1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; authorizing new staff positions in the Office of 
1.3 	Ombudsman for Older Minnesotans; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. STAFF POSITIONS AUTHORIZED.
 1.6 	The Office of Ombudsman for Older Minnesotans is authorized to add six 
1.7 	full-time staff positions to serve clients receiving long-term care services in home and 
1.8 	community-based settings.

1.9 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.10 	$573,934 in fiscal year 2008 and $514,534 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from 
1.11 	the general fund to the commissioner of human services for the purposes of section 1. This 
1.12 	appropriation shall become part of the base appropriation.