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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to workers' health; directing the University of Minnesota to study <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>workers' health including lung health; appropriating money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>APPROPRIATION; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WORKERS' </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>HEALTH STUDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) $4,900,000 in fiscal year 2008 is appropriated from the general fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for a comprehensive science and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>evidence-based study of workers' lung health. The university, as the lead agency, must <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>develop, conduct and coordinate the study in partnership with the Department of Health, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>the Department of Natural Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, business and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>industry, local health providers and organizations, other affected groups, and other state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>federal, and local agencies. This is a onetime appropriation that does not cancel and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(b) At a minimum, the study funded under this section must include industry-specific <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>worker mortality and morbidity studies, clinical disease studies, exposure assessments, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>case-control screening of current and former workers, and environmental studies that <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>assess health impacts on workers and communities. The university must begin the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>studies in 2008 and complete them no later than December 31, 2013. The university, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>conjunction with its partners in the workers' health study, must report annually to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>committees of the legislature with responsibility for health and workers' safety until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>study is completed. Each annual report must present the preliminary findings of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>workers' health studies and recommendations based on those findings. <br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>TRANSFER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By June 30, 2008, the commissioner of finance shall transfer $4,900,000 in assets of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>the workers' compensation assigned risk plan created under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>79.252, to the general fund.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This act is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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