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 	If the state receives funds disbursed from the United States District Court for the District 
1.7 	of Minnesota registry related to Jensen v. Minnesota Department of Human Services, Civ. 
1.8 	No. 09-1775 (DWF/BRT), then the commissioner shall deposit the disbursed funds into an 
1.9 	account in the general fund, and the balance of the account is appropriated to the 
1.10 	commissioner of human services for the disability services system reform efforts of the 
1.11 	Disability Services Division. The commissioner of human services shall allocate all of these 
1.12 	funds to the operating budget of the Disability Services Division. By January 1, 2023, the 
1.13 	commissioner of human services shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members 
1.14 	of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over human services on the 
1.15 	uses of the funds appropriated under this section.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 6, 2020.