1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health and human services; establishing the Department of Health and 
1.3 	Human Services; requiring the merger of the Department of Human Services and 
1.4 	the Department of Health;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 15.01; 
1.5 	15.06, subdivision 1; 15A.0815, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 15.01, is amended to read:
1.8 	15.01 DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE. 
1.9 	The following agencies are designated as the departments of the state government: 
1.10 	the Department of Administration; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of 
1.11 	Commerce; the Department of Corrections; the Department of Education; the Department 
1.12 	of Employment and Economic Development; the Department of Finance; the Department 
1.13 	of Health and Human Services; the Department of Human Rights; the Department of 
1.14 	Labor and Industry; the Department of Military Affairs; the Department of Natural 
1.15 	Resources; the Department of Public Safety; ~~the Department of Human Services;~~ the 
1.16 	Department of Revenue; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Veterans 
1.17 	Affairs; and their successor departments. 

1.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 15.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.19 		Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to the following departments 
1.20 	or agencies: the Departments of Administration, Agriculture, Commerce, Corrections, 
1.21 	Education, Employment and Economic Development, Finance, Health and Human 
1.22 	Services, Human Rights, Labor and Industry, Natural Resources, Public Safety, ~~Human~~ 
1.23 	~~Services,~~ Revenue, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs; the Housing Finance and 
2.1 	Pollution Control Agencies; the Office of Commissioner of Iron Range Resources and 
2.2 	Rehabilitation; the Bureau of Mediation Services; and their successor departments and 
2.3 	agencies. The heads of the foregoing departments or agencies are "commissioners." 

2.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 15A.0815, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.5 		Subd. 2. Group I salary limits. The salaries for positions in this subdivision may 
2.6 	not exceed 95 percent of the salary of the governor: 
2.7 	Commissioner of administration; 
2.8 	Commissioner of agriculture; 
2.9 	Commissioner of education; 
2.10 	Commissioner of commerce; 
2.11 	Commissioner of corrections; 
2.12 	Commissioner of finance; 
2.13 	Commissioner of health and human services; 
2.14 	Executive director, Minnesota Office of Higher Education; 
2.15 	Commissioner, Housing Finance Agency; 
2.16 	Commissioner of human rights; 
2.17 	~~Commissioner of human services;~~
2.18 	Commissioner of labor and industry; 
2.19 	Commissioner of natural resources; 
2.20 	Director of Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning; 
2.21 	Commissioner, Pollution Control Agency; 
2.22 	Executive director, Public Employees Retirement Association;
2.23 	Commissioner of public safety; 
2.24 	Commissioner of revenue; 
2.25 	Executive director, State Retirement System;
2.26 	Executive director, Teachers Retirement Association;
2.27 	Commissioner of employment and economic development; 
2.28 	Commissioner of transportation; and 
2.29 	Commissioner of veterans affairs.

2.30 	Sec. 4. MERGER; ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
2.31 	HUMAN SERVICES.
 2.32 	The Department of Health and Human Services is established, as a merger between 
2.33 	the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, effective January 1, 
2.34 	2010. The governor shall appoint either the commissioner of health or the commissioner 
3.1 	of human services as the commissioner of the new department, and reconfirmation of the 
3.2 	commissioner is not required. The transfer of responsibility to the new agency is governed 
3.3 	by Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039.

3.4 	Sec. 5. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 3.5 	The revisor of statutes shall change references to the "commissioner of human 
3.6 	services" and the "commissioner of health" to the "commissioner of health and human 
3.7 	services" wherever they are used in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules. The revisor 
3.8 	shall change references to the "Department of Human Services" and the "Department of 
3.9 	Health" to the "Department of Health and Human Services" wherever they are used in 
3.10 	Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules. The revisor may make changes necessary to 
3.11 	correct the punctuation, grammar, or structure of the remaining text to conform with this 
3.12 	intent, and may also present any necessary draft legislation to the legislature to conform 
3.13 	statutes with this intent. The commissioner of health and human services shall assist the 
3.14 	revisor with this section.