HF 2198

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/15/2016 08:42am

A bill for an act
relating to state government; providing for disparities impact notes on proposed
legislation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [3.99] DISPARITIES IMPACT NOTES.
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new text begin The commissioner of management and budget shall coordinate with relevant
agencies on the development of a disparities impact note for any proposed legislation
upon request of the chair or the ranking minority member of any standing committee if it
appears enactment could have a significant impact on increasing or decreasing disparities.
Upon receipt of a request to prepare a disparity impact note, the commissioner must notify
the authors of the proposed legislation that the request has been made. The disparity
impact note must be made available to the public upon request. The commissioner shall
make a reasonable and timely estimate of whether the proposed legislation may increase
or decrease disparities. For purposes of this section, disparities means the difference
in economic, employment, health, education, or public safety outcomes between the
state population as a whole and subgroups of the population defined by socioeconomic
status, race, ethnicity, age, gender, and geography to the extent data is available. Upon
completion of the disparities impact note, the commissioner must provide a copy to the
authors of the proposed legislation and to the chair and ranking minority member of each
committee to which the proposed legislation is referred.
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