1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; extending temporary personal care assistance 
1.3 	compensation for services provided by a parent or spouse; appropriating money;
1.4 	amending Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 10, section 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 10, section 3, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 	Sec. 3. TEMPORARY PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANCE COMPENSATION FOR 
1.9 	SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PARENT OR SPOUSE.
 1.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0659, subdivisions 3, paragraph 
1.11 	(a), clause (1); 11, paragraph (c); and 19, paragraph (b), clause (3), during a peacetime 
1.12 	emergency declared by the governor under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.31, subdivision 
1.13 	2, for an outbreak of COVID-19, a parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of a minor who is 
1.14 	a personal care assistance recipient or a spouse of a personal care assistance recipient may 
1.15 	provide and be paid for providing personal care assistance services.
1.16 	(b) This section expires February 7, 2021 upon the expiration of the COVID-19 public 
1.17 	health emergency declared by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE; REVIVAL AND REENACTMENT. This section is effective 
1.19 	the day following final enactment, or upon federal approval, whichever is later, and Laws 
1.20 	2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 10, section 3, is revived and reenacted as of 
1.21 	that date.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANCE COMPENSATION 
2.2 	FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PARENT OR SPOUSE.
 2.3 	(a) $305,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.4 	of human services for compensation for personal care assistance services provided by a 
2.5 	parent or spouse under Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 10, section 3, as 
2.6 	amended. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.7 	(b) If the appropriation in this act is enacted more than once in the 2021 legislative 
2.8 	session, the appropriation must be given effect only once.