SF 3813

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/09/2020 12:47pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; appropriating money for public health response planning and
preparation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.
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new text begin The commissioner of management and budget shall transfer $20,889,000 in fiscal year
2020 from the general fund to the public health response contingency account under
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199, for a public health response related to a potential
outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is a
onetime transfer. For the purposes of this transfer for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), the determination criteria in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199,
subdivision 3, and the requirement in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199, subdivision 5,
paragraph (a), do not apply. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199,
subdivision 1, any unobligated and unexpended amount over $5,000,000 on February 1,
2021, shall cancel to the general fund by the close of fiscal year 2021. Any amount received
after February 1, 2021, under the requirement in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199,
subdivision 5, attributable to this section shall be transferred to the general fund.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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