HF 4462

1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/09/2026 04:46 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to state government; requiring the commissioner to provide a standard
template summary page for requests for proposals; amending Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 16B.97, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Duties.

(a) The commissioner shall:

(1) create general grants management policies and procedures that are applicable to all
executive agencies. The commissioner may approve exceptions to these policies and
procedures for particular grant programs. Exceptions shall expire or be renewed after five
years. Executive agencies shall retain management of individual grants programs;

(2) provide a central point of contact concerning statewide grants management policies
and procedures;

(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in such areas as training, evaluation,
collaboration, and best practices in grants management;

(4) ensure grants management needs are considered in the development, upgrade, and
use of statewide administrative systems and leverage existing technology wherever possible;

(5) oversee and approve future professional and technical service contracts and other
information technology spending related to executive agency grants management systems
and activities;

(6) provide a central point of contact for comments about executive agencies violating
statewide grants governance policies and about fraud and waste in grants processes;

(7) forward received comments to the appropriate agency for further action, and may
follow up as necessary;

(8) provide a single listing of all available executive agency competitive grant
opportunities and resulting grant recipients;

(9) selectively review development and implementation of executive agency grants,
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(10) selectively review executive agency compliance with best practices deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
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new text begin (11) provide a standard template summary page for requests for proposals (RFP) that
represent key information about the grant opportunity in a clear and accessible format. The
template must include information regarding the purpose of the program, applicant eligibility,
funding availability and award structure, grant administration requirements, and the
application process. The summary page does not replace or supersede any specific
requirement in the full RFP.
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(b) The commissioner may determine that it is cost-effective for agencies to develop
and use shared grants management technology systems. This system would be governed
under section 16E.01, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).