1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; extended employment; modifying definitions; 
1.3 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 268A.15, 
1.4 	subdivision 1a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 268A.15, subdivision 1a, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 1a.Severe impairment to employment; definition. For the purpose of this 
1.9 	section, "severe impairment to employment" means profound limitations that dramatically 
1.10 	restrict an individual's ability to seek, secure, and maintain employment due to an extended 
1.11 	history of little or no employment, limited education, training, or job skills, and physical, 
1.12 	intellectual, or emotional characteristics seriously impairing future ability to obtain and 
1.13 	retain permanent employment; this definition includes limitations experienced by persons 
1.14 	diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and related conditions.

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

1.16 	Sec. 2. EXTENDED EMPLOYMENT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.17 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund beginning in fiscal year 2013 and each 
1.18 	year thereafter to the commissioner of employment and economic development for 
1.19 	extended employment services for persons with severe impairments to employment, 
1.20 	including persons with autism spectrum disorder and related conditions under Minnesota 
1.21 	Statutes, section 268A.15.