1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; implementing changes to the sunset review; 
1.3 	changing certain agency requirements; requiring posting of convictions of 
1.4 	felonies or gross misdemeanors and malpractice settlements or judgments for a 
1.5 	regulated practitioner; requiring certain information on regulated practitioners; 
1.6 	requiring a study; prohibiting transfer of certain funds; requiring reports; 
1.7 	setting fees; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 
1.8 	3.922, by adding a subdivision; 3.9223, subdivision 7; 3.9225, subdivision 7; 
1.9 	3.9226, subdivision 7; 147.01, subdivision 4; 147.111, by adding a subdivision; 
1.10 	148.102, by adding a subdivision; 148.263, by adding a subdivision; 148B.07, 
1.11 	by adding a subdivision; 148C.095, by adding a subdivision; 148E.285, by 
1.12 	adding a subdivision; 150A.13, by adding a subdivision; 153.24, by adding a 
1.13 	subdivision; 214.06, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 
1.14 	2011 Supplement, sections 3D.04; 3D.06; 3D.21, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing 
1.15 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3D; 16B; 214; repealing 
1.16 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 138A.01; 138A.02; 138A.03; 138A.04; 
1.17 	138A.05; 138A.06.
1.18 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.19 	ARTICLE 1
1.20 	SUNSET REVIEW

1.21 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 3D.04, is amended to read:
1.22 	3D.04 STAFF; CONTRACTS.
1.23 	The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide staff and administrative 
1.24 	services for the commission. The Sunset Advisory Commission may enter into contracts 
1.25 	for evaluations of agencies under review.

1.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 3D.06, is amended to read:
1.27 	3D.06 AGENCY REPORT TO COMMISSION.
2.1 	(a) Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the year in which a 
2.2 	state agency is subject to sunset review, the agency commissioner shall report to the 
2.3 	commission:
2.4 	(1) information regarding the application to the agency of the criteria in section 
2.5 	3D.10;
2.6 	(2) a priority-based an outcome-based budget for the agency;
2.7 	(3) an inventory of all boards, commissions, committees, and other entities related 
2.8 	to the agency; and
2.9 	(4) any other information that the agency commissioner considers appropriate or that 
2.10 	is requested by the commission.
2.11 	The September 1 deadline in this section does not apply in 2011.
2.12 	(b) The outcome-based budget required by paragraph (a) must be for each of the 
2.13 	agency's activities, as the term activity is used in state budgeting:
2.14 	(1) identify the statutory authority for the activity;
2.15 	(2) include one or more performance goals and associated performance measures 
2.16 	that measure outcomes, not inputs;
2.17 	(3) discuss the extent to which each performance measure is reliable and verifiable, 
2.18 	and can be accurately measured;
2.19 	(4) discuss the extent to which the agency has met each performance measure, and 
2.20 	the extent to which the budget devoted to the activity has permitted or prevented the 
2.21 	agency from meeting its performance goals;
2.22 	(5) discuss efficiencies that would allow the agency to better meet its goals; and
2.23 	(6) identify agencies at any level of government or private sector entities that provide 
2.24 	the same activities, and describe agency interaction with the activities provided by others.

2.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 3D.21, subdivision 1, is amended 
2.26 	to read:
2.27 		Subdivision 1.Group 1. The following agencies are sunset and, except as provided 
2.28 	in section 3D.14, expire on June 30, 2012 2024: Capitol Area Architectural and Planning 
2.29 	Board, Amateur Sports Commission, Combative Sports Commission, all health-related 
2.30 	licensing boards listed in section 214.01, Council on Affairs of Chicano/Latino People, 
2.31 	Council on Black Minnesotans, Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, Indian Affairs 
2.32 	Council, Council on Disabilities, and all advisory groups associated with these agencies.

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

3.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 3D.21, subdivision 2, is amended 
3.2 	to read:
3.3 		Subd. 2.Group 2. The following agencies are sunset and, except as provided in 
3.4 	section 3D.14, expire on June 30, 2014: Department of Health, Department of Human 
3.5 	Services, Department of Human Rights, Department of Education, Board of Teaching, 
3.6 	Minnesota Office of Higher Education, Council on Black Minnesotans, Emergency 
3.7 	Medical Services Regulatory Board, and all advisory groups associated with these 
3.8 	agencies.

3.9 	Sec. 5. COUNCIL ON BLACK MINNESOTANS INTERIM REVIEW.
 3.10 	(a) The Council on Black Minnesotans is continued for two years and added to the 
3.11 	2014 Sunset Advisory Commission review schedule. In the council's report to the Sunset 
3.12 	Advisory Commission, the council must submit an interim report and respond to issues 
3.13 	raised in previous audits by the Office of the Legislative Auditor.
3.14 	(b) The Office of the Legislative Auditor should conduct a financial audit of the 
3.15 	Council of Black Minnesotans by December 1, 2013, prior to sunset review in 2014.

3.16 	Sec. 6. COMBATIVE SPORTS COMMISSION REVIEW.
 3.17 	The commissioner of administration, in collaboration with the Office of the 
3.18 	Legislative Auditor, must conduct a program and financial review of the Combative Sports 
3.19 	Commission and must report to the legislature on the feasibility of merging the Combative 
3.20 	Sports Commission with the Amateur Sports Commission to form a Minnesota Sports 
3.21 	Commission that includes the functions of both entities. The Sunset Advisory Commission 
3.22 	must review this report and make a recommendation to the legislature by March 15, 2012.

3.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 15, 2012.

3.24 	ARTICLE 2
3.25 	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND FEES

3.26 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.922, is amended by adding a subdivision 
3.27 	to read:
3.28 		Subd. 11.Report. The council shall prepare and distribute a report to the governor 
3.29 	and legislature by November 15 of each year. The report shall summarize the activities 
3.30 	of the council since its last report, list receipts and expenditures, identify the major 
3.31 	problems and issues confronting American Indian people, and list the specific objectives 
4.1 	that the council seeks to attain during the biennium. To the extent possible, the council 
4.2 	shall report on outcome measures.

4.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.9223, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.4 		Subd. 7.Report. The council shall prepare and distribute a report to the governor 
4.5 	and legislature by November 15 of each even-numbered year. The report shall summarize 
4.6 	the activities of the council since its last report, list receipts and expenditures, identify 
4.7 	the major problems and issues confronting Chicano/Latino people, and list the specific 
4.8 	objectives that the council seeks to attain during the next biennium. To the extent possible, 
4.9 	the council shall report on outcome measures.

4.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.9225, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.11 		Subd. 7.Report. The council shall prepare and distribute a report to the governor 
4.12 	and legislature by November 15 of each even-numbered year. The report shall summarize 
4.13 	the activities of the council since its last report, list receipts and expenditures, identify 
4.14 	the major problems and issues confronting Black people, and list the specific objectives 
4.15 	which the council seeks to attain during the next biennium. To the extent possible, the 
4.16 	council shall report on outcome measures.

4.17 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.9226, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.18 		Subd. 7.Report. The council shall prepare and distribute a report to the governor 
4.19 	and legislature by November 15 of each even-numbered year. The report shall summarize 
4.20 	the activities of the council since its last report, list receipts and expenditures, identify 
4.21 	the major problems and issues confronting Asian-Pacific people, and list the specific 
4.22 	objectives that the council seeks to attain during the next biennium. To the extent possible, 
4.23 	the council shall report on outcome measures.

4.24 	Sec. 5. [3D.045] COORDINATION WITH LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR.
4.25 	To the extent possible, the commission and the Office of the Legislative Auditor 
4.26 	shall align their work so that audits and program evaluations conducted by the Office 
4.27 	of the Legislative Auditor can inform the work of the commission. The commission 
4.28 	may request the Office of the Legislative Auditor to provide updates on financial audits 
4.29 	and program evaluations the Office of the Legislative Auditor has prepared on agencies 
4.30 	scheduled for Sunset Advisory Commission review.

5.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 3D.06, is amended to read:
5.2 	3D.06 AGENCY REPORT TO COMMISSION.
5.3 	Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the year in which a state agency 
5.4 	is subject to sunset review, the agency commissioner shall report to the commission:
5.5 	(1) information regarding the application to the agency of the criteria in section 
5.6 	3D.10;
5.7 	(2) a priority-based budget for the agency in which the agency indicates: (i) which 
5.8 	programs and activities the agency would devote more or less resources to if the agency 
5.9 	appropriation were incrementally increased or decreased; and (ii) the likely changes 
5.10 	in outcomes in agency goals and objectives if these incremental changes in resources 
5.11 	occurred;
5.12 	(3) an inventory of all boards, commissions, committees, and other entities related 
5.13 	to the agency; and
5.14 	(4) any other information that the agency commissioner considers appropriate or that 
5.15 	is requested by the commission.
5.16 	The September 1 deadline in this section does not apply in 2011. For each sunset 
5.17 	review cycle, the commission must specify the amounts of the incremental increases or 
5.18 	decreases agencies must consider for purposes of clause (2).

5.19 	Sec. 7. [3D.065] REPORT ON PERSONNEL.
5.20 	By September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the year in which a state agency is 
5.21 	subject to sunset review, the commissioner of management and budget must report to the 
5.22 	Sunset Advisory Commission on the number of full-time equivalent employees and the 
5.23 	salary structure for each agency under review.

5.24 	Sec. 8. [16B.371] ASSISTANCE TO SMALL AGENCIES.
5.25 	(a) The commissioner may provide administrative support services to small agencies. 
5.26 	To promote efficiency and cost-effective use of state resources, and to improve financial 
5.27 	controls, the commissioner may require a small agency to receive administrative support 
5.28 	services through the Department of Administration or through another agency designated 
5.29 	by the commissioner. Services subject to this section include finance, accounting, payroll, 
5.30 	purchasing, human resources, and other services designated by the commissioner. The 
5.31 	commissioner may determine what constitutes a small agency for purposes of this section.
5.32 	(b) The Chicano Latino Affairs Council, the Council on Black Minnesotans, the 
5.33 	Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, the Indian Affairs Council, the Capitol Area 
5.34 	Architectural and Planning Board, the Amateur Sports Commission, the Minnesota State 
6.1 	Council on Disability, and the Combative Sports Commission must use the services 
6.2 	specified in paragraph (a).
6.3 	(c) The commissioner may require agencies receiving services under this section to 
6.4 	reimburse the agency providing the services. Reimbursements received by a providing 
6.5 	agency are reappropriated to the account making the expenditure in the providing agency.
6.6 	(d) For agencies covered in this section, the commissioner has the authority 
6.7 	to require the agency to comply with applicable state finance, accounting, payroll, 
6.8 	purchasing, and human resources policies.

6.9 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 147.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.10 		Subd. 4.Disclosure. Subject to the exceptions listed in this subdivision, all 
6.11 	communications or information received by or disclosed to the board relating to any 
6.12 	person or matter subject to its regulatory jurisdiction are confidential and privileged and 
6.13 	any disciplinary hearing shall be closed to the public.
6.14 	(a) Upon application of a party in a proceeding before the board under section 
6.15 	147.091, the board shall produce and permit the inspection and copying, by or on behalf of 
6.16 	the moving party, of any designated documents or papers relevant to the proceedings, in 
6.17 	accordance with the provisions of rule 34, Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure.
6.18 	(b) If the board takes corrective action or imposes disciplinary measures of any kind, 
6.19 	whether by contested case or by settlement agreement, the name and business address of 
6.20 	the licensee, the nature of the misconduct, and the action taken by the board are public 
6.21 	data. If disciplinary action is taken by settlement agreement, the entire agreement is public 
6.22 	data. The board shall decide disciplinary matters, whether by settlement or by contested 
6.23 	case, by roll call vote. The votes are public data.
6.24 	(c) The board shall exchange information with other licensing boards, agencies, or 
6.25 	departments within the state, as required under section 214.10, subdivision 8, paragraph 
6.26 	(c), and may release information in the reports required under section 147.02, subdivision 
6.27 	6.
6.28 	(d) The board shall upon request furnish to a person who made a complaint, or the 
6.29 	alleged victim of a violation of section 147.091, subdivision 1, paragraph (t), or both, a 
6.30 	description of the activities and actions of the board relating to that complaint, a summary 
6.31 	of the results of an investigation of that complaint, and the reasons for actions taken 
6.32 	by the board.
6.33 	(e) A probable cause hearing held pursuant to section 147.092 shall be closed to the 
6.34 	public, except for the notices of hearing made public by operation of section 147.092.
7.1 	(f) Findings of fact, conclusions, and recommendations issued by the administrative 
7.2 	law judge, and transcripts of oral arguments before the board pursuant to a contested case 
7.3 	proceeding in which an administrative law judge found a violation of section 147.091, 
7.4 	subdivision 1, paragraph (t), are public data.

7.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for all corrective action taken on 
7.6 	or after August 1, 2012.

7.7 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 147.111, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.8 	to read:
7.9 		Subd. 10.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, any person, health care 
7.10 	facility, business, or organization that fails to report as required under subdivisions 2 to 6 
7.11 	shall be subject to civil penalties for failing to report as required by law.

7.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012.

7.13 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.102, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.14 	to read:
7.15 		Subd. 8.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, any person or insurer that 
7.16 	fails to report as required under subdivisions 2 to 4 shall be subject to civil penalties for 
7.17 	failing to report as required by law.

7.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012.

7.19 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148.263, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.20 	to read:
7.21 		Subd. 7.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, any person, institution, 
7.22 	insurer, or organization that fails to report as required under subdivisions 2 to 5 shall be 
7.23 	subject to civil penalties for failing to report as required by law.

7.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012.

7.25 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148B.07, is amended by adding a 
7.26 	subdivision to read:
7.27 		Subd. 10.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, any person, institution, 
7.28 	insurer, or organization that fails to report as required under subdivisions 2 to 6 shall be 
7.29 	subject to civil penalties for failing to report as required by law.

7.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012.

8.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148C.095, is amended by adding a 
8.2 	subdivision to read:
8.3 		Subd. 8.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, any person, institution, 
8.4 	insurer, or organization that fails to report as required under subdivisions 2 to 5 shall be 
8.5 	subject to civil penalties for failing to report as required by law.

8.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012.

8.7 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 148E.285, is amended by adding a 
8.8 	subdivision to read:
8.9 		Subd. 4.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, any person, institution, or 
8.10 	organization that fails to report as required under subdivisions 1 and 2 shall be subject 
8.11 	to civil penalties for failing to report as required by law.

8.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012.

8.13 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 150A.13, is amended by adding a 
8.14 	subdivision to read:
8.15 		Subd. 10.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, any person, institution, 
8.16 	insurer, or organization that fails to report as required under subdivisions 2 to 6 shall be 
8.17 	subject to civil penalties for failing to report as required by law.

8.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012.

8.19 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 153.24, is amended by adding a subdivision 
8.20 	to read:
8.21 		Subd. 8.Failure to report. On or after August 1, 2012, any person, institution, or 
8.22 	insurer that fails to report as required under subdivisions 2 to 5 shall be subject to civil 
8.23 	penalties for failing to report as required by law.

8.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2012.

8.25 	Sec. 18. [214.056] FEES COLLECTED; FUND TRANSFER PROHIBITED.
8.26 	Fees collected by health-related licensing boards must be used only to pay the costs 
8.27 	associated with regulation of occupations and professions under the jurisdiction of those 
8.28 	boards. The legislature must not transfer money generated by these fees from a special 
8.29 	revenue fund to the general fund.

9.1 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 214.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.2 		Subdivision 1.Fee adjustment. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
9.3 	commissioner of health as authorized by section 214.13, all health-related licensing 
9.4 	boards and all non-health-related licensing boards shall by rule, with the approval of 
9.5 	the commissioner of management and budget, adjust, as needed, any fee which the 
9.6 	commissioner of health or the board is empowered to assess. As provided in section 
9.7 	16A.1285, the adjustment shall be an amount sufficient so that the total fees collected by 
9.8 	each board will be based on anticipated expenditures, including expenditures for the 
9.9 	programs authorized by sections 214.10, 214.103, 214.11, 214.17 to 214.24, 214.28 to 
9.10 	214.37, and 214.40, except that a health-related licensing board may have anticipated 
9.11 	expenditures in excess of anticipated revenues in a biennium by using accumulated surplus 
9.12 	revenues from fees collected by that board in previous bienniums. A health-related 
9.13 	licensing board may accumulate up to one year of operating funds, and then must reduce 
9.14 	fees. A health-related licensing board shall not spend more money than the amount 
9.15 	appropriated by the legislature for a biennium. For members of an occupation registered 
9.16 	after July 1, 1984, by the commissioner of health under the provisions of section 214.13, 
9.17 	the fee established must include an amount necessary to recover, over a five-year period, 
9.18 	the commissioner's direct expenditures for adoption of the rules providing for registration 
9.19 	of members of the occupation. All fees received shall be deposited in the state treasury.

9.20 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 214.06, is amended by adding a subdivision 
9.21 	to read:
9.22 		Subd. 1b.Health-related licensing boards; surcharges. When a health-related 
9.23 	licensing board imposes a surcharge, the surcharge must not be incorporated as a fee 
9.24 	increase, but must be made as a separate assessment to be paid by the individuals regulated 
9.25 	by the board.

9.26 	Sec. 21. [214.072] HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING BOARDS; WEB SITE.
9.27 	(a) Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, 
9.28 	and the commissioner of health, as the regulator for occupational therapy practitioners, 
9.29 	speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing instrument dispensers, are 
9.30 	required to post on its public Web site the name and business address of each regulated 
9.31 	individual who has:
9.32 	(1) a conviction during the previous ten years of a felony or gross misdemeanor. 
9.33 	Conviction includes a conviction of an offense that if committed in this state would be 
9.34 	considered a felony or gross misdemeanor without regard to its designation elsewhere, 
10.1 	or a criminal proceeding where a finding or verdict of guilt is made or returned but the 
10.2 	adjudication of guilt is either withheld or not entered;
10.3 	(2) a malpractice judgment entered against the regulated individual in any state or 
10.4 	jurisdiction within the past ten years. Information describing the judgments shall be 
10.5 	developed by the boards, shall be stated in plain English, and shall ensure the public 
10.6 	understands the context of the action involving the licensee; or
10.7 	(3) any disciplinary or corrective action or restriction of privileges taken against the 
10.8 	individual's license in this state or in any other state or jurisdiction. The Web site shall 
10.9 	identify the basis for disciplinary action, the type of disciplinary action taken, and whether 
10.10 	the action was taken by a licensing board in this or another state, the federal government, 
10.11 	or a health care provider as defined in section 62A.63, subdivision 2.
10.12 	(b) Each board and the commissioner of health must post in-state information 
10.13 	required in paragraph (a) no later than January 1, 2013. Information from other states and 
10.14 	jurisdictions must be posted no later than July 1, 2013.

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

10.16 	Sec. 22. [214.073] HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING BOARDS; AUTHORITY.
10.17 	(a) Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, 
10.18 	and the commissioner of health, as the regulator for occupational therapy practitioners, 
10.19 	speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing instrument dispensers, shall 
10.20 	require an applicant on or after August 1, 2012, to provide the individual's primary 
10.21 	business address at the time of initial application and all subsequent renewals.
10.22 	(b) Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, 
10.23 	and the commissioner of health, as the regulator for occupational therapy practitioners, 
10.24 	speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing instrument dispensers, shall have 
10.25 	the authority to conduct criminal background checks on all applicants and regulated 
10.26 	individuals at the time of license renewal, at the expense of the individual. The boards 
10.27 	and the commissioner shall establish a protocol for conducting criminal background 
10.28 	checks no later than January 1, 2013. This protocol must require the applicant or regulated 
10.29 	individual to:
10.30 	(1) submit a full set of fingerprints to the board or its designee in a form and manner 
10.31 	specified by the board; and
10.32 	(2) provide consent authorizing the board to obtain the individual's state and national 
10.33 	criminal history record information for the purpose of determining the individual's 
10.34 	suitability for a receiving a credential to practice.
11.1 	(c) Each health-related licensing board, as defined in section 214.01, subdivision 2, 
11.2 	and the commissioner of health, as the regulator for occupational therapy practitioners, 
11.3 	speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing instrument dispensers, shall 
11.4 	submit legislation for consideration in 2013 to require institutions, professional societies, 
11.5 	other licensed professionals, and insurers and other entities to report conduct constituting 
11.6 	grounds for disciplinary action to the respective regulatory entity. Each board and the 
11.7 	commissioner must include penalties that may be imposed for failure to report. Boards 
11.8 	with reporting obligations in statutes are exempt from this paragraph.

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

11.10 	Sec. 23. SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
11.11 	REVIEW.
 11.12 	The Sunset Advisory Commission review of the Department of Health in 2013 
11.13 	and 2014 must include an analysis of the extent to which health occupations should be 
11.14 	licensed by the Department of Health, and the extent to which occupations should be 
11.15 	licensed by licensing boards.

11.16 	Sec. 24. REPORT; INVESTIGATIONS FOR HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING 
11.17 	BOARDS.
 11.18 	The health-related licensing boards and the attorney general shall review and 
11.19 	make recommendations to the legislature by January 15, 2013, on the respective roles 
11.20 	of the boards and the attorney general in conducting investigations of licensees of the 
11.21 	health-related licensing boards.

11.22 	Sec. 25. REPORT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR LICENSING BOARDS.
 11.23 	The chief information officer of the Office of Enterprise Technology and the 
11.24 	commissioner of administration shall report to the legislature by January 15, 2013, on the 
11.25 	best method of providing electronic licensing systems to the health-related licensing 
11.26 	boards.

11.27 	Sec. 26. REPORT; HEALTH-RELATED LICENSING BOARD FEES.
 11.28 	Each health-related licensing board shall report to the chair and lead minority 
11.29 	member of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over 
11.30 	health and human services finance by January 15, 2013, on the degree to which fees 
11.31 	imposed by the board comply with Minnesota Statutes, sections 214.055 and 214.06. 
11.32 	If a board determines that its fees are expected to produce more revenue than needed 
12.1 	to recover expenditures during a five-year period, the board must propose reductions 
12.2 	in those fees to the legislature.

12.3 	Sec. 27. REPORTS; ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.
 12.4 	(a) The commissioner of administration shall report to the legislature by January 15, 
12.5 	2013, on use of the SMART program by executive branch agencies.
12.6 	(b) The administrative services unit of health-related licensing boards shall report to 
12.7 	the legislature by January 15, 2013, evaluating use of the units' services by health-related 
12.8 	licensing boards.

12.9 	Sec. 28. PRACTICE ACT; STUDY.
 12.10 	The Board of Medical Practice shall convene a working group to evaluate the state's 
12.11 	Medical Practice Act to ensure that it effectively protects the safety and well-being of the 
12.12 	citizens of the state and allows transparency. In this evaluation the working group shall 
12.13 	consider practice acts in other states, including conduct that may result in disciplinary 
12.14 	action. The working group shall consult with consumers, experts, and others. The board 
12.15 	shall submit legislation modifying the practice for consideration in the 2013 legislative 
12.16 	session.

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

12.18 	Sec. 29. FEES; REDUCTION.
 12.19 	The application and renewal fees for the following boards are reduced by 25 percent:
12.20 	(1) the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators established pursuant 
12.21 	to section 144A.19;
12.22 	(2) the Board of Medical Practice established pursuant to section 147.01;
12.23 	(3) the Board of Nursing established pursuant to section 148.81;
12.24 	(4) the Board of Chiropractic Examiners established pursuant to section 148.02;
12.25 	(5) the Board of Optometry established pursuant to section 148.52;
12.26 	(6) the Board of Physical Therapy established pursuant to section 148.67;
12.27 	(7) the Board of Psychology established pursuant to section 148.90;
12.28 	(8) the Board of Social Work established pursuant to section 148E.025;
12.29 	(9) the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy established pursuant to section 
12.30 	148B.30;
12.31 	(10) the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy established pursuant to section 
12.32 	148B.51;
13.1 	(11) the Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice established pursuant to section 
13.2 	148.622;
13.3 	(12) the Board of Dentistry established pursuant to section 150A.02;
13.4 	(13) the Board of Pharmacy established pursuant to section 151.02;
13.5 	(14) the Board of Podiatric Medicine established pursuant to section 153.02; and
13.6 	(15) the Board of Veterinary Medicine established pursuant to section 156.01.

13.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for all applications and renewals 
13.8 	received on or after August 1, 2012.

13.9 	Sec. 30. APPROPRIATION.
 13.10 	(a) $....... is appropriated to the Legislative Coordinating Commission from the 
13.11 	general fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, to provide two staff people for the 
13.12 	Sunset Advisory Commission. This appropriation does not cancel.
13.13 	(b) $....... is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Auditor from the general 
13.14 	fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, to provide one staff person, as directed by 
13.15 	the Legislative Audit Commission, to coordinate with and assist the Sunset Advisory 
13.16 	Commission. This appropriation does not cancel.

13.17 	Sec. 31.  REPEALER.
 13.18 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 138A.01; 138A.02; 138A.03; 138A.04; 138A.05; 
13.19 	and 138A.06, are repealed effective the day following final enactment.