1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; increasing payment rates for direct support services; 
1.3 	appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RATE INCREASE FOR SELF-DIRECTED WORKFORCE 
1.6 	NEGOTIATIONS.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall increase reimbursement rates, grants, or 
1.8 	allocations by ... percent for services provided on or after July 1, 2018.
1.9 	(b) The rate changes described in this section apply to direct support services provided 
1.10 	through a covered program as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0711, subdivision 
1.11 	1, paragraph (b).

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective if a labor agreement between the state 
1.13 	and Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota according to Laws 2013, 
1.14 	chapter 128, article 2, is ratified by the legislature. The commissioner of human services 
1.15 	shall notify the revisor of statutes when ratification occurs.

1.16 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; PROVIDERS OF DIRECT CARE SERVICES.
 1.17 	$12,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.18 	of human services for purposes of the rate increase for direct support services provided 
1.19 	through a covered program as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0711, subdivision 
1.20 	1, paragraph (b). This appropriation is in addition to money appropriated for this purpose 
1.21 	under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 6, article 18, section 2.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective if the labor agreement between the state 
2.2 	and  Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota according to Laws 2013, 
2.3 	chapter 128, article 2, is ratified by the legislature. The commissioner of human services 
2.4 	shall notify the revisor of statutes when ratification occurs.