1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; transferring funds for public health response planning and 
1.3 	preparation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
 1.6 	The commissioner of management and budget shall transfer $20,889,000 in fiscal year 
1.7 	2020 from the general fund to the public health response contingency account under 
1.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199, for a public health response related to a potential 
1.9 	outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is a 
1.10 	onetime transfer. For the purposes of this transfer for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and coronavirus 
1.11 	disease 2019 (COVID-19), the determination criteria in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199, 
1.12 	subdivision 3, and the requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199, subdivision 
1.13 	5, paragraph (a), and subdivision 7, paragraph (a), do not apply. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
1.14 	Statutes, section 144.4199, subdivision 1, any unobligated and unexpended amount in the 
1.15 	contingency account over $5,000,000 on February 1, 2021, shall transfer to the general 
1.16 	fund. Any amount remaining in the account after February 1, 2021, is not subject to the 
1.17 	restrictions provided in this section, with the exception that, any amount received after 
1.18 	February 1, 2021, under the requirement in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199, subdivision 
1.19 	5, paragraph (b), attributable to this section shall be transferred to the general fund.

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