Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF1956

2E Relating to Hennepin county

ARTICLE 1 - HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM


Creating a corporation operating as a subsidiary of the county to be known as
Hennepin healthcare system, inc. to organize and deliver health care and related
services to the general public and to conduct related education and research
programs; providing for governance of the corporation by the Hennepin county
board and a board of directors; granting certain authority and powers to the
board of directors, limits, reserving certain powers for the county board;
providing for governance of the Hennepin county medical center by the
corporation, corporation to be considered a continuation of HCMC relating to the
rights, liabilities and contractual obligations; authorizing the completion of
pending matters; providing for the transfer of documents and funds to the
corporation and for the lease and transfer of assets; specifying the status of
current employees, providing for a health care human resources system,
transferring current employees to the corporation while retaining employment and
accrued benefits and recognizing existing bargaining units; providing for
employee membership in the general employees retirement plan of the public
employees retirement association (PERA), paramedics and emergency medical
technicians (EMT) to be members of the public employees police and fire plan and
protection officers to be members of the local government correctional service
retirement plan; granting the corporation certain bonding and purchasing
authority and exempting the corporation from the government data practices act,
the open meeting law and taxation, requiring public availability of certain
information and one public meeting per year; requiring the corporation to
prepare and submit to the county board for review and approval a health services
plan, specifying certain plan content requirements; providing for tort liability
of the corporation and considering the corporation as a claimant agency under
the revenue recapture act; requiring the county attorney to serve as legal
counsel for the corporation; authorizing the corporation to participate in self
insurance programs; providing for intergovernmental transfers and indigent care


ARTICLE 2 - LABOR RELATIONS; RELATED ISSUES

Designating employees of
Hennepin healthcare system, inc. as essential employees and including Hennepin
healthcare system, inc. in the definition of public employer for public
employment labor relations (PELRA) purposes; assigning certain bargaining units
to the employees; transitional provisions; repealing certain provisions
governing the establishment of the Hennepin county medical center (HCMC)


ARTICLE 3 - CONFORMING RETIREMENT CHANGES

Providing for optional public
employees retirement association (PERA) membership for Hennepin healthcare
system employees, authorizing the corporate board to establish alternative
retirement plans; including healthcare system paramedics and emergency medical
technicians (EMT) under the public employees police and fire plan and protection
officers under the local government correctional service retirement plan
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