HF 3338

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/09/2018 03:58pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; adding security screening systems to ionizing radiation-producing
equipment; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2016, section 144.121, subdivision 1a, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.121, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Fees for ionizing radiation-producing equipment.

(a) A facility with ionizing
radiation-producing equipment must pay an annual initial or annual renewal registration
fee consisting of a base facility fee of $100 and an additional fee for each radiation source,
as follows:

(1)	medical or veterinary equipment	$	100
(2)	dental x-ray equipment	$	40
(3)	x-ray equipment not used on humans or animals	$	100
(4)	devices with sources of ionizing radiation not used on humans or animals	$	100
new text begin (5) new text end	new text begin security screening system new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 100 new text end

(b) A facility with radiation therapy and accelerator equipment must pay an annual
registration fee of $500. A facility with an industrial accelerator must pay an annual
registration fee of $150.

(c) Electron microscopy equipment is exempt from the registration fee requirements of
this section.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.121, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Exemption from examination requirements; operators of security screening
systems. new text end

new text begin (a) This subdivision applies to security screening systems that are
radiation-producing equipment, designed and used for security screening of humans who
are in custody of a correctional or detention facility to image and identify contraband items
concealed within or on all sides of the body.
new text end

new text begin (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a correctional or detention facility means an agency
of the state or a political subdivision charged with detection, enforcement, or incarceration
in respect to state criminal or traffic laws and that is licensed as a correctional or detention
facility by the commissioner of corrections under section 241.021.
new text end

new text begin (c) An employee of a correctional or detention facility who operates a security screening
system that meets the definition under paragraph (a) and the facility in which an individual
who operates a security screening system are exempt from the requirements of subdivisions
5 and 6.
new text end

new text begin (d) An employee of a correctional or detention facility who operates a security screening
system that meets the definition under paragraph (a) and the facility in which an individual
operates a security screening system must meet the requirements of a variance to Minnesota
Rules, parts 4732.0305 and 4732.0565, issued under Minnesota Rules, parts 4717.7000 to
4717.7050, until permanent rules governing security screening systems are adopted under
section 3.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective 30 days following final enactment.
Paragraph (d) expires on the December 31 that occurs in the same year following the
publication in the State Register of rules adopted under section 3.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin RULEMAKING.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may adopt permanent rules to implement Minnesota Statutes, section
144.121, subdivision 9.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the state government special revenue fund
to the commissioner of health for the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 144.121.
The base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2020 and $0 in fiscal year 2021.
new text end