1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; changing a provision on self-directed caregiver grants; 
1.3 	requiring reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256.975, subdivision 
1.4 	12.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 256.975, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 12.Self-directed caregiver grants. Beginning on July 1, 2019, The Minnesota 
1.8 	Board on Aging shall, in consultation with area agencies on aging and other community 
1.9 	caregiver stakeholders, administer self-directed caregiver grants to support at-risk family 
1.10 	caregivers of older adults or others eligible under the Older Americans Act of 1965, United 
1.11 	States Code, title 42, chapter 35, sections 3001 to 3058ff, to sustain family caregivers in 
1.12 	the caregivers' roles so older adults can remain at home longer. The board shall give priority 
1.13 	to consumers referred under section 256.975, subdivision 7, paragraph (d). The board shall 
1.14 	submit by January 15, 2022, and each January 15 thereafter, a progress report on the 
1.15 	self-directed caregiver grants program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
1.16 	senate and house of representatives committees and divisions with jurisdiction over human 
1.17 	services. The progress report must include metrics on the use of the grant program.