1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; extending the waiver modifying background study 
1.3 	requirements for human services programs pursuant to governor's executive orders 
1.4 	related to the COVID-19 pandemic;amending Laws 2020, First Special Session 
1.5 	chapter 7, section 1, as amended.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Laws 2020, First Special Session chapter 7, section 1, subdivision 3, is amended 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 3.Waivers and modifications; 60-day transition period. When the peacetime 
1.10 	emergency declared by the governor in response to the COVID-19 outbreak expires, is 
1.11 	terminated, or is rescinded by the proper authority, all waivers or modifications issued by 
1.12 	the commissioner of human services in response to the COVID-19 outbreak that have not 
1.13 	been extended as provided in subdivisions 1, 2, and 4, and 5 of this section may remain in 
1.14 	effect for no more than 60 days, only for purposes of transitioning affected programs back 
1.15 	to operating without the waivers or modifications in place.

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

1.17 	Sec. 2. Laws 2020, First Special Session chapter 7, section 1, as amended by Laws 2020, 
1.18 	Third Special Session chapter 1, section 3, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.19 		Subd. 5.Waiver extension; 180-day transition period. When the peacetime emergency 
1.20 	declared by the governor in response to the COVID-19 outbreak expires, is terminated, or 
1.21 	is rescinded by the proper authority, the modification in CV23: modifying certain background 
1.22 	study requirements, issued by the commissioner of human services pursuant to Executive 
2.1 	Orders 20-11 and 20-12, and including any amendments to the modification issued before 
2.2 	the peacetime emergency expires, shall remain in effect for no more than 180 days.

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