1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; providing a minimum wage for providers of personal 
1.3 	care services; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE FOR PROVIDERS OF PERSONAL CARE 
1.6 	ASSISTANT SERVICES.
 1.7 	(a) Providers of services described in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0625, subdivisions 
1.8 	19a and 19c, must be paid a wage of, at a minimum, $14 per hour for work provided through 
1.9 	a program covered under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
1.10 	(b) The commissioner of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, grants, or 
1.11 	allocations by an amount sufficient to cover the minimum wage required under this section.

1.12 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.13 	$....... in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
1.14 	human services for the purposes of section 1.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019, and applies to work done 
1.16 	on or after that date.