1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; establishing the Interagency Council on Ending HIV/AIDS in 
1.3 	Minnesota; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [145.988] INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON ENDING HIV/AIDS IN 
1.6 	MINNESOTA.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Creation; membership. (a) The Interagency Council on Ending 
1.8 	HIV/AIDS in Minnesota is created and consists of the following members:
1.9 	(1) the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee;
1.10 	(2) the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's designee;
1.11 	(3) the commissioner of human rights or the commissioner's designee;
1.12 	(4) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;
1.13 	(5) the commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee;
1.14 	(6) the commissioner of employment and economic development or the commissioner's 
1.15 	designee;
1.16 	(7) the commissioner of labor and industry or the commissioner's designee;
1.17 	(8) the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee;
1.18 	(9) the commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee;
1.19 	(10) the commissioner of veterans affairs or the commissioner's designee;
1.20 	(11) the governor or the governor's designee; and
2.1 	(12) the chair of the Metropolitan Council or the chair's designee.
2.2 	(b) The members of the council shall select an individual to serve as the State Director 
2.3 	to End HIV/AIDS in Minnesota. The director shall lead the council and shall call meetings, 
2.4 	assign tasks, develop reports, and carry out any other activities necessary to fulfill the duties 
2.5 	of the council.
2.6 		Subd. 2.Duties. The duties of the council include:
2.7 	(1) carrying out the goals and strategies identified in Minnesota's Strategy to End 
2.8 	HIV/AIDS developed by the Minnesota HIV Strategy Advisory Board; and
2.9 	(2) determining the best way to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention and care under one 
2.10 	administration by combining the HIV/AIDS work of the Department of Health and the 
2.11 	Department of Human Services.
2.12 		Subd. 3.Assistance from agencies. The council may request assistance from any agency 
2.13 	of state government as needed for the execution of the responsibilities under this section 
2.14 	and the other agency shall furnish the assistance upon request.
2.15 		Subd. 4.Terms; compensation; removal; vacancies; expiration. The membership 
2.16 	terms, compensation, removal of members designated by individuals listed in subdivision 
2.17 	1, paragraph (a), and filling of vacancies shall be as provided in section 15.059 except that 
2.18 	council members shall not receive a per diem. The council is not subject to the expiration 
2.19 	date provisions of section 15.059.