1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to allocate 
1.3 	money returned from the federal court; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RETURN OF PAYMENTS FOR JENSEN SETTLEMENT COSTS.
 1.6 	All funds disbursed from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 
1.7 	registry pursuant to the December 7, 2020, order in Jensen v. Minnesota Department of 
1.8 	Human Services, Civ. No. 09-1775 (DWF/BRT) (D. Minn. Dec. 7, 2020), in fiscal year 
1.9 	2021, estimated to be $550,000, are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.10 	of human services for the disability services system reform efforts of the Disability Services 
1.11 	Division. The commissioner of human services shall allocate all of these funds to the 
1.12 	operating budget of the Disability Services Division. By January 1, 2023, the commissioner 
1.13 	of human services shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
1.14 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction over human services on the uses of the funds 
1.15 	appropriated under this section. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 
1.16 	30, 2022.

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