1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; ratifying Service Employees International Union 
1.3 	memoranda of understanding; appropriating money for stipends related to collective 
1.4 	bargaining agreement.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION MEMORANDA.
 1.7 	The memoranda of understanding submitted by the commissioner of management and 
1.8 	budget to the Legislative Coordinating Commission Subcommittee on Employee Relations 
1.9 	on March 17, 2022, are ratified.

1.10 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; STIPENDS.
 1.11 		Subdivision 1.Electronic visit verification (EVV) stipends. $6,440,000 in fiscal year 
1.12 	2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services for 
1.13 	onetime stipends of $200 to bargaining members to offset the potential costs related to 
1.14 	people using individual devices to access the EVV system. $5,600,000 of the appropriation 
1.15 	is for stipends and the remaining 15 percent is for administration of these stipends. This is 
1.16 	a onetime appropriation.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Self-directed collective bargaining agreement; temporary rate increase 
1.18 	memorandum of understanding. $1,610,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the 
1.19 	general fund to the commissioner of human services for onetime stipends for individual 
1.20 	providers covered by the Service Employees International Union collective bargaining 
1.21 	agreement based on the memorandum of understanding related to the temporary rate increase 
1.22 	in effect between December 1, 2020, and February 7, 2021. $1,400,000 of the appropriation 
2.1 	is for stipends and the remaining 15 percent is for administration of the stipends. This is a 
2.2 	onetime appropriation.