1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to close a 
1.3 	Minnesota state-operated community services location.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES.
 1.6 	The commissioner of human services shall close the Minnesota state-operated community 
1.7 	services program known as MSOCS Coon Rapids Ilex. The commissioner must not reopen 
1.8 	or redesign the program. For the purposes of this section:
1.9 	(1) a program is considered closed if the commissioner discontinues providing services 
1.10 	at a given location;
1.11 	(2) a program is considered reopened if the commissioner opens a new program or begins 
1.12 	providing a new service at a location that was previously closed; and
1.13 	(3) a program is considered redesigned if the commissioner does not change the nature 
1.14 	of the services provided, but does change the focus of the population served by the program.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.