1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state aid; allowing use of state infrastructure aid to restore lost health 
1.3 	care services;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.47, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.47, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3a.Aid to restore health care service levels. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the 
1.9 	contrary, by April 1 of each year a local government located outside the city of Rochester 
1.10 	but inside the state may certify to the commissioner the local government's expenditures in 
1.11 	the preceding calendar year for reimbursement with general state infrastructure aid under 
1.12 	this section.
1.13 	(b) For purposes of this section, allowable local government expenditures include 
1.14 	construction of or improvements to privately owned buildings for the purpose of restoring 
1.15 	health care service levels within the local government's jurisdiction to the same or similar 
1.16 	levels that existed on January 1, 2015.
1.17 	(c) Local governments eligible under this subdivision include those that have experienced 
1.18 	a loss of health care services due to the closure or reduction of services provided by Mayo 
1.19 	clinics since January 1, 2015.
1.20 	(d) In order to qualify for general state infrastructure aid under this subdivision, the local 
1.21 	government must demonstrate a local matching contribution of at least 50 percent of the 
1.22 	expenditures requested.

1.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019, and expires July 1, 2029.