1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legislative enactments; correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted 
1.3 	text and obsolete references; removing redundant, conflicting, and superseded 
1.4 	provisions; making miscellaneous corrections to laws, statutes, and rules;
1.5 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 3.739, subdivision 2a; 3.7394, 
1.6 	subdivision 3; 3.855, subdivision 4; 3.8851, subdivision 1; 3A.02, subdivision 
1.7 	1; 10A.09, subdivision 5; 12.38; 13.08, subdivision 4; 13.321, subdivision 7; 
1.8 	13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 13.46, subdivision 1; 13.461, subdivision 16, 
1.9 	by adding a subdivision; 13.6435, by adding a subdivision; 14.03, subdivision 
1.10 	1; 15.06, subdivision 8; 16A.124, subdivisions 4a, 4b; 16A.131, subdivision 
1.11 	2; 16B.58, subdivision 5; 40A.04, subdivision 1; 41A.12, subdivision 2; 
1.12 	43A.01, subdivision 2; 45.011, subdivision 1; 62A.046, subdivision 4; 62A.095, 
1.13 	subdivision 1; 62D.04, subdivisions 3, 5; 62D.09, subdivision 8; 62E.02, 
1.14 	subdivision 13; 62E.11, subdivision 5; 62E.14, subdivision 4e; 62J.497, 
1.15 	subdivision 2; 62J.60, subdivisions 2a, 3; 62J.70, subdivision 2; 62J.701; 62J.81, 
1.16 	subdivision 2; 62L.03, subdivision 3; 62M.07; 62N.40; 62Q.03, subdivision 5a; 
1.17 	62Q.18, subdivision 1; 62Q.19, subdivision 2a; 62Q.22, subdivision 8; 62Q.37, 
1.18 	subdivision 1; 62Q.47; 62Q.73, subdivision 2; 62Q.80, subdivision 5; 62U.01, 
1.19 	subdivision 12; 62U.10, subdivision 5; 85A.05, subdivisions 4, 5, 6; 115A.551, 
1.20 	subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 116.07, subdivision 5; 116.42; 116.43; 116.77; 116A.24, 
1.21 	subdivision 2; 119A.04, subdivision 2; 122A.09, subdivision 10; 122A.21, 
1.22 	subdivision 1; 123B.57, subdivision 3; 124D.50, subdivision 4; 124D.895, 
1.23 	subdivision 3; 125A.51; 127A.45, subdivision 11; 134.32, subdivision 8; 
1.24 	136A.128, subdivision 2; 144.1222, subdivision 2a; 144.225, subdivisions 2, 2a; 
1.25 	144.414, subdivision 2; 144.4812; 144.608, subdivision 1; 144.651, subdivision 
1.26 	2; 144A.04, subdivision 7; 144A.10, subdivision 4; 144A.105, subdivision 1; 
1.27 	144A.43, subdivision 22; 144A.442; 144A.4792, subdivision 13; 144D.01, 
1.28 	subdivision 4; 144E.285, subdivision 2; 144G.03, subdivision 2; 145.4133; 
1.29 	145.61, subdivision 5; 146A.11, subdivision 1; 147A.08; 147B.03, subdivision 1; 
1.30 	148.519, subdivision 1; 148.741; 150A.06, subdivision 2d; 151.55, subdivision 
1.31 	6; 153A.15, subdivision 1; 155A.23, subdivision 5a; 155A.355, subdivisions 
1.32 	1, 2; 168B.07, subdivision 3; 174.06, subdivision 2; 176.105, subdivision 4; 
1.33 	201.225, subdivision 2; 221.025; 239.7911, subdivision 2; 241.021, subdivision 
1.34 	4a; 244.05, subdivision 8; 244.054, subdivision 2; 245.466, subdivision 7; 
1.35 	245.467, subdivision 2; 245.4682, subdivision 3; 245.4712, subdivision 3; 
1.36 	245.4871, subdivision 32; 245.4876, subdivision 2; 245.826; 245.94, subdivision 
1.37 	1; 245A.03, subdivisions 2a, 2b, 4, 5, 6; 245A.14, subdivision 10; 245D.06, 
1.38 	subdivisions 6, 8; 252.28, subdivision 3; 252.451, subdivision 1; 253B.03, 
1.39 	subdivision 10; 253B.064, subdivision 1; 253B.18, subdivision 5a; 253C.01, 
2.1 	subdivision 1; 254B.03, subdivision 4; 254B.04, subdivision 1; 256.01, 
2.2 	subdivisions 2, 2b, 18, 18a, 39; 256.014, subdivision 1; 256.015, subdivisions 1, 
2.3 	3; 256.019, subdivision 1; 256.029; 256.045, subdivisions 3a, 3b, 10; 256.046, 
2.4 	subdivision 1; 256.9365, subdivision 3; 256.962, subdivisions 1, 5; 256.9655, 
2.5 	subdivision 1; 256.9686, subdivision 7; 256.98, subdivisions 3, 8; 256.99; 
2.6 	256.991; 256.997, subdivision 4; 256B.02, subdivision 9; 256B.03, subdivision 
2.7 	3; 256B.035; 256B.037, subdivisions 1, 5; 256B.04, subdivision 14; 256B.042, 
2.8 	subdivisions 1, 3; 256B.043, subdivision 1; 256B.056, subdivision 6; 256B.0625, 
2.9 	subdivisions 3, 3c, 5, 25a, 34; 256B.0636; 256B.0653, subdivision 2; 256B.0659, 
2.10 	subdivision 22; 256B.075, subdivisions 2, 3; 256B.0751, subdivision 1; 
2.11 	256B.092, subdivision 4a; 256B.093, subdivision 3; 256B.0947, subdivision 3a; 
2.12 	256B.15, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 256B.19, subdivision 2c; 256B.25, subdivision 3; 
2.13 	256B.37, subdivision 2; 256B.438, subdivision 4; 256B.47, subdivisions 1, 3, 
2.14 	4; 256B.4914, subdivision 9; 256B.50, subdivision 1a; 256B.501, subdivision 
2.15 	11; 256B.5013, subdivision 1; 256B.69, subdivision 5; 256B.691; 256B.71, 
2.16 	subdivision 4; 256B.73, subdivisions 4, 8; 256B.76, subdivision 5; 256B.77, 
2.17 	subdivisions 10, 26; 256C.30; 256G.01, subdivision 4; 256G.02, subdivisions 
2.18 	4, 6; 256G.03, subdivision 2; 256I.05, subdivision 1a; 256J.01, subdivision 
2.19 	5; 256J.08, subdivision 73; 256J.24, subdivision 7; 256J.396, subdivision 
2.20 	1; 256J.68, subdivision 6; 256L.03, subdivision 3; 256L.09, subdivision 1; 
2.21 	256L.12, subdivisions 4, 5; 256M.10, subdivision 2; 257C.03, subdivision 
2.22 	7; 260.785, subdivision 3; 260.795, subdivision 2; 260B.188, subdivision 1; 
2.23 	260C.188, subdivision 1; 268.19, subdivision 1; 268A.01, subdivision 14; 
2.24 	270C.721; 271.06, subdivision 7; 271.07; 272.02, subdivision 10; 273.032; 
2.25 	287.29, subdivision 1; 289A.08, subdivisions 1, 7; 289A.12, subdivision 14; 
2.26 	289A.50, subdivision 10; 290.01, subdivisions 22, 29a; 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 
2.27 	22; 290.067, subdivision 1; 290.0674, subdivision 1; 290.0675, subdivision 1; 
2.28 	290.0677, subdivision 1; 290.0802, subdivisions 1, 2; 290.091, subdivisions 2, 
2.29 	3, 6; 290.0921, subdivision 3; 290.191, subdivisions 2, 3; 290.311, subdivision 
2.30 	1; 290.9727, subdivision 3; 290.9728, subdivision 2; 290.9729, subdivision 2; 
2.31 	290A.03, subdivision 8; 291.031; 295.53, subdivision 1; 297A.70, subdivision 
2.32 	11; 297B.01, subdivision 14; 297E.01, subdivision 8; 297I.15, subdivision 4; 
2.33 	298.01, subdivisions 3b, 4b, 4c; 298.223, subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivision 4; 
2.34 	298.294; 298.2961, subdivision 4; 303.16, subdivision 2; 319B.02, subdivision 
2.35 	19; 325E.34, subdivision 1; 326B.31, subdivision 15; 326B.42, subdivision 
2.36 	6; 326B.91, subdivision 8; 326B.92, subdivision 2; 327C.02, subdivision 
2.37 	5; 349.12, subdivision 25; 355.01, subdivision 3e; 383B.213; 383D.65, 
2.38 	subdivision 3; 389.03; 412.191, subdivision 1; 412.581; 414.0325, subdivision 
2.39 	5; 446A.072, subdivision 14; 469.056, subdivision 1; 469.1734, subdivisions 5, 
2.40 	6, 7; 469.1735, subdivision 1; 469.1763, subdivision 2; 473.388, subdivision 
2.41 	4; 473.39, subdivision 1; 473.8441, subdivision 1; 480.35, subdivision 2; 
2.42 	484.87, subdivision 5; 517.08, subdivision 4; 524.2-215; 525.313; 550.37, 
2.43 	subdivision 14; 557.021; 609.232, subdivisions 3, 11; 609.495, subdivision 1; 
2.44 	609B.127; 609B.132; 609B.425, subdivision 2; 611A.52, subdivision 8; 641.15, 
2.45 	subdivision 2; 641.155; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 13.46, 
2.46 	subdivision 2; 41A.15, subdivision 10; 41A.17, subdivision 1; 62A.045; 62J.692, 
2.47 	subdivision 4; 62Q.37, subdivision 2; 116D.04, subdivision 2a; 116J.549, 
2.48 	subdivision 2; 119B.011, subdivision 15; 120B.301; 123B.595, subdivision 
2.49 	11; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.76, subdivision 2c; 125A.79, subdivision 
2.50 	1; 144.551, subdivision 1; 151.37, subdivision 2; 200.02, subdivision 23; 
2.51 	245.4661, subdivisions 6, 9; 245A.02, subdivision 21; 245D.06, subdivision 
2.52 	7; 245D.061, subdivision 1; 246.18, subdivision 8; 256B.038; 256B.0622, 
2.53 	subdivision 2; 256B.0625, subdivision 20; 256B.0915, subdivisions 3a, 3e, 
2.54 	3h; 256B.431, subdivision 2b; 256B.50, subdivision 1; 256B.765; 256B.85, 
2.55 	subdivisions 17, 18a; 256I.04, subdivisions 3, 4; 256I.05, subdivision 1c; 
2.56 	260C.221; 261.23; 290.01, subdivision 19; 290.0671, subdivision 1; 501C.0103; 
2.57 	501C.0111; 604.175; 624.713, subdivision 1; 626.556, subdivision 3c; 626.5572, 
2.58 	subdivisions 6, 21; Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4; 
3.1 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290; repealing 
3.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.319, subdivision 6; 13.3806, subdivision 
3.3 	18; 13.598, subdivision 4; 13.6905, subdivision 23; 40A.03; 93.223, subdivision 
3.4 	2; 127A.48, subdivision 9; 147.031; 148.232; 245.482, subdivision 5; 256.966, 
3.5 	subdivision 1; 256B.0645; 259.24, subdivision 8; 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b, 
3.6 	19c, 19d; 290.0692; 290.191, subdivisions 9, 10, 11, 12; 297A.71, subdivisions 
3.7 	42, 46, 47; 298.2961, subdivisions 5, 6, 7; 383B.926; 386.23; 507.30; 507.37; 
3.8 	557.07; Laws 2014, chapter 286, article 6, section 2; Laws 2015, chapter 45, 
3.9 	section 17; Laws 2015, chapter 68, article 14, section 8.
3.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

3.11 	ARTICLE 1
3.12 	MISCELLANEOUS

3.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.855, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.14 		Subd. 4.Other duties. The commission shall:
3.15 	(1) continually monitor the state's civil service system provided for in chapter 43A, 
3.16 	rules of the commissioner of management and budget, and the collective bargaining 
3.17 	process provided for in chapter 179A, as applied to state employees;
3.18 	(2) research and analyze the need for improvements in those statutory sections;
3.19 	(3) adopt rules consistent with this section relating to the scheduling and conduct of 
3.20 	commission business and other organizational and procedural matters; and
3.21 	(4) perform other related functions delegated to it by the legislature; and.
3.22 	(5) adopt changes, as necessary, to the uniform collective bargaining agreement 
3.23 	settlement document developed under section 179A.07, subdivision 7. Any modifications 
3.24 	to the form approved by the commission must be submitted to the legislature in the same 
3.25 	manner as compensation plans under subdivision 3.

3.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.8851, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.27 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) There is established a Legislative Energy 
3.28 	Commission to study and to make recommendations for legislation concerning issues 
3.29 	related to its duties under subdivision 3.
3.30 	(b) The commission consists of:
3.31 	(1) ten members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, 
3.32 	four of whom must be from the minority caucus, and including the chair of the committee 
3.33 	with primary jurisdiction over energy policy; the chair or another member of each of the 
3.34 	committees with primary jurisdiction over environmental policy, agricultural policy, and 
3.35 	transportation policy; and a legislator who is a member of the NextGen Energy Board; and
3.36 	(2) ten members of the senate to be appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees, 
3.37 	four of whom must be from the minority caucus, and including the chair of the committee 
4.1 	with primary jurisdiction over energy policy; and the chair or another member of each of 
4.2 	the committees with primary jurisdiction over environmental policy, agricultural policy, 
4.3 	and transportation policy; and a legislator who is a member of the NextGen Energy Board.
4.4 	(c) The commission may employ full-time and part-time staff, contract for consulting 
4.5 	services, and may reimburse the expenses of persons requested to assist it in its duties. 
4.6 	The director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission shall assist the commission 
4.7 	in administrative matters. The commission shall elect cochairs, one member of the 
4.8 	house of representatives and one member of the senate from among the committee and 
4.9 	subcommittee chairs named to the commission. The commission members from the house 
4.10 	of representatives shall elect the house of representatives cochair, and the commission 
4.11 	members from the senate shall elect the senate cochair.

4.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.13 		Subdivision 1.Qualifications.  (a) A former legislator is entitled, upon written 
4.14 	application to the director, to receive a retirement allowance monthly, if the person:
4.15 	(1) has either served at least six full years, without regard to the application of 
4.16 	section 3A.10, subdivision 2, or has served during all or part of four regular sessions as a 
4.17 	member of the legislature, which service need not be continuous;
4.18 	(2) has attained the normal retirement age;
4.19 	(3) has retired as a member of the legislature; and
4.20 	(4) has made all contributions provided for in section 3A.03, has made payments 
4.21 	for past service under subdivision 2, or has made payments in lieu of contributions under 
4.22 	Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 3A.031, before July 1, 1994.
4.23 	(b) Unless the former legislator has legislative service before January 1, 1979, 
4.24 	the retirement allowance is an amount equal to 2-1/2 percent per year of service of that 
4.25 	member's average monthly salary and adjusted for that person on an actuarial equivalent 
4.26 	basis to reflect the change in the postretirement interest rate actuarial assumption under 
4.27 	section 356.215, subdivision 8, from five percent to six percent. The adjustment must be 
4.28 	calculated by or, alternatively, the adjustment procedure must be specified by, the actuary 
4.29 	retained under section 356.214. The purpose of this adjustment is to ensure that the total 
4.30 	amount of benefits that the actuary predicts an individual member will receive over the 
4.31 	member's lifetime under this paragraph will be the same as the total amount of benefits the 
4.32 	actuary predicts the individual member would receive over the member's lifetime under 
4.33 	the law in effect before enactment of this paragraph. If the former legislator has legislative 
4.34 	service before January 1, 1979, the person's benefit must include the additional benefit 
4.35 	amount in effect on January 1, 1979, and adjusted as otherwise provided in this paragraph.
5.1 	(c) The retirement allowance accrues following the receipt by the director of a 
5.2 	retirement application on a form prescribed by the director, but not before the normal 
5.3 	retirement age, except as specified in subdivision 1b. The annuity is payable for the 
5.4 	remainder of the former legislator's life, if the former legislator is not serving as a member 
5.5 	of the legislature or as a constitutional officer as defined in section 3A.01, subdivision 1c. 
5.6 	The annuity does not begin to accrue before the person's retirement as a legislator. No 
5.7 	annuity payment may be made retroactive for more than 180 days before the date that the 
5.8 	annuity application is filed with the director.
5.9 	(d) Any member who has served during all or part of four regular sessions is 
5.10 	considered to have served eight years as a member of the legislature.
5.11 	(e) The retirement allowance ceases with the last payment that accrued to the retired 
5.12 	legislator during the retired legislator's lifetime, except that the surviving spouse, if any, 
5.13 	is entitled to receive the retirement allowance of the retired legislator for the calendar 
5.14 	month in which the retired legislator died.

5.15 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
5.16 		Subd. 5.Form. (a) A statement of economic interest required by this section must 
5.17 	be on a form prescribed by the board. The individual filing must provide the following 
5.18 	information:
5.19 	(1) name, address, occupation, and principal place of business;
5.20 	(2) the name of each associated business and the nature of that association;
5.21 	(3) a listing of all real property within the state, excluding homestead property, in 
5.22 	which the individual holds: (i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract for deed as buyer 
5.23 	or seller, or an option to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the interest is valued in excess of 
5.24 	$2,500; or (ii) an option to buy, if the property has a fair market value of more than $50,000;
5.25 	(4) a listing of all real property within the state in which a partnership of which the 
5.26 	individual is a member holds: (i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract for deed as 
5.27 	buyer or seller, or an option to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the individual's share of 
5.28 	the partnership interest is valued in excess of $2,500; or (ii) an option to buy, if the property 
5.29 	has a fair market value of more than $50,000. A listing under this clause or clause (3) or (4) 
5.30 	must indicate the street address and the municipality or the section, township, range and 
5.31 	approximate acreage, whichever applies, and the county in which the property is located;
5.32 	(5) a listing of any investments, ownership, or interests in property connected with 
5.33 	pari-mutuel horse racing in the United States and Canada, including a racehorse, in which 
5.34 	the individual directly or indirectly holds a partial or full interest or an immediate family 
5.35 	member holds a partial or full interest;
6.1 	(6) a listing of the principal business or professional activity category of each 
6.2 	business from which the individual receives more than $50 in any month as an employee, 
6.3 	if the individual has an ownership interest of 25 percent or more in the business; and
6.4 	(7) a listing of each principal business or professional activity category from which 
6.5 	the individual received compensation of more than $2,500 in the past 12 months as an 
6.6 	independent contractor.
6.7 	(b) The business or professional categories for purposes of paragraph (a), clauses (6) 
6.8 	and (7), must be the general topic headings used by the federal Internal Revenue Service 
6.9 	for purposes of reporting self-employment income on Schedule C. This paragraph does 
6.10 	not require an individual to report any specific code number from that schedule. Any 
6.11 	additional principal business or professional activity category may only be adopted if 
6.12 	the category is enacted by law.

6.13 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 12.38, is amended to read:
6.14 	12.38 STATE AGENCIES; TEMPORARY WAIVER OF FEES.
6.15 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a state agency as defined in section 16B.01, 
6.16 	subdivision 2, with the approval of the governor, may waive fees that would otherwise be 
6.17 	charged for agency services. The waiver of fees must be confined to geographic areas 
6.18 	within a presidentially declared disaster area, and to the minimum periods of time necessary 
6.19 	to deal with the emergency situation. The requirements of section 14.05, subdivision 4, 
6.20 	sections 14.055 and 14.056 do not apply to a waiver made under this section. The agency 
6.21 	must promptly report the reasons for and the impact of any suspended fees to the chairs of 
6.22 	the legislative committees that oversee the policy and budgetary affairs of the agency.

6.23 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.24 		Subd. 4.Action to compel compliance. (a) Actions to compel compliance may be 
6.25 	brought either under this subdivision or section 13.085. For actions under this subdivision, 
6.26 	in addition to the remedies provided in subdivisions 1 to 3 or any other law, any aggrieved 
6.27 	person seeking to enforce the person's rights under this chapter or obtain access to data 
6.28 	may bring an action in district court to compel compliance with this chapter and may 
6.29 	recover costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney's fees, as determined by 
6.30 	the court. If the court determines that an action brought under this subdivision is frivolous 
6.31 	and without merit and a basis in fact, it may award reasonable costs and attorney fees to 
6.32 	the responsible authority. If the court issues an order to compel compliance under this 
6.33 	subdivision, the court may impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 against the government 
6.34 	entity. This penalty is payable to the state general fund and is in addition to damages 
7.1 	under subdivision 1. The matter shall be heard as soon as possible. In an action involving 
7.2 	a request for government data under section 13.03 or 13.04, the court may inspect in 
7.3 	camera the government data in dispute, but shall conduct its hearing in public and in a 
7.4 	manner that protects the security of data classified as not public. If the court issues an 
7.5 	order to compel compliance under this subdivision, the court shall forward a copy of the 
7.6 	order to the commissioner of administration.
7.7 	(b) In determining whether to assess a civil penalty under this subdivision, the court 
7.8 	or other tribunal shall consider whether the government entity has substantially complied 
7.9 	with general data practices under this chapter, including but not limited to, whether the 
7.10 	government entity has:
7.11 	(1) designated a responsible authority under section 13.02, subdivision 16;
7.12 	(2) designated a data practices compliance official under section 13.05, subdivision 
7.13 	13;
7.14 	(3) prepared the data inventory that names the responsible authority and describes 
7.15 	the records and data on individuals that are maintained by the government entity under 
7.16 	section 13.025, subdivision 1;
7.17 	(4) developed public access procedures under section 13.03, subdivision 2; 
7.18 	procedures to guarantee the rights of data subjects under section 13.05, subdivision 8; and 
7.19 	procedures to ensure that data on individuals are accurate and complete and to safeguard 
7.20 	the data's security under section 13.05, subdivision 5;
7.21 	(5) acted in conformity with an opinion issued under section 13.072 that was sought 
7.22 	by a government entity or another person; or
7.23 	(6) provided ongoing training to government entity personnel who respond to 
7.24 	requests under this chapter.
7.25 	(c) The court shall award reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff who has 
7.26 	brought an action under this subdivision if the government entity that is the defendant in 
7.27 	the action was also the subject of a written opinion issued under section 13.072 and the 
7.28 	court finds that the opinion is directly related to the cause of action being litigated and that 
7.29 	the government entity did not act in conformity with the opinion.

7.30 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.321, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
7.31 		Subd. 7.Education programs; performance tracking system. (a) School 
7.32 	readiness program. Data on a child participating in a school readiness program are 
7.33 	classified under section 124D.15, subdivision 9.
7.34 	(b) [Renumbered 13.461, subd 31]
8.1 	(c) Performance tracking system. Data sharing related to the performance tracking 
8.2 	system is governed by section 124D.52.

8.3 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 14.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.4 		Subdivision 1.Generally. The Administrative Procedure Act in sections 14.001 to 
8.5 	14.69 does not apply to (a) agencies directly in the legislative or judicial branches, (b) 
8.6 	emergency powers in sections 12.31 to 12.37, (c) the Department of Military Affairs, (d) 
8.7 	the Comprehensive Health Association provided in section 62E.10, (e) the Tax Court 
8.8 	provided by section 271.06, or (f) (e) the regents of the University of Minnesota.

8.9 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15.06, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
8.10 		Subd. 8.Number of deputy commissioners. Unless specifically authorized by 
8.11 	statute, other than section 43A.08, subdivision 2, no department or agency specified in 
8.12 	subdivision 1 shall have more than one deputy commissioner.

8.13 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.131, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8.14 		Subd. 2.Transit cards. An employee may direct the commissioner, in writing, 
8.15 	to deduct a stated amount from the employee's pay to buy mass transit ridership cards. 
8.16 	The commissioner shall deposit the amount in the special account authorized by section 
8.17 	16B.58, subdivision 7.

8.18 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16B.58, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
8.19 		Subd. 5.Money collected. Money collected by the commissioner as rents, charges, 
8.20 	or fees in connection with and for the use of a parking lot or facility is appropriated to 
8.21 	the commissioner for the purpose of operating, maintaining, improving, and replacing 
8.22 	parking lots or facilities owned or operated by the state, including providing necessary and 
8.23 	suitable uniforms for employees, and to carry out the purposes of this section, except as 
8.24 	provided in subdivision 7.

8.25 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 40A.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.26 		Subdivision 1.Counties. After January 1, 1987, A county located outside of the 
8.27 	metropolitan area may submit to the commissioner and to the regional development 
8.28 	commission in which it is located, if one exists, a proposed agricultural land preservation 
8.29 	plan and proposed official controls implementing the plan. To the extent practicable, 
8.30 	submission of the proposal must coincide with the completion of the county soil survey. 
8.31 	The commissioner, in consultation with the regional development commission, shall 
9.1 	review the plan and controls for consistency with the elements in this chapter and shall 
9.2 	submit written comments to the county within 60 days of receipt of the proposal. The 
9.3 	comments must include a determination of whether the plan and controls are consistent 
9.4 	with the elements in this chapter. The commissioner shall notify the county of its 
9.5 	determination. If the commissioner determines that the plan and controls are consistent, 
9.6 	the county shall adopt the controls within 90 days of completion of the commissioner's 
9.7 	review. If the commissioner determines that the plan and controls are not consistent, the 
9.8 	comments must include the additional elements that must be addressed by the county. The 
9.9 	county shall amend its plan and controls to include the additional elements and adopt the 
9.10 	amended controls within 120 days of completion of the commissioner's review.

9.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 41A.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.12 		Subd. 2.Activities authorized. For the purposes of this program, the commissioner 
9.13 	may issue grants, loans, or other forms of financial assistance. Eligible activities include, 
9.14 	but are not limited to, grants to livestock producers under the livestock investment grant 
9.15 	program under section 17.118, bioenergy awards made by the NextGen Energy Board 
9.16 	under section 41A.105, cost-share grants for the installation of biofuel blender pumps, and 
9.17 	financial assistance to support other rural economic infrastructure activities.

9.18 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 41A.15, subdivision 10, is 
9.19 	amended to read:
9.20 		Subd. 10.Renewable chemical. "Renewable chemical" means a chemical with 
9.21 	biobased content as defined in Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 41A.105, subdivision 1a.

9.22 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 41A.17, subdivision 1, is 
9.23 	amended to read:
9.24 		Subdivision 1.Eligibility. (a) A facility eligible for payment under this program 
9.25 	must source at least 80 percent biobased content, as defined in Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
9.26 	section 41A.105, subdivision 1a, clause (1), from Minnesota. If a facility is sited 50 miles 
9.27 	or less from the state border, biobased content must be sourced from within a 100-mile 
9.28 	radius. Biobased content must be from agricultural or forestry sources or from solid waste. 
9.29 	The facility must be located in Minnesota, must begin production at a specific location by 
9.30 	June 30, 2025, and must not begin production of 3,000,000 pounds of chemicals annually 
9.31 	before January 1, 2015. Eligible facilities include existing companies and facilities that are 
9.32 	adding production capacity, or retrofitting existing capacity, as well as new companies and 
9.33 	facilities. Eligible renewable chemical facilities must produce at least 3,000,000 pounds 
10.1 	per year. Renewable chemicals produced through processes that are fully commercial 
10.2 	before January 1, 2000, are not eligible.
10.3 	(b) No payments shall be made for renewable chemical production that occurs after 
10.4 	June 30, 2035, for those eligible renewable chemical producers under paragraph (a).
10.5 	(c) An eligible producer of renewable chemicals shall not transfer the producer's 
10.6 	eligibility for payments under this section to a renewable chemical facility at a different 
10.7 	location.
10.8 	(d) A producer that ceases production for any reason is ineligible to receive 
10.9 	payments under this section until the producer resumes production.
10.10 	(e) Advanced biofuel production for which payment has been received under section 
10.11 	41A.16, and biomass thermal production for which payment has been received under 
10.12 	section 41A.18, are not eligible for payment under this section.

10.13 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 43A.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.14 		Subd. 2.Precedence of merit principles and nondiscrimination. It is the policy 
10.15 	of this state to provide for equal employment opportunity consistent with chapter 363A 
10.16 	by ensuring that all personnel actions be based on the ability to perform the duties and 
10.17 	responsibilities assigned to the position without regard to age, race, creed or religion, 
10.18 	color, disability, sex, national origin, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, 
10.19 	or political affiliation. It is the policy of this state to take affirmative action to eliminate 
10.20 	the underutilization of qualified members of protected groups in the civil service, where 
10.21 	such action is not in conflict with other provisions of this chapter or chapter 179, in order 
10.22 	to correct imbalances and eliminate the present effects of past discrimination.
10.23 	No contract executed pursuant to chapter 179A shall modify, waive or abridge this 
10.24 	section and sections 43A.07 to 43A.13 43A.121, 43A.15, and 43A.17 to 43A.21, except to 
10.25 	the extent expressly permitted in those sections.

10.26 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 45.011, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.27 		Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in chapters 45 to 80C, 80E to 83, 155A, 332, 332A, 
10.28 	332B, 345, and 359, and sections 123A.21, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (23); 
10.29 	123A.25; 325D.30 to 325D.42; 326B.802 to 326B.885; 386.61386.62 to 386.78; 471.617; 
10.30 	and 471.982, unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms defined in this section 
10.31 	have the meanings given them.

10.32 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62D.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
11.1 		Subd. 3.Use of terms. Except as provided in section 62D.03, subdivision 2, No 
11.2 	person who has not been issued a certificate of authority shall use the words "health 
11.3 	maintenance organization" or the initials "HMO" in its name, contracts or literature. 
11.4 	Provided, however, that persons who are operating under a contract with, operating in 
11.5 	association with, enrolling enrollees for, or otherwise authorized by a health maintenance 
11.6 	organization licensed under sections 62D.01 to 62D.30 to act on its behalf may use the 
11.7 	terms "health maintenance organization" or "HMO" for the limited purpose of denoting 
11.8 	or explaining their association or relationship with the authorized health maintenance 
11.9 	organization. No health maintenance organization which has a minority of enrollees and 
11.10 	members elected according to section 62D.06, subdivision 1, as members of its board of 
11.11 	directors shall use the words "consumer controlled" in its name or in any way represent to 
11.12 	the public that it is controlled by consumers.

11.13 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.497, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
11.14 		Subd. 2.Requirements for electronic prescribing. (a) Effective January 1, 2011, 
11.15 	all providers, group purchasers, prescribers, and dispensers must establish, maintain, 
11.16 	and use an electronic prescription drug program. This program must comply with the 
11.17 	applicable standards in this section for transmitting, directly or through an intermediary, 
11.18 	prescriptions and prescription-related information using electronic media.
11.19 	(b) If transactions described in this section are conducted, they must be done 
11.20 	electronically using the standards described in this section. Nothing in this section 
11.21 	requires providers, group purchasers, prescribers, or dispensers to electronically conduct 
11.22 	transactions that are expressly prohibited by other sections or federal law.
11.23 	(c) Providers, group purchasers, prescribers, and dispensers must use either HL7 
11.24 	messages or the NCPDP SCRIPT Standard to transmit prescriptions or prescription-related 
11.25 	information internally when the sender and the recipient are part of the same legal entity. If 
11.26 	an entity sends prescriptions outside the entity, it must use the NCPDP SCRIPT Standard 
11.27 	or other applicable standards required by this section. Any pharmacy within an entity 
11.28 	must be able to receive electronic prescription transmittals from outside the entity using 
11.29 	the adopted NCPDP SCRIPT Standard. This exemption does not supersede any Health 
11.30 	Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirement that may require the 
11.31 	use of a HIPAA transaction standard within an organization.
11.32 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), any clinic with two or fewer practicing 
11.33 	physicians is exempt from this subdivision if the clinic is making a good-faith effort to 
11.34 	meet the electronic health records system requirement under section 62J.495 that includes 
11.35 	an electronic prescribing component. This paragraph expires January 1, 2015.

12.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62N.40, is amended to read:
12.2 	62N.40 CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES.
12.3 	Each community integrated service network regulated under this chapter must ensure 
12.4 	that chemically dependent individuals have access to cost-effective treatment options that 
12.5 	address the specific needs of individuals. These include, but are not limited to, the need 
12.6 	for: treatment that takes into account severity of illness and comorbidities; provision of 
12.7 	a continuum of care, including treatment and rehabilitation programs licensed under 
12.8 	Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.4100 to 9530.4410 and 9530.5000 to 9530.6500 9530.6405 
12.9 	to 9530.6505; the safety of the individual's domestic and community environment; gender 
12.10 	appropriate and culturally appropriate programs; and access to appropriate social services.

12.11 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.12 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section,
12.13 	(1) "continuous coverage" has the meaning given in section 62L.02, subdivision 9;
12.14 	(2) "guaranteed issue" means:
12.15 	(i) for individual health plans, that a health plan company shall not decline an 
12.16 	application by an individual for any individual health plan offered by that health plan 
12.17 	company, including coverage for a dependent of the individual to whom the health plan 
12.18 	has been or would be issued; and
12.19 	(ii) for group health plans, that a health plan company shall not decline an 
12.20 	application by a group for any group health plan offered by that health plan company and 
12.21 	shall not decline to cover under the group health plan any person eligible for coverage 
12.22 	under the group's eligibility requirements, including persons who become eligible after 
12.23 	initial issuance of the group health plan; and
12.24 	(3) "large employer" means an entity that would be a small employer, as defined in 
12.25 	section 62L.02, subdivision 26, except that the entity has more than 50 current employees, 
12.26 	based upon the method provided in that subdivision for determining the number of 
12.27 	current employees;.
12.28 	(4) "preexisting condition" has the meaning given in section 62L.02, subdivision 
12.29 	23; and
12.30 	(5) "qualifying coverage" has the meaning given in section 62L.02, subdivision 24.

12.31 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.47, is amended to read:
12.32 	62Q.47 ALCOHOLISM, MENTAL HEALTH, AND CHEMICAL 
12.33 	DEPENDENCY SERVICES.
13.1 	(a) All health plans, as defined in section 62Q.01, that provide coverage for 
13.2 	alcoholism, mental health, or chemical dependency services, must comply with the 
13.3 	requirements of this section.
13.4 	(b) Cost-sharing requirements and benefit or service limitations for outpatient 
13.5 	mental health and outpatient chemical dependency and alcoholism services, except for 
13.6 	persons placed in chemical dependency services under Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6600
13.7 	to 9530.66609530.6655, must not place a greater financial burden on the insured or 
13.8 	enrollee, or be more restrictive than those requirements and limitations for outpatient 
13.9 	medical services.
13.10 	(c) Cost-sharing requirements and benefit or service limitations for inpatient hospital 
13.11 	mental health and inpatient hospital and residential chemical dependency and alcoholism 
13.12 	services, except for persons placed in chemical dependency services under Minnesota 
13.13 	Rules, parts 9530.6600 to 9530.66609530.6655, must not place a greater financial burden 
13.14 	on the insured or enrollee, or be more restrictive than those requirements and limitations 
13.15 	for inpatient hospital medical services.
13.16 	(d) All health plans must meet the requirements of the federal Mental Health Parity 
13.17 	Act of 1996, Public Law 104-204; Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health 
13.18 	Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; the Affordable Care Act; and any amendments 
13.19 	to, and federal guidance or regulations issued under, those acts.

13.20 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 85A.05, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
13.21 		Subd. 4.Minnesota State Zoological Garden bond account in the state bond 
13.22 	fund. The commissioner of management and budget shall maintain in the state bond 
13.23 	fund a separate bookkeeping account which shall be designated as the State Zoological 
13.24 	Garden bond account, to record receipts and disbursements of money transferred to the 
13.25 	fund to pay Minnesota Zoological Garden bonds and income from the investment of such 
13.26 	money, which income shall be credited to the account in each fiscal year. The amounts 
13.27 	directed by section 85A.04, subdivision 2 to be transferred annually to this bond account 
13.28 	are appropriated thereto, and The legislature may also appropriate to the bond account 
13.29 	any other money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. On November 1 of each 
13.30 	year there shall be transferred to the bond account all of the money then available under 
13.31 	any such appropriation or such lesser sum as will be sufficient, with all money previously 
13.32 	transferred to the account and all income from the investment of such money, to pay all 
13.33 	principal and interest then and theretofore due and all principal and interest to become due 
13.34 	to and including July 1 in the second ensuing year on Minnesota Zoological Garden bonds. 
13.35 	All money so transferred and all income from the investment thereof shall be available for 
14.1 	the payment of such bonds and interest thereon, and so much thereof as may be necessary 
14.2 	is appropriated for such payments. The state auditor and commissioner of management and 
14.3 	budget are directed to make the appropriate entries in the accounts of the respective funds.

14.4 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 85A.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
14.5 		Subd. 5.Tax levy. On or before December 1 in each year the state auditor shall 
14.6 	levy on all taxable property within the state whatever tax may be necessary to produce 
14.7 	an amount sufficient, with all money then and theretofore credited to the Minnesota 
14.8 	Zoological Garden bond account, to pay the entire amount of principal and interest then 
14.9 	and theretofore due and principal and interest to become due on or before July 1 in the 
14.10 	second year thereafter on Minnesota Zoological Garden bonds. This tax shall be subject to 
14.11 	no limitation of rate or amount until all such bonds and interest thereon are fully paid. 
14.12 	The proceeds of this tax are appropriated and shall be credited to the state bond fund, and 
14.13 	the principal of and interest on the bonds are payable from such proceeds, and the whole 
14.14 	thereof, or so much as may be necessary, is appropriated for such payments. If at any 
14.15 	time there is insufficient money from the proceeds of such taxes to pay the principal and 
14.16 	interest when due on Minnesota Zoological Garden bonds, such principal and interest shall 
14.17 	be paid out of the general fund in the state treasury, and the amount necessary therefor is 
14.18 	hereby appropriated, with such sums from tax levies and the general fund subject to future 
14.19 	reimbursement to the bond fund by the Minnesota Zoological Garden bond account as 
14.20 	indicated in section 85A.04, subdivision 2.

14.21 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 85A.05, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
14.22 		Subd. 6.Bond authorization and appropriations. For the purpose of providing 
14.23 	money for the acquisition and betterment of public land, buildings, and improvements 
14.24 	of a capital nature needed for the Minnesota Zoological Garden in accordance with the 
14.25 	comprehensive plan of the Minnesota Zoological Board adopted in accordance with 
14.26 	section 85A.02, subdivision 2, the commissioner of management and budget is directed to 
14.27 	sell and issue Minnesota Zoological Garden bonds in the amount of $23,025,000 in the 
14.28 	manner and upon the conditions provided in subdivisions 1 to 5. The commissioner of 
14.29 	management and budget may sell or issue an additional $2,350,000 of bonds, but no part 
14.30 	thereof shall be expended unless equally matched by other than state appropriations. Any 
14.31 	gifts, grants, or contributions accepted pursuant to section 85A.02, subdivision 5, other 
14.32 	than contribution of lands by governmental entities, for the establishment or operation 
14.33 	of the Minnesota Zoological Garden, whether in cash or in kind, shall be considered as 
14.34 	matching funds. Noncash items shall be tangible real or personal property and shall be 
15.1 	attributed as matching funds according to their fair market value at the time of receipt. 
15.2 	The bonds may include a sum representing interest to accrue on the bonds from and after 
15.3 	its date of issue through the anticipated period of construction and development of the 
15.4 	Zoological Garden, which sum is needed for the payment and security of the interest 
15.5 	payments during that period, but in no event shall the bonds exceed the maximum amount 
15.6 	stated above. The bonds shall be sold, issued, and secured as provided in subdivisions 1 to 
15.7 	5 and in article XI, section 7, of the Constitution, except that none of the bonds of any 
15.8 	series issued pursuant to this authorization shall mature earlier than one year after the date 
15.9 	of completion of the Minnesota Zoological Garden and related facilities as estimated by 
15.10 	the Minnesota Zoological Board at the time of the issuance of such series. The proceeds 
15.11 	of the bonds, except premium and accrued interest, are appropriated to the Minnesota 
15.12 	Zoological Garden building account for expenditure by the Minnesota Zoological Board 
15.13 	for the purpose for which the bonds are authorized in accordance with the provisions of 
15.14 	Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.04, subdivision 2. In order to reduce the amount 
15.15 	of taxes otherwise required by the Constitution to be levied for the payment of interest 
15.16 	and principal on the bonds, there is also appropriated annually to the Minnesota state 
15.17 	zoological bond account in the state bond fund from the general fund a sum of money 
15.18 	sufficient in amount, when added to the balance on hand on November 1 in each year in 
15.19 	the bond account, to pay all principal and interest due and to become due on the bonds 
15.20 	to and including July 1 in the second ensuing year. The money received and on hand 
15.21 	pursuant to this annual appropriation is available in the state bond fund prior to the levy of 
15.22 	the tax in any year required by the Constitution and by subdivision 5 and shall be used to 
15.23 	reduce the amount of the tax otherwise required to be levied.

15.24 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 115A.551, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
15.25 		Subd. 3.Interim goals; nonmetropolitan counties. The commissioner shall 
15.26 	establish interim recycling goals for the nonmetropolitan counties to assist them in 
15.27 	meeting the goals established in subdivision 2 2a.

15.28 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 115A.551, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
15.29 		Subd. 4.Interim monitoring. The commissioner shall monitor the progress of each 
15.30 	county toward meeting the recycling goals in subdivisions 2 and subdivision 2a. The 
15.31 	commissioner shall report to the senate and house of representatives committees having 
15.32 	jurisdiction over environment and natural resources as part of the report required under 
15.33 	section 115A.411. If the commissioner finds that a county is not progressing toward 
15.34 	the goals in subdivisions 2 and subdivision 2a, the commissioner shall negotiate with 
16.1 	the county to develop and implement solid waste management techniques designed to 
16.2 	assist the county in meeting the goals, such as organized collection, curbside collection 
16.3 	of source-separated materials, and volume-based pricing.

16.4 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 115A.551, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
16.5 		Subd. 5.Failure to meet goal. (a) A county failing to meet the interim goals in 
16.6 	subdivision 3 shall, as a minimum:
16.7 	(1) notify county residents of the failure to achieve the goal and why the goal was 
16.8 	not achieved; and
16.9 	(2) provide county residents with information on recycling programs offered by 
16.10 	the county.
16.11 	(b) If, based on the recycling monitoring described in subdivision 4, the 
16.12 	commissioner finds that a county will be unable to meet the recycling goals established 
16.13 	in subdivisions 2 and subdivision 2a, the commissioner shall, after consideration of 
16.14 	the reasons for the county's inability to meet the goals, recommend legislation for 
16.15 	consideration by the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction 
16.16 	over environment and natural resources and environment and natural resources finance to 
16.17 	establish mandatory recycling standards and to authorize the commissioner to mandate 
16.18 	appropriate solid waste management techniques designed to meet the standards in those 
16.19 	counties that are unable to meet the goals.

16.20 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116.07, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
16.21 		Subd. 5.Variances. The Pollution Control Agency may grant variances from its 
16.22 	rules as provided in section 14.05, subdivision 4, rules adopted under this section and 
16.23 	sections 14.055 and 14.056 in order to avoid undue hardship and to promote the effective 
16.24 	and reasonable application and enforcement of laws, rules, and standards for prevention, 
16.25 	abatement and control of water, air, noise, and land pollution. The variance rules shall 
16.26 	provide for notice and opportunity for hearing before a variance is granted.
16.27 	A local government unit authorized by contract with the Pollution Control Agency 
16.28 	pursuant to section 116.05 to exercise administrative powers under this chapter may 
16.29 	grant variances after notice and public hearing from any ordinance, rule, or standard for 
16.30 	prevention, abatement, or control of water, air, noise and land pollution, adopted pursuant 
16.31 	to said administrative powers and under the provisions of this chapter.

16.32 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116.42, is amended to read:
16.33 	116.42 ACID DEPOSITION; LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
17.1 	The legislature recognizes that acid deposition substantially resulting from the 
17.2 	conduct of commercial and industrial operations, both within and without the state, poses 
17.3 	a present and severe danger to the delicate balance of ecological systems within the state, 
17.4 	and that the failure to act promptly and decisively to mitigate or eliminate this danger 
17.5 	will soon result in untold and irreparable damage to the agricultural, water, forest, fish, 
17.6 	and wildlife resources of the state. It is therefore the intent of the legislature in enacting 
17.7 	sections 116.42 to 116.45 116.44 to mitigate or eliminate the acid deposition problem by 
17.8 	curbing sources of acid deposition within the state and to support and encourage other 
17.9 	states, the federal government, and the province of Ontario in recognizing the dangers of 
17.10 	acid deposition and taking steps to mitigate or eliminate it within their own jurisdictions.

17.11 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116.43, is amended to read:
17.12 	116.43 ACID DEPOSITION DEFINED.
17.13 	As used in sections 116.42 to 116.45116.44, "acid deposition" means the wet or dry 
17.14 	deposition from the atmosphere of chemical compounds, usually in the form of rain or 
17.15 	snow, having the potential to form an aqueous compound with a pH level lower than the 
17.16 	level considered normal under natural conditions, or lower than 5.6.

17.17 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116.77, is amended to read:
17.18 	116.77 COVERAGE.
17.19 	Sections 116.75 to 116.83 and 609.671, subdivision 10 11, cover any person, 
17.20 	including a veterinarian, who generates, treats, stores, transports, or disposes of infectious 
17.21 	or pathological waste but not including infectious or pathological waste generated by 
17.22 	households, farm operations, or agricultural businesses. Except as specifically provided, 
17.23 	sections 116.75 to 116.83 do not limit or alter treatment or disposal methods for infectious 
17.24 	or pathological waste.

17.25 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116A.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.26 		Subd. 2.Powers. Subject to the approval of the board or boards except to the extent 
17.27 	that approval is waived by the board or boards in an order filed with and confirmed by 
17.28 	order of the district court, the water or sewer or water and sewer commission or when a 
17.29 	multicounty system is involved a county board may do all things necessary to establish, 
17.30 	construct, operate and maintain a system including but not limited to the following:
17.31 	(a) Employ on such terms as it deems advisable, persons or firms performing 
17.32 	engineering, legal or other services of a professional nature; require any employee 
17.33 	to obtain and file with it an individual bond or fidelity insurance policy; and procure 
18.1 	insurance in such amounts as it deems necessary against liability of the board or its 
18.2 	officers and employees or both, for personal injury or death and property damage or 
18.3 	destruction, with the force and effect stated in chapter 466, and against risks of damage to 
18.4 	or destruction of any of its facilities, equipment, or other property as it deems necessary.
18.5 	(b) Construct or maintain its systems or facilities in, along, on, under, over, or 
18.6 	through public streets, bridges, viaducts, and other public rights-of-way without first 
18.7 	obtaining a franchise from any local government unit having jurisdiction over them; but 
18.8 	such facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the ordinances 
18.9 	and resolutions of any such government unit relating to construction, installation, and 
18.10 	maintenance of similar facilities in such public properties and shall not obstruct the public 
18.11 	use of such rights-of-way.
18.12 	(c) Enter into any contract necessary or proper for the exercise of its powers or the 
18.13 	accomplishment of its purposes.
18.14 	(d) Have the power to adopt rules and regulations relating to the establishment of 
18.15 	water or sewer rentals or user fees as may be deemed advisable and the operation of any 
18.16 	system operated by it, and may provide penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding 
18.17 	the maximum which may be specified for a misdemeanor. Any rule or regulation 
18.18 	prescribing a penalty for violation shall be published at least once in a newspaper having 
18.19 	general circulation in the area.
18.20 	(e) Act under the provisions of section 471.59, or any other appropriate law 
18.21 	providing for joint or cooperative action between government units.
18.22 	(f) Acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, gift, or grant, any real or personal 
18.23 	property including positive and negative easements and water and air rights, and it may 
18.24 	construct, enlarge, improve, replace, repair, maintain, and operate any system determined 
18.25 	to be necessary or convenient for the collection and disposal of sewage or collection, 
18.26 	treatment, and distribution of water in its jurisdiction. Any local government unit and the 
18.27 	commissioners of transportation and natural resources are authorized to convey to or 
18.28 	permit the use of any such facilities owned or controlled by it by the board or commission, 
18.29 	subject to the rights of the holders of any bonds issued with respect thereto, with or 
18.30 	without compensation, without an election or approval by any other government agency. 
18.31 	The board or commission may hold such property for its purposes, and may lease any 
18.32 	such property so far as not needed for its purposes, upon such terms and in such manner 
18.33 	as it shall deem advisable. Unless otherwise provided, the right to acquire lands and 
18.34 	property rights by condemnation shall be exercised in accordance with sections 117.011 
18.35 	117.012 to 117.232, and shall apply to any property or interest therein owned by any local 
18.36 	government unit; provided, that no such property devoted to an actual public use at the 
19.1 	time, or held to be devoted to such use within a reasonable time, shall be so acquired 
19.2 	unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the use proposed by the 
19.3 	commission is paramount to such use. Except in case of property in actual public use, 
19.4 	the board or commission may take possession of any property for which condemnation 
19.5 	proceedings have been commenced at any time after the issuance of a court order 
19.6 	appointing commissioners for its condemnation.
19.7 	(g) Contract with the United States or any agency thereof, any state or agency 
19.8 	thereof, or any local government unit or governmental agency or subdivision, for the joint 
19.9 	use of any facility owned by the board or such entity, for the operation by such entity of 
19.10 	any system or facility of the board, or for the performance on the board's behalf of any 
19.11 	service, on such terms as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties.
19.12 	(h) Exercise any other powers granted to the board or boards or court under section 
19.13 	116A.01, subdivision 2, relating to the establishment of a water or sewer or water and 
19.14 	sewer system, except that the issuance of bonds by a commission is subject to subdivision 
19.15 	3, paragraph (b).
19.16 	(i) Retain the services of a certified public accountant for the purposes of providing 
19.17 	an annual audited operating statement and balance sheet and other financial reports. The 
19.18 	reports must be prepared in accordance with general accounting principles and must be 
19.19 	filed within six months after the close of the fiscal year in the office of each county auditor 
19.20 	within the district and with the office of the state auditor. The reports may be prepared by 
19.21 	the state auditor instead of by a certified public accountant if the commission so requests.

19.22 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a, 
19.23 	is amended to read:
19.24 		Subd. 2a.When prepared. Where there is potential for significant environmental 
19.25 	effects resulting from any major governmental action, the action shall be preceded by a 
19.26 	detailed environmental impact statement prepared by the responsible governmental unit. 
19.27 	The environmental impact statement shall be an analytical rather than an encyclopedic 
19.28 	document which describes the proposed action in detail, analyzes its significant 
19.29 	environmental impacts, discusses appropriate alternatives to the proposed action and 
19.30 	their impacts, and explores methods by which adverse environmental impacts of an 
19.31 	action could be mitigated. The environmental impact statement shall also analyze those 
19.32 	economic, employment, and sociological effects that cannot be avoided should the action 
19.33 	be implemented. To ensure its use in the decision-making process, the environmental 
19.34 	impact statement shall be prepared as early as practical in the formulation of an action.
20.1 	(a) The board shall by rule establish categories of actions for which environmental 
20.2 	impact statements and for which environmental assessment worksheets shall be prepared 
20.3 	as well as categories of actions for which no environmental review is required under this 
20.4 	section. A mandatory environmental assessment worksheet shall not be required for the 
20.5 	expansion of an ethanol plant, as defined in section 41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph 
20.6 	(b), or the conversion of an ethanol plant to a biobutanol facility or the expansion of a 
20.7 	biobutanol facility as defined in Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 41A.105, subdivision 
20.8 	1a, based on the capacity of the expanded or converted facility to produce alcohol fuel, but 
20.9 	must be required if the ethanol plant or biobutanol facility meets or exceeds thresholds 
20.10 	of other categories of actions for which environmental assessment worksheets must be 
20.11 	prepared. The responsible governmental unit for an ethanol plant or biobutanol facility 
20.12 	project for which an environmental assessment worksheet is prepared shall be the state 
20.13 	agency with the greatest responsibility for supervising or approving the project as a whole.
20.14 	A mandatory environmental impact statement shall not be required for a facility 
20.15 	or plant located outside the seven-county metropolitan area that produces less than 
20.16 	125,000,000 gallons of ethanol, biobutanol, or cellulosic biofuel annually, or produces less 
20.17 	than 400,000 tons of chemicals annually, if the facility or plant is: an ethanol plant, as 
20.18 	defined in section 41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b); a biobutanol facility, as defined 
20.19 	in Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 41A.105, subdivision 1a, clause (1); or a cellulosic 
20.20 	biofuel facility. A facility or plant that only uses a cellulosic feedstock to produce 
20.21 	chemical products for use by another facility as a feedstock shall not be considered a fuel 
20.22 	conversion facility as used in rules adopted under this chapter.
20.23 	(b) The responsible governmental unit shall promptly publish notice of the 
20.24 	completion of an environmental assessment worksheet by publishing the notice in at least 
20.25 	one newspaper of general circulation in the geographic area where the project is proposed, 
20.26 	by posting the notice on a Web site that has been designated as the official publication site 
20.27 	for publication of proceedings, public notices, and summaries of a political subdivision in 
20.28 	which the project is proposed, or in any other manner determined by the board and shall 
20.29 	provide copies of the environmental assessment worksheet to the board and its member 
20.30 	agencies. Comments on the need for an environmental impact statement may be submitted 
20.31 	to the responsible governmental unit during a 30-day period following publication of the 
20.32 	notice that an environmental assessment worksheet has been completed. The responsible 
20.33 	governmental unit's decision on the need for an environmental impact statement shall be 
20.34 	based on the environmental assessment worksheet and the comments received during the 
20.35 	comment period, and shall be made within 15 days after the close of the comment period. 
21.1 	The board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not more than 15 additional days upon 
21.2 	the request of the responsible governmental unit.
21.3 	(c) An environmental assessment worksheet shall also be prepared for a proposed 
21.4 	action whenever material evidence accompanying a petition by not less than 100 
21.5 	individuals who reside or own property in the state, submitted before the proposed 
21.6 	project has received final approval by the appropriate governmental units, demonstrates 
21.7 	that, because of the nature or location of a proposed action, there may be potential for 
21.8 	significant environmental effects. Petitions requesting the preparation of an environmental 
21.9 	assessment worksheet shall be submitted to the board. The chair of the board shall 
21.10 	determine the appropriate responsible governmental unit and forward the petition to it. 
21.11 	A decision on the need for an environmental assessment worksheet shall be made by 
21.12 	the responsible governmental unit within 15 days after the petition is received by the 
21.13 	responsible governmental unit. The board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not 
21.14 	more than 15 additional days upon request of the responsible governmental unit.
21.15 	(d) Except in an environmentally sensitive location where Minnesota Rules, part 
21.16 	4410.4300, subpart 29, item B, applies, the proposed action is exempt from environmental 
21.17 	review under this chapter and rules of the board, if:
21.18 	(1) the proposed action is:
21.19 	(i) an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of less than 1,000 animal units; or
21.20 	(ii) an expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility with a total cumulative 
21.21 	capacity of less than 1,000 animal units;
21.22 	(2) the application for the animal feedlot facility includes a written commitment by 
21.23 	the proposer to design, construct, and operate the facility in full compliance with Pollution 
21.24 	Control Agency feedlot rules; and
21.25 	(3) the county board holds a public meeting for citizen input at least ten business 
21.26 	days prior to the Pollution Control Agency or county issuing a feedlot permit for the 
21.27 	animal feedlot facility unless another public meeting for citizen input has been held with 
21.28 	regard to the feedlot facility to be permitted. The exemption in this paragraph is in 
21.29 	addition to other exemptions provided under other law and rules of the board.
21.30 	(e) The board may, prior to final approval of a proposed project, require preparation 
21.31 	of an environmental assessment worksheet by a responsible governmental unit selected 
21.32 	by the board for any action where environmental review under this section has not been 
21.33 	specifically provided for by rule or otherwise initiated.
21.34 	(f) An early and open process shall be utilized to limit the scope of the environmental 
21.35 	impact statement to a discussion of those impacts, which, because of the nature or location 
21.36 	of the project, have the potential for significant environmental effects. The same process 
22.1 	shall be utilized to determine the form, content and level of detail of the statement as well 
22.2 	as the alternatives which are appropriate for consideration in the statement. In addition, 
22.3 	the permits which will be required for the proposed action shall be identified during the 
22.4 	scoping process. Further, the process shall identify those permits for which information 
22.5 	will be developed concurrently with the environmental impact statement. The board 
22.6 	shall provide in its rules for the expeditious completion of the scoping process. The 
22.7 	determinations reached in the process shall be incorporated into the order requiring the 
22.8 	preparation of an environmental impact statement.
22.9 	(g) The responsible governmental unit shall, to the extent practicable, avoid 
22.10 	duplication and ensure coordination between state and federal environmental review 
22.11 	and between environmental review and environmental permitting. Whenever practical, 
22.12 	information needed by a governmental unit for making final decisions on permits 
22.13 	or other actions required for a proposed project shall be developed in conjunction 
22.14 	with the preparation of an environmental impact statement. When an environmental 
22.15 	impact statement is prepared for a project requiring multiple permits for which two or 
22.16 	more agencies' decision processes include either mandatory or discretionary hearings 
22.17 	before a hearing officer prior to the agencies' decision on the permit, the agencies 
22.18 	may, notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, conduct the hearings in a single 
22.19 	consolidated hearing process if requested by the proposer. All agencies having jurisdiction 
22.20 	over a permit that is included in the consolidated hearing shall participate. The responsible 
22.21 	governmental unit shall establish appropriate procedures for the consolidated hearing 
22.22 	process, including procedures to ensure that the consolidated hearing process is consistent 
22.23 	with the applicable requirements for each permit regarding the rights and duties of parties to 
22.24 	the hearing, and shall utilize the earliest applicable hearing procedure to initiate the hearing.
22.25 	(h) An environmental impact statement shall be prepared and its adequacy 
22.26 	determined within 280 days after notice of its preparation unless the time is extended by 
22.27 	consent of the parties or by the governor for good cause. The responsible governmental 
22.28 	unit shall determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement, unless within 60 
22.29 	days after notice is published that an environmental impact statement will be prepared, 
22.30 	the board chooses to determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement. If an 
22.31 	environmental impact statement is found to be inadequate, the responsible governmental 
22.32 	unit shall have 60 days to prepare an adequate environmental impact statement.
22.33 	(i) The proposer of a specific action may include in the information submitted to the 
22.34 	responsible governmental unit a preliminary draft environmental impact statement under 
22.35 	this section on that action for review, modification, and determination of completeness and 
22.36 	adequacy by the responsible governmental unit. A preliminary draft environmental impact 
23.1 	statement prepared by the project proposer and submitted to the responsible governmental 
23.2 	unit shall identify or include as an appendix all studies and other sources of information 
23.3 	used to substantiate the analysis contained in the preliminary draft environmental impact 
23.4 	statement. The responsible governmental unit shall require additional studies, if needed, 
23.5 	and obtain from the project proposer all additional studies and information necessary for 
23.6 	the responsible governmental unit to perform its responsibility to review, modify, and 
23.7 	determine the completeness and adequacy of the environmental impact statement.

23.8 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 116J.549, subdivision 2, is 
23.9 	amended to read:
23.10 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
23.11 	the meanings given.
23.12 	(b) "Eligible project area" means a home rule charter or statutory city located 
23.13 	outside of the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.12 473.121, subdivision 2, 
23.14 	with a population exceeding 500; a community that has a combined population of 1,500 
23.15 	residents located within 15 miles of a home rule charter or statutory city located outside 
23.16 	the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.12 473.121, subdivision 2; or an area 
23.17 	served by a joint county-city economic development authority.
23.18 	(c) "Joint county-city economic development authority" means an economic 
23.19 	development authority formed under Laws 1988, chapter 516, section 1, as a joint 
23.20 	partnership between a city and county and excluding those established by the county only.
23.21 	(d) "Market rate residential rental properties" means properties that are rented 
23.22 	at market value, including new modular homes, new manufactured homes, and new 
23.23 	manufactured homes on leased land or in a manufactured home park, and excludes:
23.24 	(1) properties constructed with financial assistance requiring the property to be 
23.25 	occupied by residents that meet income limits under federal or state law of initial 
23.26 	occupancy; and
23.27 	(2) properties constructed with federal, state, or local flood recovery assistance, 
23.28 	regardless of whether that assistance imposed income limits as a condition of receiving 
23.29 	assistance.
23.30 	(e) "Qualified expenditure" means expenditures for market rate residential rental 
23.31 	properties including acquisition of property; construction of improvements; and provisions 
23.32 	of loans or subsidies, grants, interest rate subsidies, public infrastructure, and related 
23.33 	financing costs.

23.34 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 119A.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.1 		Subd. 2.Department of Employment and Economic Development. The powers 
24.2 	and duties of the Department of Employment and Economic Development with respect 
24.3 	to the following programs are transferred to the Department of Education under section 
24.4 	15.039 on July 1, 1997: (1) the Head Start program, including Project Cornerstone, under 
24.5 	sections 119A.50 to 119A.54119A.5411; and (2) community action agency programs and 
24.6 	financial assistance under sections 256E.30 and 256E.32.

24.7 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 119B.011, subdivision 15, 
24.8 	is amended to read:
24.9 		Subd. 15.Income. "Income" means earned income as defined under section 
24.10 	256P.01, subdivision 3, unearned income as defined under section 256P.01, subdivision 8, 
24.11 	and public assistance cash benefits, including the Minnesota family investment program, 
24.12 	diversionary work program, work benefit, Minnesota supplemental aid, general assistance, 
24.13 	refugee cash assistance, at-home infant child care subsidy payments, and child support 
24.14 	and maintenance distributed to the family under section 256.741, subdivision 15 2a. The 
24.15 	following are deducted from income: funds used to pay for health insurance premiums for 
24.16 	family members, and child or spousal support paid to or on behalf of a person or persons 
24.17 	who live outside of the household. Income sources not included in this subdivision and 
24.18 	section 256P.06, subdivision 3, are not counted.

24.19 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 120B.301, is amended to read:
24.20 	120B.301 LIMITS ON LOCAL TESTING.
24.21 	(a) For students in grades 1 through 6, the cumulative total amount of time spent 
24.22 	taking locally adopted districtwide or schoolwide assessments must not exceed ten hours 
24.23 	per school year. For students in grades 7 through 12, the cumulative total amount of time 
24.24 	spent taking locally adopted districtwide or schoolwide assessments must not exceed 11 
24.25 	hours per school year. For purposes of this paragraph, International Baccalaureate and 
24.26 	Advanced Placement exams are not considered locally adopted assessments.
24.27 	(b) A district or charter school is exempt from the requirements of paragraph (a), 
24.28 	if the district or charter school, in consultation with the exclusive representative of the 
24.29 	teachers or other teachers if there is no exclusive representative of the teachers, decides to 
24.30 	exceed a time limit in paragraph (a) and includes the information in the report required 
24.31 	under section 120B.11, subdivision 5.

24.32 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.09, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
25.1 		Subd. 10.Variances. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 9 and section 14.05, 
25.2 	subdivision 4 sections 14.055 and 14.056, the Board of Teaching may grant a variance to 
25.3 	its rules upon application by a school district for purposes of implementing experimental 
25.4 	programs in learning or management.
25.5 	(b) To enable a school district to meet the needs of students enrolled in an alternative 
25.6 	education program and to enable licensed teachers instructing those students to satisfy 
25.7 	content area licensure requirements, the Board of Teaching annually may permit a licensed 
25.8 	teacher teaching in an alternative education program to instruct students in a content area 
25.9 	for which the teacher is not licensed, consistent with paragraph (a).
25.10 	(c) A special education license variance issued by the Board of Teaching for a 
25.11 	primary employer's low-incidence region shall be valid in all low-incidence regions.

25.12 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.13 		Subdivision 1.Licensure applications. Each application for the issuance, renewal, 
25.14 	or extension of a license to teach, including applications for licensure via portfolio under 
25.15 	subdivision 2, must be accompanied by a processing fee of $57. Each application for 
25.16 	issuing, renewing, or extending the license of a school administrator or supervisor must 
25.17 	be accompanied by a processing fee in the amount set by the Board of Teaching. The 
25.18 	processing fee for a teacher's license and for the licenses of supervisory personnel must be 
25.19 	paid to the executive secretary of the appropriate board. The executive secretary of the 
25.20 	board shall deposit the fees with the commissioner of management and budget. The fees 
25.21 	as set by the board are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. However, 
25.22 	a fee must be refunded by the commissioner of management and budget in any case in 
25.23 	which the applicant already holds a valid unexpired license. The board may waive or 
25.24 	reduce fees for applicants who apply at the same time for more than one license.

25.25 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
25.26 		Subd. 3.Health and safety revenue. A district's health and safety revenue 
25.27 	for a fiscal year equals the district's alternative facilities levy under section 123B.59, 
25.28 	subdivision 5, paragraph (b), plus the greater of zero or:
25.29 	(1) the sum of (a) the total approved cost of the district's hazardous substance 
25.30 	plan for fiscal years 1985 through 1989, plus (b) the total approved cost of the district's 
25.31 	health and safety program for fiscal year 1990 through the fiscal year to which the levy 
25.32 	is attributable, excluding expenditures funded with bonds issued under section 123B.59 
25.33 	or 123B.62, or chapter 475; certificates of indebtedness or capital notes under section 
26.1 	123B.61; levies under section 123B.58, 123B.59, 123B.63, or 126C.40, subdivision 1 or 
26.2 	6; and other federal, state, or local revenues, minus
26.3 	(2) the sum of (a) the district's total hazardous substance aid and levy for fiscal 
26.4 	years 1985 through 1989 under sections Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.245, and 
26.5 	Minnesota Statutes 1986, section275.125, subdivision 11c, plus (b) the district's health 
26.6 	and safety revenue under this subdivision, for years before the fiscal year to which the 
26.7 	levy is attributable.

26.8 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 123B.595, subdivision 11, 
26.9 	is amended to read:
26.10 		Subd. 11.Restrictions on long-term facilities maintenance revenue.
 26.11 	Notwithstanding subdivision 11 10, long-term facilities maintenance revenue may not 
26.12 	be used:
26.13 	(1) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or the 
26.14 	purchase of portable classrooms;
26.15 	(2) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other 
26.16 	deferred payments agreement;
26.17 	(3) for energy-efficiency projects under section 123B.65, for a building or property 
26.18 	or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration, or 
26.19 	for a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education; or
26.20 	(4) for violence prevention and facility security, ergonomics, or emergency 
26.21 	communication devices.

26.22 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.23 		Subd. 4.Programs following youth community service. (a) The Minnesota 
26.24 	Commission on National and Community Service in cooperation with the Governor's 
26.25 	Workforce Development Council, the commissioner and the Minnesota Office of 
26.26 	Higher Education, shall provide for those participants who successfully complete youth 
26.27 	community service under sections 124D.39 to 124D.44, the following:
26.28 	(1) for those who have a high school diploma or its equivalent, an opportunity to 
26.29 	participate in a youth apprenticeship program at a community or technical college; and
26.30 	(2) for those who are postsecondary students, an opportunity to participate in an 
26.31 	educational program that supplements postsecondary courses leading to a degree or a 
26.32 	statewide credential of academic and occupational proficiency.
26.33 	(b) Participants who successfully complete a youth community service program 
26.34 	under sections 124D.39 to 124D.45 are eligible to receive an education voucher as 
27.1 	provided under section 124D.42, subdivision 4. The voucher recipient may apply the 
27.2 	voucher toward the cost of the recipient's tuition and other education-related expenses at a 
27.3 	postsecondary school under paragraph (a).
27.4 	(c) (b) The Governor's Workforce Development Council, in cooperation with the 
27.5 	Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, must establish a 
27.6 	mechanism to transfer credit earned in a youth apprenticeship program between the 
27.7 	technical colleges and other postsecondary institutions offering applied associate degrees.

27.8 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.895, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
27.9 		Subd. 3.Plan activities. Activities contained in the model plans must include:
27.10 	(1) educational opportunities for families that enhance children's learning and native 
27.11 	and English language development;
27.12 	(2) educational programs for parents or guardians on families' educational 
27.13 	responsibilities and resources;
27.14 	(3) the hiring, training, and use of parental involvement liaison workers to 
27.15 	coordinate family involvement activities and to foster linguistic and culturally competent 
27.16 	communication among families, educators, and students, consistent with the definition of 
27.17 	culturally competent under section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (l) (q);
27.18 	(4) curriculum materials and assistance in implementing home and community-based 
27.19 	learning activities that reinforce and extend classroom instruction and student motivation;
27.20 	(5) technical assistance, including training to design and carry out family 
27.21 	involvement programs;
27.22 	(6) parent resource centers;
27.23 	(7) parent training programs and reasonable and necessary expenditures associated 
27.24 	with parents' attendance at training sessions;
27.25 	(8) reports to parents on children's progress;
27.26 	(9) use of parents as classroom volunteers, or as volunteers in before and after 
27.27 	school programs for school-age children, tutors, and aides;
27.28 	(10) soliciting parents' suggestions in planning, developing, and implementing 
27.29 	school programs;
27.30 	(11) educational programs and opportunities for parents or guardians that are 
27.31 	multicultural, multilingual, gender fair, and disability sensitive;
27.32 	(12) involvement in a district's curriculum advisory committee or a site team under 
27.33 	section 120B.11; and
27.34 	(13) opportunities for parent involvement in developing, implementing, or evaluating 
27.35 	school and district desegregation/integration plans under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862.

28.1 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is 
28.2 	amended to read:
28.3 		Subdivision 1.Nonresident tuition rate; other costs. (a) For fiscal year 2015 and 
28.4 	later, when a school district provides special instruction and services for a pupil with 
28.5 	a disability as defined in section 125A.02 outside the district of residence, excluding 
28.6 	a pupil for whom an adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to 
28.7 	section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) to (d), special education aid paid to the 
28.8 	resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing 
28.9 	special instruction and services to the pupil, including a proportionate amount for special 
28.10 	transportation and unreimbursed building lease and debt service costs for facilities used 
28.11 	primarily for special education, plus (2) the amount of general education revenue and 
28.12 	referendum equalization aid attributable to that pupil, calculated using the resident district's 
28.13 	average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil 
28.14 	unit excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity 
28.15 	revenue, minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children with a disability 
28.16 	under section 125A.76 received on behalf of that child, minus (4) if the pupil receives 
28.17 	special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent 
28.18 	of the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization 
28.19 	aid, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, district support 
28.20 	services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, 
28.21 	attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction 
28.22 	and services outside of the regular classroom, calculated using the resident district's 
28.23 	average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit 
28.24 	excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue 
28.25 	and the serving district's basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary 
28.26 	sparsity revenue per adjusted pupil unit. Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (4), for pupils 
28.27 	served by a cooperative unit without a fiscal agent school district, the general education 
28.28 	revenue and referendum equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using 
28.29 	the resident district's average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid 
28.30 	excluding compensatory revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, and secondary sparsity 
28.31 	revenue. Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special 
28.32 	instruction and services for the pupil must be increased by the amount of the reduction in 
28.33 	the aid paid to the resident district. Amounts paid to cooperatives under this subdivision 
28.34 	and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, shall be recognized and reported as revenues and 
28.35 	expenditures on the resident school district's books of account under sections 123B.75 
29.1 	and 123B.76. If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full 
29.2 	adjustment, the remaining adjustment shall be made to other state aid due to the district.
29.3 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when a charter school receiving special education 
29.4 	aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, provides special instruction and services for 
29.5 	a pupil with a disability as defined in section 125A.02, excluding a pupil for whom an 
29.6 	adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 127A.46 127A.47, 
29.7 	subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) to (e), special education aid paid to the resident district must 
29.8 	be reduced by an amount equal to that calculated under paragraph (a) as if the charter 
29.9 	school received aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), 
29.10 	special education aid paid to the charter school providing special instruction and services 
29.11 	for the pupil must not be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to 
29.12 	the resident district.
29.13 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs 
29.14 	(b) to (d), a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students receive special 
29.15 	education and related services, a site approved under section 125A.515, an intermediate 
29.16 	district, a special education cooperative, or a school district that served as the applicant 
29.17 	agency for a group of school districts for federal special education aids for fiscal year 
29.18 	2006 may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident district an 
29.19 	additional amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving pupils with 
29.20 	a disability. The application must include a description of the costs and the calculations 
29.21 	used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged to the resident district. Amounts 
29.22 	approved by the commissioner under this paragraph must be included in the tuition billings 
29.23 	or aid adjustments under paragraph (a), or section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs 
29.24 	(b) to (d), as applicable.
29.25 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph 
29.26 	(b), "general education revenue and referendum equalization aid" means the sum of the 
29.27 	general education revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, excluding the 
29.28 	local optional levy according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph (c), plus the 
29.29 	referendum equalization aid according to section 126C.17, subdivision 7.

29.30 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.51, is amended to read:
29.31 	125A.51 PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN WITHOUT DISABILITIES; 
29.32 	EDUCATION AND TRANSPORTATION.
29.33 	The responsibility for providing instruction and transportation for a pupil without a 
29.34 	disability who has a short-term or temporary physical or emotional illness or disability, as 
30.1 	determined by the standards of the commissioner, and who is temporarily placed for care 
30.2 	and treatment for that illness or disability, must be determined as provided in this section.
30.3 	(a) The school district of residence of the pupil is the district in which the pupil's 
30.4 	parent or guardian resides. If there is a dispute between school districts regarding 
30.5 	residency, the district of residence is the district designated by the commissioner.
30.6 	(b) When parental rights have been terminated by court order, the legal residence 
30.7 	of a child placed in a residential or foster facility for care and treatment is the district in 
30.8 	which the child resides.
30.9 	(c) Before the placement of a pupil for care and treatment, the district of residence 
30.10 	must be notified and provided an opportunity to participate in the placement decision. 
30.11 	When an immediate emergency placement is necessary and time does not permit 
30.12 	resident district participation in the placement decision, the district in which the pupil is 
30.13 	temporarily placed, if different from the district of residence, must notify the district 
30.14 	of residence of the emergency placement within 15 days of the placement. When a 
30.15 	nonresident district makes an emergency placement without first consulting with the 
30.16 	resident district, the resident district has up to five business days after receiving notice 
30.17 	of the emergency placement to request an opportunity to participate in the placement 
30.18 	decision, which the placing district must then provide.
30.19 	(d) When a pupil without a disability is temporarily placed for care and treatment 
30.20 	in a day program and the pupil continues to live within the district of residence during 
30.21 	the care and treatment, the district of residence must provide instruction and necessary 
30.22 	transportation to and from the care and treatment program for the pupil. The resident 
30.23 	district may establish reasonable restrictions on transportation, except if a Minnesota court 
30.24 	or agency orders the child placed at a day care and treatment program and the resident 
30.25 	district receives a copy of the order, then the resident district must provide transportation 
30.26 	to and from the program unless the court or agency orders otherwise. Transportation shall 
30.27 	only be provided by the resident district during regular operating hours of the resident 
30.28 	district. The resident district may provide the instruction at a school within the district of 
30.29 	residence, at the pupil's residence, or in the case of a placement outside of the resident 
30.30 	district, in the district in which the day treatment program is located by paying tuition to 
30.31 	that district. The district of placement may contract with a facility to provide instruction 
30.32 	by teachers licensed by the state Board of Teaching.
30.33 	(e) When a pupil without a disability is temporarily placed in a residential program 
30.34 	for care and treatment, the district in which the pupil is placed must provide instruction 
30.35 	for the pupil and necessary transportation while the pupil is receiving instruction, and in 
30.36 	the case of a placement outside of the district of residence, the nonresident district must 
31.1 	bill the district of residence for the actual cost of providing the instruction for the regular 
31.2 	school year and for summer school, excluding transportation costs.
31.3 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), if the pupil is homeless and placed in a public or 
31.4 	private homeless shelter, then the district that enrolls the pupil under section 127A.47, 
31.5 	subdivision 2 120A.20, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), shall provide the transportation, unless 
31.6 	the district that enrolls the pupil and the district in which the pupil is temporarily placed 
31.7 	agree that the district in which the pupil is temporarily placed shall provide transportation. 
31.8 	When a pupil without a disability is temporarily placed in a residential program outside 
31.9 	the district of residence, the administrator of the court placing the pupil must send timely 
31.10 	written notice of the placement to the district of residence. The district of placement may 
31.11 	contract with a residential facility to provide instruction by teachers licensed by the state 
31.12 	Board of Teaching. For purposes of this section, the state correctional facilities operated 
31.13 	on a fee-for-service basis are considered to be residential programs for care and treatment.
31.14 	(g) The district of residence must include the pupil in its residence count of pupil 
31.15 	units and pay tuition as provided in section 123A.488 to the district providing the 
31.16 	instruction. Transportation costs must be paid by the district providing the transportation 
31.17 	and the state must pay transportation aid to that district. For purposes of computing state 
31.18 	transportation aid, pupils governed by this subdivision must be included in the disabled 
31.19 	transportation category if the pupils cannot be transported on a regular school bus route 
31.20 	without special accommodations.

31.21 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 125A.76, subdivision 2c, 
31.22 	is amended to read:
31.23 		Subd. 2c.Special education aid. (a) For fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015, a 
31.24 	district's special education aid equals the sum of the district's special education aid under 
31.25 	subdivision 5, the district's cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2b, and the 
31.26 	district's excess cost aid under section 125A.79, subdivision 7.
31.27 	(b) (a) For fiscal year 2016 and later, a district's special education aid equals the sum 
31.28 	of the district's special education initial aid under subdivision 2a and the district's excess 
31.29 	cost aid under section 125A.79, subdivision 5.
31.30 	(c) (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) (a), for fiscal year 2016, the special education 
31.31 	aid for a school district must not exceed the sum of the special education aid the district 
31.32 	would have received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76 
31.33 	and 125A.79, as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.11 and 
31.34 	127A.47, subdivision 7, and the product of the district's average daily membership served 
31.35 	and the special education aid increase limit.
32.1 	(d) (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) (a), for fiscal year 2017 and later, the special 
32.2 	education aid for a school district must not exceed the sum of: (i) the product of the 
32.3 	district's average daily membership served and the special education aid increase limit and 
32.4 	(ii) the product of the sum of the special education aid the district would have received 
32.5 	for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, 
32.6 	as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, 
32.7 	subdivision 7, the ratio of the district's average daily membership served for the current 
32.8 	fiscal year to the district's average daily membership served for fiscal year 2016, and the 
32.9 	program growth factor.
32.10 	(e) (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) (a), for fiscal year 2016 and later the special 
32.11 	education aid for a school district, not including a charter school or cooperative unit as 
32.12 	defined in section 123A.24, must not be less than the lesser of (1) the district's nonfederal 
32.13 	special education expenditures for that fiscal year or (2) the product of the sum of the 
32.14 	special education aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota 
32.15 	Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 
32.16 	2012, sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 7, the ratio of the district's adjusted 
32.17 	daily membership for the current fiscal year to the district's average daily membership for 
32.18 	fiscal year 2016, and the program growth factor.
32.19 	(f) (e) Notwithstanding subdivision 2a and section 125A.79, a charter school in 
32.20 	its first year of operation shall generate special education aid based on current year 
32.21 	data. A newly formed cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24 may apply to the 
32.22 	commissioner for approval to generate special education aid for its first year of operation 
32.23 	based on current year data, with an offsetting adjustment to the prior year data used to 
32.24 	calculate aid for programs at participating school districts or previous cooperatives that 
32.25 	were replaced by the new cooperative.

32.26 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 125A.79, subdivision 1, is 
32.27 	amended to read:
32.28 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this 
32.29 	subdivision apply.
32.30 	(a) "Unreimbursed old formula special education expenditures" means:
32.31 	(1) old formula special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year; minus
32.32 	(2) for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the sum of the special education aid under section 
32.33 	125A.76, subdivision 5, for the prior fiscal year and the cross subsidy reduction aid under 
32.34 	section 125A.76, subdivision 2b, and for fiscal year 2016 and later, the special education 
32.35 	initial aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2a; minus
33.1 	(3) for fiscal year 2016 and later, the amount of general education revenue, excluding 
33.2 	local optional revenue, plus local optional aid and referendum equalization aid for the 
33.3 	prior fiscal year attributable to pupils receiving special instruction and services outside the 
33.4 	regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day for the portion of time the 
33.5 	pupils receive special instruction and services outside the regular classroom, excluding 
33.6 	portions attributable to district and school administration, district support services, 
33.7 	operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation.
33.8 	(b) "Unreimbursed nonfederal special education expenditures" means:
33.9 	(1) nonfederal special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year; minus
33.10 	(2) special education initial aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2a; minus
33.11 	(3) the amount of general education revenue and referendum equalization aid for the 
33.12 	prior fiscal year attributable to pupils receiving special instruction and services outside the 
33.13 	regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day for the portion of time the 
33.14 	pupils receive special instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding 
33.15 	portions attributable to district and school administration, district support services, 
33.16 	operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation.
33.17 	(c) "General revenue" for a school district means the sum of the general education 
33.18 	revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, excluding transportation sparsity 
33.19 	revenue, local optional revenue, and total operating capital revenue. "General revenue" 
33.20 	for a charter school means the sum of the general education revenue according to section 
33.21 	124E.20, subdivision 1, and transportation revenue according to section 124E.23, 
33.22 	excluding referendum equalization aid, transportation sparsity revenue, and operating 
33.23 	capital revenue.

33.24 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.45, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
33.25 		Subd. 11.Payment percentage for reimbursement aids. One hundred percent 
33.26 	of the aid for the previous fiscal year must be paid in the current year for the following 
33.27 	aids: telecommunications/Internet access equity and according to section 125B.26, special 
33.28 	education special pupil aid according to section 125A.75, subdivision 3, aid for litigation 
33.29 	costs according to section 125A.75, subdivision 8 9, aid for court-placed special education 
33.30 	expenses according to section 125A.79, subdivision 4, and aid for special education 
33.31 	out-of-state tuition according to section 125A.79, subdivision 8, and shared time aid 
33.32 	according to section 126C.01, subdivision 7.

33.33 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.32, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
34.1 		Subd. 8.Rulemaking. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate rules consistent 
34.2 	with sections 134.32 to 134.355 governing:
34.3 	(1) applications for these grants and aid;
34.4 	(2) computation formulas for determining the amounts of establishment grants and 
34.5 	regional library basic system support aid; and
34.6 	(3) eligibility criteria for grants and aid.
34.7 	(b) To the extent allowed under federal law, a construction grant applicant, in 
34.8 	addition to the points received under Minnesota Rules, part 3530.2632, shall receive an 
34.9 	additional five points if the construction grant is for a project combining public library 
34.10 	services and school district library services at a single location.

34.11 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.128, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
34.12 		Subd. 2.Program components. (a) The nonprofit organization must use the 
34.13 	grant for:
34.14 	(1) tuition scholarships up to $5,000 per year for courses leading to the nationally 
34.15 	recognized child development associate credential or college-level courses leading to an 
34.16 	associate's or bachelor's degree in early childhood development and school-age care; and
34.17 	(2) education incentives of a minimum of $100 to participants in the tuition 
34.18 	scholarship program if they complete a year of working in the early care and education field.
34.19 	(b) Applicants for the scholarship must be employed by a licensed early childhood 
34.20 	or child care program and working directly with children, a licensed family child care 
34.21 	provider, or an employee in a school-age program exempt from licensing under section 
34.22 	245A.03, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (12). Lower wage earners must be given 
34.23 	priority in awarding the tuition scholarships. Scholarship recipients must contribute 
34.24 	ten percent of the total scholarship and must be sponsored by their employers, who 
34.25 	must also contribute ten percent of the total scholarship. Scholarship recipients who are 
34.26 	self-employed must contribute 20 percent of the total scholarship.

34.27 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.1222, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
34.28 		Subd. 2a.Portable wading pools at family day care or group family day care 
34.29 	homes. A portable wading pool that is located at a family day care or group family day 
34.30 	care home licensed under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502, or at a home at which child 
34.31 	care services are provided under section 245A.03, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause 
34.32 	(2), shall be defined as a private residential pool and not as a public pool for purposes of 
34.33 	public swimming pool regulations under Minnesota Rules, chapter 4717, provided that 
35.1 	the portable wading pool has a maximum depth of 24 inches and is capable of being 
35.2 	manually emptied and moved.

35.3 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.414, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
35.4 		Subd. 2.Day care premises. (a) Smoking is prohibited in a day care center licensed 
35.5 	under Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0005 to 9503.0175 9503.0170, or in a family home 
35.6 	or in a group family day care provider home licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 
35.7 	9502.0300 to 9502.0445, during its hours of operation. The proprietor of a family home or 
35.8 	group family day care provider must disclose to parents or guardians of children cared 
35.9 	for on the premises if the proprietor permits smoking outside of its hours of operation. 
35.10 	Disclosure must include posting on the premises a conspicuous written notice and orally 
35.11 	informing parents or guardians.
35.12 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the definition of smoking includes the use of 
35.13 	electronic cigarettes, including the inhaling and exhaling of vapor from any electronic 
35.14 	delivery device as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1.

35.15 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.608, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.16 		Subdivision 1.Trauma Advisory Council established. (a) A Trauma Advisory 
35.17 	Council is established to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the 
35.18 	commissioner on the development, maintenance, and improvement of a statewide trauma 
35.19 	system.
35.20 	(b) The council shall consist of the following members:
35.21 	(1) a trauma surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery or the American 
35.22 	Osteopathic Board of Surgery who practices in a level I or II trauma hospital;
35.23 	(2) a general surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery or the American 
35.24 	Osteopathic Board of Surgery whose practice includes trauma and who practices in a 
35.25 	designated rural area as defined under section 144.1501, subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (e);
35.26 	(3) a neurosurgeon certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery who 
35.27 	practices in a level I or II trauma hospital;
35.28 	(4) a trauma program nurse manager or coordinator practicing in a level I or II 
35.29 	trauma hospital;
35.30 	(5) an emergency physician certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine 
35.31 	or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine whose practice includes 
35.32 	emergency room care in a level I, II, III, or IV trauma hospital;
35.33 	(6) a trauma program manager or coordinator who practices in a level III or IV 
35.34 	trauma hospital;
36.1 	(7) a physician certified by the American Board of Family Medicine or the American 
36.2 	Osteopathic Board of Family Practice whose practice includes emergency department care 
36.3 	in a level III or IV trauma hospital located in a designated rural area as defined under 
36.4 	section 144.1501, subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (e);
36.5 	(8) a nurse practitioner, as defined under section 144.1501, subdivision 1, paragraph 
36.6 	(h) (l), or a physician assistant, as defined under section 144.1501, subdivision 1, paragraph 
36.7 	(j) (o), whose practice includes emergency room care in a level IV trauma hospital located in 
36.8 	a designated rural area as defined under section 144.1501, subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (e);
36.9 	(9) a pediatrician certified by the American Board of Pediatrics or the American 
36.10 	Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics whose practice includes emergency department care 
36.11 	in a level I, II, III, or IV trauma hospital;
36.12 	(10) an orthopedic surgeon certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 
36.13 	or the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery whose practice includes trauma 
36.14 	and who practices in a level I, II, or III trauma hospital;
36.15 	(11) the state emergency medical services medical director appointed by the 
36.16 	Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board;
36.17 	(12) a hospital administrator of a level III or IV trauma hospital located in a 
36.18 	designated rural area as defined under section 144.1501, subdivision 1, paragraph (b)(e);
36.19 	(13) a rehabilitation specialist whose practice includes rehabilitation of patients 
36.20 	with major trauma injuries or traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries as defined 
36.21 	under section 144.661;
36.22 	(14) an attendant or ambulance director who is an EMT, EMT-I, or EMT-P within 
36.23 	the meaning of section 144E.001 and who actively practices with a licensed ambulance 
36.24 	service in a primary service area located in a designated rural area as defined under section 
36.25 	144.1501, subdivision 1, paragraph (b) (e); and
36.26 	(15) the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee.

36.27 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.651, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
36.28 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, "patient" means a person 
36.29 	who is admitted to an acute care inpatient facility for a continuous period longer than 
36.30 	24 hours, for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment bearing on the physical or mental 
36.31 	health of that person. For purposes of subdivisions 4 to 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 18 to 20, 
36.32 	"patient" also means a person who receives health care services at an outpatient surgical 
36.33 	center or at a birth center licensed under section 144.615. "Patient" also means a minor 
36.34 	who is admitted to a residential program as defined in section 253C.01. For purposes of 
36.35 	subdivisions 1, 3 to 16, 18, 20 and 30, "patient" also means any person who is receiving 
37.1 	mental health treatment on an outpatient basis or in a community support program or other 
37.2 	community-based program. "Resident" means a person who is admitted to a nonacute care 
37.3 	facility including extended care facilities, nursing homes, and boarding care homes for 
37.4 	care required because of prolonged mental or physical illness or disability, recovery from 
37.5 	injury or disease, or advancing age. For purposes of all subdivisions except subdivisions 
37.6 	28 and 29, "resident" also means a person who is admitted to a facility licensed as a 
37.7 	board and lodging facility under Minnesota Rules, parts 4625.0100 to 4625.2355, or a 
37.8 	supervised living facility under Minnesota Rules, parts 4665.0100 to 4665.9900, and 
37.9 	which operates a rehabilitation program licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.4100 
37.10 	to 9530.44509530.6405 to 9530.6505.

37.11 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.04, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
37.12 		Subd. 7.Minimum nursing staff requirement. Notwithstanding the provisions of 
37.13 	Minnesota Rules, part 4655.5600, The minimum staffing standard for nursing personnel 
37.14 	in certified nursing homes is as follows:
37.15 	(a) The minimum number of hours of nursing personnel to be provided in a nursing 
37.16 	home is the greater of two hours per resident per 24 hours or 0.95 hours per standardized 
37.17 	resident day. Upon transition to the 34 group, RUG-III resident classification system, the 
37.18 	0.95 hours per standardized resident day shall no longer apply.
37.19 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "hours of nursing personnel" means the paid, 
37.20 	on-duty, productive nursing hours of all nurses and nursing assistants, calculated on the 
37.21 	basis of any given 24-hour period. "Productive nursing hours" means all on-duty hours 
37.22 	during which nurses and nursing assistants are engaged in nursing duties. Examples of 
37.23 	nursing duties may be found in Minnesota Rules, parts 4655.5900, 4655.6100, and part 
37.24 	4655.6400. Not included are vacations, holidays, sick leave, in-service classroom training, 
37.25 	or lunches. Also not included are the nonproductive nursing hours of the in-service 
37.26 	training director. In homes with more than 60 licensed beds, the hours of the director 
37.27 	of nursing are excluded. "Standardized resident day" means the sum of the number of 
37.28 	residents in each case mix class multiplied by the case mix weight for that resident class, 
37.29 	as found in Minnesota Rules, part 9549.0059, subpart 2, calculated on the basis of a 
37.30 	facility's census for any given day. For the purpose of determining a facility's census, the 
37.31 	commissioner of health shall exclude the resident days claimed by the facility for resident 
37.32 	therapeutic leave or bed hold days.
37.33 	(c) Calculation of nursing hours per standardized resident day is performed by 
37.34 	dividing total hours of nursing personnel for a given period by the total of standardized 
37.35 	resident days for that same period.
38.1 	(d) A nursing home that is issued a notice of noncompliance under section 144A.10, 
38.2 	subdivision 5, for a violation of this subdivision, shall be assessed a civil fine of $300 for 
38.3 	each day of noncompliance, subject to section 144A.10, subdivisions 7 and 8.

38.4 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
38.5 		Subd. 4.Correction orders. Whenever a duly authorized representative of the 
38.6 	commissioner of health finds upon inspection of a nursing home, that the facility or a 
38.7 	controlling person or an employee of the facility is not in compliance with sections 
38.8 	144.411 to 144.417, 144.651, 144.6503, 144A.01 to 144A.155, or 626.557 or the rules 
38.9 	promulgated thereunder, a correction order shall be issued to the facility. The correction 
38.10 	order shall state the deficiency, cite the specific rule or statute violated, state the suggested 
38.11 	method of correction, and specify the time allowed for correction. If the commissioner 
38.12 	finds that the nursing home had uncorrected or repeated violations which create a risk to 
38.13 	resident care, safety, or rights, the commissioner shall notify the commissioner of human 
38.14 	services who shall require the facility to use any efficiency incentive payments received 
38.15 	under section 256B.431, subdivision 2b, paragraph (d), to correct the violations and shall 
38.16 	require the facility to forfeit incentive payments for failure to correct the violations 
38.17 	as provided in section 256B.431, subdivision 2p 2n. The forfeiture shall not apply to 
38.18 	correction orders issued for physical plant deficiencies.

38.19 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.105, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.20 		Subdivision 1.Circumstances for suspensions. The commissioner of health may 
38.21 	suspend admissions to a nursing home or certified boarding care home when:
38.22 	(1) the commissioner has issued a penalty assessment or the nursing home has 
38.23 	a repeated violation for noncompliance with section 144A.04, subdivision 7, or the 
38.24 	portion of Minnesota Rules, part 4655.5600, subpart 2, that establishes minimum nursing 
38.25 	personnel requirements;
38.26 	(2) the commissioner has issued a penalty assessment or the nursing home or 
38.27 	certified boarding care home has repeated violations for not maintaining a sufficient 
38.28 	number or type of nursing personnel to meet the needs of the residents, as required by 
38.29 	Minnesota Rules, parts 4655.5100 to 4655.6200 4655.5400;
38.30 	(3) the commissioner has determined that an emergency exists;
38.31 	(4) the commissioner has initiated proceedings to suspend, revoke, or not renew the 
38.32 	license of the nursing home or certified boarding care home; or
38.33 	(5) the commissioner determines that the remedy of denial of payment, as provided 
38.34 	by subparagraph 1919(h)(2)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act, is to be imposed under 
39.1 	section 1919(h) of the Social Security Act, or regulations adopted under that section of 
39.2 	the Social Security Act.

39.3 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.43, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
39.4 		Subd. 22.Prescription. "Prescription" has the meaning given in section 151.01, 
39.5 	subdivision 16 16a.

39.6 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.442, is amended to read:
39.7 	144A.442 ASSISTED LIVING CLIENTS; SERVICE TERMINATION.
39.8 	If an arranged home care provider, as defined in section 144D.01, subdivision 2a, 
39.9 	who is not also Medicare certified terminates a service agreement or service plan with an 
39.10 	assisted living client, as defined in section 144G.01, subdivision 3, the home care provider 
39.11 	shall provide the assisted living client and the legal or designated representatives of the 
39.12 	client, if any, with a written notice of termination which includes the following information:
39.13 	(1) the effective date of termination;
39.14 	(2) the reason for termination;
39.15 	(3) without extending the termination notice period, an affirmative offer to meet with 
39.16 	the assisted living client or client representatives within no more than five business days of 
39.17 	the date of the termination notice to discuss the termination;
39.18 	(4) contact information for a reasonable number of other home care providers in 
39.19 	the geographic area of the assisted living client, as required by Minnesota Rules, part 
39.20 	4668.0050 section 144A.4791, subdivision 10;
39.21 	(5) a statement that the provider will participate in a coordinated transfer of the care 
39.22 	of the client to another provider or caregiver, as required by section 144A.44, subdivision 
39.23 	1, clause (18);
39.24 	(6) the name and contact information of a representative of the home care provider 
39.25 	with whom the client may discuss the notice of termination;
39.26 	(7) a copy of the home care bill of rights; and
39.27 	(8) a statement that the notice of termination of home care services by the home care 
39.28 	provider does not constitute notice of termination of the housing with services contract 
39.29 	with a housing with services establishment.

39.30 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.4792, subdivision 13, is amended to 
39.31 	read:
39.32 		Subd. 13.Prescriptions. There must be a current written or electronically recorded 
39.33 	prescription as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 6800.0100, subpart 11a section 151.01, 
40.1 	subdivision 16a, for all prescribed medications that the comprehensive home care provider 
40.2 	is managing for the client.

40.3 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144D.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
40.4 		Subd. 4.Housing with services establishment or establishment. (a) "Housing 
40.5 	with services establishment" or "establishment" means:
40.6 	(1) an establishment providing sleeping accommodations to one or more adult 
40.7 	residents, at least 80 percent of which are 55 years of age or older, and offering or 
40.8 	providing, for a fee, one or more regularly scheduled health-related services or two or 
40.9 	more regularly scheduled supportive services, whether offered or provided directly by the 
40.10 	establishment or by another entity arranged for by the establishment; or
40.11 	(2) an establishment that registers under section 144D.025.
40.12 	(b) Housing with services establishment does not include:
40.13 	(1) a nursing home licensed under chapter 144A;
40.14 	(2) a hospital, certified boarding care home, or supervised living facility licensed 
40.15 	under sections 144.50 to 144.56;
40.16 	(3) a board and lodging establishment licensed under chapter 157 and Minnesota 
40.17 	Rules, parts 9520.0500 to 9520.0670, 9525.0215 to 9525.0355, 9525.0500 to 9525.0660, 
40.18 	or 9530.4100 to 9530.44509530.6405 to 9530.6505, or under chapter 245D;
40.19 	(4) a board and lodging establishment which serves as a shelter for battered women 
40.20 	or other similar purpose;
40.21 	(5) a family adult foster care home licensed by the Department of Human Services;
40.22 	(6) private homes in which the residents are related by kinship, law, or affinity with 
40.23 	the providers of services;
40.24 	(7) residential settings for persons with developmental disabilities in which the 
40.25 	services are licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.2100 to 9525.2140, or applicable 
40.26 	successor rules or laws chapter 245D;
40.27 	(8) a home-sharing arrangement such as when an elderly or disabled person or 
40.28 	single-parent family makes lodging in a private residence available to another person 
40.29 	in exchange for services or rent, or both;
40.30 	(9) a duly organized condominium, cooperative, common interest community, or 
40.31 	owners' association of the foregoing where at least 80 percent of the units that comprise the 
40.32 	condominium, cooperative, or common interest community are occupied by individuals 
40.33 	who are the owners, members, or shareholders of the units; or
41.1 	(10) services for persons with developmental disabilities that are provided under 
41.2 	a license according to Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.2000 to 9525.2140 in effect until 
41.3 	January 1, 1998, or under chapter 245D.

41.4 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144E.285, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.5 		Subd. 2.AEMT and paramedic requirements. (a) In addition to the requirements 
41.6 	under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), an education program applying for approval to teach 
41.7 	AEMTs and paramedics must be administered by an educational institution accredited by 
41.8 	the Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
41.9 	(b) An AEMT and paramedic education program that is administered by an 
41.10 	educational institution not accredited by CAAHEP, but that is in the process of completing 
41.11 	the accreditation process, may be granted provisional approval by the board upon 
41.12 	verification of submission of its self-study report and the appropriate review fee to 
41.13 	CAAHEP.
41.14 	(c) An educational institution that discontinues its participation in the accreditation 
41.15 	process must notify the board immediately and provisional approval shall be withdrawn.
41.16 	(d) This subdivision does not apply to a paramedic education program when the 
41.17 	program is operated by an advanced life-support ambulance service licensed by the 
41.18 	Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board under this chapter, and the ambulance 
41.19 	service meets the following criteria:
41.20 	(1) covers a rural primary service area that does not contain a hospital within the 
41.21 	primary service area or contains a hospital within the primary service area that has been 
41.22 	designated as a critical access hospital under section 144.1483, clause (11) (9);
41.23 	(2) has tax-exempt status in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, section 
41.24 	501(c)(3);
41.25 	(3) received approval before 1991 from the commissioner of health to operate 
41.26 	a paramedic education program;
41.27 	(4) operates an AEMT and paramedic education program exclusively to train 
41.28 	paramedics for the local ambulance service; and
41.29 	(5) limits enrollment in the AEMT and paramedic program to five candidates per 
41.30 	biennium.

41.31 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144G.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.32 		Subd. 2.Minimum requirements for assisted living. (a) Assisted living shall 
41.33 	be provided or made available only to individuals residing in a registered housing with 
41.34 	services establishment. Except as expressly stated in this chapter, a person or entity 
42.1 	offering assisted living may define the available services and may offer assisted living to 
42.2 	all or some of the residents of a housing with services establishment. The services that 
42.3 	comprise assisted living may be provided or made available directly by a housing with 
42.4 	services establishment or by persons or entities with which the housing with services 
42.5 	establishment has made arrangements.
42.6 	(b) A person or entity entitled to use the phrase "assisted living," according to 
42.7 	section 144G.02, subdivision 1, shall do so only with respect to a housing with services 
42.8 	establishment, or a service, service package, or program available within a housing with 
42.9 	services establishment that, at a minimum:
42.10 	(1) provides or makes available health-related services under a class A or class F 
42.11 	home care license. At a minimum, health-related services must include:
42.12 	(i) assistance with self-administration of medication as defined in Minnesota Rules, 
42.13 	part 4668.0003, subpart 2a, or medication administration as defined in Minnesota Rules, 
42.14 	part 4668.0003, subpart 21a provided in section 144A.43; and
42.15 	(ii) assistance with at least three of the following seven activities of daily living: 
42.16 	bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, transferring, continence care, and toileting.
42.17 	All health-related services shall be provided in a manner that complies with applicable 
42.18 	home care licensure requirements in chapter 144A, sections 148.171 to 148.285, and 
42.19 	Minnesota Rules, chapter 4668;
42.20 	(2) provides necessary assessments of the physical and cognitive needs of assisted 
42.21 	living clients by a registered nurse, as required by applicable home care licensure 
42.22 	requirements in chapter 144A, sections 148.171 to 148.285, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 
42.23 	4668;
42.24 	(3) has and maintains a system for delegation of health care activities to unlicensed 
42.25 	assistive health care personnel by a registered nurse, including supervision and evaluation 
42.26 	of the delegated activities as required by applicable home care licensure requirements in 
42.27 	chapter 144A, sections 148.171 to 148.285, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 4668;
42.28 	(4) provides staff access to an on-call registered nurse 24 hours per day, seven 
42.29 	days per week;
42.30 	(5) has and maintains a system to check on each assisted living client at least daily;
42.31 	(6) provides a means for assisted living clients to request assistance for health and 
42.32 	safety needs 24 hours per day, seven days per week, from the establishment or a person or 
42.33 	entity with which the establishment has made arrangements;
42.34 	(7) has a person or persons available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, who 
42.35 	is responsible for responding to the requests of assisted living clients for assistance with 
42.36 	health or safety needs, who shall be:
43.1 	(i) awake;
43.2 	(ii) located in the same building, in an attached building, or on a contiguous campus 
43.3 	with the housing with services establishment in order to respond within a reasonable 
43.4 	amount of time;
43.5 	(iii) capable of communicating with assisted living clients;
43.6 	(iv) capable of recognizing the need for assistance;
43.7 	(v) capable of providing either the assistance required or summoning the appropriate 
43.8 	assistance; and
43.9 	(vi) capable of following directions;
43.10 	(8) offers to provide or make available at least the following supportive services 
43.11 	to assisted living clients:
43.12 	(i) two meals per day;
43.13 	(ii) weekly housekeeping;
43.14 	(iii) weekly laundry service;
43.15 	(iv) upon the request of the client, reasonable assistance with arranging for 
43.16 	transportation to medical and social services appointments, and the name of or other 
43.17 	identifying information about the person or persons responsible for providing this 
43.18 	assistance;
43.19 	(v) upon the request of the client, reasonable assistance with accessing community 
43.20 	resources and social services available in the community, and the name of or other 
43.21 	identifying information about the person or persons responsible for providing this 
43.22 	assistance; and
43.23 	(vi) periodic opportunities for socialization; and
43.24 	(9) makes available to all prospective and current assisted living clients information 
43.25 	consistent with the uniform format and the required components adopted by the 
43.26 	commissioner under section 144G.06. This information must be made available beginning 
43.27 	no later than six months after the commissioner makes the uniform format and required 
43.28 	components available to providers according to section 144G.06.

43.29 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 147A.08, is amended to read:
43.30 	147A.08 EXEMPTIONS.
43.31 	(a) This chapter does not apply to, control, prevent, or restrict the practice, service, 
43.32 	or activities of persons listed in section 147.09, clauses (1) to (6) and (8) to (13), persons 
43.33 	regulated under section 214.01, subdivision 2, or persons defined in section 144.1501, 
43.34 	subdivision 1, paragraphs (f), (h), and (i), (k), and (l).
43.35 	(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require licensure of:
44.1 	(1) a physician assistant student enrolled in a physician assistant educational 
44.2 	program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the 
44.3 	Physician Assistant or by its successor agency approved by the board;
44.4 	(2) a physician assistant employed in the service of the federal government while 
44.5 	performing duties incident to that employment; or
44.6 	(3) technicians, other assistants, or employees of physicians who perform delegated 
44.7 	tasks in the office of a physician but who do not identify themselves as a physician assistant.

44.8 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 147B.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
44.9 		Subdivision 1.NCCAOM requirements. Unless a person is licensed under 
44.10 	section 147B.02, subdivision 5 or 6, each licensee is required to meet the NCCAOM 
44.11 	professional development activity requirements to maintain NCCAOM certification. 
44.12 	These requirements may be met through a board approved continuing education program.

44.13 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 148.519, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
44.14 		Subdivision 1.Applications for licensure. (a) An applicant for licensure must:
44.15 	(1) submit a completed application for licensure on forms provided by the 
44.16 	commissioner. The application must include the applicant's name, certification number 
44.17 	under chapter 153A, if applicable, business address and telephone number, or home 
44.18 	address and telephone number if the applicant practices speech-language pathology or 
44.19 	audiology out of the home, and a description of the applicant's education, training, and 
44.20 	experience, including previous work history for the five years immediately preceding 
44.21 	the date of application. The commissioner may ask the applicant to provide additional 
44.22 	information necessary to clarify information submitted in the application; and
44.23 	(2) submit documentation of the certificate of clinical competence issued by the 
44.24 	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, board certification by the American 
44.25 	Board of Audiology, or satisfy the following requirements:
44.26 	(i) submit a transcript showing the completion of a master's or doctoral degree or its 
44.27 	equivalent meeting the requirements of section 148.515, subdivision 2;
44.28 	(ii) submit documentation of the required hours of supervised clinical training;
44.29 	(iii) submit documentation of the postgraduate clinical or doctoral clinical experience 
44.30 	meeting the requirements of section 148.515, subdivision 4; and
44.31 	(iv) submit documentation of receiving a qualifying score on an examination 
44.32 	meeting the requirements of section 148.515, subdivision 5 153A.14, subdivision 2h.
44.33 	(b) In addition, an applicant must:
45.1 	(1) sign a statement that the information in the application is true and correct to the 
45.2 	best of the applicant's knowledge and belief;
45.3 	(2) submit with the application all fees required by section 148.5194; and
45.4 	(3) sign a waiver authorizing the commissioner to obtain access to the applicant's 
45.5 	records in this or any other state in which the applicant has engaged in the practice of 
45.6 	speech-language pathology or audiology.

45.7 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 148.741, is amended to read:
45.8 	148.741 APPLICABILITY OF RULES.
45.9 	Minnesota Rules, parts 5601.0100 to 5601.3200, apply both to physical therapists 
45.10 	and physical therapist assistants, except parts 5601.1300; 5601.1900;5601.2000; 
45.11 	5601.3200, subpart 2, item D; and 5601.3200, subpart 5, only apply to physical therapists.

45.12 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 151.37, subdivision 2, is 
45.13 	amended to read:
45.14 		Subd. 2.Prescribing and filing. (a) A licensed practitioner in the course of 
45.15 	professional practice only, may prescribe, administer, and dispense a legend drug, and 
45.16 	may cause the same to be administered by a nurse, a physician assistant, or medical 
45.17 	student or resident under the practitioner's direction and supervision, and may cause a 
45.18 	person who is an appropriately certified, registered, or licensed health care professional 
45.19 	to prescribe, dispense, and administer the same within the expressed legal scope of the 
45.20 	person's practice as defined in Minnesota Statutes. A licensed practitioner may prescribe a 
45.21 	legend drug, without reference to a specific patient, by directing a licensed dietitian or 
45.22 	licensed nutritionist, pursuant to section 148.634; a nurse, pursuant to section 148.235, 
45.23 	subdivisions 8 and 9; physician assistant; medical student or resident; or pharmacist 
45.24 	according to section 151.01, subdivision 27, to adhere to a particular practice guideline or 
45.25 	protocol when treating patients whose condition falls within such guideline or protocol, 
45.26 	and when such guideline or protocol specifies the circumstances under which the legend 
45.27 	drug is to be prescribed and administered. An individual who verbally, electronically, or 
45.28 	otherwise transmits a written, oral, or electronic order, as an agent of a prescriber, shall 
45.29 	not be deemed to have prescribed the legend drug. This paragraph applies to a physician 
45.30 	assistant only if the physician assistant meets the requirements of section 147A.18.
45.31 	(b) The commissioner of health, if a licensed practitioner, or a person designated 
45.32 	by the commissioner who is a licensed practitioner, may prescribe a legend drug to an 
45.33 	individual or by protocol for mass dispensing purposes where the commissioner finds that 
45.34 	the conditions triggering section 144.4197 or 144.4198, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), exist. 
46.1 	The commissioner, if a licensed practitioner, or a designated licensed practitioner, may 
46.2 	prescribe, dispense, or administer a legend drug or other substance listed in subdivision 10 
46.3 	to control tuberculosis and other communicable diseases. The commissioner may modify 
46.4 	state drug labeling requirements, and medical screening criteria and documentation, where 
46.5 	time is critical and limited labeling and screening are most likely to ensure legend drugs 
46.6 	reach the maximum number of persons in a timely fashion so as to reduce morbidity 
46.7 	and mortality.
46.8 	(c) A licensed practitioner that dispenses for profit a legend drug that is to be 
46.9 	administered orally, is ordinarily dispensed by a pharmacist, and is not a vaccine, must 
46.10 	file with the practitioner's licensing board a statement indicating that the practitioner 
46.11 	dispenses legend drugs for profit, the general circumstances under which the practitioner 
46.12 	dispenses for profit, and the types of legend drugs generally dispensed. It is unlawful to 
46.13 	dispense legend drugs for profit after July 31, 1990, unless the statement has been filed 
46.14 	with the appropriate licensing board. For purposes of this paragraph, "profit" means (1) 
46.15 	any amount received by the practitioner in excess of the acquisition cost of a legend drug 
46.16 	for legend drugs that are purchased in prepackaged form, or (2) any amount received 
46.17 	by the practitioner in excess of the acquisition cost of a legend drug plus the cost of 
46.18 	making the drug available if the legend drug requires compounding, packaging, or other 
46.19 	treatment. The statement filed under this paragraph is public data under section 13.03. 
46.20 	This paragraph does not apply to a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine or a registered 
46.21 	pharmacist. Any person other than a licensed practitioner with the authority to prescribe, 
46.22 	dispense, and administer a legend drug under paragraph (a) shall not dispense for profit. 
46.23 	To dispense for profit does not include dispensing by a community health clinic when the 
46.24 	profit from dispensing is used to meet operating expenses.
46.25 	(d) A prescription drug order for the following drugs is not valid, unless it can be 
46.26 	established that the prescription drug order was based on a documented patient evaluation, 
46.27 	including an examination, adequate to establish a diagnosis and identify underlying 
46.28 	conditions and contraindications to treatment:
46.29 	(1) controlled substance drugs listed in section 152.02, subdivisions 3 to 5;
46.30 	(2) drugs defined by the Board of Pharmacy as controlled substances under section 
46.31 	152.02, subdivisions 7, 8, and 12;
46.32 	(3) muscle relaxants;
46.33 	(4) centrally acting analgesics with opioid activity;
46.34 	(5) drugs containing butalbital; or
46.35 	(6) phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors when used to treat erectile dysfunction.
47.1 	(e) For the purposes of paragraph (d), the requirement for an examination shall be 
47.2 	met if an in-person examination has been completed in any of the following circumstances:
47.3 	(1) the prescribing practitioner examines the patient at the time the prescription 
47.4 	or drug order is issued;
47.5 	(2) the prescribing practitioner has performed a prior examination of the patient;
47.6 	(3) another prescribing practitioner practicing within the same group or clinic as the 
47.7 	prescribing practitioner has examined the patient;
47.8 	(4) a consulting practitioner to whom the prescribing practitioner has referred the 
47.9 	patient has examined the patient; or
47.10 	(5) the referring practitioner has performed an examination in the case of a 
47.11 	consultant practitioner issuing a prescription or drug order when providing services by 
47.12 	means of telemedicine.
47.13 	(f) Nothing in paragraph (d) or (e) prohibits a licensed practitioner from prescribing 
47.14 	a drug through the use of a guideline or protocol pursuant to paragraph (a).
47.15 	(g) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a licensed practitioner from issuing a 
47.16 	prescription or dispensing a legend drug in accordance with the Expedited Partner Therapy 
47.17 	in the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases guidance document issued by the 
47.18 	United States Centers for Disease Control.
47.19 	(h) Nothing in paragraph (d) or (e) limits prescription, administration, or dispensing 
47.20 	of legend drugs through a public health clinic or other distribution mechanism approved 
47.21 	by the commissioner of health or a community health board in order to prevent, mitigate, 
47.22 	or treat a pandemic illness, infectious disease outbreak, or intentional or accidental release 
47.23 	of a biological, chemical, or radiological agent.
47.24 	(i) No pharmacist employed by, under contract to, or working for a pharmacy 
47.25 	licensed under section 151.19, subdivision 1, may dispense a legend drug based on a 
47.26 	prescription that the pharmacist knows, or would reasonably be expected to know, is not 
47.27 	valid under paragraph (d).
47.28 	(j) No pharmacist employed by, under contract to, or working for a pharmacy 
47.29 	licensed under section 151.19, subdivision 2 1, and located outside the state may dispense 
47.30 	a legend drug to a resident of this state based on a prescription that the pharmacist knows, 
47.31 	or would reasonably be expected to know, is not valid under paragraph (d).
47.32 	(k) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the commissioner of health, if a licensed 
47.33 	practitioner, or, if not a licensed practitioner, a designee of the commissioner who is 
47.34 	a licensed practitioner, from prescribing legend drugs for field-delivered therapy in the 
47.35 	treatment of a communicable disease according to the Centers For Disease Control and 
47.36 	Prevention Partner Services Guidelines.

48.1 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 153A.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.2 		Subdivision 1.Prohibited acts. The commissioner may take enforcement action as 
48.3 	provided under subdivision 2 against a dispenser of hearing instruments for the following 
48.4 	acts and conduct:
48.5 	(1) dispensing a hearing instrument to a minor person 18 years or younger unless 
48.6 	evaluated by an audiologist for hearing evaluation and hearing aid evaluation;
48.7 	(2) being disciplined through a revocation, suspension, restriction, or limitation by 
48.8 	another state for conduct subject to action under this chapter;
48.9 	(3) presenting advertising that is false or misleading;
48.10 	(4) providing the commissioner with false or misleading statements of credentials, 
48.11 	training, or experience;
48.12 	(5) engaging in conduct likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public; or 
48.13 	demonstrating a willful or careless disregard for the health, welfare, or safety of a consumer;
48.14 	(6) splitting fees or promising to pay a portion of a fee to any other professional 
48.15 	other than a fee for services rendered by the other professional to the client;
48.16 	(7) engaging in abusive or fraudulent billing practices, including violations of 
48.17 	federal Medicare and Medicaid laws, Food and Drug Administration regulations, or state 
48.18 	medical assistance laws;
48.19 	(8) obtaining money, property, or services from a consumer through the use of undue 
48.20 	influence, high pressure sales tactics, harassment, duress, deception, or fraud;
48.21 	(9) performing the services of a certified hearing instrument dispenser in an 
48.22 	incompetent or negligent manner;
48.23 	(10) failing to comply with the requirements of this chapter as an employer, 
48.24 	supervisor, or trainee;
48.25 	(11) failing to provide information in a timely manner in response to a request by the 
48.26 	commissioner, commissioner's designee, or the advisory council;
48.27 	(12) being convicted within the past five years of violating any laws of the United 
48.28 	States, or any state or territory of the United States, and the violation is a felony, gross 
48.29 	misdemeanor, or misdemeanor, an essential element of which relates to hearing instrument 
48.30 	dispensing, except as provided in chapter 364;
48.31 	(13) failing to cooperate with the commissioner, the commissioner's designee, or 
48.32 	the advisory council in any investigation;
48.33 	(14) failing to perform hearing instrument dispensing with reasonable judgment, 
48.34 	skill, or safety due to the use of alcohol or drugs, or other physical or mental impairment;
48.35 	(15) failing to fully disclose actions taken against the applicant or the applicant's 
48.36 	legal authorization to dispense hearing instruments in this or another state;
49.1 	(16) violating a state or federal court order or judgment, including a conciliation 
49.2 	court judgment, relating to the activities of the applicant in hearing instrument dispensing;
49.3 	(17) having been or being disciplined by the commissioner of the Department of 
49.4 	Health, or other authority, in this or another jurisdiction, if any of the grounds for the 
49.5 	discipline are the same or substantially equivalent to those in sections 153A.13 to 153A.19 
49.6 	153A.18;
49.7 	(18) misrepresenting the purpose of hearing tests, or in any way communicating that 
49.8 	the hearing test or hearing test protocol required by section 153A.14, subdivision 4b, is 
49.9 	a medical evaluation, a diagnostic hearing evaluation conducted by an audiologist, or is 
49.10 	other than a test to select a hearing instrument, except that the hearing instrument dispenser 
49.11 	can determine the need for or recommend the consumer obtain a medical evaluation 
49.12 	consistent with requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration;
49.13 	(19) violating any of the provisions of sections 148.5195, subdivision 3, clause (20); 
49.14 	148.5197; 148.5198; and 153A.13 to 153A.18; and
49.15 	(20) aiding or abetting another person in violating any of the provisions of sections 
49.16 	148.5195, subdivision 3, clause (20); 148.5197; 148.5198; and 153A.13 to 153A.18.

49.17 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 155A.23, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
49.18 		Subd. 5a.Individual license. "Individual license" means a license described in 
49.19 	section 155A.25, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2) 1a, paragraph (b), 
49.20 	clause (1).

49.21 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 155A.355, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
49.22 		Subdivision 1.Single-use equipment and materials. Single-use equipment, 
49.23 	implements, or materials that are made or constructed of paper, wood, or other porous 
49.24 	materials must only be used for one application or client service. Presence of used articles 
49.25 	in the work area is prima facie evidence of reuse. Failure to dispose of the materials in this 
49.26 	subdivision is punishable by penalty under section 155A.25, subdivision 1a, paragraph 
49.27 	(b) (c), clause (7).

49.28 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 155A.355, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
49.29 		Subd. 2.Skin-cutting equipment. Razor-type callus shavers, rasps, or graters 
49.30 	designed and intended to cut growths of skin such as corns and calluses, including but 
49.31 	not limited to credo blades, are prohibited. Presence of these articles in the work area is 
49.32 	prima facie evidence of use and is punishable by penalty in section 155A.25, subdivision 
49.33 	1a, paragraph (b) (c), clause (8).

50.1 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.2 		Subd. 2.Department of Aeronautics. All powers, duties, and functions heretofore 
50.3 	vested in or imposed on the commissioner of aeronautics or the Department of Aeronautics 
50.4 	by sections 360.011 to 360.076, 360.301360.305 to 360.73, 360.81 to 360.91 or any other 
50.5 	law relating to the duties and powers of the commissioner of aeronautics are transferred 
50.6 	to, vested in, and imposed on the commissioner of transportation. The position of the 
50.7 	commissioner of aeronautics and the Department of Aeronautics as heretofore constituted 
50.8 	are abolished.

50.9 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 176.105, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
50.10 		Subd. 4.Legislative intent; rules; loss of more than one body part. (a) For the 
50.11 	purpose of establishing a disability schedule, the legislature declares its intent that the 
50.12 	commissioner establish a disability schedule which shall be determined by sound actuarial 
50.13 	evaluation and shall be based on the benefit level which exists on January 1, 1983.
50.14 	(b) The commissioner shall by rulemaking adopt procedures setting forth rules 
50.15 	for the evaluation and rating of functional disability and the schedule for permanent 
50.16 	partial disability and to determine the percentage of loss of function of a part of the body 
50.17 	based on the body as a whole, including internal organs, described in section 176.101, 
50.18 	subdivision 3, and any other body part not listed in section 176.101, subdivision 3, which 
50.19 	the commissioner deems appropriate.
50.20 	(c) The rules shall promote objectivity and consistency in the evaluation of 
50.21 	permanent functional impairment due to personal injury and in the assignment of a 
50.22 	numerical rating to the functional impairment.
50.23 	(d) Prior to adoption of rules the commissioner shall conduct an analysis of the 
50.24 	current permanent partial disability schedule for the purpose of determining the number 
50.25 	and distribution of permanent partial disabilities and the average compensation for various 
50.26 	permanent partial disabilities. The commissioner shall consider setting the compensation 
50.27 	under the proposed schedule for the most serious conditions higher in comparison to the 
50.28 	current schedule and shall consider decreasing awards for minor conditions in comparison 
50.29 	to the current schedule.
50.30 	(e) The commissioner may consider, among other factors, and shall not be limited 
50.31 	to the following factors in developing rules for the evaluation and rating of functional 
50.32 	disability and the schedule for permanent partial disability benefits:
50.33 	(1) the workability and simplicity of the procedures with respect to the evaluation 
50.34 	of functional disability;
50.35 	(2) the consistency of the procedures with accepted medical standards;
51.1 	(3) rules, guidelines, and schedules that exist in other states that are related to the 
51.2 	evaluation of permanent partial disability or to a schedule of benefits for functional 
51.3 	disability provided that the commissioner is not bound by the degree of disability in 
51.4 	these sources but shall adjust the relative degree of disability to conform to the expressed 
51.5 	intent of this section;
51.6 	(4) rules, guidelines, and schedules that have been developed by associations of 
51.7 	health care providers or organizations provided that the commissioner is not bound by the 
51.8 	degree of disability in these sources but shall adjust the relative degree of disability to 
51.9 	conform to the expressed intent of this section;
51.10 	(5) the effect the rules may have on reducing litigation;
51.11 	(6) the treatment of preexisting disabilities with respect to the evaluation of 
51.12 	permanent functional disability provided that any preexisting disabilities must be 
51.13 	objectively determined by medical evidence; and
51.14 	(7) symptomatology and loss of function and use of the injured member.
51.15 	The factors in clauses (1) to (7) shall not be used in any individual or specific 
51.16 	workers' compensation claim under this chapter but shall be used only in the adoption 
51.17 	of rules pursuant to this section.
51.18 	Nothing listed in clauses (1) to (7) shall be used to dispute or challenge a disability 
51.19 	rating given to a part of the body so long as the whole schedule conforms with the 
51.20 	expressed intent of this section.
51.21 	(f) If an employee suffers a permanent functional disability of more than one body 
51.22 	part due to a personal injury incurred in a single occurrence, the percent of the whole body 
51.23 	which is permanently partially disabled shall be determined by the following formula so 
51.24 	as to ensure that the percentage for all functional disability combined does not exceed the 
51.25 	total for the whole body:
51.26 	A + B (1 - A)
51.27 	where: A is the greater percentage whole body loss of the first body part; and B is 
51.28 	the lesser percentage whole body loss otherwise payable for the second body part. A + B 
51.29 	(1-A) is equivalent to A + B - AB.
51.30 	For permanent partial disabilities to three body parts due to a single occurrence or as 
51.31 	the result of an occupational disease, the above formula shall be applied, providing that 
51.32 	A equals the result obtained from application of the formula to the first two body parts 
51.33 	and B equals the percentage for the third body part. For permanent partial disability to 
51.34 	four or more body parts incurred as described above, A equals the result obtained from 
51.35 	the prior application of the formula, and B equals the percentage for the fourth body 
51.36 	part or more in arithmetic progressions.

52.1 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 200.02, subdivision 23, is 
52.2 	amended to read:
52.3 		Subd. 23.Minor political party. (a) "Minor political party" means a political party 
52.4 	that has adopted a state constitution, designated a state party chair, held a state convention 
52.5 	in the last two years, filed with the secretary of state no later than December 31 following 
52.6 	the most recent state general election a certification that the party has met the foregoing 
52.7 	requirements, and met the requirements of paragraph (b) or (e), as applicable.
52.8 	(b) To be considered a minor party in all elections statewide, the political party must 
52.9 	have presented at least one candidate for election to the office of:
52.10 	(1) for election to the office of governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, 
52.11 	state auditor, or attorney general, at the last preceding state general election for those 
52.12 	offices; or
52.13 	(2) for election to the office of presidential elector or U.S. senator at the preceding 
52.14 	state general election for presidential electors; and
52.15 	(3) who received votes in each county that in the aggregate equal at least one percent 
52.16 	of the total number of individuals who voted in the election, or its members must have 
52.17 	presented to the secretary of state at any time before the close of filing for the state 
52.18 	partisan primary ballot a nominating petition in a form prescribed by the secretary of state 
52.19 	containing the valid signatures of party members in a number equal to at least one percent 
52.20 	of the total number of individuals who voted in the preceding state general election. A 
52.21 	signature is valid only if signed no more than one year prior to the date the petition was filed.
52.22 	(c) A political party whose candidate receives a sufficient number of votes at a 
52.23 	state general election described in paragraph (b) becomes a minor political party as of 
52.24 	January 1 following that election and retains its minor party status for at least two state 
52.25 	general elections even if the party fails to present a candidate who receives the number 
52.26 	and percentage of votes required under paragraph (b) at subsequent state general elections.
52.27 	(d) A minor political party whose candidates fail to receive the number and 
52.28 	percentage of votes required under paragraph (b) at each of two consecutive state general 
52.29 	elections described by paragraph (b) loses minor party status as of December 31 following 
52.30 	the later of the two consecutive state general elections.
52.31 	(e) A minor party that qualifies to be a major party loses its status as a minor party 
52.32 	at the time it becomes a major party. Votes received by the candidates of a major party 
52.33 	must be counted in determining whether the party received sufficient votes to qualify as a 
52.34 	minor party, notwithstanding that the party does not receive sufficient votes to retain its 
52.35 	major party status. To be considered a minor party in an election in a legislative district, 
52.36 	the political party must have presented at least one candidate for a legislative office in that 
53.1 	district who received votes from at least ten percent of the total number of individuals 
53.2 	who voted for that office, or its members must have presented to the secretary of state a 
53.3 	nominating petition in a form prescribed by the secretary of state containing the valid 
53.4 	signatures of party members in a number equal to at least ten percent of the total number of 
53.5 	individuals who voted in the preceding state general election for that legislative office. A 
53.6 	signature is valid only if signed no more than one year prior to the date the petition was filed.

53.7 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 201.225, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
53.8 		Subd. 2.Technology requirements. An electronic roster must:
53.9 	(1) be able to be loaded with a data file that includes voter registration data in a file 
53.10 	format prescribed by the secretary of state;
53.11 	(2) allow for data to be exported in a file format prescribed by the secretary of state;
53.12 	(3) allow for data to be entered manually or by scanning a Minnesota driver's license 
53.13 	or identification card to locate a voter record or populate a voter registration application 
53.14 	that would be printed and signed and dated by the voter. The printed registration 
53.15 	application can be either a printed form, labels printed with voter information to be affixed 
53.16 	to a preprinted form, or a combination of both;
53.17 	(4) allow an election judge to update data that was populated from a scanned driver's 
53.18 	license or identification card;
53.19 	(5) cue an election judge to ask for and input data that is not populated from a 
53.20 	scanned driver's license or identification card that is otherwise required to be collected 
53.21 	from the voter or an election judge;
53.22 	(6) immediately alert the election judge if the voter has provided information that 
53.23 	indicates that the voter is not eligible to vote;
53.24 	(7) immediately alert the election judge if the electronic roster indicates that a voter 
53.25 	has already voted in that precinct, the voter's registration status is challenged, or it appears 
53.26 	the voter resides in a different precinct;
53.27 	(8) provide immediate instructions on how to resolve a particular type of challenge 
53.28 	when a voter's record is challenged;
53.29 	(9) provide for a printed voter signature certificate, containing the voter's name, 
53.30 	address of residence, date of birth, voter identification number, the oath required by 
53.31 	section 204C.10, and a space for the voter's original signature. The printed voter signature 
53.32 	certificate can be either a printed form or a label printed with the voter's information 
53.33 	to be affixed to the oath;
53.34 	(10) contain only preregistered voters within the precinct, and not contain 
53.35 	preregistered voter data on voters registered outside of the precinct;
54.1 	(11) be only networked within the polling location on election day, except for the 
54.2 	purpose of updating absentee ballot records;
54.3 	(12) meet minimum security, reliability, and networking standards established by the 
54.4 	Office of the Secretary of State in consultation with the Office of MN.IT Services;
54.5 	(13) be capable of providing a voter's correct polling place; and
54.6 	(14) perform any other functions necessary for the efficient and secure administration 
54.7 	of the participating election, as determined by the secretary of state.
54.8 	Electronic rosters used only for election day registration do not need to comply with 
54.9 	clauses (1), (8), and (10). Electronic rosters used only for preregistered voter processing 
54.10 	do not need to comply with clauses (4) and (5).

54.11 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.025, is amended to read:
54.12 	221.025 EXEMPTIONS.
54.13 	The provisions of this chapter requiring a certificate or permit to operate as a motor 
54.14 	carrier do not apply to the intrastate transportation described below:
54.15 	(1) the transportation of students to or from school or school activities in a school 
54.16 	bus inspected and certified under section 169.451 and the transportation of children or 
54.17 	parents to or from a Head Start facility or Head Start activity in a Head Start bus inspected 
54.18 	and certified under section 169.451;
54.19 	(2) the transportation of solid waste, as defined in section 116.06, subdivision 22, 
54.20 	including recyclable materials and waste tires, except that the term "hazardous waste" has 
54.21 	the meaning given it in section 221.012, subdivision 18;
54.22 	(3) a commuter van as defined in section 221.012, subdivision 9;
54.23 	(4) authorized emergency vehicles as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 3, 
54.24 	including ambulances; and tow trucks equipped with proper and legal warning devices 
54.25 	when picking up and transporting (i) disabled or wrecked motor vehicles or (ii) vehicles 
54.26 	towed or transported under a towing order issued by a public employee authorized to 
54.27 	issue a towing order;
54.28 	(5) the transportation of grain samples under conditions prescribed by the 
54.29 	commissioner;
54.30 	(6) the delivery of agricultural lime;
54.31 	(7) the transportation of dirt and sod within an area having a 50-mile radius from the 
54.32 	home post office of the person performing the transportation;
54.33 	(8) the transportation of sand, gravel, bituminous asphalt mix, concrete ready mix, 
54.34 	concrete blocks or tile and the mortar mix to be used with the concrete blocks or tile, or 
54.35 	crushed rock to or from the point of loading or a place of gathering within an area having a 
55.1 	50-mile radius from that person's home post office or a 50-mile radius from the site of 
55.2 	construction or maintenance of public roads and streets;
55.3 	(9) the transportation of pulpwood, cordwood, mining timber, poles, posts, decorator 
55.4 	evergreens, wood chips, sawdust, shavings, and bark from the place where the products 
55.5 	are produced to the point where they are to be used or shipped;
55.6 	(10) the transportation of fresh vegetables from farms to canneries or viner stations, 
55.7 	from viner stations to canneries, or from canneries to canneries during the harvesting, 
55.8 	canning, or packing season, or transporting sugar beets, wild rice, or rutabagas from the 
55.9 	field of production to the first place of delivery or unloading, including a processing 
55.10 	plant, warehouse, or railroad siding;
55.11 	(11) the transportation of unprocessed dairy products in bulk within an area having a 
55.12 	100-mile radius from the home post office of the person providing the transportation;
55.13 	(12) the transportation of agricultural, horticultural, dairy, livestock, or other farm 
55.14 	products within an area having a 100-mile radius from the person's home post office and 
55.15 	the carrier may transport other commodities within the 100-mile radius if the destination 
55.16 	of each haul is a farm;
55.17 	(13) the transportation of newspapers, as defined in section 331A.01, subdivision 
55.18 	5, telephone books, handbills, circulars, or pamphlets in a vehicle with a gross vehicle 
55.19 	weight of 10,000 pounds or less; and
55.20 	(14) transportation of potatoes from the field of production, or a storage site owned 
55.21 	or otherwise controlled by the producer, to the first place of processing.
55.22 	The exemptions provided in this section apply to a person only while the person is 
55.23 	exclusively engaged in exempt transportation.

55.24 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 239.7911, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
55.25 		Subd. 2.Promotion of renewable liquid fuels. (a) The commissioner of agriculture, 
55.26 	in consultation with the commissioners of commerce and the Pollution Control Agency, 
55.27 	shall identify and implement activities necessary to achieve the goals in subdivision 
55.28 	1. Beginning November 1, 2005, and continuing through 2015, the commissioners, 
55.29 	or their designees, shall convene a task force pursuant to section 15.014 that includes 
55.30 	representatives from the renewable fuels industry, petroleum retailers, refiners, automakers, 
55.31 	small engine manufacturers, and other interested groups. The task force shall assist the 
55.32 	commissioners in carrying out the activities in paragraph (b) and eliminating barriers to the 
55.33 	use of greater biofuel blends in this state. The task force must coordinate efforts with the 
55.34 	NextGen Energy Board, the biodiesel task force, and the Renewable Energy Roundtable 
55.35 	and develop annual recommendations for administrative and legislative action.
56.1 	(b) The activities of the commissioners under this subdivision shall include, but not 
56.2 	be limited to:
56.3 	(1) developing recommendations for specific, cost-effective incentives necessary 
56.4 	to expedite the use of greater biofuel blends in this state including, but not limited to, 
56.5 	incentives for retailers to install equipment necessary to dispense renewable liquid fuels 
56.6 	to the public;
56.7 	(2) expanding the renewable-fuel options available to Minnesota consumers 
56.8 	by obtaining federal approval for the use of additional blends that contain a greater 
56.9 	percentage of biofuel;
56.10 	(3) developing recommendations to ensure that motor vehicles and small engine 
56.11 	equipment have access to an adequate supply of fuel;
56.12 	(4) working with the owners and operators of large corporate automotive fleets in the 
56.13 	state to increase their use of renewable fuels;
56.14 	(5) working to maintain an affordable retail price for liquid fuels;
56.15 	(6) facilitating the production and use of advanced biofuels in this state; and
56.16 	(7) developing procedures for reporting the amount and type of biofuel under 
56.17 	subdivision 1 and section 239.791, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).
56.18 	(c) Notwithstanding section 15.014, the task force required under paragraph (a) 
56.19 	expires on December 31, 2015.

56.20 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 241.021, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
56.21 		Subd. 4a.Chemical dependency treatment programs. All residential chemical 
56.22 	dependency treatment programs operated by the commissioner of corrections to treat 
56.23 	adults committed to the commissioner's custody shall comply with the standards mandated 
56.24 	in Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.4100 to 9530.6500 9530.6405 to 9530.6505, or successor 
56.25 	rule parts, for treatment programs operated by community-based treatment facilities. 
56.26 	When the commissioners of corrections and human services agree that these established 
56.27 	standards for community-based programs cannot reasonably apply to correctional 
56.28 	facilities, alternative equivalent standards shall be developed by the commissioners and 
56.29 	established through an interagency agreement.

56.30 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.466, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
56.31 		Subd. 7.IMD downsizing flexibility. (a) If a county presents a budget-neutral 
56.32 	plan for a net reduction in the number of institution for mental disease (IMD) beds 
56.33 	funded under group residential housing, the commissioner may transfer the net savings 
56.34 	from group residential housing and general assistance medical care to medical assistance 
57.1 	and mental health grants to provide appropriate services in non-IMD settings. For the 
57.2 	purposes of this subdivision, "a budget neutral plan" means a plan that does not increase 
57.3 	the state share of costs.
57.4 	(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) do not apply to a facility that has its 
57.5 	reimbursement rate established under section 256B.431, subdivision 4, paragraph (c).

57.6 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245.4661, subdivision 9, 
57.7 	is amended to read:
57.8 		Subd. 9.Services and programs. (a) The following three distinct grant programs 
57.9 	are funded under this section:
57.10 	(1) mental health crisis services;
57.11 	(2) housing with supports for adults with serious mental illness; and
57.12 	(3) projects for assistance in transitioning from homelessness (PATH program).
57.13 	(b) In addition, the following are eligible for grant funds:
57.14 	(1) community education and prevention;
57.15 	(2) client outreach;
57.16 	(3) early identification and intervention;
57.17 	(4) adult outpatient diagnostic assessment and psychological testing;
57.18 	(5) peer support services;
57.19 	(6) community support program services (CSP);
57.20 	(7) adult residential crisis stabilization;
57.21 	(8) supported employment;
57.22 	(9) assertive community treatment (ACT);
57.23 	(10) housing subsidies;
57.24 	(11) basic living, social skills, and community intervention;
57.25 	(12) emergency response services;
57.26 	(13) adult outpatient psychotherapy;
57.27 	(14) adult outpatient medication management;
57.28 	(15) adult mobile crisis services;
57.29 	(16) adult day treatment;
57.30 	(17) partial hospitalization;
57.31 	(18) adult residential treatment;
57.32 	(19) adult mental health targeted case management;
57.33 	(20) intensive community residential rehabilitative services (ICRS); and
57.34 	(21) transportation.

58.1 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.4871, subdivision 32, is amended to read:
58.2 		Subd. 32.Residential treatment. "Residential treatment" means a 24-hour-a-day 
58.3 	program under the clinical supervision of a mental health professional, in a community 
58.4 	residential setting other than an acute care hospital or regional treatment center inpatient 
58.5 	unit, that must be licensed as a residential treatment program for children with emotional 
58.6 	disturbances under Minnesota Rules, parts 9545.0900 to 9545.1090 chapter 2960, or 
58.7 	other rules adopted by the commissioner.

58.8 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.826, is amended to read:
58.9 	245.826 USE OF RESTRICTIVE TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES IN 
58.10 	FACILITIES SERVING EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN.
58.11 	When amending rules governing facilities serving emotionally disturbed children 
58.12 	that are licensed under section 245A.09 and Minnesota Rules, parts 9545.0900 to 
58.13 	9545.1090, and 9545.1400 to 9545.1500 chapter 2960, the commissioner of human 
58.14 	services shall include provisions governing the use of restrictive techniques and 
58.15 	procedures. No provision of these rules may encourage or require the use of restrictive 
58.16 	techniques and procedures. The rules must prohibit: (1) the application of certain 
58.17 	restrictive techniques or procedures in facilities, except as authorized in the child's case 
58.18 	plan and monitored by the county caseworker responsible for the child; (2) the use of 
58.19 	restrictive techniques or procedures that restrict the clients' normal access to nutritious 
58.20 	diet, drinking water, adequate ventilation, necessary medical care, ordinary hygiene 
58.21 	facilities, normal sleeping conditions, and necessary clothing; and (3) the use of corporal 
58.22 	punishment. The rule may specify other restrictive techniques and procedures and the 
58.23 	specific conditions under which permitted techniques and procedures are to be carried out.

58.24 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.94, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
58.25 		Subdivision 1.Powers. (a) The ombudsman may prescribe the methods by which 
58.26 	complaints to the office are to be made, reviewed, and acted upon. The ombudsman may 
58.27 	not levy a complaint fee.
58.28 	(b) The ombudsman may mediate or advocate on behalf of a client.
58.29 	(c) The ombudsman may investigate the quality of services provided to clients and 
58.30 	determine the extent to which quality assurance mechanisms within state and county 
58.31 	government work to promote the health, safety, and welfare of clients, other than clients 
58.32 	in acute care facilities who are receiving services not paid for by public funds. The 
58.33 	ombudsman is a health oversight agency as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, 
58.34 	title 45, section 164.501.
59.1 	(d) At the request of a client, or upon receiving a complaint or other information 
59.2 	affording reasonable grounds to believe that the rights of a client who is not capable 
59.3 	of requesting assistance have been adversely affected, the ombudsman may gather 
59.4 	information and data about and analyze, on behalf of the client, the actions of an agency, 
59.5 	facility, or program.
59.6 	(e) The ombudsman may gather, on behalf of a client, records of an agency, facility, 
59.7 	or program if the records relate to a matter that is within the scope of the ombudsman's 
59.8 	authority. If the records are private and the client is capable of providing consent, the 
59.9 	ombudsman shall first obtain the client's consent. The ombudsman is not required to 
59.10 	obtain consent for access to private data on clients with developmental disabilities. The 
59.11 	ombudsman is not required to obtain consent for access to private data on decedents 
59.12 	who were receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities, or emotional 
59.13 	disturbance. All data collected, created, received, or maintained by the ombudsman are 
59.14 	governed by chapter 13 and other applicable law.
59.15 	(f) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the ombudsman may subpoena a person 
59.16 	to appear, give testimony, or produce documents or other evidence that the ombudsman 
59.17 	considers relevant to a matter under inquiry. The ombudsman may petition the appropriate 
59.18 	court in Ramsey County to enforce the subpoena. A witness who is at a hearing or is part 
59.19 	of an investigation possesses the same privileges that a witness possesses in the courts or 
59.20 	under the law of this state. Data obtained from a person under this paragraph are private 
59.21 	data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.
59.22 	(g) The ombudsman may, at reasonable times in the course of conducting a review, 
59.23 	enter and view premises within the control of an agency, facility, or program.
59.24 	(h) The ombudsman may attend Department of Human Services Review Board and 
59.25 	Special Review Board proceedings; proceedings regarding the transfer of patients or 
59.26 	residents clients, as defined in section 246.50, subdivisions subdivision 4 and 4a, between 
59.27 	institutions operated by the Department of Human Services; and, subject to the consent of 
59.28 	the affected client, other proceedings affecting the rights of clients. The ombudsman is not 
59.29 	required to obtain consent to attend meetings or proceedings and have access to private 
59.30 	data on clients with developmental disabilities.
59.31 	(i) The ombudsman shall gather data of agencies, facilities, or programs classified 
59.32 	as private or confidential as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3 and 12, regarding 
59.33 	services provided to clients with developmental disabilities.
59.34 	(j) To avoid duplication and preserve evidence, the ombudsman shall inform 
59.35 	relevant licensing or regulatory officials before undertaking a review of an action of 
59.36 	the facility or program.
60.1 	(k) Sections 245.91 to 245.97 are in addition to other provisions of law under which 
60.2 	any other remedy or right is provided.

60.3 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245A.02, subdivision 21, 
60.4 	is amended to read:
60.5 		Subd. 21.Monthly. "Monthly" means at least once every calendar month, for the 
60.6 	purposes of chemical dependency treatment programs licensed under Minnesota Rules, 
60.7 	parts 9430.6405 9530.6405 to 9530.6505.

60.8 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245A.03, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
60.9 		Subd. 2a.Foster care by an individual who is related to a child; license required.
 60.10 	Notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), in order to provide foster care 
60.11 	for a child, an individual who is related to the child, other than a parent, or legal guardian, 
60.12 	must be licensed by the commissioner except as provided by section 245A.035.

60.13 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245A.03, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
60.14 		Subd. 2b.Exception. The provision in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2), 
60.15 	does not apply to:
60.16 	(1) a child care provider who as an applicant for licensure or as a license holder 
60.17 	has received a license denial under section 245A.05, a conditional license under section 
60.18 	245A.06, or a sanction under section 245A.07 from the commissioner that has not been 
60.19 	reversed on appeal; or
60.20 	(2) a child care provider, or a child care provider who has a household member 
60.21 	who, as a result of a licensing process, has a disqualification under this chapter that has 
60.22 	not been set aside by the commissioner.

60.23 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245A.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
60.24 		Subd. 4.Excluded child care programs; right to seek licensure. Nothing in 
60.25 	this section shall prohibit a child care program that is excluded from licensure under 
60.26 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2), or under Laws 1997, chapter 248, section 46, 
60.27 	as amended by Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 5, section 10, from seeking a 
60.28 	license under this chapter. The commissioner shall ensure that any application received 
60.29 	from such an excluded provider is processed in the same manner as all other applications 
60.30 	for licensed family day care.

60.31 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245A.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
61.1 		Subd. 5.Excluded housing with services programs; right to seek licensure.
 61.2 	Nothing in this section shall prohibit a housing with services program that is excluded 
61.3 	from licensure under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (25), from seeking a license 
61.4 	under this chapter. The commissioner shall ensure that any application received from 
61.5 	such an excluded provider is processed in the same manner as all other applications for 
61.6 	licensed adult foster care.

61.7 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245A.03, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
61.8 		Subd. 6.Right to seek certification. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a 
61.9 	residential program licensed by the commissioner of corrections to serve children, that 
61.10 	is excluded from licensure under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (10), from seeking 
61.11 	certification from the commissioner of human services under this chapter for program 
61.12 	services for which certification standards have been adopted.

61.13 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245A.14, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
61.14 		Subd. 10.Portable wading pools; family day care and group family day care 
61.15 	providers. A portable wading pool as defined in section 144.1222 may not be used by 
61.16 	a child at a family day care or group family day care home or at a home at which child 
61.17 	care services are provided under section 245A.03, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2), 
61.18 	unless the parent or legal guardian of the child has provided written consent. The written 
61.19 	consent shall include a statement that the parent or legal guardian has received and read 
61.20 	material provided by the Department of Health to the Department of Human Services for 
61.21 	distribution to all family day care or group family day care homes and the general public 
61.22 	on the human services Internet Web site related to the risk of disease transmission as well 
61.23 	as other health risks associated with the use of portable wading pools.

61.24 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245D.06, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
61.25 		Subd. 6.Restricted procedures. (a) The following procedures are allowed when 
61.26 	the procedures are implemented in compliance with the standards governing their use as 
61.27 	identified in clauses (1) to (3). Allowed but restricted procedures include:
61.28 	(1) permitted actions and procedures subject to the requirements in subdivision 7;
61.29 	(2) procedures identified in a positive support transition plan subject to the 
61.30 	requirements in subdivision 8; or
61.31 	(3) emergency use of manual restraint subject to the requirements in section 
61.32 	245D.061.
62.1 	For purposes of this chapter, this section supersedes the requirements identified in 
62.2 	Minnesota Rules, part 9525.2740.
62.3 	(b) A restricted procedure identified in paragraph (a) must not:
62.4 	(1) be implemented with a child in a manner that constitutes sexual abuse, neglect, 
62.5 	physical abuse, or mental injury, as defined in section 626.556, subdivision 2;
62.6 	(2) be implemented with an adult in a manner that constitutes abuse or neglect as 
62.7 	defined in section 626.5572, subdivision 2 or 17;
62.8 	(3) be implemented in a manner that violates a person's rights identified in section 
62.9 	245D.04;
62.10 	(4) restrict a person's normal access to a nutritious diet, drinking water, adequate 
62.11 	ventilation, necessary medical care, ordinary hygiene facilities, normal sleeping 
62.12 	conditions, necessary clothing, or any protection required by state licensing standards or 
62.13 	federal regulations governing the program;
62.14 	(5) deny the person visitation or ordinary contact with legal counsel, a legal 
62.15 	representative, or next of kin;
62.16 	(6) be used for the convenience of staff, as punishment, as a substitute for adequate 
62.17 	staffing, or as a consequence if the person refuses to participate in the treatment or services 
62.18 	provided by the program;
62.19 	(7) use prone restraint. For purposes of this section, "prone restraint" means use 
62.20 	of manual restraint that places a person in a face-down position. Prone restraint does 
62.21 	not include brief physical holding of a person who, during an emergency use of manual 
62.22 	restraint, rolls into a prone position, if the person is restored to a standing, sitting, or 
62.23 	side-lying position as quickly as possible;
62.24 	(8) apply back or chest pressure while a person is in a prone position as identified in 
62.25 	clause (7), supine position, or side-lying position; or
62.26 	(9) be implemented in a manner that is contraindicated for any of the person's known 
62.27 	medical or psychological limitations.

62.28 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245D.06, subdivision 7, is 
62.29 	amended to read:
62.30 		Subd. 7.Permitted actions and procedures. (a) Use of the instructional techniques 
62.31 	and intervention procedures as identified in paragraphs (b) and (c) is permitted when used 
62.32 	on an intermittent or continuous basis. When used on a continuous basis, it must be 
62.33 	addressed in a person's coordinated service and support plan addendum as identified in 
62.34 	sections 245D.07 and 245D.071. For purposes of this chapter, the requirements of this 
62.35 	subdivision supersede the requirements identified in Minnesota Rules, part 9525.2720.
63.1 	(b) Physical contact or instructional techniques must use the least restrictive 
63.2 	alternative possible to meet the needs of the person and may be used:
63.3 	(1) to calm or comfort a person by holding that person with no resistance from 
63.4 	that person;
63.5 	(2) to protect a person known to be at risk of injury due to frequent falls as a result 
63.6 	of a medical condition;
63.7 	(3) to facilitate the person's completion of a task or response when the person does 
63.8 	not resist or the person's resistance is minimal in intensity and duration;
63.9 	(4) to block or redirect a person's limbs or body without holding the person or 
63.10 	limiting the person's movement to interrupt the person's behavior that may result in injury 
63.11 	to self or others with less than 60 seconds of physical contact by staff; or
63.12 	(5) to redirect a person's behavior when the behavior does not pose a serious threat 
63.13 	to the person or others and the behavior is effectively redirected with less than 60 seconds 
63.14 	of physical contact by staff.
63.15 	(c) Restraint may be used as an intervention procedure to:
63.16 	(1) allow a licensed health care professional to safely conduct a medical examination 
63.17 	or to provide medical treatment ordered by a licensed health care professional;
63.18 	(2) assist in the safe evacuation or redirection of a person in the event of an 
63.19 	emergency and the person is at imminent risk of harm; or
63.20 	(3) position a person with physical disabilities in a manner specified in the person's 
63.21 	coordinated service and support plan addendum.
63.22 	Any use of manual restraint as allowed in this paragraph must comply with the restrictions 
63.23 	identified in subdivision 6, paragraph (b).
63.24 	(d) Use of adaptive aids or equipment, orthotic devices, or other medical equipment 
63.25 	ordered by a licensed health professional to treat a diagnosed medical condition do not in 
63.26 	and of themselves constitute the use of mechanical restraint.

63.27 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245D.06, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
63.28 		Subd. 8.Positive support transition plan. (a) License holders must develop 
63.29 	a positive support transition plan on the forms and in the manner prescribed by the 
63.30 	commissioner for a person who requires intervention in order to maintain safety when it is 
63.31 	known that the person's behavior poses an immediate risk of physical harm to self or others. 
63.32 	The positive support transition plan forms and instructions will supersede the requirements 
63.33 	in Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.2750; 9525.2760; and 9525.2780. The positive support 
63.34 	transition plan must phase out any existing plans for the emergency or programmatic use 
63.35 	of restrictive interventions prohibited under this chapter within the following timelines:
64.1 	(1) for persons receiving services from the license holder before January 1, 2014, 
64.2 	the plan must be developed and implemented by February 1, 2014, and phased out no 
64.3 	later than December 31, 2014; and
64.4 	(2) for persons admitted to the program on or after January 1, 2014, the plan must be 
64.5 	developed and implemented within 30 calendar days of service initiation and phased out 
64.6 	no later than 11 months from the date of plan implementation.
64.7 	(b) The commissioner has limited authority to grant approval for the emergency use 
64.8 	of procedures identified in subdivision 6 that had been part of an approved positive support 
64.9 	transition plan when a person is at imminent risk of serious injury as defined in section 
64.10 	245.91, subdivision 6, due to self-injurious behavior and the following conditions are met:
64.11 	(1) the person's expanded support team approves the emergency use of the 
64.12 	procedures; and
64.13 	(2) the interim review panel established in section 245.8251, subdivision 4, 
64.14 	recommends commissioner approval of the emergency use of the procedures.
64.15 	(c) Written requests for the emergency use of the procedures must be developed 
64.16 	and submitted to the commissioner by the designated coordinator with input from the 
64.17 	person's expanded support team in accordance with the requirements set by the interim 
64.18 	review panel, in addition to the following:
64.19 	(1) a copy of the person's current positive support transition plan and copies of 
64.20 	each positive support transition plan review containing data on the progress of the plan 
64.21 	from the previous year;
64.22 	(2) documentation of a good faith effort to eliminate the use of the procedures that 
64.23 	had been part of an approved positive support transition plan;
64.24 	(3) justification for the continued use of the procedures that identifies the imminent 
64.25 	risk of serious injury due to the person's self-injurious behavior if the procedures were 
64.26 	eliminated;
64.27 	(4) documentation of the clinicians consulted in creating and maintaining the 
64.28 	positive support transition plan; and
64.29 	(5) documentation of the expanded support team's approval and the recommendation 
64.30 	from the interim panel required under paragraph (b).
64.31 	(d) A copy of the written request, supporting documentation, and the commissioner's 
64.32 	final determination on the request must be maintained in the person's service recipient 
64.33 	record.

64.34 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245D.061, subdivision 1, 
64.35 	is amended to read:
65.1 		Subdivision 1.Standards for emergency use of manual restraints. The license 
65.2 	holder must ensure that emergency use of manual restraints complies with the requirements 
65.3 	of this chapter and the license holder's policy and procedures as required under subdivision 
65.4 	9. For the purposes of persons receiving services governed by this chapter, this section 
65.5 	supersedes the requirements identified in Minnesota Rules, part 9525.2770.

65.6 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 246.18, subdivision 8, is 
65.7 	amended to read:
65.8 		Subd. 8.State-operated services account. (a) The state-operated services account is 
65.9 	established in the special revenue fund. Revenue generated by new state-operated services 
65.10 	listed under this section established after July 1, 2010, that are not enterprise activities must 
65.11 	be deposited into the state-operated services account, unless otherwise specified in law:
65.12 	(1) intensive residential treatment services;
65.13 	(2) foster care services; and
65.14 	(3) psychiatric extensive recovery treatment services.
65.15 	(b) Funds deposited in the state-operated services account are appropriated to the 
65.16 	commissioner of human services for the purposes of:
65.17 	(1) providing services needed to transition individuals from institutional settings 
65.18 	within state-operated services to the community when those services have no other 
65.19 	adequate funding source; and
65.20 	(2) to fund funding the operation of the intensive residential treatment service 
65.21 	program in Willmar.

65.22 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 252.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
65.23 		Subd. 3.Licensing determinations. (a) No new license shall be granted pursuant 
65.24 	to this section when the issuance of the license would substantially contribute to an 
65.25 	excessive concentration of community residential facilities within any town, municipality 
65.26 	or county of the state.
65.27 	(b) In determining whether a license shall be issued pursuant to this subdivision, 
65.28 	the commissioner of human services shall specifically consider the population, size, land 
65.29 	use plan, availability of community services and the number and size of existing public 
65.30 	and private community residential facilities in the town, municipality or county in which 
65.31 	a licensee seeks to operate a residence. Under no circumstances may the commissioner 
65.32 	newly license any facility pursuant to this section except as provided in section 245A.11. 
65.33 	The commissioner of human services shall establish uniform rules to implement the 
65.34 	provisions of this subdivision.
66.1 	(c) Licenses for community facilities and services shall be issued pursuant to section 
66.2 	245.821.
66.3 	(d) No new license shall be granted for a residential program that provides home 
66.4 	and community-based waivered services to more than four individuals at a site, except as 
66.5 	authorized by the commissioner for emergency situations that would result in the placement 
66.6 	of individuals into regional treatment centers. Such licenses shall not exceed 24 months.
66.7 	(e) The commissioner shall not approve a determination of need application that 
66.8 	requests that an existing residential program license under Minnesota Rules, parts 
66.9 	9525.0215 to 9525.0355chapter 245D be modified in a manner that would result in the 
66.10 	issuance of two or more licenses for the same residential program at the same location.

66.11 	Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 252.451, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.12 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "qualified business" 
66.13 	means a business that employs primarily nondisabled persons and will employ persons 
66.14 	with developmental disabilities. For purposes of this section, licensed providers of 
66.15 	residential services for persons with developmental disabilities are not a qualified 
66.16 	business. A qualified business and its employees are exempt from Minnesota Rules, parts 
66.17 	9525.1500 to 9525.1690 and9525.1800 to 9525.1930.

66.18 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 253B.064, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.19 		Subdivision 1.General. (a) An interested person may apply to the designated 
66.20 	agency for early intervention of a proposed patient in the county of financial responsibility 
66.21 	or the county where the patient is present. If the designated agency determines that early 
66.22 	intervention may be appropriate, a prepetition screening report must be prepared pursuant 
66.23 	to section 253B.07, subdivision 1. The county attorney may file a petition for early 
66.24 	intervention following the procedures of section 253B.07, subdivision 2.
66.25 	(b) The proposed patient is entitled to representation by counsel, pursuant to section 
66.26 	253B.03, subdivision 9 253B.07, subdivision 2c. The proposed patient shall be examined 
66.27 	by an examiner, and has the right to a second independent examiner, pursuant to section 
66.28 	253B.07, subdivisions 3 and 5.

66.29 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 253B.18, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
66.30 		Subd. 5a.Victim notification of petition and release; right to submit statement.
 66.31 	(a) As used in this subdivision:
66.32 	(1) "crime" has the meaning given to "violent crime" in section 609.1095, and 
66.33 	includes criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree and offenses within the definition of 
67.1 	"crime against the person" in section 253B.02, subdivision 4a, and also includes offenses 
67.2 	listed in section 253D.08 253D.02, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), regardless of whether 
67.3 	they are sexually motivated;
67.4 	(2) "victim" means a person who has incurred loss or harm as a result of a crime 
67.5 	the behavior for which forms the basis for a commitment under this section or chapter 
67.6 	253D; and
67.7 	(3) "convicted" and "conviction" have the meanings given in section 609.02, 
67.8 	subdivision 5, and also include juvenile court adjudications, findings under Minnesota 
67.9 	Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 20.02, that the elements of a crime have been proved, 
67.10 	and findings in commitment cases under this section or chapter 253D that an act or acts 
67.11 	constituting a crime occurred.
67.12 	(b) A county attorney who files a petition to commit a person under this section or 
67.13 	chapter 253D shall make a reasonable effort to provide prompt notice of filing the petition to 
67.14 	any victim of a crime for which the person was convicted. In addition, the county attorney 
67.15 	shall make a reasonable effort to promptly notify the victim of the resolution of the petition.
67.16 	(c) Before provisionally discharging, discharging, granting pass-eligible status, 
67.17 	approving a pass plan, or otherwise permanently or temporarily releasing a person 
67.18 	committed under this section from a treatment facility, the head of the treatment facility 
67.19 	shall make a reasonable effort to notify any victim of a crime for which the person was 
67.20 	convicted that the person may be discharged or released and that the victim has a right 
67.21 	to submit a written statement regarding decisions of the medical director, special review 
67.22 	board, or commissioner with respect to the person. To the extent possible, the notice 
67.23 	must be provided at least 14 days before any special review board hearing or before 
67.24 	a determination on a pass plan. Notwithstanding section 611A.06, subdivision 4, the 
67.25 	commissioner shall provide the judicial appeal panel with victim information in order to 
67.26 	comply with the provisions of this section. The judicial appeal panel shall ensure that the 
67.27 	data on victims remains private as provided for in section 611A.06, subdivision 4.
67.28 	(d) This subdivision applies only to victims who have requested notification through 
67.29 	the Department of Corrections electronic victim notification system, or by contacting, in 
67.30 	writing, the county attorney in the county where the conviction for the crime occurred. 
67.31 	A request for notice under this subdivision received by the commissioner of corrections 
67.32 	through the Department of Corrections electronic victim notification system shall be 
67.33 	promptly forwarded to the prosecutorial authority with jurisdiction over the offense to 
67.34 	which the notice relates or, following commitment, the head of the treatment facility. A 
67.35 	county attorney who receives a request for notification under this paragraph following 
67.36 	commitment shall promptly forward the request to the commissioner of human services.
68.1 	(e) The rights under this subdivision are in addition to rights available to a victim 
68.2 	under chapter 611A. This provision does not give a victim all the rights of a "notified 
68.3 	person" or a person "entitled to statutory notice" under subdivision 4a, 4b, or 5 or section 
68.4 	253D.14.

68.5 	Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 253C.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
68.6 		Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "residential program" means 
68.7 	(1) a hospital-based primary treatment program that provides residential treatment to 
68.8 	minors with emotional disturbance as defined by the Comprehensive Children's Mental 
68.9 	Health Act in sections 245.487 to 245.4889, or (2) a facility licensed by the state under 
68.10 	Minnesota Rules, parts 9545.0900 to 9545.1090 chapter 2960, to provide services to 
68.11 	minors on a 24-hour basis.

68.12 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.13 		Subd. 2.Specific powers. Subject to the provisions of section 241.021, subdivision 
68.14 	2, the commissioner of human services shall carry out the specific duties in paragraphs (a) 
68.15 	through (bb):
68.16 	(a) Administer and supervise all forms of public assistance provided for by state law 
68.17 	and other welfare activities or services as are vested in the commissioner. Administration 
68.18 	and supervision of human services activities or services includes, but is not limited to, 
68.19 	assuring timely and accurate distribution of benefits, completeness of service, and quality 
68.20 	program management. In addition to administering and supervising human services 
68.21 	activities vested by law in the department, the commissioner shall have the authority to:
68.22 	(1) require county agency participation in training and technical assistance programs 
68.23 	to promote compliance with statutes, rules, federal laws, regulations, and policies 
68.24 	governing human services;
68.25 	(2) monitor, on an ongoing basis, the performance of county agencies in the 
68.26 	operation and administration of human services, enforce compliance with statutes, rules, 
68.27 	federal laws, regulations, and policies governing welfare services and promote excellence 
68.28 	of administration and program operation;
68.29 	(3) develop a quality control program or other monitoring program to review county 
68.30 	performance and accuracy of benefit determinations;
68.31 	(4) require county agencies to make an adjustment to the public assistance benefits 
68.32 	issued to any individual consistent with federal law and regulation and state law and rule 
68.33 	and to issue or recover benefits as appropriate;
69.1 	(5) delay or deny payment of all or part of the state and federal share of benefits and 
69.2 	administrative reimbursement according to the procedures set forth in section 256.017;
69.3 	(6) make contracts with and grants to public and private agencies and organizations, 
69.4 	both profit and nonprofit, and individuals, using appropriated funds; and
69.5 	(7) enter into contractual agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes with 
69.6 	a reservation in Minnesota to the extent necessary for the tribe to operate a federally 
69.7 	approved family assistance program or any other program under the supervision of the 
69.8 	commissioner. The commissioner shall consult with the affected county or counties in 
69.9 	the contractual agreement negotiations, if the county or counties wish to be included, 
69.10 	in order to avoid the duplication of county and tribal assistance program services. The 
69.11 	commissioner may establish necessary accounts for the purposes of receiving and 
69.12 	disbursing funds as necessary for the operation of the programs.
69.13 	(b) Inform county agencies, on a timely basis, of changes in statute, rule, federal law, 
69.14 	regulation, and policy necessary to county agency administration of the programs.
69.15 	(c) Administer and supervise all child welfare activities; promote the enforcement of 
69.16 	laws protecting disabled, dependent, neglected and delinquent children, and children born 
69.17 	to mothers who were not married to the children's fathers at the times of the conception 
69.18 	nor at the births of the children; license and supervise child-caring and child-placing 
69.19 	agencies and institutions; supervise the care of children in boarding and foster homes or 
69.20 	in private institutions; and generally perform all functions relating to the field of child 
69.21 	welfare now vested in the State Board of Control.
69.22 	(d) Administer and supervise all noninstitutional service to persons with disabilities, 
69.23 	including persons who have vision impairments, and persons who are deaf, deafblind, and 
69.24 	hard-of-hearing or with other disabilities. The commissioner may provide and contract for 
69.25 	the care and treatment of qualified indigent children in facilities other than those located and 
69.26 	available at state hospitals when it is not feasible to provide the service in state hospitals.
69.27 	(e) Assist and actively cooperate with other departments, agencies and institutions, 
69.28 	local, state, and federal, by performing services in conformity with the purposes of Laws 
69.29 	1939, chapter 431.
69.30 	(f) Act as the agent of and cooperate with the federal government in matters of 
69.31 	mutual concern relative to and in conformity with the provisions of Laws 1939, chapter 
69.32 	431, including the administration of any federal funds granted to the state to aid in the 
69.33 	performance of any functions of the commissioner as specified in Laws 1939, chapter 431, 
69.34 	and including the promulgation of rules making uniformly available medical care benefits 
69.35 	to all recipients of public assistance, at such times as the federal government increases its 
70.1 	participation in assistance expenditures for medical care to recipients of public assistance, 
70.2 	the cost thereof to be borne in the same proportion as are grants of aid to said recipients.
70.3 	(g) Establish and maintain any administrative units reasonably necessary for the 
70.4 	performance of administrative functions common to all divisions of the department.
70.5 	(h) Act as designated guardian of both the estate and the person of all the wards of 
70.6 	the state of Minnesota, whether by operation of law or by an order of court, without any 
70.7 	further act or proceeding whatever, except as to persons committed as developmentally 
70.8 	disabled. For children under the guardianship of the commissioner or a tribe in Minnesota 
70.9 	recognized by the Secretary of the Interior whose interests would be best served by 
70.10 	adoptive placement, the commissioner may contract with a licensed child-placing agency 
70.11 	or a Minnesota tribal social services agency to provide adoption services. A contract 
70.12 	with a licensed child-placing agency must be designed to supplement existing county 
70.13 	efforts and may not replace existing county programs or tribal social services, unless the 
70.14 	replacement is agreed to by the county board and the appropriate exclusive bargaining 
70.15 	representative, tribal governing body, or the commissioner has evidence that child 
70.16 	placements of the county continue to be substantially below that of other counties. Funds 
70.17 	encumbered and obligated under an agreement for a specific child shall remain available 
70.18 	until the terms of the agreement are fulfilled or the agreement is terminated.
70.19 	(i) Act as coordinating referral and informational center on requests for service for 
70.20 	newly arrived immigrants coming to Minnesota.
70.21 	(j) The specific enumeration of powers and duties as hereinabove set forth shall in no 
70.22 	way be construed to be a limitation upon the general transfer of powers herein contained.
70.23 	(k) Establish county, regional, or statewide schedules of maximum fees and charges 
70.24 	which may be paid by county agencies for medical, dental, surgical, hospital, nursing and 
70.25 	nursing home care and medicine and medical supplies under all programs of medical 
70.26 	care provided by the state and for congregate living care under the income maintenance 
70.27 	programs.
70.28 	(l) Have the authority to conduct and administer experimental projects to test methods 
70.29 	and procedures of administering assistance and services to recipients or potential recipients 
70.30 	of public welfare. To carry out such experimental projects, it is further provided that the 
70.31 	commissioner of human services is authorized to waive the enforcement of existing specific 
70.32 	statutory program requirements, rules, and standards in one or more counties. The order 
70.33 	establishing the waiver shall provide alternative methods and procedures of administration, 
70.34 	shall not be in conflict with the basic purposes, coverage, or benefits provided by law, and 
70.35 	in no event shall the duration of a project exceed four years. It is further provided that no 
71.1 	order establishing an experimental project as authorized by the provisions of this section 
71.2 	shall become effective until the following conditions have been met:
71.3 	(1) the secretary of health and human services of the United States has agreed, for 
71.4 	the same project, to waive state plan requirements relative to statewide uniformity; and
71.5 	(2) a comprehensive plan, including estimated project costs, shall be approved by 
71.6 	the Legislative Advisory Commission and filed with the commissioner of administration.
71.7 	(m) According to federal requirements, establish procedures to be followed by 
71.8 	local welfare boards in creating citizen advisory committees, including procedures for 
71.9 	selection of committee members.
71.10 	(n) Allocate federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions which are based on quality 
71.11 	control error rates for the aid to families with dependent children program formerly 
71.12 	codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87, medical assistance, or food stamp program in the 
71.13 	following manner:
71.14 	(1) one-half of the total amount of the disallowance shall be borne by the county 
71.15 	boards responsible for administering the programs. For the medical assistance and the 
71.16 	AFDC program formerly codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87, disallowances shall be 
71.17 	shared by each county board in the same proportion as that county's expenditures for the 
71.18 	sanctioned program are to the total of all counties' expenditures for the AFDC program 
71.19 	formerly codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87, and medical assistance programs. For the 
71.20 	food stamp program, sanctions shall be shared by each county board, with 50 percent of 
71.21 	the sanction being distributed to each county in the same proportion as that county's 
71.22 	administrative costs for food stamps are to the total of all food stamp administrative costs 
71.23 	for all counties, and 50 percent of the sanctions being distributed to each county in the 
71.24 	same proportion as that county's value of food stamp benefits issued are to the total of 
71.25 	all benefits issued for all counties. Each county shall pay its share of the disallowance 
71.26 	to the state of Minnesota. When a county fails to pay the amount due hereunder, the 
71.27 	commissioner may deduct the amount from reimbursement otherwise due the county, or 
71.28 	the attorney general, upon the request of the commissioner, may institute civil action 
71.29 	to recover the amount due; and
71.30 	(2) notwithstanding the provisions of clause (1), if the disallowance results from 
71.31 	knowing noncompliance by one or more counties with a specific program instruction, and 
71.32 	that knowing noncompliance is a matter of official county board record, the commissioner 
71.33 	may require payment or recover from the county or counties, in the manner prescribed in 
71.34 	clause (1), an amount equal to the portion of the total disallowance which resulted from the 
71.35 	noncompliance, and may distribute the balance of the disallowance according to clause (1).
72.1 	(o) Develop and implement special projects that maximize reimbursements and 
72.2 	result in the recovery of money to the state. For the purpose of recovering state money, 
72.3 	the commissioner may enter into contracts with third parties. Any recoveries that result 
72.4 	from projects or contracts entered into under this paragraph shall be deposited in the 
72.5 	state treasury and credited to a special account until the balance in the account reaches 
72.6 	$1,000,000. When the balance in the account exceeds $1,000,000, the excess shall be 
72.7 	transferred and credited to the general fund. All money in the account is appropriated to 
72.8 	the commissioner for the purposes of this paragraph.
72.9 	(p) Have the authority to make direct payments to facilities providing shelter 
72.10 	to women and their children according to section 256D.05, subdivision 3. Upon 
72.11 	the written request of a shelter facility that has been denied payments under section 
72.12 	256D.05, subdivision 3, the commissioner shall review all relevant evidence and make 
72.13 	a determination within 30 days of the request for review regarding issuance of direct 
72.14 	payments to the shelter facility. Failure to act within 30 days shall be considered a 
72.15 	determination not to issue direct payments.
72.16 	(q) Have the authority to establish and enforce the following county reporting 
72.17 	requirements:
72.18 	(1) the commissioner shall establish fiscal and statistical reporting requirements 
72.19 	necessary to account for the expenditure of funds allocated to counties for human 
72.20 	services programs. When establishing financial and statistical reporting requirements, the 
72.21 	commissioner shall evaluate all reports, in consultation with the counties, to determine if 
72.22 	the reports can be simplified or the number of reports can be reduced;
72.23 	(2) the county board shall submit monthly or quarterly reports to the department 
72.24 	as required by the commissioner. Monthly reports are due no later than 15 working days 
72.25 	after the end of the month. Quarterly reports are due no later than 30 calendar days after 
72.26 	the end of the quarter, unless the commissioner determines that the deadline must be 
72.27 	shortened to 20 calendar days to avoid jeopardizing compliance with federal deadlines 
72.28 	or risking a loss of federal funding. Only reports that are complete, legible, and in the 
72.29 	required format shall be accepted by the commissioner;
72.30 	(3) if the required reports are not received by the deadlines established in clause (2), 
72.31 	the commissioner may delay payments and withhold funds from the county board until 
72.32 	the next reporting period. When the report is needed to account for the use of federal 
72.33 	funds and the late report results in a reduction in federal funding, the commissioner shall 
72.34 	withhold from the county boards with late reports an amount equal to the reduction in 
72.35 	federal funding until full federal funding is received;
73.1 	(4) a county board that submits reports that are late, illegible, incomplete, or not 
73.2 	in the required format for two out of three consecutive reporting periods is considered 
73.3 	noncompliant. When a county board is found to be noncompliant, the commissioner 
73.4 	shall notify the county board of the reason the county board is considered noncompliant 
73.5 	and request that the county board develop a corrective action plan stating how the 
73.6 	county board plans to correct the problem. The corrective action plan must be submitted 
73.7 	to the commissioner within 45 days after the date the county board received notice 
73.8 	of noncompliance;
73.9 	(5) the final deadline for fiscal reports or amendments to fiscal reports is one year 
73.10 	after the date the report was originally due. If the commissioner does not receive a report 
73.11 	by the final deadline, the county board forfeits the funding associated with the report for 
73.12 	that reporting period and the county board must repay any funds associated with the 
73.13 	report received for that reporting period;
73.14 	(6) the commissioner may not delay payments, withhold funds, or require repayment 
73.15 	under clause (3) or (5) if the county demonstrates that the commissioner failed to 
73.16 	provide appropriate forms, guidelines, and technical assistance to enable the county to 
73.17 	comply with the requirements. If the county board disagrees with an action taken by the 
73.18 	commissioner under clause (3) or (5), the county board may appeal the action according 
73.19 	to sections 14.57 to 14.69; and
73.20 	(7) counties subject to withholding of funds under clause (3) or forfeiture or 
73.21 	repayment of funds under clause (5) shall not reduce or withhold benefits or services to 
73.22 	clients to cover costs incurred due to actions taken by the commissioner under clause 
73.23 	(3) or (5).
73.24 	(r) Allocate federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions for audit exceptions when 
73.25 	federal fiscal disallowances or sanctions are based on a statewide random sample in direct 
73.26 	proportion to each county's claim for that period.
73.27 	(s) Be responsible for ensuring the detection, prevention, investigation, and 
73.28 	resolution of fraudulent activities or behavior by applicants, recipients, and other 
73.29 	participants in the human services programs administered by the department.
73.30 	(t) Require county agencies to identify overpayments, establish claims, and utilize 
73.31 	all available and cost-beneficial methodologies to collect and recover these overpayments 
73.32 	in the human services programs administered by the department.
73.33 	(u) Have the authority to administer the federal drug rebate program for drugs 
73.34 	purchased under the medical assistance program as allowed by section 1927 of title XIX 
73.35 	of the Social Security Act and according to the terms and conditions of section 1927. 
73.36 	Rebates shall be collected for all drugs that have been dispensed or administered in an 
74.1 	outpatient setting and that are from manufacturers who have signed a rebate agreement 
74.2 	with the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
74.3 	(v) Have the authority to administer a supplemental drug rebate program for drugs 
74.4 	purchased under the medical assistance program. The commissioner may enter into 
74.5 	supplemental rebate contracts with pharmaceutical manufacturers and may require prior 
74.6 	authorization for drugs that are from manufacturers that have not signed a supplemental 
74.7 	rebate contract. Prior authorization of drugs shall be subject to the provisions of section 
74.8 	256B.0625, subdivision 13.
74.9 	(w) Operate the department's communication systems account established in Laws 
74.10 	1993, First Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, to manage shared 
74.11 	communication costs necessary for the operation of the programs the commissioner 
74.12 	supervises. A communications account may also be established for each regional 
74.13 	treatment center which operates communications systems. Each account must be used 
74.14 	to manage shared communication costs necessary for the operations of the programs the 
74.15 	commissioner supervises. The commissioner may distribute the costs of operating and 
74.16 	maintaining communication systems to participants in a manner that reflects actual usage. 
74.17 	Costs may include acquisition, licensing, insurance, maintenance, repair, staff time and 
74.18 	other costs as determined by the commissioner. Nonprofit organizations and state, county, 
74.19 	and local government agencies involved in the operation of programs the commissioner 
74.20 	supervises may participate in the use of the department's communications technology and 
74.21 	share in the cost of operation. The commissioner may accept on behalf of the state any 
74.22 	gift, bequest, devise or personal property of any kind, or money tendered to the state for 
74.23 	any lawful purpose pertaining to the communication activities of the department. Any 
74.24 	money received for this purpose must be deposited in the department's communication 
74.25 	systems accounts. Money collected by the commissioner for the use of communication 
74.26 	systems must be deposited in the state communication systems account and is appropriated 
74.27 	to the commissioner for purposes of this section.
74.28 	(x) Receive any federal matching money that is made available through the medical 
74.29 	assistance program for the consumer satisfaction survey. Any federal money received for 
74.30 	the survey is appropriated to the commissioner for this purpose. The commissioner may 
74.31 	expend the federal money received for the consumer satisfaction survey in either year of 
74.32 	the biennium.
74.33 	(y) Designate community information and referral call centers and incorporate 
74.34 	cost reimbursement claims from the designated community information and referral 
74.35 	call centers into the federal cost reimbursement claiming processes of the department 
74.36 	according to federal law, rule, and regulations. Existing information and referral centers 
75.1 	provided by Greater Twin Cities United Way or existing call centers for which Greater 
75.2 	Twin Cities United Way has legal authority to represent, shall be included in these 
75.3 	designations upon review by the commissioner and assurance that these services are 
75.4 	accredited and in compliance with national standards. Any reimbursement is appropriated 
75.5 	to the commissioner and all designated information and referral centers shall receive 
75.6 	payments according to normal department schedules established by the commissioner 
75.7 	upon final approval of allocation methodologies from the United States Department of 
75.8 	Health and Human Services Division of Cost Allocation or other appropriate authorities.
75.9 	(z) Develop recommended standards for foster care homes that address the 
75.10 	components of specialized therapeutic services to be provided by foster care homes with 
75.11 	those services.
75.12 	(aa) Authorize the method of payment to or from the department as part of the 
75.13 	human services programs administered by the department. This authorization includes the 
75.14 	receipt or disbursement of funds held by the department in a fiduciary capacity as part of 
75.15 	the human services programs administered by the department.
75.16 	(bb) Designate the agencies that operate the Senior LinkAge Line under section 
75.17 	256.975, subdivision 7, and the Disability Linkage Line under subdivision 24 as the 
75.18 	state of Minnesota Aging and Disability Resource Center under United States Code, title 
75.19 	42, section 3001, the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006, and incorporate cost 
75.20 	reimbursement claims from the designated centers into the federal cost reimbursement 
75.21 	claiming processes of the department according to federal law, rule, and regulations. Any 
75.22 	reimbursement must be appropriated to the commissioner and treated consistent with 
75.23 	section 256.011. All Aging and Disability Resource Center designated agencies shall 
75.24 	receive payments of grant funding that supports the activity and generates the federal 
75.25 	financial participation according to Board on Aging administrative granting mechanisms.

75.26 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, subdivision 39, is amended to read:
75.27 		Subd. 39.Dedicated funds report. By October 1, 2014, and with each February 
75.28 	forecast thereafter, the commissioner of human services must provide to the chairs and 
75.29 	ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with 
75.30 	jurisdiction over health and human services finance a report of all dedicated funds 
75.31 	and accounts. The report must include the name of the dedicated fund or account; a 
75.32 	description of its purpose, and the legal citation for its creation; the beginning balance, 
75.33 	projected receipts, and expenditures; and the ending balance for each fund and account. 
75.34 	This subdivision shall not expire.

76.1 	Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.045, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
76.2 		Subd. 3b.Standard of evidence for maltreatment and disqualification hearings.
 76.3 	(a) The state human services judge shall determine that maltreatment has occurred if a 
76.4 	preponderance of evidence exists to support the final disposition under sections 626.556 
76.5 	and 626.557. For purposes of hearings regarding disqualification, the state human 
76.6 	services judge shall affirm the proposed disqualification in an appeal under subdivision 3, 
76.7 	paragraph (a), clause (9), if a preponderance of the evidence shows the individual has:
76.8 	(1) committed maltreatment under section 626.556 or 626.557, which is serious or 
76.9 	recurring;
76.10 	(2) committed an act or acts meeting the definition of any of the crimes listed in 
76.11 	section 245C.15, subdivisions 1 to 4; or
76.12 	(3) failed to make required reports under section 626.556 or 626.557, for incidents 
76.13 	in which the final disposition under section 626.556 or 626.557 was substantiated 
76.14 	maltreatment that was serious or recurring.
76.15 	(b) If the disqualification is affirmed, the state human services judge shall determine 
76.16 	whether the individual poses a risk of harm in accordance with the requirements of 
76.17 	section 245C.22, and whether the disqualification should be set aside or not set aside. 
76.18 	In determining whether the disqualification should be set aside, the human services 
76.19 	judge shall consider all of the characteristics that cause the individual to be disqualified, 
76.20 	including those characteristics that were not subject to review under paragraph (a), in 
76.21 	order to determine whether the individual poses a risk of harm. A decision to set aside 
76.22 	a disqualification that is the subject of the hearing constitutes a determination that the 
76.23 	individual does not pose a risk of harm and that the individual may provide direct contact 
76.24 	services in the individual program specified in the set aside.
76.25 	(c) If a disqualification is based solely on a conviction or is conclusive for any 
76.26 	reason under section 245C.29, the disqualified individual does not have a right to a 
76.27 	hearing under this section.
76.28 	(d) The state human services judge shall recommend an order to the commissioner 
76.29 	of health, education, or human services, as applicable, who shall issue a final order. The 
76.30 	commissioner shall affirm, reverse, or modify the final disposition. Any order of the 
76.31 	commissioner issued in accordance with this subdivision is conclusive upon the parties 
76.32 	unless appeal is taken in the manner provided in subdivision 7. In any licensing appeal 
76.33 	under chapters 245A and 245C and sections 144.50 to 144.58 and 144A.02 to 144A.46 
76.34 	144A.482, the commissioner's determination as to maltreatment is conclusive, as provided 
76.35 	under section 245C.29.

77.1 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.997, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
77.2 		Subd. 4.Injury protection for work experience participants. (a) This subdivision 
77.3 	applies to payment of any claims resulting from an alleged injury or death of a child 
77.4 	support obligor participating in a community work experience program established and 
77.5 	operated by a county or a judicial district department of corrections under this section.
77.6 	(b) Claims that are subject to this section must be investigated by the county agency 
77.7 	responsible for supervising the work to determine whether the claimed injury occurred, 
77.8 	whether the claimed medical expenses are reasonable, and whether the loss is covered 
77.9 	by the claimant's insurance. If insurance coverage is established, the county agency shall 
77.10 	submit the claim to the appropriate insurance entity for payment. The investigating county 
77.11 	agency shall submit all valid claims, in the amount net of any insurance payments, to the 
77.12 	commissioner of human services.
77.13 	(c) The commissioner of human services shall submit all claims for impairment 
77.14 	compensation to the commissioner of labor and industry. The commissioner of labor and 
77.15 	industry shall review all submitted claims and recommend to the commissioner of human 
77.16 	services an amount of compensation comparable to what would be provided under the 
77.17 	impairment compensation schedule of section 176.101, subdivision 3b 2a.
77.18 	(d) The commissioner of human services shall approve a claim of $1,000 or less 
77.19 	for payment if appropriated funds are available, if the county agency responsible for 
77.20 	supervising the work has made the determinations required by this section, and if the 
77.21 	work program was operated in compliance with the safety provisions of this section. 
77.22 	The commissioner shall pay the portion of an approved claim of $1,000 or less that is 
77.23 	not covered by the claimant's insurance within three months of the date of submission. 
77.24 	On or before February 1 of each year, the commissioner shall submit to the appropriate 
77.25 	committees of the senate and the house of representatives a list of claims of $1,000 
77.26 	or less paid during the preceding calendar year and shall be reimbursed by legislative 
77.27 	appropriation for any claims that exceed the original appropriation provided to the 
77.28 	commissioner to operate this program. Unspent money from this appropriation carries 
77.29 	over to the second year of the biennium, and any unspent money remaining at the end 
77.30 	of the second year must be returned to the general fund. On or before February 1 of 
77.31 	each year, the commissioner shall submit to the appropriate committees of the senate 
77.32 	and the house of representatives a list of claims in excess of $1,000 and a list of claims 
77.33 	of $1,000 or less that were submitted to but not paid by the commissioner of human 
77.34 	services, together with any recommendations of appropriate compensation. These claims 
77.35 	shall be heard and determined by the appropriate committees of the senate and house of 
77.36 	representatives and, if approved, paid under the legislative claims procedure.
78.1 	(e) Compensation paid under this section is limited to reimbursement for reasonable 
78.2 	medical expenses and impairment compensation for disability in like amounts as allowed 
78.3 	in section 176.101, subdivision 3b 2a. Compensation for injuries resulting in death shall 
78.4 	include reasonable medical expenses and burial expenses in addition to payment to the 
78.5 	participant's estate in an amount not to exceed the limits set forth in section 466.04. 
78.6 	Compensation may not be paid under this section for pain and suffering, lost wages, or 
78.7 	other benefits provided in chapter 176. Payments made under this section must be reduced 
78.8 	by any proceeds received by the claimant from any insurance policy covering the loss. For 
78.9 	the purposes of this section, "insurance policy" does not include the medical assistance 
78.10 	program authorized under chapter 256B or the general assistance medical care program 
78.11 	authorized under chapter 256D.
78.12 	(f) The procedure established by this section is exclusive of all other legal, equitable, 
78.13 	and statutory remedies against the state, its political subdivisions, or employees of the 
78.14 	state or its political subdivisions. The claimant may not seek damages from any state or 
78.15 	county insurance policy or self-insurance program.
78.16 	(g) A claim is not valid for purposes of this subdivision if the local agency 
78.17 	responsible for supervising the work cannot verify to the commissioner of human services:
78.18 	(1) that appropriate safety training and information is provided to all persons being 
78.19 	supervised by the agency under this subdivision; and
78.20 	(2) that all programs involving work by those persons comply with federal 
78.21 	Occupational Safety and Health Administration and state Department of Labor and 
78.22 	Industry safety standards.
78.23 	A claim that is not valid because of failure to verify safety training or compliance 
78.24 	with safety standards may not be paid by the commissioner of human services or through 
78.25 	the legislative claims process and must be heard, decided, and paid, if appropriate, by the 
78.26 	local government unit responsible for supervising the work of the claimant.

78.27 	Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.038, is amended to read:
78.28 	256B.038 PROVIDER RATE INCREASES AFTER JUNE 30, 1999.
78.29 	(a) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1999, the commissioner of 
78.30 	management and budget shall include an annual inflationary adjustment in payment rates 
78.31 	for the services listed in paragraph (b) as a budget change request in each biennial detailed 
78.32 	expenditure budget submitted to the legislature under section 16A.11. The adjustment 
78.33 	shall be accomplished by indexing the rates in effect for inflation based on the change in 
78.34 	the Consumer Price Index-All Items (United States city average)(CPI-U) as forecasted by 
79.1 	Data Resources, Inc., in the fourth quarter of the prior year for the calendar year during 
79.2 	which the rate increase occurs.
79.3 	(b) Within the limits of appropriations specifically for this purpose, the commissioner 
79.4 	shall apply the rate increases in paragraph (a) to home and community-based waiver 
79.5 	services for persons with developmental disabilities under section 256B.501; home and 
79.6 	community-based waiver services for the elderly under section 256B.0915; waivered 
79.7 	services under community access for disability inclusion under section 256B.49; 
79.8 	community alternative care waivered services under section 256B.49; brain injury 
79.9 	waivered services under section 256B.49; nursing services and home health services 
79.10 	under section 256B.0625, subdivision 6a; personal care services and nursing supervision 
79.11 	of personal care services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; home care nursing 
79.12 	services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7; day training and habilitation services 
79.13 	for adults with developmental disabilities under sections 252.41 to 252.46; physical 
79.14 	therapy services under sections 256B.0625, subdivision 8, and 256D.03, subdivision 4; 
79.15 	occupational therapy services under sections 256B.0625, subdivision 8a, and 256D.03, 
79.16 	subdivision 4; speech-language therapy services under section 256D.03, subdivision 4, 
79.17 	and Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390; respiratory therapy services under section 256D.03, 
79.18 	subdivision 4, and Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0295; physician services under section 
79.19 	256B.0625, subdivision 3; dental services under sections 256B.0625, subdivision 9, and 
79.20 	256D.03, subdivision 4; alternative care services under section 256B.0913; adult residential 
79.21 	program grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.2000 to 9535.3000 section 245.73; 
79.22 	adult and family community support grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.1700 to 
79.23 	9535.1760; and semi-independent living services under section 252.275, including SILS 
79.24 	funding under county social services grants formerly funded under chapter 256I.
79.25 	(c) The commissioner shall increase prepaid medical assistance program capitation 
79.26 	rates as appropriate to reflect the rate increases in this section.
79.27 	(d) In implementing this section, the commissioner shall consider proposing a 
79.28 	schedule to equalize rates paid by different programs for the same service.

79.29 	Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.0622, subdivision 2, 
79.30 	is amended to read:
79.31 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
79.32 	meanings given them.
79.33 	(a) "Assertive community treatment" means intensive nonresidential rehabilitative 
79.34 	mental health services provided according to the evidence-based practice of assertive 
79.35 	community treatment. Core elements of this service include, but are not limited to:
80.1 	(1) a multidisciplinary staff who utilize a total team approach and who serve as a 
80.2 	fixed point of responsibility for all service delivery;
80.3 	(2) providing services 24 hours per day and seven days per week;
80.4 	(3) providing the majority of services in a community setting;
80.5 	(4) offering a low ratio of recipients to staff; and
80.6 	(5) providing service that is not time-limited.
80.7 	(b) "Intensive residential treatment services" means short-term, time-limited services 
80.8 	provided in a residential setting to recipients who are in need of more restrictive settings 
80.9 	and are at risk of significant functional deterioration if they do not receive these services. 
80.10 	Services are designed to develop and enhance psychiatric stability, personal and emotional 
80.11 	adjustment, self-sufficiency, and skills to live in a more independent setting. Services must 
80.12 	be directed toward a targeted discharge date with specified client outcomes.
80.13 	(c) "Evidence-based practices" are nationally recognized mental health services that 
80.14 	are proven by substantial research to be effective in helping individuals with serious 
80.15 	mental illness obtain specific treatment goals.
80.16 	(d) "Overnight staff" means a member of the intensive residential rehabilitative 
80.17 	mental health treatment team who is responsible during hours when recipients are 
80.18 	typically asleep.
80.19 	(e) "Treatment team" means all staff who provide services under this section to 
80.20 	recipients. At a minimum, this includes the clinical supervisor, mental health professionals 
80.21 	as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 18, clauses (1) to (6); mental health practitioners 
80.22 	as defined in section 245.462, subdivision 17; mental health rehabilitation workers under 
80.23 	section 256B.0623, subdivision 5, clause (3) (4); and certified peer specialists under 
80.24 	section 256B.0615.

80.25 	Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 5, is amended to 
80.26 	read:
80.27 		Subd. 5.Community mental health center services. Medical assistance covers 
80.28 	community mental health center services provided by a community mental health center 
80.29 	that meets the requirements in paragraphs (a) to (j).
80.30 	(a) The provider is licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0750 to 9520.0870.
80.31 	(b) The provider provides mental health services under the clinical supervision of a 
80.32 	mental health professional who is licensed for independent practice at the doctoral level or 
80.33 	by a board-certified psychiatrist or a psychiatrist who is eligible for board certification. 
80.34 	Clinical supervision has the meaning given in Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0323, subpart 
80.35 	1, item F 9505.0370, subpart 6.
81.1 	(c) The provider must be a private nonprofit corporation or a governmental agency 
81.2 	and have a community board of directors as specified by section 245.66.
81.3 	(d) The provider must have a sliding fee scale that meets the requirements in section 
81.4 	245.481, and agree to serve within the limits of its capacity all individuals residing in 
81.5 	its service delivery area.
81.6 	(e) At a minimum, the provider must provide the following outpatient mental health 
81.7 	services: diagnostic assessment; explanation of findings; family, group, and individual 
81.8 	psychotherapy, including crisis intervention psychotherapy services, multiple family 
81.9 	group psychotherapy, psychological testing, and medication management. In addition, the 
81.10 	provider must provide or be capable of providing upon request of the local mental health 
81.11 	authority day treatment services and professional home-based mental health services. The 
81.12 	provider must have the capacity to provide such services to specialized populations such 
81.13 	as the elderly, families with children, persons who are seriously and persistently mentally 
81.14 	ill, and children who are seriously emotionally disturbed.
81.15 	(f) The provider must be capable of providing the services specified in paragraph 
81.16 	(e) to individuals who are diagnosed with both mental illness or emotional disturbance, 
81.17 	and chemical dependency, and to individuals dually diagnosed with a mental illness or 
81.18 	emotional disturbance and developmental disability.
81.19 	(g) The provider must provide 24-hour emergency care services or demonstrate 
81.20 	the capacity to assist recipients in need of such services to access such services on a 
81.21 	24-hour basis.
81.22 	(h) The provider must have a contract with the local mental health authority to 
81.23 	provide one or more of the services specified in paragraph (e).
81.24 	(i) The provider must agree, upon request of the local mental health authority, to 
81.25 	enter into a contract with the county to provide mental health services not reimbursable 
81.26 	under the medical assistance program.
81.27 	(j) The provider may not be enrolled with the medical assistance program as both a 
81.28 	hospital and a community mental health center. The community mental health center's 
81.29 	administrative, organizational, and financial structure must be separate and distinct from 
81.30 	that of the hospital.

81.31 	Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0653, subdivision 2, is amended to 
81.32 	read:
81.33 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
81.34 	the meanings given.
82.1 	(a) "Assessment" means an evaluation of the recipient's medical need for home 
82.2 	health agency services by a registered nurse or appropriate therapist that is conducted 
82.3 	within 30 days of a request.
82.4 	(b) "Home care therapies" means occupational, physical, and respiratory therapy 
82.5 	and speech-language pathology services provided in the home by a Medicare certified 
82.6 	home health agency.
82.7 	(c) "Home health agency services" means services delivered in the recipient's home 
82.8 	residence, except as specified in section 256B.0625, by a home health agency to a recipient 
82.9 	with medical needs due to illness, disability, or physical conditions.
82.10 	(d) "Home health aide" means an employee of a home health agency who completes 
82.11 	medically oriented tasks written in the plan of care for a recipient.
82.12 	(e) "Home health agency" means a home care provider agency that is 
82.13 	Medicare-certified.
82.14 	(f) "Occupational therapy services" mean the services defined in Minnesota Rules, 
82.15 	part 9505.0390.
82.16 	(g) "Physical therapy services" mean the services defined in Minnesota Rules, part 
82.17 	9505.0390.
82.18 	(h) "Respiratory therapy services" mean the services defined in chapter 147C and 
82.19 	Minnesota Rules, part 4668.0003, subpart 37.
82.20 	(i) "Speech-language pathology services" mean the services defined in Minnesota 
82.21 	Rules, part 9505.0390.
82.22 	(j) "Skilled nurse visit" means a professional nursing visit to complete nursing tasks 
82.23 	required due to a recipient's medical condition that can only be safely provided by a 
82.24 	professional nurse to restore and maintain optimal health.
82.25 	(k) "Store-and-forward technology" means telehomecare services that do not occur 
82.26 	in real time via synchronous transmissions such as diabetic and vital sign monitoring.
82.27 	(l) "Telehomecare" means the use of telecommunications technology via 
82.28 	live, two-way interactive audiovisual technology which may be augmented by 
82.29 	store-and-forward technology.
82.30 	(m) "Telehomecare skilled nurse visit" means a visit by a professional nurse to 
82.31 	deliver a skilled nurse visit to a recipient located at a site other than the site where the 
82.32 	nurse is located and is used in combination with face-to-face skilled nurse visits to 
82.33 	adequately meet the recipient's needs.

82.34 	Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0659, subdivision 22, is amended to 
82.35 	read:
83.1 		Subd. 22.Annual review for personal care providers. (a) All personal care 
83.2 	assistance provider agencies shall resubmit, on an annual basis, the information specified 
83.3 	in subdivision 21, in a format determined by the commissioner, and provide a copy of the 
83.4 	personal care assistance provider agency's most current version of its grievance policies 
83.5 	and procedures along with a written record of grievances and resolutions of the grievances 
83.6 	that the personal care assistance provider agency has received in the previous year and any 
83.7 	other information requested by the commissioner.
83.8 	(b) The commissioner shall send annual review notification to personal care 
83.9 	assistance provider agencies 30 days prior to renewal. The notification must:
83.10 	(1) list the materials and information the personal care assistance provider agency is 
83.11 	required to submit;
83.12 	(2) provide instructions on submitting information to the commissioner; and
83.13 	(3) provide a due date by which the commissioner must receive the requested 
83.14 	information.
83.15 	Personal care assistance provider agencies shall submit required documentation for 
83.16 	annual review within 30 days of notification from the commissioner. If no documentation 
83.17 	is submitted, the personal care assistance provider agency enrollment number must be 
83.18 	terminated or suspended.
83.19 	(c) Personal care assistance provider agencies also currently licensed under 
83.20 	Minnesota Rules, part 4668.0012, as a class A provider section 144A.471, subdivision 
83.21 	6 or 7, or currently certified for participation in Medicare as a home health agency are 
83.22 	deemed in compliance with the personal care assistance requirements for enrollment, 
83.23 	annual review process, and documentation.

83.24 	Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.0915, subdivision 3a, 
83.25 	is amended to read:
83.26 		Subd. 3a.Elderly waiver cost limits. (a) Effective on the first day of the state fiscal 
83.27 	year in which the resident assessment system as described in section 256B.438 for nursing 
83.28 	home rate determination is implemented and the first day of each subsequent state fiscal 
83.29 	year, the monthly limit for the cost of waivered services to an individual elderly waiver 
83.30 	client shall be the monthly limit of the case mix resident class to which the waiver client 
83.31 	would be assigned under Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0050 9549.0051 to 9549.0059, in 
83.32 	effect on the last day of the previous state fiscal year, adjusted by any legislatively adopted 
83.33 	home and community-based services percentage rate adjustment.
83.34 	(b) The monthly limit for the cost of waivered services under paragraph (a) to an 
83.35 	individual elderly waiver client assigned to a case mix classification A with:
84.1 	(1) no dependencies in activities of daily living; or
84.2 	(2) up to two dependencies in bathing, dressing, grooming, walking, and eating 
84.3 	when the dependency score in eating is three or greater as determined by an assessment 
84.4 	performed under section 256B.0911 shall be $1,750 per month effective on July 1, 2011, 
84.5 	for all new participants enrolled in the program on or after July 1, 2011. This monthly 
84.6 	limit shall be applied to all other participants who meet this criteria at reassessment. This 
84.7 	monthly limit shall be increased annually as described in paragraphs (a) and (e).
84.8 	(c) If extended medical supplies and equipment or environmental modifications are 
84.9 	or will be purchased for an elderly waiver client, the costs may be prorated for up to 
84.10 	12 consecutive months beginning with the month of purchase. If the monthly cost of a 
84.11 	recipient's waivered services exceeds the monthly limit established in paragraph (a), (b), 
84.12 	(d), or (e), the annual cost of all waivered services shall be determined. In this event, 
84.13 	the annual cost of all waivered services shall not exceed 12 times the monthly limit of 
84.14 	waivered services as described in paragraph (a), (b), (d), or (e).
84.15 	(d) Effective July 1, 2013, the monthly cost limit of waiver services, including 
84.16 	any necessary home care services described in section 256B.0651, subdivision 2, for 
84.17 	individuals who meet the criteria as ventilator-dependent given in section 256B.0651, 
84.18 	subdivision 1, paragraph (g), shall be the average of the monthly medical assistance 
84.19 	amount established for home care services as described in section 256B.0652, subdivision 
84.20 	7, and the annual average contracted amount established by the commissioner for nursing 
84.21 	facility services for ventilator-dependent individuals. This monthly limit shall be increased 
84.22 	annually as described in paragraphs (a) and (e).
84.23 	(e) Effective July 1, 2016, and each July 1 thereafter, the monthly cost limits for 
84.24 	elderly waiver services in effect on the previous June 30 shall be increased by the 
84.25 	difference between any legislatively adopted home and community-based provider rate 
84.26 	increases effective on July 1 or since the previous July 1 and the average statewide 
84.27 	percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment rates under sections 256B.431, 
84.28 	256B.434, and 256B.441, effective the previous January 1. This paragraph shall only 
84.29 	apply if the average statewide percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment 
84.30 	rates is greater than any legislatively adopted home and community-based provider rate 
84.31 	increases effective on July 1, or occurring since the previous July 1.

84.32 	Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.0915, subdivision 3e, 
84.33 	is amended to read:
84.34 		Subd. 3e.Customized living service rate. (a) Payment for customized living 
84.35 	services shall be a monthly rate authorized by the lead agency within the parameters 
85.1 	established by the commissioner. The payment agreement must delineate the amount of 
85.2 	each component service included in the recipient's customized living service plan. The 
85.3 	lead agency, with input from the provider of customized living services, shall ensure that 
85.4 	there is a documented need within the parameters established by the commissioner for all 
85.5 	component customized living services authorized.
85.6 	(b) The payment rate must be based on the amount of component services to be 
85.7 	provided utilizing component rates established by the commissioner. Counties and tribes 
85.8 	shall use tools issued by the commissioner to develop and document customized living 
85.9 	service plans and rates.
85.10 	(c) Component service rates must not exceed payment rates for comparable elderly 
85.11 	waiver or medical assistance services and must reflect economies of scale. Customized 
85.12 	living services must not include rent or raw food costs.
85.13 	(d) With the exception of individuals described in subdivision 3a, paragraph (b), the 
85.14 	individualized monthly authorized payment for the customized living service plan shall 
85.15 	not exceed 50 percent of the greater of either the statewide or any of the geographic 
85.16 	groups' weighted average monthly nursing facility rate of the case mix resident class 
85.17 	to which the elderly waiver eligible client would be assigned under Minnesota Rules, 
85.18 	parts 9549.0050 9549.0051 to 9549.0059, less the maintenance needs allowance as 
85.19 	described in subdivision 1d, paragraph (a). Effective on July 1 of the state fiscal year 
85.20 	in which the resident assessment system as described in section 256B.438 for nursing 
85.21 	home rate determination is implemented and July 1 of each subsequent state fiscal year, 
85.22 	the individualized monthly authorized payment for the services described in this clause 
85.23 	shall not exceed the limit which was in effect on June 30 of the previous state fiscal year 
85.24 	updated annually based on legislatively adopted changes to all service rate maximums for 
85.25 	home and community-based service providers.
85.26 	(e) Effective July 1, 2011, the individualized monthly payment for the customized 
85.27 	living service plan for individuals described in subdivision 3a, paragraph (b), must be the 
85.28 	monthly authorized payment limit for customized living for individuals classified as case 
85.29 	mix A, reduced by 25 percent. This rate limit must be applied to all new participants 
85.30 	enrolled in the program on or after July 1, 2011, who meet the criteria described in 
85.31 	subdivision 3a, paragraph (b). This monthly limit also applies to all other participants who 
85.32 	meet the criteria described in subdivision 3a, paragraph (b), at reassessment.
85.33 	(f) Customized living services are delivered by a provider licensed by the 
85.34 	Department of Health as a class A or class F home care provider and provided in a 
85.35 	building that is registered as a housing with services establishment under chapter 144D. 
85.36 	Licensed home care providers are subject to section 256B.0651, subdivision 14.
86.1 	(g) A provider may not bill or otherwise charge an elderly waiver participant or their 
86.2 	family for additional units of any allowable component service beyond those available 
86.3 	under the service rate limits described in paragraph (d), nor for additional units of any 
86.4 	allowable component service beyond those approved in the service plan by the lead agency.
86.5 	(h) Effective July 1, 2016, and each July 1 thereafter, individualized service rate 
86.6 	limits for customized living services under this subdivision shall be increased by the 
86.7 	difference between any legislatively adopted home and community-based provider rate 
86.8 	increases effective on July 1 or since the previous July 1 and the average statewide 
86.9 	percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment rates under sections 256B.431, 
86.10 	256B.434, and 256B.441, effective the previous January 1. This paragraph shall only 
86.11 	apply if the average statewide percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment 
86.12 	rates is greater than any legislatively adopted home and community-based provider rate 
86.13 	increases effective on July 1, or occurring since the previous July 1.

86.14 	Sec. 114. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.0915, subdivision 3h, 
86.15 	is amended to read:
86.16 		Subd. 3h.Service rate limits; 24-hour customized living services. (a) The 
86.17 	payment rate for 24-hour customized living services is a monthly rate authorized by the 
86.18 	lead agency within the parameters established by the commissioner of human services. 
86.19 	The payment agreement must delineate the amount of each component service included 
86.20 	in each recipient's customized living service plan. The lead agency, with input from 
86.21 	the provider of customized living services, shall ensure that there is a documented need 
86.22 	within the parameters established by the commissioner for all component customized 
86.23 	living services authorized. The lead agency shall not authorize 24-hour customized living 
86.24 	services unless there is a documented need for 24-hour supervision.
86.25 	(b) For purposes of this section, "24-hour supervision" means that the recipient 
86.26 	requires assistance due to needs related to one or more of the following:
86.27 	(1) intermittent assistance with toileting, positioning, or transferring;
86.28 	(2) cognitive or behavioral issues;
86.29 	(3) a medical condition that requires clinical monitoring; or
86.30 	(4) for all new participants enrolled in the program on or after July 1, 2011, and 
86.31 	all other participants at their first reassessment after July 1, 2011, dependency in at 
86.32 	least three of the following activities of daily living as determined by assessment under 
86.33 	section 256B.0911: bathing; dressing; grooming; walking; or eating when the dependency 
86.34 	score in eating is three or greater; and needs medication management and at least 50 
86.35 	hours of service per month. The lead agency shall ensure that the frequency and mode 
87.1 	of supervision of the recipient and the qualifications of staff providing supervision are 
87.2 	described and meet the needs of the recipient.
87.3 	(c) The payment rate for 24-hour customized living services must be based on the 
87.4 	amount of component services to be provided utilizing component rates established by the 
87.5 	commissioner. Counties and tribes will use tools issued by the commissioner to develop 
87.6 	and document customized living plans and authorize rates.
87.7 	(d) Component service rates must not exceed payment rates for comparable elderly 
87.8 	waiver or medical assistance services and must reflect economies of scale.
87.9 	(e) The individually authorized 24-hour customized living payments, in combination 
87.10 	with the payment for other elderly waiver services, including case management, must not 
87.11 	exceed the recipient's community budget cap specified in subdivision 3a. Customized 
87.12 	living services must not include rent or raw food costs.
87.13 	(f) The individually authorized 24-hour customized living payment rates shall not 
87.14 	exceed the 95 percentile of statewide monthly authorizations for 24-hour customized 
87.15 	living services in effect and in the Medicaid management information systems on March 
87.16 	31, 2009, for each case mix resident class under Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0050 
87.17 	9549.0051 to 9549.0059, to which elderly waiver service clients are assigned. When there 
87.18 	are fewer than 50 authorizations in effect in the case mix resident class, the commissioner 
87.19 	shall multiply the calculated service payment rate maximum for the A classification by the 
87.20 	standard weight for that classification under Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0050 9549.0051 
87.21 	to 9549.0059, to determine the applicable payment rate maximum. Service payment rate 
87.22 	maximums shall be updated annually based on legislatively adopted changes to all service 
87.23 	rates for home and community-based service providers.
87.24 	(g) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraphs (d) and (f), the commissioner 
87.25 	may establish alternative payment rate systems for 24-hour customized living services in 
87.26 	housing with services establishments which are freestanding buildings with a capacity of 
87.27 	16 or fewer, by applying a single hourly rate for covered component services provided 
87.28 	in either:
87.29 	(1) licensed corporate adult foster homes; or
87.30 	(2) specialized dementia care units which meet the requirements of section 144D.065 
87.31 	and in which:
87.32 	(i) each resident is offered the option of having their own apartment; or
87.33 	(ii) the units are licensed as board and lodge establishments with maximum capacity 
87.34 	of eight residents, and which meet the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 9555.6205, 
87.35 	subparts 1, 2, 3, and 4, item A.
88.1 	(h) Twenty-four-hour customized living services are delivered by a provider licensed 
88.2 	by the Department of Health as a class A or class F home care provider and provided in a 
88.3 	building that is registered as a housing with services establishment under chapter 144D. 
88.4 	Licensed home care providers are subject to section 256B.0651, subdivision 14.
88.5 	(i) A provider may not bill or otherwise charge an elderly waiver participant or their 
88.6 	family for additional units of any allowable component service beyond those available 
88.7 	under the service rate limits described in paragraph (e), nor for additional units of any 
88.8 	allowable component service beyond those approved in the service plan by the lead agency.
88.9 	(j) Effective July 1, 2016, and each July 1 thereafter, individualized service rate 
88.10 	limits for 24-hour customized living services under this subdivision shall be increased by 
88.11 	the difference between any legislatively adopted home and community-based provider 
88.12 	rate increases effective on July 1 or since the previous July 1 and the average statewide 
88.13 	percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment rates under sections 256B.431, 
88.14 	256B.434, and 256B.441, effective the previous January 1. This paragraph shall only 
88.15 	apply if the average statewide percentage increase in nursing facility operating payment 
88.16 	rates is greater than any legislatively adopted home and community-based provider rate 
88.17 	increases effective on July 1, or occurring since the previous July 1.

88.18 	Sec. 115. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.092, subdivision 4a, is amended to 
88.19 	read:
88.20 		Subd. 4a.Demonstration projects. The commissioner may waive state rules 
88.21 	governing home and community-based services in order to demonstrate other methods of 
88.22 	administering these services and to improve efficiency and responsiveness to individual 
88.23 	needs of persons with developmental disabilities, notwithstanding section 14.05, 
88.24 	subdivision 4 sections 14.055 and 14.056. All demonstration projects approved by the 
88.25 	commissioner must comply with state laws and federal regulations, must remain within 
88.26 	the fiscal limitations of the home and community-based services program for persons 
88.27 	with developmental disabilities, and must assure the health and welfare of the persons 
88.28 	receiving services.

88.29 	Sec. 116. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.093, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
88.30 		Subd. 3.Traumatic brain injury program duties. The department shall fund 
88.31 	administrative case management under this subdivision using medical assistance 
88.32 	administrative funds. The traumatic brain injury program duties include:
88.33 	(1) recommending to the commissioner in consultation with the medical review 
88.34 	agent according to Minnesota Rules, parts 9505.0500 9505.0501 to 9505.0540, the 
89.1 	approval or denial of medical assistance funds to pay for out-of-state placements for 
89.2 	traumatic brain injury services and in-state traumatic brain injury services provided by 
89.3 	designated Medicare long-term care hospitals;
89.4 	(2) coordinating the brain injury home and community-based waiver;
89.5 	(3) providing ongoing technical assistance and consultation to county and facility 
89.6 	case managers to facilitate care plan development for appropriate, accessible, and 
89.7 	cost-effective medical assistance services;
89.8 	(4) providing technical assistance to promote statewide development of appropriate, 
89.9 	accessible, and cost-effective medical assistance services and related policy;
89.10 	(5) providing training and outreach to facilitate access to appropriate home and 
89.11 	community-based services to prevent institutionalization;
89.12 	(6) facilitating appropriate admissions, continued stay review, discharges, and 
89.13 	utilization review for neurobehavioral hospitals and other specialized institutions;
89.14 	(7) providing technical assistance on the use of prior authorization of home care 
89.15 	services and coordination of these services with other medical assistance services;
89.16 	(8) developing a system for identification of nursing facility and hospital residents 
89.17 	with traumatic brain injury to assist in long-term planning for medical assistance services. 
89.18 	Factors will include, but are not limited to, number of individuals served, length of stay, 
89.19 	services received, and barriers to community placement; and
89.20 	(9) providing information, referral, and case consultation to access medical 
89.21 	assistance services for recipients without a county or facility case manager. Direct access 
89.22 	to this assistance may be limited due to the structure of the program.

89.23 	Sec. 117. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0947, subdivision 3a, is amended to 
89.24 	read:
89.25 		Subd. 3a.Required service components. (a) Subject to federal approval, medical 
89.26 	assistance covers all medically necessary intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental 
89.27 	health services and supports, as defined in this section, under a single daily rate per client. 
89.28 	Services and supports must be delivered by an eligible provider under subdivision 5 
89.29 	to an eligible client under subdivision 3.
89.30 	(b) Intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services, supports, and 
89.31 	ancillary activities covered by the single daily rate per client must include the following, 
89.32 	as needed by the individual client:
89.33 	(1) individual, family, and group psychotherapy;
89.34 	(2) individual, family, and group skills training, as defined in section 256B.0943, 
89.35 	subdivision 1, paragraph (q) (t);
90.1 	(3) crisis assistance as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 9a, which includes 
90.2 	recognition of factors precipitating a mental health crisis, identification of behaviors 
90.3 	related to the crisis, and the development of a plan to address prevention, intervention, and 
90.4 	follow-up strategies to be used in the lead-up to or onset of, and conclusion of, a mental 
90.5 	health crisis; crisis assistance does not mean crisis response services or crisis intervention 
90.6 	services provided in section 256B.0944;
90.7 	(4) medication management provided by a physician or an advanced practice 
90.8 	registered nurse with certification in psychiatric and mental health care;
90.9 	(5) mental health case management as provided in section 256B.0625, subdivision 20;
90.10 	(6) medication education services as defined in this section;
90.11 	(7) care coordination by a client-specific lead worker assigned by and responsible to 
90.12 	the treatment team;
90.13 	(8) psychoeducation of and consultation and coordination with the client's biological, 
90.14 	adoptive, or foster family and, in the case of a youth living independently, the client's 
90.15 	immediate nonfamilial support network;
90.16 	(9) clinical consultation to a client's employer or school or to other service agencies 
90.17 	or to the courts to assist in managing the mental illness or co-occurring disorder and to 
90.18 	develop client support systems;
90.19 	(10) coordination with, or performance of, crisis intervention and stabilization 
90.20 	services as defined in section 256B.0944;
90.21 	(11) assessment of a client's treatment progress and effectiveness of services using 
90.22 	standardized outcome measures published by the commissioner;
90.23 	(12) transition services as defined in this section;
90.24 	(13) integrated dual disorders treatment as defined in this section; and
90.25 	(14) housing access support.
90.26 	(c) The provider shall ensure and document the following by means of performing 
90.27 	the required function or by contracting with a qualified person or entity:
90.28 	(1) client access to crisis intervention services, as defined in section 256B.0944, and 
90.29 	available 24 hours per day and seven days per week;
90.30 	(2) completion of an extended diagnostic assessment, as defined in Minnesota Rules, 
90.31 	part 9505.0372, subpart 1, item C; and
90.32 	(3) determination of the client's needed level of care using an instrument approved 
90.33 	and periodically updated by the commissioner.

90.34 	Sec. 118. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.25, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
90.35 		Subd. 3.Payment exceptions. The limitation in subdivision 2 shall not apply to:
91.1 	(a) payment of Minnesota supplemental assistance funds to recipients who reside 
91.2 	in facilities which are involved in litigation contesting their designation as an institution 
91.3 	for treatment of mental disease;
91.4 	(b) payment or grants to a boarding care home or supervised living facility licensed 
91.5 	by the Department of Human Services under Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0500 to 
91.6 	9520.0690, 9530.2500 to 9530.4000 chapter 2960, 9545.0900 to 9545.1090, or 9545.1400 
91.7 	to 9545.1500 or chapter 9530, or payment to recipients who reside in these facilities;
91.8 	(c) payments or grants to a boarding care home or supervised living facility which 
91.9 	are ineligible for certification under United States Code, title 42, sections 1396-1396p;
91.10 	(d) payments or grants otherwise specifically authorized by statute or rule.

91.11 	Sec. 119. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.431, subdivision 2b, 
91.12 	is amended to read:
91.13 		Subd. 2b.Operating costs after July 1, 1985. (a) For rate years beginning on or 
91.14 	after July 1, 1985, the commissioner shall establish procedures for determining per diem 
91.15 	reimbursement for operating costs.
91.16 	(b) The commissioner shall contract with an econometric firm with recognized 
91.17 	expertise in and access to national economic change indices that can be applied to the 
91.18 	appropriate cost categories when determining the operating cost payment rate.
91.19 	(c) The commissioner shall analyze and evaluate each nursing facility's cost report 
91.20 	of allowable operating costs incurred by the nursing facility during the reporting year 
91.21 	immediately preceding the rate year for which the payment rate becomes effective.
91.22 	(d) The commissioner shall establish limits on actual allowable historical operating 
91.23 	cost per diems based on cost reports of allowable operating costs for the reporting year 
91.24 	that begins October 1, 1983, taking into consideration relevant factors including resident 
91.25 	needs, geographic location, and size of the nursing facility. In developing the geographic 
91.26 	groups for purposes of reimbursement under this section, the commissioner shall ensure 
91.27 	that nursing facilities in any county contiguous to the Minneapolis-St. Paul seven-county 
91.28 	metropolitan area are included in the same geographic group. The limits established by 
91.29 	the commissioner shall not be less, in the aggregate, than the 60th percentile of total 
91.30 	actual allowable historical operating cost per diems for each group of nursing facilities 
91.31 	established under subdivision 1 based on cost reports of allowable operating costs in the 
91.32 	previous reporting year. For rate years beginning on or after July 1, 1989, facilities located 
91.33 	in geographic group I as described in Minnesota Rules, part 9549.0052, on January 1, 
91.34 	1989, may choose to have the commissioner apply either the care related limits or the other 
91.35 	operating cost limits calculated for facilities located in geographic group II, or both, if 
92.1 	either of the limits calculated for the group II facilities is higher. The efficiency incentive 
92.2 	for geographic group I nursing facilities must be calculated based on geographic group I 
92.3 	limits. The phase-in must be established utilizing the chosen limits. For purposes of these 
92.4 	exceptions to the geographic grouping requirements, the definitions in Minnesota Rules, 
92.5 	parts 9549.00509549.0051 to 9549.0059 (Emergency), and 9549.0010 to 9549.0080, 
92.6 	apply. The limits established under this paragraph remain in effect until the commissioner 
92.7 	establishes a new base period. Until the new base period is established, the commissioner 
92.8 	shall adjust the limits annually using the appropriate economic change indices established 
92.9 	in paragraph (e). In determining allowable historical operating cost per diems for purposes 
92.10 	of setting limits and nursing facility payment rates, the commissioner shall divide the 
92.11 	allowable historical operating costs by the actual number of resident days, except that 
92.12 	where a nursing facility is occupied at less than 90 percent of licensed capacity days, the 
92.13 	commissioner may establish procedures to adjust the computation of the per diem to 
92.14 	an imputed occupancy level at or below 90 percent. The commissioner shall establish 
92.15 	efficiency incentives as appropriate. The commissioner may establish efficiency incentives 
92.16 	for different operating cost categories. The commissioner shall consider establishing 
92.17 	efficiency incentives in care related cost categories. The commissioner may combine one 
92.18 	or more operating cost categories and may use different methods for calculating payment 
92.19 	rates for each operating cost category or combination of operating cost categories. For the 
92.20 	rate year beginning on July 1, 1985, the commissioner shall:
92.21 	(1) allow nursing facilities that have an average length of stay of 180 days or less in 
92.22 	their skilled nursing level of care, 125 percent of the care related limit and 105 percent 
92.23 	of the other operating cost limit established by rule; and
92.24 	(2) exempt nursing facilities licensed on July 1, 1983, by the commissioner to 
92.25 	provide residential services for the physically disabled under Minnesota Rules, parts 
92.26 	9570.2000 to 9570.3600 9570.3400, from the care related limits and allow 105 percent of 
92.27 	the other operating cost limit established by rule.
92.28 	For the purpose of calculating the other operating cost efficiency incentive for 
92.29 	nursing facilities referred to in clause (1) or (2), the commissioner shall use the other 
92.30 	operating cost limit established by rule before application of the 105 percent.
92.31 	(e) The commissioner shall establish a composite index or indices by determining 
92.32 	the appropriate economic change indicators to be applied to specific operating cost 
92.33 	categories or combination of operating cost categories.
92.34 	(f) Each nursing facility shall receive an operating cost payment rate equal to the sum 
92.35 	of the nursing facility's operating cost payment rates for each operating cost category. The 
92.36 	operating cost payment rate for an operating cost category shall be the lesser of the nursing 
93.1 	facility's historical operating cost in the category increased by the appropriate index 
93.2 	established in paragraph (e) for the operating cost category plus an efficiency incentive 
93.3 	established pursuant to paragraph (d) or the limit for the operating cost category increased 
93.4 	by the same index. If a nursing facility's actual historic operating costs are greater than the 
93.5 	prospective payment rate for that rate year, there shall be no retroactive cost settle up. In 
93.6 	establishing payment rates for one or more operating cost categories, the commissioner may 
93.7 	establish separate rates for different classes of residents based on their relative care needs.
93.8 	(g) The commissioner shall include the reported actual real estate tax liability or 
93.9 	payments in lieu of real estate tax of each nursing facility as an operating cost of that 
93.10 	nursing facility. Allowable costs under this subdivision for payments made by a nonprofit 
93.11 	nursing facility that are in lieu of real estate taxes shall not exceed the amount which the 
93.12 	nursing facility would have paid to a city or township and county for fire, police, sanitation 
93.13 	services, and road maintenance costs had real estate taxes been levied on that property 
93.14 	for those purposes. For rate years beginning on or after July 1, 1987, the reported actual 
93.15 	real estate tax liability or payments in lieu of real estate tax of nursing facilities shall be 
93.16 	adjusted to include an amount equal to one-half of the dollar change in real estate taxes 
93.17 	from the prior year. The commissioner shall include a reported actual special assessment, 
93.18 	and reported actual license fees required by the Minnesota Department of Health, for each 
93.19 	nursing facility as an operating cost of that nursing facility. For rate years beginning 
93.20 	on or after July 1, 1989, the commissioner shall include a nursing facility's reported 
93.21 	Public Employee Retirement Act contribution for the reporting year as apportioned to the 
93.22 	care-related operating cost categories and other operating cost categories multiplied by 
93.23 	the appropriate composite index or indices established pursuant to paragraph (e) as costs 
93.24 	under this paragraph. Total adjusted real estate tax liability, payments in lieu of real 
93.25 	estate tax, actual special assessments paid, the indexed Public Employee Retirement Act 
93.26 	contribution, and license fees paid as required by the Minnesota Department of Health, 
93.27 	for each nursing facility (1) shall be divided by actual resident days in order to compute 
93.28 	the operating cost payment rate for this operating cost category, (2) shall not be used to 
93.29 	compute the care-related operating cost limits or other operating cost limits established 
93.30 	by the commissioner, and (3) shall not be increased by the composite index or indices 
93.31 	established pursuant to paragraph (e), unless otherwise indicated in this paragraph.

93.32 	Sec. 120. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.438, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
93.33 		Subd. 4.Resident assessment schedule. (a) Nursing facilities shall conduct and 
93.34 	submit case mix assessments according to the schedule established by the commissioner 
93.35 	of health under section 144.0724, subdivisions 4 and 5.
94.1 	(b) The resident reimbursement classifications established under section 144.0724, 
94.2 	subdivision 3 3a, shall be effective the day of admission for new admission assessments. 
94.3 	The effective date for significant change assessments shall be the assessment reference 
94.4 	date. The effective date for annual and quarterly assessments shall be the first day of the 
94.5 	month following assessment reference date.
94.6 	(c) Effective October 1, 2006, the commissioner shall rebase payment rates 
94.7 	to account for the change in the resident assessment schedule in section 144.0724, 
94.8 	subdivision 4, paragraph (b), clause (4), in a facility specific budget neutral manner, 
94.9 	according to subdivision 7, paragraph (b).
94.10 	(d) Effective January 1, 2012, the commissioner shall determine payment rates 
94.11 	to account for the transition to RUG-IV, in a facility-specific, revenue-neutral manner, 
94.12 	according to subdivision 8, paragraph (b).

94.13 	Sec. 121. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.47, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
94.14 		Subdivision 1.Nonallowable costs. The following costs shall not be recognized as 
94.15 	allowable: (1) political contributions; (2) salaries or expenses of a lobbyist, as defined 
94.16 	in section 10A.01, subdivision 21, for lobbying activities; (3) advertising designed to 
94.17 	encourage potential residents to select a particular nursing facility; (4) assessments levied 
94.18 	by the commissioner of health for uncorrected violations; (5) legal and related expenses 
94.19 	for unsuccessful challenges to decisions by governmental agencies; (6) memberships in 
94.20 	sports, health or similar social clubs or organizations; (7) costs incurred for activities 
94.21 	directly related to influencing employees with respect to unionization; and (8) direct and 
94.22 	indirect costs of providing services which are billed separately from the nursing facility's 
94.23 	payment rate or pursuant to Minnesota Rules, parts 9500.0750 to 9500.1080 9505.0170 
94.24 	to 9505.0475. The commissioner shall by rule exclude the costs of any other items not 
94.25 	directly related to the provision of resident care.

94.26 	Sec. 122. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.47, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
94.27 		Subd. 3.Allocation of costs. To ensure the avoidance of double payments as 
94.28 	required by section 256B.433, the direct and indirect reporting year costs of providing 
94.29 	residents of nursing facilities that are not hospital attached with therapy services that are 
94.30 	billed separately from the nursing facility payment rate or according to Minnesota Rules, 
94.31 	parts 9500.0750 to 9500.1080 9505.0170 to 9505.0475, must be determined and deducted 
94.32 	from the appropriate cost categories of the annual cost report as follows:
95.1 	(a) The costs of wages and salaries for employees providing or participating in 
95.2 	providing and consultants providing services shall be allocated to the therapy service 
95.3 	based on direct identification.
95.4 	(b) The costs of fringe benefits and payroll taxes relating to the costs in paragraph (a) 
95.5 	must be allocated to the therapy service based on direct identification or the ratio of total 
95.6 	costs in paragraph (a) to the sum of total allowable salaries and the costs in paragraph (a).
95.7 	(c) The costs of housekeeping, plant operations and maintenance, real estate taxes, 
95.8 	special assessments, and insurance, other than the amounts classified as a fringe benefit, 
95.9 	must be allocated to the therapy service based on the ratio of service area square footage 
95.10 	to total facility square footage.
95.11 	(d) The costs of bookkeeping and medical records must be allocated to the therapy 
95.12 	service either by the method in paragraph (e) or based on direct identification. Direct 
95.13 	identification may be used if adequate documentation is provided to, and accepted by, 
95.14 	the commissioner.
95.15 	(e) The costs of administrators, bookkeeping, and medical records salaries, except 
95.16 	as provided in paragraph (d), must be allocated to the therapy service based on the ratio 
95.17 	of the total costs in paragraphs (a) to (d) to the sum of total allowable nursing facility 
95.18 	costs and the costs in paragraphs (a) to (d).
95.19 	(f) The cost of property must be allocated to the therapy service and removed from the 
95.20 	nursing facility's property-related payment rate, based on the ratio of service area square 
95.21 	footage to total facility square footage multiplied by the property-related payment rate.

95.22 	Sec. 123. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.47, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
95.23 		Subd. 4.Allocation of costs; hospital-attached facilities. To ensure the avoidance 
95.24 	of double payments as required by section 256B.433, the direct and indirect reporting 
95.25 	year costs of providing therapy services to residents of a hospital-attached nursing 
95.26 	facility, when the services are billed separately from the nursing facility's payment rate or 
95.27 	according to Minnesota Rules, parts 9500.0750 to 9500.1080 9505.0170 to 9505.0475, 
95.28 	must be determined and deducted from the appropriate cost categories of the annual cost 
95.29 	report based on the Medicare step-down as prepared in accordance with instructions 
95.30 	provided by the commissioner.

95.31 	Sec. 124. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.4914, subdivision 9, is amended to 
95.32 	read:
95.33 		Subd. 9.Payments for unit-based services without programming. Payments for 
95.34 	unit-based without program services without programming, including night supervision, 
96.1 	personal support, respite, and companion care provided to an individual outside of any day 
96.2 	or residential service plan must be calculated as follows unless the services are authorized 
96.3 	separately under subdivision 6 or 7:
96.4 	(1) for all services except respite, determine the number of units of service to meet 
96.5 	a recipient's needs;
96.6 	(2) personnel hourly wage rates must be based on the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics 
96.7 	Minnesota-specific rate or rates derived by the commissioner as provided in subdivision 5;
96.8 	(3) for a recipient requiring customization for deaf and hard-of-hearing language 
96.9 	accessibility under subdivision 12, add the customization rate provided in subdivision 12 
96.10 	to the result of clause (2). This is defined as the customized direct care rate;
96.11 	(4) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the appropriate staff wage in 
96.12 	subdivision 5 or the customized direct care rate;
96.13 	(5) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the product of the supervision span 
96.14 	of control ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause (1), and the appropriate supervision 
96.15 	wage in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (16);
96.16 	(6) combine the results of clauses (4) and (5), and multiply the result by one plus 
96.17 	the employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), 
96.18 	clause (2). This is defined as the direct staffing rate;
96.19 	(7) for program plan support, multiply the result of clause (6) by one plus the 
96.20 	program plan support ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause (4);
96.21 	(8) for employee-related expenses, multiply the result of clause (7) by one plus the 
96.22 	employee-related cost ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause (3);
96.23 	(9) for client programming and supports, multiply the result of clause (8) by one plus 
96.24 	the client programming and support ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (f), clause (5);
96.25 	(10) this is the subtotal rate;
96.26 	(11) sum the standard general and administrative rate, the program-related expense 
96.27 	ratio, and the absence and utilization factor ratio;
96.28 	(12) divide the result of clause (10) by one minus the result of clause (11). This is 
96.29 	the total payment amount;
96.30 	(13) for respite services, determine the number of day units of service to meet an 
96.31 	individual's needs;
96.32 	(14) personnel hourly wage rates must be based on the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics 
96.33 	Minnesota-specific rate or rates derived by the commissioner as provided in subdivision 5;
96.34 	(15) for a recipient requiring deaf and hard-of-hearing customization under 
96.35 	subdivision 12, add the customization rate provided in subdivision 12 to the result of 
96.36 	clause (14). This is defined as the customized direct care rate;
97.1 	(16) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the appropriate staff wage in 
97.2 	subdivision 5, paragraph (a);
97.3 	(17) multiply the number of direct staff hours by the product of the supervisory span 
97.4 	of control ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (g), clause (1), and the appropriate supervision 
97.5 	wage in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (16);
97.6 	(18) combine the results of clauses (16) and (17), and multiply the result by one plus 
97.7 	the employee vacation, sick, and training allowance ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (g), 
97.8 	clause (2). This is defined as the direct staffing rate;
97.9 	(19) for employee-related expenses, multiply the result of clause (18) by one plus 
97.10 	the employee-related cost ratio in subdivision 5, paragraph (g), clause (3);
97.11 	(20) this is the subtotal rate;
97.12 	(21) sum the standard general and administrative rate, the program-related expense 
97.13 	ratio, and the absence and utilization factor ratio;
97.14 	(22) divide the result of clause (20) by one minus the result of clause (21). This is 
97.15 	the total payment amount; and
97.16 	(23) adjust the result of clauses (12) and (22) by a factor to be determined by the 
97.17 	commissioner to adjust for regional differences in the cost of providing services.

97.18 	Sec. 125. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.50, subdivision 1, 
97.19 	is amended to read:
97.20 		Subdivision 1.Scope. A provider may appeal from a determination of a payment 
97.21 	rate established pursuant to this chapter or allowed costs under section 256B.441and 
97.22 	reimbursement rules of the commissioner if the appeal, if successful, would result in 
97.23 	a change to the provider's payment rate or to the calculation of maximum charges to 
97.24 	therapy vendors as provided by section 256B.433, subdivision 3. Appeals must be filed 
97.25 	in accordance with procedures in this section. This section does not apply to a request 
97.26 	from a resident or long-term care facility for reconsideration of the classification of a 
97.27 	resident under section 144.0722.

97.28 	Sec. 126. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.50, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
97.29 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
97.30 	the meanings given.
97.31 	(a) "Determination of a payment rate" means the process by which the commissioner 
97.32 	establishes the payment rate paid to a provider pursuant to this chapter, including 
97.33 	determinations made in desk audit, field audit, or pursuant to an amendment filed by the 
97.34 	provider.
98.1 	(b) "Provider" means a nursing facility as defined in section 256B.421, subdivision 
98.2 	7, or a facility as defined in section 256B.501, subdivision 1.
98.3 	(c) "Reimbursement rules" means Minnesota Rules, parts 9510.0010 to 9510.0480, 
98.4 	9510.0500 to 9510.0890, and rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to sections 
98.5 	256B.41 and 256B.501, subdivision 3.

98.6 	Sec. 127. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.501, subdivision 11, is amended to 
98.7 	read:
98.8 		Subd. 11.Investment per bed limits; interest expense limitations; leases. (a) The 
98.9 	provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0075, except as modified under this subdivision, 
98.10 	shall apply to newly constructed or established facilities that are certified for medical 
98.11 	assistance on or after May 1, 1990.
98.12 	(b) For purposes of establishing payment rates under this subdivision and 
98.13 	Minnesota Rules, parts 9553.0010 to 9553.0080, the term "newly constructed or newly 
98.14 	established" means a facility (1) for which a need determination has been approved by the 
98.15 	commissioner under sections 252.28 and 252.291; (2) whose program is newly licensed 
98.16 	under Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0215 to 9525.0355, chapter 245D and certified under 
98.17 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 442.400, et seq.; and (3) that is part of a 
98.18 	proposal that meets the requirements of section 252.291, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), 
98.19 	clause (2). The term does not include a facility for which a need determination was granted 
98.20 	solely for other reasons such as the relocation of a facility; a change in the facility's name, 
98.21 	program, number of beds, type of beds, or ownership; or the sale of a facility, unless the 
98.22 	relocation of a facility to one or more service sites is the result of a closure of a facility 
98.23 	under section 252.292, in which case clause (3) shall not apply. The term does include 
98.24 	a facility that converts more than 50 percent of its licensed beds from class A to class 
98.25 	B residential or class B institutional to serve persons discharged from state regional 
98.26 	treatment centers on or after May 1, 1990, in which case clause (3) does not apply.
98.27 	(c) Newly constructed or newly established facilities that are certified for medical 
98.28 	assistance on or after May 1, 1990, shall be allowed the capital asset investment per 
98.29 	bed limits as provided in clauses (1) to (4).
98.30 	(1) The 1990 calendar year investment per bed limit for a facility's land must not 
98.31 	exceed $5,700 per bed for newly constructed or newly established facilities in Hennepin, 
98.32 	Ramsey, Anoka, Washington, Dakota, Scott, Carver, Chisago, Isanti, Wright, Benton, 
98.33 	Sherburne, Stearns, St. Louis, Clay, and Olmsted Counties, and must not exceed $3,000 
98.34 	per bed for newly constructed or newly established facilities in other counties.
99.1 	(2) The 1990 calendar year investment per bed limit for a facility's depreciable 
99.2 	capital assets must not exceed $44,800 for class B residential beds, and $45,200 for class 
99.3 	B institutional beds.
99.4 	(3) The investment per bed limit in clause (2) must not be used in determining the 
99.5 	three-year average percentage increase adjustment in Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060, 
99.6 	subpart 1, item C, subitem (4), for facilities that were newly constructed or newly 
99.7 	established before May 1, 1990.
99.8 	(4) The investment per bed limits in clause (2) and Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060, 
99.9 	subpart 1, item C, subitem (2) shall be adjusted annually beginning January 1, 1991, and 
99.10 	each January 1 following, as provided in Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060, subpart 1, item 
99.11 	C, subitem (2), except that the index utilized will be the Bureau of the Census: Composite 
99.12 	Fixed-Weighted Price Index as published in the Survey of Current Business.
99.13 	(d) A newly constructed or newly established facility's interest expense limitation as 
99.14 	provided for in Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060, subpart 3, item F, on capital debt for 
99.15 	capital assets acquired during the interim or settle-up period, shall be increased by 2.5 
99.16 	percentage points for each full .25 percentage points that the facility's interest rate on its 
99.17 	mortgage is below the maximum interest rate as established in Minnesota Rules, part 
99.18 	9553.0060, subpart 2, item A, subitem (2). For all following rate periods, the interest 
99.19 	expense limitation on capital debt in Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060, subpart 3, item F, 
99.20 	shall apply to the facility's capital assets acquired, leased, or constructed after the interim 
99.21 	or settle-up period. If a newly constructed or newly established facility is acquired by the 
99.22 	state, the limitations of this paragraph and Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060, subpart 
99.23 	3, item F, shall not apply.
99.24 	(e) If a newly constructed or newly established facility is leased with an arm's-length 
99.25 	lease as provided for in Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060, subpart 7, the lease agreement 
99.26 	shall be subject to the following conditions:
99.27 	(1) the term of the lease, including option periods, must not be less than 20 years;
99.28 	(2) the maximum interest rate used in determining the present value of the lease must 
99.29 	not exceed the lesser of the interest rate limitation in Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060, 
99.30 	subpart 2, item A, subitem (2), or 16 percent; and
99.31 	(3) the residual value used in determining the net present value of the lease must be 
99.32 	established using the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0060.
99.33 	(f) All leases of the physical plant of an intermediate care facility for the 
99.34 	developmentally disabled shall contain a clause that requires the owner to give the 
99.35 	commissioner notice of any requests or orders to vacate the premises 90 days before 
99.36 	such vacation of the premises is to take place. In the case of eviction actions, the owner 
100.1 	shall notify the commissioner within three days of notice of an eviction action being 
100.2 	served upon the tenant. The only exception to this notice requirement is in the case of 
100.3 	emergencies where immediate vacation of the premises is necessary to assure the safety 
100.4 	and welfare of the residents. In such an emergency situation, the owner shall give the 
100.5 	commissioner notice of the request to vacate at the time the owner of the property is aware 
100.6 	that the vacating of the premises is necessary. This section applies to all leases entered 
100.7 	into after May 1, 1990. Rentals set in leases entered into after that date that do not contain 
100.8 	this clause are not allowable costs for purposes of medical assistance reimbursement.
100.9 	(g) A newly constructed or newly established facility's preopening costs are subject 
100.10 	to the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 9553.0035, subpart 12, and must be limited to 
100.11 	only those costs incurred during one of the following periods, whichever is shorter:
100.12 	(1) between the date the commissioner approves the facility's need determination 
100.13 	and 30 days before the date the facility is certified for medical assistance; or
100.14 	(2) the 12-month period immediately preceding the 30 days before the date the 
100.15 	facility is certified for medical assistance.
100.16 	(h) The development of any newly constructed or newly established facility as 
100.17 	defined in this subdivision and projected to be operational after July 1, 1991, by the 
100.18 	commissioner of human services shall be delayed until July 1, 1993, except for those 
100.19 	facilities authorized by the commissioner as a result of a closure of a facility according 
100.20 	to section 252.292 prior to January 1, 1991, or those facilities developed as a result of a 
100.21 	receivership of a facility according to section 245A.12. This paragraph does not apply to 
100.22 	state-operated community facilities authorized in section 252.50.

100.23 	Sec. 128. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.5013, subdivision 1, is amended to 
100.24 	read:
100.25 		Subdivision 1.Variable rate adjustments. (a) For rate years beginning on or after 
100.26 	October 1, 2000, when there is a documented increase in the needs of a current ICF/DD 
100.27 	recipient, the county of financial responsibility may recommend a variable rate to enable 
100.28 	the facility to meet the individual's increased needs. Variable rate adjustments made under 
100.29 	this subdivision replace payments for persons with special needs under section 256B.501, 
100.30 	subdivision 8, and payments for persons with special needs for crisis intervention services 
100.31 	under section 256B.501, subdivision 8a. Effective July 1, 2003, facilities with a base rate 
100.32 	above the 50th percentile of the statewide average reimbursement rate for a Class A 
100.33 	facility or Class B facility, whichever matches the facility licensure, are not eligible for a 
100.34 	variable rate adjustment. Variable rate adjustments may not exceed a 12-month period, 
100.35 	except when approved for purposes established in paragraph (b), clause (1). Variable rate 
101.1 	adjustments approved solely on the basis of changes on a developmental disabilities 
101.2 	screening document will end June 30, 2002.
101.3 	(b) A variable rate may be recommended by the county of financial responsibility 
101.4 	for increased needs in the following situations:
101.5 	(1) a need for resources due to an individual's full or partial retirement from 
101.6 	participation in a day training and habilitation service when the individual: (i) has reached 
101.7 	the age of 65 or has a change in health condition that makes it difficult for the person 
101.8 	to participate in day training and habilitation services over an extended period of time 
101.9 	because it is medically contraindicated; and (ii) has expressed a desire for change through 
101.10 	the developmental disability screening process under section 256B.092;
101.11 	(2) a need for additional resources for intensive short-term programming which is 
101.12 	necessary prior to an individual's discharge to a less restrictive, more integrated setting;
101.13 	(3) a demonstrated medical need that significantly impacts the type or amount of 
101.14 	services needed by the individual; or
101.15 	(4) a demonstrated behavioral need that significantly impacts the type or amount of 
101.16 	services needed by the individual.
101.17 	(c) The county of financial responsibility must justify the purpose, the projected 
101.18 	length of time, and the additional funding needed for the facility to meet the needs of 
101.19 	the individual.
101.20 	(d) The facility shall provide an annual report to the county case manager on 
101.21 	the use of the variable rate funds and the status of the individual on whose behalf the 
101.22 	funds were approved. The county case manager will forward the facility's report with a 
101.23 	recommendation to the commissioner to approve or disapprove a continuation of the 
101.24 	variable rate.
101.25 	(e) Funds made available through the variable rate process that are not used by 
101.26 	the facility to meet the needs of the individual for whom they were approved shall be 
101.27 	returned to the state.

101.28 	Sec. 129. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.69, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
101.29 		Subd. 5.Prospective per capita payment. The commissioner shall establish the 
101.30 	method and amount of payments for services. The commissioner shall annually contract 
101.31 	with demonstration providers to provide services consistent with these established 
101.32 	methods and amounts for payment.
101.33 	If allowed by the commissioner, a demonstration provider may contract with an 
101.34 	insurer, health care provider, nonprofit health service plan corporation, or the commissioner, 
101.35 	to provide insurance or similar protection against the cost of care provided by the 
102.1 	demonstration provider or to provide coverage against the risks incurred by demonstration 
102.2 	providers under this section. The recipients enrolled with a demonstration provider are 
102.3 	a permissible group under group insurance laws and chapter 62C, the Nonprofit Health 
102.4 	Service Plan Corporations Act. Under this type of contract, the insurer or corporation may 
102.5 	make benefit payments to a demonstration provider for services rendered or to be rendered 
102.6 	to a recipient. Any insurer or nonprofit health service plan corporation licensed to do 
102.7 	business in this state is authorized to provide this insurance or similar protection.
102.8 	Payments to providers participating in the project are exempt from the requirements 
102.9 	of sections 256.966 and 256B.03, subdivision 2. The commissioner shall complete 
102.10 	development of capitation rates for payments before delivery of services under this section 
102.11 	is begun. The commissioner shall contract with an independent actuary to establish 
102.12 	prepayment rates.
102.13 	Beginning July 1, 2004, the commissioner may include payments for elderly waiver 
102.14 	services and 180 days of nursing home care in capitation payments for the prepaid medical 
102.15 	assistance program for recipients age 65 and older.

102.16 	Sec. 130. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.71, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
102.17 		Subd. 4.Payment for services. Notwithstanding section 256.966 and this chapter, 
102.18 	the method of payment utilized for the social health maintenance organization projects 
102.19 	shall be the method developed by the commissioner of human services in consultation 
102.20 	with local project staff and the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers 
102.21 	for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Demonstrations. This subdivision applies 
102.22 	only to the payment method for the social health maintenance organization projects.

102.23 	Sec. 131. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.76, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
102.24 		Subd. 5.Outpatient rehabilitation facility.   An entity that operates both a 
102.25 	Medicare certified comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility and a facility which 
102.26 	was certified prior to January 1, 1993, that is licensed under Minnesota Rules, parts 
102.27 	9570.2000 to 9570.3600 9570.3400, and for whom at least 33 percent of the clients 
102.28 	receiving rehabilitation services in the most recent calendar year are medical assistance 
102.29 	recipients, shall be reimbursed by the commissioner for rehabilitation services at rates that 
102.30 	are 38 percent greater than the maximum reimbursement rate allowed under subdivision 1, 
102.31 	paragraph (a), clause (2), when those services are (1) provided within the comprehensive 
102.32 	outpatient rehabilitation facility and (2) provided to residents of nursing facilities owned 
102.33 	by the entity.

103.1 	Sec. 132. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.765, is amended to read:
103.2 	256B.765 PROVIDER RATE INCREASES.
103.3 	(a) Effective July 1, 2001, within the limits of appropriations specifically for this 
103.4 	purpose, the commissioner shall provide an annual inflation adjustment for the providers 
103.5 	listed in paragraph (c). The index for the inflation adjustment must be based on the 
103.6 	change in the Employment Cost Index for Private Industry Workers - Total Compensation 
103.7 	forecasted by Data Resources, Inc., as forecasted in the fourth quarter of the calendar year 
103.8 	preceding the fiscal year. The commissioner shall increase reimbursement or allocation 
103.9 	rates by the percentage of this adjustment, and county boards shall adjust provider 
103.10 	contracts as needed.
103.11 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall include an annual 
103.12 	inflationary adjustment in reimbursement rates for the providers listed in paragraph (c) 
103.13 	using the inflation factor specified in paragraph (a) as a budget change request in each 
103.14 	biennial detailed expenditure budget submitted to the legislature under section 16A.11.
103.15 	(c) The annual adjustment under paragraph (a) shall be provided for home and 
103.16 	community-based waiver services for persons with developmental disabilities under 
103.17 	section 256B.501; home and community-based waiver services for the elderly under 
103.18 	section 256B.0915; waivered services under community access for disability inclusion 
103.19 	under section 256B.49; community alternative care waivered services under section 
103.20 	256B.49; brain injury waivered services under section 256B.49; nursing services and 
103.21 	home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 6a; personal care services and 
103.22 	nursing supervision of personal care services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; 
103.23 	home care nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7; day training and 
103.24 	habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities under sections 252.41 to 
103.25 	252.46; physical therapy services under sections 256B.0625, subdivision 8, and 256D.03, 
103.26 	subdivision 4; occupational therapy services under sections 256B.0625, subdivision 8a, 
103.27 	and 256D.03, subdivision 4; speech-language therapy services under section 256D.03, 
103.28 	subdivision 4, and Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390; respiratory therapy services under 
103.29 	section 256D.03, subdivision 4, and Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0295; alternative care 
103.30 	services under section 256B.0913; adult residential program grants under Minnesota 
103.31 	Rules, parts 9535.2000 to 9535.3000 section 245.73; adult and family community support 
103.32 	grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.1700 to 9535.1760; semi-independent living 
103.33 	services under section 252.275 including SILS funding under county social services 
103.34 	grants formerly funded under chapter 256I; and community support services for deaf 
103.35 	and hard-of-hearing adults with mental illness who use or wish to use sign language as 
103.36 	their primary means of communication.

104.1 	Sec. 133. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.77, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
104.2 		Subd. 10.Capitation payment. (a) The commissioner shall pay a capitation 
104.3 	payment to the county authority and, when applicable under subdivision 6, paragraph (a), 
104.4 	to the service delivery organization for each medical assistance eligible enrollee. The 
104.5 	commissioner shall develop capitation payment rates for the initial contract period for 
104.6 	each demonstration site in consultation with an independent actuary, to ensure that the cost 
104.7 	of services under the demonstration project does not exceed the estimated cost for medical 
104.8 	assistance services for the covered population under the fee-for-service system for the 
104.9 	demonstration period. For each year of the demonstration project, the capitation payment 
104.10 	rate shall be based on 96 percent of the projected per person costs that would otherwise 
104.11 	have been paid under medical assistance fee-for-service during each of those years. 
104.12 	Rates shall be adjusted within the limits of the available risk adjustment technology, as 
104.13 	mandated by section 62Q.03. In addition, the commissioner shall implement appropriate 
104.14 	risk and savings sharing provisions with county administrative entities and, when 
104.15 	applicable under subdivision 6, paragraph (a), service delivery organizations within the 
104.16 	projected budget limits. Capitation rates shall be adjusted, at least annually, to include 
104.17 	any rate increases and payments for expanded or newly covered services for eligible 
104.18 	individuals. The initial demonstration project rate shall include an amount in addition to 
104.19 	the fee-for-service payments to adjust for underutilization of dental services. Any savings 
104.20 	beyond those allowed for the county authority, county administrative entity, or service 
104.21 	delivery organization shall be first used to meet the unmet needs of eligible individuals. 
104.22 	Payments to providers participating in the project are exempt from the requirements of 
104.23 	sections 256.966 and 256B.03, subdivision 2.
104.24 	(b) The commissioner shall monitor and evaluate annually the effect of the discount 
104.25 	on consumers, the county authority, and providers of disability services. Findings shall be 
104.26 	reported and recommendations made, as appropriate, to ensure that the discount effect 
104.27 	does not adversely affect the ability of the county administrative entity or providers of 
104.28 	services to provide appropriate services to eligible individuals, and does not result in cost 
104.29 	shifting of eligible individuals to the county authority.
104.30 	(c) For risk-sharing to occur under this subdivision, the aggregate fee-for-service 
104.31 	cost of covered services provided by the county administrative entity under this section 
104.32 	must exceed the aggregate sum of capitation payments made to the county administrative 
104.33 	entity under this section. The county authority is required to maintain its current level 
104.34 	of nonmedical assistance spending on enrollees. If the county authority spends less in 
104.35 	nonmedical assistance dollars on enrollees than it spent the year prior to the contract year, 
104.36 	the amount of underspending shall be deducted from the aggregate fee-for-service cost 
105.1 	of covered services. The commissioner shall then compare the fee-for-service costs and 
105.2 	capitation payments related to the services provided for the term of this contract. The 
105.3 	commissioner shall base its calculation of the fee-for-service costs on application of the 
105.4 	medical assistance fee schedule to services identified on the county administrative entity's 
105.5 	encounter claims submitted to the commissioner. The aggregate fee-for-service cost shall 
105.6 	not include any third-party recoveries or cost-avoided amounts.
105.7 	If the commissioner finds that the aggregate fee-for-service cost is greater than the 
105.8 	sum of the capitation payments, the commissioner shall settle according to the following 
105.9 	schedule:
105.10 	(1) For the first contract year for each project, the commissioner shall pay the county 
105.11 	administrative entity 50 percent of the difference between the sum of the capitation 
105.12 	payments and 100 percent of projected fee-for-service costs. For aggregate fee-for-service 
105.13 	costs in excess of 100 percent of projected fee-for-service costs, the commissioner shall 
105.14 	pay 25 percent of the difference between the aggregate fee-for-service costs and the 
105.15 	projected fee-for-service costs, up to 104 percent of the projected fee-for-service costs. 
105.16 	The county administrative entity shall be responsible for all costs in excess of 104 percent 
105.17 	of projected fee-for-service costs.
105.18 	(2) For the second contract year for each project, the commissioner shall pay the 
105.19 	county administrative entity 37.5 percent of the difference between the sum of the 
105.20 	capitation payments and 100 percent of projected fee-for-service costs. The county 
105.21 	administrative entity shall be responsible for all costs in excess of 100 percent of projected 
105.22 	fee-for-service costs.
105.23 	(3) For the third contract year for each project, the commissioner shall pay the 
105.24 	county administrative entity 25 percent of the difference between the sum of the capitation 
105.25 	payments and 100 percent of projected fee-for-service costs. The county administrative 
105.26 	entity shall be responsible for all costs in excess of 100 percent of projected fee-for-service 
105.27 	costs.
105.28 	(4) For the fourth and subsequent contract years for each project, the county 
105.29 	administrative entity shall be responsible for all costs in excess of the capitation payments.
105.30 	(d) In addition to other payments under this subdivision, the commissioner may 
105.31 	increase payments by up to 0.25 percent of the projected per-person costs that would 
105.32 	otherwise have been paid under medical assistance fee-for-service. The commissioner 
105.33 	may make the increased payments to:
105.34 	(1) offset rate increases for regional treatment services under subdivision 22 which 
105.35 	are higher than were expected by the commissioner when the capitation was set at 96 
105.36 	percent; and
106.1 	(2) implement incentives to encourage appropriate, high quality, efficient services.

106.2 	Sec. 134. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.85, subdivision 17, 
106.3 	is amended to read:
106.4 		Subd. 17.Consultation services duties.  Consultation services is a required service 
106.5 	that includes:
106.6 	(1) entering into a written agreement with the participant, participant's representative, 
106.7 	or legal representative that includes but is not limited to the details of services, service 
106.8 	delivery methods, dates of services, and contact information;
106.9 	(2) providing an initial and annual orientation to CFSS information and policies, 
106.10 	including selecting a service model;
106.11 	(3) assisting with accessing FMS providers or agency-providers;
106.12 	(4) providing assistance with the development, implementation, management, 
106.13 	documentation, and evaluation of the person-centered CFSS service delivery plan;
106.14 	(5) approving the CFSS service delivery plan for a participant without a case 
106.15 	manager or care coordinator who is responsible for authorizing services;
106.16 	(6) maintaining documentation of the approved CFSS service delivery plan;
106.17 	(7) distributing copies of the final CFSS service delivery plan to the participant and 
106.18 	to the agency-provider or FMS provider, case manager or care coordinator, and other 
106.19 	designated parties;
106.20 	(8) assisting to fulfill responsibilities and requirements of CFSS, including 
106.21 	modifying CFSS service delivery plans and changing service models;
106.22 	(9) if requested, providing consultation or on recruiting, selecting, training, 
106.23 	managing, directing, supervising, and evaluating support workers;
106.24 	(10) evaluating services upon receiving information from an FMS provider 
106.25 	indicating spending or participant employer concerns;
106.26 	(11) reviewing the use of and access to informal and community supports, goods, or 
106.27 	resources;
106.28 	(12) a semiannual review of services if the participant does not have a case manager 
106.29 	or care coordinator and when the support worker is a paid parent of a minor participant or 
106.30 	the participant's spouse;
106.31 	(13) collecting and reporting of data as required by the department;
106.32 	(14) providing the participant with a copy of the participant protections under 
106.33 	subdivision 20 at the start of consultation services;
106.34 	(15) providing assistance to resolve issues of noncompliance with the requirements 
106.35 	of CFSS;
107.1 	(16) providing recommendations to the commissioner for changes to services when 
107.2 	support to participants to resolve issues of noncompliance have been unsuccessful; and
107.3 	(17) other duties as assigned by the commissioner.

107.4 	Sec. 135. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.85, subdivision 18a, 
107.5 	is amended to read:
107.6 		Subd. 18a.Worker training and development services. (a) The commissioner 
107.7 	shall develop the scope of tasks and functions, service standards, and service limits for 
107.8 	worker training and development services.
107.9 	(b) Worker training and development costs are in addition to the participant's assessed 
107.10 	service units or service budget. Services provided according to this subdivision must:
107.11 	(1) help support workers obtain and expand the skills and knowledge necessary to 
107.12 	ensure competency in providing quality services as needed and defined in the participant's 
107.13 	CFSS service delivery plan and as required under subdivisions 11b and 14;
107.14 	(2) be provided or arranged for by the agency-provider under subdivision 11, or 
107.15 	purchased by the participant employer under the budget model as identified in subdivision 
107.16 	13; and
107.17 	(3) be described in the participant's CFSS service delivery plan and documented in 
107.18 	the participant's file.
107.19 	(c) Services covered under worker training and development shall include:
107.20 	(1) support worker training on the participant's individual assessed needs and 
107.21 	condition, provided individually or in a group setting by a skilled and knowledgeable 
107.22 	trainer beyond any training the participant or participant's representative provides;
107.23 	(2) tuition for professional classes and workshops for the participant's support 
107.24 	workers that relate to the participant's assessed needs and condition; and
107.25 	(3) direct observation, monitoring, coaching, and documentation of support worker 
107.26 	job skills and tasks, beyond any training the participant or participant's representative 
107.27 	provides, including supervision of health-related tasks or behavioral supports that is 
107.28 	conducted by an appropriate professional based on the participant's assessed needs. 
107.29 	These services must be provided at the start of services or the start of a new support 
107.30 	worker except as provided in paragraph (d) and must be specified in the participant's 
107.31 	CFSS service delivery plan; and
107.32 	(4) the activities to evaluate CFSS services and ensure support worker competency 
107.33 	described in subdivisions 11a and 11b.
108.1 	(d) The services in paragraph (c), clause (3), are not required to be provided for a 
108.2 	new support worker providing services for a participant due to staffing failures, unless the 
108.3 	support worker is expected to provide ongoing backup staffing coverage.
108.4 	(e) Worker training and development services shall not include:
108.5 	(1) general agency training, worker orientation, or training on CFSS self-directed 
108.6 	models;
108.7 	(2) payment for preparation or development time for the trainer or presenter;
108.8 	(3) payment of the support worker's salary or compensation during the training;
108.9 	(4) training or supervision provided by the participant, the participant's support 
108.10 	worker, or the participant's informal supports, including the participant's representative; or
108.11 	(5) services in excess of 96 units per annual service agreement, unless approved 
108.12 	by the department.

108.13 	Sec. 136. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256C.30, is amended to read:
108.14 	256C.30 DUTIES OF HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONER.
108.15 	(a) As described in this section, the commissioner of human services must enter into 
108.16 	grant agreements with television stations to make live local news programming accessible 
108.17 	to deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind persons as defined in section 256C.23.
108.18 	(b) The grant agreements must provide for:
108.19 	(1) real-time captioning services for broadcasting that is not emergency broadcasting 
108.20 	subject to Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, section 79.2;
108.21 	(2) real-time captioning services for commercial broadcasters in areas of Minnesota 
108.22 	where commercial broadcasters are not subject to the live programming closed-captioning 
108.23 	requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, section 71.1(e)(3) 79.1(d); and
108.24 	(3) real-time captioning for large-market noncommercial broadcasters who produce 
108.25 	live news programming.
108.26 	(c) For the purposes of this section, "real-time captioning" means a method of 
108.27 	captioning in which captions are simultaneously prepared and transmitted at the time of 
108.28 	origination by specially trained real-time captioners.

108.29 	Sec. 137. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256G.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
108.30 		Subd. 4.County of financial responsibility. (a) "County of financial responsibility" 
108.31 	has the meanings in paragraphs (b) to (f).
108.32 	(b) For an applicant who resides in the state and is not in a facility described in 
108.33 	subdivision 6, it means the county in which the applicant resides at the time of application.
109.1 	(c) For an applicant who resides in a facility described in subdivision 6, it means 
109.2 	the county in which the applicant last resided in nonexcluded status immediately before 
109.3 	entering the facility.
109.4 	(d) For an applicant who has not resided in this state for any time other than the 
109.5 	excluded time, and subject to the limitations in section 256G.03, subdivision 2, it means 
109.6 	the county in which the applicant resides at the time of making application.
109.7 	(e) For an individual already having a social service case open in one county, 
109.8 	financial responsibility for any additional social services attaches to the case that has the 
109.9 	earliest date of application and has been open without interruption.
109.10 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) to (e), the county of financial responsibility for 
109.11 	semi-independent living services provided under section 252.275, and Minnesota Rules, 
109.12 	parts 9525.0500 to 9525.0660 chapter 245D, is the county of residence in nonexcluded 
109.13 	status immediately before the placement into or request for those services.

109.14 	Sec. 138. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256G.02, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
109.15 		Subd. 6.Excluded time. "Excluded time" means:
109.16 	(1) any period an applicant spends in a hospital, sanitarium, nursing home, shelter 
109.17 	other than an emergency shelter, halfway house, foster home, community residential 
109.18 	setting licensed under chapter 245D, semi-independent living domicile or services 
109.19 	program, residential facility offering care, board and lodging facility or other institution 
109.20 	for the hospitalization or care of human beings, as defined in section 144.50, 144A.01, 
109.21 	or 245A.02, subdivision 14; maternity home, battered women's shelter, or correctional 
109.22 	facility; or any facility based on an emergency hold under sections section253B.05, 
109.23 	subdivisions 1 and 2, and 253B.07, subdivision 6;
109.24 	(2) any period an applicant spends on a placement basis in a training and habilitation 
109.25 	program, including: a rehabilitation facility or work or employment program as defined 
109.26 	in section 268A.01; semi-independent living services provided under section 252.275, 
109.27 	and Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0500 to 9525.0660 chapter 245D; or day training and 
109.28 	habilitation programs and assisted living services; and
109.29 	(3) any placement for a person with an indeterminate commitment, including 
109.30 	independent living.

109.31 	Sec. 139. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256G.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
109.32 		Subd. 2.No durational test. Except as otherwise provided in sections 256J.75; 
109.33 	256B.056, subdivision 1; 256D.02, subdivision 12a, and 256J.12 for purposes of this 
109.34 	chapter, no waiting period is required before securing county or state residence. A person 
110.1 	cannot, however, gain residence while physically present in an excluded time facility 
110.2 	unless otherwise specified in this chapter or in a federal regulation controlling a federally 
110.3 	funded human service program. Interstate migrants who enter a shelter for battered 
110.4 	women directly from another state can gain residency while in the facility provided the 
110.5 	person can provide documentation that the person is a victim of domestic abuse and the 
110.6 	county determines that the placement is appropriate; and the commissioner of human 
110.7 	services is authorized to make per diem payments under section 256D.05, subdivision 
110.8 	3, on behalf of such individuals.

110.9 	Sec. 140. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256I.04, subdivision 3, is 
110.10 	amended to read:
110.11 		Subd. 3.Moratorium on development of group residential housing beds. (a) 
110.12 	Agencies shall not enter into agreements for new group residential housing beds with total 
110.13 	rates in excess of the MSA equivalent rate except:
110.14 	(1) for group residential housing establishments licensed under Minnesota Rules, 
110.15 	parts 9525.0215 to 9525.0355, chapter 245D provided the facility is needed to meet the 
110.16 	census reduction targets for persons with developmental disabilities at regional treatment 
110.17 	centers;
110.18 	(2) up to 80 beds in a single, specialized facility located in Hennepin County that will 
110.19 	provide housing for chronic inebriates who are repetitive users of detoxification centers 
110.20 	and are refused placement in emergency shelters because of their state of intoxication, 
110.21 	and planning for the specialized facility must have been initiated before July 1, 1991, 
110.22 	in anticipation of receiving a grant from the Housing Finance Agency under section 
110.23 	462A.05, subdivision 20a, paragraph (b);
110.24 	(3) notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2a, for up to 190 supportive 
110.25 	housing units in Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, or Ramsey County for homeless adults with a 
110.26 	mental illness, a history of substance abuse, or human immunodeficiency virus or acquired 
110.27 	immunodeficiency syndrome. For purposes of this section, "homeless adult" means a 
110.28 	person who is living on the street or in a shelter or discharged from a regional treatment 
110.29 	center, community hospital, or residential treatment program and has no appropriate 
110.30 	housing available and lacks the resources and support necessary to access appropriate 
110.31 	housing. At least 70 percent of the supportive housing units must serve homeless adults 
110.32 	with mental illness, substance abuse problems, or human immunodeficiency virus or 
110.33 	acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who are about to be or, within the previous six 
110.34 	months, has been discharged from a regional treatment center, or a state-contracted 
110.35 	psychiatric bed in a community hospital, or a residential mental health or chemical 
111.1 	dependency treatment program. If a person meets the requirements of subdivision 1, 
111.2 	paragraph (a), and receives a federal or state housing subsidy, the group residential housing 
111.3 	rate for that person is limited to the supplementary rate under section 256I.05, subdivision 
111.4 	1a, and is determined by subtracting the amount of the person's countable income that 
111.5 	exceeds the MSA equivalent rate from the group residential housing supplementary rate. 
111.6 	A resident in a demonstration project site who no longer participates in the demonstration 
111.7 	program shall retain eligibility for a group residential housing payment in an amount 
111.8 	determined under section 256I.06, subdivision 8, using the MSA equivalent rate. Service 
111.9 	funding under section 256I.05, subdivision 1a, will end June 30, 1997, if federal matching 
111.10 	funds are available and the services can be provided through a managed care entity. If 
111.11 	federal matching funds are not available, then service funding will continue under section 
111.12 	256I.05, subdivision 1a;
111.13 	(4) for an additional two beds, resulting in a total of 32 beds, for a facility located in 
111.14 	Hennepin County providing services for recovering and chemically dependent men that 
111.15 	has had a group residential housing contract with the county and has been licensed as a 
111.16 	board and lodge facility with special services since 1980;
111.17 	(5) for a group residential housing provider located in the city of St. Cloud, or a county 
111.18 	contiguous to the city of St. Cloud, that operates a 40-bed facility, that received financing 
111.19 	through the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Ending Long-Term Homelessness 
111.20 	Initiative and serves chemically dependent clientele, providing 24-hour-a-day supervision;
111.21 	(6) for a new 65-bed facility in Crow Wing County that will serve chemically 
111.22 	dependent persons, operated by a group residential housing provider that currently 
111.23 	operates a 304-bed facility in Minneapolis, and a 44-bed facility in Duluth;
111.24 	(7) for a group residential housing provider that operates two ten-bed facilities, one 
111.25 	located in Hennepin County and one located in Ramsey County, that provide community 
111.26 	support and 24-hour-a-day supervision to serve the mental health needs of individuals 
111.27 	who have chronically lived unsheltered; and
111.28 	(8) for a group residential facility in Hennepin County with a capacity of up to 48 
111.29 	beds that has been licensed since 1978 as a board and lodging facility and that until August 
111.30 	1, 2007, operated as a licensed chemical dependency treatment program.
111.31 	(b) An agency may enter into a group residential housing agreement for beds with 
111.32 	rates in excess of the MSA equivalent rate in addition to those currently covered under a 
111.33 	group residential housing agreement if the additional beds are only a replacement of beds 
111.34 	with rates in excess of the MSA equivalent rate which have been made available due to 
111.35 	closure of a setting, a change of licensure or certification which removes the beds from 
111.36 	group residential housing payment, or as a result of the downsizing of a group residential 
112.1 	housing setting. The transfer of available beds from one agency to another can only 
112.2 	occur by the agreement of both agencies.

112.3 	Sec. 141. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256I.04, subdivision 4, is 
112.4 	amended to read:
112.5 		Subd. 4.Rental assistance. For participants in the Minnesota supportive housing 
112.6 	demonstration program under subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (5) (3), notwithstanding 
112.7 	the provisions of section 256I.06, subdivision 8, the amount of the group residential 
112.8 	housing payment for room and board must be calculated by subtracting 30 percent of the 
112.9 	recipient's adjusted income as defined by the United States Department of Housing and 
112.10 	Urban Development for the Section 8 program from the fair market rent established for the 
112.11 	recipient's living unit by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. This 
112.12 	payment shall be regarded as a state housing subsidy for the purposes of subdivision 3. 
112.13 	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 256I.06, subdivision 6, the recipient's countable 
112.14 	income will only be adjusted when a change of greater than $100 in a month occurs or 
112.15 	upon annual redetermination of eligibility, whichever is sooner.

112.16 	Sec. 142. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256I.05, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
112.17 		Subd. 1a.Supplementary service rates. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 
112.18 	256I.04, subdivision 3, the county agency may negotiate a payment not to exceed $426.37 
112.19 	for other services necessary to provide room and board provided by the group residence if 
112.20 	the residence is licensed by or registered by the Department of Health, or licensed by the 
112.21 	Department of Human Services to provide services in addition to room and board, and if the 
112.22 	provider of services is not also concurrently receiving funding for services for a recipient 
112.23 	under a home and community-based waiver under title XIX of the Social Security Act; or 
112.24 	funding from the medical assistance program under section 256B.0659, for personal care 
112.25 	services for residents in the setting; or residing in a setting which receives funding under 
112.26 	Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.2000 to 9535.3000 section 245.73. If funding is available for 
112.27 	other necessary services through a home and community-based waiver, or personal care 
112.28 	services under section 256B.0659, then the GRH rate is limited to the rate set in subdivision 
112.29 	1. Unless otherwise provided in law, in no case may the supplementary service rate exceed 
112.30 	$426.37. The registration and licensure requirement does not apply to establishments 
112.31 	which are exempt from state licensure because they are located on Indian reservations and 
112.32 	for which the tribe has prescribed health and safety requirements. Service payments under 
112.33 	this section may be prohibited under rules to prevent the supplanting of federal funds with 
112.34 	state funds. The commissioner shall pursue the feasibility of obtaining the approval of the 
113.1 	Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide home and community-based waiver 
113.2 	services under title XIX of the Social Security Act for residents who are not eligible for an 
113.3 	existing home and community-based waiver due to a primary diagnosis of mental illness or 
113.4 	chemical dependency and shall apply for a waiver if it is determined to be cost-effective.
113.5 	(b) The commissioner is authorized to make cost-neutral transfers from the GRH 
113.6 	fund for beds under this section to other funding programs administered by the department 
113.7 	after consultation with the county or counties in which the affected beds are located. 
113.8 	The commissioner may also make cost-neutral transfers from the GRH fund to county 
113.9 	human service agencies for beds permanently removed from the GRH census under a plan 
113.10 	submitted by the county agency and approved by the commissioner. The commissioner 
113.11 	shall report the amount of any transfers under this provision annually to the legislature.
113.12 	(c) The provisions of paragraph (b) do not apply to a facility that has its 
113.13 	reimbursement rate established under section 256B.431, subdivision 4, paragraph (c).
113.14 	(d) (c) Counties must not negotiate supplementary service rates with providers of 
113.15 	group residential housing that are licensed as board and lodging with special services and 
113.16 	that do not encourage a policy of sobriety on their premises and make referrals to available 
113.17 	community services for volunteer and employment opportunities for residents.

113.18 	Sec. 143. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256I.05, subdivision 1c, is 
113.19 	amended to read:
113.20 		Subd. 1c.Rate increases. An agency may not increase the rates negotiated for 
113.21 	group residential housing above those in effect on June 30, 1993, except as provided 
113.22 	in paragraphs (a) to (f).
113.23 	(a) An agency may increase the rates for group residential housing settings to the 
113.24 	MSA equivalent rate for those settings whose current rate is below the MSA equivalent rate.
113.25 	(b) An agency may increase the rates for residents in adult foster care whose 
113.26 	difficulty of care has increased. The total group residential housing rate for these residents 
113.27 	must not exceed the maximum rate specified in subdivisions 1 and 1a. Agencies must not 
113.28 	include nor increase group residential housing difficulty of care rates for adults in foster 
113.29 	care whose difficulty of care is eligible for funding by home and community-based waiver 
113.30 	programs under title XIX of the Social Security Act.
113.31 	(c) The room and board rates will be increased each year when the MSA equivalent 
113.32 	rate is adjusted for SSI cost-of-living increases by the amount of the annual SSI increase, 
113.33 	less the amount of the increase in the medical assistance personal needs allowance under 
113.34 	section 256B.35.
114.1 	(d) When a group residential housing rate is used to pay for an individual's room 
114.2 	and board, or other costs necessary to provide room and board, the rate payable to 
114.3 	the residence must continue for up to 18 calendar days per incident that the person is 
114.4 	temporarily absent from the residence, not to exceed 60 days in a calendar year, if the 
114.5 	absence or absences have received the prior approval of the county agency's social service 
114.6 	staff. Prior approval is not required for emergency absences due to crisis, illness, or injury.
114.7 	(e) For facilities meeting substantial change criteria within the prior year. Substantial 
114.8 	change criteria exists if the group residential housing establishment experiences a 25 
114.9 	percent increase or decrease in the total number of its beds, if the net cost of capital 
114.10 	additions or improvements is in excess of 15 percent of the current market value of the 
114.11 	residence, or if the residence physically moves, or changes its licensure, and incurs a 
114.12 	resulting increase in operation and property costs.
114.13 	(f) Until June 30, 1994, an agency may increase by up to five percent the total 
114.14 	rate paid for recipients of assistance under sections 256D.01 to 256D.21 or 256D.33 to 
114.15 	256D.54 who reside in residences that are licensed by the commissioner of health as 
114.16 	a boarding care home, but are not certified for the purposes of the medical assistance 
114.17 	program. However, an increase under this clause must not exceed an amount equivalent to 
114.18 	65 percent of the 1991 medical assistance reimbursement rate for nursing home resident 
114.19 	class A, in the geographic grouping in which the facility is located, as established under 
114.20 	Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0050 9549.0051 to 9549.0058.

114.21 	Sec. 144. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256J.08, subdivision 73, is amended to read:
114.22 		Subd. 73.Qualified noncitizen. "Qualified noncitizen" means a person:
114.23 	(1) who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence according to United States 
114.24 	Code, title 8;
114.25 	(2) who was admitted to the United States as a refugee according to United States 
114.26 	Code, title 8; section 1157;
114.27 	(3) whose deportation is being withheld according to United States Code, title 8, 
114.28 	sections 1231(b)(3), 1253(h), and 1641(b)(5);
114.29 	(4) who was paroled for a period of at least one year according to United States 
114.30 	Code, title 8, section 1182(d)(5);
114.31 	(5) who was granted conditional entry according to United State States Code, title 8, 
114.32 	section 1153(a)(7);
114.33 	(6) who is a Cuban or Haitian entrant as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee 
114.34 	Education Assistance Act of 1980, United States Code, title 8, section 1641(b)(7);
114.35 	(7) who was granted asylum according to United States Code, title 8, section 1158;
115.1 	(8) who is a battered noncitizen according to United States Code, title 8, section 
115.2 	1641(c); or
115.3 	(9) who is a parent or child of a battered noncitizen according to United States Code, 
115.4 	title 8, section 1641(c).

115.5 	Sec. 145. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256J.24, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
115.6 		Subd. 7.Family wage level. The family wage level is 110 percent of the transitional 
115.7 	standard under subdivision 5 or 6. If there is earned income in the assistance unit, earned 
115.8 	income is subtracted from the family wage level to determine the amount of the assistance 
115.9 	payment, as specified in section 256J.21. The assistance payment may not exceed the 
115.10 	transitional standard under subdivision 5 or 6, or the shared household standard under 
115.11 	subdivision 9, whichever is applicable, for the assistance unit.

115.12 	Sec. 146. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256L.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
115.13 		Subd. 3.Inpatient hospital services. (a) Covered health services shall include 
115.14 	inpatient hospital services, including inpatient hospital mental health services and inpatient 
115.15 	hospital and residential chemical dependency treatment, subject to those limitations 
115.16 	necessary to coordinate the provision of these services with eligibility under the medical 
115.17 	assistance spenddown.
115.18 	(b) Admissions for inpatient hospital services paid for under section 256L.11, 
115.19 	subdivision 3, must be certified as medically necessary in accordance with Minnesota 
115.20 	Rules, parts 9505.0500 9505.0505 to 9505.0540, except as provided in clauses (1) and (2):
115.21 	(1) all admissions must be certified, except those authorized under rules established 
115.22 	under section 254A.03, subdivision 3, or approved under Medicare; and
115.23 	(2) payment under section 256L.11, subdivision 3, shall be reduced by five percent 
115.24 	for admissions for which certification is requested more than 30 days after the day of 
115.25 	admission. The hospital may not seek payment from the enrollee for the amount of the 
115.26 	payment reduction under this clause.

115.27 	Sec. 147. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 257C.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
115.28 		Subd. 7.Interested third party; burden of proof; factors.  (a) To establish that an 
115.29 	individual is an interested third party, the individual must:
115.30 	(1) show by clear and convincing evidence that one of the following factors exist:
115.31 	(i) the parent has abandoned, neglected, or otherwise exhibited disregard for the 
115.32 	child's well-being to the extent that the child will be harmed by living with the parent;
116.1 	(ii) placement of the child with the individual takes priority over preserving the 
116.2 	day-to-day parent-child relationship because of the presence of physical or emotional 
116.3 	danger to the child, or both; or
116.4 	(iii) other extraordinary circumstances;
116.5 	(2) prove by a preponderance of the evidence that it is in the best interests of the 
116.6 	child to be in the custody of the interested third party; and
116.7 	(3) show by clear and convincing evidence that granting the petition would not 
116.8 	violate section 518.179, subdivision 1a.
116.9 	(b) The following factors must be considered by the court in determining an 
116.10 	interested third party's petition:
116.11 	(1) the amount of involvement the interested third party had with the child during 
116.12 	the parent's absence or during the child's lifetime;
116.13 	(2) the amount of involvement the parent had with the child during the parent's 
116.14 	absence;
116.15 	(3) the presence or involvement of other interested third parties;
116.16 	(4) the facts and circumstances of the parent's absence;
116.17 	(5) the parent's refusal to comply with conditions for retaining custody set forth 
116.18 	in previous court orders;
116.19 	(6) whether the parent now seeking custody was previously prevented from doing so 
116.20 	as a result of domestic violence;
116.21 	(7) whether a sibling of the child is already in the care of the interested third party; and
116.22 	(8) the existence of a standby custody designation under chapter 257B.
116.23 	(c) In determining the best interests of the child, the court must apply the standards 
116.24 	in section 257C.04.

116.25 	Sec. 148. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 260.785, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
116.26 		Subd. 3.Compliance grants. The commissioner shall establish direct grants to 
116.27 	an Indian child welfare defense corporation, as defined in Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
116.28 	section 611.216, subdivision 1a, to promote statewide compliance with the Indian Family 
116.29 	Preservation Act and the Indian Child Welfare Act, United States Code, title 25, section 
116.30 	1901, et seq. The commissioner shall give priority consideration to applicants with 
116.31 	demonstrated capability of providing legal advocacy services statewide.

116.32 	Sec. 149. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 260C.221, is amended to read:
116.33 	260C.221 RELATIVE SEARCH.
117.1 	(a) The responsible social services agency shall exercise due diligence to identify 
117.2 	and notify adult relatives prior to placement or within 30 days after the child's removal 
117.3 	from the parent. The county agency shall consider placement with a relative under this 
117.4 	section without delay and whenever the child must move from or be returned to foster 
117.5 	care. The relative search required by this section shall be comprehensive in scope. After a 
117.6 	finding that the agency has made reasonable efforts to conduct the relative search under 
117.7 	this paragraph, the agency has the continuing responsibility to appropriately involve 
117.8 	relatives, who have responded to the notice required under this paragraph, in planning 
117.9 	for the child and to continue to consider relatives according to the requirements of 
117.10 	section 260C.212, subdivision 2. At any time during the course of juvenile protection 
117.11 	proceedings, the court may order the agency to reopen its search for relatives when it is in 
117.12 	the child's best interest to do so.
117.13 	(b) The relative search required by this section shall include both maternal and 
117.14 	paternal adult relatives of the child; all adult grandparents; all legal parents, guardians or 
117.15 	custodians; of the child's siblings; and any other adult relatives suggested by the child's 
117.16 	parents, subject to the exceptions due to family violence in paragraph (c). The search shall 
117.17 	also include getting information from the child in an age-appropriate manner about who 
117.18 	the child considers to be family members and important friends with whom the child has 
117.19 	resided or had significant contact. The relative search required under this section must 
117.20 	fulfill the agency's duties under the Indian Child Welfare Act regarding active efforts 
117.21 	to prevent the breakup of the Indian family under United States Code, title 25, section 
117.22 	1912(d), and to meet placement preferences under United States Code, title 25, section 
117.23 	1915. The relatives must be notified:
117.24 	(1) of the need for a foster home for the child, the option to become a placement 
117.25 	resource for the child, and the possibility of the need for a permanent placement for the 
117.26 	child;
117.27 	(2) of their responsibility to keep the responsible social services agency and the court 
117.28 	informed of their current address in order to receive notice in the event that a permanent 
117.29 	placement is sought for the child and to receive notice of the permanency progress review 
117.30 	hearing under section 260C.204. A relative who fails to provide a current address to the 
117.31 	responsible social services agency and the court forfeits the right to receive notice of the 
117.32 	possibility of permanent placement and of the permanency progress review hearing under 
117.33 	section 260C.204. A decision by a relative not to be identified as a potential permanent 
117.34 	placement resource or participate in planning for the child at the beginning of the case 
117.35 	shall not affect whether the relative is considered for placement of the child with that 
117.36 	relative later;
118.1 	(3) that the relative may participate in the care and planning for the child, including 
118.2 	that the opportunity for such participation may be lost by failing to respond to the notice 
118.3 	sent under this subdivision. "Participate in the care and planning" includes, but is not 
118.4 	limited to, participation in case planning for the parent and child, identifying the strengths 
118.5 	and needs of the parent and child, supervising visits, providing respite and vacation visits 
118.6 	for the child, providing transportation to appointments, suggesting other relatives who 
118.7 	might be able to help support the case plan, and to the extent possible, helping to maintain 
118.8 	the child's familiar and regular activities and contact with friends and relatives;
118.9 	(4) of the family foster care licensing requirements, including how to complete an 
118.10 	application and how to request a variance from licensing standards that do not present a 
118.11 	safety or health risk to the child in the home under section 245A.04 and supports that are 
118.12 	available for relatives and children who reside in a family foster home; and
118.13 	(5) of the relatives' right to ask to be notified of any court proceedings regarding 
118.14 	the child, to attend the hearings, and of a relative's right or opportunity to be heard by the 
118.15 	court as required under section 260C.152, subdivision 5.
118.16 	(c) A responsible social services agency may disclose private data, as defined in 
118.17 	sections 13.02 and 626.556, to relatives of the child for the purpose of locating and 
118.18 	assessing a suitable placement and may use any reasonable means of identifying and 
118.19 	locating relatives including the Internet or other electronic means of conducting a search. 
118.20 	The agency shall disclose data that is necessary to facilitate possible placement with 
118.21 	relatives and to ensure that the relative is informed of the needs of the child so the 
118.22 	relative can participate in planning for the child and be supportive of services to the child 
118.23 	and family. If the child's parent refuses to give the responsible social services agency 
118.24 	information sufficient to identify the maternal and paternal relatives of the child, the 
118.25 	agency shall ask the juvenile court to order the parent to provide the necessary information. 
118.26 	If a parent makes an explicit request that a specific relative not be contacted or considered 
118.27 	for placement due to safety reasons including past family or domestic violence, the agency 
118.28 	shall bring the parent's request to the attention of the court to determine whether the 
118.29 	parent's request is consistent with the best interests of the child and the agency shall not 
118.30 	contact the specific relative when the juvenile court finds that contacting the specific 
118.31 	relative would endanger the parent, guardian, child, sibling, or any family member.
118.32 	(d) At a regularly scheduled hearing not later than three months after the child's 
118.33 	placement in foster care and as required in section 260C.202, the agency shall report to 
118.34 	the court:
119.1 	(1) its efforts to identify maternal and paternal relatives of the child and to engage 
119.2 	the relatives in providing support for the child and family, and document that the relatives 
119.3 	have been provided the notice required under paragraph (a); and
119.4 	(2) its decision regarding placing the child with a relative as required under section 
119.5 	260C.212, subdivision 2, and to ask relatives to visit or maintain contact with the child in 
119.6 	order to support family connections for the child, when placement with a relative is not 
119.7 	possible or appropriate.
119.8 	(e) Notwithstanding chapter 13, the agency shall disclose data about particular 
119.9 	relatives identified, searched for, and contacted for the purposes of the court's review of 
119.10 	the agency's due diligence.
119.11 	(f) When the court is satisfied that the agency has exercised due diligence to 
119.12 	identify relatives and provide the notice required in paragraph (a), the court may find that 
119.13 	reasonable efforts have been made to conduct a relative search to identify and provide 
119.14 	notice to adult relatives as required under section 260.012, paragraph (e), clause (3). If the 
119.15 	court is not satisfied that the agency has exercised due diligence to identify relatives and 
119.16 	provide the notice required in paragraph (a), the court may order the agency to continue its 
119.17 	search and notice efforts and to report back to the court.
119.18 	(g) When the placing agency determines that permanent placement proceedings are 
119.19 	necessary because there is a likelihood that the child will not return to a parent's care, the 
119.20 	agency must send the notice provided in paragraph (h), may ask the court to modify the 
119.21 	duty of the agency to send the notice required in paragraph (h), or may ask the court to 
119.22 	completely relieve the agency of the requirements of paragraph (h). The relative notification 
119.23 	requirements of paragraph (h) do not apply when the child is placed with an appropriate 
119.24 	relative or a foster home that has committed to adopting the child or taking permanent 
119.25 	legal and physical custody of the child and the agency approves of that foster home for 
119.26 	permanent placement of the child. The actions ordered by the court under this section 
119.27 	must be consistent with the best interests, safety, permanency, and welfare of the child.
119.28 	(h) Unless required under the Indian Child Welfare Act or relieved of this duty by the 
119.29 	court under paragraph (f), when the agency determines that it is necessary to prepare for 
119.30 	permanent placement determination proceedings, or in anticipation of filing a termination 
119.31 	of parental rights petition, the agency shall send notice to the relatives, any adult with 
119.32 	whom the child is currently residing, any adult with whom the child has resided for one 
119.33 	year or longer in the past, and any adults who have maintained a relationship or exercised 
119.34 	visitation with the child as identified in the agency case plan. The notice must state that a 
119.35 	permanent home is sought for the child and that the individuals receiving the notice may 
119.36 	indicate to the agency their interest in providing a permanent home. The notice must state 
120.1 	that within 30 days of receipt of the notice an individual receiving the notice must indicate 
120.2 	to the agency the individual's interest in providing a permanent home for the child or that 
120.3 	the individual may lose the opportunity to be considered for a permanent placement.

120.4 	Sec. 150. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 268A.01, subdivision 14, is amended to 
120.5 	read:
120.6 		Subd. 14.Affirmative business enterprise employment. "Affirmative business 
120.7 	enterprise employment" means employment which provides paid work on the premises of 
120.8 	an affirmative business enterprise as certified by the commissioner.
120.9 	Affirmative business enterprise employment is considered community employment 
120.10 	for purposes of funding under Minnesota Rules, parts 3300.1000 3300.2005 to 3300.2055, 
120.11 	provided that the wages for individuals reported must be at or above customary wages for 
120.12 	the same employer. The employer must also provide one benefit package that is available 
120.13 	to all employees at the specific site certified as an affirmative business enterprise.

120.14 	Sec. 151. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 270C.721, is amended to read:
120.15 	270C.721 REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORITY TO DO 
120.16 	BUSINESS IN THIS STATE.
120.17 	When a foreign corporation authorized to do business in this state under chapter 303, 
120.18 	or a foreign limited liability company or partnership authorized to do business in this state 
120.19 	under chapter 322B or 322C, fails to comply with a law administered by the commissioner 
120.20 	that imposes a tax, the commissioner may serve the secretary of state with a certified copy 
120.21 	of an order finding such failure to comply. The secretary of state, upon receipt of the 
120.22 	order, shall revoke the authority to do business in this state, and shall reinstate the entity 
120.23 	under section 303.19; 322B.960, subdivision 6 5; or 322C.0706 only when the corporation 
120.24 	or limited liability company or partnership has obtained from the commissioner an order 
120.25 	finding that the corporation or limited liability company or partnership is in compliance 
120.26 	with such law. An order requiring revocation of a certificate shall not be issued unless the 
120.27 	commissioner gives the corporation or limited liability company or partnership 30 days' 
120.28 	written notice of the proposed order, specifying the violations of law, and affording an 
120.29 	opportunity to request a contested case hearing under chapter 14.

120.30 	Sec. 152. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 271.06, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
120.31 		Subd. 7.Rules. Except as provided in section 278.05, subdivision 6, the Rules 
120.32 	of Evidence and Civil Procedure for the district court of Minnesota shall govern the 
121.1 	procedures in the Tax Court, where practicable. The Tax Court may adopt rules under 
121.2 	chapter 14. The rules in effect on January 1, 1989, apply until superseded.

121.3 	Sec. 153. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 271.07, is amended to read:
121.4 	271.07 STENOGRAPHIC REPORT; TRANSCRIPT.
121.5 	Except in the small claims division, the Tax Court shall provide for a verbatim 
121.6 	stenographic report of all proceedings had before it upon appeals, as required by the laws 
121.7 	relating to proceedings in district court. The cost of the stenographic record shall be paid 
121.8 	by the party taking the appeal. The cost is a taxable cost under section 271.09 271.19.

121.9 	Sec. 154. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 272.02, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
121.10 		Subd. 10.Personal property used for pollution control. Personal property used 
121.11 	primarily for the abatement and control of air, water, or land pollution is exempt to the 
121.12 	extent that it is so used, and real property is exempt if it is used primarily for abatement 
121.13 	and control of air, water, or land pollution as part of an agricultural operation, as a part 
121.14 	of a centralized treatment and recovery facility operating under a permit issued by the 
121.15 	Minnesota Pollution Control Agency pursuant to chapters 115 and 116 and Minnesota 
121.16 	Rules, parts 7001.0500 to 7001.0730, and 7045.0020 to 7045.1260 7045.1030, as a 
121.17 	wastewater treatment facility and for the treatment, recovery, and stabilization of metals, 
121.18 	oils, chemicals, water, sludges, or inorganic materials from hazardous industrial wastes, 
121.19 	or as part of an electric generation system. For purposes of this subdivision, personal 
121.20 	property includes ponderous machinery and equipment used in a business or production 
121.21 	activity that at common law is considered real property.
121.22 	Any taxpayer requesting exemption of all or a portion of any real property or any 
121.23 	equipment or device, or part thereof, operated primarily for the control or abatement of 
121.24 	air, water, or land pollution shall file an application with the commissioner of revenue. 
121.25 	The commissioner shall develop an electronic means to notify interested parties when 
121.26 	electric power generation facilities have filed an application. The Minnesota Pollution 
121.27 	Control Agency shall upon request of the commissioner furnish information and advice to 
121.28 	the commissioner.
121.29 	The information and advice furnished by the Minnesota Pollution Control 
121.30 	Agency must include statements as to whether the equipment, device, or real property 
121.31 	meets a standard, rule, criteria, guideline, policy, or order of the Minnesota Pollution 
121.32 	Control Agency, and whether the equipment, device, or real property is installed or 
121.33 	operated in accordance with it. On determining that property qualifies for exemption, 
121.34 	the commissioner shall issue an order exempting the property from taxation. The 
122.1 	commissioner shall develop an electronic means to notify interested parties when 
122.2 	the commissioner has issued an order exempting property from taxation under this 
122.3 	subdivision. The equipment, device, or real property shall continue to be exempt from 
122.4 	taxation as long as the order issued by the commissioner remains in effect.

122.5 	Sec. 155. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 273.032, is amended to read:
122.6 	273.032 MARKET VALUE DEFINITION.
122.7 	(a) Unless otherwise provided, for the purpose of determining any property tax 
122.8 	levy limitation based on market value or any limit on net debt, the issuance of bonds, 
122.9 	certificates of indebtedness, or capital notes based on market value, any qualification to 
122.10 	receive state aid based on market value, or any state aid amount based on market value, 
122.11 	the terms "market value," "estimated market value," and "market valuation," whether 
122.12 	equalized or unequalized, mean the estimated market value of taxable property within the 
122.13 	local unit of government before any of the following or similar adjustments for:
122.14 	(1) the market value exclusions under:
122.15 	(i) section 273.11, subdivisions 14a and 14c (vacant platted land);
122.16 	(ii) section 273.11, subdivision 16 (certain improvements to homestead property);
122.17 	(iii) section 273.11, subdivisions 19 and 20 (certain improvements to business 
122.18 	properties);
122.19 	(iv) section 273.11, subdivision 21 (homestead property damaged by mold);
122.20 	(v) section 273.11, subdivision 22 (qualifying lead hazardous reduction projects);
122.21 	(vi) section 273.13, subdivision 34 (homestead of a disabled veteran or family 
122.22 	caregiver); or
122.23 	(vii) section 273.13, subdivision 35 (homestead market value exclusion); or
122.24 	(2) the deferment of value under:
122.25 	(i) the Minnesota Agricultural Property Tax Law, section 273.111;
122.26 	(ii) the Aggregate Resource Preservation Law, section 273.1115;
122.27 	(iii) the Minnesota Open Space Property Tax Law, section 273.112;
122.28 	(iv) the rural preserves property tax program, section 273.114; or
122.29 	(v) the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Act, section 473H.10; or
122.30 	(3) the adjustments to tax capacity for:
122.31 	(i) tax increment financing under sections 469.174 to 469.1794;
122.32 	(ii) fiscal disparities under chapter 276A or 473F; or
122.33 	(iii) powerline credit under section 273.425.
123.1 	(b) Estimated market value under paragraph (a) also includes the market value 
123.2 	of tax-exempt property if the applicable law specifically provides that the limitation, 
123.3 	qualification, or aid calculation includes tax-exempt property.
123.4 	(c) Unless otherwise provided, "market value," "estimated market value," and 
123.5 	"market valuation" for purposes of property tax levy limitations and calculation of state 
123.6 	aid, refer to the estimated market value for the previous assessment year and for purposes 
123.7 	of limits on net debt, the issuance of bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or capital notes 
123.8 	refer to the estimated market value as last finally equalized.
123.9 	(d) For purposes of a provision of a home rule charter or of any special law that is not 
123.10 	codified in the statutes and that imposes a levy limitation based on market value or any limit 
123.11 	on debt, the issuance of bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or capital notes based on market 
123.12 	value, the terms "market value," "taxable market value," and "market valuation," whether 
123.13 	equalized or unequalized, mean "estimated market value" as defined in paragraph (a).

123.14 	Sec. 156. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 287.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
123.15 		Subdivision 1.Appointment and payment of tax proceeds. (a) The proceeds of the 
123.16 	taxes levied and collected under sections 287.21 to 287.39 287.385 must be apportioned, 
123.17 	97 percent to the general fund of the state, and three percent to the county revenue fund.
123.18 	(b) On or before the 20th day of each month, the county treasurer shall determine 
123.19 	and pay to the commissioner of revenue for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the 
123.20 	general fund the state's portion of the receipts for deed tax from the preceding month 
123.21 	subject to the electronic transfer requirements of section 270C.42. The county treasurer 
123.22 	shall provide any related reports requested by the commissioner of revenue.
123.23 	(c) Counties must remit the state's portion of the June receipts collected through June 
123.24 	25 and the estimated state's portion of the receipts to be collected during the remainder of 
123.25 	the month to the commissioner of revenue two business days before June 30 of each year. 
123.26 	The remaining amount of the June receipts is due on August 20.

123.27 	Sec. 157. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
123.28 		Subd. 22.Taxable net income. For tax years beginning after December 31, 1986, 
123.29 	the term "taxable net income" means:
123.30 	(1) for resident individuals the same as net income;
123.31 	(2) for individuals who were not residents of Minnesota for the entire year, the same 
123.32 	as net income except that the tax is imposed only on the Minnesota apportioned share of 
123.33 	that income as determined pursuant to section 290.06, subdivision 2c, paragraph (e);
124.1 	(3) for all other taxpayers, the part of net income that is allocable to Minnesota by 
124.2 	assignment or apportionment under one or more of sections 290.17, 290.191, 290.20, 
124.3 	and 290.36.
124.4 	For tax years beginning before January 1, 1987, the term "taxable net income" 
124.5 	means the net income assignable to this state pursuant to sections 290.17 to 290.20. For 
124.6 	corporations, taxable net income is then reduced by the deductions contained in section 
124.7 	290.21.

124.8 	Sec. 158. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 290.0671, subdivision 1, 
124.9 	is amended to read:
124.10 		Subdivision 1.Credit allowed. (a) An individual who is a resident of Minnesota is 
124.11 	allowed a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter equal to a percentage of earned 
124.12 	income. To receive a credit, a taxpayer must be eligible for a credit under section 32 of the 
124.13 	Internal Revenue Code.
124.14 	(b) For individuals with no qualifying children, the credit equals 2.10 percent of the 
124.15 	first $6,180 of earned income. The credit is reduced by 2.01 percent of earned income 
124.16 	or adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess of $8,130, but in no case is 
124.17 	the credit less than zero.
124.18 	(c) For individuals with one qualifying child, the credit equals 9.35 percent of the 
124.19 	first $11,120 of earned income. The credit is reduced by 6.02 percent of earned income 
124.20 	or adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess of $21,190, but in no case is 
124.21 	the credit less than zero.
124.22 	(d) For individuals with two or more qualifying children, the credit equals 11 percent 
124.23 	of the first $18,240 of earned income. The credit is reduced by 10.82 percent of earned 
124.24 	income or adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess of $25,130, but in no 
124.25 	case is the credit less than zero.
124.26 	(e) For a part-year resident, the credit must be allocated based on the percentage 
124.27 	calculated under section 290.06, subdivision 2c, paragraph (e).
124.28 	(f) For a person who was a resident for the entire tax year and has earned income 
124.29 	not subject to tax under this chapter, including income excluded under section 290.01, 
124.30 	subdivision 19b, clause (9), the credit must be allocated based on the ratio of federal 
124.31 	adjusted gross income reduced by the earned income not subject to tax under this chapter 
124.32 	over federal adjusted gross income. For purposes of this paragraph, the subtractions 
124.33 	for military pay under section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (10) and (11), are not 
124.34 	considered "earned income not subject to tax under this chapter."
125.1 	For the purposes of this paragraph, the exclusion of combat pay under section 112 
125.2 	of the Internal Revenue Code is not considered "earned income not subject to tax under 
125.3 	this chapter."
125.4 	(g) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before December 31, 
125.5 	2010, and for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the $8,130 in paragraph (b), 
125.6 	the $21,190 in paragraph (c), and the $25,130 in paragraph (d), after being adjusted for 
125.7 	inflation under subdivision 7, are each increased by $3,000 for married taxpayers filing joint 
125.8 	returns. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2008, the commissioner shall annually 
125.9 	adjust the $3,000 by the percentage determined pursuant to the provisions of section 1(f) 
125.10 	of the Internal Revenue Code, except that in section 1(f)(3)(B), the word "2007" shall be 
125.11 	substituted for the word "1992." For 2009, the commissioner shall then determine the 
125.12 	percent change from the 12 months ending on August 31, 2007, to the 12 months ending on 
125.13 	August 31, 2008, and in each subsequent year, from the 12 months ending on August 31, 
125.14 	2007, to the 12 months ending on August 31 of the year preceding the taxable year. The 
125.15 	earned income thresholds as adjusted for inflation must be rounded to the nearest $10. If the 
125.16 	amount ends in $5, the amount is rounded up to the nearest $10. The determination of the 
125.17 	commissioner under this subdivision is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.
125.18 	(h)(1) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, 
125.19 	the $5,770 in paragraph (b), the $15,080 in paragraph (c), and the $17,890 in paragraph (d), 
125.20 	after being adjusted for inflation under subdivision 7, are increased by $5,340 for married 
125.21 	taxpayers filing joint returns; and (2) for tax years beginning after December 31, 2013, and 
125.22 	before January 1, 2018, the $8,130 in paragraph (b), the $21,190 in paragraph (c), and the 
125.23 	$25,130 in paragraph (d), after being adjusted for inflation under subdivision 7, are each 
125.24 	increased by $5,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns. For tax years beginning 
125.25 	after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2012, and for tax years beginning after 
125.26 	December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall annually adjust 
125.27 	the $5,000 by the percentage determined pursuant to the provisions of section 1(f) of 
125.28 	the Internal Revenue Code, except that in section 1(f)(3)(B), the word "2008" shall be 
125.29 	substituted for the word "1992." For 2011, the commissioner shall then determine the 
125.30 	percent change from the 12 months ending on August 31, 2008, to the 12 months ending on 
125.31 	August 31, 2010, and in each subsequent year, from the 12 months ending on August 31, 
125.32 	2008, to the 12 months ending on August 31 of the year preceding the taxable year. The 
125.33 	earned income thresholds as adjusted for inflation must be rounded to the nearest $10. If the 
125.34 	amount ends in $5, the amount is rounded up to the nearest $10. The determination of the 
125.35 	commissioner under this subdivision is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.
126.1 	(i) The commissioner shall construct tables showing the amount of the credit at 
126.2 	various income levels and make them available to taxpayers. The tables shall follow 
126.3 	the schedule contained in this subdivision, except that the commissioner may graduate 
126.4 	the transition between income brackets.

126.5 	Sec. 159. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.0677, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
126.6 		Subdivision 1.Credit allowed; current military service.  (a) An individual is 
126.7 	allowed a credit against the tax due under this chapter equal to $59 for each month or 
126.8 	portion thereof that the individual was in active military service in a designated area after 
126.9 	September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2009, while a Minnesota domiciliary.
126.10 	(b) (a) An individual is allowed a credit against the tax due under this chapter equal 
126.11 	to $120 for each month or portion thereof that the individual was in active military service 
126.12 	in a designated area after December 31, 2008, while a Minnesota domiciliary.
126.13 	(c) For active service performed after September 11, 2001, and before December 31, 
126.14 	2006, the individual may claim the credit in the taxable year beginning after December 31, 
126.15 	2005, and before January 1, 2007.
126.16 	(d) For active service performed after December 31, 2006, (b) The individual may 
126.17 	claim the credit for the taxable year in which the active service was performed.
126.18 	(e) If an individual entitled to the credit died prior to January 1, 2006, the individual's 
126.19 	estate or heirs at law, if the individual's probate estate has closed or the estate was not 
126.20 	probated, may claim the credit.

126.21 	Sec. 160. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.091, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
126.22 		Subd. 3.Exemption amount. (a) For purposes of computing the alternative 
126.23 	minimum tax, the exemption amount is, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 
126.24 	2005, $60,000 for married couples filing joint returns, $30,000 for married individuals 
126.25 	filing separate returns, estates, and trusts, and $45,000 for unmarried individuals.
126.26 	(b) The exemption amount determined under this subdivision is subject to the phase 
126.27 	out under section 55(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that alternative minimum 
126.28 	taxable income as determined under this section must be substituted in the computation of 
126.29 	the phase out.
126.30 	(c) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, the exemption amount 
126.31 	under paragraph (a), clause (2), must be adjusted for inflation. The commissioner shall 
126.32 	adjust the exemption amount by the percentage determined pursuant to the provisions of 
126.33 	section 1(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that in section 1(f)(3)(B) the word "2005" 
126.34 	shall be substituted for the word "1992." For 2007, the commissioner shall then determine 
127.1 	the percent change from the 12 months ending on August 31, 2005, to the 12 months 
127.2 	ending on August 31, 2006, and in each subsequent year, from the 12 months ending on 
127.3 	August 31, 2005, to the 12 months ending on August 31 of the year preceding the taxable 
127.4 	year. The exemption amount as adjusted must be rounded to the nearest $10. If the amount 
127.5 	ends in $5, it must be rounded up to the nearest $10 amount. The determination of the 
127.6 	commissioner under this subdivision is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.

127.7 	Sec. 161. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.191, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
127.8 		Subd. 2.Apportionment formula of general application. (a) Except for those 
127.9 	trades or businesses required to use a different formula under subdivision 3 or section 
127.10 	290.36, and for those trades or businesses that receive permission to use some other 
127.11 	method under section 290.20 or under subdivision 4, a trade or business required to 
127.12 	apportion its net income must apportion its income to this state on the basis of the 
127.13 	percentage obtained by taking the sum of:
127.14 	(1) the percent for the sales factor under paragraph (b) of the percentage which 
127.15 	the sales made within this state in connection with the trade or business during the tax 
127.16 	period are of the total sales wherever made in connection with the trade or business during 
127.17 	the tax period;.
127.18 	(2) the percent for the property factor under paragraph (b) of the percentage which 
127.19 	the total tangible property used by the taxpayer in this state in connection with the trade or 
127.20 	business during the tax period is of the total tangible property, wherever located, used by 
127.21 	the taxpayer in connection with the trade or business during the tax period; and
127.22 	(3) the percent for the payroll factor under paragraph (b) of the percentage which the 
127.23 	taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred in this state or paid in respect to labor performed in 
127.24 	this state in connection with the trade or business during the tax period are of the taxpayer's 
127.25 	total payrolls paid or incurred in connection with the trade or business during the tax period.
127.26 	(b) For purposes of paragraph (a) and subdivision 3, the following percentages apply 
127.27 	for the taxable years specified:

127.28
127.29	Taxable years beginning 
during calendar year
		Sales factor 
percent
		Property factor 
percent
		Payroll factor
percent
	
127.30	2007
			78
			11
		11
	
127.31	2008
			81
			9.5
		9.5
	
127.32	2009
			84
			8
		8
	
127.33	2010
			87
			6.5
		6.5
	
127.34	2011
			90
			5
		5
	
127.35	2012
			93
			3.5
		3.5
	
127.36	2013
			96
			2
		2
	
127.37	2014 and later calendar years 
	100
			0
		0

128.1 	Sec. 162. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.191, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
128.2 		Subd. 3.Apportionment formula for financial institutions. Except for an 
128.3 	investment company required to apportion its income under section 290.36, a financial 
128.4 	institution that is required to apportion its net income must apportion its net income to this 
128.5 	state on the basis of the percentage obtained by taking the sum of:
128.6 	(1) the percent for the sales factor under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), of the 
128.7 	percentage which the receipts from within this state in connection with the trade or 
128.8 	business during the tax period are of the total receipts in connection with the trade or 
128.9 	business during the tax period, from wherever derived;.
128.10 	(2) the percent for the property factor under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), of the 
128.11 	percentage which the sum of the total tangible property used by the taxpayer in this state 
128.12 	and the intangible property owned by the taxpayer and attributed to this state in connection 
128.13 	with the trade or business during the tax period is of the sum of the total tangible property, 
128.14 	wherever located, used by the taxpayer and the intangible property owned by the taxpayer 
128.15 	and attributed to all states in connection with the trade or business during the tax period; and
128.16 	(3) the percent for the payroll factor under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), of the 
128.17 	percentage which the taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred in this state or paid in 
128.18 	respect to labor performed in this state in connection with the trade or business during 
128.19 	the tax period are of the taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred in connection with 
128.20 	the trade or business during the tax period.

128.21 	Sec. 163. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 291.031, is amended to read:
128.22 	291.031 CREDIT.
128.23 	(a) The estate of a nonresident decedent that is subject to tax under this chapter on 
128.24 	the value of Minnesota situs property held in a pass-through entity is allowed a credit 
128.25 	against the tax due under section 291.03 equal to the lesser of:
128.26 	(1) the amount of estate or inheritance tax paid to another state that is attributable to 
128.27 	the Minnesota situs property held in the pass-through entity; or
128.28 	(2) the amount of tax paid under this section due under section 291.03 attributable to 
128.29 	the Minnesota situs property held in the pass-through entity.
128.30 	(b) The amount of tax attributable to the Minnesota situs property held in the 
128.31 	pass-through entity must be determined by the increase in the estate or inheritance tax that 
128.32 	results from including the market value of the property in the estate or treating the value 
128.33 	as a taxable inheritance to the recipient of the property.

128.34 	Sec. 164. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.70, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
129.1 		Subd. 11.School tickets or admissions. Tickets or admissions to regular season 
129.2 	school games, events, and activities, and to games, events, and activities sponsored by the 
129.3 	Minnesota State High School League under chapter 128C, are exempt. For purposes of 
129.4 	this subdivision, "school" has the meaning given it in section 120A.22, subdivision 4.

129.5 	Sec. 165. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297B.01, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
129.6 		Subd. 14.Purchase price.  (a) "Purchase price" means the total consideration 
129.7 	valued in money for a sale, whether paid in money or otherwise. The purchase price 
129.8 	excludes the amount of a manufacturer's rebate paid or payable to the purchaser. If a motor 
129.9 	vehicle is taken in trade as a credit or as part payment on a motor vehicle taxable under 
129.10 	this chapter, the credit or trade-in value allowed by the person selling the motor vehicle 
129.11 	shall be deducted from the total selling price to establish the purchase price of the vehicle 
129.12 	being sold and the trade-in allowance allowed by the seller shall constitute the purchase 
129.13 	price of the motor vehicle accepted as a trade-in. The purchase price in those instances 
129.14 	where the motor vehicle is acquired by gift or by any other transfer for a nominal or no 
129.15 	monetary consideration shall also include the average value of similar motor vehicles, 
129.16 	established by standards and guides as determined by the motor vehicle registrar. The 
129.17 	purchase price in those instances where a motor vehicle is manufactured by a person who 
129.18 	registers it under the laws of this state shall mean the manufactured cost of such motor 
129.19 	vehicle and manufactured cost shall mean the amount expended for materials, labor, 
129.20 	and other properly allocable costs of manufacture, except that in the absence of actual 
129.21 	expenditures for the manufacture of a part or all of the motor vehicle, manufactured costs 
129.22 	shall mean the reasonable value of the completed motor vehicle.
129.23 	(b) The term "purchase price" shall not include the portion of the value of a motor 
129.24 	vehicle due solely to modifications necessary to make the motor vehicle disability 
129.25 	accessible.
129.26 	(c) The term "purchase price" shall not include the transfer of a motor vehicle by 
129.27 	way of gift between a husband and wife or parent and child, or to a nonprofit organization 
129.28 	as provided under subdivision 16, paragraph (c), clause (6), nor shall it include the transfer 
129.29 	of a motor vehicle by a guardian to a ward when there is no monetary consideration and 
129.30 	the title to such vehicle was registered in the name of the guardian, as guardian, only 
129.31 	because the ward was a minor.
129.32 	(d) The term "purchase price" shall not include the transfer of a motor vehicle as a 
129.33 	gift between a foster parent and foster child. For purposes of this subdivision, a foster 
129.34 	relationship exists, regardless of the age of the child, if (1) a foster parent's home is or 
129.35 	was licensed as a foster family home under Minnesota Rules, parts 9545.0010 2960.3000 
130.1 	to 9545.0260 2960.3230, and (2) the county verifies that the child was a state ward or 
130.2 	in permanent foster care.
130.3 	(e) There shall not be included in "purchase price" the amount of any tax imposed by 
130.4 	the United States upon or with respect to retail sales whether imposed upon the retailer or 
130.5 	the consumer.

130.6 	Sec. 166. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297E.01, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
130.7 		Subd. 8.Gross receipts. "Gross receipts" means all receipts derived from lawful 
130.8 	gambling activity including, but not limited to, the following items:
130.9 	(1) gross sales of bingo hard cards, paper sheets, linked bingo paper sheets, and 
130.10 	electronic linked bingo games before reduction for prizes, expenses, shortages, free plays, 
130.11 	or any other charges or offsets;
130.12 	(2) the ideal gross of pull-tab, electronic pull-tab games, and tipboard deals or games 
130.13 	less the value of unsold and defective tickets and before reduction for prizes, expenses, 
130.14 	shortages, free plays, or any other charges or offsets;
130.15 	(3) gross sales of raffle tickets and paddle tickets before reduction for prizes, 
130.16 	expenses, shortages, free plays, or any other charges or offsets;
130.17 	(4) admission, commission, cover, or other charges imposed on participants in 
130.18 	lawful gambling activity as a condition for or cost of participation; and
130.19 	(5) interest, dividends, annuities, profit from transactions, or other income derived 
130.20 	from the accumulation or use of gambling proceeds.
130.21 	Gross receipts does not include rental proceeds from rental under section 349.18, 
130.22 	subdivision 3 premises owned by an organization and leased to one or more other 
130.23 	organizations for the purposes of conducting lawful gambling.

130.24 	Sec. 167. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.223, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
130.25 		Subdivision 1.Creation; purposes. A fund called the taconite environmental 
130.26 	protection fund is created for the purpose of reclaiming, restoring and enhancing those 
130.27 	areas of northeast Minnesota located within the taconite assistance area defined in section 
130.28 	273.1341, that are adversely affected by the environmentally damaging operations 
130.29 	involved in mining taconite and iron ore and producing iron ore concentrate and for the 
130.30 	purpose of promoting the economic development of northeast Minnesota. The taconite 
130.31 	environmental protection fund shall be used for the following purposes:
130.32 	(1) to initiate investigations into matters the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation 
130.33 	Board determines are in need of study and which will determine the environmental 
130.34 	problems requiring remedial action;
131.1 	(2) reclamation, restoration, or reforestation of mine lands not otherwise provided 
131.2 	for by state law;
131.3 	(3) local economic development projects but only if those projects are approved by 
131.4 	the board, and public works, including construction of sewer and water systems located 
131.5 	within the taconite assistance area defined in section 273.1341;
131.6 	(4) monitoring of mineral industry related health problems among mining 
131.7 	employees; and
131.8 	(5) local public works projects under section 298.227, paragraph (c); and.
131.9 	(6) local public works projects as provided under this clause. The following amounts 
131.10 	shall be distributed in 2009 based upon the taxable tonnage of production in 2008:
131.11 	(i) .4651 cent per ton to the city of Aurora for street repair and renovation;
131.12 	(ii) .4264 cent per ton to the city of Biwabik for street and utility infrastructure 
131.13 	improvements to the south side industrial site;
131.14 	(iii) .6460 cent per ton to the city of Buhl for street repair;
131.15 	(iv) 1.0336 cents per ton to the city of Hoyt Lakes for public utility improvements;
131.16 	(v) 1.1628 cents per ton to the city of Eveleth for water and sewer infrastructure 
131.17 	upgrades;
131.18 	(vi) 1.0336 cents per ton to the city of Gilbert for water and sewer infrastructure 
131.19 	upgrades;
131.20 	(vii) .7752 cent per ton to the city of Mountain Iron for water and sewer infrastructure;
131.21 	(viii) 1.2920 cents per ton to the city of Virginia for utility upgrades and accessibility 
131.22 	modifications for the miners' memorial;
131.23 	(ix) .6460 cent per ton to the town of White for Highway 135 road upgrades;
131.24 	(x) 1.9380 cents per ton to the city of Hibbing for public infrastructure projects;
131.25 	(xi) 1.1628 cents per ton to the city of Chisholm for water and sewer repair;
131.26 	(xii) .6460 cent per ton to the town of Balkan for community center repairs;
131.27 	(xiii) .9044 cent per ton to the city of Babbitt for city garage construction;
131.28 	(xiv) .5168 cent per ton to the city of Cook for public infrastructure projects;
131.29 	(xv) .5168 cent per ton to the city of Ely for reconstruction of 2nd Avenue West;
131.30 	(xvi) .6460 cent per ton to the city of Tower for water infrastructure upgrades;
131.31 	(xvii) .1292 cent per ton to the city of Orr for water infrastructure upgrades;
131.32 	(xviii) .1292 cent per ton to the city of Silver Bay for emergency cleanup;
131.33 	(xix) .3230 cent per ton to Lake County for trail construction;
131.34 	(xx) .1292 cent per ton to Cook County for construction of tennis courts in Grand 
131.35 	Marais;
132.1 	(xxi) .3101 cent per ton to the city of Two Harbors for water infrastructure 
132.2 	improvements;
132.3 	(xxii) .1938 cent per ton for land acquisition for phase one of Cook Airport project;
132.4 	(xxiii) 1.0336 cents per ton to the city of Coleraine for water and sewer 
132.5 	improvements along Gayley Avenue;
132.6 	(xxiv) .3876 cent per ton to the city of Marble for construction of a city 
132.7 	administration facility;
132.8 	(xxv) .1292 cent per ton to the city of Calumet for repairs at city hall and the 
132.9 	community center;
132.10 	(xxvi) .6460 cent per ton to the city of Nashwauk for electrical infrastructure 
132.11 	upgrades;
132.12 	(xxvii) 1.0336 cents per ton to the city of Keewatin for water and sewer upgrades 
132.13 	along Depot Street;
132.14 	(xxviii) .2584 cent per ton to the city of Aitkin for water, sewer, street, and gutter 
132.15 	improvements;
132.16 	(xxix) 1.1628 cents per ton to the city of Grand Rapids for water and sewer 
132.17 	infrastructure upgrades at Pokegema Golf Course and Park Place;
132.18 	(xxx) .1809 cent per ton to the city of Grand Rapids for water and sewer upgrades 
132.19 	for 1st Avenue from River Road to 3rd Street SE; and
132.20 	(xxxi) .9044 cent per ton to the city of Cohasset for upgrades to the railroad crossing 
132.21 	at Highway 2 and County Road 62.

132.22 	Sec. 168. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.28, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
132.23 		Subd. 4.School districts. (a) 32.15 cents per taxable ton, plus the increase provided 
132.24 	in paragraph (d), less the amount that would have been computed under Minnesota 
132.25 	Statutes 2008, section 126C.21, subdivision 4, for the current year for that district, must be 
132.26 	allocated to qualifying school districts to be distributed, based upon the certification of the 
132.27 	commissioner of revenue, under paragraphs (b), (c), and (f).
132.28 	(b)(i) 3.43 cents per taxable ton must be distributed to the school districts in which 
132.29 	the lands from which taconite was mined or quarried were located or within which the 
132.30 	concentrate was produced. The distribution must be based on the apportionment formula 
132.31 	prescribed in subdivision 2.
132.32 	(ii) Four cents per taxable ton from each taconite facility must be distributed to 
132.33 	each affected school district for deposit in a fund dedicated to building maintenance 
132.34 	and repairs, as follows:
133.1 	(1) proceeds from Keewatin Taconite or its successor are distributed to Independent 
133.2 	School Districts Nos. 316, Coleraine, and 319, Nashwauk-Keewatin, or their successor 
133.3 	districts;
133.4 	(2) proceeds from the Hibbing Taconite Company or its successor are distributed to 
133.5 	Independent School Districts Nos. 695, Chisholm, and 701, Hibbing, or their successor 
133.6 	districts;
133.7 	(3) proceeds from the Mittal Steel Company and Minntac or their successors are 
133.8 	distributed to Independent School Districts Nos. 712, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 706, Virginia, 
133.9 	2711, Mesabi East, and 2154, Eveleth-Gilbert, or their successor districts;
133.10 	(4) proceeds from the Northshore Mining Company or its successor are distributed 
133.11 	to Independent School Districts Nos. 2142, St. Louis County, and 381, Lake Superior, 
133.12 	or their successor districts; and
133.13 	(5) proceeds from United Taconite or its successor are distributed to Independent 
133.14 	School Districts Nos. 2142, St. Louis County, and 2154, Eveleth-Gilbert, or their 
133.15 	successor districts.
133.16 	Revenues that are required to be distributed to more than one district shall be 
133.17 	apportioned according to the number of pupil units identified in section 126C.05, 
133.18 	subdivision 1, enrolled in the second previous year.
133.19 	(c)(i) 24.72 cents per taxable ton, less any amount distributed under paragraph (e), 
133.20 	shall be distributed to a group of school districts comprised of those school districts which 
133.21 	qualify as a tax relief area under section 273.134, paragraph (b), or in which there is a 
133.22 	qualifying municipality as defined by section 273.134, paragraph (a), in direct proportion 
133.23 	to school district indexes as follows: for each school district, its pupil units determined 
133.24 	under section 126C.05 for the prior school year shall be multiplied by the ratio of the 
133.25 	average adjusted net tax capacity per pupil unit for school districts receiving aid under 
133.26 	this clause as calculated pursuant to chapters 122A, 126C, and 127A for the school year 
133.27 	ending prior to distribution to the adjusted net tax capacity per pupil unit of the district. 
133.28 	Each district shall receive that portion of the distribution which its index bears to the sum 
133.29 	of the indices for all school districts that receive the distributions.
133.30 	(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), each school district that receives a distribution under 
133.31 	sections 298.018; 298.23 298.24, and 298.25 to 298.28, exclusive of any amount received 
133.32 	under this clause; 298.34 to 298.39; 298.391 to 298.396; 298.405; or any law imposing 
133.33 	a tax on severed mineral values after reduction for any portion distributed to cities and 
133.34 	towns under section 126C.48, subdivision 8, paragraph (5), that is less than the amount 
133.35 	of its levy reduction under section 126C.48, subdivision 8, for the second year prior to 
133.36 	the year of the distribution shall receive a distribution equal to the difference; the amount 
134.1 	necessary to make this payment shall be derived from proportionate reductions in the 
134.2 	initial distribution to other school districts under clause (i). If there are insufficient tax 
134.3 	proceeds to make the distribution provided under this paragraph in any year, money must 
134.4 	be transferred from the taconite property tax relief account in subdivision 6, to the extent 
134.5 	of the shortfall in the distribution.
134.6 	(d)(1) Any school district described in paragraph (c) where a levy increase pursuant 
134.7 	to section 126C.17, subdivision 9, was authorized by referendum for taxes payable in 
134.8 	2001, shall receive a distribution of 21.3 cents per ton. Each district shall receive $175 
134.9 	times the pupil units identified in section 126C.05, subdivision 1, enrolled in the second 
134.10 	previous year or the 1983-1984 school year, whichever is greater, less the product of 1.8 
134.11 	percent times the district's taxable net tax capacity in 2011.
134.12 	(2) Districts qualifying under paragraph (c) must receive additional taconite aid each 
134.13 	year equal to 22.5 percent of the amount obtained by subtracting:
134.14 	(i) 1.8 percent of the district's net tax capacity for 2011, from:
134.15 	(ii) the district's weighted average daily membership for fiscal year 2012, multiplied 
134.16 	by the sum of:
134.17 	(A) $415, plus
134.18 	(B) the district's referendum revenue allowance for fiscal year 2013.
134.19 	If the total amount provided by paragraph (d) is insufficient to make the payments 
134.20 	herein required then the entitlement of $175 per pupil unit shall be reduced uniformly 
134.21 	so as not to exceed the funds available. Any amounts received by a qualifying school 
134.22 	district in any fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (d) shall not be applied to reduce general 
134.23 	education aid which the district receives pursuant to section 126C.13 or the permissible 
134.24 	levies of the district. Any amount remaining after the payments provided in this paragraph 
134.25 	shall be paid to the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation who shall 
134.26 	deposit the same in the taconite environmental protection fund and the Douglas J. Johnson 
134.27 	economic protection trust fund as provided in subdivision 11.
134.28 	Each district receiving money according to this paragraph shall reserve the lesser of 
134.29 	the amount received under this paragraph or $25 times the number of pupil units served in 
134.30 	the district. It may use the money for early childhood programs.
134.31 	(e) There shall be distributed to any school district the amount which the school 
134.32 	district was entitled to receive under section 298.32 in 1975.
134.33 	(f) Four cents per taxable ton must be distributed to qualifying school districts 
134.34 	according to the distribution specified in paragraph (b), clause (ii), and 11 cents per 
134.35 	taxable ton must be distributed according to the distribution specified in paragraph (c). 
135.1 	These amounts are not subject to sections 126C.21, subdivision 4, and section126C.48, 
135.2 	subdivision 8.

135.3 	Sec. 169. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.294, is amended to read:
135.4 	298.294 INVESTMENT OF FUND.
135.5 	(a) The trust fund established by section 298.292 shall be invested pursuant to law 
135.6 	by the State Board of Investment and the net interest, dividends, and other earnings arising 
135.7 	from the investments shall be transferred, except as provided in paragraph (b), on the first 
135.8 	day of each month to the trust and shall be included and become part of the trust fund. 
135.9 	The amounts transferred, including the interest, dividends, and other earnings earned 
135.10 	prior to July 13, 1982, together with the additional amount of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 
135.11 	1983, which is appropriated April 21, 1983, are appropriated from the trust fund to the 
135.12 	commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation for deposit in a separate account 
135.13 	for expenditure for the purposes set forth in section 298.292. Amounts appropriated 
135.14 	pursuant to this section shall not cancel but shall remain available unless expended.
135.15 	(b) For fiscal years 2010 and 2011 only, $1,500,000 of the net interest, dividends, 
135.16 	and other earnings under paragraph (a) shall be transferred to a special account. Funds 
135.17 	in the special account are available for loans or grants to businesses, with priority given 
135.18 	to businesses with 25 or fewer employees. Funds may be used for wage subsidies for 
135.19 	up to 52 weeks of up to $5 per hour or other activities, including, but not limited to, 
135.20 	short-term operating expenses and purchase of equipment and materials by businesses 
135.21 	under financial duress, that will create additional jobs in the taconite assistance area under 
135.22 	section 273.1341. Expenditures from the special account must be approved by the board.
135.23 	(c) (b) To qualify for a grant or loan, a business must be currently operating and have 
135.24 	been operating for one year immediately prior to its application for a loan or grant, and its 
135.25 	corporate headquarters must be located in the taconite assistance area.

135.26 	Sec. 170. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.2961, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
135.27 		Subd. 4.Grant and loan fund. (a) A fund is established to receive distributions 
135.28 	under section 298.28, subdivision 9b, and to make grants or loans as provided in this 
135.29 	subdivision. Any grant or loan made under this subdivision must be approved by the 
135.30 	board, established under section 298.22.
135.31 	(b) Distributions received in calendar year 2005 are allocated to the city of Virginia 
135.32 	for improvements and repairs to the city's steam heating system.
136.1 	(c) Distributions received in calendar year 2006 are allocated to a project of the 
136.2 	public utilities commissions of the cities of Hibbing and Virginia to convert their electrical 
136.3 	generating plants to the use of biomass products, such as wood.
136.4 	(d) Distributions received in calendar year 2007 must be paid to the city of Tower to 
136.5 	be used for the East Two Rivers project in or near the city of Tower.
136.6 	(e) For distributions received in 2008, the first $2,000,000 of the 2008 distribution 
136.7 	must be paid to St. Louis County for deposit in its county road and bridge fund to be used 
136.8 	for relocation of St. Louis County Road 715, commonly referred to as Pike River Road. 
136.9 	The remainder of the 2008 distribution must be paid to St. Louis County for a grant to the 
136.10 	city of Virginia for connecting sewer and water lines to the St. Louis County maintenance 
136.11 	garage on Highway 135, further extending the lines to interconnect with the city of 
136.12 	Gilbert's sewer and water lines. (b) All distributions received in 2009 and subsequent 
136.13 	years are allocated for projects under section 298.223, subdivision 1.

136.14 	Sec. 171. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 303.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
136.15 		Subd. 2.Contents of application. The application for withdrawal shall set forth:
136.16 	(1) the name of the corporation and the state or country under the laws of which 
136.17 	it is organized;
136.18 	(2) that it has no property located in this state and has ceased to transact business 
136.19 	therein;
136.20 	(3) that its board of directors has duly determined to surrender its authority to 
136.21 	transact business in this state;
136.22 	(4) that it revokes the authority of its registered agent in this state to accept service 
136.23 	of process;
136.24 	(5) the address to which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process 
136.25 	against the corporation that may be served upon the secretary of state; and
136.26 	(6) that it will pay to the commissioner of management and budget the amount of 
136.27 	any additional license fees properly found by the secretary of state to be then due from 
136.28 	such corporation; and.
136.29 	(7) additional information required or demanded to enable the secretary of state to 
136.30 	determine the additional license fees, if any, payable by the corporation, the determination 
136.31 	thereof to be made in the manner provided by section 303.07, subdivision 2.

136.32 	Sec. 172. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 319B.02, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
136.33 		Subd. 19.Professional services. "Professional services" means services of the type 
136.34 	required or permitted to be furnished by a professional under a license, registration, or 
137.1 	certificate issued by the state of Minnesota to practice medicine and surgery under sections 
137.2 	147.01 to 147.22, as a physician assistant pursuant to sections 147A.01 to 147A.27, 
137.3 	chiropractic under sections 148.01 to 148.105, registered nursing under sections 148.171 to 
137.4 	148.285, optometry under sections 148.52 to 148.62, psychology under sections 148.88 to 
137.5 	148.98, social work under chapter 148D 148E, marriage and family therapy under sections 
137.6 	148B.29 to 148B.39, professional counseling under sections 148B.50 to 148B.593, 
137.7 	dentistry and dental hygiene under sections 150A.01 to 150A.12, pharmacy under sections 
137.8 	151.01 to 151.40, podiatric medicine under sections 153.01 to 153.25, veterinary medicine 
137.9 	under sections 156.001 to 156.14, architecture, engineering, surveying, landscape 
137.10 	architecture, geoscience, and certified interior design under sections 326.02 to 326.15, 
137.11 	accountancy under chapter 326A, or law under sections 481.01 to 481.17, or under a 
137.12 	license or certificate issued by another state under similar laws. Professional services 
137.13 	includes services of the type required to be furnished by a professional pursuant to a 
137.14 	license or other authority to practice law under the laws of a foreign nation.

137.15 	Sec. 173. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 325E.34, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
137.16 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms in paragraphs 
137.17 	(a) and (b) have the meanings given them.
137.18 	(a) "Newspaper" has the meaning given in section 331A.01, subdivision 5 means a 
137.19 	publication issued regularly by the same person or corporation, or a successor, whether the 
137.20 	name of the publication is the same or different.
137.21 	(b) "Place of public accommodation" has the meaning given in section 363A.03, 
137.22 	subdivision 34.

137.23 	Sec. 174. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326B.31, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
137.24 		Subd. 15.Demarcation. "Demarcation" means listed equipment as identified in 
137.25 	Minnesota Rules, part 3800.3619 3801.3619, such as a transformer, uninterruptible 
137.26 	power supply (UPS), battery, control panel, or other device that isolates technology 
137.27 	circuits or systems from nontechnology circuits or systems, including plug or cord and 
137.28 	plug connection.

137.29 	Sec. 175. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326B.42, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
137.30 		Subd. 6.Plumber's apprentice. A "plumber's apprentice" is any individual who 
137.31 	is employed in the practical installation of plumbing under an apprenticeship agreement 
137.32 	approved by the department under Minnesota Rules, part 5200.0340 section 178.07.

138.1 	Sec. 176. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326B.91, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
138.2 		Subd. 8.Pipefitter apprentice. A "pipefitter apprentice" is an individual employed 
138.3 	in the trade of the practical construction and installation of high pressure piping and 
138.4 	appurtenances under an apprenticeship agreement approved by the department under 
138.5 	Minnesota Rules, part 5200.0300 section 178.07.

138.6 	Sec. 177. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326B.92, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
138.7 		Subd. 2.Permissive municipal regulation.  The commissioner may enter into an 
138.8 	agreement with a municipality, in which the municipality agrees to perform inspections 
138.9 	and issue permits for the construction and installation of high pressure piping systems 
138.10 	within the municipality's geographical area of jurisdiction, if:
138.11 	(a) The municipality has adopted:
138.12 	(1) the code for power piping systems, Minnesota Rules, parts 5230.0250 to 
138.13 	5230.6200 5230.5920;
138.14 	(2) an ordinance that authorizes the municipality to issue permits to persons holding 
138.15 	a high pressure piping business license issued by the department and only for construction 
138.16 	or installation that would, if performed properly, fully comply with all Minnesota Statutes 
138.17 	and Minnesota Rules;
138.18 	(3) an ordinance that authorizes the municipality to perform the inspections that are 
138.19 	required under Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules governing the construction and 
138.20 	installation of high pressure piping systems; and
138.21 	(4) an ordinance that authorizes the municipality to enforce the code for power 
138.22 	piping systems in its entirety.
138.23 	(b) The municipality agrees to issue permits only to persons holding a high pressure 
138.24 	piping business license as required by law at the time of the permit issuance, and only for 
138.25 	construction or installation that would, if performed properly, comply with all Minnesota 
138.26 	Statutes and Minnesota Rules governing the construction or installation of high pressure 
138.27 	piping systems.
138.28 	(c) The municipality agrees to issue permits only on forms approved by the 
138.29 	department.
138.30 	(d) The municipality agrees that, for each permit issued by the municipality, the 
138.31 	municipality shall perform one or more inspections of the construction or installation to 
138.32 	determine whether the construction or installation complies with all Minnesota Statutes 
138.33 	and Minnesota Rules governing the construction or installation of high pressure piping 
138.34 	systems, and shall prepare a written report of each inspection.
139.1 	(e) The municipality agrees to notify the commissioner within 24 hours after the 
139.2 	municipality discovers any violation of the licensing laws related to high pressure piping.
139.3 	(f) The municipality agrees to notify the commissioner immediately if the 
139.4 	municipality discovers that any entity has failed to meet a deadline set by the municipality 
139.5 	for correction of a violation of the high pressure piping laws.
139.6 	(g) The commissioner determines that the individuals who will conduct the 
139.7 	inspections for the municipality do not have any conflict of interest in conducting the 
139.8 	inspections.
139.9 	(h) Individuals who will conduct the inspections for the municipality are permanent 
139.10 	employees of the municipality and are licensed contracting high pressure pipefitters or 
139.11 	licensed journeyman high pressure pipefitters.
139.12 	(i) The municipality agrees to notify the commissioner within ten days of any 
139.13 	changes in the names or qualifications of the individuals who conduct the inspections 
139.14 	for the municipality.
139.15 	(j) The municipality agrees to enforce in its entirety the code for power piping 
139.16 	systems on all projects.
139.17 	(k) The municipality shall not approve any piping installation unless the installation 
139.18 	conforms to all applicable provisions of the high pressure piping laws in effect at the 
139.19 	time of the installation.
139.20 	(l) The municipality agrees to promptly require compliance or revoke a permit that 
139.21 	it has issued if there is noncompliance with any of the applicable provisions of the high 
139.22 	pressure piping laws in connection with the work covered by the permit. The municipality 
139.23 	agrees to revoke the permit if any laws regulating the licensing of pipefitters have been 
139.24 	violated.
139.25 	(m) The municipality agrees to keep official records of all documents received, 
139.26 	including permit applications, and of all permits issued, reports of inspections, and notices 
139.27 	issued in connection with inspections.
139.28 	(n) The municipality agrees to maintain the records described in paragraph (m) in 
139.29 	the official records of the municipality for the period required for the retention of public 
139.30 	records under section 138.17, and shall make these records readily available for review 
139.31 	according to section 13.37.
139.32 	(o) Not later than the tenth day of each month, the municipality shall submit to the 
139.33 	commissioner a report of all high pressure piping permits issued by the municipality during 
139.34 	the preceding month. This report shall be in a format approved by the commissioner 
139.35 	and shall include:
139.36 	(1) the name of the contractor;
140.1 	(2) the license number of the contractor's license issued by the commissioner;
140.2 	(3) the permit number;
140.3 	(4) the address of the job;
140.4 	(5) the date the permit was issued;
140.5 	(6) a brief description of the work; and
140.6 	(7) the amount of the inspection fee.
140.7 	(p) Not later than the 31st day of January of each year, the municipality shall submit 
140.8 	a summary report to the commissioner identifying the status of each high pressure piping 
140.9 	project for which the municipality issued a permit during the preceding year, and the 
140.10 	status of high pressure piping projects for which the municipality issued a permit during a 
140.11 	prior year where no final inspection had occurred by the first day of the preceding year. 
140.12 	This summary report shall include:
140.13 	(1) the permit number;
140.14 	(2) the date of any final inspection; and
140.15 	(3) identification of any violation of high pressure piping laws related to work 
140.16 	covered by the permit.
140.17 	(q) The municipality and the commissioner agree that if at any time during the 
140.18 	agreement the municipality does not have in effect the code for high pressure piping 
140.19 	systems or any of the ordinances described in paragraph (a), or if the commissioner 
140.20 	determines that the municipality is not properly administering and enforcing the code for 
140.21 	high pressure piping or is otherwise not complying with the agreement:
140.22 	(1) the commissioner may, effective 14 days after the municipality's receipt of 
140.23 	written notice, terminate the agreement and have the administration and enforcement of 
140.24 	the high pressure piping code in the involved municipality undertaken by the department;
140.25 	(2) the municipality may challenge the termination in a contested case before the 
140.26 	commissioner pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act; and
140.27 	(3) while any challenge under clause (2) is pending, the commissioner may exercise 
140.28 	oversight of the municipality to the extent needed to ensure that high pressure piping 
140.29 	inspections are performed and permits are issued in accordance with the high pressure 
140.30 	piping laws.
140.31 	(r) The municipality and the commissioner agree that the municipality may terminate 
140.32 	the agreement with or without cause on 90 days' written notice to the commissioner.
140.33 	(s) The municipality and the commissioner agree that no municipality shall 
140.34 	revoke, suspend, or place restrictions on any high pressure piping license issued by the 
140.35 	commissioner. If the municipality identifies during an inspection any violation that 
140.36 	may warrant revocation, suspension, or placement of restrictions on a high pressure 
141.1 	piping license issued by the commissioner, the municipality shall promptly notify the 
141.2 	commissioner of the violation and the commissioner shall determine whether revocation, 
141.3 	suspension, or placement of restrictions on any high pressure piping license issued by 
141.4 	the commissioner is appropriate.

141.5 	Sec. 178. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 327C.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
141.6 		Subd. 5.Written notice required. A prospective resident, before being asked to 
141.7 	sign a rental agreement, must be given the following notice printed verbatim in boldface 
141.8 	type of a minimum size of ten points. The notice must be provided with the park residency 
141.9 	application. The notice and the safety feature disclosure form required under section 
141.10 	327C.07, subdivision 3a, must be posted in a conspicuous and public location in the park:
141.11 	"IMPORTANT NOTICE
141.12 	State law provides special rules for the owners, residents, and prospective residents 
141.13 	of manufactured home parks.
141.14 	You may keep your home in the park as long as the park is in operation and you 
141.15 	meet your financial obligations, obey state and local laws which apply to the park, obey 
141.16 	reasonable park rules, do not substantially annoy or endanger the other residents or 
141.17 	substantially endanger park personnel and do not substantially damage the park premises. 
141.18 	You may not be evicted or have your rent increased or your services cut for complaining 
141.19 	to the park owner or to a governmental official.
141.20 	If you receive an eviction notice and do not leave the park, the park owner may take 
141.21 	you to court. If you lose in court, a sheriff may remove you and your home from the park 
141.22 	within seven days. Or, the court may require you to leave the park within seven days but 
141.23 	give you 60 days to sell the home within the park.
141.24 	If you receive an eviction notice for a new or amended rule and the court finds the 
141.25 	rule to be reasonable and not a substantial modification of your original agreement, the 
141.26 	court will not order you to leave but will order you to comply with the rule within ten 
141.27 	days. If you do not comply within the time given or if you violate the rule at a later time, 
141.28 	you will be subject to eviction.
141.29 	All park rules and policies must be reasonable. Your rent may not be increased more 
141.30 	than twice a year. Changes made in park rules after you become a park resident will not 
141.31 	apply to you if they substantially change your original agreement.
141.32 	The park may not charge you an entrance fee.
141.33 	The park may require a security deposit, but the deposit must not amount to more 
141.34 	than two months rent.
142.1 	You have a right to sell the home in the park. But the sale is not final until the park 
142.2 	owner approves the buyer as a new resident, and you must advise in writing anyone who 
142.3 	wants to buy your home that the sale is subject to final approval by the park owner.
142.4 	The park must provide to you, in writing, the procedures and criteria used to 
142.5 	evaluate a prospective resident. If your application is denied, you can request, in writing, 
142.6 	the reason why.
142.7 	You must also disclose in writing certain safety information about your home to 
142.8 	anyone who wants to buy it in the park. You must give this information to the buyer before 
142.9 	the sale, in writing, on the form that is attached to this notice. You must completely and 
142.10 	accurately fill out the form and you and the buyer should each keep a copy.
142.11 	Your rental agreement and the park rules contain important information about your 
142.12 	rights and duties. Read them carefully and keep a copy.
142.13 	You must be given a copy of the shelter or evacuation plan for the park. This 
142.14 	document contains information on where to seek shelter in times of severe weather 
142.15 	conditions. You should carefully review the plan and keep a copy.
142.16 	By February 1 of each year, the park must give you a certificate of rent constituting 
142.17 	property taxes as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 290A.19.
142.18 	For further information concerning your rights, consult a private attorney. The state 
142.19 	law governing the rental of lots in manufactured home parks may also be enforced by 
142.20 	the Minnesota Attorney General."
142.21 	In addition, the safety feature disclosure form required under section 327C.07, 
142.22 	subdivision 3a, must be attached to the notice.

142.23 	Sec. 179. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 349.12, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
142.24 		Subd. 25.Lawful purpose. (a) "Lawful purpose" means one or more of the 
142.25 	following:
142.26 	(1) any expenditure by or contribution to a 501(c)(3) or festival organization, 
142.27 	as defined in subdivision 15a 15c, provided that the organization and expenditure or 
142.28 	contribution are in conformity with standards prescribed by the board under section 
142.29 	349.154, which standards must apply to both types of organizations in the same manner 
142.30 	and to the same extent;
142.31 	(2) a contribution to or expenditure for goods and services for an individual or 
142.32 	family suffering from poverty, homelessness, or disability, which is used to relieve the 
142.33 	effects of that suffering;
142.34 	(3) a contribution to a program recognized by the Minnesota Department of Human 
142.35 	Services for the education, prevention, or treatment of problem gambling;
143.1 	(4) a contribution to or expenditure on a public or private nonprofit educational 
143.2 	institution registered with or accredited by this state or any other state;
143.3 	(5) a contribution to an individual, public or private nonprofit educational institution 
143.4 	registered with or accredited by this state or any other state, or to a scholarship fund of a 
143.5 	nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to award scholarships, for defraying the 
143.6 	cost of education to individuals where the funds are awarded through an open and fair 
143.7 	selection process;
143.8 	(6) activities by an organization or a government entity which recognize military 
143.9 	service to the United States, the state of Minnesota, or a community, subject to rules 
143.10 	of the board, provided that the rules must not include mileage reimbursements in the 
143.11 	computation of the per diem reimbursement limit and must impose no aggregate annual 
143.12 	limit on the amount of reasonable and necessary expenditures made to support:
143.13 	(i) members of a military marching or color guard unit for activities conducted 
143.14 	within the state;
143.15 	(ii) members of an organization solely for services performed by the members at 
143.16 	funeral services;
143.17 	(iii) members of military marching, color guard, or honor guard units may be 
143.18 	reimbursed for participating in color guard, honor guard, or marching unit events within 
143.19 	the state or states contiguous to Minnesota at a per participant rate of up to $50 per diem; or
143.20 	(iv) active military personnel and their immediate family members in need of 
143.21 	support services;
143.22 	(7) recreational, community, and athletic facilities and activities intended primarily 
143.23 	for persons under age 21, provided that such facilities and activities do not discriminate on 
143.24 	the basis of gender and the organization complies with section 349.154, subdivision 3a;
143.25 	(8) payment of local taxes authorized under this chapter, taxes imposed by the 
143.26 	United States on receipts from lawful gambling, the taxes imposed by section 297E.02, 
143.27 	subdivisions 1, 5, and 6, and the tax imposed on unrelated business income by section 
143.28 	290.05, subdivision 3;
143.29 	(9) payment of real estate taxes and assessments on permitted gambling premises 
143.30 	owned by the licensed organization paying the taxes, or wholly leased by a licensed 
143.31 	veterans organization under a national charter recognized under section 501(c)(19) of the 
143.32 	Internal Revenue Code;
143.33 	(10) a contribution to the United States, this state or any of its political subdivisions, 
143.34 	or any agency or instrumentality thereof other than a direct contribution to a law 
143.35 	enforcement or prosecutorial agency;
144.1 	(11) a contribution to or expenditure by a nonprofit organization which is a church 
144.2 	or body of communicants gathered in common membership for mutual support and 
144.3 	edification in piety, worship, or religious observances;
144.4 	(12) an expenditure for citizen monitoring of surface water quality by individuals 
144.5 	or nongovernmental organizations that is consistent with section 115.06, subdivision 4, 
144.6 	and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency guidance on monitoring procedures, quality 
144.7 	assurance protocols, and data management, provided that the resulting data is submitted 
144.8 	to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for review and inclusion in the state water 
144.9 	quality database;
144.10 	(13) a contribution to or expenditure on projects or activities approved by the 
144.11 	commissioner of natural resources for:
144.12 	(i) wildlife management projects that benefit the public at large;
144.13 	(ii) grant-in-aid trail maintenance and grooming established under sections 84.83 
144.14 	and 84.927, and other trails open to public use, including purchase or lease of equipment 
144.15 	for this purpose; and
144.16 	(iii) supplies and materials for safety training and educational programs coordinated 
144.17 	by the Department of Natural Resources, including the Enforcement Division;
144.18 	(14) conducting nutritional programs, food shelves, and congregate dining programs 
144.19 	primarily for persons who are age 62 or older or disabled;
144.20 	(15) a contribution to a community arts organization, or an expenditure to sponsor 
144.21 	arts programs in the community, including but not limited to visual, literary, performing, 
144.22 	or musical arts;
144.23 	(16) an expenditure by a licensed fraternal organization or a licensed veterans 
144.24 	organization for payment of water, fuel for heating, electricity, and sewer costs for:
144.25 	(i) up to 100 percent for a building wholly owned or wholly leased by and used as 
144.26 	the primary headquarters of the licensed veteran or fraternal organization; or
144.27 	(ii) a proportional amount subject to approval by the director and based on the 
144.28 	portion of a building used as the primary headquarters of the licensed veteran or fraternal 
144.29 	organization;
144.30 	(17) expenditure by a licensed veterans organization of up to $5,000 in a calendar 
144.31 	year in net costs to the organization for meals and other membership events, limited to 
144.32 	members and spouses, held in recognition of military service. No more than $5,000 can be 
144.33 	expended in total per calendar year under this clause by all licensed veterans organizations 
144.34 	sharing the same veterans post home;
144.35 	(18) payment of fees authorized under this chapter imposed by the state of Minnesota 
144.36 	to conduct lawful gambling in Minnesota;
145.1 	(19) a contribution or expenditure to honor an individual's humanitarian service 
145.2 	as demonstrated through philanthropy or volunteerism to the United States, this state, 
145.3 	or local community;
145.4 	(20) a contribution by a licensed organization to another licensed organization with 
145.5 	prior board approval, with the contribution designated to be used for one or more of the 
145.6 	following lawful purposes under this section: clauses (1) to (7), (11) to (15), (19), and (25);
145.7 	(21) an expenditure that is a contribution to a parent organization, if the parent 
145.8 	organization: (i) has not provided to the contributing organization within one year of the 
145.9 	contribution any money, grants, property, or other thing of value, and (ii) has received 
145.10 	prior board approval for the contribution that will be used for a program that meets one or 
145.11 	more of the lawful purposes under subdivision 7a;
145.12 	(22) an expenditure for the repair, maintenance, or improvement of real property 
145.13 	and capital assets owned by an organization, or for the replacement of a capital asset that 
145.14 	can no longer be repaired, with a fiscal year limit of five percent of gross profits from 
145.15 	the previous fiscal year, with no carryforward of unused allowances. The fiscal year is 
145.16 	July 1 through June 30. Total expenditures for the fiscal year may not exceed the limit 
145.17 	unless the board has specifically approved the expenditures that exceed the limit due to 
145.18 	extenuating circumstances beyond the organization's control. An expansion of a building 
145.19 	or bar-related expenditures are not allowed under this provision.
145.20 	(i) The expenditure must be related to the portion of the real property or capital asset 
145.21 	that must be made available for use free of any charge to other nonprofit organizations, 
145.22 	community groups, or service groups, and is used for the organization's primary mission 
145.23 	or headquarters.
145.24 	(ii) An expenditure may be made to bring an existing building that the organization 
145.25 	owns into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
145.26 	(iii) An organization may apply the amount that is allowed under item (ii) to the 
145.27 	erection or acquisition of a replacement building that is in compliance with the Americans 
145.28 	with Disabilities Act if the board has specifically approved the amount. The cost of 
145.29 	the erection or acquisition of a replacement building may not be made from gambling 
145.30 	proceeds, except for the portion allowed under this item;
145.31 	(23) an expenditure for the acquisition or improvement of a capital asset with a cost 
145.32 	greater than $2,000, excluding real property, that will be used exclusively for lawful 
145.33 	purposes under this section if the board has specifically approved the amount;
145.34 	(24) an expenditure for the acquisition, erection, improvement, or expansion of real 
145.35 	property, if the board has first specifically authorized the expenditure after finding that the 
145.36 	real property will be used exclusively for lawful purpose under this section;
146.1 	(25) an expenditure, including a mortgage payment or other debt service payment, 
146.2 	for the erection or acquisition of a comparable building to replace an organization-owned 
146.3 	building that was destroyed or made uninhabitable by fire or catastrophe or to replace an 
146.4 	organization-owned building that was taken or sold under an eminent domain proceeding. 
146.5 	The expenditure may be only for that part of the replacement cost not reimbursed by 
146.6 	insurance for the fire or catastrophe or compensation not received from a governmental 
146.7 	unit under the eminent domain proceeding, if the board has first specifically authorized 
146.8 	the expenditure; or
146.9 	(26) a contribution to a 501(c)(19) organization that does not have an organization 
146.10 	license under section 349.16 and is not affiliated with the contributing organization, and 
146.11 	whose owned or leased property is not a permitted premises under section 349.165. The 
146.12 	501(c)(19) organization may only use the contribution for lawful purposes under this 
146.13 	subdivision or for the organization's primary mission. The 501(c)(19) organization may 
146.14 	not use the contribution for expansion of a building or for bar-related expenditures. A 
146.15 	contribution may not be made to a statewide organization representing a consortia of 
146.16 	501(c)(19) organizations.
146.17 	(b) Expenditures authorized by the board under clauses (24) and (25) must be 
146.18 	51 percent completed within two years of the date of board approval; otherwise the 
146.19 	organization must reapply to the board for approval of the project. "Fifty-one percent 
146.20 	completed" means that the work completed must represent at least 51 percent of the value 
146.21 	of the project as documented by the contractor or vendor.
146.22 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), "lawful purpose" does not include:
146.23 	(1) any expenditure made or incurred for the purpose of influencing the nomination 
146.24 	or election of a candidate for public office or for the purpose of promoting or defeating a 
146.25 	ballot question;
146.26 	(2) any activity intended to influence an election or a governmental decision-making 
146.27 	process;
146.28 	(3) a contribution to a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town by a 
146.29 	licensed organization with the knowledge that the governmental unit intends to use the 
146.30 	contribution for a pension or retirement fund; or
146.31 	(4) a contribution to a 501(c)(3) organization or other entity with the intent or effect 
146.32 	of not complying with lawful purpose restrictions or requirements.

146.33 	Sec. 180. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 355.01, subdivision 3e, is amended to read:
146.34 		Subd. 3e.Judge. "Judge" means a judge as defined in section 490.121, subdivision 
146.35 	3 21b.

147.1 	Sec. 181. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 383B.213, is amended to read:
147.2 	383B.213 POWERS AND DUTIES.
147.3 	All powers and duties pertaining to health care and related services now or hereafter 
147.4 	exercisable or imposed by law upon Hennepin County shall be vested in the board of 
147.5 	commissioners. If, by general statute, provision is made for separate health boards, the 
147.6 	board of commissioners may assume the powers and duties of the boards or may create 
147.7 	separate health boards and make appointments to them as provided by statute. The board 
147.8 	may delegate authority and responsibility to the county administrator, who may designate 
147.9 	a person or persons to perform the tasks empowered or assigned. The powers and duties 
147.10 	of the board shall include, but not be limited to:
147.11 	(a) Those provided in chapter 145.
147.12 	(b) Those created by contract entered into with any other unit of government or the 
147.13 	University of Minnesota for health care and related services, or by contract or affiliation 
147.14 	agreement under section 383B.217, subdivision 5.
147.15 	(c) Those relating to mental health in chapter 245.
147.16 	(d) Those authorized under section 471.59.
147.17 	(e) Those contained expressly or by necessary implication in special statutes 
147.18 	applicable to Hennepin County.

147.19 	Sec. 182. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 383D.65, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
147.20 		Subd. 3.Filed surveys are public; deadline. Any registered licensed land surveyor 
147.21 	who shall perform a survey of land for an individual or corporation shall file a true 
147.22 	and correct copy of such survey in the office of the county surveyor within 30 days 
147.23 	after completion of the survey. The manner of filing, and all incidents thereof, shall be 
147.24 	determined by the county surveyor. All surveys so filed shall be public records and shall 
147.25 	be available at all reasonable times for inspection by any person.

147.26 	Sec. 183. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 389.03, is amended to read:
147.27 	389.03 COMPENSATION; RECORDS.
147.28 	(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the county board shall fix the compensation 
147.29 	of county surveyors or their deputies, including their necessary expenses. All records of 
147.30 	surveys are public records and must be made available by the county surveyor at all 
147.31 	reasonable times to inspection by any person. The county board shall, at the expense of 
147.32 	the county, provide to the county surveyor all proper and necessary files for keeping these 
147.33 	records. The county survey records must be kept in the office of the county surveyor or 
147.34 	of the county recorder of the county. If an office for the county surveyor is maintained 
148.1 	in a building maintained by the county for county purposes on a full-time basis, then the 
148.2 	records shall be kept in the office of the county surveyor.
148.3 	(b) If a county closes an office of the county surveyor that the county maintained in a 
148.4 	building maintained by the county for county purposes on a full-time basis, the county 
148.5 	shall transfer all certificates of location of corners filed with that office under section 
148.6 	160.15, subdivision 4, or381.12, subdivisions 1 and 3, to be recorded in the office of 
148.7 	the county recorder.

148.8 	Sec. 184. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 412.191, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
148.9 		Subdivision 1.Composition. The city council in a standard plan city shall consist 
148.10 	of the mayor, the clerk, and the three or five council members. In optional plan cities, 
148.11 	except those cities having a larger council under repealed Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
148.12 	section 412.023, subdivision 4, the council shall consist of the mayor and the four council 
148.13 	members. A majority of all the members shall constitute a quorum although a smaller 
148.14 	number may adjourn from time to time.

148.15 	Sec. 185. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 412.581, is amended to read:
148.16 	412.581 OFFICERS.
148.17 	In any city operating under Optional Plan A except a city having a larger council 
148.18 	under repealed Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 412.023, subdivision 4, the council shall 
148.19 	be composed of five or seven members consisting, except during the initial period of its 
148.20 	operation as provided in section 412.571, of the mayor and four or six council members 
148.21 	and, except as provided in that section, the clerk and treasurer or clerk-treasurer shall be 
148.22 	appointed by the council for indefinite terms.

148.23 	Sec. 186. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 414.0325, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
148.24 		Subd. 5.Planning in orderly annexation area. (a) An orderly annexation 
148.25 	agreement may provide for the establishment of a board to exercise planning and land use 
148.26 	control authority within any area designated as an orderly annexation area pursuant to this 
148.27 	section, in the manner prescribed by section 471.59. The orderly annexation agreement 
148.28 	may also delegate planning and land use authority to the municipalities or towns or may 
148.29 	establish some other process within the orderly annexation agreement to accomplish 
148.30 	planning and land use control of the designated area.
148.31 	(b) A board or other planning authority designated or established pursuant to an 
148.32 	orderly annexation agreement shall have all of the powers contained in sections 462.351 to 
149.1 	462.364, and shall have the authority to adopt and enforce the State Fire Code promulgated 
149.2 	pursuant to section 326B.02, subdivision 5.
149.3 	(c) The orderly annexation agreement may provide that joint planning and land use 
149.4 	controls shall apply to any or all parts of the area designated for orderly annexation as 
149.5 	well as to any adjacent unincorporated or incorporated area, provided that the area to be 
149.6 	included shall be described in the joint resolution.
149.7 	(d) If the orderly annexation agreement does not provide for joint planning and land 
149.8 	use control, delegate planning and land use control to the municipalities or towns, or 
149.9 	establish some other process for planning and land use authority, the following procedures 
149.10 	shall govern:
149.11 	(1) if the county and townships agree to exclude the area from their zoning 
149.12 	and subdivision ordinances, the municipality may extend its zoning and subdivision 
149.13 	regulations to include the entire orderly annexation area as provided in section 462.357, 
149.14 	subdivision 1, and section 462.358, subdivision 1 1a; or
149.15 	(2) if the county and township do not agree to such extraterritorial zoning and 
149.16 	subdivision regulation by the municipality, zoning and subdivision regulation within 
149.17 	the orderly annexation area shall be controlled by a three-member committee with one 
149.18 	member appointed from each of the municipal, town, and county governing bodies.
149.19 	(e) The committee under paragraph (d), clause (2), shall:
149.20 	(1) serve as the "governing body" and "board of appeals and adjustments," for 
149.21 	purposes of sections 462.357 and 462.358, within the orderly annexation area; and
149.22 	(2) have all of the powers contained in sections 462.351 to 462.364, and the 
149.23 	authority to adopt and enforce the State Fire Code promulgated pursuant to section 
149.24 	326B.02, subdivision 5.

149.25 	Sec. 187. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 446A.072, subdivision 14, is amended to 
149.26 	read:
149.27 		Subd. 14.Consistency with land use plans. A governmental unit applying for a 
149.28 	project in an unsewered area shall include in its application to the authority a certification 
149.29 	from the county in which the project is located that:
149.30 	(1) the project is consistent with the county comprehensive land use plan, if the 
149.31 	county has adopted one;
149.32 	(2) the project is consistent with the county water plan, if the county has adopted 
149.33 	one; and
149.34 	(3) the county has adopted specific land use ordinances or controls so as to meet or 
149.35 	exceed the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 7080.0305 7082.0050.

150.1 	Sec. 188. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 469.056, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
150.2 		Subdivision 1.Employees, Social Security. A port authority may employ or 
150.3 	contract for the engineering, legal, technical, clerical, stenographic, accounting, and other 
150.4 	assistance it considers advisable. An employee of a port authority under this chapter is an 
150.5 	"employee" under section 355.01, subdivision 4 2e, and by appropriate action of the port 
150.6 	authority is entitled to benefits under that section.

150.7 	Sec. 189. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 469.1734, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
150.8 		Subd. 5.Border city new industry credit. (a) To provide a tax incentive for new 
150.9 	industry in border cities, a corporation may be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by 
150.10 	section 290.02. The commissioner shall prescribe the method in which the credit may 
150.11 	be claimed. This may include allowing the credit only as a separately processed claim 
150.12 	for refund.
150.13 	(b) The credit equals one percent of the wages and salaries paid by the taxpayer 
150.14 	during the taxable year for employees whose principal place of work is located in a border 
150.15 	city but outside of a zone designated under section 469.1731. The credit applies for the 
150.16 	first three taxable years of the operation of the corporation in the border city. In the fourth 
150.17 	and fifth taxable years of the operation of the corporation in the border city, the credit 
150.18 	equals 0.5 percent of the wages and salaries. After the fifth year, no credit is allowed. The 
150.19 	city shall determine the amount of wages that qualify for the credit and issue tax credit 
150.20 	certificates in the correct amount.
150.21 	(c) The credit under this subdivision applies only to a corporate enterprise engaged 
150.22 	in assembling, fabricating, manufacturing, mixing, or processing of any agricultural, 
150.23 	mineral, or manufactured product or combinations of them.
150.24 	(d) The credit allowed under this subdivision may not exceed the lesser of:
150.25 	(1) the tax liability of the taxpayer for the taxable year; or
150.26 	(2) the amount of the tax credit certificates received by the taxpayer from the city, 
150.27 	less any tax credit certificates used under subdivisions 4 and subdivision 6, and section 
150.28 	469.1732, subdivision 2.

150.29 	Sec. 190. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 469.1734, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
150.30 		Subd. 6.Sales tax exemption; equipment; construction materials. (a) The gross 
150.31 	receipts from the sale of machinery and equipment and repair parts are exempt from 
150.32 	taxation under chapter 297A, if the machinery and equipment:
150.33 	(1) are used in connection with a trade or business;
151.1 	(2) are placed in service in a city that is authorized to designate a zone under section 
151.2 	469.1731, regardless of whether the machinery and equipment are used in a zone; and
151.3 	(3) have a useful life of 12 months or more.
151.4 	(b) The gross receipts from the sale of construction materials are exempt, if they are 
151.5 	used to construct:
151.6 	(1) a facility for use in a trade or business located in a city that is authorized to 
151.7 	designate a zone under section 469.1731, regardless of whether the facility is located in a 
151.8 	zone; or
151.9 	(2) housing that is located in a zone.
151.10 	The exemptions under this paragraph apply regardless of whether the purchase is made by 
151.11 	the owner, the user, or a contractor.
151.12 	(c) A purchaser may claim an exemption under this subdivision for tax on the 
151.13 	purchases up to, but not exceeding:
151.14 	(1) the amount of the tax credit certificates received from the city, less
151.15 	(2) any tax credit certificates used under the provisions of subdivisions 4 and 
151.16 	subdivision 5, and section 469.1732, subdivision 2.
151.17 	(d) The tax on sales of items exempted under this subdivision shall be imposed and 
151.18 	collected as if the applicable rate under section 297A.62 applied. Upon application by the 
151.19 	purchaser, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, a refund equal to the tax paid shall 
151.20 	be paid to the purchaser. The application must include sufficient information to permit 
151.21 	the commissioner to verify the sales tax paid and the eligibility of the claimant to receive 
151.22 	the credit. No more than two applications for refunds may be filed under this subdivision 
151.23 	in a calendar year. The provisions of section 289A.40 apply to the refunds payable 
151.24 	under this subdivision. There is annually appropriated to the commissioner of revenue 
151.25 	the amount required to make the refunds, which must be deducted from the amount of 
151.26 	the city's allocation under section 469.169, subdivision 12, that remains available and its 
151.27 	limitation under section 469.1735.
151.28 	(e) The amount to be refunded shall bear interest at the rate in section 270C.405 
151.29 	from 90 days after the refund claim is filed with the commissioner.

151.30 	Sec. 191. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 469.1734, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
151.31 		Subd. 7.Notice to competitors. (a) Before an exemption or other concession is 
151.32 	granted under subdivision 3 or 4, the procedure under this subdivision applies.
151.33 	(b) Unless the city council determines that no existing business within the city 
151.34 	would be a potential competitor of the project, the project operator shall publish two 
151.35 	notices to competitors of the application of the tax exemption or payments in lieu in the 
152.1 	official newspaper of the city. The city shall prescribe the form of the notice. The two 
152.2 	notices must be published at least one week apart. The publications must be completed 
152.3 	not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days before the city council approves the tax 
152.4 	exemption or payments in lieu of taxes.

152.5 	Sec. 192. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 469.1735, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
152.6 		Subdivision 1.Businesses must apply. To claim a tax credit under section 
152.7 	469.1732, subdivision 2, or 469.1734, subdivision 4 or 5, or an exemption from sales tax 
152.8 	under section 469.1734, subdivision 6, a business must apply to the city for a tax credit 
152.9 	certificate. As a condition of its application, the business must agree to furnish information 
152.10 	to the city that is sufficient to verify the eligibility for any credits or other tax reductions 
152.11 	claimed. The total amount of the state tax reductions allowed for the specified period may 
152.12 	not exceed the amount of the tax credit certificates provided by the city to the business. The 
152.13 	city must verify the amount of tax reduction or credits for which each business is eligible.

152.14 	Sec. 193. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 469.1763, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
152.15 		Subd. 2.Expenditures outside district. (a) For each tax increment financing 
152.16 	district, an amount equal to at least 75 percent of the total revenue derived from tax 
152.17 	increments paid by properties in the district must be expended on activities in the district 
152.18 	or to pay bonds, to the extent that the proceeds of the bonds were used to finance activities 
152.19 	in the district or to pay, or secure payment of, debt service on credit enhanced bonds. 
152.20 	For districts, other than redevelopment districts for which the request for certification 
152.21 	was made after June 30, 1995, the in-district percentage for purposes of the preceding 
152.22 	sentence is 80 percent. Not more than 25 percent of the total revenue derived from tax 
152.23 	increments paid by properties in the district may be expended, through a development fund 
152.24 	or otherwise, on activities outside of the district but within the defined geographic area of 
152.25 	the project except to pay, or secure payment of, debt service on credit enhanced bonds. 
152.26 	For districts, other than redevelopment districts for which the request for certification was 
152.27 	made after June 30, 1995, the pooling percentage for purposes of the preceding sentence is 
152.28 	20 percent. The revenue derived from tax increments for the district that are expended on 
152.29 	costs under section 469.176, subdivision 4h, paragraph (b), may be deducted first before 
152.30 	calculating the percentages that must be expended within and without the district.
152.31 	(b) In the case of a housing district, a housing project, as defined in section 469.174, 
152.32 	subdivision 11, is an activity in the district.
152.33 	(c) All administrative expenses are for activities outside of the district, except that 
152.34 	if the only expenses for activities outside of the district under this subdivision are for 
153.1 	the purposes described in paragraph (d), administrative expenses will be considered as 
153.2 	expenditures for activities in the district.
153.3 	(d) The authority may elect, in the tax increment financing plan for the district, 
153.4 	to increase by up to ten percentage points the permitted amount of expenditures for 
153.5 	activities located outside the geographic area of the district under paragraph (a). As 
153.6 	permitted by section 469.176, subdivision 4k, the expenditures, including the permitted 
153.7 	expenditures under paragraph (a), need not be made within the geographic area of the 
153.8 	project. Expenditures that meet the requirements of this paragraph are legally permitted 
153.9 	expenditures of the district, notwithstanding section 469.176, subdivisions 4b, 4c, and 4j. 
153.10 	To qualify for the increase under this paragraph, the expenditures must:
153.11 	(1) be used exclusively to assist housing that meets the requirement for a qualified 
153.12 	low-income building, as that term is used in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
153.13 	(2) not exceed the qualified basis of the housing, as defined under section 42(c) of 
153.14 	the Internal Revenue Code, less the amount of any credit allowed under section 42 of 
153.15 	the Internal Revenue Code; and
153.16 	(3) be used to:
153.17 	(i) acquire and prepare the site of the housing;
153.18 	(ii) acquire, construct, or rehabilitate the housing; or
153.19 	(iii) make public improvements directly related to the housing; or
153.20 	(4) be used to develop housing:
153.21 	(i) if the market value of the housing does not exceed the lesser of:
153.22 	(A) 150 percent of the average market value of single-family homes in that 
153.23 	municipality; or
153.24 	(B) $200,000 for municipalities located in the metropolitan area, as defined in 
153.25 	section 473.121, or $125,000 for all other municipalities; and
153.26 	(ii) if the expenditures are used to pay the cost of site acquisition, relocation, 
153.27 	demolition of existing structures, site preparation, and pollution abatement on one or 
153.28 	more parcels, if the parcel contains a residence containing one to four family dwelling 
153.29 	units that has been vacant for six or more months and is in foreclosure as defined in 
153.30 	section 325N.10, subdivision 7, but without regard to whether the residence is the owner's 
153.31 	principal residence, and only after the redemption period has expired.
153.32 	(e) For a district created within a biotechnology and health sciences industry zone 
153.33 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.330, subdivision 6, or for an existing 
153.34 	district located within such a zone, tax increment derived from such a district may be 
153.35 	expended outside of the district but within the zone only for expenditures required for the 
153.36 	construction of public infrastructure necessary to support the activities of the zone, land 
154.1 	acquisition, and other redevelopment costs as defined in section 469.176, subdivision 4j. 
154.2 	These expenditures are considered as expenditures for activities within the district. The 
154.3 	authority provided by this paragraph expires for expenditures made after the later of (1) 
154.4 	December 31, 2015, or (2) the end of the five-year period beginning on the date the district 
154.5 	was certified, provided that date was before January 1, 2016.
154.6 	(f) (e) The authority under paragraph (d), clause (4), expires on December 31, 2016. 
154.7 	Increments may continue to be expended under this authority after that date, if they are 
154.8 	used to pay bonds or binding contracts that would qualify under subdivision 3, paragraph 
154.9 	(a), if December 31, 2016, is considered to be the last date of the five-year period after 
154.10 	certification under that provision.

154.11 	Sec. 194. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.388, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
154.12 		Subd. 4.Financial assistance. (a) The council must grant the requested financial 
154.13 	assistance if it determines that the proposed service is intended to replace the service to 
154.14 	the applying city or town or combination thereof by the council and that the proposed 
154.15 	service will meet the needs of the applicant at least as efficiently and effectively as the 
154.16 	existing service.
154.17 	(b) The amount of assistance which the council must provide to a system under this 
154.18 	section may not be less than the sum of the amounts determined for each municipality 
154.19 	comprising the system as follows:
154.20 	(1) the transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision by the 
154.21 	municipality in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit services levied by the 
154.22 	municipality for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from 
154.23 	the areawide pool under section 473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), plus the portion of 
154.24 	the municipality's aid under Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 273.1398, subdivision 2, 
154.25 	attributable to the transit levy; times
154.26 	(2) the ratio of (i) an amount equal to 3.74 percent of the state revenues generated 
154.27 	from the taxes imposed under chapter 297B for the current fiscal year to (ii) the total 
154.28 	transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision in calendar year 2001 
154.29 	or the tax revenues for transit services levied by all replacement service municipalities 
154.30 	under this section for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived 
154.31 	from the areawide pool under section 473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), plus the portion 
154.32 	of homestead and agricultural credit aid under Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 273.1398, 
154.33 	subdivision 2, attributable to nondebt transit levies, times
154.34 	(3) the ratio of (i) the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable 
154.35 	in 2006 divided by the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable in 
155.1 	2001, to (ii) the total taxable market value of all property located in replacement service 
155.2 	municipalities for taxes payable in 2006 divided by the total taxable market value of all 
155.3 	property located in replacement service municipalities for taxes payable in 2001.
155.4 	(c) The council shall pay the amount to be provided to the recipient from the funds 
155.5 	the council receives in the metropolitan area transit account under section 16A.88.

155.6 	Sec. 195. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.39, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
155.7 		Subdivision 1.General authority. The council may issue general obligation bonds 
155.8 	subject to the volume limitations in this section to provide funds to implement the council's 
155.9 	transit capital improvement program and may issue general obligation bonds not subject to 
155.10 	the limitations for the refunding of outstanding bonds or certificates of indebtedness of the 
155.11 	council, the former regional transit board or the former metropolitan transit commission, 
155.12 	and judgments against the former regional transit board or the former metropolitan transit 
155.13 	commission or the council. The council may not issue obligations pursuant to this 
155.14 	subdivision, other than refunding bonds, in excess of the amount specifically authorized 
155.15 	by law. Except as otherwise provided in sections 473.371 to 473.449, the council shall 
155.16 	provide for the issuance, sale, and security of the bonds in the manner provided in chapter 
155.17 	475, and has the same powers and duties as a municipality issuing bonds under that law, 
155.18 	except that no election is required and the net debt limitations in chapter 475 do not apply 
155.19 	to the bonds. The obligations are not a debt of the state or any municipality or political 
155.20 	subdivision within the meaning of any debt limitation or requirement pertaining to those 
155.21 	entities. Neither the state, nor any municipality or political subdivision except the council, 
155.22 	nor any member or officer or employee of the council, is liable on the obligations. The 
155.23 	obligations may be secured by taxes levied without limitation of rate or amount upon 
155.24 	all taxable property in the transit taxing district and transit area as provided in section 
155.25 	473.446, subdivision 1, clause (c) (a). As part of its levy made under section 473.446, 
155.26 	subdivision 1, clause (c) (a), the council shall levy the amounts necessary to provide full 
155.27 	and timely payment of the obligations and transfer the proceeds to the appropriate council 
155.28 	account for payment of the obligations. The taxes must be levied, certified, and collected 
155.29 	in accordance with the terms and conditions of the indebtedness.

155.30 	Sec. 196. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.8441, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
155.31 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. "Number of households" has the meaning given in 
155.32 	Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 477A.011, subdivision 3a.

155.33 	Sec. 197. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 480.35, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
156.1 		Subd. 2.Duties and responsibilities. (a) The State Guardian Ad Litem Board shall 
156.2 	create and administer a statewide, independent guardian ad litem program to advocate for 
156.3 	the best interests of children, minor parents, and incompetent adults in juvenile and family 
156.4 	court cases as defined in Rule 901.01 of the Rules of Guardian Ad Litem Procedure in 
156.5 	Juvenile and Family Court matters.
156.6 	(b) The board shall:
156.7 	(1) approve and recommend to the legislature a budget for the board and the 
156.8 	guardian ad litem program;
156.9 	(2) establish procedures for distribution of funding under this section to the guardian 
156.10 	ad litem program; and
156.11 	(3) establish guardian ad litem program standards, administrative policies, 
156.12 	procedures, and rules consistent with statute, rules of court, and laws that affect a 
156.13 	volunteer or employee guardian ad litem's work, including the Minnesota Indian Family 
156.14 	Preservation Act under sections 260.751 to 260.835; the federal Multiethnic Placement 
156.15 	Act of 1994 under United States Code, title 42, section 662 and amendments; and the 
156.16 	federal Indian Child Welfare Act under United States Code, title 25, section 1901 et seq.
156.17 	(c) The board may:
156.18 	(1) adopt standards, policies, or procedures necessary to ensure quality advocacy for 
156.19 	the best interests of children; and
156.20 	(2) propose statutory changes to the legislature and rule changes to the Supreme 
156.21 	Court that are in the best interests of children and the operation of the guardian ad litem 
156.22 	program; and.
156.23 	(3) appoint an advisory committee to make recommendations to assist the board in 
156.24 	its duties and to report to the board on issues related to the guardian ad litem program. 
156.25 	The advisory committee shall be subject to the provisions of section 15.059 and shall 
156.26 	expire on June 30, 2014.

156.27 	Sec. 198. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 484.87, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
156.28 		Subd. 5.Assistance of attorney general.  An attorney for a statutory or home 
156.29 	rule charter city in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, 
156.30 	may request, and the attorney general may provide, assistance in prosecuting nonfelony 
156.31 	violations of section 609.66, subdivision 1; 609.666; 624.713, subdivision 2; 624.7131, 
156.32 	subdivision 11; 624.7132, subdivision 15; 624.714, subdivision 1 1a or 10; 624.7162, 
156.33 	subdivision 3; or 624.7181, subdivision 2.

157.1 	Sec. 199. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 501C.0103, is amended to read:
157.2 	501C.0103 DEFINITIONS.
157.3 	In this chapter:
157.4 	(a) "Action" with respect to an act of a trustee includes a failure to act.
157.5 	(b) "Ascertainable standard" means a standard relating to an individual's health, 
157.6 	education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of section 2041(b)(1)(A) or 
157.7 	2514(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on January 1, 2016.
157.8 	(c) "Beneficiary" means a person that:
157.9 	(1) has a present or future beneficial interest in a trust, vested or contingent; or
157.10 	(2) in a capacity other than that of trustee, holds a power of appointment over trust 
157.11 	property.
157.12 	(d) "Charitable trust" means a trust, or portion of a trust, created for a charitable 
157.13 	purpose described in section 501B.35.
157.14 	(e) "Conservator" means a person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate 
157.15 	of a protected person under sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-903.
157.16 	(f) "Environmental law" means a federal, state, or local law, rule, regulation, or 
157.17 	ordinance relating to protection of the environment.
157.18 	(g) "Guardian" means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or 
157.19 	incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment, but excludes one who 
157.20 	is a guardian ad litem, under sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-903.
157.21 	(h) "Interests of the beneficiaries" means the beneficial interests provided in the 
157.22 	terms of the trust.
157.23 	(i) "Jurisdiction," with respect to a geographic area, includes a state or country.
157.24 	(j) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, 
157.25 	partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, 
157.26 	governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other 
157.27 	legal or commercial entity.
157.28 	(k) "Power of withdrawal" means a presently exercisable general power of 
157.29 	appointment other than a power:
157.30 	(1) exercisable by a trustee and limited by an ascertainable standard; or
157.31 	(2) exercisable by another person only upon consent of the trustee or a person 
157.32 	holding an adverse interest.
157.33 	(l) "Property" means anything that may be the subject of ownership, whether real or 
157.34 	personal, legal or equitable, or any interest therein.
157.35 	(m) "Qualified beneficiary" means a beneficiary who, on the date the beneficiary's 
157.36 	qualification is determined:
158.1 	(1) is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal;
158.2 	(2) would be a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal if 
158.3 	the interests of the distributees described in clause (1) terminated on that date without 
158.4 	causing the trust to terminate; or
158.5 	(3) would be a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal if 
158.6 	the trust terminated on that date.
158.7 	(n) "Revocable," as applied to a trust, means revocable by the settlor without the 
158.8 	consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.
158.9 	(o) "Settlor" means a person, including a testator, who creates or contributes property 
158.10 	to a trust. If more than one person creates or contributes property to a trust, each person is 
158.11 	a settlor of the portion of the trust property attributable to that person's contribution except 
158.12 	to the extent another person has the power to revoke or withdraw that portion.
158.13 	(p) "Spendthrift provision" means a term of a trust which restricts both voluntary 
158.14 	and involuntary transfer of a beneficiary's interest.
158.15 	(q) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
158.16 	Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the 
158.17 	jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian tribe or band recognized by 
158.18 	federal law or formally acknowledged by a state.
158.19 	(r) "Terms of a trust" means the manifestation of the settlor's intent regarding a 
158.20 	trust's provisions as expressed in the trust instrument or as may be established by other 
158.21 	evidence that would be admissible in a judicial proceeding.
158.22 	(s) "Trust instrument" means an instrument executed by the settlor that contains 
158.23 	terms of the trust, including any amendments thereto.
158.24 	(t) "Trustee" includes an original, additional, and successor trustee, and a cotrustee, 
158.25 	whether or not appointed or confirmed by a court.

158.26 	Sec. 200. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 501C.0111, is amended to read:
158.27 	501C.0111 NONJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS.
158.28 	(a) For purposes of this section, "interested persons" means persons whose consent 
158.29 	would be required in order to achieve a binding settlement were the settlement to be 
158.30 	approved by the court.
158.31 	(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), interested persons may enter 
158.32 	into a binding nonjudicial settlement agreement with respect to any matter involving a 
158.33 	trust. including but not limited to:
158.34 	(1) the interpretation or construction of the terms of the trust;
158.35 	(2) the approval of a trustee's report or accounting;
159.1 	(3) direction to a trustee to refrain from performing a particular act or the grant to a 
159.2 	trustee of any necessary or desirable power;
159.3 	(4) the resignation or appointment of a trustee and the determination of a trustee's 
159.4 	compensation;
159.5 	(5) transfer of a trust's principal place of administration; and
159.6 	(6) liability of a trustee for an action relating to the trust.
159.7 	(c) A nonjudicial settlement agreement is valid only to the extent it does not violate 
159.8 	a material purpose of the trust and includes terms and conditions that could be properly 
159.9 	approved by the court under this chapter or other applicable law.
159.10 	(d) Matters that may be resolved by a nonjudicial settlement agreement include:
159.11 	(1) the interpretation or construction of the terms of the trust;
159.12 	(2) the approval of a trustee's report or accounting;
159.13 	(3) direction to a trustee to refrain from performing a particular act or the grant to a 
159.14 	trustee of any necessary or desirable power;
159.15 	(4) the resignation or appointment of a trustee and the determination of a trustee's 
159.16 	compensation;
159.17 	(5) transfer of a trust's principal place of administration; and
159.18 	(6) liability of a trustee for an action relating to the trust.
159.19 	(e) (d) Any interested person may request that the court approve a nonjudicial 
159.20 	settlement agreement, to determine whether the representation as provided in sections 
159.21 	501C.0301 to 501C.0305 was adequate, and to determine whether the agreement contains 
159.22 	terms and conditions the court could have properly approved.

159.23 	Sec. 201. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 517.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
159.24 		Subd. 4.Report. The local registrar of each county shall annually report to the 
159.25 	Department of Health the number of civil marriage licenses issued in the county for which 
159.26 	the fee in subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), was paid and the number for which the fee in 
159.27 	subdivision 1b, paragraph (b) (c), was paid.

159.28 	Sec. 202. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 557.021, is amended to read:
159.29 	557.021 LIS PENDENS; NOTICE; LIMIT, TEN YEARS.
159.30 	On and after January 1, 1948, No lis pendens now of record or hereafter filed shall 
159.31 	be notice, either actual or constructive, of the pendency of any action or of any of the 
159.32 	matters referred to in the court files and records pertaining to the action noticed by such lis 
159.33 	pendens, after such lis pendens has been of record for ten years unless a new notice of lis 
159.34 	pendens in the same action is filed within said ten years.

160.1 	Sec. 203. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 604.175, is amended to read:
160.2 	604.175 COMPLIANCE WITH DEBT COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS.
160.3 	(a) Any patient may bring an action to enjoin extraordinary collection actions taken 
160.4 	by a nonprofit hospital if the hospital has failed to provide a plain language summary of 
160.5 	the financial assistance policy. A prevailing patient is entitled to reasonable attorney 
160.6 	fees and costs.
160.7 	(b) For the purposes of this section:
160.8 	(1) "extraordinary collection actions" means an action described in Code of Federal 
160.9 	Regulations, title 26, section 1.501 (r)-6;
160.10 	(2) "financial assistance policy" means a written policy that meets the requirements 
160.11 	described in Code of Federal Regulations, title 26, section 1.501 (r)-4;
160.12 	(3) "nonprofit hospital" means a hospital that claims federal tax status under United 
160.13 	States Code, title 26, section 501(r); and
160.14 	(4) "plain language summary" has the meaning given in Code of Federal Regulations, 
160.15 	title 26, section 501(r)-1 1.501(r)-1.

160.16 	Sec. 204. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.232, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
160.17 		Subd. 3.Facility. (a) "Facility" means a hospital or other entity required to be 
160.18 	licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58; a nursing home required to be licensed to serve 
160.19 	adults under section 144A.02; a home care provider licensed or required to be licensed 
160.20 	under section 144A.46 sections 144A.43 to 144A.482; a residential or nonresidential 
160.21 	facility required to be licensed to serve adults under sections 245A.01 to 245A.16; or a 
160.22 	person or organization that exclusively offers, provides, or arranges for personal care 
160.23 	assistance services under the medical assistance program as authorized under sections 
160.24 	256B.0625, subdivision 19a, 256B.0651, 256B.0653, and 256B.0654.
160.25 	(b) For home care providers and personal care attendants, the term "facility" refers 
160.26 	to the provider or person or organization that exclusively offers, provides, or arranges for 
160.27 	personal care services, and does not refer to the client's home or other location at which 
160.28 	services are rendered.

160.29 	Sec. 205. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.232, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
160.30 		Subd. 11.Vulnerable adult. "Vulnerable adult" means any person 18 years of 
160.31 	age or older who:
160.32 	(1) is a resident inpatient of a facility;
160.33 	(2) receives services at or from a facility required to be licensed to serve adults 
160.34 	under sections 245A.01 to 245A.15, except that a person receiving outpatient services for 
161.1 	treatment of chemical dependency or mental illness, or one who is committed as a sexual 
161.2 	psychopathic personality or as a sexually dangerous person under chapter 253B, is not 
161.3 	considered a vulnerable adult unless the person meets the requirements of clause (4);
161.4 	(3) receives services from a home care provider required to be licensed under 
161.5 	section 144A.46 sections 144A.43 to 144A.482; or from a person or organization that 
161.6 	exclusively offers, provides, or arranges for personal care assistance services under the 
161.7 	medical assistance program as authorized under sections 256B.0625, subdivision 19a, 
161.8 	256B.0651 to 256B.0654, and 256B.0659; or
161.9 	(4) regardless of residence or whether any type of service is received, possesses a 
161.10 	physical or mental infirmity or other physical, mental, or emotional dysfunction:
161.11 	(i) that impairs the individual's ability to provide adequately for the individual's 
161.12 	own care without assistance, including the provision of food, shelter, clothing, health 
161.13 	care, or supervision; and
161.14 	(ii) because of the dysfunction or infirmity and the need for assistance, the individual 
161.15 	has an impaired ability to protect the individual from maltreatment.

161.16 	Sec. 206. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609.495, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
161.17 		Subdivision 1.Definition of crime. (a) Whoever harbors, conceals, aids, or assists 
161.18 	by word or acts another whom the actor knows or has reason to know has committed 
161.19 	a crime under the laws of this or another state or of the United States with intent that 
161.20 	such offender shall avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment, may be 
161.21 	sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more 
161.22 	than $5,000, or both if the crime committed or attempted by the other person is a felony.
161.23 	(b) Whoever knowingly harbors, conceals, or aids a person who is on probation, 
161.24 	parole, or supervised release because of a felony level conviction and for whom an 
161.25 	arrest and detention order has been issued, with intent that the person evade or escape 
161.26 	being taken into custody under the order, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not 
161.27 	more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both. As 
161.28 	used in this paragraph, "arrest and detention order" means a written order to take and 
161.29 	detain a probationer, parolee, or supervised releasee that is issued under section 243.05, 
161.30 	subdivision 1; 244.19, subdivision 4 244.195; or 401.02, subdivision 4 401.025.

161.31 	Sec. 207. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609B.127, is amended to read:
161.32 	609B.127 HOME CARE EMPLOYMENT; DISQUALIFICATION.
161.33 	Under section 144A.46 144A.476:
162.1 	(1) no person may be involved in the management, operation, or control of a home 
162.2 	care provider if the person has been disqualified under the provisions of chapter 245C; and
162.3 	(2) employees, contractors, and volunteers of a home care provider or hospice with 
162.4 	prior criminal convictions shall be disqualified under the provisions of chapter 245C.

162.5 	Sec. 208. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609B.132, is amended to read:
162.6 	609B.132 TRANSPORTATION; COLLATERAL SANCTIONS.
162.7 	Sections 609B.133 to 609B.137 609B.136 provide references to collateral sanctions 
162.8 	related to transportation.

162.9 	Sec. 209. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 611A.52, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
162.10 		Subd. 8.Economic loss. (a) "Economic loss" means actual economic detriment 
162.11 	incurred as a direct result of injury or death.
162.12 	(b) In the case of injury the term is limited to:
162.13 	(1) reasonable expenses incurred for necessary medical, chiropractic, hospital, 
162.14 	rehabilitative, and dental products, services, or accommodations, including ambulance 
162.15 	services, drugs, appliances, and prosthetic devices;
162.16 	(2) reasonable expenses associated with recreational therapy where a claimant has 
162.17 	suffered amputation of a limb;
162.18 	(3) reasonable expenses incurred for psychological or psychiatric products, services, 
162.19 	or accommodations, not to exceed an amount to be set by the board, where the nature of 
162.20 	the injury or the circumstances of the crime are such that the treatment is necessary to 
162.21 	the rehabilitation of the victim;
162.22 	(4) loss of income that the victim would have earned had the victim not been injured;
162.23 	(5) reasonable expenses incurred for substitute child care or household services to 
162.24 	replace those the victim or claimant would have performed had the victim or the claimant's 
162.25 	child not been injured. As used in this clause, "child care services" means services 
162.26 	provided by facilities licensed under and in compliance with either Minnesota Rules, 
162.27 	parts 9502.0315 to 9502.0445, or 9545.0510 to 9545.0670 9503.0005 to 9503.0170, or 
162.28 	exempted from licensing requirements pursuant to section 245A.03. Licensed facilities 
162.29 	must be paid at a rate not to exceed their standard rate of payment. Facilities exempted 
162.30 	from licensing requirements must be paid at a rate not to exceed $3 an hour per child for 
162.31 	daytime child care or $4 an hour per child for evening child care;
162.32 	(6) reasonable expenses actually incurred to return a child who was a victim of a 
162.33 	crime under section 609.25 or 609.26 to the child's parents or lawful custodian. These 
163.1 	expenses are limited to transportation costs, meals, and lodging from the time the child 
163.2 	was located until the child was returned home; and
163.3 	(7) the claimant's moving expenses, storage fees, and phone and utility installation 
163.4 	fees, up to a maximum of $1,000 per claim, if the move is necessary due to a reasonable 
163.5 	fear of danger related to the crime for which the claim was filed.
163.6 	(c) In the case of death the term is limited to:
163.7 	(1) reasonable expenses actually incurred for funeral, burial, or cremation, not to 
163.8 	exceed an amount to be determined by the board on the first day of each fiscal year;
163.9 	(2) reasonable expenses for medical, chiropractic, hospital, rehabilitative, 
163.10 	psychological and psychiatric services, products or accommodations which were incurred 
163.11 	prior to the victim's death and for which the victim's survivors or estate are liable;
163.12 	(3) loss of support, including contributions of money, products or goods, but 
163.13 	excluding services which the victim would have supplied to dependents if the victim 
163.14 	had lived; and
163.15 	(4) reasonable expenses incurred for substitute child care and household services 
163.16 	to replace those which the victim or claimant would have performed for the benefit of 
163.17 	dependents if the victim or the claimant's child had lived.
163.18 	Claims for loss of support for minor children made under clause (3) must be paid for 
163.19 	three years or until the child reaches 18 years old, whichever is the shorter period. After 
163.20 	three years, if the child is younger than 18 years old a claim for loss of support may be 
163.21 	resubmitted to the board, and the board staff shall evaluate the claim giving consideration 
163.22 	to the child's financial need and to the availability of funds to the board. Claims for loss 
163.23 	of support for a spouse made under clause (3) shall also be reviewed at least once every 
163.24 	three years. The board staff shall evaluate the claim giving consideration to the spouse's 
163.25 	financial need and to the availability of funds to the board.
163.26 	Claims for substitute child care services made under clause (4) must be limited to 
163.27 	the actual care that the deceased victim would have provided to enable surviving family 
163.28 	members to pursue economic, educational, and other activities other than recreational 
163.29 	activities.

163.30 	Sec. 210. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 624.713, subdivision 1, 
163.31 	is amended to read:
163.32 		Subdivision 1.Ineligible persons. The following persons shall not be entitled to 
163.33 	possess ammunition or a pistol or semiautomatic military-style assault weapon or, except 
163.34 	for clause (1), any other firearm:
164.1 	(1) a person under the age of 18 years except that a person under 18 may possess 
164.2 	ammunition designed for use in a firearm that the person may lawfully possess and may 
164.3 	carry or possess a pistol or semiautomatic military-style assault weapon (i) in the actual 
164.4 	presence or under the direct supervision of the person's parent or guardian, (ii) for the 
164.5 	purpose of military drill under the auspices of a legally recognized military organization 
164.6 	and under competent supervision, (iii) for the purpose of instruction, competition, or target 
164.7 	practice on a firing range approved by the chief of police or county sheriff in whose 
164.8 	jurisdiction the range is located and under direct supervision; or (iv) if the person has 
164.9 	successfully completed a course designed to teach marksmanship and safety with a pistol 
164.10 	or semiautomatic military-style assault weapon and approved by the commissioner of 
164.11 	natural resources;
164.12 	(2) except as otherwise provided in clause (9), a person who has been convicted of, 
164.13 	or adjudicated delinquent or convicted as an extended jurisdiction juvenile for committing, 
164.14 	in this state or elsewhere, a crime of violence. For purposes of this section, crime of 
164.15 	violence includes crimes in other states or jurisdictions which would have been crimes of 
164.16 	violence as herein defined if they had been committed in this state;
164.17 	(3) a person who is or has ever been committed in Minnesota or elsewhere by 
164.18 	a judicial determination that the person is mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or 
164.19 	mentally ill and dangerous to the public, as defined in section 253B.02, to a treatment 
164.20 	facility, or who has ever been found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of 
164.21 	mental illness, unless the person's ability to possess a firearm and ammunition has been 
164.22 	restored under subdivision 4;
164.23 	(4) a person who has been convicted in Minnesota or elsewhere of a misdemeanor or 
164.24 	gross misdemeanor violation of chapter 152, unless three years have elapsed since the 
164.25 	date of conviction and, during that time, the person has not been convicted of any other 
164.26 	such violation of chapter 152 or a similar law of another state; or a person who is or has 
164.27 	ever been committed by a judicial determination for treatment for the habitual use of a 
164.28 	controlled substance or marijuana, as defined in sections 152.01 and 152.02, unless the 
164.29 	person's ability to possess a firearm and ammunition has been restored under subdivision 4;
164.30 	(5) a person who has been committed to a treatment facility in Minnesota or 
164.31 	elsewhere by a judicial determination that the person is chemically dependent as defined 
164.32 	in section 253B.02, unless the person has completed treatment or the person's ability to 
164.33 	possess a firearm and ammunition has been restored under subdivision 4. Property rights 
164.34 	may not be abated but access may be restricted by the courts;
164.35 	(6) a peace officer who is informally admitted to a treatment facility pursuant to 
164.36 	section 253B.04 for chemical dependency, unless the officer possesses a certificate from 
165.1 	the head of the treatment facility discharging or provisionally discharging the officer from 
165.2 	the treatment facility. Property rights may not be abated but access may be restricted 
165.3 	by the courts;
165.4 	(7) a person, including a person under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, who 
165.5 	has been charged with committing a crime of violence and has been placed in a pretrial 
165.6 	diversion program by the court before disposition, until the person has completed the 
165.7 	diversion program and the charge of committing the crime of violence has been dismissed;
165.8 	(8) except as otherwise provided in clause (9), a person who has been convicted in 
165.9 	another state of committing an offense similar to the offense described in section 609.224, 
165.10 	subdivision 3, against a family or household member or section 609.2242, subdivision 
165.11 	3, unless three years have elapsed since the date of conviction and, during that time, the 
165.12 	person has not been convicted of any other violation of section 609.224, subdivision 3, or 
165.13 	609.2242, subdivision 3, or a similar law of another state;
165.14 	(9) a person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of assaulting a family 
165.15 	or household member and who was found by the court to have used a firearm in any way 
165.16 	during commission of the assault is prohibited from possessing any type of firearm or 
165.17 	ammunition for the period determined by the sentencing court;
165.18 	(10) a person who:
165.19 	(i) has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a 
165.20 	term exceeding one year;
165.21 	(ii) is a fugitive from justice as a result of having fled from any state to avoid 
165.22 	prosecution for a crime or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding;
165.23 	(iii) is an unlawful user of any controlled substance as defined in chapter 152;
165.24 	(iv) has been judicially committed to a treatment facility in Minnesota or elsewhere 
165.25 	as a person who is mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or mentally ill and dangerous to 
165.26 	the public, as defined in section 253B.02;
165.27 	(v) is an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in the United States;
165.28 	(vi) has been discharged from the armed forces of the United States under 
165.29 	dishonorable conditions;
165.30 	(vii) has renounced the person's citizenship having been a citizen of the United 
165.31 	States; or
165.32 	(viii) is disqualified from possessing a firearm under United States Code, title 18, 
165.33 	section 922(g)(8) or (9), as amended through March 1, 2014;
165.34 	(11) a person who has been convicted of the following offenses at the gross 
165.35 	misdemeanor level, unless three years have elapsed since the date of conviction and, during 
165.36 	that time, the person has not been convicted of any other violation of these sections: section 
166.1 	609.229 (crimes committed for the benefit of a gang); 609.2231, subdivision 4 (assaults 
166.2 	motivated by bias); 609.255 (false imprisonment); 609.378 (neglect or endangerment of a 
166.3 	child); 609.582, subdivision 4 (burglary in the fourth degree); 609.665 (setting a spring 
166.4 	gun); 609.71 (riot); or 609.749 (stalking). For purposes of this paragraph, the specified 
166.5 	gross misdemeanor convictions include crimes committed in other states or jurisdictions 
166.6 	which would have been gross misdemeanors if conviction occurred in this state;
166.7 	(12) a person who has been convicted of a violation of section 609.224 if the court 
166.8 	determined that the assault was against a family or household member in accordance with 
166.9 	section 609.2242, subdivision 8 3 (domestic assault), unless three years have elapsed since 
166.10 	the date of conviction and, during that time, the person has not been convicted of another 
166.11 	violation of section 609.224 or a violation of a section listed in clause (11); or
166.12 	(13) a person who is subject to an order for protection as described in section 
166.13 	260C.201, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), or 518B.01, subdivision 6, paragraph (g).
166.14 	A person who issues a certificate pursuant to this section in good faith is not 
166.15 	liable for damages resulting or arising from the actions or misconduct with a firearm or 
166.16 	ammunition committed by the individual who is the subject of the certificate.
166.17 	The prohibition in this subdivision relating to the possession of firearms other than 
166.18 	pistols and semiautomatic military-style assault weapons does not apply retroactively 
166.19 	to persons who are prohibited from possessing a pistol or semiautomatic military-style 
166.20 	assault weapon under this subdivision before August 1, 1994.
166.21 	The lifetime prohibition on possessing, receiving, shipping, or transporting firearms 
166.22 	and ammunition for persons convicted or adjudicated delinquent of a crime of violence 
166.23 	in clause (2), applies only to offenders who are discharged from sentence or court 
166.24 	supervision for a crime of violence on or after August 1, 1993.
166.25 	For purposes of this section, "judicial determination" means a court proceeding 
166.26 	pursuant to sections 253B.07 to 253B.09 or a comparable law from another state.

166.27 	Sec. 211. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 626.556, subdivision 3c, 
166.28 	is amended to read:
166.29 		Subd. 3c.Local welfare agency, Department of Human Services or Department 
166.30 	of Health responsible for assessing or investigating reports of maltreatment. (a) 
166.31 	The county local welfare agency is the agency responsible for assessing or investigating 
166.32 	allegations of maltreatment in child foster care, family child care, legally unlicensed 
166.33 	child care, juvenile correctional facilities licensed under section 241.021 located in the 
166.34 	local welfare agency's county, and reports involving children served by an unlicensed 
166.35 	personal care provider organization under section 256B.0659. Copies of findings related 
167.1 	to personal care provider organizations under section 256B.0659 must be forwarded to 
167.2 	the Department of Human Services provider enrollment.
167.3 	(b) The Department of Human Services is the agency responsible for assessing or 
167.4 	investigating allegations of maltreatment in facilities licensed under chapters 245A and 
167.5 	245D, except for child foster care and family child care.
167.6 	(c) The Department of Health is the agency responsible for assessing or investigating 
167.7 	allegations of child maltreatment in facilities licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58 and 
167.8 	144A.46 144A.43 to 144A.482.

167.9 	Sec. 212. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 626.5572, subdivision 6, 
167.10 	is amended to read:
167.11 		Subd. 6.Facility. (a) "Facility" means a hospital or other entity required to be 
167.12 	licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58; a nursing home required to be licensed to serve 
167.13 	adults under section 144A.02; a facility or service required to be licensed under chapter 
167.14 	245A; a home care provider licensed or required to be licensed under section 144A.46  
167.15 	sections 144A.43 to 144A.482; a hospice provider licensed under sections 144A.75 to 
167.16 	144A.755; or a person or organization that offers, provides, or arranges for personal care 
167.17 	assistance services under the medical assistance program as authorized under section 
167.18 	256B.0625, subdivision 19a, sections 256B.0651 to 256B.0654, section 256B.0659, or 
167.19 	section 256B.85.
167.20 	(b) For services identified in paragraph (a) that are provided in the vulnerable adult's 
167.21 	own home or in another unlicensed location, the term "facility" refers to the provider, 
167.22 	person, or organization that offers, provides, or arranges for personal care services, and does 
167.23 	not refer to the vulnerable adult's home or other location at which services are rendered.

167.24 	Sec. 213. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 626.5572, subdivision 21, 
167.25 	is amended to read:
167.26 		Subd. 21.Vulnerable adult. (a) "Vulnerable adult" means any person 18 years of 
167.27 	age or older who:
167.28 	(1) is a resident or inpatient of a facility;
167.29 	(2) receives services required to be licensed under chapter 245A, except that a 
167.30 	person receiving outpatient services for treatment of chemical dependency or mental 
167.31 	illness, or one who is served in the Minnesota sex offender program on a court-hold order 
167.32 	for commitment, or is committed as a sexual psychopathic personality or as a sexually 
167.33 	dangerous person under chapter 253B, is not considered a vulnerable adult unless the 
167.34 	person meets the requirements of clause (4);
168.1 	(3) receives services from a home care provider required to be licensed under section 
168.2 	144A.46 sections 144A.43 to 144A.482; or from a person or organization that offers, 
168.3 	provides, or arranges for personal care assistance services under the medical assistance 
168.4 	program as authorized under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a, 256B.0651, 256B.0653, 
168.5 	256B.0654, 256B.0659, or 256B.85; or
168.6 	(4) regardless of residence or whether any type of service is received, possesses a 
168.7 	physical or mental infirmity or other physical, mental, or emotional dysfunction:
168.8 	(i) that impairs the individual's ability to provide adequately for the individual's 
168.9 	own care without assistance, including the provision of food, shelter, clothing, health 
168.10 	care, or supervision; and
168.11 	(ii) because of the dysfunction or infirmity and the need for care or services, the 
168.12 	individual has an impaired ability to protect the individual's self from maltreatment.
168.13 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "care or services" means care or services for the 
168.14 	health, safety, welfare, or maintenance of an individual.

168.15 	Sec. 214. Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

168.16	Subd. 4.Fiscal Agent
 		12,957,000
		11,737,000
	
168.17 	The appropriations under this section are to 
168.18 	the commissioner of administration for the 
168.19 	purposes specified.
168.20 	In-Lieu of Rent. $8,158,000 the first year 
168.21 	and $8,158,000 the second year are for 
168.22 	space costs of the legislature and veterans 
168.23 	organizations, ceremonial space, and 
168.24 	statutorily free space. In-lieu of rent may be 
168.25 	used for rent loss and relocation expenses 
168.26 	related to the Capitol restoration in the fiscal 
168.27 	year 2014-2015 biennium and fiscal year 
168.28 	2016-2017 biennium. 
168.29 	Relocation Expenses. $1,380,000 the first 
168.30 	year and $960,000 the second year are for 
168.31 	rent loss and relocation expenses related 
168.32 	to the Capitol renovation project. This is a 
168.33 	onetime appropriation.
169.1 	Public Broadcasting. (a) $1,550,000 the 
169.2 	first year and $1,550,000 the second year are 
169.3 	for matching grants for public television.
169.4 	(b) $550,000 the first year and $250,000 
169.5 	the second year are for public television 
169.6 	equipment grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
169.7 	section 129D.13.
169.8 	(c) The commissioner of administration 
169.9 	must consider the recommendations of the 
169.10 	Minnesota Public Television Association 
169.11 	before allocating the amount appropriated 
169.12 	in paragraphs (a) and (b) for equipment or 
169.13 	matching grants.
169.14 	(d) $592,000 the first year and $392,000 the 
169.15 	second year are for community service grants 
169.16 	to public educational radio stations. This 
169.17 	appropriation may be used to disseminate 
169.18 	emergency information in foreign languages.
169.19 	(e) $167,000 the first year and $117,000 
169.20 	the second year are for equipment grants 
169.21 	to public educational radio stations. This 
169.22 	appropriation may be used for the repair, 
169.23 	rental, and purchase of equipment including 
169.24 	equipment under $500.
169.25 	(f) $560,000 the first year and $310,000 
169.26 	the second year are for equipment grants 
169.27 	to Minnesota Public Radio, Inc., including 
169.28 	upgrades to Minnesota's Emergency Alert 
169.29 	and AMBER Alert Systems.
169.30 	(g) The appropriations in paragraphs (d), 
169.31 	(e), and (f), may not be used for indirect 
169.32 	costs claimed by an institution or governing 
169.33 	body. The commissioner of administration 
169.34 	must consider the recommendations of 
169.35 	the Minnesota Public Educational Radio 
170.1 	Stations before awarding grants under 
170.2 	Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14, using 
170.3 	the appropriations in paragraphs (d), and (e), 
170.4 	and (f). No grantee is eligible for a grant of 
170.5 	the appropriations in paragraph (d) and (e) 
170.6 	unless they are a member of the Association 
170.7 	of Minnesota Public Educational Radio 
170.8 	Stations on or before July 1, 2015.
170.9 	(h) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
170.10 	the first year for grants to public television or 
170.11 	radio stations does not cancel and is available 
170.12 	for the second year.

170.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.

170.14 	Sec. 215. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 170.15 		Subdivision 1.Terminology. In Minnesota Statutes, sections 289A.55, subdivision 
170.16 	6; 290A.09; 296A.15, subdivision 3; 297A.84; 297E.14, subdivision 5; 297F.18, 
170.17 	subdivision 5; and 297G.17, subdivision 5, the revisor of statutes shall delete the words 
170.18 	"the department" and insert the words "the commissioner."
170.19 		Subd. 2.Erroneous reference. In Minnesota Statutes, section 326B.43, the revisor 
170.20 	of statutes shall replace references to "Minnesota Rules, part 4715.3130" with "Minnesota 
170.21 	Rules, part 1300.0215, subpart 6."
170.22 		Subd. 3.Erroneous range reference. In Minnesota Statutes, sections 245.462, 
170.23 	subdivisions 16 and 23; 245.472, subdivision 2; 245.802, subdivision 2a; 245A.095, 
170.24 	subdivision 2; 256B.25, subdivision 3; 256I.05, subdivision 2; and 295.50, subdivision 9b, 
170.25 	the revisor of statutes shall change the range reference "Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0500 
170.26 	to 9520.0690" to "Minnesota Rules, parts 9520.0500 to 9520.0670."
170.27 		Subd. 4.Erroneous range reference. In Minnesota Statutes, sections 252.41, 
170.28 	subdivision 3; 252.42; 252.44; 252.45; and 252.50, subdivision 5, the revisor of statutes 
170.29 	shall replace the range reference to "Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0015 to 9525.0165" to 
170.30 	"Minnesota Rules, parts 9525.0004 to 9525.0036."
170.31 		Subd. 5.Erroneous range reference. In Minnesota Statutes, sections 62N.25, 
170.32 	subdivision 5; 62Q.1055; 62Q.47; 256L.03, subdivision 2; and 256L.12, subdivision 8, 
170.33 	the revisor of statutes shall replace references to "Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6600 to 
170.34 	9530.6660" to "Minnesota Rules, parts 9530.6600 to 9530.6655."
171.1 		Subd. 6.Erroneous range reference. In Minnesota Statutes, sections 184.21 and 
171.2 	184.24, the revisor of statutes shall replace references to Minnesota Statutes, section 
171.3 	184.40, with Minnesota Statutes, section 184.41.
171.4 		Subd. 7.Erroneous reference. The revisor of statutes shall change references to 
171.5 	"176.101, subdivision 3" to "176.101, subdivision 2a" where it appears in Minnesota 
171.6 	Statutes, sections 176.011, subdivision 18, and 176.105, subdivision 2.
171.7 		Subd. 8.Erroneous reference. In Minnesota Rules, part 2955.0090, subpart 3, item 
171.8 	A, the revisor of statutes shall change references to "148B.21" to "148E.055."
171.9 		Subd. 9.Erroneous reference. The revisor of statutes shall delete ", has provided a 
171.10 	certification under section 326.107, subdivision 5, to the board," where it appears in 
171.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 326.10, subdivisions 8 and 9.

171.12 	Sec. 216.  REPEALER.
 171.13 		Subdivision 1.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 40A.03, is 
171.14 	repealed.
171.15 		Subd. 2.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 93.223, 
171.16 	subdivision 2, is repealed.
171.17 		Subd. 3.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 147.031, is repealed.
171.18 		Subd. 4.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 148.232, is repealed.
171.19 		Subd. 5.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.482, 
171.20 	subdivision 5, is repealed.
171.21 		Subd. 6.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.966, 
171.22 	subdivision 1, is repealed.
171.23 		Subd. 7.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 259.24, 
171.24 	subdivision 8, is repealed.
171.25 		Subd. 8.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.0692, is repealed.
171.26 		Subd. 9.Obsolete subdivisions. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.191, 
171.27 	subdivisions 9, 10, 11, and 12, are repealed.
171.28 		Subd. 10.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.71, 
171.29 	subdivision 42, is repealed.
171.30 		Subd. 11.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.71, 
171.31 	subdivision 46, is repealed.
171.32 		Subd. 12.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.71, 
171.33 	subdivision 47, is repealed.
171.34 		Subd. 13.Obsolete subdivisions. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.2961, 
171.35 	subdivisions 5, 6, and 7, are repealed.
172.1 		Subd. 14.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 386.23, is repealed.
172.2 		Subd. 15.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 507.30, is repealed.
172.3 		Subd. 16.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 507.37, is repealed.
172.4 		Subd. 17.Obsolete section. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 557.07, is repealed.
172.5 		Subd. 18.Conflict resolution. Laws 2014, chapter 286, article 6, section 2, is 
172.6 	repealed.
172.7 		Subd. 19.Conflict resolution. Laws 2015, chapter 45, section 17, is repealed.
172.8 		Subd. 20.Conflict resolution. Laws 2015, chapter 68, article 14, section 8, is 
172.9 	repealed.
172.10 		Subd. 21.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.48, 
172.11 	subdivision 9, is repealed.

172.12 	Sec. 217. SUPERSEDING ACTS.
 172.13 	Any amendments or repeals enacted in the 2016 session of the legislature to sections 
172.14 	also amended or repealed in this act supersede the amendments or repeals in this act, 
172.15 	regardless of order of enactment.

172.16 	ARTICLE 2
172.17 	GENERAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL CARE

172.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.739, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
172.19 		Subd. 2a.Limitations. Compensation paid under this section is limited to 
172.20 	reimbursement for medical expenses and compensation for permanent total disability, 
172.21 	permanent partial disability, or death. Reimbursement for medical expenses under this 
172.22 	section is limited to the amount which would be payable for the same expenses under the 
172.23 	medical assistance program authorized under chapter 256B. No compensation shall be 
172.24 	paid under this section for pain and suffering. Payments made under this section shall be 
172.25 	reduced by any proceeds received by the claimant or the medical care provider from any 
172.26 	insurance policy covering the loss. For the purposes of this section, "insurance policy" 
172.27 	does not include the medical assistance program authorized under chapter 256B or the 
172.28 	general assistance medical care program authorized under chapter 256D.

172.29 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.7394, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
172.30 		Subd. 3.Payments from other sources. (a) Notwithstanding any statutory or 
172.31 	common law or agreement to the contrary, a person who is not a third-party tortfeasor and 
172.32 	who is required to make payments, including future payments, to a survivor may eliminate 
172.33 	or reduce those payments as a result of compensation paid to the survivor under section 
173.1 	3.7393 or from the emergency relief fund only to the extent those payments represent 
173.2 	damages for future losses for which the survivor received compensation under section 
173.3 	3.7393 or from the emergency relief fund. The obligation of any person other than the 
173.4 	state to make payments to a survivor is primary as compared to any payment made or to 
173.5 	be made under section 3.7393 or from the emergency relief fund. The persons referenced 
173.6 	in and covered by this subdivision and subdivision 4 include, without limitation:
173.7 	(1) reparation obligors, as defined in section 65B.43, subdivision 9, whether they are 
173.8 	insurers or self-insurers;
173.9 	(2) health plan companies, as defined in section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, including the 
173.10 	Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association created under section 62E.10;
173.11 	(3) insurance companies, as defined in section 60A.02, subdivision 4;
173.12 	(4) self-insured pools of political subdivisions organized under section 471.617 or 
173.13 	471.981, including service cooperatives pools organized under section 123A.21;
173.14 	(5) risk retention groups, as defined in section 60E.02, subdivision 12;
173.15 	(6) joint self-insurance plans governed by chapter 60F;
173.16 	(7) workers' compensation insurers and private self-insurers, as defined in section 
173.17 	79.01;
173.18 	(8) the Minnesota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association governed by 
173.19 	chapter 61B;
173.20 	(9) the Minnesota Insurance Guaranty Association governed by chapter 60C;
173.21 	(10) the Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association governed by chapter 62I;
173.22 	(11) all insurers providing credit life, credit accident and health, and credit 
173.23 	involuntary unemployment insurance under chapter 62B, but also including those 
173.24 	coverages written in connection with real estate mortgage loans and those provided to 
173.25 	borrowers at no additional cost;
173.26 	(12) the Minnesota unemployment insurance program provided under chapter 268;
173.27 	(13) coverage offered by the state under medical assistance, general assistance 
173.28 	medical care, and MinnesotaCare; and
173.29 	(14) any other plan providing health, life, disability income, or long-term care 
173.30 	coverage.
173.31 	(b) A third-party tortfeasor who is required to make payments, including future 
173.32 	payments, to a survivor may not eliminate or reduce those payments as a result of 
173.33 	compensation paid to a survivor under section 3.7393 or from the emergency relief fund 
173.34 	or as a result of the survivor's release of claims against the state, a municipality, or their 
173.35 	employees under section 3.7393.

174.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
174.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section:
174.3 	(a) "Individual" means an individual according to section 13.02, subdivision 8, 
174.4 	but does not include a vendor of services.
174.5 	(b) "Program" includes all programs for which authority is vested in a component of 
174.6 	the welfare system according to statute or federal law, including, but not limited to, the 
174.7 	aid to families with dependent children program formerly codified in sections 256.72 to 
174.8 	256.87, Minnesota family investment program, temporary assistance for needy families 
174.9 	program, medical assistance, general assistance, general assistance medical care formerly 
174.10 	codified in chapter 256D, child care assistance program, and child support collections.
174.11 	(c) "Welfare system" includes the Department of Human Services, local social 
174.12 	services agencies, county welfare agencies, private licensing agencies, the public authority 
174.13 	responsible for child support enforcement, human services boards, community mental 
174.14 	health center boards, state hospitals, state nursing homes, the ombudsman for mental health 
174.15 	and developmental disabilities, and persons, agencies, institutions, organizations, and other 
174.16 	entities under contract to any of the above agencies to the extent specified in the contract.
174.17 	(d) "Mental health data" means data on individual clients and patients of community 
174.18 	mental health centers, established under section 245.62, mental health divisions of 
174.19 	counties and other providers under contract to deliver mental health services, or the 
174.20 	ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities.
174.21 	(e) "Fugitive felon" means a person who has been convicted of a felony and who has 
174.22 	escaped from confinement or violated the terms of probation or parole for that offense.
174.23 	(f) "Private licensing agency" means an agency licensed by the commissioner of 
174.24 	human services under chapter 245A to perform the duties under section 245A.16.

174.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 13.46, subdivision 2, is amended 
174.26 	to read:
174.27 		Subd. 2.General. (a) Data on individuals collected, maintained, used, or 
174.28 	disseminated by the welfare system are private data on individuals, and shall not be 
174.29 	disclosed except:
174.30 	(1) according to section 13.05;
174.31 	(2) according to court order;
174.32 	(3) according to a statute specifically authorizing access to the private data;
174.33 	(4) to an agent of the welfare system and an investigator acting on behalf of a county, 
174.34 	the state, or the federal government, including a law enforcement person or attorney in the 
175.1 	investigation or prosecution of a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding relating to 
175.2 	the administration of a program;
175.3 	(5) to personnel of the welfare system who require the data to verify an individual's 
175.4 	identity; determine eligibility, amount of assistance, and the need to provide services 
175.5 	to an individual or family across programs; coordinate services for an individual or 
175.6 	family; evaluate the effectiveness of programs; assess parental contribution amounts; 
175.7 	and investigate suspected fraud;
175.8 	(6) to administer federal funds or programs;
175.9 	(7) between personnel of the welfare system working in the same program;
175.10 	(8) to the Department of Revenue to assess parental contribution amounts for 
175.11 	purposes of section 252.27, subdivision 2a, administer and evaluate tax refund or tax credit 
175.12 	programs and to identify individuals who may benefit from these programs. The following 
175.13 	information may be disclosed under this paragraph: an individual's and their dependent's 
175.14 	names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, income, addresses, and other data as 
175.15 	required, upon request by the Department of Revenue. Disclosures by the commissioner 
175.16 	of revenue to the commissioner of human services for the purposes described in this clause 
175.17 	are governed by section 270B.14, subdivision 1. Tax refund or tax credit programs include, 
175.18 	but are not limited to, the dependent care credit under section 290.067, the Minnesota 
175.19 	working family credit under section 290.0671, the property tax refund and rental credit 
175.20 	under section 290A.04, and the Minnesota education credit under section 290.0674;
175.21 	(9) between the Department of Human Services, the Department of Employment 
175.22 	and Economic Development, and when applicable, the Department of Education, for 
175.23 	the following purposes:
175.24 	(i) to monitor the eligibility of the data subject for unemployment benefits, for any 
175.25 	employment or training program administered, supervised, or certified by that agency;
175.26 	(ii) to administer any rehabilitation program or child care assistance program, 
175.27 	whether alone or in conjunction with the welfare system;
175.28 	(iii) to monitor and evaluate the Minnesota family investment program or the child 
175.29 	care assistance program by exchanging data on recipients and former recipients of food 
175.30 	support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance 
175.31 	under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L, or a 
175.32 	medical program formerly codified under chapter 256D; and
175.33 	(iv) to analyze public assistance employment services and program utilization, 
175.34 	cost, effectiveness, and outcomes as implemented under the authority established in Title 
175.35 	II, Sections 201-204 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 
175.36 	1999. Health records governed by sections 144.291 to 144.298 and "protected health 
176.1 	information" as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 160.103, and 
176.2 	governed by Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, parts 160-164, including health care 
176.3 	claims utilization information, must not be exchanged under this clause;
176.4 	(10) to appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if knowledge of 
176.5 	the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the individual or other 
176.6 	individuals or persons;
176.7 	(11) data maintained by residential programs as defined in section 245A.02 may 
176.8 	be disclosed to the protection and advocacy system established in this state according 
176.9 	to Part C of Public Law 98-527 to protect the legal and human rights of persons with 
176.10 	developmental disabilities or other related conditions who live in residential facilities for 
176.11 	these persons if the protection and advocacy system receives a complaint by or on behalf 
176.12 	of that person and the person does not have a legal guardian or the state or a designee of 
176.13 	the state is the legal guardian of the person;
176.14 	(12) to the county medical examiner or the county coroner for identifying or locating 
176.15 	relatives or friends of a deceased person;
176.16 	(13) data on a child support obligor who makes payments to the public agency 
176.17 	may be disclosed to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to the extent necessary to 
176.18 	determine eligibility under section 136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5);
176.19 	(14) participant Social Security numbers and names collected by the telephone 
176.20 	assistance program may be disclosed to the Department of Revenue to conduct an 
176.21 	electronic data match with the property tax refund database to determine eligibility under 
176.22 	section 237.70, subdivision 4a;
176.23 	(15) the current address of a Minnesota family investment program participant 
176.24 	may be disclosed to law enforcement officers who provide the name of the participant 
176.25 	and notify the agency that:
176.26 	(i) the participant:
176.27 	(A) is a fugitive felon fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after 
176.28 	conviction, for a crime or attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the 
176.29 	jurisdiction from which the individual is fleeing; or
176.30 	(B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal law;
176.31 	(ii) the location or apprehension of the felon is within the law enforcement officer's 
176.32 	official duties; and
176.33 	(iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper exercise of those duties;
176.34 	(16) the current address of a recipient of general assistance or general assistance 
176.35 	medical care may be disclosed to probation officers and corrections agents who are 
177.1 	supervising the recipient and to law enforcement officers who are investigating the 
177.2 	recipient in connection with a felony level offense;
177.3 	(17) information obtained from food support applicant or recipient households may 
177.4 	be disclosed to local, state, or federal law enforcement officials, upon their written request, 
177.5 	for the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of the Food Stamp Act, according 
177.6 	to Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 272.1(c);
177.7 	(18) the address, Social Security number, and, if available, photograph of any 
177.8 	member of a household receiving food support shall be made available, on request, to a 
177.9 	local, state, or federal law enforcement officer if the officer furnishes the agency with the 
177.10 	name of the member and notifies the agency that:
177.11 	(i) the member:
177.12 	(A) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, for a 
177.13 	crime or attempt to commit a crime that is a felony in the jurisdiction the member is fleeing;
177.14 	(B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal 
177.15 	law; or
177.16 	(C) has information that is necessary for the officer to conduct an official duty related 
177.17 	to conduct described in subitem (A) or (B);
177.18 	(ii) locating or apprehending the member is within the officer's official duties; and
177.19 	(iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper exercise of the officer's official 
177.20 	duty;
177.21 	(19) the current address of a recipient of Minnesota family investment program, 
177.22 	general assistance, general assistance medical care, or food support may be disclosed to 
177.23 	law enforcement officers who, in writing, provide the name of the recipient and notify the 
177.24 	agency that the recipient is a person required to register under section 243.166, but is not 
177.25 	residing at the address at which the recipient is registered under section 243.166;
177.26 	(20) certain information regarding child support obligors who are in arrears may be 
177.27 	made public according to section 518A.74;
177.28 	(21) data on child support payments made by a child support obligor and data on 
177.29 	the distribution of those payments excluding identifying information on obligees may be 
177.30 	disclosed to all obligees to whom the obligor owes support, and data on the enforcement 
177.31 	actions undertaken by the public authority, the status of those actions, and data on the 
177.32 	income of the obligor or obligee may be disclosed to the other party;
177.33 	(22) data in the work reporting system may be disclosed under section 256.998, 
177.34 	subdivision 7;
177.35 	(23) to the Department of Education for the purpose of matching Department of 
177.36 	Education student data with public assistance data to determine students eligible for free 
178.1 	and reduced-price meals, meal supplements, and free milk according to United States 
178.2 	Code, title 42, sections 1758, 1761, 1766, 1766a, 1772, and 1773; to allocate federal and 
178.3 	state funds that are distributed based on income of the student's family; and to verify 
178.4 	receipt of energy assistance for the telephone assistance plan;
178.5 	(24) the current address and telephone number of program recipients and emergency 
178.6 	contacts may be released to the commissioner of health or a community health board as 
178.7 	defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5, when the commissioner or community health 
178.8 	board has reason to believe that a program recipient is a disease case, carrier, suspect case, 
178.9 	or at risk of illness, and the data are necessary to locate the person;
178.10 	(25) to other state agencies, statewide systems, and political subdivisions of this 
178.11 	state, including the attorney general, and agencies of other states, interstate information 
178.12 	networks, federal agencies, and other entities as required by federal regulation or law for 
178.13 	the administration of the child support enforcement program;
178.14 	(26) to personnel of public assistance programs as defined in section 256.741, for 
178.15 	access to the child support system database for the purpose of administration, including 
178.16 	monitoring and evaluation of those public assistance programs;
178.17 	(27) to monitor and evaluate the Minnesota family investment program by 
178.18 	exchanging data between the Departments of Human Services and Education, on recipients 
178.19 	and former recipients of food support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 
178.20 	256K, child care assistance under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 
178.21 	256D, or 256L, or a medical program formerly codified under chapter 256D;
178.22 	(28) to evaluate child support program performance and to identify and prevent 
178.23 	fraud in the child support program by exchanging data between the Department of Human 
178.24 	Services, Department of Revenue under section 270B.14, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a) 
178.25 	and (b), without regard to the limitation of use in paragraph (c), Department of Health, 
178.26 	Department of Employment and Economic Development, and other state agencies as is 
178.27 	reasonably necessary to perform these functions;
178.28 	(29) counties operating child care assistance programs under chapter 119B may 
178.29 	disseminate data on program participants, applicants, and providers to the commissioner 
178.30 	of education;
178.31 	(30) child support data on the child, the parents, and relatives of the child may be 
178.32 	disclosed to agencies administering programs under titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social 
178.33 	Security Act, as authorized by federal law; or
178.34 	(31) to a health care provider governed by sections 144.291 to 144.298, to the extent 
178.35 	necessary to coordinate services.
179.1 	(b) Information on persons who have been treated for drug or alcohol abuse may 
179.2 	only be disclosed according to the requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 
179.3 	42, sections 2.1 to 2.67.
179.4 	(c) Data provided to law enforcement agencies under paragraph (a), clause (15), 
179.5 	(16), (17), or (18), or paragraph (b), are investigative data and are confidential or protected 
179.6 	nonpublic while the investigation is active. The data are private after the investigation 
179.7 	becomes inactive under section 13.82, subdivision 5, paragraph (a) or (b).
179.8 	(d) Mental health data shall be treated as provided in subdivisions 7, 8, and 9, but are 
179.9 	not subject to the access provisions of subdivision 10, paragraph (b).
179.10 	For the purposes of this subdivision, a request will be deemed to be made in writing 
179.11 	if made through a computer interface system.

179.12 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.124, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
179.13 		Subd. 4a.Invoice errors; Department of Human Services. For purposes of 
179.14 	Department of Human Services payments to hospitals receiving reimbursement under the 
179.15 	medical assistance and general assistance medical care programs program, if an invoice 
179.16 	is incorrect, defective, or otherwise improper, the Department of Human Services must 
179.17 	notify the hospital of all errors, within 30 days of discovery of the errors.

179.18 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.124, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
179.19 		Subd. 4b.Health care payments. (a) The commissioner of human services must 
179.20 	pay or deny a valid vendor obligation for health services under the medical assistance, 
179.21 	general assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare program within 30 days after receipt. 
179.22 	A "valid vendor obligation" means a clean claim submitted directly to the commissioner 
179.23 	by an eligible health care provider for health services provided to an eligible recipient. 
179.24 	A "clean claim" means an original paper or electronic claim with correct data elements, 
179.25 	prepared in accordance with the commissioner's published specifications for claim 
179.26 	preparation, that does not require an attachment or text information to pay or deny the 
179.27 	claim. Adjustment claims, claims with attachments and text information, and claims 
179.28 	submitted to the commissioner as the secondary or tertiary payer, that have been prepared 
179.29 	in accordance with the commissioner's published specifications, must be adjudicated 
179.30 	within 90 days after receipt.
179.31 	For purposes of this subdivision, paragraphs (b) and (c) apply.
179.32 	(b) The agency is not required to make an interest penalty payment on claims for 
179.33 	which payment has been delayed for purposes of reviewing potentially fraudulent or 
179.34 	abusive billing practices, if there is an eventual finding by the agency of fraud or abuse.
180.1 	(c) The agency is not required to make an interest penalty payment of less than $2.

180.2 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 62A.045, is amended to read:
180.3 	62A.045 PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF ENROLLEES IN GOVERNMENT 
180.4 	HEALTH PROGRAMS.
180.5 	(a) As a condition of doing business in Minnesota or providing coverage to 
180.6 	residents of Minnesota covered by this section, each health insurer shall comply with the 
180.7 	requirements of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law 109-171, including 
180.8 	any federal regulations adopted under that act, to the extent that it imposes a requirement 
180.9 	that applies in this state and that is not also required by the laws of this state. This section 
180.10 	does not require compliance with any provision of the federal act prior to the effective date 
180.11 	provided for that provision in the federal act. The commissioner shall enforce this section.
180.12 	For the purpose of this section, "health insurer" includes self-insured plans, group 
180.13 	health plans (as defined in section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
180.14 	Act of 1974), service benefit plans, managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit 
180.15 	managers, or other parties that are by contract legally responsible to pay a claim for a 
180.16 	health-care item or service for an individual receiving benefits under paragraph (b).
180.17 	(b) No plan offered by a health insurer issued or renewed to provide coverage to 
180.18 	a Minnesota resident shall contain any provision denying or reducing benefits because 
180.19 	services are rendered to a person who is eligible for or receiving medical benefits pursuant 
180.20 	to title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid) in this or any other state; chapter 256; or 
180.21 	256B; or 256D or services pursuant to section 252.27; 256L.01 to 256L.10; 260B.331, 
180.22 	subdivision 2; 260C.331, subdivision 2; or 393.07, subdivision 1 or 2. No health insurer 
180.23 	providing benefits under plans covered by this section shall use eligibility for medical 
180.24 	programs named in this section as an underwriting guideline or reason for nonacceptance 
180.25 	of the risk.
180.26 	(c) If payment for covered expenses has been made under state medical programs for 
180.27 	health care items or services provided to an individual, and a third party has a legal liability 
180.28 	to make payments, the rights of payment and appeal of an adverse coverage decision for the 
180.29 	individual, or in the case of a child their responsible relative or caretaker, will be subrogated 
180.30 	to the state agency. The state agency may assert its rights under this section within three 
180.31 	years of the date the service was rendered. For purposes of this section, "state agency" 
180.32 	includes prepaid health plans under contract with the commissioner according to sections 
180.33 	256B.69, 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), and 256L.12; children's mental health 
180.34 	collaboratives under section 245.493; demonstration projects for persons with disabilities 
181.1 	under section 256B.77; nursing homes under the alternative payment demonstration project 
181.2 	under section 256B.434; and county-based purchasing entities under section 256B.692.
181.3 	(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when a person covered by a plan 
181.4 	offered by a health insurer receives medical benefits according to any statute listed in this 
181.5 	section, payment for covered services or notice of denial for services billed by the provider 
181.6 	must be issued directly to the provider. If a person was receiving medical benefits through 
181.7 	the Department of Human Services at the time a service was provided, the provider must 
181.8 	indicate this benefit coverage on any claim forms submitted by the provider to the health 
181.9 	insurer for those services. If the commissioner of human services notifies the health 
181.10 	insurer that the commissioner has made payments to the provider, payment for benefits or 
181.11 	notices of denials issued by the health insurer must be issued directly to the commissioner. 
181.12 	Submission by the department to the health insurer of the claim on a Department of 
181.13 	Human Services claim form is proper notice and shall be considered proof of payment of 
181.14 	the claim to the provider and supersedes any contract requirements of the health insurer 
181.15 	relating to the form of submission. Liability to the insured for coverage is satisfied to the 
181.16 	extent that payments for those benefits are made by the health insurer to the provider or 
181.17 	the commissioner as required by this section.
181.18 	(e) When a state agency has acquired the rights of an individual eligible for medical 
181.19 	programs named in this section and has health benefits coverage through a health insurer, 
181.20 	the health insurer shall not impose requirements that are different from requirements 
181.21 	applicable to an agent or assignee of any other individual covered.
181.22 	(f) A health insurer must process a clean claim made by a state agency for covered 
181.23 	expenses paid under state medical programs within 90 business days of the claim's 
181.24 	submission. A health insurer must process all other claims made by a state agency for 
181.25 	covered expenses paid under a state medical program within the timeline set forth in Code 
181.26 	of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 447.45(d)(4).
181.27 	(g) A health insurer may request a refund of a claim paid in error to the Department 
181.28 	of Human Services within two years of the date the payment was made to the department. 
181.29 	A request for a refund shall not be honored by the department if the health insurer makes 
181.30 	the request after the time period has lapsed.

181.31 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62A.046, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
181.32 		Subd. 4.Deductible provision. Payments made by an enrollee or by the 
181.33 	commissioner on behalf of an enrollee in the MinnesotaCare program under sections 
181.34 	256L.01 to 256L.10, or a person receiving benefits under chapter 256B or 256D, for 
182.1 	services that are covered by the policy or plan of health insurance shall, for purposes of 
182.2 	the deductible, be treated as if made by the insured.

182.3 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62A.095, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
182.4 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. (a) A health plan may not be offered, sold, or issued to 
182.5 	a resident of this state, or to cover a resident of this state, unless the health plan complies 
182.6 	with subdivision 2.
182.7 	(b) Health plans providing benefits under health care programs administered by the 
182.8 	commissioner of human services are not subject to the limits described in subdivision 
182.9 	2 but are subject to the right of subrogation provisions under section 256B.37 and the 
182.10 	lien provisions under section 256.015; 256B.042; Minnesota Statutes 2010, 256D.03, 
182.11 	subdivision 8; or 256L.03, subdivision 6.
182.12 	For purposes of this section, "health plan" includes coverage that is excluded under 
182.13 	section 62A.011, subdivision 3, clauses (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10).

182.14 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62D.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
182.15 		Subd. 5.Participation; government programs. Health maintenance organizations 
182.16 	shall, as a condition of receiving and retaining a certificate of authority, participate in 
182.17 	the medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare programs. 
182.18 	A health maintenance organization is required to submit proposals in good faith that 
182.19 	meet the requirements of the request for proposal provided that the requirements can 
182.20 	be reasonably met by a health maintenance organization to serve individuals eligible 
182.21 	for the above programs in a geographic region of the state if, at the time of publication 
182.22 	of a request for proposal, the percentage of recipients in the public programs in the 
182.23 	region who are enrolled in the health maintenance organization is less than the health 
182.24 	maintenance organization's percentage of the total number of individuals enrolled in health 
182.25 	maintenance organizations in the same region. Geographic regions shall be defined by the 
182.26 	commissioner of human services in the request for proposals.

182.27 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62D.09, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
182.28 		Subd. 8.Membership cards; summary of complaints. Each health maintenance 
182.29 	organization shall issue a membership card to its enrollees. The membership card must:
182.30 	(1) identify the health maintenance organization;
182.31 	(2) include the name, address, and telephone number to call if the enrollee has a 
182.32 	complaint;
183.1 	(3) include the telephone number to call or the instruction on how to receive 
183.2 	authorization for emergency care; and
183.3 	(4) include one of the following:
183.4 	(i) the telephone number to call to appeal to or file a complaint with the 
183.5 	commissioner of health; or
183.6 	(ii) for persons enrolled under section 256B.69, 256B.77, 256D.03, or 256L.12, the 
183.7 	telephone number to call to file a complaint with the ombudsperson designated by the 
183.8 	commissioner of human services under section 256B.69 or the Office of Ombudsman for 
183.9 	Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities under section 256B.77 and the address to 
183.10 	appeal to the commissioner of human services. The ombudsperson shall annually provide 
183.11 	the commissioner of health with a summary of complaints and actions taken.

183.12 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62E.02, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
183.13 		Subd. 13.Eligible person. (a) "Eligible person" means an individual who:
183.14 	(1) is currently and has been a resident of Minnesota for the six months immediately 
183.15 	preceding the date of receipt by the association or its writing carrier of a completed 
183.16 	certificate of eligibility;
183.17 	(2) meets the enrollment requirements of section 62E.14; and
183.18 	(3) is not otherwise ineligible under this subdivision.
183.19 	For purposes of eligibility under section 62E.14, subdivision 4c, paragraph (b), this 
183.20 	definition is modified as provided in that paragraph.
183.21 	(b) No individual is eligible for coverage under a qualified or a Medicare supplement 
183.22 	plan issued by the association for whom a premium is paid or reimbursed by the medical 
183.23 	assistance program or general assistance medical care program as of the first day of any 
183.24 	term for which a premium amount is paid or reimbursed.

183.25 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62E.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
183.26 		Subd. 5.Allocation of losses. Each contributing member of the association shall 
183.27 	share the losses due to claims expenses of the comprehensive health insurance plan for 
183.28 	plans issued or approved for issuance by the association, and shall share in the operating 
183.29 	and administrative expenses incurred or estimated to be incurred by the association 
183.30 	incident to the conduct of its affairs. Claims expenses of the state plan which exceed 
183.31 	the premium payments allocated to the payment of benefits shall be the liability of the 
183.32 	contributing members. Contributing members shall share in the claims expense of the 
183.33 	state plan and operating and administrative expenses of the association in an amount equal 
183.34 	to the ratio of the contributing member's total accident and health insurance premium, 
184.1 	received from or on behalf of Minnesota residents as divided by the total accident and 
184.2 	health insurance premium, received by all contributing members from or on behalf of 
184.3 	Minnesota residents, as determined by the commissioner. Payments made by the state to 
184.4 	a contributing member for medical assistance, or MinnesotaCare, or general assistance 
184.5 	medical care services according to chapters 256, and 256B, and 256D shall be excluded 
184.6 	when determining a contributing member's total premium.

184.7 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62E.14, subdivision 4e, is amended to read:
184.8 		Subd. 4e.Waiver of preexisting conditions; persons covered by publicly funded 
184.9 	health programs. A person may enroll in the comprehensive plan with a waiver of the 
184.10 	preexisting condition limitation in subdivision 3, provided that:
184.11 	(1) the person was formerly enrolled in the medical assistance, general assistance 
184.12 	medical care, or MinnesotaCare program;
184.13 	(2) the person is a Minnesota resident; and
184.14 	(3) the person submits an application for coverage that is received by the writing 
184.15 	carrier no later than 90 days after termination from medical assistance, general assistance 
184.16 	medical care, or MinnesotaCare program.

184.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.60, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
184.18 		Subd. 2a.Issuance. A new Minnesota uniform health care identification card must 
184.19 	be issued to individuals upon enrollment. Except for the medical assistance, general 
184.20 	assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare programs, a new card must be issued upon any 
184.21 	change in an individual's health care coverage that impacts the content or format of the data 
184.22 	included on the card or no later than 24 months after adoption of any change in the NCPDP 
184.23 	implementation guide or successor document that affects the content or format of the data 
184.24 	included on the card. Anytime that a card is issued upon enrollment or replaced by the 
184.25 	medical assistance, general assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare program, the card 
184.26 	must conform to the adopted NCPDP standards in effect and to the implementation guide 
184.27 	in use at the time of issuance. Newly issued cards must conform to the adopted NCPDP 
184.28 	standards in effect at the time of issuance and to the implementation guide in use at the 
184.29 	time of issuance. Stickers or other methodologies may be used to update cards temporarily.

184.30 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.60, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
184.31 		Subd. 3.Human readable data elements. (a) The following are the minimum 
184.32 	human readable data elements that must be present on the front side of the Minnesota 
184.33 	uniform health care identification card:
185.1 	(1) card issuer name or logo, which is the name or logo that identifies the card issuer. 
185.2 	The card issuer name or logo may be located at the top of the card. No standard label 
185.3 	is required for this data element;
185.4 	(2) complete electronic transaction routing information including, at a minimum, 
185.5 	the international identification number. The standardized label of this data element 
185.6 	is "RxBIN." Processor control numbers and group numbers are required if needed to 
185.7 	electronically process a prescription drug claim. The standardized label for the process 
185.8 	control numbers data element is "RxPCN" and the standardized label for the group 
185.9 	numbers data element is "RxGrp," except that if the group number data element is a 
185.10 	universal element to be used by all health care providers, the standardized label may be 
185.11 	"Grp." To conserve vertical space on the card, the international identification number and 
185.12 	the processor control number may be printed on the same line; 
185.13 	(3) cardholder (insured) identification number, which is the unique identification 
185.14 	number of the individual cardholder established and defined under this section. The 
185.15 	standardized label for the data element is "ID";
185.16 	(4) cardholder (insured) identification name, which is the name of the individual 
185.17 	cardholder. The identification name must be formatted as follows: first name, space, 
185.18 	optional middle initial, space, last name, optional space and name suffix. The standardized 
185.19 	label for this data element is "Name";
185.20 	(5) care type, which is the description of the group purchaser's plan product under 
185.21 	which the beneficiary is covered. The description shall include the health plan company 
185.22 	name and the plan or product name. The standardized label for this data element is 
185.23 	"Care Type";
185.24 	(6) service type, which is the description of coverage provided such as hospital, 
185.25 	dental, vision, prescription, or mental health. The standard label for this data element 
185.26 	is "Svc Type"; and
185.27 	(7) provider/clinic name, which is the name of the primary care clinic the cardholder 
185.28 	is assigned to by the health plan company. The standard label for this field is "PCP." This 
185.29 	information is mandatory only if the health plan company assigns a specific primary 
185.30 	care provider to the cardholder.
185.31 	(b) The following human readable data elements shall be present on the back side 
185.32 	of the Minnesota uniform health care identification card. These elements must be left 
185.33 	justified, and no optional data elements may be interspersed between them:
185.34 	(1) claims submission names and addresses, which are the names and addresses of 
185.35 	the entity or entities to which claims should be submitted. If different destinations are 
185.36 	required for different types of claims, this must be labeled;
186.1 	(2) telephone numbers and names that pharmacies and other health care providers 
186.2 	may call for assistance. These telephone numbers and names are required on the back 
186.3 	side of the card only if one of the contacts listed in clause (3) cannot provide pharmacies 
186.4 	or other providers with assistance or with the telephone numbers and names of contacts 
186.5 	for assistance; and
186.6 	(3) telephone numbers and names; which are the telephone numbers and names of the 
186.7 	following contacts with a standardized label describing the service function as applicable:
186.8 	(i) eligibility and benefit information;
186.9 	(ii) utilization review;
186.10 	(iii) precertification; or
186.11 	(iv) customer services.
186.12 	(c) The following human readable data elements are mandatory on the back side of 
186.13 	the Minnesota uniform health care identification card for health maintenance organizations:
186.14 	(1) emergency care authorization telephone number or instruction on how to receive 
186.15 	authorization for emergency care. There is no standard label required for this information; 
186.16 	and
186.17 	(2) one of the following:
186.18 	(i) telephone number to call to appeal to or file a complaint with the commissioner of 
186.19 	health; or
186.20 	(ii) for persons enrolled under section 256B.69, 256D.03, or 256L.12, the telephone 
186.21 	number to call to file a complaint with the ombudsperson designated by the commissioner 
186.22 	of human services under section 256B.69 and the address to appeal to the commissioner of 
186.23 	human services. There is no standard label required for this information.
186.24 	(d) All human readable data elements not required under paragraphs (a) to (c) are 
186.25 	optional and may be used at the issuer's discretion.

186.26 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 62J.692, subdivision 4, is 
186.27 	amended to read:
186.28 		Subd. 4.Distribution of funds. (a) The commissioner shall annually distribute the 
186.29 	available medical education funds to all qualifying applicants based on a public program 
186.30 	volume factor, which is determined by the total volume of public program revenue 
186.31 	received by each training site as a percentage of all public program revenue received by 
186.32 	all training sites in the fund pool.
186.33 	Public program revenue for the distribution formula includes revenue from medical 
186.34 	assistance, and prepaid medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and prepaid 
186.35 	general assistance medical care. Training sites that receive no public program revenue 
187.1 	are ineligible for funds available under this subdivision. For purposes of determining 
187.2 	training-site level grants to be distributed under this paragraph, total statewide average 
187.3 	costs per trainee for medical residents is based on audited clinical training costs per trainee 
187.4 	in primary care clinical medical education programs for medical residents. Total statewide 
187.5 	average costs per trainee for dental residents is based on audited clinical training costs 
187.6 	per trainee in clinical medical education programs for dental students. Total statewide 
187.7 	average costs per trainee for pharmacy residents is based on audited clinical training 
187.8 	costs per trainee in clinical medical education programs for pharmacy students. Training 
187.9 	sites whose training site level grant is less than $5,000, based on the formula described 
187.10 	in this paragraph, or that train fewer than 0.1 FTE eligible trainees, are ineligible for 
187.11 	funds available under this subdivision. No training sites shall receive a grant per FTE 
187.12 	trainee that is in excess of the 95th percentile grant per FTE across all eligible training 
187.13 	sites; grants in excess of this amount will be redistributed to other eligible sites based on 
187.14 	the formula described in this paragraph.
187.15 	(b) For funds distributed in fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the distribution formula shall 
187.16 	include a supplemental public program volume factor, which is determined by providing 
187.17 	a supplemental payment to training sites whose public program revenue accounted for 
187.18 	at least 0.98 percent of the total public program revenue received by all eligible training 
187.19 	sites. The supplemental public program volume factor shall be equal to ten percent of each 
187.20 	training site's grant for funds distributed in fiscal year 2014 and for funds distributed in 
187.21 	fiscal year 2015. Grants to training sites whose public program revenue accounted for less 
187.22 	than 0.98 percent of the total public program revenue received by all eligible training sites 
187.23 	shall be reduced by an amount equal to the total value of the supplemental payment. For 
187.24 	fiscal year 2016 and beyond, the distribution of funds shall be based solely on the public 
187.25 	program volume factor as described in paragraph (a).
187.26 	(c) Funds distributed shall not be used to displace current funding appropriations 
187.27 	from federal or state sources.
187.28 	(d) Funds shall be distributed to the sponsoring institutions indicating the amount to 
187.29 	be distributed to each of the sponsor's clinical medical education programs based on the 
187.30 	criteria in this subdivision and in accordance with the commissioner's approval letter. Each 
187.31 	clinical medical education program must distribute funds allocated under paragraphs (a) 
187.32 	and (b) to the training sites as specified in the commissioner's approval letter. Sponsoring 
187.33 	institutions, which are accredited through an organization recognized by the Department 
187.34 	of Education or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may contract directly 
187.35 	with training sites to provide clinical training. To ensure the quality of clinical training, 
187.36 	those accredited sponsoring institutions must:
188.1 	(1) develop contracts specifying the terms, expectations, and outcomes of the clinical 
188.2 	training conducted at sites; and
188.3 	(2) take necessary action if the contract requirements are not met. Action may include 
188.4 	the withholding of payments under this section or the removal of students from the site.
188.5 	(e) Use of funds is limited to expenses related to clinical training program costs for 
188.6 	eligible programs.
188.7 	(f) Any funds not distributed in accordance with the commissioner's approval letter 
188.8 	must be returned to the medical education and research fund within 30 days of receiving 
188.9 	notice from the commissioner. The commissioner shall distribute returned funds to the 
188.10 	appropriate training sites in accordance with the commissioner's approval letter.
188.11 	(g) A maximum of $150,000 of the funds dedicated to the commissioner under 
188.12 	section 297F.10, subdivision 1, clause (2), may be used by the commissioner for 
188.13 	administrative expenses associated with implementing this section.

188.14 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
188.15 		Subd. 2.Health care provider or provider. "Health care provider" or "provider" 
188.16 	means:
188.17 	(1) a physician, nurse, or other provider as defined under section 62J.03;
188.18 	(2) a hospital as defined under section 144.696, subdivision 3;
188.19 	(3) an individual or entity that provides health care services under the medical 
188.20 	assistance, general assistance medical care, MinnesotaCare, or state employee group 
188.21 	insurance program; and
188.22 	(4) an association, partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, or other 
188.23 	organization of persons or entities described in clause (1) or (2) organized for the purposes 
188.24 	of providing, arranging, or administering health care services or treatment.
188.25 	This section does not apply to trade associations, membership associations of 
188.26 	health care professionals, or other organizations that do not directly provide, arrange, or 
188.27 	administer health care services or treatment.

188.28 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.701, is amended to read:
188.29 	62J.701 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS.
188.30 	Beginning January 1, 1999, the provisions in paragraphs (a) to (d) apply.
188.31 	(a) For purposes of sections 62J.695 to 62J.80, the requirements and other provisions 
188.32 	that apply to health plan companies also apply to governmental programs.
188.33 	(b) For purposes of this section, "governmental programs" means the medical 
188.34 	assistance program, the MinnesotaCare program, the general assistance medical care 
189.1 	program, the state employee group insurance program, the public employees insurance 
189.2 	program under section 43A.316, and coverage provided by political subdivisions under 
189.3 	section 471.617.
189.4 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), section 62J.72 does not apply to the 
189.5 	fee-for-service programs under medical assistance,and MinnesotaCare, and general 
189.6 	assistance medical care.
189.7 	(d) If a state commissioner or local unit of government contracts with a health plan 
189.8 	company or a third-party administrator, the contract may assign any obligations under 
189.9 	paragraph (a) to the health plan company or third-party administrator. Nothing in this 
189.10 	paragraph shall be construed to remove or diminish any enforcement responsibilities of 
189.11 	the commissioners of health or commerce provided in sections 62J.695 to 62J.80.

189.12 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62J.81, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
189.13 		Subd. 2.Applicability. For purposes of this section, "consumer" does not include 
189.14 	a medical assistance, or MinnesotaCare, or general assistance medical care enrollee, for 
189.15 	services covered under those programs.

189.16 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62L.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
189.17 		Subd. 3.Minimum participation and contribution. (a) A small employer that has 
189.18 	at least 75 percent of its eligible employees who have not waived coverage participating in 
189.19 	a health benefit plan and that contributes at least 50 percent toward the cost of coverage of 
189.20 	each eligible employee must be guaranteed coverage on a guaranteed issue basis from 
189.21 	any health carrier participating in the small employer market. The participation level 
189.22 	of eligible employees must be determined at the initial offering of coverage and at the 
189.23 	renewal date of coverage. A health carrier must not increase the participation requirements 
189.24 	applicable to a small employer at any time after the small employer has been accepted for 
189.25 	coverage. For the purposes of this subdivision, waiver of coverage includes only waivers 
189.26 	due to: (1) coverage under another group health plan; (2) coverage under Medicare 
189.27 	Parts A and B; or (3) coverage under medical assistance under chapter 256B or general 
189.28 	assistance medical care under chapter 256D.
189.29 	(b) If a small employer does not satisfy the contribution or participation requirements 
189.30 	under this subdivision, a health carrier may voluntarily issue or renew individual health 
189.31 	plans, or a health benefit plan which must fully comply with this chapter. A health carrier 
189.32 	that provides a health benefit plan to a small employer that does not meet the contribution 
189.33 	or participation requirements of this subdivision must maintain this information in its files 
189.34 	for audit by the commissioner. A health carrier may not offer an individual health plan, 
190.1 	purchased through an arrangement between the employer and the health carrier, to any 
190.2 	employee unless the health carrier also offers the individual health plan, on a guaranteed 
190.3 	issue basis, to all other employees of the same employer. An arrangement permitted under 
190.4 	section 62L.12, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), is not an arrangement between the employer 
190.5 	and the health carrier for purposes of this paragraph.
190.6 	(c) Nothing in this section obligates a health carrier to issue coverage to a small 
190.7 	employer that currently offers coverage through a health benefit plan from another health 
190.8 	carrier, unless the new coverage will replace the existing coverage and not serve as one 
190.9 	of two or more health benefit plans offered by the employer. This paragraph does not 
190.10 	apply if the small employer will meet the required participation level with respect to 
190.11 	the new coverage.
190.12 	(d) If a small employer cannot meet either the participation or contribution 
190.13 	requirement, the small employer may purchase coverage only during an open enrollment 
190.14 	period each year between November 15 and December 15.

190.15 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62M.07, is amended to read:
190.16 	62M.07 PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF SERVICES.
190.17 	(a) Utilization review organizations conducting prior authorization of services must 
190.18 	have written standards that meet at a minimum the following requirements:
190.19 	(1) written procedures and criteria used to determine whether care is appropriate, 
190.20 	reasonable, or medically necessary;
190.21 	(2) a system for providing prompt notification of its determinations to enrollees 
190.22 	and providers and for notifying the provider, enrollee, or enrollee's designee of appeal 
190.23 	procedures under clause (4);
190.24 	(3) compliance with section 62M.05, subdivisions 3a and 3b, regarding time frames 
190.25 	for approving and disapproving prior authorization requests;
190.26 	(4) written procedures for appeals of denials of prior authorization which specify the 
190.27 	responsibilities of the enrollee and provider, and which meet the requirements of sections 
190.28 	62M.06 and 72A.285, regarding release of summary review findings; and
190.29 	(5) procedures to ensure confidentiality of patient-specific information, consistent 
190.30 	with applicable law.
190.31 	(b) No utilization review organization, health plan company, or claims administrator 
190.32 	may conduct or require prior authorization of emergency confinement or emergency 
190.33 	treatment. The enrollee or the enrollee's authorized representative may be required to 
190.34 	notify the health plan company, claims administrator, or utilization review organization 
191.1 	as soon after the beginning of the emergency confinement or emergency treatment as 
191.2 	reasonably possible.
191.3 	(c) If prior authorization for a health care service is required, the utilization review 
191.4 	organization, health plan company, or claim administrator must allow providers to submit 
191.5 	requests for prior authorization of the health care services without unreasonable delay 
191.6 	by telephone, facsimile, or voice mail or through an electronic mechanism 24 hours a 
191.7 	day, seven days a week. This paragraph does not apply to dental service covered under 
191.8 	MinnesotaCare, general assistance medical care, or medical assistance.

191.9 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.03, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
191.10 		Subd. 5a.Public programs. (a) A separate risk adjustment system must be 
191.11 	developed for state-run public programs, including medical assistance, general assistance 
191.12 	medical care, and MinnesotaCare. The system must be developed in accordance with the 
191.13 	general risk adjustment methodologies described in this section, must include factors in 
191.14 	addition to age and sex adjustment, and may include additional demographic factors, 
191.15 	different targeted conditions, and/or different payment amounts for conditions. The risk 
191.16 	adjustment system for public programs must attempt to reflect the special needs related to 
191.17 	poverty, cultural, or language barriers and other needs of the public program population.
191.18 	(b) The commissioner of human services shall phase in risk adjustment according to 
191.19 	the following schedule:
191.20 	(1) for the first contract year, no more than ten percent of reimbursements shall be 
191.21 	risk adjusted; and
191.22 	(2) for the second contract year, no more than 30 percent of reimbursements shall be 
191.23 	risk adjusted.

191.24 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.19, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
191.25 		Subd. 2a.Definition of health plan company. For purposes of this section, "health 
191.26 	plan company" does not include a health plan company as defined in section 62Q.01 with 
191.27 	fewer than 50,000 enrollees, all of whose enrollees are covered under medical assistance, 
191.28 	general assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare.

191.29 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.22, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
191.30 		Subd. 8.Public assistance program eligibility. A community health clinic may 
191.31 	require an individual or family enrolled in the clinic's prepaid option to apply for medical 
191.32 	assistance, general assistance medical care, or the MinnesotaCare program. The clinic must 
191.33 	assist the individual or family in filing the application for the appropriate public program. 
192.1 	If, upon the request of the clinic, an individual or family refuses to apply for these programs, 
192.2 	the clinic may disenroll the individual or family from the prepaid option at any time.

192.3 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
192.4 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies only to (i) a nonprofit health 
192.5 	service plan corporation operating under chapter 62C; (ii) a health maintenance 
192.6 	organization operating under chapter 62D; (iii) a community integrated service network 
192.7 	operating under chapter 62N; and (iv) managed care organizations operating under chapter 
192.8 	256B, 256D, or 256L.

192.9 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 62Q.37, subdivision 2, is 
192.10 	amended to read:
192.11 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
192.12 	meanings given them.
192.13 	(a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health for purposes of regulating 
192.14 	health maintenance organizations and community integrated service networks, the 
192.15 	commissioner of commerce for purposes of regulating nonprofit health service plan 
192.16 	corporations, or the commissioner of human services for the purpose of contracting with 
192.17 	managed care organizations serving persons enrolled in programs under chapter 256B, 
192.18 	256D, or 256L.
192.19 	(b) "Health plan company" means (i) a nonprofit health service plan corporation 
192.20 	operating under chapter 62C; (ii) a health maintenance organization operating under 
192.21 	chapter 62D; (iii) a community integrated service network operating under chapter 62N; 
192.22 	or (iv) a managed care organization operating under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L.
192.23 	(c) "Nationally recognized independent organization" means (i) an organization 
192.24 	that sets specific national standards governing health care quality assurance processes, 
192.25 	utilization review, provider credentialing, marketing, and other topics covered by 
192.26 	this chapter and other chapters and audits and provides accreditation to those health 
192.27 	plan companies that meet those standards. The American Accreditation Health Care 
192.28 	Commission (URAC), the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the 
192.29 	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and the 
192.30 	Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) are, at a minimum, 
192.31 	defined as nationally recognized independent organizations; and (ii) the Centers for 
192.32 	Medicare and Medicaid Services for purposes of reviews or audits conducted of health 
192.33 	plan companies under Part C of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or under section 
192.34 	1876 of the Social Security Act.
193.1 	(d) "Performance standard" means those standards relating to quality management 
193.2 	and improvement, access and availability of service, utilization review, provider selection, 
193.3 	provider credentialing, marketing, member rights and responsibilities, complaints, appeals, 
193.4 	grievance systems, enrollee information and materials, enrollment and disenrollment, 
193.5 	subcontractual relationships and delegation, confidentiality, continuity and coordination of 
193.6 	care, assurance of adequate capacity and services, coverage and authorization of services, 
193.7 	practice guidelines, health information systems, and financial solvency.

193.8 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.73, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
193.9 		Subd. 2.Exception. (a) This section does not apply to governmental programs 
193.10 	except as permitted under paragraph (b). For purposes of this subdivision, "governmental 
193.11 	programs" means the prepaid medical assistance program, the MinnesotaCare program, 
193.12 	the prepaid general assistance medical care program, the demonstration project for people 
193.13 	with disabilities, and the federal Medicare program.
193.14 	(b) In the course of a recipient's appeal of a medical determination to the 
193.15 	commissioner of human services under section 256.045, the recipient may request an 
193.16 	expert medical opinion be arranged by the external review entity under contract to provide 
193.17 	independent external reviews under this section. If such a request is made, the cost of the 
193.18 	review shall be paid by the commissioner of human services. Any medical opinion obtained 
193.19 	under this paragraph shall only be used by a state human services judge as evidence in the 
193.20 	recipient's appeal to the commissioner of human services under section 256.045.
193.21 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit or restrict the appeal rights 
193.22 	provided in section 256.045 for governmental program recipients.

193.23 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62Q.80, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
193.24 		Subd. 5.Qualifying employees.  To be eligible for the community-based health 
193.25 	care coverage program, an individual must:
193.26 	(1) reside in or work within the designated community-based geographic area 
193.27 	served by the program;
193.28 	(2) be employed by a qualifying employer, be an employee's dependent, or be 
193.29 	self-employed on a full-time basis;
193.30 	(3) not be enrolled in or have currently available health coverage, except for 
193.31 	catastrophic health care coverage; and
193.32 	(4) not be eligible for or enrolled in medical assistance or general assistance medical 
193.33 	care, and not be enrolled in MinnesotaCare or Medicare.

194.1 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62U.01, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
194.2 		Subd. 12.State health care program. "State health care program" means the 
194.3 	medical assistance, and MinnesotaCare, and general assistance medical care programs.

194.4 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 62U.10, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
194.5 		Subd. 5.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply.
194.6 	(b) "Public health care spending" means spending for a state-administered health 
194.7 	care program.
194.8 	(c) "State-administered health care program" means medical assistance, 
194.9 	MinnesotaCare, general assistance medical care, and the state employee group insurance 
194.10 	program.

194.11 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.225, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
194.12 		Subd. 2.Data about births. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, 
194.13 	data pertaining to the birth of a child to a woman who was not married to the child's father 
194.14 	when the child was conceived nor when the child was born, including the original record of 
194.15 	birth and the certified vital record, are confidential data. At the time of the birth of a child to 
194.16 	a woman who was not married to the child's father when the child was conceived nor when 
194.17 	the child was born, the mother may designate demographic data pertaining to the birth as 
194.18 	public. Notwithstanding the designation of the data as confidential, it may be disclosed:
194.19 	(1) to a parent or guardian of the child;
194.20 	(2) to the child when the child is 16 years of age or older;
194.21 	(3) under paragraph (b) or (e); or
194.22 	(4) pursuant to a court order. For purposes of this section, a subpoena does not 
194.23 	constitute a court order.
194.24 	(b) Unless the child is adopted, data pertaining to the birth of a child that are not 
194.25 	accessible to the public become public data if 100 years have elapsed since the birth of 
194.26 	the child who is the subject of the data, or as provided under section 13.10, whichever 
194.27 	occurs first.
194.28 	(c) If a child is adopted, data pertaining to the child's birth are governed by the 
194.29 	provisions relating to adoption records, including sections 13.10, subdivision 5; 144.218, 
194.30 	subdivision 1; 144.2252; and 259.89.
194.31 	(d) The name and address of a mother under paragraph (a) and the child's date of 
194.32 	birth may be disclosed to the county social services or public health member of a family 
194.33 	services collaborative for purposes of providing services under section 124D.23.
194.34 	(e) The commissioner of human services shall have access to birth records for:
195.1 	(1) the purposes of administering medical assistance, general assistance medical 
195.2 	care, and the MinnesotaCare program;
195.3 	(2) child support enforcement purposes; and
195.4 	(3) other public health purposes as determined by the commissioner of health.

195.5 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.225, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
195.6 		Subd. 2a.Health data associated with birth registration. Information from which 
195.7 	an identification of risk for disease, disability, or developmental delay in a mother or 
195.8 	child can be made, that is collected in conjunction with birth registration or fetal death 
195.9 	reporting, is private data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12. The commissioner 
195.10 	may disclose to a community health board, as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5, 
195.11 	health data associated with birth registration which identifies a mother or child at high 
195.12 	risk for serious disease, disability, or developmental delay in order to assure access to 
195.13 	appropriate health, social, or educational services. Notwithstanding the designation of 
195.14 	the private data, the commissioner of human services shall have access to health data 
195.15 	associated with birth registration for:
195.16 	(1) purposes of administering medical assistance, general assistance medical care, 
195.17 	and the MinnesotaCare program; and
195.18 	(2) for other public health purposes as determined by the commissioner of health.

195.19 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.4812, is amended to read:
195.20 	144.4812 COSTS OF CARE.
195.21 	The costs incurred by the treatment facility and other providers of services to 
195.22 	diagnose or treat the carrier for tuberculosis must be borne by the carrier, the carrier's 
195.23 	health plan, or public programs. During the period of insurance coverage, a health plan 
195.24 	may direct the implementation of the care required by the health order or court order 
195.25 	and shall pay at the contracted rate of payment, which shall be considered payment in 
195.26 	full. Inpatient hospital services required by the health order or court order and covered 
195.27 	by medical assistance or general assistance medical care are not billable to any other 
195.28 	governmental entity. If the carrier cannot pay for treatment, and the carrier does not have 
195.29 	public or private health insurance coverage, the carrier shall apply for financial assistance 
195.30 	with the aid of the county. For persons not otherwise eligible for public assistance, the 
195.31 	commissioner of human services shall determine what, if any, costs the carrier shall pay. 
195.32 	The commissioner of human services shall make payments at the general assistance 
195.33 	medical care medical assistance rate, which will be considered payment in full.

196.1 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 144.551, subdivision 1, is 
196.2 	amended to read:
196.3 		Subdivision 1.Restricted construction or modification. (a) The following 
196.4 	construction or modification may not be commenced:
196.5 	(1) any erection, building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, improvement, 
196.6 	extension, lease, or other acquisition by or on behalf of a hospital that increases the bed 
196.7 	capacity of a hospital, relocates hospital beds from one physical facility, complex, or site 
196.8 	to another, or otherwise results in an increase or redistribution of hospital beds within 
196.9 	the state; and
196.10 	(2) the establishment of a new hospital.
196.11 	(b) This section does not apply to:
196.12 	(1) construction or relocation within a county by a hospital, clinic, or other health 
196.13 	care facility that is a national referral center engaged in substantial programs of patient 
196.14 	care, medical research, and medical education meeting state and national needs that 
196.15 	receives more than 40 percent of its patients from outside the state of Minnesota;
196.16 	(2) a project for construction or modification for which a health care facility held 
196.17 	an approved certificate of need on May 1, 1984, regardless of the date of expiration of 
196.18 	the certificate;
196.19 	(3) a project for which a certificate of need was denied before July 1, 1990, if a 
196.20 	timely appeal results in an order reversing the denial;
196.21 	(4) a project exempted from certificate of need requirements by Laws 1981, chapter 
196.22 	200, section 2;
196.23 	(5) a project involving consolidation of pediatric specialty hospital services within 
196.24 	the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area that would not result in a net increase in the 
196.25 	number of pediatric specialty hospital beds among the hospitals being consolidated;
196.26 	(6) a project involving the temporary relocation of pediatric-orthopedic hospital beds 
196.27 	to an existing licensed hospital that will allow for the reconstruction of a new philanthropic, 
196.28 	pediatric-orthopedic hospital on an existing site and that will not result in a net increase in 
196.29 	the number of hospital beds. Upon completion of the reconstruction, the licenses of both 
196.30 	hospitals must be reinstated at the capacity that existed on each site before the relocation;
196.31 	(7) the relocation or redistribution of hospital beds within a hospital building or 
196.32 	identifiable complex of buildings provided the relocation or redistribution does not result 
196.33 	in: (i) an increase in the overall bed capacity at that site; (ii) relocation of hospital beds 
196.34 	from one physical site or complex to another; or (iii) redistribution of hospital beds within 
196.35 	the state or a region of the state;
197.1 	(8) relocation or redistribution of hospital beds within a hospital corporate system 
197.2 	that involves the transfer of beds from a closed facility site or complex to an existing site 
197.3 	or complex provided that: (i) no more than 50 percent of the capacity of the closed facility 
197.4 	is transferred; (ii) the capacity of the site or complex to which the beds are transferred 
197.5 	does not increase by more than 50 percent; (iii) the beds are not transferred outside of a 
197.6 	federal health systems agency boundary in place on July 1, 1983; and (iv) the relocation or 
197.7 	redistribution does not involve the construction of a new hospital building;
197.8 	(9) a construction project involving up to 35 new beds in a psychiatric hospital in 
197.9 	Rice County that primarily serves adolescents and that receives more than 70 percent of its 
197.10 	patients from outside the state of Minnesota;
197.11 	(10) a project to replace a hospital or hospitals with a combined licensed capacity 
197.12 	of 130 beds or less if: (i) the new hospital site is located within five miles of the current 
197.13 	site; and (ii) the total licensed capacity of the replacement hospital, either at the time of 
197.14 	construction of the initial building or as the result of future expansion, will not exceed 70 
197.15 	licensed hospital beds, or the combined licensed capacity of the hospitals, whichever is less;
197.16 	(11) the relocation of licensed hospital beds from an existing state facility operated 
197.17 	by the commissioner of human services to a new or existing facility, building, or complex 
197.18 	operated by the commissioner of human services; from one regional treatment center 
197.19 	site to another; or from one building or site to a new or existing building or site on the 
197.20 	same campus;
197.21 	(12) the construction or relocation of hospital beds operated by a hospital having a 
197.22 	statutory obligation to provide hospital and medical services for the indigent that does not 
197.23 	result in a net increase in the number of hospital beds, notwithstanding section 144.552, 27 
197.24 	beds, of which 12 serve mental health needs, may be transferred from Hennepin County 
197.25 	Medical Center to Regions Hospital under this clause;
197.26 	(13) a construction project involving the addition of up to 31 new beds in an existing 
197.27 	nonfederal hospital in Beltrami County;
197.28 	(14) a construction project involving the addition of up to eight new beds in an 
197.29 	existing nonfederal hospital in Otter Tail County with 100 licensed acute care beds;
197.30 	(15) a construction project involving the addition of 20 new hospital beds 
197.31 	used for rehabilitation services in an existing hospital in Carver County serving the 
197.32 	southwest suburban metropolitan area. Beds constructed under this clause shall not be 
197.33 	eligible for reimbursement under medical assistance, general assistance medical care, 
197.34 	or MinnesotaCare;
198.1 	(16) a project for the construction or relocation of up to 20 hospital beds for the 
198.2 	operation of up to two psychiatric facilities or units for children provided that the operation 
198.3 	of the facilities or units have received the approval of the commissioner of human services;
198.4 	(17) a project involving the addition of 14 new hospital beds to be used for 
198.5 	rehabilitation services in an existing hospital in Itasca County;
198.6 	(18) a project to add 20 licensed beds in existing space at a hospital in Hennepin 
198.7 	County that closed 20 rehabilitation beds in 2002, provided that the beds are used only 
198.8 	for rehabilitation in the hospital's current rehabilitation building. If the beds are used for 
198.9 	another purpose or moved to another location, the hospital's licensed capacity is reduced 
198.10 	by 20 beds;
198.11 	(19) a critical access hospital established under section 144.1483, clause (9), and 
198.12 	section 1820 of the federal Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, section 
198.13 	1395i-4, that delicensed beds since enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public 
198.14 	Law 105-33, to the extent that the critical access hospital does not seek to exceed the 
198.15 	maximum number of beds permitted such hospital under federal law;
198.16 	(20) notwithstanding section 144.552, a project for the construction of a new hospital 
198.17 	in the city of Maple Grove with a licensed capacity of up to 300 beds provided that:
198.18 	(i) the project, including each hospital or health system that will own or control the 
198.19 	entity that will hold the new hospital license, is approved by a resolution of the Maple 
198.20 	Grove City Council as of March 1, 2006;
198.21 	(ii) the entity that will hold the new hospital license will be owned or controlled by 
198.22 	one or more not-for-profit hospitals or health systems that have previously submitted a 
198.23 	plan or plans for a project in Maple Grove as required under section 144.552, and the 
198.24 	plan or plans have been found to be in the public interest by the commissioner of health 
198.25 	as of April 1, 2005;
198.26 	(iii) the new hospital's initial inpatient services must include, but are not limited 
198.27 	to, medical and surgical services, obstetrical and gynecological services, intensive 
198.28 	care services, orthopedic services, pediatric services, noninvasive cardiac diagnostics, 
198.29 	behavioral health services, and emergency room services;
198.30 	(iv) the new hospital:
198.31 	(A) will have the ability to provide and staff sufficient new beds to meet the growing 
198.32 	needs of the Maple Grove service area and the surrounding communities currently being 
198.33 	served by the hospital or health system that will own or control the entity that will hold 
198.34 	the new hospital license;
198.35 	(B) will provide uncompensated care;
198.36 	(C) will provide mental health services, including inpatient beds;
199.1 	(D) will be a site for workforce development for a broad spectrum of 
199.2 	health-care-related occupations and have a commitment to providing clinical training 
199.3 	programs for physicians and other health care providers;
199.4 	(E) will demonstrate a commitment to quality care and patient safety;
199.5 	(F) will have an electronic medical records system, including physician order entry;
199.6 	(G) will provide a broad range of senior services;
199.7 	(H) will provide emergency medical services that will coordinate care with regional 
199.8 	providers of trauma services and licensed emergency ambulance services in order to 
199.9 	enhance the continuity of care for emergency medical patients; and
199.10 	(I) will be completed by December 31, 2009, unless delayed by circumstances 
199.11 	beyond the control of the entity holding the new hospital license; and
199.12 	(v) as of 30 days following submission of a written plan, the commissioner of health 
199.13 	has not determined that the hospitals or health systems that will own or control the entity 
199.14 	that will hold the new hospital license are unable to meet the criteria of this clause;
199.15 	(21) a project approved under section 144.553;
199.16 	(22) a project for the construction of a hospital with up to 25 beds in Cass County 
199.17 	within a 20-mile radius of the state Ah-Gwah-Ching facility, provided the hospital's 
199.18 	license holder is approved by the Cass County Board;
199.19 	(23) a project for an acute care hospital in Fergus Falls that will increase the bed 
199.20 	capacity from 108 to 110 beds by increasing the rehabilitation bed capacity from 14 to 16 
199.21 	and closing a separately licensed 13-bed skilled nursing facility;
199.22 	(24) notwithstanding section 144.552, a project for the construction and expansion 
199.23 	of a specialty psychiatric hospital in Hennepin County for up to 50 beds, exclusively for 
199.24 	patients who are under 21 years of age on the date of admission. The commissioner 
199.25 	conducted a public interest review of the mental health needs of Minnesota and the Twin 
199.26 	Cities metropolitan area in 2008. No further public interest review shall be conducted for 
199.27 	the construction or expansion project under this clause;
199.28 	(25) a project for a 16-bed psychiatric hospital in the city of Thief River Falls, if 
199.29 	the commissioner finds the project is in the public interest after the public interest review 
199.30 	conducted under section 144.552 is complete; or
199.31 	(26)(i) a project for a 20-bed psychiatric hospital, within an existing facility in the 
199.32 	city of Maple Grove, exclusively for patients who are under 21 years of age on the date of 
199.33 	admission, if the commissioner finds the project is in the public interest after the public 
199.34 	interest review conducted under section 144.552 is complete;
200.1 	(ii) this project shall serve patients in the continuing care benefit program under 
200.2 	section 256.9693. The project may also serve patients not in the continuing care benefit 
200.3 	program; and
200.4 	(iii) if the project ceases to participate in the continuing care benefit program, the 
200.5 	commissioner must complete a subsequent public interest review under section 144.552. 
200.6 	If the project is found not to be in the public interest, the license must be terminated six 
200.7 	months from the date of that finding. If the commissioner of human services terminates the 
200.8 	contract without cause or reduces per diem payment rates for patients under the continuing 
200.9 	care benefit program below the rates in effect for services provided on December 31, 2015, 
200.10 	the project may cease to participate in the continuing care benefit program and continue to 
200.11 	operate without a subsequent public interest review.

200.12 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.4133, is amended to read:
200.13 	145.4133 REPORTING OUT-OF-STATE ABORTIONS.
200.14 	The commissioner of human services shall report to the commissioner by April 1 
200.15 	each year the following information regarding abortions paid for with state funds and 
200.16 	performed out of state in the previous calendar year:
200.17 	(1) the total number of abortions performed out of state and partially or fully paid 
200.18 	for with state funds through the medical assistance, general assistance medical care, or 
200.19 	MinnesotaCare program, or any other program;
200.20 	(2) the total amount of state funds used to pay for the abortions and expenses 
200.21 	incidental to the abortions; and
200.22 	(3) the gestational age at the time of abortion.

200.23 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.61, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
200.24 		Subd. 5.Review organization. "Review organization" means a nonprofit 
200.25 	organization acting according to clause (l), a committee as defined under section 144E.32, 
200.26 	subdivision 2, or a committee whose membership is limited to professionals, administrative 
200.27 	staff, and consumer directors, except where otherwise provided for by state or federal law, 
200.28 	and which is established by one or more of the following: a hospital, a clinic, a nursing 
200.29 	home, an ambulance service or first responder service regulated under chapter 144E, one 
200.30 	or more state or local associations of professionals, an organization of professionals from 
200.31 	a particular area or medical institution, a health maintenance organization as defined 
200.32 	in chapter 62D, a community integrated service network as defined in chapter 62N, a 
200.33 	nonprofit health service plan corporation as defined in chapter 62C, a preferred provider 
200.34 	organization, a professional standards review organization established pursuant to United 
201.1 	States Code, title 42, section 1320c-1 et seq., a medical review agent established to meet 
201.2 	the requirements of section 256B.04, subdivision 15, or 256D.03, subdivision 7, paragraph 
201.3 	(b), the Department of Human Services, or a nonprofit corporation that owns, operates, 
201.4 	or is established by one or more of the above referenced entities, to gather and review 
201.5 	information relating to the care and treatment of patients for the purposes of:
201.6 	(a) evaluating and improving the quality of health care;
201.7 	(b) reducing morbidity or mortality;
201.8 	(c) obtaining and disseminating statistics and information relative to the treatment 
201.9 	and prevention of diseases, illness and injuries;
201.10 	(d) developing and publishing guidelines showing the norms of health care in the 
201.11 	area or medical institution or in the entity or organization that established the review 
201.12 	organization;
201.13 	(e) developing and publishing guidelines designed to keep within reasonable bounds 
201.14 	the cost of health care;
201.15 	(f) developing and publishing guidelines designed to improve the safety of care 
201.16 	provided to individuals;
201.17 	(g) reviewing the safety, quality, or cost of health care services provided to enrollees 
201.18 	of health maintenance organizations, community integrated service networks, health 
201.19 	service plans, preferred provider organizations, and insurance companies;
201.20 	(h) acting as a professional standards review organization pursuant to United States 
201.21 	Code, title 42, section 1320c-1 et seq.;
201.22 	(i) determining whether a professional shall be granted staff privileges in a medical 
201.23 	institution, membership in a state or local association of professionals, or participating 
201.24 	status in a nonprofit health service plan corporation, health maintenance organization, 
201.25 	community integrated service network, preferred provider organization, or insurance 
201.26 	company, or whether a professional's staff privileges, membership, or participation status 
201.27 	should be limited, suspended or revoked;
201.28 	(j) reviewing, ruling on, or advising on controversies, disputes or questions between:
201.29 	(1) health insurance carriers, nonprofit health service plan corporations, health 
201.30 	maintenance organizations, community integrated service networks, self-insurers and their 
201.31 	insureds, subscribers, enrollees, or other covered persons;
201.32 	(2) professional licensing boards and health providers licensed by them;
201.33 	(3) professionals and their patients concerning diagnosis, treatment or care, or the 
201.34 	charges or fees therefor;
201.35 	(4) professionals and health insurance carriers, nonprofit health service plan 
201.36 	corporations, health maintenance organizations, community integrated service networks, 
202.1 	or self-insurers concerning a charge or fee for health care services provided to an insured, 
202.2 	subscriber, enrollee, or other covered person;
202.3 	(5) professionals or their patients and the federal, state, or local government, or 
202.4 	agencies thereof;
202.5 	(k) providing underwriting assistance in connection with professional liability 
202.6 	insurance coverage applied for or obtained by dentists, or providing assistance to 
202.7 	underwriters in evaluating claims against dentists;
202.8 	(l) acting as a medical review agent under section 256B.04, subdivision 15, or 
202.9 	256D.03, subdivision 7, paragraph (b);
202.10 	(m) providing recommendations on the medical necessity of a health service, or the 
202.11 	relevant prevailing community standard for a health service;
202.12 	(n) providing quality assurance as required by United States Code, title 42, sections 
202.13 	1396r(b)(1)(b) and 1395i-3(b)(1)(b) of the Social Security Act;
202.14 	(o) providing information to group purchasers of health care services when that 
202.15 	information was originally generated within the review organization for a purpose 
202.16 	specified by this subdivision;
202.17 	(p) providing information to other, affiliated or nonaffiliated review organizations, 
202.18 	when that information was originally generated within the review organization for a 
202.19 	purpose specified by this subdivision, and as long as that information will further the 
202.20 	purposes of a review organization as specified by this subdivision; or
202.21 	(q) participating in a standardized incident reporting system, including Internet-based 
202.22 	applications, to share information for the purpose of identifying and analyzing trends in 
202.23 	medical error and iatrogenic injury.

202.24 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 146A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
202.25 		Subdivision 1.Scope. (a) All unlicensed complementary and alternative health 
202.26 	care practitioners shall provide to each complementary and alternative health care 
202.27 	client prior to providing treatment a written copy of the complementary and alternative 
202.28 	health care client bill of rights. A copy must also be posted in a prominent location 
202.29 	in the office of the unlicensed complementary and alternative health care practitioner. 
202.30 	Reasonable accommodations shall be made for those clients who cannot read or who 
202.31 	have communication disabilities and those who do not read or speak English. The 
202.32 	complementary and alternative health care client bill of rights shall include the following:
202.33 	(1) the name, complementary and alternative health care title, business address, and 
202.34 	telephone number of the unlicensed complementary and alternative health care practitioner;
203.1 	(2) the degrees, training, experience, or other qualifications of the practitioner 
203.2 	regarding the complementary and alternative health care being provided, followed by the 
203.3 	following statement in bold print:
203.4 	"THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS NOT ADOPTED ANY EDUCATIONAL 
203.5 	AND TRAINING STANDARDS FOR UNLICENSED COMPLEMENTARY AND 
203.6 	ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS. THIS STATEMENT OF 
203.7 	CREDENTIALS IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.
203.8 	Under Minnesota law, an unlicensed complementary and alternative health care 
203.9 	practitioner may not provide a medical diagnosis or recommend discontinuance of 
203.10 	medically prescribed treatments. If a client desires a diagnosis from a licensed physician, 
203.11 	chiropractor, or acupuncture practitioner, or services from a physician, chiropractor, nurse, 
203.12 	osteopath, physical therapist, dietitian, nutritionist, acupuncture practitioner, athletic 
203.13 	trainer, or any other type of health care provider, the client may seek such services at 
203.14 	any time.";
203.15 	(3) the name, business address, and telephone number of the practitioner's 
203.16 	supervisor, if any;
203.17 	(4) notice that a complementary and alternative health care client has the right to file a 
203.18 	complaint with the practitioner's supervisor, if any, and the procedure for filing complaints;
203.19 	(5) the name, address, and telephone number of the office of unlicensed 
203.20 	complementary and alternative health care practice and notice that a client may file 
203.21 	complaints with the office;
203.22 	(6) the practitioner's fees per unit of service, the practitioner's method of billing 
203.23 	for such fees, the names of any insurance companies that have agreed to reimburse the 
203.24 	practitioner, or health maintenance organizations with whom the practitioner contracts 
203.25 	to provide service, whether the practitioner accepts Medicare, or medical assistance, or 
203.26 	general assistance medical care, and whether the practitioner is willing to accept partial 
203.27 	payment, or to waive payment, and in what circumstances;
203.28 	(7) a statement that the client has a right to reasonable notice of changes in services 
203.29 	or charges;
203.30 	(8) a brief summary, in plain language, of the theoretical approach used by the 
203.31 	practitioner in providing services to clients;
203.32 	(9) notice that the client has a right to complete and current information concerning 
203.33 	the practitioner's assessment and recommended service that is to be provided, including 
203.34 	the expected duration of the service to be provided;
203.35 	(10) a statement that clients may expect courteous treatment and to be free from 
203.36 	verbal, physical, or sexual abuse by the practitioner;
204.1 	(11) a statement that client records and transactions with the practitioner are 
204.2 	confidential, unless release of these records is authorized in writing by the client, or 
204.3 	otherwise provided by law;
204.4 	(12) a statement of the client's right to be allowed access to records and written 
204.5 	information from records in accordance with sections 144.291 to 144.298;
204.6 	(13) a statement that other services may be available in the community, including 
204.7 	where information concerning services is available;
204.8 	(14) a statement that the client has the right to choose freely among available 
204.9 	practitioners and to change practitioners after services have begun, within the limits of 
204.10 	health insurance, medical assistance, or other health programs;
204.11 	(15) a statement that the client has a right to coordinated transfer when there will 
204.12 	be a change in the provider of services;
204.13 	(16) a statement that the client may refuse services or treatment, unless otherwise 
204.14 	provided by law; and
204.15 	(17) a statement that the client may assert the client's rights without retaliation.
204.16 	(b) This section does not apply to an unlicensed complementary and alternative 
204.17 	health care practitioner who is employed by or is a volunteer in a hospital or hospice who 
204.18 	provides services to a client in a hospital or under an appropriate hospice plan of care. 
204.19 	Patients receiving complementary and alternative health care services in an inpatient 
204.20 	hospital or under an appropriate hospice plan of care shall have and be made aware of 
204.21 	the right to file a complaint with the hospital or hospice provider through which the 
204.22 	practitioner is employed or registered as a volunteer.
204.23 	(c) This section does not apply to a health care practitioner licensed or registered by 
204.24 	the commissioner of health or a health-related licensing board who utilizes complementary 
204.25 	and alternative health care practices within the scope of practice of the health care 
204.26 	practitioner's professional license.

204.27 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 150A.06, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
204.28 		Subd. 2d.Continuing education and professional development waiver. (a) The 
204.29 	board shall grant a waiver to the continuing education requirements under this chapter for 
204.30 	a licensed dentist, licensed dental therapist, licensed dental hygienist, or licensed dental 
204.31 	assistant who documents to the satisfaction of the board that the dentist, dental therapist, 
204.32 	dental hygienist, or licensed dental assistant has retired from active practice in the state 
204.33 	and limits the provision of dental care services to those offered without compensation 
204.34 	in a public health, community, or tribal clinic or a nonprofit organization that provides 
205.1 	services to the indigent or to recipients of medical assistance, general assistance medical 
205.2 	care, or MinnesotaCare programs.
205.3 	(b) The board may require written documentation from the volunteer and retired 
205.4 	dentist, dental therapist, dental hygienist, or licensed dental assistant prior to granting 
205.5 	this waiver.
205.6 	(c) The board shall require the volunteer and retired dentist, dental therapist, dental 
205.7 	hygienist, or licensed dental assistant to meet the following requirements:
205.8 	(1) a licensee seeking a waiver under this subdivision must complete and document 
205.9 	at least five hours of approved courses in infection control, medical emergencies, and 
205.10 	medical management for the continuing education cycle; and
205.11 	(2) provide documentation of current CPR certification from completion of the 
205.12 	American Heart Association healthcare provider course or the American Red Cross 
205.13 	professional rescuer course.

205.14 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 151.55, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
205.15 		Subd. 6.Dispensing requirements. (a) Drugs and supplies must be dispensed by a 
205.16 	licensed pharmacist pursuant to a prescription by a practitioner or may be dispensed or 
205.17 	administered by a practitioner according to the requirements of chapter 151 and within the 
205.18 	practitioner's scope of practice.
205.19 	(b) Cancer drugs and supplies shall be visually inspected by the pharmacist or 
205.20 	practitioner before being dispensed or administered for adulteration, misbranding, and 
205.21 	date of expiration. Drugs or supplies that have expired or appear upon visual inspection 
205.22 	to be adulterated, misbranded, or tampered with in any way may not be dispensed or 
205.23 	administered.
205.24 	(c) Before a cancer drug or supply may be dispensed or administered to an 
205.25 	individual, the individual must sign a cancer drug repository recipient form provided by 
205.26 	the board acknowledging that the individual understands the information stated on the 
205.27 	form. The form shall include the following information:
205.28 	(1) that the drug or supply being dispensed or administered has been donated and 
205.29 	may have been previously dispensed;
205.30 	(2) that a visual inspection has been conducted by the pharmacist or practitioner 
205.31 	to ensure that the drug has not expired, has not been adulterated or misbranded, and is 
205.32 	in its original, unopened packaging; and
205.33 	(3) that the dispensing pharmacist, the dispensing or administering practitioner, 
205.34 	the cancer drug repository, the Board of Pharmacy, and any other participant of the 
205.35 	cancer drug repository program cannot guarantee the safety of the drug or supply being 
206.1 	dispensed or administered and that the pharmacist or practitioner has determined that the 
206.2 	drug or supply is safe to dispense or administer based on the accuracy of the donor's 
206.3 	form submitted with the donated drug or supply and the visual inspection required to be 
206.4 	performed by the pharmacist or practitioner before dispensing or administering.
206.5 	The board shall make the cancer drug repository form available on the Board of 
206.6 	Pharmacy's Web site.
206.7 	(d) Drugs and supplies shall only be dispensed or administered to individuals who 
206.8 	meet the eligibility requirements in subdivision 4 and in the following order of priority:
206.9 	(1) individuals who are uninsured;
206.10 	(2) individuals who are enrolled in medical assistance, general assistance medical 
206.11 	care, MinnesotaCare, Medicare, or other public assistance health care; and
206.12 	(3) all other individuals who are otherwise eligible under subdivision 4 to receive 
206.13 	drugs or supplies from a cancer drug repository.

206.14 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168B.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
206.15 		Subd. 3.Retrieval of contents. (a) For purposes of this subdivision:
206.16 	(1) "contents" does not include any permanently affixed mechanical or 
206.17 	nonmechanical automobile parts; automobile body parts; or automobile accessories, 
206.18 	including audio or video players; and
206.19 	(2) "relief based on need" includes, but is not limited to, receipt of MFIP and 
206.20 	Diversionary Work Program, medical assistance, general assistance, general assistance 
206.21 	medical care, emergency general assistance, Minnesota supplemental aid, MSA-emergency 
206.22 	assistance, MinnesotaCare, Supplemental Security Income, energy assistance, emergency 
206.23 	assistance, food stamps, earned income tax credit, or Minnesota working family tax credit.
206.24 	(b) A unit of government or impound lot operator shall establish reasonable 
206.25 	procedures for retrieval of vehicle contents, and may establish reasonable procedures to 
206.26 	protect the safety and security of the impound lot and its personnel.
206.27 	(c) At any time before the expiration of the waiting periods provided in section 
206.28 	168B.051, a registered owner who provides documentation from a government or 
206.29 	nonprofit agency or legal aid office that the registered owner is homeless, receives relief 
206.30 	based on need, or is eligible for legal aid services, has the unencumbered right to retrieve 
206.31 	any and all contents without charge and regardless of whether the registered owner pays 
206.32 	incurred charges or fees, transfers title, or reclaims the vehicle.

206.33 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 244.05, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
207.1 		Subd. 8.Conditional medical release. Notwithstanding subdivisions 4 and 5, the 
207.2 	commissioner may order that any offender be placed on conditional medical release before 
207.3 	the offender's scheduled supervised release date or target release date if the offender 
207.4 	suffers from a grave illness or medical condition and the release poses no threat to the 
207.5 	public. In making the decision to release an offender on this status, the commissioner must 
207.6 	consider the offender's age and medical condition, the health care needs of the offender, 
207.7 	the offender's custody classification and level of risk of violence, the appropriate level 
207.8 	of community supervision, and alternative placements that may be available for the 
207.9 	offender. An inmate may not be released under this provision unless the commissioner 
207.10 	has determined that the inmate's health costs are likely to be borne by medical assistance, 
207.11 	Medicaid, general assistance medical care, veteran's benefits, or by any other federal or state 
207.12 	medical assistance programs or by the inmate. Conditional medical release is governed by 
207.13 	provisions relating to supervised release except that it may be rescinded without hearing 
207.14 	by the commissioner if the offender's medical condition improves to the extent that the 
207.15 	continuation of the conditional medical release presents a more serious risk to the public.

207.16 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 244.054, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
207.17 		Subd. 2.Content of plan. If an offender chooses to have a discharge plan 
207.18 	developed, the commissioner of human services shall develop and implement a discharge 
207.19 	plan, which must include at least the following:
207.20 	(1) at least 90 days before the offender is due to be discharged, the commissioner 
207.21 	of human services shall designate an agent of the Department of Human Services with 
207.22 	mental health training to serve as the primary person responsible for carrying out discharge 
207.23 	planning activities;
207.24 	(2) at least 75 days before the offender is due to be discharged, the offender's 
207.25 	designated agent shall:
207.26 	(i) obtain informed consent and releases of information from the offender that are 
207.27 	needed for transition services;
207.28 	(ii) contact the county human services department in the community where the 
207.29 	offender expects to reside following discharge, and inform the department of the offender's 
207.30 	impending discharge and the planned date of the offender's return to the community; 
207.31 	determine whether the county or a designated contracted provider will provide case 
207.32 	management services to the offender; refer the offender to the case management services 
207.33 	provider; and confirm that the case management services provider will have opened the 
207.34 	offender's case prior to the offender's discharge; and
208.1 	(iii) refer the offender to appropriate staff in the county human services department 
208.2 	in the community where the offender expects to reside following discharge, for enrollment 
208.3 	of the offender if eligible in medical assistance or general assistance medical care, using 
208.4 	special procedures established by process and Department of Human Services bulletin;
208.5 	(3) at least 2-1/2 months before discharge, the offender's designated agent shall 
208.6 	secure timely appointments for the offender with a psychiatrist no later than 30 days 
208.7 	following discharge, and with other program staff at a community mental health provider 
208.8 	that is able to serve former offenders with serious and persistent mental illness;
208.9 	(4) at least 30 days before discharge, the offender's designated agent shall convene a 
208.10 	predischarge assessment and planning meeting of key staff from the programs in which 
208.11 	the offender has participated while in the correctional facility, the offender, the supervising 
208.12 	agent, and the mental health case management services provider assigned to the offender. 
208.13 	At the meeting, attendees shall provide background information and continuing care 
208.14 	recommendations for the offender, including information on the offender's risk for relapse; 
208.15 	current medications, including dosage and frequency; therapy and behavioral goals; 
208.16 	diagnostic and assessment information, including results of a chemical dependency 
208.17 	evaluation; confirmation of appointments with a psychiatrist and other program staff in 
208.18 	the community; a relapse prevention plan; continuing care needs; needs for housing, 
208.19 	employment, and finance support and assistance; and recommendations for successful 
208.20 	community integration, including chemical dependency treatment or support if chemical 
208.21 	dependency is a risk factor. Immediately following this meeting, the offender's designated 
208.22 	agent shall summarize this background information and continuing care recommendations 
208.23 	in a written report;
208.24 	(5) immediately following the predischarge assessment and planning meeting, the 
208.25 	provider of mental health case management services who will serve the offender following 
208.26 	discharge shall offer to make arrangements and referrals for housing, financial support, 
208.27 	benefits assistance, employment counseling, and other services required in sections 
208.28 	245.461 to 245.486;
208.29 	(6) at least ten days before the offender's first scheduled postdischarge appointment 
208.30 	with a mental health provider, the offender's designated agent shall transfer the following 
208.31 	records to the offender's case management services provider and psychiatrist: the 
208.32 	predischarge assessment and planning report, medical records, and pharmacy records. 
208.33 	These records may be transferred only if the offender provides informed consent for 
208.34 	their release;
209.1 	(7) upon discharge, the offender's designated agent shall ensure that the offender 
209.2 	leaves the correctional facility with at least a ten-day supply of all necessary medications; 
209.3 	and
209.4 	(8) upon discharge, the prescribing authority at the offender's correctional facility 
209.5 	shall telephone in prescriptions for all necessary medications to a pharmacy in the 
209.6 	community where the offender plans to reside. The prescriptions must provide at least a 
209.7 	30-day supply of all necessary medications, and must be able to be refilled once for one 
209.8 	additional 30-day supply.

209.9 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.466, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
209.10 		Subd. 7.IMD downsizing flexibility. (a) If a county presents a budget-neutral 
209.11 	plan for a net reduction in the number of institution for mental disease (IMD) beds 
209.12 	funded under group residential housing, the commissioner may transfer the net savings 
209.13 	from group residential housing and general assistance medical care to medical assistance 
209.14 	and mental health grants to provide appropriate services in non-IMD settings. For the 
209.15 	purposes of this subdivision, "a budget neutral plan" means a plan that does not increase 
209.16 	the state share of costs.
209.17 	(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) do not apply to a facility that has its 
209.18 	reimbursement rate established under section 256B.431, subdivision 4, paragraph (c).

209.19 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 245.4661, subdivision 6, 
209.20 	is amended to read:
209.21 		Subd. 6.Duties of commissioner. (a) For purposes of the pilot projects, the 
209.22 	commissioner shall facilitate integration of funds or other resources as needed and 
209.23 	requested by each project. These resources may include:
209.24 	(1) community support services funds administered under Minnesota Rules, parts 
209.25 	9535.1700 to 9535.1760;
209.26 	(2) other mental health special project funds;
209.27 	(3) medical assistance, general assistance medical care, MinnesotaCare, and group 
209.28 	residential housing if requested by the project's managing entity, and if the commissioner 
209.29 	determines this would be consistent with the state's overall health care reform efforts; and
209.30 	(4) regional treatment center resources consistent with section 246.0136, subdivision 
209.31 	1.
209.32 	(b) The commissioner shall consider the following criteria in awarding start-up and 
209.33 	implementation grants for the pilot projects:
210.1 	(1) the ability of the proposed projects to accomplish the objectives described in 
210.2 	subdivision 2;
210.3 	(2) the size of the target population to be served; and
210.4 	(3) geographical distribution.
210.5 	(c) The commissioner shall review overall status of the projects initiatives at least 
210.6 	every two years and recommend any legislative changes needed by January 15 of each 
210.7 	odd-numbered year.
210.8 	(d) The commissioner may waive administrative rule requirements which are 
210.9 	incompatible with the implementation of the pilot project.
210.10 	(e) The commissioner may exempt the participating counties from fiscal sanctions 
210.11 	for noncompliance with requirements in laws and rules which are incompatible with the 
210.12 	implementation of the pilot project.
210.13 	(f) The commissioner may award grants to an entity designated by a county board or 
210.14 	group of county boards to pay for start-up and implementation costs of the pilot project.

210.15 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.467, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
210.16 		Subd. 2.Diagnostic assessment. All providers of residential, acute care hospital 
210.17 	inpatient, and regional treatment centers must complete a diagnostic assessment for each 
210.18 	of their clients within five days of admission. Providers of outpatient and day treatment 
210.19 	services must complete a diagnostic assessment within five days after the adult's second 
210.20 	visit or within 30 days after intake, whichever occurs first. In cases where a diagnostic 
210.21 	assessment is available and has been completed within three years preceding admission, 
210.22 	only an adult diagnostic assessment update is necessary. An "adult diagnostic assessment 
210.23 	update" means a written summary by a mental health professional of the adult's current 
210.24 	mental health status and service needs and includes a face-to-face interview with the adult. 
210.25 	If the adult's mental health status has changed markedly since the adult's most recent 
210.26 	diagnostic assessment, a new diagnostic assessment is required. Compliance with the 
210.27 	provisions of this subdivision does not ensure eligibility for medical assistance or general 
210.28 	assistance medical care reimbursement under chapters chapter 256B and 256D.

210.29 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.4682, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
210.30 		Subd. 3.Projects for coordination of care. (a) Consistent with section 256B.69
210.31 	and chapters 256D and chapter 256L, the commissioner is authorized to solicit, approve, 
210.32 	and implement up to three projects to demonstrate the integration of physical and mental 
210.33 	health services within prepaid health plans and their coordination with social services. 
210.34 	The commissioner shall require that each project be based on locally defined partnerships 
211.1 	that include at least one health maintenance organization, community integrated service 
211.2 	network, or accountable provider network authorized and operating under chapter 62D, 
211.3 	62N, or 62T, or county-based purchasing entity under section 256B.692 that is eligible to 
211.4 	contract with the commissioner as a prepaid health plan, and the county or counties within 
211.5 	the service area. Counties shall retain responsibility and authority for social services in 
211.6 	these locally defined partnerships.
211.7 	(b) The commissioner, in consultation with consumers, families, and their 
211.8 	representatives, shall:
211.9 	(1) determine criteria for approving the projects and use those criteria to solicit 
211.10 	proposals for preferred integrated networks. The commissioner must develop criteria to 
211.11 	evaluate the partnership proposed by the county and prepaid health plan to coordinate 
211.12 	access and delivery of services. The proposal must at a minimum address how the 
211.13 	partnership will coordinate the provision of:
211.14 	(i) client outreach and identification of health and social service needs paired with 
211.15 	expedited access to appropriate resources;
211.16 	(ii) activities to maintain continuity of health care coverage;
211.17 	(iii) children's residential mental health treatment and treatment foster care;
211.18 	(iv) court-ordered assessments and treatments;
211.19 	(v) prepetition screening and commitments under chapter 253B;
211.20 	(vi) assessment and treatment of children identified through mental health screening 
211.21 	of child welfare and juvenile corrections cases;
211.22 	(vii) home and community-based waiver services;
211.23 	(viii) assistance with finding and maintaining employment;
211.24 	(ix) housing; and
211.25 	(x) transportation;
211.26 	(2) determine specifications for contracts with prepaid health plans to improve the 
211.27 	plan's ability to serve persons with mental health conditions, including specifications 
211.28 	addressing:
211.29 	(i) early identification and intervention of physical and behavioral health problems;
211.30 	(ii) communication between the enrollee and the health plan;
211.31 	(iii) facilitation of enrollment for persons who are also eligible for a Medicare 
211.32 	special needs plan offered by the health plan;
211.33 	(iv) risk screening procedures;
211.34 	(v) health care coordination;
211.35 	(vi) member services and access to applicable protections and appeal processes;
211.36 	(vii) specialty provider networks;
212.1 	(viii) transportation services;
212.2 	(ix) treatment planning; and
212.3 	(x) administrative simplification for providers;
212.4 	(3) begin implementation of the projects no earlier than January 1, 2009, with not 
212.5 	more than 40 percent of the statewide population included during calendar year 2009 and 
212.6 	additional counties included in subsequent years;
212.7 	(4) waive any administrative rule not consistent with the implementation of the 
212.8 	projects;
212.9 	(5) allow potential bidders at least 90 days to respond to the request for proposals; and
212.10 	(6) conduct an independent evaluation to determine if mental health outcomes have 
212.11 	improved in that county or counties according to measurable standards designed in 
212.12 	consultation with the advisory body established under this subdivision and reviewed by 
212.13 	the State Advisory Council on Mental Health.
212.14 	(c) Notwithstanding any statute or administrative rule to the contrary, the 
212.15 	commissioner may enroll all persons eligible for medical assistance with serious mental 
212.16 	illness or emotional disturbance in the prepaid plan of their choice within the project 
212.17 	service area unless:
212.18 	(1) the individual is eligible for home and community-based services for persons 
212.19 	with developmental disabilities and related conditions under section 256B.092; or
212.20 	(2) the individual has a basis for exclusion from the prepaid plan under section 
212.21 	256B.69, subdivision 4, other than disability, mental illness, or emotional disturbance.
212.22 	(d) The commissioner shall involve organizations representing persons with mental 
212.23 	illness and their families in the development and distribution of information used to 
212.24 	educate potential enrollees regarding their options for health care and mental health 
212.25 	service delivery under this subdivision.
212.26 	(e) If the person described in paragraph (c) does not elect to remain in fee-for-service 
212.27 	medical assistance, or declines to choose a plan, the commissioner may preferentially 
212.28 	assign that person to the prepaid plan participating in the preferred integrated network. 
212.29 	The commissioner shall implement the enrollment changes within a project's service area 
212.30 	on the timeline specified in that project's approved application.
212.31 	(f) A person enrolled in a prepaid health plan under paragraphs (c) and (d) may 
212.32 	disenroll from the plan at any time.
212.33 	(g) The commissioner, in consultation with consumers, families, and their 
212.34 	representatives, shall evaluate the projects begun in 2009, and shall refine the design of the 
212.35 	service integration projects before expanding the projects. The commissioner shall report 
212.36 	to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over mental health services 
213.1 	by March 1, 2008, on plans for evaluation of preferred integrated networks established 
213.2 	under this subdivision.
213.3 	(h) The commissioner shall apply for any federal waivers necessary to implement 
213.4 	these changes.
213.5 	(i) Payment for Medicaid service providers under this subdivision for the months of 
213.6 	May and June will be made no earlier than July 1 of the same calendar year.

213.7 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.4712, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
213.8 		Subd. 3.Benefits assistance. The county board must offer to help adults with 
213.9 	serious and persistent mental illness in applying for state and federal benefits, including 
213.10 	Supplemental Security Income, medical assistance, Medicare, general assistance, general 
213.11 	assistance medical care, and Minnesota supplemental aid. The help must be offered as 
213.12 	part of the community support program available to adults with serious and persistent 
213.13 	mental illness for whom the county is financially responsible and who may qualify for 
213.14 	these benefits.

213.15 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 245.4876, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
213.16 		Subd. 2.Diagnostic assessment. All residential treatment facilities and acute care 
213.17 	hospital inpatient treatment facilities that provide mental health services for children 
213.18 	must complete a diagnostic assessment for each of their child clients within five working 
213.19 	days of admission. Providers of outpatient and day treatment services for children must 
213.20 	complete a diagnostic assessment within five days after the child's second visit or 30 days 
213.21 	after intake, whichever occurs first. In cases where a diagnostic assessment is available 
213.22 	and has been completed within 180 days preceding admission, only updating is necessary. 
213.23 	"Updating" means a written summary by a mental health professional of the child's current 
213.24 	mental health status and service needs. If the child's mental health status has changed 
213.25 	markedly since the child's most recent diagnostic assessment, a new diagnostic assessment 
213.26 	is required. Compliance with the provisions of this subdivision does not ensure eligibility 
213.27 	for medical assistance or general assistance medical care reimbursement under chapters 
213.28 	chapter 256B and 256D.

213.29 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 253B.03, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
213.30 		Subd. 10.Notification. All persons admitted or committed to a treatment facility 
213.31 	shall be notified in writing of their rights regarding hospitalization and other treatment 
213.32 	at the time of admission. This notification must include:
214.1 	(1) patient rights specified in this section and section 144.651, including nursing 
214.2 	home discharge rights;
214.3 	(2) the right to obtain treatment and services voluntarily under this chapter;
214.4 	(3) the right to voluntary admission and release under section 253B.04;
214.5 	(4) rights in case of an emergency admission under section 253B.05, including 
214.6 	the right to documentation in support of an emergency hold and the right to a summary 
214.7 	hearing before a judge if the patient believes an emergency hold is improper;
214.8 	(5) the right to request expedited review under section 62M.05 if additional days of 
214.9 	inpatient stay are denied;
214.10 	(6) the right to continuing benefits pending appeal and to an expedited administrative 
214.11 	hearing under section 256.045 if the patient is a recipient of medical assistance, general 
214.12 	assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare; and
214.13 	(7) the right to an external appeal process under section 62Q.73, including the right 
214.14 	to a second opinion.

214.15 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 254B.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
214.16 		Subd. 4.Division of costs. Except for services provided by a county under 
214.17 	section 254B.09, subdivision 1, or services provided under section 256B.69or 256D.03, 
214.18 	subdivision 4, paragraph (b), the county shall, out of local money, pay the state for 22.95 
214.19 	percent of the cost of chemical dependency services, including those services provided to 
214.20 	persons eligible for medical assistance under chapter 256B and general assistance medical 
214.21 	care under chapter 256D. Counties may use the indigent hospitalization levy for treatment 
214.22 	and hospital payments made under this section. 22.95 percent of any state collections from 
214.23 	private or third-party pay, less 15 percent for the cost of payment and collections, must be 
214.24 	distributed to the county that paid for a portion of the treatment under this section.

214.25 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 254B.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
214.26 		Subdivision 1.Eligibility. (a) Persons eligible for benefits under Code of Federal 
214.27 	Regulations, title 25, part 20, and persons eligible for medical assistance benefits under 
214.28 	sections 256B.055, 256B.056, and 256B.057, subdivisions 1, 5, and 6, or who meet the 
214.29 	income standards of section 256B.056, subdivision 4, and persons eligible for general 
214.30 	assistance medical care under section 256D.03, subdivision 3, are entitled to chemical 
214.31 	dependency fund services. State money appropriated for this paragraph must be placed in 
214.32 	a separate account established for this purpose.
214.33 	Persons with dependent children who are determined to be in need of chemical 
214.34 	dependency treatment pursuant to an assessment under section 626.556, subdivision 10, or 
215.1 	a case plan under section 260C.201, subdivision 6, or 260C.212, shall be assisted by the 
215.2 	local agency to access needed treatment services. Treatment services must be appropriate 
215.3 	for the individual or family, which may include long-term care treatment or treatment in a 
215.4 	facility that allows the dependent children to stay in the treatment facility. The county 
215.5 	shall pay for out-of-home placement costs, if applicable.
215.6 	(b) A person not entitled to services under paragraph (a), but with family income 
215.7 	that is less than 215 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for the applicable family 
215.8 	size, shall be eligible to receive chemical dependency fund services within the limit 
215.9 	of funds appropriated for this group for the fiscal year. If notified by the state agency 
215.10 	of limited funds, a county must give preferential treatment to persons with dependent 
215.11 	children who are in need of chemical dependency treatment pursuant to an assessment 
215.12 	under section 626.556, subdivision 10, or a case plan under section 260C.201, subdivision 
215.13 	6, or 260C.212. A county may spend money from its own sources to serve persons under 
215.14 	this paragraph. State money appropriated for this paragraph must be placed in a separate 
215.15 	account established for this purpose.
215.16 	(c) Persons whose income is between 215 percent and 412 percent of the federal 
215.17 	poverty guidelines for the applicable family size shall be eligible for chemical dependency 
215.18 	services on a sliding fee basis, within the limit of funds appropriated for this group for the 
215.19 	fiscal year. Persons eligible under this paragraph must contribute to the cost of services 
215.20 	according to the sliding fee scale established under subdivision 3. A county may spend 
215.21 	money from its own sources to provide services to persons under this paragraph. State 
215.22 	money appropriated for this paragraph must be placed in a separate account established 
215.23 	for this purpose.

215.24 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
215.25 		Subd. 2b.Performance payments.  The commissioner shall develop and implement 
215.26 	a pay-for-performance system to provide performance payments to eligible medical 
215.27 	groups and clinics that demonstrate optimum care in serving individuals with chronic 
215.28 	diseases who are enrolled in health care programs administered by the commissioner under 
215.29 	chapters 256B, 256D, and 256L. The commissioner may receive any federal matching 
215.30 	money that is made available through the medical assistance program for managed care 
215.31 	oversight contracted through vendors, including consumer surveys, studies, and external 
215.32 	quality reviews as required by the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Code of Federal 
215.33 	Regulations, title 42, part 438-managed care, subpart E-external quality review. Any 
215.34 	federal money received for managed care oversight is appropriated to the commissioner 
216.1 	for this purpose. The commissioner may expend the federal money received in either 
216.2 	year of the biennium.

216.3 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
216.4 		Subd. 18.Immigration status verifications. (a) Notwithstanding any waiver of 
216.5 	this requirement by the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human 
216.6 	Services, effective July 1, 2001, the commissioner shall utilize the Systematic Alien 
216.7 	Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to conduct immigration status verifications:
216.8 	(1) as required under United States Code, title 8, section 1642;
216.9 	(2) for all applicants for food assistance benefits, whether under the federal food stamp 
216.10 	program, the MFIP or work first program, or the Minnesota food assistance program; and
216.11 	(3) for all applicants for general assistance medical care, except assistance for an 
216.12 	emergency medical condition, for immunization with respect to an immunizable disease, 
216.13 	or for testing and treatment of symptoms of a communicable disease; and
216.14 	(4) (3) for all applicants for general assistance, Minnesota supplemental aid, 
216.15 	MinnesotaCare, or group residential housing, when the benefits provided by these 
216.16 	programs would fall under the definition of "federal public benefit" under United States 
216.17 	Code, title 8, section 1642, if federal funds were used to pay for all or part of the benefits.
216.18 	(b) The commissioner shall comply with the reporting requirements under United 
216.19 	States Code, title 42, section 611a, and any federal regulation or guidance adopted under 
216.20 	that law.

216.21 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.01, subdivision 18a, is amended to read:
216.22 		Subd. 18a.Public Assistance Reporting Information System. (a) Effective 
216.23 	October 1, 2009, the commissioner shall comply with the federal requirements in Public 
216.24 	Law 110-379 in implementing the Public Assistance Reporting Information System 
216.25 	(PARIS) to determine eligibility for all individuals applying for:
216.26 	(1) health care benefits under chapters 256B, 256D, and 256L; and
216.27 	(2) public benefits under chapters 119B, 256D, and 256I, and the supplemental 
216.28 	nutrition assistance program.
216.29 	(b) The commissioner shall determine eligibility under paragraph (a) by performing 
216.30 	data matches, including matching with medical assistance, cash, child care, and 
216.31 	supplemental assistance programs operated by other states.

216.32 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.014, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
217.1 		Subdivision 1.Establishment of systems. (a) The commissioner of human services 
217.2 	shall establish and enhance computer systems necessary for the efficient operation of the 
217.3 	programs the commissioner supervises, including:
217.4 	(1) management and administration of the food stamp, food support, and income 
217.5 	maintenance programs, including the electronic distribution of benefits;
217.6 	(2) management and administration of the child support enforcement program; and
217.7 	(3) administration of medical assistance and general assistance medical care.
217.8 	(b) The commissioner's development costs incurred by computer systems for 
217.9 	statewide programs administered by that computer system and mandated by state or 
217.10 	federal law must not be assessed against county agencies. The commissioner may 
217.11 	charge a county for development and operating costs incurred by computer systems for 
217.12 	functions requested by the county and not mandated by state or federal law for programs 
217.13 	administered by the computer system incurring the cost.
217.14 	(c) The commissioner shall distribute the nonfederal share of the costs of operating 
217.15 	and maintaining the systems to the commissioner and to the counties participating in the 
217.16 	system in a manner that reflects actual system usage, except that the nonfederal share of 
217.17 	the costs of the MAXIS computer system and child support enforcement systems for 
217.18 	statewide programs administered by those systems and mandated by state or federal law 
217.19 	shall be borne entirely by the commissioner.
217.20 	The commissioner may enter into contractual agreements with federally recognized 
217.21 	Indian tribes with a reservation in Minnesota to participate in state-operated computer 
217.22 	systems related to the management and administration of the food stamp, food support, 
217.23 	income maintenance, child support enforcement, and medical assistance and general 
217.24 	assistance medical care programs to the extent necessary for the tribe to operate a federally 
217.25 	approved family assistance program or any other program under the supervision of the 
217.26 	commissioner.

217.27 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.015, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
217.28 		Subdivision 1.State agency has lien. When the state agency provides, pays for, or 
217.29 	becomes liable for medical care or furnishes subsistence or other payments to a person, 
217.30 	the agency shall have a lien for the cost of the care and payments on any and all causes of 
217.31 	action or recovery rights under any policy, plan, or contract providing benefits for health 
217.32 	care or injury which accrue to the person to whom the care or payments were furnished, 
217.33 	or to the person's legal representatives, as a result of the occurrence that necessitated 
217.34 	the medical care, subsistence, or other payments. For purposes of this section, "state 
217.35 	agency" includes prepaid health plans under contract with the commissioner according 
218.1 	to sections 256B.69, 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c),256L.01, subdivision 7, 
218.2 	256L.03, subdivision 6, and 256L.12 and Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 
218.3 	256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c); children's mental health collaboratives under 
218.4 	section 245.493; demonstration projects for persons with disabilities under section 
218.5 	256B.77; nursing homes under the alternative payment demonstration project under 
218.6 	section 256B.434; and county-based purchasing entities under section 256B.692.

218.7 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.015, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
218.8 		Subd. 3.Prosecutor. The attorney general shall represent the commissioner to 
218.9 	enforce the lien created under this section or, if no action has been brought, may initiate 
218.10 	and prosecute an independent action on behalf of the commissioner against a person, firm, 
218.11 	or corporation that may be liable to the person to whom the care or payment was furnished.
218.12 	Any prepaid health plan providing services under sections 256B.69, 256D.03, 
218.13 	subdivision 4, paragraph (c), and 256L.12 and Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, 
218.14 	section 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c); children's mental health collaboratives 
218.15 	under section 245.493; demonstration projects for persons with disabilities under section 
218.16 	256B.77; nursing homes under the alternative payment demonstration project under 
218.17 	section 256B.434; or the county-based purchasing entity providing services under section 
218.18 	256B.692 may retain legal representation to enforce their lien created under this section 
218.19 	or, if no action has been brought, may initiate and prosecute an independent action on their 
218.20 	behalf against a person, firm, or corporation that may be liable to the person to whom the 
218.21 	care or payment was furnished.

218.22 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.019, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
218.23 		Subdivision 1.Retention rates. When an assistance recovery amount is collected 
218.24 	and posted by a county agency under the provisions governing public assistance programs 
218.25 	including general assistance medical care formerly codified in chapter 256D, general 
218.26 	assistance, and Minnesota supplemental aid, the county may keep one-half of the recovery 
218.27 	made by the county agency using any method other than recoupment. For medical 
218.28 	assistance, if the recovery is made by a county agency using any method other than 
218.29 	recoupment, the county may keep one-half of the nonfederal share of the recovery. For 
218.30 	MinnesotaCare, if the recovery is collected and posted by the county agency, the county 
218.31 	may keep one-half of the nonfederal share of the recovery.
218.32 	This does not apply to recoveries from medical providers or to recoveries begun 
218.33 	by the Department of Human Services' Surveillance and Utilization Review Division, 
218.34 	State Hospital Collections Unit, and the Benefit Recoveries Division or, by the attorney 
219.1 	general's office, or child support collections. In the food stamp or food support program, 
219.2 	the nonfederal share of recoveries in the federal tax offset program only will be divided 
219.3 	equally between the state agency and the involved county agency.

219.4 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.029, is amended to read:
219.5 	256.029 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE.
219.6 	(a) The commissioner shall provide a domestic violence informational brochure that 
219.7 	provides information about the existence of domestic violence waivers for eligible public 
219.8 	assistance applicants to all applicants of general assistance, general assistance medical 
219.9 	care, Minnesota family investment program, medical assistance, and MinnesotaCare. The 
219.10 	brochure must explain that eligible applicants may be temporarily waived from certain 
219.11 	program requirements due to domestic violence. The brochure must provide information 
219.12 	about services and other programs to help victims of domestic violence.
219.13 	(b) The brochure must be funded with TANF funds.

219.14 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.045, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
219.15 		Subd. 3a.Prepaid health plan appeals. (a) All prepaid health plans under contract 
219.16 	to the commissioner under chapter 256B or 256D must provide for a complaint system 
219.17 	according to section 62D.11. When a prepaid health plan denies, reduces, or terminates a 
219.18 	health service or denies a request to authorize a previously authorized health service, the 
219.19 	prepaid health plan must notify the recipient of the right to file a complaint or an appeal. 
219.20 	The notice must include the name and telephone number of the ombudsman and notice of 
219.21 	the recipient's right to request a hearing under paragraph (b). Recipients may request the 
219.22 	assistance of the ombudsman in the complaint system process. The prepaid health plan 
219.23 	must issue a written resolution of the complaint to the recipient within 30 days after the 
219.24 	complaint is filed with the prepaid health plan. A recipient is not required to exhaust the 
219.25 	complaint system procedures in order to request a hearing under paragraph (b).
219.26 	(b) Recipients enrolled in a prepaid health plan under chapter 256B or 256D may 
219.27 	contest a prepaid health plan's denial, reduction, or termination of health services, a 
219.28 	prepaid health plan's denial of a request to authorize a previously authorized health 
219.29 	service, or the prepaid health plan's written resolution of a complaint by submitting a 
219.30 	written request for a hearing according to subdivision 3. A state human services judge 
219.31 	shall conduct a hearing on the matter and shall recommend an order to the commissioner 
219.32 	of human services. The commissioner need not grant a hearing if the sole issue raised 
219.33 	by a recipient is the commissioner's authority to require mandatory enrollment in a 
219.34 	prepaid health plan in a county where prepaid health plans are under contract with the 
220.1 	commissioner. The state human services judge may order a second medical opinion 
220.2 	from the prepaid health plan or may order a second medical opinion from a nonprepaid 
220.3 	health plan provider at the expense of the prepaid health plan. Recipients may request 
220.4 	the assistance of the ombudsman in the appeal process.
220.5 	(c) In the written request for a hearing to appeal from a prepaid health plan's denial, 
220.6 	reduction, or termination of a health service, a prepaid health plan's denial of a request to 
220.7 	authorize a previously authorized service, or the prepaid health plan's written resolution 
220.8 	to a complaint, a recipient may request an expedited hearing. If an expedited appeal is 
220.9 	warranted, the state human services judge shall hear the appeal and render a decision 
220.10 	within a time commensurate with the level of urgency involved, based on the individual 
220.11 	circumstances of the case.

220.12 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.045, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
220.13 		Subd. 10.Payments pending appeal. If the commissioner of human services 
220.14 	or district court orders monthly assistance or aid or services paid or provided in any 
220.15 	proceeding under this section, it shall be paid or provided pending appeal to the 
220.16 	commissioner of human services, district court, Court of Appeals, or Supreme Court. The 
220.17 	human services judge may order the local human services agency to reduce or terminate 
220.18 	medical assistance or general assistance medical care to a recipient before a final order is 
220.19 	issued under this section if: (1) the human services judge determines at the hearing that the 
220.20 	sole issue on appeal is one of a change in state or federal law; and (2) the commissioner or 
220.21 	the local agency notifies the recipient before the action. The state or county agency has a 
220.22 	claim for food stamps, food support, cash payments, medical assistance, general assistance 
220.23 	medical care, and MinnesotaCare program payments made to or on behalf of a recipient or 
220.24 	former recipient while an appeal is pending if the recipient or former recipient is determined 
220.25 	ineligible for the food stamps, food support, cash payments, medical assistance, general 
220.26 	assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare as a result of the appeal, except for medical 
220.27 	assistance and general assistance medical care made on behalf of a recipient pursuant to a 
220.28 	court order. In enforcing a claim on MinnesotaCare program payments, the state or county 
220.29 	agency shall reduce the claim amount by the value of any premium payments made by a 
220.30 	recipient or former recipient during the period for which the recipient or former recipient 
220.31 	has been determined to be ineligible. Provision of a health care service by the state agency 
220.32 	under medical assistance, general assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare pending 
220.33 	appeal shall not render moot the state agency's position in a court of law.

220.34 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.046, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
221.1 		Subdivision 1.Hearing authority. A local agency must initiate an administrative 
221.2 	fraud disqualification hearing for individuals, including child care providers caring for 
221.3 	children receiving child care assistance, accused of wrongfully obtaining assistance or 
221.4 	intentional program violations, in lieu of a criminal action when it has not been pursued, 
221.5 	in the Minnesota family investment program and any affiliated program to include the 
221.6 	diversionary work program and the work participation cash benefit program, child care 
221.7 	assistance programs, general assistance, family general assistance program formerly 
221.8 	codified in section 256D.05, subdivision 1, clause (15), Minnesota supplemental aid, 
221.9 	food stamp programs, general assistance medical care, MinnesotaCare for adults without 
221.10 	children, and upon federal approval, all categories of medical assistance and remaining 
221.11 	categories of MinnesotaCare except for children through age 18. The Department 
221.12 	of Human Services, in lieu of a local agency, may initiate an administrative fraud 
221.13 	disqualification hearing when the state agency is directly responsible for administration or 
221.14 	investigation of the program for which benefits were wrongfully obtained. The hearing is 
221.15 	subject to the requirements of section 256.045 and the requirements in Code of Federal 
221.16 	Regulations, title 7, section 273.16.

221.17 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.9365, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
221.18 		Subd. 3.Cost-effective coverage. Requirements for the payment of individual 
221.19 	plan premiums under subdivision 2, clause (5), must be designed to ensure that the state 
221.20 	cost of paying an individual plan premium does not exceed the estimated state cost that 
221.21 	would otherwise be incurred in the medical assistance or general assistance medical care 
221.22 	program. The commissioner shall purchase the most cost-effective coverage available 
221.23 	for eligible individuals.

221.24 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.962, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
221.25 		Subdivision 1.Public awareness and education. The commissioner, in consultation 
221.26 	with community organizations, health plans, and other public entities experienced in 
221.27 	outreach to the uninsured, shall design and implement a statewide campaign to raise public 
221.28 	awareness on the availability of health coverage through medical assistance, general 
221.29 	assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare and to educate the public on the importance of 
221.30 	obtaining and maintaining health care coverage. The campaign shall include multimedia 
221.31 	messages directed to the general population.

221.32 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.962, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
222.1 		Subd. 5.Incentive program. Beginning January 1, 2008, the commissioner shall 
222.2 	establish an incentive program for organizations and licensed insurance producers under 
222.3 	chapter 60K that directly identify and assist potential enrollees in filling out and submitting 
222.4 	an application. For each applicant who is successfully enrolled in MinnesotaCare,or 
222.5 	medical assistance, or general assistance medical care, the commissioner, within the 
222.6 	available appropriation, shall pay the organization or licensed insurance producer a $25 
222.7 	application assistance bonus. The organization or licensed insurance producer may 
222.8 	provide an applicant a gift certificate or other incentive upon enrollment.

222.9 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.9655, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
222.10 		Subdivision 1.Duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall establish 
222.11 	procedures to analyze and correct problems associated with medical care claims 
222.12 	preparation and processing under the medical assistance, general assistance medical care, 
222.13 	and MinnesotaCare programs. At a minimum, the commissioner shall:
222.14 	(1) designate a full-time position as a liaison between the Department of Human 
222.15 	Services and providers;
222.16 	(2) analyze impediments to timely processing of claims, provide information and 
222.17 	consultation to providers, and develop methods to resolve or reduce problems;
222.18 	(3) provide to each acute care hospital a quarterly listing of claims received and 
222.19 	identify claims that have been suspended and the reason the claims were suspended;
222.20 	(4) provide education and information on reasons for rejecting and suspending 
222.21 	claims and identify methods that would avoid multiple submissions of claims; and
222.22 	(5) for each acute care hospital, identify and prioritize claims that are in jeopardy of 
222.23 	exceeding time factors that eliminate payment.

222.24 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.9686, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
222.25 		Subd. 7.Medical assistance. "Medical assistance" means the program established 
222.26 	under chapter 256B and Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Medical assistance includes 
222.27 	general assistance medical care established under chapter 256D, unless otherwise 
222.28 	specifically stated.

222.29 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.98, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
222.30 		Subd. 3.Amount of assistance incorrectly paid. The amount of the assistance 
222.31 	incorrectly paid under this section is:
222.32 	(1) the difference between the amount of assistance actually received on the basis 
222.33 	of misrepresented or concealed facts and the amount to which the recipient would have 
223.1 	been entitled had the specific concealment or misrepresentation not occurred. Unless 
223.2 	required by law, rule, or regulation, earned income disregards shall not be applied to 
223.3 	earnings not reported by the recipient; or
223.4 	(2) equal to all payments for health care services, including capitation payments 
223.5 	made to a health plan, made on behalf of a person enrolled in MinnesotaCare, medical 
223.6 	assistance, or general assistance medical care formerly codified in chapter 256D, for which 
223.7 	the person was not entitled due to the concealment or misrepresentation of facts.

223.8 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.98, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
223.9 		Subd. 8.Disqualification from program. (a) Any person found to be guilty of 
223.10 	wrongfully obtaining assistance by a federal or state court or by an administrative hearing 
223.11 	determination, or waiver thereof, through a disqualification consent agreement, or as part 
223.12 	of any approved diversion plan under section 401.065, or any court-ordered stay which 
223.13 	carries with it any probationary or other conditions, in the Minnesota family investment 
223.14 	program and any affiliated program to include the diversionary work program and the 
223.15 	work participation cash benefit program, the food stamp or food support program, the 
223.16 	general assistance program, the group residential housing program, or the Minnesota 
223.17 	supplemental aid program shall be disqualified from that program. In addition, any person 
223.18 	disqualified from the Minnesota family investment program shall also be disqualified from 
223.19 	the food stamp or food support program. The needs of that individual shall not be taken 
223.20 	into consideration in determining the grant level for that assistance unit:
223.21 	(1) for one year after the first offense;
223.22 	(2) for two years after the second offense; and
223.23 	(3) permanently after the third or subsequent offense.
223.24 	The period of program disqualification shall begin on the date stipulated on the 
223.25 	advance notice of disqualification without possibility of postponement for administrative 
223.26 	stay or administrative hearing and shall continue through completion unless and until the 
223.27 	findings upon which the sanctions were imposed are reversed by a court of competent 
223.28 	jurisdiction. The period for which sanctions are imposed is not subject to review. The 
223.29 	sanctions provided under this subdivision are in addition to, and not in substitution 
223.30 	for, any other sanctions that may be provided for by law for the offense involved. A 
223.31 	disqualification established through hearing or waiver shall result in the disqualification 
223.32 	period beginning immediately unless the person has become otherwise ineligible for 
223.33 	assistance. If the person is ineligible for assistance, the disqualification period begins 
223.34 	when the person again meets the eligibility criteria of the program from which they were 
223.35 	disqualified and makes application for that program.
224.1 	(b) A family receiving assistance through child care assistance programs 
224.2 	under chapter 119B with a family member who is found to be guilty of wrongfully 
224.3 	obtaining child care assistance by a federal court, state court, or an administrative 
224.4 	hearing determination or waiver, through a disqualification consent agreement, as part 
224.5 	of an approved diversion plan under section 401.065, or a court-ordered stay with 
224.6 	probationary or other conditions, is disqualified from child care assistance programs. The 
224.7 	disqualifications must be for periods of one year and two years for the first and second 
224.8 	offenses, respectively. Subsequent violations must result in permanent disqualification. 
224.9 	During the disqualification period, disqualification from any child care program must 
224.10 	extend to all child care programs and must be immediately applied.
224.11 	(c) A provider caring for children receiving assistance through child care assistance 
224.12 	programs under chapter 119B is disqualified from receiving payment for child care 
224.13 	services from the child care assistance program under chapter 119B when the provider is 
224.14 	found to have wrongfully obtained child care assistance by a federal court, state court, 
224.15 	or an administrative hearing determination or waiver under section 256.046, through 
224.16 	a disqualification consent agreement, as part of an approved diversion plan under 
224.17 	section 401.065, or a court-ordered stay with probationary or other conditions. The 
224.18 	disqualification must be for a period of one year for the first offense and two years for 
224.19 	the second offense. Any subsequent violation must result in permanent disqualification. 
224.20 	The disqualification period must be imposed immediately after a determination is made 
224.21 	under this paragraph. During the disqualification period, the provider is disqualified from 
224.22 	receiving payment from any child care program under chapter 119B.
224.23 	(d) Any person found to be guilty of wrongfully obtaining general assistance 
224.24 	medical care, MinnesotaCare for adults without children, and upon federal approval, all 
224.25 	categories of medical assistance and remaining categories of MinnesotaCare, except 
224.26 	for children through age 18, by a federal or state court or by an administrative hearing 
224.27 	determination, or waiver thereof, through a disqualification consent agreement, or as part 
224.28 	of any approved diversion plan under section 401.065, or any court-ordered stay which 
224.29 	carries with it any probationary or other conditions, is disqualified from that program. The 
224.30 	period of disqualification is one year after the first offense, two years after the second 
224.31 	offense, and permanently after the third or subsequent offense. The period of program 
224.32 	disqualification shall begin on the date stipulated on the advance notice of disqualification 
224.33 	without possibility of postponement for administrative stay or administrative hearing 
224.34 	and shall continue through completion unless and until the findings upon which the 
224.35 	sanctions were imposed are reversed by a court of competent jurisdiction. The period for 
224.36 	which sanctions are imposed is not subject to review. The sanctions provided under this 
225.1 	subdivision are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other sanctions that may be 
225.2 	provided for by law for the offense involved.

225.3 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.99, is amended to read:
225.4 	256.99 REVERSE MORTGAGE PROCEEDS DISREGARDED.
225.5 	All reverse mortgage loan proceeds received, including interest or earnings thereon, 
225.6 	shall be disregarded and shall not be considered available to the borrower for purposes 
225.7 	of determining initial or continuing eligibility for, or amount of, medical assistance, 
225.8 	Minnesota supplemental assistance, general assistance, general assistance medical care, or 
225.9 	a federal or state low interest loan or grant. This section applies regardless of the time 
225.10 	elapsed since the loan was made or the disposition of the proceeds.
225.11 	For purposes of medical assistance eligibility provided under sections 256B.055, 
225.12 	256B.056, and 256B.06, proceeds from a reverse mortgage must be disregarded as income 
225.13 	in the month of receipt but are a resource if retained after the month of receipt.

225.14 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.991, is amended to read:
225.15 	256.991 RULES.
225.16 	The commissioner of human services may promulgate rules as necessary to 
225.17 	implement sections 256.01, subdivision 2; 256.82, subdivision 3; 256.966, subdivision 1; 
225.18 	256D.03, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, and 7; and 261.23. The commissioner shall promulgate 
225.19 	rules to establish standards and criteria for deciding which medical assistance services 
225.20 	require prior authorization and for deciding whether a second medical opinion is required 
225.21 	for an elective surgery. The commissioner shall promulgate rules as necessary to establish 
225.22 	the methods and standards for determining inappropriate utilization of medical assistance 
225.23 	services.

225.24 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256.997, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
225.25 		Subd. 4.Injury protection for work experience participants. (a) This subdivision 
225.26 	applies to payment of any claims resulting from an alleged injury or death of a child 
225.27 	support obligor participating in a community work experience program established and 
225.28 	operated by a county or a judicial district department of corrections under this section.
225.29 	(b) Claims that are subject to this section must be investigated by the county agency 
225.30 	responsible for supervising the work to determine whether the claimed injury occurred, 
225.31 	whether the claimed medical expenses are reasonable, and whether the loss is covered 
225.32 	by the claimant's insurance. If insurance coverage is established, the county agency shall 
225.33 	submit the claim to the appropriate insurance entity for payment. The investigating county 
226.1 	agency shall submit all valid claims, in the amount net of any insurance payments, to the 
226.2 	commissioner of human services.
226.3 	(c) The commissioner of human services shall submit all claims for impairment 
226.4 	compensation to the commissioner of labor and industry. The commissioner of labor and 
226.5 	industry shall review all submitted claims and recommend to the commissioner of human 
226.6 	services an amount of compensation comparable to what would be provided under the 
226.7 	impairment compensation schedule of section 176.101, subdivision 3b.
226.8 	(d) The commissioner of human services shall approve a claim of $1,000 or less 
226.9 	for payment if appropriated funds are available, if the county agency responsible for 
226.10 	supervising the work has made the determinations required by this section, and if the 
226.11 	work program was operated in compliance with the safety provisions of this section. 
226.12 	The commissioner shall pay the portion of an approved claim of $1,000 or less that is 
226.13 	not covered by the claimant's insurance within three months of the date of submission. 
226.14 	On or before February 1 of each year, the commissioner shall submit to the appropriate 
226.15 	committees of the senate and the house of representatives a list of claims of $1,000 
226.16 	or less paid during the preceding calendar year and shall be reimbursed by legislative 
226.17 	appropriation for any claims that exceed the original appropriation provided to the 
226.18 	commissioner to operate this program. Unspent money from this appropriation carries 
226.19 	over to the second year of the biennium, and any unspent money remaining at the end 
226.20 	of the second year must be returned to the general fund. On or before February 1 of 
226.21 	each year, the commissioner shall submit to the appropriate committees of the senate 
226.22 	and the house of representatives a list of claims in excess of $1,000 and a list of claims 
226.23 	of $1,000 or less that were submitted to but not paid by the commissioner of human 
226.24 	services, together with any recommendations of appropriate compensation. These claims 
226.25 	shall be heard and determined by the appropriate committees of the senate and house of 
226.26 	representatives and, if approved, paid under the legislative claims procedure.
226.27 	(e) Compensation paid under this section is limited to reimbursement for reasonable 
226.28 	medical expenses and impairment compensation for disability in like amounts as allowed 
226.29 	in section 176.101, subdivision 3b. Compensation for injuries resulting in death shall 
226.30 	include reasonable medical expenses and burial expenses in addition to payment to the 
226.31 	participant's estate in an amount not to exceed the limits set forth in section 466.04. 
226.32 	Compensation may not be paid under this section for pain and suffering, lost wages, or 
226.33 	other benefits provided in chapter 176. Payments made under this section must be reduced 
226.34 	by any proceeds received by the claimant from any insurance policy covering the loss. For 
226.35 	the purposes of this section, "insurance policy" does not include the medical assistance 
227.1 	program authorized under chapter 256B or the general assistance medical care program 
227.2 	authorized under chapter 256D.
227.3 	(f) The procedure established by this section is exclusive of all other legal, equitable, 
227.4 	and statutory remedies against the state, its political subdivisions, or employees of the 
227.5 	state or its political subdivisions. The claimant may not seek damages from any state or 
227.6 	county insurance policy or self-insurance program.
227.7 	(g) A claim is not valid for purposes of this subdivision if the local agency 
227.8 	responsible for supervising the work cannot verify to the commissioner of human services:
227.9 	(1) that appropriate safety training and information is provided to all persons being 
227.10 	supervised by the agency under this subdivision; and
227.11 	(2) that all programs involving work by those persons comply with federal 
227.12 	Occupational Safety and Health Administration and state Department of Labor and 
227.13 	Industry safety standards.
227.14 	A claim that is not valid because of failure to verify safety training or compliance 
227.15 	with safety standards may not be paid by the commissioner of human services or through 
227.16 	the legislative claims process and must be heard, decided, and paid, if appropriate, by the 
227.17 	local government unit responsible for supervising the work of the claimant.

227.18 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.02, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
227.19 		Subd. 9.Private health care coverage. "Private health care coverage" means any 
227.20 	plan regulated by chapter 62A, 62C or 64B. Private health care coverage also includes any 
227.21 	self-insured plan providing health care benefits, pharmacy benefit manager, service benefit 
227.22 	plan, managed care organization, and other parties that are by contract legally responsible 
227.23 	for payment of a claim for a health care item or service for an individual receiving medical 
227.24 	benefits under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L.

227.25 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
227.26 		Subd. 3.Tribal purchasing model. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1 and sections 
227.27 	section256B.0625and 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (l), the commissioner may make 
227.28 	payments to federally recognized Indian tribes with a reservation in the state to provide 
227.29 	medical assistance and general assistance medical care to Indians, as defined under federal 
227.30 	law, who reside on or near the reservation. The payments may be made in the form of a 
227.31 	block grant or other payment mechanism determined in consultation with the tribe. Any 
227.32 	alternative payment mechanism agreed upon by the tribes and the commissioner under 
227.33 	this subdivision is not dependent upon county or health plan agreement but is intended to 
227.34 	create a direct payment mechanism between the state and the tribe for the administration 
228.1 	of the medical assistance and general assistance medical care programs program, and 
228.2 	for covered services.
228.3 	(b) A tribe that implements a purchasing model under this subdivision shall report to 
228.4 	the commissioner at least annually on the operation of the model. The commissioner and the 
228.5 	tribe shall cooperatively determine the data elements, format, and timetable for the report.
228.6 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "Indian tribe" means a tribe, band, or nation, 
228.7 	or other organized group or community of Indians that is recognized as eligible for the 
228.8 	special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their 
228.9 	status as Indians and for which a reservation exists as is consistent with Public Law 
228.10 	100-485, as amended.
228.11 	(d) Payments under this subdivision may not result in an increase in expenditures 
228.12 	that would not otherwise occur in the medical assistance program under this chapter or the 
228.13 	general assistance medical care program under chapter 256D.

228.14 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.035, is amended to read:
228.15 	256B.035 MANAGED CARE.
228.16 	The commissioner of human services may contract with public or private entities or 
228.17 	operate a preferred provider program to deliver health care services to medical assistance, 
228.18 	general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare program recipients. The commissioner 
228.19 	may enter into risk-based and non-risk-based contracts. Contracts may be for the full 
228.20 	range of health services, or a portion thereof, for medical assistance and general assistance 
228.21 	medical care populations to determine the effectiveness of various provider reimbursement 
228.22 	and care delivery mechanisms. The commissioner may seek necessary federal waivers and 
228.23 	implement projects when approval of the waivers is obtained from the Centers for Medicare 
228.24 	and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

228.25 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.037, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
228.26 		Subdivision 1.Contract for dental services. The commissioner may conduct a 
228.27 	demonstration project to contract, on a prospective per capita payment basis, with an 
228.28 	organization or organizations licensed under chapter 62C, 62D, or 62N for the provision 
228.29 	of all dental care services beginning July 1, 1994, under the medical assistance, general 
228.30 	assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare programs, or when necessary waivers 
228.31 	are granted by the secretary of health and human services, whichever occurs later. 
228.32 	The commissioner shall identify a geographic area or areas, including both urban and 
228.33 	rural areas, where access to dental services has been inadequate, in which to conduct 
229.1 	demonstration projects. The commissioner shall seek any federal waivers or approvals 
229.2 	necessary to implement this section from the secretary of health and human services.
229.3 	The commissioner may exclude from participation in the demonstration project any 
229.4 	or all groups currently excluded from participation in the prepaid medical assistance 
229.5 	program under section 256B.69. Except for persons excluded from participation in 
229.6 	the demonstration project, all persons who have been determined eligible for medical 
229.7 	assistance, general assistance medical care and, if applicable, MinnesotaCare and reside 
229.8 	in the designated geographic areas are required to enroll in a dental plan to receive their 
229.9 	dental care services. Except for emergency services or out-of-plan services authorized by 
229.10 	the dental plan, recipients must receive their dental services from dental care providers 
229.11 	who are part of the dental plan provider network.
229.12 	The commissioner shall select either multiple dental plans or a single dental plan 
229.13 	in a designated area. A dental plan under contract with the department must serve 
229.14 	both medical assistance recipients and general assistance medical care recipients in a 
229.15 	designated geographic area and may serve MinnesotaCare recipients. The commissioner 
229.16 	may limit the number of dental plans with which the department contracts within a 
229.17 	designated geographic area, taking into consideration the number of recipients within the 
229.18 	designated geographic area; the number of potential dental plan contractors; the size of the 
229.19 	provider network offered by dental plans; the dental care services offered by a dental plan; 
229.20 	qualifications of dental plan personnel; accessibility of services to recipients; dental plan 
229.21 	assurances of recipient confidentiality; dental plan marketing and enrollment activities; 
229.22 	dental plan compliance with this section; dental plan performance under other contracts 
229.23 	with the department to serve medical assistance, general assistance medical care, or 
229.24 	MinnesotaCare recipients; or any other factors necessary to provide the most economical 
229.25 	care consistent with high standards of dental care.
229.26 	For purposes of this section, "dental plan" means an organization licensed under 
229.27 	chapter 62C, 62D, or 62N that contracts with the department to provide covered dental 
229.28 	care services to recipients on a prepaid capitation basis. "Emergency services" has the 
229.29 	meaning given in section 256B.0625, subdivision 4. "Multiple dental plan area" means a 
229.30 	designated area in which more than one dental plan is offered. "Participating provider" 
229.31 	means a dentist or dental clinic who is employed by or under contract with a dental plan to 
229.32 	provide dental care services to recipients. "Single dental plan area" means a designated 
229.33 	area in which only one dental plan is available.

229.34 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.037, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
230.1 		Subd. 5.Other contracts permitted. Nothing in this section prohibits the 
230.2 	commissioner from contracting with an organization for comprehensive health services, 
230.3 	including dental services, under section 256B.035, or256B.69, or 256D.03, subdivision 4, 
230.4 	paragraph (c).

230.5 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.038, is amended to read:
230.6 	256B.038 PROVIDER RATE INCREASES AFTER JUNE 30, 1999.
230.7 	(a) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1999, the commissioner of 
230.8 	management and budget shall include an annual inflationary adjustment in payment rates 
230.9 	for the services listed in paragraph (b) as a budget change request in each biennial detailed 
230.10 	expenditure budget submitted to the legislature under section 16A.11. The adjustment 
230.11 	shall be accomplished by indexing the rates in effect for inflation based on the change in 
230.12 	the Consumer Price Index-All Items (United States city average)(CPI-U) as forecasted by 
230.13 	Data Resources, Inc., in the fourth quarter of the prior year for the calendar year during 
230.14 	which the rate increase occurs.
230.15 	(b) Within the limits of appropriations specifically for this purpose, the commissioner 
230.16 	shall apply the rate increases in paragraph (a) to home and community-based waiver 
230.17 	services for persons with developmental disabilities under section 256B.501; home and 
230.18 	community-based waiver services for the elderly under section 256B.0915; waivered 
230.19 	services under community access for disability inclusion under section 256B.49; 
230.20 	community alternative care waivered services under section 256B.49; brain injury waivered 
230.21 	services under section 256B.49; nursing services and home health services under section 
230.22 	256B.0625, subdivision 6a; personal care services and nursing supervision of personal 
230.23 	care services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; home care nursing services under 
230.24 	section 256B.0625, subdivision 7; day training and habilitation services for adults with 
230.25 	developmental disabilities under sections 252.41 to 252.46; physical therapy services 
230.26 	under sections section256B.0625, subdivision 8, and 256D.03, subdivision 4; occupational 
230.27 	therapy services under sections section256B.0625, subdivision 8a, and 256D.03, 
230.28 	subdivision 4; speech-language therapy services under section 256D.03, subdivision 4, 
230.29 	and Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390; respiratory therapy services under section 256D.03, 
230.30 	subdivision 4, and Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0295; physician services under section 
230.31 	256B.0625, subdivision 3; dental services under sections section256B.0625, subdivision 
230.32 	9, and 256D.03, subdivision 4; alternative care services under section 256B.0913; adult 
230.33 	residential program grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.2000 to 9535.3000; 
230.34 	adult and family community support grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.1700 to 
231.1 	9535.1760; and semi-independent living services under section 252.275, including SILS 
231.2 	funding under county social services grants formerly funded under chapter 256I.
231.3 	(c) The commissioner shall increase prepaid medical assistance program capitation 
231.4 	rates as appropriate to reflect the rate increases in this section.
231.5 	(d) In implementing this section, the commissioner shall consider proposing a 
231.6 	schedule to equalize rates paid by different programs for the same service.

231.7 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.04, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
231.8 		Subd. 14.Competitive bidding. (a) When determined to be effective, economical, 
231.9 	and feasible, the commissioner may utilize volume purchase through competitive bidding 
231.10 	and negotiation under the provisions of chapter 16C, to provide items under the medical 
231.11 	assistance program including but not limited to the following:
231.12 	(1) eyeglasses;
231.13 	(2) oxygen. The commissioner shall provide for oxygen needed in an emergency 
231.14 	situation on a short-term basis, until the vendor can obtain the necessary supply from 
231.15 	the contract dealer;
231.16 	(3) hearing aids and supplies; and
231.17 	(4) durable medical equipment, including but not limited to:
231.18 	(i) hospital beds;
231.19 	(ii) commodes;
231.20 	(iii) glide-about chairs;
231.21 	(iv) patient lift apparatus;
231.22 	(v) wheelchairs and accessories;
231.23 	(vi) oxygen administration equipment;
231.24 	(vii) respiratory therapy equipment;
231.25 	(viii) electronic diagnostic, therapeutic and life-support systems;
231.26 	(5) nonemergency medical transportation level of need determinations, disbursement 
231.27 	of public transportation passes and tokens, and volunteer and recipient mileage and 
231.28 	parking reimbursements; and
231.29 	(6) drugs.
231.30 	(b) Rate changes and recipient cost-sharing under this chapter and chapters 256D and 
231.31 	chapter 256L do not affect contract payments under this subdivision unless specifically 
231.32 	identified.
231.33 	(c) The commissioner may not utilize volume purchase through competitive bidding 
231.34 	and negotiation for special transportation services under the provisions of chapter 16C.

232.1 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.042, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
232.2 		Subdivision 1.Lien for cost of care. When the state agency provides, pays for, or 
232.3 	becomes liable for medical care, it shall have a lien for the cost of the care upon any and 
232.4 	all causes of action or recovery rights under any policy, plan, or contract providing benefits 
232.5 	for health care or injury, which accrue to the person to whom the care was furnished, or to 
232.6 	the person's legal representatives, as a result of the illness or injuries which necessitated 
232.7 	the medical care. For purposes of this section, "state agency" includes prepaid health 
232.8 	plans under contract with the commissioner according to sections 256B.69, 256D.03, 
232.9 	subdivision 4, paragraph (c), and 256L.12 and Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, 
232.10 	section 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c); children's mental health collaboratives 
232.11 	under section 245.493; demonstration projects for persons with disabilities under section 
232.12 	256B.77; nursing facilities under the alternative payment demonstration project under 
232.13 	section 256B.434; and county-based purchasing entities under section 256B.692.

232.14 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.042, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
232.15 		Subd. 3.Attorney general representation. The attorney general shall represent 
232.16 	the commissioner to enforce the lien created under this section or, if no action has been 
232.17 	brought, may initiate and prosecute an independent action on behalf of the commissioner 
232.18 	against a person, firm, or corporation that may be liable to the person to whom the care 
232.19 	was furnished.
232.20 	Any prepaid health plan providing services under sections 256B.69, 256D.03, 
232.21 	subdivision 4, paragraph (c), and 256L.12 and Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, 
232.22 	section 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c); children's mental health collaboratives 
232.23 	under section 245.493; demonstration projects for persons with disabilities under section 
232.24 	256B.77; nursing homes under the alternative payment demonstration project under 
232.25 	section 256B.434; or the county-based purchasing entity providing services under section 
232.26 	256B.692 may retain legal representation to enforce their lien created under this section 
232.27 	or, if no action has been brought, may initiate and prosecute an independent action on their 
232.28 	behalf against a person, firm, or corporation that may be liable to the person to whom the 
232.29 	care or payment was furnished.

232.30 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.043, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
232.31 		Subdivision 1.Alternative and complementary health care. The commissioner 
232.32 	of human services, through the medical director and in consultation with the Health 
232.33 	Services Policy Committee established under section 256B.0625, subdivision 3c, as 
232.34 	part of the commissioner's ongoing duties, shall consider the potential for improving 
233.1 	quality and obtaining cost savings through greater use of alternative and complementary 
233.2 	treatment methods and clinical practice; shall incorporate these methods into the medical 
233.3 	assistance, and MinnesotaCare, and general assistance medical care programs; and shall 
233.4 	make related legislative recommendations as appropriate. The commissioner shall post 
233.5 	the recommendations required under this subdivision on agency Web sites.

233.6 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.056, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
233.7 		Subd. 6.Assignment of benefits. To be eligible for medical assistance a person 
233.8 	must have applied or must agree to apply all proceeds received or receivable by the person 
233.9 	or the person's legal representative from any third party liable for the costs of medical care. 
233.10 	By accepting or receiving assistance, the person is deemed to have assigned the person's 
233.11 	rights to medical support and third-party payments as required by title 19 of the Social 
233.12 	Security Act. Persons must cooperate with the state in establishing paternity and obtaining 
233.13 	third-party payments. By accepting medical assistance, a person assigns to the Department 
233.14 	of Human Services all rights the person may have to medical support or payments for 
233.15 	medical expenses from any other person or entity on their own or their dependent's behalf 
233.16 	and agrees to cooperate with the state in establishing paternity and obtaining third-party 
233.17 	payments. Any rights or amounts so assigned shall be applied against the cost of medical 
233.18 	care paid for under this chapter. Any assignment takes effect upon the determination that 
233.19 	the applicant is eligible for medical assistance and up to three months prior to the date 
233.20 	of application if the applicant is determined eligible for and receives medical assistance 
233.21 	benefits. The application must contain a statement explaining this assignment. For the 
233.22 	purposes of this section, "the Department of Human Services or the state" includes prepaid 
233.23 	health plans under contract with the commissioner according to sections 256B.69, 256D.03, 
233.24 	subdivision 4, paragraph (c), and 256L.12 and Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, 
233.25 	section 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c); children's mental health collaboratives 
233.26 	under section 245.493; demonstration projects for persons with disabilities under section 
233.27 	256B.77; nursing facilities under the alternative payment demonstration project under 
233.28 	section 256B.434; and the county-based purchasing entities under section 256B.692.

233.29 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
233.30 		Subd. 3.Physicians' services. (a) Medical assistance covers physicians' services.
233.31 	(b) Rates paid for anesthesiology services provided by physicians shall be according 
233.32 	to the formula utilized in the Medicare program and shall use a conversion factor "at 
233.33 	percentile of calendar year set by legislature, "except that rates paid to physicians for the 
234.1 	medical direction of a certified registered nurse anesthetist shall be the same as the rate 
234.2 	paid to the certified registered nurse anesthetist under medical direction.
234.3 	(c) Medical assistance does not cover physicians' services related to the provision of 
234.4 	care related to a treatment reportable under section 144.7065, subdivision 2, clauses (1), 
234.5 	(2), (3), and (5), and subdivision 7, clause (1).
234.6 	(d) Medical assistance does not cover physicians' services related to the provision of 
234.7 	care (1) for which hospital reimbursement is prohibited under section 256.969, subdivision 
234.8 	3b, paragraph (c), or (2) reportable under section 144.7065, subdivisions 2 to 7, if the 
234.9 	physicians' services are billed by a physician who delivered care that contributed to or 
234.10 	caused the adverse health care event or hospital-acquired condition.
234.11 	(e) The payment limitations in this subdivision shall also apply to MinnesotaCare 
234.12 	and general assistance medical care.
234.13 	(f) A physician shall not bill a recipient of services for any payment disallowed 
234.14 	under this subdivision.

234.15 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 3c, is amended to 
234.16 	read:
234.17 		Subd. 3c.Health Services Policy Committee. (a) The commissioner, after 
234.18 	receiving recommendations from professional physician associations, professional 
234.19 	associations representing licensed nonphysician health care professionals, and consumer 
234.20 	groups, shall establish a 13-member Health Services Policy Committee, which consists of 
234.21 	12 voting members and one nonvoting member. The Health Services Policy Committee 
234.22 	shall advise the commissioner regarding health services pertaining to the administration 
234.23 	of health care benefits covered under the medical assistance, general assistance medical 
234.24 	care, and MinnesotaCare programs. The Health Services Policy Committee shall meet at 
234.25 	least quarterly. The Health Services Policy Committee shall annually elect a physician 
234.26 	chair from among its members, who shall work directly with the commissioner's medical 
234.27 	director, to establish the agenda for each meeting. The Health Services Policy Committee 
234.28 	shall also recommend criteria for verifying centers of excellence for specific aspects of 
234.29 	medical care where a specific set of combined services, a volume of patients necessary to 
234.30 	maintain a high level of competency, or a specific level of technical capacity is associated 
234.31 	with improved health outcomes.
234.32 	(b) The commissioner shall establish a dental subcommittee to operate under the 
234.33 	Health Services Policy Committee. The dental subcommittee consists of general dentists, 
234.34 	dental specialists, safety net providers, dental hygienists, health plan company and county 
235.1 	and public health representatives, health researchers, consumers, and a designee of the 
235.2 	commissioner of health. The dental subcommittee shall advise the commissioner regarding:
235.3 	(1) the critical access dental program under section 256B.76, subdivision 4, including 
235.4 	but not limited to criteria for designating and terminating critical access dental providers;
235.5 	(2) any changes to the critical access dental provider program necessary to comply 
235.6 	with program expenditure limits;
235.7 	(3) dental coverage policy based on evidence, quality, continuity of care, and best 
235.8 	practices;
235.9 	(4) the development of dental delivery models; and
235.10 	(5) dental services to be added or eliminated from subdivision 9, paragraph (b).
235.11 	(c) The Health Services Policy Committee shall study approaches to making 
235.12 	provider reimbursement under the medical assistance, and MinnesotaCare, and general 
235.13 	assistance medical care programs contingent on patient participation in a patient-centered 
235.14 	decision-making process, and shall evaluate the impact of these approaches on health 
235.15 	care quality, patient satisfaction, and health care costs. The committee shall present 
235.16 	findings and recommendations to the commissioner and the legislative committees with 
235.17 	jurisdiction over health care by January 15, 2010.
235.18 	(d) The Health Services Policy Committee shall monitor and track the practice 
235.19 	patterns of physicians providing services to medical assistance, and MinnesotaCare, 
235.20 	and general assistance medical care enrollees under fee-for-service, managed care, and 
235.21 	county-based purchasing. The committee shall focus on services or specialties for 
235.22 	which there is a high variation in utilization across physicians, or which are associated 
235.23 	with high medical costs. The commissioner, based upon the findings of the committee, 
235.24 	shall regularly notify physicians whose practice patterns indicate higher than average 
235.25 	utilization or costs. Managed care and county-based purchasing plans shall provide the 
235.26 	commissioner with utilization and cost data necessary to implement this paragraph, and 
235.27 	the commissioner shall make this data available to the committee.
235.28 	(e) The Health Services Policy Committee shall review caesarean section rates 
235.29 	for the fee-for-service medical assistance population. The committee may develop best 
235.30 	practices policies related to the minimization of caesarean sections, including but not 
235.31 	limited to standards and guidelines for health care providers and health care facilities.

235.32 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 20, 
235.33 	is amended to read:
235.34 		Subd. 20.Mental health case management. (a) To the extent authorized by rule 
235.35 	of the state agency, medical assistance covers case management services to persons with 
236.1 	serious and persistent mental illness and children with severe emotional disturbance. 
236.2 	Services provided under this section must meet the relevant standards in sections 245.461 
236.3 	to 245.4887, the Comprehensive Adult and Children's Mental Health Acts, Minnesota 
236.4 	Rules, parts 9520.0900 to 9520.0926, and 9505.0322, excluding subpart 10.
236.5 	(b) Entities meeting program standards set out in rules governing family community 
236.6 	support services as defined in section 245.4871, subdivision 17, are eligible for medical 
236.7 	assistance reimbursement for case management services for children with severe 
236.8 	emotional disturbance when these services meet the program standards in Minnesota 
236.9 	Rules, parts 9520.0900 to 9520.0926 and 9505.0322, excluding subparts 6 and 10.
236.10 	(c) Medical assistance and MinnesotaCare payment for mental health case 
236.11 	management shall be made on a monthly basis. In order to receive payment for an eligible 
236.12 	child, the provider must document at least a face-to-face contact with the child, the child's 
236.13 	parents, or the child's legal representative. To receive payment for an eligible adult, the 
236.14 	provider must document:
236.15 	(1) at least a face-to-face contact with the adult or the adult's legal representative; or
236.16 	(2) at least a telephone contact with the adult or the adult's legal representative and 
236.17 	document a face-to-face contact with the adult or the adult's legal representative within 
236.18 	the preceding two months.
236.19 	(d) Payment for mental health case management provided by county or state staff 
236.20 	shall be based on the monthly rate methodology under section 256B.094, subdivision 6, 
236.21 	paragraph (b), with separate rates calculated for child welfare and mental health, and 
236.22 	within mental health, separate rates for children and adults.
236.23 	(e) Payment for mental health case management provided by Indian health services 
236.24 	or by agencies operated by Indian tribes may be made according to this section or other 
236.25 	relevant federally approved rate setting methodology.
236.26 	(f) Payment for mental health case management provided by vendors who contract 
236.27 	with a county or Indian tribe shall be based on a monthly rate negotiated by the host county 
236.28 	or tribe. The negotiated rate must not exceed the rate charged by the vendor for the same 
236.29 	service to other payers. If the service is provided by a team of contracted vendors, the 
236.30 	county or tribe may negotiate a team rate with a vendor who is a member of the team. The 
236.31 	team shall determine how to distribute the rate among its members. No reimbursement 
236.32 	received by contracted vendors shall be returned to the county or tribe, except to reimburse 
236.33 	the county or tribe for advance funding provided by the county or tribe to the vendor.
236.34 	(g) If the service is provided by a team which includes contracted vendors, tribal 
236.35 	staff, and county or state staff, the costs for county or state staff participation in the team 
236.36 	shall be included in the rate for county-provided services. In this case, the contracted 
237.1 	vendor, the tribal agency, and the county may each receive separate payment for services 
237.2 	provided by each entity in the same month. In order to prevent duplication of services, 
237.3 	each entity must document, in the recipient's file, the need for team case management and 
237.4 	a description of the roles of the team members.
237.5 	(h) Notwithstanding section 256B.19, subdivision 1, the nonfederal share of costs 
237.6 	for mental health case management shall be provided by the recipient's county of 
237.7 	responsibility, as defined in sections 256G.01 to 256G.12, from sources other than federal 
237.8 	funds or funds used to match other federal funds. If the service is provided by a tribal 
237.9 	agency, the nonfederal share, if any, shall be provided by the recipient's tribe. When this 
237.10 	service is paid by the state without a federal share through fee-for-service, 50 percent of 
237.11 	the cost shall be provided by the recipient's county of responsibility.
237.12 	(i) Notwithstanding any administrative rule to the contrary, prepaid medical 
237.13 	assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare include mental health case 
237.14 	management. When the service is provided through prepaid capitation, the nonfederal 
237.15 	share is paid by the state and the county pays no share.
237.16 	(j) The commissioner may suspend, reduce, or terminate the reimbursement to a 
237.17 	provider that does not meet the reporting or other requirements of this section. The county 
237.18 	of responsibility, as defined in sections 256G.01 to 256G.12, or, if applicable, the tribal 
237.19 	agency, is responsible for any federal disallowances. The county or tribe may share this 
237.20 	responsibility with its contracted vendors.
237.21 	(k) The commissioner shall set aside a portion of the federal funds earned for county 
237.22 	expenditures under this section to repay the special revenue maximization account under 
237.23 	section 256.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (o). The repayment is limited to:
237.24 	(1) the costs of developing and implementing this section; and
237.25 	(2) programming the information systems.
237.26 	(l) Payments to counties and tribal agencies for case management expenditures 
237.27 	under this section shall only be made from federal earnings from services provided 
237.28 	under this section. When this service is paid by the state without a federal share through 
237.29 	fee-for-service, 50 percent of the cost shall be provided by the state. Payments to 
237.30 	county-contracted vendors shall include the federal earnings, the state share, and the 
237.31 	county share.
237.32 	(m) Case management services under this subdivision do not include therapy, 
237.33 	treatment, legal, or outreach services.
237.34 	(n) If the recipient is a resident of a nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or 
237.35 	hospital, and the recipient's institutional care is paid by medical assistance, payment for 
237.36 	case management services under this subdivision is limited to the lesser of:
238.1 	(1) the last 180 days of the recipient's residency in that facility and may not exceed 
238.2 	more than six months in a calendar year; or
238.3 	(2) the limits and conditions which apply to federal Medicaid funding for this service.
238.4 	(o) Payment for case management services under this subdivision shall not duplicate 
238.5 	payments made under other program authorities for the same purpose.

238.6 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 25a, is amended to 
238.7 	read:
238.8 		Subd. 25a.Prior authorization of diagnostic imaging services. (a) Effective 
238.9 	January 1, 2010, the commissioner shall require prior authorization or decision support 
238.10 	for the ordering providers at the time the service is ordered for the following outpatient 
238.11 	diagnostic imaging services: computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance 
238.12 	imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), positive emission tomography 
238.13 	(PET), cardiac imaging, and ultrasound diagnostic imaging.
238.14 	(b) Prior authorization under this subdivision is not required for diagnostic imaging 
238.15 	services performed as part of a hospital emergency room visit, inpatient hospitalization, or 
238.16 	if concurrent with or on the same day as an urgent care facility visit.
238.17 	(c) This subdivision does not apply to services provided to recipients who are 
238.18 	enrolled in Medicare, the prepaid medical assistance program, the prepaid general 
238.19 	assistance medical care program, or the MinnesotaCare program.
238.20 	(d) The commissioner may contract with a private entity to provide the prior 
238.21 	authorization or decision support required under this subdivision. The contracting entity 
238.22 	must incorporate clinical guidelines that are based on evidence-based medical literature, if 
238.23 	available. By January 1, 2012, the contracting entity shall report to the commissioner the 
238.24 	results of prior authorization or decision support.

238.25 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 34, is amended to 
238.26 	read:
238.27 		Subd. 34.Indian health services facilities. Medical assistance payments and 
238.28 	MinnesotaCare payments to facilities of the Indian health service and facilities operated 
238.29 	by a tribe or tribal organization under funding authorized by United States Code, title 
238.30 	25, sections 450f to 450n, or title III of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
238.31 	Assistance Act, Public Law 93-638, for enrollees who are eligible for federal financial 
238.32 	participation, shall be at the option of the facility in accordance with the rate published by 
238.33 	the United States Assistant Secretary for Health under the authority of United States Code, 
238.34 	title 42, sections 248(a) and 249(b). General assistance medical care payments to facilities 
239.1 	of the Indian health services and facilities operated by a tribe or tribal organization for 
239.2 	the provision of outpatient medical care services billed after June 30, 1990, must be in 
239.3 	accordance with the general assistance medical care rates paid for the same services 
239.4 	when provided in a facility other than a facility of the Indian health service or a facility 
239.5 	operated by a tribe or tribal organization. MinnesotaCare payments for enrollees who are 
239.6 	not eligible for federal financial participation at facilities of the Indian health service and 
239.7 	facilities operated by a tribe or tribal organization for the provision of outpatient medical 
239.8 	services must be in accordance with the medical assistance rates paid for the same services 
239.9 	when provided in a facility other than a facility of the Indian health service or a facility 
239.10 	operated by a tribe or tribal organization.

239.11 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0636, is amended to read:
239.12 	256B.0636 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PRESCRIPTIONS; ABUSE 
239.13 	PREVENTION.
239.14 	The commissioner of human services shall develop and implement a plan to:
239.15 	(1) review utilization patterns of Minnesota health care program enrollees for 
239.16 	controlled substances listed in section 152.02, subdivisions 3 and 4, and those substances 
239.17 	defined by the Board of Pharmacy under section 152.02, subdivisions 8 and 12;
239.18 	(2) develop a mechanism to address abuses both for fee-for-service Minnesota health 
239.19 	care program enrollees and those enrolled in managed care plans; and
239.20 	(3) provide education to Minnesota health care program enrollees on the proper use 
239.21 	of controlled substances.
239.22 	For purposes of this section, "Minnesota health care program" means medical 
239.23 	assistance, or MinnesotaCare, or general assistance medical care.

239.24 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.075, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
239.25 		Subd. 2.Fee-for-service. (a) The commissioner shall develop and implement 
239.26 	a disease management program for medical assistance and general assistance medical 
239.27 	care recipients who are not enrolled in the prepaid medical assistance or prepaid 
239.28 	general assistance medical care programs program and who are receiving services on 
239.29 	a fee-for-service basis. The commissioner may contract with an outside organization 
239.30 	to provide these services.
239.31 	(b) The commissioner shall seek any federal approval necessary to implement this 
239.32 	section and to obtain federal matching funds.
239.33 	(c) The commissioner shall develop and implement a pilot intensive care management 
239.34 	program for medical assistance children with complex and chronic medical issues.

240.1 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.075, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
240.2 		Subd. 3.Prepaid managed care programs. For the prepaid medical assistance, 
240.3 	prepaid general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare programs, the commissioner 
240.4 	shall ensure that contracting health plans implement disease management programs that 
240.5 	are appropriate for Minnesota health care program recipients and have been designed by 
240.6 	the health plan to improve patient care and health outcomes and reduce health care costs 
240.7 	by managing the care provided to recipients with chronic conditions.

240.8 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0751, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
240.9 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of sections 256B.0751 to 256B.0753, 
240.10 	the following definitions apply.
240.11 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.
240.12 	(c) "Commissioners" means the commissioner of human services and the 
240.13 	commissioner of health, acting jointly.
240.14 	(d) "Health plan company" has the meaning provided in section 62Q.01, subdivision 
240.15 	4.
240.16 	(e) "Personal clinician" means a physician licensed under chapter 147, a physician 
240.17 	assistant licensed and practicing under chapter 147A, or an advanced practice nurse 
240.18 	licensed and registered to practice under chapter 148.
240.19 	(f) "State health care program" means the medical assistance, and MinnesotaCare, 
240.20 	and general assistance medical care programs.

240.21 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
240.22 		Subdivision 1.Policy and applicability. (a) It is the policy of this state that 
240.23 	individuals or couples, either or both of whom participate in the medical assistance 
240.24 	program, use their own assets to pay their share of the total cost of their care during or 
240.25 	after their enrollment in the program according to applicable federal law and the laws of 
240.26 	this state. The following provisions apply:
240.27 	(1) subdivisions 1c to 1k shall not apply to claims arising under this section which 
240.28 	are presented under section 525.313;
240.29 	(2) the provisions of subdivisions 1c to 1k expanding the interests included in an 
240.30 	estate for purposes of recovery under this section give effect to the provisions of United 
240.31 	States Code, title 42, section 1396p, governing recoveries, but do not give rise to any 
240.32 	express or implied liens in favor of any other parties not named in these provisions;
240.33 	(3) the continuation of a recipient's life estate or joint tenancy interest in real 
240.34 	property after the recipient's death for the purpose of recovering medical assistance under 
241.1 	this section modifies common law principles holding that these interests terminate on 
241.2 	the death of the holder;
241.3 	(4) all laws, rules, and regulations governing or involved with a recovery of medical 
241.4 	assistance shall be liberally construed to accomplish their intended purposes;
241.5 	(5) a deceased recipient's life estate and joint tenancy interests continued under 
241.6 	this section shall be owned by the remainderpersons or surviving joint tenants as their 
241.7 	interests may appear on the date of the recipient's death. They shall not be merged into the 
241.8 	remainder interest or the interests of the surviving joint tenants by reason of ownership. 
241.9 	They shall be subject to the provisions of this section. Any conveyance, transfer, sale, 
241.10 	assignment, or encumbrance by a remainderperson, a surviving joint tenant, or their heirs, 
241.11 	successors, and assigns shall be deemed to include all of their interest in the deceased 
241.12 	recipient's life estate or joint tenancy interest continued under this section; and
241.13 	(6) the provisions of subdivisions 1c to 1k continuing a recipient's joint tenancy 
241.14 	interests in real property after the recipient's death do not apply to a homestead owned of 
241.15 	record, on the date the recipient dies, by the recipient and the recipient's spouse as joint 
241.16 	tenants with a right of survivorship. Homestead means the real property occupied by the 
241.17 	surviving joint tenant spouse as their sole residence on the date the recipient dies and 
241.18 	classified and taxed to the recipient and surviving joint tenant spouse as homestead property 
241.19 	for property tax purposes in the calendar year in which the recipient dies. For purposes of 
241.20 	this exemption, real property the recipient and their surviving joint tenant spouse purchase 
241.21 	solely with the proceeds from the sale of their prior homestead, own of record as joint 
241.22 	tenants, and qualify as homestead property under section 273.124 in the calendar year 
241.23 	in which the recipient dies and prior to the recipient's death shall be deemed to be real 
241.24 	property classified and taxed to the recipient and their surviving joint tenant spouse as 
241.25 	homestead property in the calendar year in which the recipient dies. The surviving spouse, 
241.26 	or any person with personal knowledge of the facts, may provide an affidavit describing 
241.27 	the homestead property affected by this clause and stating facts showing compliance with 
241.28 	this clause. The affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the facts it states.
241.29 	(b) For purposes of this section, "medical assistance" includes the medical assistance 
241.30 	program under this chapter and, the general assistance medical care program formerly 
241.31 	codified under chapter 256D, and alternative care for nonmedical assistance recipients 
241.32 	under section 256B.0913.
241.33 	(c) For purposes of this section, beginning January 1, 2010, "medical assistance" 
241.34 	does not include Medicare cost-sharing benefits in accordance with United States Code, 
241.35 	title 42, section 1396p.
242.1 	(d) All provisions in this subdivision, and subdivisions 1d, 1f, 1g, 1h, 1i, and 1j, 
242.2 	related to the continuation of a recipient's life estate or joint tenancy interests in real 
242.3 	property after the recipient's death for the purpose of recovering medical assistance, are 
242.4 	effective only for life estates and joint tenancy interests established on or after August 1, 
242.5 	2003. For purposes of this paragraph, medical assistance does not include alternative care.

242.6 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.15, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
242.7 		Subd. 1a.Estates subject to claims. (a) If a person receives any medical assistance 
242.8 	hereunder, on the person's death, if single, or on the death of the survivor of a married 
242.9 	couple, either or both of whom received medical assistance, or as otherwise provided 
242.10 	for in this section, the total amount paid for medical assistance rendered for the person 
242.11 	and spouse shall be filed as a claim against the estate of the person or the estate of the 
242.12 	surviving spouse in the court having jurisdiction to probate the estate or to issue a decree 
242.13 	of descent according to sections 525.31 to 525.313.
242.14 	(b) For the purposes of this section, the person's estate must consist of:
242.15 	(1) the person's probate estate;
242.16 	(2) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in real property the 
242.17 	person owned as a life tenant or as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship at the time of 
242.18 	the person's death;
242.19 	(3) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in securities the person 
242.20 	owned in beneficiary form as provided under sections 524.6-301 to 524.6-311 at the time 
242.21 	of the person's death, to the extent the interests or proceeds of those interests become part 
242.22 	of the probate estate under section 524.6-307;
242.23 	(4) all of the person's interests in joint accounts, multiple-party accounts, and 
242.24 	pay-on-death accounts, brokerage accounts, investment accounts, or the proceeds of 
242.25 	those accounts, as provided under sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214 at the time of the 
242.26 	person's death to the extent the interests become part of the probate estate under section 
242.27 	524.6-207; and
242.28 	(5) assets conveyed to a survivor, heir, or assign of the person through survivorship, 
242.29 	living trust, or other arrangements.
242.30 	(c) For the purpose of this section and recovery in a surviving spouse's estate for 
242.31 	medical assistance paid for a predeceased spouse, the estate must consist of all of the legal 
242.32 	title and interests the deceased individual's predeceased spouse had in jointly owned or 
242.33 	marital property at the time of the spouse's death, as defined in subdivision 2b, and the 
242.34 	proceeds of those interests, that passed to the deceased individual or another individual, a 
242.35 	survivor, an heir, or an assign of the predeceased spouse through a joint tenancy, tenancy 
243.1 	in common, survivorship, life estate, living trust, or other arrangement. A deceased 
243.2 	recipient who, at death, owned the property jointly with the surviving spouse shall have 
243.3 	an interest in the entire property.
243.4 	(d) For the purpose of recovery in a single person's estate or the estate of a survivor 
243.5 	of a married couple, "other arrangement" includes any other means by which title to all or 
243.6 	any part of the jointly owned or marital property or interest passed from the predeceased 
243.7 	spouse to another including, but not limited to, transfers between spouses which are 
243.8 	permitted, prohibited, or penalized for purposes of medical assistance.
243.9 	(e) A claim shall be filed if medical assistance was rendered for either or both 
243.10 	persons under one of the following circumstances:
243.11 	(1) the person was over 55 years of age, and received services under this chapter;
243.12 	(2) the person resided in a medical institution for six months or longer, received 
243.13 	services under this chapter, and, at the time of institutionalization or application for 
243.14 	medical assistance, whichever is later, the person could not have reasonably been expected 
243.15 	to be discharged and returned home, as certified in writing by the person's treating 
243.16 	physician. For purposes of this section only, a "medical institution" means a skilled 
243.17 	nursing facility, intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with 
243.18 	developmental disabilities, nursing facility, or inpatient hospital; or
243.19 	(3) the person received general assistance medical care services under the program 
243.20 	formerly codified under chapter 256D.
243.21 	(f) The claim shall be considered an expense of the last illness of the decedent for 
243.22 	the purpose of section 524.3-805. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a 
243.23 	state or county agency with a claim under this section must be a creditor under section 
243.24 	524.6-307. Any statute of limitations that purports to limit any county agency or the state 
243.25 	agency, or both, to recover for medical assistance granted hereunder shall not apply to any 
243.26 	claim made hereunder for reimbursement for any medical assistance granted hereunder. 
243.27 	Notice of the claim shall be given to all heirs and devisees of the decedent, and to other 
243.28 	persons with an ownership interest in the real property owned by the decedent at the time 
243.29 	of the decedent's death, whose identity can be ascertained with reasonable diligence. The 
243.30 	notice must include procedures and instructions for making an application for a hardship 
243.31 	waiver under subdivision 5; time frames for submitting an application and determination; 
243.32 	and information regarding appeal rights and procedures. Counties are entitled to one-half 
243.33 	of the nonfederal share of medical assistance collections from estates that are directly 
243.34 	attributable to county effort. Counties are entitled to ten percent of the collections for 
243.35 	alternative care directly attributable to county effort.

244.1 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
244.2 		Subd. 2.Limitations on claims. The claim shall include only the total amount of 
244.3 	medical assistance rendered after age 55 or during a period of institutionalization described 
244.4 	in subdivision 1a, paragraph (e), and the total amount of general assistance medical care 
244.5 	rendered under the program formerly codified under chapter 256D, and shall not include 
244.6 	interest. Claims that have been allowed but not paid shall bear interest according to section 
244.7 	524.3-806, paragraph (d). A claim against the estate of a surviving spouse who did not 
244.8 	receive medical assistance, for medical assistance rendered for the predeceased spouse, 
244.9 	shall be payable from the full value of all of the predeceased spouse's assets and interests 
244.10 	which are part of the surviving spouse's estate under subdivisions 1a and 2b. Recovery of 
244.11 	medical assistance expenses in the nonrecipient surviving spouse's estate is limited to the 
244.12 	value of the assets of the estate that were marital property or jointly owned property at any 
244.13 	time during the marriage. The claim is not payable from the value of assets or proceeds of 
244.14 	assets in the estate attributable to a predeceased spouse whom the individual married after 
244.15 	the death of the predeceased recipient spouse for whom the claim is filed or from assets 
244.16 	and the proceeds of assets in the estate which the nonrecipient decedent spouse acquired 
244.17 	with assets which were not marital property or jointly owned property after the death of 
244.18 	the predeceased recipient spouse. Claims for alternative care shall be net of all premiums 
244.19 	paid under section 256B.0913, subdivision 12, on or after July 1, 2003, and shall be 
244.20 	limited to services provided on or after July 1, 2003. Claims against marital property shall 
244.21 	be limited to claims against recipients who died on or after July 1, 2009.

244.22 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.19, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
244.23 		Subd. 2c.Obligation of local agency to investigate eligibility for medical 
244.24 	assistance. (a) When the commissioner receives information that indicates that a general 
244.25 	assistance medical care recipient or MinnesotaCare program enrollee may be eligible 
244.26 	for medical assistance, the commissioner may notify the appropriate local agency of 
244.27 	that fact. The local agency must investigate eligibility for medical assistance and take 
244.28 	appropriate action and notify the commissioner of that action within 90 days from the date 
244.29 	notice is issued. If the person is eligible for medical assistance, the local agency must find 
244.30 	eligibility retroactively to the date on which the person met all eligibility requirements.
244.31 	(b) When a prepaid health plan under a contract with the state to provide medical 
244.32 	assistance services notifies the commissioner that an infant has been or will be born to an 
244.33 	enrollee under the contract, the commissioner may notify the appropriate local agency 
244.34 	of that fact. The local agency must investigate eligibility for medical assistance for the 
244.35 	infant, take appropriate action, and notify the commissioner of that action within 90 days 
245.1 	from the date notice is issued. If the infant would have been eligible on the date of birth, 
245.2 	the local agency must establish eligibility retroactively to that month.
245.3 	(c) For general assistance medical care recipients and MinnesotaCare program 
245.4 	enrollees, if the local agency fails to comply with paragraph (a), the local agency is 
245.5 	responsible for the entire cost of general assistance medical care or MinnesotaCare 
245.6 	program services provided from the date the commissioner issues the notice until the 
245.7 	date the local agency takes appropriate action on the case and notifies the commissioner 
245.8 	of the action. For infants, if the local agency fails to comply with paragraph (b), the 
245.9 	commissioner may determine eligibility for medical assistance for the infant for a period 
245.10 	of two months, and the local agency shall be responsible for the entire cost of medical 
245.11 	assistance services provided for that infant, in addition to a fee of $100 for processing the 
245.12 	case. The commissioner shall deduct any obligation incurred under this paragraph from 
245.13 	the amount due to the local agency under subdivision 1.

245.14 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
245.15 		Subd. 2.Civil action for recovery. To recover under this section, the attorney 
245.16 	general may institute or join a civil action to enforce the subrogation rights of the 
245.17 	commissioner established under this section.
245.18 	Any prepaid health plan providing services under sections 256B.69, 256D.03, 
245.19 	subdivision 4, paragraph (c), and 256L.12 and Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, 
245.20 	section 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c); children's mental health collaboratives 
245.21 	under section 245.493; demonstration projects for persons with disabilities under section 
245.22 	256B.77; nursing homes under the alternative payment demonstration project under 
245.23 	section 256B.434; or the county-based purchasing entity providing services under section 
245.24 	256B.692 may retain legal representation to enforce the subrogation rights created under 
245.25 	this section or, if no action has been brought, may initiate and prosecute an independent 
245.26 	action on their behalf against a person, firm, or corporation that may be liable to the person 
245.27 	to whom the care or payment was furnished.

245.28 	Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.691, is amended to read:
245.29 	256B.691 RISK-BASED TRANSPORTATION PAYMENTS.
245.30 	Any contract with a prepaid health plan under the medical assistance, general 
245.31 	assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare program that requires the health plan to 
245.32 	cover transportation services for obtaining medical care for eligible individuals who are 
245.33 	ambulatory must provide for payment for those services on a risk basis.

246.1 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.73, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
246.2 		Subd. 4.Enrollee eligibility requirements. To be eligible for participation in the 
246.3 	demonstration project, an enrollee must:
246.4 	(1) not be eligible for Medicare, or medical assistance, or general assistance medical 
246.5 	care; and
246.6 	(2) have no medical insurance or health benefits plan available through employment 
246.7 	or other means that would provide coverage for the same medical services as provided by 
246.8 	this demonstration.

246.9 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.73, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
246.10 		Subd. 8.Medical assistance and general assistance medical care coordination.
 246.11 	To assure enrollees of uninterrupted delivery of health care services, the commissioner 
246.12 	may pay the premium to the demonstration provider for persons who become eligible for 
246.13 	medical assistance or general assistance medical care. To determine eligibility for medical 
246.14 	assistance, any medical expenses for eligible services incurred by the demonstration 
246.15 	provider shall be considered as evidence of satisfying the medical expense requirements 
246.16 	of section 256B.056, subdivisions 4 and 5. To determine eligibility for general assistance 
246.17 	medical care, any medical expenses for eligible services incurred by the demonstration 
246.18 	provider shall be considered as evidence of satisfying the medical expense requirements 
246.19 	of section 256D.03, subdivision 3.

246.20 	Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 256B.765, is amended to read:
246.21 	256B.765 PROVIDER RATE INCREASES.
246.22 	(a) Effective July 1, 2001, within the limits of appropriations specifically for this 
246.23 	purpose, the commissioner shall provide an annual inflation adjustment for the providers 
246.24 	listed in paragraph (c). The index for the inflation adjustment must be based on the 
246.25 	change in the Employment Cost Index for Private Industry Workers - Total Compensation 
246.26 	forecasted by Data Resources, Inc., as forecasted in the fourth quarter of the calendar year 
246.27 	preceding the fiscal year. The commissioner shall increase reimbursement or allocation 
246.28 	rates by the percentage of this adjustment, and county boards shall adjust provider 
246.29 	contracts as needed.
246.30 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall include an annual 
246.31 	inflationary adjustment in reimbursement rates for the providers listed in paragraph (c) 
246.32 	using the inflation factor specified in paragraph (a) as a budget change request in each 
246.33 	biennial detailed expenditure budget submitted to the legislature under section 16A.11.
247.1 	(c) The annual adjustment under paragraph (a) shall be provided for home and 
247.2 	community-based waiver services for persons with developmental disabilities under 
247.3 	section 256B.501; home and community-based waiver services for the elderly under 
247.4 	section 256B.0915; waivered services under community access for disability inclusion 
247.5 	under section 256B.49; community alternative care waivered services under section 
247.6 	256B.49; brain injury waivered services under section 256B.49; nursing services and 
247.7 	home health services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 6a; personal care services and 
247.8 	nursing supervision of personal care services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a; 
247.9 	home care nursing services under section 256B.0625, subdivision 7; day training and 
247.10 	habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities under sections 252.41 to 
247.11 	252.46; physical therapy services under sections section256B.0625, subdivision 8, and 
247.12 	256D.03, subdivision 4; occupational therapy services under sections section256B.0625, 
247.13 	subdivision 8a, and 256D.03, subdivision 4; speech-language therapy services under 
247.14 	section 256D.03, subdivision 4, and Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0390; respiratory therapy 
247.15 	services under section 256D.03, subdivision 4, and Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0295; 
247.16 	alternative care services under section 256B.0913; adult residential program grants under 
247.17 	Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.2000 to 9535.3000; adult and family community support 
247.18 	grants under Minnesota Rules, parts 9535.1700 to 9535.1760; semi-independent living 
247.19 	services under section 252.275 including SILS funding under county social services 
247.20 	grants formerly funded under chapter 256I; and community support services for deaf 
247.21 	and hard-of-hearing adults with mental illness who use or wish to use sign language as 
247.22 	their primary means of communication.

247.23 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.77, subdivision 26, is amended to read:
247.24 		Subd. 26.Southern Minnesota health initiative pilot project. When the 
247.25 	commissioner contracts under subdivisions 1 and 6, paragraph (a), with the joint 
247.26 	powers board for the southern Minnesota health initiative (SMHI) to participate in the 
247.27 	demonstration project for persons with disabilities under subdivision 5, the commissioner 
247.28 	shall also require health plans serving counties participating in the southern Minnesota 
247.29 	health initiative under this section to contract with the southern Minnesota Health 
247.30 	Initiative Joint Powers Board to provide covered mental health and chemical dependency 
247.31 	services for the nonelderly/nondisabled persons who reside in one of the counties and 
247.32 	who are required or elect to participate in the prepaid medical assistance and general 
247.33 	assistance medical care programs program. Enrollees may obtain covered mental health 
247.34 	and chemical dependency services through the SMHI or through other health plan 
247.35 	contractors. Participation of the nonelderly/nondisabled with the SMHI is voluntary. The 
248.1 	commissioner shall identify a monthly per capita payment amount that health plans are 
248.2 	required to pay to the SMHI for all nonelderly/nondisabled recipients who choose the 
248.3 	SMHI for their mental health and chemical dependency services.

248.4 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256G.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
248.5 		Subd. 4.Additional coverage. The provisions in sections 256G.02, subdivision 
248.6 	4, paragraphs (a) to (d); 256G.02, subdivisions 5 to 8; 256G.03; 256G.04; 256G.05; and 
248.7 	256G.07, subdivisions 1 to 3, apply to the following programs: the aid to families with 
248.8 	dependent children program formerly codified in sections 256.72 to 256.87, Minnesota 
248.9 	family investment program; medical assistance; general assistance; the family general 
248.10 	assistance program formerly codified in sections 256D.01 to 256D.23; general assistance 
248.11 	medical care formerly codified in chapter 256D; and Minnesota supplemental aid.

248.12 	Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256J.01, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
248.13 		Subd. 5.Compliance system. The commissioner shall administer a compliance 
248.14 	system for the state's temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, the 
248.15 	food stamp or food support program, general assistance, medical assistance, general 
248.16 	assistance medical care, emergency general assistance, Minnesota supplemental aid, 
248.17 	preadmission screening, child support program, and alternative care grants under the 
248.18 	powers and authorities named in section 256.01, subdivision 2. The purpose of the 
248.19 	compliance system is to permit the commissioner to supervise the administration of 
248.20 	public assistance programs and to enforce timely and accurate distribution of benefits, 
248.21 	completeness of service and efficient and effective program management and operations, 
248.22 	to increase uniformity and consistency in the administration and delivery of public 
248.23 	assistance programs throughout the state, and to reduce the possibility of sanction and 
248.24 	fiscal disallowances for noncompliance with federal regulations and state statutes.

248.25 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256J.396, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
248.26 		Subdivision 1.General provisions. A minor caregiver and the minor's dependent 
248.27 	child living outside of the home of the adult parent must meet the criteria in section 
248.28 	256J.14, to be eligible for assistance in the MFIP program. A parent who lives outside the 
248.29 	home of a minor child who is an unemancipated minor caregiver of an assistance unit is 
248.30 	financially responsible for that minor caregiver unless the parent is a recipient of public 
248.31 	assistance, SSI, MSA, medical assistance, or general assistance, or general assistance 
248.32 	medical care, and a court order does not otherwise provide a support obligation.

249.1 	Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256J.68, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
249.2 		Subd. 6.Compensation for certain costs. Compensation paid under this section is 
249.3 	limited to reimbursement for reasonable medical expenses and permanent partial disability 
249.4 	compensation for disability in like amounts as allowed in section 176.101, subdivision 2a. 
249.5 	Compensation for injuries resulting in death shall include reasonable medical expenses 
249.6 	and burial expenses in addition to payment to the participant's estate in an amount up to 
249.7 	$200,000. No compensation shall be paid under this section for pain and suffering, lost 
249.8 	wages, or other benefits provided in chapter 176. Payments made under this section shall 
249.9 	be reduced by any proceeds received by the claimant from any insurance policy covering 
249.10 	the loss. For the purposes of this section, "insurance policy" does not include the medical 
249.11 	assistance program authorized under chapter 256B or the general assistance medical care 
249.12 	program authorized under chapter 256D.

249.13 	Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256L.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
249.14 		Subdivision 1.Findings and purpose. The legislature finds that the enactment 
249.15 	of a comprehensive health plan for uninsured Minnesotans creates a risk that persons 
249.16 	needing medical care will migrate to the state for the primary purpose of obtaining 
249.17 	medical care subsidized by the state. The risk of migration undermines the state's ability 
249.18 	to provide to legitimate state residents a valuable and necessary health care program 
249.19 	which is an important component of the state's comprehensive cost containment and 
249.20 	health care system reform plan. Intent-based residency requirements, which are expressly 
249.21 	authorized under decisions of the United States Supreme Court, are an unenforceable and 
249.22 	ineffective method of denying benefits to those persons the Supreme Court has stated 
249.23 	may legitimately be denied eligibility for state programs. If the state is unable to limit 
249.24 	eligibility to legitimate permanent residents of the state, the state faces a significant risk 
249.25 	that it will be forced to reduce the eligibility and benefits it would otherwise provide to 
249.26 	Minnesotans. The legislature finds that a durational residence requirement is a legitimate, 
249.27 	objective, enforceable standard for determining whether a person is a permanent resident 
249.28 	of the state. The legislature also finds low-income persons who have not lived in the state 
249.29 	for the required time period will have access to necessary health care services through 
249.30 	the general assistance medical care program, the medical assistance program, and public 
249.31 	and private charity care programs.

249.32 	Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256L.12, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
249.33 		Subd. 4.Exemptions to limitations on choice. All contracts between the 
249.34 	Department of Human Services and prepaid health plans to serve medical assistance, 
250.1 	general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare recipients must comply with the 
250.2 	requirements of United States Code, title 42, section 1396a (a)(23)(B), notwithstanding 
250.3 	any waivers authorized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services 
250.4 	pursuant to United States Code, title 42, section 1315.

250.5 	Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256L.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
250.6 		Subd. 5.Eligibility for other state programs. MinnesotaCare enrollees who 
250.7 	become eligible for medical assistance will remain in the same managed care plan if 
250.8 	the managed care plan has a contract for that population. MinnesotaCare enrollees who 
250.9 	were formerly eligible for general assistance medical care pursuant to section 256D.03, 
250.10 	subdivision 3, within six months of MinnesotaCare enrollment and were enrolled in a 
250.11 	prepaid health plan pursuant to section 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), must 
250.12 	remain in the same managed care plan if the managed care plan has a contract for that 
250.13 	population. Managed care plans must participate in the MinnesotaCare program under a 
250.14 	contract with the Department of Human Services in service areas where they participate in 
250.15 	the medical assistance program.

250.16 	Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256M.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
250.17 		Subd. 2.Vulnerable children and adults services. (a) " Vulnerable children and 
250.18 	adults services" means services provided or arranged for by county boards for vulnerable 
250.19 	children under chapter 260C, and sections 626.556 and 626.5561, and adults under section 
250.20 	626.557 who experience dependency, abuse, or neglect, as well as services for family 
250.21 	members to support those individuals. These services may be provided by professionals 
250.22 	or nonprofessionals, including the person's natural supports in the community. For the 
250.23 	purpose of this chapter, "vulnerable children" means children and adolescents.
250.24 	(b) Vulnerable children and adults services do not include services under the public 
250.25 	assistance programs known as the Minnesota family investment program, Minnesota 
250.26 	supplemental aid, medical assistance, general assistance, general assistance medical care, 
250.27 	MinnesotaCare, or community health services.

250.28 	Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 260.795, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
250.29 		Subd. 2.Inappropriate expenditures. Indian child welfare grant money must 
250.30 	not be used for:
250.31 	(1) child day care necessary solely because of employment or training for 
250.32 	employment of a parent or other relative with whom the child is living;
250.33 	(2) foster care maintenance or difficulty of care payments;
251.1 	(3) residential facility payments;
251.2 	(4) adoption assistance payments;
251.3 	(5) public assistance payments for Minnesota family investment program assistance, 
251.4 	supplemental aid, medical assistance, general assistance, general assistance medical care, 
251.5 	or community health services authorized by sections 145A.01 to 145A.14; or
251.6 	(6) administrative costs for income maintenance staff.

251.7 	Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 260B.188, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
251.8 		Subdivision 1.Medical aid. If a child is taken into custody as provided in section 
251.9 	260B.175 and detained in a local juvenile secure detention facility or shelter care facility, 
251.10 	or if a child is sentenced by the juvenile court to a local correctional facility as defined in 
251.11 	section 241.021, subdivision 1, paragraph (f), the child's county of residence shall pay 
251.12 	the costs of medical services provided to the child during the period of time the child is 
251.13 	residing in the facility. The county of residence is entitled to reimbursement from the 
251.14 	child or the child's family for payment of medical bills to the extent that the child or the 
251.15 	child's family has the ability to pay for the medical services. If there is a disagreement 
251.16 	between the county and the child or the child's family concerning the ability to pay or 
251.17 	whether the medical services were necessary, the court with jurisdiction over the child 
251.18 	shall determine the extent, if any, of the child's or the family's ability to pay for the 
251.19 	medical services or whether the services are necessary. If the child is covered by health or 
251.20 	medical insurance or a health plan when medical services are provided, the county paying 
251.21 	the costs of medical services has a right of subrogation to be reimbursed by the insurance 
251.22 	carrier or health plan for all amounts spent by it for medical services to the child that are 
251.23 	covered by the insurance policy or health plan, in accordance with the benefits, limitations, 
251.24 	exclusions, provider restrictions, and other provisions of the policy or health plan. The 
251.25 	county may maintain an action to enforce this subrogation right. The county does not have 
251.26 	a right of subrogation against the medical assistance program, or the MinnesotaCare 
251.27 	program, or the general assistance medical care program.

251.28 	Sec. 114. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 260C.188, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
251.29 		Subdivision 1.Medical aid. If a child is taken into custody as provided in section 
251.30 	260C.175 and detained in a local juvenile secure detention facility or a shelter care 
251.31 	facility, the child's county of residence shall pay the costs of medical services provided 
251.32 	to the child during the period of time the child is residing in the facility. The county of 
251.33 	residence is entitled to reimbursement from the child or the child's family for payment of 
251.34 	medical bills to the extent that the child or the child's family has the ability to pay for the 
252.1 	medical services. If there is a disagreement between the county and the child or the child's 
252.2 	family concerning the ability to pay or whether the medical services were necessary, the 
252.3 	court with jurisdiction over the child shall determine the extent, if any, of the child's or the 
252.4 	family's ability to pay for the medical services or whether the services are necessary. If the 
252.5 	child is covered by health or medical insurance or a health plan when medical services are 
252.6 	provided, the county paying the costs of medical services has a right of subrogation to be 
252.7 	reimbursed by the insurance carrier or health plan for all amounts spent by it for medical 
252.8 	services to the child that are covered by the insurance policy or health plan, in accordance 
252.9 	with the benefits, limitations, exclusions, provider restrictions, and other provisions of the 
252.10 	policy or health plan. The county may maintain an action to enforce this subrogation right. 
252.11 	The county does not have a right of subrogation against the medical assistance program, 
252.12 	or the MinnesotaCare program, or the general assistance medical care program.

252.13 	Sec. 115. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 261.23, is amended to read:
252.14 	261.23 COSTS OF HOSPITALIZATION.
252.15 	The costs of hospitalization of such indigent persons exclusive of medical and 
252.16 	surgical care and treatment shall not exceed in amount the full rates fixed and charged 
252.17 	by the Minnesota general hospital for the hospitalization of such indigent patients. For 
252.18 	indigent persons hospitalized pursuant to sections 261.21 to 261.232, the state shall pay 90 
252.19 	percent of the cost allowable under the general assistance medical care medical assistance 
252.20 	program and ten percent of the allowable cost of hospitalization shall be paid by the 
252.21 	county of the residence of the indigent persons at the times provided for in the contract; 
252.22 	and in case of an injury or emergency requiring immediate surgical or medical treatment, 
252.23 	for a period not to exceed 72 hours, 90 percent of the cost allowable under the general 
252.24 	assistance medical care medical assistance program shall be paid by the state and ten 
252.25 	percent of the cost shall be paid by the county from which the patient, if indigent, is 
252.26 	certified. State payments for services rendered pursuant to this section shall be ratably 
252.27 	reduced to the same extent and during the same time period as payments are reduced 
252.28 	under section 256D.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c) medical assistance. If the county of 
252.29 	residence of the patient is not the county in which the patient has legal settlement for the 
252.30 	purposes of poor relief, then the county of residence may seek reimbursement from the 
252.31 	county in which the patient has settlement for the purposes of poor relief for all costs it has 
252.32 	necessarily incurred and paid in connection with the hospitalization of said patient.

252.33 	Sec. 116. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
253.1 		Subdivision 1.Use of data. (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered 
253.2 	from any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law 
253.3 	are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 
253.4 	13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court 
253.5 	order or section 13.05. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data 
253.6 	may be disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the 
253.7 	subject of the data:
253.8 	(1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state 
253.9 	or federal law;
253.10 	(2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the 
253.11 	administration of an unemployment insurance program;
253.12 	(3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment 
253.13 	offices for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;
253.14 	(4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other 
253.15 	state in accordance with section 256.978;
253.16 	(5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;
253.17 	(6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota 
253.18 	laws;
253.19 	(7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed 
253.20 	assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients;
253.21 	(8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Commerce Fraud Bureau in the 
253.22 	Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of their duties under 
253.23 	Minnesota law;
253.24 	(9) the Department of Human Services and the Office of Inspector General and its 
253.25 	agents within the Department of Human Services, including county fraud investigators, 
253.26 	for investigations related to recipient or provider fraud and employees of providers when 
253.27 	the provider is suspected of committing public assistance fraud;
253.28 	(10) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject 
253.29 	for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those 
253.30 	agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction 
253.31 	with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment 
253.32 	program by providing data on recipients and former recipients of food stamps or food 
253.33 	support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance 
253.34 	under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L or formerly 
253.35 	codified under chapter 256D;
254.1 	(11) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, 
254.2 	wages, and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an 
254.3 	assistance program;
254.4 	(12) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of 
254.5 	ascertaining the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the 
254.6 	subject of a criminal investigation;
254.7 	(13) the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has access to data on 
254.8 	specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific 
254.9 	employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;
254.10 	(14) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations;
254.11 	(15) the Department of Corrections for the purpose of case planning for preprobation 
254.12 	and postprobation employment tracking of offenders sentenced to probation and 
254.13 	preconfinement and postconfinement employment tracking of committed offenders;
254.14 	(16) the state auditor to the extent necessary to conduct audits of job opportunity 
254.15 	building zones as required under section 469.3201; and
254.16 	(17) the Office of Higher Education for purposes of supporting program 
254.17 	improvement, system evaluation, and research initiatives including the Statewide 
254.18 	Longitudinal Education Data System.
254.19 	(b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by 
254.20 	the department in an investigation under section 268.182 are confidential as to data 
254.21 	on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 
254.22 	13.02, subdivisions 3 and 13, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district 
254.23 	court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for 
254.24 	preparation of a defense.
254.25 	(c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota 
254.26 	unemployment insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any 
254.27 	suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by 
254.28 	the department.

254.29 	Sec. 117. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290A.03, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
254.30 		Subd. 8.Claimant. (a) "Claimant" means a person, other than a dependent, as 
254.31 	defined under sections 151 and 152 of the Internal Revenue Code disregarding section 
254.32 	152(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, who filed a claim authorized by this chapter 
254.33 	and who was a resident of this state as provided in chapter 290 during the calendar year 
254.34 	for which the claim for relief was filed.
255.1 	(b) In the case of a claim relating to rent constituting property taxes, the claimant 
255.2 	shall have resided in a rented or leased unit on which ad valorem taxes or payments made 
255.3 	in lieu of ad valorem taxes, including payments of special assessments imposed in lieu of 
255.4 	ad valorem taxes, are payable at some time during the calendar year covered by the claim.
255.5 	(c) "Claimant" shall not include a resident of a nursing home, intermediate care 
255.6 	facility, long-term residential facility, or a facility that accepts group residential housing 
255.7 	payments whose rent constituting property taxes is paid pursuant to the Supplemental 
255.8 	Security Income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, the Minnesota 
255.9 	supplemental aid program under sections 256D.35 to 256D.54, the medical assistance 
255.10 	program pursuant to title XIX of the Social Security Act, the general assistance medical 
255.11 	care program pursuant to section 256D.03, subdivision 3, or the group residential housing 
255.12 	program under chapter 256I.
255.13 	If only a portion of the rent constituting property taxes is paid by these programs, the 
255.14 	resident shall be a claimant for purposes of this chapter, but the refund calculated pursuant 
255.15 	to section 290A.04 shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is income as 
255.16 	defined in subdivision 3, paragraphs (1) and (2), reduced by the total amount of income 
255.17 	from the above sources other than vendor payments under the medical assistance program 
255.18 	or the general assistance medical care program and the denominator of which is income as 
255.19 	defined in subdivision 3, paragraphs (1) and (2), plus vendor payments under the medical 
255.20 	assistance program or the general assistance medical care program, to determine the 
255.21 	allowable refund pursuant to this chapter.
255.22 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), if the claimant was a resident of the nursing 
255.23 	home, intermediate care facility, long-term residential facility, or facility for which the rent 
255.24 	was paid for the claimant by the group residential housing program for only a portion of the 
255.25 	calendar year covered by the claim, the claimant may compute rent constituting property 
255.26 	taxes by disregarding the rent constituting property taxes from the nursing home or facility 
255.27 	and use only that amount of rent constituting property taxes or property taxes payable 
255.28 	relating to that portion of the year when the claimant was not in the facility. The claimant's 
255.29 	household income is the income for the entire calendar year covered by the claim.
255.30 	(e) In the case of a claim for rent constituting property taxes of a part-year Minnesota 
255.31 	resident, the income and rental reflected in this computation shall be for the period of 
255.32 	Minnesota residency only. Any rental expenses paid which may be reflected in arriving 
255.33 	at federal adjusted gross income cannot be utilized for this computation. When two 
255.34 	individuals of a household are able to meet the qualifications for a claimant, they may 
255.35 	determine among them as to who the claimant shall be. If they are unable to agree, the 
255.36 	matter shall be referred to the commissioner of revenue whose decision shall be final. If a 
256.1 	homestead property owner was a part-year Minnesota resident, the income reflected in 
256.2 	the computation made pursuant to section 290A.04 shall be for the entire calendar year, 
256.3 	including income not assignable to Minnesota.
256.4 	(f) If a homestead is occupied by two or more renters, who are not husband and 
256.5 	wife, the rent shall be deemed to be paid equally by each, and separate claims shall be 
256.6 	filed by each. The income of each shall be each renter's household income for purposes of 
256.7 	computing the amount of credit to be allowed.

256.8 	Sec. 118. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 295.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
256.9 		Subdivision 1.Exemptions. (a) The following payments are excluded from the 
256.10 	gross revenues subject to the hospital, surgical center, or health care provider taxes under 
256.11 	sections 295.50 to 295.59:
256.12 	(1) payments received for services provided under the Medicare program, including 
256.13 	payments received from the government, and organizations governed by sections 1833 
256.14 	and 1876 of title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, 
256.15 	section 1395, and enrollee deductibles, coinsurance, and co-payments, whether paid by the 
256.16 	Medicare enrollee or by a Medicare supplemental coverage as defined in section 62A.011, 
256.17 	subdivision 3, clause (10), or by Medicaid payments under title XIX of the federal Social 
256.18 	Security Act. Payments for services not covered by Medicare are taxable;
256.19 	(2) payments received for home health care services;
256.20 	(3) payments received from hospitals or surgical centers for goods and services on 
256.21 	which liability for tax is imposed under section 295.52 or the source of funds for the 
256.22 	payment is exempt under clause (1), (7), (10), or (14);
256.23 	(4) payments received from health care providers for goods and services on which 
256.24 	liability for tax is imposed under this chapter or the source of funds for the payment is 
256.25 	exempt under clause (1), (7), (10), or (14);
256.26 	(5) amounts paid for legend drugs, other than nutritional products and blood and 
256.27 	blood components, to a wholesale drug distributor who is subject to tax under section 
256.28 	295.52, subdivision 3, reduced by reimbursements received for legend drugs otherwise 
256.29 	exempt under this chapter;
256.30 	(6) payments received by a health care provider or the wholly owned subsidiary of a 
256.31 	health care provider for care provided outside Minnesota;
256.32 	(7) payments received from the chemical dependency fund under chapter 254B;
256.33 	(8) payments received in the nature of charitable donations that are not designated 
256.34 	for providing patient services to a specific individual or group;
257.1 	(9) payments received for providing patient services incurred through a formal 
257.2 	program of health care research conducted in conformity with federal regulations 
257.3 	governing research on human subjects. Payments received from patients or from other 
257.4 	persons paying on behalf of the patients are subject to tax;
257.5 	(10) payments received from any governmental agency for services benefiting the 
257.6 	public, not including payments made by the government in its capacity as an employer 
257.7 	or insurer or payments made by the government for services provided under general 
257.8 	assistance medical care, the MinnesotaCare program, or the medical assistance program 
257.9 	governed by title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, 
257.10 	sections 1396 to 1396v;
257.11 	(11) government payments received by the commissioner of human services for 
257.12 	state-operated services;
257.13 	(12) payments received by a health care provider for hearing aids and related 
257.14 	equipment or prescription eyewear delivered outside of Minnesota;
257.15 	(13) payments received by an educational institution from student tuition, student 
257.16 	activity fees, health care service fees, government appropriations, donations, or grants, 
257.17 	and for services identified in and provided under an individualized education program 
257.18 	as defined in section 256B.0625 or Code of Federal Regulations, chapter 34, section 
257.19 	300.340(a). Fee for service payments and payments for extended coverage are taxable;
257.20 	(14) payments received under the federal Employees Health Benefits Act, United 
257.21 	States Code, title 5, section 8909(f), as amended by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 
257.22 	1990. Enrollee deductibles, coinsurance, and co-payments are subject to tax; and
257.23 	(15) payments received under the federal Tricare program, Code of Federal 
257.24 	Regulations, title 32, section 199.17(a)(7). Enrollee deductibles, coinsurance, and 
257.25 	co-payments are subject to tax.
257.26 	(b) Payments received by wholesale drug distributors for legend drugs sold directly 
257.27 	to veterinarians or veterinary bulk purchasing organizations are excluded from the gross 
257.28 	revenues subject to the wholesale drug distributor tax under sections 295.50 to 295.59.

257.29 	Sec. 119. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297I.15, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
257.30 		Subd. 4.Premiums paid to health carriers by state. A health carrier as defined in 
257.31 	section 62A.011 is exempt from the taxes imposed under this chapter on premiums paid to 
257.32 	it by the state. Premiums paid by the state under medical assistance, general assistance 
257.33 	medical care, and the MinnesotaCare program are not exempt under this subdivision.

258.1 	Sec. 120. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 524.2-215, is amended to read:
258.2 	524.2-215 SURVIVING SPOUSE RECEIVING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
258.3 	(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if a surviving spouse is receiving 
258.4 	medical assistance under chapter 256B, or general assistance medical care under chapter 
258.5 	256D, when the person's spouse dies, then the provisions in paragraphs (b) to (f) apply.
258.6 	(b) Any time before an order or decree is entered under section 524.3-1001 or 
258.7 	524.3-1002 or a closing statement is filed under section 524.3-1003 the surviving spouse 
258.8 	may:
258.9 	(1) exercise the right to take an elective share amount of the decedent's estate 
258.10 	under section 524.2-211, in which case the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others 
258.11 	shall be included in the augmented estate for purposes of computing the elective share 
258.12 	and supplemental elective share amounts;
258.13 	(2) petition the court for an extension of time for exercising the right to an elective 
258.14 	share amount under section 524.2-211, in which case the decedent's nonprobate transfers 
258.15 	to others shall be included in the augmented estate for purposes of computing the elective 
258.16 	share and supplemental elective share amounts; or
258.17 	(3) elect statutory rights in the homestead or petition the court for an extension of 
258.18 	time to make the election as provided in section 524.2-211, paragraph (f).
258.19 	(c) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, the personal representative of 
258.20 	the estate of the surviving spouse may exercise the surviving spouse's right of election 
258.21 	and statutory right to the homestead in the manner provided for making those elections or 
258.22 	petition for an extension of time as provided for in this section.
258.23 	(d) If choosing the elective share will result in the surviving spouse receiving a share 
258.24 	of the decedent's estate greater in value than the share of the estate under the will or intestate 
258.25 	succession, then the guardian or conservator for the surviving spouse shall exercise the 
258.26 	surviving spouse's right to an elective share amount and a court order is not required.
258.27 	(e) A party petitioning to establish a guardianship or conservatorship for the surviving 
258.28 	spouse may file a certified copy of the petition in the decedent's estate proceedings and 
258.29 	serve a copy of the petition on the personal representative or the personal representative's 
258.30 	attorney. The filing of the petition shall toll all of the limitations provided in this section 
258.31 	until the entry of a final order granting or denying the petition. The decedent's estate may 
258.32 	not close until the entry of a final order granting or denying the petition.
258.33 	(1) Distributees of the decedent's estate shall be personally liable to account for and 
258.34 	turn over to the ward, the conservatee, or the estate of the ward or conservatee any and all 
258.35 	amounts which the ward or conservatee is entitled to receive from the decedent's estate.
259.1 	(2) No distributee shall be liable for an amount in excess of the value of the 
259.2 	distributee's distribution as of the time of the distribution.
259.3 	(3) The ward, conservatee, guardian, conservator, or personal representative may 
259.4 	bring proceedings in district court to enforce the rights in this section.
259.5 	(f) Notwithstanding any oral or written contract, agreement, or waiver made by the 
259.6 	surviving spouse to waive in whole or in part the surviving spouse's right of election 
259.7 	against the decedent's will, statutory right to the homestead, exempt property, or family 
259.8 	allowance, the surviving spouse or the surviving spouse's guardian or conservator may 
259.9 	exercise these rights to the full extent permitted by law. The surviving spouse's rights 
259.10 	under this paragraph do not apply to the extent there is a valid antenuptial agreement 
259.11 	between the surviving spouse and the decedent under which the surviving spouse has 
259.12 	waived some or all of these rights.

259.13 	Sec. 121. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 525.313, is amended to read:
259.14 	525.313 CLEARANCE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CLAIMS.
259.15 	(a) The court shall not enter a decree of descent until the petitioner has filed a 
259.16 	clearance for medical assistance claims under this section, and until any medical assistance 
259.17 	claims filed under this section have been paid, settled, or otherwise finally disposed of.
259.18 	(b) After filing the petition, the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney shall apply to 
259.19 	the county agency in the county in which the petition is pending for a clearance of medical 
259.20 	assistance claims. The application must state the decedent's name, date of birth, and Social 
259.21 	Security number; the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of any predeceased 
259.22 	spouse of the decedent; the names and addresses of the devisees and heirs; and the name, 
259.23 	address, and telephone number of the petitioner or the attorney making the application on 
259.24 	behalf of the petitioner, and include a copy of the notice of hearing.
259.25 	(c) The county agency shall determine whether the decedent or any of the decedent's 
259.26 	predeceased spouses received medical assistance under chapter 256B or general assistance 
259.27 	medical care formerly codified under chapter 256D giving rise to a claim under section 
259.28 	256B.15. If there are no claims, the county agency shall issue the petitioner a clearance for 
259.29 	medical assistance claims stating no medical assistance claims exist. If there is a claim, 
259.30 	the county agency shall issue the petitioner a clearance for medical assistance claims 
259.31 	stating that a claim exists and the total amount of the claim. The county agency shall mail 
259.32 	the completed clearance for medical assistance claims to the applicant within 15 working 
259.33 	days after receiving the application without cost to the applicant or others.
259.34 	(d) The petitioner or attorney shall file the certificate in the proceedings for the 
259.35 	decree of descent as soon as practicable after it is received. Notwithstanding any rule 
260.1 	or law to the contrary, if a medical assistance claim appears in a clearance for medical 
260.2 	assistance claims, then:
260.3 	(1) the claim shall be a claim against the decedent's property which is the subject of 
260.4 	the petition. The county agency issuing the certificate shall be the claimant. The filing 
260.5 	of the clearance for medical assistance claims in the proceeding for a decree of descent 
260.6 	constitutes presentation of the claim;
260.7 	(2) the claim shall be an unbarred and undischarged claim and shall be payable, in 
260.8 	whole or in part, from the decedent's property which is the subject of the petition, including 
260.9 	the net sale proceeds from any sale of property free and clear of the claim under this section;
260.10 	(3) the claim may be allowed, denied, appealed, and bear interest as provided for 
260.11 	claims in estates under chapter 524; and
260.12 	(4) the county agency may collect, compromise, or otherwise settle the claim with 
260.13 	the estate, the petitioner, or the assignees of the property on whatever terms and conditions 
260.14 	are deemed appropriate.
260.15 	(e) Any of the decedent's devisees, heirs, successors, assigns, or their successors 
260.16 	and assigns, may apply for a partial decree of descent to facilitate the good faith sale 
260.17 	of their interest in any real or personal property described in the petition free and clear 
260.18 	of any medical assistance claim any time before the entry of a decree of descent under 
260.19 	section 525.312. The applicant must prove an interest in the property as provided under 
260.20 	section 525.312. The court may enter a partial decree of descent any time after it could 
260.21 	hear and decide the petition for a decree of descent. A partial decree of descent shall 
260.22 	assign the interests in the real and personal property described in the application to the 
260.23 	parties entitled to the property free and clear of any and all medical assistance claims. The 
260.24 	net sale proceeds from the sale shall be:
260.25 	(1) substituted in the estate according to this section for the property sold;
260.26 	(2) paid over to and held by the petitioner pending the entry of a decree of descent;
260.27 	(3) used for payment of medical assistance claims; and
260.28 	(4) distributed according to the decree of descent after any medical assistance claims 
260.29 	are paid.
260.30 	(f) The clearance for medical assistance claims must:
260.31 	(1) include the case name, case number, and district court in which the proceeding 
260.32 	for a decree of descent is pending;
260.33 	(2) include the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of the decedent and 
260.34 	any of the decedent's predeceased spouses;
260.35 	(3) state whether there are medical assistance claims against the decedent, or a 
260.36 	predeceased spouse, and the total amount of each claim; and
261.1 	(4) include the name, address, and telephone number of the county agency giving the 
261.2 	clearance for medical assistance claims. The certificate shall be signed by the director of 
261.3 	the county agency or the director's designee. The signature of the director or the director's 
261.4 	designee does not require an acknowledgment.
261.5 	(g) All recoveries under this section are recoveries under section 256B.15.
261.6 	(h) For purposes of this section and chapter 256B, all property identified in the 
261.7 	petition and all subsequent amendments to the petition shall constitute an estate.
261.8 	(i) No clearance for medical assistance claims is required under this section and 
261.9 	section 525.312 in an action for a decree of descent proceeding in which all of the 
261.10 	following apply to the decedent whose property is the subject of the proceeding:
261.11 	(1) the decedent's estate was previously probated in this state;
261.12 	(2) the previous probate was not a special administration or summary proceeding; and
261.13 	(3) the decedent's property, which is the subject of the petition for a decree of 
261.14 	descent, was omitted from the previous probate.

261.15 	Sec. 122. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 550.37, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
261.16 		Subd. 14.Public assistance. All government assistance based on need, and 
261.17 	the earnings or salary of a person who is a recipient of government assistance based 
261.18 	on need, shall be exempt from all claims of creditors including any contractual setoff 
261.19 	or security interest asserted by a financial institution. For the purposes of this chapter, 
261.20 	government assistance based on need includes but is not limited to Minnesota family 
261.21 	investment program, general assistance medical care, Supplemental Security Income, 
261.22 	medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, payment of Medicare part B premiums or receipt of 
261.23 	part D extra help, MFIP diversionary work program, work participation cash benefit, 
261.24 	Minnesota supplemental assistance, emergency Minnesota supplemental assistance, 
261.25 	general assistance, emergency general assistance, emergency assistance or county crisis 
261.26 	funds, energy or fuel assistance, and food support. The salary or earnings of any debtor 
261.27 	who is or has been an eligible recipient of government assistance based on need, or an 
261.28 	inmate of a correctional institution shall, upon the debtor's return to private employment or 
261.29 	farming after having been an eligible recipient of government assistance based on need, or 
261.30 	an inmate of a correctional institution, be exempt from attachment, garnishment, or levy 
261.31 	of execution for a period of six months after the debtor's return to employment or farming 
261.32 	and after all public assistance for which eligibility existed has been terminated. The 
261.33 	exemption provisions contained in this subdivision also apply for 60 days after deposit 
261.34 	in any financial institution, whether in a single or joint account. In tracing the funds, the 
261.35 	first-in first-out method of accounting shall be used. The burden of establishing that funds 
262.1 	are exempt rests upon the debtor. Agencies distributing government assistance and the 
262.2 	correctional institutions shall, at the request of creditors, inform them whether or not any 
262.3 	debtor has been an eligible recipient of government assistance based on need, or an inmate 
262.4 	of a correctional institution, within the preceding six months.

262.5 	Sec. 123. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 609B.425, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
262.6 		Subd. 2.Benefit eligibility. (a) A person convicted of a drug offense after July 1, 
262.7 	1997, is ineligible for general assistance benefits, general assistance medical care, and 
262.8 	Supplemental Security Income under chapter 256D until:
262.9 	(1) five years after completing the terms of a court-ordered sentence; or
262.10 	(2) unless the person is participating in a drug treatment program, has successfully 
262.11 	completed a program, or has been determined not to be in need of a drug treatment program.
262.12 	(b) A person who becomes eligible for assistance under chapter 256D is subject to 
262.13 	random drug testing and shall lose eligibility for benefits for five years beginning the 
262.14 	month following:
262.15 	(1) any positive test for an illegal controlled substance; or
262.16 	(2) discharge of sentence for conviction of another drug felony.
262.17 	(c) Parole violators and fleeing felons are ineligible for benefits and persons 
262.18 	fraudulently misrepresenting eligibility are also ineligible to receive benefits for ten years.

262.19 	Sec. 124. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 641.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
262.20 		Subd. 2.Medical aid. Except as provided in section 466.101, the county board 
262.21 	shall pay the costs of medical services provided to prisoners pursuant to this section. 
262.22 	The amount paid by the county board for a medical service shall not exceed the 
262.23 	maximum allowed medical assistance payment rate for the service, as determined by the 
262.24 	commissioner of human services. In the absence of a health or medical insurance or 
262.25 	health plan that has a contractual obligation with the provider or the prisoner, medical 
262.26 	providers shall charge no higher than the rate negotiated between the county and the 
262.27 	provider. In the absence of an agreement between the county and the provider, the 
262.28 	provider may not charge an amount that exceeds the maximum allowed medical assistance 
262.29 	payment rate for the service, as determined by the commissioner of human services. The 
262.30 	county is entitled to reimbursement from the prisoner for payment of medical bills to the 
262.31 	extent that the prisoner to whom the medical aid was provided has the ability to pay the 
262.32 	bills. The prisoner shall, at a minimum, incur co-payment obligations for health care 
262.33 	services provided by a county correctional facility. The county board shall determine the 
262.34 	co-payment amount. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the co-payment shall be 
263.1 	deducted from any of the prisoner's funds held by the county, to the extent possible. If 
263.2 	there is a disagreement between the county and a prisoner concerning the prisoner's ability 
263.3 	to pay, the court with jurisdiction over the defendant shall determine the extent, if any, of 
263.4 	the prisoner's ability to pay for the medical services. If a prisoner is covered by health or 
263.5 	medical insurance or other health plan when medical services are provided, the medical 
263.6 	provider shall bill that health or medical insurance or other plan. If the county providing 
263.7 	the medical services for a prisoner that has coverage under health or medical insurance or 
263.8 	other plan, that county has a right of subrogation to be reimbursed by the insurance carrier 
263.9 	for all sums spent by it for medical services to the prisoner that are covered by the policy of 
263.10 	insurance or health plan, in accordance with the benefits, limitations, exclusions, provider 
263.11 	restrictions, and other provisions of the policy or health plan. The county may maintain an 
263.12 	action to enforce this subrogation right. The county does not have a right of subrogation 
263.13 	against the medical assistance program or the general assistance medical care program.

263.14 	Sec. 125. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 641.155, is amended to read:
263.15 	641.155 DISCHARGE PLANS; OFFENDERS WITH SERIOUS AND 
263.16 	PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS.
263.17 	The commissioner of corrections shall develop a model discharge planning process 
263.18 	for every offender with a serious and persistent mental illness, as defined in section 
263.19 	245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c), who has been convicted and sentenced to serve 
263.20 	three or more months and is being released from a county jail or county regional jail.
263.21 	An offender with a serious and persistent mental illness, as defined in section 
263.22 	245.462, subdivision 20, paragraph (c), who has been convicted and sentenced to serve 
263.23 	three or more months and is being released from a county jail or county regional jail 
263.24 	shall be referred to the appropriate staff in the county human services department at least 
263.25 	60 days before being released. The county human services department may carry out 
263.26 	provisions of the model discharge planning process such as:
263.27 	(1) providing assistance in filling out an application for medical assistance, general 
263.28 	assistance medical care, or MinnesotaCare;
263.29 	(2) making a referral for case management as outlined under section 245.467, 
263.30 	subdivision 4;
263.31 	(3) providing assistance in obtaining a state photo identification;
263.32 	(4) securing a timely appointment with a psychiatrist or other appropriate community 
263.33 	mental health providers; and
263.34 	(5) providing prescriptions for a 30-day supply of all necessary medications.

264.1 	Sec. 126.  REPEALER.
 264.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 256B.0645; and 383B.926, are repealed.

264.3 	ARTICLE 3
264.4 	REPEAL AND REENACTMENT; RENUMBERING; CROSS-REFERENCE 
264.5 	AND CONFORMING CHANGES: ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS 
264.6 	TO FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME

264.7 	Section 1. PURPOSE.
 264.8 	This article simplifies Minnesota's income tax laws by consolidating, recodifying, 
264.9 	and renumbering the individual and corporate additions and subtractions to federal taxable 
264.10 	income now contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a to 19d, 
264.11 	19f, and 19h. Due to the complexity of the recodification, prior provisions are repealed 
264.12 	on the effective date of the new provisions. The repealed provisions, however, remain in 
264.13 	effect until superseded by the analogous provision in the new law.

264.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 289A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
264.15 		Subdivision 1.Generally; individuals. (a) A taxpayer must file a return for each 
264.16 	taxable year the taxpayer is required to file a return under section 6012 of the Internal 
264.17 	Revenue Code, except that:
264.18 	(1) an individual who is not a Minnesota resident for any part of the year is not 
264.19 	required to file a Minnesota income tax return if the individual's gross income derived 
264.20 	from Minnesota sources as determined under sections 290.081, paragraph (a), and 290.17, 
264.21 	is less than the filing requirements for a single individual who is a full year resident of 
264.22 	Minnesota; and
264.23 	(2) an individual who is a Minnesota resident is not required to file a Minnesota 
264.24 	income tax return if the individual's gross income derived from Minnesota sources as 
264.25 	determined under section 290.17, less the subtraction subtractions allowed under section 
264.26 	290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (11) and (14) 290.0132, subdivisions 12 and 15, is less 
264.27 	than the filing requirements for a single individual who is a full-year resident of Minnesota.
264.28 	(b) The decedent's final income tax return, and other income tax returns for prior 
264.29 	years where the decedent had gross income in excess of the minimum amount at which 
264.30 	an individual is required to file and did not file, must be filed by the decedent's personal 
264.31 	representative, if any. If there is no personal representative, the return or returns must 
264.32 	be filed by the transferees, as defined in section 270C.58, subdivision 3, who receive 
264.33 	property of the decedent.
265.1 	(c) The term "gross income," as it is used in this section, has the same meaning 
265.2 	given it in section 290.01, subdivision 20.

265.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 289A.08, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
265.4 		Subd. 7.Composite income tax returns for nonresident partners, shareholders, 
265.5 	and beneficiaries. (a) The commissioner may allow a partnership with nonresident 
265.6 	partners to file a composite return and to pay the tax on behalf of nonresident partners who 
265.7 	have no other Minnesota source income. This composite return must include the names, 
265.8 	addresses, Social Security numbers, income allocation, and tax liability for the nonresident 
265.9 	partners electing to be covered by the composite return.
265.10 	(b) The computation of a partner's tax liability must be determined by multiplying 
265.11 	the income allocated to that partner by the highest rate used to determine the tax liability 
265.12 	for individuals under section 290.06, subdivision 2c. Nonbusiness deductions, standard 
265.13 	deductions, or personal exemptions are not allowed.
265.14 	(c) The partnership must submit a request to use this composite return filing method 
265.15 	for nonresident partners. The requesting partnership must file a composite return in the 
265.16 	form prescribed by the commissioner of revenue. The filing of a composite return is 
265.17 	considered a request to use the composite return filing method.
265.18 	(d) The electing partner must not have any Minnesota source income other than the 
265.19 	income from the partnership and other electing partnerships. If it is determined that the 
265.20 	electing partner has other Minnesota source income, the inclusion of the income and tax 
265.21 	liability for that partner under this provision will not constitute a return to satisfy the 
265.22 	requirements of subdivision 1. The tax paid for the individual as part of the composite return 
265.23 	is allowed as a payment of the tax by the individual on the date on which the composite 
265.24 	return payment was made. If the electing nonresident partner has no other Minnesota 
265.25 	source income, filing of the composite return is a return for purposes of subdivision 1.
265.26 	(e) This subdivision does not negate the requirement that an individual pay estimated 
265.27 	tax if the individual's liability would exceed the requirements set forth in section 289A.25. 
265.28 	The individual's liability to pay estimated tax is, however, satisfied when the partnership 
265.29 	pays composite estimated tax in the manner prescribed in section 289A.25.
265.30 	(f) If an electing partner's share of the partnership's gross income from Minnesota 
265.31 	sources is less than the filing requirements for a nonresident under this subdivision, the tax 
265.32 	liability is zero. However, a statement showing the partner's share of gross income must 
265.33 	be included as part of the composite return.
265.34 	(g) The election provided in this subdivision is only available to a partner who has 
265.35 	no other Minnesota source income and who is either (1) a full-year nonresident individual 
266.1 	or (2) a trust or estate that does not claim a deduction under either section 651 or 661 of 
266.2 	the Internal Revenue Code.
266.3 	(h) A corporation defined in section 290.9725 and its nonresident shareholders may 
266.4 	make an election under this paragraph. The provisions covering the partnership apply to 
266.5 	the corporation and the provisions applying to the partner apply to the shareholder.
266.6 	(i) Estates and trusts distributing current income only and the nonresident individual 
266.7 	beneficiaries of the estates or trusts may make an election under this paragraph. The 
266.8 	provisions covering the partnership apply to the estate or trust. The provisions applying to 
266.9 	the partner apply to the beneficiary.
266.10 	(j) For the purposes of this subdivision, "income" means the partner's share of 
266.11 	federal adjusted gross income from the partnership modified by the additions provided in 
266.12 	section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (6) to (9) 290.0131, subdivisions 8 to 11, and 
266.13 	the subtractions provided in: (i) section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (8) 290.0132, 
266.14 	subdivision 9, to the extent the amount is assignable or allocable to Minnesota under 
266.15 	section 290.17; and (ii) section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (13) 290.0132, subdivision 
266.16 	14. The subtraction allowed under section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (8) 290.0132, 
266.17 	subdivision 9, is only allowed on the composite tax computation to the extent the electing 
266.18 	partner would have been allowed the subtraction.

266.19 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 289A.12, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
266.20 		Subd. 14.Regulated investment companies; reporting exempt-interest 
266.21 	dividends. (a) A regulated investment company paying $10 or more in exempt-interest 
266.22 	dividends to an individual who is a resident of Minnesota must make a return indicating 
266.23 	the amount of the exempt-interest dividends, the name, address, and Social Security 
266.24 	number of the recipient, and any other information that the commissioner specifies. The 
266.25 	return must be provided to the shareholder by February 15 of the year following the year 
266.26 	of the payment. The return provided to the shareholder must include a clear statement, 
266.27 	in the form prescribed by the commissioner, that the exempt-interest dividends must be 
266.28 	included in the computation of Minnesota taxable income. By June 1 of each year, the 
266.29 	regulated investment company must file a copy of the return with the commissioner.
266.30 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply.
266.31 	(1) "Exempt-interest dividends" mean exempt-interest dividends as defined in 
266.32 	section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, but does not include the portion of 
266.33 	exempt-interest dividends that are not required to be added to federal taxable income under 
266.34 	section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1)(ii) 290.0131, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
267.1 	(2) "Regulated investment company" means regulated investment company as 
267.2 	defined in section 851(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or a fund of the regulated 
267.3 	investment company as defined in section 851(g) of the Internal Revenue Code.

267.4 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 289A.50, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
267.5 		Subd. 10.Limitation on refund. (a) If an addition to federal taxable income 
267.6 	under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1) 290.0131, subdivision 2, is judicially 
267.7 	determined to discriminate against interstate commerce with respect to obligations of 
267.8 	a certain character or type, the legislature intends that the discrimination be remedied 
267.9 	by adding to federal taxable income interest on comparable obligations of Minnesota 
267.10 	governmental units and Indian tribes. For purposes of this subdivision, "comparable 
267.11 	obligation" means obligations of the character or type that the court found to be 
267.12 	unconstitutionally favored by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1) 290.0131, 
267.13 	subdivision 2, whether based on the security for payment, use of the proceeds, or any other 
267.14 	factor identified as determinative by the court.
267.15 	(b) This subdivision applies beginning with the taxable years that begin during the 
267.16 	calendar year in which the court's decision is final. Other remedies apply for previous 
267.17 	taxable years.

267.18 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19, is 
267.19 	amended to read:
267.20 		Subd. 19.Net income. The term "net income" means the federal taxable income, 
267.21 	as defined in section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through the 
267.22 	date named in this subdivision, incorporating the federal effective dates of changes to 
267.23 	the Internal Revenue Code and any elections made by the taxpayer in accordance with 
267.24 	the Internal Revenue Code in determining federal taxable income for federal income 
267.25 	tax purposes, and with the modifications provided in subdivisions 19a to 19f sections 
267.26 	290.0131 to 290.0136.
267.27 	In the case of a regulated investment company or a fund thereof, as defined in section 
267.28 	851(a) or 851(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, federal taxable income means investment 
267.29 	company taxable income as defined in section 852(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, 
267.30 	except that:
267.31 	(1) the exclusion of net capital gain provided in section 852(b)(2)(A) of the Internal 
267.32 	Revenue Code does not apply;
267.33 	(2) the deduction for dividends paid under section 852(b)(2)(D) of the Internal 
267.34 	Revenue Code must be applied by allowing a deduction for capital gain dividends and 
268.1 	exempt-interest dividends as defined in sections 852(b)(3)(C) and 852(b)(5) of the Internal 
268.2 	Revenue Code; and
268.3 	(3) the deduction for dividends paid must also be applied in the amount of any 
268.4 	undistributed capital gains which the regulated investment company elects to have treated 
268.5 	as provided in section 852(b)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code.
268.6 	The net income of a real estate investment trust as defined and limited by section 
268.7 	856(a), (b), and (c) of the Internal Revenue Code means the real estate investment trust 
268.8 	taxable income as defined in section 857(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
268.9 	The net income of a designated settlement fund as defined in section 468B(d) of 
268.10 	the Internal Revenue Code means the gross income as defined in section 468B(b) of the 
268.11 	Internal Revenue Code.
268.12 	The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2014, shall 
268.13 	be in effect for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996.
268.14 	Except as otherwise provided, references to the Internal Revenue Code in 
268.15 	subdivisions 19 to 19f sections 290.0131 to 290.0136 mean the code in effect for purposes 
268.16 	of determining net income for the applicable year.

268.17 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivision 29a, is amended to read:
268.18 		Subd. 29a.State itemized deduction. "State itemized deduction" means federal 
268.19 	itemized deductions, as defined in section 63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, disregarding 
268.20 	any limitation under section 68 of the Internal Revenue Code, and reduced by the amount of 
268.21 	the addition required under subdivision 19a, clause (15) section 290.0131, subdivision 13.

268.22 	Sec. 8. [290.0131] INDIVIDUALS; ADDITIONS TO FEDERAL TAXABLE 
268.23 	INCOME.
268.24 		Subdivision 1.Definition; scope. (a) For the purposes of this section, "addition" 
268.25 	means an amount that must be added to federal taxable income in computing net income 
268.26 	for the taxable year to which the amounts relate.
268.27 	(b) The additions in this section apply to individuals, estates, and trusts.
268.28 	(c) Unless specifically indicated or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, 
268.29 	only amounts that were deducted or excluded in computing federal taxable income are an 
268.30 	addition under this section.
268.31 		Subd. 2.Federally exempt interest income. (a) Interest income on obligations of 
268.32 	any state other than Minnesota or a political or governmental subdivision, municipality, 
268.33 	or governmental agency or instrumentality of any state other than Minnesota exempt 
269.1 	from federal income taxes under the Internal Revenue Code or any other federal statute 
269.2 	is an addition.
269.3 	(b) Exempt-interest dividends as defined in section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue 
269.4 	Code, are an addition, except the portion of the exempt-interest dividends:
269.5 	(1) exempt from state taxation under the laws of the United States; or
269.6 	(2) derived from interest income on obligations of the state of Minnesota or its 
269.7 	political or governmental subdivisions, municipalities, or governmental agencies or 
269.8 	instrumentalities, but only if the portion of the exempt-interest dividends from those 
269.9 	Minnesota sources paid to all shareholders represents 95 percent or more of the 
269.10 	exempt-interest dividends, including any dividends exempt under clause (1), that are paid 
269.11 	by the regulated investment company as defined in section 851(a) of the Internal Revenue 
269.12 	Code, or the fund of the regulated investment company as defined in section 851(g) of the 
269.13 	Internal Revenue Code, making the payment.
269.14 	(c) For the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b), interest on obligations of an Indian 
269.15 	tribal government described in section 7871(c) of the Internal Revenue Code is treated as 
269.16 	interest income on obligations of the state in which the tribe is located.
269.17 		Subd. 3.Income, sales and use, motor vehicle sales, or excise taxes paid. (a) 
269.18 	The amount of income, sales and use, motor vehicle sales, or excise taxes paid or accrued 
269.19 	within the taxable year under this chapter and the amount of taxes based on net income, 
269.20 	sales and use, motor vehicle sales, or excise taxes paid to any other state or to any province 
269.21 	or territory of Canada is an addition to the extent deducted under section 63(d) of the 
269.22 	Internal Revenue Code.
269.23 	(b) The addition under paragraph (a) may not be more than the amount by which 
269.24 	the state itemized deduction exceeds the amount of the standard deduction as defined 
269.25 	in section 63(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. For the purpose of this subdivision, 
269.26 	income, sales and use, motor vehicle sales, or excise taxes are the last itemized deductions 
269.27 	disallowed under subdivision 12.
269.28 		Subd. 4.Capital gain on lump-sum distribution. The capital gain amount of a 
269.29 	lump-sum distribution to which the special tax under section 1122(h)(3)(B)(ii) of the Tax 
269.30 	Reform Act of 1986, Public Law 99-514, applies is an addition.
269.31 		Subd. 5.Income taxes deducted in computing federal adjusted gross income. (a) 
269.32 	The amount of income taxes paid or accrued within the taxable year under this chapter and 
269.33 	taxes based on net income paid to any other state or any province or territory of Canada is an 
269.34 	addition to the extent allowed as a deduction in determining federal adjusted gross income.
269.35 	(b) For the purpose of this subdivision, income taxes do not include the taxes imposed 
269.36 	by sections 290.0922, subdivision 1, paragraph (b); 290.9727; 290.9728; and 290.9729.
270.1 		Subd. 6.Disallowed expense, interest, or taxes. The amount of expense, interest, 
270.2 	or taxes disallowed under section 290.10, subdivision 1, other than expenses or interest 
270.3 	used in computing net interest income for the subtraction allowed under section 290.0132, 
270.4 	subdivision 2, is an addition.
270.5 		Subd. 7.Fines, fees, and penalties. The amount of expenses disallowed under 
270.6 	section 290.10, subdivision 2, is an addition.
270.7 		Subd. 8.Partner's pro rata share of net income. The amount of a partner's 
270.8 	pro rata share of net income which does not flow through to the partner because the 
270.9 	partnership elected to pay the tax on the income under section 6242(a)(2) of the Internal 
270.10 	Revenue Code is an addition.
270.11 		Subd. 9.Bonus depreciation. (a) Eighty percent of the depreciation deduction 
270.12 	allowed under section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code is an addition.
270.13 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, if the taxpayer has an activity that in the 
270.14 	taxable year generates a deduction for depreciation under section 168(k) of the Internal 
270.15 	Revenue Code and the activity generates a loss for the taxable year that the taxpayer is not 
270.16 	allowed to claim for the taxable year, "the depreciation deduction allowed under section 
270.17 	168(k)" for the taxable year is limited to excess of the depreciation claimed by the activity 
270.18 	under section 168(k) over the amount of the loss from the activity that is not allowed in 
270.19 	the taxable year. In succeeding taxable years when the losses not allowed in the taxable 
270.20 	year are allowed, the depreciation under section 168(k) is allowed.
270.21 		Subd. 10.Section 179 expensing. Eighty percent of the amount by which the 
270.22 	deduction allowed by section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code exceeds the deduction 
270.23 	allowable by section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended through December 
270.24 	31, 2003, is an addition.
270.25 		Subd. 11.Income attributable to domestic production activities. The amount of 
270.26 	the deduction allowable under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code is an addition.
270.27 		Subd. 12.Disallowed itemized deductions. (a) The amount of disallowed itemized 
270.28 	deductions is an addition. The amount of disallowed itemized deductions, plus the addition 
270.29 	required under subdivision 3, may not be more than the amount by which the itemized 
270.30 	deductions, as allowed under section 63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, exceeds the 
270.31 	amount of the standard deduction as defined in section 63(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
270.32 	(b) The amount of disallowed itemized deductions is equal to the lesser of:
270.33 	(1) three percent of the excess of the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income over 
270.34 	the applicable amount; or
270.35 	(2) 80 percent of the amount of the itemized deductions otherwise allowable to the 
270.36 	taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year.
271.1 	(c) "Applicable amount" means $100,000, or $50,000 for a married individual filing 
271.2 	a separate return. Each dollar amount is increased by an amount equal to:
271.3 	(1) that dollar amount, multiplied by
271.4 	(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) of the Internal 
271.5 	Revenue Code for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, by substituting 
271.6 	"calendar year 1990" for "calendar year 1992" in subparagraph (B) of section 1(f)(3).
271.7 	(d) "Itemized deductions" excludes:
271.8 	(1) the deduction for medical expenses under section 213 of the Internal Revenue 
271.9 	Code;
271.10 	(2) any deduction for investment interest as defined in section 163(d) of the Internal 
271.11 	Revenue Code; and
271.12 	(3) the deduction under section 165(a) of the Internal Revenue Code for casualty or 
271.13 	theft losses described in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 165(c) of the Internal Revenue 
271.14 	Code or for losses described in section 165(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
271.15 		Subd. 13.Disallowed personal exemption amount. (a) The amount of disallowed 
271.16 	personal exemptions for taxpayers with federal adjusted gross income over the threshold 
271.17 	amount is an addition.
271.18 	(b) The disallowed personal exemption amount is equal to the number of personal 
271.19 	exemptions allowed under section 151(b) and (c) of the Internal Revenue Code multiplied 
271.20 	by the dollar amount for personal exemptions under section 151(d)(1) and (2) of the 
271.21 	Internal Revenue Code, as adjusted for inflation by section 151(d)(4) of the Internal 
271.22 	Revenue Code, and by the applicable percentage.
271.23 	(c) For a married individual filing a separate return, "applicable percentage" means 
271.24 	two percentage points for each $1,250, or fraction of that amount, by which the taxpayer's 
271.25 	federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year exceeds the threshold amount. For all 
271.26 	other filers, applicable percentage means two percentage points for each $2,500, or fraction 
271.27 	of that amount, by which the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year 
271.28 	exceeds the threshold amount. The applicable percentage must not exceed 100 percent.
271.29 	(d) "Threshold amount" means:
271.30 	(1) $150,000 for a joint return or a surviving spouse;
271.31 	(2) $125,000 for a head of a household;
271.32 	(3) $100,000 for an individual who is not married and who is not a surviving spouse 
271.33 	or head of a household; and
271.34 	(4) $75,000 for a married individual filing a separate return.
271.35 	(e) The thresholds must be increased by an amount equal to:
271.36 	(1) the threshold dollar amount, multiplied by
272.1 	(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) of the Internal 
272.2 	Revenue Code for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, by substituting 
272.3 	"calendar year 1990" for "calendar year 1992" in subparagraph (B) of section 1(f)(3).

272.4 	Sec. 9. [290.0132] INDIVIDUALS; SUBTRACTIONS FROM FEDERAL 
272.5 	TAXABLE INCOME.
272.6 		Subdivision 1.Definition; scope. (a) For the purposes of this section, "subtraction" 
272.7 	means an amount that shall be subtracted from federal taxable income in computing net 
272.8 	income for the taxable year to which the amounts relate.
272.9 	(b) The subtractions in this section apply to individuals, estates, and trusts.
272.10 	(c) Unless specifically indicated or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, 
272.11 	no amount deducted, subtracted, or otherwise excluded in computing federal taxable 
272.12 	income is a subtraction under this section.
272.13 		Subd. 2.Exempt interest. Net interest income on obligations of any authority, 
272.14 	commission, or instrumentality of the United States to the extent includable in taxable 
272.15 	income for federal income tax purposes, but exempt from state income tax under the 
272.16 	laws of the United States, is a subtraction.
272.17 		Subd. 3.Overpayment of income tax. The amount of any overpayment of income 
272.18 	tax to Minnesota or to any other state, for any previous taxable year, is a subtraction, 
272.19 	whether the amount is received as a refund or as a credit to another taxable year's income 
272.20 	tax liability.
272.21 		Subd. 4.Education expenses. (a) Subject to the limits in paragraph (b), the 
272.22 	following amounts paid to others for each qualifying child are a subtraction:
272.23 	(1) education-related expenses; plus
272.24 	(2) tuition and fees paid to attend a school described in section 290.0674, subdivision 
272.25 	1, clause (4), that are not included in education-related expenses; less
272.26 	(3) any amount used to claim the credit under section 290.0674.
272.27 	(b) The maximum subtraction allowed under this subdivision is:
272.28 	(1) $1,625 for each qualifying child in kindergarten through grade 6; and
272.29 	(2) $2,500 for each qualifying child in grades 7 through 12.
272.30 	(c) The definitions in section 290.0674, subdivision 1, apply to this subdivision.
272.31 		Subd. 5.Elderly and disabled. The subtraction base amount allowed under section 
272.32 	290.0802 is a subtraction.
272.33 		Subd. 6.Gain on forced sale of farm property; foreclosure. Income realized on 
272.34 	disposition of property exempt from tax under section 290.491 is a subtraction.
273.1 		Subd. 7.Charitable contributions for taxpayers who do not itemize. To the 
273.2 	extent not deducted or not deductible under section 408(d)(8)(E) of the Internal Revenue 
273.3 	Code in determining federal taxable income by an individual who does not itemize 
273.4 	deductions for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, an amount equal to 50 
273.5 	percent of the excess of charitable contributions over $500 allowable as a deduction for 
273.6 	the taxable year under section 170(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.
273.7 		Subd. 8.Subnational foreign taxes. (a) For individuals who are allowed a 
273.8 	federal foreign tax credit for taxes that do not qualify for a credit under section 290.06, 
273.9 	subdivision 22, an amount equal to the carryover of subnational foreign taxes for the 
273.10 	taxable year is a subtraction, but not to exceed the total subnational foreign taxes reported 
273.11 	in claiming the foreign tax credit.
273.12 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "federal foreign tax credit" means the credit 
273.13 	allowed under section 27 of the Internal Revenue Code, and "carryover of subnational 
273.14 	foreign taxes" equals the carryover allowed under section 904(c) of the Internal Revenue 
273.15 	Code minus national level foreign taxes to the extent they exceed the federal foreign 
273.16 	tax credit.
273.17 		Subd. 9.Delayed bonus depreciation. (a) In each of the five taxable years 
273.18 	immediately following the taxable year in which an addition is required under section 
273.19 	290.0131, subdivision 9, or 290.0133, subdivision 11, for a shareholder of a corporation 
273.20 	that is an S corporation, an amount equal to one-fifth of the delayed depreciation is 
273.21 	a subtraction.
273.22 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "delayed depreciation" means the amount of 
273.23 	the addition made by the taxpayer under section 290.0131, subdivision 9, or 290.0133, 
273.24 	subdivision 11, for a shareholder of an S corporation, minus the positive value of any net 
273.25 	operating loss under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code generated for the taxable 
273.26 	year of the addition. The resulting delayed depreciation cannot be less than zero.
273.27 		Subd. 10.Job opportunity building zone income. (a) Job opportunity building 
273.28 	zone income as provided under section 469.316 is a subtraction.
273.29 	(b) This subdivision expires beginning with taxable years beginning after December 
273.30 	31, 2020.
273.31 		Subd. 11.National Guard and reserve compensation. (a) Compensation paid 
273.32 	to members of the Minnesota National Guard or other reserve components of the United 
273.33 	States military for active service, including compensation for services performed under 
273.34 	the Active Guard Reserve (AGR) program, is a subtraction.
273.35 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "active service" means: 
273.36 	(1) state active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5a, clause (1); or
274.1 	(2) federally funded state active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5b, 
274.2 	and includes service performed under section 190.08, subdivision 3.
274.3 		Subd. 12.Armed forces active duty compensation paid to Minnesota residents.
 274.4 	Compensation paid to Minnesota residents who are members of the armed forces of the 
274.5 	United States or United Nations for active duty performed under United States Code, title 
274.6 	10, or the authority of the United Nations, is a subtraction.
274.7 		Subd. 13.Organ donation expenses. (a) An amount, not to exceed $10,000, equal 
274.8 	to qualified expenses related to a qualified donor's donation, while living, of one or more 
274.9 	of the qualified donor's organs to another person for human organ transplantation, is 
274.10 	a subtraction.
274.11 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision: 
274.12 	(1) "organ" means all or part of an individual's liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, 
274.13 	lung, or bone marrow;
274.14 	(2) "human organ transplantation" means the medical procedure by which transfer of 
274.15 	a human organ is made from the body of one person to the body of another person;
274.16 	(3) "qualified expenses" means unreimbursed expenses for both the individual and 
274.17 	the qualified donor for (i) travel, (ii) lodging, and (iii) lost wages net of sick pay, except 
274.18 	that the expenses may be subtracted under this subdivision only once; and
274.19 	(4) "qualified donor" means the individual or the individual's dependent, as defined 
274.20 	in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code.
274.21 	(c) An individual may claim the subtraction in this subdivision for each instance 
274.22 	of organ donation for transplantation during the taxable year in which the qualified 
274.23 	expenses occur.
274.24 		Subd. 14.Section 179 expensing. In each of the five taxable years immediately 
274.25 	following the taxable year in which an addition is required under section 290.0131, 
274.26 	subdivision 10, or 290.0133, subdivision 12, for a shareholder of a corporation that is an 
274.27 	S corporation, an amount equal to one-fifth of the addition made by the taxpayer under 
274.28 	section 290.0131, subdivision 10, or 290.0133, subdivision 12, for a shareholder of a 
274.29 	corporation that is an S corporation, minus the positive value of any net operating loss 
274.30 	under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code generated for the taxable year of the 
274.31 	addition, is a subtraction. If the net operating loss exceeds the addition for the taxable 
274.32 	year, a subtraction is not allowed under this subdivision.
274.33 		Subd. 15.Nonresident military service compensation. For nonresidents of 
274.34 	Minnesota, compensation paid to a service member as defined in United States Code, title 
274.35 	10, section 101(a)(5), for military service as defined in United States Code, Appendix, 
274.36 	title 50, section 511(2), is a subtraction.
275.1 		Subd. 16.National service educational awards. National service educational 
275.2 	awards received from the National Service Trust under United States Code, title 42, 
275.3 	sections 12601 to 12604, for service in an approved Americorps National Service program 
275.4 	are a subtraction.
275.5 		Subd. 17.Discharge of indebtedness income; reacquisition of business 
275.6 	indebtedness. (a) Discharge of indebtedness income resulting from reacquisition of 
275.7 	business indebtedness included in federal taxable income under section 108(i) of the 
275.8 	Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction. This subtraction applies only to the extent that 
275.9 	the income was included in net income in a prior year as a result of the addition under 
275.10 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (13), and is recognized 
275.11 	for the taxable year under the federal income tax.
275.12 	(b) This subdivision expires beginning with taxable years beginning after December 
275.13 	31, 2019.
275.14 		Subd. 18.Net operating losses. The amount of the net operating loss allowed under 
275.15 	section 290.095, subdivision 11, paragraph (c), is a subtraction.
275.16 		Subd. 19.Disallowed itemized deductions. The amount of the limitation on 
275.17 	itemized deductions under section 68(b) of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.
275.18 		Subd. 20.Disallowed personal exemption. The amount of the phaseout of personal 
275.19 	exemptions under section 151(d) of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.
275.20 		Subd. 21.Transportation fringe benefits. (a) To the extent included in federal 
275.21 	taxable income, the amount of qualified transportation fringe benefits described in section 
275.22 	132(f)(1)(A) and (B) of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.
275.23 	(b) The subtraction is limited to the lesser of the amount of qualified transportation 
275.24 	fringe benefits received in excess of the limitations under section 132(f)(2)(A) of the 
275.25 	Internal Revenue Code for the year or the difference between the maximum qualified 
275.26 	parking benefits excludable under section 132(f)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code 
275.27 	minus the amount of transit benefits excludable under section 132(f)(2)(A) of the Internal 
275.28 	Revenue Code.
275.29 		Subd. 22.Railroad track maintenance expenses. The amount of expenses not 
275.30 	allowed for federal income tax purposes due to claiming the railroad track maintenance 
275.31 	credit under section 45G(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.

275.32 	Sec. 10. [290.0133] CORPORATIONS; ADDITIONS TO FEDERAL TAXABLE 
275.33 	INCOME.
276.1 		Subdivision 1.Definition; scope. (a) For the purposes of this section, "addition" 
276.2 	means an amount that must be added to federal taxable income in computing net income 
276.3 	for the taxable year to which the amount relates.
276.4 	(b) The additions in this section apply to corporations other than S corporations.
276.5 	(c) Unless specifically indicated or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, 
276.6 	only amounts that were deducted or excluded in computing federal taxable income are an 
276.7 	addition under this section.
276.8 		Subd. 2.Taxes paid. The amount of any deduction taken for income, excise, or 
276.9 	franchise taxes based on net income or related minimum taxes, including but not limited 
276.10 	to the tax imposed under section 290.0922, paid by the corporation to Minnesota, another 
276.11 	state, a political subdivision of another state, the District of Columbia, or any foreign 
276.12 	country or possession of the United States, is an addition.
276.13 		Subd. 3.Nontaxable interest. Interest upon obligations of: the United States, its 
276.14 	possessions, its agencies, or its instrumentalities; the state of Minnesota or any other 
276.15 	state, any of its political or governmental subdivisions, any of its municipalities, or any 
276.16 	of its governmental agencies or instrumentalities; the District of Columbia; or Indian 
276.17 	tribal governments is an addition.
276.18 		Subd. 4.Exempt-interest dividends. Exempt-interest dividends received as 
276.19 	defined in section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code are an addition.
276.20 		Subd. 5.Net operating losses. The amount of any net operating loss deduction 
276.21 	under section 172 or 832(c)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code or operations loss deduction 
276.22 	under section 810 of the Internal Revenue Code is an addition.
276.23 		Subd. 6.Special deductions. The amount of any special deductions under sections 
276.24 	241 to 247 and 965 of the Internal Revenue Code is an addition.
276.25 		Subd. 7.Nontaxable mining losses. Losses from the business of mining, as defined 
276.26 	in section 290.05, subdivision 1, clause (a), that are not subject to Minnesota franchise 
276.27 	tax are an addition.
276.28 		Subd. 8.Capital losses. The amount of any capital losses under sections 1211 and 
276.29 	1212 of the Internal Revenue Code is an addition.
276.30 		Subd. 9.Percentage depletion. The amount of percentage depletion under sections 
276.31 	611 through 614 and 291 of the Internal Revenue Code is an addition.
276.32 		Subd. 10.Partner's pro rata share of net income. The amount of a partner's 
276.33 	pro rata share of net income which does not flow through to the partner because the 
276.34 	partnership elected to pay the tax on the income under section 6242(a)(2) of the Internal 
276.35 	Revenue Code is an addition.
277.1 		Subd. 11.Bonus depreciation. Eighty percent of the depreciation deduction allowed 
277.2 	under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is an addition. 
277.3 	For purposes of this subdivision, if the taxpayer has an activity that in the taxable year 
277.4 	generates a deduction for depreciation under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) and the 
277.5 	activity generates a loss for the taxable year that the taxpayer is not allowed to claim for the 
277.6 	taxable year, "the depreciation allowed under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A)" for the 
277.7 	taxable year is limited to excess of the depreciation claimed by the activity under section 
277.8 	168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) over the amount of the loss from the activity that is not allowed 
277.9 	in the taxable year. In succeeding taxable years when the losses not allowed in the taxable 
277.10 	year are allowed, the depreciation under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) is allowed
277.11 		Subd. 12.Section 179 expensing. Eighty percent of the amount by which the 
277.12 	deduction allowed by section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code exceeds the deduction 
277.13 	allowable by section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended through December 
277.14 	31, 2003, is an addition.
277.15 		Subd. 13.Income attributable to domestic production activities. The amount of 
277.16 	the deduction allowable under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code is an addition.
277.17 		Subd. 14.Fines, fees, and penalties. The amount of expenses disallowed under 
277.18 	section 290.10, subdivision 2, is an addition.

277.19 	Sec. 11. [290.0134] CORPORATIONS; SUBTRACTIONS FROM FEDERAL 
277.20 	TAXABLE INCOME.
277.21 		Subdivision 1.Definition; scope. (a) For the purposes of this section, "subtraction" 
277.22 	means an amount that shall be subtracted from federal taxable income in computing net 
277.23 	income for the taxable year to which the amount relates.
277.24 	(b) The subtractions in this section apply to corporations, other than S corporations, 
277.25 	after the additions provided in section 290.0133.
277.26 	(c) Unless specifically indicated or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, 
277.27 	no amount deducted, subtracted, or otherwise excluded in computing federal taxable 
277.28 	income is a subtraction under this section.
277.29 		Subd. 2.Foreign dividends. The amount of foreign dividend gross-up under 
277.30 	section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.
277.31 		Subd. 3.Disallowed salary expense. The amount of salary expense not allowed for 
277.32 	federal income tax purposes due to claiming the work opportunity credit under section 51 
277.33 	of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.
277.34 		Subd. 4.Exempt dividends. Any dividend, not including any distribution in 
277.35 	liquidation, paid within the taxable year by a national or state bank to the United States, or to 
278.1 	any instrumentality of the United States exempt from federal income taxes, on the preferred 
278.2 	stock of the bank owned by the United States or the instrumentality is a subtraction.
278.3 		Subd. 5.Capital losses. The deduction for capital losses under sections 1211 and 
278.4 	1212 of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction, except that:
278.5 	(1) capital loss carrybacks are not allowed; and
278.6 	(2) a capital loss carryover to each of the 15 taxable years succeeding the loss year is 
278.7 	allowed.
278.8 		Subd. 6.Interest and expenses relating to federally nontaxable income.
 278.9 	Interest and expenses relating to income not taxable for federal income tax purposes is a 
278.10 	subtraction if (1) the income is taxable under this chapter, and (2) the interest and expenses 
278.11 	were disallowed as deductions under the provisions of section 171(a)(2), 265, or 291 of 
278.12 	the Internal Revenue Code in computing federal taxable income.
278.13 		Subd. 7.Percentage depletion. For mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, 
278.14 	and timber for which percentage depletion was disallowed under section 290.0133, 
278.15 	subdivision 9, a reasonable allowance for depletion based on actual cost is a subtraction. 
278.16 	For leases, the deduction must be apportioned between the lessor and lessee under rules 
278.17 	prescribed by the commissioner. For property held in trust, the allowable deduction must 
278.18 	be apportioned between the income beneficiaries and the trustee under the pertinent 
278.19 	provisions of the trust instrument, or if there is no provision in the trust instrument, on the 
278.20 	basis of the trust's income allocable to each.
278.21 		Subd. 8.Refunds. Refunds of income, excise, or franchise taxes based on net 
278.22 	income or related minimum taxes paid by the corporation to Minnesota, another state, a 
278.23 	political subdivision of another state, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country or 
278.24 	possession of the United States to the extent that the taxes were added to federal taxable 
278.25 	income under section 290.0133, subdivision 2, in a prior taxable year are a subtraction.
278.26 		Subd. 9.Exempt mining income. Income or gains from the business of mining 
278.27 	as defined in section 290.05, subdivision 1, clause (a), that are not subject to Minnesota 
278.28 	franchise tax is a subtraction.
278.29 		Subd. 10.Disallowed disability access expenditures. The amount of disability 
278.30 	access expenditures in the taxable year which are not allowed to be deducted or capitalized 
278.31 	under section 44(d)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.
278.32 		Subd. 11.Disallowed qualified research expenses. The amount of qualified 
278.33 	research expenses not allowed for federal income tax purposes under section 280C(c) of 
278.34 	the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction, but only to the extent that the amount exceeds 
278.35 	the amount of the credit allowed under section 290.068.
279.1 		Subd. 12.Disallowed salary expenses; Indian employment credit. The amount of 
279.2 	salary expenses not allowed for federal income tax purposes due to claiming the Indian 
279.3 	employment credit under section 45A(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.
279.4 		Subd. 13.Bonus depreciation. (a) In each of the five taxable years immediately 
279.5 	following the taxable year in which an addition is required under section 290.0133, 
279.6 	subdivision 11, an amount equal to one-fifth of the delayed depreciation is a subtraction.
279.7 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "delayed depreciation" means the amount of 
279.8 	the addition made by the taxpayer under section 290.0133, subdivision 11, provided that 
279.9 	delayed depreciation cannot be less than zero.
279.10 		Subd. 14.Section 179 expensing. In each of the five taxable years immediately 
279.11 	following the taxable year in which an addition is required under section 290.0133, 
279.12 	subdivision 12, an amount equal to one-fifth of the amount of the addition is a subtraction.
279.13 		Subd. 15.Discharge of indebtedness income; reacquisition of business 
279.14 	indebtedness. (a) Discharge of indebtedness income resulting from reacquisition of 
279.15 	business indebtedness included in federal taxable income under section 108(i) of the 
279.16 	Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction. This subtraction applies only to the extent that 
279.17 	the income was included in net income in a prior year as a result of the addition under 
279.18 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivision 19c, clause (16).
279.19 	(b) This subdivision expires beginning with taxable years beginning after December 
279.20 	31, 2019.
279.21 		Subd. 16.Railroad track maintenance expenses. The amount of expenses not 
279.22 	allowed for federal income tax purposes due to claiming the railroad track maintenance 
279.23 	credit under section 45G(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is a subtraction.

279.24 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.06, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
279.25 		Subd. 2c.Schedules of rates for individuals, estates, and trusts. (a) The income 
279.26 	taxes imposed by this chapter upon married individuals filing joint returns and surviving 
279.27 	spouses as defined in section 2(a) of the Internal Revenue Code must be computed by 
279.28 	applying to their taxable net income the following schedule of rates:
279.29 	(1) On the first $35,480, 5.35 percent;
279.30 	(2) On all over $35,480, but not over $140,960, 7.05 percent;
279.31 	(3) On all over $140,960, but not over $250,000, 7.85 percent;
279.32 	(4) On all over $250,000, 9.85 percent.
279.33 	Married individuals filing separate returns, estates, and trusts must compute their 
279.34 	income tax by applying the above rates to their taxable income, except that the income 
279.35 	brackets will be one-half of the above amounts.
280.1 	(b) The income taxes imposed by this chapter upon unmarried individuals must be 
280.2 	computed by applying to taxable net income the following schedule of rates:
280.3 	(1) On the first $24,270, 5.35 percent;
280.4 	(2) On all over $24,270, but not over $79,730, 7.05 percent;
280.5 	(3) On all over $79,730, but not over $150,000, 7.85 percent;
280.6 	(4) On all over $150,000, 9.85 percent.
280.7 	(c) The income taxes imposed by this chapter upon unmarried individuals qualifying 
280.8 	as a head of household as defined in section 2(b) of the Internal Revenue Code must be 
280.9 	computed by applying to taxable net income the following schedule of rates:
280.10 	(1) On the first $29,880, 5.35 percent;
280.11 	(2) On all over $29,880, but not over $120,070, 7.05 percent;
280.12 	(3) On all over $120,070, but not over $200,000, 7.85 percent;
280.13 	(4) On all over $200,000, 9.85 percent.
280.14 	(d) In lieu of a tax computed according to the rates set forth in this subdivision, the 
280.15 	tax of any individual taxpayer whose taxable net income for the taxable year is less than 
280.16 	an amount determined by the commissioner must be computed in accordance with tables 
280.17 	prepared and issued by the commissioner of revenue based on income brackets of not 
280.18 	more than $100. The amount of tax for each bracket shall be computed at the rates set 
280.19 	forth in this subdivision, provided that the commissioner may disregard a fractional part of 
280.20 	a dollar unless it amounts to 50 cents or more, in which case it may be increased to $1.
280.21 	(e) An individual who is not a Minnesota resident for the entire year must compute 
280.22 	the individual's Minnesota income tax as provided in this subdivision. After the 
280.23 	application of the nonrefundable credits provided in this chapter, the tax liability must 
280.24 	then be multiplied by a fraction in which:
280.25 	(1) the numerator is the individual's Minnesota source federal adjusted gross income 
280.26 	as defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code and increased by the additions 
280.27 	required under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (1), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (11) 
280.28 	to (14) 290.0131, subdivisions 2 and 6 to 11, and reduced by the Minnesota assignable 
280.29 	portion of the subtraction for United States government interest under section 290.01, 
280.30 	subdivision 19b, clause (1) 290.0132, subdivision 2, and the subtractions under section 
280.31 	290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (8), (9), (13), (14), (16), and (17) 290.0132, subdivisions 
280.32 	9, 10, 14, 15, 17, and 18, after applying the allocation and assignability provisions of 
280.33 	section 290.081, clause (a), or 290.17; and
280.34 	(2) the denominator is the individual's federal adjusted gross income as defined in 
280.35 	section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, increased by the amounts specified 
280.36 	in section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (1), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (11) to (14) 
281.1 	290.0131, subdivisions 2 and 6 to 11, and reduced by the amounts specified in section 
281.2 	290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (1), (8), (9), (13), (14), (16), and (17) 290.0132, 
281.3 	subdivisions 2, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, and 18.

281.4 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.06, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
281.5 		Subd. 22.Credit for taxes paid to another state. (a) A taxpayer who is liable for 
281.6 	taxes based on net income to another state, as provided in paragraphs (b) through (f), upon 
281.7 	income allocated or apportioned to Minnesota, is entitled to a credit for the tax paid to 
281.8 	another state if the tax is actually paid in the taxable year or a subsequent taxable year. A 
281.9 	taxpayer who is a resident of this state pursuant to section 290.01, subdivision 7, paragraph 
281.10 	(b), and who is subject to income tax as a resident in the state of the individual's domicile 
281.11 	is not allowed this credit unless the state of domicile does not allow a similar credit.
281.12 	(b) For an individual, estate, or trust, the credit is determined by multiplying the tax 
281.13 	payable under this chapter by the ratio derived by dividing the income subject to tax in the 
281.14 	other state that is also subject to tax in Minnesota while a resident of Minnesota by the 
281.15 	taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income, as defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue 
281.16 	Code, modified by the addition required by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1) 
281.17 	290.0131, subdivision 2, and the subtraction allowed by section 290.01, subdivision 19b, 
281.18 	clause (1) 290.0132, subdivision 2, to the extent the income is allocated or assigned to 
281.19 	Minnesota under sections 290.081 and 290.17.
281.20 	(c) If the taxpayer is an athletic team that apportions all of its income under section 
281.21 	290.17, subdivision 5, the credit is determined by multiplying the tax payable under this 
281.22 	chapter by the ratio derived from dividing the total net income subject to tax in the other 
281.23 	state by the taxpayer's Minnesota taxable income.
281.24 	(d) The credit determined under paragraph (b) or (c) shall not exceed the amount of 
281.25 	tax so paid to the other state on the gross income earned within the other state subject to 
281.26 	tax under this chapter, nor shall the allowance of the credit reduce the taxes paid under 
281.27 	this chapter to an amount less than what would be assessed if such income amount was 
281.28 	excluded from taxable net income.
281.29 	(e) In the case of the tax assessed on a lump-sum distribution under section 
281.30 	290.032, the credit allowed under paragraph (a) is the tax assessed by the other state on 
281.31 	the lump-sum distribution that is also subject to tax under section 290.032, and shall 
281.32 	not exceed the tax assessed under section 290.032. To the extent the total lump-sum 
281.33 	distribution defined in section 290.032, subdivision 1, includes lump-sum distributions 
281.34 	received in prior years or is all or in part an annuity contract, the reduction to the tax on 
282.1 	the lump-sum distribution allowed under section 290.032, subdivision 2, includes tax paid 
282.2 	to another state that is properly apportioned to that distribution.
282.3 	(f) If a Minnesota resident reported an item of income to Minnesota and is assessed 
282.4 	tax in such other state on that same income after the Minnesota statute of limitations 
282.5 	has expired, the taxpayer shall receive a credit for that year under paragraph (a), 
282.6 	notwithstanding any statute of limitations to the contrary. The claim for the credit must 
282.7 	be submitted within one year from the date the taxes were paid to the other state. The 
282.8 	taxpayer must submit sufficient proof to show entitlement to a credit.
282.9 	(g) For the purposes of this subdivision, a resident shareholder of a corporation 
282.10 	treated as an "S" corporation under section 290.9725, must be considered to have paid 
282.11 	a tax imposed on the shareholder in an amount equal to the shareholder's pro rata share 
282.12 	of any net income tax paid by the S corporation to another state. For the purposes of the 
282.13 	preceding sentence, the term "net income tax" means any tax imposed on or measured by 
282.14 	a corporation's net income.
282.15 	(h) For the purposes of this subdivision, a resident partner of an entity taxed as a 
282.16 	partnership under the Internal Revenue Code must be considered to have paid a tax imposed 
282.17 	on the partner in an amount equal to the partner's pro rata share of any net income tax paid 
282.18 	by the partnership to another state. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "net 
282.19 	income" tax means any tax imposed on or measured by a partnership's net income.
282.20 	(i) For the purposes of this subdivision, "another state":
282.21 	(1) includes:
282.22 	(i) the District of Columbia; and
282.23 	(ii) a province or territory of Canada; but
282.24 	(2) excludes Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress.
282.25 	(j) The limitations on the credit in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), are imposed on a 
282.26 	state by state basis.
282.27 	(k) For a tax imposed by a province or territory of Canada, the tax for purposes of 
282.28 	this subdivision is the excess of the tax over the amount of the foreign tax credit allowed 
282.29 	under section 27 of the Internal Revenue Code. In determining the amount of the foreign 
282.30 	tax credit allowed, the net income taxes imposed by Canada on the income are deducted 
282.31 	first. Any remaining amount of the allowable foreign tax credit reduces the provincial or 
282.32 	territorial tax that qualifies for the credit under this subdivision.

282.33 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.067, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
282.34 		Subdivision 1.Amount of credit. (a) A taxpayer may take as a credit against the 
282.35 	tax due from the taxpayer and a spouse, if any, under this chapter an amount equal to the 
283.1 	dependent care credit for which the taxpayer is eligible pursuant to the provisions of 
283.2 	section 21 of the Internal Revenue Code subject to the limitations provided in subdivision 
283.3 	2 except that in determining whether the child qualified as a dependent, income received 
283.4 	as a Minnesota family investment program grant or allowance to or on behalf of the child 
283.5 	must not be taken into account in determining whether the child received more than half 
283.6 	of the child's support from the taxpayer, and the provisions of section 32(b)(1)(D) of 
283.7 	the Internal Revenue Code do not apply.
283.8 	(b) If a child who has not attained the age of six years at the close of the taxable year 
283.9 	is cared for at a licensed family day care home operated by the child's parent, the taxpayer 
283.10 	is deemed to have paid employment-related expenses. If the child is 16 months old or 
283.11 	younger at the close of the taxable year, the amount of expenses deemed to have been paid 
283.12 	equals the maximum limit for one qualified individual under section 21(c) and (d) of the 
283.13 	Internal Revenue Code. If the child is older than 16 months of age but has not attained the 
283.14 	age of six years at the close of the taxable year, the amount of expenses deemed to have 
283.15 	been paid equals the amount the licensee would charge for the care of a child of the same 
283.16 	age for the same number of hours of care.
283.17 	(c) If a married couple:
283.18 	(1) has a child who has not attained the age of one year at the close of the taxable year;
283.19 	(2) files a joint tax return for the taxable year; and
283.20 	(3) does not participate in a dependent care assistance program as defined in section 
283.21 	129 of the Internal Revenue Code, in lieu of the actual employment related expenses paid 
283.22 	for that child under paragraph (a) or the deemed amount under paragraph (b), the lesser of 
283.23 	(i) the combined earned income of the couple or (ii) the amount of the maximum limit for 
283.24 	one qualified individual under section 21(c) and (d) of the Internal Revenue Code will 
283.25 	be deemed to be the employment related expense paid for that child. The earned income 
283.26 	limitation of section 21(d) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply to this deemed 
283.27 	amount. These deemed amounts apply regardless of whether any employment-related 
283.28 	expenses have been paid.
283.29 	(d) If the taxpayer is not required and does not file a federal individual income tax 
283.30 	return for the tax year, no credit is allowed for any amount paid to any person unless:
283.31 	(1) the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of the person are included 
283.32 	on the return claiming the credit; or
283.33 	(2) if the person is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
283.34 	Revenue Code and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 
283.35 	the name and address of the person are included on the return claiming the credit.
284.1 	In the case of a failure to provide the information required under the preceding sentence, 
284.2 	the preceding sentence does not apply if it is shown that the taxpayer exercised due 
284.3 	diligence in attempting to provide the information required.
284.4 	(e) In the case of a nonresident, part-year resident, or a person who has earned 
284.5 	income not subject to tax under this chapter including earned income excluded pursuant to 
284.6 	section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (9) 290.0132, subdivision 10, the credit determined 
284.7 	under section 21 of the Internal Revenue Code must be allocated based on the ratio by 
284.8 	which the earned income of the claimant and the claimant's spouse from Minnesota 
284.9 	sources bears to the total earned income of the claimant and the claimant's spouse.
284.10 	(f) For residents of Minnesota, the subtractions for military pay under section 
284.11 	290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (10) and (11) 290.0132, subdivisions 11 and 12, are not 
284.12 	considered "earned income not subject to tax under this chapter."
284.13 	(g) For residents of Minnesota, the exclusion of combat pay under section 112 of 
284.14 	the Internal Revenue Code is not considered "earned income not subject to tax under 
284.15 	this chapter."

284.16 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 290.0671, subdivision 1, 
284.17 	is amended to read:
284.18 		Subdivision 1.Credit allowed. (a) An individual who is a resident of Minnesota is 
284.19 	allowed a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter equal to a percentage of earned 
284.20 	income. To receive a credit, a taxpayer must be eligible for a credit under section 32 of the 
284.21 	Internal Revenue Code.
284.22 	(b) For individuals with no qualifying children, the credit equals 2.10 percent of the 
284.23 	first $6,180 of earned income. The credit is reduced by 2.01 percent of earned income 
284.24 	or adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess of $8,130, but in no case is 
284.25 	the credit less than zero.
284.26 	(c) For individuals with one qualifying child, the credit equals 9.35 percent of the 
284.27 	first $11,120 of earned income. The credit is reduced by 6.02 percent of earned income 
284.28 	or adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess of $21,190, but in no case is 
284.29 	the credit less than zero.
284.30 	(d) For individuals with two or more qualifying children, the credit equals 11 percent 
284.31 	of the first $18,240 of earned income. The credit is reduced by 10.82 percent of earned 
284.32 	income or adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess of $25,130, but in no 
284.33 	case is the credit less than zero.
284.34 	(e) For a part-year resident, the credit must be allocated based on the percentage 
284.35 	calculated under section 290.06, subdivision 2c, paragraph (e).
285.1 	(f) For a person who was a resident for the entire tax year and has earned income 
285.2 	not subject to tax under this chapter, including income excluded under section 290.01, 
285.3 	subdivision 19b, clause (9) 290.0132, subdivision 10, the credit must be allocated based 
285.4 	on the ratio of federal adjusted gross income reduced by the earned income not subject to 
285.5 	tax under this chapter over federal adjusted gross income. For purposes of this paragraph, 
285.6 	the subtractions for military pay under section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (10) and 
285.7 	(11) 290.0132, subdivisions 11 and 12, are not considered "earned income not subject to 
285.8 	tax under this chapter."
285.9 	For the purposes of this paragraph, the exclusion of combat pay under section 112 
285.10 	of the Internal Revenue Code is not considered "earned income not subject to tax under 
285.11 	this chapter."
285.12 	(g) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before December 31, 
285.13 	2010, and for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the $8,130 in paragraph (b), 
285.14 	the $21,190 in paragraph (c), and the $25,130 in paragraph (d), after being adjusted for 
285.15 	inflation under subdivision 7, are each increased by $3,000 for married taxpayers filing joint 
285.16 	returns. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2008, the commissioner shall annually 
285.17 	adjust the $3,000 by the percentage determined pursuant to the provisions of section 1(f) 
285.18 	of the Internal Revenue Code, except that in section 1(f)(3)(B), the word "2007" shall be 
285.19 	substituted for the word "1992." For 2009, the commissioner shall then determine the 
285.20 	percent change from the 12 months ending on August 31, 2007, to the 12 months ending on 
285.21 	August 31, 2008, and in each subsequent year, from the 12 months ending on August 31, 
285.22 	2007, to the 12 months ending on August 31 of the year preceding the taxable year. The 
285.23 	earned income thresholds as adjusted for inflation must be rounded to the nearest $10. If the 
285.24 	amount ends in $5, the amount is rounded up to the nearest $10. The determination of the 
285.25 	commissioner under this subdivision is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.
285.26 	(h)(1) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, 
285.27 	the $5,770 in paragraph (b), the $15,080 in paragraph (c), and the $17,890 in paragraph (d), 
285.28 	after being adjusted for inflation under subdivision 7, are increased by $5,340 for married 
285.29 	taxpayers filing joint returns; and (2) for tax years beginning after December 31, 2013, and 
285.30 	before January 1, 2018, the $8,130 in paragraph (b), the $21,190 in paragraph (c), and the 
285.31 	$25,130 in paragraph (d), after being adjusted for inflation under subdivision 7, are each 
285.32 	increased by $5,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns. For tax years beginning 
285.33 	after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2012, and for tax years beginning after 
285.34 	December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall annually adjust 
285.35 	the $5,000 by the percentage determined pursuant to the provisions of section 1(f) of 
285.36 	the Internal Revenue Code, except that in section 1(f)(3)(B), the word "2008" shall be 
286.1 	substituted for the word "1992." For 2011, the commissioner shall then determine the 
286.2 	percent change from the 12 months ending on August 31, 2008, to the 12 months ending on 
286.3 	August 31, 2010, and in each subsequent year, from the 12 months ending on August 31, 
286.4 	2008, to the 12 months ending on August 31 of the year preceding the taxable year. The 
286.5 	earned income thresholds as adjusted for inflation must be rounded to the nearest $10. If the 
286.6 	amount ends in $5, the amount is rounded up to the nearest $10. The determination of the 
286.7 	commissioner under this subdivision is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.
286.8 	(i) The commissioner shall construct tables showing the amount of the credit at 
286.9 	various income levels and make them available to taxpayers. The tables shall follow 
286.10 	the schedule contained in this subdivision, except that the commissioner may graduate 
286.11 	the transition between income brackets.

286.12 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.0674, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
286.13 		Subdivision 1.Credit allowed. An individual is allowed a credit against the 
286.14 	tax imposed by this chapter in an amount equal to 75 percent of the amount paid for 
286.15 	education-related expenses for a qualifying child in kindergarten through grade 12. For 
286.16 	purposes of this section, "education-related expenses" means:
286.17 	(1) fees or tuition for instruction by an instructor under section 120A.22, subdivision 
286.18 	10, clause (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), or a member of the Minnesota Music Teachers 
286.19 	Association, and who is not a lineal ancestor or sibling of the dependent for instruction 
286.20 	outside the regular school day or school year, including tutoring, driver's education 
286.21 	offered as part of school curriculum, regardless of whether it is taken from a public or 
286.22 	private entity or summer camps, in grade or age appropriate curricula that supplement 
286.23 	curricula and instruction available during the regular school year, that assists a dependent 
286.24 	to improve knowledge of core curriculum areas or to expand knowledge and skills under 
286.25 	the required academic standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 1, and the elective 
286.26 	standard under section 120B.022, subdivision 1, clause (2), and that do not include the 
286.27 	teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is to instill such 
286.28 	tenets, doctrines, or worship;
286.29 	(2) expenses for textbooks, including books and other instructional materials and 
286.30 	equipment purchased or leased for use in elementary and secondary schools in teaching 
286.31 	only those subjects legally and commonly taught in public elementary and secondary 
286.32 	schools in this state. "Textbooks" does not include instructional books and materials 
286.33 	used in the teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is 
286.34 	to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it include books or materials for 
287.1 	extracurricular activities including sporting events, musical or dramatic events, speech 
287.2 	activities, driver's education, or similar programs;
287.3 	(3) a maximum expense of $200 per family for personal computer hardware, 
287.4 	excluding single purpose processors, and educational software that assists a dependent to 
287.5 	improve knowledge of core curriculum areas or to expand knowledge and skills under 
287.6 	the required academic standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 1, and the elective 
287.7 	standard under section 120B.022, subdivision 1, clause (2), purchased for use in the 
287.8 	taxpayer's home and not used in a trade or business regardless of whether the computer is 
287.9 	required by the dependent's school; and
287.10 	(4) the amount paid to others for transportation of a qualifying child attending an 
287.11 	elementary or secondary school situated in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, 
287.12 	or Wisconsin, wherein a resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's compulsory 
287.13 	attendance laws, which is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the provisions of 
287.14 	the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 363A. Amounts under this clause exclude any 
287.15 	expense the taxpayer incurred in using the taxpayer's or the qualifying child's vehicle.
287.16 	For purposes of this section, "qualifying child" has the meaning given in section 
287.17 	32(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

287.18 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.0675, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
287.19 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section the following terms 
287.20 	have the meanings given.
287.21 	(b) "Earned income" means the sum of the following, to the extent included in 
287.22 	Minnesota taxable income:
287.23 	(1) earned income as defined in section 32(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;
287.24 	(2) income received from a retirement pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or 
287.25 	annuity plan; and
287.26 	(3) Social Security benefits as defined in section 86(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
287.27 	Code.
287.28 	(c) "Taxable income" means net income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19.
287.29 	(d) "Earned income of lesser-earning spouse" means the earned income of the 
287.30 	spouse with the lesser amount of earned income as defined in paragraph (b) for the taxable 
287.31 	year minus the sum of (i) the amount for one exemption under section 151(d) of the 
287.32 	Internal Revenue Code and (ii) one-half the amount of the standard deduction under 
287.33 	section 63(c)(2)(A) and (4) of the Internal Revenue Code minus one-half of any addition 
287.34 	required under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (17), and one-half of the addition 
288.1 	that would have been required under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (17), if the 
288.2 	taxpayer had claimed the standard deduction.

288.3 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.0802, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
288.4 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
288.5 	the meanings given.
288.6 	(a) "Adjusted gross income" means federal adjusted gross income as used in section 
288.7 	22(d) of the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year, plus a lump-sum distribution as 
288.8 	defined in section 402(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and less any pension, annuity, 
288.9 	or disability benefits included in federal gross income but not subject to state taxation 
288.10 	other than the subtraction allowed under section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (4) 
288.11 	290.0132, subdivision 5.
288.12 	(b) "Disability income" means disability income as defined in section 22(c)(2)(B)(iii) 
288.13 	of the Internal Revenue Code.
288.14 	(c) "Nontaxable retirement and disability benefits" means the amount of pension, 
288.15 	annuity, or disability benefits that would be included in the reduction under section 
288.16 	22(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and pension, annuity, or disability benefits included 
288.17 	in federal gross income but not subject to state taxation.
288.18 	(d) "Qualified individual" means a qualified individual as defined in section 22(b) of 
288.19 	the Internal Revenue Code.

288.20 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.0802, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
288.21 		Subd. 2.Subtraction. (a) A qualified individual is allowed a subtraction from 
288.22 	federal taxable income of the individual's subtraction base amount. The excess of the 
288.23 	subtraction base amount over the taxable net income computed without regard to the 
288.24 	subtraction for the elderly or disabled under section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (4) 
288.25 	290.0132, subdivision 5, may be used to reduce the amount of a lump sum distribution 
288.26 	subject to tax under section 290.032.
288.27 	(b)(1) The initial subtraction base amount equals
288.28 	(i) $12,000 for a married taxpayer filing a joint return if a spouse is a qualified 
288.29 	individual,
288.30 	(ii) $9,600 for a single taxpayer, and
288.31 	(iii) $6,000 for a married taxpayer filing a separate federal return.
288.32 	(2) The qualified individual's initial subtraction base amount, then, must be reduced 
288.33 	by the sum of nontaxable retirement and disability benefits and one-half of the amount of 
288.34 	adjusted gross income in excess of the following thresholds:
289.1 	(i) $18,000 for a married taxpayer filing a joint return if both spouses are qualified 
289.2 	individuals,
289.3 	(ii) $14,500 for a single taxpayer or for a married couple filing a joint return if only 
289.4 	one spouse is a qualified individual, and
289.5 	(iii) $9,000 for a married taxpayer filing a separate federal return.
289.6 	(3) In the case of a qualified individual who is under the age of 65, the maximum 
289.7 	amount of the subtraction base may not exceed the taxpayer's disability income.
289.8 	(4) The resulting amount is the subtraction base amount.

289.9 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
289.10 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of the tax imposed by this section, the following 
289.11 	terms have the meanings given:
289.12 	(a) "Alternative minimum taxable income" means the sum of the following for 
289.13 	the taxable year:
289.14 	(1) the taxpayer's federal alternative minimum taxable income as defined in section 
289.15 	55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;
289.16 	(2) the taxpayer's itemized deductions allowed in computing federal alternative 
289.17 	minimum taxable income, but excluding:
289.18 	(i) the charitable contribution deduction under section 170 of the Internal Revenue 
289.19 	Code;
289.20 	(ii) the medical expense deduction;
289.21 	(iii) the casualty, theft, and disaster loss deduction; and
289.22 	(iv) the impairment-related work expenses of a disabled person;
289.23 	(3) for depletion allowances computed under section 613A(c) of the Internal 
289.24 	Revenue Code, with respect to each property (as defined in section 614 of the Internal 
289.25 	Revenue Code), to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, 
289.26 	the excess of the deduction for depletion allowable under section 611 of the Internal 
289.27 	Revenue Code for the taxable year over the adjusted basis of the property at the end of the 
289.28 	taxable year (determined without regard to the depletion deduction for the taxable year);
289.29 	(4) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the 
289.30 	amount of the tax preference for intangible drilling cost under section 57(a)(2) of the 
289.31 	Internal Revenue Code determined without regard to subparagraph (E);
289.32 	(5) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the 
289.33 	amount of interest income as provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1) 
289.34 	290.0131, subdivision 2; and
290.1 	(6) the amount of addition required by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (7) 
290.2 	to (9), and (11) to (14) 290.0131, subdivisions 9 to 11;
290.3 	less the sum of the amounts determined under the following:
290.4 	(1) interest income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (1) 
290.5 	290.0132, subdivision 2;
290.6 	(2) an overpayment of state income tax as provided by section 290.01, subdivision 
290.7 	19b, clause (2) 290.0132, subdivision 3, to the extent included in federal alternative 
290.8 	minimum taxable income;
290.9 	(3) the amount of investment interest paid or accrued within the taxable year on 
290.10 	indebtedness to the extent that the amount does not exceed net investment income, as 
290.11 	defined in section 163(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Interest does not include 
290.12 	amounts deducted in computing federal adjusted gross income;
290.13 	(4) amounts subtracted from federal taxable income as provided by section 290.01, 
290.14 	subdivision 19b, clauses (6), (8) to (14), (16), and (21) 290.0132, subdivisions 7, 9 to 
290.15 	15, 17, and 21; and
290.16 	(5) the amount of the net operating loss allowed under section 290.095, subdivision 
290.17 	11, paragraph (c).
290.18 	In the case of an estate or trust, alternative minimum taxable income must be 
290.19 	computed as provided in section 59(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
290.20 	(b) "Investment interest" means investment interest as defined in section 163(d)(3) 
290.21 	of the Internal Revenue Code.
290.22 	(c) "Net minimum tax" means the minimum tax imposed by this section.
290.23 	(d) "Regular tax" means the tax that would be imposed under this chapter (without 
290.24 	regard to this section and section 290.032), reduced by the sum of the nonrefundable 
290.25 	credits allowed under this chapter.
290.26 	(e) "Tentative minimum tax" equals 6.75 percent of alternative minimum taxable 
290.27 	income after subtracting the exemption amount determined under subdivision 3.

290.28 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.091, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
290.29 		Subd. 6.Credit for prior years' liability. (a) A credit is allowed against the tax 
290.30 	imposed by this chapter on individuals, trusts, and estates equal to the minimum tax 
290.31 	credit for the taxable year. The minimum tax credit equals the adjusted net minimum 
290.32 	tax for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1988, reduced by the minimum tax 
290.33 	credits allowed in a prior taxable year. The credit may not exceed the excess (if any) for 
290.34 	the taxable year of
290.35 	(1) the regular tax, over
291.1 	(2) the greater of (i) the tentative alternative minimum tax, or (ii) zero.
291.2 	(b) The adjusted net minimum tax for a taxable year equals the lesser of the net 
291.3 	minimum tax or the excess (if any) of
291.4 	(1) the tentative minimum tax, over
291.5 	(2) 6.75 percent of the sum of
291.6 	(i) adjusted gross income as defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code,
291.7 	(ii) interest income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1) 
291.8 	290.0131, subdivision 2,
291.9 	(iii) interest on specified private activity bonds, as defined in section 57(a)(5) of the 
291.10 	Internal Revenue Code, to the extent not included under clause (ii),
291.11 	(iv) depletion as defined in section 57(a)(1), determined without regard to the last 
291.12 	sentence of paragraph (1), of the Internal Revenue Code, less
291.13 	(v) the deductions allowed in computing alternative minimum taxable income 
291.14 	provided in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2) of the first series of clauses and clauses 
291.15 	(1), (2), and (3) of the second series of clauses, and
291.16 	(vi) the exemption amount determined under subdivision 3.
291.17 	In the case of an individual who is not a Minnesota resident for the entire year, 
291.18 	adjusted net minimum tax must be multiplied by the fraction defined in section 290.06, 
291.19 	subdivision 2c, paragraph (e). In the case of a trust or estate, adjusted net minimum tax 
291.20 	must be multiplied by the fraction defined under subdivision 4, paragraph (b).

291.21 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.0921, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
291.22 		Subd. 3.Alternative minimum taxable income. "Alternative minimum taxable 
291.23 	income" is Minnesota net income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19, and 
291.24 	includes the adjustments and tax preference items in sections 56, 57, 58, and 59(d), (e), 
291.25 	(f), and (h) of the Internal Revenue Code. If a corporation files a separate company 
291.26 	Minnesota tax return, the minimum tax must be computed on a separate company basis. 
291.27 	If a corporation is part of a tax group filing a unitary return, the minimum tax must be 
291.28 	computed on a unitary basis. The following adjustments must be made.
291.29 	(1) The portion of the depreciation deduction allowed for federal income tax 
291.30 	purposes under section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code that is required as an addition 
291.31 	under section 290.01, subdivision 19c, clause (12) 290.0133, subdivision 11, is disallowed 
291.32 	in determining alternative minimum taxable income.
291.33 	(2) The subtraction for depreciation allowed under section 290.01, subdivision 
291.34 	19d, clause (14) 290.0134, subdivision 13, is allowed as a depreciation deduction in 
291.35 	determining alternative minimum taxable income.
292.1 	(3) The alternative tax net operating loss deduction under sections 56(a)(4) and 56(d) 
292.2 	of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply.
292.3 	(4) The special rule for certain dividends under section 56(g)(4)(C)(ii) of the Internal 
292.4 	Revenue Code does not apply.
292.5 	(5) The tax preference for depletion under section 57(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
292.6 	Code does not apply.
292.7 	(6) The tax preference for tax exempt interest under section 57(a)(5) of the Internal 
292.8 	Revenue Code does not apply.
292.9 	(7) The tax preference for charitable contributions of appreciated property under 
292.10 	section 57(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply.
292.11 	(8) For purposes of calculating the adjustment for adjusted current earnings in 
292.12 	section 56(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, the term "alternative minimum taxable 
292.13 	income" as it is used in section 56(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, means alternative 
292.14 	minimum taxable income as defined in this subdivision, determined without regard to the 
292.15 	adjustment for adjusted current earnings in section 56(g) of the Internal Revenue Code.
292.16 	(9) For purposes of determining the amount of adjusted current earnings under 
292.17 	section 56(g)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, no adjustment shall be made under section 
292.18 	56(g)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to (i) the amount of foreign dividend 
292.19 	gross-up subtracted as provided in section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (1) 290.0134, 
292.20 	subdivision 2, or (ii) the amount of refunds of income, excise, or franchise taxes subtracted 
292.21 	as provided in section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (8) 290.0134, subdivision 8.
292.22 	(10) Alternative minimum taxable income excludes the income from operating in a 
292.23 	job opportunity building zone as provided under section 469.317.
292.24 	Items of tax preference must not be reduced below zero as a result of the 
292.25 	modifications in this subdivision.

292.26 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.311, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
292.27 		Subdivision 1.Partners. (a) Partner's modifications. In determining gross income 
292.28 	and Minnesota taxable income of a partner, any modification described in section 
292.29 	290.01, subdivisions 19 to 19f sections 290.0131 to 290.0135, which relates to an item 
292.30 	of partnership income, gain, loss or deduction shall be made in accordance with the 
292.31 	partner's distributive share, for federal income tax purposes, of the item to which the 
292.32 	modification relates.
292.33 	(b) Character of items. Each item of partnership income, gain, loss, or deduction shall 
292.34 	have the same character for a partner under this section which it has for federal income tax 
292.35 	purposes. Where an item is not characterized for federal income tax purposes, it shall have 
293.1 	the same character for a partner as if realized directly from the source from which realized 
293.2 	by the partnership, or incurred in the same manner as incurred by the partnership.
293.3 	(c) Minnesota tax avoidance or evasion. Where a partner's distributive share of an 
293.4 	item of partnership income, gain, loss or deduction is determined for federal income tax 
293.5 	purposes by special provision in the partnership agreement with respect to such item, and 
293.6 	where the effect of such provision is the avoidance or evasion of tax under this section, 
293.7 	the partner's distributive share of such item, and any modifications required with respect 
293.8 	thereto shall be determined as if the partnership agreement made no special provision 
293.9 	with respect to such item.

293.10 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.9727, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
293.11 		Subd. 3.Taxable net income. For purposes of this section, taxable net income 
293.12 	means the lesser of:
293.13 	(1) the recognized built-in gains of the S corporation for the taxable year, as 
293.14 	determined under section 1374 of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the modifications 
293.15 	provided in section 290.01, subdivision 19f 290.0135, that are allocable to this state 
293.16 	under section 290.17, 290.191, or 290.20; or
293.17 	(2) the amount of the S corporation's federal taxable income, as determined under 
293.18 	section 1374(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the provisions of section 
293.19 	290.01, subdivisions 19c to 19f sections 290.0131 to 290.0135, that is allocable to this 
293.20 	state under section 290.17, 290.191, or 290.20.

293.21 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.9728, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
293.22 		Subd. 2.Taxable income. For purposes of this section, taxable income means 
293.23 	the lesser of:
293.24 	(1) the amount of the net capital gain of the S corporation for the taxable year, as 
293.25 	determined under sections 1222 and 1374 of the Internal Revenue Code, and subject to the 
293.26 	modifications provided in section 290.01, subdivision 19f 290.0135, in excess of $25,000 
293.27 	that is allocable to this state under section 290.17, 290.191, or 290.20; or
293.28 	(2) the amount of the S corporation's federal taxable income, subject to the 
293.29 	provisions of section 290.01, subdivisions 19c to 19f sections 290.0133 to 290.0135, that 
293.30 	is allocable to this state under section 290.17, 290.191, or 290.20.

293.31 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.9729, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
293.32 		Subd. 2.Taxable income. For the purposes of this section, taxable income means 
293.33 	the lesser of:
294.1 	(1) the amount of the S corporation's excess net passive income, as determined under 
294.2 	section 1375 of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the provisions of section 290.01, 
294.3 	subdivisions 19c to 19f sections 290.0133 to 290.0135, that is allocable to this state under 
294.4 	section 290.17, 290.191, or 290.20; or
294.5 	(2) the amount of the S corporation's federal taxable income, as determined under 
294.6 	section 1374(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the provisions of section 
294.7 	290.01, subdivisions 19c to 19f sections 290.0133 to 290.0135, that is allocable to this 
294.8 	state under section 290.17, 290.191, or 290.20.

294.9 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.01, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
294.10 		Subd. 3b.Deductions. (a) For purposes of determining taxable income under 
294.11 	subdivision 3, the deductions from gross income include only those expenses necessary 
294.12 	to convert raw ores to marketable quality. Such expenses include costs associated with 
294.13 	refinement but do not include expenses such as transportation, stockpiling, marketing, or 
294.14 	marine insurance that are incurred after marketable ores are produced, unless the expenses 
294.15 	are included in gross income. The allowable deductions from a mine or plant that mines 
294.16 	and produces more than one mineral, metal, or energy resource must be determined 
294.17 	separately for the purposes of computing the deduction in section 290.01, subdivision 19c, 
294.18 	clause (8) 290.0133, subdivision 9. These deductions may be combined on one occupation 
294.19 	tax return to arrive at the deduction from gross income for all production.
294.20 	(b) The provisions of section 290.01, subdivisions 19c, clauses (6) and (8) sections 
294.21 	290.0133, subdivisions 7 and 9, and 19d, clauses (6) and (9) 290.0134, subdivisions 7 and 
294.22 	9, are not used to determine taxable income.

294.23 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.01, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
294.24 		Subd. 4b.Deductions. For purposes of determining taxable income under 
294.25 	subdivision 4, the deductions from gross income include only those expenses necessary 
294.26 	to convert raw iron ore or taconite concentrates to marketable quality. Such expenses 
294.27 	include costs associated with beneficiation and refinement but do not include expenses 
294.28 	such as transportation, stockpiling, marketing, or marine insurance that are incurred after 
294.29 	marketable iron ore or taconite pellets are produced. The allowable deductions from 
294.30 	a mine or plant that mines and produces iron ore or taconite and one or more mineral 
294.31 	or metal referred to in section 298.016 must be determined separately for the purposes 
294.32 	of computing the deduction in section 290.01, subdivision 19c, clause (8) 290.0133, 
294.33 	subdivision 9. These deductions may be combined on one occupation tax return to arrive 
294.34 	at the deduction from gross income for all production.

295.1 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 298.01, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:
295.2 		Subd. 4c.Special deductions; net operating loss. (a) For purposes of determining 
295.3 	taxable income under subdivision 4, the provisions of section 290.01, subdivisions 19c, 
295.4 	clauses (6) and (8), and 19d, clauses (6) and (9) sections 290.0133, subdivisions 7 and 9, 
295.5 	and 290.0134, subdivisions 7 and 9, are not used to determine taxable income.
295.6 	(b) The amount of net operating loss incurred in a taxable year beginning before 
295.7 	January 1, 1990, that may be carried over to a taxable year beginning after December 31, 
295.8 	1989, is the amount of net operating loss carryover determined in the calculation of the 
295.9 	hypothetical corporate franchise tax under Minnesota Statutes 1988, sections 298.40 
295.10 	and 298.402.

295.11 	Sec. 30. EFFECT OF REPEAL AND REENACTMENT; INSTRUCTION TO 
295.12 	THE COMMISSIONER.
 295.13 	(a) Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 645.37, the repeal of income tax 
295.14 	provisions and concurrent reenactment of the same provisions in the same or substantially 
295.15 	the same terms in this article must be construed so that the earlier law is continued in 
295.16 	active operation. All rights and liabilities incurred under such earlier law are preserved 
295.17 	and may be enforced. All cross-references in new statutory sections incorporate their 
295.18 	respective predecessor provisions.
295.19 	(b) To the extent reasonable, the commissioner of revenue, in all communications 
295.20 	with taxpayers regarding taxable years beginning before January 1, 2017, may refer to the 
295.21 	recodified and renumbered provisions in this article by referencing the statutory section, 
295.22 	subdivision, clause, item, and subitem numbers as codified prior to the effective date 
295.23 	of this article, rather than the statutory section, subdivision, clause, item, and subitem 
295.24 	numbers effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.

295.25 	Sec. 31. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 295.26 	(a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed 
295.27 	in column A to the references listed in column B.

295.28		Column A
	Column B
	
295.29		290.01, subdivision 19f
	290.0135
	
295.30		290.01, subdivision 19h
	290.0136
	
295.31 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall make necessary cross-reference changes in 
295.32 	Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the repeal and reenactment of 
295.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a to 19d, and the renumbering of 
295.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 290.01, subdivisions 19f and 19h, in this act, and if Minnesota 
296.1 	Statutes, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a to 19d, 19f, or 19h, are further amended in 
296.2 	the 2016 legislative session, shall codify the amendments in a manner consistent with 
296.3 	this act. The revisor may make necessary changes to sentence structure to preserve the 
296.4 	meaning of the text.

296.5 	Sec. 32.  REPEALER.
 296.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b, 19c, and 19d, are 
296.7 	repealed.

296.8 	Sec. 33. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 296.9 	This article is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.

296.10 	ARTICLE 4
296.11 	DATA PRACTICES CROSS-REFERENCES

296.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.3806, is amended by adding a 
296.13 	subdivision to read:
296.14 		Subd. 1c.Health information exchange data. Data practices provisions regarding 
296.15 	the health information exchange are contained in section 62J.498, subdivision 2, 
296.16 	paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e).

296.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.461, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
296.18 		Subd. 16.Child mortality review panel. (a) Data practices of the commissioner 
296.19 	of human services as part of the child mortality review panel are governed by section 
296.20 	256.01, subdivision 12.
296.21 	(b) For American Indian tribes with established child mortality review panels, access 
296.22 	to data in section 256.01, subdivision 12, is governed by section 256.01, subdivision 
296.23 	14b, paragraph (g).

296.24 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.461, is amended by adding a subdivision 
296.25 	to read:
296.26 		Subd. 23a.Opioid prescribing improvement program data. Data practices 
296.27 	provisions relating to the opioid prescribing improvement program are contained in 
296.28 	section 256B.0638, subdivision 6.

296.29 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.6435, is amended by adding a subdivision 
296.30 	to read:
297.1 		Subd. 4a.Industrial hemp background check data. Criminal history records 
297.2 	provided to the commissioner by a first-time applicant for a license to grow industrial 
297.3 	hemp for commercial purposes are classified under section 18K.04, subdivision 2.

297.4 	Sec. 5.  REPEALER.
 297.5 		Subdivision 1.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.319, 
297.6 	subdivision 6, is repealed.
297.7 		Subd. 2.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.3806, 
297.8 	subdivision 18, is repealed.
297.9 		Subd. 3.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.598, 
297.10 	subdivision 4, is repealed.
297.11 		Subd. 4.Obsolete subdivision. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.6905, 
297.12 	subdivision 23, is repealed.