration to exceed 0.04; provided, 
86.13 	that this evidence may not be admitted unless notice is given to the prosecution prior to the 
86.14 	omnibus or pretrial hearing in the matter.
86.15 	The foregoing provisions do not limit the introduction of any other competent evidence 
86.16 	bearing upon the question whether or not the person violated this section, including tests 
86.17 	obtained more than two hours after the alleged violation and results obtained from partial 
86.18 	tests on an infrared breath-testing instrument. A result from a partial test is the measurement 
86.19 	obtained by analyzing one adequate breath sample, as defined in section 360.0753, 
86.20 	subdivision 4, paragraph (b).

86.21 	Sec. 119. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 383D.41, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
86.22 		Subd. 11.Tax credit allocation threshold criteria. (a) In addition to the projects 
86.23 	described in section 462A.222, subdivision 3, paragraph (d) (e), the Dakota County 
86.24 	Community Development Agency may allocate tax credits in the first round for up to three 
86.25 	projects of the following type: new construction or substantial rehabilitation multifamily 
86.26 	housing projects that are not restricted to persons who are 55 years of age or older and that 
86.27 	are located within one of the following areas at the time a reservation for tax credits is made:
86.28 	(1) an area within one-half mile of a completed or planned light rail transitway, bus rapid 
86.29 	transitway, or commuter rail station;
86.30 	(2) an area within one-fourth mile from any stop along a high-frequency local bus line;
86.31 	(3) an area within one-half mile from a bus stop or station on a high-frequency express 
86.32 	route;
87.1 	(4) an area within one-half mile from a park and ride lot; or
87.2 	(5) an area within one-fourth mile of a high-service public transportation fixed route 
87.3 	stop.
87.4 	(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them:
87.5 	(1) "high-frequency local bus line" means a local bus route providing service at least 
87.6 	every 15 minutes and running between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on weekdays and between 
87.7 	9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays;
87.8 	(2) "high-frequency express route" means an express route with bus service providing 
87.9 	six or more trips during at least one of the peak morning hours between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 
87.10 	a.m. and every ten minutes during the peak morning hour; and
87.11 	(3) "high-service public transportation fixed route stop" means a stop serviced between 
87.12 	6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays and with 
87.13 	service approximately every 30 minutes during that time.

87.14 	Sec. 120. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 473.4052, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
87.15 		Subd. 2.Liability. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a railroad and its employees 
87.16 	operating within a shared corridor as described in subdivision 1 has the same limits to 
87.17 	liability for all types of claims or damages as provided to a municipality under sections 
87.18 	466.04 and 466.06, in an action arising from or related to an incident occurring within, 
87.19 	along, or adjacent to the shared corridor. The liability limits under this paragraph subdivision
87.20 	apply when the claims or damages would not have occurred but for light rail transit, 
87.21 	including, but not limited to, light rail transit track, facilities, services, construction, 
87.22 	improvements, maintenance, and operations.

87.23 	Sec. 121. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 473.517, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
87.24 		Subd. 3.Allocation of treatment, interceptor costs; reserved capacity. (a) In preparing 
87.25 	each budget the council shall estimate the current costs of acquisition, betterment, and debt 
87.26 	service, only, of the treatment works in the metropolitan disposal system which will not be 
87.27 	used to total capacity during the budget year, and the percentage of such capacity which 
87.28 	will not be used, and shall deduct the same percentage of such treatment works costs from 
87.29 	the current costs allocated under subdivision 1. The council shall also estimate the current 
87.30 	costs of acquisition, betterment, and debt service, only, of the interceptors in the metropolitan 
87.31 	disposal system that will not be used to total capacity during the budget year, shall estimate 
87.32 	the percentage of the total capacity that will not be used, and shall deduct the same percentage 
88.1 	of interceptor costs from the current costs allocated under subdivision 1. The total amount 
88.2 	so deducted with respect to all treatment works and interceptors in the system shall be 
88.3 	allocated among and paid by the respective local government units in the metropolitan area 
88.4 	through a metropolitan sewer availability charge for each new connection or increase in 
88.5 	capacity demand to the metropolitan disposal system within each local government unit. 
88.6 	Amounts collected through the metropolitan sewer availability charge (SAC) must be 
88.7 	deposited in the council's wastewater reserve capacity fund. Each fiscal year an amount 
88.8 	from the wastewater reserve capacity fund shall be transferred to the wastewater operating 
88.9 	fund for the reserved capacity costs described in this paragraph. For the purposes of this 
88.10 	subdivision, the amount transferred from the wastewater reserve capacity fund to the 
88.11 	wastewater operating fund shall be referred to as the "SAC transfer amount."
88.12 	(b) If, after appropriate study and a public hearing, the council determines for the next 
88.13 	fiscal year that a reduction of the SAC transfer amount is necessary or desirable to ensure 
88.14 	adequate funds remain in the wastewater reserve capacity fund, based on a goal of 
88.15 	maintaining at least the next year's estimated SAC transfer amount in the wastewater reserve 
88.16 	capacity fund, the council may reduce the SAC transfer amount for that fiscal year. If the 
88.17 	council reduces the SAC transfer amount for the next fiscal year, the council must then 
88.18 	increase the metropolitan sewer availability charge not less than the greater of six percent 
88.19 	or the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the metropolitan region 
88.20 	for the previous year plus three percentage points. For the purposes of this subdivision, any 
88.21 	reduction in the SAC transfer amount shall be referred to as the "SAC transfer deficit." The 
88.22 	provisions of this paragraph expire at the end of calendar year 2015.
88.23 	(c) (b) The council will record on a cumulative basis the total SAC transfer deficit. In 
88.24 	any year that the wastewater reserve capacity fund has a year-end balance of at least two 
88.25 	years' estimated SAC transfer amount, the council shall increase the subsequent annual SAC 
88.26 	transfer amount in excess of the amount required by paragraph (a) with the goal of eliminating 
88.27 	the cumulative total SAC transfer deficit. The annual amount by which the council increases 
88.28 	the SAC transfer amount shall be determined by the council after appropriate study and a 
88.29 	public hearing.

88.30 	Sec. 122. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 475.55, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
88.31 		Subd. 7.Assumed maximum interest rate for other laws. If an obligation is not subject 
88.32 	to a maximum interest rate pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 475.55, subdivision 
88.33 	1, paragraph (1), and another law provides for a calculation of a debt service levy, 
88.34 	determination of a rate of interest on a special assessment, or other factor based on an 
89.1 	assumption that a maximum interest rate applies to the obligation, the governing body of 
89.2 	the municipality may estimate or determine an assumed maximum interest rate for purposes 
89.3 	of that law. If the municipality does not determine, specify or estimate the maximum interest 
89.4 	rate for such purpose, then the maximum interest rate for purposes of the other law is the 
89.5 	interest rate determined by the commissioner of management and budget under subdivision 
89.6 	4. This subdivision does not limit the interest rate that may be paid on obligations under 
89.7 	subdivision 1a.

89.8 	Sec. 123. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 501C.0105, is amended to read:
89.9 	501C.0105 DEFAULT AND MANDATORY RULES.
89.10 	(a) Except as otherwise provided in the terms of a trust, this chapter governs the duties 
89.11 	and powers of a trustee, relations among trustees, and the rights and interests of a beneficiary.
89.12 	(b) The terms of a trust prevail over any provision of this chapter except:
89.13 	(1) the requirements for creating a trust;
89.14 	(2) the duty of a trustee to act in good faith and in accordance with the terms and purposes 
89.15 	of the trust and the interests of the beneficiaries;
89.16 	(3) the requirement that a trust and its terms be for the benefit of its beneficiaries, and 
89.17 	that the trust have a purpose that is lawful, not contrary to public policy, and possible to 
89.18 	achieve;
89.19 	(4) the power of the court to modify or terminate a trust under sections 501C.0410 to 
89.20 	501C.0416;
89.21 	(5) the effect of a spendthrift provision and the rights of certain creditors and assignees 
89.22 	to reach a trust as provided in sections 501C.0501 501C.0502 to 501C.0507;
89.23 	(6) the power of the court under section 501C.0702 to require, dispense with, or modify 
89.24 	or terminate a bond;
89.25 	(7) the power of the court under section 501C.0708, paragraph (b), to adjust a trustee's 
89.26 	compensation specified in the terms of the trust which is unreasonably low or high;
89.27 	(8) the effect of an exculpatory term under section 501C.1008;
89.28 	(9) the rights under sections 501C.1010 to 501C.1013 of a person other than a trustee 
89.29 	or beneficiary;
89.30 	(10) periods of limitation for commencing a judicial proceeding;
90.1 	(11) the power of the court to take such action and exercise such jurisdiction as may be 
90.2 	necessary in the interests of justice; and
90.3 	(12) the subject-matter jurisdiction of the court as provided in section 501C.0202 and 
90.4 	venue for commencing a proceeding as provided in section 501C.0207, except as provided 
90.5 	in section 501C.0102.

90.6 	Sec. 124. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 576.25, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
90.7 		Subd. 5.Appointment of receiver of mortgaged property. (a) A limited receiver shall 
90.8 	be appointed at any time after the commencement of mortgage foreclosure proceedings 
90.9 	under chapter 580 or 581 and before the end of the period for redemption, if the mortgage 
90.10 	being foreclosed:
90.11 	(1) secures an original principal amount of $100,000 or more or is a lien upon residential 
90.12 	real estate containing more than four dwelling units; and
90.13 	(2) is not a lien upon property that was entirely homesteaded, residential real estate 
90.14 	containing four or fewer dwelling units where at least one unit is homesteaded; or agricultural 
90.15 	property.
90.16 	The foreclosing mortgagee or the purchaser at foreclosure sale may at any time bring an 
90.17 	action in the district court of the county in which the mortgaged property or any part thereof 
90.18 	is located for the appointment of a receiver; provided, however, if the foreclosure is by 
90.19 	action under chapter 581, a separate action need not be filed.
90.20 	(b) The court shall appoint a receiver upon a showing that the mortgagor has breached 
90.21 	a covenant contained in the mortgage relating to any of the following:
90.22 	(1) application of tenant security deposits as required by section 504B.178;
90.23 	(2) payment when due of prior or current real estate taxes or special assessments with 
90.24 	respect to the mortgaged property or the periodic escrow for the payment of the taxes or 
90.25 	special assessments;
90.26 	(3) payment when due of premiums for insurance of the type required by the mortgage 
90.27 	or the periodic escrow for the payment of the premiums; or
90.28 	(4) keeping of the covenants required of a landlord or licensor pursuant to section 
90.29 	504B.161, subdivision 1.
90.30 	(c) The receiver shall be or shall retain an experienced property manager.
91.1 	(d) The receiver shall collect the rents, profits, and all other income of any kind. The 
91.2 	receiver, after providing for payment of its reasonable fees and expenses, shall, to the extent 
91.3 	possible and in the order determined by the receiver to preserve the value of the mortgaged 
91.4 	property:
91.5 	(1) manage the mortgaged property so as to prevent waste;
91.6 	(2) execute contracts and leases within the period of the receivership, or beyond the 
91.7 	period of the receivership if approved by the court;
91.8 	(3) pay the expenses listed in paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (3);
91.9 	(4) pay all expenses for normal maintenance of the mortgaged property; and
91.10 	(5) perform the terms of any assignment of rents that complies with section 559.17, 
91.11 	subdivision 2.
91.12 	(e) The purchaser at a foreclosure sale shall have the right, at any time and without 
91.13 	limitation as provided in section 582.03, to advance money to the receiver to pay any or all 
91.14 	of the expenses that the receiver should otherwise pay if cash were available from the 
91.15 	mortgaged property. Sums so advanced, with interest, shall be a part of the sum required 
91.16 	to be paid to redeem from the sale. The sums shall be proved by the affidavit of the purchaser, 
91.17 	an agent, or attorney, stating the expenses and describing the mortgaged property. The 
91.18 	affidavit shall be furnished to the sheriff in the manner of expenses claimed under section 
91.19 	582.03.
91.20 	(f) Any sums collected that remain in the possession of the receiver at the termination 
91.21 	of the receivership shall, in the event the termination of the receivership is due to the 
91.22 	reinstatement of the mortgage debt or redemption of the mortgaged property by the 
91.23 	mortgagor, be paid to the mortgagor; and in the event termination of the receivership occurs 
91.24 	at the end of the period of redemption without redemption by the mortgagor or any other 
91.25 	party entitled to redeem, interest accrued upon the sale price pursuant to section 580.23 or 
91.26 	581.10 shall be paid to the purchaser at the foreclosure sale. Any net sum remaining shall 
91.27 	be paid to the mortgagor, except if the receiver was enforcing an assignment of rents that 
91.28 	complies with section 559.17, subdivision 2, in which case any net sum remaining shall be 
91.29 	paid pursuant to the terms of the assignment.
91.30 	(g) This subdivision applies to all mortgages executed on or after August 1, 1977, and 
91.31 	to amendments or modifications thereto, and to amendments or modifications made on or 
91.32 	after August 1, 1977, to mortgages executed before August 1, 1977, if the amendment or 
91.33 	modification is duly recorded and is for the principle principal purpose of curing a default.

92.1 	Sec. 125. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 604A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
92.2 		Subdivision 1.Grant. (a) No individual who provides services or assistance without 
92.3 	compensation as an athletic coach, manager, official, physician, or certified athletic trainer 
92.4 	for a sports team that is organized or performing under a nonprofit charter or as a physician 
92.5 	or certified licensed athletic trainer for a sports team or athletic event sponsored by a public 
92.6 	or private educational institution, and no community-based, voluntary nonprofit athletic 
92.7 	association, or any volunteer of the nonprofit athletic association, is liable for money damages 
92.8 	to a player, participant, or spectator as a result of an individual's acts or omissions in the 
92.9 	providing of that service or assistance either at the scene of the event or, in the case of a 
92.10 	physician or athletic trainer, while the player, participant, or spectator is being transported 
92.11 	to a hospital, physician's office, or other medical facility.
92.12 	(b) This section applies to organized sports competitions and practice and instruction in 
92.13 	that sport.
92.14 	(c) For purposes of this section, "compensation" does not include reimbursement for 
92.15 	expenses.

92.16 	Sec. 126. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
92.17 		Subd. 2.Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings 
92.18 	given them unless the specific content indicates otherwise:
92.19 	(a) "Accidental" means a sudden, not reasonably foreseeable, and unexpected occurrence 
92.20 	or event which:
92.21 	(1) is not likely to occur and could not have been prevented by exercise of due care; and
92.22 	(2) if occurring while a child is receiving services from a facility, happens when the 
92.23 	facility and the employee or person providing services in the facility are in compliance with 
92.24 	the laws and rules relevant to the occurrence or event.
92.25 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.
92.26 	(c) "Facility" means:
92.27 	(1) a licensed or unlicensed day care facility, certified license-exempt child care center, 
92.28 	residential facility, agency, hospital, sanitarium, or other facility or institution required to 
92.29 	be licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58, 241.021, or 245A.01 to 245A.16, or chapter 
92.30 	144H, 245D, or 245H;
92.31 	(2) a school as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13; and chapter 124E; 
92.32 	or
93.1 	(3) a nonlicensed personal care provider organization as defined in section 256B.0625, 
93.2 	subdivision 19a.
93.3 	(d) "Family assessment" means a comprehensive assessment of child safety, risk of 
93.4 	subsequent child maltreatment, and family strengths and needs that is applied to a child 
93.5 	maltreatment report that does not allege sexual abuse or substantial child endangerment. 
93.6 	Family assessment does not include a determination as to whether child maltreatment 
93.7 	occurred but does determine the need for services to address the safety of family members 
93.8 	and the risk of subsequent maltreatment.
93.9 	(e) "Investigation" means fact gathering related to the current safety of a child and the 
93.10 	risk of subsequent maltreatment that determines whether child maltreatment occurred and 
93.11 	whether child protective services are needed. An investigation must be used when reports 
93.12 	involve sexual abuse or substantial child endangerment, and for reports of maltreatment in 
93.13 	facilities required to be licensed or certified under chapter 245A, 245D, or 245H; under 
93.14 	sections 144.50 to 144.58 and 241.021; in a school as defined in section 120A.05, 
93.15 	subdivisions 9, 11, and 13, and chapter 124E; or in a nonlicensed personal care provider 
93.16 	association as defined in section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a.
93.17 	(f) "Mental injury" means an injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability 
93.18 	of a child as evidenced by an observable or substantial impairment in the child's ability to 
93.19 	function within a normal range of performance and behavior with due regard to the child's 
93.20 	culture.
93.21 	(g) "Neglect" means the commission or omission of any of the acts specified under 
93.22 	clauses (1) to (9), other than by accidental means:
93.23 	(1) failure by a person responsible for a child's care to supply a child with necessary 
93.24 	food, clothing, shelter, health, medical, or other care required for the child's physical or 
93.25 	mental health when reasonably able to do so;
93.26 	(2) failure to protect a child from conditions or actions that seriously endanger the child's 
93.27 	physical or mental health when reasonably able to do so, including a growth delay, which 
93.28 	may be referred to as a failure to thrive, that has been diagnosed by a physician and is due 
93.29 	to parental neglect;
93.30 	(3) failure to provide for necessary supervision or child care arrangements appropriate 
93.31 	for a child after considering factors as the child's age, mental ability, physical condition, 
93.32 	length of absence, or environment, when the child is unable to care for the child's own basic 
93.33 	needs or safety, or the basic needs or safety of another child in their care;
94.1 	(4) failure to ensure that the child is educated as defined in sections 120A.22 and 
94.2 	260C.163, subdivision 11, which does not include a parent's refusal to provide the parent's 
94.3 	child with sympathomimetic medications, consistent with section 125A.091, subdivision 
94.4 	5;
94.5 	(5) nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that a child is neglected solely 
94.6 	because the child's parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the child's care in good 
94.7 	faith selects and depends upon spiritual means or prayer for treatment or care of disease or 
94.8 	remedial care of the child in lieu of medical care; except that a parent, guardian, or caretaker, 
94.9 	or a person mandated to report pursuant to subdivision 3, has a duty to report if a lack of 
94.10 	medical care may cause serious danger to the child's health. This section does not impose 
94.11 	upon persons, not otherwise legally responsible for providing a child with necessary food, 
94.12 	clothing, shelter, education, or medical care, a duty to provide that care;
94.13 	(6) prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 
94.14 	2, used by the mother for a nonmedical purpose, as evidenced by withdrawal symptoms in 
94.15 	the child at birth, results of a toxicology test performed on the mother at delivery or the 
94.16 	child at birth, medical effects or developmental delays during the child's first year of life 
94.17 	that medically indicate prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, or the presence of a 
94.18 	fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;
94.19 	(7) "medical neglect" as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (5);
94.20 	(8) chronic and severe use of alcohol or a controlled substance by a parent or person 
94.21 	responsible for the care of the child that adversely affects the child's basic needs and safety; 
94.22 	or
94.23 	(9) emotional harm from a pattern of behavior which contributes to impaired emotional 
94.24 	functioning of the child which may be demonstrated by a substantial and observable effect 
94.25 	in the child's behavior, emotional response, or cognition that is not within the normal range 
94.26 	for the child's age and stage of development, with due regard to the child's culture.
94.27 	(h) "Nonmaltreatment mistake" means:
94.28 	(1) at the time of the incident, the individual was performing duties identified in the 
94.29 	center's child care program plan required under Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0045;
94.30 	(2) the individual has not been determined responsible for a similar incident that resulted 
94.31 	in a finding of maltreatment for at least seven years;
94.32 	(3) the individual has not been determined to have committed a similar nonmaltreatment 
94.33 	mistake under this paragraph for at least four years;
95.1 	(4) any injury to a child resulting from the incident, if treated, is treated only with 
95.2 	remedies that are available over the counter, whether ordered by a medical professional or 
95.3 	not; and
95.4 	(5) except for the period when the incident occurred, the facility and the individual 
95.5 	providing services were both in compliance with all licensing requirements relevant to the 
95.6 	incident.
95.7 	This definition only applies to child care centers licensed under Minnesota Rules, chapter 
95.8 	9503. If clauses (1) to (5) apply, rather than making a determination of substantiated 
95.9 	maltreatment by the individual, the commissioner of human services shall determine that a 
95.10 	nonmaltreatment mistake was made by the individual.
95.11 	(i) "Operator" means an operator or agency as defined in section 245A.02.
95.12 	(j) "Person responsible for the child's care" means (1) an individual functioning within 
95.13 	the family unit and having responsibilities for the care of the child such as a parent, guardian, 
95.14 	or other person having similar care responsibilities, or (2) an individual functioning outside 
95.15 	the family unit and having responsibilities for the care of the child such as a teacher, school 
95.16 	administrator, other school employees or agents, or other lawful custodian of a child having 
95.17 	either full-time or short-term care responsibilities including, but not limited to, day care, 
95.18 	babysitting whether paid or unpaid, counseling, teaching, and coaching.
95.19 	(k) "Physical abuse" means any physical injury, mental injury, or threatened injury, 
95.20 	inflicted by a person responsible for the child's care on a child other than by accidental 
95.21 	means, or any physical or mental injury that cannot reasonably be explained by the child's 
95.22 	history of injuries, or any aversive or deprivation procedures, or regulated interventions, 
95.23 	that have not been authorized under section 125A.0942 or 245.825.
95.24 	Abuse does not include reasonable and moderate physical discipline of a child 
95.25 	administered by a parent or legal guardian which does not result in an injury. Abuse does 
95.26 	not include the use of reasonable force by a teacher, principal, or school employee as allowed 
95.27 	by section 121A.582. Actions which are not reasonable and moderate include, but are not 
95.28 	limited to, any of the following:
95.29 	(1) throwing, kicking, burning, biting, or cutting a child;
95.30 	(2) striking a child with a closed fist;
95.31 	(3) shaking a child under age three;
95.32 	(4) striking or other actions which result in any nonaccidental injury to a child under 18 
95.33 	months of age;
96.1 	(5) unreasonable interference with a child's breathing;
96.2 	(6) threatening a child with a weapon, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 6;
96.3 	(7) striking a child under age one on the face or head;
96.4 	(8) striking a child who is at least age one but under age four on the face or head, which 
96.5 	results in an injury;
96.6 	(9) purposely giving a child poison, alcohol, or dangerous, harmful, or controlled 
96.7 	substances which were not prescribed for the child by a practitioner, in order to control or 
96.8 	punish the child; or other substances that substantially affect the child's behavior, motor 
96.9 	coordination, or judgment or that results in sickness or internal injury, or subjects the child 
96.10 	to medical procedures that would be unnecessary if the child were not exposed to the 
96.11 	substances;
96.12 	(10) unreasonable physical confinement or restraint not permitted under section 609.379, 
96.13 	including but not limited to tying, caging, or chaining; or
96.14 	(11) in a school facility or school zone, an act by a person responsible for the child's 
96.15 	care that is a violation under section 121A.58.
96.16 	(l) "Practice of social services," for the purposes of subdivision 3, includes but is not 
96.17 	limited to employee assistance counseling and the provision of guardian ad litem and 
96.18 	parenting time expeditor services.
96.19 	(m) "Report" means any communication received by the local welfare agency, police 
96.20 	department, county sheriff, or agency responsible for child protection pursuant to this section 
96.21 	that describes neglect or physical or sexual abuse of a child and contains sufficient content 
96.22 	to identify the child and any person believed to be responsible for the neglect or abuse, if 
96.23 	known.
96.24 	(n) "Sexual abuse" means the subjection of a child by a person responsible for the child's 
96.25 	care, by a person who has a significant relationship to the child, as defined in section 609.341, 
96.26 	or by a person in a position of authority, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 10, to 
96.27 	any act which constitutes a violation of section 609.342 (criminal sexual conduct in the first 
96.28 	degree), 609.343 (criminal sexual conduct in the second degree), 609.344 (criminal sexual 
96.29 	conduct in the third degree), 609.345 (criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree), or 
96.30 	609.3451 (criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree). Sexual abuse also includes any act 
96.31 	which involves a minor which constitutes a violation of prostitution offenses under sections 
96.32 	609.321 to 609.324 or 617.246. Effective May 29, 2017, Sexual abuse includes all reports 
96.33 	of known or suspected child sex trafficking involving a child who is identified as a victim 
97.1 	of sex trafficking. Sexual abuse includes child sex trafficking as defined in section 609.321, 
97.2 	subdivisions 7a and 7b. Sexual abuse includes threatened sexual abuse which includes the 
97.3 	status of a parent or household member who has committed a violation which requires 
97.4 	registration as an offender under section 243.166, subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (b), or 
97.5 	required registration under section 243.166, subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (b).
97.6 	(o) "Substantial child endangerment" means a person responsible for a child's care, by 
97.7 	act or omission, commits or attempts to commit an act against a child under their care that 
97.8 	constitutes any of the following:
97.9 	(1) egregious harm as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 14;
97.10 	(2) abandonment under section 260C.301, subdivision 2;
97.11 	(3) neglect as defined in paragraph (g), clause (2), that substantially endangers the child's 
97.12 	physical or mental health, including a growth delay, which may be referred to as failure to 
97.13 	thrive, that has been diagnosed by a physician and is due to parental neglect;
97.14 	(4) murder in the first, second, or third degree under section 609.185, 609.19, or 609.195;
97.15 	(5) manslaughter in the first or second degree under section 609.20 or 609.205;
97.16 	(6) assault in the first, second, or third degree under section 609.221, 609.222, or 609.223;
97.17 	(7) solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution under section 609.322;
97.18 	(8) criminal sexual conduct under sections 609.342 to 609.3451;
97.19 	(9) solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct under section 609.352;
97.20 	(10) malicious punishment or neglect or endangerment of a child under section 609.377 
97.21 	or 609.378;
97.22 	(11) use of a minor in sexual performance under section 617.246; or
97.23 	(12) parental behavior, status, or condition which mandates that the county attorney file 
97.24 	a termination of parental rights petition under section 260C.503, subdivision 2.
97.25 	(p) "Threatened injury" means a statement, overt act, condition, or status that represents 
97.26 	a substantial risk of physical or sexual abuse or mental injury. Threatened injury includes, 
97.27 	but is not limited to, exposing a child to a person responsible for the child's care, as defined 
97.28 	in paragraph (j), clause (1), who has:
97.29 	(1) subjected a child to, or failed to protect a child from, an overt act or condition that 
97.30 	constitutes egregious harm, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 14, or a similar law 
97.31 	of another jurisdiction;
98.1 	(2) been found to be palpably unfit under section 260C.301, subdivision 1, paragraph 
98.2 	(b), clause (4), or a similar law of another jurisdiction;
98.3 	(3) committed an act that has resulted in an involuntary termination of parental rights 
98.4 	under section 260C.301, or a similar law of another jurisdiction; or
98.5 	(4) committed an act that has resulted in the involuntary transfer of permanent legal and 
98.6 	physical custody of a child to a relative under Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260C.201, 
98.7 	subdivision 11, paragraph (d), clause (1), section 260C.515, subdivision 4, or a similar law 
98.8 	of another jurisdiction.
98.9 	A child is the subject of a report of threatened injury when the responsible social services 
98.10 	agency receives birth match data under paragraph (q) from the Department of Human 
98.11 	Services.
98.12 	(q) Upon receiving data under section 144.225, subdivision 2b, contained in a birth 
98.13 	record or recognition of parentage identifying a child who is subject to threatened injury 
98.14 	under paragraph (p), the Department of Human Services shall send the data to the responsible 
98.15 	social services agency. The data is known as "birth match" data. Unless the responsible 
98.16 	social services agency has already begun an investigation or assessment of the report due 
98.17 	to the birth of the child or execution of the recognition of parentage and the parent's previous 
98.18 	history with child protection, the agency shall accept the birth match data as a report under 
98.19 	this section. The agency may use either a family assessment or investigation to determine 
98.20 	whether the child is safe. All of the provisions of this section apply. If the child is determined 
98.21 	to be safe, the agency shall consult with the county attorney to determine the appropriateness 
98.22 	of filing a petition alleging the child is in need of protection or services under section 
98.23 	260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (16), in order to deliver needed services. If the child is 
98.24 	determined not to be safe, the agency and the county attorney shall take appropriate action 
98.25 	as required under section 260C.503, subdivision 2.
98.26 	(r) Persons who conduct assessments or investigations under this section shall take into 
98.27 	account accepted child-rearing practices of the culture in which a child participates and 
98.28 	accepted teacher discipline practices, which are not injurious to the child's health, welfare, 
98.29 	and safety.

98.30 	Sec. 127. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 3e, is amended to read:
98.31 		Subd. 3e.Agency responsible for assessing or investigating reports of sexual 
98.32 	abuse. The local welfare agency is the agency responsible for investigating allegations of 
98.33 	sexual abuse if the alleged offender is the parent, guardian, sibling, or an individual 
99.1 	functioning within the family unit as a person responsible for the child's care, or a person 
99.2 	with a significant relationship to the child if that person resides in the child's household. 
99.3 	Effective May 29, 2017, The local welfare agency is also responsible for investigating when 
99.4 	a child is identified as a victim of sex trafficking.

99.5 	Sec. 128. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.557, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
99.6 		Subd. 4.Reporting. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a mandated reporter shall 
99.7 	immediately make an oral report to the common entry point. The common entry point may 
99.8 	accept electronic reports submitted through a web-based reporting system established by 
99.9 	the commissioner. Use of a telecommunications device for the deaf or other similar device 
99.10 	shall be considered an oral report. The common entry point may not require written reports. 
99.11 	To the extent possible, the report must be of sufficient content to identify the vulnerable 
99.12 	adult, the caregiver, the nature and extent of the suspected maltreatment, any evidence of 
99.13 	previous maltreatment, the name and address of the reporter, the time, date, and location of 
99.14 	the incident, and any other information that the reporter believes might be helpful in 
99.15 	investigating the suspected maltreatment. A mandated reporter may disclose not public data, 
99.16 	as defined in section 13.02, and medical records under sections 144.291 to 144.298, to the 
99.17 	extent necessary to comply with this subdivision.
99.18 	(b) A boarding care home that is licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58 and certified 
99.19 	under Title 19 of the Social Security Act, a nursing home that is licensed under section 
99.20 	144A.02 and certified under Title 18 or Title 19 of the Social Security Act, or a hospital 
99.21 	that is licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58 and has swing beds certified under Code 
99.22 	of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 482.66, may submit a report electronically to the 
99.23 	common entry point instead of submitting an oral report. The report may be a duplicate of 
99.24 	the initial report the facility submits electronically to the commissioner of health to comply 
99.25 	with the reporting requirements under Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 483.13
99.26 	483.12. The commissioner of health may modify these reporting requirements to include 
99.27 	items required under paragraph (a) that are not currently included in the electronic reporting 
99.28 	form.

99.29 	Sec. 129. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 99.30 	The revisor of statutes shall change the term "Division of Waters" to "Division of 
99.31 	Ecological and Water Resources" in Minnesota Statutes, sections 83A.07, subdivision 2; 
99.32 	84D.108, subdivisions 2a, 2b, and 2c; 103A.405; and 103D.011, subdivision 9.

100.1 	Sec. 130. REPEALER.
 100.2 		Subdivision 1.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 13.411, 
100.3 	subdivision 2, is repealed.
100.4 		Subd. 2.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116J.8737, subdivision 
100.5 	10, is repealed.
100.6 		Subd. 3.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.05, subdivision 
100.7 	6, is repealed.
100.8 		Subd. 4.Obsolete subdivisions. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 148.6402, subdivisions 
100.9 	11, 12, 17, 24, and 26, are repealed.
100.10 		Subd. 5.Obsolete sections. Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 148E.0555; 148E.0556; 
100.11 	and 148E.0557, are repealed.
100.12 		Subd. 6.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 161.36, subdivision 
100.13 	7, is repealed.
100.14 		Subd. 7.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 174.37, is repealed.
100.15 		Subd. 8.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609B.105, is repealed.
100.16 		Subd. 9.Conflict resolution. Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 11, section 16, is repealed 
100.17 	retroactively from June 29, 2018.
100.18 		Subd. 10.Obsolete rule part. Minnesota Rules, part 2782.0100, is repealed.

100.19 	Sec. 131. SUPERSEDING ACTS.
 100.20 	Any amendments or repeals enacted in the 2019 session of the legislature to sections 
100.21 	also amended or repealed in this act supersede the amendments or repeals in this act, 
100.22 	regardless of order of enactment.

100.23 	ARTICLE 2
100.24 	SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

100.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.4914, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
100.26 		Subd. 3.Applicable services. Applicable services are those authorized under the state's 
100.27 	home and community-based services waivers under sections 256B.092 and 256B.49, 
100.28 	including the following, as defined in the federally approved home and community-based 
100.29 	services plan:
100.30 	(1) 24-hour customized living;
101.1 	(2) adult day care;
101.2 	(3) adult day care bath;
101.3 	(4) behavioral programming;
101.4 	(5) companion services;
101.5 	(6) customized living;
101.6 	(7) day training and habilitation;
101.7 	(8) housing access coordination;
101.8 	(9) independent living skills;
101.9 	(10) in-home family support;
101.10 	(11) night supervision;
101.11 	(12) personal support;
101.12 	(13) prevocational services;
101.13 	(14) residential care services;
101.14 	(15) residential support services;
101.15 	(16) respite services;
101.16 	(17) structured day services;
101.17 	(18) supported employment services;
101.18 	(19)(18) supported living services;
101.19 	(20)(19) transportation services;
101.20 	(21)(20) individualized home supports;
101.21 	(22)(21) independent living skills specialist services;
101.22 	(23)(22) employment exploration services;
101.23 	(24)(23) employment development services;
101.24 	(25)(24) employment support services; and
101.25 	(26)(25) other services as approved by the federal government in the state home and 
101.26 	community-based services plan.

101.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 1, 2019.

102.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.4914, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
102.2 		Subd. 5.Base wage index and standard component values. (a) The base wage index 
102.3 	is established to determine staffing costs associated with providing services to individuals 
102.4 	receiving home and community-based services. For purposes of developing and calculating 
102.5 	the proposed base wage, Minnesota-specific wages taken from job descriptions and standard 
102.6 	occupational classification (SOC) codes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics as defined in 
102.7 	the most recent edition of the Occupational Handbook must be used. The base wage index 
102.8 	must be calculated as follows:
102.9 	(1) for residential direct care staff, the sum of:
102.10 	(i) 15 percent of the subtotal of 50 percent of the median wage for personal and home 
102.11 	health aide (SOC code 39-9021); 30 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant (SOC 
102.12 	code 31-1014); and 20 percent of the median wage for social and human services aide (SOC 
102.13 	code 21-1093); and
102.14 	(ii) 85 percent of the subtotal of 20 percent of the median wage for home health aide 
102.15 	(SOC code 31-1011); 20 percent of the median wage for personal and home health aide 
102.16 	(SOC code 39-9021); 20 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant (SOC code 
102.17 	31-1014); 20 percent of the median wage for psychiatric technician (SOC code 29-2053); 
102.18 	and 20 percent of the median wage for social and human services aide (SOC code 21-1093);
102.19 	(2) for day services, 20 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant (SOC code 
102.20 	31-1014); 20 percent of the median wage for psychiatric technician (SOC code 29-2053); 
102.21 	and 60 percent of the median wage for social and human services aide (SOC code 21-1093);
102.22 	(3) for residential asleep-overnight staff, the wage is the minimum wage in Minnesota 
102.23 	for large employers, except in a family foster care setting, the wage is 36 percent of the 
102.24 	minimum wage in Minnesota for large employers;
102.25 	(4) for behavior program analyst staff, 100 percent of the median wage for mental health 
102.26 	counselors (SOC code 21-1014);
102.27 	(5) for behavior program professional staff, 100 percent of the median wage for clinical 
102.28 	counseling and school psychologist (SOC code 19-3031);
102.29 	(6) for behavior program specialist staff, 100 percent of the median wage for psychiatric 
102.30 	technicians (SOC code 29-2053);
102.31 	(7) for supportive living services staff, 20 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant 
102.32 	(SOC code 31-1014); 20 percent of the median wage for psychiatric technician (SOC code 
103.1 	29-2053); and 60 percent of the median wage for social and human services aide (SOC code 
103.2 	21-1093);
103.3 	(8) for housing access coordination staff, 100 percent of the median wage for community 
103.4 	and social services specialist (SOC code 21-1099);
103.5 	(9) for in-home family support staff, 20 percent of the median wage for nursing aide 
103.6 	(SOC code 31-1012); 30 percent of the median wage for community social service specialist 
103.7 	(SOC code 21-1099); 40 percent of the median wage for social and human services aide 
103.8 	(SOC code 21-1093); and ten percent of the median wage for psychiatric technician (SOC 
103.9 	code 29-2053);
103.10 	(10) for individualized home supports services staff, 40 percent of the median wage for 
103.11 	community social service specialist (SOC code 21-1099); 50 percent of the median wage 
103.12 	for social and human services aide (SOC code 21-1093); and ten percent of the median 
103.13 	wage for psychiatric technician (SOC code 29-2053);
103.14 	(11) for independent living skills staff, 40 percent of the median wage for community 
103.15 	social service specialist (SOC code 21-1099); 50 percent of the median wage for social and 
103.16 	human services aide (SOC code 21-1093); and ten percent of the median wage for psychiatric 
103.17 	technician (SOC code 29-2053);
103.18 	(12) for independent living skills specialist staff, 100 percent of mental health and 
103.19 	substance abuse social worker (SOC code 21-1023);
103.20 	(13) for supported employment staff, 20 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant 
103.21 	(SOC code 31-1014); 20 percent of the median wage for psychiatric technician (SOC code 
103.22 	29-2053); and 60 percent of the median wage for social and human services aide (SOC code 
103.23 	21-1093);
103.24 	(14)(13) for employment support services staff, 50 percent of the median wage for 
103.25 	rehabilitation counselor (SOC code 21-1015); and 50 percent of the median wage for 
103.26 	community and social services specialist (SOC code 21-1099);
103.27 	(15)(14) for employment exploration services staff, 50 percent of the median wage for 
103.28 	rehabilitation counselor (SOC code 21-1015); and 50 percent of the median wage for 
103.29 	community and social services specialist (SOC code 21-1099);
103.30 	(16)(15) for employment development services staff, 50 percent of the median wage 
103.31 	for education, guidance, school, and vocational counselors (SOC code 21-1012); and 50 
103.32 	percent of the median wage for community and social services specialist (SOC code 
103.33 	21-1099);
104.1 	(17)(16) for adult companion staff, 50 percent of the median wage for personal and 
104.2 	home care aide (SOC code 39-9021); and 50 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant 
104.3 	(SOC code 31-1014);
104.4 	(18)(17) for night supervision staff, 20 percent of the median wage for home health 
104.5 	aide (SOC code 31-1011); 20 percent of the median wage for personal and home health 
104.6 	aide (SOC code 39-9021); 20 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant (SOC code 
104.7 	31-1014); 20 percent of the median wage for psychiatric technician (SOC code 29-2053); 
104.8 	and 20 percent of the median wage for social and human services aide (SOC code 21-1093);
104.9 	(19)(18) for respite staff, 50 percent of the median wage for personal and home care 
104.10 	aide (SOC code 39-9021); and 50 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant (SOC 
104.11 	code 31-1014);
104.12 	(20)(19) for personal support staff, 50 percent of the median wage for personal and 
104.13 	home care aide (SOC code 39-9021); and 50 percent of the median wage for nursing assistant 
104.14 	(SOC code 31-1014);
104.15 	(21)(20) for supervisory staff, 100 percent of the median wage for community and social 
104.16 	services specialist (SOC code 21-1099), with the exception of the supervisor of behavior 
104.17 	professional, behavior analyst, and behavior specialists, which is 100 percent of the median 
104.18 	wage for clinical counseling and school psychologist (SOC code 19-3031);
104.19 	(22)(21) for registered nurse staff, 100 percent of the median wage for registered nurses 
104.20 	(SOC code 29-1141); and
104.21 	(23)(22) for licensed practical nurse staff, 100 percent of the median wage for licensed 
104.22 	practical nurses (SOC code 29-2061).
104.23 	(b) Component values for residential support services are:
104.24 	(1) supervisory span of control ratio: 11 percent;
104.25 	(2) employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio: 8.71 percent;
104.26 	(3) employee-related cost ratio: 23.6 percent;
104.27 	(4) general administrative support ratio: 13.25 percent;
104.28 	(5) program-related expense ratio: 1.3 percent; and
104.29 	(6) absence and utilization factor ratio: 3.9 percent.
104.30 	(c) Component values for family foster care are:
104.31 	(1) supervisory span of control ratio: 11 percent;
105.1 	(2) employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio: 8.71 percent;
105.2 	(3) employee-related cost ratio: 23.6 percent;
105.3 	(4) general administrative support ratio: 3.3 percent;
105.4 	(5) program-related expense ratio: 1.3 percent; and
105.5 	(6) absence factor: 1.7 percent.
105.6 	(d) Component values for day services for all services are:
105.7 	(1) supervisory span of control ratio: 11 percent;
105.8 	(2) employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio: 8.71 percent;
105.9 	(3) employee-related cost ratio: 23.6 percent;
105.10 	(4) program plan support ratio: 5.6 percent;
105.11 	(5) client programming and support ratio: ten percent;
105.12 	(6) general administrative support ratio: 13.25 percent;
105.13 	(7) program-related expense ratio: 1.8 percent; and
105.14 	(8) absence and utilization factor ratio: 9.4 percent.
105.15 	(e) Component values for unit-based services with programming are:
105.16 	(1) supervisory span of control ratio: 11 percent;
105.17 	(2) employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio: 8.71 percent;
105.18 	(3) employee-related cost ratio: 23.6 percent;
105.19 	(4) program plan supports ratio: 15.5 percent;
105.20 	(5) client programming and supports ratio: 4.7 percent;
105.21 	(6) general administrative support ratio: 13.25 percent;
105.22 	(7) program-related expense ratio: 6.1 percent; and
105.23 	(8) absence and utilization factor ratio: 3.9 percent.
105.24 	(f) Component values for unit-based services without programming except respite are:
105.25 	(1) supervisory span of control ratio: 11 percent;
105.26 	(2) employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio: 8.71 percent;
105.27 	(3) employee-related cost ratio: 23.6 percent;
106.1 	(4) program plan support ratio: 7.0 percent;
106.2 	(5) client programming and support ratio: 2.3 percent;
106.3 	(6) general administrative support ratio: 13.25 percent;
106.4 	(7) program-related expense ratio: 2.9 percent; and
106.5 	(8) absence and utilization factor ratio: 3.9 percent.
106.6 	(g) Component values for unit-based services without programming for respite are:
106.7 	(1) supervisory span of control ratio: 11 percent;
106.8 	(2) employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio: 8.71 percent;
106.9 	(3) employee-related cost ratio: 23.6 percent;
106.10 	(4) general administrative support ratio: 13.25 percent;
106.11 	(5) program-related expense ratio: 2.9 percent; and
106.12 	(6) absence and utilization factor ratio: 3.9 percent.
106.13 	(h) On July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall update the base wage index in paragraph 
106.14 	(a) based on the wage data by standard occupational code (SOC) from the Bureau of Labor 
106.15 	Statistics available on December 31, 2016. The commissioner shall publish these updated 
106.16 	values and load them into the rate management system. On July 1, 2022, and every five 
106.17 	years thereafter, the commissioner shall update the base wage index in paragraph (a) based 
106.18 	on the most recently available wage data by SOC from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 
106.19 	commissioner shall publish these updated values and load them into the rate management 
106.20 	system.
106.21 	(i) On July 1, 2017, the commissioner shall update the framework components in 
106.22 	paragraph (d), clause (5); paragraph (e), clause (5); and paragraph (f), clause (5); subdivision 
106.23 	6, clauses (8) and (9); and subdivision 7, clauses (10), (16), and (17), for changes in the 
106.24 	Consumer Price Index. The commissioner will adjust these values higher or lower by the 
106.25 	percentage change in the Consumer Price Index-All Items, United States city average 
106.26 	(CPI-U) from January 1, 2014, to January 1, 2017. The commissioner shall publish these 
106.27 	updated values and load them into the rate management system. On July 1, 2022, and every 
106.28 	five years thereafter, the commissioner shall update the framework components in paragraph 
106.29 	(d), clause (5); paragraph (e), clause (5); and paragraph (f), clause (5); subdivision 6, clauses 
106.30 	(8) and (9); and subdivision 7, clauses (10), (16), and (17), for changes in the Consumer 
106.31 	Price Index. The commissioner shall adjust these values higher or lower by the percentage 
106.32 	change in the CPI-U from the date of the previous update to the date of the data most recently 
107.1 	available prior to the scheduled update. The commissioner shall publish these updated values 
107.2 	and load them into the rate management system.
107.3 	(j) In this subdivision, if Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational codes or Consumer 
107.4 	Price Index items are unavailable in the future, the commissioner shall recommend to the 
107.5 	legislature codes or items to update and replace missing component values.

107.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 1, 2019.

107.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.4914, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
107.8 		Subd. 6.Payments for residential support services. (a) Payments for residential support 
107.9 	services, as defined in sections 256B.092, subdivision 11, and 256B.49, subdivision 22, 
107.10 	must be calculated as follows:
107.11 	(1) determine the number of shared staffing and individual direct staff hours to meet a 
107.12 	recipient's needs provided on site or through monitoring technology;
107.13 	(2) personnel hourly wage rate must be based on the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics 
107.14 	Minnesota-specific rates or rates derived by the commissioner as provided in subdivision 
107.15 	5. This is defined as the direct-care rate;
107.16 	(3) for a recipient requiring customization for deaf and hard-of-hearing language 
107.17 	accessibility under subdivision 12, add the customization rate provided in subdivision 12 
107.18 	to the result of clause (2). This is defined as the customized direct-care rate;
107.19 	(4) multiply the number of shared and individual direct staff hours provided on site or 
107.20 	through monitoring technology and nursing hours by the appropriate staff wages in 
107.21 	subdivision 5, paragraph (a), or the customized direct-care rate;
107.22 	(5) multiply the number of shared and individual direct staff hours provided on site or 
107.23 	through monitoring technology and nursing hours by the product of the supervision span 
107.24 	of control ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (1), and the appropriate supervision 
107.25 	wage in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (21) (20);
107.26 	(6) combine the results of clauses (4) and (5), excluding any shared and individual direct 
107.27 	staff hours provided through monitoring technology, and multiply the result by one plus 
107.28 	the employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (b), 
107.29 	clause (2). This is defined as the direct staffing cost;
107.30 	(7) for employee-related expenses, multiply the direct staffing cost, excluding any shared 
107.31 	and individual direct staff hours provided through monitoring technology, by one plus the 
107.32 	employee-related cost ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (3);
108.1 	(8) for client programming and supports, the commissioner shall add $2,179; and
108.2 	(9) for transportation, if provided, the commissioner shall add $1,680, or $3,000 if 
108.3 	customized for adapted transport, based on the resident with the highest assessed need.
108.4 	(b) The total rate must be calculated using the following steps:
108.5 	(1) subtotal paragraph (a), clauses (7) to (9), and the direct staffing cost of any shared 
108.6 	and individual direct staff hours provided through monitoring technology that was excluded 
108.7 	in clause (7);
108.8 	(2) sum the standard general and administrative rate, the program-related expense ratio, 
108.9 	and the absence and utilization ratio;
108.10 	(3) divide the result of clause (1) by one minus the result of clause (2). This is the total 
108.11 	payment amount; and
108.12 	(4) adjust the result of clause (3) by a factor to be determined by the commissioner to 
108.13 	adjust for regional differences in the cost of providing services.
108.14 	(c) The payment methodology for customized living, 24-hour customized living, and 
108.15 	residential care services must be the customized living tool. Revisions to the customized 
108.16 	living tool must be made to reflect the services and activities unique to disability-related 
108.17 	recipient needs.
108.18 	(d) For individuals enrolled prior to January 1, 2014, the days of service authorized must 
108.19 	meet or exceed the days of service used to convert service agreements in effect on December 
108.20 	1, 2013, and must not result in a reduction in spending or service utilization due to conversion 
108.21 	during the implementation period under section 256B.4913, subdivision 4a. If during the 
108.22 	implementation period, an individual's historical rate, including adjustments required under 
108.23 	section 256B.4913, subdivision 4a, paragraph (c), is equal to or greater than the rate 
108.24 	determined in this subdivision, the number of days authorized for the individual is 365.
108.25 	(e) The number of days authorized for all individuals enrolling after January 1, 2014, 
108.26 	in residential services must include every day that services start and end.

108.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 1, 2019.

108.28 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.4914, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
108.29 		Subd. 7.Payments for day programs. Payments for services with day programs 
108.30 	including adult day care, day treatment and habilitation, prevocational services, and structured 
108.31 	day services must be calculated as follows:
109.1 	(1) determine the number of units of service and staffing ratio to meet a recipient's needs:
109.2 	(i) the staffing ratios for the units of service provided to a recipient in a typical week 
109.3 	must be averaged to determine an individual's staffing ratio; and
109.4 	(ii) the commissioner, in consultation with service providers, shall develop a uniform 
109.5 	staffing ratio worksheet to be used to determine staffing ratios under this subdivision;
109.6 	(2) personnel hourly wage rates must be based on the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics 
109.7 	Minnesota-specific rates or rates derived by the commissioner as provided in subdivision 
109.8 	5;
109.9 	(3) for a recipient requiring customization for deaf and hard-of-hearing language 
109.10 	accessibility under subdivision 12, add the customization rate provided in subdivision 12 
109.11 	to the result of clause (2). This is defined as the customized direct-care rate;
109.12 	(4) multiply the number of day program direct staff hours and nursing hours by the 
109.13 	appropriate staff wage in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), or the customized direct-care rate;
109.14 	(5) multiply the number of day direct staff hours by the product of the supervision span 
109.15 	of control ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (d), clause (1), and the appropriate supervision 
109.16 	wage in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (21) (20);
109.17 	(6) combine the results of clauses (4) and (5), and multiply the result by one plus the 
109.18 	employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (d), clause 
109.19 	(2). This is defined as the direct staffing rate;
109.20 	(7) for program plan support, multiply the result of clause (6) by one plus the program 
109.21 	plan support ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (d), clause (4);
109.22 	(8) for employee-related expenses, multiply the result of clause (7) by one plus the 
109.23 	employee-related cost ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (d), clause (3);
109.24 	(9) for client programming and supports, multiply the result of clause (8) by one plus 
109.25 	the client programming and support ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (d), clause (5);
109.26 	(10) for program facility costs, add $19.30 per week with consideration of staffing ratios 
109.27 	to meet individual needs;
109.28 	(11) for adult day bath services, add $7.01 per 15 minute unit;
109.29 	(12) this is the subtotal rate;
109.30 	(13) sum the standard general and administrative rate, the program-related expense ratio, 
109.31 	and the absence and utilization factor ratio;
110.1 	(14) divide the result of clause (12) by one minus the result of clause (13). This is the 
110.2 	total payment amount;
110.3 	(15) adjust the result of clause (14) by a factor to be determined by the commissioner 
110.4 	to adjust for regional differences in the cost of providing services;
110.5 	(16) for transportation provided as part of day training and habilitation for an individual 
110.6 	who does not require a lift, add:
110.7 	(i) $10.50 for a trip between zero and ten miles for a nonshared ride in a vehicle without 
110.8 	a lift, $8.83 for a shared ride in a vehicle without a lift, and $9.25 for a shared ride in a 
110.9 	vehicle with a lift;
110.10 	(ii) $15.75 for a trip between 11 and 20 miles for a nonshared ride in a vehicle without 
110.11 	a lift, $10.58 for a shared ride in a vehicle without a lift, and $11.88 for a shared ride in a 
110.12 	vehicle with a lift;
110.13 	(iii) $25.75 for a trip between 21 and 50 miles for a nonshared ride in a vehicle without 
110.14 	a lift, $13.92 for a shared ride in a vehicle without a lift, and $16.88 for a shared ride in a 
110.15 	vehicle with a lift; or
110.16 	(iv) $33.50 for a trip of 51 miles or more for a nonshared ride in a vehicle without a lift, 
110.17 	$16.50 for a shared ride in a vehicle without a lift, and $20.75 for a shared ride in a vehicle 
110.18 	with a lift;
110.19 	(17) for transportation provided as part of day training and habilitation for an individual 
110.20 	who does require a lift, add:
110.21 	(i) $19.05 for a trip between zero and ten miles for a nonshared ride in a vehicle with a 
110.22 	lift, and $15.05 for a shared ride in a vehicle with a lift;
110.23 	(ii) $32.16 for a trip between 11 and 20 miles for a nonshared ride in a vehicle with a 
110.24 	lift, and $28.16 for a shared ride in a vehicle with a lift;
110.25 	(iii) $58.76 for a trip between 21 and 50 miles for a nonshared ride in a vehicle with a 
110.26 	lift, and $58.76 for a shared ride in a vehicle with a lift; or
110.27 	(iv) $80.93 for a trip of 51 miles or more for a nonshared ride in a vehicle with a lift, 
110.28 	and $80.93 for a shared ride in a vehicle with a lift.

110.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 1, 2019.

111.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.4914, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
111.2 		Subd. 8.Payments for unit-based services with programming. Payments for unit-based 
111.3 	services with programming, including behavior programming, housing access coordination, 
111.4 	in-home family support, independent living skills training, independent living skills specialist 
111.5 	services, individualized home supports, hourly supported living services, employment 
111.6 	exploration services, employment development services, supported employment, and 
111.7 	employment support services provided to an individual outside of any day or residential 
111.8 	service plan must be calculated as follows, unless the services are authorized separately 
111.9 	under subdivision 6 or 7:
111.10 	(1) determine the number of units of service to meet a recipient's needs;
111.11 	(2) personnel hourly wage rate must be based on the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics 
111.12 	Minnesota-specific rates or rates derived by the commissioner as provided in subdivision 
111.13 	5;
111.14 	(3) for a recipient requiring customization for deaf and hard-of-hearing language 
111.15 	accessibility under subdivision 12, add the customization rate provided in subdivision 12 
111.16 	to the result of clause (2). This is defined as the customized direct-care rate;
111.17 	(4) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the appropriate staff wage in subdivision 
111.18 	5, paragraph (a), or the customized direct-care rate;
111.19 	(5) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the product of the supervision span of 
111.20 	control ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (e), clause (1), and the appropriate supervision 
111.21 	wage in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (21) (20);
111.22 	(6) combine the results of clauses (4) and (5), and multiply the result by one plus the 
111.23 	employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (e), clause 
111.24 	(2). This is defined as the direct staffing rate;
111.25 	(7) for program plan support, multiply the result of clause (6) by one plus the program 
111.26 	plan supports ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (e), clause (4);
111.27 	(8) for employee-related expenses, multiply the result of clause (7) by one plus the 
111.28 	employee-related cost ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (e), clause (3);
111.29 	(9) for client programming and supports, multiply the result of clause (8) by one plus 
111.30 	the client programming and supports ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (e), clause (5);
111.31 	(10) this is the subtotal rate;
112.1 	(11) sum the standard general and administrative rate, the program-related expense ratio, 
112.2 	and the absence and utilization factor ratio; and
112.3 	(12) divide the result of clause (10) by one minus the result of clause (11). This is the 
112.4 	total payment amount;.
112.5 	(13) for supported employment provided in a shared manner, divide the total payment 
112.6 	amount in clause (12) by the number of service recipients, not to exceed three. For 
112.7 	employment support services provided in a shared manner, divide the total payment amount 
112.8 	in clause (12) by the number of service recipients, not to exceed six. For independent living 
112.9 	skills training and individualized home supports provided in a shared manner, divide the 
112.10 	total payment amount in clause (12) by the number of service recipients, not to exceed two; 
112.11 	and
112.12 	(14) adjust the result of clause (13) by a factor to be determined by the commissioner 
112.13 	to adjust for regional differences in the cost of providing services.

112.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 1, 2019.

112.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256B.4914, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
112.16 		Subd. 9.Payments for unit-based services without programming. Payments for 
112.17 	unit-based services without programming, including night supervision, personal support, 
112.18 	respite, and companion care provided to an individual outside of any day or residential 
112.19 	service plan must be calculated as follows unless the services are authorized separately 
112.20 	under subdivision 6 or 7:
112.21 	(1) for all services except respite, determine the number of units of service to meet a 
112.22 	recipient's needs;
112.23 	(2) personnel hourly wage rates must be based on the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics 
112.24 	Minnesota-specific rate or rates derived by the commissioner as provided in subdivision 5;
112.25 	(3) for a recipient requiring customization for deaf and hard-of-hearing language 
112.26 	accessibility under subdivision 12, add the customization rate provided in subdivision 12 
112.27 	to the result of clause (2). This is defined as the customized direct care rate;
112.28 	(4) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the appropriate staff wage in subdivision 
112.29 	5 or the customized direct care rate;
112.30 	(5) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the product of the supervision span of 
112.31 	control ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause (1), and the appropriate supervision 
112.32 	wage in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (21) (20);
113.1 	(6) combine the results of clauses (4) and (5), and multiply the result by one plus the 
113.2 	employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause 
113.3 	(2). This is defined as the direct staffing rate;
113.4 	(7) for program plan support, multiply the result of clause (6) by one plus the program 
113.5 	plan support ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause (4);
113.6 	(8) for employee-related expenses, multiply the result of clause (7) by one plus the 
113.7 	employee-related cost ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause (3);
113.8 	(9) for client programming and supports, multiply the result of clause (8) by one plus 
113.9 	the client programming and support ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause (5);
113.10 	(10) this is the subtotal rate;
113.11 	(11) sum the standard general and administrative rate, the program-related expense ratio, 
113.12 	and the absence and utilization factor ratio;
113.13 	(12) divide the result of clause (10) by one minus the result of clause (11). This is the 
113.14 	total payment amount;
113.15 	(13) for respite services, determine the number of day units of service to meet an 
113.16 	individual's needs;
113.17 	(14) personnel hourly wage rates must be based on the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics 
113.18 	Minnesota-specific rate or rates derived by the commissioner as provided in subdivision 5;
113.19 	(15) for a recipient requiring deaf and hard-of-hearing customization under subdivision 
113.20 	12, add the customization rate provided in subdivision 12 to the result of clause (14). This 
113.21 	is defined as the customized direct care rate;
113.22 	(16) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the appropriate staff wage in subdivision 
113.23 	5, paragraph (a);
113.24 	(17) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the product of the supervisory span of 
113.25 	control ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (g), clause (1), and the appropriate supervision 
113.26 	wage in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (21) (20);
113.27 	(18) combine the results of clauses (16) and (17), and multiply the result by one plus 
113.28 	the employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (g), 
113.29 	clause (2). This is defined as the direct staffing rate;
113.30 	(19) for employee-related expenses, multiply the result of clause (18) by one plus the 
113.31 	employee-related cost ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (g), clause (3);
114.1 	(20) this is the subtotal rate;
114.2 	(21) sum the standard general and administrative rate, the program-related expense ratio, 
114.3 	and the absence and utilization factor ratio;
114.4 	(22) divide the result of clause (20) by one minus the result of clause (21). This is the 
114.5 	total payment amount; and
114.6 	(23) adjust the result of clauses (12) and (22) by a factor to be determined by the 
114.7 	commissioner to adjust for regional differences in the cost of providing services.

114.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 1, 2019.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H1065-1 

13.411 LICENSING DATA CODED ELSEWHERE.Subd. 2.Home care providers. 
Data from criminal background studies of the owner or managerial official of a home care provider that are given to the commissioner of health are classified under section 144A.46, subdivision 5. 

116J.8737 SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.Subd. 10.Program evaluation. 
(a) No later than December 31, 2012, the commissioner of revenue, after consultation with the commissioners of management and budget and employment and economic development, shall contract with a qualified outside entity or individual to evaluate the effects of the small business investment tax credit on the Minnesota economy. The contractor must not be associated with, employed by, or have contracts with the entities involved in or associated with the venture capital, angel investment, life science, or high technology industries. The program evaluation must be completed by January 2014, and provided to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over taxes and economic development in the senate and the house of representatives, in compliance with sections 3.195 and 3.197. The program evaluation must include, in addition to any other matters the commissioner considers relevant to evaluating the effectiveness of the credit, analysis of: 

(1) the effect of the credit on the level of equity investment in qualified small businesses in Minnesota, including investments by angel investors, venture capital firms, and other sources of equity capital for startup businesses; 

(2) the effect of the credit, if any, on investment in firms other than qualified small businesses; 

(3) the amount of economic activity, including the number of jobs and the wages of those jobs, generated by qualified small businesses that received investments that qualified for the credit; 

(4) the incremental change in Minnesota state and local taxes paid as a result of the allowance of the credit; and 

(5) the net benefit to the Minnesota economy of allowance of the credit relative to alternative uses of the resources, such as increasing the research and development credit or reducing the corporate franchise tax rate. 

(b) $100,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of revenue from the general fund for fiscal year 2013 for the purposes of this evaluation. Any unspent amount of this appropriation carries over to fiscal year 2014. The allocation of the credit in subdivision 5 for taxable year 2013 is reduced by $100,000. This appropriation may be used to hire a consultant or consultants to prepare all or part of the study. 

(c) To the extent necessary to complete the program evaluation, and as provided in subdivision 8, the consultant or consultants may request from the commissioner of revenue tax return information of taxpayers who are qualified small businesses, qualified investors, and qualified funds. To the extent necessary to complete the program evaluation, the consultant or consultants may request from the commissioner of employment and economic development applications for certification and annual reports made by qualified small businesses, qualified investors, and qualified funds. 

The consultant or consultants may not disclose or release any data received under this section except as permitted for a government entity under chapter 13, and is subject to the penalties and remedies provided in law for violation of that chapter. 

127A.05 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.Subd. 6.Survey of districts. 
The commissioner of education shall survey the state's school districts and teacher preparation programs and report to the education committees of the legislature by February 1 of each odd-numbered year until 2018 on the status of teacher early retirement patterns, the access to effective and more diverse teachers who reflect the students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), enrolled in a district or school, the teacher shortage, and the substitute teacher shortage, including patterns and shortages in subject areas and the economic development regions of the state. The report must also include: aggregate data on teachers' self-reported race and ethnicity; data on how districts are making progress in hiring teachers and substitutes in the areas of shortage; and a five-year projection of teacher demand for each district, taking into account the students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), expected to enroll in the district during that five-year period. 

148.6402 DEFINITIONS.Subd. 11.Electrical stimulation device. 
"Electrical stimulation device" means any device which generates pulsed, direct, or alternating electrical current for the purposes of rehabilitation of neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. 

Subd. 12.Electrotherapy. 
"Electrotherapy" means the use of electrical stimulation devices for a therapeutic purpose. 

Subd. 17.Physical agent modalities. 
"Physical agent modalities" mean modalities that use the properties of light, water, temperature, sound, or electricity to produce a response in soft tissue. 

Subd. 24.Superficial physical agent modality. 
"Superficial physical agent modality" means a therapeutic medium which produces temperature changes in skin and underlying subcutaneous tissues within a depth of zero to three centimeters for the purposes of rehabilitation of neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. Superficial physical agent modalities may include, but are not limited to: paraffin baths, hot packs, cold packs, fluidotherapy, contrast baths, and whirlpool baths. Superficial physical agent modalities do not include the use of electrical stimulation devices, ultrasound, or quick icing. 

Subd. 26.Ultrasound device. 
"Ultrasound device" means a device intended to generate and emit high frequency acoustic vibrational energy for the purposes of rehabilitation of neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. 

148E.0555 LICENSE REQUIREMENTS; GRANDFATHERING.Subdivision 1.Grandfathering period. 
(a) The board shall issue a license to an applicant who meets all the requirements in this section and has submitted a completed, signed application and the required fee between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2014. 

(b) If the applicant does not provide all of the information requested by the board by December 31, 2015, the applicant is considered ineligible and the application for licensure is closed. 

Subd. 2.Eligible agency personnel. 
When submitting the application for licensure, the applicant must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is currently employed by a: 

(1) Minnesota city or state agency, and: 

(i) at any time within three years of the date of submitting an application for licensure was presented to the public by any title incorporating the words "social work" or "social worker," while employed by that agency for a minimum of six months; or 

(ii) at any time within three years of the date of submitting an application for licensure was engaged in the practice of social work, including clinical social work, as described in section 148E.010, subdivisions 6 and 11, while employed by that agency for a minimum of six months; or 

(2) private nonprofit or tribal agency whose primary service focus addresses ethnic minority populations, and the applicant is a member of an ethnic minority population within the agency, previously exempt from licensure under Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148D.065, subdivision 5, and section 148E.065, subdivision 5, and: 

(i) at any time within three years of the date of submitting an application for licensure was presented to the public by any title incorporating the words "social work" or "social worker," while employed by that agency for a minimum of six months; or 

(ii) at any time within three years of the date of submitting an application for licensure was engaged in the practice of social work, including clinical social work, as described under section 148E.010, subdivisions 6 and 11, while employed by that agency for a minimum of six months. 

Subd. 3.Qualifications during grandfathering for licensure as LSW. 
(a) To be licensed as a licensed social worker, an applicant for licensure under this section must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the individual has completed a baccalaureate degree: 

(1) in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, or a similar accrediting body designated by the board; or 

(2) in psychology, sociology, human services, or social and behavioral sciences from an accredited college or university; or 

(3) with a major in any field from an accredited college or university, and one year of experience in the practice of social work as described in section 148E.010, subdivision 11. 

(b) To be licensed as a licensed social worker, an applicant for licensure under this section must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the individual has: 

(1) submitted a completed, signed application and the license fee in section 148E.180; 

(2) for applications submitted electronically, provided an attestation as specified by the board; 

(3) submitted the criminal background check fee and a form provided by the board authorizing a criminal background check; 

(4) paid the applicable license fee in section 148E.180; and 

(5) not engaged in conduct that was or would be in violation of the standards of practice specified in Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 148D.195 to 148D.240, and sections 148E.195 to 148E.240. If the applicant has engaged in conduct that was or would be in violation of the standards of practice, the board may take action according to sections 148E.255 to 148E.270. 

(c) An application that is not completed and signed, or that is not accompanied by the correct license fee, must be returned to the applicant, along with any fee submitted, and is void. 

(d) By submitting an application for licensure, an applicant authorizes the board to investigate any information provided or requested in the application. The board may request that the applicant provide additional information, verification, or documentation. 

(e) Within one year of the time the board receives an application for licensure, the applicant must meet all the requirements and provide all of the information requested by the board according to paragraphs (a) and (b). 

(f) Prelicensure supervised practice hours may be applied to meet the requirements of this section. Hours obtained prior to August 1, 2011, must meet the supervised practice requirements in Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 148D.100 to 148D.125, and hours obtained on or after August 1, 2011, must meet the supervised practice requirements in sections 148E.100 to 148E.125. 

(g) In addition to the required supervisors listed in Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148D.120 and section 148E.120, an alternate supervisor may include a qualified professional who has a bachelor's or graduate degree, and the authority to direct the practice of the applicant, including, but not limited to, an agency director, or agency or consulting supervisor, as determined appropriate by the board. 

(h) Unless completed at the time of application for licensure, a licensee granted a license by the board under this section must meet the supervised practice requirements in sections 148E.100 to 148E.125. If a licensee does not meet the supervised practice requirements, the board may take action according to sections 148E.255 to 148E.270. 

Subd. 4.Qualifications during grandfathering for licensure as LGSW. 
(a) To be licensed as a licensed graduate social worker, an applicant for licensure under this section must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the individual has completed a graduate degree: 

(1) in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, or a similar accrediting body designated by the board; or 

(2) in psychology, sociology, marriage and family therapy, human services, or social and behavioral sciences from an accredited college or university; or 

(3) with a major in any field from an accredited college or university, and one year of experience in the practice of social work as described in section 148E.010, subdivisions 6 and 11. 

(b) To be licensed as a licensed graduate social worker, an applicant for licensure under this section must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the individual has: 

(1) submitted a completed, signed application and the license fee in section 148E.180; 

(2) for applications submitted electronically, provided an attestation as specified by the board; 

(3) submitted the criminal background check fee and a form provided by the board authorizing a criminal background check; 

(4) paid the applicable license fee in section 148E.180; and 

(5) not engaged in conduct that was or would be in violation of the standards of practice specified in Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 148D.195 to 148D.240, and sections 148E.195 to 148E.240. If the applicant has engaged in conduct that was or would be in violation of the standards of practice, the board may take action according to sections 148E.255 to 148E.270. 

(c) An application that is not completed and signed, or that is not accompanied by the correct license fee, must be returned to the applicant, along with any fee submitted, and is void. 

(d) By submitting an application for licensure, an applicant authorizes the board to investigate any information provided or requested in the application. The board may request that the applicant provide additional information, verification, or documentation. 

(e) Within one year of the time the board receives an application for licensure, the applicant must meet all the requirements and provide all of the information requested by the board according to paragraphs (a) and (b). 

(f) Prelicensure supervised practice hours may be applied to meet the requirements of this section. Hours obtained prior to August 1, 2011, must meet the supervised practice requirements in Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 148D.100 to 148D.125, and hours obtained on or after August 1, 2011, must meet the supervised practice requirements in sections 148E.100 to 148E.125. 

(g) In addition to the required supervisors listed in Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148D.120 and section 148E.120, an alternate supervisor of nonclinical practice may include a qualified professional who has a bachelor's or graduate degree, and the authority to direct the practice of the applicant, including, but not limited to, an agency director, or agency or consulting supervisor, as determined appropriate by the board. 

(h) Unless completed at the time of application for licensure, a licensee granted a license by the board under this section must meet the supervised practice requirements specified in sections 148E.100 to 148E.125. If a licensee does not meet the supervised practice requirements, the board may take action according to sections 148E.255 to 148E.270. 

Subd. 5.Qualifications during grandfathering for licensure as LISW. 
(a) To be licensed as a licensed independent social worker, an applicant for licensure under this section must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the individual has completed a graduate degree: 

(1) in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, or a similar accrediting body designated by the board; or 

(2) in psychology, sociology, marriage and family therapy, human services, or social and behavioral sciences from an accredited college or university; or 

(3) with a major in any field from an accredited college or university, and one year of experience in the practice of social work according to section 148E.010, subdivision 11. 

(b) To be licensed as a licensed independent social worker, an applicant for licensure under this section must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the individual has: 

(1) practiced social work as defined in section 148E.010, subdivision 11, and has met the supervised practice requirements as follows: (i) for hours obtained prior to August 1, 2011, has met the requirements in Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 148D.100 to 148D.125; (ii) for hours obtained after August 1, 2011, has met the requirements in sections 148E.100 to 148E.125; and (iii) in addition to the supervisors listed in Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148D.120, or section 148E.120, an alternate supervisor of nonclinical practice may include a qualified professional who has a bachelor's or graduate degree and the authority to direct the practice of the applicant, including but not limited to an agency director, or agency or consulting supervisor as determined by the board; 

(2) submitted a completed, signed application and the license fee in section 148E.180; 

(3) for applications submitted electronically, provided an attestation as specified by the board; 

(4) submitted the criminal background check fee and a form provided by the board authorizing a criminal background check; 

(5) paid the applicable license fee specified in section 148E.180; and 

(6) not engaged in conduct that was or would be in violation of the standards of practice specified in Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 148D.195 to 148D.240, and sections 148E.195 to 148E.240. If the applicant has engaged in conduct that was or would be in violation of the standards of practice, the board may take action according to sections 148E.255 to 148E.270. 

(c) An application that is not completed, signed, and accompanied by the correct license fee must be returned to the applicant, along with any fee submitted, and is void. 

(d) By submitting an application for licensure, an applicant authorizes the board to investigate any information provided or requested in the application. The board may request that the applicant provide additional information, verification, or documentation. 

(e) Within one year of the time the board receives an application for licensure, the applicant must meet all the requirements and provide all of the information requested by the board according to paragraphs (a) and (b). 

(f) Upon licensure, a licensed independent social worker who practices clinical social work must meet the supervised practice requirements specified in sections 148E.100 to 148E.125. If a licensee does not meet the supervised practice requirements, the board may take action according to sections 148E.255 to 148E.270. 

Subd. 6.Qualifications during grandfathering for licensure as LICSW. 
(a) To be licensed as a licensed independent clinical social worker, an applicant for licensure under this section must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the individual has: 

(1) completed a graduate degree in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, or a similar accrediting body designated by the board; or 

(2) completed a graduate degree and is a mental health professional according to section 245.462, subdivision 18, clauses (1) to (6). 

(b) To be licensed as a licensed independent clinical social worker, an applicant for licensure under this section must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the individual has: 

(1) practiced clinical social work as defined in section 148E.010, subdivision 6, including both diagnosis and treatment, and has met the supervised practice requirements specified in sections 148E.100 to 148E.125, excluding the 1,800 hours of direct clinical client contact specified in section 148E.115, subdivision 1, except that supervised practice hours obtained prior to August 1, 2011, must meet the requirements in Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 148D.100 to 148D.125; 

(2) submitted a completed, signed application and the license fee in section 148E.180; 

(3) for applications submitted electronically, provided an attestation as specified by the board; 

(4) submitted the criminal background check fee and a form provided by the board authorizing a criminal background check; 

(5) paid the license fee in section 148E.180; and 

(6) not engaged in conduct that was or would be in violation of the standards of practice specified in Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 148D.195 to 148D.240, and sections 148E.195 to 148E.240. If the applicant has engaged in conduct that was or would be in violation of the standards of practice, the board may take action according to sections 148E.255 to 148E.270. 

(c) An application which is not completed, signed, and accompanied by the correct license fee must be returned to the applicant, along with any fee submitted, and is void. 

(d) By submitting an application for licensure, an applicant authorizes the board to investigate any information provided or requested in the application. The board may request that the applicant provide additional information, verification, or documentation. 

(e) Within one year of the time the board receives an application for licensure, the applicant must meet all the requirements and provide all of the information requested by the board. 

Subd. 7.Criminal background checks. 
The provisions of section 148E.055, subdivision 8, apply to criminal background checks described under this section. 

148E.0556 LICENSED INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORKER; TRANSITION PERIOD EXCEPTION.
At any time on or after January 1, 2013, until December 31, 2017, to qualify for a licensed independent social worker license, an applicant must submit an application to the board for a licensed independent social worker license and: 

(1) hold a current licensed graduate social worker license issued through grandfathering under section 148E.0555, subdivision 4, and: 

(i) meet all requirements in effect at the time of application according to section 148E.055, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), excluding clause (1); and 

(ii) meet the supervised practice requirements according to section 148E.055, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (2); or 

(2) hold a current licensed graduate social worker license issued through grandfathering prior to July 1, 1996, and: 

(i) meet all requirements in effect at the time of application according to section 148E.055, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), excluding clause (1); and 

(ii) meet the supervised practice requirements according to section 148E.055, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (2). 

148E.0557 LICENSED INDEPENDENT CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER; TRANSITION PERIOD EXCEPTION.
At any time on or after January 1, 2013, until December 31, 2017, to qualify for a licensed independent clinical social worker license, an applicant must submit an application to the board for a licensed independent clinical social worker license and: 

(1) hold a current licensed graduate social worker or licensed independent social worker license issued through grandfathering under section 148E.0555, subdivision 4 or 5, and: 

(i) meet all requirements in effect at the time of application according to section 148E.055, subdivision 5, paragraph (a), excluding clause (1); and 

(ii) meet the supervised practice requirements according to section 148E.055, subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (3); or 

(2) hold a current licensed graduate social worker or licensed independent social worker license issued through grandfathering prior to July 1, 1996, and: 

(i) meet all requirements in effect at the time of application according to section 148E.055, subdivision 5, paragraph (a), excluding clause (1); and 

(ii) meet the supervised practice requirements according to section 148E.055, subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (3). 

161.36 FEDERAL AID.Subd. 7.Economic recovery funds. 
(a) All federal funds made available to the commissioner under title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, and designated for transportation purposes, including but not limited to assistance for highways and bridges, transit, aeronautics, ports, and railroads, are appropriated to the commissioner from the trunk highway fund or the federal fund, as appropriate. This appropriation includes any funds not initially made available to the commissioner under the act, including but not limited to competitive grant awards and funds made available in addition to the amount expected on April 2, 2009. The money is available until expended. 

(b) The commissioner shall make every reasonable effort to seek and utilize all funds available under title XII of the act. 

(c) The commissioner shall expend funds appropriated under this subdivision in conformance with federal requirements established in association with use of the funds. The commissioner may expend up to 17 percent of the funds for program delivery. 

(d) Notwithstanding section 360.305, subdivision 4, no local contribution is required for eligible aeronautics project elements funded by a federal grant-in-aid through the act. 

174.37 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION.Subdivision 1.Purpose. 
(a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish an advisory committee on nonmotorized transportation. The committee shall make recommendations to the commissioner on items related to nonmotorized transportation, including safety, education, and development programs. The committee shall review and analyze issues and needs relating to operating nonmotorized transportation on public rights-of-way, and identify solutions and goals for addressing identified issues and needs. 

(b) For purposes of this section, "nonmotorized transportation" includes bicycling, pedestrian activities, and other forms of nonmotorized transportation. 

Subd. 2.Members. 
The advisory committee must consist of the following members: 

(a) The commissioner of transportation shall appoint up to 18 public members, as follows: one member from each of the department's seven greater Minnesota districts; four members from the department's metropolitan district; and no more than seven members at large. Each of the members at large must represent nonmotorized interests or organizations. 

(b) The commissioners of each of the following state agencies shall appoint an employee of the agency to serve as a member: administration, education, health, natural resources, public safety, transportation, and pollution control. The chair of the Metropolitan Council shall appoint an employee of the council to serve as a member. The director of Explore Minnesota Tourism shall appoint an employee of the agency to serve as a member. The division administrator of the Federal Highway Administration may appoint an employee of the agency to serve as a member. 

(c) Members of the committee shall serve four-year terms. 

Subd. 3.Meetings. 
The commissioner of transportation's designee shall convene the first meeting by January 15, 2009. The committee shall elect a chair from its membership, and shall establish a meeting schedule and meet at least annually. 

Subd. 4.Reports. 
The committee shall issue an annual report to the commissioner of transportation. 

Subd. 5.Expenses. 
Members of the advisory committee serve without compensation, but members who are not employees of government agencies must be reimbursed for expenses in the same manner and amount as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted under section 43A.18, subdivision 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide department staff support to the committee. 

Subd. 6.Expiration. 
 The committee expires June 30, 2018. 

609B.105 VIOLATION OF CONTAINER LABEL INFORMATION LAWS; LICENSE REVOCATION.
Section 32.645 requires the commissioner of agriculture to revoke or withhold issuing any license required under sections 28A.04, 28A.14, and 32.56 to a person convicted of a subsequent offense under section 32.645. 

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: H1065-1 

Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 11, section 16
Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 423A.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:Subd. 3.Reallocation of amortization state aid. 
(a) Seventy percent of the difference between $5,720,000 and the current year amortization aid distributed under subdivision 1 that is not distributed for any reason to a municipality must be distributed by the commissioner of revenue according to this paragraph. The commissioner shall distribute 60 percent of the amounts derived under this paragraph to the Teachers Retirement Association, and 40 percent to the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association to fund the unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities of the respective funds. These payments must be made on July 15 each fiscal year. If the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association or the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association becomes fully funded, the association's eligibility for its portion of this aid ceases. Amounts remaining in the undistributed balance account at the end of the biennium if aid eligibility ceases cancel to the general fund. 

(b) In order to receive amortization aid under paragraph (a), before June 30 annually Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, must make an additional contribution of $800,000 each year to the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association. 

(c) Thirty percent of the difference between $5,720,000 and the current year amortization aid under subdivision 1 that is not distributed for any reason to a municipality must be distributed under section 69.021, subdivision 7, paragraph (d), as additional funding to support a minimum fire state aid amount for volunteer firefighter relief associations. 

2782.0100PURPOSE. 
Parts 2782.0100 to 2782.0800 establish a marketing assistance program to assist liquor licensees in obtaining liquor liability insurance coverage.