SF 3813

2nd Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/10/2020 09:31am

A bill for an act
relating to health; transferring funds 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 PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
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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 requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199, subdivision
5, paragraph (a), and subdivision 7, paragraph (a), do not apply. Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 144.4199, subdivision 1, any unobligated and unexpended amount in the
contingency account over $5,000,000 on February 1, 2021, shall transfer to the general
fund. Any amount remaining in the account after February 1, 2021, is not subject to the
restrictions provided in this section, with the exception that, any amount received after
February 1, 2021, under the requirement in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.4199, subdivision
5, paragraph (b), 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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